Title: Hauntings of a Rubber Duck
Author: Moonep
Pairings: SasuNaruSasu
Warnings: Shounen ai, yaoi (Implied)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! Of course I don't though… If I did I would make Kakashi show what's behind that mask of his! I want to know so badly!
Author's Note: This is my first ever Naruto fanfiction, so please R&R. Flame me all you want, I'll use the criticism to help my future works, if there are any, and I'm all for hearing everyone's honest opinions. Don't hold back! Also, I'd like to give some small credit to my friend for some credit to the idea. She came up with the whole Sasuke and rubber duck idea, but the ideas for this story itself come from my own weird mind.
Chapter 1: The Freeloader
Sasuke walked up the stairs of his home quietly; preparing to go up to his room and study some new ninjutsu techniques. After all, a ninja had to keep up with his studies. However… BAM! Through not paying attention to where he was walking and going purely on instinct, it was his house after all, he had run straight into a certain Uzumaki Naruto. A Naruto that was carrying bath supplies and clad only in a towel, one of Sasuke's towels to be exact. After staring blankly at Naruto for a few moments he stood back up and looked down at the blonde boy. "And what the hell are you doing in my house? IN MY TOWEL?" Sasuke looked into his room since the door was now open, and grimaced; Naruto had made a complete mess by randomly tossing his clothes and the few possessions he had brought with him in every direction possible.
"Ano… ano… I can't get into my place?" Naruto said weakly, seeing the dangerous glint cross Sasuke's black eyes. The blonde shifted a little bit under his scrutinizing glare and figured he should explain why he couldn't get into his place. "The hokage has kicked me out and taken my place for ransom because I didn't pay my rent…" Naruto paused to see Sasuke's reaction and rushed out the rest of the story after seeing Sasuke still glaring at him, "I spent all my money on ramen and was short on money. I had no where else to go unless I wanted to sleep in the park! Go ahead and laugh at me, but unlike you I don't have a lot of money just lying around!"
Instead of laughing, like Naruto had expected, he looked Naruto up and down, deciding if he should allow the noisy blonde to stay in his house or kick him out to the park. Deciding that if Naruto stayed out in the park and got sick or didn't get enough proper nutrients he wouldn't be able to function properly on missions and would only hinder Team 7. "Alright, on one condition."
He took another peek at his room and smirked, one of those smirks that you wouldn't want to see on Sasuke because you knew he was up to something. "I teach you some proper manners. While you are in my house you will learn to clean, yes CLEAN! I will not allow you to make my home look like a tornado blew through it, which technically wouldn't be a lie with you… Plus, you will eat some proper food, not just ramen this and ramen that. You will learn how to cook, and everyday you will make lunch. If it tastes bad three days in a row, you will be forced to sleep out in the back yard for the night and not allowed to eat dinner."
Through this whole speech Naruto kept nodding. "Ano, Sasuke, isn't that more than one?" He gave Sasuke his sheepish grin and decided it was time for him to stand up as well. The floor can get rather cold when you have nothing but a towel on.
"Shut up, dobe. Either you accept or you sleep in the park. This is my house, its my food you're going to be eating up, its my roof that will keep you dry when its raining and apparently now I'm going to have to go out and buy extra bath stuff so you don't have to continue using mine. Basically, you're a freeloader and you have no place to complain."
Naruto grinned again, picked up the bath stuff, and ran off to find Sasuke's bathroom and take a shower. Sighing to himself and wondering why he even bothered, he turned to go into his room and start cleaning up Naruto's mess. He'd start teaching Naruto his etiquette tomorrow. After all, it wouldn't be proper to teach him how to clean and cook when he was wearing only a towel, and it was getting a little bit late. However, he tripped and fell. Getting back up and turning around to glare at what he had tripped over he saw the most innocent looking rubber duck. Yes, a rubber duck.
"Now why in the world is that thing in my house? I certainly don't own one…" He bent over and picked it up; preparing to throw it into the trash can, when it accidentally squeaked. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched… Did it just squeak? At him, the famous genius Uchiha Sasuke? How dare it! He squeaked it again to show it who was boss, when Naruto suddenly popped his head out of the bathroom door, a frown on his lips.
