A/N: Another revised chapter. Please enjoy this ^_^

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine

Warning: foul language (and I mean lots of them), violence (bit), hints of SasuNaru shounen ai, possibly oOC in this chapter.


Chapter 2: Live Together!


Then…here they were, Sasuke and Naruto (now Uzumaki family) in front of a new house, moving their things from the moving-car to the western styled house which would become their new home.

"Move your ass, Dobe! Don't get in my way!" Sasuke yelled at Naruto whom he accidentally bumped when he was moving the carton box, which was surprisingly heavy by the way, from the car to the house, already feeling annoyed by the slightly hot weather and the exertion.

"What did you say, bastard?! You're the one who obstruct my path!" Naruto shouted back at him as loudly, looking aggravated as well since he was also in the middle of moving his share of carton box.

Current of electricity was exchanged as they glared fiercely at each other again.

"Really, boys…fighting again? We still have a lot of works to do here," Arashi sighed, looking resigned, as Sasuke and Naruto started to bicker again.

No matter that Arashi had become Sasuke's new father or Naruto his step brother, the younger blond still irritated Sasuke as hell. He couldn't help wondering how Arashi put up with him (and his absurdity) all the time.

"Dad, why must we move actually?" Naruto asked (or more like whined) to his father now.

"Well, we have mother and Sasuke now, it's normal to want a bigger house to live in, right? Or do you want to live in the twenty tatamis (1) wide room with four people inside?" Arashi sounded like a kindergarten teacher trying to explain to (or actually convince) a stubborn misbehavior child.

Well, no wonder. Naruto wasn't that bright after all. Sasuke snorted lightly, while trying not to be so obvious about it, lest Naruto would take it as an offensive gesture. Not that Sasuke cared. He was just not in the mood to deal with Naruto's stupidity at that moment.

Naruto visibly shuddered, face paling slightly as he seemed to realize the circumstance if they, the four of them, had to live in his old narrow apartment room together.

Yeah, that would be awful. Sasuke didn't even want to think if he had to share a bed room with Naruto. Ugh.

"Moron," Sasuke couldn't hold mumbling that remark as he glanced down at Naruto patronizingly, and huffed before putting the box inside the house. Then he repeated the process with other boxes.

"I can hear you, asshole!" Naruto gave Sasuke a finger for insulting him, absolutely looking and sounding extra furious. Though, he actually let that go because then Naruto helped Sasuke move the rest of the boxes. Ah, the curse and insult to Sasuke's behalf stayed, though. Sasuke absolutely didn't want to lose in the verbal-abusing match, so he responded to Naruto's swearing with fouler language.

"Maa, those two kids are really close aren't they? How cute~!" Mikoto giggled when she saw them converse so energetically.

"Wha—?!" Sasuke snapped at their mother's commentary, while Naruto didn't seem to notice. "The hell is that supposed to mean?!"

Did Sasuke's mother just say they were cute, fighting and arguing like that? Well, that must have been the case what with the way her beautiful jet-black eyes shone so expectantly. Although, once again Sasuke couldn't help wondering in what universe Sasuke and Naruto would get close. Even now they were trying very hard not to throttle each other as it was! The name-calling was the (far way) toned down version of their usual brawl. It was bordering into miracle because they hadn't been trying to kill each other yet since their parents' remarriage.

Mikoto chuckled again and now Arashi was cackling as well, apparently agreeing with his wife.

They are completely clueless… our parents…—Sasuke could only heave a long suffering sigh at that.

#

A half and an hour later, all of the boxes and furniture had been inside the house. Naruto laid down on the white ceramic floor to rest while sighing in relief. Sasuke sat down at a respective distance and drank the juice his mother had made while Arashi thanked the driver and didn't forget to pay the guy (with generous amount of tip, as usual) before the moving car left.

Arashi walked back in the house completely looking pleased. "Ok, then…let's tidy our new house!" He clapped his hands, his voice firm and very energetic.

Naruto instantly groaned in protest. "Eeeh? We have to tidy it ourselves, like…now?" He was already damned tired. His limbs were stiff and heavy and he absolutely refused to move from his cool comfortable spot on the floor.

