Today Sasuke would actually be a little early to visit Naruto and the whole way there Sasuke smiled, happy about this fact and that his boss finally decided to be nice for a change. The raven had stopped at another place first, picking out the most beautiful flowers and adding a nice card to it to make it extra special. Maybe it was a little cliché, but Sasuke had actually never done things like these, so he had no idea what would be an original gift for someone who was in the hospital? And did it really matter anyway?

With the flowers in his hand, he stalked towards the elevators and went to the right floor. It was a little busier at this hour, the visiting hours just having started. Everyone seemed to want to visit their friends or family members that were here in some room. So the elevator was overly crowded and Sasuke was glad that he could get out on his floor, pushing several people to the side harshly to preserve his flowers.

'Aw, you got flowers for Naruto?' Sakura asked him as he stalked passed her, only responding with a simple 'hn'. He wasn't really interested in her and she was acting way too sweet towards them to his liking. Shooting them loving looks and giving them cute nicknames. Awful. But the blonde actually loved all the attention and would hug Sasuke even closer once Sakura started. Even more awful.

As he approached the door Sasuke could hear the soft mumbling of someone talking and immediately assumed that Kiba would have visitors over. But when he pushed open the door he noticed someone was sitting by Naruto's bed and he did recognise the deep red hair from somewhere. And then he remembered it was Naruto's friend, Gaara was his name, right?

It actually took a moment before Naruto even noticed his, uhh, friend? Standing in the doorway, but then a big smile formed on his lips and his eyes lit up as they fell on the beautiful white flowers Sasuke had brought over. 'Sasuke's here!' he announced, extending his arms and waiting until the raven would respond to the hug. With a grumble said raven walked over and carefully wrapped an arm around the blonde's small figure, making sure to avoid the tubes and not pull them out.

'Hey,' Sasuke responded softly, leaning back a little and greeting Naruto with a kiss on the lips. Not something he did very often, not feeling very comfortable kissing with people around, but now he felt the need to show Gaara that he was here for Naruto and that he would stay here for Naruto. He had no idea what kind of relationship there was between the redhead and Naruto, but they better not have some history together. Sasuke wouldn't suddenly be pushed out.

As Sasuke leaned back he noticed the light blush dusting his lovely blonde's cheeks, his eyes descended down as a small smile graced his lips. 'So you came early today, brought be flowers and kiss me. Is it my birthday or something?'

And with that Naruto deserved another kiss, Sasuke still completely ignoring the redhead sitting to the side. Although he stayed awfully quiet as well. 'Not your birthday, but I thought we should celebrate the fact that my boss wasn't a complete jerk today and let me leave early,' he murmured, lightly smirking down at Naruto.

Two tanned arms coiled around Sasuke's neck and pulled him onto the bed. 'Well, I hope you don't mind celebrating this with Gaara here, but now you have an excuse to sit next to me in bed again,' Naruto replied cheekily, smirking a little of his own as he made the raven sit on the bed with him, snuggling close and forcing an arm around his shoulders. Not that Sasuke minded. It was much better to sit next to the lovely blonde than beside him on the chair.

'Of course I don't mind,' Sasuke replied, looking down at Gaara and giving the redhead a slight nod in acknowledgement, immediately getting the same nod back. Another silent force it seemed. Then his dark eyes moved through the room and settled on Naruto's roommate, sending him a nod as well, but adding a bit of a wave to show off that he was friendlier with people he actually knew.

Kiba only replied with a little smile and then glanced out of the window again and Sasuke couldn't help but wonder why he thought the brunette looked sort of sad. Even the dog had stayed calm as he walked in and that was very unusual as well, but he wouldn't ask what was going on. Naruto's mood seemed fine, so it couldn't be that bad. They would share everything it seemed, so as long as Naruto didn't appear sad, then Kiba should be fine as well. It was strange, but he had grown comfortable with Kiba in the room, so didn't mind him much anymore. It was better for Naruto anyway that Kiba was here, so that made a big difference as well.

'So Sasuke, I've heard you stopped by to visit Naruto every day now,' Gaara suddenly spoke up, his voice sounding a little raspy as if he had smoked too much. But there was this accusing undertone that didn't sit well with Sasuke. What was Gaara's problem anyway? Why would you say such a thing if you know it's the truth already anyway? But he could also show off a little.

'I have been here every day, yes. When I get out of work the first thing I do is visit Naruto until visiting hours are over and I also was the one who brought him here on his first day.' Not adding the part unlike his so called friend, Gaara. Had the redhead even been here before already or was this actually the first time he got here? What was his deal with judging him then?

Gaara's lips turned into a slim line, eyes narrowing slightly at Sasuke as he glanced over at the pair. A strange awkwardness rose in the room and Naruto shifted uncomfortably beside Sasuke, unsure of what to do in this situation. 'Well, I am glad you are taking care of Naruto then. They better not be empty promises,' he threatened. The redhead didn't even try to stay nice.

