AN: Okay, I would like to thank the people who did review, you have no idea how much I appreciate it. And my Imoto who kept me motivated. Someone informed me that I didn't accept anonymous reviews, I wasn't aware of that, but I fixed it. Well, enough about this, read!


"I.."

There was a knock on the door. Sasuke and Iruka took in a deep, steady breath to calm down and force themselves to not knock down the door to kill whoever was on the other side of it. Sasuke stiffly and reluctantly stood up, and Iruka quickly grabbed his wrist. Before Iruka could say anything, Sasuke cut him off,

"I want to tell you this with no interruptions. (Knock knock) Let me just...see who the hell it is.." he growled out as he walked towards the door, cursing whoever was on the other side of it. He angrily tried to open the door, and to his frustration, realized the door was still locked. He growled, hearing the knock again, and unlocked the door, pulling it open.

"What?!" he shouted out rudely, not that he cared.

Sakura, who had her hand in a position meaning she was about to knock, froze, and stared at Sasuke, a blush on her face.

"S-S-Sasuke-kun!" she stammered out. She then narrowed her eyes into a suspicious, hurt, and angered one. "I knew you'd be here.." she said dryly.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes in annoyance. "So what if I am? What's it to you, and what're you doing here?" he closed the door and stepped outside.

Sakura blushed again, and began to fiddle with her skirt. A nervous habit. She looked away to avoid Sasuke's eyes, and bit the bottom of her lip. "Well...I was passing by the ramen stand when I over head Genma shouting out that he won't let you win Iruka-sensei's heart..which I found weird, so I took a closer look and then I saw Naruto hit Genma over the head, and say, 'shut the fuck up and eat the damn ramen.', even after Genma was in tears screaming, 'no! No more! Please!!! meerrccyy!!' Kakashi just watched them, but that's beside's the point.

I've also noticed that...you act a bit..strange, around Iruka-sensei..it's almost as if...you...like him..which you don't, right?" she giggled, finding her worries ridiculous at the moment. Sasuke was straight! "Because that would just be..." she stopped when she saw Sasuke's serious and angry gaze.

"That would just be what, Sakura?" he asked in a low, icy tone.

Sakura blushed even more. "Well...I mean..Sasuke-kun..you can't!" she shouted.

"And why not?" he continued to speak in that tone, making Sakura flinch.

"Because...because Sasuke, I still love you!" she cried. She still loved Sasuke, even though she's had so many years to get over him. Naruto had told her, himself, that she needed to move on. Sakura had glared at Naruto, and shouted, 'you're only saying that because you think that I'll go to you once I would get over Sasuke!' she felt mortified when Kakashi had wrapped his arms around Naruto's waist, and said, 'don't flatter yourself.' in his usual bored and somewhat irritated tone.

Sasuke sighed. This girl was just being her annoying self. Still in love with him? Ugh. "Can you give me a sec?" he asked, andbefore she could answer, Sasuke walked behind a large tree a bit away from Sakura, and hid behind it so she couldn't see him. A minute or two passed and she stared questioningly at Sasuke has he returned to her. He stopped in front of her and rubbed his temples.

"Look, Sakura, you're not going to ruin this night for me, okay? It's been fucked up as it is." he closed his eyes and sighed in irritation, the memory of today running in his head. He opened them and glared at her. "I don't love you." he stated, seeing Sakura's eyes sadden. "Sorry, but I have something important to do." and that was to tell Iruka he loved him.

Sakura gasped. "Sasuke, not..Iruka-sensei! You're too..young for him! And he's not your type!" she argued.

Now that pissed off Sasuke. "And what would you know?!" He growled, making Sakura take a step back in fear.

Sakura was about to respond, but then she felt strong arms wrap around her waist from behind her, and lift her up. The next thing she knew, she was on someone's shoulder, and she could see Sasuke smirking as she was carried away. But who..?

"NARUTO!" she shouted and blushed in anger.

"Sakura, shut up. It's been a LONG night...don't make me use chakra binds on you too.." Naruto threatened calmly, ignoring Sakura's fists pounding on his back. He sighed. This better be worth it..he thought in irritation.

Sakura paused. "..too? Who else did you..?" she asked in a slight hint of fear in her voice.

"You'll see when we get there.." Naruto answered, his voice a bit strained from having such a long day.

"Get where?" Sakura asked, a bit confused and a bit worried.