"Don't whine like that, Naruto! It's our house, so we have to tidy it ourselves!" Arashi chided, almost like pouting, actually. Naruto couldn't help chuckled. His dad could be endearing too, sometimes.

"Leave him alone, father. He's a lazy ass anyway," Sasuke scoffed at Naruto throwing his arrogant smirk again before he stood, successfully making Naruto's blood boil all over.

Sheesh, everything that comes from his mouth completely pisses me off!

"What did you say, bastard?!" Naruto rose up abruptly before he grabbed Sasuke's collar harshly. He really wanted to hit him.

"Yes, yes, drink this, Naru-chan!" Mikoto unexpectedly showed up between Naruto and Sasuke before Naruto could throw the first punch, with her joyful smile and singing-like voice, offering Naruto a glass of fresh melon juice right on his face.

Naruto cringed at the '-chan' suffix that tailed his name. "M-mom?! Please don't call me like that!" Naruto released Sasuke's collar at once in favor of complaining at his new mom, flabbergasted and rather nervous.

Seriously, calling Naruto, a gang-leader, with 'chan'… How preposterous! Naruto's underlings would laugh their ass off (except maybe Gaara, but he would laugh inwardly at the least) if they ever caught the scene. He still took the offered juice, however, since wasting people's kindness was… well, a waste.

"Eh, but why? Naruto is cute, so Naru-chan suits you perfectly," Mikoto reasoned, beaming openly.

A bead of sweat broke out of Naruto's cheek seeing the unbeatable force of Mikoto's absolutely 'free-ill-intent' smile. Moreover, his face heated slightly hearing that compliment (even though he shouldn't be happy being called cute of all things. He was a guy damn it!). He couldn't say anything back to retort because resisting Mikoto's innocent and cheery personality was nearly impossible.

Sasuke looked very amused when Naruto caught his mirthful gaze. The bastard was laughing at him, damn it!

Naruto glared at Sasuke, who now was snickering at him for real, utterly annoyed. "What's so damned funny, Sasuke-chan?"

Naruto wouldn't let himself suffer the atrocious suffix alone. If he had to fall down, might as well bring Sasuke down with him!

As expected, Sasuke immediately reacted very badly at that name-calling. "Don't call me 'chan'!"

Ooh, his face is red. How interesting—Naruto couldn't help grinning in triumph. Sasuke looked absolutely superb with flushing face, shamed and humiliated.

"What? But the girly face such as yours suits the 'chan' more than mine~," Naruto smirked evilly now, knowing that his provocation worked flawlessly, once again, in railing Sasuke even more.

"What did you say, you stupid-block head?!" Sasuke raised his voice again heatedly, blushing in embarrassment or was that anger? Naruto didn't care. The more worked up Sasuke was, the more interesting he became.

"I'm not stupid, you narcissist!" Naruto fought back, not intending to lose.

"Oh, shut your trap, you-dead last!" Sasuke's voice was getting louder by the second, sounding more livid. Naruto could virtually see the ice-prick's patience almost snap.

So, the shouting match resumed because neither Naruto nor Sasuke wanted to give up. Mikoto and Arashi could only stare at them in dumbfounded expression, face faulting as beads of sweat rolling down their cheeks.

"Ah, well… more fighting, more caring, more loving," Arashi said afterwards in his carefree laugh while lifting his shoulders, shrugging.

"Absolutely," Mikoto nodded eagerly, giggling again naively.

"Wait a damn second! What's that supposed to mean?!"

Now, though, it wasn't just Sasuke, but Naruto as well protested at their parents' comments, obviously not perceiving their ridiculous observational analysis of their state of affairs.


~Sasuke x Naruto~


"Damn that Sasuke bastard!" Naruto was still cursing Sasuke when he entered his chosen room with his arms full with his belongings. Short time later, he put the boxes down slowly before he started looking around his new room.

Heeh, it's quite a nice room. It's painted in orange color, my favorite. As expected from Dad for preparing this room for me!—Naruto grinned quite happily looking at the interior design of his room.

It was shaped perfect square and painted bright orange. There were two windows at the right side of the wooden bed (also in orange color, but darker) which was placed in the middle of the room. There was a desk to study at the left side of the bed and a closet in front of the bed.

