I meant to post this yesterday but I didn't have the time…my posting may not be as fast since school has started again…however, more reviews will make me want to write more…

Also, I know that this story seems to be going fast and it is on purpose…There are a lot of time jumps in this story, so it really isn't progressing as quickly as it seems…I'm just leaving out some stuff because I don't want it to become 57 chapters like Lights Out…I don't have the time for that…

Also, I might post a one-shot soon that I really want to make a full story out of when I'm done with this…if I write it, the one-shot will be titled Home is Where the Heart Is (which may change if I do write a multi-chapter version) and if I turn it into a multi-chapter will really depend on what kind of feedback the one-shot version gets…

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Inspired by the Lady Antebellum song

Chapter 12: Love Don't Live Here

For once Sasuke had managed to sleep in. Naruto sat on his own bed with a book in hand. He was trying to study, trying being the key word. The problem was that Sasuke was rather distracting. While he may not have been saying anything, the look on his face was enough to distract. He looked peaceful and a little happy; it was a nice change from the scowl he used as a wall.

Knocks on the door of the small dorm pulled him from his thoughts. He quickly got up to get the door, hoping that it wouldn't wake his roommate. He saw him move a little, but he didn't actually wake up. When he opened the door he saw Suigetsu standing in front of him, "What's up?"

"Why isn't Sasuke answering my texts?" he asked as he shoved his way into the room. It surprised Naruto because the man wasn't usually so forceful. He guessed that something must have happened.

"No, please come in," he said sarcastically. He saw the light haired man staring at Sasuke in disbelief. "If you couldn't tell, he's still asleep," he pointed out. The other man still seemed in shock so Naruto asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Are you sure he's alive?" Suigetsu suddenly asked, causing Naruto to chuckle. "I'm serious, I've never seen him sleep in this late," he said hurriedly as he walked over toward his best friend, ready to shake him awake.

"He's sleeping in for once, let him," Naruto said. "It's only nine," he pointed out. He didn't think that nine o'clock in the morning was that late, but apparently it was for Sasuke. "And yes I'm sure he's alive," the blond said, getting a questioning look from the other man. "His chest is moving up and down, he must be breathing," he informed him.

"Of course you'd know that," he laughed. When he got a confused look from the blond he elaborated, "You always seem to be checking him out in some way, I'm surprised Sasuke hasn't caught on." Again he turned toward his best friend, ready to wake him up, when Naruto grabbed his arm to stop him. "Look, I know you want to let him sleep but I have news that if I don't wake him up for then he'll kill me when he finds out from someone else," he told the man, seriousness written across his face.

"Fine, but if he tries to kill me, I'm blaming you," he mumbled as he went to his bed. He was ready to see what exactly the news was; perhaps he'd learn something new about Sasuke. It always excited him to learn about Sasuke, he was starting to suspect that the man had more layers than an onion.

"Sasuke," Suigetsu said loudly. He was about to shake the other man when Sasuke rolled over. He had a glare on his face that made Suigetsu question if it were a good idea or not.

"You two woke me up awhile ago," he stated, annoyance written all over his face. "You'd think that if you wanted to let me sleep then you'd talk quieter," he scoffed. He sat up, "Ignoring you two is like trying to sleep through a fire alarm." He was already in a bad mood so he wasn't sure wanted to hear what Suigetsu had to tell him. Against his better judgment he asked, "What is so important that you had to wake me up?"

"I saw someone earlier that I think you might want to know about," Suigetsu told him, not sure how to tell him. He was wishing that he'd sent Karin to tell him, but she was smart and stayed away from the conversation. Sasuke looked at him, expecting him to continue, "I saw Yukio."

Sasuke felt his mind go into over drive. He hated his blond ex; in fact he was one of the last people that he wanted to see, right at the top of the list with his mother. "I see," he said as he got up. The dark haired man quickly found clothes, not caring if they matched or not. "I need to take a walk," he told them, as he changed, not caring if Naruto was there or not.

It was then that the blond saw the scar running along the pale man's back. It was faded, but definitely there. He wondered why he hadn't noticed it before, then he realized that he was probably too distracted by the other man's chest. He knew better than to ask questions at that point, but his curiosity wouldn't let him just forget about the scar. It looked old, but he wasn't even sure what could leave that kind of scar.

When Suigetsu made a move to follow Sasuke out of the room, the dark haired man turned to him and said, "Alone." He then quickly stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked out of the room.

Suigetsu saw the confused look on his face and said, "Yukio is his ex-boyfriend." It seemed like Naruto wanted him to go into detail, but all he told him was, "If he wants you to know then he'll tell you." He knew better than to break Sasuke's trust by telling the blond everything. His trust was already hard to earn and once you broke it, you were never going to earn it back.

