Two songs inspired title of this chapter, oddly with the same title, called Maybe one by Sick Puppies and the other by Kelly Clarkson – more so the Kelly Clarkson one though – neither one fit the chapter all that well but I think that they kind of describes Sasuke…

I'm jumping over all of the things that may read as boring so this story doesn't end up being 57 chapters like Lights Out so this chapter jumps ahead in time a little

Ever have one of those days where you really hate people? I'm having one of those days, which is good for the story because when I'm in that kind of mood I tend to write…

Chapter 14: Maybe

Naruto was happy and it wasn't just his usual happy, he was happier than normal. He had begun to be friends with Sasuke to the point that he felt that he could officially call them good friends. He knew that they were friends, but the way Sasuke was acting made him feel like he agreed. The incident with Yukio hadn't changed anything, if anything it made Sasuke seem more comfortable with him. He wasn't sure what Suigetsu had said to him, but it worked. Sasuke still didn't tell him anything personal, but what mattered was that Sasuke wasn't pushing him away when he tried to talk to him and he even went out with him and his friends.

It had been a few weeks since the night that Sasuke was lying on his bed staring at the picture of his family and Naruto was still trying to understand what he'd said. He wished that he could make him explain his words, but he knew that they'd have to be better friends before that happened. He also wondered about the scar that he'd seen, but he knew that only Sasuke's closest friends probably knew why he had it.

The blond was happier than normal because he'd gotten Sasuke to agree to go with him to a nearby amusement park. It took a lot of convincing and persistence, but he finally agreed. Sasuke had told him that he only agreed in order to make the blond shut up, but Naruto didn't care.

Naruto walked into their room after breakfast, ready to pull his roommate out of his bed in order to drag him to the amusement park. He saw Sasuke lying on his bed so that his feet were at the top and lying on his stomach, leaning on his elbows and looking down at a book. To anyone else he'd appear to be studying, but Naruto could see by the look on his face that he was thinking. His eyes weren't skimming the page nor was he writing anything down, which indicated to the blond that he wasn't studying at all. "What are you thinking about?" he asked, interrupting Sasuke's thoughts.

"Homework," was Sasuke's quick answer. It was always his fall back answer when he didn't want to talk about something. As he got to know Sasuke, Naruto was finding that the man was rather predictable.

Naruto didn't believe him, but let it slide, knowing that Sasuke wasn't going to tell him anything. "Well get up, we're going to the amusement park, remember?" he replied. Sasuke didn't move so he then said, "You should just make it easier on yourself because if you don't get up on your own then I'll pull you out of your bed."

Sasuke glared at him as he got up, mumbling something about stupid blondes. "Who else is going?" Sasuke asked as he dug through his drawers, looking for something to wear. He only asked because he didn't like some of Naruto's friends, or more he didn't like Sakura, the annoying girl whom didn't seem to understand the words "I'm gay" and continued to flirt with him.

"Just us," Naruto replied. "I know you don't particularly like most of my friends, so I figured we could just hang out today. Plus it's easier to get two people on a ride than it is to try to get a whole group on the same ride," he explained. He knew it was probably just a lame excuse to hang out with Sasuke alone, but he hoped that Sasuke didn't realize that.

"Hn, whatever," Sasuke responded, not sure why part of him was happy about Naruto's answer. He grabbed his clothes before heading to the bathroom, not wanting a repeat of the shower incident. He already knew that Naruto liked the upper half of his body; he didn't need to show him the rest of it.

Naruto was slightly disappointed when Sasuke didn't change in front of him and it was one of the many reasons that he thought the other man wasn't as confident as he led on. Naruto had seen the way that he looked at his family picture and his expression when he was deep in thought. He also saw how vulnerable he looked on the subject of his brother. He felt that Sasuke used his attitude as a way to keep people at a distance.

After a few minutes of waiting he banged on the door, saying, "Come on, it can't possibly take you that long to get dressed. Stop being a girl and stop doing your hair."

The door opened and Sasuke just glared at the blond, "If you ever call me a girl again, I'm going to punch you in the face."

"Then stop acting like one," Naruto chuckled as Sasuke grabbed his wallet. "Let's go I want to be able to go on all of the rides before we have to leave," he said, starting to pull Sasuke out of the door.

"I get it, now let me go," Sasuke said, pulling his arm out of the blonde's grasp. As they walked out of the room, part of Sasuke wanted to punch the grin off of Naruto's face; the other half loved the blonde's smile. The second side of him was the one that scared him, the side that he wanted bury deep inside.

