Photo Shoot (Revised) NaruSasu

Without You

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ~G.K. Chesterton

It had been over a week since Naruto had seen Sasuke. The man was avoiding him as if he were the plague. They hadn't spoken or even been near each other in what felt like forever. The blond was moping around his house, but not doing much to fix the problem. Kurama found his brother's behavior childish, so he decided it was time to knock some sense into him. The red head sat next to his brother, "Are you ever going to get over this?"

"I was really getting used to hanging out with him," Naruto said lamely as he ate chips out of the bag on his lap. "We were actually starting to feel like friends. Hell, he was actually starting to see me as a friend," the blond further explained as he continued to eat. "Plus it was just really fun to annoy him," Naruto smiled as he thought about his time with Sasuke.

Kurama looked at him in disgust as he took the bag of chips away, "First off, stop eating. At this rate you're going to get fat." He turned more toward his brother as he said, "Secondly, if you really want to be his friend, don't take no for an answer. You never have before, why is this time any different?"

Naruto was silent for a moment, "I'm not sure." He sat there thinking before he asked, "The guy won't even come within five feet of me, how will I get him to talk to me?"

"I'm sure you'll think of something," Kurama smiled. "You always come up with some kind of stupid and crazy plan," he added as he pats his brother on the shoulder. "Also, you really need to think about how you feel about Sasuke," Kurama added.

"What the hell does that mean?" Naruto said. He knew what he meant but didn't want to believe that was what his brother was insinuating.

"I think you like him more than you want to admit," Kurama told him. The look on his face told the blond that he was completely serious, which scared Naruto a little.

"How can I like him, I hardly know him," Naruto said, the denial kicking in. He looked away from his brother, not wanting to meet his eyes. He didn't want to admit that there might be a little bit of truth to his words.

"It's not like I said you're in love with him," Kurama pointed out. "You can fall into like very fast, all it takes is a physical attraction and perhaps some emotional attraction, I think you have both," he explained. Seeing that he wasn't going to get a response, the red head decided to end the conversation. "Whatever you do, just stop sitting around on the couch all day," he added before getting up and making his way out of the room, leaving Naruto to think about what he said.

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Sasuke couldn't walk out of his house without seeing some form of press waiting for him. All he wanted to do was go out and get coffee, but he was almost immediately met with cameras and questions. He tried to get out without answering questions by the use of his car, but all of his efforts were proven useless as the press bombarded him the moment he got out of his car. 'It should not be this difficult to get coffee,' he thought as he pushed his way through the crowd.

"Mr. Uchiha," a reporter called. "Mr. Uchiha," he called again, though the dark haired man just continued walking. "Please, just one moment," he asked, though the young man just continued to walk. The reporter blocked Sasuke's path, "Just answer our questions."

"Get out of my way," Sasuke growled angrily. He glared at the man as if he wanted him to burst into flames. The reporter showed no signs of moving so Sasuke sighed and asked, "What do you want?" He was already annoyed and late, he looked at his watch and thought, 'I was supposed to meet Itachi ten minutes ago.'

"Are the rumors true that you're dating Namikaze Naruto?" the man asked. "If you haven't seen there have been some incriminating evidence," he pointed to the photo in his hand.