'I do not make empty promises,' Sasuke replied annoyed. 'An Uchiha will always stick by his word, because we don't throw them around carelessly.' He stared down the redhead with a glare of his own, not allowing Gaara to talk him down and force him to leave. Sasuke would stay, as he had promised so many times already, more to himself than actually said out loud, but did that matter?

Silence took over the room again and as Sasuke was waiting on a reply from Gaara, Naruto just didn't know what to do. Kiba was eyeing them curiously as well, listening on to the weird conversation being shared. Of course it wasn't strange of Gaara to be weary of the guy that suddenly walked into Naruto's life and decided to take over everything and make sure the blonde was fine. If he could decide on that so fast, then he definitely could choose to leave suddenly as well. And to think that Gaara actually left the guy with his friend when he was drunk. But Naruto had needed that at the moment and how would Gaara have known that it would end up like this? Preferably he would have Sasuke out of their lives soon.

Gaara turned his head away from the couple and decided to glare at the floor instead. 'Your Uchiha word means nothing to me, but I can give you my word that I will make your life miserable if you do something to Naruto that makes him unhappy.' Another threat thrown Sasuke's way, this time with more form than the other had.

But how could Sasuke reply to that? He wouldn't expect anything less, but the fact that Gaara already assumed something horrible was going to happen bothered him. What made him so untrustworthy? Of course he hadn't been in long term relationships before, but Gaara wasn't aware of that and he was sure you couldn't see that on his face. So what did make him seem like someone that you couldn't trust?

Eventually he didn't reply and glanced away as well, his glare directed to the wall. The awkward mood stretched on, no one wanting to speak up anymore. Naruto glanced around, very uncomfortable, and leaned a little closer to Sasuke as if that would comfort him. Of course he was also still worried that one day Sasuke just wouldn't show up, but he wouldn't blame the raven for it. It was already a miracle that Sasuke was still here.

Suddenly someone cleared his throat, three pairs of eyes immediately shooting his way, two of them daring him to say something. 'Uhh, I just couldn't help but listen in since you are in the same room and well, it's kind of quiet here. But your red friend over there of course has every right to doubt Sasuke over here, but I just wanted to say that I think Sasuke will keep his word and will stay. He's been around a lot already and goes out of his way to make Naruto feel better about everything. So cut the guy some slack and just enjoy your time with Naruto. You don't stop by very often,' Kiba spoke up, feeling like someone should say something.

Gaara huffed a little, but then relaxed in his seat, apparently deciding he could trust the dog lover. He didn't reply though, but the atmosphere had gotten better and even Naruto smiled again, so it should be fine and Sasuke did expect Gaara to punish him if he screwed things up with Naruto. Even in his own mind he would deserve it then.

Black eyes turned a little softer as Sasuke kept staring at Kiba, mouthing a thank you and receiving a nod back in return. Yes, he definitely was growing fond of the dog lover, even if the dog still wasn't really his thing. Kiba was just friendly, even if he was annoying at times. And with that Kiba removed himself from the conversation again, eyes glancing back to stare out the window.

And then Gaara suddenly rose from his chair and stretched a little. 'Well, since I assume you want to spend some time with your new boyfriend, I'll leave you alone,' he announced, already walking towards the door. 'I'll see you in a few days, Naruto.' And with that he left, not even saying anything to the other two in the room.

Sasuke's heart had actually skipped a beat when he heard the word boyfriend, the word still freaking him out a little. He just wasn't comfortable with calling them boyfriends, even if he was always there and they acted like it. Could they just not label it and enjoy their time together? Boyfriend was just weird or something.

The blonde turned towards Sasuke as soon as Gaara had left the room, shouting some sort of goodbye to him as well. He leaned up close to the raven's ear and whispered, 'could you close the curtain for a moment?' And with a shrug Sasuke did as he was told, wondering what Naruto wanted to discuss with him in private. Maybe it was about Kiba and there was something with that sad look he had seen before.

When the curtain was closed all around them, Sasuke get back on the bed with Naruto and just sat there waiting for Naruto to talk. But instead the sick blonde leaned in and captured Sasuke's lips in a long kiss, asking much more from the raven. Well, it was something they hadn't done in a while and Sasuke definitely was not going to force Naruto to stop.

A tongue slipped into his mouth and he leaned further over, so that he was almost lying on top of Naruto, wanting him to be most comfortable. Soft sounds could be heard in the room as hands started wandering over the other's body, asking for much more than this. Sasuke couldn't help himself, Naruto was just so incredibly sexy and his lips on his were so incredibly soft.

'You know I can hear you,' Kiba said a little annoyed and Sasuke broke the kiss for a moment to reply, smirk on his lips.

'Well, I promise we won't take it further, but you better enjoy the sounds of kissing, because I am not done yet.' And as Naruto blushed a bright red, lips were immediately latched onto each other again and stayed there for quite some time, ignoring the brunette's complaining sounds.

Characters © Masashi Kishimoto

Let me know what you think :)

So secretly I had kind of forgotten about Gaara and Neji, so thank you for pointing that out to me! Neji will come up as well, but not yet. He will have a better place at another time :)

And now I was thinking of the next chapter being some smexy time again, because hospital sex. So do we want something hot or rather just continue with some plot?