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Sasuke couldn't help but wonder how Naruto managed to make him go on a water ride. "Now we're soaking wet idiot," he said, accidently letting a small laugh out. Naruto smiled as he looked at Sasuke. "Why are you staring at me?" Sasuke asked, trying not to show his good mood and failing.

"It's nice to see you happy," he answered, making Sasuke regain his composure. "You have a nice smile, you should do it more," he said. When he saw the look on Sasuke's face, which made him look like a deer in headlights, he added, "Plus I don't think I've ever seen your hair not spiked into looking like as duck's ass. Now it looks like a wet cat." He laughed, though Sasuke didn't seem to think it was very funny. "Which fits you," Naruto said.

"Shut up moron," the dark haired man said, slightly annoyed. Sasuke didn't know how else to respond to him, so instead he changed the subject, "Let's go on another ride, I need something to dry me off." Naruto just nodded, hoping that he hadn't made the day too weird.

They got off of the ride, mostly dry. Naruto felt his stomach grumble and he said, "I'm hungry let's go get some lunch, I saw a food place earlier." Sasuke just nodded and so Naruto continued the conversation by asking, "Do you think they sell ramen here?"

"God, I hope not," Sasuke replied. "Really you need to eat something healthier than ramen," he told the blond.

"That's not all I eat," Naruto retorted. "I eat plenty of other things, ramen just sounds like the best option most of the time," he said. "Plus if they don't have ramen, I can get nachos, all of these places usually sell nachos," Naruto continued. Sasuke didn't bother responding to him, he knew it was a battle that he wasn't going to win.

Hours later and they were still at the amusement park. He didn't want to admit it, but he was having fun. He and Naruto were eating and talking over dinner. He still couldn't believe that he had let it get so late that he had to eat dinner at the amusement park.

The blond looked at the man across from him and he couldn't help but feel as if the whole day felt like one long date. They had fun, they ate together, and were talking; he knew that it was wrong to feel that way, but he couldn't help himself. He was staring to accept that he was attracted to Sasuke, regardless of the fact that the guy could be a total jerk. Part of him wished it really was a date and that Sasuke felt the same attraction that he was starting to feel, but he knew that it was just wishful thinking.

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When Friday rolled around, Sasuke knew that he had a lot to talk about with his brother. The last time they talked he danced around a lot of his questions. He hadn't told him about Yukio, he knew that it would upset his brother. He also wasn't sure how to tell his brother about his day with Naruto, at least not without getting teased.

"You look troubled," Itachi said as he sat across from his little brother. "What's on your mind?" he asked. He always knew when something was wrong. Itachi always seemed to know the change in his demeanor and never failed to ask about it.

"I'm just really confused," Sasuke answered. He wasn't sure how much he should tell him, he didn't want to anger Itachi. They both knew that the man was a sensitive topic so Sasuke wasn't sure how to talk to him about it with out making him angry.

"I thought we already established that you are gay," Itachi teased. He knew that Sasuke didn't mean it like that, but it was still fun to tease the younger man. After all that was what big brothers were supposed to do, though by the look on his face it appeared that Sasuke didn't agree.

"You know that's not what I meant," he practically hissed. He knew that his brother was just trying to get under his skin, but that didn't make a difference. He was serious about his confusion and he wanted Itachi to take it seriously too.

"Well, then maybe I can help," said Itachi as he watched Sasuke think about it. "You've got to talk to it about someone. Who is better to talk to than a guy in jail that can't spill your secrets?" he half joked.

Sasuke frowned at his brother's words, hating the fact that his brother was in jail. "I just don't get how I could let a moron get so close. He's a friend now and I have no idea how it happened," he confessed to his brother.

"Oh, this is about the roommate again, I should have known," Itachi said with a small smirk. He had a feeling that Sasuke's feelings toward his roommate were more than just friendly and Sasuke was starting to confirm his suspicions.

"We went to an amusement park this week," he told him, deciding that the conversation about Naruto was a safer one than one about Yukio. "I actually had fun," he said, making his brother a little surprised. "You know how much I hate crowds and waiting in lines and yet I didn't mind it that day," he said, his confusion clearly showing in his expression.

