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Full Summary: Naruto gets severely injured saving Sasuke's life on a mission and even with his healing he's still in the hospital two weeks after the incident. The only way he can be allowed out is if someone's willing to take care of him. Sasuke may just be offering himself up for the task - but what's the catch?

Pairing List: Sasuke/Naruto

Chapters: 8/8

Updates: Each chapter should be posted every four days after the previous one unless outside interference prevents me from reaching the internet/computer to upload it.

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A/N: The final chapter. *wibble* Isn't it a sad occurrence? But nevertheless, it's been a fantastic month of updates. Thank you for every reviewer, person who favourited this, added it to a community and put it on their alerts. You've all made me want to keep going and posting further chapters. Thank you for all your kind words and support. *hugs you all*

Chapter 8

When Naruto finally finished - his voice having dropped considerably throughout the conversation as he'd glanced around the room fearfully - he slowly sat back against the couch again, and while biting his bottom lip, he surveyed his friend's reaction.

Sakura's mouth was open slightly and she looked somewhat amazed. After closing and re-opening her jaw a few times, she coughed politely and began smoothing out her skirt, trying to compose herself. "Well, that's... interesting."

"What?" Naruto asked, leaning in without even realising, "What's interesting? Do you know what's up with Sasuke? Anything? Do you know what I can do? And what about how I'm, well, you know," he lowered his voice, "feeling," He quickly hurried on, "and then what about… hey! Why are you laughing?"

Sakura pressed her lips together tightly, trying not to smile at her friend. "I'm sorry, it's just." She sniggered slightly. "You really don't realise what's going on, do you?"

"What?" Naruto demanded, feeling all the more confused, "What's going on? You know what's wrong with Sasuke?"

"Oh, Naruto," Sakura said softly, reaching out and patting his arm. "It's really obvious just… think about it."

"I have been thinking about it," Naruto stressed, "I've been agonising over it for the last three days, didn't you get that from everything I told you?"

Sakura rolled her eyes, seeming to have her amusement under some amount of control as she replied dryly, "Yes, Naruto. I noticed that."

"So then can you help me?"

"Look," Sakura said carefully, "It's not exactly my place to explain what's going on. It's something you'll have to discover for yourself."

Naruto let out something that highly resembled a whine, but at this point he wasn't too sure if he cared. "But I don't want to. Can't you just tell me? I won't even mention your name! He doesn't have to know you helped me!"

Sakura softly shook her head. "Naruto that is something Sasuke would find out and he'd be mad about it too - but besides that, this really isn't something I can help you with." Naruto went to protest but she held up a hand, "Trust me on this. And you will figure it out eventually. You just have to wait until you're ready."

"But-" Naruto started to protest, but when Sakura sent him a dark glare that made him want to flinch away on reflex, he finally - grudgingly and with a few internal obscenities- conceded. "Fine."

Well, that was a big fucking waste of time.

"Now as for your feelings about him-" Naruto hurriedly put his hand over her mouth, a blush forming.

"Shhhh," he hissed while glancing around the room worriedly, "Sasuke should be back any second. Do you want to make things even more awkward between us then they already are?"

Batting his hand away, Sakura scowled at him. "Never touch my face like that again, Naruto."

More then happy to latch onto a new strand of conversation, Naruto replied with a teasing smile that he didn't really feel, "How else would you like me to touch it?"

"Naruto," Sakura warned, "don't change the subject."

But Naruto was desperate, he could see something bad happening, specifically; Sakura saying something incriminating just as Sasuke walked into the room. So without any other options, he decided to do a whole lot of backtracking, "Didn't you say I should figure stuff out on my own? Maybe I should just go back to doing that?"

"You asked for my opinion," Sakura pointed out with a huff.

"Well now I'm taking it back," Naruto proclaimed, making Sakura's eyes narrow, and he once again had that panicked feeling. You didn't make her swear not to tell him! "Hey, you're not going to tell-"

His mouth quickly snapped shut as Sasuke came into the room. Naruto felt something like a whimper lodge in his throat. How long has he been there? How long has he been there?

"Aha, hey Sasuke," Naruto said a little nervously, a hand going to rub the back of his neck, as his face heated up further, "that was a, uh, short shower."

Sasuke stared at him a little strangely. "I was gone twenty minutes." He looked between Sakura and Naruto suspiciously before his shoulders gained a small level of tension, his voice somehow becoming even colder and more detached than before. "Did I interrupt something?"

