Once upon a time, there were two boys
Wherever they went followed much noise
Hair of black, hair of yellow
One was hyper while the other mellow

And everyday those two would play
In trees, in fields, in grass they lay
Laughing, scolding, all the time
Sometimes even committing petty crime

Two together, never without
Ying and yang and no one forgot
Young Sasuke and little Naruto
This was a friendship neither could outgrow

And day by day, both of them grew
Then discovered something they never knew
An emotion hard to describe out loud
A feeling they did not know was unallowed

What was this? They did not know what it had meant
All the rules that they had bent
An off limits love that they did share
But each other’s gender? They did not care

So trickling, tired years passed by
And people kept staring, yet they didn’t know why
This feeling they held for each other only
Made them feel so strangely lonely

In a world where this was completely banned
Here was something, never planned
But fate was cruel and life not fair
They decided to split the happy pair

On the two boys’ thirteenth year
Fate made them shed many times a tear
For both of them had to leave
And that was something they could not believe

Their home which they grew up in
Somewhere that has always been
Oddly hostile and strangely inimical
They knew life without the other would be terribly dull

But decisions not theirs to make
Things their parents thought were ‘for their sake’
So secretly running out from their depressing home
They met in the place where they always roam

“Promise me,” the younger one desperately pleaded
“Meet me here in two year’s time!”
trying to hear something he desperately needed
The dark haired one only nodded
Attempting to hold the bond they created

And one soft kiss, their first shared kiss
They strived to remember what they knew they would miss
A promise made and sealed forever
Something they knew they could never sever

And so thus they reluctantly departed
With a small secret in which they imparted
Keeping their tears from falling from eyes
Returning back home where their parents would chastise

So two years did rapidly pass
Neither forgot the promise of their very own pasts
Both of them waiting for the last remaining day
Wondering curiously at what the other would say

Alas! Such a shame for one did fall ill
Not a foot out of bed for his mother had promised to kill!
But the young blond kept their long-ago vow
That two years, today, they would meet again, now!

For hours on end the poor boy did wait
Stubbornly refusing to believe in his ever cruel fate
He couldn’t help but to shudder and cry
Hating Sasuke for breaking the promise they were to abide by

Yet miserably the dark-haired boy spent the night
Watching his promise slip away with the light
Tears of forlornness and betrayal now fell
His terrible desire shown with a savagely yell

Ten years has finally gone and passed
And since they both lived in a world so horribly vast
Their chances of meeting were one next to none
But even then life could not be deprived of its fun

Eventually both of them found a new partner
And they were always quite nice whenever around her
But both could not forget their first true love
There never was a day when they were not thought of

Hair just as dark as that man he once remembered
Yet comparing them both, he knew, was simply absurd
But he couldn’t help but to wish those pale eyes would be just so much darker
And that those full lips just were oh! just that much rougher

This one-sided love in which he shared with Hyuuga Hinata
Looking at her with feelings he felt were too raw
A fake love in which he shared with her
All the days seemed to pass with a simple blur

Bright green eyes that could not replace blue
Shocking pink hair that was simply the wrong hue
This terrible love he had with Haruno Sakura
Each breath he took in made her swoon with awe

But this horrendous lie he had to live through
Shuddering in shame each time he said “I love you”
She was not the one that he truly had wanted
So he lived his lowly life with his soul distantly haunted

Until the day the two women met
Both men carried something they both dearly regret
But introduced to each other as friends that one day
What really happened there; no one can truly say

One look in each other’s dulled and dead eyes
Confirmed all those things and each of those lies
Long-held hatred had instantly disappeared
And all those lost memories suddenly reappeared

A strained handshake, a fake, wide smile
Wanting to cry all the while
A ridiculously polite greeting
Absolutely stunned at their sudden meeting

All the things they wanted to say
But both their wives were there, much to their dismay
This one little rendezvous, it was only this once, they knew
This terrible fact; they didn’t want to accept this as true

Yet both had families to raise and to look after
The sacrifices made in order to keep in the laughter
Their hands slipped away
They didn’t want it to end this abrupt way

No time left, the chat was done
It felt like life had just begun
This fairy tale with cheer and rage
Finally has reached this unhappy stage

Good-bye they whispered pathetically
He looked at him so apologetically
That one missed day which destroyed their lives
No time to cry over it, they leave with their wives

A smile from the women, a cheery wave
They looked at each other, carrying each other’s secret to the grave
I’m sorry; the never said apology
And they leave; a bittersweet memory