Sasukec: Sorry I had to leave everyone in suspense last time, I just couldn't resist! :]

The party had ended the moment Naruto and Sasuke entered that room. At least, for the blonde it was over. There was no way he was in any mood to stay. He should have just refused Sakura's invitation; should have just stayed at the hotel like a goody good two shoe would. Instead, he decided to go and expected to have a good time. Expected that it would be fun and "awesome". Wrongo, Mr. Uzumaki. What was a blonde to do now? Now that he knew… He knew the truth? What really happened two years ago.

Why didn't he tell me? Why the HELL didn't he tell me? Dammit Sasuke! You just have to fuck things up, don't you?

Luckily, Naruto made it back to the hotel without much trouble. Seeing as Lee was his friend, he was able to get a ride back from one of Lee's friends. Naruto was still fuming the entire trip back, but began to give up on being angry. He wasn't getting answers any time soon, so why get mad over it tonight?

The blonde knocked one light knock on their suite door but it was open. The door reacted to Naruto's knock by opening slightly.

Sasuke left the door open?

Naruto opened the door fully and saw a passed out Sasuke sitting against the wall, his lip still busted and his chin covered with blood. It surprised him a bit, but it brought no feeling of urgency to the blonde. He closed the door behind him and stared at Sasuke's unconscious face.

Serves him right. Asshole.

The blonde began to walk over to the bed to just get in and go to sleep. But, one more glance at Sasuke made him stop. He sighed.

Dammit… He deserves it; I should just leave him. Go to sleep, Naruto… It's the best thing… Move…

Naruto's body wasn't obeying, only nailing itself down in front of Sasuke.

Fine. I clean him up and get him in bed. I hope I don't regret this.

The blonde leaned down and grabbed Sasuke's left arm, swinging it around the back of his shoulders. Luckily, Sasuke's body complied and barely held its own as the blonde walked Sasuke over to the bed. He laid the Uchiha down, then went into the bathroom to get the necessities to clean the brunette up.

After Naruto had dressed Sasuke's wound and cleaned him up, he pulled the covers over him and looked at Sasuke's unconscious face. His eyebrows pulled together in thought as his fist tightened.

You better hope you can explain yourself, Sasuke. I didn't have to help you…

Naruto tore his eyes away from the brunette's face and looked over to the massive window to the left of him. He walked over to the window and pulled the curtains away to reveal his notebook right where he'd left it. He picked the notebook up and opened it as he sat down on the sitting area before the window.

Think school, now. This is an extra credit school trip to Italy. I need to journal down what happened today.

He took a deep breath before grabbing his pen next to him and jotting down today's events.

'Ms. Anko let us sleep in a little, although me and Sasuke almost slept in a little too late. We were supposed to go to some museum today, but it was cancelled because of some bad weather. I haven't seen much of the sights of Rome, but luckily our hotel room has a good view of this giant old coliseum. Sasuke's starting to let up and it's getting easier to be his roommate.'

As the blonde closed his journal, he snorted lightly at how much he was lying in that last line. He looked back over to Sasuke, then back at the coliseum. He sighed, got up, then flopped down on the three-seat couch. He was out in moments.

Oooh… Dear God, my head…

The early morning sun shone in from the window onto Sasuke's eyes, waking him from his unconscious state. He opened his eyes and blinked them a few times, trying to clear the fuzz that occupied his vision. His head was pounding as he sat up with his hand rubbing his head as if it would cure the throbbing headache. No, not headache – migraine.

Sasuke removed the covers from him and looked down at himself. He was still wearing his party attire from last night. Only thing different, were a few slightly noticeable bloodstains on his shirt and his tie had become loose. He even still had his shoes one.

Ugh… What?

Confused, the Uchiha stood and stumbled, regretting getting up at all. He groaned then looked around the room. He then noticed a blonde sprawled all across a said couch and a line of drool making its way down his chin. The Uchiha groaned again and rubbed his head.

Damn… What the hell happened last night?

Sasuke stumbled his way to the bathroom, trying to keep his moves steady to avoid irritating his head too much. Once in the bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror as he passed it, then stopped before it.

What the…?

