And here you will finally learn what it was they were fighting about! I really liked the reviews on the last chapter... Thank you for either liking it or hating me for it a little XD And of course Sasuke planned the puking just right... Anyway, enjoy this bit and thank you for liking this story so much! Makes me very happy :) And check out my new poll!

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With the biggest hangover ever Sasuke made his way to the hospital. It was early, way too early to actually be awake already after the long night he had gone through. He had slept over at Neji's place, mostly because he wasn't able to move anymore after he had puked his guts out and his friend found him in the bathroom. He got scolded at for cock blocking him again, but it wasn't like Sasuke really realised. He had even forgotten about his conversation with Naruto until he had woken up and even now he wasn't sure what they had talked about. Of course about what they had been fighting about, but what else? He felt like he was missing something.

He probably shouldn't be driving in this condition. His eyes were still a bit glazed over and he wasn't sure if he was actually completely sober. But he couldn't wait any longer. He hadn't visited Naruto yesterday and the conversation didn't end well, he remembered that much, since he needed to throw up at that point.

And this damn traffic wasn't helping! Eventually he got to the hospital, causing more troubles on the road than had bothered him by driving recklessly. He was lucky he didn't get to the hospital in a different way, but he made it out alive and even safe. Groaning as he got out of the car he shuffled towards the front door, locking his car somewhere across the parking lot. This probably wasn't the best time to come visit or the right condition, but he was definitely still too drunk to make right decisions. He had just figured that out when he missed the elevator button several times.

Peeking through his black bangs he got out, glaring at Sakura who wisely kept her mouth shut, even if she wanted to scold at him for not showing up yesterday, but she noticed it wouldn't be the right thing at this point.

Finally Sasuke got to the door, the road way too long for the condition he was in. At least he had some determination to get to Naruto, otherwise he definitely would be sleeping still, but he needed to see Naruto and make sure everything was alright. Even after the fight Sasuke wasn't about to stay away. He did remember parts of what Neji had said to him and it helped still. It was worth it. All the pain would be worth it, because Naruto was important.

When he opened the door, blue eyes snapped his way, not having expected anyone this early. But when Naruto noticed it was Sasuke, he crossed his arms over each other and huffed loudly as he looked the other way. Naruto was insulted after how he was blown of yesterday. So Sasuke had to puke after he had said he loved the raven? How disrespectful was that?

And of course Sasuke had forgotten about that and thought Naruto was still mad about the fight they had. So this was not starting out well, because this also pissed Sasuke off. He had every right to be mad at Naruto for what the blonde did!

Grumbling something under his breath Sasuke walked in and flopped down in the chair beside Naruto's bed, rather than sitting on the bed beside the blonde. He sighed softly when he finally got his weight off his legs, stretching them out in front of his body. God, this hangover was the worst and when he closed his eyes, his mind was still buzzing. Nausea bubbling up, Sasuke quickly opened his eyes again and took a deep breath, willing the weird feeling away. Better not throw up in here… Naruto did that enough when he had his chemo.

'So what are you doing here?' Naruto accused, still determined to not look at Sasuke period and making sure the raven knew exactly how unwanted he was at the moment, which annoyed Sasuke even further.

He had come all this way in his damn condition and then he would be chased out by a grumpy Naruto? No way that was going to happen! Not that he could move right now anyway. 'First apologise for not showing up yesterday,' he gritted out, glaring at the back of Naruto's head. 'And then finish the damn conversation we had the day before.'

Of course the first part kind of surprised Naruto, but the second part made the anger only more apparent and quickly Naruto turned around to face him. 'There is nothing to discuss here. It's my life and I will make decisions about what happens here. It's not like you care about me anyway!' That was a strange accusation and how the hell did Naruto even come up with something like that?

Sasuke got up and faced Naruto completely. 'What the fuck is that? How can you say that I don't even care? I fucking come here every day ever since you've been here, except for yesterday, and that makes me not care about you?' He glared hard into those deep blue eyes, challenging Naruto to say he didn't care. How dare Naruto say such a stupid thing? If someone cared about Naruto it was freaking him!

'Because!' And Naruto couldn't say more, suddenly very embarrassed to actually say it out loud. How can someone easily talk about his rejection with the one he had been rejected by, certainly in a tone like this?

But Sasuke took this the wrong way of course, his headache only fuelling his anger. 'Because what?!' he yelled out, almost pushing his forehead against Naruto's, threatening him a little. Naruto actually got a little shy now, his gaze shifting to his lap as he fumbled with his sheets. This even cooled Sasuke off a bit and he slowly stepped back, eyeing Naruto for a moment and wondering why the mood had changed from complete anger to something awkward. 'Because what?' he asked a lot softer and reached for Naruto's hand.

