Summary: "Look, I just think you should do a... test... while you're out here. No strings, no risks. You hate feeling like an ass because you end up breaking up with every girl you think you love. Just... try it with a guy, and see how it goes," Kiba said, flinching at the glare his best friend Naruto threw at him. After all, he had found the perfect candidate. Yaoi - (boyxboy) SasuNaruSasu

Warning: Yaoi (Boy x Boy) Sexual dialogue and discussion of various sexual themes and fantasies. Not appropriate for young readers. 17+

Author's note - So this debate is one I have had with many friends over time. I would be curious to see who you think wins the argument? I am including what I consider the best points I have heard on both sides on this. For me, it seemed pretty clear which side Naruto and Sasuke would each be on. Let me know what you think. :-)

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Naruto felt the heat of Sasuke's hand through the thin material of his shirt. The way his skin jumped beneath the touch surprised him slightly. He was a physical person by nature, and enjoyed hugging and touching in general. But it didn't usually produce this sharp of a response. Naruto lengthened his stride slightly, breaking the contact between them, unsure what to make of the strange intensity. Sasuke allowed his hand to drop, feeling the tingle along his fingers. He flexed them slightly, to dispel the sensation, though his gaze lingered on the well-formed ass that was preceding him to the bar.

They found two stools off to the corner, and sat down facing each other. The bartender came over and took their orders. Naruto stuck to beer, and Sasuke decided to switch from gin and tonic and join him with one. He wasn't here to get wasted tonight. He definitely wouldn't need alcohol to rev up his interest in his partner this evening.

"So... you've decided you might be gay?" Sasuke asked, not bothering to hide the amused skepticism in his voice. There was no doubt the blond was hot. If he wanted to play bi-curious for one night, and Sasuke happened to be the lucky beneficiary, he had no problem with that.

Naruto shrugged as the bartender came back with their beers. He let his gaze briefly slide along Sasuke's torso. Naruto's work gave him pretty much an instant read on what his clients were hiding under their clothes... what 'problem areas' they'd need to focus on. The thighs he'd noticed that were encased by the tight black jeans the man wore looked lean and muscular. No issues there. The dark blue button-down shirt wasn't opened far enough to show any serious skin, but the way the thin, soft fabric pulled against Sasuke's shoulders and arms when he leaned back against the bar indicated that the brunette spent at least some serious time at the gym. Office work alone wouldn't give that kind of lean definition.

Somehow Kiba's suggestion must have penetrated Naruto's subconscious, because he found himself strangely distracted by thoughts of what Sasuke would look like out of his shirt. He forced himself to refocus on the question he'd been asked. He frowned at the tone of it, but understood the underlying skepticism. Hell, he was skeptical, too. "I dunno. My best friend thought it might explain a few things. I'd never really considered it before."

"It's a bit late for exploring your sexual identity, isn't it? You're already in your twenties. You must have had a pretty repressed childhood."

Naruto burst out in laughter, earning him a raised brow. "Sorry... it's just... I was raised by a porn-writing pervert. I can't even remember how old I was when I saw my first naked woman. Sheltered and repressed are probably the last adjectives I'd used to describe my childhood. I seriously think I had a Kama Sutra coloring book in kindergarten."

"That must have generated some interesting parent-teacher discussions," Sasuke said, trying to decide if the blond was joking or not. The fact that he was leaning towards believing the man actually was telling the truth disturbed him slightly.

But Naruto was chuckling. "You have no idea. There's pretty much nothing that could shock me sexually at this point after growing up with that guy."

Sasuke filed that piece of very interesting information away for hopefully future use later this evening. "So then... why the late exploration on gender preferences?"

"Well, as much as I was 'over-exposed' to sex as a child, it was all hetero. It just... never really occurred to me to look for anything else. Sex was sort of defined as stuff that happened between a man and a woman."

Sasuke snorted. "How very self-aware of you. So... your friend got tired of hearing your girlfriends complain about your performance in bed, and decided you must be gay?"

Naruto hesitated... he didn't like to brag about his performance in bed. But he didn't want this guy to think he'd never been able to get it up, either. "Nah... I don't have performance issues. Like I said, thanks to my perverted guardian I've seen pretty much every kink in the book, and am game for most. Plus, I took up yoga a few years ago to help round out my training for my job and... you know...tantra methods... it increases stamina..." Naruto flushed as the conversation abruptly took a far more intimate turn than he was expecting. Of course, if the evening took the path Kiba prescribed, they'd do a lot more than just talk about sex. But he still suddenly felt like an idiot talking about this stuff. Like the guy who walks into a seedy bar and announced that 'he knows karate, so no one better mess with him'. Just stupid.

