Rain Hides Tears
"Why. Why does this always happen to me?" Naruto sobbed inwardly as he ran to his apartment. The blond had been in such a hurry to leave he didn't realize he had put his pants on inside out and his t-shirt on backwards, though at the moment he couldn't care less. The world which had so fragilely been held together was now starting to unravel. For one thing Naruto knew his best friends were keeping secrets from him, and he just couldn't understand why they would do that, hadn't he always been honest with them? Then there was the information he had received from Sasuke, the fact that he knew something that he would never tell the blond, not to mention that he had cried for Naruto that night, and rescued him from the snake. But what hurt most of all was that Sasuke was in love with someone in the village, and he only told Sakura, and not Naruto.
"I thought he hated Sakura" the blond choked out, "So then why would he tell her and not me?" Naruto ran through the streets as fast as his legs would allow. It seemed as though a new storm had rolled in, fiercer then the one from day's past. Rain was now flowing in torrents, yet the rain couldn't match the tears that were now flowing from the blonds red eyes. He ran and ran, every so often pushing blond locks of hair away from his eyes. The road was becoming blurry, and the mud was really starting to hinder his progress. Slowly the blond's apartment came into view. The only place he could ever feel safe, the only place he had ever known. "What do they want from me?" was all the boy could mutter.
He climbed the stairs and harshly withdrew the keys from his inside out pocket, fighting with the material for a moment. He unlocked the door and burst into his small one bedroom flat, then slammed the wooden blockade shut, sliding the bolt lock in place. He stopped once inside, dripping mud and water on the small rug in front of the door. He laid his head against the solid door and before he could realize what he was doing, he was creating sizable dents in the wood that stood before him. A few minutes passed with Naruto wailing on the door, his knuckles cut to the bone and leaking blood like a faucet. He hated that no one trusted him, he hated that no one cared for him, but what he hated most of all was that no one loved him. He saw love every day, on the streets; mother's holding their children's hands to cross the markets, couples eating together and laughing happily, even some of his friends were in relationships, not too mention the love he had seen Sakura shower Sasuke with. "Is it too much to ask for, to be wanted? Needed? Loved?"
Naruto Slid down the door leaning against his back once seated. He pulled his knees up to his chest and buried his head in his hands. It seemed as though after all the years of crying, he would have run out of tears, but alas, the salty drops of remorse just kept coming, never ceasing, never relenting. His blond hair was now matted to his face; the glow he usually radiated seemed dim. The wet clothes on his body clung to him, keeping him cold, he shivered slightly. The way he sat on the floor made him look more like a beaten dog, then a seventeen year old man. His battle had raged for years, but this is the first time he ever thought he was losing. The blond sat there for what seemed like hours, thinking maddening thoughts about not only the loneliness he felt, but what he could do about it. Running away had never been an option, for one Uzumaki Naruto never ran away, from anything. And besides, where did he have to go? That left the small blond with few options, and the choices were becoming decidedly darker as he went along the path.
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Sasuke ran frantically, trying to pick up and trace where the blond had gone. With the rain pouring from the sky not only could he not pick up the boy's scent, but any hopes of finding him by his tracks proved useless. "I'll just have to check his hang out's and see if anyone has seen him" Sasuke said this to himself, but almost hoped someone else had heard him. He ran from building to building, first to Ichiraku then to the local market. He checked the training grounds but all to no avail. On the way he ran into Kakashi who still wore some of the bandages from the rescue mission.
"Oi, little wet for a cat like you to be running around ne?" Kakashi smirked at the young male. "Yeah whatever. You seen the idiot? I can't seem to find him." Sasuke asked coldly, not really wanting to waste his time with his teacher. Kakashi noticed the somewhat desperate look in the Uchiha's eyes and chuckled softly to himself. "Wonder if they had a fight" he thought inwardly. For a moment Kakashi just stood in front of the raven haired boy, taking stock of the situation. It seemed Sasuke had been running around the town for an hour or so judging on the amount of water and mud which had collected on him. The Uchiha's eyes seemed dull, more so than usual, and he was breathing rather hard, it seemed as though he had really screwed something up with the blond for him to be this disheveled. Sasuke noticing his teacher's knowing eye quietly growled his impatience "Look, do you know where he is or not, I need to speak with him." Was all the Uchiha could muster.
