# 19 Phobia

It's stupid, ridicules, right out moronic. It's something one would expect of a girl like Sakura, but not from an Uchiha, especially not an Uchiha as manly as our very own; Uchiha Sasuke.

Known as an ice prince who fears absolutely nothing, the idea of a possible phobia was somehow very unfitting, laughable to be honest. However, deep inside the avenger's mind, unknown by others, rests a phobia. A phobia so embarrassing that Sasuke had managed to keep it a secret from everyone for twenty whole years. No one had suspected a thing and Sasuke was happy to keep it that way.

However, as so many other secrets do, there will eventually come a day, when the secret gets revealed, and this is just what happened to Sasuke one summer day.

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Naruto sat on the sofa of Sasuke's and his apartment, the two being an item of two years back, cleaning dirty weapons. Sasuke and he had just arrived back home together from a mission in Water country.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Naruto looked up from the weapon in his hand with confused eyes. The scream had definitely sounded like a girl's voice and he was pretty sure it had come from inside their apartment, which was strange; he couldn't remember Sakura being over. He put down the weapon and cloth on the table in front of him as he started to walk to where he had heard the scream come from. As it lead him to the bathroom, blond brows furrowed in doubt. The female voice had come from inside the bathroom, said bathroom which his lover was currently within.

A tan hand knocked awkwardly on the wooden door before twisting the handle and opening it. The scene that met him as the door slid open was something he had never expected to witness, particularly not when it came to Sasuke anyway.

There was his lover, standing on the toilet lid, shaking uncontrollably, grasping his tiny towel over his private parts, almost crying.

A blond brow twitched at the unnerving picture. "Uh, Sasuke was that you just squealing? Because I'm sure it sounded like a girl's scream."

As if startled awake from a trance Sasuke's eyes went wide upon seeing the blond in the bathroom. "N-Naruto…"

Feeling his eyebrow twitch again, he tried to smile but it only came out as an awkward jerk of his lips. "That's my name…"

"Oh my god, take it away Naruto, now! Kill it, just make it go away." Sasuke screamed as he pointed at the floor of the shower stall.

Blue eyes followed the direction of a pale finger, but couldn't make out anything out of the ordinary. Was Sasuke high? He sniffed the air but couldn't smell anything but the cleanliness of the bathroom. He shrugged. "What yaa mean Sasuke? I can't see anything." Tanned arms crossed over a strong chest as he started to tap his arm in annoyance. What was Sasuke trying to pull? He couldn't understand.

"There baka, use your fucking eyes!" Sasuke yanked impatiently with his hand. "Oh shit! It's coming closer, Naruto do something! What are you! KILL IT USURATONKACHI!!"

Not feeling up for a joke, Naruto uncrossed his arms and sighed. "Sasuke there's nothing there, just tell me when you're done." He began to turn but stopped in mid step. He then turned around with a wide grin plastered over his face. "Or perhaps you'd like to shower-" that was as far he got in his sentence as he was suddenly hit with a bar of soap.

"Pervert." Sasuke said sourly, a faint blush tanning his cheeks. But as soon as black eyes retook the sight of the thing on the floor, Sasuke was back to squealing like a girl. "Gyaaaa!!! It's coming closer! Naruto don't leave, please!!"

As Naruto heard the pleading voice of Sasuke, which practically had never happened before, he sighed in exasperation at his own weakness. He couldn't leave with a good conscience his crazy lover when said man was basically begging him about something. His feet took him to where Sasuke was; there his eyes followed the direct direction of Sasuke's finger. He squinted for a clearer vision and suddenly caught sight of a black spot on the floor. However the spot was moving, which spots didn't usually do.

He scratched his head as he stepped closer to it and upon closer look recognized it as to being a spider. A blond brow twitched for the nth time that day. "Uh Sasuke, all I can see is this spider…"

Looking over his shoulder at his shaking lover, he noticed the other had started to shake - if possible -even more at the mention of the arachnid. Looking between the spider and Sasuke a bulb was quickly lit over Naruto's head. "Sasuke…" he muffled a chuckle with his hand. "Are…Are you afraid of s-spiders?"

Sasuke's black eyes swiftly settled into a full-fledged glare however, they still stayed fixated cautiously observing the spider. "Baka, just kill it!"

Naruto tried to control his laughter, honestly he did, but it didn't take long until said control broke and he started to laugh uncontrollably out loud. "Sasuke… you can't… you can't be serious." He doubled over as his stomach started to hurt from lack of oxygen.

At that moment a flaming red Sasuke wanted nothing else but for the ground to swallow him whole. To just disappear; it was embarrassing enough to just know it himself but to add to the cake, Naruto now knew about his precious secret. "Uresai." He tried meekly but it only made Naruto laugh harder.

After a minute or two the blond's laughter died down. He clutched his breast which was burning pretty badly and raised a hand in apology. "I-I'm sorry Sasuke, honestly, oh shit. You're such a pussy you know."

Swallowing his pride Sasuke decided to dismiss the blond's comment, he wanted the spider gone immediately – it had been alive way too long already – and for that to happen he couldn't start a fight with the other. "Just kill it usuratonkachi."

Naruto let out a last chuckle before leaning over the spider. Because the blond was such a friendly guy, he did not possess the heart to hurt the poor animal. He picked it up in his hand – behind him he heard Sasuke squeak – and went over to the bathroom window. He opened it and then let the spider climb off his hand onto the wall outside. "There you go, little guy. Thanks for the laugh." He then closed the window and turned back to the man who had - now- stepped down from the toilet.

He heard a murmured thanks come from Sasuke, as the other was busy looking down in the ground in what Naruto could indicate was nothing but pure embarrassment. "Honestly Sasuke, you're such a woman."

Looking up, Sasuke glared intently at the other. "I-if you tell anyone!" His tone promised serious hurt, as it came out in a low hiss.

Naruto's eyes formed crescents and a grin crawled over his lips. He went over to his prissy lover and gripped pale hips softly. "Maa Sasuke, don't be that way." He smiled shyly. "If nothing, it's cute."

A finely plucked brow twitched at being called 'cute', but he didn't say anything as he leant his head against the other's chest. "Shower with me." He asked a little hesitant.

"Just now you threw a bar of soap at me for even suggesting it. Admit it, you only want me here to help you if you find another spider." Naruto said teasingly.

In the next second Naruto found himself with a throbbing pain in his head. "Dobe."

However, in his mind, he bowed his head in shame as the other had figured him out. It was stupid, ridicules, right out moronic; but that didn't change the fact Uchiha Sasuke is afraid of spiders.