Naruto felt pleased with the room. However then, he was still annoyed with the fact that now he was living with Sasuke in the same house, under the same roof. Even if he had decided that he chose his parents happiness more than his pride, it didn't change the fact that he still disliked the raven haired teen.

Funny how I considered him as my rival at the rooftop weeks ago….—Naruto mulled over about that deeply, when he sat on his fluffy, cream colored mattress.


~Sasuke x Naruto~


On the other hand, Sasuke was not really pleased with his room.

According to Sasuke's earlier quick assessment of Naruto's room (which was located right opposite his own at the second floor by the way), the interior design of his room was pretty much like Naruto's. It was neat and nice, but in Sasuke's opinion, the space was too narrow. Besides, he couldn't find the spot to place his processor set. Well, he at least liked the color of the paint. It was light blue, like the sky without clouds. Honestly, it was his favorite color.

Father definitely cares if he goes so far to order the color to suit my taste…—Sasuke felt warm on the inside. As he had expected, Arashi was a wonderful person. He already felt like he would be attached to the guy as his new father.

Though, a bigger room would be nice…

Sasuke couldn't help thinking, but then he wasn't a type of person who wasted his time complaining about things when it didn't go his way. If he wasn't fond of the space, he just had to turn it around a little to suit his need.

So, Sasuke quickly unpacked his belongings. He changed the studying desk into computer desk and placed his computer set there. Then he kept his precious books on the instant bookshelves he had bought before moving and placed them near his computer desk. CDs and DVDs went to the right shelves above the desk and writing tools was neatly placed on the left-over space near his monitor. He put his clothes next in the wardrobe in front of his navy-blue-wooden bed. Lastly, he opened the windows to let the wind breeze into his room.

An hour later, Sasuke had finished unpacking his entire belongings and tidying his own room. He looked around to check everything, and then huffed, feeling satisfied with his handy work.

Yosh. It's good like this….—He nodded in approval. Well, before he heard the noisy sound from the room across his own, at least. That Naruto—he couldn't help grumbled in annoyance when he remembered that the blond was there as well, in the same living space as him.

Shit. Why the hell must I live in the same house as that stupid dead-last anyway?

How irksome. Sasuke had to sit down on his bed to calm his sudden rising temper. He tried not to think about the subject of his annoyance, but failed miserably as his thought flew away to weeks before.

I actually regarded him as my rival when we were on the roof top that time… I must have lost my mind…!—He grunted in a deep scowl at the thought.


~Sasuke x Naruto~


"Sasuke, Naru-chan, the dinner is ready!" Mikoto's voice was heard from the kitchen downstairs.

"Yeah, I'm coming!" Naruto responded to his mother's call. He got up from his bed and walked out his room, and of course, being in the same house, he ran into Sasuke before he could step on the stairs.

They stopped walking and narrowed their eyes at each other, silently fighting over deciding who would get down first.

"Move. I get down first," Naruto stated confidently.

"Like I would, you move," Sasuke retorted arrogantly.

"What did you say, bastard!?" Naruto couldn't help glaring in annoyance because Sasuke was purposely being difficult just to spite him.

"A dead last such as you don't have right to go first," Sasuke replied back, looking and sounding conceited as hell.

"You indeed are a dick!" Naruto raised his fist and made a motion to punch Sasuke, but the raven was ready for the upcoming attack and successfully dodged it. However, because of Sasuke's unexpected motion, Naruto lost his balance on the stairs.

Oh, shit!

Following his survival instinct, Naruto grabbed the nearest object from him to stable his grounding. Still, unfortunately (or fortunately actually) the nearest thing beside him was Sasuke. Therefore, he grasped his front clothes so suddenly, shocked him, and caused Sasuke to lose his equilibrium as well in the process. In result, they fell, tumbling down the stair-steps together.

#

"WHOAAAAAAAAA!"

WHAM! BAM! BANG! CRASH!

Arashi and Mikoto in kitchen were really surprised hearing those raucous sounds and they thought the house shook for a second.

"What was that? An earthquake?" Mikoto asked concernedly.

"No, it's probably them. I heard their shouts," Arashi said, sweat dropping.

