"Six!"

"Seven!"
"Eight!"

"GO NARUTO!"

They found him in a circle of chanting guys, Rock Lee, Sakura's boyfriend, Kiba, and Shikimaru. As usual, Gaara and

Neji, who were, for the most part, just sitting and watching

"Naruto what the hell do you think your doing!" Sakura burst in, dragging Sasuke, who was protesting.

"Jeeze lighten up, Sakura! It's not everyday Naruto will come and party with us!" Kiba shouted, holding up

a bottle. Sakura winced.

"Who's the rat?" Gaara commented, making his way over to Sauske. Ino fallowed him.
"Hey look! He looks like Sasuke!" Lee shouted.

"Baka, it's not Sasuke, he's dead!" Somone eles commented.

"It is Sasuke, dumbass! Right Sasuke?" Ino questioned. Sasuke nodded slowly.
"Yay it's Sasuke!" She hugged him quite brutally and Sasuke felt his windpipe tighten. Shikimaru rolled his

eyes and grunted.
"Ino are you planning on cheating on me with Sasuke? I meen look at him! He's so scrawny it looks like he

hasn't eaten in-" Hiccup. "-Fuckin' forever!"

"Can you even drink yet, Sasu?"

"I'm 19. And Naruto-" He shook Naruto. "-You are coming home. Now." Naruto was totally obliviouse and

drunk another shot glass that had been filled and placed on the counter infront of him.

"Who are you? His wife?" Shikimaru asked and turned to Ino.

Kiba stared at Sasuke. Damn it! Now they would all-

"Sasukeeee and Narutooooo s-sitting in a treeeee!" The boys all chanted. Somwhat more sober people rolled their eyes.

"K-I-S-"

"SHUT UP!" Sasuke blushed furiously. He was about to retort some more, but Kiba noticed his blush.

"He's blushing!" Kiba howled with laughter.

"AM NOT!"

"ARE TOOOOOOO!"

"You even clean his apartment!" Sasuke glared at Sakura who shrugged. "Couldn't help it!"

"Your such a giiiiirrrrlll Sasuke!"

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Sakura continued to laugh, but then she focued on Naruto.

"But seriously, Naruto, you gotta come home. Your gunna pass out."

"Okay!" Naruto sung. "Leeeeet's gooooOo!"

"Help me Sasuke." Sasuke nodded and took one of Naruto's arms.

"C'mon Sasuke! Have a drink with us!"
"I don't have any money, damn you. And I'm only 19-"

"Your Naruto's girlfriend so we can pick up the tab." Neji commented sarcasticly, waving a few bills inches away from Sasuke's face. Sasuke raised a hand.

"So what? Your going to 'slap' me like a little girl?" Lee doubled over with laughter.

Sasuke was shoved into a chair and given a full shot glass and he downed it like he was a man who hadn't had water in days.

"Yay!" Naruto shouted "Sasuke-kun's gunna joooooiiinnn us!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Another drink came Sasuke's way. He tentivly picked it up.

"Do I have to-" hiccup. "-help you Sasuke?" Naruto swivvled his chair so he was facing Sasuke.

"You gunna kiss your girlfriend, Nary?" Kiba teased. Sasuke twitched, and got out of his tall seat.

He looked up at Kiba, grinning stupidly.

"ITS. NOT. FUNNY. ANY. MORE." He hissed. Kiba turned away while Sasuke drank another glass,

stil twitching slightly, and a warm tingly feeling snaking its way through his body.

Less than half an hour later, Sasuke's throbbing head was resting face down on the table. He sat up, looking around the now empty bar. Neji and Naruto, and one angry Sakura sat on the barstools.
"W-why is Neji still here?" Sasuke said, rubbing his eyes.

"I had nothing better to do than to watch you get smashed." Neji retorted. Sasuke stuck his tounge out at him.

"Your so stupid, Uchiha. Maby you should have stayed dead."

"I-I-" Sasuke stopped. He felt so dizzy...he tryed to hop off the stool, but he fell, and not having the reflexing to catch himself, he fell into Neji's arms.

"Would you mind taking this, Sakura?" Neji pointed to Sasuke, but Sakura was tending to Naruto, who at least

had the decency to stand up without falling to an old enemies arms. He did, however, have to hold onto the stool.

"Sasuke I can't believe you!" Sakura reprimanded. "How could you be so stupid?"

"Will everyone stop calling me stupid?"
"Maby if you stopped acting it, Uchiha." Neji was still holding Sasuke. Sasuke tried to push him away but Neji held him fast.

"Do you want to trip again?"

"If it meens getting away from you!"

Neji let him go and Sasuke fell on the spot.

"Told you."

"Whydoyoualwaysactsosmart,youdumbass." Sasuke slurred his words and stood up shakily. He was swaying a little and he reeked of alcohal. But Naruto was far worse off.

Sakura sighed. "Let's go." Neji nodded as he help the two drunk men to their car.

It was a short drive. Sasuke has taken the ride in Neji's car. He let the drunk Uchiha onto the street where Sakura was waiting with a key.

"Neji!" Sasuke called as he hopped into his flashy new car.

"Have fun with Naruto, Sasuke..."

"I just remembered I hate you!" Neji raised an eyebrow as Sasuke flipped him off.
Damn Uchihas. Just then, as Neji drove off to his place, he remembered how much he hated doing nice

things for other people.

Especially that damn Uchiha.

