A/N: I know...I know... it's been FOREVER (sorta) but I'm ready now. I was debating on whether or not I liked how this was going... let me know if I should change it. Well... here goes. REVIEW

Chapter 9

Sasuke's P.O.V

It was too early for me to be awake but I just couldn't sleep, I didn't want to. If I went to sleep then I would inevitably dream of Naruto, something I was trying to avoid. It's been two months since my last suicide attempt and I've tried to push down my feelings for him, dull them at least, to the point that I could function around him without feeling the butterflies. My eyes were dark and I had bags on top of bags, my clothes were wrinkled because of my inability to iron without falling asleep and nearly burning my clothes. I sat down on a stump of what used to be my favorite tree and put my face in my hands For some strange reason streams of saltwater began to roll down my cheeks. It was dark and the wood was empty and silent other than the occasional hoot of the invisible owls. Their calls seemed to be directed to me, seemed to say 'Sasuke you pathetic moron, get your ass up and be a man,' but I couldn't. Maybe I didn't want to, maybe I was holding myself back. I sat up and looked into the trees. Suddenly the big yellow eyes of the bird in the tree across from me shone through the dark.

"Hoooo, hoooo." For some reason its call angered me. I hopped onto my feet and stood on top of the stump.

"Shut up you damn bird," I shook my fist at it. It just looked at me.

"Hoooo, hooo."

"I said shut up!"

"Hoooo, hoooo."

"SHU- argggh! This is stupid! Arguing with an owl." I sat down again and ran my hand through my hair in frustration. I put my head back down and closed my eyes. Eventually I fell into a deep sleep, and inevitably...it was about Naruto. His big smile, his beautiful blue eyes looking up into mine, shining with happiness. Nothing too graphic at least. I held him, just held him. It wasn't much, but in my dream I was finally happy.

Something wet touched my face, I opened my eyes to see the cloudy sky breaking through the trees. I sat up and looked around to realize that the stump that I was sitting on before was now about five feet away and I was laying on the leaves from the nearly naked trees. 'How the hell..' A rustle and a hand on my shoulder interrupted the thought.

"Sasuke." I turned and saw Naruto sitting next to me, his hair full of leaves and his eyes showing signs of recent sleep. Had he been laying next to me the whole time? The falling rain flattened his hair and drenched both his clothes and mine. The expression he gave to me was soft and sweet.

"Naruto," I began "what are you doing here?"

"I could ask the same for you but explain later, lets get out of this rain before-" My sneeze interrupted him in mid sentence. "Before exactly that happens." I blushed slightly and stood up, feeling the water in my shoes rush in between my toes.

"Ugh," I groaned at the feel of the moisture. It was bad enough to have wet clothes, but the smushy feeling in my shoes was even less pleasant. I took off my shoes and socks and Naruto followed suit and pushed both sets into his string backpack. We began to make our way back to campus but it began to take a while to find our way out of the treees.

Neither of us said a word but I could see Naruto looking at me out of the corner of my eye but I made sure to keep my gaze focused on my shoe less feet. I fought the strong urge to look back at him. 'God help me, give me strength of will.' Naruto was the first to speak.

"Sasuke, did I do something wrong?" He stopped walking and blocked me off with his arm, the muscles there bulging beneath his skin tight long sleeved shirt. I shoved my hands in my pockets when I began to feel the urge to touch.

"No," I said, still looking down at my feet.

"You sure are acting like it. Do we need to talk? Is something wrong?"

I shook my head, "No." He'd been forcing me to talk to him whenever something bothered me as what I thought was suicide prevention.

"Then why don't you look at me, Sasuke?" Look at me." I didn't. I couldn't. He put his hand under my chin and lifted my head to meet his gaze. His blue eyes seemed to see into my soul, I immediately glanced away. "I'm over here." I looked, he seemed hesitant but his hand never left my chin. In his eyes I saw worry and a slight sense of anxiety, I wondered what he saw in mine. I don't know what came over me, it was out of my control, but I planted my lips firmly on his. He didn't pull away, but I did. I came back to my senses. 'Oh god, what have I done?' He still didn't react, his face showed no signs of anger which I took as a good sign before realizing that it didn't show signs of anything.

"Naruto, I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me! I didn't mean to-" He put his hand over my mouth to quiet me.

"Why are you apologizing? I was going to anyway, you just beat me to it." I was suddenly VERY confused.

"Wait...WHAT?" My words were muffled by his hand. He removed it swiftly, swooped in and kissed me intensely. I didn't kiss back due to massive confusion. He pulled away slowly.

"Do you not like me anymore?" His expression darkened gradually as he let me go. He was REALLY sad!

"I- I do, but I thought you didn't like me!"

"I did, I just didn't realize it. These past two months have made me realize how much I love you, Uchiha. Last night completed it for me. Seeing you sleeping, you looked so peaceful. I had to stay with you," he moved a straying piece of hair out of my face. "I fell even deeper for you over night, I love you all along. I just didn't know it." With that last sentence he kissed me again and I kissed back, it got deeper and deeper. Naruto let out a hungry growl and moved his lips to my neck, his hands moved into my shirt and I stifled a moan. My breath was raspy and sweat formed on my brow, I stopped him when he reached for the pants.

"Naruto, no," I said weakly. He looked up at me, annoyance showing on his face. "Wait until we get back to campus." He pondered it for a moment then let me go. We continued on our journey hand in hand and all I thought of was one thing.

Naruto loved me...

And I was happy.

A/N:

That's it! The END! :) I LOVE HAPPY ENDINGS! REVIEW!