Cali SunShine
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Quote:
"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."
-Joseph Joubert
Sex Fact:
Two of the leading causes of temporary impotence in men are cigarette smoking and tight pants
Chapter 7: They're in love
"Oh god Naruto."
A month…
"So tight - ah – so fucking tight, love."
A month…and two days…
"ssshh…not so – nhg – loud Kiba…"
"Can't help it babe…you make me so – ah ah – hot!"
A month and two days, that's how long it's been since Naruto returned to Minato's after staying with Kiba for a week.
A month and two days of Naruto avoiding anyone from the house.
A month and two days of Kiba spending every night in their apartment.
And after a month and two days, Naruto agreed to sex with Kiba again.
"Ah – I love you. I love you, love you, love…"
"Mh…"
Sasuke lied their, listening to the soft sounds that emitted from the other side of the wall. There was a gentle banging of the bed's headboard against the wall, and soft pants and moans, and every now a then the word 'love' would be chanted.
It sickened Sasuke.
It wasn't that the two young lovers were being loud, but the fact that the walls were thin in their apartment. It was the reason he chose a room so far away from Minato and Kakashi, to keep from hearing them at night. But now that luxury was over, and with how long it had been, he had a feeling that this was going to become a common nightly event for Kiba and Naruto.
It at one point occurred to him that is wasn't the fact that he could hear them that sickened him. It was knowing that it was happening. The idea of Kiba sharing Naruto's bed, deviling the younger's body, and touching him so freely in places that should not been touched. It took a lot of will to keep Sasuke from breaking down the door next to his, rip Kiba away, and beat him to near death. The images playing through his head, of Kiba taking advantage of Naruto, made him even angrier. And even though he argued with himself, knowing damn well that his imagination was a liar, Sasuke was enraged that Kiba was with Naruto. With his little brother.
"Naruto…perfect, perfect Naruto."
"Shut up…"
Sasuke stared up at the ceiling as the grunts became more frequent and increased in volume, or at least Kiba became nosier. It was something that Sasuke shouldn't have been thinking but still did. Naruto was quiet, very quiet, for someone having sex. He said a word or two, let out a breathy moan, and that was it. He didn't scream, or beg, or talk dirty – all of which Sasuke was grateful for – but it seemed odd considering Sasuke already knew Naruto was a loud guy.
"Ah – oh god Naruto…best fuck of my life."
All went quiet after that.
The creaking of the bed stopped, the soft pleasure full moans stopped, and the sound of cloth rustling began.
"N-Naruto, I didn't mean that…baby, please…look at me."
"Go to sleep."
And so Sasuke did.
Meals were always silent now.
Six chairs wrapped around the circular table. Even so the chairs were separated from each other. On one side there were four chairs, and on the other were two.
Meals were always separated.
Kakashi would cook breakfast as always, but only enough for four. Once he was done, Naruto would cook for two.
Meals were always different.
"Pass the syrup please." Sai uttered as he poked at his scrambled eggs. Sasuke silently handed the bottle to his friend.
On the other side of the table Naruto lied down two plates before sitting beside Kiba. The brunet had a huge grin on his face once he saw his breakfast and couldn't stop himself from kissing his boyfriend behind the ear. Naruto stifled the chuckles he wanted to let out and instead told Kiba to eat.
"Thank you babe!" Kiba cheered out before grabbing at his fork and digging into his meal. Beside him Naruto muttered out a soft 'Itadakimasu' before snapping off a piece of his meal off with sharpened chopsticks and taking his own bit.
After hearing the small Japanese phases, Sai's attention was focused on the young couple. He regretted it the second later when he saw Kiba digging into his food like a starved man, very unappealing. But he didn't turn away. He was fascinated by the food that was quickly disappearing on Kiba's plate. The plate contained little triangular slices of fried dough overflowing with mushrooms, onions, and cheese; something Sai had never seen before. It looked appetizing and from the way Kiba was attacking the food it must have tasted good. More so then the scramble eggs Kakashi had lazily made for them this morning.
"What is that?" Sai asked with out thinking. Kiba abruptly stopped eating to raise his brows and stare at Sai as if he was an idiot.
