I'm so sorry for how long it's been since an update, I've had a little bit of writers block lately…sorry if that fact is evident in this chapter…

I know most people didn't like the last chapter and I'm sorry but it will have good consequences

As always I own nothing regarding Naruto or it's characters

This song was originally called Just a Kiss, based on the Lady Antebellum song, but I think the chapter fits better with The Mess I Made by Parachute

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Chapter 24: The Mess I Made

Sasuke woke up with a pounding headache and a sting shooting up his lower back. 'What the hell?' he thought before realizing that he was completely naked. His eyes widened as he opened his eyes and saw that he was not in his own room. 'Fuck,' was the only thought as he wondered who it was he went home with the previous night. Despite the pounding in his head he quickly got up and started to find his clothes, putting them on in the process.

He froze when he saw a familiar set on the floor as well, 'Kyuubi.' Sasuke let out a small growl as the anger built up. Had he been a cartoon character his eyes would be turning red as smoke blew out his ears. As he got dressed, he set off to find Kyuubi. He wasn't sure that he could hold back the urge to kill the man once he saw him.

It didn't take long to find him; he was standing in the kitchen drinking coffee. This was obviously his off campus house. By the way he was standing, obviously not in pain, Sasuke knew that he hadn't been drunk the night before. "Sasuke, you're up," he put on a fake smile, but deep down he was worried about the Uchiha's anger. "Last night was crazy, huh?" he bit his lip, trying not to look the other man in the eyes.

"Crazy?" Sasuke repeated. "That's all you have to say?" he asked, stepping closer as he looked for something to throw at the man's head. "You took advangtage of me," he told him, remembering exactly what had happened the night before, though wishing that he didn't.

"Hey it was completely consensual, you were asking for it," he told the infuriated man. He knew that it was a lame response and that it only made the mad man madder. "We were both drunk last night," he tried, hoping that he could calm the young Uchiha down.

"You don't look too hung-over today," Sasuke pointed out. "You were hardly drunk, maybe tipsy, but not drunk," he restrained from yelling. "You took advantage of me," he said once again, this time throwing a near by vase at redhead's head.

"What the hell," Kyuubi yelled. He was sure that Sasuke was bound to kill him and realized how stupid it was to mess with the other man. He had known that Sasuke had a temper, so he wasn't sure why he'd do anything to make that temper aimed at him.

"You were asking for it," he said, using Kyuubi's own words against him. "You're just lucky that I don't have better aim this morning," he told him, his head still pounding. "I can assure you that if I didn't have a hangover right now I would, at the very least, cut off your dick. And I would take my time doing it because I'm sure that'd put you through a lot of pain," he told him, his voice growing darker. "I'd stay away from me unless you do want that to happen," Sasuke told him before gathering the rest of his things and walking out of the door.

"Sasuke," Kyuubi called after him. "You can't walk all of that way, this isn't the best neighborhood and it's a far walk," he said as he ran after the dark haired man. "At least let me drive you back to the school, it'll be my way of saying sorry," he pleaded. He caught up with the dark haired man at the doorway, "Please, I'm sorry."

Sasuke pushed him against the wall, his arm pressed against Kyuubi's neck. "Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?" he asked, still angry. Kyuubi nodded, "Then I suggest you do it," he told him. "As you can see, I'm plenty capable of holding my own," he said before dropping the man, causing him to gasp for air. "Bother me again and I will do worse than that," he told him before walking away.

Sasuke looked toward the school, ready to walk back to his dorm. He frowned and turned the other way, realizing that he wasn't quite ready to go back. He knew there was one place that he could always go for advice and that was where he planned on going. He was close enough and he knew there was a bus that could take him back to the university when he was done.

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'I am so stupid,' Naruto thought as he woke up to see that Sasuke wasn't in his bed. The bed had looked as if it hadn't been slept in and Naruto knew that was because it hadn't been. He got up and got dressed, hoping that Sasuke had crashed at Suigetsu's room. 'Please let him be here,' he thought as he knocked on Suigetsu's door.

Suigetsu looked tired and disheveled when he opened the door, "Hi Naruto." He yawned, feeling it was much too early to be up. "What do you want?" he asked, wondering why Naruto would be at his door.

"You look like crap," the blond told him. "Are you still wearing the clothes from last night?" he asked. He had never seen Suigetsu in such a state. Naruto thought the man was an early riser since he'd been over to his and Sasuke's room early plenty of times.

