Kiko- Here's chapter 7. :3 I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto.

::AHSS::Senior Year::

::Chapter Seven::

::Let Me Hear::

::Naruto's POV::

I hadn't talked to Sasuke in two whole weeks. I wanted to try and talk to him... but I just couldn't. Even looking at him was painful. I hadn't seen him with Karin since the night of the party. In fact, I had heard that he nearly got into a fight with her. But even if I did listen to him... and heard his side of the story, I didn't think it would be that easy to believe after what I seen. These past two weeks had been the worst days in my entire life. I was a mess... my sleeping pattern messed up and I couldn't sleep at all anymore, because of that I couldn't eat a thing without getting sick to my stomach. I was so depressed that I was constantly in a bad mood... and I didn't mean to, but I took it out on Sakura a lot.

"Naruto." her voice caught my attention.

I looked up at her. She was holding a bowl in her hands, "I made you some ramen. I thought you might be hungry. You haven't eaten a thing since early this morning." she extended her arms to hand me the food.

I took it relucntantly, "Sakura, you know I can't eat anything without throwing up..."

She sat down next to me, "I know... but I'm just worried. You have to get something in your stomach, otherwise you'll end up in a worse state then you already are."

"Thanks Sakura." I couldn't help but smile at her. She had been taking care of me and dealing with my shit for the past two weeks. She was the only girl who I felt comfortable talking to. We had been great friends since junior high. I was happy to have someone like her by my side. Especially in times like this.

"Well," she stood up, "I'm going to clean up in the kitchen. Try and eat all of it, alright?" she told me, making her way back into the other room.

I picked up the chopsticks she gave me, and took a bit of the ramen. It tasted good, but after two more small bites, I got up and wandered into the kitchen to give the ramen back to Sakura. "I'm sorry. I just can't eat anymore..." I said to her, handing her the bowl.

She took it from my hands, "It's okay. As long as you tried. You can't help it if your not hungry..." she replied, setting the bowl on the kitchen counter.

We stood there in silence. It looked as if Sakura was going to tell me something, but the phone rang, interrupting her.

"I'll get that." she said, picking up the phone. "Hello?" she asked, putting it to her ear.

I tried to hear what the person on the other line was saying, but I couldn't hear a word. They spoke for a little while before Sakura replied, "Thank you for letting me know, Hinata.... have a good night." she hung up.

"Hinata?" I questioned.

"Yeah. Apparently Sasuke is being released from the hospital in the morning." Sakura replied.

"Oh, I see." I mumbled.

Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, "Hinata said that Sasuke's older brother is in town."

"He never told me that he had a brother..." I ruffled my hair as another short string of silence fell over us. "I'm going upstairs to go to sleep."

"Are you sure? Its only 9:30." Sakura informed me, looking worried.

"Yeah, this no sleep thing is catching up with me. It's best if I turn in early." I replied, walking to the staircase. When I got to the base of them Sakura stopped me.

"Naruto..." she grabbed my wrist with her delicate fingers.

I turned around to face her, "Yeah?"

She wrapped her arms around me, and pulled me closer to her own body, "I love you... try and get a good night's sleep okay? I don't want you to feel worse."

I smiled down at her, "Love you too, Sakura..." I took a step back, "But ya know... you should stop worrying about me, and start worrying a little more about yourself from now on. It won't be long now..." I said, pressing my hand lightly to her stomach, "How much time is left?"

She placed her hand above mine, "About three months."

"And I don't suppose anybody in the school knows about it yet." I said.

She shook her head. "No. And I don't know what I'm going to do when people find out that I'm pregnant. I know already that a certain blond cheerleader is going to try and start something with me."

I laughed quietly, "Ino, huh?"

"Yeah," she nodded, "But that's nothing to be concerned about yet. You go on upstairs to bed."

"Alright. Goodnight Sakura." I said to her before making my way upstairs.

I walked into the spare room I was staying in and shuffled through my bag of cloths to find some pajama pants and a different t-shirt to sleep in. I changed quickly and crawled into the bed and pulled the blanket over myself. I stared at the ceiling above me.

"I'll probably see him again in school tomorrow..." I said to myself in a whisper, before drifting to sleep.

That was the first night I dreamt of Sasuke in two weeks.

::The Next Morning::

I made up my mind... I had to talk to Sasuke. In my dream, everything was perfect again, and I wanted that back... I wanted himback. If feeling this way is what life was like without him, I couldn't do it any longer. It was absolutely unbearable. I was hoping to try and speak with him before first period started, but unfortunately I couldn't find him anywhere. The first warning bell rang, and I headed to my first class in a hurry, praying that Sasuke would be there sitting at his usual desk. He wasn't there...

To my disappointment, he didn't show up all day.