"This," Kiba started pointing at the half eaten meal upon his plate. "Is Japanese pancake pizza; my ultimate favorite food ever. They're great! No one can make them as well as Naruto can!" He added while nudging Naruto's side, causing the blond to fluster and look away.
"They look tasty." Sai pointed out as he compared the dish to his own meal. Kakashi was an excellent cook, better then Minato and Sasuke by far, but on some occasions he could be rather lazy. Simple scrambled eggs with plan toast wasn't really Kakashi's best meal either, so seeing it next to Naruto's just made Sai hungrier. He poked his eggs around before deciding to actually take a bite again. The eggs did taste good.
A small plate clattered as it was placed by the rest of his food with two slices of Japanese pancake pizza on it. Sai's head whipped around in time to see Naruto give a small smile before sitting back down again.
Hesitantly, Sai cut into the soft shell with his fork, warm chess and mushrooms dripping out as he did so, and scooped it up with his fork carefully as to not spill it. He testily put the fork in his mouth not sure how the food would taste, but found his eyes widening the moment he closed his mouth. He gingerly ate his bite before smiling at Naruto with a rare real smile.
"This is delicious Naruto!" He cried, diving his fork back in for another bite. He could fully understand why Kiba was so engorged in his the way he was now. "How you learn to cook like this? I never even heard of Japanese pancake pizzas before! It's good!"
Sasuke started at Sai. It wasn't often that Sai became excited over something as simple as food; though he could had chucked it up as Sai trying to butter Naruto to up.
"Sasuke try this." Sai shoved his fork into Sasuke's face, ignoring the glare he was sent. Sasuke inspected the food for a few seconds, checking the smell, ingredients, and just double checking that none of it would lead to him breaking out in hives induced by allergies. He nervously pealed apart his lips and almost immediately the fork was pushed into his mouth. Hot melting chess, fried breading, and herb filled his taste buds. It was good, extremely good, and Sasuke was already stealing another bite from Sai's plate.
"The hell, get your own Sasuke." Sai swatted the fork away with his own. "Naruto, you've got to teach Kakashi how to make this sometime."
Naruto awkwardly lifted his head to look at Kakashi across the table, whom was looking back at him. He ducked his head when their eyes met.
"Um, yeah maybe. If Kakashi would want to learn that is." Looking across the table again Naruto look to Kakashi who nodded silently in responds.
Kiba finished his plate first and waited for Naruto to finish as well before collecting both their plates and rinsed off the dishes before putting them away in the dish washer.
Naruto was cleaning the left over mess from cooking breakfast when his cell phone went off, playing one of his favourite songs. He dried his hands and dug his cell phone out of his back pocket. He answered the phone only to be met with angry yelling and demands from his co-worker. He never even got a word in before she hung up on him.
"Kiba, Tenten says I'm needed at work. Will you drive me?"
As Kiba escorted Naruto out, Sasuke didn't bother to mention it was Thursday morning and that Naruto should have been heading to school.
It wasn't often that Sasuke spent the day at the beach, but he had a weird feeling that he should visit Naruto that day. He had yet to see the blond, but he also knew the blond was working today, and he didn't know where Naruto worked but he did know it was close to the beach. He also knew, for a fact, that Kiba liked to take Naruto surfing during his lunch breaks. So he reasoned that if he could find an area with a good amount of surfer, he would sooner or later find Naruto.
Sasuke grimaced at the feel of warm sand sliding between his toes through his flip flops. How did people find this soothing? It had an unnatural feeling to it and the little grains were irritatingly itchy against his sensitive skin. To make it worse the sun block he was wearing left his arms and face feeling thick, heavy, and greasy. Seeing how he would burn without it, he was stuck with the uncomfortable feeling. It was hot outside, even for fall, and he regretted ever wearing jeans on this day other than long shorts.
He stuck out like a sore thumb. Most people in bathing suits or at least proper beach clothing. He received a few strange stares from children playing in the sand and he wouldn't admit it, but he was vaguely embarrassed. It was starting to occur to him that he could have spotted Naruto just as easily on the boardwalk, where he would have been surrounded by other people who where dressed a little more like him.
A few younger girls ran past him in small pieces of clothing. He asked himself how parents could let their children run wiled but when Naruto's disapproving eyes conjured up in his mind, he reminded himself of what assumptions could do.