"Sasuke, Naru-chan! What happened?" Mikoto hurriedly ran out from the kitchen to see if her children were alright.

#

"Ouch—!" Naruto whined agonizingly. His face contorted like he was in very much pain, and he had to shut his eyes because of that.

"Ow, ow, ow—! That's my line, you-MORON! Get off of me, Dobe!" Sasuke winced too, shouting in aggravation because they were suddenly in a very compromising position.

Well, the truth is: Naruto actually fell on top of Sasuke's supine state. That's why Sasuke's entire back (and the back of his head, mind you) were killing him, slowly and excruciatingly. His chest and stomach felt like being crushed with Naruto's weight entirely on him.

Damn the idiot! What the hell did he eat to get so freaking heavy, for God's sake!?

"W-what?! This is entirely your fault!" Naruto yelled back, sounding utterly infuriated (and still totally hurting) as he tried to get up. But somehow, they seemed to be stuck in that point.

Slowly though, Sasuke could see from his blurring vision (head trauma, darn it!) that Naruto lifted his head and then opened his eyes only to realize that his face and Sasuke's were (very) near each other.

Oh, wait. That was thoroughly an understatement. Their faces were not only near each other, but also too fucking close! So close such that Sasuke even could feel Naruto's warm puffed breath, something plump, soft and balmy moving on his lips.

Yeah, apparently, their lips were… touching (a bit).

Eh…?

Sasuke widened his eyes now, and his sight was immediately filled with a pair of deep, clear cerulean eyes staring in shock into his own perplexed onyx orbs. For a minute or two, they were frozen on the spot, absolutely unable to move, and they couldn't even register what was happening until their mother found them, in that totally misleading position of course, what with Naruto's palms on Sasuke's chest and one of his knees between Sasuke's legs.

"Oh my, Sasuke, Naru-chan, you are progressing too fast, don't you think?"

Mikoto's amused voice snapped Sasuke and Naruto's back from their trance and—

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Yep. Unison of bloody murder scream full of horror and mortification ensued. Sasuke and Naruto frantically tried to immediately part, or more likely, it was Naruto who jumped and desperately backed away from Sasuke.

"You—, you perverted bastard!" Naruto screamed, covering his mouth with one hand while pointing at Sasuke with the other, body shaking and his face in mix of horrification, anger and embarrassment.

"The fuck—?! You were the one who yanked me down, damn it!" Sasuke shrieked back at him, hellishly flushing himself. Oh no, he was blushing! He totally was, wasn't he?! His face felt like a fucking furnace! CRAP! Uchiha Sasuke did not blush, damn it!

"What!? Fuck you, Sasuke! You're really a douche bag, you—Degenerate asshole!" Naruto cried out his last line before he promptly got up to run away from that embarrassing condition.

Yes, Naruto literally ran away from Sasuke and their mother to the kitchen while his face was still burning red. It was so thwarting. Sasuke himself was so embarrassed that he wanted the ground to open up and swallow him right there and then.

"My, my, what happened? Did I say something wrong?" Mikoto asked in bewilderment, apparently having no clue at all about the situation.

On top of being absolutely ashamed, Sasuke felt like face faulting at his mother's clueless look and question.

Isn't it obvious that she just said something so embarrassing about our state?—Sasuke thought in incredulity. He had to cover his still heating face with his hands and sighed deeply in acquiescence.

Shit…! To think that my first kiss is with that Dobe… Oh, fuck! It seems that God really hates me today….

#

Meanwhile, Naruto was…

Damn it! Damn it, that ice-prick Sasuke! He stole my first kiss!

Yup, still running away, and he didn't even watch where he was going until he ran into (and over) his dad that tried to stop him before he hurt himself, running while shutting his eyes like that.


~Sasuke x Naruro~


Several minutes (hours?) later…

Uzumaki residence's kitchen was like a grave yard with everyone dead silent (save for the sound of munching or clinking of chopsticks and bowls). Arashi, Mikoto, Sasuke and Naruto sat together surrounding the round dining table, eating their dinner slowly and mechanically. Somehow, the mood felt extra-ordinarily heavy and ominous.

Arashi didn't exactly know what happened before, and really, he didn't want to know, since he could already guess that his children were fighting again. However, this time was a bit different from usual. The hostility between the two kids reached the maximum level. It was downright frightening.