Kakashi noticed the desperation in the Uchiha's voice, even if Sasuke didn't sense it himself. Inwardly Kakashi thought "this must have been about the rescue mission. I wonder what Naruto overheard…" the silver haired man being his usual clever self. "I saw him about 45 minutes ago, looked as though he was running to his apartment, dawn on you to check there maybe?" Kakashi smirked at the dumb founded look which graced the Uchiha's face for no longer than a second. "Of course that's where he would be." And with that Sasuke raced off towards the blonds house, hoping for some reason he was there, Sasuke didn't know what he was going to say, or even why he felt he had to say something, it was after all the idiot's fault for listening to a conversation which he shouldn't have been. Ugh, what the hell am I getting myself into?" Sasuke raced and finally reached the blonds door.
He stood outside the idiots apartment, with his ear near the door. He could hear the faint sounds of the tv as well as running water. He waited for a few more moments, footsteps could be heard in the kitchen, sounded as though the blond was opening drawers and rummaging through silverware. Then Sasuke heard faint crying accompanied by a door creaking closed. Once he felt safe to move in Sasuke made short work of picking the locks to the idiot's apartment, he opened the door slowly and walked tip toe into the den. Sure enough the tv was on, and for some reason it was the same movie that had been playing the night Sasuke had stayed here. What Sasuke had failed to notice was the box the movie had come in, Naruto had gone out and purchased the movie earlier that day, even Naruto didn't understand why he wanted to watch the American romance so badly, but he was just in the mood for it. Sasuke turned his attention quickly to the kitchen, the sight which met his eyes frightened him more than he would have ever thought possible.
On and near the open drawer Sasuke had previously heard the blond rifling through, Sasuke saw many knives, a few had managed to find their way to the floor, but the majority of the pile was lying on the kitchen counter, now Sasuke knew the blond was messy and probably never put his silverware away, but that's not what scared him. It seemed as though most, if not all of the blades were covered in a red, gooey substance, it was nearly black, it dripped from one of the knives which was leaned over the counter and the fluid fell softly onto the floor. Sasuke was having flashbacks from his childhood at this point. "What the fuck could that be? Who could have done this? Could he have done it to himself." While lost in thought the Uchiha was quickly brought back to reality when he felt something flow gently across his toes. Running water seemed to be coming form the bathroom, it too was tainted with light specks of red. Sasuke was on the verge of a breakdown "What did I do, what if he, he kil…" but before he could complete the sentence, Sasuke heard a small sniffle. He knew it had to be the blond and he ran to the door of the bathroom.
Standing in front of the bathroom door with his hand on the knob, Sasuke was frozen, he didn't know if he could handle the sight which he was about to be greeted with. As Sasuke held himself steady he heard a small gurgle, then another, then another, then nothing. Sasuke was visibly shaking at this point, his body was being wracked with fear, he just couldn't open the door, but he had to! With a brief moment of hesitation he finally burst through the door, what he feared had come about, and it was all his fault…
The blond was lying submerged in the water, the red tainted liquid which filled the bath and encompassed Naruto spilled gently over the rim and cascaded into the small bathroom, in the sink lay the knife, covered in red. Sasuke's eyes drifted back over to the body of his friend, and in a completely irrational moment for the raven haired teen, he cried. A few tears fell steadily form his cheeks, he didn't know whether he could ever live knowing he had done this, he had been the one to cause this end for his teammate…his friend… his lo... Sasuke stared for a few moments at his friend, he looked pensively at the blonds hair, it looked golden in the water, but the red had seemed to taint it to a strawberry color, it swayed to and fro gently. Then his eyes wandered down to the blonds face, "He looks tired" thought Sasuke. Three thin marks visible on each of the blonds cheeks, both of Naruto's eyes were closed, his mouth barely open. Sasuke panned down to his friends chest, looking for any sign of movement, knowing he would see none, he ran his eyes over the tan skin, noticing his friends smooth chest and defined abdominal muscles. He began to look down even further at his friends 'equipment' when suddenly the blond burst out of the water, gasping for air. Sasuke meanwhile nearly had a heart attack.
