Hey everyone! Welcome to the third chapter of A Stick In The Mud Revamped!

Now, let me give you a couple warnings before you begin to read this.

Yes, the rating has gone up. There is a lemon in this chapter, I didn't mark it this time, mostly because I forgot too. I'm a little rusty on my sex scenes so its not the most detailed I've been but its there for you to enjoy.

Also, this chapter is flaahback orientated. Literally it's probably 95 percent flashbacks. I wouldn't say its detrimental to the story but its kind of explains some things. There may be more flashbacks in the future, but nothing like this, I promise.

Anywyas, without further ado, here's chapter 3!

Naruto started walking towards the direction that he believed was home, too upset to take out his phone and look it up. He angrily wiped at his eyes as he felt tears sting his eyes. He stopped to take a look around at where he was.

"Damn." He said out loud, not recognizing where he was. He sighed before continuing on.

Another ten minutes of walking, he came to a small park. He sat on the swings and pulled out his phone.

The time was almost ten thirty, his battery at thirty percent. He quickly dialed Sakura's number and crossed his fingers, hoping she'd answer.

"Hello?" She greeted after about three rings.

"Hey Sakura." Naruto replied sheepishly.

"Naruto? What's up? Sasuke told me Sai dragged you away after classes today? Is everything okay?"

Naruto let out a sigh. "Yeah, everything's good. I just, I need a ride."

"A ride? From Sai's? Why can't he take you home?"

"I walked out after a fight. I thought I could make it home on my own but I'm utterly lost." He let out a chuckle.

"You tried to walk home? That's like two hours! Where are you now then? And did you guys break up then? What about-?"

"Sakura!" Naruto whined, interrupting her. "I promise to answer your questions if you pick me up."

"Okay, okay but I really do need to know where you are."

"I'll send you a screenshot and give you the closest address I can. Also, please don't bring Sasuke into this."

"Naruto, I-"

"Sakura please!" Naruto stomped his foot childishly.

"Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can."

Naruto hung up the phone and rested his head against the chains of the swing. He sighed lightly and closed his eyes, thinking back on the memories of his relationship with Sai.

Naruto walked into the coffee shop, a completed application in his hands. He walked up to the front counter and asked an employee to speak with the manager. He stepped aside to let other customers order while he nervously waited.

"Hello, I'm Sai, the assistant manager."

Naruto looked up and saw a man who looked so much like his best friend, Sasuke he nearly did a double take. He blushed as he realized he was staring a little too long while the man was holding out his hand. "Hi, I'm Naruto." He reached out and firmly grasped the man's hand.

"How can I help you today, Naruto?" Sai gave him a warm smile.

"I saw the other day that you were hiring, and I'm here to turn in my application." He held out his application and Sai gently took it from him.

"This is actually great timing, let me look it over to see if everything is good. If so, would you be willing to have an interview today?"

Naruto blinked at him, shocked. "Yeah of course!"

Sai smiled at him brightly. "Great! Give me one second, go ahead and have a seat anywhere."

Naruto nodded and watched as Sai went to the back of the store and he excitedly sat down in the corner, sitting next to window. He wanted to text Sasuke, who was currently spending his summer break in Florida with his family, about what was happening and the uncanny resemblance he shared with his, hopefully, new boss. He decided against it, not wanting to seem unprofessional.

"Alright Naruto, let's get this interview started." Sai said as he reached the table Naruto was sitting at.

After talking for fifteen minutes, Sai decided that Naruto would get the job.

"When's the earliest you can come in?" Sai asked as him and Naruto walked back to the front.

"I can come in as soon as tomorrow." Naruto smiled at him.

"Then I'll see you tomorrow, Naruto." He gave the blonde a wink and waved before heading into the back.

Naruto blushed before heading out the door and going home.

It was the middle of June, and Naruto has been working at the coffee shop for a month now. He walked through the front doors and greeted Ino, one of his coworkers and Sakura's best friend from high school, before heading to the back.

"Naruto!" Sai greeted as he walked into the break room.