"I just got back," he told him. When he saw the confused look on his face Suigetsu added, "I do have a girlfriend, remember?" Naruto nodded, realizing what Suigetsu was saying. "Now get to the point," he demanded, he was a little grumpy when he was tired.

"Sasuke didn't come back to our room last night," Naruto told him, causing Suigetsu's eyes to open in surprise. "I was hoping that he was here, but obviously he's not," he sighed.

"I thought he was safe with you when I left you two alone," Suigetsu said angrily, wanting to know how Naruto could leave Sasuke alone. They had both agreed that it was bad to let Sasuke walk around the party drunk, yet Naruto had let him. "Why would you walk away from him, what the hell were you thinking?" he was already grumpy, but Naruto's actions made him angry.

"Look I know it was stupid of me," Naruto said, feeling as if it were his fault. "I could handle it if he had just been flirting with me," he said in frustration. "But then he started to kiss me and, well, I wasn't sure how long I could hold back," he told the other man. "I didn't want to take advantage of him, I didn't think that he'd just disappear after that," he frowned, hoping that Sasuke was okay.

"Sasuke can take care of himself," Suigetsu told him. "He just tends to do stupid things when he's drunk," the man sighed, hoping that Sasuke would turn up soon. When he saw that Naruto looked disappointed he quickly said, "Not that kissing you was one of those stupid things."

"You don't have to lie," Naruto told him, knowing that Sasuke would have regretted what could have happened that night. "I know that he would have regretted it," he told Suigetsu. "But I still should have took him back to the dorm so he could sleep it off. I'm so stupid," he sighed, wishing that he could turn back time, but knowing that it was impossible.

"Yeah," Suigetsu said, wondering if he should tell Naruto that Sasuke did like him. "But not for the reasons you think," he told the blond, hoping that he understood what he was trying to tell him. "Would you have been taking advantage of him? Probably, but that doesn't mean that he didn't want it to happen," he said to a shocked Naruto.

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Sasuke sat across from his brother. He had taken a pain killer before he came, not wanting his brother to realize how bad the night had truly been. He knew that Itachi was surprised because it wasn't Friday and yet there he was, looking sadder than he had in a long time. "Sasuke, what's going on?" he asked, concerned for his little brother.

"I did something really stupid," Sasuke confessed. "I went to a party last night and thing got way out of hand and I have no idea what to do," he said, a mix of panic, disappointment, and sadness in his eyes. "I need some advice," he added.

Itachi was surprised, knowing that his brother never came to him for help. He knew that it must have been serious if Sasuke was sitting in front of him, showing weakness. His brother hated to be seen as weak, but there he was and Itachi was dreading to hear what was brother.

"I got drunk last night," he told Itachi. "And I do stupid things when I'm drunk," he told him, as if the man didn't already know. "Well, I started to hit on my roommate," he sighed. Itachi already knew that Sasuke liked Naruto, which made him think that he was the cause of Sasuke's sadness. "Well, he, in a way, rejected me. I don't know if it was because I was drunk or if he really just didn't want me," he frowned, hoping it was the first. "Well, I felt rejected and I went home with this guy who took advantage of me," he said.

"He what?" Itachi said angrily. It was times like that where he wished he wasn't locked up so that he could teach the man a lesson. "Did you teach him not to mess with you? Because if I weren't in here you know that I'd do it for you," he said, wishing he could meet the guy in person so he could beat him to a pulp.

"Look I'm not here for advice on what to do about Kyuubi, I already fixed that," he told his brother, which made Itachi feel a little better. He knew that Sasuke was capable of taking care of himself, but that didn't make Itachi want to do any less harm to the man. "I want advice on what to do about Naruto. I know it's going to be awkward when I go back, but I don't know if I should brush it off as me being drunk or if I should just tell the truth," Sasuke said, torn between protecting his heart or putting it out on the line to be broken.

"Sasuke," Itachi said, going into his calm big brother mode. "You always suppress your feelings when it comes to love," he told him, not wanting him to do it again. "Ever since that guy, Yukio, you never let anyone close. From what you say about this guy I think it's okay for you to tell him how you feel," he told his brother. He knew that Sasuke ran away from everything that could hurt him and he knew it was time for him to let himself take a chance. Sasuke just nodded his head, not entirely sure if he was ready to tell Naruto or not.

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Naruto had been pacing back and forth around the room. He'd sit for a moment before standing up and pacing again. He was worried about Sasuke and thinking about how stupid he was for leaving him alone. He wanted Sasuke to walk through the door so he could know that he was okay. As he sat down again, the door opened and Sasuke walked in. "Sasuke," he stood up again and quickly went and pulled him into a hug. Once he realized how awkward the closeness was after the night before he pulled away and took a step back. "I was, uh, worried," he told him.