Naruto slowly pushed his blond bangs to the back of his head to drain any water from them, then he ran his calloused hands down from his forehead to his chin to remove any water there, he shook his body back and forth like a dog would do, then slowly he opened his eyes, what he was met with made him scream. "Sasuke! What the fuck are you doing here, trying to watch me bath you pervert!" Naruto immediately jumped out of the bath and covered himself with a large towel which hung on a rack near the sink. Sasuke could only stand there, struck silent at the scene that had just unfolded. He didn't understand what was happening, all he could do was ask "didn't you try to…kill…yourself?" was all the raven could manage to say. Naruto cocked his head to the side for a few moments and tried to figure out whether or not the Uchiha was serious. "Of course not you idiot, obviously I was taking a bath, anyone could have seen that" Naruto was breathing heavily after his explanation.
"But the kitchen, the blood… then the water, and you weren't moving…" Sasuke trailed off in thought, almost unable to process what was going on, when he heard an odd sound. It was laughing. Sasuke raised his head and saw the blond doubled over in laughter, he was almost cackling. Sasuke was highly confused and was becoming very annoyed. "What's so funny idiot, I thought you were dead and this is how your acting?" Sasuke was pissed and had no intention of hiding his displeasure. Naruto finally managed to calm himself and try to explain the situation. "Look here's what happened, when I got home I was a little upset about what you…" Naruto paused for a moment trying to think a way out of this trap. "Anyway well I got home and I was pissed so I decided to make myself something to eat, since we were supposed to get dinner, and never did. I walked into my kitchen and pulled a jar of jelly from my cabinet, but I couldn't get the damned thing open, finally I got a knife out of the drawer and popped the lid off, but when I did the jelly like exploded and got all over me, so I put the jelly away and decided I would take a bath and clean up. Does that help?"
"But why were you lying in the bath not moving with the water still running then?" Sasuke asked, sounding a little more impatient than usual. "Oh, that, well I'm trying to build up my swimming endurance, so I try to see how long I can keep my head under water without breathing, it's a fun game, you should try it. And with the faucet thing, I must have just not remembered to turn it off." At these final words Naruto just blushed slightly "I really am an idiot aren't I?" he thought to himself. Sasuke could do nothing more then stare at the blond in disbelief. "Only he could set this scene up so perfectly on accident." At that thought Sasuke turned on his heel and headed for the door, in no mood to explain anything to the blond. "That idiot, scaring me like that, he doesn't deserve to know what I was going to come here and tell him. Whatever, I've wasted enough time here." Naruto seemed surprised to see the raven walking away, he quickly put on some slippers which were partially wet from lying near the tub and ran after Sasuke.
"Ne, Sasuke, where are you going? And by the way, what the hell were you doing here in the first place?" Naruto asked with a very innocent smirk on his face (if you can call a smirk innocent) Sasuke stood still for a moment, thinking about answering the dobe honestly and just saving himself a lot of trouble. But he thought better of that plan and simply said "Never mind, it was nothing important" and with that Sasuke opened the door to another surprising sight, Hail was now falling in the village the size of golf balls. Not only did the rain seem to be coming down in sheets but there was lightning which lit up the sky, but there was no thunder behind it, all one could hear was the rain. From behind the raven Naruto chuckled "Looks like another sleepover huh?" Sasuke snarled knowing that the blond was right, and trying to think of a way to get out of the situation. Seeing no escape plan in sight Sasuke coolly stated "seems like it." Sasuke then quickly pulled the door closed and stood in the doorway, waiting for the blond to invite him in. Naruto being as clueless as he was, only stared at the raven in confusion. "Well aren't you going to invite me in?" Sasuke asked impatiently. "Oh yeah huh, come in, make yourself at home." Naruto frowned inwardly, he didn't understand why he was being so nice to Sasuke after everything he had heard. "Whatever, I can't let him know I was listening, he'll just get all pissy anyway, better to play it cool." At that thought Naruto sat on his couch and motioned for Sasuke to sit too.
