Don't Come After Me

A/N: I'm so sorry about the horribly long wait for this chapter. I didn't mean for it to happen. My laptop went to hell and I had to get it fixed. Then I had to get word on it again. After that, I just wasn't inspired until a couple days ago. I really hope it doesn't happen again.


a kitsune's light: You'll finally find out what happened to Naruto, if you even remember this story. Again, sorry.

Madamdragon: Here it is, finally!!

Valheru: You're right, about all of that!!

Thank you three for the reviews. I hope more of you are kind of to review and/or rate in the near future.

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In the middle of the floor was Naruto. He was lying in a pool of his own blood, a kunai in one hand and an envelope in the other. His clothes were cut up and soaked almost completely with blood.

Finally Sasuke was able to manage some sort of movement, he blinked. Still there. He blinked again. Still there. He blinked a third time. Still there. He forced his body up right and rubbed his eyes, which were now damp with tears, with the heel of his palms. Still there! Everything stopped.

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Naruto opened the door to the house he and Sasuke had shared for the past three months. He was met with complete darkness. He stepped out of his shoes and searched for the light switch. He smirked before flipping it on.

“Surprise!”

Everyone was there, even Gaara. Naruto’s face split into a huge smile as everyone came up to him to wish him happy birthday. He wasn’t really paying attention to what anyone was saying though. His attention was currently on the stoic Uchiha on the other side of the room, smirking at him.

After greeting the twenty-something people, he was ushered onto the couch where a huge pile of gifts was waiting for him. He’d never gotten so many presents before. Tears started forming in his eyes. Sasuke noticed and quickly moved around the couch to stand behind him.

Naruto wiped his eyes before the tears fell. “Thanks everybody.”

Half an hour later, the birthday boy was practically buried beneath gifts and wrapping paper. Sakura and Ino kept trying to stick bows on his head. He finally gave in and let them put a big orange one on him. Sasuke just kept snickering at him.

“Tsunade Baa-chan, how come I didn’t get anything from you?” Naruto asked after he had opened the last present. “Because I’m not giving you anything birthday brat. I’m taking something from you.” Naruto cocked his head to the side in confusion. “Huh?”

“I’m taking… you off your medication.” She said with a smile. “Thank you Baa-chan!” Naruto jumped over the arm of the couch and gave her a hug. She just continued to smile as she hugged him back.

When he let go, he turned and faced Sasuke. “I didn’t get anything from you either, Teme.”

Sasuke chuckled. “Dobe, the party is your present from me. So is the cake waiting in the kitchen.” Naruto perked up at the mention of cake.

With that said, everyone headed into the kitchen.

The raven-haired man watched Naruto walk around the couch and grabbed his hand to stop him when he walked by. Sasuke waited until everyone else had cleared out of the room before pulling the blonde closer and whispering in his ear. “You’ll get your real present later Dobe.”

The Teme’s warm breath on his neck and ear sent a shiver down Naruto’s spine. He gulped slightly as the Uchiha walked away.

Sakura appeared in the doorway. “Hey Naruto. Are you coming or what?” “Yeah I’ll be there in a second.” She smiled and walked away.

Before joining the others in the kitchen, he adjusted his pants so it at least wouldn’t be obvious that he had a hard-on. That would be embarrassing, to walk into a room full of people and have them all staring at his crotch.

Naruto walked into the kitchen and saw the most delectable cake he had ever seen. He checked to make sure he wasn’t drooling when he realized everyone was staring at him.

He felt like he was going to cry again. Here in this room were all the people that cared about him. It was one of the things he has always wanted. But that’s where the happiness ended and it was only half the reason he felt like crying.

Everyone outside that room thought him a monster, a freak. Naruto wanted everyone to trust him as someone that could be their Hokage and protect them. It didn’t seem that would happen any time soon.

Sasuke lit the big one and seven candles on the cake as the blonde was sitting at the head of the table.

Naruto was positively beaming as all his friends sang him happy birthday. He quickly blew out the candles and everyone cheered.

