Chapter 13

Sasuke pulled Naruto away from his new teammates.

"You should talk to Tsunade and get on a new team, you're still not completely healed yet. You can't run around without someone who is strong enough to protect you" Naruto gasped and starred wide-eyed on him.

"Hey, I can protect myself, I don't need a babysitter" Naruto crossed his arms and looked away. "If that was everything you wanted to say just go"

"Naruto.. I wasn't meant like that" Sasuke didn't know why he suddenly felt so cold inside at the sight of a sad Naruto. He wanted to cheer him up but had no idea how to do so.

"It's only while you're still injured"

"What is this? Some sort of guilt because I got injured protecting you or what? Why do you suddenly come out of nowhere after having ignored me for months, just to beat up my teammates and tell me to get a babysitter? Tell me Sasuke, cause I really wanna hear your answer" Naruto clenched his hands while Sasuke began wringing his

"Uhm.." He wasn't sure why he was doing this, he just couldn't let Naruto get injured again.

"Yeah, I thought so" Naruto snarled "It's always impossible to get an answer from you" Naruto turned and began walking back. Sasuke didn't move, this wasn't how it should have happened. Naruto went back to kicking the wooden doll with renewed energy. Sasuke quickly turned and went back when he felt the need to hurry over and tell Naruto to slow down, so he wouldn't hurt himself. He went back to Tsunade's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in.. Oh Sasuke what are doing here again?"

"You need to change his team"

"Sasuke we talked about this, I'm the one in charge. I found a team and he is staying there"

"But they are weak" Sasuke slammed his hand onto the table. Tsunade grabbed his wrist and pulled him closer.

"Listen brat, just because you like him doesn't mean you can come in here and act like this" Tsunade snarled. "You can't play him like this. First you don't want him on your team, now you do and later you might want him off again" She released his arm and looked at him. Liked. Sasuke drowned out the last part. Liked him. Did he like Naruto. No that couldn't be. He didn't like him... Or did he. No he couldn't like him. He didn't want to.

"I still think you should change his teams, he will definitely get injured if he stays there" Sasuke tried to put enough power behind the words but he was still really confused so it sounded more like a request than a demand. Sasuke turned around and quickly walked out before Tsunade could raise any objections.

Sasuke needed to figure all this out before he made his next move. He was just so confused and not in control anymore. He was clever, he knew that, so it should be easy for him to figure all this out. But how do you know if you like someone.. Sasuke had never learned much about feelings. He decided to swing by the library and find some books to educate himself on the subject. He strolled inside the library and looked around. It wasn't like he was doing anything wrong, but he still didn't want people to see what he was doing. He picked up a few books that seemed to focus on love and quickly went home again. He sat down on his bed and began reading. When he was finally finished he had made a little list with a few key points.

- You think about them
- You catch yourself staring at them
- You end up the same place they are (as in you legs move on their own to see them)
- You think the person is cute/hot
- You dream about him, also day dreams
- You go crazy when you see the person
- You want to date the person
- You feel butterflies in your stomach or blush when the person is near or when you think about them.
- You want the person to leave but want them around all the time
- You feel jealous (angry) when the person is touching or having fun with another person.
- You want that person for yourself

This should help him get a clear picture of his feelings. He looked through the list.

He did think about Naruto alot, so that was a yes.
Staring.. was he staring at him.. He couldn't remember.
He had lost control of his body a lot lately and somehow it was always when Naruto was involved.
Did he think he was hot.. or cute. Sasuke frowned. He didn't think so.
Dream.. Did he dream about him? He had had a nightmare about him, but that didn't count.
Go crazy.. He did lose his cool sometimes but go crazy.. That was a little stretched.
Date.. He didn't even know what that would involve. He hadn't felt butterflies either.
The next was a little confusing. He did want Naruto around all the time, that was the reason why he had to leave.. So that was a yes and a no.

He looked at the second last and remembered Shino. The anger bobbled up inside him. He shouldn't have touched Naruto, no one should. He didn't like seeing any other people hog up Naruto's focus. He wanted him to look at him and keep being interested in him... So that would probably be a yes to the last two. He counted how many he got of Yes, No and don't know he had gotten. There were one more yes than no.. But it was still too small a difference to say he actually liked him. Sasuke sighed, he hadn't gotten any closer to a decision. He crawled under the covers on his bed and relaxed. He wanted to further investigate this problem tomorrow, right now he just wanted to sleep and forget everything.

He felt someone caressed his cheek and opened his eyes. He vigorously rubbed them, sure he had seen wrong. He opened them again and stared right into Naruto's bright blue eyes.

"Hey Sasuke" Sasuke was resting his head on Naruto's lap while Naruto was slowly caressing his cheek or forehead. It was really relaxing and Sasuke sighed and closed his eyes again. Naruto ran his fingers through Sasuke's hair and hummed softly. Sasuke wasn't sure what was going on, but it felt so calming, so he didn't want to ruin it.

"Is this a dream?" Sasuke mumbled.

"Of course, how would this happened if it wasn't. I'm mad at you, remember" Sasuke got up and sat in front of Naruto.

"I guess this means I have to write Yes to dreaming about you now"

"I guess you do" Sasuke rubbed the bridge of his nose. "This is so confusing"

"We could kiss" Naruto smiled at him. "If you like someone you usually kiss them" Sasuke starred at him with wide eyes. What in the world was the dobe suggesting. Kissing him.. But maybe it wasn't that bad of an idea. He was right about couples always kissing, so maybe it could help. He moved, so he was facing Naruto. It was only to see if he liked him, it wasn't because he actually wanted to kiss him. It was only an experiment, nothing more. Sasuke closed his eyes and leaned forward. He felt hands on both of his cheeks and felt Naruto pull him closer.

Da da da dum.. Suspense until next time ;).

So Sasuke is trying to figure it all out, but even if he do.. will Naruto actually like him back?