"Hey Sai," Naruto smiled at him, hanging his bag on the coat rack that hung on the wall. "So how was your graduation over the weekend?"

"It was great, actually. My parents of course had to embarrass me in front of the rest of my family but I believe they had good intentions."

Naruto laughed loudly and Sai smiled at the sound. "Sounds like something parents would do." He clocked in on the company computer and took an apron out of the clean pile.

"I was wondering," Sai paused and Naruto stopped what he was doing, giving Sai his full attention. "There's that carnival coming into town this weekend, do you want to go with me? Like on a date?"

Naruto's heart beat a little faster and he licked his lips nervously. He would be lying if he said he hadn't been thinking about Sai more so in a romantic way. "I would love to go." Sai's eyes shined with happiness as he smiled at the blonde. "But I already promised Sakura that I'd go with her to the carnival." He felt guilt wash over him as he saw Sai frown with disappointment.

"I can help with that."

The two boys turned towards the door to see Ino casually leaning against the frame.

"Sorry for eavesdropping, but if you don't mind me tagging along, I can be Sakura's plus one so it'd give you guys some alone time. It'd be nice to catch up with her."

Sai looked at Naruto hopefully and Naruto smiled back. "That sounds like a great idea, I'll talk to Sakura tonight after my shift."

Sai jumped up in his seat, picking the blonde up and twirling. Naruto laughed as he was spun around and Sai gently placed him back on the ground. He turned to face Ino. "Thank you Ino, I'd totally kiss you right now if I was straight."

The three of them laughed and went about their day.

When Saturday came around, Naruto and Sakura were waiting patiently at the entrance to the carnival.

"Sakura!" A voice called out, and the two of them turned around to see Ino running towards them, waving frantically.

"Ino!" Sakura held out her arms and caught Ino as she ran into her. "It's almost been a whole year since I've seen you!" She looked the blonde up and down. "You look really good!"

Ino laughed, twirling to show off her body. "Right? I finally filled out in all the right places!" The two of them laughed before hugging once again.

"Aw, this is so sweet, I don't even need cotton candy!" Naruto commented, smiling brightly at the two girls.

"It is pretty cute, isn't it?" Sai said, sneaking up behind the blonde.

"Hi, you must be Sai!" Sakura said, holding out her hand for him to shake. "I'm Sakura, one of of two of Naruto's best friends."

"Nice to meet you Sakura." Sai smiled at her and took her hand. "Will we be meeting your second best friend?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nope. Sasuke's in Florida until the week before classes start."

"Aww, that's too bad." Ino whined. "He's so hot. Actually, now that I think about it," she turned to face Sai, studying him carefully. "They do look similar."

Sakura gently nudged Ino on the arm, giggling. "That's what I was going to say! Naruto sure knows how to pick 'em."

"Guys, knock it off!" Naruto frowned, blushing.

The girls laughed and Sai wrapped his arm around the blonde's neck. "Alright, no more teasing. Let's go have fun!"

The four of them enjoyed the carnival, riding rides and eating different foods from the stalls. Later on, Sai won Naruto an orange fox plushie playing one of the carnival games, Naruto loved it and carries it around with him the rest of the night.

It was close to eleven when the carnival was about to shut down for the night. The girls left the couple alone to grab ice cream.

"I had a really nice time tonight, Sai." Naruto stood in front of the raven, grabbing his hands.

"Good, I'm glad. I hope that means there will be more nights like this for us." Sai looked down hopefully at the blonde.

Naruto blushed but nodded. "Yeah, I would like that."

"Awesome." There was a comfortable silence before Sai cleared his throat, blushing. "W-would it be okay if I kiss you?"

Naruto's own blush darkened and he nodded, closing his eyes and tilting his head up.

Sai licked his lips before leaning down and pressing his lips against his.

"Aw, how cute!" Ino squealed.

"And I got it on camera!" Sakura shouted after her, holding up her phone to the blonde.

"Sakura!" Naruto shouted, jumping back from Sai.