Sasuke fingered a large Band-Aid on his lower lip, then cringed as he pushed a little too hard. The memory hit him like a brick wall.

Oh… Naruto…

What was Sasuke going to do? He didn't know any way he could explain his actions to his roommate.

You could always tell him…

Too late! He already remembered it.

Not that…

…Oh, hell no. Could you please leave me alone for the rest of… Forever?

That wouldn't be fun! Besides, wouldn't it feel better to have things off your chest? Wouldn't it be better if the truth was out there for him and even you to see and realize?

No…

He kissed you after he remembered it. He wanted you. I know you could feel it.

Stop it…

The Uchiha closed himself off again and stared at his face in the mirror. His eyes were red and puffy, an obvious combination of tears and lack of sleep. His chin had faint traces of blood that had stained.

Who did…? Naruto must've. But why would he care? Especially after I…

Sasuke felt ashamed of himself. He felt embarrassed. He felt stupid. He felt… Angry. Not at Naruto, at himself. He hated the fact he had even agreed going to the party, hated the fact that he was easily talked into getting drunk, and hated the fact that he openly expressed feelings that he'd vowed never to bring out again.

He slammed his fist down on the sink, nearly fracturing his hand and wrist. He swore out loud.

"God dammit!"

A loud knock on their suite door made him lightly jump. Immediately following the knock, Mr. Umino's voice yelled.

"Naruto, Sasuke, wake up! We've got a full day ahead of us!"

Sasuke replied. "Yeah! We're up."

"Be down in the lobby in a little over an hour."

"Alright!"

The Uchiha looked at himself in the mirror again and sighed. What could he do about it? There was nothing he could do. Just go about his day and hope Naruto wouldn't talk about it for the rest of the day. Maybe Naruto will play dumb like Sasuke did and not bring it up the whole day. God, Sasuke's head hurt.

I should wake Naruto up before I get in the shower.

Sasuke did just that by kicking Naruto on his leg that was hanging off the couch. The blonde choked on his own snore and sat up quickly.

"Argh… What do you want, jerk?"

The blonde blinked his eyes a few times, trying to shake the sleep from them while looking at the Uchiha.

"Get your ass up. We need to be down in the lobby in about an hour. And I call shower."

Sasuke turned around to head back to the bathroom when Naruto called out. Sasuke cringed.

"Sasuke! Last night-"

"Last night. Was. Nothing, Uzumaki."

"The hell it was! I want answers!"

The Uchiha turned around and looked into Naruto's cold, blue eyes. Sasuke walked closer to the blonde and stood a few inches over him. Naruto instinctively got into a fighting stance as Sasuke got close to him, nearly towering over him.

"We're NOT talking about this because we have nothing to talk about. Now get ready or else we'll be late, Uzumaki."

Before the blonde could reply, Sasuke turned his back to him and headed into the bathroom. He slammed the door behind him and moments later, the shower water could be heard.

The Uchiha leaned against the back of the tiled shower, letting the water hit him as it pleased. He slowly closed his eyes and let his mind wander.

His breath ghosted across the Uchiha's inner thigh as his mouth closed around the brunette's longing erection.

"No…" Sasuke opened his eyes. He wasn't letting this happen, not now. He didn't want things to get worse. Besides, things were already completely shit, so why make things worse with a vision? A vision that was unnecessary, stupid, appealing and… Delicious.

The Uchiha shook his head lightly, being careful to not hurt his head too much. He sighed heavily then slid down the wall into a sitting position. He closed his eyes again and thought to himself.

Get it together, Sasuke. I vowed to leave Naruto behind. I admit that I loved him… ONCE upon a time, I did. That time's over…

Fucking asshole. I get the key this time.

A said Naruto Uzumaki slammed the suite door behind him then made his way to the nearby elevators.

Fucking prick. I can't believe this! He lied to me… Lied these past two years! The least he could have done is said something to me. It was my fault anyway… Wasn't it?

Naruto contemplated this as he pushed the button for floor one. Naruto stood back and leaned against the back of the elevator and stared at himself in the reflection the elevator's silver walls gave off. He sighed, frustrated and starving for answers.

But… Sasuke participated. He could've pushed me off. He's not entirely just a person who expresses his impulses freely.

