Disclaimer – Uhh, uhh!! I ran out of ideas... so Naruto and Sasuke are gonna' makeout for this disclaimer. -pushes both onto the scene-

A/N: Ok, since I was so happy with the sudden reviews I got today, I've decided to make another chappie. Well, because, I too wanna' see what happens next. Haha!!

Naruto: Wow HeartX, you're working hard today. -hugs-

Sasuke: Yeah, I can't believe it myself.

HeartX: Aww, well thanks guys. -hugs-

Naruto: Is the story gonna' get better now? -puppy eyes-

HeartX: Aww, Naruto, don't be sad. I'll try my best to return both of you together again.

Naruto: -sniffles- Thanks.

HeartX: Oh yeah, I guess near the end, it gets a bit angsty. Just a little! So not my fault! We have to get to the hard parts before everything becomes sweeter again, just like deep fried twinkies. -laughs- Sasuke, press play please?

Sasuke: Hn. -press play-

Chapter 4: Hating You, Loving You

Naruto walked to the training grounds, hoping to leave his memories of Sasuke behind, and from that incident back at the playground. But it seemed as though everywhere he went, Sasuke's spirited memories followed. It was like he couldn't go anywhere...

Naruto tried his ramen shop, his old apartment, random alleyways, and now he was limited to their training grounds. But it was still no use. His first step, and he remembered distinctly that this spot, even this tree he stood under, was the very spot where Sasuke and Naruto both shared their first real kiss.

Naruto touched his lips instinctively. He could still feel Sasuke's lips on his own. His softness, his purity... it was still all there. It was branded in his memory. Even though it's been 3 ½ hours since Naruto's blowup, he knew that those love filled kisses meant everything to him. And now... he could never get them back.

'Wait!' Naruto's eyes widened. 'Could it be... I'm still in love with Sasuke?' Naruto gasped onto the tree trunk in front of him. 'B-But how could I... I mean, this feeling should have been gone, right?' Naruto closed his eyes in a sensitive moment of silence. Then his heart changed as much as he forced it to.

'No... ! I don't love him. I can't! I hate him! I want him to disappear forever... !!' Naruto securely punched the tree dead in the center with all his might. It shattered into splinters and had fallen onto the soft grass.

Opening his eyes to see what he had done, Naruto couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt burning in his veins. Could this be the turning point for Naruto? He was so confused, that could it be true that even though cheating was a conflict that he is now suffering from, Naruto was still in love with his boyfriend?

Naruto looked down at his hand with a blank face. He saw shears of blood streaming from it, but he didn't care. This physical pain isn't as bad as his emotional pain. And I guess... his life will be like this for awhile to come.

Sasuke hugged his pillow close to himself as he sat on the edge of his bed. The scene may look like Sasuke was a depressed girl in dire need, but he didn't care. It was practically all true anyhow.

In his mind, Sasuke replayed their last meeting in his head for 3 hours now... it just wouldn't stop. He regretted everything that happened. Every last detail, down to the final steps Naruto took to part them from the playground. How could he let that opportunity slip like that? How?!

Now he was left depressed, and boyfriend-less, to his unliking.

Sasuke tightened his grip on the pillow, choking it to a fluffy death. But that wasn't enough. His nails ripped the pillow into shreds and let the feathers explode everywhere. But Sasuke sat as if nothing happened. As if those feathers never existed in his presence to begin with.

'I've got to do something...' Sasuke sat in his pose - elbows on his knees, fingers laced, and hands up to his mouth while he sat still on the edge of the bed. His eyes drifted shut in thought. It wasn't soon before that, that Sasuke fell backwards fast asleep. Falling into his dreams of Naruto that could try and keep him comfort.

"What am I going to do? I do still love him..." Naruto layed in the grass of the training grounds.

5:00pm. 5 more hours have gone by.

'Ok, now I know it is true, I really do still love him. But what he did... I can't just shake it off.' After many hours of contemplating this mind-numbing question, that was his final conclusion. Love was still afloat.

"I should go see him... " Naruto sat up with a bit of a smile.

