"You stupid dobe!"

Sasuke glared half-heartedly while Naruto tried to fish Sasuke's shoe out of the river. The two of them, (meaning Naruto had nagged Sasuke until he agreed) had decided to spend the whole day investigating new areas of the forest that surround their peaceful community.

"Aw, you are no fun Sasuke" Naruto whined as he jumped into the cold water attempting retrieve the shoe that floated away every passing second.

"Tch." Sasuke grumbled, trying his hardest not to smile as the dobe stood on a wobbly rock and predictably went down, only to resurface a second later looking like a drenched rat.

"Goddamn rock, seducing me into a flipping trap, I knew I shouldn't have stepped on it , but it looked so nice , so rocky , I mean-"

Sasuke snorted, it was always like this, once Naruto got annoyed or frustrated he started ranting, some pretty weird stuff too but for some reason it was one of the things Sasuke loved most about Naruto, he always made him smile, and that boys and girls was something, Sasuke Uchiha rarely ever truly smiled.

The raven stood up and entered the river, the cool water only got to his knees , and since he wasn't clumsy like Naruto, the chance of him slipping were slim to none.

Sasuke gracefully walked over to the ranting blonde, who was still glaring to the rock that 'betrayed him'.

"Dobe, It's almost 4 in the afternoon, let's get back before-"

"I know teme"

"Hn"

Both boys got out of the river and sat under a huge tree, attempting to put their shoes back on.

"S-Sasuke, I gotta tell you something..."

"Hn"

"I- I have a..." Naruto's voice died on his throat, making Sasuke frown.

"Go on dobe"

"T-teme! This is a rather, uhmm, sensitive theme..."

The raven snorted, helping Naruto who was struggling to untangle his shoelaces.

"Are you gonna say it or do I–"

"I may or may not haveahugecrushonyou!"

"Huh?"

"I already said it! I am not repeating myself!" Naruto screeched, his face resembling Sasuke's favorite fruit.

"Tch, Usuratonkachi, then I will pretend as if you never said anyt-"

"I like you! In a way a friend shouldn't like his friend!" Naruto let out, immediately covering his mouth with his tan hands

Sasuke's eyes widened comically, his pale face adopting the dark blush.

"I thought you liked Haruno?" Sasuke said slowly, congratulating himself on not stuttering.

"I did, I mean, dammit , I didn't, I never did, The truth is I convinced myself I liked her after I started having certain dreams a-about y-you..." Naruto looked down to the ground, his face still tomato red.

Before Sasuke could respond he heard some steps approaching their direction and immediately stood up, making Naruto look at him confused.

"Uchiha?"

Sasuke heard the voice he feared the most, silently gulping he turned back to see Neji, Sai and Sakura, all staring at the raven as if he had grown thirty extra limbs.

"What are you doing here, with, ugh him!"

"I just needed to look for my watch my dad gave me, I dropped it here the other day" Sasuke lied, feeling his blood freeze in his veins as he saw Naruto's hurt reaction.

"So why is the loser here?" Sai sneered looking at Naruto with disgust.

The blonde frowned, glaring at Sasuke's friends. They all hated him since he wasn't like them, he wasn't popular, or rich, or pretty.

Naruto was in fact chubby, his blonde hair was unruly and brittle, and he always dressed in baggy thrift shop clothes, unfortunately, since he lived alone, that's all he could afford if he wanted to eat for the day, a thing he sometimes couldn't do.

"I found him sitting under that oak when I arrived here, he kept pestering about money until you guys arrived, thank god!"

The four boys snickered with malice, Sasuke also joined them, snickering with the laugh he always used when he was around them, his fake laugh.

Sasuke hated them with a passion, but hanged out with them because of his dad.

Fugaku had made it clear to Sasuke that he had the Uchiha reputation to uphold even in school, and that he must befriend the best of the best, that meant the richest and most powerful people in school.

"S-Sasuke, I-"

"Don't talk to me" Sasuke sneered with fake disgust, he felt as if each words that were uttered from his lips burned his mouth, it pained him to no end to talk to Naruto this way, but his dad and brother expected so much from him, he had been raised to honour the Uchiha name, it had been engraved into his brain not to fail.

"You heard him, now go crawl back into the bin you came out of!" Sasuke and the rest of the gang smirked finally making Naruto snap.

Sasuke always turned on him when his 'friends' were around but this was the last straw, Naruto just poured his heart out to Sasuke not even ten minutes ago and the raven still shunned him. 'I guess some things would never change...'

"I-I am done..."

"What did you say whale?" Sakura mocked

"I hate you Sasuke Uchiha!"