"We were just talking," Naruto began to deny, but when he saw Sakura about to reply as well, his alarm bells went off again and he hastily continued, "about, uh, personal… uh, just us, sort of… stuff. So do you think you could," he gestured vaguely at the doorway Sasuke had come through, "you know… give us a few more minutes?"

When he finished, Sakura was staring at him liked he'd gone insane while Sasuke looked like he was trying really hard not to be pissed off. "Whatever. You only need one person to watch you." He turned to Sakura. "Find me when you're leaving."

He didn't wait for another response as he turned and walked back out of the room, leaving the two of them alone again.

"Naruto, what are you-" Sakura started angrily, but Naruto quickly cut her off, leaning towards her and staring at her seriously.

"You have to promise me that you won't tell Sasuke anything about what we talked about."

Sakura frowned and started to protest. "Naruto, I-"

"Promise me, Sakura," Naruto demanded, his voice a quietly spoken command.

She still looked annoyed at him, but Sakura conceded. "I promise, Naruto." Naruto's whole body sagged with relief, but Sakura wasn't finished, "But I suggest you talk with him about it soon. At the rate your healing you'll be out of his care by sometime next week."

"I… I will?" Naruto murmured. His heart feeling like it was being squeezed painfully.

If we're not sharing a house will he change? Will he go back to normal? Will I go back to normal? …What if I don't want to? Does this mean I have to… confess?

"There's no other reason for you to be here," she told him simply, cutting through the rush of questions going through Naruto's head.

"You," he hesitated, "you really think I should tell him?"

Sakura nodded. "Yes. At the very least you should let him know you're not in love with me." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Especially since you just made it look like we were having some kind of intimate moment when he walked in."

He grimaced; he hadn't meant to do that.

Sighing, Naruto agreed, "Okay, you're right."

His own feelings aside, Sasuke did deserve the truth on his relationship with Sakura. They were friends after all. But as for telling him the truth about his feelings… well, he had a week to decide about that... and about how Sasuke would react, and why he was acting so strange… maybe a week wasn't long enough.

"Do you want me to find Sasuke?" Sakura questioned.

Naruto started to nod absently, still considering what he was going to do, when he suddenly remembered something, "Oh wait! I forgot! I need your help with something."

Sakura eyed him suspiciously, and after the confession he'd just laid on her, Naruto didn't blame her. "What now?"

He smiled a little impishly. "The room Sasuke's got me in is so boring, Sakura. There's nothing but blue everywhere." His usual cheer and mischief was quick to flood back to him as he visualised it in his mind. "Can you get me a few things so I can," he smirked, "liven it up a bit?"

Sakura laughed, and like that, the serious atmosphere that had been hanging around them vanished. Opening up her medical kit, she pulled out a pen and paper. "You do know he's going to be less than thrilled when he finds out, don't you?"

"Yeah," Naruto answered cheerfully, "but that's half the fun."

Handing him the stationary, Sakura didn't make another comment, and Naruto happily uncapped the pen and started to write. Just until Sakura left, he could allow himself the luxury of pretending he didn't have a confession to spill or a time frame in which to do it in.

-break-

It hadn't taken long for Naruto to scribble out around twenty items for Sakura to get, and with a grumbled comment at the state of Naruto's handwriting, Sakura had teleported to his house, leaving Naruto to wait - under direct orders not to move a muscle and end up hurting himself - in the lounge room.

The regrettable problem for Naruto was that being alone in a lounge room and confined to a couch gave his mind the perfect opportunity to start badgering him into thinking about stuff he really didn't want to think about. One of those things was the ever popular chant his mind had come up with of; SasukeSasukeSasuke. Feelings. Sasuke. Weirdness.

It was enough to make him want to bash his own head in. Talking to Sakura had only seemed to make it worse, the insistent voice was even more annoying than ever - he figured it was because Sakura had figured out whatever it had been hinting at. He'd even sunk so low as to reducing himself to snapping back at his subconscious; it had shut it up temporarily though, so that was a plus.

He just wished he was closer towards figure out what the hell he was going to do. Sure, he might have the first step - telling Sasuke he was over Sakura - but what about after that? He couldn't really see the continuation of that being, "yeah, because I'm actually in love with you."

Because that…

Naruto's whole brain screeched to a stop.

