Adflkjdf! A new fic guys! I know, two new fics in one day! Kill me, please, I'm overloaded! ah, who cares.. bloop!

Disclaimer: don't own it, please tell kishimoto-sama to give it to me!

Warnings: Yaoi in the later chapters, OOC-ness in Sasuke and Naruto.. AU, and don't flicking flame me cause Sasuke's not a bitchy emo whore! okie, thanks!

now read!

Naruto sat in silence in the back seat of the car, watching the rain roll down the glass windows. The weather seemed to match the mood today, depressing, dark and gloomy. A car honked behind him, urging the driver of his car to move faster despite the traffic stopped infront and around them. He wanted to get out and scream at them, scream at them for disturbing the quiet, scream at them for being so stupid, it wasn't like they could move anyway, and scream at the world for taking away the one person he loved. It didn't help that he was in the same type of automobile that had killed Iruka anyway. The car honked again and it pushed the blonde more than he would have liked it to. He slumped against the window of the car, tears running down his cheeks. In a way, he kind of matched the window, water rolling down them both. He wished to be outside in the rain right now, maybe the droplets would cover his tears.. He wiped his face with the back of his hand, leaning back in his seat as the car began moving again. The tan teen mentally willed the car to move faster, get him to his destination as quickly as possible.. maybe then the day would be over and he could go back to crying himself to sleep. He wanted the memories of all this to be gone as soon as possible.

(flashback)

Naruto sat, fingers clutched around the stone bearing his gaurdians name, tears streaming down his cheeks as he sobbed over the grave. It wasn't fair, Iruka was the only person he'd ever had. The man had pushed him to be nice, loving, and maintain high grades, normal things that parents expected from their kids, now he wouldn't be able to even see him graduate.

"Its not fair, Ruka.. Maybe I'm selfish for this, but.. why did it have to be you? Why couldn't it have been some other guy that died? I miss you.. so much.." He cried, voice broken in his tears. At that time, he remembered the first time Iruka had ever grounded him. He'd snuck out, at a little past midnight to go to a party he'd been forbidden from, and came back to find the brown-haired man sitting worridly on his bed. When he'd been assigned his punishment, Naruto had screamed back that he hated him, that he'd only punished him because he didn't want him to have fun. Now, a week later, he wanted those words back more than anything he'd ever wanted in his whole life. "I didn't mean it, I don't hate you.."

(end flashback)

"Hey, kid.. you getting out, or what?" The driver of the taxi asked him, effectivly snapping him from his thoughts. The man looked back at him from the rearview mirror, patiently awating his payment.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry." The blonde replied, pulling out a few bills from his pocket to pay the man. He checked his face for any stray tears before opening his door and climbing out into the downpour of rain. Making his way up the steps, careful as not to fall, he entered the building he'd been driven to, mentally preparing himself for a good day. At least, that's the way he wanted today to go.. Who could've said it would go that way, though?

Shaking the water from his hair, Naruto stepped up to the front desk, attempting not to frown at the masked man he was faced with.

"Can I help you?" The gray-haired man asked, annoyance clear in his words.

Well, that's no way to talk to someone.. He thought, but kept it to himself. "My doctor assigned me volunteer work, he told me he set it up for me to come today.." The blonde explained quietly, looking down at the floor. He noticed a puddle of water standing around his shoes, and absently kicked his feet to rid the excess liquid. His toes were already starting to shiver..

The man sighed, but stood from his desk, obviously reluctant to move out of his chair and show the blonde around. "Soo... where do you wanna start? You can work in the children's wing, or you can go to the teen's and be with kids your own age.." He began walking down one of the long hallways, Naruto trailing behind him with a shiver.

"Um.. well.. I don't really know, this wasn't my choice." The wet teen explained, rubbing his hands against his arms to savor in what little body heat he had. It really was cold in there, and he was wet, so he was twice as cold.

"Ok, fine. We'll stick you with the teen's. You can start in room 307.. he hasn't had anybody to talk to in.. a while. Have fun.." As the man pushed Naruto in the direction of the room, the blonde caught the name on his shirt, Kakashi. He watched, some sort of fear puddling in his stomach, as the man left him alone in the hallway.