Sasuke stumbled into the apartment, almost falling again, half expecting that Hyuuga to catch him.

But it was Naruto.

"NarutoI'mreallytiredwheredoIsleep?" Sasuke asked, eyelids drooping. Naruto cocked his head and showed him the couch. He heded twards the kitchen. Sasuke fallowed him, still pestering him about where he would sleep.

"What the hell are you doing?" The yawn was contagious. Naruto was going through the cabinets, tossing things

around. Sasuke tolerated this for a brief moment until a loaf of bread met his face.

"What the fuck are you doing Naruto?" Naruto ignored him until Sasuke threw the bread back.

"Lookin for more booze." Naruto looked through the fridge and found two thirds of a six pack of beer in the fridge.

"YESSS!" He opened one quickly, tossing one to Sasuke, who fumbled with it, then eventually dropped it.
"Damn." He picked it up, opened it, and took a swig.

"You don't have a spare bedroom? And I'm still kinda hungry, Naruto.

Naruto yawned while he shook his head.
"Any spare blankets?" Naruto made the gesture for 'no'.
"Uchiha,youcomplainlikeabitch." Naruto said, looking around for more blankets. It was, after all true, the apartment was

an icebox. Naruto Sasuke shivered just thinking about it.

"Naruto your so damn annoying. How can you not have any extra blankets. Dobe."

Naruto twitched, and continued drinking.

"I meen you seriously gotta think once in a while. Like normal people."

He took a swig.

"Almost like Neji. Did I mention I hate that prissy-assed hyuuga?"

"You hate everyone, don't you." Sasuke shot a glare.

Naruto twitched again. He opened another beer, and mumbled a warning to Sasuke, a soft:

"Shut up." Sasuke heard, but of corse, being the baka he is, continued. He felt somhow, like insulting Naruto-chan would help his own probablems.

"What dose Iruka think of you?"

Naruto twitch spasmaticly, and when Iruka's name reached his ears, he looked Sasuke in the eyes, who smirked.

"Maby thats why he left..."

"Sasuke!" Naruto growled, standing up to the Uchiha, rolling up his sleeves and pressing the skinny Uchiha to the wall, on hand on his neck, one on his chest. He could feel Sasuke's heartbeat through his thin shirt.

Sweatdrop.

"Why do you have to be such a damn jerk?" Sasuke tried to push him off but he held Sasuke fast.

"What now? You gunna kill me?" Sasuke wasn't smiling anymore.
"It's like you take out all your damn problems on me! You can get your own damn blanket! You can get your own damn place!"

"It's not that! I'm sorry, I just-"

"No your not!"

"Yes I am!"
"Prove it!"

"Your sure you want me to?"

"God, yes! If your going to live with me and not be a stupid bastard, show me!"

Sasuke gulped.

"Forget it. Now let me go. I'm staying at Neji's."

"I though you said you 'hated that prissy-assed hyuuga'."

"Dosn't meen I won't stay with him to get away from you."

"Your not going anywhere, Sasu-kun."
"Why the hell not?"
"Because your broke, drunk off your ass, and you don't have a car. Plus, it's 2:00 in the morning."

Sasuke knew it was true.
"Fine, you stupid bastard."

Naruto took one of the blankets on his bed and threw it at Sasuke, who, obviously, didn't catch it.

Sasuke groaned, picked it up, and sat on the couch.

"Can you keep the closet light on?"

"Why Sasuke? You scard?"

"No!"

"Prove it!"

"Fine, shut it off!"

Naruto shut it off, slipped into a pair of orange flannel pants and a tight white t-shirt.

Sasuke didn't bother to change. His eyes trailed Naruto to his room where the figure dissapered and the lights grew dimmer and dimmer until the room was completely black.

It was no more than an hour later when Sasuke found himself awake and shivering on the pleather couch, the blanket nowhere in reach in the pitch darkness.

Damn. The lightswitch was...where again?

Sasuke sat up reluctantly and wrapped his arms around his slim frame.

He found a doorway after a little bit of searching and opened it. It was Naru-chan's bedroom.

"Naruto?" Sasuke whispered, not believing what he was about to do.

"Mnn?" Naruto grumbled. Sasuke gulped.

"Can I sleep with you? I'm freezing my ass off in here."

"Yea, sure whatever."

Sasuke climbed on the twin sized bed and snuggled in the covers.

"Naruto?"

There was a somwhat uncomfortable heat betweeen the two that bother Sasuke slightly.

"Mnnn?"
"I'm sorry for being an ass." There was a pause.

"S' fine." Naruto subconsiously slid an arm around Sasuke. Sasuke shifted and almost pushed him away,

but didn't. This time he fell right alseep. But who's to say that, though, he slept soudly.

All Sasuke could see was a boy.

He was standing there, in the rain, alone.

Totally alone. He felt waves of sorrow drowing him.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke said, tilting the boy's head up to face his.

It was himself. Sasuke stumbled back, breathing heavily. Nobody noticed. The boy kept

crying, kept staring into the grey, pouring abyss.

Sasuke was like a ghost. Weightless. Air. Nothing.

"Mama...papa...needn't have died."

"What?" He question was unheard.

"It's all my fault."

"It's all...my ...fault..." Sasuke sat down and put his head against his knees and let the

rain wash away his vision. All love. All hate. All sadness. The rain kept coming until

Sasuke couldn't feel anything at all.