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Once More, With Feeling

One

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"Why won't you go out with Sakura?"

Sasuke looked over at Naruto briefly, before returning his gaze to the television. "She's annoying." He said as he killed one of the other side's members. "And I don't like her."

Naruto scoffed. "But she likes you."

Sasuke sighed. They had been having this argument for weeks now, since the beginning of high school. He suspected it was because Naruto had a crush on Sakura and Naruto was jealous of Sakura's crush on him. "And I don't like her, idiot. Why would I want to go out with someone I don't like?"

Naruto groaned as he was killed. "I wish Sakura would get over you." He said.

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "She's annoying. And she's mean to you, why would you want to like her?"

"You're mean to me, asshole." Naruto said as Sasuke scored the final kill, making their team win. "Are you saying I shouldn't like you?"

"Tch." Sasuke said. "Another game?" He asked as he voted for a map.

"Yeah of course but you didn't answer my question, Sasuke."

"I put up with you, big difference."

Naruto punched in the arm. "You're such an asshole, Sasuke. I don't even know why I'm friends with you sometimes."

The game began and Sasuke looked over at Naruto, who was busy attacking the other team. Why was he having these weird feelings for Naruto? He was sure it was from spending almost every day with him during the summer and something had fallen loose in his head to even have this weird feeling in his stomach every time he saw Naruto but they were half way through the first semester and they were still here, growing more and more and freaking him out more and more. Was there something wrong with him? He looked back at the screen and finally began to play. Was he… Sasuke pressed the 'R1' button a little harder than he normally would. No, whatever this was, Sasuke was determined to bury it deep inside and forget about it.

/

New Year's Eve

"Where's your dad?" Naruto asked as Sasuke led him up to his room.

"Washington."

"Did your mom go with him?"

"Yes."

"Where's Itachi?"

Naruto was full of annoying questions tonight. "Out." He said as he opened the door to his bedroom. "With his friends."

Naruto snorted. "Itachi has friends?"

Sasuke turned around and gave Naruto a glare. "More friends than you, loser."

Naruto flopped down on his bed and gave him a grin. "Sorry, sorry, you do have this weird brother idolizing problem, you know that?"

"I do not idolize Itachi." Sasuke turned on the television and play station. "How was Connecticut?" He asked as he held out a controller to Naruto.

Naruto sat up and took the controller. "Karin was a total bitch as usual. You're so lucky all your cousins are older so then you don't have to put up with them PMSing every day."

"Maybe it was just from being around you."

"What are you trying to say, asshole? Everybody loves me!"

Sasuke snorted as he sat down next Naruto. "Bullshit."

"So, since it's just us here alone at your house, how about we break out the booze?"

Sasuke opened up a game. "You are not getting drunk at my house. I don't want you vomiting everywhere."

"I'm not going to vomit! I held my alcohol when Karin and I snuck some the other day."

Sasuke turned his head towards Naruto and gave him a look. "You didn't drink any alcohol, you lair."

Naruto raised his eyebrows. "Wanna bet?" He looked smug, way too smug for Sasuke's liking. Ever since they had met in kindergarten, everything had been a competitive war between each other. One that Sasuke was determined to win.

"Fine. Let's go get something." Sasuke put the controller down and stood up. "Or are you scared?"

Naruto dropped the controller next to his and stood up. "I bet I can handle my alcohol way better than you!"

Sasuke headed towards his bedroom door. He was going to drink Naruto under the table.

/

Two hours later Sasuke had decided he hated alcohol. "Oi, loser, you drunk yet?" He asked Naruto who was flicking through the channels on the television. "Just pick a channel already."

Naruto finally picked MTV which was actually playing music videos for once and stumbled back towards Sasuke. "No, asshole. I'm still sober." He opened up the bottle of vodka they had taken from the kitchen and held it up to Sasuke. Sasuke nodded. Naruto began pouring them another drink each. "You sure your dad won't notice?"

Sasuke shook his head. When was his father home enough to even notice anything. "Make mine a bit stronger." He said as he watched Naruto fill his cup up.

"Trying to be tough?" Naruto asked as he complied. He then filled his cup up a bit more. "I'm still going to beat you."

"Tch, you wish, loser." Sasuke said as he took the cup and took a sip.

"No, you wish." Naruto drank his drink as well. "I wish we were at some cool party."

Sasuke took his eyes off the television and looked at Naruto, frowning. "Am I not good enough?" He asked. He instantly regretted the pathetic tone of his voice. Though he can see why Naruto wants to be at a party. They're at his house, alone, drinking, by themselves on New Year's Eve but they're freshmen in high school and Sasuke wasn't into social gatherings.

"Of course you're good enough." Naruto said, looking Sasuke right in the eyes. "You know that I mean…"

"Right." Sasuke said, bitterly. He watched as Naruto pulled out his phone. "Checking your precious Sakura's Facebook again?" He asked before he took another sip of his drink. "When will you realize she's not interested?"

Naruto paused, mid-swipe, and glared at Sasuke. "Fuck you, dickhead." He said, putting his phone back into his pocket. "You're such a jerk sometimes, you know that?"

"Of course." Sasuke leaned over and grabbed the bottle of vodka.

"Another? Already?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke smirked. "Scared of loosing?"

"I'm not scared, because I'm not going to lose."

Sasuke threw the empty cup aside and drank from the bottle. It burned a lot worse than he thought it did. The orange juice they had been mixing it with, had definitely taken the edge off. "Your turn." He said, handing the bottle towards Naruto.

Naruto's eyes flickered down to the bottle and back up at Sasuke's before he took the bottle off Sasuke and took a sip just as big as Sasuke's and handed it back. "God that shit burns." He wiped the back of his mouth. "Why couldn't we have taken the bourbon or something else?"

