Sasuke ran down the hall; pass a crowd of people, across the parking lot, and to his car. He started the engine and sped down the highway. The sun was completely gone from the sky now and full moon shined brightly along the horizon. The roads were almost entirely empty. After about twenty minutes, Sasuke began to calm down. He started thinking more clearly, but he didn't let up on the gas.
'Why the hell did Naruto… Why didn't I… what's going on…?!' Sasuke's mind raced with questions, none of which, he could find the answer to. He kept speeding along. The roads were practically empty. No one would pull him over right?
As soon as Sasuke thought he would be fine he saw flashing blue lights and heard the annoying whine of the sirens.
. . .
Naruto had managed to calm himself down and was now lying in his bed, facedown. He couldn't help occasionally glancing at the door, hoping Sasuke would come walking in. When had he started harboring these feelings for his best friend? It hadn't been that long ago that he had realized his feelings for the dark haired boy. Maybe he had always had some kind of deep affection for him. But he knew Sasuke wasn't like that and yet…
Why had he kissed him? He was supposed to be mad at the teme for not letting him drive but he just kept thinking about his dark, fathomless eyes. His soft, black hair. Then his mind trailed to his lips. He had wondered how they felt, what he would taste like. And by the time they had gotten to the restraint he wasn't mad anymore, but he was nervous. He felt like he was on a date, for god's sake! He didn't want to say anything because he was afraid he would say something stupid. He was so lost in thought, he didn't even realize how much in a hurry Sasuke was, or even why for that matter. And then, when Sasuke was yelling, he just wanted him to know how he felt so much, he mistook Sasuke's shock for desire. It was a stupid move. A mistake Naruto wouldn't make again. He would keep his distance from Sasuke and avoid anymore mishaps aver again. Naruto buried his face into his pillow and drifted off into sleep.
. . .
After a few hours, Sasuke had returned to his dorm but hadn't gone in yet. Actually the cop had only taken ten minutes. It was one of the teachers who had taken up so much of his time. They had caught him sneaking back to his room, accusing him of raping one of the female students or something. Once he realized who Sasuke was though, he quickly sent on his business with a more than generous apology. Sasuke took one last minute to run through what had happened. He almost laughed. So much had happened on just his first day of college. His brother had said it would be exciting. Did Itachi know this would happen? It, often seemed like, the weasel knew everything, even before it happened. The raven haired boy took a deep breath and prepared himself for the awkward atmosphere that was sure to be amongst the three males.
However, much to Sasuke's surprise, Naruto was asleep and Gaara wasn't even in to room. Great, so he had himself worked up for nothing. He had even taken the time to make up a story to explain to Gaara why he had left the room in such a hurry. All well, Sasuke wasn't much of an actor anyway. He glanced at the sleeping Naruto for just a split second, but already felt his face burning with embarrassment.
Gaara wasn't here; he wouldn't mind if he took his bed just for tonight. Sasuke crawled onto the mattress, taking care not to look at Naruto again. He slept facing the wall, the entire night.
. . .
The next day was just as awkward as Naruto thought it would be. He didn't look at Sasuke when he got up (except for the moment when he realized that Sasuke was in Gaara's bed). He ignored him in the few classes they had together but when it was time for lunch, well, Kanna was his friend to. Naruto had to settle for being on the opposite end of the, small, row of people, the four of them made up.
Sasuke had gotten to lunch before Naruto. He had tried to. He wanted to make sure he got a table by himself in the very back of the cafeteria so that Naruto would just think they didn't have lunch together. Unfortunately, Kanna and Gaara had the same lunch as him and Kanna, a girl on a mission, went to every table, her boyfriend resembling a puppy that would follow its master anywhere, until she found someone she knew. And, as luck would have it, he was the only one that had her lunch.
Of course, when she saw Naruto looking for a place to sit she couldn't help but call him over. At first Naruto's face lit up but then that smile dissolved when he saw that Sasuke was at the same table. The blond sat down and began eating his ramen (he had cooked it himself).
Kanna looked at him curiously wondering why he was being so quiet. Gaara never spoke much when other people were around and Sasuke, having not gotten any food, had buried his face in his in his jacket to sleep. She had been counting on Naruto to lighten the mood. But it looked like that wasn't going to happen. What had happened last night? She wanted to know so badly. But it was hopeless; Naruto wasn't going to talk about it anytime soon.
Sasuke checked the time. It was the first time he had looked up since Naruto had sat down. It was almost time for his next class. He stood up and started heading over, but Kanna asked where he was going. He simply pointed to the clock. She realized what he meant and let him out of sight before telling Gaara and Naruto that they should start going to their classes as well.
She and Naruto had their next class together but Gaara's was on the other side of campus. She looked around at all the people that surrounded them. If there was ever a time to embarrass her adorable little panda, it was now.
"Bye bye Gaara-kun! I'll see you when class is out!" she said it loudly to attract attention then, without any kind of warning, she lightly kissed him on the cheek and watch as his face was dusted with a pale blush before giggling and running off, Naruto being dragged behind her.
When they finally made it to their creative writing class, Naruto finally spoke up in his usual loud voice.
"Man Kanna, that was cruel." He laughed lightly.
"I know. He hates it whenever I do that 'cause he thinks people are staring, but he's just so cute when he blushes, I just can't help myself!" she said, relieved that Naruto was speaking again.
"Kanna!!" a hyper girl with light brown hair came bound out of know where to give the unsuspecting brunette an uber hug.
With an excited gasp Kanna started to squeal with the girl, "Tsukiko! I didn't know you were at this college! Why didn't you text me or something?!"
