Disclaimer: I disclaim Naruto…as I do not own it…except in my dreams :D

Rating: PG 13 :O

Pairings: SasuNaru/NaruSasu

OMG STOREH TIME

Frankly, Sasuke didn't know why he cared so much for the dobe. Perhaps it was
because he felt like he had a reason to hang around Konoha now that he had someone to
hang around for. Yes, that was part of it…but not the whole reason…Some of it was
because that dobe depended on him so freaking much. But then he needed some extra
support from Sasuke ever since the raping. That was it…Sasuke cared for him because
his dobe's self esteem was at an all time low because of the raping. Sasuke worried about
him a lot because of that. He also cared for the simple fact that he was Sasuke's only real
friend.

Sasuke thought these quiet thoughts alone as he lay on his bed. I should, he thought,
go see him tomorrow…maybe take him out for ramen…that would cheer him up…

Naruto tossed and mumbled and moaned throughout the night.

Every night.

The same damn dream every night. A replay of the night he was raped. In full
color and very real sound.

-dream-

Naruto strolled quickly down the sidewalk past old buildings, tired from use, and

alleyways, dark and beckoning for him to come and explore their deep black hole-like

abyss. Satisfied with the three bowls of ramen he'd just devoured at the Ichiraku he was

headed back to his apartment around a dark ten-thirty at night. Guard down, the rough,

calloused hands that grabbed Naruto's arm took him by surprise and drug him hard into

the alleyway from which they came. And that was that. After he'd had his way with the

young nin he ran off, leaving the tear-drenched and crumpled boy to fend for himself.

-/dream-

"WAAAAHH!!!" Naruto screamed, sitting straight up in bed, and breathing hard.
He looked around. Bright sunshine poured in through the one window in the bedroom. His
pillows and blankets were crumpled and tossed about, as they always were after the
dream. An insanely large pool of sweat flooded the bed in biblical proportions, as it
always was after the dream. Looking blankly in the mirror above his over –stuffed
dresser he saw a pale, frightened child looking nervously back at him, as there always
was after the dream…he missed the old him…the bright, colorful, energetic him that had
remained in tact until that fateful summer night earlier that year. It was late fall now and
Naruto could stand it anymore. He had to go see Sasuke again. At least being with him he
felt safe.

The young Uchiha had undoubtedly grown feelings for the Uzumaki boy. Feelings that streched
far past friendship. Sasuke, as much as he'd wanted to deny it before, loved the boy. He loved him
more than anything else on the planet and beyond that. And that was something that nobody but
himself would understand. Sure Sakura claimed she loved Sasuke, but that was nothing more than
a crush. Sasuke truly loved Naruto with every fiber in his body and he would do absolutely anything
and go to any length to get him back to the way he was before. He would kill, and even die himself,
if he could only see Naruto happy again.

Of course, Sasuke wasn't expecting the dobe to love him back. Not now anyways. Right now
poor boy probably didn't believe in "love" and frankly, Sasuke didn't blame him. He could only
imagine the kind of pain he must be going through.

Sasuke pulled on a t-shirt and a navy blue "Uchiha Clan" hoodie over that. Sinking his hands
into his cargo pants pockets, the Uchiha nin strolled lazily out of his apartment and headed towards
his friend's apartment complex. He hoped that Naruto was feeling well enough to go outdoors.
There were some periods of time when the poor kyuubi nin would refuse to leave his apartment for
weeks at a time. Kakashi, Iruka, and even a worried Gai would often times go by to make sure he
hadn't committed suicide, though they would never put it in those terms. Sasuke stopped in his tracks.

"I haven't seen him," he recalled out loud, "…in nearly a month…" His jaw dropped slightly as
thoughts of a suicidal Naruto raced through his mind. Finally deciding that he should find Naruto as soon
as possible, he began sprinting at full speed towards the boy's apartment.

Naruto, having put on whatever clothes which happened to be lying around, (a black hoodie and
long jogging pants) was running blindly, teary-eyed, and barefoot towards what he remembered to be
the way to Sasuke's apartment. He had decided that this would be his last time speaking to his friend.
The paranoid nin had already taken a big overdose of some sleeping pills he'd been prescribed right
after the raping to help him sleep and they would quickly take effect and kill him soon. This was his last
chance to speak to his best friend and strongest rival. He would simply say goodbye and perhaps go see
Sakura to tell her the same. Then he would go home and lay down until he died. He would finally be able
to escape all the paranoia and horrible nightmares. He couldn't try to say goodbye to Kakashi or Iruka…
they would only try to stop him.Thoughts of his senseis swirled about Naruto's mind and then were
abruptly ended-

-SLAM-

"AAAAH!!" A petrified scream escaped Naruto's mouth as he stumbled backwards.

"Wha-? NARUTO!!" Sasuke grabbed the falling boy's arms and pulled him back up, though Naruto was oblivious
to what he was doing. He simply kept yelling.

"NO!! NOOO!!! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU PERVERTED FREAK!!"

"NARUTO!! It's ME, Sasuke!! C'mon look at me dobe!!" Sasuke shook the frightened boy by his shoulders
but tried not to really yell at him, not wanting to scare him evenmore.

"NO!! WAAAAaaaa- wha-?! Sasuke??" Naruto stopped squirming and looked up at Sasuke with a wide-eyed,
surprised expression. When he saw Sasuke look back at him, rigid and filled with a genuinely worried look,
Naruto's lips began to tremble and even more tears welled up and overflowed in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry Sasuke! I just thought…I mean I wasn't- I didn't know…" Naruto buried his face
into Sasuke's chest, soaking his hoodie in tears.

Sasuke's expression softened, happy that Naruto finally recognized him. "Don't apologize, dobe…
it doesn't sound right coming out of you." He reprimanded.

Resting his hands on Naruto's head Sasuke gave him a sort of hug, only to realize that he had passed out.
Oh God…what if he already tried to overdose?! He thought, and with that he picked up the shorter boy
and began leaping from rooftop to rooftop, finding the quickest way back to his own apartment.

Sasuke gently placed the blond nin on his big queen-sized bed. The Uchiha kept it extremely warm in his
apartment but he knew Naruto kept his a lot cooler so he quickly slipped the boy's hoodie off, revealing his
battle-scarred chest, slid a thin, white sheet over him, and turned the thermostat down a couple of notches.
Sasuke then slid a chair up to the bedside and did the only thing he could think of to do to comfort his sleeping
friend. He slid his hands over Naruto's and held it just tight enough to warm it from the frigid autumn cold.

OMG END CHAPPIE 1

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