"Well you're the doctor, so tell me when he's going to be able to fight again?" Sasuke said calmly, getting increasingly frustrated with the nurse.
"I'm a nurse, actually, and I'm sorry but I don't know," she sighed "He's overworked himself way too much; he'll need at least a week of solid rest"
"Oh for god's sake," Sasuke pushed past the nurse and stormed towards the ward holding Naruto. "Naruto! What the heck is wrong with you? I told you not to over exert your-" Sasuke yelled at Naruto, before stopping when he saw the state of the other.
Naruto was lying pretty still, breathing shallowly, and his face was very pale. "N-Naruto?" Sasuke asked shakily.
"S-suke… I'm sorry," Naruto breathed, looking at the other through half closed eyes, "I need to get… stronger," he just managed, closing his eyes again.
"Just rest you moron," Sasuke retorted, his tone not quite as self-assured as usual.
"I need to go train, or I'll keep falling behind you and Sakura" Naruto strained, causing Sasuke to roll his eyes.
"Ever persistent aren't you?" Sasuke said, smiling softly at the other, before immediately taking the smile off his face.
"Suuuke!" Sakura could be heard chiming into the conversation, "Sasuke I was gonna ask you – oh, hey Naruto," Naruto smiled weakly "Yeh I was gonna ask you if you wanted to come for ramen or something later," Naruto felt his heart pang.
Hey Sasuke, you wanna go catch something to eat or something?" Naruto said nervously. Sasuke responded by sticking his middle finger up behind him. "W-whatever, I don't wanna eat with you anyway, asshole!" he yelled, turning around and storming off.
"Yeh okay Sakura, I'm hungry anyway," Sasuke replied, forcing Naruto to pull a clearly cracked smile.
"S-see you later guys?" Naruto said.
"Yeh kay" the both said in unison, walking out and leaving Naruto alone in the room.
There's no way an Uchiha can be homosexual, it's just unacceptable. I need to do this with Sakura, I need to prove to myself that I'm straight. Sasuke felt like a jerk for what he'd just done to Naruto. He saw through Naruto's fake smile, having effectively told him to piss off on the same request. But he had to do it, he had to maintain his family's honour, and if Naruto got hurt for that then that was his problem.
Naruto, meanwhile, was trying to hold back his tears. He was angry he had let the others down, and was trying not to be angry that Sasuke was going for ramen with Sakura. Stop being so selfish Naruto! They'd make a lovely couple you know that. Naruto rubbed his eyes as he felt something land in his lap, "Oh! Hello!" Naruto grinned, as the squirrel he had been taming looked up at him confused, "How the heck you find me here?" he asked the little creature, stroking the top of its head, "Oh I'm sorry, I don't have any nuts for you," he said sadly.
The squirrel seemed to shrug its shoulders, before running out the window through which it came. Naruto laughed softly, feeling a lot better.