35…

34…

33…

But… Maybe he planned that out. Maybe he figured I was drunk and he hoped… Or KNEW that I wouldn't remember it. He didn't tell me on purpose!

24…

23…

22…

The blonde's fist clenched in anger and he now wished he'd given Sasuke more than a busted lip, even though it served him right. He didn't even want to consider Sasuke's side of the story. He only wanted to consider the blonde's fist meeting more than Sasuke's lip.

It's not right though! Dammit…

13…

12…

11…

But…

The blonde ran through the night he came back from Gaara's drunk. He remembered now every grueling detail of those events. As he ran through them, one part in particular caught him in a net of doubt.

"I… Love you, Sasuke."

The blonde's eyes widened as he stared at the wooden ground. He ran the thought many more times through his head, trying to connect it with himself. He said that.

Ding.

The elevator doors opened to reveal almost everyone that was on this trip in the lobby. The almost would be completed with Sasuke joining them.

As Naruto exit the elevators, the first person he saw was Ino.

Ino… Wasn't she with…?

The blonde was puzzled. Sasuke and Ino were together when he had seen them last at Applebee's. And, by the looks of things, they were no longer together. Sasuke hadn't hinted toward it in any kind of way. He didn't even look her way once on this trip.

Wanting to know more on this subject, Naruto walked over to Ino and greeted her after she noticed him. She smiled brightly at him.

"Hey Naruto!" She lowered her voice slightly. "Did you like the party last night?"

That was a kick to the gut. Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat that had suddenly formed.

"Er… Yeah, it was great. I was wondering… Weren't you and Sasuke together?"

Ino's cheery smile quickly turned into a hard lined frown.

"He… He broke up with me before we went on the trip."

"Oh… Sorry about that, Ino. When?" The blonde would usually try his best to at least sound interested, but this time he wouldn't have to.

Ino sighed, obviously sad to be reminded of this.

"After he stormed out of Applebee's when you spilled everything."

Another kick. Keep them up, Ino.

"Oh…" Naruto didn't have to ask about anything this time. Ino was on auto-talk now.

"He told me that our relationship wasn't working out and that he'd "fallen out of love" with me."

The blonde could see small puddles of tears welling up in her eyes. Her teary eyes looked behind Naruto then the tears overflowed as she walked off. This confused the blonde as he then turned around to see a sour faced Sasuke walking out of the elevator. The two teens made eye contact, both eyes full of so much emotion that it was surprising the two didn't break out into a fight right there in the lobby. However, they were in public. Being in public equaled no physical disputes. However, word disputes were another story.

"What the hell, Naruto? Where's our key?"

Naruto replied defensively, "I have it, dumbass."

The Uchiha shoved his hands in his pockets, disregarding Naruto's comment about the key. "Why were you talking to Ino?" Sasuke demanded, keeping his eyes as dark as death on the blonde.

"Mind your own damn business."

Naruto crossed his arms over his chest, trying to not look into the Uchiha's death glare.

"Seeing as we're roommates, I believe your business is my business." Sasuke's words were cold as ice and each enunciation a sharp dagger.

The blonde chuckled humorlessly. "You made that clear."

"What…" It took a moment for the Uchiha to understand Naruto's innuendo comment. His face went red with anger and embarrassment. The Uchiha opened his mouth to continue, but was cut off by Ms. Anko as she spoke to the group.

"Looks like everyone's here? Alright, goody! It's a beautiful day in Rome and we're taking a tour bus around the city, stopping at a cultural museum, and lunch at the coliseum! Follow Mr. Umino to the bus waiting outside!"

Mr. Umino raised his hand as the group gathered toward him.

"Follow me, everyone! Remember roommate buddy system!"

Both Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other, and groaned in unison. Today was going to be so much fun.

Sasukec: Hehehe… Gotta love the buddy system, eh? Damn you Iruka. Damn you ;)

Also, if you're looking for some random smex, check out an oneshot I did just yesterday. Once there, my notes will describe what it will be. Check it out here: (insert fanfiction followed by) .net/s/6131298/1/Mangekyo_Always_Wins (Sorry, fanfiction(dot)net hates links with a passion xD)