"But the way I acted, ugh, he'll never forgive me... he probably hates me so much right now... " Naruto put his head in his hands to cover his eyes, trying his best to stop more tears to shredder his eyes again.

"Naruto? What seems to be the problem?" A positive voice was spoken into the crisp, dusk air. Naruto lifted his head just a little to see who has come to face his problems.

It was Rock Lee.

"Lee? What are you doing here?"

"Aww, I was just thinking to get some training done. Got to stay in tip top shape for anything!" Lee displayed a few air kicks to deepen his meaning.

"What are you doing here, Naruto?" Naruto hesitated. Should he let out his feelings, or just decide not to?

"Uhm, well... I'm just thinking. I got into a fight with Sasuke today, and well... we, I... " Naruto looked into his lap uncomfortably.

"Oh I see. Well, it's ok. Don't feel so sad Naruto." Lee popped a squat next to Naruto. Good thing he wasn't one to prey into other's businesses. But he also wanted to make Naruto feel better. Lee sensed that he had gone through a hell of a lot today.

"You see Naruto, if you feel that you still love him, and know you would do anything to have him forgive whatever happened, then you should go now, and talk with Sasuke. If not, then you could get on with your life, and keep it fair. But don't ever forget to make sure to have no regrets. If you suddenly lose the one you love, your life may never be the same again. It will eat you up inside to know that you let that one person leave into the world without you by their side. Understand, Naruto?" Lee looked away from the orange sky to glance at Naruto, who indeed was crying again.

"L-Lee... thank you, thank you!" Naruto suddenly jumped from his place and glomped Lee in a huge friendly hug. All Lee could do, was smile.

"... Hm, you are very welcome." He returned the hug with one hand. After their little hug-ness, Naruto jumped and started running in the direction of the village after waving his goodbye to Lee.

Lee watched as Naruto ran off. He smiled, "Go get him Naruto."

Sasuke looked around to see only black. But there was one spotlight on him. It surrounded only himself.

Lonely, and getting worse.

Suddenly, Sasuke looked behind him to see... Naruto. He was standing there rubbing his eyes from his tears. It pinned Sasuke to a nail bed to see Naruto hurting like that. All he wanted to do was to make the other feel better.

Sasuke ran up to Naruto and wrapped his arms around him comfortingly.

"Shh, Naruto, it's ok. I'm here now... " Sasuke cooed Naruto until he responded by returning back the hug.

"T-Thank you Sasuke... " He suddenly spoke. It was then that Sasuke felt a shape pain in his shoulder blade. It got worse and worse until he finally couldn't hold onto Naruto anymore. Sasuke fell to the ground clutching the pain. When he pulled his hand back, he saw blood.

Dark, red, blood.

He looked up at Naruto who held a sharpened, golden kunai, with his blood fresh on the blade.

"Sasuke... how could you cheat on me. How could you?!" Naruto ran off, but not until he threw the sharp object straight into Sasuke's face.

Sasuke awoke with a scream. His body jerked up and his face was sweat covered. Even though his hands never touched his face, the sweat was rolling down and onto his neck until he soaked up inside his turtle neck. Sasuke was panting as bad as ever. Nothing in the human world could make this Uchiha become so scared than having his boyfriend-

Ugh, He couldn't even think about it. It was too horrifying.

"Sasuke? Are you ok?" That voice. It was so low, yet it was frightened and concerned at the same time. Sasuke turned his head to come face to face with non other than... Naruto, sitting on his bed right next to Sasuke, with worry in his eyes at the distressed Uchiha.

A/N: Oh god, now... I'm pooped. -falls onto the ground-

Naruto: Yes! Finally! The story turns a bit positive! Haha! -hugs HeartX-

Sasuke: Whoa, never though I'd be the one having a nightmare like that... but it does seem scary.

HeartX: Yeah, well...

Naruto: Omg, Lee! He completely saved the day in this chapter! I'm grateful for him.

Sasuke: Hard to say it, but me too. -hugs Naruto-

HeartX: Yeah, well who else could I put other than Lee? I mean he just fit the bill. -smiles- Ok, babies, that's 2 chappies in one day! You all owe me tons of reviews. Haha, it's the least you could do... until -pants- next time! -waves-