A/N: Okay guys, I'm sorry it took me so long to update this story. I've been super busy with work and then I got sick and it sucked. Anyways, I would really like to thank everyone for your reviews. I updated chapter 1 and 2. Nothing major. I just changed Naruto's age from 13 to 14 turning 15 so he'll be a few month younger than Sasuke which is how it should be haha. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy the story, let me know what you think. Thanks for everything guys.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Naruto

Oh man, this is not going how I had expected it too,... Sasuke sat in the theatre class beside Naruto, who was talking an awful lot to Garra and not to him. It's only the first day of school and I'm already starting to hate this. I would rather go back to my old school than sit here and deal with this torture. The two of them were laughing next to him, causing the raven to sulk. Is this what jealousy is like? He looked at Naruto talking with Garra and he seemed so happy; happier than talking with him. When they teacher came in, the class quieted down and they began to introduce themselves. His name was Jiraya but the class was to call him Mr. Sanin, and apparently Naruto knew him as a friend of the family's. One by one, the teacher had them introduce themselves using some sort of improve game to see how they act as well as quick memory skills. Sasuke excelled at the memory part but was distracted when it came his turn because Naruto kept making funny faces at him.

"Sasuke-Chan, what's wrong? I'm trying to get you to smile," Naruto pleaded when they sat back down. Garra had gone to the bathroom and left the two of them alone for the time being. "Are you really mad at me because I didn't tell you I was gay? I mean, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just wasn't exactly sure of what you would say."

"Do you remember when you called me your best friend? And that we would tell each other everything?" Sasuke looked into those blue eyes with such hurt that it almost killed the blonde right then and there. After he nodded, Sasuke turned his head, his face suddenly red like a tomato. "Well, there's something that I need to tell you too…"

"What is it?" Naruto put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder encouragingly, urging him to tell him what he's keeping secret.

"Naruto, I l-"

"Hey guys," Garra said, cutting the raven off. Sasuke looked away from Naruto and shook his head, muttering a never mind. I think I'm not going to like this guy very much…. He looked back to Naruto who was talking with Garra again, but this time he didn't seem so into the conversation as before. The blonde had scooted a little closer to Sasuke, grabbing his hand under the table and giving it a squeeze.

"You can tell me later when we go home," he whispered to him. Sasuke just nodded in reply and pulled his hand away, grabbing his notebook out of his backpack. The teacher was assigning them work to do for the remainder of the class and as long as they did their work, they could talk.

"So Sasuke," Garra started, getting the attention of the raven boy. "Are you gonna try out for the play this year? At our old school, me and Naruto always auditioned. You should try it too, they always need supporting characters."

"No, I'm gonna try out for one of the main characters obviously." Sasuke shrugged his shoulders, trying to look uninterested in the conversation. This guy is starting to make me angry. My mom always said to kill people with kindness but this is difficult.

"I don't even know what play we're doing this year," Naruto admitted, looking around for the teacher. "Hey, Jiraya~," he called out. "What play are we going to start this year off?"
"Naruto," he growled. "I told you; in school you call me Mr. Sanin."

"Can't I call you Mr. Jiraya? Like when I was little?"

"I guess there's no arguing with you, is there." He walked over to the table they were sitting at, looking over the students. "We're going to be doing a play called Almost Maine. It's a bunch of love stories wrapped into one. The auditions will be held in one week which reminds me of your homework assignments." Walking over to his desk, he grabbed a stack of papers and called Naruto over to him. "Hand these out while I explain." Naruto took the papers and stuck his tongue out at the teacher, earning him a light smack on the head. "This is the script. Most of it are straight couples but since I see a majority of guys in here, there may be some gay couples in the show. And yes, this show does have some kissing in it. Of course, if you are not comfortable with it, you don't have to do it and we can think of an alternative." The class was looking at the scripts handed to them, Sasuke flipping thru the pages. I've heard of this play. They wanted to do it at our old school but there was one scene at the end that required two males so they decided not to. He looked over at Garra who was already reading the script with intensity. There is no way I'm gonna let him get a part with Naruto. "The play consists of different two person scenes, some of them three. It's like one huge giant love story just minus the sex part unfortunately."

"Mr. Sanin!" the class yelled out, all of them laughing and red from the sexual reference.

"Anyways, you're going to read thru the script tonight and then tomorrow we'll talk about the different parts like the actors, the stage crew and manager, lights, sound, and all of that good stuff. In the meantime, you all can just sit down and play nice." He went and sat down at his desk, picking up a book and burying his nose into it.

