Hey guys! Thank you for the reviews, they really made me smile, though I was hoping for more. Maybe its just cause of the long wait, huh? Well, here's a chapter to try and fix that. I totally didn't expected to do what I did to them in the last chapter so now I really have no idea what to do with this, so its gonna be touch and go for a while so bear with me yeah? I am hopefully gonna be posting up a lemon/lime yaoi again soon, for those of you who read my other one. I swear I have one hiding somewhere so if I can find it I will post it asap. K? Now, without further ado...

WARNING: yaoi, if you don't know what that means, you may be in the wrong place. Also there is violence and other such things a story just cannot be without. :)

Disclaimer: *pops up slowly from underneath the water* bubbel, bubble burbel buelr burble. translated- no Naruto, my life sucks. Now AWAY!

Saving You

Chapter 5: Working Overtime With People Who Hate You

Sasuke sat in the middle of the hospital, mindlessly following the doctors' instructors as they tried to assess whether or not he had done permanent damage to himself. As he lifted his arms straight out and touched the tips of all his fingers to his thumbs, he looked passed to doctor to the blonde bundle cowering in the corner of the room. For some god forsaken reason that stupid blonde kid from his school was sitting in his room, watching everything that happened with angry eyes. Yet no matter what was said to him, he refused to leave the room. As he watched, the boy switched his gaze from the doctor to Sasuke himself, and was now glaring daggers at him, ones which Sasuke easily returned.

He glared at the poor doctor when he leaned forward to take the now beeping thermometer from between his lips. As soon as the plastic had left his lips, he parted them and began to ask, "Why is he-"

"For the last time! I don't know! If you want to know why he is here so badly, ask him yourself! Now, as to the things that pertain to your health, there are several major things that concern me."

Sasuke leveled a glower at the man before a slight shift in his peripheral vision brought his gaze to the blonde once more.

"Stop." He commanded suddenly, a hoarse voice tearing its way out of his lips, as well as a thin, pale hand lifting to reinforce his order. Looking at the doctor, he asked, "Does he have to be here for this?"

A small frown crossed the face of the doctor before it disappeared, quickly replaced by a soft, kinder look. "Would you rather he not be?" he asked gently.

Feeling slightly ashamed by this abrupt need, Sasuke merely nodded, turning his head away from peering blue eyes.

"Alright." Turning to the tan boy in his corner, he said. "Naruto, I'm going to have to ask you to leave for a little while. Go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat, while you have the time."

Even before he had finished his sentence the blonde was shaking his head. "Can't." Was all he said.

"Can't or won't?" Sasuke shot back, his head whipping back to stare daggers at the boy.

"I can't!" Naruto growled out, his gaze narrowing in on the boy on the bed.

"Why?" Sasuke asked, voice cracking slightly under the intense volume. Naruto doubted he had ever been so loud in his life.

"I-I! I just can't!" Naruto screamed, jumping up from the chair, making it clatter to the floor.

Silence awkwardly filled the room, along with the heavy breathing Naruto was emitting. Sasuke stared at him with ebony eyes that searched the baby blue depths before looking away, out the window once more.

"Fine. Whatever."

Naruto jolted, eyes widening, as if he was shocked at how easily the brunette had given in.

The doctor quickly stepped forward, eager to do his job and get out of the way of these two explosive children. "Alright then. So Sasuke, blood tests have shown that your iron levels are a little on the low side, so we may need to put you on a strict diet to pill that back up to where we want it. Another thing that just a general physical exam showed was your extremely insufficient body weight. It is far to low for someone of your size and age. It clearly shows that you haven't been eating properly, if at all, for the past couple of weeks, months even!"

Naruto looked from the doctor to the pale raven, and as he gazed down at the thin frame, he was slightly shocked and horrified. To think that for the past three years he had been wailing on someone whose own body was attacking him as well. And he hadn't even noticed! Guilt and shame flooded through him as he through this.