Love.

There was no way… no - who the fuck said anything about… about love. It was… it was feelings, an infatuation - maybe - but not love. Not love. Never love.

"I don't love him," Naruto whispered firmly, resolutely. "I don't love, Sasuke."

He felt a hand lightly rest on his arm and he jumped almost a foot in the air, snapping his head around to see them. But it was only Sakura so he felt his heart start working again.

Sakura's face was sympathetic even as she softly asked, "Who are you trying to convince?"

Naruto refused to answer, as he gestured at the bag in her hand. "Did you get it all?"

Sakura sighed lightly. "Yes, Naruto. I got it all."

"Then let's go then." He gave the best grin he could manage at the moment. "You can help me to the room, right?"

Sakura just nodded, not saying anything as she came around and wrapped an arm around his waist. They began walking to the room Naruto was staying in and after he had given her the directions, he quickly started a conversation; asking about how things in the village were.

Naruto was relieved when Sakura allowed it and they talked about their friends and their missions of late. She never brought up what she'd overheard, and Naruto didn't let himself think about how he wished it was Sasuke wrapped around him.

-break-

"No, no, put it higher!" Naruto said with a grin, watching Sakura scowl at him over her shoulder before she stood on tiptoes and put a mirror on the wall - using a faint trace of chakra to hold it in place before she applied blu-tack. [1]

The mirror itself was small a circle with the frame consisting of large triangular points spreading out from the centre causing it to resemble a sun - however, instead of a sun's typical yellow or orange; it was a mixture of purple, red and blue. Naruto was really hoping the blu-tack would hold it.

Looking around the room, Naruto had to smile at the many colourful decorations Naruto had watched - and okay, maybe directed - Sakura in putting up around the room. There were now posters, photos and various ornaments littering the walls and surfaces. He'd also had the blanket on the bed changed to one of his own; it was dark green with purple swirls on it. The blanket was huge, warm and wonderful to snuggle into.

Sakura had offered to bring other linen too, but he wouldn't allow it. Sasuke's sheets were the softest most heavenly thing he'd ever slept on. There was no way he was giving them up before he had to - hell, he was almost tempted to steal them and take them home with him. He hadn't mentioned that part to Sakura though.

Naruto had also made sure that everything he added could easily be removed and wouldn't damage the walls - he also hadn't tampered with any of the furnishings. All he'd really done was add some Uzumaki charm to the Uchiha sophistication.

"Are we done now?" Sakura asked, snapping him from his thoughts as she loosely held the empty bag in her left hand, her hands on her hips. She probably didn't want to teleport to his house again - he'd already made her do it twice.

Giving the room a more thorough look over, Naruto soon decided it was the best it could be without being cluttered. When his gaze landed on the bed however, he smiled slightly, and walked the few steps over to pick up the last photograph still laying there. He had been about to put it on the bedside table with the others - his job - when Sakura had distracted him with the clock.

Holding it, he lightly traced his finger over the frame, a small smile forming despite himself. It was of him and Sasuke not long after Sasuke had been accepted back into the village. Sasuke had just past his Jounin exams and Naruto had run up and tackled him in a hug from behind, clinging to his back and laughing happily in Sasuke's ear, his hands around the Uchiha's chest.

For all intents and purposes Sasuke looked pissed off at being climbed on, but thanks to the position of the photographer, Naruto could see the hint of a smile tugging at Sasuke's lips. It showed not only his pride at winning, but his grudging acceptance and amusement over Naruto's choice of congratulations - his hands had also gone to support Naruto's legs.

Naruto still wasn't sure who had managed to capture the picture without either of them noticing; all he knew was that they had sent it to him in the mail a week later. It had never left his bedside table since.

"Naruto?" Sakura questioned, and Naruto looked up at her, quickly flashing a grin as he started walking - not stumbling, damn it! - towards the drawers.

"Yeah, sorry. It's perfect. Thanks, Sakura."

She frowned slightly before turning to look at the door. "Good," Sakura scrunched up the plastic bag and hid it in her pocket, "because Sasuke's coming."

Naruto barely had a chance to reach the dresser - photo frame still in his hand - when the door opened and Sasuke took one step inside before freezing in his place, his eyes darted around the room as his mouth formed into a thin line.

"Hey Sasuke," Naruto said happily, "we were just starting to wonder where you'd gotten to."

