Late Night Talks

Chapter 1

I don't own Naruto

When the raven haired teen opened his eyes for the millionth time that night, the first thing he noticed was that it was dark. A slight frown graced his features as his internal clock calculated that it was around three in the morning. With a slight sigh he turned on his side, trying to get at least another hour of sleep before he would get up for the day.

A slightly annoying feeling kept the ninja from falling asleep. He couldn't quite place it, and tried to ignore it, but fifteen minutes later found him crawling out of his sleeping bag.

It was a cloudy night, which explained why neither the moon nor stars illuminated his path. He stumbled occasionally, cursing the fact that he was too stubborn to have gone to the bathroom earlier. Now he was doomed to pee at night.

"Sasuke, where you going?" Came a slight voice from the side. The voice was muddled and soft, hinting towards the fact that the speaker was still half asleep.

"Bathroom." He sighed, not wanting to waste any more words on explaining. Of all the people to have heard him, it had to be him, Naruto, the big loudmouth. A frown once again crept its way onto his face as he pondered how the Ninja even heard him. Did he knock something over and not have noticed or was that large root he stumbled over actually his teammate?

"Sasuke-teme, you're supposed to wake someone up to keep watch while you go. Don't want to get attacked by a ninja when you're taking a-" Naruto began but was cut off when he tripped over his own two feet. Sasuke bit back a comment as he heard a painful whine arise from the teen.

"Itaiiiiii….." He groaned. With a sigh, the Uchiha reached towards where the teen was laying on the floor. His eyes had adjusted to the dark, and he could make out the orange of his outfit. As he reached for the teen, the blond reached up.

Their hands collided in an almost painful way as their fingers entwined awkwardly. Onyx eyes tried to search for deep blue eyes, failing to find them in the dark of the night. Naruto maneuvered his hand to grasp the offered hand comfortably. As soon as the ninja stood, Sasuke let go of his hand.

"Sasuke?"

He felt Naruto's soft hand on his elbow, "aha, found you." The Uchiha heard the grin in the whiskered teen's voice. He couldn't help but smile slightly at the teen's antics. Since it was dark, he figured he could get away with it.

"C'mon, I'll keep watch for you." Naruto said pushing the teen farther from the camp. Sasuke sighed and glanced back at the teen. He slightly squinted, trying to at least make out the expression on Naruto's face. He was surprised at the slight frown gracing the normally smiling teen.

"What are you sulking about?" He asked before he could stop himself. Naruto paused and stared at the Uchiha, confused.

"…Your eyes adjust really fast." Naruto said with a slight smile. The raven-haired Shinobi quickly realized that the blond was stil holding onto his arm. As if sensing this, Naruto let go, the night breeze caressing the formerly warm skin.

"Usuratongachi." The raven-haired ninja muttered. Naruto made a slight pout but said nothing, following the teen as he began to walk again.

Minutes later found Naruto leaning against a tree as Sasuke walked a little bit ahead.

"ne, Sasuke." Naruto began when he heard a rustling of clothes. He was trying hard not to concentrate on the zipping noise of the Uchiha's pants, but his keen hearing didn't give him any relief. He heard another rustle and closed his eyes tightly, trying to get rid of the mental picture his hearing was creating.

"Busy." Sasuke grunted second later.

"Well, 'scuse me." Naruto grumbled, "Thought I could start up a conversation so I wouldn't have to hear you pi-"

"Baka." Sasuke began, "Why don't you just hum, or do something stupid, like always."

"Can I sing?" Naruto asked, hoping to make enough noise to drown out the trickle he heard

"No." The Uchiha fixed a glare less then a few feet away from him.

"Why not?" Naruto pouted, adding a slight whine to his voice, unaware of the impending doom that Sasuke threatened to send his way

"I doubt you could sing very well." Was the sour reply

Naruto crossed his arms and shut his eyes in concentration. This seemed ineffective as he kept hearing the rustling of clothes.

"You done yet?" He asked impatiently, detaching himself from everything except Sasuke's voice.

"Shut up." Was the sharp reply. Naruto winced slightly. A sudden idea popped into his head.