Sasuke complied with the blonds request and made a seat for himself at a good distance from the blond. They both stared off in the distance for a moment, stuck in an awkward silence in which neither knew what to say. Sasuke looked up and finally noticed the box sitting on top of the dobe's tv, "Looks like he went and bought it, though can't imagine why, never took him for a guy that could watch a movie that didn't have explosions in it" Sasuke giggled to himself. Naruto noticed Sasuke looking at the box and moved very quickly to remove the movie from the DVD player which sat on the floor. This task was made harder for Naruto given the fact that he was still wearing his bath towel and had to constantly readjust it so it wouldn't fall to the floor. Every so often it would slip a little and give Sasuke a view of his tan bottom. For some reason though Sasuke never said anything, nothing condescending at least, Naruto figured he would have turned around and Sasuke vomiting or cringing or passed out on the couch, but surprisingly enough when Naruto turned after retrieving the movie Sasuke was just sitting on the couch, not really looking in Naruto's direction. At first the blond was relieved by this thought, but also for some reason kind of sad, though he quickly brushed it off, trying not to put so much effort into it. However Sasuke had seen the slip up's made by the blond and had unconsciously blushed, "Thank God he didn't catch me, who knows what the idiot would have said." was all Sasuke could think of.
Naruto set the DVD on a shelf in his living room and resumed his seat on the couch. Again the boys were enveloped by a thick silence which was increasingly awkward. Sasuke decided that he just had to be a man and talk to the blond, he knew why the blond had run home, he knew that Naruto had heard everything that he and Sakura had been talking about, and as much as he hated to admit it, the pink haired girl was right, Naruto would figure things out sooner or later, so he might as well blame Sasuke and then be able to move on with his life. If Sasuke could take most of the blame then everything would be fine. "Look Naruto, about what happened at the baths" Sasuke was stopped short before he could even begin his explanation. Naruto spoke so low that Sasuke had to strain his ears to pick up what the other boy was saying. "Look, I know why you guys are hiding everything for me; you don't have to explain everything. I know that I'm loud and obnoxious and not too smart, I can understand why you wouldn't trust me, or want to be my friend. We're teammates and that's all, I get that now, we can never have any other kind of relationship, and… and that's ok you don't have to explain anything. I heard what you and Sakura were talking about, your right, I guess I don't deserve to know, it really was my fault for getting hurt I guess. I can't really remember what I did to screw up so bad, but I guess I'm glad that you were there to complete the mission, but I promise that I'll get better so that you won't have to take care of me" by this point in time Naruto had tears welling in his eyes and Sasuke couldn't find the words to comfort the blond. "But hey you know I'm getting a lot better, so sooner or later I'm gonna be the one saving your ass, so you had better get prepared teme" Naruto tried to cover his sadness with his last statement. He was pulling on a veil, but anyone with eyes could see through his lies.
Naruto quickly stood and muttered something about getting dressed. Sasuke could do nothing but sit on the blond's tattered couch, mouth slightly open. He didn't know what to say? "How could he think that? But really… what else could he think, given the situation?" Sasuke mused this. He wished he knew what to say to the blond. He could hear the blond thrashing about his room, undoubtedly crying. For what seemed like the first time in Sasuke's life, he actually felt horrible about what he was doing to the blond.
Naruto finished getting dressed. He sat quietly on the end of his bed, wishing to be anywhere but where he was. He didn't know what to think, "why is he here, did he come just to rub it in my face? He's always been the guy everyone thinks is so awesome and cool, always knows what to say and what to do, so then why is he doing this to me?" Naruto cradled his head in his hands, tears leaking between his fingers. He tried to sob quietly but it was his house damnit. "No! that bastard doesn't get to come here and tell me whatever he wants! I'll show him…" Naruto almost yelled these words, with white knuckled fists he stood from his bed and walked into his den where the raven still sat quietly.