Naruto ignored her question and Sasuke shook his head, a smirk still on his face as he opened the door again to return to Iruka. He walked in, and saw Iruka looking impatient, his elbow on the arm of the couch, his hand turned into a fist, and he rested his head on it. His eyes were narrowed in annoyance, and Sasuke figured it was from all the interruptions. Well, before another comes around and he'd have to call Naruto again, he might as well get it over with. Sasuke breathed in. Okay, no more stammering. That just ruins everything. He thought, sitting next to Iruka and sighing.

He put his head on the couch, and grabbed Iruka's hand, just for a little more security. Iruka stared at the hand that was being held, and blushed. He looked questioningly at Sasuke, his hopes starting to rise, trying to will them down so he didn't get too excited.

Sasuke, without looking at Iruka, but ahead instead, spoke. "Iruka, ever since I was little, I had a small crush on you. I just thought it was just a crush, and that's all. Turned out it wasn't. It's much more then just a crush. I know I could never get over it. It was hard, but I decided to never tell you my feelings, since I figured I would just be rejected and I didn't need that at that time. And then, when I left Konoha to join Orochimaru, I knew I could never tell you my feelings. After I came back, I kept my feelings hidden, thinking you'd hate me since I betrayed all of you. But when you welcomed me with open arms, I knew I was in love." he tilted his head to the side and looked into Iruka's eyes, finding the blush on his face extremely cute. "I love you." he said sincerely.

Iruka froze. Did..he just hear right? Either he just imagined it, or Sasuke just said he loved him! And Sasuke's confession..he smiled. How could he hate Sasuke? That would be like hating Naruto for the death of his parents. It was impossible. He saw Sasuke's face, as calm as it looked, it was extremely tense. His eyes looked intently at him, waiting patiently for Iruka's rejection. Iruka smiled and entwined their fingers.

"Are you sure, Sasuke? Me, of all people?" Iruka asked with a shy smile, blushing as Sasuke scooted closer to him, making sure they were directly next to each other.

Sasuke raised an eye brow. "What's wrong with you? You're cute, hot tempered, a mother hen, which I find amusing, you're cute when you pout–like you're doing now, you're funny to watch when you're mad–oh don't give me that look, you know you're funny when you're throwing your tantrum." he saw Iruka look indignant. "What else would you call it? It's a tantrum! And well, you look pretty hot when you're wet and only have a towel around your waist." he smirked.

Iruka's face pretty much looked like a tomato at this point as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, well, I didn't want to keep you waiting outside so, I just opened the door.." he admitted, remembering Sasuke's face as he pratically drooled. So I guess he was checking me out..he almost let out a 'manly' giggle.

Sasuke grinned, which surprised Iruka as he stared at it, admiring it, and knowing he, and possibly only Naruto, can see this kind of grin of his. "Aw, so you rushed to see me? How sweet, senseiii.." he purred, leaning down and nuzzling Iruka's neck.

"H-hey! Sasuke-kun!" Iruka cried out, a little new to this sensation but enjoying Sasuke's purring and nuzzling. He smiled. What a cute cat.. Iruka thought teasingly.

"Yes Iru-kun?" he paused, a thought occurring to him as he stopped nuzzling.

Iruka felt something was wrong when the nuzzling had stopped, and Sasuke just kept his face on his neck, not moving at all. "Sasuke-kun?" he asked hesitantly, "what's wrong?" a hint of concern in his voice.

"You wouldn't answer the door like that, would you?" Sasuke asked, his voice a tad suspicious.

Iruka blinked and raised a brow curiously. "Umm...like what?" he was a bit lost.

"Like that, with just a towel on.."

"No...why?" he felt Sasuke relax.

"Okay, good." he went back to the nuzzling.

"Um...Sasuke-kun...you didn't answer me." Iruka reminded.

"Because, Iru-kun, no one is allowed to see that site but me. No one. At all. I don't care if it's an emergency, you're going to put on a damn shirt and pants if that happens again. Unless it's me...and I have memory as to which pocket my camera phone is.."

Iruka paused, laying his head on top of Sasuke's. "Possessive much?"

"You'll grow to like it." Sasuke promised.

Iruka smiled, and rubbed his thumb in a circular motion on Sasuke's hand. "I love it already." he smirked. "I can't wait for tomorrow." he said, his eyes shining.

Sasuke lifted his head away from Iruka's. "Why? what's happening tomorrow?" he questioned, looking at Iruka's face to see his smirk to into a grin.