"My dad drinks the scotch, loser. He'd definitely know if that was missing." Sasuke took another sip. "I doubt you could even handle that."

"Oh yeah? You want to bet?" Naruto grabbed the bottle out of Sasuke's hand. "I bet I can handle anything."

"Tch, you wish. I can handle way more than you can."

Naruto took the bottle again. "I bet you haven't kissed a girl before."

Sasuke snorted. "I bet you haven't." He wasn't about to tell Naruto that he hadn't because then Naruto would never shut up about it. Not that Sasuke didn't care on whether or not he has kissed a girl.

"I've kissed loads of girls." Naruto retorted, taking a drink. "More girls than you."

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow. "Really? When? You've never mentioned it."

"I kissed a girl when I was up in Connecticut."

Sasuke gripped his comforter. He smelt bullshit, but it still made him angry. "Really? I would've thought it would be the first thing you'd mention."

"I didn't want to make you jealous."

"You, making me jealous? How?"

"Because I'd be finally beating you at something." Sasuke took the bottle of Naruto, who was swinging it widely in his hands and put it down on the ground.

"I bet you suck at it."

Naruto huffed. "I was good at it, first go." He gave Sasuke a huge smile. "Believe it."

Sasuke didn't believe him one bit but it wasn't stopping him from getting jealous. "I don't believe you. I bet you sucked at it."

Naruto laughed. "Oh yeah? Because like, you're so great at it! You probably haven't even kissed anyone before because you're probably too chicken shit because you'd be bad at it."

Sasuke glared at him. "Prove it then."

Naruto's mouth dropped open. "What?"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders, trying to stare down Naruto, as normal as possible to make it look like he was more sober than him. "Prove it of how good you are of a kisser but I guess you'll be too 'chicken shit' to do it." He gave Naruto a look who was staring at him as if he was having some kind of internalized battle inside his head. "I won't hold it over your head if you wimp out." Naruto leaned forward and grabbed Sasuke by the back of the head and pressed his lips against Sasuke's. Sasuke froze. He hadn't actually thought Naruto would've gone through with it. He could feel Naruto's breathe tickling his face and then a second later he couldn't.

"There." Naruto said, leaning back, but much closer than he was before.

Sasuke could feel his heart racing. The alcohol had made him provoke Naruto and now his heart was racing and he wanted Naruto to kiss him again. "You call that a real kiss? That wasn't eve-." Naruto flung himself at Sasuke, pressing his lips against his again, harder this time, and Sasuke closed his eyes. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm to hold himself up from falling backwards. He could feel Naruto radiating heat; he was half kneeling on the bed, half standing up. Naruto shifted and Sasuke opened his mouth, just enough to let his tongue flick against Naruto's lips. Naruto made a noise in the back of his throat and his mouth opened up, letting Sasuke make the kiss more… Sasuke ran his tongue against Naruto's, trying to get him to respond, Naruto shifted again and finally they were kissing properly, just like they did in movies. Naruto's hands were tangled in his hair, almost pulling it as they kissed. Were they even doing this properly? Naruto moved his knee from the side of his right leg, to the side of his left and then suddenly Naruto was practically in his lap, the kiss getting deeper and Sasuke sighed. He had been dreaming of for months despite his attempts to squish the stupid feeling in his stomach. Naruto pulled back, panting. He stared at Sasuke, who was also panting, heart racing. Naruto looked…

"Is that real enough for you?" Naruto asked quietly. Sasuke nodded slowly. The front of his pants felt too tight, he was clutching his covers as if they were holding him up, the room felt cramped, holy shit that was not what he was expecting. He wondered if Naruto was having the same reaction but he couldn't take his eyes off Naruto, who was unusually quiet and staring down at him. "I have to go to the bathroom." Naruto said, standing up abruptly and bolted out of the room, leaving Sasuke alone on his bed.

Sasuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Why did it just feel like he messed everything up?

/

Two Years Later

Sasuke stared at disbelief at the sight in front of him. Hinata Hyuga was sitting in his spot at their table in the cafeteria. The spot right next to Naruto. He narrowed his eyes. Well, she was going to have to move because that's where he sat.

"Going to stand there all day Sasuke?" Sakura asked as she stepped in next to him.

"She's in my spot."

Sakura looked over at their usual table and back at Sasuke. "You haven't heard, have you?" She asked quietly.

"Heard what?" He asked as he watched Hinata blush and giggle at something Naruto was telling her.

Sakura sighed. "Sometimes I swear you live under a rock, haven't you seen Facebook?" Sasuke looked down at Sakura who pursued her lips. "Looks like Naruto finally asked out Hinata last night."

Sasuke choked on air. "What?"

"I said, Naruto asked out Hinata last night. Even changed his Facebook relationship status and everything." Sakura gave him a funny look. "Are you okay?"

No, he was not okay. Naruto sure has hadn't mentioned anything about asking out Hinata yesterday or anytime recently or even talked about Hinata. Where the hell did this come from? "I forgot I have a paper due and I need to visit the library." He said, turning around and walking towards the tray drop off.

"Sasuke?" Sakura called. "Sasuke, where are you going?"

Sasuke ignored her. Anger coursed through his body as he stormed down the hallway towards somewhere very far away from the nightmare in the cafeteria. He was Naruto's best friend, right? Best friends would definitely mention if they were planning on asking someone out, right? When had Naruto decided he was unworthy of knowing what he was doing in his life? Sasuke passed the library, he didn't want Sakura following him and trying to work out what was wrong.

What was wrong was that he was totally in love with his best friend.