Okay, I wasn't going to update for a while, but I got a review from a certain person that just made me soo happy, I'm going to update again tonight. I guess that thing about reviews making people update faster is true, heehee.

So a million thanks to milkchocolatehot64, for her wonderful review. Thanks also to Shrillex Sky, Milk Gaku, and an anonymous reviewer for reviewing before, and I'm sorry for not thanking you ahead of time.

Oh god, I think I've slipped into a fangirl attitude for a moment due to getting four reviews... Heehee... Sorry about that.

Warnings for this chapter: KibaHinata, SakuNaru, SasuNaru, SasuIno, SaiSasu...

Today was probably the first day Naruto Uzumaki was ever early to class in his whole life.

He smiled as he walked in, his group of friends in the corner gasping in mock- amazement at his early-ness. He walked over and sat down next to Gaara, and the redhead greeted him with a small smile. Kiba high-fived him, and Hinata gave him a hug. Naruto noticed Kiba's eye twitched a bit with this, and he grinned like the Cheshire Cat, a whole bunch of different plans running through his mind at once. Kiba looked horrified as he saw the look, knowing that the blonde was planing something, and usually those somethings' aren't that good for some people. Especially Kiba. The blonde elbowed his friend in the ribs and wiggled his eyebrows at Hinata when she wasn't looking. Kiba growled, and turned to talk to Shino. Naruto walked over to where Sakura sat, as she had not noticed him come in, because she was reading a book.

"Sakura? Are you going to say hello to your boyfriend or not?" Naruto asked, a smile on his face as he did so. Even though he didn't really like Sakura in that way, he was still elated. He had another chance to run into a certain raven-haired boy today. Sakura looked up, startled at his presents, and automatically jumped up, giving him a bear hug.

"Oof! Nice to see you too, Sakura," Naruto chuckled, patting her on the back. Sakura gave him a peck on the lips before sitting down, motioning to the seat beside her, missing her boyfriend's small frown. One raven-haired boy in the back didn't miss it though, and smirked to himself. He thought it was about time to make a little turn around with Uzumaki. He knew that the boy was interested in him now, and it was now time to put his plan into action.

And boy, was he looking forward to it.

Naruto shut his locker, turning to talk to Sakura, who was still getting her stuff. He frowned as he looked past her shoulder to see Sasuke, pushing his girlfriend against the lockers, attacking her mouth.

He supposed that he shouldn't be disappointed, but he sort of was. He didn't know what he was hoping for, maybe Sasuke suddenly getting rid of his girlfriend, and deciding to pronounce his love with Naruto to the world. At least, he could have at least looked a little less into it.

He excused himself from Sakura, walking toward the couple, a frown on his face as he went. Sakura watched her boyfriend go, confused.

When Naruto reached them, Ino pulled away from her boyfriend, smiling a huge smile at Naruto.

"Hello, Naruto-kun! How are you doing?" She greeted him cheerfully. He nodded distractedly at her, but looked at Sasuke, who had a smug smirk on his face.

"Can I... Speak with you?" Naruto asked Sasuke.

"Why would I want to talk to you, dobe? Can't you see I'm kind of busy?" Sasuke said in a voice that could only be described as irritated. Ino slapped his arm, telling him to be polite. He just shot a glare at Naruto, who was taken back by his sudden hostility.

"Fine then, teme, go take your girlfriend somewhere else then, nobody needs to see this," Naruto snapped, walking past them. Ino looked both confused and embarrassed, and Sasuke just kept that smug smile.

He was finally going to get to the blonde boy.

Naruto walked into the cafeteria, eyes scanning for his girlfriend. He smiled when he saw her, and started to head over, before stopping in his tracks. The girl was holding onto a wailing Ino, and that could only mean one thing. A sinking feeling in his gut was forming.

He cautiously approached the table, as if walking up to fast would scare them away like wild deer.

He heard Ino blubber into Sakura's shoulder as she shifted to make the other girl more comfortable, nodding and adding 'uh-huh's as she listened to the girl's tale.

"A-and then h-he sa-said th-that I was b-b-boring, a-and t-that h-he wa-as t-ti-tired o-of m-my c-clingy-ness!" Ino sobbed, and Sakura nodded, telling her that it would be all right, and smoothed her hand over the sobbing blonde's hair. Naruto gritted his teeth. Sure, he was secretly happy that Sasuke had broken it off with Ino, but was irritated that he had let the girl down rough. Uchiha had been practically molesting the girl earlier that day. He told the two that he would be back with their lunch, and Sakura nodded as Ino blew a huge snot ball into a tissue. Naruto made a face, before getting up and walking into line.

