A/N: Whoever invented this new document uploader thing needs to be shot. It sucks! It keeps cancelling out all of my formatting and it's pissing me off! deep breath Okay...I'm over it.

This story is, not joking, six months in the making. (Is that when this song first came out?) And I've re-done the ending a lot. I hate ending them on sad notes...so I tried to make this one happy. I think I ruined it. sigh So...anyway...I still hope you enjoy it. sigh again


One-Shot #71
Stay

It was their secret, their dirty, little secret. It had been going on ever since Sakura announced their engagement, her and Sasuke's engagement. Naruto had ran as fast as his legs could carry him to where he thought Sasuke might be, their woods, and confronted him. It all ended in them clinging to each other in the woods and a promise that it was only conceive and heir to the Uchiha Clan legacy…nothing more. No one else would ever know because they'd agreed – well, Sasuke had ordered – not to tell anyone. After two years, Naruto had come to terms with the fact that a secret is all they'd ever stay.

Sasuke was sitting on the edge of Naruto's bed, buttoning up his shirt in silence. Her nightly call had already happened, like clockwork. Nothing more than a grim reminder of the false life he led. We were just having a boy's night out, dear. The lie sounded dry in his throat. If she'd paid even the slightest bit of attention, she'd realize it happened on the same night every week. It was a ritual. But she was too blinded by love – or blinded by denial – to realize what was going on. Sasuke had, on many occasions, felt sorry for her, for using her, but he couldn't help it. It had to be done.

Risking a glance over his shoulder, he saw Naruto sitting with his back against the headboard. His eyes were watching the clock hanging on the wall and his hands were fisted in the sheets pooled at his waist. He looked beautiful sitting there, the moonlight illuminating him, until Sasuke saw the tears slowly sliding down his cheeks. The Uchiha quickly turned his head away and began looking for where he'd kicked his shoes. He knew leaving was always the hardest on Naruto.

In the dead silence, the desperation in Naruto's voice was magnified. "You could stay this time, Sasuke."

The raven-haired man let out a deep sigh before standing up. "We already discussed this, Naruto." It was true. They discussed it every single Friday for the past two years. "I need to rebuild my clan."

The hitched breath Naruto took made Sasuke move faster. He grabbed for his jacket and headed toward the door, barely giving the blonde another glance. When the door shut, Naruto pulled his knees to his chest and buried his face into his arms. It was hard to love a man he had to share.

The next Friday was the same way. Sasuke came to him, but he always did, and only stayed until his cell phone began vibrating on the nightstand beside him. Naruto couldn't even count the ways he'd began to detest Sasuke's cell phone, or the woman on the other end.

"I have to go." Sasuke said once he'd flipped his phone closed, as if it needed said. Naruto already knew where he was going.

"We don't have to do this, Sasuke. Why don't you stay?" Naruto waited for Sasuke's deep sigh and him pushing himself off the bed, but it didn't come this time. Instead, he found his hands grasped tightly in Sasuke's.

"There will come a day when it'll be just you and me. But…but I have to rebuild my clan and, well, you can't do that for me."

The tears pooled in Naruto's eyes again and he blinked them away. "But she can't love you like me."

"Yeah," Sasuke smirked. "I know." He gave Naruto a lingering kiss before pushing himself off the bed.

The next day was filled with him watching Sakura with his Sasuke, and the pain already present in his heart magnified. She only acted this way, this clingy, when Naruto was around. He knew she knew, and it was only a matter of time before she claimed Sasuke once and for all. Naruto had never wanted to have a rivalry with Sakura, but this was unavoidable. They were in love with the same man, there was no easy way out of it.

It was only a few days later, two days before his time with Sasuke, when he found himself face to face with a glowing Sakura.

"I'm pregnant, Naruto! Isn't that wonderful?" Her sweet smile was nearly too much for him, who pushed himself away as quickly as possible. His plight didn't go unnoticed to Sasuke, who tried to pry himself away to follow, but was being grasped tightly by Sakura. She won, and she wasn't letting him to anywhere.

You're two days early Naruto found himself thinking when he opened the door that night. Sasuke was standing there, leaning against the doorframe and looking exactly like Naruto wanted him to.

"Hey." Sasuke said, his deep, smooth voice filtering through the empty hallway. Naruto nodded and let Sasuke in, his heart breaking with each step the Uchiha took. When the door was closed, Naruto was pushed against it. A searing kiss was placed on his lips, making Naruto's knees buckle slightly.