School was let out about an hour and a vast number of children, younger and older, were now running through the beach. It was becoming crowded quickly and Sasuke soon knew that trying to find Naruto would be close to impossible. As he made his way through the herd of people on the beach, he kept his eyes open and moving. He figured Kiba would be easier to find with his bright red tattooed face, seeing as how tan skin and blond hair was common inCalifornia.
A thin pair of cold, wet arms circled around his waist and caused him to nearly jump out his skin. He whipped around to glare at the person who dared to touch him, but stopped when he met a grinning Sakura.
"Hey Sasuke, I've never seen you at the beach before." The rosette stated as she made a grab for Sasuke's writ, shrugging when Sasuke pulled away from her, began walking off, and calling for Sasuke over her shoulder. "Well, come on! We're missing the show." Sasuke watched as she walked away before choosing to follow her. He had no idea what this show was but if Sakura was inviting him than there was a high chance that Naruto would be there.
Sakura led him to a more secluded area of the beach, one closer to his apartment. Upon arrival he saw a small group of people. A few had surfboards in reach and others were seated on logs and drift wood around what use to be a fire a night or two ago. With in the group, Sasuke could spot messy blond hair and he knew he had found Naruto.
Sakura smiled and waved to a few people before successfully grabbing Sasuke's and dragging him to the logs that people were gathered around. Once they reached everyone Sasuke pulled his hand back, opting to just stand there and watch the people around him. There was a least thirty people, on the beach or in the water. Just about everyone was young, somewhere in their late teens. Most were guys as well, only a few girls lingered around and most of them were empty handed.
"Hey guys!" Sakura cheered as she fell into place next to Ino. "Look who I found wondering lost through the beach like a lost dog." She waved over to Sasuke, who was reasonably glaring at her, to sit beside her. He slowly made his way over to Sakura and took a seat beside her on the log. Once seated, very uncomfortably, he noticed everyone staring at him. "Guys, this is Naruto's new brother that we told you about; Sasuke."
"Hn." He said in a way of greeting, tipping his head to the group. A few people murmured their greeting before going back to their earlier conversations. Even Sakura had ignored him in favor of playing with Ino's long hair.
He got up from the log and idly paced around the area of search of Naruto again. It didn't take long, he found him with Kiba and a few other guys at the water edge. He walked a little closer to them, he could Kiba talking animatedly to an older looking boy with long blond hair and tan skin, but he wasn't able to make out their conversation. He could only hear faint murmurs that made no since and loud burst of laughter from Kiba. Sasuke knew he shouldn't, but again he mindlessly strayed a little closer again. He didn't know if it was because he wanted to know the conversation or because he wanted Naruto to see him easier, but he did anyways.
When he got closer he could see Naruto much better. He was right beside his boyfriend, not budging a bit, hand tightly grasping Kiba's so hard it looked painful. He had a scowl on his face that he was trying hard to hide with a smile. Sasuke could tell he was either upset or angry, and when the tall blond set a hand on Kiba's shoulder, it was easy to tell that Naruto wanted to tear it off.
"You were amazing out there today," The tall blond said to Kiba sweetly. "I mean, I knew you were going to be great but you were even better then I thought you would be bra. You're my brosiha."
Kiba smiled and thanked him, talking about a few moves he had done earlier that day. Sasuke listened in a little longer before the blond waved and left, leaving just Naruto and Kiba.
"You can stop now." Kiba said dully with a frown as he observed Naruto.
"Stop what?"
"Trying to kill Deidara with your mind."
Naruto turned to glare at Kiba over his shoulder. "He flirts with you." Naruto accused through gritted teeth. "And you don't tell him to stop."
Kiba rolled his eyes and grasped Naruto's shoulders, shaking them. "He's not flirting with me!"
"Yes he is! And you keep encouraging him!" Naruto ripped Kiba's hands away before marching away and back towards the fire pit to retrieve his board.
"Where are you going?"
"Work!"
"You're break isn't over for another ten minutes! Naruto…Naruto!"
Ino popped her bubble gum rather obnoxiously while Sakura flipped through an old copy of People magazine beside her on the orange couch. Naruto was seated in the little beanbag a few feet away, seething.