Placing the frame beside the other five already on the dresser, he made sure to put this one closer to the bed. When he turned back to look at Sasuke, he found the Uchiha had moved a few steps into the room, but he still looked displeased.

"What's the matter, Sasuke?" Naruto asked innocently, just barely keeping a snigger at bay.

Sasuke shot him a dark look before ignoring the question. "If you want to eat at all today you had better come do it now."

Naruto brightened, and he was moments away from an agreement when he realised what that would mean - confession time. Wanting to prolong it as much as possible, he turned to Sakura. "Do you want to join us? Sasuke makes the best food."

She didn't do more then glance at Sasuke before she was shaking her head. "I had better go. I need to give my report to the Hokage," a wiry smirk was on her lips, "but thank you for the offer. I'll see you both in a few days."

Sakura disappeared in a swirl of leaves, and Naruto had no doubt she knew what he had been trying to do. When Naruto glanced at Sasuke though, he had to admit that the glare on the Uchiha's face might have also had something to do with Sakura's prompt departure.

"Uh…" Naruto began as Sasuke stalked over to him, "everything's removable?"

Sasuke paused in front of Naruto and flicked his eyes distastefully towards some of the decorations. "Whatever."

Okay, not what he's pissed about.

Reaching out, Sasuke started to pull Naruto into their usual position when he paused, his eyebrows furrowed slightly. Glancing in the direction Sasuke was focusing on, Naruto couldn't help but smile; the photographs.

He had more at home - three folders full of them - but these ones were his favourites.

There was the original one of Team Seven with Kakashi ruffling his and Sasuke's hair. One of the Rookie Nine - and Sai - that was taken a year and a half ago; when the others had finally accepted Sasuke back into the group. The next was one of him and Gaara when he'd gone to Suna a few months ago; it was the first time he'd managed to convince the Kazekage to pose for a photo.

There was another - more recent - photo of Team Seven only this one had Iruka in it as well. Then there was one of just him and Iruka - it had been taken just before he'd left to train with Jiraiya - and the final one was the one he'd only just put up. It was his favourite; where Sasuke was actually accepting his embrace and just looking… happy. He liked seeing that.

"Who took that photo?" Sasuke asked quietly, and Naruto noticed Sasuke was looking at the same one as him.

"I don't know. I got it in the mail." Picking it up, he smiled at Sasuke and lightly tapped the glass protecting the image. "I'm still surprised you didn't throw me off, you know."

Sasuke gave a small grunt before looking away, making Naruto roll his eyes and put the frame back on the dresser. His was expecting Sasuke to start pestering him to leave for lunch again, but to his surprise, when he looked back at the other, Sasuke was glaring at one of the items hanging on the wall.

It was an ornamental scroll that he'd received for his birthday last year from Sakura. It was a poem written by an unknown ninja about the trials and demons that you face in your life and how they will forever haunt you. Yet how you find love, respect and friendship in your fellow ninjas, as well as the pride you feel in protecting your village and fellow team mates. Ever since he'd first read it, Naruto had found it utterly beautiful, so when Sakura had handed the scroll over with a smile, he'd ended up hugging her for almost five minutes.

Naruto had thought Sasuke would like the poem.

Tilting his head to get a better look at his friend's face, he leaned close to him and asked curiously, "… Are you okay, Sasuke?"

"You didn't get my permission to hang things up in here," Sasuke snapped out.

Naruto felt his eyes widen and he felt matching agitation start to form. "You said you didn't care five seconds ago!"

"This is my house," Sasuke said, rounding on him, "and I don't want them hanging on my walls."

"What the fuck switched you from 'decent best friend' to 'completely psychotic asshole'? It was just a bit of colour, what's so offensive?"

Sasuke glared. "I don't want some love poem on my wall making you gush about your damn girlfriend!"

Sasuke snapped his mouth shut tightly, and a small part of Naruto was sure that Sasuke had wanted to say more but he'd cut himself off - but that was a tiny and mostly ignored part of Naruto, because the rest of him was too busy gaping at Sasuke to notice it.

"What?" He blurted out; his mind not sure where the dots Sasuke was - apparently - connecting had come from… apart from, you know, another universe.

"Nothing," Sasuke hissed out and Naruto would bet money that he saw Sasuke's Sharingan take over his eyes for a moment.

Okay, think Naruto, think. What did he mean?