Sai laughed. "Let me see."

Sakura brought her phone to show Sai.

"I like it, send it to me so I can have it too."

Naruto groaned and hid his face in his hands while the three of them laughed.

"I'm so happy you get to meet him, Sasuke. I've been waiting for this moment forever!" Naruto bounced in the passenger side of Sasuke's car as they drove to Sai's apartment.

"Hn." Sasuke replies, propping his head up with his arm.

"Don't be such a grumpy pants." Naruto laughed. "Sakura likes him and I see no reason for you not to like him."

"I'm not grumpy. This is how I always am." Sasuke said, trying to suppress a scowl.

Naruto laughed harder as he watched Sasuke's face strain. "Is that why you look constipated?"

Sasuke shot him a glare before looking back towards the road. "Are we still going the right way?"

"Yeah, yeah I said I'd tell you where to turn." Naruto looked out the window. He looked around before jabbing the window with his pointer finger. "Turn there!"

"Naruto!" Sasuke growled out as he missed the turn. "Pay attention, for christ sakes." He sighed as Naruto snickered.

"I'm sorry, 'Suke." Naruto tried to sound innocent. He laughed when he noticed Sasuke roll his eyes.

Once Sasuke got them turned around and they parked in the parking lot of the apartment building, they got out and headed inside.

"Promise to behave?" Naruto asked, leading the way up the stairs.

"Hn." Was Sasuke's reply.

"I'm serious, Sasuke. Please be nice." Naruto reached the third floor and stopped at the last step, refusing to let Sasuke through.

Sasuke glared at him. "Okay. Let's just get this over with."

Naruto smiled brightly at him before stopping in front of Sai's door and knocking.

"Naruto." Sai smiled as he opened the door. He grabbed the blonde and pulled him to himself, pressing their lips together in a gentle kiss.

"Hey Sai." Naruto replied once they broke apart. He stepped to the side and looked at Sasuke. "Sai, this is my best friend, Sasuke. Sasuke, this is my boyfriend, Sai."

"Hello Sasuke." Sai smiled at him and held out his hand.

"Hn." Sasuke took Sai's hand and shook it once before sticking it back in his pocket.

Sai frowned at the reaction and Naruto turned to glare at Sasuke.

"Don't take it personally, Sai. Sasuke is not a people person even though he promised he'd be nice."

"I shook his hand."

Naruto rolled his eyes and gave turned to give Sai a sheepish smile. "He's also a little socially retarded. Really, he's not that bad then."

Sai was still frowning but he lightly shook his head before smiling back at Naruto. "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine. You always bring the best out of people."

There was a scoff from Sasuke but Naruto chose to ignore it while Sai tried his best not to glare at the other raven.

"Well, come inside you two, I made us some lunch."

"Ramen?" Naruto asked hopefully.

Sai laughed and shook his head. "You can't have ramen all the time, Naruto. I made us some chicken cacciatore, since Naruto said you liked tomatoes." Sai looked at Sasuke.

"Hn."

Naruto elbowed Sasuke in the side. "He means 'thank you'."

The three of them walked into his apartment and spent the next two and a half hours hanging out.

Naruto said his goodbyes to Sai while Sasuke waited patiently by the door, arma crosses across his chest.

The two of them then walked to Sasuke's car where Naruto immediately punched the Uchiha in the arm when they both climbed in.

"What the hell, Naruto?!" Sasuke yelled, glaring at him as he rubbed his arm.

"Why did you have to be such an asshole?" Naruto glared back. "I really like him and I wanted you to like him too."

Sasuke started up the car and began the drive back. "Well I don't."

"And why the fuck not?!"

Sasuke shook his head, glaring at the road. "There's just something, off, about him. Like he's hiding something. You should break up with him."

Naruto stared at him in disbelief before scoffing. "Well, there goes my dream of my boyfriend and best friend ever becoming friends."

Another month passed by, and now that Naruto's classes began, he worked less hours at the coffee shop.

