Suke- This next chapter is dedicated specially to both my Naruto and my Itachi nii-san! Cause they've been waiting for a long while to read it. ILY two and I'm sorry I made you wait to long. :3

Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto.

::AHSS::Senior Year::

::Chapter Ten::

::Forever Means Always::

::Naruto's POV::

I shifted in bed, feeling Sasuke's arm around my waist. Still half asleep, I pulled his closer to me.

"Mmm... Sas'ke... so warm...." I mumbled, feeling the comforting warmth of his body heat.

He tightened his grip in return. "...'Tachi..."

I opened my eyes quickly. That was not Sasuke's voice, and he definitely wouldn't call my his brothers name! I glanced down to find another certain blue-eyed blond clinging to me.

"Cuddling with my little brother's fiance'. I see how it is." As if on cue, Itachi walked into the room.

"Itachi! It's not what it looks like! I swear!" I exclaimed, waving my arms around frantically.

He laughed. "Naruto, calm down. I know..." Itachi said, leaning down to pick up Deidara carefully. He was still dead asleep. "Dei sleep walks during the night. And for some reason, he's done this to Sasuke for the past few nights. He's got a thing for younger boys, if you haven't noticed."

"Doesn't that bother you at all?" I questioned, feeling guilty somehow.

Itachi shook his head and looked down as his boyfriend lovingly. "No... he may get a little out of hand sometimes, but... I know deep down that he solely cares for me... as I do for him. Before I met him, I was an inconsiderable person and I was always angry. Deidara... he changed me. His carefree and childish personality broke the wall that I had built up for so many years." he paused shortly. "...I fell in love with him the first day we met. And I'm thankful for that." Itachi explained, kissing Dei's forehead.

Deidara grumbled, but a small smile fell onto his face. "Love you....'Tachi..."

Itachi smiled back at him. "Love you too, Dei." he looked to me. "Sasuke is awake already. He's downstairs with Hinata. It's nearly noon, ya know...."

"NOON! How in the hell did I sleep that long!?" I yelled, jumping out of the bed. "

"Um, Naruto?" Itachi asked.

I blinked and looked at him. "What? Something wrong?"

Itachi sighed and put his hand over his eyes, "Err... put some pants on before you do anything... I know my brother wouldn't mind, but I'm sure Hinata won't appreciate you walking around pants-less..." he said turning away.

My eyes widened and I looked down to discover he was right. "OH NO!" I quickly yanked my shirt down to cover myself and I frantically threw the sheets and blankets around on the bed, looking for my lost boxers. A blush heated my cheeks... stupid Sasuke... before we went to bed last night we fooled around for a little while... and I guess I didn't bother getting my lower half dressed again... "AHA! Found them!" I exclaimed, claiming the orange boxers, before putting them on. "Sorry about that Itachi..." I apologized.

"Don't worry about it. I'll just forget I saw anything." he replied, beofre leaving the room, while I followed behind him.

When we got to the stairs, Itachi took a right turn into his and Deidara's guest room. "I'll be down in a little while. I'm going to put him back to bed." he told me, disappearing through the doorway.

I continued on and made my way downstairs. When I reached the bottom I was greeted by a hug from Sasuke. "Hey sleepyhead. I heard you making a little commotion upstairs, figured you were up. Get a good sleep?" he asked.

I nodded. "Oh, yeah... I just got a little bit an an awkward awakening..."

Sasuke laughed. "Let me guess... Deidara."

"Yep." I answered, scratching the back of my head.

Sasuke leaned in and pressed him lip to my forehead. "You hungry?"

My stomach spoke for itself before I could. I blushed and grabbed it. "Mhmm..."

He led me to the kitchen and sat me down at the table. "Hold on... I'll get you something to eat." he said, grabbing the milk out of the refrigerator, a box of cereal from the cupboard, and a bowl and spoon. "Hinata, Itachi, and I all had cereal this morning. Hope you don't mind. I know we usually have nice breakfasts, but none of us felt like cooking..." he explained.

I shook my head. " I don't care." I replied before shoving a spoonful of fruit loops into my mouth.

"You sure? I can make you some toast or something, Naruto." he offered, sitting up on the table.

I swallowed my food and grinned up at him. "It's really okay, Sasu. This is enough."

"Alright." His pale hand ruffled my already messy hair.

Hinata came into the kitchen. "Oh, look who finally decided to wake up." She commented to me.

"Yeah, yeah. I know." I said. "You don't have to tease me, Hina."

"So did Sasuke tell you?" she questioned.

I took the last bite of cereal before answering. "Tell me what?" I was completely oblivious.

