Sasuke and Naruto got dressed and walked out the door. Sasuke was thinking about how best to break the news to Sakura, without having her break anything of his.

"What should I say?" he whispered to Naruto nervously.

Naruto shrugged "Well I don't know. Just tell her I guess."

Sasuke frowned "Yeah, but how?"

"Nicely?"

"You're no help at all," Sasuke sighed.

"Yep."

"Hey guys," Shikamaru said catching up to them.

"Hey Shikamaru!" said Naruto.

"Are you ok, Sasuke? You look like you're walking to a funeral."

"I might as well be. Sakura's going to kill me."

"Why?"

Naruto and Sasuke share a look.

"Well?" said Shikamaru "Come on. Tell me what's wrong, I might be able to help."

Sasuke sighed "Maybe, but listen, you can't tell anyone this, ok? Anyone at all."

"Alright."

"Naruto and I…are…sort of…together." Sasuke whispered.

"Huh?"

Naruto and Sasuke share another look.

"What do you mean 'together'?

Naruto sighed loudly "You know, like having sex!"

"Naruto!"

"What?"

Sasuke sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, but didn't say anything different.

Shikamaru processed this. "Really?"

"Yes. Really." confirmed Sasuke.

"Umm…wow?"

"Yeah," said Naruto "Now tell Sasuke how to break the news to Sakura."

"She's gonna kill you," Shikamaru said matter-of-factly.

Sasuke rolled his eyes "Thanks. Brilliant deduction, Shikamaru."

He shrugged "Well…Good luck, guys. You're gonna need it." He waved his goodbye and walked off.

Naruto frowned "Well, he was helpful."

"Oh, well. I guess I'm off to my execution"

Naruto laughed "See you later Sasuke. I hope." He started to walk off, but Sasuke grabbed his hands, and after a quick peak around with his sharingan, pressed his lips to Naruto's.

"Yeah, hopefully." he said with a grin. He left Naruto there with a stupid grin on his face and a blush rising to his cheeks.

Sasuke walked along all the paths they used to walk, hoping he'd run into Sakura, but he ran into someone else instead.

"S-Sasuke?"

He turned to find Hinata Hyuga standing behind him, fingers pushing nervously against each other. She avoided his eyes.

"Oh, hi Hinata," he said.

Now she looked up at him, right in the eyes, "Please, make Naruto happy," she said.

"What?"

"I want only the best for Naruto," she said, looking away again "I just want him to be happy and…well I know that you make him happy. So please, just…"

She shook her head, hiding the tears with her hair.

"You truly love Naruto, don't you?" Sasuke said, quietly, suddenly feeling very guilty.

"Yes. I have for a long time, but I was never brave enough to do anything about it s-so…I suppose it's my fault. Naruto loves you though, so as long as he loves someone and someone loves him then…I'll be happy."

Sasuke couldn't imagine the heartbreak Hinata must have felt, and he couldn't help but be a little angry with Naruto. Here was this beautiful girl who loved him with all her heart, and he never even bothered to notice her? It was tragic really.

"Hinata, I-"

"Do you love Naruto?" Hinata said more forcefully than he thought possible from her, but despite his surprise he didn't hesitate to answer, "Yes", with equal force.

Hinata smiled, seeming satisfied with his reply "Good. That's all that matters."

"But, Hinata-"

"It's ok, Sasuke. It's ok."

She walked away much happier then when she arrived, as if Naruto's happiness was truly enough to make her happy, even if it were someone else he were happy with.

Sasuke felt another pang of guilt, but he knew, or at least he hoped that he made Naruto happy. Not just for my sake, but for Hinata's sake too, he thought, I'll always be there for him, because as long as he's happy, she's happy. As long as he's happy, I'm happy.

He started walking again, still dreading his encounter with Sakura when he heard Naruto's voice, as loud and full of emotion as ever, and stopped, dumbfounded by what he was hearing...

Naruto started walking, thinking of all the horrible things Sakura might do to Sasuke when he heard a voice calling him.

"Hey! Naruto!"

He looked up in horror. It was Sakura.

"Oh…hey there, Sakura. Umm…what are you doing here?"

"Actually, I'm looking for Sasuke."

"Oh, well Sasuke's looking for you too."

"Really? Where is he? Hey…what's that on your neck?" Sakura asked pointing to a dark red mark on Naruto's neck.

"Huh? What? I don't know what you mean, Sakura" his hand flew to his neck covering the mark and making him look guiltier.

Dammit! he thought, as he tried to pull up the neck of his t-shirt, Why the hell didn't I put on my jacket?

Sakura made a face "Is that…Is that a hickey!?"

"What?! No, no, no!" Naruto said, frantically waving his hands back and forth.

"It is, isn't it!?"

"No!"

"So, who gave it to you?" she asked, arms crossed tightly over her chest.

"No one!"

She looked fierce, like she might tear him limb from limb. She asked in a very quiet voice "Was it Sasuke?"

"Umm…"

"It was. Wasn't it?"

"Umm…"

She looked fierce until her bottom lip started to shake. "You slept with him. Didn't you?"

"Uh…"

Tears started falling from Sakura's eyes. She couldn't help it. "I can't…I can't believe…you two…why?"

Naruto sighed. This was why Sasuke should've been the one to tell her, he thought. I'm not good with words.

"Look…Sakura. I…love him and…well, I guess he loves me too. Whatever this…thing we have, this…bond…whatever it is, its really strong. I couldn't escape even if I wanted to, and I guess he can't either. I just want to be with him. I know that's going to be hard for a lot of people to accept, especially you, but…you're all just gonna have to, because that's the way it is, ok?!"

Naruto was crying too. He brushed the tears away angrily with his sleeve.

"I just wish it was easy, you know? But it won't be. It's crazy, but…it'll be okay. I've got Sasuke back and we're together so, it'll be okay. And you know what?" Naruto threw his arms up, "Who cares? Who cares if people accept us? It doesn't matter, we have each other…so there."

Naruto crossed his arms triumphantly over his chest.

Sakura wasn't looking at him, she was looking of his shoulder. Naruto turned around and saw Sasuke standing there, a look of awe on his face.

"You mean that, Naruto?" he asked quietly.

"Of course!" he said.

Sasuke smiled at him, trying to convey all his love in one single smile. Naruto smiled back, I love you too, Sasuke.

Sasuke looked at Sakura. "Sakura, I-"

"No," she said with a shake of her head. "It's alright."

She walked away. They could tell she wasn't alright, but they figured, eventually, she would be.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto and kissed him, like it was his last. This time though, he didn't bother checking if anyone was watching. He didn't care who saw.

Whoops!

Haha...forgot the end note there for a little while. Sorry. Just wanted to say thank you to every one whose read this first fanfic of mine, your feedback and support means everything! Hope this was a satisfying end for you guys. I'll be doing more fanfiction, don't you worry. I'm a huge Avatar: TLA fan so you'll probably get some of that next. Thanks again everyone, I love you all!

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