His hands clenched into fists at his sides at these thoughts before he was drawn from them by the doctor speaking once again.

"Once we release you, a meeting will be set up with a nutritionist whom with you are required to…"

As he listened, his gaze drew up from the thin, bony wrists and climbed up the tiny frame, finally recognizing the way Sasuke's clothes hung off him; the overly large shirt hanging limply to expose the sharp points of his collarbone. Continuing their trip upward, his eyes met and held the bony ones. The searching gaze held the black one before a certain tone in the doctor's voice caught his attention.

"Now Sasuke, last time you were brought in here we discussed the fact that you were bordering the area of having osteoporosis but now with your new test results in, I'm afraid that you have developed it. Because of this, you must, and I stress, MUST begin to take better care of yourself. I know you find it hard to keep up the energy or desire to care for yourself, but I called your brother…" At this point, Sasuke had slowly begun to stiffen up, his gaze still focused on his lap.

"Which I know you asked me not to do, but I am afraid that with all the risks to your health and your previous lack of ability to fully comply with our wishes, I had to inform him of the situation. I told him everything that was strictly necessary but only that. When I stressed to him the dire consequences that could result if you didn't take care of yourself, he agreed to held keep an eye on you."

At this point the doctor paused, seeming to expect some sort of outburst or retaliation from the raven haired teen on the bed, but got none. Looking supremely shocked the doctor continued.

"And lastly…the scars…I'm not sure if any had ever mention their condition to you before but, they seem to be-"

"No." Sasuke cut him off abruptly, now lifting his head to stare at the doctor. "Enough. He doesn't need to hear this. Either get him to leave or stop. I already know."

The poor doctor was once again lost for words, while Naruto was just curious.

Coughing awkwardly, the doctor nodded fore speaking for the final time. "Alright then, well I just need to fill out a couple forms and then you're free to go. But while I am doing that I am going to send Anne, your regular nurse, in to change your bandages, check the scars and make sure everything is working right." With that he nodded to them both before turning and sweeping from the room.

Quiet crept into the room, only pushed back by the crinkling of paper as Sasuke shifted. Blue eyes darted around the room as Naruto tried to avoid looking at the smaller boy on the table. He had never been one for quiet, but now, with the memory of what had happened in the room only a few hours before, there was almost no way that he could stand it. It felt too weird!

Just as he opened his mouth, the door burst open and a short, plump nurse strolled in, a gentle smile on her face.

"Hey honey…how you doin' today?" She asked Sasuke, a thick southern twang on her tongue. Giving neither boy a chance to respond, she continued cheerfully. "Now, the doctor talked to me and said that you needed bandages changed and those checked? Is that right?" She asked, smiling at Sasuke.

Naruto frowned, not exactly liking the way she had said that. It was almost as if they were cahoots about something and that was their codeword. As he pondered this, the two others in the room were quietly exchanging words, the shorter of the two casting frequent glances at the blonde while nodding.

The small woman bustled over to the dazed boy and easily took advantage of his absentmindedness by grabbing his shoulders and steering him towards the door. Naruto jerked from his stupor when she began to push and shove him out the door and quickly began to resist.

"Hey!" He shouted. "What-! What are you doing?" he screeched, voice cracking in the middle.

"Sorry hun," she replied, smiling up at hm while continuing to manhandle him out the door. "But this part of the check up is a little more personal than others, so you need to step out for a bit." The tone with which she said this booked no room for an argument. With that said she accomplished pushing the tall teen out the door, quickly snapping it shut so that he couldn't come back inside.

Standing dumbfounded outside the hospital room, Naruto stared through the tiny glass window in the door. As he watched the nurse returned to Sasuke and asked him a question, to which he replied with a nod while she gently cupped his cheek in her hand. At that one small touch Naruto felt something flame in the pit of his stomach and send shivers throughout his spine. He really didn't understand why he felt like this, but all he could really figure out was that he wanted her hand off of Sasuke.