"Why?" a small smile crept up to his lips. If he was going to witness this, he was at least going to annoy Sasuke with the 'Why?' game.

"Your annoying voice doesn't let me concentrate." Naruto blinked rapidly before blurting the next sentence.

"You need to concentrate on a natural process of the body?" he cursed silently in his mind as he was supposed to ask 'why'. He closed his eyes and shook his head.

"I'm just saying; you're that annoying."

"T-teme!" Naruto snapped. His eyes widened as he stared into dark Onyx eyes. Of course, his keen sight allowed him to see Sasuke clearly, even though he was not standing entirely close.

"I'm done." Naruto jumped back, tripping over a tree root, that he would later lay claims to having jumped out of the ground, and landed on his butt. Sasuke smirked at him and held out a hand to help the ninja up.

"Don't sneak up on me." Naruto snapped. Sasuke sighed, "You're a ninja; you should have heard me."

"Well 'scuse me. I didn't really want to hear you go to the bathroom." Naruto reached up and grasped Sasuke's offered hand, avoiding the awkward crash of hands they had before. The raven haired teen looked away, shrugging slightly. Naruto noticed the far off look in his features.

"Let's go back." He said.

"Don't feel like it." Naruto said, his curiosity slightly getting the better of him.

He knew he was going to end up regretting this.

Sasuke raised a brow and turned to his companion, "Excuse me?"

"I. Do. not. Feel. Like. It." Naruto repeated slowly, as if he was talking to a child with a disability. Naruto smirked, knowing exactly how the Uchiha was going to react. He was not going to leave now.

Sasuke scoffed, "Whatever." He slowly began to walk away.

Naruto stared incredulously after him, 'He's actually gonna leave? Jeesh, if this is how he treats his teammates, I sort of feel sorry for Itachi.' The Kyuubi holder leaned once again on a tree and stared up at the sky. The clouds had begun to move.

'Itachi…it hasn't been too long since we encountered him…' Naruto continued to stare as the wind whipped around him and the edge of the moon began to shine, 'come to think of it…Sasuke hasn't slept well since then…something is really fishy about those two.'

"U-su-ra-ton-ga-chi." Sasuke said slowly, getting the blonde's attention. Naruto jumped slightly when he suddenly saw the Uchiha's face illuminated by moonlight. Naruto stared at his face as the shadows danced across his cheeks; his heart quickened as the Uchiha stare intensified towards him. Sadness slowed his racing heart as he realized that the avenger stared at everyone with the same intensity.

"Nani?" He asked. Sasuke growled slightly and then stood next to Naruto.

"Mendokuse." He sighed and plopped down on the floor. The blonde let his mask slip slightly as he sighed.

"If I'm so troublesome, just go back to the camp. Get some sleep." Naruto said, propping his foot on the tree behind him. He actually meant it for the Uchiha's own good. He knew the sleeping habits of the avenger were usually only four to five hours of sleep a night. They had become increasingly worse as of late.

"Hn." Sasuke pulled up a knee to his chest. Tilting his head slightly forward, he rested a cheek on his knee.

"Aren't you tired at all?" Naruto asked. The Uchiha didn't answer.

"You really should sleep" He continued, "I know you haven't been sleeping all that well lately. Well, ever since, that encounter…"

He felt Sasuke tense beside him. The façade he kept snapped into place as he abruptly tried to change to subject.

"Ano, well, tomorrow-"

"Naruto." He tensed slightly, staring straight ahead. A quick thought in his mind was screaming at him to back out now while he still had the chance.

The whiskered teen glanced down at the Uchiha, "What?"

"What do you…ano…" Sasuke began softly, "if a person likes another person, but they're related. What is your opinion?"

"Sasuke, you come up with the weirdest things…why do you ask?" Naruto raised a brow but sighed nonetheless, sitting beside the teen.

"Just curious." Was the reply. Naruto realized that the lack of sleep that the Uchiha had was getting to him. His eyes were half closed and he seemed to be in a state of semi-consciousness.

"Aha, Sasuke hath discovered hormones, maybe?" Naruto said, mocking him. This, of course, resulted in a swift punch to the side of the head and a mutter of 'Baka'.

