xxxChapter 7: Whispers (Part Two)xxx

A couple of hours later, all four boys exited the shop (after Sasuke made Kankuro one very happy, very loaded, tattoo artist) and peeled off the white fabric to sport their new tattoos.

Naruto lifted his shirt above his chest and stared at the spiral on his stomach, his dark mood gone. "You've got good taste Sasuke, this looks really cool! I bet I'll get tons of girls with this!"

Normally, Sasuke would either ignore a comment like that or throw an insult at it out of jealousy, but right now, he was too busy trying to keep himself from ogling Naruto. The rigid, toned stomach seemed somehow even more appealing with the black spiral now surrounding its navel, and he really had to put in an effort no to stare.

Sasuke softly pressed a palm against the still tender flesh on his neck, lightly skimming his fingers over the spots where he assumed the circles would be.

Kankuro had rubbed some kind of cream on them that allowed the swelling to heal up to four times as fast as normal, so the skin was just an angry red color and a bit sore, but nothing disgusting or infected looking. This was unusual to Sasuke, as he knew tattoos must need at least a week to heal. He questioned the legality of the cream, to which Kankuro simply said that if he could get his hands on something that gave him an advantage over other tattoo parlors, then he would take it without a second thought. Sasuke didn't question further.

Kiba wouldn't stop looking at himself through the window of a shop. He kept touching the lines and turning his face this way and that with a toothy grin. "Damn...I didn't think it was possible...but I look even hotter than I did before!"

Gaara was standing with his arms crossed and a small smile, the symbol displayed proudly on his forehead.

Naruto dropped his shirt and grinned. "So now that we've all achieved the level of badass, let's go see a movie."

Sasuke frowned. "A movie? I don't want to go see a movie." He muttered.

Naruto's brow crinkled. "Why not?"

"They bore me."

"Huh...they bore you." Naruto deadpanned. He stared Sasuke down for a few seconds before cupping his ear with his hand. "Listen...do you hear that, Sasuke?"

Sasuke looked at him oddly. "What?"

"That sound..."

Sasuke looked to Kiba, who looked just as confused as he was and Gaara, who was simply disinterested with the whole quarrel. He gave a frustrated snort. "What sound?"

"The sound of me not caring what 'bores' you. We're going to see a movie, you're paying and buying me a large popcorn, and you know what else? You're gonna enjoy it." Naruto proclaimed.

Sasuke crossed his arms, raising a brow. "So I don't have any say in this."

"Nope."

"Remind me Naruto, who died and made you head bitch?"

Naruto grinned widely and laced his fingers behind his head. "Actually, I think you owe me Sasuke, for that episode we had this morning."

Sasuke shut up immediately, his features turning remorseful as his arms fell away to his sides. "You're right; I'm sorry...What movie do you all want to see?"

Naruto's face went solemn, and he felt a bit of guilt pool in his stomach. It wasn't his intention to sadden Sasuke; he was just trying to play around. He coughed awkwardly and fisted his shirt, "Don't get like that Sasuke, I wasn't being serious, we don't have to go to a movie if you don't want to."

Sasuke glanced up at the other boy and felt...something stir inside him at his tone of concern. And surprisingly, the stirring wasn't in his pants.

Kiba waved his hand spastically between the two boys. "Hey! Screw both of you and your stupid fights. I wanna go see a movie, so we're going."

Naruto smiled, thankful that his friend's bluntness had broken the uncomfortable atmosphere. "Whatever you say Kiba."

x-X-0-X-x

Did Sasuke say he didn't like movies?

That was a lie. A huge lie. Sasuke loved movies!

When they got to the theatre, Naruto was pressed on seeing a comedy, but Kiba kept insisting on horror, and Naruto caved in.

So now, Sasuke had a very frightened Naruto practically on top of him, face shoved in his neck, and holding his arm in a vice-grip.

An ear splitting scream exploded from the theatre speakers, making Naruto jump a mile high and wrap his arms around Sasuke's neck, pushing his face in further and mumbling what sounded like "It's only a movie" repeatedly to himself.

However, the movie wasn't bothering Sasuke in the least. They didn't entertain him, because when you got right down to it, all of it was computers and special effects. Nothing was real, nothing was really happening, so it bored him. And if he was in the mood for a good story, then he'd go read a book, not go see some movie.

Oh but Sasuke was enjoying this movie very much, that was for sure.

Naruto peeked up hesitantly at the giant screen, only to be met with the sight of the screaming woman having her head chopped clean off, blood spewing everywhere, sickening and almost enough to make a surgeon's stomach churn.