"What the hell are you doing here anyway? What did you just come by to make yourself feel better. Your such a smug bastard you know that, so what if I can't remember everything that happened, why do you get to decide what I can and can't know. I'm tired of you always keepin' secrets ya know? I always tell you what's going on. Why don't you get the hell ou…" Naruto was immediately silenced by a forceful but smooth hand. His blue eyes widened when he saw that hand that obstructed his rant. Sasuke merely stood in front of the blond with his head hung low. They stood frozen like that for what seemed hours before Sasuke released his grip on the boy. "Look, I didn't come here to be mean, and I definitely didn't come here to get scolded by an idiot like you. If you'd give me a chance then I could explain some things?" Naruto was lost in thought, the Raven had never talked to him like this, at least not sincerely. He decided he would hear Sasuke out, he owed the boy that much didn't he?
"Fine, whatever" was all the blond could mumble. The two boys walked over and took up their previous positions on Naruto's couch, though Sasuke seemed to sit a lot closer this second time around. Sasuke started to speak again but he quit before he managed to say anything, this happened a few more times with Sasuke awkwardly trying to complete a sentence, but stopping every time. Finally after Naruto huffed in frustration Sasuke found the words.
"Look, I'm not here to be rude or to make you feel inferior. I know the whole situation about sound is confusing for you and for that I'm sorry, maybe it's just better that you don't know what happened…" Sasuke inwardly groaned knowing he was the cause for Naruto's lost memories. "Listen, what happened there is better left forgotten, no good will come of trying to remember or trying to find out so just stop. I don't think poorly of you Naruto, quite the contrary you have grown up a lot in these years we've been apart, and I admit" Sasuke visibly clenched his teeth "I admit that your skills have improved greatly and we're pretty much equal now. Naruto raised his head a bit "Did he just say he saw us as equals?" Naruto couldn't get over the thought. "All I'm saying is that you don't need to be so hard on yourself all the time. I pressured myself so much in to wanting to break my brother like he broke me, that I lost all sense of reality, and lived only with a single purpose. I didn't care for anything here, nor anyone. Well that's not entirely true, there was one… but that's besides the point." Sasuke covered his slip up as quickly as he could and hoped the blond wouldn't have noticed… too late.
"It's just. It's just, I'm sorry for everything that my leaving put you through, and in all honesty, if I could change things, I would, but unfortunately this is just how things are now." Sasuke had actually apologized, and that fact had not passed over the blond. Naruto felt a slight smile grace his face which had only moments before been contorted in anger. "Thanks Sasuke. I guess with all the secrecy and stuff I just kinda went a bit crazy, your still an asshole for whatever it is that your hiding, and I will find out sooner or later, but I'm glad you at least let me know what's up."
The air around the too boys lightened, but each knew there were still words left unsaid. As the situation cooled the raven and blond alike settled a little more comfortably into the couch, listening to the hard rain drops which beat against the side of the small apartment. Every few moments lighting would strike somewhere off in the distant briefly engaging the apartment in a brilliant flash of white. The thunder boomed across the sky and it was a wonder that either boy could hear themselves think, much less carry a conversation.
"I guess your staying again tonight huh teme?" Naruto gave an award winning smile in the raven's direction. Sasuke couldn't discern whether or not the smile was sincere or forced so he decided to reply shortly "Yeah looks like." Another crack of thunder and some lighting which zig zagged across the sky. "Ne, Sasuke?" Naruto asked coyly, "When I was listening to Sakura at the bath, she was saying that you were looking for someone the night you left, someone that lived around here, and then you said just a minute ago that there was someone you were thinking about before you left. Who was it?" "Fuck" Sasuke screamed inside his head. "I knew he was going to ask that" Sasuke merely stilled himself, hoping the blond would get the hint and leave well enough alone. Fat chance. Naruto slowly closed the distance between him and his teammate, crawling across the couch like a cat on all fours, in less than a second he was in the raven's face, staring the boy down.
