WARNING - BOY X BOY - FUTURE LEMON - NARUSASU, SASUNARU PAIRING

Chapter One - My Best Friend

Oversight into a major future scene, then press back to present day leading up to said events.

October 10th

The room was spinning and Naruto could barely make out the blurred faces in front of him. He could make out the sounds of his friends asking questions but the words wouldn't get through. He started getting agitated and frustrated and his mind was shutting down second by second. Tears started streaming from his face as his frustration turned into panic. His whole body ached and he didn't know why. All he had was a couple of drinks. Sasuke already told him it was a bad idea to go to the party that night as things had been spiraling out of control already. He looked to his hands, there was blood. Naruto could barely stand anymore and fell to the ground, with Sasuke catching him in his grasp trying to hold back his weeping, "What did you do to yourself, dobe".

'1 month earlier'

September 12th

Naruto and Sasuke were chilling in the dorms on a Saturday afternoon. The rain was pouring outside and they had both been working hard all week that they deserved a day off.

"Shit Sasuke you really do suck at shooters!" Naruto said whilst thrashing Sasuke on the games console.

"Speak for yourself loser you've died more times than I can count". Sasuke paused the game and put down his controller.

"H-hey! You can't do that when I'm winning!"

"I need to talk to you about something".

Naruto looked at him with a confused glare, "Uhh.. Sure okay". He set down his controller next to Sasuke's. "What's up?".

Since Naruto and Sasuke moved to college together 2 weeks ago, they've become closer as best friends in such a short time. They've always been together even through high school, but somehow it felt different this time. They shared the same dorm room and have more time for each other, but Sasuke has been having thoughts about his new roommate. Thoughts he never thought would even enter his mind. He thought of ways to bring up his feelings to Naruto to see if he was experiencing the same thing, but being Sasuke that was completely out of character and as far as he was concerned, Naruto was straight. Sasuke never really thought about his sexuality as he'd never been interested in anyone or the thought of a relationship. But on the first week of college, Naruto and Sasuke got very drunk and as they came home, he found himself locked eyes on a half-naked and drunk Naruto sprawled out on his bed, and feeling a throbbing heat in the contents of his crotch. He put it down to being drunk and not thinking straight, ignoring the pun, but as the weeks got on, he couldn't get that feeling out of his damn head.

Chickening out of the original planned conversation, Sasuke quickly tried to think of something else before Naruto realised there was something up.

"Well...?" Naruto looked at Sasuke with a confused look, "You're not about to propose are you?"

Sasuke blushed unexpectedly, "WHAT?! No! You idiot that's not-" Naruto quickly cut him off with an embarrassed laugh...

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding! Sorry.. Go on", Naruto scratched the back of his head waiting for Sasuke to take over.

"Hn. It doesn't matter" Sasuke huffed and unpaused the game".

Naruto picked up his controller and hesitated as he looked at the frustrated look on Sasuke's face.

"I'm sorry Sasuke I didn't mean to upset you".

"You didn't, let's just leave it".

Several hours passed and the time turned to 10pm. They had spent the day playing video games and watching movies all day and ended up falling asleep on the couch that was in their room. It was dark and the TV was flickering static caused by the bad signal from the rain storm which had got considerably worse than they had even noticed. The last couple of weeks had been crazy with assignments for their first 2 weeks at college and their work load had doubled in the last few days that it had been a while since they spent the day relaxing since they moved in. Sasuke had majored in Business with the plan on joining his brother Itachi in running the Uchiha Enterprises back in the city after he graduates. And Naruto was majoring in Graphic Design but was taking classes in English and Science to support his scholarship. Naruto hoping one day to become a creative director within Uchiha Enterprises, because you know, life without Sasuke is well... not one he wanted to imagine. He hadn't told Sasuke that's what he wanted but hoped when they graduated together, he'd be the first that he would hire when he set up his own office. He just, had to get through the next 3 years first.

Sasuke was the first to wake up. His eyes squinted at the brightness of the static TV in the dark. He gazed down to his side to see a sleeping blond laying his head on his shoulder, deep in sleep with one of his own arms wrapped around him. Sasuke was deep in thought, wondering as to why he can't bring himself to tell Naruto how he feels. I mean, Naruto was his best friend. He would understand right? Sasuke would spend hours thinking about how nothing would be weirder than coming out and saying, "Hey i know you're straight and you are my best friend and all but I think you're fucking hot". Damn would that make things awkward?