He watched for a few more minutes to see what was so important that he was not allowed to be in the room, but that plan was soon knocked out of commission when the tiny southerner pulled the curtain around the bed closed, hiding them from view. He frowned and turned away with a huff, stalking down the hallway towards the cafeteria. They had just better have some damn good ramen was all he could think. Especially for all that he had just been put through.

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Rubber bands stretched tight to their max could not have held more tension than the interior of the car at the moment, and it irritated Naruto to no end. His fingers beat out a nervous rhythm against the steering wheel as he drove. Occasionally nervous glances were thrown towards the passenger seat where a moody raven was sitting.

Naruto could not help but feel as though the other boy was plotting his death as he sat there stewing in silence. As the car rolled to a stop at a light, he opened his mouth to speak, anything to break this horrid silence.

"So…"

His voice, though he had spoken softly, rang loudly throughout to car, making the other boy glance at him for a brief moment.

"What?" Sasuke snapped, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.

Poor Naruto jumped at the curt response, startled despite himself. "Oh…um…well I was just wondering if you remembered what Iruka had said our punishment was." He managed to fumble out.

"Hn," was all he got in response.

"I don't speak asshole teme. Was that a yes or a no?" the blonde asked, fuming silently at the stupid Uchiha.

An awkward silence filled the car once again before Sasuke finally spoke. "Hn. What of it?"

The blonde gulped, darting a look towards the raven before starting the car forwards once more, turning down a neighborhood street. "Well, you see…since we have to…live together…for the rest of the year… I was wondering…if you would agree to living at my place?" He ended his jumbled question awkwardly, allowing it to pitter out to a dull silence that had him twitching in his seat, wishing he could move, once again.

He waited as long as possible, nearly jerking violently because of the fact that he was sitting as still as possible for nearly a full minute without doing something. Just when he thought he couldn't stand it any longer, the smaller boy's voice hit his ear drums.

"Why?"

He slumped down in his seat, a relieved sigh breaking past his lips, glad the boy hadn't immediately trashed the idea.

"Oh, well, it's just that your house is a little bit too far for me to make it to work from there. I work almost everyday, so it would be a bit of a hike for me."

"Why can't you just take your car?"

Naruto flinched lightly before throwing a scowl at the other boy. "Because I don't have a car. The whole reason we're in yours at the moment is because your brother left it at the hospital and insisted that I drive you home. And now I'm dropping it, and you, off at your place then running to mine; hopefully in time to make it to work. My workplace is too far from your place to walk there, especially with the hours I get off at."

He waited for a response, not knowing or having anything else to say.

"Use my car."

Upon hearing this unexpected remark, Naruto choked on his spit, turning quickly to stare at the pale boy, who in return simply gazed back blankly before gesturing towards the road. Turning back towards said road, Naruto reacted just in time, stomping on the brake, to avoid occupying the same space as the car in front of them. They both were thrown forward in their seats only to be jerked back into them by the seatbelts Naruto had insisted on them wearing.

"Why? You…why would you let me use your car? What do you have against my house?" he asked, making sure to keep his eyes firmly on the road.

A snort came from the seat next to him before the other boy felt compelled to answer him in words. "For one? I would bet half my family's fortune that it's a complete pig sty, covered in dirty clothes, dishes and ramen packages."

Naruto was about to retort angrily but realized it was almost completely accurate, minus the dishes. Who needed them when you had instant ramen?

"Secondly, my ass of a brother."

The older boy waited for more, and seemed stumped when none was forthcoming. Finally he ventured a question. "What's wrong with your brother? Aside from the obvious." He quickly added when the raven shot him a disbelieving glance.

"He wouldn't let me." Was the reply he got after another bout of silence.

"Wh-"

"No," he was cut off.

"How-?"

"NO."

"Wou-" he tried once again.

"NO!" he was cut off once more with an even more emphatic response.

"Stop that teme! You don't even know what I am trying to ask you! Sheesh!"

"…Hn."