Hurriedly running through everything that could possibly have happened, he suddenly remembered what Sakura had told him. You should let him know you're not in love with me.

Naruto blinked, and before he could stop it a disbelieving snort escaped, making Sasuke shift his glare to Naruto's face.

"I'm not dating Sakura, you asshole." Naruto crossed his arms and glowered at him. "I'm not even in love with her anymore. I don't know why you'd give a shit in the first place, but that poem happens to be my favourite piece. It has nothing to do with love. I just wanted a copy of it." Sasuke's face was emotionless again, but the lack of anger wasn't enough to discourage Naruto's, in fact it only made it burn brighter. "But fine, Uchiha, if you want all my things out of your house, then what else can I do but oblige the person stuck with me as a mission."

Ignoring the pain in his legs from being overworked, he marched towards the other side of the room and ripped down one of his posters. He heard it tear, but it only fuelled his fury as he threw it to the ground and started walking towards the next one.

However, Naruto - too consumed by his rage - didn't notice that the direction he was heading was where the poster had fallen, and when his already wobbly legs tried to move across it, his feet - inevitably - slipped on the glossy paper.

Naruto felt his eyes widen as he tipped backwards. Fuck. He closed his eyes, bracing for the impact he knew he couldn't avoid. But instead of landing on a hard wooden floor, he felt arms encircle his waist and stop his movement. Naruto snapped his eyes open and found himself looking into Sasuke's concerned and very close face.

Naruto swallowed thickly as Sasuke's arms tightened around him, and instinctively, Naruto reached out and grabbed Sasuke right shoulder with one hand while the other went around his friend's back, pulling himself further away from the floor - and closer to Sasuke.

He could smell lavender around him, and Naruto's breath was a little shaky when he exhaled. Sasuke still hadn't looked away from Naruto's face or tried to stand them upright.

Naruto didn't know what to do, and before he could stop himself, he whispered softly - shyly; feeling embarrassed and warm while his heart pounded a mile a minute. "Thanks."

The same intensity from the garden suddenly formed around them, and Naruto felt like he was shaking even when he knew he was perfectly still. He could sense the moment was reaching its peak - the crescendo was coming, and despite his nerves erupting in the form of butterflies in his stomach, he didn't move, didn't speak, he just waited for Sasuke.

Everything went still - he would swear the world stopped - before, in an instant, Sasuke had closed the ever decreasing gap between them and the softest kiss was pressed to Naruto's lips.

Naruto felt his heart melt before his mind exploded. His eyes quickly widened as everything clicked, and he froze in place as wave after wave of realisation washed over him.

He's in love with you. That's why he's been acting so weird. He's in love with you, he's kissing you and you're in love with him too.

His mind was so busy going around in stunned and giddy circles that he couldn't stop focusing on, that the only time everything managed to freeze was when the warmth - love, joy, happiness - pulled away and his eyes snapped open to find Sasuke had stood them up and was taking slow steps away from him, his face hidden by his bangs.

"I'm sorry," Sasuke murmured and even the tight control he had on his emotions wasn't enough to keep all the desolation from his voice. "I'll have the Hokage assign you a new carer before the end of the day."

Naruto felt the internal tremors start to spread throughout his body until they were visible, and he honestly wasn't sure if it was his reaction to the kiss, Sasuke's words or his sore muscles that was causing it. Regardless of the source, it was enough to catch Sasuke's attention, and he noticeably hesitated before he carefully walked over to Naruto and with the barest of touches, he helped him to the bed. Naruto was still too incoherent to do anything but allow Sasuke to practically carry him and sit him down. When Sasuke moved away from him again, it was enough for Naruto to finally find his voice.

"Sasuke…" He licked his lips, only to start when a voice - that voice - snaked into his mind, informing him that he was technically licking Sasuke at the moment and he felt himself blush.

But apparently he was once again too quiet, because Sasuke spoke up. "Just… forget it, Naruto. I'll go talk to the Hokage and-"

"No!" Naruto quickly interjected, and he had to resist the urge to reach out and pull Sasuke towards him so he couldn't teleport away.

Sasuke lifted his head enough to give Naruto the first look at his face. He may have only looked confused, but Naruto felt his heart clench at Sasuke's eyes; they were trying so hard to be closed off, but God, they were so pained underneath it all.