Naruto quickly looked away and unconsciously pressed the entire front of his body against Sasuke's right side. Sasuke smiled almost reflexively and felt his "soldier" begin to stand at attention. He placed his lips next to the quivering boy's ear, "You scared dobe?"

Naruto lifted his head and glared at him. "No!" Another scream paired with maniacal laughter and his head went right back. "May-maybe a little."

Sasuke chuckled. "But you can handle 'The House of The Living Dead' with no problem."

"That's different!"

"How so?"

Naruto whimpered at the humming of a chainsaw and pressed his body against Sasuke's as much as physically possible, his face completely hidden in the pale neck. "Don't stop talking! I don't want to hear it!"

Sasuke grinned, his palms growing warm as Naruto's lips teased against his throat, and he silently thanked the Gods that the section of the theatre they'd chosen to sit in didn't have armrests on the chairs. "You're not going to have nightmares tonight, are you?"

"Sh-shut up!"

The sound of bones being crushed.

"Ah! No! No don't shut up!"

Sasuke simply laughed.

x-X-0-X-x

"Un – I...I think I'm gonna throw up." Kiba moaned as he hunched over and grabbed his stomach.

"What?! You were the one who wanted to see that gore fest in the first place! I told you we should've seen a comedy!"

"Shut up and come with me to the bathroom!"

Naruto groaned and reluctantly followed Kiba into the men's room.

So it was just Sasuke and Gaara...what fun.

Sasuke exhaled a sigh through his nose and looked up at the red head standing next to him amid the bustle of people. The new tattoo on his forehead caught his eye, and the memory of Naruto's sudden mood swing bubbled up, knitting his eyebrows. "Gaara."

"What?"

"That symbol...why did Naruto react so negatively to it?"

Then Gaara did something Sasuke had never seen him do before: flinch with surprise. It was slight, quick, and barely noticeable, but it happened.

Gaara's lids fluttered shut and he uncrossed his arms, relaxing himself before glancing at Sasuke, jade eyes regarding him coolly. "That's not my place to say." he murmured.

Sasuke felt his curiosity peak. For Gaara to actually react with a flicker of emotion, it had to be something big, and if something had happened to Naruto, something bad, then damn it, Sasuke wanted to know!

Fuck, that damn protective feeling was simmering up again. He grit his teeth. This is getting out of hand. If he didn't figure out these emotions soon, he was sure he'd either explode or go insane due to his own frustrations.

Realization dawned on him, and he glanced hesitantly at Gaara, looking him up and down.

This was a perfect chance to ask him, the chance he'd been waiting for. Despite his rather intimidating, icy exterior, Gaara seemed wise beyond his years, and he always had a good control over things. Surely he'd be able to explain Sasuke's emotions? Sasuke's once vast ocean of pride had gradually been reduced to a splashing puddle, so what was there to lose?

"Gaara...I need to ask you something."

Gaara had never taken his eyes off him, "A question?"

"A...personal question."

A nonexistent eyebrow rose. "Isn't that something Naruto would be better to talk with?"

"It's...about Naruto."

Gaara tilted his head. "Is that so? What's your question?"

Sasuke bit his lip. Was he really going to do this? Was he really going to crush his own pride (or what was left of it) by spilling his guts to Gaara of all people?

An uninvited picture of Naruto rushed to the forefront of his mind...Oh yes, he was going to do it.

"I've...I've been having these feelings for Naruto that...I've never experienced before." He took a breath, "I know I'm...infatuated with him, but it's more than physical attraction. I care about how he feels, and I want him to be happy, even if it means sacrificing my own happiness...and whenever he's doing something stupid that I know isn't good for him, my body acts on its own, I get protective and ramble about things I shouldn't."

Sasuke looked down and lifted his hand in the air, brow crumpled as he tried to explain himself, "He has this...control over me, and I can't decide if I hate it or like it...it's different with him. I can't stand it when he's upset with me, it's almost like physical pain...and he pisses me off but I find it easy to forgive him or apologize if I hurt him."

Sasuke glanced worriedly at the bathroom entrance before continuing, feeling the heat in his face grow and the puddle of his pride shrink with each word that fell from his lips, "I have no idea how to handle it, and it would be so much easier if I knew just what the hell I was feeling, and why I can't control it."