"He's out to get me." Naruto muttered as he fell back in the bean bag, his legs sprawled out on the floor beneath him.
Ino rolled her eyes and Sakura merely flipped another page. They had heard the speech a few times now and they had learned that Naruto didn't want a responds, he just wanted to rant.
"I mean, he knows me and Kiba are together. Everyone knows! We've been together for three years damn it! And that damn whore just won't stay away! I swear the next time he tries that shit, I'm breaking his teeth and buzz-cutting that pretty hair of his. Fucking slut!" A pillow hit the wall with great force, actually causing one of the picture frames to nearly fall off. "I hate it!"
Sakura nodded absently but was more induced with the article she was reading.
"You know he says 'bra'? Always using lame lingo from movies that he thinks people actually use. He can't even surf! He's nothing but a poser, a dode! Damn chonner! I swear to the gods that-"
"Hey Ino would I look good with this haircut?" Sakura cut in brightly, holding the magazine up to Ino. The blond girl looked over the haircut and scrunched her nose.
"Are you kidding?" Ino grabbed the magazine from Sakura and shook it. "It would hide your pretty eyes, and I love your eyes." She handed the magazine back to Sakura and kissed her forehead.
Naruto stared at the two with his mouth opened and his brows frowned. "Um, excuse me! Am I just being totally ignored?"
"Yeah, pretty much." Ino rolled her eyes and leaned against Sakura's shoulder to read the magazine better.
"Gods!"
Sakura put down the magazine in her lap and gave Naruto an embarrass smile. "I'm sorry hon, but you complain about him so much that we kind of got sick of listening."
"You're girls!" Naruto shrieked while standing up. "You like to listen!"
"Yeah but were lezbos." Ino said, taking the magazine from Sakura's lap and flipping open to the page she was reading.
"And that changes things how?"
"Exactly!"
Naruto sighed with annoyance as he dragged his feet to his bed and collected a forgotten pack of cigarettes lying on the bed.
"I need a smoke." He mumbled as he left the room.
Sasuke and his friends were occupying the living room watching some anime that Sai had insisted they watch. Sai was really the only one watching it, seeing as how it was in Japanese and he had refused to put the subtitles on. Reason? He argued that it ruined the dialogue or something close to that.
Sasuke watched the anime from his spot on the couch, having no idea what was going on, and had ask Sai repeatedly if the guy with long white hair was a pedophile. Sai of course didn't answer, rather shushing Sasuke and staring at the TV screen with intensity before breaking out in his weird silent laughter. Neji and Hinata had long stopped paying attention into four minutes of the first episode and Neji was now reading one of Minato's books while Hinata took a nap. Shikamaru was on the couch with Sasuke, his head was lolled back on the cushion and his eyes were closed, but he wasn't sleeping, just merely thinking or random thoughts.
They were on the third episode when the door to Naruto's bedroom was thrown open and the blond angrily shuffled out. The gang in the living room had heard Naruto's yelling a littler earlier but were unable to make out what the blond was upset about.
Naruto lazily dragged his feet to the living room and stopped when he found it full of Sasuke's friend. He waved to and was about to continue his path to the back door before the characters on TV said something in Japanese. He froze, turning to the TV before breaking out in laughter.
"Holly crap. You guys are actually watching this?" He asked, wiping away water that had gathered in his eyes. "Gods, do you even know what you're watching?" He laughed again.
"No, Sai won't put on the subtleties." Neji answered, never looking away from hi book. "No one here but Sai and you have any idea what is happening. But Sasuke think white hair guy is a pedo."
Again Naruto couldn't control his laughter and decided to sit on the floor next to Sai until he calmed down. "Priceless." He muttered and gave Sai a little high five before getting back up and leaving through the patio door.
"I'm going on a smoke break." Shikamaru announced as he got up from the couch and followed Naruto out to the patio. "Smoke buddy." He greeted as he slid the glass door closed and took his rightful seat on the little wooden bench against the wall.
"I guess that means you agreed then?" Naruto asked over his shoulder. He was leaning forward on the tall brick wall that enclosed the patio.
