One more Last Chance

Sorry about the long wait! And that is so short. My muse stoped singing for a bit but I think she's back now. I never thought that this story would get so long! I am workng on the last little bits as I post this, so hopefully my muse (She needs a name. Care to help with that?) will keep singing. You comments make my day and keep both me and my muse happy so R&R!

*Puppy face* Please?

**S**

 

‘I…. I love you.” I say. I don’t expect what happens next. I don’t really know what I expected but what happened wasn’t it. Naruto starts shaking his head.

“You can’t. You can't love me.” he said. For the first time since I started talking I can see something in his eyes.

And it looks like panic.

The only though running through my mind now is; now I’ve really done it. Now he’s really gone.

‘I’ve lost him.’

My heat gives a painful beat before jumping into my throat, chocking me.

The world is spinning, and I can’t breathe. 

“Sasuke?”

‘I’ve lost him.’

My hand moves on its own to my pocket where my panic meds are, but my hand is shaking so bad and I can’t breathe. I drop the bottle and it rolls away.

“Sasuke?”

‘I’ve lost him.’

Blackness.

“Sasuke!”  he sounds so far away. A feeling. The only one to reach me in the dark. A pressure on my lips. Liquid down my throat. I cough. Did he just…...?

 **N**

“Sasuke?” I ask, he doesn’t answer. He looks like he is more panicked than I am. When his hand moves to his pocket and pulls a little orange bottle out. He’s shaking so bad he drops it almost immediately.

“Sasuke?”  Picking up the bottle I can see the label. Shit!

It was the same medication he had when he was little. It was the same pill that he used to take when he would wake from nightmares so panicked he couldn’t breathe. But I though he got over this!

Suddenly Sasuke falls over. He can’t breathe. “Sasuke!” Reaching into the jeep I pull my water bottle out. Popping the bottle open I put two pills in my mouth and a small sip of the water.

Leaning over him I touch my lips to his, using my tongue to open his mouth enough to swallow the pills, pushing them down this throat. I pull back as he coughs a little as his lungs restart. I move him on his side helping him breath.

“Did you…” he tries but he is still having trouble coughing. “Did you just….” he tries again, but I shush him.

“Just breathe a moment, okay?” he nods, but I know he will question me in a moment.

And all too soon he does. “What did you just do?” he asks, still slightly out of breath.

“Save your life?” I respond. I don’t wanna answer. My mask lays in broken chips and pieces over by the jeep. I can’t lie to him anymore.

“You kissed me.” he says. I don’t respond but my silence is response enough. “You kissed me.” he repeats in what sounds a little like wonder.

Then to my utter surprise he starts laughing. It’s amazing how his entire face transforms with the laughter. I can’t help but stare. And then I find myself laughing with him.

**S**

‘This is the good kind of breathless’ I was still trying to catch my breath after my laughing fit. I was still giddy. Naruto kissed me. He kissed me!. The smile on my face just would not go away. Not that I wanted it to, but still.

I look over at him to see him still chuckling, a bright smile on his face. That’s when I noticed the rain had stopped. I frowned at the sky. It was raining so hard not three minutes ago.

“The weather here can shift in a moment’s notice.” Naruto said. He was looking at the stars that were starting to shine through the lingering clouds. “depending where you are on the island at any given time it could be raining, sunny, or if you’re on the mountain, snowing.”

“How long have you been here?” I ask. I want to know but it’s not the question. But maybe if I get him to answer other questions he will be more willing.

“I’ve been here for 7 years, give or take. The island is the only place I can conduct my research.” At my curious look he continues. “I study the effects of complete oceanic isolation on ecosystems.”

Every word past ‘complete’ went right over my head. And I say as much. He laughs, his smile nearly blinding me. And I have to force myself to focus on what he’s saying rather than just the sound of his voice.

“I study what happens when an ecosystem is completely cut off by the ocean. The effects on the plants, animals and people.” he says and while I don’t really know anything about what he said I still nod.

“You still have no clue do you?” he asks and I shake my head. He laughs again and I want to just drown in the happy sound. “I love you,” I say. Maybe I shouldn’t but I can’t help it.

**N**

“I love you.” he says. I still don’t know what to say. I’ve spent every day of ten years telling myself he was strait and that he couldn’t ever love me the way I love him. Maybe I should test what kind of love he has?

“Sasuke?” I ask. He is already looking at me but it’s that dreamy kind of look. He snaps out of whatever dreamy thought he was in at the sound of my voice.

“Yes?” he asks. 

“Is Itachi here to?” I ask instead. I am such a coward.

“Yes, he’s here. Probably still looking for you. Or he’s looking for me now. He said he wanted to talk to you before me. He didn’t see you leave the beach.” His eyes never leave mine.

Like a starving mans eyes never leave a buffet. His eyes feasting on the sight of me. If I didn’t know any better, I would say he was undressing me with those eyes.