Since Sai graduated, he began to look for a job that would suit his degree and he finally found one. Today was his last day as the assistant manager at the coffee shop.

Naruto walked into the coffee shop, Sakura following behind him.

"Wait at the counter while I clock in." Naruto said as he headed into the back. He clocked in and noticed Ino sitting on a chair on her phone. "Hey Ino, where's Sai?"

She briefly glanced up at him before going back to her phone. "I don't know, he was here earlier."

Naruto shrugged before grabbing an apron and heading back out front.

"I don't know why we don't make this our hangout instead of the library." Sakura replied, looking around. "I like it here."

"You know Sasuke doesn't like Sai. He'd be Mr. Grumpy Pants the whole time." Naruto replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Well Sai's last day is today, isn't it?" Sakura shrugged. "We can come here now."

Naruto shook his head. "This is mine and Sai's place. Sasuke and I have our own place, we don't need to bring that here."

Sakura stared at him blankly before her eyes widened. "Do you still like him?!"

Naruto blushed darkly and quickly began to wipe down the countertop, trying to hide his face. "Sakura!"

"You do! What about Sai?"

"Of course I like Sai! But Sasuke is still my best friend, I guess I just never got the chance to get over him."

"Hey Naruto."

The two of them jumped as Sai stood behind Naruto.

"Gotta go, talk later Naruto. Bye Sai!" Sakura quickly waved before flashing Naruto an apologetic look and walking out the door.

"I wanted to invite you to my place for dinner tonight." Sai scrunched his face up in confusion. "You have a crush on Sasuke?"

Naruto laughed nervously as he once again began to clean the counter. "It's nothing. I'd love to come over for dinner. What time should I be there?"

"Seven?" Sai shook his head. "Don't change the subject, what were you-"

"Hold that thought! I have to go to the back!" Naruto quickly ran to the back.

Sai started to follow him until the bell on the door rang and a group of customers came flooding in. Sai let out a long breath before putting on a smile and attending to the customers.

At seven, Naruto arrived at Sai's apartment,parking his old, beat up car in the parking lot. He climbed the stairs to the third floor and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Sai's voice called from the other side of the door.

Naruto walked in and gasped.

His living room was transformed into a makeshift dining room, the table decorated with candles and rose petals. Sai was lighting the last candle. He stood up and smiled at Naruto.

"What's all this for?" Naruto asked as he walked to the table, standing across from Sai.

"I just wanted to do something nice for my boyfriend. We'll probably only be able to see each other on the weekends from now on."

"We can spend the whole weekend together you know." Naruto spoke up, blushing.

Sai tilted his head in confusion.

"Like, if you want of course, we can spend the weekend at each other's places."

Sai's eyes widened. "Naruto, I would love that."

Naruto smiled brightly at him. "Good! Now let's eat I'm starving."

Sai laughed as Naruto sat down in the chair, leaving to grab the food from the kitchen.

After dinner, they sat on the couch together, watching a movie. Sai was lying down while Naruto laid on top of him, his head on Sai's chest.

"Hey Naruto?" Sai looked down at Naruto.

"Hm?" Naruto replied, not looking away from the tv.

"About earlier, about you having a crush on Sasuke?"

Naruto quickly looked up at him. "Really Sai, it's nothing. It was a silly high school crush, nothing to worry about."

Sai frowned. "You promise?"

Naruto stared at him before giving him a smile. "I promise."

"Good." Sai said with a slight pout.

Naruto laughed before reaching up to give Sai a kiss.

Sai deepened the kiss as Naruto tried to pull away. He held onto Naruto as he sat up, deepening the kiss even further.

Naruto pulled away to take a breath and Sai used the opportunity to begin kissing and nipping lightly at Naruto's neck. He moaned and pressed Sai's head to him closer. "S-sai."

Sai stopped to look at him, Naruto's eyes were half-lidded. "Bedroom?"

Naruto nodded, slightly dazed.

Sai quickly scooped the blonde up in his arms. He brought him into the bedroom where he gently threw Naruto on the bed and climbed on top of him.

