Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Iruka or any other characters appearing in this fic. I think we all know our heroes wouldn't have time to run around fighting the evil if I did. And of course the evil would be equally busy with more urgent matters too.

Sasuke felt slightly nauseous as he watched Naruto stumble through the last bushes before tripping on a rock and practically falling to the clearing with an audible 'whow'. He left the yellow-haired boy muttering irritable complaints about why they had to come all the way to the middle of the forest as one of their's living room or back yard would have been so much more convenient. Sasuke did his best to close his ears as he advanced further in the clearing.

Quite precisely six months had passed since Naruto had moved to the town with that foster father of his and Sasuke's life took a turn for worse. Sasuke was used to his acknowledged position at school and pretty keen to it, too. Sure, this 'acknowledgment' brought with it the interest of annoying, sighing girls but mostly it meant that people either respected or feared him enough to leave him alone (when he didn't want something from them, and that wasn't very often), which was mostly valid even with the girls. And the most annoying ones were usually dealt away with by the other girls, anyway.

Thus Sasuke was quite irritated when one morning at school a very loud, most infuriating and incredibly idiotic boy with a hair yellow enough to cause a throbbing headache refused to be quiet after getting his 'shut the fuck up or suffer a painful and humiliating death'-glare which was enough to unbalance most of the teachers. Hell, he wouldn't shut up even after the 'actually, forget about dying and prepare yourself for lifelong slavery kissing my ass while I amuse myself by coming up with ways to make your life as miserable as possible'-glare. In fact, he seemed to hardly notice them. Even when Sasuke descended to make himself clear with words, the idiot simply refused to get the clue and even talked back to him. People just didn't talk back to Sasuke with the exception of his few friends, Kakashi and a couple of the teachers. The result was inevitable; by the time a teacher stepped in Naruto had a bleeding nose and some other minor bruises, and Sasuke, to his great surprise, had ended up with a broken lip and a torn shirt in addition to smaller bruises similar to Naruto's. It had been a while since anyone had been able to match him in a fight. The first one since the fight with Neji, actually. To his surprise Sasuke found that he had almost enjoyed the brawl but that didn't stop him from still wanting to kill the newbie who even afterwards, while being reprimanded by the teacher wouldn't shut up. The bastard had even dared to flash him a companionable smile when they finally got out of the office, as if he expected Sasuke to laugh it off with him or something. At this point Sasuke had already come to the conclusion that it was best to just ignore the retard so he simply turned his back to him and walked away, with a cheerful 'see you around' ringing in his head. He had absolutely no desire to see the blond around anywhere anymore if he could help it. Unfortunately it proved quite difficult as in the beginning of homeroom it turned out Naruto would be on his class.

Over the next four weeks they had two more fights and that finally concluded in Sasuke's, and a bit later Kakashi's, first contact with a fussy man called Iruka. He had gotten their home number from school and made a call with a serious parent-to-parent talk in mind. Sasuke had picked up with a dull 'what?' (seriously, why keep a normal telephone when both he and Kakashi had cell phones? To irritate him, Sasuke suspected, since Kakashi knew how he hated the ringing and the fact he had to go and answer it just to make it stop almost always since Kakashi didn't bother) and when the polite man had introduced himself as Umino Iruka, Naruto's father and inquired whether Mr. Uchiha was available Sasuke had truthfully retorted 'no' and hung up. After all, Kakashi and Sasuke's mother Mikoto had never been married, even though they had lived together for many years before she died of cancer four years ago, so Sasuke had gotten his mother's family name while Kakashi remained 'Hatake'. That was more than fine with Sasuke since it was bad enough he was of the same blood as the pervert (which he sometimes doubted, by the way). He had no desire to share the name, too.

However, Iruka wasn't a man to get ridden of that easily. He called again the next day after checking from the school he had the right number. This time Sasuke bothered with a 'Sasuke', to which Iruka replied by once again introducing himself and a request to 'speak to your father, Sasuke-kun'. As Sasuke was still pondering over whether to get rid of the man or not, Kakashi showed up in the kitchen so Sasuke mutely gave it over to him. After all, what harm could it do? It wasn't like Kakashi would start to behave like a responsible parent and overly bother with a couple of fights just cause someone else actually did, so it was pretty much all the same. This was a decision Sasuke sorely came to regret over the following months.

After Sasuke's mother's death it had slowly but surely dawned to him that his father, in addition to all his other oddities and perversions (really, why on earth did a fine woman like Sasuke's mother stick with the bastard?), was gay. Or, well, perhaps 'bi' was a more accurate word since Kakashi had spent not few of his years together with a woman, but based on the numbers (girlfriends after his wife's death: zero ; boyfriends (or more often one-night-stands) after his wife's death: 20-30, Sasuke wasn't quite sure and wanted to keep it that way) he was nowadays exclusively gay. The first time Sasuke had woken up and gone downstairs for breakfast to find an unfamiliar, shirtless man frying eggs in their kitchen he had been undeniably shocked. Luckily Kakashi entered the kitchen shortly when Sasuke's eyes were still scanning for a weapon and the matter was settled without bloodshed. That was really the only thing that bothered Sasuke in the fact Kakashi was gay: he didn't want strange men in their house. He doubted if it'd been any better if he was straight, though. There would still be strangers in their house and women would probably be more troublesome: at least the men left him alone after the first unfriendly reply if they bothered to talk to him at all.

