Title: Someone to love

Summary: Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own, and when Sasuke finds himself sad after seeing Naruto sad, he just has to find out why.

Rating: K because it's just fluff during my hour of pure boredom.

Sequel: Doubtful I mean it really doesn't have a big plot.

Inspiration: Bored out of my mind, currently writing a M rated Gang fic, and an M rated Vampire/Business fic and don't know which to put up first. So I wrote this while I looked for inspiration.

Words: about 1000 I mean this is so damn short! But it is only a bit of fluff lol.

Beta: Please PM me to Beta it and then send me the Beta'd version because i am sleep deprived and despite this being short i can hardly read my screen lol.

Love is that condition in which the
happiness of another person is essential to your own

- Heinlein, Robert -

Glancing around at his surroundings, he took in the many people holding hands. Recently Gaara and his siblings had come for a visit and each of them had seemingly found someone to comfort them during their time there.

Gaara was wandering around closely behind Hinata, a possessively short distance between the pair. Naruto didn't understand how that happened, but he assumed it had something to do with when he introduced them at Hinata 18th birthday.

Temari had found herself laying close to Shikamaru as they watched the clouds go by together. Naruto shook his head in disbelief. It was surprising what could happen in his twenty two years of living so far.

Kankuro, playboy of Sunagakure had even found himself a settler by the looks of things. The man was snuggling quite close to that pretty black haired girl. Naruto sighed at his lack of love life.

He was sitting alone just outside the bathhouse. Normally he'd try and follow in his deceased mentors footsteps, but he didn't have the bottle to get screamed at any more. Not with the lack of love in his life, he doubted he could take any more hate.

To add to his sadness, Lee and Sakura, had just passed him. Ignoring his existence as they lovingly gazed into one another's eyes and chattered absently as they held hands tightly. It almost made Naruto want to fall back and just drown. Luckily he wasn't so suicidal and he had a dream to fulfil.

Even Neji had found himself someone. The weapon loving girl, Tenten. Naruto's sour mood just turned worse. All the girls he knew well had all been taken by someone. Well there was Ino yet, but Naruto was sure she'd probably found someone as well.

An sure enough, just as hope was about to rise in his throat again, Sai walked passed. A deep smile on his face and Ino on his back as she pointed towards the flower shop muttering something about Sai owing her a bouquet.

The atmosphere around him was so loving, it was suffocating him. He really needed someone to love him. He doubted any did, or ever would.

Sasuke looked on from atop the roof of a small building. Inside of him something clenched tightly as he saw Naruto swaying side to side sitting the edge of the fountain, a glum stuck on the man's face.

Sasuke frowned, the glum look on the man's face was causing deep sadness to stir within him. It confused him so. Was he feeling sad because his best friend was feeling sad? That couldn't be possible, Sasuke's emotions never wavered just because someone else's did.

He had to find out what was going on.

Years had passed since Sasuke's return, few months had passed since the end of his punishment. Konoha's trust in him had been restored and that trust he planned to use to find out what was wrong with him. Why couldn't he see Naruto sad without feeling it himself?

Jumping down, he disappeared into the air before he touched the floor intent on speaking to his ex mentor first. Kakashi. The sun was bright that day, the mood was good, so why did one person make him feel so down?

-

Finding Kakashi alongside Iruka just outside of the academy, he frowned. He didn't expect them to be together, he didn't even know they spoke much, and now, there they were sitting on a bench outside of the academy, their hands way to close together for Sasuke's liking.

“Um, Kakashi?” Sasuke said, coughing gently to announce his presence. Iruka was the first too shoot up and mutter something about needing to find Naruto before running off, while Kakashi shoot her straight after to make some excuse about following his 'dear Iruka' Of course Sasuke stopped him before he got anywhere,

“Kakashi I need to ask you something regarding... Naruto,” Kakashi's attention was soon stuck to Sasuke as the man recalled everything that had just happened, and how the moment he saw Naruto looking glum, some form of sadness sparked inside of him and how he was all to confused.

Kakashi just chuckled.

“Sasuke, you're a grown man now, you should understand why it is you're feeling so glum after seeing Naruto so unhappy, it's called caring,” Sasuke raised an eyebrow. He didn't know how to care, the last time he properly cared was the day he killed his brother, and that day was downright depressing to think about.

Seconds passed in silence. Sasuke was still confused. Maybe if he went directly to Naruto he'd understand. Yeah that's an idea, he'd do that.

- -

Naruto had decided to go to his apartment. He couldn't take it any more. The whole lovey dovey experience was nothing to him. He didn't have anyone that would care for him so deeply, nor did he know of any more he cared for so deeply, well maybe one person. But in that person's eyes Naruto was worse little.

The path home was silent, the wind didn't even care enough to breeze past him. He should have known he wasn't worth the wind's effort. Even the sky didn't want to see him, where he walked, clouds seemed to form. The sadness was drawing him even further in.

And then it happened. A pair of footsteps, definitely not his started to walk next to him. A glance up. A surprised face. Uchiha Sasuke walked next to him, hands in his pockets. Naruto turned to face forward and carried on. It wasn't unusual for the dark haired teen to walk with him at times, though it was always in silence,

“Naruto?” Blue eyes widened.

“Hmm?” Dark eyes blinked.

“Why aren't you yourself?” Sasuke continued.

“What do you mean, I am always myself?” Naruto enquired.

“Today you're not, your different, You're sad,” Sasuke stated. Naruto let out a dry chuckle.

“Of course Teme, have you been under a rock all day, there's so much love in the air, the negativity to keep the balance has to go somewhere,” Dark eyebrows were raised,

“That's awfully thoughtful of you dobe,” Sasuke replied. Naruto hummed in agreement.

Sasuke looked down at Naruto, he only stood an inch taller, but it was enough for him to stare and for Naruto, who had currently taken to stare at the floor, to not notice. It was then that the light bulb clicked in Sasuke's head. Why he was feeling so unhappy, it was because Naruto was unhappy. A quote from his child hood entered his mind,

“Teme? Do you ever think we'll find love?” Naruto proceeded to ask. Sasuke shrugged,

“Hn,” The pair went back into silence as Naruto's apartment came into view.

Naruto unclenched his hands ready to reach in his pocket when something grasped his hand. Glancing down he saw it was another hand. A pale hand. Sasuke's hand. Confused he looked up to Sasuke who was facing him, black orbs staring, no, drilling into blue orbs,

“Why Sasuke?” Naruto asked, surprise evident in his voice.

“Because dobe, I remember a quote from when I was little, it went, ' Love is that condition in which the
happiness of another person is essential to your own' Ever since I saw you this morning, my impassive mood took a downwards spiral and I now know why,” Naruto's look of surprise had increased.

A smile made it's way onto Naruto's face “I guess someone else'll have to have that negativity huh Teme,”

“Hn,”

The door closed behind the pair now holding hands as they entered Naruto's apartment.

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The end!

OH MY GOD The Fluff off it -sweat drop- Yeah well that was my first ever K, and probably my only K rated piece of fiction. It was random, lacked a storyline kind of, and was just way to fluffy! Uhh. Well hope you enjoyed the random ass piece of fluff.

Anyhow please feel free to browse my other stories, though some are on a different pen name and there's a long ass story attached to why I now have two lol. Anyhow bye bye kiddies, and older than me people .