"Everyone is going to be here in about..." Hinata glanced at the clock of the kitchen wall. "5 minutes, actually. For your announcement."

"R-really?!" I nearly choked, and thought about it for a second. Me and Sasuke had to tell everybody that we were engaged... "B-but... I... I don't k-know if I c-can tell... them s-so soon!" I stuttered, hiding my face from the blush threatening to heat my cheeks.

Both Hinata and Sasuke laughed, which only made me get more flustered.

Sasuke moved my hands away gently. "You sound like Hinata, stuttering like that. Are you really that nervous?" he asked.

Before I could answer there was a knock at the door. My eyes widened. "Yes! I am!" I stood up and ran out into the living room to leap onto the couch and curl up. I couldn't let my friends see me like this! It was so embarrassing!

I peeked over the couch and watched as Hinata opened the door to let our friends in. She was right! When she said everyone, she meant it... Sakura, Kiba, Temari, Shika, and Gaara all came filing into the living room. And just at the same moment, Itachi descended the stairs with a sleepy Deidara clinging to his shirt behind him. This made me feel even more uneasy... me and Sasuke were probably going to make the biggest announcement of our entire lives! I suddenly felt a little sick to my stomach... maybe I shouldn't of eaten those stupid fruit loops.

Sasuke came up behind me and lifted me forcefully off the couch. "Come on, Naruto. Don't be shy. You've known them longer then I have, so this shouldn't be a big deal." he said in a comforting voice.

"Well it isa big deal to me, Sasuke! We're getting married in 4 months!" I yelled, without thinking.

Sakura paused mid-sentence in his conversation with Hinata and looked at me. "Married?"

I looked up at Sasuke, not knowing what to say. He just nodded. "We'll tell them together."

I straightened myself up, and clung like a child to Sasuke in front of the couch, while everyone sat down on it. Itachi was sitting in the recliner next to it, with Dei still half asleep on his lap. The scene made me giggle.... they reminded me of an older me and Sasuke... I guess they kind of were in a way. Itachi wasSasuke's older brother, the two of them could have been twins if not for the age difference. Itachi was older then Sasuke by about 7 years, and Deidara resembled me a little bit with the blond hair and bright blue eyes. Plus he had my hyper and childlike personality.

"What are you laughing at?" Sasuke questioned. "Feeling a little better?"

"I guess so." I replied. "I think I'm ready now." Even though I knew I wasn't... When I looked back at everyone, all eyes were on us. "Uhh, about this whole thing..." Hell, I didn't even know where to start. Luckily Sasuke caught this, and helped me out.

"As Sakura heard earlier... yes, Naruto and I really are engaged. I proposed to him last night, after we got back together."

The girls, aside from Hinata, gasped, and Shikamaru and Gaara smiled, along with Itachi and Dei. The only one who didn't seem at all pleased was Kiba... That's when reality came and smacked me in the face. Kiba was probably still pissed off at Sasuke... My answer came quickly when Kiba stood up, his teeth clenched in clear anger.

"Kiba? Are you okay?" Sakura asked, standing up after him. She put her hand on his arm, but he shook it off.

"Sasuke, you bastard..."

"Excuse me?" Sasuke asked, blinking. "What's the matter with you?"

Kiba glared at him. "Your what's the matter with me, Uchiha. I haven't forgiven you yet, you know..." he replied. "Naruto is my best friend, and you broke his heart! He didn't deserve to be hurt like that! All he ever did was love you and you took it for granted and treated him like he was nothing!"

A long string a silence broke out after that... I was crying. I couldn't help it... Kiba's words cut so deep... but I wasn't worried about me, I was worried about Sasuke...

I peered up at him and tugged on his shirt. "Sasuke?..."

He didn't reply. He just kept starring blankly at Kiba.

"What's the matter, Uchiha? Too afraid to respond?" Kiba mocked. "You don't know what to say because you know I'm right?"

Kiba kept taunting Sasuke... repeating terrible things over and over again... he just wouldn't stop. Sakura tried to interfere, but he ignored her words. Once Kiba got worked up, there was no calming him down.

"You probably just proposed to him to make yourself feel better! So you won't have to hurt your sick egotistic pride!"

"I've heard enough..." Sasuke finally answered in barely a whisper, cutting Kiba's rant off.

Kiba smirked. "What? Are you ready to admit it?"

"You don't have a single idea of how wrong you are...." Sasuke looked up, revealing the tears that were built up in his eyes. "I love Naruto with all my heart, and it was never my intention to hurt him." he blinked and the tears rolled down his cheeks. "I know you think I'm nothing but a selfish bastard, Kiba... but I can prove to you that I'm not the person you believe I am... by promising myself to Naruto Uzumaki for the rest of my life." he turned to me and lowered his mouth to my ear.