"I would have but I accidentally washed my phone with my pants!"
The girls were being extremely loud and drawing a lot of attention to each other but neither seemed to notice. The one with the shorter, lighter hair, Tsukiko, was the one who finally stopped to ask, "So, who's your friend? Is this the infamous Gaara I've heard about up until the tragic phone vs. washing machine incident?"
"Ha! Yeah, right! Gaara's much hotter than Naruto. Oh, no offence Naruto."
"Uh…sure" he said, feeling very much, offended. About that time everyone sat down and class started.
The day seemed to drag on forever. Sasuke thought he might go insane if he had to look at anymore math problems. His science class was a living hell. Their professor, Kakashi Hatake, gave everyone home work on the first day. And don't even ask about his world history class with Might Gai as the professor. He would have been relieved to be done with the day if it wasn't for the fact that Naruto had gotten to the dorm room first, depriving him of any relaxation he might have gotten from having the room to himself for even a moment. Gaara was there as well, but he hadn't kissed Gaara. Sasuke sighed and made his way over to the desk that no one was using (because no one else had Kakashi that semester).
Naruto heard Sasuke come in but refused to acknowledge him. When he heard Sasuke sigh so heavily he knew it was because of him. Naruto felt a twinge of pain in his chest. It was enough to distract him the video game he was playing. He ended up losing a life but that didn't seem to register in his brain. His fingers kept pressing the buttons, blindly, giving him the appearance of being too focused on the game to notice anything in the real world.
But he was all too aware when he heard the buzz of Gaara's cell phone buzzing, telling him he had a text message. Given how antisocial the boy seemed to be, it could only be Kanna texting him; probably asking him to take her to a movie or something. What she was asking him didn't matter though, it was the fact that after receiving the text, Gaara proceeded to put down the book he had been reading, get up off his single mattress, and walk out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Sasuke, who had been focused on his homework up until that point, was quietly cursing Gaara for always going to his girlfriend's beck and call. He stole a glance at his friend who hadn't looked up from that game even once. Sasuke couldn't help but wonder what game could possibly be so interesting. The raven looked at the desk clock next to the lamp he had on. It was only four o'clock. He would have plenty of time to do his homework later.
"Damn that Kakashi…" the raven mumbled quietly.
"Huh… you say something …?" Naruto asked, still pretending to be interested in his game.
"…No." Sasuke answered.
Naruto felt himself blush a little, "Oh…" he said quietly. Why couldn't he act right around him? Suddenly, there was a less than quiet beep. The batteries to the DS were going dead. Naruto looked for an outlet and found one on the floor near the bed. He hopped off the top bunk, dug out his charger, and plugged it into the wall.
Now, with the danger of his game dying on him, out of the way, Naruto returned his attention to his black haired friend, only to find him crossing the room in his direction.
Sasuke stopped in front the blond and started to reach down when he heard a sudden cry from set person.
"W-what are you doing?!" he exclaimed.
Sasuke looked at him curiously, "I'm getting my soda…"
Naruto looked to his left and, sure enough, he had happened to sit next to Sasuke's bag with a coke bottle sticking out of the side pocket.
Sasuke saw the dobe's blush and could only imagine what had gone through his mind just now, which only made him blush as well. He grabbed his drink and flopped on his bed with a sigh; hopping Naruto hadn't noticed his reddened face.
Naruto was slowly losing his mind. If things kept up the way they had he might end up losing his long time companion. He had to say something. This problem he had created was defiantly not going away on its own.
Naruto opened his mouth to say something but Sasuke spoke instead, "Naruto…about last night…" he said, now sitting up.
The kyuubi stared at the screen of his DS, blankly, not wanting to face the dark eyes that he could feel, boring into him.
"…Y-Yeah, what about it?" Naruto wasn't even bothering to push the buttons to look like he had any interest left in the game, but he continued staring at the screen, watching his character die. He almost wished he was that character. Anything was better than dealing with this.
"…Uh…well I was…just…uh…" for once the genius was at a loss for words. He felt as though his heart would burst from his chest, it was beating so hard. He felt the blood rush to his cheeks once again.
Naruto, surprised to hear Sasuke stutter like that, finally looked up from his game. Sasuke turned away, quickly, to try and hide his embarrassment but it was no use. Naruto had seen. His body started moving of its own free will. It was going to happen again; there was no stopping it. Naruto placed one hand on Sasuke's shoulder and the other under his chin so he could get to his lips. The red faced blond leaned in and felt Sasuke's full, rough lips against his. He waited for Sasuke to pull away or punch him in the face or something to make him stop but what he did surprised even Sasuke. The raven's tongue slipped passed his own and lick at Naruto's, asking for entry. He parted his lips to allow the intrusion.
Sasuke stood, pushing Naruto back until they hit a wall. He explored the new territory he found himself in. He licked Naruto's tongue then kissed him deeper and slid it lightly against the roof of his mouth.
The poor blond couldn't help but let out a moan ecstasy. Sasuke was kissing him back, this time he was sure of it. He could feel himself getting hard. Sasuke leaned against him, putting a knee between his legs and rubbing his erection slightly. I felt so good Naruto let out another sigh of pleasure. That's when he felt Sasuke's hardness rub against his hip. Naruto couldn't help but feel a little smug for being able to get a rise out of Sasuke so easily. But that joy was short lived.
Just before Sasuke had reached his limit and surrendered to these confusing new feelings he was developing, Gaara came back. After taking a second to process what his two roommates were doing, without changing his expression from its normal blank and tired look, he quickly shut the door.
