Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did I would share with all my friends and make them all very happy. But I don't. So I can't. Don't rub it in.

Author's Note: Yes, this is AU. And really, I'm pretty much just writing this for a friend on ff.n. She actually wants to read this attempt I made. Ok? So I won't care if you complain. I'm going to keep writing it. Though constructive criticism is welcome,because I would like to make this better if I can. Oh, and this is my first fic.

-Chap. 1- Vacation-

"No."

"What? Come on!"

"No."

"Sasuke!"

"No."

"But-"

"No."

"Why not?"

"No."

"…IS THAT THE ONLY WORD IN YOUR VOCABULARY?"

"Yes." He smirked. It was just so easy to stir Naruto up to a tantrum.

"SASUKE!"

The Uchiha finally turned around to face the now red-faced blonde, tutting. "You shouldn't get mad so easily. It's bad for your health."

A vein twitched dangerously on Naruto's forehead. Tut tut. "You'll die early of a stroke if you can't control yourself."

"Sasuke, we are not discussing how likely I am of dying by way of stroke. Just answer my question!"

He rolled his eyes. "How many times do I have to tell you? NO."

"But why not?" he whined.

Sasuke rolled his black eyes. "Because I know you'll mess it up somehow, and then Kakashi-sensei will think we were lovers or something…"

At that remark Naruto stiffened slightly, before his features crumpled into sadness. He turned around and slowly took a few steps away, then sat down forlornly on the grass, pulling his knees up to his chest. "But… I thought we were lovers."

Sasuke was freaking out inside. He hadn't meant it like that! Guilt was rushing into his system. Why did he just have to say the wrong thing? He rushed over to the blonde, (perhaps just a bit too quickly) sat down, and put his arms around him, leaning his head on his shoulder. "We were, and we are! But you don't want Kakashi-sensei to learn our secret, do you?"

"No, I suppose not…" Sasuke sighed in relief as he felt the blonde relax under his touch. Phew. Life could be so so difficult when Naru-chan was mad at him…

"But-" Naruto stopped, leaving that word hanging in the air, and Sasuke, naturally curious about what was left unsaid, pushed a little.

"What? What were you going to say?"

"Well, don't you have enough confidence in me to let me ask Kakashi-sensei for vacations for the both of us without letting slip our relationship?"

Oh, this was tough to answer. Sasuke tried to think up an answer that would still allow him to keep his arms on the blonde beside him. "Um, well, you aren't like this around anyone except me, you know? To everybody else you're hyperactive, and your uh… vocabulary and attention span is much less developed."

"Is it wrong that you're special to me? And that I show you a different side of me?" He started to shift, moving out of Sasuke's arms.

The Uchiha hurriedly reassured the blonde. "No! That's why I love you… and I show you a different side of me as well to reciprocate. It's just… Kakashi-sensei might infer something if we ask him out of the blue to give us both a vacation to the beach. We need a plausible excuse."

"Well, isn't that obvious? You still need to heal and recover from your latest clash with your brother…" His eyes flitted over Sasuke's tall frame, resting on where he knew there were still traces of deep cuts and bruises, and sometimes worse. Sasuke flinched as he endured Naruto's thorough examination. Since that time, when the blonde himself had found him much more than half dead after encountering Itachi once again, he had been worried sick. And he hadn't left his side. Which, Sasuke thought, wasn't exactly a bad thing, but it had made other people (Kakashi for example) suspicious…

"Yes, but that doesn't explain why you would be coming with me."

"It doesn't?" Naruto turned his head and raised a perfectly arched eyebrow. Then he said affectionately, "Sasuke-baka. Of course it explains. I'm going with you to help you train. Who else would you spar against?"

"Hmm." It was short and a bit cold.

"Oh come on, don't get mad just because I'm smarter." Even Sasuke's one syllable grunts carried a whole lotta meaning to the blonde, and he knew the taller boy was annoyed by his reproof.

Sasuke didn't answer, concentrating on ignoring the smaller boy beside him. Of course, that was proving a little difficult, since he still had his arms around the boy andsaid boywas breathing on Sasuke's tender neck.

"Sasuke." That sent barely repressed shivers through the dark haired boy.

"Hmm?"

"Don't you want to spend some time with me? All alone? In a beautiful house by a beautiful beach? Doesn't that sound nice?" The blonde drew out the last word in a purr, his lips almost touching the Uchiha's neck. And it did sound nice. It sounded extremely nice.

Sasuke turned his head a little and caught Naruto's lips in a soft chaste kiss. It fit into the atmosphere after all. The air was light, the grass was green, the sky was a bright blue and cloudless. Dark and passionate kisses were for dark and passionate days, and this wasn't one of them. Naruto returned it without thinking, and the two boys got lost in each other's lips. Sasuke softly bit the blonde's lower lip, asking for entrance, and Naruto agreed immediately. After a few minutes of taking in the tantalizing warmths of each other's mouths, they separated, Naruto breathing a little irregularly, Sasuke with a small smile on his face. They were entranced by one another, and completely in love.

"You know, we could skip Kakashi and just ask Tsunade-sama." Sasuke frowned, annoyed at the blonde for breaking the peaceful silence.

"What would be better with the situation?"

"Well, I think Tsunade-sama already believes that our friendship has… er, evolved into something else, and she would be more likely to agree to the idea of a vacation. And also, she's not perverted."

Sasuke considered. "You do have a point."

