Hi readers, finally I finished the new chapter of this story :) Sorry about the long wait (again…) No excuse for it this time, except for my huge mountain of homework and my terrible grades… I think that I have some kind of writers block…
While writing this, I suddenly decided that this would be the final chapter. I'm sorry for the sudden ending, but I think that it's better to finish this story with this chapter :) I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that you also enjoyed reading it. For this last chapter, enjoy reading!
Lots of love, Tearsbehindthemask
. . . My ears hurt :'( I just got them pierced for the third time...

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!

"Can I leave now?" Sasuke asked annoyed.
"No you can't, we still have to take some blood to check if the venom is…"
"I'm not going to stay here any longer, you know!" Sasuke yelled to the stubborn nurse.
"Sasuke! Calm down!"
Naruto took Sasuke's hand, trying not to show it to the nurse.
"Naruto, I want to leave now! There's nothing wrong with me!"
Sasuke was pissed off. He wanted to leave the hospital as soon as possible because he was convinced that he was okay now and that he didn't need any treatment anymore.
"Sasuke, be reasonable." Naruto tried, "You almost died and you want to leave the hospital allready?"
"Two nights in a hospital is more than enough." Sasuke grumbled.
"Just… Let the nurse take some blood, and if you really feel allright… Than you can come home with me."
The nurse gave Naruto a thankful look. Naruto just smiled carefully.
"Okay, okay…" Sasuke said grumpy, "I'll give her my damn blood, but after that I'm leaving. Doesn't matter if you agree or not, I'm not going to stay here any longer."
Then Sasuke grinned.
"You owe me a kiss now, you know?"
"Sasuke?!"
Naruto blushed and the nurse looked at him and Sasuke, a bit shocked and curious.
"Just joking." Sasuke said, with a very convincing smile.
After a silence, the nurse smiled and looked at the papers that she was holding.
"So, Sasuke-kun. Is it all right if I take some blood now?" she asked friendly.
"Whatever." Sasuke said sighing.
Naruto watched nervously while the nurse took blood from Sasuke. Was it really okay to take that much? (Of course, Naruto was worried for nothing)
"We're done." The nurse announced after a while. "I recommend that you stay here for another night, but I probably can't stop you from leaving.. If that's the case…" (she turned to Naruto) "Please take good care of him and make sure that he stays in bed most of the time."
"Eh… I'll try." Naruto said blushing.
"So, can I go now?" Sasuke asked impatiently.
"…Yes."
The nurse left the room and Sasuke smiled.
"Finally I can leave this place."
"You haven't been here for so long." Naruto said careful, "Maybe it's better if you stay another night…"
"Don't you want me to stay over at your place?" Sasuke asked sharp, "I can go somewhere else if you don't like me to…"
"No! No Sasuke! That's not the point at all! I really want you to…"
"What? What do you want me to?" Sasuke asked pulling Naruto close.
"I… I… I just want you to be all right, you baka…" Naruto mumbled.
Sasuke smiled.
"Thanks, Naruto. But I'll be fine. You don't need to worry about me."
"… Let's go to my place then." Naruto said, "Do you have everything?"
Sasuke checked if he had left any of his possessions and nodded.
"I'm ready to leave." He said smiling.
Sasuke and Naruto walked towards the exit. A lot of people were staring at Sasuke.
People were whispering.
"Didn't that Uchiha join the enemy?"
"He's back? Uchiha Sasuke is back?"
Sasuke ignored the looks and the whispering and walked out of the hospital.
It was raining outside, so there weren't many people on the streets. The people that were there looked at Sasuke in curiosity.
In a village, a ninja village, something like this couldn't be missed.
"So… Are you glad that you're back in Konoha?" Naruto asked after a long time of walking in silence.
Sasuke looked around, at the houses and shops that hadn't changed a bit, and at the people that were staring at him. Then he looked at Naruto.
"I don't know." Sasuke said, "I'm glad to be away from Orochimaru and I'm glad that I'm here with you but… It's just… Weird to be back."
Naruto nodded and searched for his house key in his pockets.
"We're here." He said, pointing at the building where his apartment was.
Sasuke followed Naruto in silence and when they arrived at Naruto's house, Naruto opened the door and Sasuke entered Naruto's place.
"I'm sorry that it's so messy, I'll clean everything up later." Naruto said.
There was silence again. Naruto felt uncomfortable, he didn't know what Sasuke was thinking.
"Thanks for letting me stay with you." Sasuke said after a while with a smile on his face. "I'll look for a new apartment later, but if you're okay with it I'll…"
"Sasuke!" Naruto interrupted Sasuke, "You… You don't need to find a new house. If you want to… This can be your home now."
Sasuke blinked a few times.
"You mean that I can stay here, for as long as I want?"
"Of course."
Sasuke smiled.
"Is this place big enough for the both of us?" he asked.
"So… does that mean that you'll stay with me?"
"Of course, Naruto." Sasuke said smiling.
Naruto flung his arms around Sasuke.
"Thank you…" he whispered.
"You don't need to thank me." Sasuke said surprised, "I should be thanking you."
"You don't have to." Naruto said, closing his eyes.
"But I will."
Sasuke lifted Naruto's chin and kissed him tenderly.
"Thank you." He said smiling.
"If you really want to thank me," Naruto said with a grin, "Treat me to some ramen."
Sasuke laughed.
"I know something better, I think." He said seductive.
Naruto blushed.
"I think that can wait too." Sasuke laughed. "But I have no money anyway, so you have to pay for the ramen."
"Only this time." Naruto said.