The two began to kiss passionately, taking each other's clothes off.

As soon as Naruto was completely naked underneath Sai, he took his time to admire Naruto's body.

Naruto blushed under the gaze as he felt himself harden. "Sai." He whined.

Sai smiled at him before leaning down and giving him a kiss. "I just can't help it, you're so beautiful." He began to kiss down the blonde's body, reaching his navel where he began to tease him with his tongue.

Naruto moaned loudly and then gasped as he felt Sai's mouth on his cock.

Sai slowly began to bob his head up and down Naruto's length, he began to go faster at the sounds of Naruto's moans.

"S-sai, s-stop I'm gonna cum!" Naruto quickly warned the raven.

Sai did exactly what Naruto asked of him and Naruto groaned in frustration. Sai laughed and began to kiss Naruto's neck again. "You're the one who told me to stop."

"I know!"

Sai held three of his fingers up to Naruto's mouth. "Now suck."

Naruto did as he was told, practically smirking as Sai stared at his mouth, mesmerized. He began to deep throat his fingers, grateful for his lack of a gag reflex.

"Naruto, I need to be in you, now!" Sai groaned.

Naruto nodded and released Sai's fingers from his mouth. He hissed slightly at the intrusion of Sai's finger but quickly relaxed and gestured that he was ready for the next.

Sai continued until all three fingers were inside him. "Ready?"

Naruto nodded and relaxed as Sai's fingers left his hole. He felt the tip of Sai's cock at his entrance, teasing him. Naruto growled out. "Quit teasing!"

Sai chuckled before giving Naruto one more kiss. He then thrusted himself inside Naruto.

Naruto cried out in pain and Sai remained still as Naruto tried to get comfortable. "A-alright, go."

Sai began to thrust back and forth inside the blonde, trying to aim for his sweet spot.

Naruto cried out in pleasure. "Right there!"

Sai began to aim for that spot repeatedly. "N-naruto, I'm gonna cum!"

"M-me too!" He managed to moan out through the pleasure.

"Naruto!" Sai moaned as he came inside the blonde.

Naruto quickly rode Sai's orgasm, feeling his cock twitch sporadically inside him. He soon felt his own orgasm and cried out. "Sa-sasuke!"

Sai froze and looked down at Naruto whose eyes were closed, riding out his intense pleasure. Sai pulled himself out and stared at the blonde.

Once Naruto felt the waves of his orgasm ebb away, he opened his eyes and sat up in confusion as Sai was glaring at him from the foot of the bed. "What? What's wrong?"

"Did you even hear yourself?"

Naruto laughed nervously, scratching at his cheek. "Did I make a weird noise or something?"

Naruto watched as Sai began to pick up his and Naruto's clothes, throwing the appropriate garments at the blonde. Naruto got off the bed and began to change. "Sai?" He reached out and hugged the raven.

Sai stiffened at the touch before quickly throwing the blonde on the ground.

Naruto cried out in pain from his lower back and glared up at Sai. "What the hell was that for, huh?" He slowly got up and glared at him.

"You said Sasuke's name." Sai practically whispered, his fists clenched.

Naruto looked at him, feeling guilty. "Sai, I didn't mean it." He once again reached out to touch Sai's shoulder.

Sai's fist connected with Naruto's face before he could even think. The two of them looked at each other, both in shock.

"You should go." Sai said, feeling unapologetic at the way Naruto was cradling his face.

Naruto could only nod and he quickly left the apartment. As soon as Naruto reached his car, he climbed in and began to cry.

"Naruto?"

Naruto opened his eyes and blinked rapidly, not realizing he fell asleep. He looked up at Sakura who was smiling at him sadly.

"Ready to go home?"

Naruto nodded and followed her to the car.

So, hope you guys enjoyed it! I actually really enjoyed writing this chapter. I got it done super quick because I didn't want to stop writing, haha!

So if you liked it, please favorite and review and I hope to see you next chapter!

Thank you

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