Sasuke lowered his lids slightly, letting his tongue slightly wet his lower lip. "So... you're saying you can perform tantric sex?" His voice was low and casual, but his eyes were intently focused.

"Umm... I guess?" Naruto fidgeted with his glass, feeling his face heat up and wishing he would just have stuck to a 'no' on the performance issue question without elaborating. Now he probably sounded like he was bragging. Why did he always say shit without thinking it through?

Sasuke wondered if they guy was bluffing. Claiming to be able to have sex for many hours on end was probably a fairly successful pick-up line. Even Sasuke had to admit he was intrigued, and he rarely bottomed. It was a novelty... a curiosity. Somehow, though, Sasuke didn't think Naruto was the kind of guy to make stuff up just to get laid. And he seemed uncomfortable enough with the conversation that Sasuke thought he might just believe him. Sasuke's expectations on the skill level of his prospective partner for the evening suddenly kicked up by several notches. He shifted on the bar stool, letting his legs fall wider apart to ease the slight tension growing there.

"It's not a big deal," Naruto muttered, trying to change the subject and feeling like an idiot. "Not many people actually find having sex for five or six hours enjoyable, no matter how horny they think they are. I just don't have performance issues, is all I'm saying. I just... generally like the relationship part better than the sex. So Kiba thought -"

"Kiba thought if it isn't an equipment problem, it might be a partner choice problem," Sasuke finished for him.

"Pretty much," Naruto said, looking over at the dance floor to try to dispel some of his embarrassment at the uncomfortable level of intimacy he was feeling with this complete stranger. Jesus, next they'd be comparing sizes. "But I have to say I haven't really been that interested in anyone I met here tonight, so I'm not sure it was such a great plan."

"No one?" Sasuke raised a brow. The low timbre of his voice drew Naruto's eyes back to him. Sasuke took a slow sip of his beer and didn't bother to hide his gaze sliding over Naruto's form. "Yet you decided to stay when you were clearly on your way out the door a minute or two ago. Did you see something that changed your mind?" The way Sasuke lounged back against the bar almost begged people to look at his body, drawing attention to his lean form and fluid movements.

Naruto could feel the suggestive arrogance pumping off the man. It was strange at how it simultaneously turned him on and pissed him off. He'd never reacted this way to a woman that he was interested it. This was decidedly different.

And decidedly stronger.

"I don't know," Naruto said, not wanting to acknowledge the strange pull he felt toward Sasuke, but also not willing to let his gaze drop. He wouldn't deny it. But he also wasn't quite ready to just dive right in. Silently he cursed Kiba for putting all these thoughts in his head. He'd never had this problem before. "I haven't fully decided yet."

Sasuke smirked, leaning back against the bar, resting on his elbows behind him. He noticed the way Naruto's eyes followed the movement of his arms and torso, but didn't remark on it.

"So, we've established what I'm looking for. What about you? I hear you only do one-night stands," Naruto said, not quite able to keep his opinion about that from coloring his voice. In his experience, players like that usually came off as pretty slimy... sort of used-car-salesmen-like. But Sasuke didn't seem like that, really. He seemed arrogant, of course, but also intelligent, direct, and just... hot. But not slutty or shallow about it. Somehow the knowledge that Sasuke was just looking for anonymous sex with random people seemed a bit of a let down. Like there should be more to the guy than that.

"That's right. I don't do relationships," Sasuke said, not missing the disparaging tone of voice Naruto had when he had asked the question. It annoyed him, for some reason. Usually he couldn't care less what people thought about him. Especially not a stranger he was in the process of picking up at a club. After tomorrow, he'd never see the blond again. So what could Naruto's opinion possibly matter?

"Have you ever tried dating?"

Sasuke looked bored at the topic. "Dating for more than a night? No."

"What about high school?" Naruto persisted, as though somehow trying to prove that Sasuke was more than he was making himself out to be. Even if it was none of his business. After all, didn't Naruto also come here tonight looking for a one-night experiment? But it bothered him, somehow, to feel like Sasuke was selling himself short.

"Strangely, I was able to decline the offers from all the fangirls in high school. Guys who were interested weren't looking to be in a public relationship anymore than I was at that age," Sasuke shifted, his strong, tapered fingers gesturing dismissively at the idea.

Naruto acknowledged that being gay would have made dating even harder than it had been for just regular teenage idiots, so he didn't push back on that statement.

