Author: Jannasaur

Genre(s): Friendship / Romance

Fandom: NARUTO
Characters (pairing): Naruto Uzumaki x Sasuke Uchiha

Summary:
Naruto was an idiot. He'd never understand how Sasuke felt and he never will, but maybe Sasuke can change all that tonight.

Rated M for:
NaruSasu, Alcohol and Drinking, Male/Male, Homosexuality Shounen-ai and Yaoi

Disclaimer; I don't own Naruto, nor its characters. All rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto© I make no money from this.

Asinine

Part I

I stomped seven steps forward, maybe three more. I couldn't think properly.
My grip around the wine bottle in my right hand tightened, and my footsteps swayed. I kept running in circles, trying to get away from him when I really just wanted him to hold me.

"Sasuke!" I heard him shout.
I heard him calling my name, but I decided to let him think I couldn't hear a thing.

"Sasuke, please wait."

I continued to stagger forward, throwing the bottle of wine back to let a few more drops escape and enter my mouth. I wasn't feeling numb enough, yet.

I heard his footsteps beginning to quicken and get louder, and the harsh breathing of ragged breaths grow closer. Eventually he caught up with me and grabbed my arm. He pulled it hard and yanked me towards him so that I was no facing him.

'Finally,' I thought, and didn't say a word.

"You bastard! What do you think you're doing?" He yelled at me, keeping his grip on my arm.

I could've stood there and said, 'why not?' but I knew he wouldn't understand. After all, he never did before, so why now?

He shook his head and furrowed his brows. He gave me that look, you know, the type of look your parent gives you when you do something stupid or idiotic.

I didn't want to say anything. Deep down my heart felt as if it were getting tighter with each breath. I loved Naruto, but to be honest, what was there for me to say? Naruto would never understand my feelings, and he would never realize how hard it has been for me to be his friend all while being forced to watch him snogging the face off of that pink-haired tart, even if that 'pink-haired tart' was one of my best friends.

"Why did you suddenly run off like that?"

"You're such an idiot." I whispered, and I just looked at him, watching those beautiful blue eyes. "You don't understand, do you?"

He kept looking at me. A look of befuddlement washed over his facial expressions as I asked him.

We were both quiet for a moment, and then Naruto decided to speak.

"Is it Sakura?" He asked, and there was honest seriousness to his voice.

'Idiot.' I said in my head. He really was that dumb.

"It's Sakura, isn't it?" His brows knitted together, causing faint creases to form on his forehead. "Do... Do you love her, Sasuke?"

He was still breathing heavily, and the air around us was quiet. Naruto really was that naive. It made me laugh, which added more to his confusion.

I almost felt like keeping quiet and not saying anything more, but Naruto was really confused now. Maybe he had sensed that he was most definitely wrong.

His grip on my arm loosened, and his gaze upon me grew softer as his eyes got bigger with curiosity.

"What is it?" He asked, with sweet confusion in his tone of voice. His head tilted slightly to the side, sort of resembling a puppy dog.

I wanted to tell him how I felt, but another part of me wanted to keep it locked up inside. I knew he'd never return my feelings. Why would he, anyways? He had the girl of his dreams, the girl he'd been after for so long. Sakura was everything to him, so why would he leave her, for me; a guy with a body that would most likely sicken him. The thought of him rejecting me made me ill.

"It's nothing," I whispered, looking away from him. I couldn't look at him, not now. Not when my feelings are on the verge of exploding.

He shook his head in that cocky and confident manner of his, and flashed that beautiful smile that made my heart shake. "No," he simply replied.
"It's not nothing, because I know something is bothering you."

I could feel a lump growing from inside my throat, and the feeling of on-coming tears pricked at my eyes.

'Why am I being so pathetic?' I thought, but really, I knew why. It was because I loved Naruto. There was no point in making up more excuses and reasons for me to deny the feelings I felt towards him, because they were here and they weren't going away any time soon.

I swallowed the lump in my throat, and tried to forget about the erratic thudding of my heart.

Ba-bump, ba-bump... ba-bump, ba-bump...

"I know you don't love Sakura. You don't, do you?"

I kept opening my mouth, trying to say something. It never worked, though because after parting my lips by a centimetre, my mouth would clamp shut. It seemed as though my words weren't coming out no matter how hard I tried. The constant beating in my chest began to over-power my ears, and all I could hear were the loud thuds of my heart. My palms grew sweaty, and the constant stinging in my eyes only grew.

I opened my mouth to let out yet another broken clutter of words; but before I had a chance to clamp my lips shut in fear, they were caught in Naruto's mouth as his lips crashed down to mine.

His hands were suddenly clasped at either side of my head, keeping it in place as his lips pressed up against mine. I could feel his fingers sliding through the strands of my hair raven hair, and his finger-tips brushed along my scalp as his lips moved more against mine. His breath was warm, and his lips were sweet and bitter, like alcohol. I had never tasted anything more divine.

It felt as if all my fears had been washed away completely with his kiss, along with my thoughts and the other anxieties in my mind. Everything from my wind had gone completely blank, and all I could do was silently scream in my head, knowing his lips were on mine...

A/N: NaruSasu is my OTP (one true pairing), and probably always will be. I hope you enjoyed this, and thank you for reading. Please review if you liked this chapter, and if you would like a smutty sequel. Also review giving me some useful critique that can help in my writing. Thank you for reading! :)