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"So, may we go?" While Tsunade-sama thought about her decision, Naruto snuck a peek over at Sasuke, who was standing right by the door. It always amazed him how different Sasuke was around him, and especially when the dark-haired boy reverted back to his own personality. His eyes would close a tiny sliver, his hands would somehow get cold, and it seemed like he was gathering all his feelings and burying them once again inside himself. His face would show no emotions once again, like it was doing now.

And at those times Naruto would feel a twinge of fright. Fright that those feelings would never surface again, since Sasuke had hid them so well. Fright that Sasuke wouldn't return to normal. It was ironic, he knew, since his definition of normalcy with Sasuke was so drastically different than everybody else's perception of normalcy. But he was still afraid.

"Yes, you two may go." The Hokage's voice broke Naruto out of his thoughts. "But, just so I know where you two are, I'll choose the beach house."

"What?" Naruto asked, surprised. And Sasuke actually raised an eyebrow! Just 2 millimeters, but it counted! Ha!

"Well, I have to know where you two are, don't I?"

"Err, yes, but we wouldn't run off…" And you'd catch us so fast it'd be pointless to run in the first place. Naruto added in his mind but didn't say.

"Don't argue with me Naru-chan, not when I'm giving you at least 6 weeks off." Tsunade-sama added in a stern voice. Wait…NARU-CHAN? WTF? But Tsunade-sama didn't seem to notice anything awry and even Naruto knew better than to accuse the Hokage of being crazy especially in her own office. So he let it slide. But he was still confused… and he hated it when he was confused.Fortunately, he wasdiverted by something else.Six weeks sounded superb.

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"Sasuke-kun!" Naruto called loudly and waved to the dark-haired boy plodding slowly along the sand. Oh come on. Did Sasuke ever get excited? No, not very much… And at that moment Sasuke looked up briefly but immediately lost interest once again. Hmph. So that's how he felt right now, was it?

The blonde energetically bounded up to the Uchiha, sticking his face right underneath the other boy's line of sight. "What do you want, dobe?" Eventhe Uchiha'svoice seemed down.

"Why're you ignoring me?"

"…" No reply. The blonde grabbed the picnic basket from Sasuke, lightening the other's load while adding to his own. The dark haired boy did nothing to acknowledge his presence.

Gah, this was getting to be a problem. Sasuke wasn't usually this unresponsive around the blonde. Was there someone else around? Naruto looked around questioningly, but didn't see anyone… right? As he thought about it, there was a slightly uncomfortable feeling in the air, but he couldn't pinpoint it. But he walked closer to Sasuke anyways. He was always safe as long as he was close to Sasuke. They were walking down the path that led to the beach, where they were going to spend the morning and where they were going to eat lunch. Naruto had insisted upon it. Of course, Sasuke had insisted right back that they needed to get unpacked so they were going to do that during the afternoon. But now was a time to enjoy oneself. Though Sasuke didn't look like he was enjoying himself…

But when they got to the beach, all of Naruto's worries melted away. That's how big an impact beautiful scenery could make on him. The sand was soft and fine, with no small rocks or shells to hurt one's feet; the ocean was a deep azure blue with the sky being a reflection of it, not the other way around. The sun was just a big sparkling diamond in the sky, and Naruto, instead of feeling insignificant in the face of this magnificence, just felt happy to be alive. Yep. And he had this huge grin on his face, showing just how he felt to anyone who could read his expressions. Which Sasuke, of course, could. And if the blonde had been looking at the dark-haired boy right then, he would have seen a small grin flit across the boy's face before being quashed.

Sasuke had to remind himself that a lot of his fangirls had stalked him here and was examining him right this second. If he acted any way differently then he usually did, they would know something was off. And they would probably target Naruto as being the source. And that would not be good. Because hell hath no fury like a group of obsessed fangirls ganging up on someone who was trying to steal their man. And doing more than ganging probably. Sasuke winced at the thought of it. And so now, he was acting all strange around Naruto and probably hurting his feelings a lot. Oh no… this was not how he wanted to start off his vacation with his beloved Naru-chan.

Ok, he just had to survive this morning. And then, when they got back to the house, they would get their privacy again. Sasuke would make sure of it.

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Well, it was night. The sun had set hours ago. And they still didn't have the total privacy that Sasuke had wanted. (The fangirls were mostly all camped outside and bickering loudly) But it was enough so that he and Naruto could sleep in the same bed and that the fangirls wouldn't find out. And Sasuke thanked the heavens that Naruto hadn't been angry enough to object to sleeping in the same bed as himself. He had been fuming at first, but had cooled down quickly and forgiven Sasuke once the Uchiha had explained why he had been acting that way and spoiling their first day at the beach. And that was an absolute relief…

Naruto always forgave quickly. Sasuke smiled tenderly down at the blonde beside him; he thought being quick to forgive was one of Naruto's greatest traits. But of course, it was hard to choose; the blonde was an example of many great virtues. Even if they didn't make love, (which they hadn't that night) it was ok for Sasuke to just be near the blonde, to just receive the warmth and kindness that Naruto gave to all others. Of course, it was nice having the blonde in that way as well…

But it was too late for those kind of thoughts. It was time to sleep. And Sasuke, with one more look through the darkness at the quietly sleeping blonde, closed his eyes and surrendered to the inevitable rest. Unfortunately, that night, sleep was just not meant to be at that moment.

With a super white and blinding flash of light, coupled with a loud boom, someone materialized. Two someones. In their bedroom. Sasuke couldn't make out a lot of details, but after sitting up and a few blinks, could finally see… OMG. They. were. naked.

And they were both boys…

-blush-

Sasuke quickly covered the now also awake, sitting up, and very confused blonde's not-so-virgin-but-still-needed-to-be-protected-eyes.

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