"And now?" Naruto asked, curious to see if Sasuke would indeed prove to be the same as all the others, but just with better packaging.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, and considered whether the blond in front of him was worth his time to have this conversation with or not. Sure, the guy was hot. But there were other hot blonds in a city the size of New York. And Sasuke hated defending his lifestyle choices. Which is why he never bothered. Ever.

Naruto seemed to sense the other man's hesitation, and he smiled narrowly, taking a drink of his beer. "Yeah, figures. You don't really have any reason, except the usual cliché ones, I guess."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. He was many things, but he was not cliché. He wondered if maybe he'd had too much to drink already because he wasn't able to ignore the provocation the way he usually would. "Oh? And what are those," Sasuke asked, not bothering to hide the dangerous edge in his voice.

The tone of it went straight to Naruto's cock. And somehow fed the nascent aggression that had been building in him since he first started talking to the guy. He wanted to escalate this... taste more of it. "Well, usually some bullshit about 'too many women, too little time', or in your case, too many men. Maybe something about not having found 'the one' yet, as though magically the universe is supposed to just serve them up to you with absolutely no effort on your part," Naruto sneered slightly, enjoying the growing anger he sensed in the man next to him. "But usually it just boils down to the fact that - for some people - the exterior is much better than the interior. So they really don't have anything to offer other than sex or maybe a pretty face. They make it out to be that one night stands are their choice, but the reality is that they know that no one would put up with their vain, sorry asses once they got to know them outside of the sack."

A woman would have thrown her drink in his face or slapped him.

Sasuke simply raised a brow. And retaliated. "Oh? And what about you? I'd guess you're one of those people who need the constant validation of always having a girlfriend, not independent or grown-up enough to be able to spend any time alone. You constantly need to define yourself as 'somebody's boyfriend', rather than an actual person with thoughts, ideas, and goals all of your own," Sasuke took a drink of his beer. "Weak."

They glared at each other for a few minutes, each trying to figure out why they didn't just stand up and walk out. They'd both completely crossed the line of what was reasonable to put up with from a stranger. But somehow... neither walked away. The anger from the blatant insults felt more like foreplay than actual fighting, and as their eyes met, mutual awareness of that fact flashed between them.

Sasuke eyed the blond. There was something about the way that the guy was not trying to get in his pants that Sasuke found extremely attractive. Naruto looked like he really didn't give a fuck if Sasuke left. So he settled back against the bar. People always said that hate sex and make-up sex were hot. He'd never had a relationship, so he wouldn't really know. But the way that the anger he felt at Naruto's words and attitude was blending with the simmering lust he'd felt since first laying eyes on the blond was doing interesting things to the front of his pants, and he wasn't willing to walk away just yet.

"Fine," Naruto said finally. At this point he honestly wasn't sure anymore if he was trying to drive the man away or stir him up. But the conversation was definitely stirring Naruto up. It was so different from the flirting and verbal foreplay he'd had with women. It was much more aggressive and confrontational. And arousing.

He wanted to understand more about how this guy was able to affect him so much... what it was about him that caused this almost visceral reaction. "Then tell me what it is that you look for from a one night stand. What do you get out of it?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto and arched his brow. "You mean, besides the mind-blowing sex and multiple orgasms that usually occur? Surely you've had sex with your girlfriends. One night stands just get right to the good part without all the associated baggage."

"Wow. That's a pretty cynical view of relationships," Naruto said, blinking a bit at the absolute certainty in Sasuke's voice.

Sasuke's eyes were steady. "It's just reality."

The calmness with which Sasuke stated that made Naruto think that there was probably a pretty major back-story behind why the man across from him felt that way. Given that Sasuke claimed to never have had a relationship himself, it seemed like a broken heart wasn't the likely cause. Next suspect in line would be the guy's parents, but Naruto figured he wasn't going to go there sitting in a bar after five minutes of talking with the guy, so he let it slide.

"There's more to a relationship than just sex," Naruto offered. "I mean... sex is a part of it, of course, but there's also the friendship. Emotional support. Companionship. Having someone to celebrate with when you're happy, or encourage you when life sucks."

"I have friends for that. I just don't fuck them."

"But..." Naruto started, then paused, knowing that this wasn't really any of his business.

"Just say it, idiot."

"Bastard. I was just trying to be considerate. I mean, it's not my business if you only know one way to have sex," Naruto said, again finding himself wanting to provoke a reaction from the guy.

"I know a lot of ways to have sex," Sasuke said, clearly annoyed at the implication that he was anything less than amazing in bed.

"I don't mean just positions... moods come into sex, too. You can't keep emotions out of it all the time, or it sex is just... boring. Repetitive."