"I see," Itachi replied. He had to give credit to the man, knowing that not just anyone could get Sasuke to agree to go to an amusement park, let alone have fun there. "So have you told Suigetsu that you might be replacing him?" he asked, loving the reaction he got from his brother, it was a mix of anger and confusion.

"What? I have not, why would you think that that blond moron would become my best friend?" he asked, not wanting to admit that he may have, considering that he seemed have started to spend more time with Naruto than he had with Suigetsu over the past couple of weeks. "I haven't even told him the truth about what happened that day," he said, defending his argument. "So there is no way that he could be my best friend," he assured himself more than Itachi.

"Maybe it's time that you did," Itachi replied. "If you ask me, he is clearly becoming your new best friend. You talk about him more than you have ever talked about Suigetsu," he pointed out. "That has to mean something," he said. He left out the idea that it might be because Sasuke likes him, he thought the best way to keep the conversation going was by just saying that it's friendship.

Sasuke just shrugged in response, not sure what else he could say. Itachi had obviously made up his mind that Sasuke and Naruto were close friends. When Itachi saw the look on Sasuke's face he asked, "What else is wrong?"

"I saw Yukio," he confessed after a long pause. He saw the look on Itachi's face. He looked worried because he knew how much the man affected Sasuke. "He wants to be friends, but I'm not sure that's all he wants," he told him. He was trying to choose his words carefully.

"Sasuke, remember what he did to you," he warned him, not wanting to see his brother get hurt again. He knew that Sasuke was book smart, but when it came to people he tended to do dumb things.

"I told him to leave me alone," Sasuke said, calming some of his brother's worries. "It was just difficult to see him again," he admitted as he looked at his hands. He knew that Itachi would always worry about him; he just wished that he didn't have to worry at all.

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When Sasuke got back to his dorm room that night, he found that Naruto wasn't there. He figured that he must have gone out with his friends like he often did. He laid on his bed, pulling out one of his textbooks in hopes of studying and getting Itachi's words out of his head. He failed miserably and his mind instantly wandered to Naruto. 'He can't be my best friend, that is just ridiculous. He's my roommate and I guess my friend, but certainly not my best friend. For once Itachi is wrong, he has to be. But then why did I go with him the other day? And why is he able to get me to go out with his friends? Damn it I know that I may have a small crush on him, but that doesn't mean he's my best friend. Why'd Itachi have to say that about him? Why would he tell me to tell Naruto what happened that night? He knows that I don't open up to just anyone so why would he think that Naruto would be any different? He can't be my best friend,' Sasuke sighed as he continued to be drowned in his thoughts. 'Why did Itachi have to make everything so confusing?' he asked himself as he looked up at the ceiling.

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Naruto looked around at all of his friends. He was talking to Shino and Chouji, though he wasn't really paying attention. He'd add a "Yeah" and make noises of agreement from time to time, but he wasn't quite sure he knew exactly what he was agreeing with. He looked around at all of his friends; some were flirting, some of which he thought was unintentional. Kiba was flirting with Hinata, once again, and Hinata seemed to be flirting back but he was sure the girl didn't know what she was doing. Sakura was also flirting back with Lee, though he knew that wasn't on purpose. Sakura just liked the attention and somehow had gone from ignoring him to encouraging him. Neji and Gaara were once again being secretive and quiet with their conversation. Naruto figured that there was something between them that they didn't want everyone to know about. Neji came from a wealthy background and knew he may be shunned if he had a relationship with a guy. The blond just wondered how long they could actually keep it a secret. As usual, Shikamaru had Ino and Temari fighting over him. With how close Shikamaru seemed to be sitting closer to Temari, it seemed as if she were winning.

Naruto couldn't help but wish that Sasuke were there. Watching almost all of his friends have someone made him think about his dark haired roommate. He tried to assure himself it was just because he wanted someone to talk to, but he knew that wasn't true. He liked the other man and it would be just another excuse to talk to him. Ever since meeting Sasuke's ex-boyfriend something in Naruto clicked.

"Are you okay Naruto?" Chouji asked, noticing that he wasn't paying attention. Naruto usually talked a lot, which made him wonder what he was thinking about.

"Yeah I'm fine," Naruto replied. "Just thinking," he said, not bothering to go into detail about his thoughts. He didn't want to tell his friends about his attraction to Sasuke until he knew if they were returned or not. He had a feeling that meant he wouldn't be telling them for a long time, if he ever got the courage to make a move.

TBC…

I had a difficult time writing this chapter so let me know what you think of it…