This is the last chapter to the Alternate Ending! Enjoy!

~2 Years Later~

So much time has gone by and so much has happened. But I'm finally content with my life. Sasuke and I finally found a happy place. Sasuke and I agreed on a sexual frustration outlet of him: controlled BDSM. We have a safe word and both Kurama and Kiba are to be notified before and after we do it. The limit is an hour and a half. If I don't call either of them back within that time limit, they're calling the cops.

Sasuke grumbled about the restraints but I warned him that it was because of his past abusiveness and he eventually agreed that it'd probably be for the best. He didn't want to be the Sasuke of the past and I'm glad he's made this commitment to not only me, but to himself. It's something I've always loved about him. Even in the past, when he was committed, he saw it through. The problem with us was that he wasn't committed to being a boyfriend, though he was committed to being with me. He had always loved me but never knew how to display it.

After two years, we no longer have the need to call Kiba and Kurama anymore because Sasuke no longer feels the sexual frustration. So our BDSM stage is finally over and done with and we've began having normal sex.

I'm happy.

I truly am. I never thought that my life would be this happy. To be honest, I always wanted to end up with Sasuke, but I couldn't do it with him being so abusive. I'm glad, so glad, that he's made this better change of himself. He's finally accepted and learned how to love me for me and he's so much better. He's loving and compassionate and he smiles more than he smirks now. I melt when he smiles, it's beautiful and radiant and makes me smile cause I can see how genuine it is.

Our life together is only beginning.

"Oi. Naruto. Kiba finally popped the question," Sauske states as he enters the room with a few letters and a wedding invitation.

"So Hinata and Kiba are tying the knot. Finally! Geez. That boy is so hard-headed. I bet you anything Neji drilled it into his head after his own marriage to TenTen," I reply as I look up from the book I'm reading. I'm in a very cozy position on the couch.

"So of all our friends, who's married and who's not?" Sasuke was genuinely curious. And yes, my friends had become his friend and his friends... had started to become mine. Gaara and Suigetsu apologized for that... time... in the bathroom, I brushed it off because I didn't wanna think about it.

"Let's see... the married couples are... Ino and Sakura, TenTen and Neji, and... Kakashi and Iruka. Kankuro and Rock Lee are still single, Gaara's not looking, Suigetsu and my cousin and Karen are starting their relationship, my brother's finally looking, Hinata and Kiba are about to get married-" I start to spout off.

"Itachi and Kisame tied the knot a few nights ago at a court. And my cousin Obito is engaged to Rin, finally," Sasuke added in.

"That about does it," I nod as I go over everyone.

"Teyuya and Orochimaru are married again right?"

I snicker. "Those two... on and off marriage is whack."

"Then there's us," Sasuke states and looks at me.

I blush and look away. "What about us?"

Sasuke creeps over to me and places a bookmark in my book before placing it aside. He doesn't say a word, just smiles and brushes the hair out of my face. He removes my reading glasses (I'm far-sighted) and looks deep into my eyes.

"Naruto. You have the most beautiful, naturally blue eyes I've seen," Sasuke smiles, then smirks and kisses me fully on the lips before I have a chance to reply.

My knees feel like jelly and I'm glad I'm not standing. I kiss him back as my heart rapidly beats in my chest, sending me into palpitations. My hearts not weak but I've recently found that I have heart arrhythmia, which is potentially life-threatening, but not currently. They said when I get older, I'll have to get a pacemaker, but not now.

I kiss back, face heating up as I wrap my arms around the raven-haired man that was kissing me. He snakes an arm around my back to pull me closer, thus deepening our kiss.

He pulls back and kisses my forehead before standing up. "You want Ramen for lunch right?"

"Of course!" I smile, beaming as he mentions Ramen. It's still my favorite food, even after all these years. I pick up my book again and read after putting my reading glasses back on.

It's about 10 minutes later, Sasuke comes out with two bowls of ramen: one decorated with beef and fish cakes, the other decorated with tomatoes and small onigiri.

"Arigatou. Itadakimasu!" I smile and open my chopsticks, before I take a bite I notice something not very edible on top of my Ramen. I blink, pick it up, and blush profusely. It's a 24-karat gold ring with an orange tourmaline cut into the shape of a Marigold with two ruby gems on either side and a diamon on the ends. It had engraved designs on it and on the inside it said "forever". To be honest, I started getting blurry-eyed. I put it on my finger. It was the right fit.

"S-Sasuke?"

"Naruto." He smiles at me and gets down on one knee. "We've been through so much together and I loved you then and I love you now. I want to be with you forever. So will you marry me?"

You can imagine the answer I gave.

So I typed this up while being hopelessly distracted by the Oscars.
Oops.
Well this is the end. Did you guys enjoy it?
Should I make a sequel?
If I do, it'll happened after "Sasuke's Adventures in America" and "10 Days Left".
Thank you and it's been a wonderful ride with this story.

Your author,
Nova