The usually loud mouthed Naruto isn't speaking. Something very BIG must have happened…—Arashi gulped slightly, sweating profoundly. He slowly glanced at Naruto who was eating in total discomfort. So was Sasuke who looked very stiff like a robot. By some means, Mikoto who knew what exactly happened only smiled ruefully, leaving Arashi to ponder curiously at their suspicious behavior.

Aaarrgh, it's exasperating!—Arashi started to feel bothered. He couldn't stand this dark, gloomy atmosphere anymore.

"H-hey boys, why are we so quiet today? That's not nice. Foods will taste more delicious with the usual chatter, right? Oh yeah, why don't we share our opinion on our new house? Doesn't it sound interesting?" Arashi decided to break the silence by suggesting fun activities. Well, he was their father. Of course he wanted to lighten the atmosphere with his warm fatherly smile.

Sasuke and Naruto put their bowl and chopsticks down before they glanced at their father, looking somewhat hesitant.

They actually resemble each other. Look at that concordant movement. They're practically channeling each other's thought to move at the same time! With the same gesture, even!—Arashi couldn't help thinking wittily.

"I'm… not in the mood for a small chit-chat, especially when a certain maddening fellow is here," Sasuke was the first to answer, slowly, implying the 'maddening fellow' at someone whom Arashi guessed was Naruto, judging from the raven's sour look as he peered at the blond.

"Yeah, just looking at his face darkens my mood," Naruto responded to the silent affront with twitching eyebrows, seeming ready to raise his voice (and probably fist too) any moment, now.

Sasuke and Naruto glared at each other again in resentment. Arashi couldn't help himself from sighing in defeat.

"Aah, why can't my precious boys get along?" Arashi was genuinely disheartened. He longed for harmony in his new family, not enmity. Somehow, Sasuke and Naruto visibly flinched at his low lamenting.

"Yeah, we thought you were close to each other. Are we wrong?" Mikoto looked rather nervous as she spoke, seemingly worried if they made a mistake in marrying each other. Sasuke and Naruto actually jolted up in reaction.

"No! It's not like we don't want to get along together!" Naruto looked desperate.

"Ye-yeah, it's just him annoying me all the time," Sasuke added.

"What did you say, bastard?!" Naruto snapped angrily again at the unnecessary addition.

"I said you're annoying!" Sasuke repeated his words, and it obviously provoked Naruto's rage even more.

"Shut the fuck up, asshole! It's totally your fault that we fell down from the stairs! You even ki—…!" Naruto choked at his next word, apparently unable to pronounce it at all since his face unexpectedly turned crimson, looking very embarrassed, somehow.

Arashi couldn't help wondering. What in the world happened before that Naruto even reacted like that?

Somehow, Sasuke seemed to know what Naruto was about to say and immediately retaliated before he embarrassed Sasuke as well. "You were the one who pulled me and fell on top of me!"

Well, that explains it. What, they are just embarrassed for being in uncomfortable position?

"That's because you dodged my punch!" Naruto shouted further. He even stood to emphasize his antagonism.

"That's your main reason, you idiot! Why did you try to punch me in the first place!?" Sasuke yelled back again while following Naruto's gesture.

"That's because you insulted me!" Now, Naruto screamed in frustration.

"I didn't insult you! I just say the truth!" Sasuke argued, but it didn't make it any better.

"Aaaaargh! Damn it, Sasuke, you bastard!" Naruto seemed unable to take it anymore as he grabbed Sasuke's collar and tried to hit him in the face. Though, Arashi was ready for this particular situation with the increasing volume of their shouts, so he grabbed Naruto's back collar and stopped him.

"Okay, alright, that's enough boys." As the father (the leader and the mediator) of this family, Arashi had to be the calm and reasonable one. So he smiled a sickeningly sweet smile that caused Naruto and Sasuke who accidentally caught his (actually very much) irate gaze, to cringe visibly. "Let's talk about this civilly, shall we? In seiza (2), NOW."

Naruto and Sasuke noticeably shuddered (violently, Arashi might add) as he threw them a freezing cold glare (even for Arashi's standard). But that was good. Once in awhile, those kids needed to get scolded, being teenager and all.