Now no more strangers were coming to their house, cause no matter how regretful it was, Sasuke really couldn't count Iruka as a stranger anymore. If Naruto weren't in the picture, Sasuke might not have been able to tell whether Kakashi's and Iruka's relationship was a bad thing or not. The positive sides were that there really were no strangers anymore and Sasuke had to admit the... changes in Kakashi. In a way it was scary how different Kakashi could be when Iruka was around. He could make himself seem almost normal, as if the Kakashi he was when there was only Sasuke and him didn't exist. It was already four years since Mikoto died but he was quite sure that this was somewhat how Kakashi had been around her. He looked... happy. And Sasuke supposed that even perverts had the right to be happy, even if they achieved it by pretending not to be perverts.

But what really puzzled and sometimes even disturbed Sasuke was Iruka. Plainly speaking, he just seemed so damn too proper a citizen to be gay. And it wasn't even that that unnerved Sasuke, but the endless niceness. He was always polite and friendly, asking about school and other trivial things whenever Sasuke failed to avoid him. And Sasuke just didn't know how to deal with that without seeming plainly rude. Normally being rude wasn't a problem to Sasuke, but with Iruka... Iruka and his pleasant behavior made him cautious and behave unlike himself and he didn't like that. In consequence, he avoided the man as much as possible.

About two months after the fateful phone call Kakashi had cheerfully informed Sasuke he and Iruka were dating. Sasuke had kinda figured it out by then and already taken the necessary precautions: he had informed Naruto of the Rules. They were quite simple.

1. Don't ever mention a word to anyone about you-know-whose relationship

2. Don't talk to me at school

3. If we are forced to see outside school, don't talk to me either unless it's necessary to keep Iruka from fussing and thus troubling me even more than talking to you would

4. Don't enter my room

Yes, the rules were simple indeed, unfortunately just not simple enough for a slow-witted, mentally retarded idiot like Naruto. Thus far he had only succeeded in following Rules number one and four, though Sasuke supposed that a fifty-percent success rate was quite remarkable for the imbecile. It was still beyond Sasuke's comprehension how Naruto could avoid grasping that his company was not wanted.

Still, the situation had been tolerable before the wedding invitation. Some friend's of Iruka's were getting married and all of them were invited. Sasuke's mood dropped the moment Iruka happily made the announcement but the worst was still to come. That is, Iruka expressed his concern about Naruto's dancing skills. Dancing? Well, of course there would be dancing in the wedding, though mastering the waltz would surely be enough. At this point terror was roaming over Sasuke. He knew what was coming. Kakashi must have seen the change in Sasuke's face cause that's when he spoke, the merry smile scarcely hiding the malicious glint in his eyes:

"And you always said all the dancing lessons your mum made you take were pointless waste of time. See, mums always know the best. It's a shame you stopped right after she died, that would really have made her sad if she knew... But I understand that kids that age are under huge social pressure and maybe it wasn't the coolest of hobbies."

At that point Kakashi and Iruka exchanged significant glances and Iruka continued where Kakashi had left, all the while smiling that open smile of his, this time maybe a bit... shyness in it:

"I'd like you to teach Naruto how to dance. I didn't know your mother, but I think she'd be pleased. And that would be an excellent opportunity for you two to get to know each other better."

Sasuke couldn't utter a word. He'd been set up. He could believe this about Kakashi but Iruka... He stared at the man for a while, trying to see any sings indicating conspiracy in his eyes. However, he found nothing but friendliness and tentative hope. No, it was all Kakashi's doing. That was low even from him, using Iruka without him realizing what was going on and especially so for bringing Mikoto into this... Refusing a plea like that would look extremely cold in Iruka's eyes. But why did he give a damn about what Iruka thought of him? Surely teaching Naruto how to dance would be a hundred times worse than anything he would have to bear from Iruka or Kakashi. Just as he opened his mouth to refuse Kakashi spoke again.

"I know you don't let people close to you easily, Sasuke. But really, who knows how close you two could get if you just gave him a chance. You may have more in common than you think, for instance, Naruto has a motorbike too. And I'm sure he'd let you borrow it now that your bike is being repaired. It might take a while before you get it back."

Sasuke stiffened with the last words. There was nothing wrong with his bike. This was Kakashi's way of saying he would confiscate his bike if he didn't do as they asked him to. He had been deprived of his bike twice before and that was one of the few things that really got to Sasuke.

"Fine, I'll do it."

Kakashi wouldn't get away with this.

So he had to teach Naruto how to dance. He would do it, all right, but hell if he would take Kakashi's snickering or be around Iruka more than he already had to. And there was no way he'd let the neighbors see his humiliation by teaching Naruto in the backyard as the blond had suggested. So he had taken the other boy to the woods near his house where he had always played when he was little. No one would come here. He glanced at the teen still to make it to the center of the clearing: he had stopped to take a caterpillar to the nearest tree, all the while scolding it for how dangerous it was for her to be in such a open place. Didn't she realize she could be stepped over or taken by a hungry bird? Yes, it was just he and Naruto. For some reason Sasuke started to reconsider if it was such a good idea after all.

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So, the first chapter is pretty much backgrounds, I'll get to the point in the next one :). Please tell me what you think, even if it's with only a couple of words cause it's awfully hard to evaluate one's own work, especially at 1.30 in the morning...