Whee! Fluff and sap! Naruto x Sasuke 4 eva! &strikes a cheesy victory pose&

Now for all the technical junk….

SUMMARY: Naruto and Sasuke under the moonlight.

WARNINGS: yaoi, some swearing.

PAIRINGS: Naruto x Sasuke

DISCLAIMER: Stands for entire fic. I don't own Naruto. I wish I did, but I don't.

NOTES: This bunny was born from a fortune cookie I actually got that said "This is a night for love and affection." Funny thing is, I was on a date with my boyfriend at the time! Then, three weeks later, the jerk breaks up with me for a stupid stick insect. -.- Yeah, talk about irony….

But at least Naruto-kun's not a shallow, self-centered, narcissistic jerk. That's why I love anime boys! &huggles Naruto and Sasuke&

And Naruto-kun would never, ever, ever leave Sasuke-kun! &nodds her head& yupp yup!

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BUTTERFLY

By: Neko Oni

Sasuke picked moodily at his barely touched bowl of rice. He scowled at his food, poking the raw fish and oysters with his chopsticks. Next to him, his mother tilted her head back, finishing off her fifth cup of sake. She smacked her lips in satisfaction, then glanced down at her son, leaning over on her cushion.

"Sasuke, you've barely touched a thing. Stop moping." She elbowed him in encouragement. "Tonight's a magical night. You should be enjoying yourself, like Naruto."

Sasuke narrowed his dark eyes and laid his chopsticks down. His mother frowned. He kept his head lowered, refusing to look at her. His father laid a hand on his mother's shoulder and whispered in her ear. She turned her head; several people at the long, low table were staring at her and her son.

She grabbed her husband's sake cup and hoisted it high in the air. "To fabulous food, and good times with good friends!" She toasted. "Kampai!" Everyone else held their wine cups up and toasted as well before drinking.

Sasuke's stared through his jagged raven bangs that hid his pale, oval face. At a table across the room, sat Yondaime, the fourth hokage, with his son, Naruto, in his lap. The blonde boy was laughing with his father at some joke.

The hokage's child shoveled in sushi until his mouth was full, then turned his head. Blue eyes met black. Sasuke scowled when Naruto smiled with his cheeks bulging and gave a slight, friendly wave. Sasuke turned his head away, glaring down at his own food.

"Isn't your Sasuke feeling well? He hasn't smiled all night." A woman across from his mother said with a not-so-casual glance at the youngest Uchiha boy.

His mother put a fake grin on, but his father cut her off, waving his hand. "He's nowhere near as moody as Itachi.. Teenagers are so hormonal." His father grinned when the other adults laughed.

Sasuke grit his teeth and glared at his rice bowl. Even when it came to moods, Itachi out did him in their father's eyes. Itachi. Itachi.Itachi. Wonderful, brilliant, genius Itachi. He growled, then jumped when his mother laid a hand on his forearm, under the table, to quiet him.

She looked down at his untouched food. She took his full bowl and replaced it with one of her empty ones. Sasuke turned his glare on her. "Here." She placed a fortune cookie-in front of him and poured him some more green tea.

Sasuke pouted as his mother ate his cold food. After staring at the adults conversing over his head, then at the fortune cookie, he broke it open. He nibbled on the hard, semi-sweet cookie while crushing the rest of it in a fist. He smiled at the small pile of crumbs on the table in front of him.

He raised one slim hand, using the long sleeve of his silk, navy kimono to cover his mouth as he yawned. He listened briefly to the conversation of the grown ups but didn't hear anything interesting. He curled his upper lip. Magical night indeed.

He noticed the white paper with red writing poking out of the crumbs. Out of sheer boredom he pulled it out, brushed the crumbs off, and read it.

(This is a night for love and affection.)

Sasuke sneered and tossed it onto the table. Tonight was a huge, annual celebration in Konohoa. Viewing the full moon. That was always a special occasion, a time for families to gather and feast then gaze up at the moon, for lovers to exchange vows and declarations of love. But tonight was the first full moon of the first month. An extra special time when the village gathered as one and had a huge feast and party. Tonight was a magical night. Especially for the young. It was a night to fall in love.

If you belived in all that rot. Sasuke stuck his tongue out at the paper. His foul mood was worsening when someone tapped his shoulder. He jumped, twisting his head around and glaring. "Naruto."

Naruto grinned at him, one hand running through his rumpled blonde hair. "It's getting late…" The blonde glanced down at the rows of tables. Only the older adults were left, chatting. They'd seen too many full moons to feel particularly thrilled, and the young children were already asleep, curled up in their parents' or relatives' laps. Everyone else had slunk off to find a romantic spot to wait for moon rise.

Naruto's cheeks tinged pink. "And…well….I was wondering, I mean, everyone else has already gone….and since it's just us two…I thought we could, you know…."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "You want me to view the moon with you?"

Naruto's blue gaze dropped, hearing the rejection in the harsh voice.

TBC…

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