"So two guys might have to kiss!" Naruto yelled out happily. He took a quick glance at Sasuke who was reading the script, already into the third couple. This scene was called "This Hurts" and the couple actually kisses twice in this story. His face turned red at the thought of having to kiss Naruto. It's weird. Like, I have this attraction towards him but I've never actually thought about… Kissing him! Oh man, this is awkward. He looked at Naruto and almost immediately turned, seeing him staring at him already. What's he looking at? Man, I can feel my face turning red again. "Sasuk-"

"So Naruto," Garra interrupted again. "What are you doing after school today?" Sasuke noticed the red head putting a hand on Naruto's leg and his jealousy began to rise again.

"He's hanging out with me," Sasuke cut in, trying to sound somewhat tough to the redhead. Naruto smiled a little and nodded his head, keeping his eyes on Sasuke.

"Yea, I'm hanging out with Sasuke today afterschool. Maybe tomorrow we can hang together." Naruto turned to Garra and gave him a pat on the shoulder after noticing his somewhat angered expression on his face. "Don't worry. It's not like we're dating anymore. We're still friends but I have other friends too Garra."

"Hmph," was all the redhead had to say about that before burying his face into the script.

"So Sasuke, what part do you want to try out for? We should do it together so that way we can play a scene together."

"Well, what about this scene?" he asked, pointing to the scene 'This Hurts'. "It's really cute, and stuff and one of us gets to hit the other with an ironing board."

"We'll look over it when we get to my house this afternoon. Oh! Maybe I can have my mom order pizza for us to celebrate the completion of our first day of school."

"That sounds awesome but just don't tell my parents," Sasuke laughed. "My mom says I'm starting to become a normal teenager now ever since I've started hanging out with you."

"That's awesome! I told you that I would start to make you super cool like me." Naruto smiled wide at the raven which caused him to blush. Sasuke could almost feel the glare from the redhead behind Naruto, knowing he's feeling jealous just as he was a little while before. I know I should feel bad but Itachi keeps telling me that I should just go for what I want. And what I want is Naruto, so I supposed that's okay. He looked at Naruto one more time stared for a second as he was reading thru the script, his face slightly turning red. "Hey Sasu, you know these two people have to kiss, right?"

"Yea, so what?" Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "I don't have a problem with that if you don't." That might have come out a little too blunt. He looked away for a second and grabbed his script. "I mean it's not that big of a deal. Besides, Jiraya said we don't have to kiss, just act like it."

"Oh yea," Naruto nodded. "Okay that sounds cool. So I guess it's settled, we'll read thru it together after school over pizza."

"Sounds like a plan."

The end of the day announcements began playing over the schools intercom and everyone began packing their stuff up and getting ready to leave. The rest of the period went by quietly with Jiraya giving out a few more instructions on their homework. Sasuke texted Sakura a few times and told her about the play, getting excited replies in return.

Sakura: That's totally awesome. I'm sure you will totally be okay though. If anything goes wrong, text me and I'll come over.

Sasu: Okay, cool. I'll talk to you later.

The walk home was short, both of them talking about their classes and what they went thru during the day. Naruto needed help with some math questions since he couldn't really understand any parts of it and he was happy to comply. "If you want, I can be your tutor. I'm pretty quick at learning this stuff. And Itachi taught me a lot of advanced stuff too, it's just sort of a thing in my family."

"That would be awesome," Naruto smiled, checking his phone. "That was my mom texting right now. She said she already got the pizza so I hope you're hungry."

"I really am hungry now, that food I had for lunch didn't do any good. But then again, I've been eating a lot of junk food because of you." He gave Naruto a playful shove and a pout. "Maybe you really are a bad influence on me."

"No, I am a great influence. Trust me, you've changed somewhat since we've been hanging out and it's cool." They reached Naruto's house quickly and went into the kitchen. Looking around, they didn't see Kushina anywhere at all so they took both of the pizza boxes and rushed up into the bedroom, locking the door behind them. "I know she's gonna come yelling but I don't care. I'm a growing boy!"

"Your mom puts up with too much," Sasuke said, shaking his head and opening his pizza box. "My dad would yell at me and make me go to bed without eating if I were to try and take any food to my room like this. He's so strict it's not even funny."

"I can tell," the blonde replied with a mouthful of pizza. "You were so shy and afraid when we first met. Now, you're opening up and stuff, I think it's pretty cool to be honest. Like, you're so cool and nice but you've got to learn to stick up for yourself and stuff."

"I know," he sighed. "Itachi told me the same thing. He's been trying to get me to talk with him more about things."

"Like what?" Naruto looked at him curiously, noticing the red tint on the ravens face. "Oh come on Sasuke-chan, you said no more secrets!" I guess now is a good time as any…

"Okay, okay. I like someone and I'm trying to figure out how to tell them." Sasuke refused to look up at Naruto's face. He knew he was staring at him and he couldn't bring himself to look.

