Sometimes Sasuke cursed his decision to come back. It had seemed like a good decision at the time but, after once again being reminded of his ninja rank, he had the urge to leave and destroy some hapless village. If only to prove he was more powerful than a genin.
As it was, he was going through his second chunnin exam.
And, he was fighting against children. 12-year-old, snotty, 1st year ninja children. He felt like an idiot. And to make matters worse, his lovers were on the sidelines cheering him on. There was just something wrong with a grown man being cheered on. Unfortunately, his lovers felt it wrong for one lover to not support the other, or others in their case.
So here he was, in the final rounds, trying not to roll his eyes at his opponent as the boy revealed his ultimate attack, the worst impression of dragon's breath he had ever seen. Not only could the boy not aim, he also couldn't get it bigger than a few feet wide. Sasuke took a few steps to the side and avoided the attack entirely. While waiting for the boy to finish, Sasuke tried to think of an attack that wouldn't make him look, and feel, like an ass when it connected. He took a quick peek, more like a long stare the boy did have stamina, at the stands and saw a few of the not-so-rookie nine and guy's team and his embarrassment came back ten-fold. Most of them, it seemed, had fallen out of their chair in hysterics. Even the Hokage looked like she might have chuckled if it weren't for her stand out position.
Yes, some days Sasuke hated his decision to come back. Hated it with a passion.
After the tournament, which he had so shockingly won, and the presentation of all those to make chunnin was held, which did include him, he and his lovers went to dinner at Ichiraku's to celebrate his 'achievement'. The ramen was nice as it always was and the company was good, but something kept bothering him throughout the meal. He supposed it was the congratulatory pats on the back from his 'competitors' and the fact he couldn't tell them to shove off because, for them, it was an achievement.
It was all terribly embarrassing. At least, it was, until his lover's took him home and gave him his own private congratulations party. And somewhere between the door and the bed, Sasuke wondered why he had ever thought it a good idea to leave.
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Decided not to tell his lovers' names, but I had Naruto and Sakura in mind.
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