WARNING: The stories here are all SasuNaruSasu related, meaning that Naruto and Sasuke are in a relationship, with their roles varying by the chapter (i.e., who is Seme). If you do not like these two characters in a relationship, do not like what role they are playing, or are not a fan of Yaoi, Shonen-Ai or any of its synonyms, then please close this story without leaving any rude comments behind.

Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke are property of Kishimoto Masashi and Shonen Weekly Jump. Only these stories themselves and character manipulation are property of me.

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I saw him every day. At precisely 3:03 pm, he would appear beyond the fence. The dark haired boy with black-pearled eyes would hold his brother's hand and walk by while only giving me a glance. Sasuke. I always watched him walk by without a care in the world. I admit, I hated him at first, but I realized I was fond of him. I wanted to talk to him, at least once.

But that was impossible, because of what I was. I was an orphan. The place he would pass by would be the local orphanage, a place where children were considered unclean and untouchable by society. It's been seven years since I arrived as an infant, and no one wanted to adopt me for some reason. Other kids said I was too loud or too wild, but I'm not really sure. I figured that everyone just hated me.

I was moping on the playground one day, waiting to see him again, the same time he appears every day. However, he didn't show. I was sure it was the right time. An hour passed, and it was time for me to do my chores. Sasuke still never showed up. Why wouldn't he and his brother pass by? They did every day since I could remember. I began to wonder if something happened to him.

To my dismay, I was right. The next day when I was alone on the playground again, I finally saw him again, but on the other side of the fence. The rumor was that his someone killed his entire family. Another was that his brother did it. Now, he held the same gloomy face as every other child here. Unconsciously, I walked over to him, held out my hand, gave my warmest smile and said,

"I'll never leave you alone, dattebayo."

Families came and went, and they each had their own choice for their perfect child. Many came for Sasuke, but some surprisingly wanted to take me. But we never let go of our hands and always said,

"If you want to take me, you have to adopt him as well."

It was a promise that we never sought to break. Fewer families came for us. One for becoming older since families always wanted to adopt babies and another because we always stood by our word. Our bond grew and we were always together. Nothing would come between us.

But one dark man broke that bond. Without any warning, he took Sasuke away from me and left without a word. I didn't know how long I cried or how long I was hurting. My hand felt so heavy without him holding it up. My face felt as if it was drooping because it wasn't a smile. I honestly felt so much pain. The only way I could feel at peace was when dreamed of Sasuke. One day, I tried to make myself sleep forever.

Someone eventually broke me out of that trance. He promised that if I would live, he would help me look for Sasuke. That was enough to keep me going. After that, I knew it would only get better. If it was the only bit of info about him, if it was just a bit of a thought, it was enough to give me hope. Sure enough, if I knew I tried hard enough, I could reach my goal.

"Only the Dobe would wear that stupid face on his first day."

Looking beyond the school gates of the best school in the area, I saw him. After so much investigating and all of the cramming hours, I finally reached the same high school as him. I couldn't cry because I was sick of it. I couldn't walk up to him because I was too excited to see him.

My legs began to move quickly and my arms were outstretched as far as they could go. I saw Sasuke return the same warm smile the first day I spoke to him. I guess I only did what I could do at the time.

"Hey there, Teme!" while slapping him hard on the back.

END

I hope you enjoyed this little story. This, and future chapters, are just little non-lemon one-shots that I finally decided to upload onto this site. I'll upload each story in chronological order of when I made them, so there will be some noticeable changes in the stories as well as the style when you read on.

But nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed. Happy SasuNaruSasu-ing!

-State Kunoichi