Usually Sasuke was calm and collective and could keep his feelings and emotions stable, but Naruto... Naruto was the only one who could break that and Sasuke knew he was always his weakness. He looked back down at the still sleeping blond and without even realising it his hand softly brushed through his soft golden hair. He continued to stroke a soft touch down his cheek and felt instant heat in his heart that made him blush. This man was really beautiful to Sasuke. And he felt frustrated that he couldn't tell him this.

Sasuke continued to brush his face slowly with one finger, taking in this moment that he probably won't get again and feeling an instant calmness in being able to caress his cheek and not give it a second thought. But unaware that after 2 minutes of this repetitive soothing touch from Sasuke, Naruto had woken up and was just lying there taking it all in.

Naruto lay there with his eyes half open, feeling frozen but yet calm. He wondered what this feeling was beyond his best friend stroking his face. The same as Sasuke, Naruto too had been feeling something different for Sasuke ever since that party. He had spent the night watching him as he danced with their new dorm mates and feeling a heated jealously when flocks of college girls pressed their bodies to him on the dance floor. He got so freaked out that he decided to get absolutely wasted, telling himself over and over again that he couldn't develop feelings for Sasuke because there's no way he would even look at him that way because as far as he was aware too, Sasuke was straight.

But now 100 thoughts ran through his head. Is he being... affectionate to me? Sasuke wasn't affectionate to anyone, period. Not even to his brother Itachi. He tried to calm his mind before his heart was beating so fast that Sasuke would notice. But he couldn't help it. Something just felt... right. He was freaking out. His best friend who he has the hots for has his arm around him and is stroking his face. What is happening he thought. Do I make a move or something. Thoughts like this circulated through his head when suddenly without even realising what he had done, he grabbed Sasuke's hand and fed his fingers through his, creating a strong grasp.

"S-sasuke". Naruto mumbled

Instant panic flocked Sasuke as he realised he has probably fucked up. When did he wake up? How long had he let Sasuke touch him like this? Was he... okay with it? Sasuke didn't speak as he felt Naruto's grip on his hand grow tighter.

"Sasuke." Naruto felt the worry in his friends pulse. "What do we do now..."

"I-i".. Sasuke couldn't pull together a sentence as the two friends had no idea what was happening right now. Sasuke quickly pulled his hand apart from Naruto's and pushed him off his shoulder.

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have done that!" Naruto shot off the couch and was now standing with his hands over his face.

"It's okay..-" Sasuke was quickly interrupted by a hysterical Naruto pacing the room in panic.

"I just.. I... thought i felt... i... argh fuck!" He tried to put together a sentence that actually made sense but Sasuke knew he wasn't going to be able to do that.

"Naruto calm down".

"Why do i have to fuck it up, god dammit Naruto you're such an-" Before Naruto could finish Sasuke was standing in front of him cutting him off..

"... an idiot" Sasuke said with a slight smile on his face

Naruto was breathing heavily from almost hyperventilating over the situation. He looked at Sasuke's expression wondering why he wasn't going to punch him in the face.

"It was me who started it." Sasuke said with a reassuring voice.

Naruto felt instant calmness as he listened to his friend. They both stood there in complete silence for a minute which felt like an hour. Neither one of them breaking eye contact. They both departed to their beds not speaking a word to each other. Both pulling the covers up to their neck with their backs to each other, neither one of them able to speak a word. Eventually, falling asleep.

The next day Naruto woke up quite early around 7am. He reached for his phone to check the time, squinting with one eye open as the brightness hit his face. His background picture was of him and sasuke at their high school graduation. His face blushed as last night was flooding back to him in one hit. He moved his eyes to the other side of the room to find Sasuke had already gotten up. He put his phone back down on the bedside table and sat up, head still spinning from emotions. He hoped things weren't going to be awkward with him and Sasuke now that something had been brought to light.

Sasuke was sitting in the kitchen which they shared with their other 2 housemates Shikamaru and Neji. All 3 of them were sitting around the table talking about upcoming classes. Naruto walked in, hair messy wearing loose grey joggers and no top. It was pretty dark in the room as it was still stormy outside and the boys hadn't bothered to turn on a light. As Naruto walked through the kitchen Sasuke turned his head at the topless blond who he'd wished he had just jumped last night. His eyes undressed him as he walked slowly towards the table. Naruto's tan skin glowed even in dull light, and his abs was tight. Tighter than Sasuke had previously appreciated. Damn, Sasuke thought. Everything about him was making him feel hot.

