Hello again!
I would like to apologize to all of my readers for my mistakes in the last chapter. It's about time for me to go back to school, and I'm about to go into high school, so there's a lot of stuff that I still have to get ready. I barely finished it on Friday morning, and then, instead of posting it, I just forgot to and closed my computer! Then, when I realized my mistake the next day, I updated, and the thing is, I mark my stories by which one it is, my first story is just ff1, ff2, but my second is ff2.1, ff2.5, so you see how I could mistake ff2.5 for ff2.25 when I'm in such a hurry!

Sorry once again, I'll try to make it up by posting this one with the right chapter, and being on time!

Also, have any of you guys been in 10th grade geometry? I'm going into 9th grade advanced math and I am freaking out. I got a book on it to help me get a head start, but I'm really worried about how much homework I'm going to have! I'm only taking three advanced classes, but I'm still freaked about how much work I might have.

School is starting next week for me, so from now on I'm pretty sure this will be the last chapter before the epilogue. Just to warn you, it may take me around three weeks to write it in my spare time.

Please review and I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of its' characters.

Warning: Yaoi/Shonen-ai, swearing, some dark themes. Normal world universe, AU /Non massacre/.

By the time everyone got back to Sasuke's house, they gave up on the idea of going home. "It's fine if you guys crash here, as you can see, I've got plenty of space to spare." he announced, motioning around the room, "You guys can sleep down here on couches, or up in my room on a sleeping bag, either way." With that, the man went to his room, with a few people following. Naruto groaned, slowly making his way up the steps. "Sasuke~ I'm tired." Sasuke laughed, "Then sleep, dobe." The blond, too tired to retort, made his way to Sasuke's bed, plopping down. Sasuke dropped to the bed on the other side, reaching over to hug Naruto. Everyone fell asleep in no time.

The next morning, Sasuke's parents woke to a full house, people were everywhere, some had taken up couches, a few people even tried to share one, whereas a couple people had just given up and spread out on the floor. Mikoto giggled, turning to Fugaku, "I guess they were a bit too worn out, huh?" The man nodded, leaving to get ready for work. She sighed, he never was one for humor. She went to make breakfast, and would be on her way to work soon, too.

Around eight am. most of them had woken up, a few of them had jobs to go to, and left in a hurry, others were more lay back.

Naruto woke up with a quick yawn as he stood up out of bed. Looking over to Sasuke, he grinned. The blond slowly leaned over to him and began poking him. Sasuke began to wake, "Mmmph, Naruto... stop... what're you fuckin' doin'... I'm still tired..." the man tried swatting away at the other's hand. Naruto laughed once again, "Rise and shine!" Sasuke tried burying himself further into the covers and pillows, "What time... is it?" he asked, to which the blond replied, "It's about ten fifteen." Sasuke groaned, sitting up and getting out of bed. Walking towards the bathroom, he soon came back, then left down to the kitchen. By now, Shikamaru was the only one left on the first floor. The man was still snoring away, seeing this, Naruto giggled once again, hopping towards the other. He then started to vigorously poke Shikamaru. The man moved around, trying to avoid to pokes, to no avail. When he finally opened his eyes, Naruto skipped away to the kitchen to grab something to eat.

Naruto had fixed an egg and cheese omelet. Cutting it into three pieces, he served it on the table, and sat down. The three dug in, still hungry from last night. Both Sasuke and Shikamaru complimented Naruto's cooking, as they finished off their breakfast. Both Shikamaru and Naruto needed a ride home, so Sasuke hopped in his car with the two, going to Shikamaru's place first. The man thanked him for the ride and went inside. Next was Naruto's house, as they came back around, Sasuke stopped the car before they were in the front, leaning over to give Naruto a full kiss, he opened up the door, "See you later." the man grinned, leaving Naruto blushing on the sidewalk. Going up to his house, he let himself in, greeting Iruka. "Was it fun?" he asked, standing up to give Naruto a quick hug. Naruto, still a bit pink replied, "Yeah, it was awesome!" Iruka smiled, "So what did you guys do all day?" Thinking back a bit, the blond answered, "We rode, like, all the rides. The new one, and that one that goes really really fast, and we went on the great drop thing!" Iruka chuckled, "That's great! But one more thing... how late were you guys out? I thought you were going to be home last night but I figured you probably had just crashed with Sasuke." Naruto put his hand behind his head, "Yeah... we were out pretty late, we left at closing time and got home around eleven or so, not too bad, but we all just went to bed at his place, everyone was spread out on the floor, or on couches!" he laughed. Still laughing, Iruka went to go take care of some bills, "Let me know if you need anything."

Naruto headed up stairs to think for a while. He'd applied for a few jobs so far, but there was one that he really wanted. It would be a waiter at a fairly nice little restaurant. For an entering wage, it was more than the other jobs if you had any experience. He had one other job as a waiter, but had quit to focus more on school. This place was a bit more high-class, so you had to wear formal attire to work, but the blond couldn't care less, with this kind of money, if he was able to find someone else to live with, he could easily get a smaller apartment. A few of the businesses were interested in him, including the fancy restaurant, so now all he had to worry about was who he'd be moving in with.

'I'd totally move in with Sasuke, but I don't want to just go and ask him about that, then have him turn me down... that would be really awkward.' The blond flopped back down to his bed, grabbing his phone. He'd talk about it lightly with Sasuke, not letting him know he was thinking about living with him, just whether he was going to move out any time soon. He texted Sasuke, "Before college starts, are you thinking about leaving home?" Five minutes later, Naruto found his phone buzzing, "Yeah, I was actually wondering about that! Would you want to bunk together? I found a really cool job at this little shop down the street from my school." Naruto was ecstatic, replying after he scanned over the text, "Yeah, I've been wanting to go to our state university, it's a pretty nice college, and my scholarship from them is the biggest out of the other ones. And frankly, I really don't want to be staying at home when I'm in college." A few minutes later, Sasuke texted back, "I wanted to go to one a bit further from yours, but it wouldn't be too much of a problem considering both of our schools would only be about 15 minutes away from the apartment complex I found."

Conversations continued like this, they'd figured out what they were going to do. Once they got their jobs, they would continue to save up money each month, Naruto still needed to buy a car, but he could get Iruka to help pay for that. Heck, he might even be able to convince the man to pay for his first month of rent. Sasuke didn't really have to worry about that, already having a loaded bank account, and parents who were willing to pay him each month for living costs.

Things were really looking up for their relationship, with them living together and all, they would really be able to see how compatible they were together, if they could really stand living together.

After a few days, both had gotten calls from workplaces, with one more interview, they would be hired. The two had talked about what they would make and pay for. Before they knew it, Sasuke and Naruto had moved in together, having their furniture sorted out and everything organized. Their relationship was going great, and so was their life. With the jobs they had, they were ready to go to college in the next month, and get ready for a better job. This thing they had was definitely going to go just fine.

Sorry about the shortness of this chapter! I've been a bit distracted by the first chapter on my newest chapter, it's already up to 4,000 words :o

I'm going to actually try and make it a longer one XD

Thanks for reading, and the epilogue to this will probably take two or three weeks, with my school starting in a few days and all.

Please review! :D