"I guess it does." Shikamaru dug a crumpled box out of his pocket and grabbed the first cigarette his fingers grazed. "Got a light?"
Naruto blew out a little stream of smoke before falling to the ground next to Shikamaru and crossed his legs. He found his bright neon lighter from his front pocket and held it up to Shikamaru, his thumb flicking the tiny metal wheel and starting the fire for him. Shikamaru cupped his hands over the flame and leaned down so the end of his cigarette would burn.
"Thanks." He muttered once his cigarette was lit and Naruto killed the small fire to store the lighter away.
"No problem."
They sat their together for about four minutes, in nearly complete silence as they both breathed in their cigarettes. Naruto was nearly to the filter by then while Shikamaru was only two thirds finish. Naruto crushed out his spent cigarette in an empty can that was seated on the bench next to Shikamaru. It was already half filled with ashes and spend buds so it was easy to see it was used as a homemade ash tray.
Naruto worked the crumpling blue box out of his back pocket for another cigarette, lit it as quick as he could, and took a fast, deep drag from it; either not seeing or choosing to ignore the look Shikamaru gave him.
"Stressed are we?" He asked finishing his own cigarette and crushing it into the same can.
Naruto blew the smoke out in an evaporating cloud and chuckled dryly.
"You don't know the half of it."
Shikamaru hummed, deciding to stay outside a little longer and used another smoke as an excuse.
"You can tell me about it." He said as Naruto handed his lighter over without being asked. "Whatever's bothering you. I won't judge, just listen." He handed the neon lighter back to Naruto.
Naruto looked up at the boy from over his shoulder, thinking. He'd been talking to Ino and Sakura all this time, but their listening skills have recently plummeted. He couldn't say he would be comfortable talking to Shikamaru, who he had only really met once for a few minutes, but he would feel better if he got everything off his chest. He bit his bottom lip, worrying the dry skin that was cracking, and after a few minutes, sighed.
"It's Kiba." He started to explain vaguely. "He has a friend that is always flirting with him, always hitting on him, and always hanging all over him. He makes sexual comments and shit to Kiba all the time and never once has Kiba told him to stop. He just thinks I'm making things up because I'm jealous and don't like the guy, but how can I like him when he wants to get rid of me and into Kiba's pants?" Naruto finished, taking a powerful drag that burnt up a quarter of his smoke, turning it into heavy ashes, and sighed, releasing the smoke. "I guess I just don't know how to act and because of this, I decide to act crazy."
Shikamaru stayed silent and allowed Naruto to rant to his hearts content. With every word Naruto spoke, Shikamaru was internally coming up with answers and replies that were worded just right. He knew that Naruto wanted advice, and he would give it.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Naruto finished, looking up at Shikamaru for an answer.
"You're not stupid." He answered, putting out his cigarette and leaning back on the brick wall. "He's your boyfriend and it's fully understandable that you be scared of another guy being so opened with him. And if you think he's flirting you're probably right. All I can really tell you to do is have enough faith in Kiba not to cheat on you, and if you can't trust him that much, then you may want to rethink this relationship."
"I would trust Kiba with my life." Naruto argued. "It's just that I don't trust sluts."
"Well, if you trust Kiba, then you'll trust that he will turn down the sluts too." He sighed, forcing him up from the bench and put a hand on Naruto's head, messing up his already messy hair. "Common, we've been out here for close to twenty minutes, time to go in."
Naruto smiled, got up, and followed Shikamaru back into the apartment.
Minato finished filling out a report on a petty break in crime and frowned. The area was slowly starting to get worse and worse and he often wondered if the city would ever get better. He hated blaming the generation's youth for the crime and behavior in the city, it made his feel old. But at the same time he did feel that the teenagers were causing most of his trouble. He had to remind himself that when he was younger, adults would say the same thing about him and that's when he really started feeling old.
But what really made him feel old was raising a nineteen year old and being the birth parent of a sixteen year old. They were almost full adults. He was almost an old man.
He wouldn't lie, it scared him at night.
"I can see your wrinkles Minato." Ibiki sung as he pulled a chair up to Minato's desk. He dropped a magazine down on the desk and opened it. "What's the issue?"
"I'm getting old. You even pointed out!" Minato whined, head falling to the desk with a thud as he pretended to cry. "No young women are ever gonna want me again."