Gaara stayed quiet, waiting to see if the Uchiha was done. When he was sure Sasuke wouldn't utter a word, he lifted a hand and ran his slim fingers over his tattoo, trailing them through his hair, and then letting them fall limp to his side. "You really had to come ask me this? You're clearly in love with him."

Sasuke quirked a thin eyebrow, "I'm...I'm what now?"

"It is painfully obvious, Uchiha, that you are in love with Naruto."

"...Love?"

Gaara nodded.

"That...that is the biggest piece of cliché bullshit I've ever heard! I am not in love with him!" Was this guy out of his fucking mind? Sasuke did not fall in love with people! "You're wrong! It's...it's gotta be something else!"

"You asked me a question and I answered it, whether you choose to believe me or not is your own problem."

Sasuke scowled. There was no way Gaara was right. Sasuke had never been in love with someone, he'd never even had a serious relationship with anyone. Wanting to have sex with Naruto was okay, even wanting to be friends with him was acceptable, but love? That was something far more serious than he would like it to be.

And Sasuke vehemently denied that he had fallen into such a thing.

"Jeez Kiba, you vomited every color of the rainbow in there! I was half expecting you to start shitting glitter too!"

Sasuke looked up as Naruto's voice sliced through his thoughts with perfect precision. And the second he met with that bottomless blue gaze, deep as any ocean, he knew Gaara had hit the nail right on the head.

He was in love with Naruto.

Fucking terrific.

x-X-0-X-x

Naruto was about to touch the doorknob when Sasuke abruptly wrapped a hand around it and kept it shut.

Naruto flicked his eyes up at the other with a light frown. "Um...I'm sorry Sasuke, is there a reason you're not letting me into my apartment?"

"Did you forget already?"

"Forget what?"

Sasuke smiled and reached into his pocket, pulling out a square sheet of paper and handing it to Naruto.

Naruto took it with a raised eyebrow and unfolded the faded parchment, revealing it to be his math test. His eyes widened. "Oh yeah! I'm getting a reward!"

"Five rewards, to be precise."

"Holy fuck, just because I got a decent grade on a test?"

"For how much you've improved...and just because I felt like it."

"No...you? Actually did something for me out of the kindness of your heart?" He glanced at Sasuke's chest. "Is there kindness in there? Way, way deep inside?"

"Hn" Sasuke lightly pushed the other out of the way and turned the knob. "You'd be surprised at some of the things I'm willing to do for you." He didn't give the boy a chance to respond as he opened the door and shoved the other inside, coming in and closing the door behind them.

Naruto gave him a quick glare for the shove, but then scanned the apartment for any signs of something different. He glanced from his bed to the window with the night sky and half moon outside and raised a brow at the quiet Sasuke. "Nothing's different...Is it somewhere else? It's not something stupid like 'pride in a job well done' is it?"

Sasuke smirked, "Surprise number one." He stood behind Naruto and flipped something, making Naruto shield his eyes from the sudden brightness. He blinked slowly as his enlarged pupils shrunk, and after a few moments of shock, he gaped at Sasuke. "You bought me electricity?!"

Sasuke ruffled blonde spikes. "See? Now you don't have to go to sleep at six anymore. Now, surprise number two." He pressed a hand to the small of Naruto's back and led him into the brightly lit kitchen, where Naruto was met with the sight of: "A microwave? Why'd you get me that?"

"For surprise number three." Sasuke let go of Naruto and opened a cupboard, filled to the brim with all types of instant ramen.

Naruto's eyes nearly bugged out of his head, and he swore he almost orgasmed at the sight of all that ramen. "How did you get all this in here without me knowing?!"

A cocky smile spread itself on Sasuke's face. "I think you've forgotten who I am, dobe. Now, for surprise number four." He reached into his pocket.

"Sasuke...I don't know if I can handle something else, all these things are kind of a sho – you got me a phone?!"

"Cell phone, gave one to Kiba and Gaara as well."

"What? When?"

"At the theatre, but you were very busy flirting with the concession stand girl, so I figured to give you yours later. I already added Kiba, Gaara, and my number to the address book." He placed the tiny – and very expensive looking – phone in the Naruto's hand.

Naruto stared wide eyed at the contraption, then around his "new" apartment. "Sasuke...this is all incredible, and I really appreciate it, but...I can't keep up with all these bills, you know that."

Sasuke smiled. "Which brings me to surprise five, all of your bills will now be paid by me."

"...What?"

"Water, light, cell, rent, every month the collectors will draw the money from my account, so you don't have to do anything."

"Are you...serious? You're not kidding, are you?"

