So, with the last two chapters I posted on here, I was having a hard time tryin to decide on where to go. I have the entire idea for the story mapped out in my head but I couldn't figure out how to write the stuff in between. So while taking notes in my physics class, I pulled out a note book and made an outline for the entire story, writing out summaries of what was going to happen. This actually helped me figure out what to do next, so hopefully there won't be any questions that are unanswered but please share your opinion and review[favorite too]. I don't want to accidently miss an important detail. Sorry for the long ramble.

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, I just pair them together :]

Work, work, work… More work… It seems all you do is work.

My back is aching…My arms are weak…My head is heavy…

Why do I only see dull? I see black…and grey…Every time I look for color, the closest I get is from all the sound around me. The orchestra of the human race endeavors for me to indulge in it, but with the same breath of air, wish to deny it all in the same. My life is done. My story was written. All I ask is that you step outside and find something other than black tones in this place…

Find a light that can guide you, find an illuminate life-force for me to dominate. Allow me to live, allow me to breath, allow me to see. Allow me to be free. Liberate me from this hell-hole cage and allow me to run rampant. The only thing you have to do is sense myself within you.

Sasuke, I'm begging you…

Sasuke jolted up from his slumber and rubbed his eyes. That would have been one of the strangest dreams he had ever had if indeed he had only dreamt it once. No vision, just words. All very

depressing words… He turned over on his bed and glimpsed at his alarm clock and fluffed up his pillow. It was just past two in the morning, sleep still weighing heavily on his body but at the same time pushing at his mentality. He had been having these dreams frequently. It always seemed to get more melancholy each night. Also, he noticed more poetic. The words that were calling out to him in his sleep seemed to be more and more decorative with words yet plain all at the same time. [I'm not trying to praise myself, don't yell at me DX] He wished he knew what all of it meant. The words itself seemed in no way related to him, so why did it seem like someone was asking for release?

He rubbed his head and pulled his pillow over his face. He only had a few more hours before he had to get up for work. Sasuke closed his eyes and focused solely on the deep black that penetrated his mind, eventually dragging him back to sleep.

Sasuke let out a deep and hot breath. The summer heat seemed to have been intensified today. He wiped the sweat off of his forehead and then tried getting himself to find the energy to continue his work. He had only an hour left before he could leave, and it seemed to be a long one. Sasuke gripped onto the bottom of a crate and pulled it off of its loaded shipment and placed it onto the trolley [I think that's what they're called…?] then turned back and went for another one.

He had finally loaded up the shipment and stocked it all, consuming the last hour of his day in the process. It was a Wednesday, so he wasn't going to see Kiba at all. He almost impatiently punched himself out and went for the door. On the way out he spotted his boss waiting on his chair by the door. Sasuke respectfully nodded at him, just as he nodded back. He couldn't help but feel an awkward tension in doing so. His boss seemed to have been keeping a close eye on him the past few days Sasuke had noticed. He let the thought slip into the back of his mind as he started his walk home. He looked forward at his distant path and felt the need to go through the woods.

He looked over his shoulder as if he would spot someone watching him, and then began making his usual route home.

The trees provided a nice shade from the sunlight, its rays bursting through the trees gaps and expressing the color distinction in the life around him. He looked upward, finding his thoughts to be consumed with Naruto.

Was he the only reason that Sasuke decided on taking this way back home? Most likely. The last time Sasuke had gotten to see Naruto was maybe a week ago. He decided on keeping a bit of a distance between the two, at least until all of the weird things that were happening to him decided to settle down. The only thing that had been strange for him now was his dreams and he couldn't possibly blame those on Naruto, could he?

Sasuke couldn't help but grin slightly when he approached the house and found the blonde sitting on the porch steps. Naruto snickered, putting his face down into his knees he had pulled up to his chest. The two remained quiet up until Sasuke was a foot or so away from him.

"Hey." Sasuke greeted.

Naruto smiled at him before standing up and laughing slightly. "Hello."

"What's with you today? You're really…glowy…"

Naruto titled his head to the side. "Glowy? Well, I guess I'm just happy."

"About what?" Sasuke asked.

"About you being here. I haven't got to see you in awhile." Naruto said looking off to the side.

Sasuke bit his lip. "Sorry about that…"

"S'okay." Naruto responded calmly. After a short moment, a silence had settled in. Sasuke shifted his stance then looked to the side.

"So, um," He rubbed the back of his neck. "I was wondering if you maybe wanted to come home with me. You know, let me take you around a bit and show you some more things."

Naruto's eyes showed a sign of discomfort in the situation, yet he turned to Sasuke and spent only a moment longer on the thought. "What about what happened last time though?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Forget about last time. It wasn't anything big in the first place."

