Sorry about the long wait, but here's the next chapter.

Chapter 16

"Seriously Sasuke you can't just do a 180 on me and expect me to forget everything that has happened just because the great Uchiha is kissing me. You should know me better."

Sasuke flinched at the tone. He suddenly realized that Naruto was right. He hadn't really been all that good towards him, so he kinda understood where he was coming from. That didn't mean he liked the responds, but he had to try and respect it. He looked down at his hands.

"Won't you at least come back to my team again" Sasuke asked softly. The silence that followed the question made him fiddle with the covers just to do something to suppress the nervousness that was trying to overwhelm him. Naruto looked at the figure before him. Sasuke had always seemed so superior and cold, so different from the person sitting in front of him. Naruto couldn't help but wonder if maybe Sasuke really meant it.

Naruto had always longed for someone who would love him and never let him be alone. Something about Sasuke had made him want to be friends with him so bad, but he had never thought about being boyfriends. Naruto's eyes trailed down Sasuke's body, it wasn't like he was bad looking and he had to admit he had been jealous about how good looking he was when he was younger. It was just all so confusing and he had no idea what to do.

"I can try to talk with Tsunade, but if she don't want to change you have to stop bothering my teammates" Sasuke gasped and quickly looked back up to Naruto.

"But they d-"

"I said stop bothering them" Naruto said firmly "Otherwise I won't ask" Sasuke closed his mouth and nodded softly. He had to at least try and do as he said.

"I will... consider what you have asked for, but don't bother me about it. I need to think this over for a while" Sasuke nodded again, slowly looking back down to his hands. He couldn't force him to do anything and he just had to be happy with the fact that Naruto didn't hate him. He just had to show him that he meant what he said and then Naruto would realize they would be good together.

"You should probably go now" Naruto said softly.

"Oh.. yeah.. Okay. See you later" Sasuke quickly got up and was almost tripping over the chair in his hurry. He felt awkward and uneasy and just wanted to be alone.

Naruto was released from the hospital the next day and just had to walk carefully and only when necessary. He had thought about Sasuke the whole night but hadn't gotten any closer to an answer. He started off by walking to Tsunade's office to ask about getting back to his old team and after a very long argument he was finally allowed to. A part of him wanted to hurry over and tell Sasuke, but he needed time away from him. He hurried home to spend the rest of the day in bed, resting his ankle.

Sasuke wasn't sure when he could see Naruto again. He knew he couldn't leave him alone like usually because then he wouldn't be better than before and Naruto would never like him. He also couldn't just go over and visit if Naruto was still trying to decide and didn't want him close. He sighed deeply and rubbed his temples. He had no idea love could be this hard... but also so sweet. He was almost feeling giddy just thinking about Naruto being at home and thinking about him. After using the whole morning thinking about his dilemma he decided to visit, Naruto could always just send him back again.

Naruto had been home for a short while when he heard someone knock on the door.

"Wait a minute" Naruto yelled as he tried to get up and go to the door. He was very surprised at seeing Sasuke stand on the other side.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke was a little hurt by the sheer disbelief in Naruto's voice. It was like he thought it was strange that Sasuke wanted to see him, like he didn't think Sasuke cared enough.

"I just wanted to... you know... see you" Sasuke suddenly felt shy and he hated that. It wasn't really a feeling he had encountered before.

"I was wondering if there was anything you needed? I know you can't go and buy something with your ankle like that"

"Uhm.." Naruto still wasn't sure if he was dreaming or not. Could it really be possible that Sasuke was here and was worried about him?

"There isn't really anything right now"

"Oh" Sasuke said dejected.

"Do you want me to go again?" Sasuke wasn't sure which answer he wanted.

"I think I just want to sleep for a while, so..."

"It's fine I'll just go again"

"See you" Naruto slowly closed the door.

Sasuke came to visit everyday for the next week and helped Naruto out. He was doing everything from shopping to cleaning or cooking. He had slowly gotten over his shyness and was going back to being how he was before he noticed his feelings. Naruto had stopped thinking about what his answer to Sasuke would be and was just enjoying the company. He was glad that Sasuke was going back to being almost normal, he had been a little scared by the weird change in him.

"Dobe this place is seriously a mess. How in the world can you get it so messy within only a day?"

"Then don't clean it if you're so irritated" Naruto huffed. "It's just organized mess. I know where everything is"

"Yeah, sure. Then where is that kunai I bought you the other day?" Sasuke raised a brow in question.

"Uhm.. It's.." Sasuke raised the other brow from the long wait.

"Stop doing that, I know where it is, just a moment." Naruto was trying to figure out where the most logical place for him to toss it...no where he had put it down of course.

"So organized" Sasuke smirked which caused Naruto to pout.

"It's not everyone that is such a neat freak as you" Sasuke ruffled Naruto's hair and began cleaning again this day. He didn't notice how Naruto's cheeks were slightly flushed from the act. Naruto watched Sasuke as he walked around his apartment and cleaned it. He had began to see Sasuke in a different light the last couple of days or maybe he always had but without being conscious of it. It was nice having him here even though when Sasuke was really close his body began to act all weird. Sasuke came over and sat down beside Naruto, erupting him from his thoughts.

"I was thinking about... Have you reached a conclusion?"

"A conclusion?"

"On my question from before"

"Oh.." Naruto said. He had thought about them being together and he wanted it so bad, but he still couldn't say that. Sasuke had been over and had taken care of him, so he was convinced that Sasuke hadn't lied about him having feelings for him, but probably not those kinds of feelings. Naruto sighed.

"You don't really love me Sasuke. It's just something you've deluded yourself to believe." Sasuke blinked several times and tried to make sense of what he heard. He hadn't expected to get this answer.

"We both know you're not that good with emotions, so it's easy to get confused". Naruto said, sympathy clear in his voice.

"B-but.. I do. The test sa-"

"Sasuke just stop" Naruto said softly. "Feelings can't be measured by simple questions. You can't rely on others to tell you how you feel, it's something you must look inside yourself and find out for your own"

Sasuke took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He slowly relaxed, keeping the slowly rising panic at bay. He opened his eyes and looked directly into Naruto's.

"I do love you. I know I do. I also know that I'm not that good with emotions and that I haven't shown you how much I really cared before" Naruto snorted

"You could say that"

"But" Sasuke said trying to get back on track. "I have just been scared. I didn't want to have feelings for you, I wasn't used to it and didn't know how to act. But my head is clearer now, I have finally realised my own feelings and I know what I'm feeling" Naruto's shoulders slumped. He wanted so bad to believe him, but he knew that it was him that would get hurt if Sasuke one day would turn his back on him. He wasn't sure he could take that risk. What if Sasuke wasn't sure about his feelings? What if he just liked him as friends? What if it was just temporarily and Sasuke would go back to being cold again? There were so many questions and he didn't have an answer to any of them.

There isn't that many chapters left now, maybe one or two.. So the end is near. I hope you have liked it so far and feel like the relationship as progressed naturally