He smiled at me. Sasuke poked the rice with the wooden spoon for the hundredth time. It was just finishing boiling, all the starch having bubbled away and trickled slightly down the side of the pan. And, he looked like me meant it. Sasuke Uchiha, closed his tired obsidian eyes and sighed. After all these years, the image of Naruto's grinning face, as annoying he had found it, brought him comfort in his darkest times.

And when you're an avenger, with the questionable mentality of Sasuke, coupled with the dark Jutsus and having Orochimaru as your sensei...

…those were pretty dark times.

In fact, it was most of the time.

And in the last year especially, reaching what his old snake-like sensei nick named, 'his completion', Sasuke had been seeing Naruto's stupid, idiotic, grating goofy grin, blissful and every happy go lucky in his mind's eye.

And so see him, in the flesh, smiling at him so care free…and not for Sakura or anyone else, but for him…

It made the corners of his expressionless lips quirk into a secret smile.

He almost jumped out of his skin when a growling roared from the kitchen doorway. Sasuke snapped his gaze up, seeing the blonde kitsune pouting and rubbing the source of the startling noise.

His stomach.

"Sasuke…" he whined.

Sasuke smirked, closed his eyes and stirred the rice again.

"It's almost ready, dobe."

"Sasuke-teme! I told you not to call me that!" Naruto snarled, raising a fist at him. though, he didn't look all that intimidating back in that yukata, the sleeves overhanging his hands, and hanging off one shoulder. Not that Sasuke noticed this…much…

"And you said you'd do 'something' if I didn't. I did ask you what, but you obviously have no idea so I decided to leave you to fester in your stupidity for now."

"Teme!"

"Dobe." He smirked, scooping evenly cooked rice into a bowl for him. Naruto grumbled to himself, pouting furiously to the side with his arms crossed. Sasuke had to smirk to himself when he noticed Naruto had obediently changed, and sat himself at the table.

All in less than 10 minutes.

"What are you smirking at?"

"Hmm? Nothing." Sasuke sat opposite him, and pushed the bowl over to him with one finger. He sat on his backside, one leg half folded, the other with his knee bent up in just the right position, that he could hang his elbow off it in the typical 'cool guy' stance. Sasuke watched as Naruto practically attacked the rice bowl, shovelling it down his neck like his life depended on it. Naruto…you haven't changed one bit. He chuckled. Good.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Hmm? Nothing." Sasuke smirked off to the side. But he cast his eyes back at the blonde, noticing the absolutely kawaii pout on his face.

"…liar…"

"Hmm?

"Hmm? Nothing." He said sarcastically, obviously a little pissy at him. Sasuke chuckled, and reached over for his bowl.

"More?"

"…hai." Sasuke got up, re-filled his bowl, and repositioned himself in front of the blonde.

Naruto, you may still have the mentality of a 5 year old…but your don't have the body of one anymore.

All his baby fat round his face had dropped off, leaving an almost feline shape to his jaw, large baby blue eyes, and 3 distinguishing whisker marks on each cheek. Sasuke wondered briefly what it would feel like to trace each one with his tongue…

"Sasuke?"

"Hmm?"

"Erm…my rice?" Sasuke looked down, realising not only was he still holding the rice bowl, but he had been caught staring. Kuso. Sasuke raised a brow, pushed it over to him with one finger again, and schooled his features, impassively looking to the side. He always relied upon his seemingly bored mask when caught red handed.

Even though, that was very rarely done.

Caught that is.

Naruto guzzled his second bowl of rice, allowing Sasuke to look at him again. You're still as immature as ever, dobe. But he smirked.

Doing stuff like this. Cooking, sitting down to a meal, even if he wasn't the one eating it…domestic things.

He missed them.

"So, how long do you think it'll rain for?" Sasuke blinked. Damn it, I keep spacing out. He shook it off, and quickly caught up.

"It's forecast for the next week."

"Ah…" Naruto gulped. Why was this so hard? He still had so many questions to ask him. But none of which, he felt appropriate to say right now.

He still didn't manage to ask why Sasuke had been avoiding him since he got back. And that was on of the biggest questions on his mind.

He pushed it aside for now, and grinned. He didn't realise it, but the whisker marks on his cheeks seemed to curve with his smile, something unique to Naruto, Sasuke thought. "…so I'm staying here tonight?"

"Hai." Sasuke answered immediately, stoically. He didn't even blink.

"…whereabouts?"

"In my room."

"Oh…where are you sleeping?"

