| Sasuke Uchiha - November 10th |

"You ready?" Itachi asked opening my door. I finished buttoning up my shirt before I nodded. The both of us exit my room and headed out the house to his car. Itachi revved the engine and pulled off from the curb.

The car ride was long and quiet. Neither of us said a word. Finally we pulled into the cemetery. Getting out of his car we walked the path to our parents burial sight. Once there, I dropped to my knees in front of my mom's head stone. Mikoto Uchiha. I placed my hands on her head stone and stared at the 'In Loving Memory'

"Two years." I whisper. "Two years ago today you took your own life. Without even thinking how'd it effect your children. Why mom? Why'd you do it."

Water droplets fell onto her hard grey head stone before I realized they were spilling from my eyes. I sniffed back snot and drew a shaky breath.

"I miss you so much." I tell her. Hoping she could hear me. "It's not the same without you. Why'd you have to go?"

I still couldnt wrap my mind around the fact that she killed herself. Did she not want to live with the regret of taking a man's life? Did she do it because she couldn't live with herself anymore? Why? Why would she do that leaving two young boys by themselves?

I coughed. Mucus formed and my mouth and I turned my head to spit it out.

"Brother." Itachi says sternly. "Why'd you spit on father's grave?"

"Because he's the cause of this." I say gripping my mother's headstone. Tears sliding down my face. I was so angry my body shook. "It's his fault She's dead Itachi and you know it!" I turned and looked back at him as his gaze softened. He knelt by me and placed a hand on m shoulder.

"I hate him." I whispered. "She loved him and he threw that all away for some slut at his job."

Itachi squeezed my shoulder.

"I hope he's burning in hell." I say looking over at my father's grave. "You hear that you bastard?! I HOPE YOURE ROTTING IN HELL FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THIS FAMILY!"

Fugaku Uchiha. Homicide detective for the LAPD. Great at what he did. Beautiful wife, two smart little boys. He was living the american dream.

But he threw that away when he started messing around with Ami. His partner. She admitted that she forced herself on him, but it wasn't all her fault. My dad knew what he was losing if he got caught. Who knew it'd be his life and my mom's as well.

I hate him for it. With every fiber of my being I hate him. Pushing my mother to that point. He didn't deserve her in the afterlife. My brother and I needed her here and she took her own life right with his. Even then she still loved him.

I felt arms wrap around me and I seen Itachi as he too was crying. We sat inbetween our parents graves, holding eachother and crying.

| Naruto Uzumaki |

"Im not by my phone, leave a message" ......BEEP!

I hung up for the umpteenth time. I was walking down the street with Hinata and Sakura and the others in tow. We knew today was the anniversary of Sasuke's parents death, and as friends we wanted to be there for him.

"He's not answering his phone." I say in a low tone.

"M-maybe he's just sleeping." Tenten says. Shes always looking on the bright side of things.

"Or he's just being typical Sasuke and not socializing." Shikamaru added. "Why don't we just give him what he wants and leave him the hell alone."

"We can't do that!" I say shoving my hands in my pockets. "If you dont want to be here than you can go home Shikamaru! We don't need your complaints."

"Geez Naruto." Choji says defending his best friend. "We're worried about him too."

"Then act like it damnit." I grunt.

I chewed on my bottom lip as we continued to walk down the residential street of Sasuke's home. We arrived infront of his gated home. His car was there but Itachi's wasn't. I pulled out my phone and gave him a call.

"Hello?" Itachi's voice sounded from the other end.

"H-hey Itachi." I start "It's Naruto. Uhm, is Sasuke with you by any chance? I've been calling him and he hasnt answered his phone. The gang and I are a bit worried."

"He's with me." He says. "We're at the cemetery."

My eyes lowered. "I see." I answer. "Mind if we join you up there?"

"I wouldnt mind at all." He then says. "I think it would comfort him knowing you guys care so much."

"Okay Itachi, see you soon." I ended the call before turning to the others. "He's at the cemetery guys. I'm going. If you're coming then let's go."

Immediately Sakura and Hinata stepped forward. So did Sai and Ino.

"Cemeteries creep me out." Tenten shuddered. "I'll catch you guys later. I'm sorry Naruto."

"It's fine Tenten." I smiled at her. I looked over at Shikamaru.

"I'm coming." He says. "Choji is too. We attended the funeral for him so this is the least we could do."

I nod. After separating from the others, we headed to the cemetery.

| Sakura Haruno |

I held the hem of Hinata's shirt as we walked up the hill to Sasuke and Itachi. Itachi met us at the very top. He looked so sad. This was the first time I've ever seen him this way. It was breaking my heart. He smiled warmly at us.

"Thanks for showing support." He says softly. He looked back at Sasuke and I followed his gaze. Sasuke was hunched over on his hands and knees, shoulders moving up and down as if he was crying or laughing. "He's not doing so good right now"

I move around Itachi to get to Sasuke. I slowly step towards him to hear simple whimpers coming from him.

"Sasuke?" I called out to him. He froze.

"What are you doing here?" He stummbled on his words. Voice cracking with each syllable. He was trembling. Vulnerable.

"I came to support you." I say. "We all did."

"I didn't need your support." He says through gritted teeth."

"For once stop being stubborn and comforting yourself on your own." I tell him. "Sasuke, you need us. Now let us be here for you." I kneel down beside him.

