New chappie! wootness.. uh? I dun think I'm gonna do reviews in this fic, just cause it takes too much time.. but, I do read them, no worries, and they inspire me! -tears of joy- anyway? uum... so.. yeah

Warnings: In ch. 1

Disclaimer: in ch.1 botches

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The blonde lay curled up in his bed, under his blankets with his pillow clutched close to his chest. He smiled through his tears, thoughts of Sasuke interupting his thoughts of Iruka. The pale teen had already wiggled a place in Naruto's heart, after only a few days. He only wished he could talk to him..

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Naruto sighed softly as he sat in the desk, his hair still damp from the shower he'd taken only minutes before. He pulled his black binder towards him, absently picking at a torn corner as he waited for the teacher to enter the class.

"GOOD MORNING, KIDDIES! How are all of you? I hope you are just DANDY, because today is a GOOD Day!" The 'teacher' exlaimed, somewhat leaping into the classroom. "Are you all ready to learn? Because learning is good for your soul!"

The blonde resisted the urge to twitch, he had this man last year for athletics, now he had him for Chemistry? He could already tell his senior year would be the worst, if he had anymore teachers like Gai.. What time was this class over? He glanced down at his watch, to see what time it was.. 'Sasuke would be getting up right about now..' Naruto thought, without realizing that the pale teen had been on his mind since he'd woken up.

He barely listened as Gai explained to them the assignment for the day, copying vocabulary. Opening his notebook, he began scrawling the words and meanings down quickly, not caring if it was right or not, just so long as this day got over soon..

"Pst, Naruto." The blonde felt a finger prodding into his back and he turned around, seeing Shikamaru holding out a piece of paper. He quirked a brow at the boy, Shika didn't pass notes.. However, he still took the paper, turning around in his desk to read it.

'How've you been.. yaknow, since..'

Naruto turned around slightly, giving the brunette a questioning look. 'Good, I guess.. I have to volunteer at this shelter though.. My Dr. thought it would be good for me, so I don't get like.. depressed or something.' He passed the paper back.

'Oh, anybody interesting you know there?'

'I only really know one guy.. His name is Sasuke.'

'Sounds cool, I guess. you two talk about anything?'

'Not really..'

'Why not?'

'He can't hear.'

'Makes sense I guess.. it would suck, not hearing.. How do you really know him then?'

'The.. er, caretaker? translates for us.. It's kinda complicating, cause you never know if thats what he's really telling Sasuke..'

'Then why don't you write to him? I mean, deaf people can read and write, can't they?"

Naruto smiled, boy he was glad Shikamaru was his friend.

'Shika, you're genius!'

'Yeah.. if you say so, I guess its true..'

Naruto balled the paper up and stood to go throw it away. Now he was even more anxious for the day to end..

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The tan teen could barely sit still as he watched the clock, mentally willing the small black hands to go faster. It was only two minutes until the bell rang, and he could leave and go see Sasuke! He couldn't explain why he wanted to be around the pale teen so much, he'd only known him for a week.. But nonetheless, it was the only thing he had to look forward to now.

The bell rang and he shot out of his seat, grabbing his bag before bursting through the door. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him out of the building, quickly flagging down a cab out on the busy street. He panted out his destination to the driver, pulling a few bills from his pocket to already pay the man, he'd get out and to Sasuke faster that way.. He didn't even wait for the car to stop moving before he opened the door and ran up the stairs to the shealter, taking them two at a time. The blonde waved his precense to Kakashi, waiting for him to approve that he could go to Sasuke's room.

The gray-haired man nodded and Naruto forced himself to walk to his new friend's room.

He opened the door slowly, seeing the dark-haired teen laying on his stomach on his bed, staring at the empty chair Naruto normally sat in while he was there. The blonde plopped in said chair, waving his fingers at Sasuke. He reached down into his bag and pulled out a spiral and a pen, neatly writing 'You can read, right?'

He watched as Sasuke's eyes lit up and he nodded, a small smiling gracing his features. He smiled back and sat on the bed next to the pale teen, turning to his notebook to write again.

'Did you miss me?' He wrote, actually trying to write with good penmanship, unlike at school..

'Lots! Where were you?' Sasuke was glad for this, he'd been by himself all day. Not even Kakashi had came in to say hi, just brought him lunch and left.

'School started today, I forgot to tell you. Sorry..'

'Its okay, I was just wondering where you were all day. It was kind of boring by myself again.'