Naruto was just paying for the girl's and his lunches, used to ordering for them anyway, since he usually volunteered to do it so that the girls could have their ten-minute gossip fest without him there. He felt someone come up behind him and he turned to see Sasuke standing there, looking at him. Naruto scowled.

"What do you want, teme?"

"You wanted to talk earlier," Sasuke shrugged in indifference, "so let's talk."

Naruto frowned, tempted to tell the boy to fuck off, but decided against it, nodding stiffly. He grabbed their lunches and carrying them to the table, Sasuke following behind him. The blonde told the girls that he'd be back in a minute, and both of them stared at him as he left the cafeteria, Sasuke right behind him.

As soon as Naruto found a deserted corridor, he turned to the raven, who just stood there. Sasuke noted with satisfaction that Naruto was wearing an orange turtle neck, that effectively covered the dark red marks on his neck that only he knew were there.
"What the fuck is your problem?"

Sasuke shrugged.

"Which one?" He asked casually, as if discussing the weather. Naruto growled.

"Let's start with the fact that you were a total ass at me this morning."

"People can't know we do things, therefor I can't be nice to you in public, unless you want your girlfriend to find out that your cheating on her..." Sasuke trailed off, and Naruto frowned.

"Plus, I've got to keep up my reputation, you know. How would it look if I all of the sudden stopped dating? Suspicious, yes? This means I have to date a lot of other people. Get it, dobe?" Sasuke continued.

"Fine. But what was the reason for letting Ino down so hard?" Naruto asked, fuming. Sasuke knew the fact that Naruto didn't like being ignored in public, after all, Naruto was a very possessive person. Sasuke knew exactly how the situation would get to him.

Sasuke blinked, pretending to play innocent.

"Ino? Oh, her. She was getting on my nerves." Naruto was about to snap and just punch Sasuke's lights out at the statement, but when Sasuke moved closer, he froze, fist halfway in the air.

"How about," Sasuke whispered into the blonde's ear, fingers lightly trailing down his chest, "we give you another love bite to match the others, hmm? How would you like that?" He practically purred. Naruto looked like he considered it for a breif moment, but pushed the Uchiha back as he tugged on his shirt collar. The raven just laughed.

My, my, my, Sasuke thought, he's going to make this funner than I originally thought.

Both girls looked up as the irritated looking blonde sat down again. Sakura silently asked him what happened, but he just shook his head. She scowled, but went back to trying to get Ino to eat, and stop crying.

Sakura closed her locker, facing her boyfriend. He had seemed to be in a fowl mood since lunch, and she was determined to find out why.

"Naruto?"

"Huh?" He asked, looking up from his locker.

"What happened at lunch? When you went outside with Sasuke?"

The blonde had a brief moment of panic as the memory of Sasuke's voice purring in his ear came back, but he quickly shoved it down, knowing that there was really no way that Sakura could know.

"Nothing," he replied, "that guy just makes me mad. I'm so tired of his cocky attitude." This was true, after all. Sakura nodded and mulled this over, before her face brightened as she pulled a slip of paper out of her pocket.

"I know what will cheer you up! Hinata is having a party tonight, do you want to go with me?" Sakura asked, hold the paper up so Naruto could see the date and time of it, along with the girl's address. He smiled a genuine smile, and nodded. Naruto loved parties and it was the perfect thing to take his mind off what was going on with all the confusion Sasuke was bringing on him.

He lifted Sakura off the ground, spinning her around in a circle as she squealed, remember Naruto doing the exact same thing all the time when they were just friends. He set her down, taking her hand and leading her off.

Sasuke walked over to the lockers, picking up a small piece of paper he had seen Sakura show Naruto.

"A party, hmm? Sounds fun." He said to himself, chuckling, before walking away, slipping the paper into the pocket of his jeans.

Naruto sat on a couch, sipping his drink. He was pretty sure there was alcohol in it, but he ignored it and took a big gulp, putting the cup on the coffee table in front of him. Sakura was sitting next to him, and smacked the back of his head, complaining about his willingness to drink so fast. He just grinned as he rubbed the back of his head. He let his gaze wonder around the spacious room, consisting of around thirty people. It was a small party, but it was fun. After a few more drinks, Naruto tilted his head back, throwing his arm around the back of the couch behind Sakura. She didn't mind, as she was in a conversation with some girl about where she got her dress or something.

