A/N: Woohoo my first fic! XD! I'm so proud of myself! …Ok I'm calm now. Well anyway, this was just an idea that popped into my head while I was on my flight home so I thought I'd write it down, and luckily I had my notebook! So yeah here's the outcome of my boredom (might as well let it not go to waste ne?)
WARNING: Well ya, it's a NaruSasu meaning yaoi (boyxboy) so if you don't like don't read! Um, I'm planning on having a lemon later on if everything goes smoothly so just be warned! There is also cursing, not a whole lot, but it is there.
Disclaimer: if I did own it (which I don't) there would be endless yaoi scenes!
Naruto sat in front of the large oak desk staring at the endless mountain of paperwork that covered it. Missions had come pouring in ever since a large group of high ranking Sound ninja had been spotted heading towards Konoha. Although there was an overwhelming amount of missions, there were barely enough ninja left to complete them because nearly half were sent to assist Suna while the Kazekage recovered. The blonde shinobi gave a deep sigh at the thought of his friend. Poor Gaara. It had been nearly two years since the ordeal with the Akatsuki but his former strength had yet to return.
Jounin had already been sent to guard the outer border of the village while ANBU members were sent to assassinate the enemy ninja. Unfortunately, several of the ANBU members that were sent had returned severely injured or dead.
Naruto would go himself, but he was Hokage so he had to stay behind.
Yes you read correctly, Naruto is finally Hokage. How did such a wonderful thing come to be? Well, after returning from the mission involving Gaara and the Akatsuki Tsunade began training him. Then, almost immediately after Naruto finished said training, Sasuke returned – he'd finally killed Itachi and decided to return since he had no reason to remain with Orochimaru. That, in turn, enraged Orochimaru and rumors spread rapidly about how he was planning an attack on Konoha. Just recently those rumors were proven to be true – with all the Sound ninja that had been sent to attack Konoha it was pretty obvious. Luckily for the newest Hokage however, Orochimaru wasn't planning an all-out war. So far it looked like he was just venting his anger by getting a few ninjas killed.
The only person left that Naruto could actually send on the mission was the ANBU captain. Naruto sighed again, putting his head in his hands, only to look up at the sound of his assistant Sakura entering the room.
"Good afternoon Naruto-kun," Sakura said walking over to his desk.
"'Afternoon Sakura-chan," Naruto said smiling cheekily at his pink haired friend.
Sakura hadn't really changed much over the years – she still wore her hair short, still wore basically the same outfit, and even with age still had those gorgeous emerald eyes. Both personality and strength wise she was a lot like Tsunade. Not only that, but she'd actually gotten over Sasuke.
Sakura opened her mouth to tell Naruto something, but the sound of the door bursting open interrupted her.
"Sasuke's here to see you," Sakura mumbled, sighing as she turned and exited the room.
Sasuke stomped over to the front of Naruto's desk as soon as the door shut. He just stood there glaring daggers at Naruto, his now slightly longer bangs only adding a menacing shadow to his eyes.
"Why haven't you sent me on that mission yet!?" Sasuke yelled slamming his hands down on the desk for extra effect. Although he tried, Naruto couldn't fight the smile that spread across his face.
Seeing Sasuke like this reminded him of how little they'd both changed since they were kids. Well, of course both their appearances looked more adult – slightly longer hair, taller, more muscular, etc. – but deep down neither had really changed…well okay, Sasuke did have these weird moments sometimes when he'd zone out or just snap because of what Orochimaru did when he was with him or something…but other than that everything was basically the same.
Naruto was brought out of his musings when a large stack of papers fell to the floor. As he thought of the answer to the question Sasuke had asked his smile quickly faded away and a sad look replaced it.
"Because…," he mumbled trailing off.
"Because!? Because of what?! Just come out and say it!" Sasuke's glare intensified at the simple answer, but he didn't catch the sad look on the blonde's face as his blue eyes focused on the floor.
Because I love you and I'd die if I had to send you on a mission that's already caused two deaths and several severely injured shinobi.
"What, do you think I'm weak and can't handle it?" Sasuke spat when Naruto didn't respond to the question he'd asked.
Naruto just shook his head.He couldn't bring himself to say anything, because what was he supposed to say in the first place? He couldn't just tell Sasuke the truth or their friendship would never be the same – and not in the good way, in the 'never speak to me again' way. So Naruto just kept his mouth shut.
"Then what is the problem Naruto? I'm not just gonna' sit around on my ass all day while my comrades are out there dying!"
When Naruto continued to sit there in silence, the raven snapped. He lunged across the desk and grabbed Naruto's collar, violently yanking him forward until they were mere inches apart. The glare Sasuke was giving the blond was so fierce that Naruto's heart actually skipped a beat out of pure fear. Hell, Sasuke's sharingan was even activated. At that point Naruto would do anything just to get that look off Sasuke's face so he blurted without thinking: "Because I'm in love with you, you bastard!"
Once Naruto registered the fact that he actually said that aloud his eyes widened and he jerked away from the now loose pale hands in complete disbelief that he could be so stupid. The blond backed up until he hit the wall and then his panicked azure eyes met the now obsidian ones. The raven just stood there frozen stiff, his face void of all emotions.
Shit shit shit! Now he probably hates me even more than he did before! Yeah, his face is just the calm before the storm. I've gotta' get out of this room now.
With that thought, Naruto walked swiftly to the door. As soon as he reached out to grab the door handle, he was stopped by a pale hand on his wrist. Naruto was way to terrified to meet the dark orbs he knew were boring into him so he just stared at the hand on his wrist as it jerked him back around. All of the blonde's thoughts were cut off by the sound of his heartbeat thudding rapidly in his ears.
"Did you really mean that?" Sasuke asked quietly after a long silence.
"Did I mean what?" Naruto said both shocked that Sasuke hadn't lashed out at him and scared that the brunette might be disgusted.
"What you said earlier, dobe."
All of the frantic emotions bubbling inside Naruto made him just wanting to break down into hysteric sobbing, so he just nodded in hopes that Sasuke wouldn't his blush or how moist his eyes were. Then he heard Sasuke inhale like he was about to say something so the blond gathered all the energy he could muster to say something,that would hopefully make Sasuke relinquish his grip so he could leave.
"But don't worry I'll forget about it since it makes you uncomfortable. I wasn't expecting you to return my feelings anyway so I'll be fine. And it is unfair that I'm not letting you go on missions because of my own personal reasons. It's very un-ninja-like of me, ne?"
He looked up and gave Sasuke one of the best smiles he could manage when he was on the edge of breaking down into tears.
"Don't put words in my mouth."
Naruto's smile quickly faded because of three reasons. One was obviously because of what Sasuke had just said, two was because of the look on the raven's face – a cross between hurt and frustration - , and three was because he had just noticed how close together they were – he could feel Sasuke's cool breath caress his cheek when he spoke. As soon as that thought crossed the blonde's mind the hand that was holding Naruto's wrist let go and moved his chin upward, closing the gap between them.
A/N: Is that mean to leave you guys with a cliffy? Well even if it is that's too bad, you'll have to live with it. I have about half of the next chapter written up so you can expect that pretty soon (meaning no longer than one or two weeks). So peoples, since you're here, why don't you go review and tell me how my first fic was? I need lots of comments and criticism (the more I get the less lazy I am!). Oh, and flames are appreciated too! I think they're fularious! Ok well, until the next chapter, Ja-Ne!