"Finally!" the blonde muttered as he pulled up to the Uchiha household, not having needed directions seeing as how everyone knew where it was, due to the many functions often held there. Parking the car, he hopped out, grabbing his bag as he did so. The youngest Uchiha followed his example, slamming the door shut before stalking up the steps to his house.

"Hey! Teme! Wait a sec!"

Sasuke paused on the top step, indicating he was listening despite the fact that he didn't turn back around to face the blonde.

"I was just wondering how to get in later?"

His question was met with a perfectly raised eyebrow.

"Cause by the time I get off, you won't be up anymore." When he saw the dark eyed boys shoulders stiffen he quickly added. "Believe me. No one is. So how should I get inside? I don't want to be attacked by security on my way back." He joked with a grin.

There was a brief pause before, "There's a spare key under the potted plant underneath the window, over that way." Sasuke gestured towards the left side of the house. "And I'll tell security that you're to be staying here for a while so they know to let you in."

"Ok, well see ya later teme!" Naruto called jubilantly, tossing the pale boy a wave before trotting off down the driveway, on his way to work no doubt, forgetting about their deal to let him use the car.

This left the raven standing on the top step before he finally decided to push open the door. He thought over what the other had said as he made his way up to his room.

No one else is up…ha! He would show that idiot. Uchiha's aren't like anyone else!

Falling onto his bed, Sasuke stared at his ceiling before a small smile quirked the corner of his mouth upwards.

"Dobe…"

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Naruto groaned and leaned back as far as he could go without overbalancing as was rewarded. A loud crack split the dull quiet of the back room before quickly being followed by a relieved sigh. He pulled the apron around his neck off in one fluid movement and hung it up on the rack, before grabbing his coat and heading to Jiraiya's office to clock out.

Peeping his head into the office, a smile crossed his lips when he saw that the old man had fallen asleep at his desk again. Shaking his head, he quietly closed the door, making sure everything was locked up before he headed out, knowing that the old perv would know he had stayed all his hours and more. He was always the last one to leave.

Walking down the sidewalk, he began the hour long trek back to the Uchiha's place, regretting not taking Sasuke's car as he did so. That thought brought up another troubling thought…Sasuke… What was he going to do? How was he supposed to act? He had barely made it through the car ride home without cracking and exploding on the poor boy.

The other boy had kissed him! Never before in his life had Naruto ever given a thought to his sexual orientation. He didn't have the time or energy for it. But now he didn't have a choice. The abrupt and chance kiss from Sasuke had him all confused. He had had no idea what to do or say this afternoon, especially seeing as how the other didn't seem to have any recollection of what he had done.

These thoughts troubled him the entire walk and before he knew it, he was rummaging under the Uchiha's window for the spare key. He found it and quickly slipped inside the vacant looking house, wanting nothing more than to fall into a bed and sleep for a week and a half. Looking around inside, he slowly made his way up the grand stair case, where he hoped a spare bedroom was. When he made it to the second floor, he was drawn to a room on the left that had light seeping out from under the door. Who would be up at four in the morning?

Sneaking over to the door, he went to turn the knob and was shocked when the door opened under his touch. Taking a quick glance around, he peered inside, taking a small step inside, pushing the door open wider, to see more of the room.

Looking around he saw a normal room, maybe a tad bare but that was it. The walls were a dark blue and the drapes that hung over the windows were a thick, heavy material that blocked all possible entries for light. The carpet was a thick, longer thread the color of thundering skies, and it felt great under his feet, tickling between his toes.

Glancing up from the sight of his toes wiggling in the carpet, he was shocked to realize he had covered the expanse of the room and now stood by the large bed resting in a corner of the room.

With a start, he realized that the room must belong to Sasuke seeing as how he was sprawled on the bed in front of him. The thin boy was propped up against his headboard and a thick black book lay open in his lap. Naruto gazed down at the tiny boy, taking in the way his head had lolled to one side when he had fallen asleep, the position stretching the muscles in his neck, drawing Naruto's eyes there. He stared at the exposed skin, eyeing the creamy expanse, following it up to the strong line of the boys' jaw, lingering there for a moment before continuing up to his face, seeing the bangs that had fallen to cover his face.