"Tomorrow, I get to show you off, and see the looks on your fans faces." Ha. That was going to be fun. The looks on all those girls and guys that craved for Sasuke's attention or for him to fall in love with one of them.

Sasuke's eyes widened, but then he relaxed. Eh, chances are that 95 of them would turn into yaoi fans so he didn't have to worry about anything. Maybe the other 5 wont, but Naruto seems to be capable of handling them...

Speaking of Naruto, he had to go thank him!

"Iruka, I'll be right back, okay?" he stood up as he walked to the door.

"Oh, um, okay..sure Sasuke." Iruka watched Sasuke unlock everything and leave.

Naruto was slurping on his ramen, Genma still strapped to his chair with rope and chakra binds, his head flat on the desk, a bowl of cold ramen in front of him, and Sakura was strapped to the other chair, looking at other people, her face saying, 'please help me..'.

Naruto then felt someone tackle him, almost strong enough to knock him out of his chair but he held onto the edge of the table so that wouldn't happen. To see who had glomped him, he turned his head and realized Sasuke was hugging him.

"THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU NARUTO!!" Sasuke cried out, still clutching tightly to Naruto.

Everyone in the ramen stand stopped what they were doing and stared at Naruto and Sasuke, with the exception of Genma who didn't want to look up because then he'd eventually catch a glimpse of ramen. Kakashi narrowed his eyes at them. "Don't get any ideas, he's mine. Sasuke's just being friendly." Kakashi confirmed, hearing the group, 'oohhh..'.

Naruto smirked as he looked at Sasuke. "So I'm guessing everything went well?" His eyes began to bulge. "S-Sasuke...neck..!!" he started to feel like he couldn't breathe, Sasuke was clutching on to tightly.

"Huh? Oh, sorry." Sasuke loosened his hold, but still clutched on. "Yeah, after I told Iruka, we sorta...clicked, so to say, and now...we're together!" Sasuke declared, not really caring he was being ooc.

That, made Genma shoot his head up. "WHAT?!" he and Sakura shouted out, both looking at Sasuke. Sasuke smirked and turned towards them.

"Yeah that's right Genma, Iruka's mine! Not yours, mine! Oh, want me to repeat that? Sure! Iruka's mine, not yours! Who does Iruka belong to? Me. You? No. Me? Yes. Get it, got it? Good! Like I said before, you failed." he smirked in, watching Genma glare dangerously at him. Sasuke turned his gaze to Sakura and show a 'oh, you're there' face. "Uh..yeah, I'm with Iruka so...umm..if I were you, I would consider finding someone's who's not...you know..gay...unless you're bi, then I guess...nah, good luck."

Genma started struggling with the chakra binds, trying to break away. "Don't get carried away, Uchiha! I will claim Iruka! This is just a set back, you just wait and see! I'll-"

Before he could finish his threat, or whatever you might want to call it, Naruto slapped his on the table, making a loud banged sound, startling everyone. He stood and pointed a finger at Genma as he stood next to Sasuke.

"Don't you even THINK that you'll do ANYTHING to their relationship, do you hear?! I did not kill my day off, taking you to a ramen stand, strapping you with rope and using my own chakra to pin you down, just for you to go and ruin everything! Okay?! I have a life too! And it does not, as 'shocking' as this may sound, include me wasting time to keep you here for this thing to happen! So–Sakura, I swear, take out that kunai and you'll be gagged as well." he heard Sakura 'meep', but continued his rant anyway, "So, you're going stay on your ass till I feel like removing those chakra binds, and if I catch or hear that you're trying to break them apart, I will strap you down again, and feed you ramen till you can't cry anymore! Do I make myself clear?!" Naruto finished, huffing a bit.

Genma looked terrified, no, more then terrified! He just couldn't find the right word at this moment, all he knew that wanted to run home, grab his teddy bear, hide under the covers, and snuggle with it, chanting in his head that ramen is not evil; evil people make ramen do evil things.

"U-um, right, clear.." Genma stammered. "Can I go home now?" he whimpered.

Naruto looked questioningly at Sasuke, who just shrugged. "I don't really care what you do to him now." Sasuke admitted with a smirk.

Kakashi shook his head. "Let the poor guy go already! You've tortured him long enough." Kakashi told Naruto, hoping he'd let the guy go. Honestly, seeing a Jounin break down like that..that's a bit degrading. And he suffered more then anyone should.