While everyone was distracted with small talk and eating their cake, the blonde birthday boy felt warm breath on the back of his neck and his ear. “Happy birthday Dobe.” An almost husky voice whispered in his ear.

Naruto felt his throat go dry and a tingle shoot straight down to his groin. He glanced back at his dark-haired roommate, who was now leaning against the counter, and saw the small smirk directed at him.

After what felt like hours, when it had barely been one, the last few guest left.

Now, Naruto was nervous. With the way Sasuke had been talking to him all night, he knew something was up.

“So uh… what’s my real present Teme?” He asked as the raven shut the door. Sasuke said nothing just walked to the hallway and motioned to be followed. The blonde swallowed heavily before going after him.

By the time Naruto caught up with him, Sasuke was already in his own room sitting on his bed. He patted the space next to him. Naruto was hesitant.

"I won't bite." 'Unless you want me to.'

Naruto felt his hands began to sweat. He stuck them in his pockets and hastily made his way to sit next to Sasuke before he changed his mind and locked himself in his room.

“Can you just give me my gift so I can go to bed?” The birthday blonde asked quietly.

The raven reached up above Naruto’s head. Naruto felt a small tug on his hair and saw that Sasuke had pulled the bow off his head. “I forgot that was there.” He said with a small chuckle.

Sasuke placed the bright orange bow on his head and said, “Happy Birthday, Naruto.”

Naruto stared at him for moment before turning his gaze to the floor. Sasuke placed a hand on the younger man’s back. He could feel him shaking slightly. “Naruto, are you alright?”

The aforementioned blonde nodded and looked up into pitch black eyes that were carefully studying him. The tears in Naruto’s eyes made them seem so much darker than what they actually are. He sniffled a little and replied, “Better, now.”

“I’m glad you’re feeling better.” Sasuke whispered. “So… do want to be with me, Naruto?”

The next thing Sasuke knew, he had a pair of lips attached to his and a silently sobbing blonde in his lap. He allowed Naruto to ravage his mouth for a moment before reluctantly pulling him off.

Naruto tucked his head under Sasuke’s chin and wrapped his arms around him. “Thank you Sasuke, thank you so much.” He whispered back.

Sasuke maneuvered them so that they were laying comfortably in each others arms.

They had been laying there in silence for several minutes when Naruto yawned and then started to sit up. Before he could get off the bed though, Sasuke clasped his hand and pulled him back down. “Where do you think you’re going?”

“I thought I was going to go to bed.” The blonde said as he was forced to lay back down and spoon against Sasuke.

Sasuke held him tightly as he spoke. “There’s plenty of room on my bed. You can sleep right here, tonight, tomorrow night, and every night after that.”

Naruto quickly turned around in Sasuke’s grasp and gave him a short, chaste kiss. “I would like that very much Sasuke.”

Naruto cuddled up to the older man’s chest as Sasuke pulled a blanket up around them.

“Good night Sasuke.”

“Good night Naruto.”

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Sasuke’s entire world was frozen. He couldn’t hear his ragged breathing or feel his heart franticly beating in his chest. He never felt his body move closer to the paling body of his love. He saw nothing but the broken man before him.

He reached forward and touched Naruto’s pale and scarred cheek. The Uchiha didn’t hear the footsteps coming down the hall.

Cerulean eyes fluttered open and looked at him. That face, the face of the one who challenged him, befriended him, chased him and loved him, smiled. Neither of them noticed the man in the doorway, frozen in horror.

Everything about that face was perfect and beautiful. Those endless blue eyes were full of the light that he had so desperately been trying to revive. Sasuke couldn’t help the smile that graced his lips before the world that he had lost himself in so many times closed for the last time.

Sasuke’s heart shattered into billions of tiny pieces. “No Naruto, no. You can’t die. You can’t be dead.” He grasped the front of Naruto’s blood soaked jacket and shook him a little.

“You son of a bitch. I only came back for you and now you leave me! I hate you. I hate you! Naruto, I love you, so, so much. Please don’t go. Please.”

His bloodied hands found their way to his hair and gripped it. Then, he screamed and, Uchiha pride be damned, he cried.