"In my room." Naruto gulped, his cheeks burning pink. He poked the bottom of his bowl with his chopsticks, and gulped again. It was then Sasuke raised a brow at him, put 2 and 2 together, and made 4. "Not in the same bed, dobe." Naruto snapped his head up, his flustered as hell, and waved his hands around as if hoping to take off, chopsticks an all.

"N Nani?! If course I we're not sleeping in the same bed! That would be wrong and I would never expect you to-" Sasuke cut him off in such a way, Naruto was speechless.

Sasuke, laughed.

No, really, he laughed.

Not smirking, not chuckling, not even an amused incline of his head.

He out right laughed, truly, and heartily.

So vigorously in fact, that Sasuke rolled backwards until he was on his back, holding his stomach and crying he was laughing that hard.

Naruto, stunned, confused, and down right scared, got on his hands and feet and crawled round the table to investigate.

Nope, he wasn't drunk, he wasn't imagining things.

Sasuke Uchiha was rolling with laughter, full of mirthful expression, shoulders shaking, the lot. Naruto blinked at him with big baby blue eyes, and slowly smiled.

Sasuke pushed himself up with one hand, the other occupied holding his aching ribs.

"L l laughing, too hard. Hurts, Itai." He still chortled, and surprised both of them, beaming at Naruto. "What did you think I was gonna do, Naruto? Make you sleep with me?" He wiped a tear away, still smiling as he noticed how Naruto was looking at him.

He was smiling, but not like before.

This was different.

This wasn't stupid, goofy or carefree.

This was warm, heartfelt…nice. It made his heart skip a beat.

Had even his smile grown up?

"Oro? Nani?! N, no!" He reverted back to good old Naruto, watching his hands about nervously before his face. "You wouldn't dare!"

Sasuke blinked at him.

That was a funny way of replying…

Wouldn't dare? What is that supposed to mean?

"What are you saying Naruto?" His face moulded back to his usual intense, yet aloof expression. "Are you saying if I wanted you, I would be too scared to move on you?" Naruto's face glowed with embarrassment, his blush acting like a beacon.

"N, no! I didn't mean-"

"Because I would. Whether you liked it or not."

The air as thick with tension suddenly, broken only by Naruto's nervous gulp.

"Heh, heh. I wasn't saying that, Sasuke." He chuckled nervously, looking the other way.

How the hell did we go from talking about the weather, to Sasuke's libido!? Naruto tried with all his might, but couldn't see a logical connection between the two.

"Good." Sasuke closed his eyes, and slowly got to his feet. "Because if you challenge my abilities or my resolve, I will prove you wrong." Naruto sweat dropped, as Sasuke walked out the kitchen. He stood in the doorway, and turned his head to the side, smirking. "Come on Naruto, let's go to bed." And he walked round the corner.

Naruto felt a hot chill shoot down his spine, and he jumped up to his feet.

"Sasuke!" He ran after Sasuke, preparing to give him a good punch for that. He said it like that on purpose!

The dark haired Uchiha heard him and turned on his heels, just in time to have Naruto run into his chest with a muffled 'uff'. On instinct to balance himself, Naruto grabbed onto the firm mass he had collided with, subsequently wrapping his arms around the waist of the Uchiha prodigy. Sasuke's arms hung limply by his sides, and his dark eyes were wide, staring down at the spiky haired blonde. Naruto took a moment to gather his bearings, shaking his head slightly, and lazily raised his head.

Baby blues were ensnared by intense onyx.

Sasuke's cream hands gripped at Naruto's shoulders tightly, before he could even think of pulling back.

It had been such a long time since he had someone this close to him. To feel the heat of another, to feel their heart beating rapidly against their ribcage through their chests…it was like magic. Naruto gulped again, placing his hands between their chests, fully intending to push some distance between them.

Obviously, Sasuke had other ideas.

He used his gip on Naruto's shoulders, to snap their bodies round so swiftly, Naruto's head span. Before he knew it, his back was up against the wall, and Sasuke held him there by his upper arms.

Pinned there.

Trapped.

Sasuke said nothing, leaning close enough until their Haiti-ate clinked together softly on their foreheads. Naruto's eyes were wide, but Sasuke's were closed contently. "…Sasuke?"

"I'm tired Naruto." Naruto snapped his lips shut, blinking madly.

He was so close. It was a major invasion of his personal space.

Sasuke smoothed his hands onto the rough wood by his sides, and slid them down until they swung by his sides. But their foreheads were still pressed together slightly. "So tired of distance…"

"…S Sasuke…" Naruto frowned. He could see the corners of Sasuke's eyes were barely damp, and he tried to convince himself that they were from his laughing fit back in the kitchen. Though, he knew they were not.