"Come on, answer me. Who was she? Do I know her? What's she like? Must be a real special babe if the likes of you is interested…" Naruto continued unrelenting in his quest to find out who the bastard favored in the poor district. "Leave it alone dobe" Sasuke growled, "Just leave it alone." Naruto sat up for a moment with his legs underneath him, he cocked his head to the right and continued his unannounced staring contest with the Uchiha. "Afraid she likes me more? Who could it be?" the blond tapped on his forehead as in thought just for show… "Well it couldn't be Hinata, she lives on the west side, and it's definitely not Sakura…" Sasuke began to clench and unclench his hands. He didn't like where this was going. "Or maybe it's Ino, I always kinda figured you had a blond fetish. TenTen isn't really your type…" Sasuke was confused by the idiot's last statement "Like he knows my type?" Naruto continued his guessing game, hoping for some signal of hot or cold from the Uchiha, why was he being so difficult?
"Temari lives in Sand so it definitely can't be her… Shizune's a little old for you but whatever… well that doesn't really leave anyone else…" at the end of the blonds thought a gigantic crack of thunder whipped across the sky and lit up the apartment for a few moments, the thunder that followed was so responsive it knocked the picture which stood on Naruto's dresser onto the floor. Needless to say it scared the hell out of the blond, and he unconsciously grabbed onto the Uchiha, hugging him tightly and shivering like a new born kitten. Sasuke wasn't fast enough to dodge the blond bullet and found himself with a rather large, and rather heavy teammate sitting on his lap. He smiled at how childish the boy could be sometimes, he then inhaled ever so slightly to see if the idiot smelled like he did that morning. His nostrils were enflamed by a small whiff of the blond, it sent Sasuke reeling in his mind. Figuring it was going to be a while before Naruto disentangled himself from Sasuke, the Uchiha; in a day filled with uncharacteristic actions, reached around and hugged the blond, gently rubbing circles on the blonds back, just like Sasuke's mother had done for him when the lightning frightened a young Sasuke. Naruto was too encompassed in fear to notice Sasuke's movements, yet he felt calmer for some reason and he relaxed his muscles.
Sasuke noticed the blond relax at his touch and moved his right hand into golden hair, he gently rake his finger's across the blonds scalp, being careful to move through the tangles so he didn't hurt the boy in his lap. "What the hell am I doing? I know this is what me and Sakura talked about, but it's just… I never expected it to happen." That's when Sasuke heard the muffled cry. He stopped his soothing for a moment and tried to make sure he wasn't imagining things. Sure enough the blond was crying. "Where does he keep all his tears, my god he's like a little kid?" to this Naruto replied "I am not a little kid ok, it's just that I don't do so well with thunder, you got a problem with that ass?" Sasuke hadn't realized he said the words out loud, so in order to soothe the blond again he resumed his previous massaging. After about ten minutes Sasuke finally worked up the courage to ask Naruto why he was crying, "It's just that, I feel like you don't trust me at all, god Sasuke, you can't even tell me when you like a girl. It doesn't even matter who she is and I probably don't even know her, but your just not man enough to show that you actually care for someone."
Sasuke was taken aback at the blonds resonating words "When did he get so smart.?" He thought. He pulled his hand away from Naruto's hair and gently pulled up the blond boy's chin. "Why does it matter so much to you?" he asked with a smirk on his face? Naruto stared at him for a few seconds and said "I just want to know is all" Naruto then added mentally "so that I can kill her…" this thought scared him so he added another "why do I care who this ass likes? What the hell is going on with me?" Sasuke mulled over whether or not to just come out and say the truth, or to lie, or to ignore the question. "I can't just ignore him when he's sitting on my lap, and I can't lie to him any more than I already am, so I guess the only thing left is to spill. Fuck, it's going to be a long night…" Having finally reached a decision Sasuke centered Naruto's face so he could look the idiot in the eyes when he said this.
"The person I wanted to see that night…" Naruto perked up his ears in anticipation. "The person me and Sakura were talking about was… was…" Naruto was almost bouncing with excitement. "It was you. You're the one."
Silence.
It seemed as though even the weather was shocked at the revelation, because no lightning cracked, and no thunder roared. There was a complete and utter decimation of sound. A black hole of noise.
Silence.