Sasuke, surprised by Naruto's sudden appearance, accidentally threw his hands to the side and tried to act innocent as the cute little rubber duckie went soaring out of an open window. After all, it would ruin his reputation if he was found with a rubber duck. Naruto quirked an eyebrow, wondering why Sasuke was trying to look innocent and failing miserably, "Sasuke, have you seen Mr. Duckie? I know I brought him over here from my house before Tsunade could take him too…"
"No, I haven't seen any rubber ducks! Honestly…" Sasuke gave a nervous laugh as Naruto narrowed his eyes at him before shrugging and popping his head back into the bathroom. Sasuke let out some breath he didn't know he was holding and cringed. How mad would Naruto be if he knew that Sasuke had thrown Mr. Duckie out of the window on accident because of being surprised? That was the last thing he needed, to be living under the same roof with an angry Naruto.
He decided to think about it later, for now he needed to clean up Naruto's mess. He cleaned out one of his drawers and put the clothes into one of his other drawers and stuck Naruto's now folded clothes into the empty drawer. He couldn't just leave Naruto's clothes lying around now could he? Even if they were folded, it would make the house look more cluttered. It was just too bad he only had one set of drawers. After picking up he stripped off his shirt and lay down on his bed, and then threw his shirt into the dirty laundry basket. It was going to be a long while with Naruto there... By the way, just how long was Naruto staying at his place? Damn, he'd forgotten to ask. He made a mental note to ask Naruto tomorrow.
Naruto finished his bath and threw on some of Sasuke's extra clothes he had brought with him for after his bath. He was going to really run into to some problems if he didn't get any new clothes soon… That brought an interesting thought; maybe he could get Sasuke to buy him some new clothes since he didn't have the money to buy his own! After all, he thought, if he didn't Naruto would just have to continue wearing Sasuke's clothes. Not that Naruto minded, no, in fact he enjoyed wearing the older boy's clothes. He enjoyed the feel of the fabrics, they were so soft! Naruto giggled to himself quietly.
He walked over to Sasuke's bedroom to return his bath stuff and stopped, staring at the topless Sasuke relaxing half sprawled over his bed. Shaking his head to get rid of the pranks that where running through his mind, he put Sasuke's bath stuff back from where he had gotten it and noticed his clothes where gone. He sat down on the corner of Sasuke's bed and looked down at the older boy. He looked so… so hot like that. After all, it's not everyday he got to see Sasuke shirtless and actually relaxing and not all stiff and rigid. However, Sasuke had felt Naruto sit down on the bed and had sat up, watching the blonde staring at him, or rather it seemed he was drooling over him… Sasuke smirked despite himself, satisfied that he was able to make even Naruto look more than twice at him.
Pulling himself out of his staring daze Naruto looked Sasuke directly in the eyes and put his silly grin back onto his face. "Ne, Sasuke, where am I going to be sleeping? Do you have an extra room I could stay in?" Sasuke suddenly looked around his room, seeming to be thinking.
"I don't have any extra rooms in this house…" Sasuke said slowly, wondering just where he was going to have the blond sleep. Naruto looked a little startled upon learning that, but didn't say anything. "Hn… I guess you'll have to sleep on the couch." Sasuke laughed quietly to himself as Naruto stuck his tongue out at him.
"So where did you stick my clothes? I don't see them lying all over the place anymore." Naruto looked around the clean room and sighed. How could Sasuke live in such a clean place? It would drive him nuts!
"They're in the middle drawer over there. That is where you will keep your clothes from now on."
Naruto decided since they were on the subject of clothes now he'd start up his plan. "Ne, Sasuke… Since I don't have any money and I only brought the clothes on my back… and I'm sure you don't want me to continue stealing your clothes, would you be willing to buy me a couple new sets of clothes?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto again as if seeing him for the first time. He hadn't noticed Naruto was wearing some of his clothes. "I suppose I could." He said reluctantly. He just hoped Naruto wasn't lying when he said a couple new sets, he didn't want to be buying him a whole new wardrobe. "Now, if you don't mind for tonight you can use my clothes, but I would like some sleep. The couch is yours to use while you stay here. There are extra blankets and an extra pillow in the cupboard."
Naruto sighed and walked over to the cupboard and got out some extra blankets and a pillow. He was already asking too much of Sasuke to also ask if he could sleep in his nice warm bed with him. He counted the amount of things Sasuke was already doing for him and cringed: buying him new bath supplies and clothes, letting him stay in his house, letting him eat his food and letting him use his utilities. He didn't really like the idea of sleeping on a couch but as Sasuke had pointed out earlier he was in no position to complain. He hadn't even expected to get this much help from the older boy, since he was always so cold to everyone.