It took every ounce of self-control, everything Naruto had in him, to push Sasuke away. But he did it.

"No."

Sasuke looked like someone slapped him as he gaped at Naruto. The blonde had never turned him down before. "What?"

"No." Naruto said, more sternly. "She's pregnant. Go home to your wife." Naruto spat out the four-letter-word as if it were a curse.

"But…but, Naruto. We can still…"

"No!" Naruto said again, his voice rising with emotion. "I can't take this any longer. I know what I have to do, now. We can't be together, Sasuke. I've given you everything I have and you've given me nothing in return. All I want is to be together, just me and you, but you and your damn destiny!" Naruto slammed his fist into the wall beside him and swore as the pain coursed up his arm. Sasuke took a few steps back and watched the rising emotions in Naruto closely.

"Na…Naruto…I…"

"The next time you decide to leave her bed for mine…just stay where you were!" Naruto pushed Sasuke out the door and slammed it behind him. He hit his knees and buried his head in his hands. Shutting Sasuke out of his life was, probably, the hardest thing he'd ever done, but he had to. It was his destiny to be happy, not to share the only man he'd ever loved with a woman who would never make him happy.

Sasuke walked home, his feet dragging on the concrete. Nothing felt right, or alive. Everything just felt dull and gray and dead. He felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and hastily pulled it out. He looked at the lighted screen, praying it was Naruto, only to see Sakura's name. He silenced the phone and threw it in the creek beside him. He watched as the lit front panel flickered and died as the censors were flooded with water. She wouldn't be calling him again.

Maybe Naruto was right. Sasuke's thoughts said lazily as he looked up at the lighted window of his apartment. He could faintly see the bobbing of pink hair as she walked past the window, playing with her phone, he guessed. Maybe I should just stay in the bed I made. The pink hair was joined by a stark of black for a moment, but Sasuke almost thought it was his imagination. When the red shirt she wore pressed against the window and the pink hair was pushed against the pane, Sasuke stopped and watched more intently. Another stark of black appeared before very pale hands were pressed against either side of the pink hair. The pink hair slowly slid down the window and he saw the usually expressionless face form a smile.

"Sai!" Sasuke growled, racing toward the apartment. He nearly reached the door before a thought hit him hard. She's cheating on me…and I've been cheating on her? He pushed the door open and watched his wife's head bobbing back and forth. Sai caught him entering the house and smirked.

"We're caught." He said, making Sakura stop, look at him curiously, and then follow his gaze to Sasuke. Her mouth formed an 'o' before she stood up and wiped her mouth.

"Sasuke…um…I…"

"Don't bother." He said. "That baby's not mine, is it?" Sakura shook her head and she glanced at Sai. "Ah, I see." He dug around his pockets for his key and threw it at Sakura's feet. "Keep the apartment, I can always find a new one."

He left the apartment and began his long trek back to Naruto's. He'd have to beg, plead, and offer everything and the moon to get the blonde back, but he was worth it. He always had been.

What struck Sasuke the most, as he knocked on the blonde's door, was the lack of emotion he felt about witnessing his wife giving another man a blowjob. Shouldn't he be…pissed?

Naruto opened the door, his eyes still red and puffy and a container of ramen in his hands. His eyes widened considerably when he saw Sasuke standing there and almost slammed the door in his face, but stopped when the Uchiha began to talk.

"She's cheating on me with Sai. The baby is his, not mine. Can I come in?" Naruto was awestruck and Sasuke just pushed his way in. Once inside, he turned around and grabbed Naruto, pulling him in for a deep kiss. "It's you I always wanted anyway."

"So…" Naruto glanced down at the forgotten ramen spilled on the floor – when did that happen? – and then took in the serious expression on Sasuke's face. "Does that mean you're gonna stay this time?"

Sasuke nodded. "I promise."

Naruto smiled, for what Sasuke felt was the first time in two years, before hugging the Uchiha tightly. "I love you, Sasuke!"

"I love you, too, Naruto."


sigh I hate my writing skills. If it sucks, pretend you read something worth reading, k?

Incase you have been living under a rock, or just don't listen to the radio in general, this song is "Stay" by Sugarland. Listen to it if you want to curl up in the fetal position in the corner and cry for a year. It just reminded me of SasuNaru for some reason...and it also reminded me I hate Sakura...as if I needed reminding...