"And the scar?" he asked, hoping that he'd get more information. "Was that from Yukio too?" he asked. He wondered if Sasuke was so guarded because he had been in an abusive relationship.

"I wish that I could say it was," he told him, which made absolutely no sense to the blond. "I know that it may make no sense right now, but if he ever tells you what happened, then maybe you will," he said, though the vagueness of his words made Naruto even more curious. "Just leave it alone. Scars take a long time to heal and Sasuke's are far from being healed," he told him, talking about both emotional and physical scars.

NS

Sasuke was walking across campus, just trying to escape his thoughts. The last thing he wanted to do was run into Yukio. He needed to get away from everyone and be alone with his thoughts. Sasuke knew that if he stayed in his room then Naruto would just ask questions that he didn't want to answer.

In his attempt to escape from everyone he ran into something hard. He knew it had to be a person since it wasn't nearly rough enough to be a wall. He looked up and saw the one person he didn't want to see in that moment: Yukio. Something inside told him that it wasn't an accident; perhaps it was the satisfied look written across the blonde's face. As he looked at the other man he realized just how much he looked like Naruto. There were differences between the two, but the similarity was uncanny.

Before Sasuke could run in the opposite direction, Yukio grabbed his arm to stop him. "Sasuke," he said, his voice gentle. It was almost as if he were acting like nothing had happened between them, as if there were nothing wrong. He put his hand on Sasuke's cheek, but the dark haired man quickly pulled away.

"Let me go," he demanded as he pulled his arm free. Sasuke's dark eyes were trying to burn a hole through Kyuubi, or better yet make him burst into flames. In Sasuke's opinion, anything that would cause him pain would work. He quickly started to walk the other way, but Yukio followed him. "Please hear me out Sasuke," he practically begged, but the young Uchiha wasn't going to let himself fall for it. "I've changed," he told him, causing the other man to chuckle darkly in disbelief. "I'm serious," he said, again grabbing his arm roughly to make him stop walking.

"I've changed too," he told him. He wasn't backing down; he refused to let the blond close to him. "I'm not the guy I was in high school," he said, determined to make the other man leave him alone. "I'm not going to fall for your stupid games," he said, though he didn't know why he was talking to him. "Leave me alone," he said as he pulled his arm free and started to walk away again.

Yukio continued to follow him, trying to get him to talk to him. Apparently the silent treatment didn't work with the blond, which only made his mind compare him to Naruto even more. He decided to head back to the dorms where he knew that he could escape from Yukio.

The blond followed him all the way to his dorm room where he tried to stop him again. "Listen, I just want to be your friend," he told him. "Well not really, but I'll take whatever I can get," he said, as if pretty words would make Sasuke fall to his feet.

The dark haired man had already opened his door to go into his room, but Yukio's words made him stop. His actions weren't out of happiness or forgiveness, but rather anger. "You want anything you can get?" he asked, causing Yukio to cautiously nod. "You can go crawl into a ditch and die for all I care," Sasuke sneered. "You're not going to get anything from me," he added, his anger taking over and letting his emotions show. He was no longer holding everything in, his anger toward the man made it all explode out into the open. "You broke my heart," he told him as if the other man didn't already know what he'd done.

"I know, but," he was cut off by Sasuke.

"Shut up," the Uchiha demanded. "I don't want to hear what you have to say," his words cutting through the other man like a knife. "You used me," he was almost shouting at that point. "You told me that you loved me, fucked me, and then dumped me," he summarized their relationship through his eyes. "What the hell makes you think that I would want to even talk to you, let alone be your friend?" he asked. Sasuke was looking at him as if he were crazy, though the anger still showed on his face. A hint of hurt also showed, but he was trying his best to not let that side through. "Just leave me alone," he said, almost exhausted by all the emotional turmoil that had plagued his life.

"I know that I hurt you," Yukio frowned, not liking that his mistake was being thrown in his face. "But it was a mistake, I was young and stupid," he told him, just wanting the man to forgive him.

Naruto, Kiba, and Suigetsu were all watching the scene unfold as they sat in the dorm room. When Naruto saw Yukio move closer, trying to win Sasuke back, he made his move. The Uzumaki got up and walked to the door, successfully putting himself between Sasuke and the other man. "I believe he asked you to leave," Naruto hissed.

Sasuke was surprised by the action. "Naruto," he started, about to tell the man that he didn't need his help. However, he soon realized that he wasn't even paying attention to a word that he said, instead glaring at Yukio. Sasuke couldn't help but think they were acting like two alpha males fighting to be top dog. The look on each of their faces made Sasuke think that they were about to rip each other apart.

