Continuing to rewrite… taking forever… whoops :P
Summary: Sasuke and Naruto fought again and Sasuke gets sick, so Naruto brings him back to Konoha, in the hopes that he'll want to stay.
Warning: Yaoi (SasuNaru), cursing, and maybe suggestive stuff later on… spoilers and OOCness
Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto got mad about me saying he wasn't "getting any" so he locked up poor Naruto in a protective box… I'll save you Naruto! .:puts on a supergirl costume:.
Chapter 5: You shined brighter than anyone…
Naruto never mentioned what happened the night before. Sasuke supposed he was grateful that the Blonde idiot really didn't give any evidence that anything had even happened at all. Truth be told he was a bit quieter than usual, but other than that no difference in his character hinted that anything strange or different had occurred the night before. For all he knew Naruto wasn't even thinking about it.
Sasuke, however, thought angrily about what happened the night before. He didn't blame Naruto, of course, he blamed himself. It was these stupid drugs and these stupid beds, and it was his own fault for falling asleep on Naruto. He'd never clung to anyone since the Uchiha incident and he never had any intention of ever doing so. But he was grateful to Naruto for not mentioning it or hinting at it all, he was thinking about it enough for the two of them.
Naruto continued to help Sasuke perform daily tasks, such as eating and drinking, but the two of them mostly kept silent, which Sasuke appreciated. He thought back to all the things Naruto had done for him so far and how little he appreciated it, and realized, even more so, that Naruto really was looking after him. Sasuke didn't have to ask anymore and Naruto knew, to be honest it was a little freaky, like Naruto had some sort of Sasuke related ESP… but it was still useful to know that the dobe was honing in on whatever he wanted… which, as of right now, was to NOT talk about what had happened….
….
It was his last day in the hospital, or so he was told this morning. He looked around the room and took note of how familiar he'd become with everything.
There was the clock on the opposite wall that was always 3 minutes faster than the actual time, as Naruto had informed him. There was the disturbingly white bed, in which he spent all his time, talking to Naruto. There was the bed side table, on which the food was always set, until Naruto picked it up. There was a small table in another corner of the room where spare equipment was kept, as well as Naruto's bag. And lastly there was the old chair by the bed where Naruto sat, day after day.
Sasuke blinked at the, it was hard to imagine not being in this room, not having Naruto sit there grinning at him. That wasn't to say he always enjoyed Naruto's excessive visits but they were better than nothing.
He was beginning to take note of the fact that Naruto seemed to invade practically all of his thoughts lately, and it seemed to make him an even more broody Sasuke than normal. He was not happy about this upcoming revelation, like maybe, despite what he claimed to the contrary, he did like having Naruto around…
Sasuke sighed and turned over in the bed. He knew it was his last day to stay here, and he didn't know what kind of bed he'd be sleeping in for the next few months, while, he gulped and shook his head in defiance, staying with Naruto… until he could leave again, of course, he reminded himself almost too quickly.
He would be happiest, he supposed, in an attempt to think about something, anything, but Naruto, to get away from Tsunade. Her insitance that he needed to vent/talk was starting to really irk him. She tried everyone, Kakashi, Sakura, and even Naruto admitted he'd been asked to do it a few times. He didn't care what they thought, he didn't want to talk about what happened… he didn't want to talk about Itachi… or Akatsuki… or Konoha… and he especially did not want to talk about Naruto….
….
Naruto grinned at Sasuke from his usual chair by the bed. He was happy Sasuke would be getting out of the hospital and coming to stay with him for some time. He'd missed having Sasuke in Konoha and he couldn't wait to show him around, and remind him of what he'd left.
Naruto could tell Sasuke still intended to leave, and nothing he could say would change that, but he would still try. Try everything, say anything, and make Sasuke stay.
The blonde had taken note that, as of late, Sasuke seemed to be even more… moody than usual. It was like he had something on his mind that served as a constant irk to him, and curiosity couldn't help but knock in Naruto's mind. It had to be something pretty bad for Sasuke to be even more peeved than usual, though Naruto supposed he shouldn't let it bother him too much, this was Sasuke after all.
Naruto grinned further as he stared into Sasuke's face. Sasuke had always been the light of Naruto's life, ever since he came into it. Naruto was given a reason to try harder, to care more. He found a best friend in his hated team mate and he'd never admitted it. Sasuke had seemed, to Naruto, to have been like an almost brother for a while, but Naruto eventually felt like it was something more. Sasuke became Naruto's 'everything' just as plain and simple as that. Sasuke had run away, he had betrayed him, he had broken him, but Sasuke still shined brighter, to Naruto, than anyone else in the world.
That was why Naruto would make him stay, that's why Naruto would care. He'd do whatever he needed to if it meant the light of his life and his best friend would stay. Because when all the other lights went out, he did not want to be left in the dark….
"Naruto?"
"Hm?"
"I'm hungry…"
Naruto jumped out of whatever realm of imagination he'd just been in and he got up from his usual seat to go get the food off the bedside table. He sat on the bed and fed Sasuke as usual. Sasuke couldn't help wondering what had gotten Naruto so extremely distracted, and he had to admit those bright blue eyes boring into his, without even actually seeing him, disturbed him slightly.
"You'll be dining a bit different tonight…" Naruto said as gave Sasuke another spoonful of oatmeal, bring Sasuke out of his own musings.
"Good," Sasuke said bitterly, "I'm sick of this crappy oatmeal…"
Naruto laughed, "I still have to feed you mushy food… you know that right?" Sasuke 'hn'ed and continued to eat.
Sasuke paused and placed a hand on the pit of his stomach. It had suddenly started to ache and he felt a strange, sickening, sensation. His lungs started to burn so he coughed, hard, into his hand.
Naruto leapt forward from his seat and the bowl fell, and shattered, on the floor. "Sasuke!" he shouted, terrified by Sasuke's sudden fit of coughing. Sasuke lifted his hand away from his mouth to find it covered in his own blood…
I know it's still not much longer… I tried but there's only so much I can fix or add….
Dragon77 – once again thank you lots for your review, and I will try to keep updating quickly…
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