"I can tell," Sasuke muttered, looking away from Naruto. He wasn't sure what to say and he had never been so nervous about saying how he felt. With Yukio they hadn't been friends so there was nothing to lose, but Naruto was his friend. He may not have said it, but he and the blond had become close friends.

"Where were you?" he asked, hoping that Sasuke had been somewhere safe. He could tell by the look on Sasuke's face that it wasn't the case.

"I did something stupid," he admitted. They were still standing across from each other, neither taking the risk of moving. They didn't want to make things worse. "I went home with Kyuubi last night," he told him with a frown. He hesitantly said, "He took advantage of me."

Naruto felt the anger build up as he broke the stillness in the room and moved toward the door, "Where is he? I'm gonna kill him." When Sasuke grabbed his arm and turned him around, he stopped mainly out of shock. "Why are you stopping me? He deserves to get a good beating," Naruto's frustration was let out by the anger in his voice.

"Kyuubi's not going to be a problem anymore," he told the blond. By the way Naruto was staring at him he knew exactly what he thought, "I didn't kill him." The blonde's shoulders relaxed and Sasuke said, "I merely threatened him."

"I still don't think that's enough," Naruto grumbled as he stopped trying to get away. He realized that Sasuke was still holding his arm, but said nothing about it. He didn't want to ruin it, to ruin the feel of Sasuke's hand on his arm. Any time Sasuke touched him he felt butterflies and he didn't want them to go away.

Sasuke realized what he was doing and knew that if he didn't tell him in that moment then he never would. "I was drunk last night, that's a given," he told Naruto before taking a step toward him. "What I did with Kyuubi meant nothing and I did only do it because I was drunk," he added and Naruto started to think he was going to say that their interaction was only because he was drunk. "But even though I didn't go about it the best of ways, I did mean how I felt about you," he told him. Sasuke didn't leave any room for Naruto to speak; instead he pulled him in for a kiss. When he felt that the blond didn't kiss back he quickly pulled away. "Sorry," he said before taking off back out of the door, feeling like an idiot.

Naruto stood there shocked. He hadn't been expecting Sasuke to kiss him; it had made him freeze in place. "Crap. Crap. Crap," Naruto said as he quickly chased after Sasuke. "Sasuke!" he called, but found that the man was nowhere in sight. "Shit," he frowned knowing exactly what the Uchiha must have been thinking. "Damn it!" he yelled, causing the few students in the hallway to look at him. "What the hell did I just do?" he asked himself, causing the other students to look at him as if he were a freak. "What are you looking at?" he growled in frustration.

Part of him wanted to look everywhere to find Sasuke, but he also knew that it was probably be best to give him some space. He also wanted to hurt the cause of all of it: Kyuubi. If the redhead hadn't hurt Sasuke then Sasuke's confession might have been more expected. He wasn't prepared for a confession after the man had been saying how he did things that he regrets because he was drunk. He wanted to kill Kyuubi for even thinking about taking advantage of Sasuke.

The only reason he didn't find him and cause him bodily harm was because Sasuke had stopped him. Sasuke was already going to avoid him; he didn't need to add Kyuubi to the list of reasons. The one thing that he knew that he had to do was talk to Sasuke. He had to explain to him that he felt the same way. He had to tell him why he was so shocked. He needed to find a way to get Sasuke to speak to him rather than avoid him.

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Sasuke walked off campus, wanting to be anywhere but somewhere that Naruto could find him. "I'm such an idiot," he said to himself as he found a nearby park. 'I should know better than to put my heart out there,' he thought, trying to lock up any of his feelings. He refused to cry over rejection, he was stronger than that. 'Never again,' he told himself. He promised that he'd never let his hear be broken again. He'd never give anyone the chance ever again.

He wasn't sure why he never had luck when it came to matters of the heart. Perhaps he fell for men that would never love him back. Maybe it was his own doing; maybe he was doing something wrong in every relationship or every possible relationship. He thought that maybe he was just too damaged to love. There were a lot of things he didn't know, but what he did know was that love is hell.

TBC…

I thought about having Naruto confronting Kyuubi but it just didn't feel right…Sasuke stopped him from hurting Kyuubi so I didn't think Sasuke would like it if Naruto did anyway…

I hope you guys like the chapter…I was fighting writer's block so I'm not sure how great it turned out…so let me know…good? Bad? Horrible?