'I'm sorry, but never fear! I'm applying for early release, I can get out after Lunch, instead of at 3, so I can be here just after 12 every day!'

'Oh, cool. You know, this is so much easier than signing.. It was a great idea.'

'Yeah, my friend suggested it.'

'You were talking about me?'

'Not in a bad way, he just asked me what I'd been doing, I didn't know you didn't want me to.'

'Oh no! Actually, I'm flattered that you're not ashamed to be friends with a deaf guy.'

'Why would I be? And I'm flattered that you consider me a friend.'

'I guess you're my friend.. I mean, you are, right?'

'Of course I am! If you want me to be, that is.'

'Oh yeah, definatly! .. Do I seem over-excieted to you?'

'A little, but it's not a bad thing.'

'Not a bad thing? That's good.. I don't want to seem like an idiot.. its just, I don't think anybody has ever wanted to be friends with me before.' Nobody in this place had ever even tried to talk to him after he couldn't hear, it was stupid.. The least they could do was try, everyone just left him alone in his room. And despite what it seemed, he didn't like being alone.

'Well, they don't know what they're missing, and you don't seem like an idiot. In fact, I like how you are.' Naruto nudged the pale teen with his elbow softly, noting the slight blush on his cheeks.

'Really? You know what? I like your face, you have these little whisker things on your cheeks. Did you draw them there or something?'

'No, they're scars. But I'm glad you like them, everybody else makes fun of me for them..'

'Oh, I'm sorry. I'll kick their asses if they bother you! Kidding, but I will!'

'Okay, I'll let you know... I'm running out of things to say.. Anything in particular you want to talk about?'

'Sure, I guess now would be a good time to ask you some questions.. or you can ask me if you want to.'

'Man, I hate asking these kind of questions, but I'm curious. Have you always not been able to hear? I feel like such an ass for asking..'

'It's okay, I don't mind. But no, I got really sick when I was like.. 12 and lost my hearing.. It really sucks.'

"Oh, I'm sorry. Is that when you moved in here?'

'No, I've been here since I was 8.. My parents and brother died in a car accident..'

'I'm sorry, I know how you feel.. My gaurdian died like that too... Just a few weeks ago..' Naruto set the pen and notebook back in Sasuke's lap, not caring to stop the tears that slipped silently down his cheeks. He wasn't going to pretend like he didn't cry about it, he cried every night in his bed, in the shower, when he was alone.

Sasuke read the words, looking up at the blonde with understanding. He pushed the notebook on the bed in front of him, wrapping his arms around Naruto's shoulders. He gave the younger teen a slight squeeze, resting his forehead on his wet cheeks. The pale teen knew perfectly well how much a hug meant at a time like this.. Sometimes, it was the best way to help somebody get through things. He knew things would have been better for him if he had somebody to hug him.

Naruto curled his fingers around the pale arm gently, sniffing quietly. After a few moments, Sasuke pulled away, picking the notebook up again.

'Do you like hugs?'

'Depends on who they're from, why, do you?'

'I love hugs, only from people I like though.'

'Who do you like?' He looked over once he was sure the pale teen had read the words, a blush obvious on the normally light cheeks.

'I don't know.. Not too many people, actually, only one I can think of.'

'Does this person have a name?'

'Yeah..'

'Are you going to tell me?'

'He says his name is Naruto, but I'm not sure if he really likes me too.' Sasuke looked over at the blonde, mentally wishing to trace the faint scars on his cheeks.

'I'm sure he likes you just fine.. In fact, he told me the other day he didn't know if you liked him. Maybe you're both just worried about the same things.' The younger teen couldn't help but smile at the situation, he'd developed some sort of liking for the Uchiha over the past few visits. It really sucked now that he had to go to school, sure.. it was only like.. 4 hours away from him, but 4 hours was a long time when you had nobody to talk to.

'Maybe.. but hey, yaknow what's really fun?'

'No, what?'

'Laying down in this bed.. its comfortable.'

'So lay down, I'll go if you want me to.'

'I was kind of hoping you'd lay down too..'

Naruto grinned, looking over at the pale teen as if silently asking 'are you sure?'. The dark-haired boy nodded, and slipped under his covers, motioning for the blonde to do so also.

'We're just laying down.. C'mon, Naruto, he's not trying to do anything..' The younger teen told himself, crawling under the blankets, careful not to get too close.

(uumm.. ok, so maybe I didn't exactly think of a whole plot when I started writing this.. but anyway. maybe it'll go somewhere.. I hope.. )