"Never mind. I never asked." Sasuke made a noise, which to Naruto sounded suspiciously like 'che', glaring blearily at the ground three feet away from him. Naruto laughed slightly, as to not abruptly snap the teen out of the slight stupor he was embracing.

"Ano sa, ano sa, I'm sorry. It's just that you rarely talk at all, and then you come up with this. What's up?" He said softly.

"Never. mind." Sasuke snapped, tears gathering in his eyes as he tried to suppress a yawn.

"Hn, well, you cut me off when I was trying to change the subject." Naruto began, "Then you ask me what I think about incest. So looking at this analytically…" Sasuke raised a brow at Naruto's choice of words, but proceeded to wipe his eyes with the back of his hand, childishly almost. Naruto pursed his lips in an attempt to stop his slight laughter.

"Ano sa, do you have the hots for Itachi?"

Again, a swift punch to the side of Naruto's face was called for.

"N-Nani?" Sasuke said, red scratching his cheeks. He had reverted to half burying his face in the pillow he had created when he crossed his arms on top of his knees.

"Ano, sorry, that may have been too direct." Naruto rubbed the side of his face. Sasuke blinked, weariness over coming him. He yawned.

"Okay, let's step back shall we? Are you gay?"

Thwack.

"Itaiiii." Naruto moaned, rubbing his abused head. The hit actually didn't hurt, but he thought it best to indulge the Uchiha as he drifted off. Naruto half hoped that the raven-haired ninja would fall asleep, just so he would have the excuse to carry him.

"Jeesh…fine let's go waaaaaay back. Have you ever had a pet?"

Sasuke raised his fist, tiredly, expecting another really inappropriate question from Naruto.

"What kind of a question is that? It's completely unrelated to the other two anyways." Sasuke said, burying his face in his arms again.

"Well, did you?" Naruto inquired, staring curiously at the Uchiha and noting everything he did, including the way he slightly chewed on the bandage on his arm. The act was, of course, subconscious.

"No." was the tired reply.

"So you really had only your brother for company?" Naruto deducted,

"What are you a therapist?" Sasuke asked giving a slight yawn and letting his eyes close.

"I'm someone on the outside who is able to assess your situation clearly." Naruto replied. Sasuke leaned back, letting his head rest on the tree behind him. He gave Naruto a questioning look when he opened one eye.

"I'm not a complete idiot. I'm telling you that I'm trying to help. I take it this is what has been bothering you for the last week or so." Naruto raised his arm to block the punch aimed for his face. He blinked when it never came. Sasuke was moving slightly every now and then, he was trying to get comfortable to sleep. Before Naruto could put his arm down, the raven-haired teen had leaned over and rested his head on the blonde's shoulder.

So that was how it was. Sasuke leaned on Naruto. Naruto, in turn, hand his arm raised in the air, an act that Iruka had been trying to instill in him since he set foot in the academy. Slowly the ninja brought his arm down, resting it across Sasuke's shoulders.

"Well, I guess I would be having a hard time if a guy like Itachi pinned me against the wall like that." Naruto mumbled. Sasuke raised a brow, but pretended not to have heard the statement.

"So, you relied on your brother. What about your parents, did you rely on them?" Sasuke shrugged, shifting Naruto's arm.

"Not much, huh?" Naruto sighed, "Well, if you've only been attached to one person for so long, then it's logical to start thinking more about that person. Plus Itachi does have his flare…"

"Are you gay?" Sasuke asked on a whim. He wasn't expecting the answer he got.

"So what if I am? You're the one who has the hots for his brother." Naruto swiftly replied.

"Cheap shot." Sasuke said softly.

"So you're not denying it."

"You aren't denying being gay either."

"Hn, has there ever been anyone else you've wanted to fuck?" Naruto realized the bluntness of his statement and prepared himself for physical abuse.

Thwack. Sasuke elbow connected with Naruto's thigh. The ninja's eyes widened. While Sasuke thought it was a hard hit, it was actually a soft brush that had come way to close to making Naruto lose his self control.

"Ah, and the abuse continues. I was too direct again." Naruto barely got out normally. Sasuke didn't notice the discrepancy.