"You look good". Sasuke said unexpectedly. He realised he had thought out loud and one word popped into his head "FUCK!" Why did he have to screw up in the first moment, and in front of everyone else too! Naruto stopped in his tracks and just blushed.

"W-what?" Naruto said with a shaky voice.

"Hn". Sasuke tried to disguise his accidental compliment and tired his fucking hardest to keep his face from looking bothered that he just basically made things worse.

Neji and Shikamaru both looked at each other in confusion.

"Erm, did we miss something here?" Shikamaru asked, Shika was one of the smartest people in the entire University. In high school he excelled in everything, and was valedictorian. The same with Neji, which is why they both got along so well. But it doesn't take a high IQ to notice the sexual tension that had begun the minute Naruto entered the room. And they both were clever enough to know that they should probably just keep their mouth shut.

Naruto laughed overdramatically in reaction to Shikamaru's question, in attempt to mask the blatant word vomit Sasuke had pulled. "HAH, Sasuke you're so charming. He's always saying crap like that to embarrass me". Naruto said trying to mask the situation.

Sasuke cringed at the obvious denial he tried to pull over his clever roommates, being highly intelligent himself, knowing that they both probably already had him sussed out. Although now he was questioning his own intelligence over his recent outburst of lust. Why couldn't he control himself.

Naruto sat down at the empty seat and an awkward silence filled the room.

"So there's a dorm party across the hall tonight", Neji said trying to change the much obvious tension. "A couple of guys called Lee and Kiba invited us yesterday".

"Oh, that sounds like fun!", Naruto shouted enthusiastically. "We should get some beer to take".

"Is that such a good idea for you, dobe", Sasuke asked sarcastically. He looked down at the table with a smirk as a flashback settled in his head from the last time he saw Naruto wasted. Damn did he look good that night. Sasuke shook his head and tried to compose himself. Why was his thought always heading towards that? What the hell was happening to him.

"SASUKEEEEEEEEEEH!" he shot out of his daze at the sound of Naruto's voice screaming his name, realising he was daydreaming through half the conversation.

"W-what! You don't need to shout, hn" Sasuke said as he folded his arms in a huff with a slight blush on his face.

Naruto just laughed at his best friend's embarrassment. He had never seen Sasuke blush so much in the space of a day. He looked so damn cute too. "I asked if you wanted to go out for beer for tonight and maybe get lunch. We haven't really explored much of the campus yet since it's been so crazy!"

"Sounds good, dobe".

"You guys want to come with?" Naruto asked pointing at Shikamaru and Neji.

"Nah, you guys go ahead. We'd hate to interrupt your little shopping date", Shikamaru joked with a lazy smile on his face.

"IT'S NOT A DATE!" Naruto and Sasuke shouted in unison. Shikamaru and Neji just looked at each other and laughed.

"U-um.. yeah so I guess I'll go get changed", Naruto rushed straight into the bathroom hoping that he hid his bright red face".

3 hours later Naruto and Sasuke were walking through campus looking for a place to eat lunch. They came across a little internet café/bistro which was vintage looking and sat on the corner of a row of shops.

"That place looks nice, and probably cheap too since its right on campus. Should we try it?" Naruto asked sasuke whilst pointing in direction of the bistro.

"Sure." Sasuke had been quiet ever since they left the dorm this morning. Not wanting to push anything he nodded and he lead the way. As they entered the bistro, a pretty young waitress greeted them as they walked in and showed them to an empty booth. It was early lunch time, still time for people to 'brunch' as they call it, so it wasn't too busy. They sat in silence for a few minutes whilst eyeing up the menu. 10 minutes had passed and the waitress disturbed the silence.

"Are you boys ready to order?" She said with a bright friendly smile on her face.

Sasuke looked up and then to Naruto. Naruto did the same and then looked back down at his menu. "Uh, sorry I think we need some more time". The waitress nodded and then went to serve another customer. They both realised they had been staring at the menu for 10 minutes and not even taking it in. Each had the other on their minds trying to think of the right thing to say to take the tension away. But neither of them knew what was going on or where to go from here. Finally Sasuke spoke up.

"I really think we should talk this out otherwise things are going to be awkward".

Naruto nodded and put down his menu. He took a deep breath before he spoke. "So when did you know you were gay?

To be continued…