Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters
Summary: Naruto is a normal teenage boy; he doesn't like going to school or doing his homework, he has tons of friends, and has a crush on someone… everything stays the same, at least, until he gets his new next door neighbor.
Warnings: This specific chapter has strict SHONEN AI… no YOAI ((yet, mwaha))
So far so good, I've only had one or two negative comments… even though I suck. But yeah, thank you to all my awesome reviewers. They have cheered me up a lot, my bf just left me for my best friend, my friend is cutting herself, and crap you guys don't need to hear… my life at the moment has been a cheap, awfully written soap opera. No worries, I'm fine and I'm still going to write even if it kills me!
Oh, Won't You Be… My Neighbor?
...Recap...
There was a heavy silence, the atmosphere thickened around them and heat seemed to swirl in the air. Naruto now had a pink tint to his cheeks; Sasuke moved his face closer to Naruto's. The blonde also moved in closer until their lips made contact, the kiss didn't even last two seconds before they both pulled back quickly and gazed into each other's eyes,
"We…" Naruto paused, he instantly sprang up from the Uchiha's lap and ran into his bedroom, locking the door, "What's going on?!" he whispered to himself, a flush of red rose to his cheeks as he felt Sasuke's heat linger on his lips,
Sasuke's eyes were glazed over as he stared into the black abyss outside the window, thinking about his previous actions. He'd just kissed Naruto…
Fuck
...End Recap...
Naruto was splayed in on odd position as he turned in his sleep, a high pitched buzz echoed off the walls and the fox instantly sat up. He looked at the ominous blue digital numbers of his alarm clock as he turned it off.
"8 o clock," he whispered to himself, a blush rushed to his cheeks as he remembered the night before. Was it all a dream? I mean, there's no solid proof that he kissed Sasuke. The only person that'd know would be him or Sasuke. Maybe he just had a really wild dream. "Only one way to find out…" the fox rolled off his bed and quietly unlocked his door, he put his ear to the door and heard muffled voices,
"Shit, they're all awake." Naruto cursed, opening his door. He cautiously crept down the hallway and came to a halt when he saw the Uchiha reading a book on the couch, and the children stomping and screming around the upstairs,
"Morning Naruto," Sasuke said over his book,
"Morning, did the brats already have something to eat?" Naruto sat next to Sasuke,
"Yeah, if you want something you have to make it." He said, his eyes not leaving the page,
"That's fine, I'm not hungry." Naruto looked at the pages of the raven's book, they were stained a yellow color and were worn or ripped in one or two places, "Look Sasuke, I know you're mad at me… I'm sorry for what I said last night, I didn't mean it and I was really mad…" Naruto started talking too fast for Sasuke to understand,
"I'm not mad at you!" Sasuke shouted over the babbling blonde,
"You aren't?" Naruto repeated,
"No, I'm just really confused… kissing your best friend doesn't happen every day." Sasuke scowled,
"What? That wasn't a dream… SHIT!" Naruto cradled his hand in his hands,
Sasuke couldn't take much more of pounding or the racket; he disappeared down the hall and into his room,
"…" Naruto sighed, he had a different problem to deal with, other than the fact he had kissed his GUY friend, he actually liked it, "No, no, no, no!!" he bellowed,
Naruto reached for the remote, maybe some mind numbing television would help. The screen blinked on,
'How could you?! He's a boy, and you're a boy, it's not right!!' A woman screeched, and instantly he turned the channel,
'The members of the same sex do not belong together; they will be judged in eyes of the Lord and deemed unfit to enter to the Kingdom of Heaven.' A priest called over a crowd; Naruto turned the TV off and threw the remote so it crashed into a wall,
"This is not good…" the blonde grunted,
ooo
Three kids were surrounding poor Naruto who could barely move, "WE'RE HUNGRY!!" they chanted together,
"SASUKE GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!!" Naruto screamed,
"Hmm?" the raven appeared from the hall, "I see, come here Naruto."
"Uhh, OK…" Naruto said cautiously and followed the raven into the kitchen,
The raven grabbed a dark blue apron and threw it over Naruto's spikes,
"Huh?"
"You're gonna have to make them food, I need to go for a walk." Sasuke grumbled, he practically stormed out, not even grabbing his jacket,
"Darn it!!" Naruto shouted, taking care that he didn't let the kids catch him swearing. If they repeated or told Kakashi he'd get a lecture that would last hours, and there was too much his mind for his liking,
"We're hungry; can you please just make us some food?" Moegi whined,
"Alright, alright, I'll make you frikin' lunch." Naruto grumbled, the kids ran out and left the fuming blonde, "Stupid teme, leaving me to do all the work… I keep them occupied and now I've gotta cook for them! AND I'm so confused… did he just do that as a heat-of-the moment thing of does really like me." I think I like him, "NO! It had to of been the timing! It has to be!" Naruto said desperately trying to make excuses for himself and Sasuke,
ooo Sasuke ooo
Sasuke strode down the concrete, the clouds filtered the sunlight and occasionally covered it completely, leaving a cool breeze linger. He looked at the trees and the speckled shadows that were left on the ground. It was nice… at least in his opinion.
