Naruto had just recently had his heart broken by his supposed best friend, Sasuke, after Naru caught Sasuke in bed with Sakura. The only words that were said, were the simple words,

"I just had to."

Naruto sat under the weeping willow tree on campus and gazed longingly up at the sky. It was so full of stars that Naruto got kind of dizzy looking at them. He looked none the less and found that he liked being dizzy. It was like, he was already laying down on the ground, so what did he need to fear being dizzy for. He'd tried explaining this to Sasuke, but the raven had merely shrugged it off. Naruto felt his phone vibrate and he looked at the caller ID. It was the very person that he had been thinking about. The ringtone that he had picked for Sasuke was 'My heart will go on,' by Celine Dion. He put the phone down and covered it with his jacket. He didn't want to talk to anybody right now, nevermind Sasuke.

After the phone had kept vibrating for going on five minutes, Naruto decided that he couldn't hold back anymore. He put the hone on speaker and answered.

"Yeah?"

"Not too enthusiastic about talking to me again, huh?"

Naruto snorted. "Would you be if you caught me in bed with Sakura?"

Much to his annoyance, Sasuke laughed a little.

"Touche, dobe."

"Dobe nothing. Tell me why you called or I'm hangin' up."

He heard a deep breath and Sasuke blurted out,

"I missed you..."

Naruto looked incredulously at his phone and asked,

"Missed? As in you don't anymore?"

"Well, hearing your voice dulls that certain emotion...but, yes, I still do."

Naruto snorted again.

"Hey, I'm telling the truth here, dobe. Don't get all-"

"What? Pissy? I think I have that certain right to be."

Sasuke sighed and Naruto could just picture him sitting on his window sill gazing out at the same night sky. Sasuke's breath got shaky and he said,

"Well, in truth, I called to say that...I'm sorry, and good-bye."

Naruto sat bolt upright. 'Good-bye? Where's he going?' he thought numbly.

"Wait! Why good-bye?"
He heard Sasuke hiss in pain and the reply that made his blood run cold.

"Because, I just sliced my wrists open."

Naruto gasped and felt tears prick in the corners of his eyes.

"So, you're going to kill yourself just because I don't believe that you miss me?"

"Hn. No dobe. I'm killing myself for various other reasons. Some that even you don't know."

Naruto sighed.

"Why do you get to die? Huh? Why do you get to die when I've lived through just as much as you?"

"Heh. Heck if I know...maybe I'm just...w-weak."

Naruto growled into the phone.

"No you're not, you're stronger than that. That's why I love you...you're strong and you put up with other people's crap when you don't need to...and you're just, everything I need to stay alive...I never stopped loving you, Sasuke. If you die, then I die too."

Sasuke's breathing hitched and he started breathing heavily. Naruto could tell that he was crying and was somewhat moved that he could touch the Uchiha's inner soul...at least, what was left of it.

"Sasuke, where are you?"

It took a few moments for the raven to answer.

"At my place, the one I just bought for the t-two of us." He broke off, crying some more until he finally said, "Please, I don't want to die Naruto..."

"Youre not going to, just hang on, and for chrissakes stay on the phone and stay awake!"

What I thought wasn't mine
In the light
Wasn't one of a kind,
A precious pearl
When I wanted to cry
I couldn't cause I
Wasn't allowed

Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now

As Naruto neared the new apartment, he saw that the light was on on the third floor. He could see Sasuke leaning against the window as well as see his tear-stained face and the rapid rise and fall of his chest.

What I thought wasn't all
So innocent
Was a delicate doll
Of porcelain

When I wanted to call you
And ask you for help
I stopped myself
Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now

Naruto bolted up the stairs as fast as he could and heard Sasuke's breath getting shallower on the other line of the phone. 'Please, Kami-sama. Don't take him from me!'

What I thought was a dream
A mirage
Was as real as it seemed
A privilege
When I wanted to tell you
I made a mistake
I walked away
Gomenasai, for everything
Gomenasai, Gomenasai,
Gomenasai,
I never needed a friend,
Like I do now
Gomenasai, I let you down
Gomenasai, Gomenasai,
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now

Naruto got inside and went into the bedroom where Sasuke lay bleeding. Sasuke looked deathly pale and was breathing in short gasps. Naruto hung up, then dialed 9-1-1.

"9-1-1 what is your emergency?"

"I need an ambulance, my friend just slit his wrists."

"Okay, keep your phone on, sir and we'll track you."

"Right, the light's on and it's the only one on in this building. Please, tell them to hurry."

He set the phone aside and sat with the frightened raven. Sasuke clung to his shirt and buried his face into the tan neck before him.

"I-I guess n-now's a bad time t-to say that I injected myself with h-heroin," he said.

Naruto felt his heart plummet into the region of his navel but he could do nothing but hold his boyfriend. Sasuke gave a great shudder and started sobbing anew into Naruto's neck. The blond rubbed his back and kissed the crown of his head.

"You'll be alright Sasuke...I won't let you die on me now."

"Tch, you're such a d-dobe. If I'm gonna die, then there's n-nothing you can do about it."

Naruto heard the sirens and prayed that they were faster than they sounded.

"Well, I said that I won't let you die, so you're not going to, believe it!"

Sasuke smiled a little and said,

"That's why I l-love you..." Naruto waited for him to elaborate. "You're so f-full of optimism."

Sasuke went still and silent after that and Naruto shook him slightly to wake him.

"Sasuke! Sasuke! Oh Kami-sama...Sasuke!"