Sighing, he opened the door to this 'room 307' to find a very pale red-head sitting in the middle of the floor hugging a bear close to his chest. "H-hi.. I'm Naruto.." He sat slowly in front of the boy, offering him his hand.

Said red-head slapped the hand away, glaring with all his might at the younger teen. "I don't give a fuck who you are, why are you in my room?" He demanded, ice evident in his words.

No wonder nobody talks to him.. he's a prick! "Kakashi said I should come in here.."

"Once again, I don't give a fuck.. get out of my room before I fucking kill you..."

Naruto raised his hands in defeat, scooting away from the red-head. Just as he made to stand, the pale teen did also, dropping his bear in favor of balling his fists by his sides.

"You're not getting out fast enough.. 1.. 2.."

The blonde sighed. "I'm going, I'm going.. sheesh.." He turned and left the room, to see Kakashi standing out side of the door with a tray in his hand and a cart full of other trays next to him.

"Why did you put me in a room with somebody totally against all other human life!" Naruto demanded, curious as to why anybody would dare go in that room.

"Gaara? He's not against all human life, you just gotta get to know him a little. You seem quick to judge.." The gray-haired man smirked underneath his mask, pushing the door open again. "Good morning, Gaa-chan. Hungry?"

"No." He growled, hugging his bear again.

"Now thats no way to talk to your bestest friend, is it? C'mon, I cooked it myself." The man pushed the soup in front of him, offering it to the red-head.

Gaara set his bear down hesitantly, taking the bowl and looking at its contents as if checking for anything harmful. "Is.. is it hot?" He asked, poking the spoon around at the vegatables floating around in the liquid.

"Its just the way you and Panda like it, now eat up. Its good for ya." Kakashi turned and walked back out into the hallway, pushing his cart as he made his way to the next set of doors. "See, he's not so bad after you've talked to him for a while.."

Naruto focused on following the masked-man down, trying to ignore all the swarming questions in his head. "I don't get what this place is, I mean, my doctor said it's a shelter, but why do they need to be here?"

"They don't have parents, it's more or less an orphanage, only we don't give these guys away. They arn't exactly what you would call 'good child material'. Some of them have physical problems, others are just emotionally unstable. They're not so bad though." Kakashi explained, carrying in a tray to another room.

Naruto couldn't help but peek in the door, watching the man converse with a boy. Absently, he wondered what could be wrong with this one. He seemed happy enough, he was smiling, and chatting as he took his food. His long hair was really.. soft looking. And his eyes glittered like those of one who loved life. He was taken from his thoughts however when Kakashi returned from the room to continue his explaination.

"Why don't you go down to the last room on this hall, I'll be down there in about forty-five minutes. I think you'll like the boy in there.."

The blonde nodded, quietly making his way down the seemingly endless hallway. He found his hands were shaking as he turned the doorknob, but he just passed it off as the cold. The boy in this room was laying in his bed on his side, hands folded in front of his face. His jet-black hair fanned out across the pillow and his pale skin glowed under the lighting. He was breathing quietly and Naruto almost thought he was asleep until the pale boy blinked.

Sitting in the chair beside the bed, Naruto could think of nothing to do but stare at this boy's back for severly minutes. Didn't he know somebody was in there? "Hi.. I-I'm Naruto.. I'm not really sure what I'm suppoused to be doing in here.. so, I guess I'll just start by talking to you.. You're not gonna hit me or nothin', are you?"

His questions recieved no answer, and after nearly ten minutes, he'd assumed they'd been unheard. "Helloo? I guess you're just gonna ignore me.. I knew volunteering would be a bad idea.. its not like I had a choice yaknow.. I wouldn't be here if I didnt' have to be, and two of the three people I've met today have been total pricks, that's including you in case you were wondering.."

Before he could be ignored more, Kakashi entered the room with a tray, walking up to the pale teen's bed and setting the tray on the small table next to him. He moved his hands around, confusing the poor blonde only more. The quiet boy nodded however, and sat up in his bed, flinching when he noticed a patch of blonde hair next to his bed. His pale hands moved like Kakashi's had, eyeing Naruto suspicously as he did so.