Ibiki shook his head lightly and laughed. Minato could be amusing when he was over exaggerating. "Come on, I'm four years older then you and still get some."
"But you don't have teenagers. Sasuke's almost twenty! That screams 'you're getting old'!"
Ibiki shook his head again and let Minato whine. He flipped through his magazine, looking at little electronic devices that were on sale. "I deal with brats too you know."
Minato rolled his eyes and sat up properly in his chair, crossing his arms. "Yeah, right. What's with the magazine anyways?"
"Well my brat's birthday was a few weeks ago and I forgot. He's not talking to me so I'm looking for a late present." Ibiki mumbled as he looked at everything on the page, looking for a good gift.
Minato cocked a brow. "You got kids?"
"Na'. But I got my brat that I always got to take care of. You know, that damn kid that asks for me every time he gets in trouble."
"You buy kids that get arrested birthday presents?"
"He's like family, but enough about that." He uncapped a red pen that was lying on the desk and circled a few items in the magazine. "What about you. That new boys any better?"
Minato made a sad little noise and slumped in his seat. "He doesn't like me still. I want to talk to him about all this but…I don't know, I guess I feel like I should wait for him to make the first move rather then forcing him."
"Well, when you do start talking to him, I want to meet this brat."
When Naruto and Shikamaru returned they found Ino and Sakura in the living room and watching TV with Sai. They had convinced him to put on the subtitles and now everyone was interested in the show. An hour later, Naruto had joined in the fun, making jokes with Sai in their first tongue as he sat on the floor in front of the couch, between Sasuke and Shikamaru. They were on their seventh episode and Sasuke decided that the anime wasn't all half bad. He still thought the white hair guy was a pedophile, and the demons confused him to some extent but it was watchable. The only thing he worried about though was if this show was okay for Naruto to watch. It was violent, and sexual remarks were being made, but Naruto was only sixteen, not even old enough to get in an R-rated movie if he was cared.
"Hey." He said loudly, getting everyone's attention. "Should you be watching this?" He pointedly looked at Naruto.
Naruto looked confused for a moment before asking, "Yeah, why?"
"You're only sixteen. I just didn't know if this was age appropriate for you."
Naruto had a look on his face, which in a way was asking if Sasuke was stupid. He turned to his friends, and the girls had the same looks on their face. "I've been watching shit like this since I was ten and I'm seventeen."
Sasuke chose to ignore the cursing for something more interesting. "You're sixteen." He said slowly, uneasily.
"No, I'm seventeen." Naruto said in a 'duh' kind of voice.
"You were only sixteen when you got here."
"Yeah, but I turned Seventeen a few weeks ago, on October tenth."
Sasuke stared at him, unbelieving what his ears were hearing. "Why not say something?"
"I wasn't talking. Besides it's not liked any of you asked."
"Yeah, because we're hoping you'll tell us these things."
"Oh sorry that I can't read your minds and answer all your unasked questions. I guess it's because I'm stupid for not finishing school!"
"Don't bring that up again! I said I was sorry but you took that totally different then how I meant it!"
"Oh, how did you mean it then? Please tell me!"
"Well, aren't you all having fun?" Kakashi casually strolled into the room and took a seat between Sasuke and Naruto. "What we watching?"
The little fight had ended there but it didn't mean Sasuke calmed down. He didn't know why fights broke out so easily between him and Naruto. He wasn't even sure if he could chuck it up as being siblings. Him and Itachi never fought like this, but back then he was only about three years old and Itachi was much older then him. Still, he thought that kids further years apart would fight more rather then only a two years age difference. But he had to add Naruto's perverse home life. He didn't know what kind of person Kushina was, or Jiraiya, but being raised by a single parent must have been different then coming from the strict Uchiha house hold.
"Aa, mite, kokodesonokawaii hiyake o shiri desu!" Sai yelled laughing and pointing at TV screen where the blond animated guy loss the towel around his waist, revealing his butt to the watchers.
"Oyaoya! Watashi hakanoo shiri ga daisuki! Kareha honmono datta baai, watashi hasou kare wo okonai tainodeshouka!" Naruto squealed.
