Thanks again for all the love guys! Enjoy chapter four!
Not long after Naruto left, Sasuke pulled out his phone with a smirk. Flipping it open, he wrote a text.
'Neji,
Me: 1 You: 0.
Naruto and I are going out on Saturday to see a movie, so if you're going to make a move, make it soon because I can't see Sabaku being in the picture much longer.
Sasuke'
Sasuke closed the phone, quite happy with himself. Although he wanted Naruto, he and Neji had agreed that until Gaara was out of the picture, they were teaming up to break them up. After that, he was free game. His phone vibrated in his hand and he knew it was Neji's reply.
'Sasuke,
I thought I should let you know in advance that I am taking Konohamaru to the fair on Sunday and have invited Naruto.
Me: 1 You: 1
Neji'
"Sasuke, are you staying for dinner?" Kurenai asked as she poked her head around the dining room door.
Sasuke smiled politely and nodded. "That would be lovely Sarutobi-san."
Kurenai shook her head. "You can call me Kurenai you know Sasuke."
"Thank you Kurenai-san." Sasuke replied. He put his phone in his pocket and turned his attention back to Konohamaru who needed help with his homework. His mind wandered however, back to Naruto and couldn't help but wonder what he and Gaara were up to.
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"Dad I'm home!" Naruto yelled as he opened the door to his large home. Stepping inside, he motioned Gaara in and slipped off his shoes. "Dad? Dei? Anyone home?" Silence greeted him and he turned to Gaara with an apologetic look. "Sorry, I guess no ones home."
Gaara simply shrugged. "That's okay. Is t just you and your father here?"
Naruto shook his head as he led Gaara into the kitchen. "Nope. Me, my dad and my brother Deidara live here. My cousin Iruka is here so often though that you'd think he lived here."
"Is your cousin Konohamaru's brother?" Gaara asked as he took the bottled water Naruto held out for him.
"No, he's my late Uncle Dan's son." Naruto explained, leading Gaara out of the kitchen and down the hall. "My Uncle Dan was married to my mum's sister; Tsunade."
"What happened to your mother?" Gaara asked quietly as he observed the room Naruto lead him to. It was a fairly large room, holding a large bookcase filled with DVD's on the west wall, a big screen High Definition LCD television hung on the north wall, an orange love seat was in from of the TV and a small fridge sat comfortably on the east wall.
Naruto sat down on the love seat and motioned for Gaara to do the same. "When I was five, Dei, Iruka, Sachi and I were having a sleepover and dad was watching us. It had just passed Dei's ninth birthday, his birthday is on Halloween, so we were all loaded up on candy. Anyway, mum, Uncle Dan and Aunt Tsunade had all gone out to celebrate Aunt Tsunade getting promoted to head neurologist at the neurological department of Konoha General."
Gaara had sat next to Naruto and was listening intently. "I've met her before, when my brother Kankuro dragged me to a party at his work. He works in the psychology department."
"She's awesome." Naruto gushed. "Well, there was an accident on the way home. Apparently their cab driver had pounded back a few too many." Naruto said bitterly. "Aunt Tsunade was the only one to make it out. Anyway, enough gloom more movies!"
Gaara nodded slowly and moved to where the movies were. "What are we watching?"
A sheepish grin came across Naruto's face. "Well, I was hoping you'd be dorky enough to watch the new Bleach movie with me."
"Memories of Nobody?" Gaara said with a small smile. "I'd love to." He popped the DVD into the player and sat back down.
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It was four in the morning and the pair had watched five movies, taken three trips to the local all night store for random candy (who new Gaara had a thing for sour gummy worms and chocolate?) and played a couple of games of pool. Hey were currently halfway through the fourth Saw movie.
Gaara didn't know how to respond when Naruto's arm moved from the back of the sofa to around his shoulders.
It felt too natural.
Naruto didn't know how to react when Gaara's legs moved from beside his to lightly draped over his lap.
It felt too right.
When their hands met in the popcorn bowl, and their eyes connected, neither knew how to react. The space between their faces became unexplainably smaller and their lips brushed tentatively. The sound of the screams melted away and they became enveloped in silence as their lips crashed again, harder this time. The popcorn was left discarded, as their hands became lost in the fray, reaching for each other, reacting of their own means. Tongues clashed, danced. Blond hair tugged by pale hands, tanned fingers found black belt loops, pulling the owner close. Hooded sapphire eyes stared into lusty jade, small smiles on two sets of lips.
As shocking red hair splayed over an orange tee shirt, neither spoke but enough was said.
Everything seemed to fall into place, like well stacked dominoes. Naruto's arms tightened around Gaara, sighing blissfully.
Neither knew when it had progressed from being hired, to being desired, but they felt too good to ask.
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Dear God I know it's short, but it feels right to end it there. My internet crashed for about eight hours today, and in that time; between three slices of bacon cheeseburger pizza, Naruto, Avatar, Bleach, Death Note, two sappy movies (Stepmom and Splash) I somehow managed to write this chapter on paper. The kiss scene however, I woke up with in my head and had to write in down, before my morning smoke I might add, before I forgot it!
Squish x