On Morning Breath

A/N: It began with a random thought that popped in my head while brushing my teeth this morning (hence the thought) and escalated to madness by the time I was doing my laundry. There will be more maddening thoughts considering my brain is really stuck to this. Please bear with the madness of the mind.

Disclaimer: Naruto and all its characters are the property of Masashi Kishimoto.

At Naruto's End:

The sudden want to kiss Sasuke was overwhelming. True they had just graduated from being best friends to lovers just last night and despite the 22 years they had spent together, it wasn't a big deal. But for some unfathomable reason, Naruto was quite reluctant to do it.

Oh wait, there was a reason.

You can't do it. You have morning breath; well the nasty voice in his head was not helping matters.

So what? Am I the only one? The uncaring voice piped up.

What if Sasuke hates it?

Do you really care?

Of course I do!

Then don't do it. The nagging Naruto in Naruto's brain shrugged.

But I want to…

Then go brush your teeth, make coffee for him like a dutiful housewife and claim your morning kiss.

Shut up! But should I be the one to initiate the kiss?

Are you mad?

Yeah, I know. Bad idea, right? Naruto bit his lip in thought.

Of course! What if it offends Sasuke?

But what if Sasuke likes it? Optimism at its best.

Likes what? Your morning breath?

Fuck you! The kiss.

Get real Uzumaki!

What if he does?

You really are stupid! Sasuke doesn't lie when he tries to say this to you ten thousand times a day.

Shall I give it a try?

What can I say?

Fine, let's do it!

Uzumaki Naruto you've lost your mind.

Indeed…

Naruto pretended to wake up and turn towards Sasuke sleepily.

At Sasuke's End:

Should I initiate the kiss? Eager Sasuke spoke up.

Are you insane?The frigid and rude Sasuke nipped the thought in the bud.

What's so wrong with initiating the kiss?

Have you smelled your breath?

Well…

Look dude, if you open your mouth right now and think about kissing Naruto, you can very well kiss your chances of having the most earth-shattering sex goodbye.

Should I brush my teeth before that then?

Are you that desperate to kiss him Sasuke?

Well you know how good a kisser he is!

What about pride and self-respect?

What about need?

Is that important than your breath which probably is more stinky than a gorilla's breath?

Yes

Just do it then.

Sasuke shifted his butt a little and made to move towards Naruto when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

He froze for the fraction of a second but then a thought occurred to him and he turned lazily and pretended to blink his eyes sleepily.

"'Morning," Naruto rasped out and winced internally at the fakeness of the rasp.

Sasuke smiled in response and winced internally at the nervousness he felt. This was even more difficult than he thought. "Good morning."

Awkwardness ensued to a level past bearing, both parties thinking of the best way to initiate the kiss.

Sasuke thought gazing deeply into Naruto's eyes was the best idea to get to the kiss, so he opened his eyes wide and turning it into the most smoldering gaze of the century, focused it on Naruto.

Naruto apparently had the same thought and within seconds the smoldering gazes had turned into a staring contest.

This is not going to work, Sasuke's brain supplied sadly while his eyes fought against watering and blinking.

One of us needs to initiate physical action, the panicked voice in Naruto's head escalated to a shriek.

What kind of action? Sasuke's brain commanded urgently his eyes almost at the brink of giving up.

Um, how about extending your hand and grabbing his? Naruto's mind supplied weakly.

Will it be alright if I initiate it? Sasuke's pride once again battled in his chest.

Please initiate it Sasuke or else my eyes will kill me! Naruto wished the voice in his head would reach Sasuke's.

It happened in an instant. Their hands met, their lips crashed against each other while their eyes closed in relief.

Three seconds of mouth fucking later, Naruto broke for air and winced.

"As I thought…" he spoke turning to Sasuke and they both nodded in agreement.

"This really was a bad idea." Sasuke spoke their thought, turning away and getting out of bed.

Love or not, kissing with morning breath was a bad idea. A very bad idea indeed.

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