"SASUKE HOW COULD YOU?"
Sasuke awoke with a joilt and all his muscels tenced. There, in the doorway, was quite a shocked pink haired

girl, the sorce of the awkening noice.

"What the hell Sakura?" Sasuke blinked a couple of times, he tried to get up but relized he couldn't.

Somthing was stopping him. Sasuke looked around. Naruto Uzimaki was lying somwhat ontop of him,

fast asleep.

"Sakura?" Naruto stretched and in doing so got up and looked up in confusion, blinking. As Naruto sat up, their was less weight on him so Sasuke pushed him off and Naruto hit his head on the corner of the bedpost.

"Arg, you bastard!"
"Your the bastard Naruto! I knew I shouldn't have left you alone in a cold apartment, drunk off your asses!"

"What's your problem, Sakura?"

"MY PROBLEM?"

"YES, YOUR PROBLEM! Ah, my head!"

"Hungover bastard." Sasuke mumbled but then clutched his forehead.

"My Problem is that you did my best friend! And he's a GUY like you!" Tears welled up in her eyes and

he balled her hand into fists. Yep, those were deffinatly tears of pure anger. But Sasuke couldn't help

fidgeting and blushing uncontrollably. It was then he noticed that his shirt he had borrowed

from Naruto was missing. He covered himself with the duvet.

"Excuse me, Sakura! I'm here too you know!" She looked upset, but quickly turned pissed-off again.

"If anyone did anyone-and I'm deffianly not saying they DID- I would do Naruto!"

Naruto growled. "Yea right, SasUKE!" Sasuke twitched in anger but couldn't help another blush.

As if his face could turn more red.

"W-well your name dosn't exactly scream seme to me!"

"Well at least it dosn't scream uke!"

Sakura closed her eyes, but when the fighting didn't stop after she counted to ten, she opened her eyes.

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!"

A pink-haired girl seethed.

She shoved Naruto into the side-table and bent down to touch Sauske throbbing forehead.

She looked down at her flip-flops with dissapointment and a slightly broken heart when Sasuke pushed her

away. He his spotted his missing garment and grabbed his tight black shit and balled it up in his palms.

Sakura winced when she spotted all his ribs under his pale, thin skin.

"So nobody did it with anyone, Sasu-kun?"

Just then, as if it would get any worse, Neji peeked his head throught the doorway.

"Hey Sakura, Lee and I got tired of waiting in the car so we-"

He looked at Sakura with steam almost coming out of her ears and shitless Sasuke blushing while Naruto rubbed his head.

"...Oh Shit..."

Lee walked in that moment.

"Hey Saku-chan I-" He look down at Naruto, comprehending the situation first.

"SO, Naruto!" He elbowed Naruto and beemed at Sasuke. "We were right at the bar."

"Looks like you did have some fun, Uchiha." Naruto blinked and looked around, not fully understanding the

situation.

"It's not what you think, It's-"

Lee elbowed Sasuke who moved unintentionaly twards Naruto who blushed as he relized his arm

was now around Sasuke's slim shoulders. The Uchiha went wide-eyed and blushed even more.

"OKay, I don't really know whats going on except for the fact that alot of your are twitching, Sasuke

and I are hung over assholes, and somone's doing somthing with Sasuke."

"You banged Sasuke-" Sasuke glared. "- you strange Bastard."

"NO WE JUST SLEPT!"

"Togather." Naruto thought about it and then blinked.

"Yea! I meen...thats...what you...meen...by...slept..."
"Okay you clueless assholes. I got cold and went to sleep in Naruto's bed. End of Story."

"So that explains shirtless, blushing and-" Sasuke tried to get up but fell down with a 'ow!'

"-and sore out of his mind Sasuke?" Neji raised an eyebrow.

"Sasuke's sore because he has injuries!"

"Metal ones."

"No!" Sasuke turned around to show them his bandadge on the opposite side, and then pulled on the shirt.

"See?"

Then they all nodded, but not looking terribly convinced, but Neji breathed a: "What ever."

Lee nodded. "Come on, let's go. If were gunna meet Shikamaru and Gaara, we'd better hurry."

Sakura gave Sasuke one last you-better-not-do-anything-innapropriete-with-Naruto-while-I'm-gone look and

headed out the door.

"Wait, Sakura!" Naruto yelled. She returned. "What is it?"

"Um what are you doing with Shikamaru and the others?"

"Were going out to eat, dumbass. It's already 2:30 and we havn't had lunch. So do me and favor and get yours and Sasuke's lazy asses out of bed?"

"Can do."

"Great. Bye Sasu-chan!" She winked at Sasuke who grumbled in returned.

"Damn those guys, am I right? Especially Sakura, I meen she flirts with you but she's going out with Lee." Sasuke nodded and got up.

"I'm going to get somthing to eat. I'm starving."

Naruto fiddled with his drawstring belt and got up to go join Sasuke.

But he moved like a ghost, the only thing on his mind being Iruka.

"I never got the time to call Kakashi. I'm going to do that."