"Dobe, why would I joke about something like this? Of course I'm serious." He let out a surprised gasp when Naruto yanked him into a crushing hug; slim arms wrapped around his torso and tanned face pressed into his neck. "Thank you" brushed against the skin in a sincere whisper, and just as quickly as it had happened, Naruto let go and pulled back, fisting an eye that threatened to let tears slip out.

Naruto couldn't believe this; he really didn't have to worry anymore. He didn't have to go month to month stretching what little money he had in order to accommodate all his needs. Sasuke had no idea how much this helped him. He smiled up at him, "Fifty bucks says this is the most selfless thing you've ever done. I have taught you well young grasshopper." He joked.

"You dobe, I'm not paying you anything. But I'm glad you like everything, I really wanted to make things good, or at least easier for you."

"My my, will you look at that? A selfless tongue too." Naruto looked at the phone in his hand. "You know what?" He looked back up at Sasuke, a huge grin on his face. "We're going out."

"Out?"

"Mhm, celebration."

"Celebration for what?"

Naruto smiled and pulled at Sasuke's hand. "Do we need a reason?"

x-X-0-X-x

Sasuke had never been to a club. He'd also never dealt with a drunk person before...Hell, Sasuke had never even seen a drunk person before.

Well, then it's a good thing that Naruto wasn't drunk. Oh no, Naruto wasn't drunk at all.

Nope. Naruto, was wasted.

"Hey Sas'ke! How cum you don't drink huh? All you had is water water water! You – you gotta loosen up!"

"That's okay dobe; I prefer to be sober since I am the one driving." Sasuke stated dryly as he watched Naruto's glassy eyes roam over the dance floor.

The club owner just happened to be Gaara's sister, Temari, and she'd let them in and then let Naruto drink to his heart's content, even though Sasuke tried several times to get him to stop and go home.

Temari came over and leaned against the bar counter. She was the bartender as well, because it just seemed that Gaara's entire family carried 'cool genes' or something, "Having fun guys?"

Naruto looked at her and brightened up. "Temari! You look so good tonight! I mean, you're already hot, but with your hair down, you look totally BANGABLE!"

"Yeah?" She ran her fingers through her loose hair. "Thank you Naruto."

Naruto chuckled and nodded, then out of nowhere slung an arm around Sasuke. "Hey Sasuke, what's...what's that song?"

Sasuke raised a brow and looked at the moving bodies on the dance floor beneath the rapidly changing lights. "The song that's playing?"

"No! No...It's an oldie...I think...how'd it go?"

"I don't know Naruto; there are a lot of -"

"Shh sh sh! I remember!" He took a deep breath and exhaled it in Sasuke's face, "Oooooooone is the looooooonliest number theeeere could ever beeeee!...Twooooo can be as baaad as ooone, 'cept when it's you and meeeeee!"

"I...don't think that's how the song goes, Naruto."

Naruto's brow furrowed. "Yes it is."

"No, I'm fairly sure it doesn't."

"Meh..."

Sasuke shot a light glare at Temari, "Why did you allow him to get like this?"

Temari frowned and put down the glass she was cleaning. "Naruto's had it tough... He deserves to let loose every once in a while."

Sasuke eyebrows rose. She had that same sullen expression that Gaara had when Sasuke had asked him about Naruto's reaction to the whole love symbol affair. "What happened to him?"

Temari raked shaky fingers through her hair. "It's not something we should talk about, especially in front of him."

"He's drunk off his ass-"

"It doesn't matter!" She snapped.

Sasuke flinched at her tone before feeling a tug at his sleeve, he looked down at Naruto.

"Sas'ke," Naruto breathed, his hand sliding across Sasuke's chest until fingers circled his shoulder. "Come dance with me."

"I don't think so, not when you're like this."

Naruto frowned and slammed a hand on the table. "You don't refuse me! I OWN you!"

Sasuke blinked owlishly. "...You...own me?"

"YES!" Naruto held out a hand to Temari, who laughed and pulled out a black marker from her pocket, placing it in Naruto's palm. Naruto then grabbed Sasuke's right hand and pulled off the cap of the marker with his teeth. He flipped the hand over and Sasuke watched with mild interest as his skin was marked. When the dobe finished, he lifted the hand and read what was written. "Nrto?"

Naruto nodded triumphantly. "It's the abbremaliation!"

"...Abbreviation?"

"NO! Wait...yes...no...I...ramen..." He moaned and licked his lips at the thought of his favorite food, then smiled at Sasuke. "What were we talkin' about?"

