Ok first off I just wanna say thanks to everyone who is reading, following and to those who added this story to your favorites, I really appreciate it :) Second I want to apologize for this chapter being so late. I have been having a pretty rough month so I wasn't able to update. Thanks again for giving this story a chance, i'm trying my best to get better. That being said if you guys have critique or advise please let me know, I enjoy writing but I know that I have room to improve. Now this chapter is just Naruto explaining the exact point in which he and Sasuke became a couple. Also if anyone is interested I do have a SasuNaru one-shot posted. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter. :)
Warnings: Attempted humor and mentions of SakuIno and ItaDei.
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"Ok so then wha- hold on daddy my phones ringing." Aiko said taking her phone out of her pocket to answer. While she was on the phone Naruto decided he would go into the kitchen and make them some tea. By the time he was done and walking to the table with their tea Aiko was just getting off the phone with an 'I love you too'. "Daisuke?" The blond guessed as he took his seat and sat the tray down with the tea and a couple of snacks. "Yeah. He wanted me to ask if you and dad can watch Kenjiro tonight 'cause he wants to take me to dinner. Kenjiro has been doing good in school so I guess it's alright. So what do you say daddy can you guys watch him?" Aiko asked with a powder pink flush on her cheeks. "Dinner?" Naruto asked with a smirk and an eyebrow raise."Daddy!" She groaned covering her face with her hands as the powder pink on her face flourished to a rosy pink instead. She knew that her father knew the double meaning behind the seemingly simple 'dinner' plans.
Naruto burst out laughing seeing his daughters reaction. He couldn't help it, the moment was perfect and hey who doesn't love messing with their loved ones? After taking a minute to calm down while being glared at from behind his daughters fingers he finally answered. "Of course we can watch him! He has his own room and some extra clothes and things here so I don't see why not as long as it's good with you?" She removed her hands from her face after a few calming moments, then she nodded her head in agreement. "Oh hey you better talk to Daisuke and tell him that he has to come and ask your dad and I for our permission to marry you." Naruto said staring seriously into his daughters eyes. Call him old fashioned but the man was basically going to 'take' his baby girl away from him, the least he could do was ask properly Naruto thought mentally crossing his arms and nodding to himself. Aiko stared slack jawed for a moment before a huge grin rivaling her blond fathers, spread across her face.
"Well?" Naruto asked actually crossing his arms this time. Aiko just rolled her eyes, smile still in place as she nodded indicating that she would talk to Daisuke about asking for her fathers permission to marry her. They sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, each taking a cookie from the tray. "So what happened after you and dad talked that day?" She asked wanting to hear more of the story especially now that the horrible stuff was over or at least she hoped it was. Naruto poured himself some more tea and slouched back in his chair. "Well the summer ended up being not only awkward but also a bit chaotic. Sasuke ended up going to therapy for the whole summer and a good couple of weeks during the beginning of twelfth grade. The first couple of weeks were hard, because he had suffered pretty bad withdrawals. He was constantly sick, hardly ever leaving his room unless necessary. I went to visit him every day, though he never let me in the room with him." "How come he didn't let you in the room?" She asked. "At first I didn't know why but then I asked him a few weeks later after he got better and he said that it was because he was embarrassed. I told him that that was a stupid reason, to which he ignored. But anyway back to what I was saying before. He started to get better and we slowly started to hang out again only at first it was really awkward since we both knew how we felt about each other. At the time we still weren't sure what to do with the information that we liked each other."
He sat there for a few minutes trying to remember how things happened. "So the summer ended up like I said awkward and busy. By the time school started again we had sorta gotten back into our old routine. After talking it over with Mikoto I got permission to drive Sasuke to school instead of him having to be driven by the chauffeur. Four months into senior year is when things happened though." "What do you mean?" Aiko asked tilting her head. "Well during the time that Sasuke and I were doing our own thing is when I had became friends with your aunts Sakura and Ino. So when the twelfth grade came around they had some how found out what happened seeing as they were the schools biggest gossipers, luckily they hadn't told anyone. So they came up to me asking for the details, I told them the basics of what happened and also mentioned the whole bit about Sasuke and I liking each other, which turned out to be both a blessing and a curse." He said sipping at his tea and taking a bite out of one of the sweet rolls on the tray. Aiko gave her father a questioning face and poured herself more tea. She adored her aunts, but she also knew they could get a little crazy so now she was curious as to what they had done that would be considered a blessing or a curse. Grabbing another cookie she sat back and waited for her father to continue.