Only then did the realization hit him, this kid couldn't hear.. Suddenly, he felt like the biggest bastard in the whole earth right now.

"Oh, I forgot to explain this to you, probably should have, I'm sure you thought he was just being an ass. Sasuke can't hear, I'm guessing you figured that out by now, ne? I guess it wouldn't do you much good if you don't know what he's signing.."

Naruto furrowed his brows in irritation at himself, he'd been the ass in the situation.. "T-tell him I'm sorry.. for.. being stupid."

Kakashi gestured the words to Sasuke, who gestured back, a look of understanding on his face.

"He says its no big deal, its not like he had a sign on his forehead that said 'deaf'." He paused reading more of the boys hands. "He wants to know if you want to sit here with him, the emptyness kind of gets to him."

"Sure.. but, do you need me to help with anything?" He asked, thinking the least he could do was keep Sasuke company. He just hoped he didn't have to talk to him or anything..

"Nah, you can just sit here with him. He might try to tell you something, so.. you'll probably be confused, but I doubt he'll try too much.. He dosen't really like other people.." Without another word, the gray haired man left, leaving the two boys alone.

A faint smile could be seen on the dark-haired teen's lips as he pat the empty space on the bed in front of him. He could tell it would be hard trying to communicate with this new kid, but he figured he might as well have fun with it. He moved back onto his pillow, giving the blonde pleanty of room to sit.

(the stuff in bold is what sasuke's saying with his hands)

"Do you have a name?" He signed, knowing perfectly well that all he was doing was making things hard for the blonde.

Naruto cocked his head to the side, trying to make out what he was saying. "I.. I don't get it.."

"I can't hear you, you know." Sasuke bit his lip to keep from smiling any broader that he already was. "My name is Sasuke, you are..?" He continued, slower this time in hopes of helping this blue eyed boy understand him.

The tan teen just shook his head, a look of sorrow in his shimmery eyes. He really wished he understood what Sasuke was saying, it only proved to make him feel stupid when he couldn't comprehend what was being said.

"You're hopeless, you know that, dead last?" After only a few more minutes of signing, the pale teen decided he liked this blonde. Only he just wanted him to understand what he was saying. He reached over, pressing a button on his table. "It tells Kakashi I want him in here.." He explained, mostly to himself since this boy didn't understand him anyway.

(flakflkj is kakashi talking)

"Yes?" Kakashi asked as he entered the room, almost marveled at the fact Sasuke had let the blonde on his bed without knowing him..

"I want to know his name.."

"What's your name?" Kakashi asked, turning to Naruto. He couldn't believe Sasuke had called him for just this..

"Naruto, is that what he's been asking?"

"Naruto..Yeah, I guess so. Is that all?"

"No, I wanna sleep now, he can leave if he wants to.."

Kakashi sighed, honestly, he had better things to do besides translating for Sasuke and his friends. "He said he's tired, you can leave and help me some more, or you can stay in here and watch him sleep."

"Oh, well, I don't wanna bother him.. I guess I'll just help you.." He gave a wave to Sasuke, at least trying to show him he'd enjoyed his company. As he was about to slid from the bed, the pale teen opened his arms, wiggling his fingers expectantly as he kicked his feet up and down a few times. The blonde didn't move, he wasn't sure what it was Sasuke wanted..

"He wants a hug.." Kakashi explained, hoping the boys would finish their session as soon as possible. He ignored the fact that hugs were extremly uncharacteristic of Sasuke, especially the intrest he seemed to be showing in wanting to know this boy's name.. Normally he would have just shooed anybody away..

"Oh!" Naruto totally felt dumb now, hugs were a bit obvious. He leaned forward, allowing himself to be hugged by the raven-haired teen. He hugged back, giving a slight squeeze before he pulled away.

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(ok, so maybe this really didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.. but it'll get better once Naruto starts to understand what Sasuke's saying.. anyway, review plz and tell me if I should continue.. )