Sasuke almost laughed at the notion of 'emotional sex'. Naruto had clearly been dating women for far too long. "Whatever. When I'm in the mood for sex, I just go to the club. I don't need someone waiting around at home for that to happen."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "There are moods other than 'horny' that can play into sex, bastard. Like... hmmm... what kind of work do you do?"

"You're the one who set the ground rules of not sharing personal information," Sasuke said.

"Ah, right. Well, given the formal way you talk and the designer clothes you're wearing, I'm going to guess business or law or something equally high paying. Probably not a doctor since you have no bedside manner."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow suggestively. "You have yet to see my bedside manner. Don't assume things."

Naruto snickered, realizing he should probably slow down on the beer. The guy definitely didn't have an inferiority complex. Maybe he was a surgeon after all. Those assholes generally had no bedside manner, either. "Whatever. So let's say you just closed a major deal or won a big case. When you get home to your boyfriend to celebrate, you'd want to like - rip his clothes off sex and fuck like porn stars in the entryway, with someone who will tell you... I dunno... how big your cock is and scream out that you are the best while you pound them into the floor," Naruto paused, suddenly looking uncertain. "Well, if you're the one who does the pounding... I mean... um... "

Sasuke just smirked as Naruto blushed slightly, fumbling with his words. "Anyway, the point is that you want to feel like the hunter who just came back with the big kill, and your mate is there to reward and appreciate you. It's caveman-like, but that's the way emotions work. But that isn't really something you can explain to a total stranger, who will probably just think you're talking trash or not even understand what the big deal of the victory was anyway, since they know nothing about you," Naruto explained.

Sasuke just took a sip of his beer, his eyes amused. "What makes you think I don't have porn-star sex with someone I just met? And I don't need a special occasion to make them scream when I fuck them."

Naruto laughed slightly, "Arrogant bastard. Fine, so you fuck like a porn star with your one-nighters. Whatever." He took a swallow of his beer and continued. "But what about when - say - you lose a major client or your boss was an ass that day or something. Or when you're sick. Or you get in a fight with your family," Naruto noticed the way Sasuke tensed when he mentioned family. "Then you'd want someone who is going to just be there, cook you a nice dinner and then put you to bed with slow, gentle sex that shows they care about you... that there is someone who believes in you, and knows you'll make it through this mistake or whatever. Or even have angry sex, and let you vent your frustrations a bit? Slam them up against the wall, call them a whore, whatever."

"I don't make mistakes, and I don't need emotional support, so I don't have to worry about that," Sasuke said, finishing off his beer. Naruto could tell the man was a bit uncomfortable. The discussion about straight-up sex was fine, but clearly when deeper emotions came into play, Sasuke shut down. "Besides, I don't need to be in a relationship with someone to have that. You can tell within five minutes on the dance floor if someone is into fast and rough, or slow and gentle. I can pick whatever I need when I want it, without having to try to maintain a relationship on top of working eighty-some hours every week."

Naruto noticed the biting tone that came into Sasuke's voice as he talked about trying to maintain a relationship while working long hours. Naruto worked sometimes fifty hours a week, and that was a killer. He couldn't imagine pulling those kind of hours on a regular basis, and wondered why anyone would voluntarily. Even if the pay was amazing, it still meant you'd have no life outside of work. "Wow, you must really love your job."

Sasuke blinked. "What?"

Naruto took a drink of the full beer the bartender had left for him. "I mean, to stay in a job that takes up all of your time like that. Even if it paid incredibly well, you'd have to really love what you do. That's cool, I guess. I mean, for me, I like my job a lot, but it doesn't completely fulfill me. I have hobbies, friends, a girlfriend... I get different things from the different elements in my life. I don't think I love any one thing enough to really give everything I had to it."

Sasuke sat there for a minute, watching a drop of condensation roll down the side of his beer. Love his job? He frowned... the concept felt foreign and... inaccurate. But also somehow irrelevant. He had never really considered having a choice in his career, so what did it matter if he loved it or not? Or if he even liked it?

He noticed somewhat distractedly that Naruto hadn't mentioned family in his list of things he spent his time on. He wondered if Naruto didn't have any family, or if he just hated them and had nothing to do with them. He didn't know if he felt pity or envy of the fact that the blond didn't have them on his list.

"It's not like I have nothing else besides work in my life. I just realized early on that - given my career - the types of relationships that are open to me are limited. I can have someone who cares only about my money, and doesn't really mind that I can't spend any time with them. Or I could find someone who actually cares for me and wants to be with me, and spend my life disappointing them."

Naruto shifted, somehow feeling depressed by the man's words. It sounded... lonely. "That sucks."