"Yea, I'm gunna head out soon too, so hurry up. We don't have any food." Sasuke rolled his eyes and picked up the cell.

"You know you really should get a home phone."

"I'll get to it eventually, okay?"

Sasuke dialed Kakashi's number and heard the dial tone quickly fill his ears.

"Kakashi speaking."

"Um, hi Kakashi. It's Sasuke."

"Whats up?"

"Well it's kinda important."

"What, your not getting along with Naruto? Iruka kick you out already?"

"No, you ass. It is Iruka though. He's...well...I don't know if he's still alive." Sasuke could feel Kakashi's blood freeze through the line, but the older man kept cool.

"How do you know, Sasuke-kun."

"I didn't see, but I strongly believe it has somthing to do with me."

"As do I."

"I don't know what to do. I can't let him die because of me."

"I'll call you back Sasuke. I have a call on the other line."

"Okay. Bye."

He knew that though, even if Kakashi was so colective, he was having a hard time.
And no one was on the other line.

"Sasuke-kun! I'm leaving!"

"NO WAY IN HELL, NARUTO."
"What?" Said the blonde, slightly supprised at the reaven-haired boy's reaction.

"Last time you left and took the only car, I was left with nothing to do but clean your apartment. And then, of all things, get intoxicated."

"Sheesh, you get so over-reacted somtimes."

"YOUR staying. I want some time by myself, and I'm sure that you need it too."

"Your taking my car?"

"Exactly."

"Fine."

"Give me the keys." Naruto dug into his pocket and tossed Sasuke the ring of keys.
"Thanks. What do you need again?"

"Milk, bread...ramen...all the basics. I wouldn't mind...ice cream or somthing."

"Got it."
"Have fun." She said sarcasticly.

"Don't worry about me. I will." Even more sarcastic.

Sasuke stopped in the doorway. "Can I borrow a jaket?"

"Didn't you come here with anything?"

"I forgot my stuff in Kakashi's car."

"Well buy some more." Naruto handed Sasuke a couple of bills for food and cloths.

"Oh and take this." He handed Sasuke a master card. Sasuke nodded.

"Okay, fine. Bye."

Naruto sighed. Now that he was used to having a room-mate, things could get so lonenly when Sasuke wasn't here. He decided to call Neji.

"Wanna come over?"
"Why?"

"Because Sasuke's out and I don't have anything to do. Thats why."

"Fine. Hinata's in town, by the way. We're goingout to dinner tonight to catch up. Your invited. Sasuke-kun too."

"Thanks, I'll be there."

Half and hour later Neji was over and they both sat on the couch to watch a DVD Neji had brought.

"So what's up with you and Sasuke?" Neji asked in a somwhat bord tone about a quarter of the way

through.

"Nothing."

"I meen this morning."

"Neji!"

"Your blushing. You doing 'like' Sasuke do you?"
"NO!"

"Naruto..."

"Just drop it, okay! I told you a long, long time ago like 10 years ago, that I loved Sakura. End of story."

"Yea, but Sasuke's pretty girly."

"True. But so are you." Neji scowled.

" The Point is I'm not in love with Sasuke."

"Got it."

"Do you really?"

"...Yes..."

"Listen Neji." He turned to face the Huuyga who was now absently muching on buttered popcorn.

"Do you think I like Sasuke, truthfully? I meen, c'mon. I'm like one of the straitest guys you'll ever know."

Neji nodded.

"Do you think I'd do you just because you look like a girl?" Neji shuddered. "Let's hope not."

Naruto smiled and played the movie.

"Damn, I'm hungry." Sasuke mumbled as he pushed a full cart around the supermarket.

He couldn't remeber the last thing he had eaten.

He looked around for bread, the last thing on the list, and as he picked it up he spyed somthing.

It was large, brown and the most chocolate-covered thing he had ever seen.

Chocolate cake: 12.95$

Sasuke looked at the card in his hand. He picked it up and put it in the cart.

I try to fill that void

The one that makes me so empty.

So empty all the time.

I can't do it by myself.

And I hate myself for that

Because I need your help

By the time he had parked the car by Naruto's apartment, less than a eighth of the cake was left. He used his hands to quickly stuff the rest in his mouth, not bothering to wipe the excess chocolate off his face.

Neji walked out the door at the moment Sasuke opened it. They bumped heads, then each boy turning to the other with a snarl.

"Damn Huuyga." Sasuke blushed, rubing his forehead. He was still hungry.

"What's on your face, Uchiha?" Neji traced the Chocolate smudge on Sasuke's cheek.

"Um, nothing. Why were you at Naruto's, you bastard."

"We were watching War of the Worlds. Never got to catch it in thearters. I had to go early though, cuz my cousin Hinata's flying in and visiting."

"I remember her."

Neji opened his car door. "Your going out to dinner with us tonight with Naruto, just to let you know."

Sasuke blinked. "Try not to stuff your face with Chocolate, Uchiha."

"Who said we were going out to-" SLAM. Neji drove off.