Naruto yelled, his face red from embarrassment and anger, his heart couldn't take this pain anymore, he had shed enough tears for the jerk, and he wanted to be free.

Sasuke's face paled, his eyes widened once again, but apart from that, his face remained blank.

"I am so fucking done, never talk to me again Uchiha, I hate you, I HATE YOU!"

Naruto growled, tears menacing to appear, he bent down to pick up his backpack and stormed away from them, half expecting Sasuke to stop him, to yell for him to come back, to kick those assholes into the ground , Anything! Please?

His heart broke when he noticed he had exited the forest; he turned his head back only to see the wind rustle the dried forgotten leaves that laid in the ground, forgotten and useless just like him, a waste of space.

That's when Naruto broke, endless tears escaped from his blue eyes, making it difficult to see. He sobbed harder, his body racking from the force, the blonde started to run,

He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, and in what it seemed forever, he got to his beloved run down apartment, away from them, away from him.

Ring Ring Ring

Naruto opened his eyes and looked around, he had fallen asleep on his couch.

"Goddammit"

The blonde angrily stomped towards his small kitchen and picked up the phone.

"What!" He screeched

"Uh, Mr. Uzumaki?"

"Y-yeah?"

"Congratulations! You have won the one month scholarship to Suna's prestigious school!"

"W-what? But I didn't even enter it!" Naruto stuttered, clearly dumbfounded

"All students of Konoha High school enter automatically, and you Mr. Uzumaki have won!"

"I- when do I leave?"

"We have two flights available, Tonight if you are ready or tomorrow morning if you aren't!"

Naruto looked around, could he bring himself to leave so suddenly? Nobody would miss him that's for sure, his family had passed away and he had no friends in school.

"I'll leave tonight" Naruto said after moments of silence, he heard the man on the side of the line chuckle and he felt himself blush.

"Okay son, we'll send someone to pick you up in two hours so pack only the necessary after all , the prize also includes a fair amount of prize money!"

"P-prize money?"

"Yep! One hundred thousand dollars!"

"WHAT!?" Naruto screeched in shock, if he had been drinking something he would've spat it sky-high.

"How in the world is that a fair amount o-"

"Okay kid, see ya in a couple of hours, goodbye!"

Naruto hanged up the phone, looked at his torn, baggy clothes and he smiled, finally someone had heard his prayers.

The sun shined high in the blue skies of Konoha, the birds chirped and people laughed and smiled, enjoying the beautiful day that they had ahead.

Sasuke Uchiha entered the school grounds with what it seemed a permanent scowl.

How could he be such coward!

How could he turn his back to Naruto like that! He sighed as he walked towards his lockers, today he would make it better though, he had thought about it and realized he also liked Naruto, he actually enjoyed time with him, and the nerves he always felt when they were together were categorized a butterflies by the trillion articles he read last night, he concluded that he had a crush on Naruto, and well, it felt so damn good to accept it.

The raven hadn't thought about what would he do if he got Naruto, what would happen when his friends were around or when his family started to ask questions but first , he had to work on actually getting Naruto to forgive him.

Today would be the day the Uchiha declared to his crush.

The small classroom was full of whispers and laughter, Girls where talking in small little groups , some of them looked like they had discovered fire for the first time or something , under all that laughter and giggles , Sasuke could see the malice lying underneath. Something was off, Sasuke was sure , and he wasn't called a genius for nothing.

He walked to his seat, ignoring the giggles and the seductive smiles some girls threw his way.

"Oh my god Becky, did you hear about the fat blonde that used to seat behind me?" A girl gossiped to her friend, Sasuke's heart stopped, he took out his iPod and pretended to listen to music while attentively waiting for the girl to continue.

"The fat loser that everyone hates? Ew!" The girl mocked making Sasuke clench his fists tightly.

"Yeah, that one, apparently he won the Suna school college scholarship, meaning he's gone for like 3 months , how awesome is that!?"

The raven felt as if the air in his lungs had suddenly escaped, he coughed loudly, making some students turn to look at him. The pale boy stood up, immediately feeling dizzy, he felt like vomiting, hell, he was going to vomit if he didn't get out of the room.

Sasuke calmly walked out of the classroom ignoring the call of his name.

Naruto was gone, for three freaking months, he left, his best friend left, and the last words he heard from those lips replayed over and over in his head.

'I hate you.'

"He left me" Sasuke whispered to himself as he entered the empty toilets.

The raven took a sit next to the hand drier and closed his eyes tightly, trying to stop the tears from escaping his eyes.

"Uchiha's don't cry, Uchiha's don't cry, Uchiha's don't-"

A single tear escaped his obsidian eyes; Sasuke wiped away immediately.

'I also hate me'