"Naruto... I'm going to propose to you again... right here and now, in front of everyone... I want to prove to them that you are the one person I'm meant to be with forever." he whispered softly, his breath tickling my ear.

"Okay..." I replied, taking the engagement ring off of my finger.

He took it from my hand, and lowered himself to one knee for a second time. I took a deep breath, and felt myself blush... somehow this was more embarrassing in front of all our friends. I couldn't help but smile though. Sasuke waited to make sure everyone was fully paying attention before he began.

"Naruto Uzumaki... You are my everything, and I could never be more happy with another person. I promise to cherish your mind, body, and soul for the rest of my days... I love you Naruto... Will you marry me?"

I wiped the tears from my eyes and smiled at him. "You don't even have to ask again." He smiled back and slide the ring back onto my finger slowly before kissing it.

At that moment Sakura and Temari squealed in excitement and came dashing over to us. They pushed Sasuke out of the way and grabbed onto my hand in his place.

"It's so gorgeous!" Temari complimented.

"I know! I'm so jealous!" Sakura added, getting closer to admire the jewelry.

While they fawned over the ring, I glanced over at Kiba. He was standing there starring at me with an expressionless face. I smiled at him, and he bit his bottom lip and shifted his eyes downward, like he was ashamed. I didn't blame him... he probably felt horrible about saying such awful things to Sasuke. I watched as Shikamaru leaned over and said something, but I couldn't hear a thing with the girls squealing right in my ear. Kiba opened his mouth to say something, but stopped and paced slowly over to me.

"Ehem..."

Somehow this caught Sakura's and Temari's attention and they moved aside. Kiba looked back and forth between Sasuke and I. "Look... I'm really sorry about that... I'm a hot-headed idiot... you two should know that by now."

Sasuke put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it Kiba. It's over and done with."

He let out a nervous laugh. "Hehe, yeah."

A sudden burst of relief flooded over me and I flung myself onto Kiba with a hug. "Thank you for caring, Kiba. I know you only had a fit cause you care about me so much." I looked at Sakura. "But I'd save a whole lot more of that concern for your girlfriend and your future baby."

Kiba and Sakura both blushed at the comment. I started laughing, but stopped when I felt a hand weigh down on my head. I looked up to find Itachi hovering above me with a big grin on his face. "Congrats again, you two." I realized he hand his other hand resting on Sasuke's head.

"Thanks nii-san." I replied, hugging Itachi around his waist. He was quite abit taller then me, so I could get away with it.

"Oh, by the way... I've been meaning to ask..." Sakura said. "Your Sasuke's older brother right?"

"Yeah, Itachi Uchiha... It's nice to meet you." he replied, shaking her hand.

"So... who's the chick over there?" Kiba asked, peering around us to Deidara.

His eye started twitching. "Chick?.... Did you just call me a girl?" he asked, standing up and walking over to Kiba. He poked his forehead with a finger. "Listen buddy. I'm a BOY! B-O-Y! BOY!"

"Sorry! Sorry! You just look so feminine! I'm really sorry man!" Kiba apologized, putting his hands up in defense.

I was a little shocked... Usually Dei did nothing but flirt with younger boys, especially me. Maybe he wasn't because of Sakura? I didn't really know. We listened to Kiba and Deidara go back and forth for a little while, which proved to be pretty entertaining.

"I say we celebrate Sasuke and Naruto's engagement!" Temari exclaimed once everyone quieted down.

"Me too!" Hinata agreed.

"Well it's a good thing I made reservations tonight at a nice restaurant downtown then. For all of us at 6:00."

"H-how did you do that!?" I asked, amazed.

"Connections... Don't worry about it." He replied while winking at Deidara, who just smiled.

"This is going to be fun! I can't wait!" Temari said. "Come on, Shika! Let's go back to my house until then! You coming Gaara?" she asked her brother, before exciting the house.

"I suppose." he answered, giving Hinata a kiss, before tagging along behind his demanding older sibling. "We'll see you all later tonight." he said, closing the front door after him.

The rest of us hung around for a little while longer, until Kiba and Sakura decided to take off around 2:00. That still gave us several hours to kill before tonight. I was so unbelievably happy that everything was alright again. But somehow, I couldn't help but feel like something was going to go wrong...

Suke- WOOH! I'm finally done with this chapter! It took soooo long to write and BAH! D: But I'm so happy that I'm done with it now! God... I can never make Naruto and Sasuke completely happy... like ever. I'm so mean. T-T Don't worry though! I love my boys, so I'll make them happy in the end! I promise!!!

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