#

Crap!—word was promptly flashing in Naruto and (probably as well in) Sasuke's minds at that moment. I forgot that Dad could be a real killer when he's angry…!

Naruto was self-reflecting when he and Sasuke were forced to sit formally on the living room floor. Arashi looked extremely disappointed when he looked down on them from the sofa. They were already in that position for almost fifteen minutes now and their father hadn't said a thing since he made them sit like that.

Not that Naruto was complaining even though his feet were falling asleep. He couldn't even if he wanted to. Arashi rarely got angry, but once he did, it could get ugly, especially if Naruto retaliated.

"So… you know why you're in seiza, don't you?" Arashi was smiling. He looked fine and gentle and totally kind, but there was dark aura swirling around him that cause Naruto (and Sasuke, visibly) to pale.

Scary! Why is he so damn terrifying even though he's smiling?!—Naruto was sweating bullets now, feeling very anxious and worried for his (and maybe Sasuke's too) life a little.

Sasuke was silent the entire time, but Naruto could see in his peripheral vision that Sasuke was apprehensive too. He caught Sasuke's disturbed glance and his face seemed asking if they would get out alive from this scolding. Naruto totally understood why he would look like that, though. He felt the same after all.

"Naruto."

Naruto flinched when he was addressed by his father and straightened his back while yelping "Yes!"

"Jeez, you really have to learn more self control. Oh, and proper language. Seriously, hearing your brazen foul swearing all the time hurt my ears. And Sasuke."

Now it was Sasuke who jerked up to pay attention more to their father.

"I expected you to be more composed and level-headed than this. And politer too. There's no need to expose someone's weakness in front of anyone else, is there? Moreover, in such vulgar manner."

Arashi was still smiling as he spouted the sermon, but Naruto knew he was actually pretty displeased behind his calmness. He was angry because Naruto and Sasuke's manner disappointed him. Moreover, they disturbed family dinner by fighting in front of Arashi and Mikoto, the sacred Uzumaki family dinner. No wonder Arashi was pissed off. He just hoped that they would still in one piece after this session ended. Naruto (and Sasuke) just didn't want their father to get even angrier than this. He was scary as it was, what would happened to them if he got more furious?

With that mind-setting, Naruto and Sasuke communicated with their eyes and came into a silent agreement to just shut their mouth and do what their father wanted them to do.

"Ye-yes…" the boys responded to their father nervously, corn sized of sweats dripping from the back of their head.

"Alright! It's good if you guys understand," Arashi grinned widely now, all dark aura dispersing, and he looked pretty pleased with the outcome of this situation.

"Well, everyone, let's go back to eat our dinner!" Mikoto closed the scolding session with a clap of her hands and cheery tone again. Arashi smiled softly at her before he stood and urged the boys to stand and follow them back to the kitchen.

Naruto's legs were cramp. It was hard to stand, let alone walk while shaking. He didn't expect it when Sasuke suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him up to stand.

"W-wha—?"

"Let's go." Sasuke didn't look at him, but didn't release his hand from Naruto's arm as they walked together and entered the kitchen.

Naruto was rather dumbfounded as the four of them were completely seated once again at the table. Arashi was sitting beside Mikoto while they were talking to each other with happy looking faces. And suddenly, the room was filled with the romantic aura from the newlyweds.

Uwaaah… PDA overflow….—Naruto flushed uncomfortably when he saw his father and his new mother being so intimate with each other. Honestly, it was very embarrassing, but somehow… it made him happy too seeing his parents' content smile.

Naruto felt like softening his expression and smiling gently afterwards.

#

How embarrassing… our parents are—Sasuke sighed, feeling like covering his sight so he didn't have to see them directly. But… man, they looked so damned happy together—he couldn't help smiling seeing his parents happiness, shaking his head slightly.

However, Sasuke caught a glimpse of something which bothered him so much suddenly. He glanced over at Naruto who was smiling softly.

Ba-thump!

Sasuke's heart beat loudly just now. He was distracted by that face Naruto made. Somehow, he felt that Naruto's smile was beautiful.

Blue deep-clear ocean-sky eyes with feminine feature…and those whiskers…. He looks so cute when he smiles….