"Who's here with you?" He asked. I could see a tear falling from the tip of his nose onto the Cemented headstone marked Mikoto Uchiha. His mother..

"Shikamaru, Choji, Sai , Ino ,Hinata and Naruto."

"Tell them get lost." He says as he takes in a shaky breath.

"Sasuke I-"

"Tell them." He says again. "Please.." he spoke so low that it almost scared me. Pushing myself back to my feet I walked over to the others who were engaged in conversation with Itachi.

"Uhm guys." I rub the back of my neck nervously. "Sasuke said 'get lost'." I look up at them as frowns formed on their faces.

"Tch, I don't have time for this." Shikamaru turned on his heels and sent a flimsy wave our way. Choji close behind him.

"I knew he didnt want to come anyway." Naruto shook his head. "I'm not leaving Sasuke here." With that Naruto marches to his best friend's aid.

I watched as they exchanged words and Naruto tried to throw a comforting arm around him only for Sasuke to push him away, making Naruto land flat on his ass. Naruto frowned and said a few things to Sasuke. Getting an evil glare in return. I walked over.

"Sasuke we're just trying to help." Naruto says softly. "We care too yaknow."

Sasuke chuckled bitterly. "You have no idea what I'm going through right now Naruto. You have both of your parents. Your dad loves your mom."

"Your dad loved your mom too." Naruto's eyebrows furrowed together. He leaned forward on his knees to get closer to Sasuke, who just pushed him back once more.

"Tch, if he did then they'd be alive." He says bitterly. "Instead of decomposing in a fucking coffin 6ft under in a grave with their name on it!"

"Sasuke please, let us be here for you." Naruto inched towards his friend again. Clinging on to what little hope he had left to comfort his friend. Again, Sasuke pushed him away.

"Jus-LEAVE ME ALONE OKAY?!" Sasuke shrieks as tears ran down his face. Naruto looked defeated. His eyes lowered as he began to wipe a few of his own tears away.

"Everyone tells me I'm gonna get through it, it's gonna take time." Sasuke takes in a shaky breath as he clutched the sides of his mother's headstone. "It's been two years and I still feel the same. It's killing me." He drew in a shaky breath before sniffing back snot. "I hate him so much for what he did to this family."

"Sasuke..." Naruto reached out for his friend.

"Don't touch me." He says through his teeth.

"Sasuke." I took a step closer to him.

"Get lost Sakura." He sniffles.

"Sasuke no." I tell him. "You've helped me, let me help you."

"Go away Sakura." He asnwers. "Leave me alone. All of you." He began shaking.

"Sasuke please." Naruto's voice cracked as he spoke to his friend. Hinata kneeling at his side. "Let us help."

"Help with what Naruto?!" Sasuke's head snapped his way causing Naruto to flinch. "My mother is DEAD. Can you help bring her back?! Huh?!"

Naruto said nothing.

"You're being hard on him." Sai intervened.

"Says the one who always insults him." Sasuke says. "Why are you here anyway."

Sai folded his arms over his chest.

"Good question." He frowns. "Ino, let's go."

"But-"

"Ino, come on. He doesnt need us." Sai took a sad Ino by the hand.

"I'm sorry Sasuke, I truly hope everything gets better for you." Without getting so much as a reply, she hung her head and walked off with Sai.

"Sasuke, stop pushinng everyone away." Itachi says.

"Shut up." He sneers at his brother. "I just want to be left alone. Is that so bad??"

"In the state you're in, yes." I reply.

"Sasuke we care about you okay?" Naruto adds. "This hurts us as much as it hurts you."

Sasuke raised his tear stricken face. He looks from me to Naruto, then Hinata and finally his brother before resting his eyes back on me. He reared back on his hands and looks up at the sky.

"I'm such a loser." He coughs out.

"You're not." I tell him as I kneel down to his level. I use my thumbs to wipe away his tears as they slowly fell from his eyes. He turned away from me.

"I feel pathetic." I try to wipe more tears away but he just grabs my wrist to stop me. "Look at you, wiping my tears. Men aren't supposed to cry."

"Whoever told you that is an emotionless jerk." I tell him. I took my free hand and cupped his chin. Turning his face towards me as I continued to wipe his tears away. "It's okay to cry if you're hurting Sasuke. And its okay to be comforted by your friends and people who love and care about you. Doing this alone just hurts you more you understand that?"

He said nothing. Let alone looking at me.

"We care Sasuke, all of us."

As I wiped the last falling tear, Sasuke wrapped his arms around me and nestled his face in the crook of my neck. I was taken back by the action, but I soon eased up and tangled my fingers in his soft raven hair. He squeezed me as I felt wetness slipping down my neck. He took in a shaky breath and exhaled just as slow.

"It's okay." I whisper to him. "You're gonna be okay." I slightly rocked us back and forth. Itachi sat next to me and wrapped his arms around the both of us. Soon Naruto and Hinata joined our comforting hug.

"Do you feel that Sasuke?" I whisper to him as he continued to cry on my shoulder. "That warm feeling from everyone? It's love. We love you Sasuke. And no matter what we're always here for you.

"Thank you." It came out muffled, but we heard it.

"Don't thank us Sasuke." Naruto says. "It's our job as your friends. As your family. Don't ever forget that."