These were not tears of laughter, but of pain. What happened to you Sasuke? What did they do to you? "Sasuke!" Sasuke gasped jerkily, stumbling backwards as Naruto embraced him, holding him tightly. And he smiled.

This was Naruto's way of saying, it's ok. Cry if you want to, don't if you mustn't. It's ok now.

It's ok now.

It's…ok now...

"Naruto, what are you doing?" Naruto blinked, and raised his head up.

Sasuke was looking down at him like he usually did, a brow raised, that bored expression on his face, and one fluid blink.

But his eyes were intense, telling a different story all together. It made Naruto blush, and jump back. He rubbed the back of his head, and chuckled nervously with that goofy grin of his.

"N, Nothing Sasuke-kun." He barely got chance to blush, when Sasuke slammed his hands at either side of him against the wall, looming over him. His bangs hung forward with his head, eyes shadowed, and his lips in a dark smirk. Naruto pushed his back against the wall, feeling very flustered all of a sudden. What did he say?

"Say that again." His smirk grew, raising his head. Naruto gulped, being compelled to obey. His eyes were still closed, but damn, he still looked so…

"N nothing?" He even stuttered the same.

"No. Not that." Sasuke leaned in, leaning with his hands and arms down to his elbows by Naruto's head, getting very close again. Naruto went boz-eyed, looking at the cream nose so close to his own, his breathing tickled his lips.

And it still smelt of coffee. "What you called me. Say it again." Sasuke finally opened his eyes, to reveal lusty onyx eyes. Naruto's own baby blues wavered, and he started to blink to calm himself.

"Sasuke-kun…?" He whispered, and Sasuke lowered his gaze to his lips. He even dipped in slightly, loving how Naruto's own lips trembled under the scrutiny, parting slightly. They felt strangely dry all of a sudden, and Naruto couldn't stop himself. He darted his tongue out to moisten them, and regretted it. That soul action, seemed to make Sasuke press against him fully.

Chest to chest, stomach to stomach, thighs to thighs…groin to groin…

Naruto had to grit his teeth to control himself from totally spazing out. Obviously, Sasuke was trying his hardest to scare him. At least…he hoped so.

"Have you noticed, Naruto? That you get a different reaction from me depending on what you call me, ne?" He chuckled darkly. "Teme, gets dobe. Uchiha, gets Uzumaki. Sasuke-sama, gets you a meal." He chuckled again, and brushed their noses. "So…what do you think Sasuke-kun will get you, Naruto?" Naruto gulped loudly, his hands clawing at the wall, and sweating buckets. It didn't help when his damn yukata slipped off his shoulder. Sasuke dove to retrieve it…except…he didn't replace it straight away. He seemed to be holding it back for his own eye's pleasure, before he slowly slid the soft fabric back over his shoulder, brushing his fingers over his neck lightly. He then returned to looking deep into Naruto's eyes, and smirked at his innocent, vulnerable expression. He made a purring noise deep in his throat, and brushed his lips against Naruto's quivering ones. Naruto gasped delightfully at the brief contact, his heart hammering against his chest, like a butterflies wings. Sasuke traced his lips over the corner of Naruto's lips, over the scars on his cheek, just resisting licking them, and hovered his mouth over his ear. "Naruto-kun, this is your one and only warning. Use that name again, with caution. At your own cost." He then swerved away, walking calmly down the hall with his hands shoved into his short pockets. Naruto blinked, still trembling against the wall, and snapped his head to the side, watching Sasuke walking away from him.

Sasuke...what just happened?

Why was his heart beating so fast? Why were his hands all clammy? Why did he felt so week at the knees? And why did he want Sasuke to come back and do that again?

Eck, gross. He's a guy. And he just…to gross me out, no doubt. Yeah! That teme! Scaring me! Grr! I'll show him!

Naruto stormed moodily after his host, and barged in through the door.

To a naked Sasuke.

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He had his back to him, a sleeping yukata in his hands, clothes discarded to the side, wearing nothing, not even his Haiti-ate. His milk and cream skin was flawless, moon kissed in the night light from the window, a true angel of darkness in the flesh. His back muscles rippled as he turned, his strong neck craning to the side slightly to look over his broad shoulders. But Naruto, despite how much he may have wanted not to, his eyes dipped with Sasuke's spine, following it's path past a slim waist…until his toned, tight ass was all he could see.

"Naruto-kun?"