It was Kiba's turn to step in as he pulled his friend away from the door saying, "Calm down." It still didn't change the fact that Naruto seemed as if he were going to attack Yukio. He was always protective of his friends, but Kiba was thinking that Sasuke was special. Naruto would always back his friends up, but he rarely looked as if he wanted to kill the person on the spot.

"I'd go," Sasuke told his ex. "There is already a list of people that want to kill you and I think Naruto's adding himself to it," he said will all seriousness. He just wanted Yukio to leave; he didn't want it to become a physical fight.

"Whatever," Yukio snarled. He gave Naruto a once over as he smirked and said, "He's just a replacement. But you and I both know that there is nothing better than the real thing." He walked away and Kiba was doing his best not to let Naruto rip the guy to shreds.

Sasuke ignored Yukio's statement as he shut the door and looked at the other men. He didn't say anything; he wasn't sure what to say. Instead he walked over to his bed, not making eye contact.

Kiba could feel the awkward tension in the room, "We're going to leave you two alone to talk." He knew that Sasuke wouldn't talk with him and Naruto in the room, so he pulled the blond along with him. Naruto was complaining that he wanted to know what was going on, but Kiba ignored him and continued to drag him along. "Come on," he demanded as he pulled him along.

When the door shut behind them, Naruto asked, "Are we going to track that asshole down?" Kiba gave him a look of disbelief. "What? He deserves a good punch to the face," the blond shrugged. He realized that he was probably more worked up than he should have been, but he really didn't care.

"Someone's a little protective," Kiba said casually. Naruto just looked at him, but didn't say anything. He wasn't sure how to respond because he knew it was true. "I know your protective by nature," he told him, causing Naruto to relax a little. "But dude, you looked like you were ready to kill the guy," he laughed.

"Shut up," Naruto mumbled, though he didn't deny it. He knew it was true, though he didn't know why. He wasn't sure what had taken over him in that moment; he just knew that the man had hurt Sasuke.

"Whatever," Kiba shrugged, a smirk still displayed across his face. "But don't deny that you have a crush on him," he then continued. "I think you made it pretty obvious that you do," he told the man, who just blushed in response.

"How do I always find a way to make things awkward?" Naruto asked as he let out a sigh. He felt unsure as to where his and Sasuke's relationship stood at that point. Part of him was worried that the other man would turn away from him because of how he acted, or how he looked. He knew that he reminded him of Yukio and he didn't want their friendship to be ruined because of that. "I really need to learn to just sit back and shut up," he said as he looked at his best friend.

"Yeah, you probably should," Kiba laughed. "But honestly I don't think it's going to change anything," he told him, though he wasn't sure. He didn't know the Uchiha very well, but he knew that Naruto hadn't done anything to break his trust. All he had done was stick up for the other man. If there was one thing that he'd learned about Sasuke in the short time of knowing each other, it was that trust was important to the man. As long as Naruto didn't break that trust, he figured the blond would be fine.

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In the room, Suigetsu looked at Sasuke. He was waiting for him to start the conversation, but realized that it wasn't going to happen any time soon. "You've been holding that in for a while," it was more of a statement than a question. Suigetsu frowned when Sasuke didn't respond. "You know that Naruto's nothing like that guy," he said, knowing that bringing his roommate into the conversation would draw out a response.

"How do you know?" he asked. His voice was sharp, but Suigetsu knew better than to take it as anger. It was a defense mechanism; he was trying not to show his insecurities. Sasuke had never been good at dealing with his emotions; he never wanted to appear vulnerable.

"You were never really friends with Yukio," Suigetsu reminded him. "In fact I think you barely knew anything about him," he continued, though it caused Sasuke to glare at him. "I'm serious Sasuke," he said. "Naruto wants to be your friend, or I should say is your friend," he smiled, though Sasuke quickly adverted his eyes.

"I hate you," Sasuke muttered as he closed his eyes. He wasn't sure how Naruto had become a friend, but he knew that Suigetsu was right. He knew that Naruto was his friend, no matter how much he wanted to deny it.

"No, you hate that I'm right," Suigetsu responded smugly. He didn't want Sasuke treating Naruto differently just because he looked like his ex-boyfriend. "Just don't hate the guy, he's not Yukio," Suigetsu once again emphasized. Sasuke just nodded and Suigetsu knew that it was the end of the conversation. When he saw a small smile grace the other man's lips he knew that Sasuke didn't hate the blond, rather his emotions were the exact opposite of hate. All he knew was that the more Sasuke got to know Naruto, the more interesting it'd be to watch.

TBC…

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