"…" Sasuke let out a long sigh. What was he going to do? He liked Naruto, and always got a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach when he was around the blonde, but he didn't know if he liked Naruto. "I'm not making any sense." He said to himself, images of the blonde rushed over him, the foxy whiskers on his face, his deep blue eyes, wild spiky blonde hair, his well toned body, and eventually imagining other places. Sasuke shook his head and the flush on his cheeks became more apparent on his pale skin,
"I can't think about that, I can't… at least not yet!" he shouted to himself, he calmed down and finally reached the large park near his home, he found a picnic table and sat on the top of it so his feet were on the bench part, he had to think… how is going to know for sure that he really likes Naruto?
"See? I told you he's cute." A giggle came from behind some trees,
"He's so hot!" another said,
"I've never seen someone that handsome!" a small voice cooed,
"Hey, he's mine, I saw him first!" the original voice scowled,
"Then go talk to him already!" one of them said lazily,
God, don't they know they could be heard from miles away? Sasuke wanted to run, but for his pride's sake he stayed still and pretended not to hear,
"Hey Sasuke!" A pink haired girl appeared and ran to the raven's side, a group of four or five followed, including the other that he saw at the amusement park. "I've got an idea! Since I didn't get to go on any rides when we were at the amusement park together I can show you around." She had grabbed Sasuke's arm and hugged it to her chest, giving Sasuke an unpleasant sensation,
"Did you have something better to do?" a light blonde girl said, her long hair was pulled back in a high pony and she had a purple attire,
Sasuke was tempted to say he was going to a strip club and sell his body to buy drugs and inject just enough to numb his brain and slowly kill himself, but Sakura would have probably said she was going around that part of town or some stupid excuse to keep clinging onto his arm. "I already know my way around here and I was going to go to a café later…"
"Well then let's go there; it'll be like a date!" Sakura giggled,
"This café really ain't your style, it's a gothic place with dark poetry, bands, the works… and they don't appreciate the color pink." Sasuke made up the best excuses he could,
"Then we'll just walk together!" Sakura grasped Sasuke's arm tighter and the sick feeling came back,
'HELP ME!!' Sasuke's thought screamed as he was practically dragged away,
ooo
"Help Me!" Naruto said exasperated, still thinking about the kiss.
"Naruto, Udon doesn't look to good." Moegi pointed to the little pudgy boy, he was pale and his arms were around his stomach,
"Guuuh I don't feel so well." Udon groaned,
"Crap!" Naruto ran and laid the kid on the couch and threw a blanket over him, "I'll be right back," he ran to the bathroom and grabbed and old fashioned thermometer and bolted back, "put this under your tongue and don't take it off till I tell ya."
Udon shoved it in his mouth and they sat for two minutes, "An I ake i ou now?" Udon tried speaking through the glass stick,
Naruto pulled it out, he gasped, "102.4… you've got a fever, I'll go get some medicine."
-Ding dooooooong!!- The doorbell rang throughout the house; the fox looked out the peek hole and saw a pissed off Sasuke… I can't talk to him right now! 'Shit, shit I dunno what to do, what if he kisses me again? Or something else? Ohno ohno ohno ohno ohno!!' he thought, having a mental break down. Sasuke can open the door himself! He turned and instantly the door opened and swatted him in the butt,
"OOOWWWW!! DAMMIT TEME!!" Naruto screamed in pain,
"Oh, hi Naruto…" Sakura said, almost disgusted, "I'll see you later Sasuke." She gave a dainty wave and shut the door as she walked out and down the path,
"Thank God," Sasuke practically whispered to himself,
"You hit my ass with a fucking door, dammit! SHIT!" Naruto shouted,
"Wow, the four worst cusses in the book in one sentence. And right in front of the kids too, dobe." Sasuke said calmly,
Naruto covered his mouth, "Great, more lectures from Kakashi… I have enough to deal with, teme." He said to himself more than anyone else,
"We're going on a walk later, when Kakashi and Iruka get back." Sasuke stated,
"What? We? Who's We?" Naruto said, practically having a panic attack,
"Just you and me, no one else." His gaze met the boy's body and he made sure he examined the fox thoroughly, "How'd lunch go?"
Naruto turned, "Fine, no thanks to you"
Sasuke examined Naruto's behind, 'snap out of it!' "Sorry, I needed to go for a walk."
"I saw, you were with Sakura and you didn't seem to mind her when she was glomping you." Naruto growled,
The raven smirked "You're jealous." Sasuke chuckled,
"Am not!" Naruto made sure his flushed face was turned away from the raven, dammit, stop blushing, there's no reason to be jealous except… perfect, "You're right, I was jealous. I just get so mad that you can get her attention by just standing there and I have to set off a bomb for her to even look in my direction." The blonde's blush faded, good, it sounded convincing enough,
"Oh…" Sasuke said softly, so he wasn't jealous the way I thought he was.