Naruto again, felt the doubt rising up inside of him. He knew that last time wouldn't have seen like such a big deal to Sasuke, but it was to him. He wanted to know certain that he had the will power not to harm a person.

"You won't know unless you go…" Sasuke tempted him, being able to tell his thoughts by the expression on his face.

Naruto sighed looking once again at Sasuke and then back at his house. "Fine…" Sasuke grinned. "Only for a little while though…"

"I don't have a problem with that." He responded then turned and began leading the way back into the village.

"What exactly is this…?"

Sasuke pulled his gaze away from the cooking food on his stove and found Naruto examining his glass of green tea. "It's a drink." He responded dully.

"Well…Hn." He lifted the glass above his head and looked at the bottom. "Why's it taste different?"

"Because it's supposed to." Sasuke said. "Now shut up and drink it."

Naruto scrunched his eyebrows together and stuck his tongue out at Sasuke when he had his back turned, then brought the drink to his lips. Sasuke allowed the small chicken to simmer for a bit, turning to the boiling rice and pulling the pot off the burner. He drained the rice and set it back onto the stove, turning off the burner and then covering the food with a lid while the orange chicken still cooked. Naruto sat on Sasuke's bed, watching Sasuke's simple movements.

He looked away from his back and out of the window that rested on the other side of the room. Sasuke had an amazing view of the entire village from here. Naruto could see places that he hadn't seen yet with Sasuke. There were buildings and that reached farther up than what he remembered seeing on there way in. Trees surrounded the village off in the distance while the space around them was filled with electrical lines and large advertising billboards. All in all the place looked rather cluttered. Sasuke's balcony was the only placed that seemed high enough to offer a breath of fresh air. White puffy clouds drifted lazily in the sky, while the sun pierced through their fluffy layers and against the skin of every person outside. The plants and metal shimmered in the sunlight, while the smell of the market place was drifting throughout the majority of the town. Voices of children and workers sprung lose in a clash of uneven noise that seemed to hold a relaxing sensation within it. There was a light drift of air that gently played wind chimes, sending their melodic touch of metal into nearby windows.

"It's done." Sasuke's voice took hold of Naruto's attention, bringing his eyes towards the table and capturing the image of Sasuke tilting the pot and scraping rice out of it and onto a plate. Naruto blinked and then stood up, walking towards the table in an almost timidly manner. Sasuke set the pot down on a hot pad, and then retreated back into the kitchen for chopsticks and his drink.

He returned and took a seat at the table, nodding for Naruto to sit down as well. Naruto took his seat and stared down at the food he had placed in front of him. Sasuke handed him the chopsticks and then dug into the meal himself. After taking only a few bites, he looked up and noticed that Naruto hadn't touched his yet. "Does it look that bad to eat?"

"What is it?" Naruto responded looking down at it.

"Orange Chicken with white rice…" Sasuke responded, knowing he shouldn't feel hurt by his expression, but feeling so anyways.

"Hm." Naruto hummed, poking at the chicken with his food.

Sasuke looked at him and then down at his food. "I can make you something else if you don't want to eat it." He offered.

Naruto blinked. "I haven't even tried it yet."

"Well, you just look like it's unappealing. If you don't want to eat it, I can make you some noodles or something."

"Unawhat?" Naruto asked, ignoring his offer.

"Unappealing. Like it doesn't look good. I've got something else I can make you don't-"

"It doesn't look unappealy-er, whatever…" He poked at the food again. "It just smells strange…" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow then looked down at his food once again. It was a knock off food brand, yeah, but he didn't think it really tasted bad, or smelled funny for that fact. Still, he was curious as to what Naruto had meant, so he brought a scoopful towards his mouth and took in a whiff. He then looked up at Naruto, eyebrows scrunched together.

"What're you talking about?" He asked. Naruto still had an odd look on his face.

"I dunno, it just…smells weird to me. You don't smell it?" Sasuke again took another whiff, then shook his head. Naruto now looked like the confused one. "Maybe it's just me…" he poked the chicken once more, then scooped a little of it up and brought it to his mouth. Sasuke watched, maybe a bit more intently than he should have , as Naruto placed the food in his mouth and chewed it. He made yet another odd face, but it wasn't in disapproval…Although not in approval either.

"Is it…bad…?" Sasuke asked in fear for his cooking to be insulted.

Naruto seemed to have to think about it. "It…it tastes….wrong…."

Sasuke's face dropped. "So…You don't like it…?"

"No, I do…It just doesn't match…It doesn't taste the way it looks." Naruto concluded, taking in another mouthful.

