Around 700 words? This one has a bit of fluffy stuffs in it :3
It's not often that Sai woke up to someone prodding at his lip, actually, this was a first. Perhaps this was some new body language his trusty book had failed to mention. "Naruto, what are you doing?"
The vessal jumped back, safely landing an inch away from Sakura's waist. His eyes were wide and his mouth hung twitching. "N- n- no-n-othing!"
"Is that so?" Now, Sai considered the blonde as a 'friend'. And when a 'friend' is troubled, he has the right to comfort them, and the blonde did indeed look troubled. He shuffled closer to his friend and placed a hand lovelingly on the blonde's bare thigh, "Feel free to tell me if there is anything troubling you, we are, friends after all."
All words he heard were mush in his mind. Right now, all the blonde could feel was Sai's palm resting on his thigh and his fingers pressing into his skin like how Chouji handled beef steak. He took his chances and backed farther. This was a horrible mistake as he tumbled on top of Sakura. Sai pulled back, not willing to aggravate the sleeping tiger.
"Na-Ru-To" Every syllable that twisted from her mouth sent shivers up the boys' backs, the heavy aura of danger could be smelt in the air.
"S-sorry! I didn't mean to! S-sai pushed me!"
Before she could pound her fist into Naruto, Yamato had awoken among the ruckus, "I'd like it if we made it back in one piece..."
The blond traced his bottom lip as he walked behind his teammates. This was quite unusual for the blonde since he usually lead the team, whether he was chosen to or not, but he was far too busy to care today. He continued to trace his lip, the way he traced the softer pair just that morning. His didn't feel quite soft, they were a bit rough and scattered with small cuts. "Hmp.." Not that he cared! So what if Sai had softer lips! The blond nearly pummeled his head into a tree out of frustration. Why the hell was he getting jealous!
"Wow Naruto, it's unusual for you to be so… quiet?" Naruto glanced at Sakura.
"He's too busy feeling up his lips."
"…" The blonde's blood boiled at Sai but it dyed own as he realized: that was no joke. He was feeling up his lips… His face steamed in scarlet, "N-no! Why the hell would I do that!?"
Sai slowed his pace from Sakura's and Yamato's to match it with Naruto's as they neared Konoha's gates, "Say, why were you poking my lips?"
"Wha-"
"This morning."
Seeing that there was no way around it, he decided to confront him. He leaned into Sai's ear. After making sure his remaining team wasn't paying attention, Naruto whispered, "How do you make your lips so… soft?"
Caught in surprise, he stopped in his tracks, 'How?' "I don't really…" Naruto pulled closer to Sai until they were uncomfortably close, their noses slightly prodding together.
"No way, don't tell me you don't do anything. Come on! Just spill your secret!"
"I… uh…" Sai tried to unknot the words that twisted in his mouth, but how could he? Right now he was too focused on the blonde's white grin, crackled lips, and glimmering ocean eyes. The blonde was about to speak up but his thumb sealed the remark. The artist couldn't stop himself; his hand had moved on its own, as if possessed by its own will and his words followed suit, "You have no idea," Sai murmured instinctively, "how lovely your lips are."
Naruto was ninja trained under Jiraya himself. Together they spent years honing his speed and mental intellect, though he wasn't as good as Shikamaru, he could predict future actions and outcomes to some extent. But what he did not read or have the speed for was Sai's next move. He watched curiously as Sai's hand moved away from his face to cup the back of his head, and with a gentle push their lips pressed. The artist closed his eyes, in contrast, the blue orbs stretched wide. He wanted to scream, push him away, but he found his body un-willingly welcoming the momentary warmth and soft brush of the artist's lashes against his cheek.
Sai pulled back and the blonde only continued to stare, his eyes growing dry from the extended period of exposure to air, "See you later, Naruto." He smiled with his fake façade and walked away.
But the blonde's feet were rooting to the ground, unmoving, even as Sai disappeared along with Sakura and Yamato behind Konoha's double door gates. He traced his lips for the second time that day, but this time, he couldn't feel them. They had gone numb from Sai's touch; his melting warmth. 'Why was he so… warm? He was supposed to be ice cold. He was supposed to feel disgusting!' Quivering hands covering blushing ears as he crouched to the earth and buried his head between his thighs, trying to eradicate all images and sensations, "WHAT THE HELL?!"
I knowww it's another SHORT friggin chapter but it was the PERFECT cliffhanger...
Feel free to share any plot/mission ideas, I'm runnin' out here... [probably because I'm working at too many fics at once... :1 ]
PS: Isn't Sai's such a charmer ;)