Sasuke groaned and buried his head in his hands.

Naruto blinked. "Hey Sasuke, come dance with me!"

Any other time, Sasuke would've jumped at the chance, but not when Naruto was as drunk as a hooker at Mardi Gras. "I already said no, dobe."

Naruto scowled and abruptly stood up. "Fine! I'm going to dance by my own!"

"By yourself?"

"By. My. Own!" Naruto yelled and placed a foot on the bar counter, then both feet, getting up on it.

Sasuke raised a brow. "Naruto...what are you doing?"

Naruto smirked. "Dancing." He began rolling his hips in time with the beat, getting a good rhythm on it before beginning to pop open the buttons on his shirt.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Whoa whoa, hey! What the hell do you think you're doing Naruto?!"

Naruto took his bottom lip between his teeth and smiled as a crowd began to form around him, watching his shirt flutter to the counter as he arched and ran his fingers through his hair, hips still thrusting back and forth in sync with the tempo of the music.

Sasuke blushed and panted slightly as he watched Naruto perform his seductive dance, but he snapped out of it when he heard cheering around as a result from Naruto pulling down the zipper of his jeans. And a girl, sounding suspiciously like Temari, yell out, "Whoo yeah! Take it off!"

Before he could even think, Sasuke grabbed Naruto's legs and yanked him off the counter. Naruto whined in protest before Sasuke grabbed the discarded shirt and maneuvered the boy to the door, hearing woots and cat calls all the way there.

When they were at his car, he opened the passenger door and shoved Naruto inside, tossing the shirt on his lap. Then he went around to his side and got in, slamming the door and stabbing the key into the keyhole, turning it with more force than necessary.

Naruto watched the whole scene with mild fascination, and when Sasuke pulled out of the lot, he leaned towards the driver and breathed hotly in his ear, "Are you mad Sas'ke?"

Sasuke snapped to him with a glare. "What the hell is wrong with you, huh? How could you go and do something like that?"

Naruto pouted and laid his head down on Sasuke's lap, pulling a gasp from the boy and making it very hard for him to concentrate on the road. "But you didn't dance with me." He complained softly.

"Naruto..." Sasuke was testing every bit of self control he had not to look down at the half naked blond lying on his lap. "Naruto get up, you're distracting me and you'll make me have an accident."

"You...make me have an accident."

"Agh, what?"

"I dun like it...you're making me break a promise...to my own."

"To yourself?"

Naruto nodded blankly. "To myself."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke was making Naruto break a promise he made to himself? "You're drunker than I thought you were."

Naruto groaned and shifted on Sasuke's lap, rubbing his cheek right against the other's groin. Sasuke gasped and gripped the steering wheel so hard, his knuckles turned white. "Ah, Naruto get off! I can't concentrate!"

"You want me to get off?"

"Yes!"

Naruto chuckled and lifted a hand slowly. He slid his fingertips underneath Sasuke's shirt, stroking the warm skin and making Sasuke stiffen. "Me too" Naruto murmured huskily.

"Shit." Sasuke breathed. Getting horny while driving was not a good direction to be headed in. "Naruto get UP! I mean it!"

Naruto glanced up at him, his eyes milky. "Do you really?"

"Naruto! Please! I am going to CRASH! We're almost there, please, just get up!"

Naruto exhaled a soft sigh and did as he was told, sitting up and leaning against the window.

Sasuke felt a huge pressure go down and his heart stopped racing as he pulled into a reserved parking spot in the apartment complex. He drummed his fingers against the steering wheel for a moment and took deep, calming breaths before getting out and going around to Naruto's side.

Sasuke pulled Naruto out and wrapped an arm around his waist, having Naruto's own arm slung around his neck. He kicked the door shut and began walking to the apartment, grateful that Naruto lived on ground floor, but feeling that the door was just too damn far away for his liking right now. Naruto was panting against his neck and placing his full weight on him, and Sasuke could do nothing to control the blood rushing to his crotch from the proximity.

Naruto suddenly coughed. "Suke...wait...I think I'm gonna..." He wrenched away from Sasuke's hold and fell on the grass, making a hacking noise and then emptying the contents of his stomach on the ground.

Sasuke scrunched his nose up a bit but rubbed Naruto's bare back in small circles, enjoying the feel of the warm, smooth skin beneath his fingers.

