Shelly's Note: I just don't feel any inspiration for this anymore, so this will be the last chapter, sorry if it's not a very good ending...I feel I just took much time off this story for me to feel inspired by it...I do have a new story I'm working on however I will not be posting it until I have a few chapters already written

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Chapter 9: Focus

Naruto was sitting on his couch. He let out an occasional sigh. His usual smile not present on his face. "Dude, you're depressing me," Kiba said.

"Sorry," Naruto said. "I'm thinking about Sasuke."

"Wow, big surprise," he said sarcastically.

"It's just, I think she's changed," Naruto said.

There was a quick knock on the door and Naruto looked at Kiba who said, "I'm not getting it."

Naruto rolled eyes as he got up and answered the door to find himself face to face with Sasuke. "Sasuke?" his eyes widened.

"I think I made a mistake," she said.

"Which one, I've seen you on a lot of places lately," he said.

She glared at him, "The one involving you."

He looked at her, "Oh."

"Yeah, I had people I needed out of my life, but you shouldn't have been part of that," she said.

"I'm glad you see that," he said.

"I was hoping we could be friends, as you can see, I could use one right now," Sasuke said.

"Of course," he smiled. "You didn't think I would just turn my back on you did you?"

"I don't know," she looked down.

"Well I won't," he said.

Naruto and Sasuke started to hang out more. Sasuke started to feel like her normal self again. She didn't know why she felt the need to go crazy when she broke away from everyone, maybe it was the fact that she was out on her own with no one to tell her to stop. However, Naruto actually helped her keep a good head on her shoulders.

"So, Neji's not too mad at me right?" she asked one day.

"I think concerned it more the word," he said. "You should talk to him, you guys were good friends."

"I will, one day," she said.

"He thinks he lost you," Naruto said.

She frowned; she hated the fact that she would put her friends through thinking she'd gone crazy. Her parents may deserve that, but her friends didn't.

"I'll call him tonight," she said, giving him a small smile. The smile was enough to make his heart go wild. He didn't know how she did it, or if she even realized that she did, but she made it so that he couldn't focus she was around. He could only focus on her. He knew was attracted to her, he was when she left, but he didn't want to start moving things too fast and scare her away.

He didn't understand how to describe it; she just took over all of his thoughts. She didn't even have to be in the same room as him, he'd still think of her. He didn't know if that was love, but he knew he was at least liked her.

He hoped that she didn't notice because she asked for a friend, not a boyfriend. He wanted to be there for her as her friend, but it was so difficult whenever she was near him.

He looked over at her and he could tell that she was thinking of something. He loved the look in her eyes when something was on her mind. There was a different sparkle when she thought of something.

"You know, you've been a really great friend to me," she said suddenly to him.

He just smiled, "Glad I could." He hated that she didn't even seem to be thinking about what else they could be.

"I feel comfortable with you, like I don't have to be anyone but myself," she said.

"I wouldn't want you to be anyone but yourself," he said.

"I know, that's the best part about you," Sasuke smiled before she kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you later." He was left speechless as he watched her walk out.

"So, about yesterday," Naruto said as he and Sasuke sat down in his house.

"What about it?" she asked.

"What was that?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" she asked as she looked at him.

"Well, it seemed at first like you just like me like a friend, but then yesterday before you left you made it seem like maybe it was something more.

Sasuke smiled and she leaned in and kissed him, "Does that answer the question?"

He nodded as a smile spread across his face, "So does that mean you'll be my girlfriend?"

"I'd love to," she said. "I'm sorry for leaving," she added.

"It's okay," he said. "I understand why you felt you had to."

Sasuke let herself smile as she felt that she could finally be herself. He had learned that she didn't have to go crazy to break away from her parents. With Naruto by her side, she knew she would finally learn how to love. Her life was turning around and she felt it was for the better.

THE END