Sasuke sighed, took the grocieries out of the trunk, opened the door to Naruto's building and took the elevator to the fouteenth floor.

Knock, Knock, knock.

Neji had gotten Naruto thinking. He didn't love Sasuke, right? Even if the Uchiha was hotter than Sakura.

But Sasuke cirtainly didn't love him.

Well, there was only one way to find out.

Knock, Knock, Knock.

"Who is it?"

"I come bearing groceries. Now open the door."

Naruto gulped. People in his life had the worst timing.

He opened the door to fine Sasuke, chocolate on his face, arms stuffed with bags of food.

Naurto took them from Sasuke and put them on the counter.

"Don't bother putting them away. I'll do it later tonight."

Sasuke nodded.

"Did you find anything to wear?" Sasuke nodded. "I went to the nearest mall and put about two-fifty on your charge card. He left for a breif moment to go get the clothing out of the car."

"Two fify for one outfit?"

"Yea. There was nothing eles."

"Okay then. But you owe me. Get changed and we can go. Neji said he'll be here at 6:00. It's already 5:00."

"We have an hour."

"Time gose by faster than we think." Naruto mumbled, shuffling into his room.

Sasuke quickly slipped on a pair of slightly ripped jeans with a navy blue blazer and a tight white t-shirt showing underneath.

Naruto wore his usual orange sweat shirt with a pair of dark jeans.

"I can't believe you could spend so much on cloths." He examined Sasuke's outfit. "It's a little big, but I guess everthing would been on you since you so scrawny. Sauske huffed.

"But you look nice!" Sasuke blushed. "I know. You too."

"Do you want somthing to eat first?"
"We're about to eat."

"But you were complaining about eating for the longest time."

"I guess."

"So...ramen it is?"
"Ramen it is then."

"Did you get ice-cream?"

"Yes."

"Ramen and Ice-cream."

Naruto dished out vanilla ice-cream into small white dishes as the ramen steeped. Sasuke placed the spoon on his tounge, licking it off slowly and thoughtfully.

Naruto watched him do so. There was somthing slighly unnearving about it, it made him feel...strange.

Sasuke wasn't the cleanest eater. Now, ontop of chocolate, there was white smudges on his face and fingers.

After the ice-cream was out of the dish, he worked on licking it off his fingers, until he saw brightlly colored

blue eyes staring at him intently.

Naruto couldn't understand this. It was Sasuke, just Sasuke. Naruto decided then Sasuke should probably stop licking.

"What?"

"Nothing."
"Okay then." Naruto took the ramen and put it in two bowles and placed one infront of Sasuke.

He settled for just wiping his fingers on a napkin and then ate the ramen sloppily with a spoon, half wishing he could devulge his entire face into the bowl of meso, chicken and vegetables.

"Sasuke your getting it all over your cloths."

"Shit."

"And on your face."

Naruto stood over Sasuke.

"Do I have to help you?"

"I don't need help from anybody."

Sasuke covered it and put it in the sink. He headed out the door.

"C'mon dobe. I'm getting in the car."

"Wait Sasuke."

"Let me help you get it off your face."

"Fine! Jeeze."

Naruto took his finger and bent down to wipe it with his fingers.

"Hold still, dumbass." Naruto was so close Sasuke could feel his breath on his face.

"Your the...dumbass." Sasuke felt his heart beat quicken and a blush rising in his cheeks. He pushed Naruto away, went into the bathroom only to come back perfectly clean.

Sasuke surly made a mess but could always clean it up to look perfect.

The story of his life.

Its raining

"Sasuke, hold on a second, I'm looking for the keys."

Like whent they died..

"Did you find them?"

It's all my fault. I don't deserve to cry.

"No."

Yet I still do.

"I'll check my pockets, Naru-chan."

But when I am in the rain, how can you tell I am crying?

"Damn, I can see if I dropped them in all this rain."

How do you know I exist at all?

"Sasuke I have no idea where they are! Damn it!"

And dose it really...matter?

"It's really downpouring. Here, thats a new outfit. Take my jaket."

Can you feel my heart beat?

Naruto drapped the jaket around Sasuke, who felt him self moving closer to the blonde.

"Sasuke...your freezing."

"No, I'm...not i'm...uhhh...hungry."

"Still?"
Can you? Can you save me?

"Yes..."

Naruto smiled. He could feel Sasuke's heartbeat through his shirt.
Can you wipe away those tears on my face and in the sky?

"You still have something on your face." He started to wiped it off, coming even closer.

Those tears.

Sasuke mumbled somthing as closed his eyes as Naruto quickly brushed his lips to his.

It was just a quick touch, possibly a ghost. Naruto smirked and whispered slowly to Sasuke. The breath

sent shivers down the Uchiha's spine.

The hated tears I blamed on my self

"Its...just like when we you were 12...but it's not an accident." Sasuke blushed.

Now I know that those were never tears. They tears stopped the day I met you.

"Naruto..." Sauske opened his eyes slowly.

"What?"

It was just the rain.

"I found the keys."