"Is it Sakura?" he asked Sasuke, stuffing another pizza in his mouth.

"Why do you keep thinking its Sakura?" Sasuke said defensively. "I mean, yea she's my friend but she doesn't like guys."

"Whoa, she's a lesbian? Oh man, I should have seen that coming. That pink hair said it all," he joked. "That's cool though. So then who do you like?"

"I don't know if I should tell you…" He looked away nervously and could hear his heart beating in his ears. Naruto began to scoot closer to Sasuke, putting his hand on his shoulder reassuringly.

"If you really don't want to tell me, then you don't have to." When he turned, he realized how close the blonde was when his dark eyes met deep blue. It was almost like he was searching for an answer in his eyes but was met with uncertainty.

"I like…" He sighed and closed his eyes, not wanting to see the reaction of the blonde. "I'm sorry, I can't do this yet," he said, getting up and leaving the bedroom and heading to the bathroom. He was starting to heave as memories of being beaten came back to him in the locker room. I don't want that to happen again. What I was thinking? I can't tell anyone! They'll all just judge me. Sakura wouldn't tell anyone and I know Itachi won't say anything. He could feel his throat begin to close up from the quick breathing. After searching around for his inhaler, he realized he left it in his backpack.

"Sasuke, are you okay?" a voice called out from behind the door, knocking lightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you… Like I said, you don't have to tell me anything." Sasuke opened the door and rushed into Naruto, struggling to breath. The blonde caught him easily and looked at him wide eyed and scared.

"In-.. Hal-…. Er," the raven managed to wheeze out. He caught on quick and carried Sasuke across the hall to the bedroom to his backpack. Without hesitation, he opened up the backpack and found the inhaler easily, holding it up to Sasuke's mouth. He instructed him to breathe when he squeezed the inhaler, rubbing his back calmly to try and sooth him. This happened once before when they were playing outside. Luckily, Mikoto was there to help but Naruto was always worried about what would happen if she wasn't there.

Sasuke's breathing calmed down and he sat still on the floor, catching his breath with his head in the blondes lap. Naruto ran his fingers thru Sasuke's hair and hummed a song to keep him relaxed. "Sasuke, I'm sorry. I really hope you're okay," he whispered, his eyes beginning to look a little wet.

"No, that's okay Naruto," he breathed, looking up at him. He lifted his hand and wiped a small tear that fell from his eye. "You shouldn't cry. Angels aren't supposed to cry." When he pulled his hand away, he looked into those blue eyes and smiled. "You didn't make me have an asthma attack; that was my own fault. I just freaked and had a flashback from when I got beat up in my old school."

"You know, you never did tell me about what happened with that… You don't have to now though, that's okay," he said as he shook his head, his hands still running thru the black hair.

"Well, I just… I'll tell you but you can't judge me. Technically you would be a hypocrite if you did but anyways…" He paused for a moment, trying to find the right words to say. "I was confused before, but now I'm pretty sure of it. My brother helped me out a lot too in finding out the right path for me… Gave me advice and everything. When I was in school, sometimes I would… look at the other guys in gym class. At first I didn't think anything of it. It was just me trying to look and compare myself I guess. But then I really started to look at them and they started to notice when I was beginning to get.. Well you know. Neji was the leader of this group of guys. They beat me up repeatedly and kept calling me a faggot. I never told my parents what happened; actually I never told anyone. I told Itachi over the summer and Sakura knows too. She was actually part of the group but me and her have recently became friends because she is gay too and she was confused but now she's talking to some girl and stuff and-"

"Wait a second," Naruto interrupted, covering Sasuke's mouth with his hand. "You're telling me that you're gay?" Sasuke pulled the hand from his mouth and looked away from the blonde above him.

"I'm telling you that I think I might be gay. There is a guy that I really like and… well, I'm just not sure of how to go about it. I don't want to say anything because what if it turns out that I really don't like guys? That maybe I'm attracted to this guy because he's nice and kind and funny and always makes me laugh and smile and he is really attractive…" He looked up to Naruto for a moment, hoping that he would catch his meaning so that way he wouldn't actually have to say it.

"But who else do you hang out with besides me?" Sasuke gave out an aggravated sigh, trying really not to face palm himself. Sometimes he can be so… dumb.

"I like you, you idiot." The ravens face grew deep red and he turned his gaze, afraid of what Naruto would say in return.