"O…Oro?" Naruto gulped, snapped his heels together, and pivoted round so quickly, he almost fell over. "Gomennasai!! I didn't know you were naked!" shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit!

Sasuke smirked to himself, and slipped on his yukata. Naruto was still sweat dropping, staring at the opposite wall, when Sasuke placed his hands on his shoulders.

Naruto jumped, and heard Sasuke chuckle behind him.

"Bed."

"HAI!" Naruto, glad to get some space between an oddly touchy feely Sasuke (the Henge theory popped back in his head again, but he shook it off), and jumped onto the bed. "Night Sasuke!" Naruto feverishly tunnelled under the covers, still in the Uchiha yukata, and screwed his eyes shut tight, hoping dear god that Sasuke would believe him asleep, and forget that Naruto had just been looking at his bare…toned…nicely rounded ass… eck! Gross gross gross.

When he heard a shifting of the futon covers, Naruto raised a brow, opened his baby blues, and turned over to investigate.

Only to find himself nose to nose with Sasuke. "Eh?! S S Sasuke?!"

"Are you ever quiet?" Sasuke grumbled, eyes closed, and breathing evenly. Naruto gulped, and chuckled nervously.

"I I thought you said we weren't going to sleep in the same bed, ne?!"

"…I changed my mind." His face was blank, and Naruto sat up.

"I'll go sleep on the floor th-hay!"

"No you won't." Sasuke had grabbed the front of his yukata, and yanked him back down, fisting at his robes so he couldn't retreat. "You'll lay right here, right next to me." He ordered calmly, like he would a unit of sound Nin back in Otogakure, with no room for argument.

"Grrr." Naruto scowled, and Sasuke snapped his onyx eyes open.

"Did you just growl at me, dobe?"

"Sasuke teme! Don't call me that!" it lacked his earlier malice, but he was still pissed about it. "And yeah, I did. What are you going to do about it?"

"I'll tie you to the bed." Naruto sweat dropped. He looked dead serious. "You're choice. Do as you're told, or force me to take extreme measures."

When Naruto didn't say anything, baby blues wide and gulping, Sasuke closed his eyes, knowing he had won.

Like he always did. "Good choice…dobe…"

Naruto growled again, and tossed violently onto his other side, laying with his back to him. He heard a dark growling response, felt a hand fist at the baggy shoulder of his yukata, and was soon flipped back over to face a very grumpy, very pissy Sasuke.

"Sasuke teme!"

"Naruto dobe." He quipped immediately, a response he had built into his system, even after all these years. "Shut up, and go to sleep."

"I was trying to! I just turned over to-"

"Avoid having to look at me?" He spat, onyx eyes cold and piercing. From his slightly jutted jaw, he seriously thought that to be true.

"No, Baka." Naruto rolled his eyes. "For more room. If I kick you in the night, you'll be pissy with me in the morning." Naruto pouted awkwardly.

He wasn't going to admit to that, if possible.

But obviously, it was not possible.

"…you kick in your sleep?"

"Yeah…major fidget ass…apparently…" When Sasuke snickered at him, Naruto looked up, seeing if it was true. But the Uchiha's face was blank, as always. So he looked away…

…to hear snickering again. "Oi! Not funny!"

"…" Sasuke just snickered again, lifting his pillow and covering his head with it. He then allowed himself to chortle, muffling himself between the pillow and the mattress.

"…I can still hear you…ass…humph." Naruto folded his arms, closed his eyes rebelliously, and laid on his side, facing Sasuke. "Just for that, I hope I do kick you. Dobe."

"…teme…" Sasuke peered out from under the pillow, unseen by Naruto, who still had his eyes closed defiantly and the cutest pout on his lips you could imagine.

They looked so tempting…so sweet… "I'd be more worried about you, than me, Naruto." Naruto opened his eyes, just in time to watch a smirking Sasuke lower his head to his pillow properly.

"…why? What do you do in your sleep?"

Sasuke smirked darkly, and closed his eyes.

"You'll just have to find out, now won't you?"

"…evil fucking bastard…" Naruto shuddered, contemplating not sleeping at all tonight… "…hope it stops raining tomorrow…" he saw Sasuke flinch, and a pale fist clenched at the covers over them.

"I don't." Naruto blinked at him, and raised a blonde brow at him.

"Nani? Why's that?"

"Shut up. Sleep." He snapped, irked by something, and refused to explain himself any further.

Absolutely up to his ears in frustration at him already, Naruto grit his teeth together, forced his eyes shut, and tried to sleep.

I hope whatever Sasuke-teme does in his sleep isn't too bad…though…this is Sasuke…