Naruto looked around, his head feeling a little fuzzy from the alcohol he consumed. It was a good fuzzy, though. He frowned as he saw Sasuke across the room, sitting next to a friend of Gaara's, named Tamari. He inwardly scowled as he noticed the closness of the two teens. Sasuke scooted a little closer to her, and she scooted away. Naruto grinned at this. He almost laughed as he remembered what Gaara had told him a while ago, that Tamari was a lesbian. The raven tried to get closer several more times before the blonde girl finally got up and walked away. Naruto's grin widened. It seems Sasuke was striking out tonight, and Naruto was happy about it. Soon after, though, Hinata sat down next to Sasuke, and after a few minutes, he snaked his arm around her. She blushed, but didn't pull away. Naruto frowned, as Sasuke leaned over and whispered something in her ear, causing her to let out a giggle and blush. This made Naruto angry. Couldn't Uchiha keep his paws off of people for five god damn minutes?

You see, Naruto was what one would call a jealous drunk. This was probably because of his natural possessive personality. When he was drunk, he couldn't stand it when his friends hit it off with someone, and it seemed he couldn't stand it even more when his secret love was hitting it off.

Naruto looked around, before spotting Kiba at the edge of the make-shift dance floor (the furniture had been pushed to the side to make room), and hollering at him. Kiba looked over, and Naruto pointed toward the couch Sasuke and Hinata were on, and he swore that steam was coming out of the dog-lover's ears. He watched as Kiba strode over, grabbed Hinata by the arm and led her away. Naruto was satisfied with this work, seeing Sasuke's scowl, still a little annoyed that Sasuke was hitting on other people. Dammit, Naruto didn't care that they weren't in an exclusive relationship. Sasuke was his!

He rested his head back and smiled, content that Sasuke was alone on the couch for now. That was until, Sakura poked him, and sneered.

"Ugh, can you believe that? What a player." She said in a disgusted voice, and Naruto looked over to where she was staring.

His eyes lit up with anger. There, backed against the wall near where the raven had previously been sitting, was Sasuke, being undressed by none other than his friend, Sai. Naruto was fuming as he got up and strode over, ignoring Sakura's calls for him to come back. If the blonde were not as drunk as he was at the moment, he would have consitered his next actions to be rash, but at the moment he didn't care.

Once he reached them, he slapped Sai's hand as he reached for the button of Sasuke's pants, and Sai turned, surprised. But Naruto didn't pay any attention, instead, he shoved the Uchiha, causing him to hit the wall.

"What the fuck, teme? Do you have to flirt with everyone?" Naruto yelled, as Sasuke just smiled, leaning close to Naruto.

"Why," he asked, "Jealous?"

The raven ran a finger down the blonde's chest, and he sputtered before shoving the raven back once more.

"N-NO! I'm not jealous, God, stupid teme," Naruto yelled, turning away and stalking out the front door. Sakura got up and rushed after him, too worried about the blonde getting home to pay any attention to what just happened.

Naruto sat on the same window seal that he had first fought with Sasuke, head resting against the wall, staring at the rain out the window.

Damn him.

An image of Sasuke leaning into him at the library, trailing kisses down his neck...

DAMN him.

Sasuke straddling him, whispering suggestive things in his ear...

DAMN HIM!
Sasuke pushing him against the wall, biting into his neck, leaving his mark, him flipping them over, properly kissing the raven for the first time...

How does he do this to me? Make me feel so...

An image of Sasuke and Ino, up against the wall, feeling each other up..

Not jealous. I'm not jealous.

Sasuke whispering in Hinata's ear, making the girl giggle, and her face light up...

I'm NOT jealous.

Sai leaning in, unbuttoning Sasuke's pants as both ravens grin...

"I'M NOT FUCKING JEALOUS!" He screamed at himself, pounding his head on the wall.

He jumped up, striding down the hallway, needing to blow off some steam.

Was he trying to MAKE me jealous? Because it fucking worked. He fucking screwed me over, thinking that I cared about him. What was I thinking?

Naruto knew that he needed to calm himself down, before he had a panic attack or something.

He stopped in the middle of the empty hallway, (all the students were at lunch) and stood there, thinking.