"Seriously? You like me? Even though my room is a mess, I don't believe in God and I'm loud and crazy?" He stared at Sasuke in slight disbelief, even after the raven nodded his head, still not looking at him. "Sasuke-chan~," Naruto started, putting his hands on both sides of Sasuke's face. "Look at me," he demanded, turning his head. He could tell that he was scared about what was going to happen next, obviously having never been in this type of situation before. "Well, you're in luck. I like you too Sasuke. I like you for all of your shyness and neatness and cuteness and smartness and just overall you being awesome and loving and caring. I'm happy that we became friends when I moved in next door."

"I really don't know what happens next," Sasuke admitted. "Besides, now that Gaara is back, don't you want to date him?"

"Well, no. I broke up with him for a reason; not just because I was moving. Yeah, he's one of my best friends and I love him to death but... He's just too obsessive and really clingy. I think you can see that considering came all the way here from Suna to go to school with me..." Naruto let out a sigh and shrugged. "I don't want to be with him anymore, I want to date you now. I mean, that's what you do when you like someone. You go out on dates and be cute and kiss and stuff."

"We cannot tell my parents though," Sasuke said, seriousness lacing his voice.

"I understand completely." Naruto held up his hand and put the other to his heart. "Scouts honor."

"You were in cub scouts?"

"No, but I've always seen it in movies so I figured I'd try it out." He let out a small sigh and went back to playing with Sasuke's hair. "You know, I've had a crush on you basically since you moved here. Like, you were just so cute and your shyness wasn't helping that."

"Oh shush, I think I've come out of my shell. Even Sakura said so," he replied with a pout, crossing his arms.

"Well, yea you really have. I can tell but sometimes you're still really quiet and shy. I'm telling you; by the end of the year you're gonna have people eating out of the palm of your hands. Wait, no scratch that. You're mine now so we can't have that happening." He gave Sasuke a smile and a wink, the raven's face turning so red that is looked like he got a bad sunburn.

"So anyways," Sasuke began, sitting up from Naruto's lap. "We should get back to reading the script."

"You just wanna kiss me already, don't you," he teased Sasuke, laughing slightly when his face kept getting redder.

"No, I just wanna read thru it," he mumbled, hiding his face behind the script.

"It's okay. If-… If you want to… kiss me, all you have to do is say so. I mean, we- we're dating now right?" Naruto watched Sasuke for a minute, watching the internal struggle he was having. "Look, I understand this is all new to you and you're probably thinking you're gonna go to hell. But we can go slow and I won't do anything that you don't like."

"I really do appreciate that," Sasuke smiled in reply. "Yea, it's really different and I've never even been in a relationship with a girl. So maybe slow would be best for us right now."

"Don't worry. It's not like we're gonna be having sex tomorrow or anything."

"We're not talking about this!" Sasuke threw his hands over his ears and closed his eyes.

"Oh come on Sasuke! I said we're not gonna do it!" Naruto laughed at the sight of the teen sitting with his hands over his ears and scooted closed. "Sasuke-chan~" he whined. "You can uncover your ears now."

"Okay, okay." When he opened his eyes and took his hands off his ears, he was surprised to see Naruto sitting so close to him. "Uh…" Sasuke stared at him for a moment, his eyes flicking between his lips and his eyes. Oh man, is this what they said in health class about teenage hormones?

"Sasu…" the blonde whispered, leaning in a little closer. "Have you ever been kissed before?" Sasuke swallowed what little spit he had in his throat and shook his head. "Well, would it be okay if I was your first kiss?"

"Ye-yeah, that would be okay," he managed to say. He felt Naruto's breath on his face as he leaned closer. I guess there is no other way to figure this out unless I actually do it like Sakura says.

The blonde leaned in, their lips almost touching. He wanted to kiss Sasuke but he wanted to make sure that he was okay with it. Before Naruto could ask once more to make sure this was alright, Sasuke had pushed his lips against Naruto's, startling the blonde. It lasted only for a few seconds until Sasuke pulled away, his face red and covering his mouth. "Are you okay?" Naruto asked him, placing a hand on his leg. "If you don't want to do this it-"

"No, it's not that." Sasuke interjected. "I… I liked it. But I honestly don't know how to kiss… Like, kiss kiss."

"That's alright Sasuke, I'll teach you." Naruto flashed him a smile and reached out his arm, beckoning him to his lap. "Come here and I'll show you. Don't worry, I don't bite… Yet." The raven teen's face grew red again at that last comment, debating whether to move to him or not. He hesitated but then scooted over towards Naruto, sitting in his lap. "Okay, well… You know I'm a bad teacher. So I guess the only thing I can do is just show you."

"Okay…" Sasuke looked at him nervously, twisting his fingers together. "Be careful with me," he whispered.

"I will be, don't worry," Naruto whispered back before leaning into another kiss.