Standard Disclaimers Apply
Pairing: Sasuke/Naruto
Summary: SasuNaru. Is happiness really this short lived?
Warning: Shounen-ai, Fluff.
Note: Wow, I can't believe how long it's taken for me to update this! It's all my fault, I've just been neglecting it. Please accept my apologies -bows down on hands and knees-
Keep a look out for (http // www . fanfiction . net / gemroses) It's a collaboration account between myself and gemlou137. And the prologue to our Harry Potter story should be up either today or tomorrow!
Beta: None today!
Incidental III
By engranatenroses
Naruto shifted his body slightly where he lay. 'Does this pillow have bones in it or something?' He thought quietly to himself. Dismissing this silly idea, the blonde stretched out his arms above his head, enjoying the pull of the aching muscles in his back. At least, he enjoyed it until he realised that in his stretching he had grasped what felt like an extension of his bony pillow. Slowly and cautiously, Naruto raised his head just enough to see the object within his grasp. A leg. Not just any leg, but that of his best friend. His best friend on which he had slept on for the entire night.
The blonde began to panic, surely he had overstayed his welcome? And not only that but he, the guest, had fallen asleep on the lap of his host, preventing Sasuke from getting up and sleeping in a comfortable place. Oh how insensitive he had been! Naruto scrabbled for a firm surface that didn't involve any part of his friend's anatomy with which to push himself into a sitting position. This proved a much more difficult task than he had first anticipated and, in his frantic state, he failed to notice that his flailing had awoken the other sleeping boy.
"Just what do you think you're doing, dobe?" The sensual deep voice of the dark-haired boy carried softly to Naruto's ears, causing him to freeze in shock, giving a good impression of a deer caught in headlights.
"S-S-S-Sasuke! I wasn't doing anything! I was just going to.. the toilet! Yeah, the toilet!" And with that, the blonde leapt to his feet and ran from the room in the direction of the bathroom, leaving a stunned Uchiha in his wake.
After several minutes, a sheepish Naruto shuffled his way back to the room where Sasuke had not moved from his sitting position and was looking expectantly towards the blonde boy. Now slightly more awake, Sasuke took in the defeated stance and saddened expression that Naruto held. "Dobe? Is something the matter?"
Naruto's head snapped up at the concerned tone in his friend's voice before it dropped back down to look at the floor and study the patterns in the soft creamy carpet. "Nothing's wrong... I'd better go soon though I've already over..." The rest of his speech trailed off into an incoherent jumble of words. Sasuke, however, could guess at the rest of Naruto's speech. 'I've already over-stayed my welcome' was left unsaid but understood by both, and the Uchiha rose from his seated position on the sofa to stand in front of his friend. Sasuke reached his hand out to cup Naruto's chin and tilt it up enough to meet his eyes.
"Silly dobe." The young Uchiha gazed into his friend's cerulean eyes. "You haven't over stayed your welcome." Sasuke gave his friend a small smile before it changed to his more usual smirk. "I can guarantee that if you had, I would have already kicked you out for drooling on my knee." Naruto's eyes widened in the shock that Sasuke had LET him drool on his knee, and stared laughing at the thought.
The two friends made their way into the kitchen after Naruto's stomach growled angrily at the lack of a prompt breakfast. After having the blonde chant 'Ramen, Ramen!' the whole way there, Sasuke caved in and provided two cups of the instant noodles. The Uchiha frowned at the lack of a nutritional breakfast, but enjoyed the taste none-the-less. After the pair had eaten Naruto decided to return to his own house, although this time on a lighter note, and so collected his things and made his way out of the Uchiha estate, waving to his friend as he went.
The rest of the week passed faster than seven days should have. The two boys spent more time at each other's houses after missions and training than they ever had done in the past. Each time, they ended up kissing one way or another. They started off as accidental, spur-of-the-moment kisses: When Naruto was cooking and taking and then turned round to find Sasuke closer than he had anticipated, when Sasuke leaned over the back of the sofa to reach for the remote, when Sasuke was standing by the fridge and Naruto reached around him to grab the orange juice. These accidental occurrences became more frequent and more elaborately planned as the week went on until, on one occasion, Naruto rang the doorbell, and as Sasuke answered, Naruto tackled the Uchiha to the ground scattering affectionate kisses all over his face.
Despite the increase in physical affection, the two had not attempted to go any further than the night when Naruto stayed at Sasuke's house. Naruto was extremely grateful towards his friend for this, he didn't want to rush into anything he would regret later, and Sasuke seemed to realise this, backing off if he felt Naruto become the slightest bit tense of uncomfortable.
Today, Sasuke was acting different to how he was usually. He was quieter, and seemed to have a lot on his mind. After Team 7 had completed their mission, a D-rank which consisted of weeding an elderly lady's garden and then painting the fence around it a khaki green, Sasuke called Naruto over to him by catching his eye and jerking his head in the subtle way that could only have been pulled off by an Uchiha. Naruto finished complaining to Sakura about the low ranking missions they were getting at the moment, and ran over to the dark haired boy, shouting a farewell to his female team-mate over his shoulder.
For a short while, the teens walked in silence towards the Uchiha Estate before Sasuke glanced quickly around him and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, turning the other boy to face him. The blonde allowed a questioning look to cross his features and Sasuke sighed, his head lowered. Naruto did not make any further attempt to question the Uchiha though, this was Sasuke's way of filing his thoughts so that he could say what he wanted, exactly how he wanted to. Luckily, Naruto did not have to wait too much longer, and Sasuke finally spoke in a soft voice.
"Naruto. I was wondering... if you wanted to go to that new seafood restaurant with me." The dark haired boy raised his head so that he could see the effect of his words on the blonde. "As a date."
End Note: Stopping here, because I'd like to have the date as a separate chapter, I hope no-one minds! Sorry for the long update, I've have a serious writer's block at the moment. I hope everyone enjoyed though, I know you wanted longer chapters, so I've tried here. I should be getting back into writing again now though! Review review!