Naruto abruptly stood up and collapsed against Sasuke, sliding down his body slowly, feeling every hard curve move under his chest and he groaned when he was on his knees on the ground, cheek resting on Sasuke's thigh and putting his face right in view of Sasuke's hard on. He grinned and pointed to the bulge. "Looks like you got a problem there...a big one." He laughed at his own joke.

Sasuke didn't even want to think about how red his face was, he simply picked Naruto up and carried him bridal style, not caring who saw them. He just wanted to get inside the damn apartment and put the blond to bed.

Naruto suddenly threw his head back and began giggling uncontrollably, fisting a hand in Sasuke's hair for no particular reason as he was carried to the door.

Sasuke fumbled with the key for a moment before turning the knob and kicking the door open, nearly tripping on his way inside. He sighed in relief when he reached Naruto's bed and threw the boy on top of it, feeling more like he'd just climbed Mount Everest with his bare hands rather than just bringing his drunk crush home.

He started when Naruto groaned and threw a tan arm over his eyes. "Susuke..."

"Sasuke."

Naruto smiled. "Mmmm...yes please."

Sasuke blushed. "I'm not even going to try and figure out what you meant by that." He sighed and bent down, yanking off Naruto's jeans leaving him only in boxers to sleep in, which made Naruto start his fit of giggles again.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and threw the jeans to some random corner of the room before stripping himself down to his own boxers as well.

Naruto's eyes roamed up and down the pale body, and he lifted a finger to trace the line of dark hair that ran down Sasuke's stomach. Sasuke's eyes widened and he quickly, albeit regretfully, caught Naruto's wrist. "What are you doing?" He questioned softly but sharply.

Naruto stared impassively at his captured hand for a second before giving Sasuke a smoky gaze. "Do you know you're very purty Suke?"

Sasuke blinked before smiling. "Am I now? Is that you or the alcohol talking?"

Naruto grinned and closed his eyes, tilting his head upward. "Mmm...I needa tell you something."

Sasuke raised a brow and leaned down to the Naruto's face, only to get jerked down so his ear was next to Naruto's lips. "Did you know...the cow goes moo?"

Sasuke frowned at him. "Um...I'm...glad you're aware of that, Naruto."

Naruto nodded slowly. "Yeah...and the horsh..."

"The horse?"

Naruto bit his lip with a smile and nodded again. "Yeeeaaah...the horsh goes meow."

"Uh...no, Naruto, that's not right. The cat goes meow, not the horse."

Naruto's brow crumpled as if that was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard. "No it does not."

"Yes, it does."

Naruto let go of Sasuke and flopped back on the bed. "You're lying to me again!"

Sasuke went into slight panic. "No, no Naruto, it's true, I'm not lying."

"Yes you are!"

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's chin and forced him to look at him. "Look at me; I'm not lying to you, okay? You're drunk, you probably think the sky is green and the grass is blue."

Naruto looked offended. "I is not!"

"I am not."

"Yes! That's RIGHT!" Naruto shoved a finger in the air before letting it fall above his head and beginning to laugh again.

Sasuke groaned and let go of his chin, seeing that this wasn't going anywhere. He laid down on his futon next to Naruto's bed and covered himself...

"Ah! Sas'ke where'd you go?!"

Sasuke shot up and found the frightened blond sitting up on his bed. When he caught Naruto's eyes, the boy threw himself around him and sobbed into his shoulder. "I thought you had gone!" He cried.

Sasuke stood up and patted Naruto's back reassuringly, finding this to be extremely exhausting. "It's okay, I'm right here next to you." He pointed to the futon.

Naruto frowned and then glared hatefully at the thing. "Why you on the floor?"

"I always sleep down there."

"Why?"

"Why? Because that's where you tell me to sleep."

Naruto's face twisted up in confusion. "That's a lie; I dun want you down there."

"You don't want me down there?"

"No, I don't want to be alone."

Sasuke pulled away from him. "But you're not alone." He yelped when Naruto yanked him onto the bed roughly, a distant look in his blue eyes.

"I want you here Sas'ke...with me."

Sasuke felt his mouth part, his heart-beat loud and booming against his chest. "What do you mean?"

Naruto smiled and laid down, scooting over and forcing Sasuke to lie down as well. He threw the sheet over both of their bodies. "With me," his arm crossed over Sasuke's chest, curling around him and pulling him close. "So I'm not alone."

Something coiled in Sasuke's stomach at the emotion brimming in Naruto's eyes. He didn't trust his voice to respond, so he nodded instead, and ran his fingers through golden locks, watching with blurry fascination as the other drifted into sleep.

Drunk Naruto is so much fun to write~ |D