"Ok well first I guess I should explain that for the longest time your aunts were rivals of sorts. They were always chasing after your father Sasu. All from the first time we all met until around ninth grade I think. They had been head over heels for Sasuke and then I don't know what happened but around ninth grade they had stopped chasing after him. Then as time went on and everything had happened and I became friends with them, I asked why they had suddenly stopped chasing after the Uchiha. They said it was because they had found out that it was a lost cause to chase after someone who doesn't want you and that they already found someone to love them. Which I ended up finding out meant that they realized that they liked each other and wanted to give it a chance between them. I don't know, women can be very confusing. If you want to know exactly what happened I suggest you ask them." He said sitting back taking a long drink of his tea and then looking to the left of him at his daughter. Aiko was letting the information process before looking at her father with a playful glare at his jab of women being confusing. Naruto held eye contact for a few seconds before breaking it and chuckling. "Don't look at me like that you know it's true. So anyway once I told them about us liking each other and not doing anything about it, they decided to take it upon them selves to help us get together. Setting us up on 'blind' dates, trying to make one of us trip and land on the other in an awkward fashion hoping for a kiss. The worst part is that from the time Sasuke and I had talked in his room up until the time we had gotten together, your grandparents were making bets on which of us would make the first move."
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"Mikoto, dear friend I believe you are wrong. Sasuke is much more strong willed than our dear Naruto. I believe that he will make the first move." Kushina said helping put away the dishes with her best friend. The four of them had been talking lately and had come to the conclusion that something was going on between their sons. After some thought they had realized that the two stubborn asses had some sort of feelings for each other but were too stubborn to admit it. So now they were taking bets on who would be the first one to make a move. "Oh Kushina as nice as that is I believe Naruto will make the first move simply because he is usually the headstrong one . Sasuke prefers not to engage in anything that may make him look 'weak'." Mikoto said handing the clean dish to her fiery red headed friend. She found it quite endearing that their sons liked each other. Continuing to smile softly to herself, she kept washing the dishes and handing them to Kushina. All the while arguing back and forth.
Meanwhile in the living room. "No way Naruto would be the one to make the first move." Minato exclaimed taking his sons side. He adored Sasuke as if he were his own son but he knew for a fact that his son would be the first to do anything. Naruto had always been headstrong, after all he did take after him. "Minato, Minato, Minato. Have you forgotten just who Sasuke is? He is an Uchiha and we always take charge. Isn't that right Itachi?" Fugaku asked from his spot on the couch playing cards with his old friend."Hmm? Oh uh sure. I gotta go. Bye father. Bye mother!." Itachi yelled grabbing his keys and putting on his shoes before he rushed out the door to his black Cadillac CTS with red interior. "Let me guess he's off to see that 'friend' of his, Deidara?" Minato smirked knowing that the two were actually in a relationship and that Itachi was pretty whipped, which he knew hurt his friends Uchiha pride. Fugaku turned a glare on his friend before looking off to the side with a small powdery blush on his cheeks. 'Dammit Itachi!" He thought to himself.
By the end of the day the four had found that Mikoto and Minato were in favor of Naruto making the first move and Kushina and Fugaku were in favor of Sasuke making the first move. The bet was fifty bucks, and free lawn service by the two losers.