"It's not like I'm lonely, idiot." Sasuke said scornfully, as though reading Naruto's thoughts. "I have no trouble finding companionship when I want it."

Naruto found his sympathy for the guy rapidly disappearing. "Whatever, bastard. But at some point, you're going to get a little too old to be going to the club. The transition from 'sexy' to 'creepy' can happen pretty quickly."

Sasuke's smile was cynical. "Ah, but that's where all my money will come into play."

"But... wasn't part of the reason that you didn't want a relationship because you didn't want someone who likes you only for your money?"

Sasuke shifted. He didn't really have a come-back for that one. But it was a long way off... he wasn't going to worry about it now. If anything he had the opposite problem. He too many people trying to get in his pants most of the time. He idly swirled his beer in his glass, watching the bubbles rise to the surface.

Some of Naruto's observations struck a little too close to home. The people that knew him well had never questioned his career path. He was an Uchiha... Fugaku's son. There had never been any question about what he would do with his life. And Sasuke's sex partners were more interested in what was in his pants to worry about what was in his head or life. He'd never really had a completely objective, non-involved party discuss any of this with him. He didn't know what to make of it.

The conversation had gotten a bit heavy, and they both felt their gaze drifting out across the club, trying to diffuse the mood.

Naruto cleared his throat, deciding that discussing Sasuke's career choice and work-life balance was probably over-stepping things for a complete stranger. "Ok, so assuming all you're really interested in is sex, you must still have found that some partners were better than others. I mean, all your past hook-ups couldn't have been equally mind-blowing. Weren't there ever any that were so good that you wanted to see them again, or get to know them better, even just sexually? Wouldn't it be better to just take the best one and go back to that person again? They'd know your likes, dislikes... you'd reduce the risk of STIs or serial killers..."

Sasuke snorted, glad to pull the conversation back to a somewhat safer topic. "Someone has an over-active imagination, I see."

Naruto just shrugged. "You can't tell me that a guy that looks like you has never had a stalker. Or ten."

Sasuke noted the not-so-subtle compliment that was embedded in that statement.

"My worst stalkers came from school or work. People I have to see every day, rather than just someone who grinds against me at a club. And at work, I have to at least play nice. Whereas in a club, I can just kick them into the nearest wall."

Naruto snickered, more than able to pull a visual on that one. Sasuke felt his lips twitch in response.

"I guess that's part of the whole idea about a one-night stand, though," Sasuke said, thinking about it for a minute. "You don't know who you're fucking. Could be a serial killer or a stalker, could be someone who's married. Could be your boss's nephew. You know nothing about them. It heightens the thrill, I suppose. Most people feel vulnerable when they're naked. Even more so at the point of orgasm. Doing it with a stranger just... sharpens the risk of that moment of complete vulnerability."

They way Sasuke had looked directly into Naruto's eyes when he talked about cumming had made Naruto's throat a little dry. Jesus, that guy was just illegally attractive. "Hmmmm," Naruto said noncommittally, taking a sip of his beer to wet his dry throat. "I guess I'm a pretty risk-averse guy. I don't think wondering if I'm screwing a serial killer or someone else's wife would get me off particularly."

Ugh. Nice guy, Sasuke thought somewhat derisively, again wondering why it wasn't the turn-off that it usually was for him. Though what Naruto said next had him re-evaluating.

"Though, it would be hot for it to be my boss's niece. Then every week he'd be busting my ass about my performance in the office, I'd be thinking about the fact that - as soon as the old bastard left for the night I'd be bending his sweet little niece over his desk."

Sasuke snickered into his beer. "So... you'd use someone because they were related to your boss, but you think one-night stands are beneath you?"

Naruto laughed. "Nah. I'd never date someone just because of that. And I never actually said that one-night stands are beneath me... I've just never seen the point of them. I'm just saying that... if I did end up in a 'forbidden' relationship like that, it would be hot. But I'd only do it if I actually liked the girl... or guy... or whatever. It would just add an extra layer in. I mean, pretending and role playing are fun, but it's even better when you know what the reality is. Like... the contrast between the way a person is in real life and the way they are in the sack."

Sasuke shrugged, but his eyes were intense and locked on Naruto's and he leaned forward slightly. "You get that either way. I mean, we're talking now. I have a sense for what you are like as a person in public," Sasuke's voice dropped low and he leaned forward. "So later tonight, when I'm fucking you and you're screaming my name, I'll get to see what you're like in bed."