Naruto sighed and released the bonds. "Yeah, yeah, okay. You guys cut yourselves out. I'm not doing it." Naruto turned to look at Sasuke. "As for you, don't you have someone waiting for you?" he asked with a teasing grin.

Sauske's eyes widened. "You're right. Alright, thanks Naruto. I'll see you later. Later Kakashi."

Kakashi waved his hand signaling his bye lazily. "Why not go on a double date with me and Naruto some time?" he suggested, getting up and paying the bill, cringing at how much it was.

Naruto grinned. "Yeah! That's a great idea!" he ruffled Sasuke's hair, ignoring Sasuke twitch his eye when he did so. "I'll call you later on tonight to see when."

Sasuke slapped Naruto's hand away in irritation and ran his hand through his hair to fix it. "Don't touch the hair." he growled. He narrowed his eyes when Naruto snickered. "Anyway, sure. I'll see if Iruka wants to.." he smirked at Genma. "You know, go on that date.." he saw Genma glare at him. "Well, bye. I have a cute chuunin waiting for me." he squeezed Naruto one more time and sprinted back to Iruka.

Naruto sighed and smiled, shaking his head. He grabbed Kakashi's hand. "Come on, this was a long 'day off'." he grumbled.

Kakashi chuckled. "What about Sakura and Genma?" they started walking off, ignoring Sakura and Genma shouting at them to go back..

"What about them?" Naruto grinned, making Kakashi grin as well as they continued to walk aimlessly around.


Sasuke returned to see Iruka laying on the couch, his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling, obviously not realizing Sasuke had just returned. Sasuke smirked and walked over as stealthily as possible. Once he got near enough, he jumped and landing himself on Iruka, sitting on top of his abs. Iruka 'umfed'.

"Hey! Sasuke!" Iruka looked up angrily at Sasuke, scowling disapproving as Sasuke leaned back, making himself comfortable and crossing him arms, smirking down at Iruka.

"What? Your big ass covered the whole couch, might as well make yourself useful." Sasuke chuckled at Iruka began to bristle.

"BIG ASS?! Where the hell did that come from?!" Iruka shouted, blushing in embarrassment at the thought of Sasuke looking at his ass.

Sasuke still had his smirk as he closed his eyes. "Well, what do you think I looked at when you walked away?" he looked smug when he heard Iruka try to speak.

Iruka didn't even know what to think, he just blushed and tried to form words, but nothing came out, till he finally got it together. "Y-y-you..!! That's perverted, pervert!" Was really all he could think of to say at this moment.

He opened his eyes again and looked at Iruka, still smugly and amusingly at him. "Maybe, but who isn't nowadays? Anyway, Naruto asked if you wanted to go on a double date tomorrow.." he said it sort of hesitantly, still feeling a self conscious if Iruka returned his feelings or not.

Iruka blinked. "A double date? Um, sure, did he tell you the details for the date?"

Sasuke felt relief enter him. So, Iruka did want to date him. "Er, no, he's going to call me later on tonight." Sasuke explained. "Besides, tomorrow's the weekend, right? We have all day."

Iruka smiled and grabbed Sasuke's waist, pulling the younger boy till Sasuke was lying on top of him. Sasuke blushed a bit, and sighed happily as he rested his head on Iruka's chest. He closed his eyes and heard Iruka talk to him, "Yeah, that sounds like it'll be like fun. Kakashi and Naruto always make things interesting...no matter how wrong or stupid it may seem."

Sasuke snorted. That was so true. He felt Iruka start playing with his hair, and didn't seem to mind. He actually enjoyed it. It felt nice and relaxing. It was different then when those fan girls of his did this. Normally, he'd glare and scowl at them for attempting such a bold act, and it felt weird. Annoying too. But Iruka made it much more better.

"Hey, Sasuke-kun?" Iruka spoke his name softly.

"Hn?" Sasuke mumbled, relaxing himself.

"I love you too." Iruka smiled as he saw Sasuke's eyes widened.

Sasuke's heart beat began to beat faster, that butterfly feeling in his stomach again, but then he smiled and relaxed. "I'm glad, I thought you would reject me."

"Really?" Iruka chuckled. "That's the same reason why I never told you. I thought you'd be freaked out and ignore me."