And then he got an idea.

He turned around and walked back the way he came from, walking up the stairs, wincing as he noted that it was the staircase that him and Sasuke had been under. Damn, why was everything he doing reminding him of the raven?

It made Naruto angry that what happened there meant way more to him than it probably ever would to Sasuke. Naruto tried to remind himself that Sasuke was after all, labeled as a player. He toyed with others feelings. Naruto stopped for a second. Wait, am I being played...?

Naruto shook his head when he reached the door on the second floor, finding a set of stairs leading up as he knew he would. The roof was a place he often used to get away from everybody, when he needed to sort things out. It had kind of became his safe haven in the past year, and so far, he hadn't run into anyone else. (Probably because the roof was off limits to students, but the fact that the headmaster was his aunt, he did have certain privileges...)

He felt the frost of winter hit his bare arms as he stepped out onto the roof, making him shiver. He ignored it, and walked over to the ledge that overlooked the campus. The blonde sat on the ledge, Wrapping his arms around his knees in a position that screamed 'I'm either trying to keep everybody out, or keep myself from exploding.' And at the moment, Naruto wasn't sure which it was. Maybe both.

His mind flashed back to the party, and the images of Sasuke all over the girls, and Sai. Naruto knew that he was drunk when it happened, and he knew for a fact that he was a jealous drunk, but it unsettled him as he woke up this morning with a hangover, and found himself not feeling any better about what happened.

Maybe it wasn't because I was drunk, maybe it was because I really am developing feelings for the teme.

No, I couldn't! I barely know him, and what I do know about him is that he's a player and he certainly played me.

Naruto got a sinking feeling in his gut.

Is that all it was? Was he just having fun, using me? Did I really not mean anything to him?

Wait, why the hell do I even care? It isn't like we're exclusive or anything... We only really made out once, and I'm acting like a complete girl!

But nobody had ever touched me like that before... Maybe I'm being too naive to think that it was anything more.

But why do I like it so much? Why can't I like it when Sakura kisses me? Why isn't it the same?

It wasn't like he loved Sakura, but he was pretty damn sure that he didn't love the raven, either.

Although, it could just be because I don't like sharing? Maybe I don't care for Sasuke as much as I act like I do, but I'm just jealous. I'm a naturally jealous and protective person, anyway.

He tried to picture his reaction if he caught Sakura with someone else, but it was impossible. Naruto groaned, pulling his arms tighter.

"What do you think, dad?" Naruto whispered, staring into the sky, as if it would give him answers.

"Why is it I feel like this? I know I shouldn't. But it just bugs the living crap out of me when he does things like that. Why does it bother me so damn much?"

Naruto sat silent for a while, not even reacting when he felt raindrops start to hit his arms, and just buried his head into himself, not even moving when he heard the bell, signaling the end of their lunch break.

Sasuke looked up, annoyed as a few rain drops hit his head.

God damn rain is going to ruin my hair! He thought, scowling. He kept walking anyways, and his eye caught something before he looked down. There, on top of the building, was a person sitting on the ledge, curled up. Sasuke smirked to himself as he noticed the neon-orange shirt, and the shock of blonde hair.

Deciding that his next class wasn't as important as this was, he turned and made his way to the stair case, determined to get to the blonde.

Naruto sniffed, and refused himself to cry.

God dammit, I'm not going to cry over the bastard!

He then kind of realized what Sakura when through with this, only he assumed she had it much worse. She had kissed him more than once, and Naruto could only imagine the full extent of what they did together...

He didn't hear the stealthy footsteps come up behind him, partly due to the sound of the poring rain, partly because he didn't expect anyone to be up there. So when a hand touched his shoulder, he almost fell off the ledge of the building.

He jumped, losing his balance, about to fall off the edge when he felt strong arms around him, pulling him back. He shivered as he recognized the arms, knowing exactly who had come up here, just to bug him. He felt annoyed for more than one reason. One, for what Sasuke had pulled last night, and two, because this was his safe place, and nobody was aloud up here.

He didn't bother to say thank you, or even turn around. He just stood there, not moving.

He expected the Uchiha to say something smart mouthed, and then whisper something inappropriate in his ear, and proceed to attack his neck, but it shocked him when the raven pulled back, and walked around him to sit on the ledge himself, staring out over the court yard.

Naruto warily took his previous seat next to him, eying the raven. But Sasuke didn't say anything. He just sat there.