Naruto felt his skin tighten slightly at the words. He leaned back, rubbing the back of his head, trying to break the tension. Unconsciously, he licked his lips, trying to ignore how Sasuke's eyes followed the motion of his tongue. "Hmm, don't get ahead of yourself. We're just talking here. But in any case, that's not what I meant. Most people here at the club are pretty fake. I mean, if someone goes out to a club to get laid, they pretty much already have their 'game face' on. You don't really get to see what they're like in real life."

Sasuke raised a brow, indicating Naruto should make his point.

"OK, so... let's ignore for the moment whether or not you could actually pull off a relationship if you wanted one," Naruto began, ignoring the glare that Sasuke threw him. "You say this is all about the sex for you, right? I mean, for me, usually the first time I had sex with my girlfriends it was hot, but pretty vanilla. You don't know them yet. So you don't know what their kinks or limits are. But if you don't know the person at all, you wouldn't even know their personalities much. Doesn't it get kind of... I don't know... boring after awhile? Sort of the same basic thing over and over but just with a different face each time?"

"Most people would say that having a different partner each time would make it more exciting," Sasuke said drily. "And added to that, I can always choose whatever looks or age I want."

"Really? Hmmm.. I dunno. Think about having a generic hot girl... erm... hot guy going down on you. That's good, fine... kind of sexy, whatever. Now... what if you knew that he was a kindergarten teacher? Or a nurse? Or... the head attorney of a major law firm? Or a Navy Seal?"

Sasuke shifted slightly in his chair.

"See? Each one of those has a different hotness factor. The more you know about someone, the more specific the sex becomes. It's not generic anymore."

Sasuke shrugged one shoulder. "True, but I can find out what someone's job is easy enough in five minutes of conversation. I could get that same rush. And, I could get a new one each week," Sasuke smirked, signaling the bartender to bring them more beer.

"Maybe, but you can do that with the same partner as well. Think about the head of a law firm pretending do be a nurse going down on you. Way hotter than the actual nurse. You can still get the variety, but now you add layers. But that's just the surface stuff, anyway. The more you get to know someone, the more fun you can have with it."

"Maybe," Sasuke allowed. "But there is something about the idea of a 'perfect stranger'. You can ask for anything, tell them anything, and you don't have to worry about 'next day awkwardness', because you're never going to see them again," Sasuke said, feeling pretty confident in his argument now that they were safely back away from emotions and family.

"Hmmmm. But there are some things that you wouldn't dare ask a stranger for. I mean... like you said, you never know who they really are. They might go tell your family or your boss about it. You can get your basic fetishes taken care of, I bet, but not the really deep stuff."

Sasuke looked at the blue-eyed blond sitting next to him. Somehow, he couldn't really imagine that guy having kinks so far off main stream that this would be an issue. "Oh, really? So, Naruto, what are your deep, dark fetishes that you are so afraid to show to the world."

Naruto flicked his finger against his beer glass, the sound making a tiny chime. "Tch. If I had anything like that, didn't I just finish saying I wouldn't tell some asshole I just met at a bar?" Naruto paused a little, clearly faltering slightly under the intense, skeptical look coming from his companion. "But actually, I don't. My kinks are pretty mainstream."

Sasuke gave him a smug 'I thought so' look.

"But I bet a guy like you has some dark ones," Naruto said, a bit of smugness creeping into his voice as well.

"A guy like me?" Sasuke said, almost daring Naruto to try to categorize him after meeting him for such a short time.

"Yeah... smart, attractive, entitled, emotionally constipated," Naruto took a drink, enjoying the annoyance that flashed across Sasuke's face. "Family issues. I dated a girl sort of like you once."

Sasuke drew his brows together, not liking to be compared to a girl under pretty much any circumstance.

"She was... sort of your polar opposite, but had a lot of the same issues. Physically very attractive, talented, intelligent, came from a super powerful family. Had major issues with her father and her older cousin. Even a bit with her little sister. Family pressures. I bet you've got daddy issues. You got a brother?"

Sasuke's hand tightened around his glass before he could control it. Naruto noticed and smirked. "Yeah, pretty much the same. She dealt with it by totally withdrawing emotionally and trying to disappear. You act like an emotionless asshole. But it's pretty much the same thing."

"And how does this have anything to do with sex?" Sasuke asked, not even trying to keep the biting tone out of his voice. He found it disconcerting to be read so completely by this idiotic blond who'd only met him like ten minutes ago. The urge to get up and walk out was returning. But he found himself perversely curious to hear what the man had to say.

