A/N: Hello lovely readers. I'm really sorry I didn't update yesterday, I felt rather done (personal probs and all that). However, here you go. And thank you all for the awesome hits! Over 3,500!!!

WARNING: crash

After that day the two men never talked about the past again.

Naruto refused asking about more information and Sasuke never talked himself. So the next days passed like the one before Christmas: The Uchiha annoyed the blond and the Uzumaki freaked out any time the raven tormented him. But both had more fun with the little games and got along a bit better. As a result they were out shopping on the first evening the shops opened again. They had bought food in the morning so they were out for a walk for the last few things they needed.

"Have you done your homework?" the raven asked while they walked.

"Uhm... sure sure." the younger answered quickly.

The other smirked, "Don't lie to me, moron. I can hear it."

"Shut up! I did my homework, believe it!" the Uzumaki huffed but soon grinned all over his face.

Suddenly the dark-haired stopped and the lad turned his head, facing him. "Something wrong, teme?"

The vampire closed his eyes, whispering, "I have a bad feeling..."

The human waved his hand and replied, "Na, you're thinking too much. What should happen?" He started walking again and the older followed him.

"Dobe, I'm serious. We have to watch out." the pale man breathed, looking around in alert. He graped his cross and spoke a short pray, causing the human to roll his eyes.

"What do you pray for anyway?" the bright-haired wanted to know. He was curious why a vampire in Japan was a Christian at all.

Sasuke smirked, "Sure you want to know?"

"Well, I just asked if you didn't notice it." Naruto answered with a grin. The dark-haired shook his head and caught up with the human, bowing his head to the smaller man's ear.

"I pray to God for sending my soul as soon as possible into hell." The blond wided his eyes, flinching away with a confused expression. "Hard to understand, hu?" the raven added and sighed, "I hate us and what we are. It disgusts me that we live because of the life of others. We are monsters, killers, bloodsuckers..." His eyes got a dark shine. "And the worst thing which could happen to a human is to get in contact with a vampire. You have already experiences as well – do you wish anyone to happen the same as to you?"

The Uzumaki thought about that question. But all in all he had to admit he almost liked being around the Uchiha, even if he was a stuck-up bastard. For the first time in his life he felt really protected, even if they were forced to it. Finally some company which waited and took care of him. And within the last week he wished even to make friends with the other, somehow.

He just opened his mouth for answering when Sasuke screamed his name and the sound of squeaking wheels reached his ears. Before he could blink the vampire had graped his shoulders and turned him around, his back on the wall next to them. And in that very moment the blond noticed the big truck, which was falling on its side, ready to bury them under itself. The Uchiha captured the youth between his arms, screening the human with his body. Naruto stared at the truck, at suddenly thousand of needles which were on the truck and were flying towards them. He gasped, pressing his eyelids shut as a reflex. He heard the crashing noise and flinched, eyes still closed.

The youth gasped out in pain, feeling a tug in his legs and in his shoulder. He heard screaming voices of many people, he obviously was still alive. After a few moments he opened azure blue eyes, blinking. The truck got so near to them the wall stopped it falling on them completely. A little gap was formed because of that, where the two men were sitting. Sasuke must have jerked them both down, saving their lifes.

The Uzumaki still stared at the toppled truck above them, sighing relaxed.

Finally he glanced at the vampire who was still in front of him. Naruto wanted to thank him with a smile, but he widened his eyes and started trembling when he saw the empty, big dark orbs of the Uchiha along with his frozen face-expression. And just then the lad caught a sight of the needles which peppered his whole back. His spin, his arms, his legs, his... neck.

"Sasuke!!!" the boy screamed, graping the ice-cold shoulders, shaking them. A little rill of red blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, shocking the human even more. "Help me! I need help here!!!" the Uzumaki yelled, trying to control his emotions. If he got panicked or more nervous he would made the situation only worse.

"Si... Si..." the raven breathed, weak and lowly. The blond gasped, bowing his upper body down to the dark-haired.

"Don't worry, we'll get out of here. Y-you have to hang on, understood?" he whispered, trying to smile.

"Sil... Sil... va..." the vampire breathed out before he lost conscience.

Naruto was sitting on a chair in front of the emergency-room, his face covered in his hands. He had waited for hours, but the nurses told him nothing about the Uchiha. What were they doing?