"Well, now you know. It's weird I know, and if you don't ever want to talk about it again, do as you will. But never let it be said that I didn't tell you. " Sasuke was trying to stall the inevitable backlash he was about to receive, he imagined it might be something similar to the reaction he garnered form Sakura, only with less fighting and screaming.
Silence.
For the first time it seemed in ages, Naruto had nothing. No witty comeback, no sarcastic quips. Nothing, he had never expected to hear the words which just left Sasuke's mouth. He had never expected that an emotion he felt so strongly for years, could ever be mutual. His universe was about to rip apart, he just couldn't handle it. It was true that after the teams run in with Zabuza, Naruto had seen the raven in a different light, and in each succeeding mission the feelings just grew faster and harder, to the point the blond thought he wasn't going to be able to keep it in anymore.
Sasuke deciding he wasn't going to get a response from the near comatose patient sitting in his lap made a move to pull the blond off of him. As he grabbed each of Naruto's thighs in order to lift the idiot of his lap, he felt pressure. Pressure on his forearms, he looked down and saw a hand on each of his arms; he followed the lengths up until he was met again with Naruto's face. Naruto had a tear hanging in the corner of each of his eyes; he leaned in gently and placed a chaste kiss on his teammate, just to test the reaction. Sasuke's eyes widened a bit at the unexpected contact, but on instinct moved in with force to meet the blond. The chaste kiss ended with each boy slightly out of breath and panting lightly. Sasuke was the first to speak, "I thought you didn't…" and was cut off as Naruto leaned in again, this time the kiss grew hungrier, harder, and more intense.
The years of pining for someone he couldn't have, for destroying his mind with thoughts of how wrong and disgusting he was and how he should be ashamed of himself. Years of crying into his pillow at night after thinking about how he would be even more of an outcast if he was to ever reveal his feelings. All the pain, sorrow and hurt were lifted with one kiss, a single moment between him and the person he had both admired and hated. It was too much, he couldn't handle it all, he lost himself on the lips of his dream.
Each boy shared the exact same thought as they met passionately.
Even Sasuke got a little teary eyed, though he'd never admit to it.
Naruto was the first to pull away. "So what now teme?" he asked softly. "Where do we go from here?" to which Sasuke replied, "Does it really matter, I finally know that…" Sasuke smiled. Naruto quickly added "Know what?" "I finally know that you're an awful kisser!" and with that the Uchiha did the last uncharacteristic thing of the day, he laughed, and he didn't just smile but he grinned, he laughed so hard his face began turning red, almost the same color as Naruto's. "I am not a bad kisser, I just haven't had a lot of practice, you know what? You're an asshole, here we are having a real special moment, and you have to go and screw it up by making fun of me. You know what you really are a basta…" but before the blond could finish Sasuke had pulled Naruto's head down to his shoulder and laid it softly in the crook of his neck.
"I was just kidding, don't work yourself up so much, your going to make yourself sick." Naruto just simply grunted and was surprised to see Sasuke lean over and kiss his forehead. Sasuke then leaned his head against Naruto's and closed his eyes slowly, the events of the day had worn him down and there was no way he could stay awake another minute. The raven let out a small yawn, to which Naruto replied with an enormous yawn feeling the same effects as his teammate. The two sat on the couch, with Naruto sitting atop Sasuke, with his head in the crook of the Uchiha's neck. Lock's of his golden hair scattering over not only his face but the boy holding him.
Both boys fell into the most comfortable sleep they had had in years.
The last thought that either had was "I'm home."
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A/N So what did you guys think.? I know it gets a little OOC towards the end, but come on there is nothing like this in the actual story… yet… so I had to take a few creative liberties. Anyway please review, as I have said, reviews make chapters happen more frequently. And to all that have reviewed, thank you so much, your words are great and make me proud to know someone is interested and I'm not just wasting your and my time. Also thank you for being concerned about my hands, they are feeling a lot better now thanks to a tip from InuEdbabe (the washcloths do help!) Well that's all for now I think. Ja ne!
Ano, there will be an explanation of the rescue mission and exactly what happened in the flashbacks. There will be at least one chapter dedicated to explaining that night.