"She was pretty shy and conservative at first. Then one week, after her father had told her she was basically worthless and her cousin had spent the rest of the week rubbing her face in how much better he was than her, I told her to tie me up and pretend I was her cousin. She went insane. Literally whipped me to within an inch of my life. It was probably the most intense sexual experience I have ever had. We never did it that way again, but after that, she was a changed person. I mean, she was still not exactly outgoing, but she was much more assertive. In bed and in her life." Naruto had never told Kiba this. But if his friend ever actually worked up the nerve to ask Hinata out, he was going to be in for one hell of a shock in the bedroom when she broke out her 'hope chest'.

Sasuke shrugged in mild interest, not really sure what the story had to do with him. The notion of tying Naruto up did hold a certain amount of appeal, though. But his brain was completely unprepared for where Naruto was apparently going with this conversation.

Naruto grinned leaned forward, resting his chin on his hand. "So tell me Sasuke. Ever ask anyone to role play as your brother, and fuck him into the floor or make him suck your dick?"

Sasuke's beer slipped from his hand and hit the table with a thump, just missing tipping over and creating a mess.

"Jesus," Sasuke's brain seized around the idea of Itachi, naked and on his knees and -... Sasuke drew a breath. He was not going to go there. He looked up to find amused blue eyes waiting for his.

"See... that's not something that you'd ever ask for, or maybe even ever think to ask for from a stranger. It might not turn out to be one of your kinks, but it might be," Naruto shrugged as if he hadn't just done the emotional equivalent of announcing the advent of the apocalypse. "But you'd never run the risk of playing that sort of thing out with a total stranger."

Sasuke forced his brain to erase the last part of their conversation and the associated mental images from his memory so he would be able to continue functioning. He'd deal with the troubling topic and response it evoked in him later. "Shit, Naruto. You approach sex like some research project or sex therapist."

Naruto was a little surprised to see that Sasuke was still sitting, and hadn't put a fist through his face or walked out. He didn't know why he felt the need to rattle the guy so much. But something about the way Sasuke was approaching his life just pissed Naruto off, even though it was really none of his business.

Sasuke looked at him for a minute, and decided it was time to get back onto the main objective of the evening. Which was not debating the finer points of relationships or casually discussing incestuous situations with his brother. He needed to take back control of the conversation. "Tell me something, Naruto," Sasuke said, leaning in so close that Naruto could feel the breath of the man's words brush against his ear. The way the low voice emphasized his name was doing strange things to Naruto's ability to think clearly. "Haven't you ever gotten so turned on that you just wanted to throw your girlfriend down on the bed and fuck her? For no other reason that you just need to drive into her?"

Naruto shivered, and it wasn't from the image of him having sex with any of his ex-girlfriends. It was the image of acting out those words with Sasuke. Naruto felt almost light-headed at the rate at which the blood left his brain and rushed south. "Uh... not really."

Sasuke smirked, noting the glazed look that had suddenly appeared in the blue eyes. This close, Sasuke could see how intensely blue they were. He didn't remember ever seeing eyes quite that color before.

Naruto had to take a moment to gather his thoughts. The annoyingly amused look in the onyx eyes observing him helped. "I mean, it turns me on to get them turned on, you know? But usually it was them that signaled they wanted sex. I'm really not that into it, outside of the relationship side of it. That's why this idea of Kiba's was so stupid. If sex is my least favorite part of a relationship, then why I am looking for a one-night stand to help me figure out my orientation? It's like... ordering a steak dinner and just eating the side salad."

"If you've never just needed to just straight up fuck with no ulterior motive, then you've definitely been playing for the wrong team."

Sasuke waited for Naruto to make some sort of objection either to his statement or his proximity. When neither happened, he decided it was time to take this to the next level.

"Follow me," Sasuke said tersely, standing up. He finished his beer and set the glass down with a sharp click, then turned and began walking towards the men's room.

Naruto raised his eyebrows in question, but followed willingly enough.

. . . . .

Sasuke led them to the men's room, which was thankfully empty.

"Let's try a little experiment."

Sasuke pushed Naruto into one of the stalls, but didn't come inside with him. Instead, he closed the door, separating them.

"What the fuck?" Naruto asked, looking around disgustedly at the filthy floor.

"I want you to try something for me," Sasuke's voice came through the ugly metal door.

Naruto just stood there with his hands on his hips, glaring at the closed stall door.

"What?" he bit out finally.

"Don't be such a girl. You'd think this was your first time ever getting dragged into the bathroom stalls or something," Sasuke said, amusement in his voice.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Of course this is my first time getting dragged into the men's room. I've been straight for the past 21 years."

Sasuke considered the number of eyes that had followed the blond's delectably toned ass as they had made their way to the men's room. "I find that a little hard to believe."

"Whatever, asshole. What are we doing in here. You're not even in here with me. What, am I supposed to be taking bacterial cultures for the health department or something?"