Wait, did he think that Naruto was cute just now? Sasuke turned pink and kicked his head mentally immediately for thinking something like that.

Am I an idiot?! There's no way in hell that Naruto is cute! That's so bizarre! What the hell am I—?!

Sasuke shook his head to clear his mind. Somehow, he was affronted for thinking like that. He quickly turned his face away from Naruto to prevent the blush creeping further on his face. He tried to hide his self-conscious state by continuing his task: eating his meal silently.

Though, apparently Naruto noticed Sasuke's strange motion as he turned to face him. Crap.

Naruto visibly grin in amusement. That dead-last was laughing at Sasuke! How dare he! But then, the blond somehow realized what he did, snapped and slammed his cheeks with his hands, literally. It made a very loud smacking sound, surprising the others including Sasuke, causing them to look at Naruto oddly.

"What are you doing, Naruto?" Arashi asked, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek.

"A mo-mosquito bit me," Naruto answered immediately, stuttering a bit. However, behind his palms, his face was red in embarrassment.

W-why is he blushing now? Wait, why are we blushing exactly?—Sasuke really didn't understand what was going on.

#

So, basically, it seemed that both Naruto and Sasuke thought similarly. They shared almost the same thought. It made them understand each other so well, but it also annoyed them to hell.

You had ever heard the saying "You will hate a person who resembles you," right? It was the same case as Sasuke and Naruto. However, the two of them hadn't realized that yet.

That night in their room, they thought about the source of their distraction. Sasuke thought about Naruto and vice versa.


~Sasuke x Naruto~


"That idiot Naruto… Does he realize that we will live together from now on till the end?" Sasuke mumbled slowly as he was hugging his navy blue smiley pillow.

Moreover earlier…I didn't quite catch it because I was shocked and confused as well, but…when he was on top of me and stared deeply into my eyes…somehow….

Sasuke blushed again. He shook his head immediately.

Damn it…! Why does he bother me so much…!? He's just a stupid moronic dead-last, and I can't even forget the feeling of his lips on mine! Why must he have such plump, kissable lips!?

The more Sasuke thought about that, the more his frustration increased.

"Aaaargh! It's enough! Forget that! I want to sleep!" Sasuke shouted loudly, not bothering to think that maybe Naruto or his parents would hear him. He pulled the blanket over his head and hid his face under it, still feeling warm and bothered uncomfortably.

When I wake up tomorrow, I swear I'll FORGET! This confusing feeling… is better forgotten for good!

#

In his room, Naruto was—

"Damn that Sasuke bastard! Does he even realize that we will face each other every day and night from now on till the end? And he keeps irritating me like hell!" Naruto cursed in undertone as he punched his pillow to release his stress. Satisfied with it, he laid himself down to hug his orange smiley pillow.

Shit…! Back then I didn't realize because of the pain on my face and the confusion. But thinking about it now…, darn it! I can still feel his body heat! Damn him for having that warm body! Damn him for having those enticing dark eyes! And damn him for the sake of God who creates those warm soft lips of his!

Naruto blushed furiously, hiding his face under the smiley pillow. He was really embarrassed thinking about Sasuke that way, but he had to admit that because he felt it clearly, and it freaked him so much because honestly, he did not really hate the feeling.

Oh God…please just kill me now or at least let me forget what happened today when I wake up tomorrow…!

#

However then, actually both Sasuke and Naruto seemed aware that they would never forget what happened today, because they had to realize it someday that their presence completed each other. By the way, they even hadn't realized what the main cause of their hatred towards each other in the first place was.

Bet they would be stressed even more when they thought about that in the next chapter….

End of Chapter 2

Tbc…


Side notes:

(1)Tatami: traditional Japanese carpet which was often used to measure the width of houses or rooms

(2)Seiza: the most formal sitting position for Japanese. You sit on your bent legs with straightened back. It can cause the legs to cramp if you don't get used to that position.

A/N: Yah, minna. I know, I took my time in updating per chapter. But, surprisingly, editing is quite more difficult than just writing. And I have other projects so… anyway, this is for the second chapter. Hope you like it. Feedback is always encouraged! Jaa, see you in next chapter!