This was another thing Sasuke didn't like; Naruto and Sai speaking to each other Japanese. He had no idea what they were saying, and it disturbed him. Sai was known for being inappropriate, almost everything out of his mouth was sex related, and Sasuke couldn't approve of the guy talking that way to Naruto. And if things got to out of line, Sasuke would never know. For all he knew, Sai was offering Naruto crack or to join in a gang bang. Even if he knew that wasn't true, it still scared him.
"Iero kyabu!" Sai accused, pointing at Naruto with a smirk on his face. Sasuke didn't like it. "Anatahasono tensuu wo kidui ta shutoku shitai baai ha...watashi hachoudokokodesu."
Naruto laughed, like whatever he had just heard was the funniest thing in the world.
"You're nuts."
It was now a little after seven thirty and Minato had arrived home about ten minutes ago. At first, he was beyond shock to find Naruto and his two girl friends in the kitchen, laughing and playing around, with Sasuke and his friends. His shock though was eased when Naruto had told him to sit his ass down and get ready for the dinner that Naruto was making. He didn't talk much, only observing Naruto fight with Sai in Japanese. He reminded Minato so much of Kushina. Loud, playful, a little on the rude side, and always yelling things he couldn't understand. He even looked like Kushina in his face, all he needed was her red hair and he would have been her mini twin. It was a pang to Minato's heart, but at the same time, he loved it. Naruto, he thought, was the only connection he would have to Kushina. Minato was grateful for him.
From the time Naruto had arrived, Minato had barely heard or seen him. And then, as if over night, Sai, out of all people, had gotten Naruto to open up. Minato had spent weeks trying to think of a way to talk to Naruto, and he even failed at that. Sasuke only seemed to be good at making insulting comments at the wrong time and Kakashi had been hiding out since the book incident. But Sai, his god son's friend, could say one little sentence in Japanese and he and Naruto would become best friends. It was something Minato didn't understand, and he wasn't sure if he should have been grateful or wary.
In the end he chose to be grateful. Sai had opened a gateway for him to know Naruto, as a son and not the child that just sleeps in his guestroom.
A small plate was sat down in front of Minato and it was then that he realized that Naruto had cooked for everyone, including him. Minato looked down at the food on the plate, dough like roll with white cream in the middle of it that was cut into slices. He didn't know what it was, but he could see Sakura, Ino, Sai, and Naruto already digging in, and that alone was enough for hi to take a bite.
He didn't expect it to be so cold.
"Shoot!" He yelled, trying not to spit the food back out. It wasn't that it didn't taste good, it was just he didn't think it would be so cold, thus surprising him. He sealed his lips together tightly and ran his tongue around the ice cream to help melt it. Once it was melted enough, he swallowed down the cold concoction and drove for his glass of water, thankfully with no ice. "I didn't think it was ice cream."
Naruto, who was sitting right across from Minato, smiled nervously. "Sorry, I forgot you didn't know what we were making." He said in apology. "This isn't really dinner either. Ino wanted fried ice cream as a snack, and then Sakura, and Sai, and I ended up making enough for the whole house."
"No, it's fine." Minato assured before taking another bite, now fully prepared for the coldness. "It does taste good though, I never had fried ice cream before." He said, now focusing on the taste. "Do I taste…lemon?"
"Yup, yup!" Sakura cheered. "Naruto makes fresh pound cake with seven up for this."
Minato hummed, clearly able to tell the flavor.
They ate mostly in silence. Small conversations between Naruto and Sai would come up every now and again but still, it didn't last long.
When everyone was finishing eating, Naruto was collecting the plates to wash them. Kakashi had joined them a little while ago, and had finished off the ice cream rolls. Now everyone was merely lounging around the kitchen, having mindless conversations and chit chat.
It was only a few minutes later that the front door was beat repeatedly before Kakashi went to answer it. It was less then a minute later that Kiba was running through the kitchen doors, a VHS under one arm and a tape in his other.
"Babe!" Kiba yelled as he reached Naruto, throwing one arm around his should.
"Hey," Naruto looked at nervously. "We've you been?"
"For the last four hours I have been at Tsunade's, digging for this." He held up the video tape proudly, a huge smile on his face. "Your home copy of RENT!"