"Like I said, we're going to try a little experiment about what turns you on. I want you to close your eyes and think about the hottest sex you've ever had with one of your girlfriends. The moment she came, the moment you came, whatever kinky thing you did in bed or wherever. Just focus on that, ok?"

Naruto gave his unsavory surroundings one last skeptical glance, then complied. "Fine."

Sasuke waited a minute. "Are you thinking of something?"

"Something besides whether a roach is going to crawl up my pant leg? Sure."

Now it was Sasuke's turn to roll his eyes. "And?"

"And what?" Naruto asked, sounding definitely annoyed now.

"Are you getting hard?"

"Of course not. I'm standing in a disgusting bathroom by myself, thinking about a girl I broke up with because I wanted to just be friends."

Sasuke pulled open the door, then came in, closed it. And locked it.

Naruto quirked a brow and opened his mouth to make some sort of snide comment, but Sasuke had turned to face him, his eyes dark and predatory. Naruto's words stilled on his lips as Sasuke took a step towards him that brought their bodies just a hair's breadth from touching. Sasuke leaned in, placing a hand on either side of Naruto's head, effectively pinning him against the dirty stall wall. Their bodies were close enough that if Naruto drew a deep enough breath, his chest would brush against Sasuke's.

"W-what are you doing?" Naruto said, annoyed at himself for the stammer. All thoughts about the hygiene of his surroundings had completely vanished from his mind.

Sasuke gave a slow, sexy smile, and leaned in so his lips almost brushed Naruto's ear. "Like I said, Naruto. We're doing an experiment." Sasuke breathed in Naruto's scent. "Hn. You smell good." He let his breath out in a slow, hot flow over Naruto's neck, and was gratified to see the shiver that ran through the tanned skin there.

"Uh... thanks. You... you smell good, too," Naruto said, realizing that it was true. He'd never really been a fan of the flowery perfumes that his girlfriends wore. He could smell Sasuke's aftershave, and the slight musk of the man. He found the scent... incredibly attractive.

"Hn," Sasuke said, not bothering to hide the arrogance in his tone. "Now let's try having you think of something else."

"Ok," Naruto said, trying to focus on the man's words and not on the heat coming off the toned body standing an inch away from him.

"Close your eyes," Sasuke said, keeping his voice low.

Naruto closed his eyes, focusing on keeping his breathing steady and trying to control his rapidly spiking pulse at the man's proximity.

"I want you to think about me sliding my hand under your shirt."

Sasuke's hands stayed braced where they were on either side of Naruto's head. "Feel the palm of my hand running over your abs, feeling how toned they are."

Naruto took a breath, and nodded slightly.

"Now my hand is sliding up. I take a finger and trace around your nipple. Once. Twice. Then I roll it between my fingers, rubbing it. Chaffing it just a little with my nail, but not too much."

Naruto shifted slightly.

"Do you like that?" Sasuke asked, his voice husky, his hands still unmoved from their position on the stall wall.

"It's... ok," Naruto tried not to be annoyed at how low his voice was.

"Hmmm... now I let my tongue do the same thing. I circle your nipple with my tongue. Once. Twice. Then I lick it. The skin tastes raw, and I close my teeth over it to scrape it a little."

Naruto let out a small, strangled breath, and Sasuke felt desire flood through his body. He wanted to hear all the sounds that pink mouth could make when he was doing more than playing around.

Sasuke's fingers twitched against the metal wall, itching to actually be doing the actions that his words were describing. He had to fight to keep his voice controlled.

"I slide my hand back down over your stomach. Feel my hand on the waistband of your jeans. Now I'm slowly undoing the button and pulling down your zipper."

Naruto felt sweat break out on his upper lip. His eyes fluttered open, and he was instantly trapped by the black, magnetic vortex of Sasuke's gaze.

"Are you concentrating for me, Naruto?" Sasuke asked, his voice low and dripping sex. He could see the impressive tent already forming in Naruto's jeans, and felt an answering tightness in his own.

"Shit," Naruto said, his voice rough and shaking with lust. And Sasuke hadn't even touched him yet.

"Should I keep going, Naruto?" Sasuke purred, his voice low, sending vibrations directly to Naruto's cock.

"Fuck," was all Naruto could manage in reply.

-xXx-

to be continued...

So... I think Naruto already pretty much has his answer as to his orientation. LOL. Now the question is... will he feel the need to continue this now that he already knows his preference? And did his words change any of Sasuke's thinking. Thoughts? What would you like to see happen? I have the next chapter sketched out, but would be curious to hear your thoughts.

:-)