They sat there for a while, Naruto watching Sasuke, Sasuke watching the school, before the silence drove Naruto crazy.

"Why?" the blonde asked. Now, the raven turned his head to look at him, dark black orbs staring at him.

"Why what?" Sasuke asked, his voice sounding flat.

"Why... Why do you toy with me? Why do you act like you like me, then go off and shove your tongue down some girl's throat? Why did you come up here, if you aren't going to say a word?" Naruto strung out, cursing himself as his voice cracked at the end of his sentence.

The raven just looked at him.

"That's a lot of questions."
"I need a lot of answers."

"Hn." Was all the boy said. Naruto waited for a moment, finding the the raven apparently wasn't going to say anymore.

"Why are you even here?" He asked, his voice rising in anger. If Sasuke wasn't going to answer his questions, then he shouldn't even be up there.

"Well, I came up here because I saw you."

Naruto's heart beat a little faster, and he scowled at himself. Before he could open his mouth again, the raven had stood up.

"Why are you up here?" Sasuke asked him, folding his arms over his chest.

Naruto blinked. Why shouldn't he be up here? He didn't have to explain himself..

"Why do you even care?" Naruto snapped, turning back to overlook the school yard. Sasuke didn't answer for a few minutes.

He was surprised when he felt cloth slip over his shoulders, and looked over to see that Sasuke had taken his jacket off, placing it on him.

"What are yo-"

"I don't want you to get a cold." Sasuke said, cutting him off. Naruto stood up, looking the Uchiha in the eyes, cursing himself for being a few inches shorter, therefor having to look up.

Before he knew what he was doing, Naruto had stepped closer to Sasuke, getting up in his face, staring into onyx eyes. Although, when he talked his voice was barely above a whisper.

"Why do you play so hot-and-cold? Why do you do this to me, making me think that maybe you cared, and then going and fucking off with someone else?" Naruto had tears threatening to fall, and the Uchiha could tell. Sasuke suddenly felt wary. He knew that he was breaking the blonde, and that was what he had set out to accomplish, but for some reason... It didn't feel right. Seeing the blonde about to cry gave him a sinking feeling in his stomach.

What is wrong with me? I should be happy about this! Sasuke thought, but for some reason, he didn't feel happy at all. He felt... Desperate? Sad?... Guilty?

As the first tear started to role down the blonde's cheek, Sasuke didn't even realize that he had lifted his hand to the boy's face, whipping it away until he had done it. His hand rested on the boy's cheek, thumb absently tracing the three faint lines the boy had. He wondered for the first time what they were from, but he didn't ask.

Sasuke knew that Naruto had had a rough-ish past, but for the first time, he wondered if the boy's trouble had run deeper than he thought. He had just assumed that the boy had had a happy life, always due to his smile and charm. He never seemed to be sad, and always seemed like nothing in the world bothered him.

Sasuke vaguely remembered a saying his own mother had said, when she had been alive. Something like, 'laughter is the best medicine, but also the best disguise!'

And seeing the blond in front of him, he knew that something was going on in the boy's head past what Sasuke was doing. He looked into blue eyes, noticing as it seemed that the whole air around the boy was suddenly... Breakable. He could see years and years of tears, breaking the boy down, piece by piece, but never letting it show. He could tell that the blonde could just break at any moment, no longer able to handle it.

Again, his actions working before his brain did, he had wrapped his arms around the blonde, pulling him into a tight hug. Naruto just stood there, hands not moving, as he let his tears fall into the raven's already soaked shoulder.

Neither knew how long they stood there, it could have been minutes or hours. Soon, Naruto's tears stopped, and they just stood, Sasuke holding the blonde, Naruto snuggling into his shoulder. The rain kept pouring, and had anybody else seen them, they would have said the moment was Kodak worthy, the two boys just standing there, together, not moving.

Before they knew it, the rain had let up, and a bell signaled that all the students were making the transition to their next class. The raven pulled back then, softly pressing his lips to the blonde's forehead, lingering for a moment before stepping back. Sasuke didn't know why he was being so gentle, but he was anyway. He turned, walking down the stairs that led back into the school, the blonde following him shortly after. Neither said a word as they parted.

Eh? Like it? Hate it? Was it done well enough? I'm not so sure about making Naruto act like this, but remember that it is his first time experiencing anything like this. That is my excuse for making him act like a girl, lol.