I want him. He realised suddenly. I want to kiss him, hug him, love him, live with him, make him feel better. I wanthim.

"Come here," Naruto requested quietly, gesturing at the spot beside him on the bed.

He could see the uncertainty cross Sasuke's face, but he didn't push it, and after a few moments of deliberation, Sasuke slowly walked over and sat down beside him. Naruto reacted instantly and leant over, wrapping his arms around Sasuke's neck and hugging him.

Burying his face in Sasuke's neck, he breathed in the smell of the lavender, his eyes closing in contentment. When he felt Sasuke's arms cautiously return the gesture, a small sigh escaped Naruto, and Sasuke's arms got tighter in response and Naruto smiled when he realised it was to try and hide his shudder.

Hah! That's why he shivered that night on the bed… he grimaced. Damn, I really was kind of torturing him, wasn't I? His eyes widened. I still am.

"Sasuke," Naruto said quietly, tilting his head so he could speak into his friend's ear, "I'm in love with you too."

For a long moment, Sasuke didn't react, but then he slowly moved a hand up to press against Naruto's back, tracing it lightly while bringing him closer. It took Naruto a moment to realise that his hand was covering the area the sword had gone through, and he smiled softly; he had a feeling that was the closest he was going to get to a confession from Sasuke for a while.

Feeling a hand on his neck, Naruto pulled back so he was sitting in Sasuke's lap - making it easier to see the other's face. Sasuke's hand moved up to his jaw before brushing along his cheek, just under the shuriken cut.

"Took you long enough," Sasuke muttered before adding affectionately, "idiot."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah; it would have helped if you weren't difficult as hell to decipher and-"

He was suddenly cut off as Sasuke leant forward and kissed him. Naruto quickly shut up and moved his hands to curl them into Sasuke's hair. He let out a surprised but happy sound to find the strands were soft, not even the tiniest hint of a hair product.

Pulling back, Naruto was about to make a comment about it, but he stopped when he saw the smallest smile playing at Sasuke's lips. His own quickly formed to match it, and he was weighing up the pros and cons of kissing Sasuke's away when his thoughts, the mood and Sasuke's smile was broken by the sound of Naruto's stomach rumbling.

Sasuke's usual smirk shifted into place as well as the raising of an eyebrow.

Naruto scowled at him. "Oh shut it, asshole."

"Just because you can't control your bodily functions-"

"Because I what?" Naruto interrupted, "You're the one who hasn't fed me! It's all your fault I'm starving."

"I offered lunch," Sasuke countered, "You're the one who decided to rip down posters and fall over."

Naruto huffed and crossed his arms. "That was your fault too! You and your jealousy over Sakura-"

Sasuke once again cut Naruto off with a kiss, but Naruto didn't let it last long as he pulled back and glared at Sasuke incredulously. "Are you seriously going to resort to kissing me to shut me up?"

The only response Sasuke had was to press his smirk to Naruto's pout, but instead of letting Naruto pull away, he put a hand behind his neck to hold him there.

Naruto went to grumble out a few obscenities, but Sasuke quickly used the advantage to deepen the kiss, causing a small whimper to escape Naruto's mouth instead of the 'asshole' he'd been going for.

And when the voice that had been bugging him for days chimed in with a 'you're supposed to be mad at him and hungry, you know?' he quite easily - and without any remorse - flipped it off and tugged Sasuke closer.

He could solve those problems later; after all, playing by ear had always been his best strategy, and it did give him the best results.

-fin-

A/N: Oh hey, there you go, a happy, flappy cliché SasuNaru ending… but considering the whole story was a happy, flappy cliché SasuNaru fanfiction, I think all you loyal readers will be willing to let it slide, haha.

But anyway that's it for me on this story, no 'Sasuke's POV' or 'epilogue' this is how it's ending. In the future there may be edits (especially when my beta gets back to me) and even chapter extensions, but generally this story will stay the same.

I hope you've enjoyed it and I hope you'll keep an eye out for my name in this fandom because I can promise you that more stories will be coming from me (even if they may take a while since RL is a bitch and all) but I'll also post the occasional oneshot.

Thank you for your time and interest. Please tell me what you've thought of my story :)

Number Notes:

[1] - I honestly didn't know what else to use since I couldn't see her wasting chakra to hang everything and I didn't know of anything else that wouldn't damage Sasuke's house. If you guys have any better ideas, just let me know and I'll change it.