Sasuke opened his mouth to say something but closed it. It would be best not to question his logic…

After they had finished their meal and Sasuke had finished the dishes. The two just laid around for a little. It was uncomfortably hot outside for Sasuke's taste and Naruto didn't bother protesting, so they stayed inside. Sasuke let out a relaxed sigh and turned over on his stomach, facing Naruto, who was lying on the ground. "You can come up here if you want."

Naruto looked up and shook his head. "Nah, I'm more comfortable on the ground."

"Oh, alright…" Sasuke mumbled. He was thinking that they would do a little bit more than laze around for some odd hours. His mind started thinking of possibilities they could do. They already ate, Naruto already explored his apartment and went through all of the TV channels-four times on his own decision, and there really wasn't a whole lot to do over his house. "What time do you want me to take you home?"

Naruto groaned having to think. He didn't want to leave at all, but he was also scared what would happen otherwise. For some reason, today he seemed to care less about consequences though. He seemed to care less about everything. His cerulean eyes locked with Sasuke's dark and empty ones. "I don't want to go home…" He half-mumbled.

Sasuke blinked. "Uh…" He wasn't quite sure what to say to that. Did he mean, not right now? Or maybe not until tomorrow? Or did he mean not at all?

"I…Once I started talking to you Sasuke, I've come to realize that I really don't like it there. It starts to make me feel…feel…" Naruto struggled with the word, moving his hands around as if they could capture it when it came drifting by.

"Depressed…?" Sasuke guessed. Naruto looked up at him, not sure what he had said. "Down? Just sad? Like you really don't want to be there, or you just feel…kinda like crying..?"

Naruto let his hands drop. "Yeah…"He murmured. Sasuke looked off to the side. He wondered if that could possibly just be coincidence. "But, at the same time…" Naruto thought a moment before saying what he was going to say. "You make me feel sick when I think about you."

Sasuke suddenly felt hurt. He made him feel sick…? Was he aggravating to Naruto…? "Sick…?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah…and it gets worse when we actually see each other…It makes me feel like I'm going to throw up or something….and the you'll cause my heart to just …I don't know…burst or something…?"

Sasuke felt his face redden slightly, realizing what it was Naruto had meant. He shook his head and then rubbed his face. Did he have any idea what it was he was saying? Sasuke thought about that and then looked up. Obviously, he didn't. "Naruto…" Naruto glanced up at him to find him pushing himself off of the bed and onto the floor in front of him. "Do you know what….love is?" Naruto shook his head. "Affection? The desire to make someone feel good just because you want them to feel good?" Again, Naruto shook his head."Well…that's what you're feeling…"

"Affection?" Sasuke shook his head.

"Well, affection is something you can give or receive. You're giving affection, technically. Love's…love's pointless, honestly…" Sasuke mumbled thinking back on things. "You can't live with it, you can't live without it though…"

Naruto continued to stare at Sasuke in confusion. Whatever it was he was talking about, made no sense to him. Sasuke looked over at Naruto. He felt guilty in a way. He didn't mean to make Naruto feel that way and he knew it would drive him insane if Sasuke wouldn't return the feelings. He just…Never found guys attractive. Or girls for that matter…

He thought a moment before deciding on what he would do. He just…kinda wanted to know how Naruto would react to contact, so he took Naruto's face in his hands and brought their lips together. Sasuke himself was rather curious as to what it would feel like and perhaps thought on it a little more than he should've while doing so. Naruto didn't seem to react at all, or rather, didn't know how to react. The kiss was just a peck and nothing else. When Sasuke pulled away, it seemed to have hit him what it was he had done. Not only had he just kissed another guy, but he had also…found it somewhat plain...It didn't seem to live up to his expectations and felt just…ordinary.

Naruto blinked. He stared at Sasuke blankly and then swallowed. Sasuke looked down. "I guess you could say that was affection…"

Naruto continued to stare. "…Why…" He had to start over and collect his thoughts. "Why is that affection…?"

Sasuke thought a moment and then shrugged. "I'm…not exactly sure…People just do it."

"Why do they only do that? It seems…strange…"

Sasuke shook his head. "There's more than that…but were not gonna get into it right now." He stood up and looked over at his clock. Tomorrow was Thursday. That was his only day off for the week so it meant he could spend some time with the kid. "You want to just stay the night, since you don't want to go home and all that?"

Naruto blinked. "You mean….like sleep over here?"Sasuke nodded. Naruto shrugged. It's not like he was going to hurt Sasuke or anything. Sasuke smiled, satisfied with the answer.

"I'll pull out an extra blanket for you." He got up and walked over to his closet, reaching in and grabbing at first a thick blanket, but then remembering how hot it was today and grabbed a thinner one. He returned with it and then set it on the bed. Sasuke looked at the clock for a second time and then at Naruto. "Might as well get some sleep now."

CHAPTER SIX FINISH