Swallowing hard, he reached forward, softly sweeping the thick bangs out of the way. Seeing the full effect sleep had on Sasuke's face, Naruto smiled gently down at the slumbering boy. When he was asleep Sasuke's features relaxed completely, making him look peaceful and serene.

Gazing down at the boy the smile fell off his face to be replaced with a serious look. Staring down, he realized.

'That kiss…I-I didn't mind…and I-'

With a small frown, he cupped the soft cheek, running his thumb back and forth softly. Sighing, he leaned forward and rested his against the top of Sasuke's. Right as his eyelids fluttered shut, succumbing to his need for sleep, a final though flittered across his mind. One he refused to admit to himself.

'I want him to do it again.'

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Something was itching his nose and at the moment that was all his hazy mind cared about. Giving an inaudible grunt, Sasuke wiggle d his nose to try and dislodge whatever it was that was itching him. Groaning out loud when that didn't work, he lifted a hand and swatted at it and was puzzled when his hand met something soft and fuzzy.

Roaming his hand, he discovered that it covered the majority of his upper face/head. Oddly enough, he didn't mind that it was there; instead he buried his fingers deeper into the warmth while slowly opening his eyes.

A bright yellow solar flare met his gaze and he winced, flinching backwards. Lifting his free hand, he rubbed at his eyes before staring down blearily. Idly, his mind registered what was before him. Naruto…with a small smile he closed his eyes again. Wait a minute...NARUTO?

His eyes flew open as his mouth mirrored his mind, screaming out the tanned boy's name. It woke with other with a start and had them both jerking backwards in response. Unfortunately Sasuke was closer to the edge and fell off, smacking his head against the thick carpeted floor. Poor Naruto just sat there in the middle of the bed, looking utterly confused and fuckable.

Angrily, Sasuke shook that thought out of his head and clambered up, glaring over the edge of his bed at the blonde while clutching his aching skull.

"Naruto!" he growled. "What are you doing on my bed?"

Naruto just stared at him with sleep filled eyes, cocking his head to the side cutely.

"Wha..?" was the mumbled response.

With a groan Sasuke let his head fall forward onto the mattress. Clearly the blonde was not a morning person. And what time had he gotten back last night? He had waited up till nearly three thirty in the morning before falling asleep. Suddenly he felt the bed dip in front of him, causing him to lift up his head. Aqua marine eyes filled his vision.

"Sasu m'k?" Naruto asked, his sleep thickened tongue causing him to slur his words cutely as he reached out to gently caress the others' cheek.

A blush easily spread across Sasuke's face at the older boy's touch, making him groan and bury his face in the bed again.

"Sas'ke?" he felt a hand upon the back of his head and warily looked up once more.

He regretted it. As soon as he had, Naruto leaned forward and pressed a wet kiss against his cheek.

"Good. Sasu'k not dead." With a smile the blonde scooted off the bed and headed towards the bathroom. "Buh bye 'ske!" With that the vulpine boy disappeared into the shower, closing the door behind him with a click.

Staring after him, Sasuke groaned once again before falling onto his bed a final time. His life sucked. But no matter what he said, nothing explained the light flush that was still spread across his cheekbones.

YAY! I got it done and updated within a couple months of a previous update! I am so excited. This is probably the last chapter you're going to be getting for a while because I have to do the Summer Homework my AP classes gave me. I procrastinated on it so I could write this for you guys! The things I sacrifice… so please repay me by REVIEWING! I love to hear from you guys and if you have any ideas for a next chapter let me know. I am a tad bit stuck on this story. What should happen next between Naruto and Sasuke?

Well I get to go to practice now :-P hahahahah!

Ja for now wonderful people! Remember, read and review and you get a puppy for a present! *lifts puppy up enticingly*

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