For the rest of the day I contemplated what to do. Sasuke was probably still recovering from whatever it was that put him in the hospital, so that must have been the reason he didn't make an appearance at school. During the last period of the day I decided what to do. I was going to go to his house after school to see him. I talked it over with Sakura, and she instantly agreed that I should do it. She only wanted the best for me, and she knew I wasn't happy without Sasuke.

"Are you sure that you don't want me to go with you?" she asked me as I closed my locker.

I shook my head, "I'll be fine, Sakura." I reassured her.

"Well alright. If you say so. Just let me know as soon as possible what happens." she replied as we walked through the front doors of the school.

"I will." I said, watching her walk on ahead of me to where Kiba was waiting for her.

I smiled as the couple joined hands and disappeared into the crowd of students to go home. They were probably perfect for each other... just as me and Sasuke were. I clenched my fist, feeling empty inside. I missed holding his hand...

I began walking again when I felt a hand on my shoulder grab me and hold me back. Something inside of me sparked. I turned around quickly, hoping it was who I thought it was. I starred up into dark, onyx eyes. "Sa-"

"Naruto, how are you?" Sai greeted, smiling at me.

My hopes fell, "Oh, I'm alright. I was just about to go-" he cut me off.

"How would you feel about going... err, out to the park with me... I mean, it would only be just to talk... uh, between friends?" he questioned. I noticed he seemed a little bit nervous.

"Your asking me on a date." It wasn't a question, more of an accusation. I crossed my arms, a bit annoyed that he was doing this. Sai was an incredibly nice guy and he definitely had an interesting personality, but I just wasn't interested in him. I tried my best to give him hints that I wasn't, but he was incredibly persistent, and since he found out that Sasuke and I broke up, he kept insisting that we spend every minute of every day together. It was getting a little annoying to be honest, but since he was so nice, I couldn't refuse his offers without feeling guilty.

He figited with the hem on his shirt nervously, "Well... y-yeah, kind of..."

I scratched the back of my head, "Look, Sai, I've told you before... I can't be with anyone right now."

"Oh! But it doesn't even haveto be a date!" he exclaimed, grabbing both of my wrists in his hands, "Please, please, please Naruto! It's only a harmless walk!"

I sighed and pryed his hands off of me, "Fine. If it's just to talk, then I don't mind, but no holding hands or anything like that. And it can't be for too long. I have things that I need to do."

A look of excitement appeared on Sai's face. "Alright."

The entire time we were at the park, my mind drifted elsewhere. That 'elsewhere' was Sasuke. I needed to drop Sai and get to his house as quickly as possible. I already wasted to much time...

Sai was in the middle of a sentence when I stopped him, "Sai, I have to go."

"W-what? But I was just-"

"I have to go get my life back in order..." I told him, starting to walk away.

"Don't tell me your going to see Sasuke!" he protested, sounding a bit angry with me.

I nodded slightly, "Yeah, I am..."

"No!" he yelled, running in front of me, "I won't let you! I can't say for sure what it is that you two felt for each other, because I've never had a bond like that. But I do know that Sasuke hurt you and that's unforgivable." Sai lowered his head and looked at the ground.

I listened to him carefully as he continued speaking. "I'm sorry, but I just can't bear it... seeing you with Sasuke makes me so uneasy. Since the first day I saw you, this weird urge that I've never felt before began to grow inside of me. I wanted to be near you and hear you laugh. I had never met anyone who seemed so confident and happy. I just wanted to know you, that's all... And now, I've grown to admire you so much that I don't know what to do anymore." he explained, looking back up at me at the last few words.

I felt bad for him, but there was nothing I could do about it. "I don't know what to tell you, Sai." I replied, stepping around him to walk ahead.

"Naruto..." he whispered. I didn't turn around to look at him. Instead I continued walking on.

"Sai, the best thing you can do is try to get over me. I'm never going to be with anyone but Sasuke... I know that..." Those were my last words to him before I started running.

I went as fast as my legs could carry me without paying much attention to where I was going. When I finally realized my surroundings, I was a block away from Hinata's and Sasuke's house. I walked slowly the rest of the way, feeling my nerves build up inside me. I bit my bottom lip as I came to the front of the house and walk up the small case of stairs.

This was it... this could only go two ways...

One, Sasuke and I would talk it out and we'd get back together.

Or two, I wouldn't be able to deal with it, and run away before he even answered the door.

I was really contemplating option number two when I heard the door unlock from the other side. I closed my eyes tightly as the door opened.

"Hello?"

Kiko- Mwahahah! Cliffhanger! I'm so evil. Ahh, well. Just stay tuned to find out what happens. :D And I believe this chapter is a bit longer to make up for the last one.

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