Naruto and Sasuke walked on the street, Sasuke held an umbrella to keep the rain away.
Both of them stayed silent. It still felt weird to walk together in the village again.
"There it is!" Naruto suddenly said.
Sasuke looked up and saw the ramen shop where he and the rest of team seven often went to eat. Before he joined Orochimaru.
"Naruto! Good to see you again!" the old man said happily when Naruto entered the shop.
"Good to see you again too! I missed your ramen!"
Sasuke stepped into the shop then.
"I brought a friend today!" Naruto said happily.
The daughter of the old man that was cooking, suddenly turned around.
"That couldn't possibly be… Uchiha Sasuke?"
Sasuke smiled.
"The one and only."
"So I can conclude that your mission was successful?" the old man asked.
"It was." Naruto said, smiling brightly.
"Well then, you can eat for free today, to celebrate a successful mission."
"Thanks old man!" Naruto exclaimed.
Sasuke sat down next to Naruto and listened to Naruto talking and laughing with the shop owners. It felt like the old times. The only thing that was missing was an annoying Sakura and a happy Kakashi.
Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's knee.
Naruto looked at Sasuke, a bit shocked.
Sasuke just smiled at Naruto and they both felt happy.
Naruto put his hand on Sasuke's and Sasuke stroked Naruto's hand.
"Here's your ramen." The old man then said, breaking the romantic moment but completing the happy feeling.
Sasuke laughed when Naruto almost attacked his bowl of ramen.
Then, a pink haired girl entered the shop.
"I knew that you'd be here!" Sakura exclaimed, "Kakashi-sensei! They're here!"
"Hi Sasuke! Hi Naruto!" Kakashi said with a smile that was even more happy then usual.
"Kakashi-sensei! Sakura! What are you doing here?" Naruto asked surprised.
"We thought that we'd come celebrate the reunion of team seven." Kakashi said.
"Yeah! And I wanted to see Sasuke-kun again…" Sakura said blushing.
"Whatever." Sasuke said in his old uninterested way, but with a smile on his face.
"Old man!" Naruto laughed, "Two bowls of ramen for the rest of our team."
"I'm already working on it."
The night was fun and team seven stayed in the ramen shop for a long time.
When it was around midnight, they went home, after making an agreement to meet each other the next morning for a new mission.

"I really had fun tonight." Sasuke said smiling, playing with Naruto's blonde locks.
"Me too."
Naruto and Sasuke were lying in Naruto's single bed, which was actually way to small for both of them.
Naruto crawled closer to Sasuke.
"But it's more fun to be alone with you." Sasuke said, kissing Naruto passionately.
"I'm so happy that you came home this time…" Naruto said, putting his head on Sasuke's arm.
Sasuke smiled.
"I'm glad… and honored that you never gave up on me… You're great."
"All these years…" Naruto said, "I couldn't think of anything but you… I lived just to save you… To get you out of the dark..."
"And you succeeded." Sasuke whispered. "Hatred slowly consumed my heart when I was away… But when I slept, or if I was sick… I couldn't help thinking of home… Thinking of you…"
Naruto closed his eyes.
"Are you going to sleep?" Sasuke asked.
"No." Naruto said, opening his eyes again. "Didn't you say that you knew something better to thank me?"
"Of course, love." Sasuke said smiling, and he rolled over so he was on top of Naruto. "I just don't think that you'll be really energetic at our new mission if I thank you now."
Naruto smiled.
"Why should I care?" he asked.