Sasuke shifted his head so that he was looking at Iruka. "You thought that? I thought you'd think I was being weird or something. I mean really, I've liked you since I was like, 12. You would probably have laughed at me.." he admitted sullenly.

Iruka laughed. "You're kidding me, right?" he asked, grinning.

Sasuke looked confused. "No...I've honestly liked you since I was about the age of 12."

Iruka shook his head. "Great. Sasuke, that was the time I liked you. You were much too young, so I never said anything. And that would really looked bad, a teacher at my age, having a crush on a 12 year old! Not to mention I kept telling myself that it was wrong, and that I shouldn't be thinking like that. How ironic that you liked me at that age too. Guess we're both idiots." he smiled warmly, finding the situation funny.

Sasuke paused, letting this information sink in. Realization finally dawned on his face. "You mean to tell me that I could have had you since I was 12?!! Damn it! That would have saved me all this drama and emotions, that I despise, that I had to go through!" he huffed, not believing that Iruka could have been still his to that very day.

Iruka laughed again. "How do you think I felt? It's good to know I wasn't alone." he grinned when Sasuke glared half heartedly at him. "You were so cute at that age!" he said happily.

Sasuke blushed and narrowed his eyes. "Shut up.." he then smirked. "You were pretty hot back then too. Still are." he saw Iruka blush, enjoying it. Bad enough Iruka made him, an Uchiha, blush. He sighed and buried his head in the crook of Iruka's head. "We're stupid."

"Which is why we're the perfect couple." Iruka said with a grin, trying to lighten up the mood and make it seem like he found the silver lining of this whole situation. He felt Sasuke smile against the nape of his neck.

"Hn." he agreed. "I have to go soon, don't I?" Sasuke frowned, knowing how late it probably was.

Iruka frowned. "Do you want to? I don't mind you staying over.." Iruka admitted with a blush.

"Whoa sensei, I admit that I love you today, we plan our first date tomorrow, and before that date, you have me staying over so soon?" Sasuke teased, hearing Iruka bristle.

"W-well fine! You don't have to! It was just a sugge-" his rant was cut off when Sasuke had pressed his lips onto his. Sasuke smirked into the kiss, and Iruka's eyes widened in surprise. He quickly got over his surprise and kissed Sasuke back with equal passion. Sasuke put his hand on Iruka's pony tail, taking the band and tugging it free. The hair became loose, and he combed his fingers through them, holding Iruka behind the back of his head and deepening the kiss.

Once they parted, their faces were flushed, and both were a bit out of breath. Sasuke smirked, and leaned down to plant light kisses on Iruka's neck. "You talk to much.." Sasuke mumbled, sucking on Iruka's neck.

Iruka narrowed his eyes at Sasuke. "And you don't talk enough. Saying 'hn' does not normally count as carrying on a conversation."

Sasuke smirked, biting on the hickey that he left, and put his head back so that Iruka could see his face. He stared at the hickey and smirked in satisfaction. Let's see Genma try to claim him now! "Probably not, but I'm not one to partake in idiotic conversations." he bent down a bit and quickly kissed Iruka's lips. "You should feel special. Me saying more then just 'hn' to a fan boy is considered an honor...if you don' count the 'fuck off loser' part.."

"FAN BOY?!" Iruka shouted in outrage. Although Sasuke expected that shout, it still made him wince, but smirked none-the- less. "I am NOT your fan boy!" Iruka assured, growling a bit.

"Boyfriend, fan boy, same difference." Sasuke concluded, still continuing his task at hand.

"Oooh really..so I'm just another one of your 'fan boys', huh?" Sasuke paused. "Because if that's all I am to you.." Iruka started, giving an inner grin when Sasuke shot his head up and looked desperately at Iruka.

"No, no, no! That's not what I meant! You're not just another fan boy! You're not even a fan boy!...I mean, damn it Iruka! You make things complicated. What I meant to say was,-" he was cut off when he was suddenly rolled to the side, and Iruka snuggled close to him.

"You talk too much." He teased, grinning. "Just shut up and relax."

Sasuke glared at Iruka, but wrapped his arm protectively around him. "Yeah whatever. I'm tired. If Naruto calls, pick up and talk to him. I don't feel like it tonight." he closed his eyes and snuggled back to Iruka.

Iruka sighed and smiled. "Yes, yes, fine. Lazy."

"Love you too."


TBC

An: Okay, I have about 2 more chapters to go. R&R!...seriously. Review.