'Because you started puking right after I told you I loved you,' Naruto said in a small voice, shocking Sasuke completely. Naruto had said what? When? Puking? Fuck… He was at a complete loss of words. What should he even say now? Say it back? Say thank you? Yeah, because that worked out great for everyone else. Say nothing at all? Well, that would only really break this damn thing apart. This wasn't a conversation he was supposed to have with this damn hangover! How did he feel about Naruto? It had been the question he feared the most. He liked it better when it wasn't labelled. When he could just say I feel good where we are right now, not knowing where that even was. But he did care about Naruto and every time he actually thought about his feelings, he was very scared, so that meant enough, right?

Slowly blue eyes went up to stare back into unsure black ones, wondering where the answer to that stayed, but Naruto kept his mouth shut, waiting on an answer. He wouldn't say anything, because Sasuke's reaction was too important. Carefully Sasuke opened his mouth and then closed it again, shaking his head as if to rearrange his mind. And then he finally started talking, very slowly and choosing his words just right with many pauses. 'You know I am not very good at expressing myself and… you also know that I have been accused of having a fear of… commitment. But I think that me sticking around for this long should show you that I do care about you… and that I quite possibly do l… l-love you back. But don't ask me for a responds when you want one, because you know that will scare me of. So you are forgiven now, but don't do it again.'

'You love me?' Of course that was the only thing Naruto answered to, saying the exact thing Sasuke told him not to. Annoyed Sasuke rubbed a hand over his face, groaning as he knew he had to answer again, but Naruto beat him to the punch. 'You love me!' he shouted as a statement and then roughly pulled Sasuke down for a kiss, tears stinging in his eyes. Of course Sasuke loved him! How could he have been so stupid? That's why they had fought about the operation and about the decision Naruto had made. Sasuke loved him!

A bit shaky Sasuke pulled back, the kiss awaking something he didn't need awakened right now. They had something else to talk about right now. 'Okay, so we got that out of the way, but we do need to talk about the other thing still,' Sasuke started, shaking his head again.

The hold Naruto had on him loosened a bit and he sat back, scooting over for Sasuke to sit down next to him, which Sasuke gladly did. The conversation would go very differently now than last time when Sasuke had overheard the conversation Naruto had had with Tsunade. Now they would talk about it better instead of yelling and barging out without another word. 'I know you don't agree, Sasuke, but I think this will be my best shot at getting better. You know the chemo is tough on me and it's not doing as much as it should, so I want to try this, regardless the risks.'

Not what Sasuke wanted to hear, but with things like these it was hard to argue. He knew Naruto was right and that the chemo wasn't helping a lot. Of course the tumour had gotten smaller, but there wasn't as much progress as they had anticipated in the beginning. 'But the risk is you dying, Naruto. Tsunade said it was almost forty percent chance you might not make it. I can't… I just can't risk that.' There it was, his feelings out on the table. He couldn't stand the thought of losing Naruto and this operation might just have it end soon. Of course there was a sixty percent chance the blonde would be fine, but those odds just weren't big enough for him.

Naruto sighed softly and a sad expression formed on his face. He knew this was tough on Sasuke and of course Naruto was scared as well. He didn't want to die, far from it, but what if the tumour would be gone right after this? Then he would be going home much sooner than when he would go through months and months of this damn chemo. 'I do want to risk this, Sasuke and as I said before it's my body and my life. I make the final decision. Not even my legal guardian can say something anymore, because I am an adult. And I want you to support me in this, Sasuke. I want you to stay by my side and tell me this all will be alright, because I'm scared and I can't have you be scared with me. You need to be tough and say everything will be alright and tell me that there is a future for me to go to when I get out of here.' Slowly tears were streaming down Naruto's face now, his blue eyes glistening lightly as he searched Sasuke's eyes for the support he needed. For the strong lover he craved for so badly.

Sasuke felt his heart breaking. Through all this time he had not seen Naruto as vulnerable as he saw him now and it hurt. So he nodded slowly, wiping the tears away and then leaning down to capture Naruto's lips in a soft kiss. 'Okay,' he whispered. 'Okay, I will support you and I will tell you stories about our future together, but then you have to promise me that you will make it out alive, because you can't leave me now. So you go through that surgery and you better come out all better and then we go home together.'

This time Naruto nodded and moved closer to Sasuke and there they just hugged for a while. Sasuke still wasn't happy with the decision, but Naruto was right and he didn't want them eventually part because of this. So he would suck it up and they would be happy at least until the operation and after that hopefully for many more years.

'You don't even have a phone here. How did you even call me last night?' Sasuke suddenly mused, glancing around the room and definitely not spotting a phone anywhere and he was sure Naruto didn't have a cell phone here.

Naruto giggled lightly and then whispered as if he had the biggest secret to share. 'I sneaked out of bed in the middle of the night when I knew everyone was gone and no one would check on me for a while and dialled the number you had written down in case of an emergency.' And at that Sasuke could only chuckle softly and kiss Naruto some more, because it was the small things that Naruto did that made him so crazy about the blonde.

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