A sound came from the door, metal clicked and the door slid open, "We're home!" a smiling brunette said to the teens,
"Cool, now you can leave, take the brats with ya." Naruto grumbled, now he was in a shitty mood,
"Grumpy are we?" the silver haired Kakashi smiled,
"Udon's sick, everyone's fed and they have all their stuff together so they're ready to go." Naruto stated blandly,
"OK, kids, your mothers are waiting in the car for you." Iruka shouted to the kids,
The trio ran out and Naruto slammed the door shut,
"You guys have fun?" Sasuke asked,
"Yup, we went out to dinner, we danced, and stayed at a hotel… it was peaceful and fun." Iruka sighed, "Just like before."
"Those days we were way wilder than that!" Kakashi slapped Iruka's back
"As much as I would love to listen you reminisce, I'm going to bed." Naruto yawned,
"Remember tonight," Sasuke shouted after him,
I was hoping he forgot, "I know, I know!" Naruto replied,
"What are you two doing?" Iruka asked,
"We're going to see Resident Evil 4, he's been waiting to see it." Sasuke sighed, "Somehow he tricked me to see it."
Kakashi chuckled, "Don't worry, Resident Evil is all blood and gore."
"That's comforting…" Sasuke sat and continued his book,
ooo 6pm ((sunset)) ooo
Red and orange beams filtered through the windows and dyed the room a sepia tone,
Sasuke banged on the door, "C'mon, dobe! We're gonna miss our movie!" the door swung in,
"I'm ready, teme." Naruto smiled, he was definitely NOT ready.
"Then let's go." Sasuke grabbed the boy's arm and dragged him out the door yelling "We'll be back by nine!" and the door slammed,
"Where are we going?" Naruto said, trying to pry his arm out of the Uchiha's grip, he grabbed harder, "Ow! Sasuke you're hurting me."
"Sorry…" Sasuke mumbled, it would help if he wasn't so nervous
They continued up the block and disappeared in the suns rays; the skies were splashed red, pink, orange, and dark blue. A black purple crept behind the two teens walking and the pink and red had fallen to the earth, leaving an orange glow to the world. They finally reached the park and passed by the rows of benches, and into the grass by the scattered picnic tables.
Sasuke stopped at a random table and let Naruto sit while he stood in front of him, "Good, it's nice and quiet."
Naruto tried to look at the raven, but his sight was blocked out by the sun, making the boy in front of him invisible, it was no use, he couldn't see him, "Why are we here?"
"Do you remember your mother?" Sasuke randomly asked,
"No, I don't but I know what she looked like from pictures…" Naruto squinted,
"What did she look like?" Sasuke raised his brow,
"Well, she had short, blood red hair, blue eyes like mine, she was tall, and had a piercing right under her lip." Naruto put his had above his eyes, but it was no good, he couldn't see a thing, "Do you remember your mom?"
"I remember she was really kind, and beautiful. He hair and eyes were a dark charcoal, but her eyes constantly burned with the love of her family… she was the only person that would help me." Sasuke gave a sad smile,
"Why does this have to do with the fact that you kissed me?!" Naruto shouted,
"I dunno," Sasuke shrugged,
"Then just tell me why the hell you kissed me!" Naruo growled,
"Maybe... its because like you..." the raven practically whispered,
"What?" You mean it's not just me? "R-really?"
"Ever since we started to become really good friends, even before that, I got this weird feeling in my chest... and my stomach always felt like it was floating. I couldn't ever put my finger on the feeling, but I finally realized it when I was on the walk today. Sakura grabbed onto my arm and all I could think about was you... doing the exact same thing." Sasuke blushed,
Fuck it, I don't care whether or not this is wrong, "I've been having these feelings too,"
"What? But I thought..." Sasuke trailed off,
Naruto finished for him, "...that I like Sakura." the fox shook his head, "When I would space out, it was mostly about...about" his face became as red as the sunset,
"Me?" Naruto nodded, Sasuke advanced forward until all the fox could see was the black shadow of the Uchiha and little slits of the sun, "N-naruto... I was wondering... if you want... go out with me?"
"Two conditions: my friends can't know, they'll just call me a fagot the rest of my life, and if it's Ok I would prefer that our dads don't find out." Naruto said sternly,
"No problem, Iruka doesn't even think I'd be gay with all the chicks that attack me." Sasuke smiled, seeing the unsure look in the blonde's eyes, "We can take this as slowly as you want, Kakashi and Iruka or your friends won't even give it a second thought that we are more than friends, I promise."
"Thanks Sasuke," Naruto smiled, leaning his spiked head on the raven's shoulder, as they both watched the sun set below the horizon,
TBC
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