Ok, so this is my second chapter. I really like this story so I might follow it through. Then I'll prolly finish Junjo, then I'll finish FMA. You people happy? Good! Not only that, but I need to keep up on meh social life too. Anz, anz, anz... this chapter is dedicated to Sarah-Lu (love u) and Gabe. My two best friends. Gets beat up by other friends. AND FOR TRISTAN! LEAVE ME ALONE! (OH, and linztheblonde.. whose name I just realized is pronounced lindsay the blonde) Sasuke may seem OOC so don't kill me, cuz I warned you.

I look in the mirror and I loathe what I see,
Because the person staring back... will always be me.

Chapter Two: Scars and Hearts

"Sa-su-ke!" Sakura called from behind him. He stood there, taking a slight glance back. Her face was bright and happy as usual. He looked away from her just to be tackled by the blonde named Ino. He fell with a huff of displeasure.

"Sasuke-kun!" Ino screeched in his ear. He quickly got up from under her, leaving her on the floor looking like an animal. Sakura got a hold of her before anything else could be done. The girls fought, like every other day. Nothing spectacular was happening. Naruto was even there. He sat at a desk by himself. Sasuke watched as others snickered and laughed at the petty and futile boy. Naruto sat there grinning like a fool, as if he was telling everyone it was true.

I am a fool, he could almost hear Naruto say. I'm an idiot. Sasuke shrugged the accusation off and sat at another desk. People surrounded him. Girls flustered at his appearance. Sasuke sat there unperturbed. He began to realize how similar him and Naruto really were. Sasuke could see it. The way Naruto walked, the way he acted when people made fun of him, he could see everything. Naruto was just as alone as he was, he just had a different setup.

Naruto was meant to be ignored. Sasuke was meant to be the head of attention. Naruto took in any attention he could grasp. Sasuke tried to get away from everyone. Naruto didn't try to find a way out... Sasuke was still trying. Sasuke didn't notice the people constantly repeating his name as he stared at his desk in thoughtfulness.

"Sasuke," somebody beside him began, "get in a knife fight yesterday?" Sasuke peered over to Kiba with a disgruntled face. What was he talking about? Kiba's eyes glanced to his neck, his face holding a tight smirk.

"No," Sasuke said quickly. He had forgotten about the wound. People started to stare at it. Girls were frantic that their beloved had gotten hurt.

"Who did this to you?" they asked in unison. Sasuke said nothing. It would be unheroic if he said he'd fallen. He'd seem like a coward if he'd said he hadgotten into a fight and ran away or lost. Telling people the truth would only hurt his reputation. Sasuke's eyes seemed to digress over towards Naruto once again. The blonde was absolutely alone now. Everyone was crowding around Sasuke, asking where he'd gotten the scar. He felt his heart splinter into pieces.

That face that Naruto made... that depressed face with those big blue eyes. He couldn't take it. Sasuke's own pain was momentarily lost as he commiserated for Naruto. He commiserated for the Kyuubi. Sasuke desired to go and sit by him, but he made himself stay planted. Slowly, but surely, Sasuke's emptiness returned with a triple threat. His stomach heaved and tossed in anger, sadness and frustration. His head burned like flames from Hell that desired to force him down into the bubbling darkness. Then his chest pulled over the desk in pain and agony. There was so much pain... Sasuke was getting so tired of it.

He stood up from his desk. Everyone came to a silence. His eyes stayed down at the ground, he had no need to look into the eyes of everyone around him. He hopped back off one of the desks and made his way to the door. No one said anything until he was out of the room. Thirty whispers seemed to sound like a crowd of yelling people in his ear. He walked back towards the back of the school and dashed from there to the dock.

He felt his soul drag behind him as his body pushed heavily forward. The world was closing in on him. He'd forgotten how to dream... how to hope... how to love. He slowed to a stop as he felt the sunset come again. The warmth from the sun's rays spilled over him. The fragile heart that he had been able to conserve all these years started to dissolve with the liquid rays that had fled from his body. He fell on the ground in mental exhaustion. He felt everything dive over the edge.

He took the kunai once more. He put his arm up and sliced down once. It wasn't helpful... not at all, but he felt something. It wasn't relief or happiness... it wasn't pain or anger... it was temptation. He felt desire to do it once more. He did. The blood spilt over his arm like smaller streams. What's happening to me? He thought in remorse. Why am I doing this? He was angry. At himself. At the world. At his brother. There was only one person who spared his rage. Only one person he knew who he could say made him forget about his vexation.

"What the heck!" Sasuke heard someone cry. He quickly tried to hide his arm, afraid of what they might say. His kunai was gone, soiled in the dirt. Someone's presence was by his side. He could tell quickly who it was. His body eased. He looked up at Naruto's disgruntled face. His blue sapphire eyes were shining brightly down at him. Sasuke was glad to see him. "Stop it, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled in aggravation. "This isn't like you, what's wrong?" Sasuke's eyes fled down sullenly.

"Nothing, idiot," Sasuke said painstakingly. Naruto growled and held his shoulders. Sasuke looked up at him surprised. Naruto's face was enraged. Sasuke wasn't afraid of him, not at all, he actually felt bad that he was making him act this way.

"Sasuke, I'm not asking you out of courtesy," Naruto began, "I'm asking you because I care. Tell me what's on your mind." Sasuke couldn't do anything for a moment. The pain fell back over his head with thunder. Rain poured down from the sky, Sasuke made a forced smile as he hid his eyes under his wet hair. Tears fell and rolled down his cheeks. They burned his eyes and his throat constricted, trying not to choke on the lack of air. Naruto's body composition lowered and he became more subtle. He touched Sasuke's face gently and raised it to see his.

"I thought Uchiha's didn't cry..." Naruto said with his common smirk. Sasuke smiled. It was a sad and understanding smile. He didn't know what else to do. He was confused with himself. The world was still caving in on him... but he had his shelter. He had someone to look up to when he was down, he had a person to understand him. Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke and pulled him close to his chest. Sasuke's eyes widened for a moment. Naruto was warm. Very warm. His heart beat was audible next to Sasuke's ear. Sasuke's eyes fell closed as he gripped Naruto's shirt.

"Am I going to have to save you every time you try to kill yourself?" Naruto asked jokingly as he stroked Sasuke's drenched hair. Sasuke was too tired to respond. His mind had finally settled down. Everything was beginning to make sense again. He felt as though he was taking advantage of Naruto, having him be his outlet when it came to life. He allowed Naruto to see a side of him that wasn't real in everyone else's eyes... Sasuke reached his head up to Naruto's and made a small smile as he closed his eyes.

"That's all I ask," he whispered. Naruto smiled also and pushed his lips down on Sasuke's. Sasuke didn't understand for another moment. Two boys who loved each other... that was wrong, right? What he really didn't understand was why he kissed back. His hands reached to grab Naruto's shirt so he could stay in place as he made his tongue search for a response. Unfortunately, they needed to breathe. The two boys inched back, gasping for breath. The rain made them stick together. Leaving each other also made their body temperature drop.

"You know," Naruto began, "you don't have to do anything when you're with me. Except," he made a thoughtful face, "maybe... whistle." He glanced down at Sasuke with a smirk, "You knwo how to whistle don't you, Sasuke? You just put your lips together," he traced Sasuke's lips with his index finger and pulled his chin up with his thumb, "and blow..."

Yea, yea I stole the line from To Have or Have Not but me, Sarah-lu, Gabe, Hafa, Ella, Olivia and Julie all just got done watchin it at
Sarah-lu's Halloween Party. SO SPARE ME YOUR EGOZ! Reviews would be nice...