"Well, have you ever had a crush on anyone?" He asked.

"Not really…" Sasuke admitted, nodding as he did so.

"Have you ever walked down the street, seen someone attractive and thought 'hey, nice ass' or something to that extent?"

Sasuke simply shrugged, "Sometimes, I guess. Is this relevant?"

"Yes, okay how about someone you know? Any girl from like school?"

Sasuke's mind switched to Sakura, Ino, and the rest of the rabid Fangirls, "No." He said, suppressing a shudder at the crazy girls.

"That was fast…any guys?"

Thwack/Brush-on-thigh

"Heey…stop hitting me…you're turning red." Naruto pointed out, trying to get his mind off the fact that Sasuke had come closer and failed the move his elbow back to where it was before.

"What-I'm not."

"Yes you are! Well, have you ever kissed anyone?" Naruto gloated, subtly moving Sasuke's elbow away.

Sasuke briefly went silent before saying, "No."

"hey, you're lying."

"W-well, you should know already!" Sasuke blushed furiously.

"Ano, so that was your first kiss." Naruto muttered to himself, "Anyways, did you enjoy it?"

This time the Uchiha lifted a hand to smack the arm around his shoulders.

"owww, Not who you were kissing, but how it felt." Naruto said reaching over to rub his arm. Sasuke pushed off of him and tried to use his arms for pillows again.

"I don't know, I try to forget it." He said, staring at the patterns his bandages made.

"Why?"

Caught completely off guard by the question, Sasuke replied, "Well, I sort of didn't have a choice, you fell on me."

"Hn, so you'd rather be kissed with mutual consent." Naruto mused.

"I guess." Naruto raised a brow. He was expecting an outburst. A slight twinge of guilt overcame Naruto as he mused if this would be considered taking advantage of someone's situation.

"hn, well, try to remember will you…did you like it?"

"I was in too much shock, and you pulled away quickly, though I wouldn't blame you, the whole class was watching." Sasuke softly muttered. Naruto nodded.

"Sasuke?"

"What?" Sasuke said, turning his head to look at Naruto. He had planned on giving him a futile glare. What happened instead left Sasuke in as much state of shock as that first kiss, mainly because it was another kiss.

His eyes widened slightly as his first instinct told him to pull away. Naruto anticipated the natural reaction, and his hand swiftly pressed on the back of Sasuke's neck, preventing him from moving back. He stared into blue eyes, shocked, and those same blue eyes stared back at him, intensity shining in them that had never shone before. Slowly Naruto closed his eyes pressing his lips more onto Sasuke. Moments later, Sasuke found himself pushing his whole body onto Naruto's, trying to be completely engulfed in the feeling.

Naruto's mind screamed at him to stop while he was ahead, but his body didn't want to listen to reason. He slowly let his tongue brush over the Uchiha's bottom lip. The teen jumped slightly, but his hands found their way to the front of Naruto's shirt and he held onto the material.

Naruto moved his tongue along his bottom lip again, moving away for a split second before kissing him again, more demanding, harsher. Sasuke still denied the Kyuubi-holder what he wanted. Again he pulled away and gave a slight growl before letting his hand slip into the Uchiha's hair, slightly nipping at Sasuke's lip. He felt the slight smile tugging at Sasuke's mouth and he growled again. Sasuke was teasing him! Reason finally caught up to his body because he pulled away, out of breath, letting go of a confused Sasuke.

"So, that lasted a little longer anyways. Did you enjoy that? I mean like pretend it was someone else if you have to but-" Naruto cut himself short when he saw the Uchiha bury his face in his arms again.

"..I-it was…okay…" He stuttered. Naruto smiled.

"Well, did you like the part that whom you were kissing was a guy."

"You kissed me."

"You responded." Sasuke only turned red and tried to bury his face deeper into his arm, "I suppose…"

"You're a shy kisser…" He muttered. He realized the teen was wide awake now and was half expecting to be hit.

"Have experience with this Uzumaki?" Sasuke muttered.

"no…um, Sasuke, I think you're gay, or at least bi-no, wait, don't hit me!" Naruto raised a hand, "thinking at it logically, no straight guy would let himself be kissed, or kiss another guy back." Naruto said, waving a hand casually. Sasuke nodded slightly, then shook his head. Why the hell did the blonde have to make sense anyway?