A smile slowly spread across Naruto's face until it threatened to split in half. He turned in his seat, pulling Kiba into a tight hug. "You are the best!" He cheered, turning his head a little to kiss Kiba's cheek.
Kiba smiled fondly, hugging Naruto closer to him. "Come on, let's go watch it now." He pulled away, nudging Naruto to follow. "Minato, you might want to see this too."
They had all sat around the TV watching the tape Kiba had brought. At first it was just scenes of random people running around in an unorganized dull room with boxes everywhere. It took a few moments but after a while it was obvious that the camera person was walking around back stage of something. The camera panned in on a person whose back was to screen. They quickly rounded in on this person, crimped red hair in an up due and obvious curves could be seen the closer they got until they were right behind the person. Naruto smiled at the woman's back as he curled into Kiba's side.
"Grrr!" A deep voice yelled as a hand grabbed the woman's shoulder. She jumped, turning around and glared with large brown eyes.
"Damn it Jiraiya! Cut it out." She smiled despite her words and hugged the camera man. "I'm glade you could make it. Where's my boy?" She looked down and smiled brightly, leaning down, and popping back up with a little blond boy in her arms.
Minato watched as Kushina kissed the small being in her arms and his heart swelled. Naruto couldn't have been older than ten at the time, and from the looks of it he was probably younger then that.
"Hi Okasan!" A small Naruto cried as Kushina bounded him around.
"Why don't you tell everyone whose mommy's character is." She pointed at the camera and Naruto's eyes followed.
"Mama ha, onnanoko ni kisu sareru yotei desu!" He all but screamed, making Kushina laugh.
"English honey, or no one knows what you're saying."
"Oh, mommy's gonna kiss a girl…and show her ass!"
Minato choked on his own spit here, while Naruto began to laugh his ass off. "I can't believe I use to be so blunt."
"That's right, you're Okasan is playing the roll of a lesbian!"
Jiraiya laughed before taking Naruto from Kushina. "Go, you gotta go and get ready. Someone will entertain Naruto for you."
"Good idea, hold on." Kushina turned away to scan the room. "Haku! Get your sweet ass over here!"
A young man with long hair ran over and smiled when he saw Naruto. "Hey! There's my honey bun."
"That was Naruto's first boyfriend!" Ino yelled out.
"Shut up, I was nine at the time and didn't fully understand what homosexuality was. All I knew was that he could kiss other boys."
They continued watching the home video of Kushina performing in a play called RENT. Naruto had informed them that RENT was Kushina's favorite play after Jiraiya took her to see it when he was really young. There were a few times watching though, when Naruto looked like he was about to cry and Kiba would hold him a little tighter.
Everyone had gone home or fallen asleep by now. Minato was sure he was the only one still awake in the house. After seeing the video of his late wife he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep. He sat at the kitchen table, swirling a glass of milk in his hand.
"Oh," He looked up to see Naruto at the kitchen door. "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was up."
"No, no it's fine." Minato assured him, waving a hand for Naruto to come closer. Naruto nervously sat down a few chairs from Minato. "Thirsty?" He offered.
"No, I'm fine."
Minato merely hummed, an awkward air filling between them. He still didn't know much about Naruto, so he had no idea what to talk about.
"My favorite color is orange."
Minato looked up to see Naruto staring back him.
"What?"
"My favorite color…it's orange. And my favorite food is miso ramen, and…mom went into labour at a ramen stand…"
"Why are you telling e this?" Minato asked quietly.
Naruto looked him in the eye and smiled sadly.
"You need to learn about me sooner or later."
1) Aa, mite, kokodesonokawaii hiyake o shiri desu = Oh, look, here's that cute tan ass
2) Oyaoya! Watashi hakanoo shiri ga daisuki! Kareha honmono datta baai, watashi hasou kare wo okonai tainodeshouka! = Aw! I love his butt! If he was real, I would so want to do him!
3) Iero kyabu = You're easy
4) Anatahasono tensuu wo kidui ta shutoku shitai baai ha...watashi hachoudokokodesu = If you want to get laid that much...I'm right here.
5) Mama ha, onnanoko ni kisu sareru yotei desu = Mommy's going to be kissing a girl
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