"Naruto!" a male voice called and the youth lifted his head for the first time. Tears rolled from his cheeks and the brunette ran to him, kneeling in front of the trembling body. "I came as fast as I could after Kiba called me. What happened?" the adult asked, trying to catch the other's eyes.

"I-Iruka-sen..." the Uzumaki whispered, sobbing. The teacher stood up and hugged the boy who graped his jacked, crying. "I... I... I'm..." the blond sobbed, unable to speak. The older tried to comfort him when another man dashed to them, starring down at the youth.

"Naruto-kun, where is Sasuke?!" the raven asked, pressing his lips together. The Uzumaki lifted his head, still crying, and pointed at the emergency-room in the end of the corridor. Itachi nodded and ran through the door, pulling away everyone who stood in his way. Iruka looked after the dark-haired, figuring out he was a relative of the Uchiha.

It took long before the student had calmed down and wiped away the last tears. Silence grew before the blond had found the force to speak.

"... I-it's my fault... Sasuke jumped between me and... and now..." the youth stemmed, overtaxed with everything.

"Naruto, calm down. They are helping Sasuke right now." the older answered, smiling weakly. He was worried about his student as well, but he knew the boy in front of him was already stressed from the very first view he had got. The lad had bandages over his arms and under the holes of his pants were white dressings as well. He sat down next to the youth, laying an arm around him.

"Th-they had to re-reanimate him... H-he was... d-dead..." the blond whispered, the pictures becoming vivid again. He could hear the ambulance men yelling again, saw how they put the pats on the Uchiha's sides, how his body jerked upwards when they shot... All the needles on his back.

Suddenly the door opened and a dark-haired woman came out, turning hear head in order to look for someone. She saw the blond boy and smiled, walking to him. The female had attended him earlier, too, and she figured out how worried the lad was because of the raven.

"Naruto, right?" she smiled and the Uzumaki jerked his head up, eyes wide in fear. The woman kept smiling and said, "Remember me? Shizune. I took care of you when you arrived." The bright-haired stared at her, gasping for air.

"Is... is Sasuke...?" he asked, graping Iruka's arm without noticing.

The female looked back, happily, and answered, "He's out of danger. They are just bringing him into a room."

Wet, flowing tears escaped the youth's eyes, his mouth standing wide open. Sasuke was out of danger. Alive. The human felt bad, dizzy and before he could react he fell from the chair into deep darkness.

"Dobe... … Do~obe." a shady, male voice said and Naruto murmured, rolling into the soft material under him. "Dobe. At least... ... stop snorting." the voice added and the blond opened his eyes, blinking tired. He was laying in a bed, a soft one, in a white, empty room. The Uzumaki tried to remember what happened and his memory came back piece by piece.

He jerked upwards, sitting up in the bed and looked around with wide eyes, starring down at the pale body with the dark hair which was in the bed next to his. Big blue eyes got wet and the human jumped to the raven, causing the whole bed to shake.

He hugged the older, crying, "Sasuke! Y-you're alive!!!" The lad lifted the upper body of the Uchiha, squeezing him tightly.

"Ouch..." the vampire replied and Naruto let him go immediately, causing the body to fell back on the mattress sending more pain-waves through the older.

"Ah! I'm sorry! Wait, I'll-" the youth said and graped the blanket in order to make it a bit softer for the raven, but the vampire lifted his hand, stopping him.

"It's fine... don't touch..." he breathed, lowering his hand back down. The human nodded and removed from the bed, standing next to the Uchiha. He bowed his head, seeing the bandaged arm, further the shoulder and even over the whole chest was a big white dressing as well. He carefully sat down on the mattress, facing the ground.

"... How are you feeling?" Naruto asked after a while, shyly.

"I'm still... weak... It hurts... a bit..." Sasuke whispered between breaths. He closed his eyes, relaxing his muscles. The needles were silvered, it had tainted his blood within minutes. Moving was still hard and painful for him, but all in all he had been lucky.

Suddenly the door opened and a grey-haired man entered with a pad. He was wearing a coat and had glasses. The Uzumaki jumped up when he recognized the man as some kind of doctor.