"So you're gay, but do you wanna fu-I mean, do you…I dunno, like admire your brother?" Naruto asked.

"He's my older brother, of course…I used to before he killed the whole clan." Sasuke glared again.

"What happened when you had nightmare as a kid?" Naruto asked, more out of curiosity than relevancy.

"What?" Sasuke cradled his head again, but this time he was cautious of Naruto.

"Did your mom or dad come to comfort you?" Sasuke looked down at the floor. For the first time, Naruto saw a sort of detached, ironic sadness overcome the teen.

"My father…was the 'walk it off or rub dirt on it' type of father. He didn't let my mother do much either. So…" Sasuke sighed, "It was…Itachi…he would let me sleep with him if I had a bad dream. Actually come to think of it…"

Naruto smiled slightly. Sasuke had gone off down memory lane and not even realized it.

"I usually was the one who was bugging him about stuff. We used to train together. Or course when he ditched for a mission he'd just poke my forehead and he wouldn't call me 'Sasuke' but he'd call me 'little brother'. He was always weird that way. When I couldn't sleep, he would walk into my room and stay with me until I fell asleep. Whenever he could he would walk me home from school. Or he'd take me to lunch. Actually…we used to eat at Ichiraku's…I haven't been able to go back there though, it's just…"

"Painful?"

Sasuke turned a cherry red color when he realized that he had actually rambled.

"What did your parents say about you and him being so close?"

"What?"

"Think about it, Sasuke. Why would he go out of his way just for you? I bet your parents didn't really like you two hanging out to much…"

"It's only because he was a lot older than me…" Sasuke trailed off as he began to chew on the bandage on his arm again.

"They knew." Naruto sighed, "They knew that Itachi has the hots for you." Naruto almost laughed at the embarrassed face of Sasuke.

"N-no, he's not like that!" Sasuke said softly, still chewing on the thing.

"He let you live," Naruto began, "because he didn't want to kill you. I think he wanted everyone to disappear so it could be just you and him. Furthermore, I think he regrets it deeply, and let you live so you could kill him, because he has feeling for you. And you don't really want to kill him."

"T-that's…" Sasuke looked away guilty, "…he's my brother…the only family I have left…"

"But you know, if you won't kill him…" Naruto began. Sasuke looked over to Naruto. He had a slightly annoyed scowl on his face.

"I will."

There was an unnerving silence about them as soon as the words left his lips.

"W-we should head back." Sasuke said, abruptly standing. He gasped when Naruto grabbed his arm to stop his from moving. He didn't even notice the Shinobi stand up.

"Answering your question…I think it doesn't matter if a person is related for them to love each other. I guess I'm saying I approve." Naruto looked into Sasuke's eyes with such intensity that the teen felt a slight blush crawl into his face.

"But you and Itachi…I don't approve, because he makes you suffer so much. I hate him for that."

"Naru-" Sasuke began but Naruto cut him off.

"Sasuke, Thank you for letting me see what was behind that mask you are always wearing." Naruto smiled. Sasuke raised a brow, sleep being the last thing on his mind.

"What are you talking about?" He snapped, "Dobe." He pulled his arm out of the blonde's grasp and began walking back to camp.

'What the hell was that all about?' Sasuke thought when he began to settle back into his sleeping bag, 'why did he stare at me like that? Could he…like me?' Sasuke buried himself deeper into his sleeping bag. Slowly he brought his fingers to his lips.

'Does Naruto like me?'

"Good night, Teme." Naruto called. Sasuke tensed, but nonetheless replied, "Good night, Dobe."

Of course Sasuke is out of character, but he'll go back in character in a little bit. I mean he hasn't been able to sleep in a week right? This is of course sasu/naru with a little hint of Ita/Sasu. I don't care if you think the pairing of Ita/Sasu sucks. There won't be much of it anymore. Actually, it's more like Naru/Sasu, because I think SasUKE belongs where the name implies! laughs Well, please leave a review. I promise this one won't get too long, and then I'll work on my other fanfictions, I promise.