Naruto trembled, eyes closed as he tried to ignore the touch which sent shivers down his spin. The tips of Sasuke's fingers, scarcely touched, yet danced along Naruto's bare skin. From the nape of his neck, across his shoulder, down his arm and tightened around his fist. His other arm snaked around Naruto's waist and trailed over his stomach and chest, coming to a stop when it lay just over his heart. Naruto knew Sasuke would be able to feel it hammering against his ribs beneath his touch and could imagine the smirk on the Boy's face.

He lent closer, his chest pressed against Naruto's back; his chin resting on his should as he whispered into the blonde's ear.

"If you want me this badly, all you ever have to do is say so."

Naruto gritted his teeth, restraining the desperate beg which wanted to come out.

"No, I don't want you. Why would I ever want you? You're like a Brother to me, how many times do I have to tell you that?" His voice was shaky and false even to his own ears, but it seemed to be enough for Sasuke who pulled away from him.

His sultry tone instantly changed to a deep growl.

"Why do you always do this? I know it's what you want, why can't you just admit it?!"

He spun Naruto to face him, wrapped him in his arms and held him against him.

"I want you Naruto, as a lover, not a Brother."

Naruto sighed and raised his hand to push away from him but ended up just leaving it resting against Sasuke's perfectly sculpted chest.

"I could… I could never love you that way."

There was a moment's hesitation, where everything just froze. Naruto stood with his head leaning against Sasuke's chest, eyes clenched shut as he dreaded what he knew came next. He tried to raise his arms to hug Sasuke back, to cling to him like he had always wanted to. But they refused to move, as they always did in this dream.

The worst moment of his life, the moment when he knew Sasuke was about to leave him. No, the moment when he knew he had finally pushed Sasuke away. It always paused this moment to longer than what Naruto thought it could possibly be, just to let the fear built, the terror of knowing he was going to be left alone, again. So that by the time Sasuke finally pulled away from him with a deep sigh, the tears were already flowing down Naruto's cheeks.

But Sasuke didn't look at him, he couldn't at this point, he turned away.

"I can't keep doing this. I'm not the kinda guy who can keep being rejected and stand around with a smile on my face. If you don't give me something to work with here, I just… I can't."

He paused, hoping for an interruption which Naruto tried to give, but he hadn't spoken then so he couldn't speak now and Sasuke continued.

"I got an offer to study at the Akutsuki Boarding School. I wasn't going to, but I guess I'll take it." He glanced back, still hoping for some reaction from Naruto, but once again nothing came. He sighed and walked away he had hoped to get one last look at Naruto, to memorise the face he loved, but the idiot's messy fringe had been covering his eyes. The last image he had of Naruto would be that one, head hung, standing in the middle of the path in the dark as he let him walk away.

Naruto's whole body was trembling and, though he hadn't cried at the time, he was weeping now. He remembered he had stayed in that one place all night. He wasn't sure if he just couldn't move or was still hoping for Sasuke to come back. Either way he had ended up with a pretty bad cold and had never got to say goodbye to Sasuke after that.

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He sat upright in bed; the messed sheet draped lazily over his bare hips and stared at the man lying in bed beside him. He smiled slightly as he stared at the almost black messy hair then dragged himself out of bed careful not to wake him and pulled on his pants, searching for a pen and paper. Once the last of his clothes were located he tapped at the pad, sitting at the dining room table, what was this one's name? Had he been told last night?

He ended up giving up on the name and wrote the usual letter that he left in the mornings, they were always the same but there was no harm in that. He'd spent a while crafting this template so that he offended people the least he could when he wasn't there in the mornings. Though he almost wanted to stay this time, run his fingers through that rich dark hair… He put the paper back down on the table with a growl; his mind had wandered back to Sasuke as it so often did. He hadn't had that dream in a while though which was troubling.

He picked up the note and scrunched it up. He didn't care what the man in there thought of him. H was willing to sleep with a guy who he had just met so why should it be Naruto's place to make him feel better about it. He didn't give a shit what anyone thought of him, their jobs were to keep his mind off Sasuke and the guy last night had failed to do so.

Naruto walked to out the door, turning to slam it closed, knowing that it would bring little satisfaction but every now and then he did enjoy acting like a selfish brat. Just before the door was about to leave his hand he stopped and sighed again. He wanted to be angry, but he was just upset and none of it was that guys fault. He walked over to the table and pulled out the paper; smoothing it out as well as he could and picked up the pen. Itsuki, his name was Itsuki, though, Naruto chuckled, he may have been called Sasuke once or twice last night.

He left the house with his usual sad smile, he was pathetic and he knew it, there was no use letting that drag his whole life down. He found Shikamaru, Kiba and Choji in an animated discussion about something and with his usual grin on his face he melded into the circle but his mind was still too far off to join in the conversation. He thought he heard Sasuke's name but since that was where his mind is he assumed he was mistaking, until it came up again.

He let himself phase into their conversation, Shikamaru was chuckling.

"I bet he got kicked out. Picked a fight or something, I'm amazed they kept him that long."

Choji laughed between fistfuls of chips.

"Nah I heard he was sleeping with a teacher."

Kiba growled.

"I told you guys, he apparently just finished everything two years early. You know how he gets when he wants something done. I guess he wanted to come back." Akumaru yipped in agreement.

Naruto stared between the three boys.

"Sasuke's coming back?!"