"Ah, finally woken up? Even both of you." he said stepping to the bed. He gentle lifted the pale hand on it and murmured, "Pressure okay..." The man punctured the raven's palm and wiped up the blood, lifted it to his lips and savored it concentrated. "Hm, any silver. Very good." He took some notes and smiled, "It looks like you can leave tomorrow night."

"Thanks, doc..." the vampire said, sighing. The grey-haired only smiled and turned to the blond, went over to him and shined into the youth's blue eyes with a small torch.

"No problems so far. Consequently you fainted because of overexertion." The man put away the torch and gave the younger man his hand, shaking it with a, "My name is Doctor Yakushi. But in ourcompany Kabuto is more than enough."

"Uh, hi. I'm Naruto." the Uzumaki replied, swallowing. When he touched the doctor's hand he felt the coldness coming from it. Now he understood a lot of things. It seemed they had some vampires at the hospital who took care of other vampires. Maybe Sasuke was already feeling better just because of the proper treatment. Made sense.

Kabuto walked over to the door and asked, "Would you two like something to eat?" Sasuke nodded and the blond agreed with him after he noticed he was hungry. The grey-haired left with a smile and silence grew in the small room. It was already dark outside and the human sighed when he saw the clock, showing it was 3am, and sat back down to the dark-haired.

"Why did you jump between me and the truck?" the blond wanted to know, looking up to the red eyes of the other. The Uchiha pushed a bottom of a small remote control and the upper part of his bed lifted up, sitting him on the mattress so they were face to face.

"I don't know... My body moved... on its own." the vampire answered, taking a deep breath.

"Teme!" the human yelled, "You died because of me!!!" The Uzumaki was panting, glancing at the older. He was furious and there were only a few things he hated more than being in dept with someone. It wasn't necessary to mention he had almost got a heart-attack when the ambulance men didn't find his pulse.

"Moron. I already died..." the vampire replied sighing again. "It feels... far worse than... that." he added, remembering. He would never forget the terrible pain and fear of dieing. Being transformed of woken-up was something he didn't even wish for his worst enemy.

"Whatever. Never scare me like that again, heard, bastard?" Naruto whispered and hit the other's upper arm slightly.

"You idiot." the pale man smirked. "I'm a vampire... I can't die... so easy. Don't worry."

"I'm serious, teme." the Uzumaki added, looking at the other.

His blue eyes got even deeper when he thought about what happened. That man risked his life to safe him. If he wasn't the human's shield the needles would have killed the blond. The youth was completely aware of that, aware that he could had been dead. Unbelievable a guy he had known for maybe two months protected him and was ready to pay with his life in order to safe his own. A stranger, a vampire took so much care of him, managed to give him the feeling of being home when he entered the apartment. A person who was just... there.

Why had the Uchiha so much effect on him? He was an annoying, stuck-up bastard who loved making fun of him. How was the raven able to get so close to him? How and when did he start to think so much about Sasuke? Why?

Neither of them noticed they each lifted a hand, touching the other. The only, delicate contact was with their fingertips, cold met warm, pale met tan. They both lifted his eyes, starring into colourful other ones. None of them knew why they did what they did, what forced them to look at each other. Slowly, the Uzumaki moved forward, never breaking the eye-contact.

He almost reached the Uchiha's face when the other suddenly flinched, gasping for air. He jerked his head to the door, the pale, weak body started trembling.

He turned his face back to the blond and breathed, "Run. Out of here, now."

"What?" Naruto asked, confused.

The vampire graped his arm and whispered, "There is no time. Away, now! Naruto!" The youth swallowed, unsure what to do. "Naruto! Go!" Sasuke hissed, pushing him away. He was still pretty strong, the human stumbled against the wall. The vampire had a dangerous, wild expression and growled loudly, causing the other to shiver in fear. "Now!"

The lad dashed to the door and jerked it open, running right into a rock hard, ice cold chest.

"Look what we have here..." a dark, scary voice breathed and the blond walked backwards, starring at the one who was in his way. Long, black hair bordered a pale face. Purple eyeliner was around murdering, yellow eyes which captured the blond boy. But soon the orbs let him go and dropped on the white bed. The eyes filled up with a horrific amusement, like a cat which saw a small mouse.

"Ah, Sasuke-kun... Long time no see." he smiled and the Uzumaki heard a loud gasp behind himself.