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"Ahahaha you mean grandma and grandpa Minato, Kushina, and Fugaku and Mikoto bet on which one of you will snap first? Haha that is too funny." She was gripping at her sides, trying to bring her laughter back under control. Naruto just sat here arms crossed and a pout and glare on his face. To this day he still didn't find it very funny. He sat like that for a few more minutes waiting for his daughter to finish. "You done yet?" Aiko looked up at the question seeing her fathers now blank face. She chuckled a little while wiping at the corner of her eye while she nodded indicating that he could continue with the story. "Hmph. Anyway after a month of failed attempts by the two 'match makers' I decided that I had had enough. We were both too stubborn to make the first move, but I was getting tired of waiting. So I took action. It was Thursday and I was in my seventh period class, which happened to be art history. That class bored the hell out of me. Anyway so after some thought I had decided that I was done waiting for something to happen, so I got up from my seat and left the classroom. I stalked my way down the halls to his classroom. I reached the classroom door and didn't even bother knocking or announcing my presence, I simply pulled the door open and marched my way over to his seat. Once I got there he just stared at me and to most it would look as though he was unfazed by the interruption but I knew better. When I looked at his eyes I could definitely see the surprise written in them and the confusion. Steeling myself I grabbed his face in both my hands and bent down and kissed him, right in front of his whole class. Needless to say I went home with a black eye that day." Naruto finished grimacing at the memory of his black eye.
Aiko sat there wide eyed for a moment before bursting out in laughter. After about a minute she was able to slightly collect herself and asked her question. "Wait why did you go home with a black eye?" She had a feeling she knew why but she wanted to hear him say it. "Because after about three seconds of the kiss he pushed me back and punched me in the face. The whole class was laughing while he stood towering over me since I fell back after he hit me. His face was red and angry. Not knowing what else to do I picked my self up and left to go back to class since there was still about fifteen minutes left. When I got to class I took out my phone and sent a quick text to Itachi telling him that I couldn't drive Sasuke home that day if he could do it.
When school was over I got into my truck and headed home. I was afraid that I had just ruined our friendship after we had just gotten back into a somewhat normal routine again. When I got home your grandmother Kushina was ready to rip heads off after seeing my black eye. It took me a good thirty minutes to convince her that it was an accident and nothing more. About two hours later I heard the door bell ring and then voices. About a minute later there was knocking on my bedroom door. I got up and opened the door only to be met with an indifferent looking Sasuke. I stepped aside and let him into the room and then closed the door behind him. He walked into the middle of the room with me following behind."
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"He-!" Naruto didn't even comprehend what had happened at first, until he felt a stinging in his jaw. Sasuke hit him, again. "What the hell was that for?!" He asked holding his jaw. "That was for leaving me at the school, idiot." Sasuke said face slightly morphed into anger. "I sent Itachi a message, did he not pick you up?" Naruto asked a little confused. "Oh he picked me up. Thirty minutes late." He said glaring at the blond. 'Dammit Itachi' Naruto thought to himself. "Look i'm sorry ok, but I was afraid that I had ruined our friendship and everything with the whole kiss earlier that I figured you didn't want to see me so I asked Itachi to pick you up. I didn't know he would be late." The blond said taking a seat at the edge of his bed and patting the spot next to him for Sasuke to sit. "Why would you think I didn't wanna see you?" Sasuke asked taking the space offered next to his friend. Naruto looked at him a bit incredulously and pointed to the darkened skin around his eye. Sasuke's eyes widened as he took in his blond best friends face. He hadn't realized until now that he had given the other a black eye. Noticing the surprisingly guilty look on the others face, Naruto chuckled and waved his hand in a dismissive motion. "Hey don't worry about it. I shouldn't have just waltzed into your classroom and kissed you in front of everyone." Naruto explained smiling his signature close eyed smile.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, each just staring at the other. Naruto didn't know why it was happening but it felt as if they were magnetic. One of them was the positive side of the magnet and the other was the negative. Slowly they moved closer to the other and briefly Naruto wondered if maybe it wasn't such a good idea kissing Sasuke again given what had happened earlier that day but seeing as they were alone in his room he figured it may be ok. So he leaned forward and surprisingly the other had decided to take charge by grabbing the back of the blonds neck and smashing their lips together. The two stayed that way, exploring each others mouths completely unaware that during the whole time they were talking Kushina had be listening at the door. Sighing Kushina left the door and walked to find her husband and let him know that he won the bet and then she would go and make a phone call to the Uchiha's and let them know the verdict as well.
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"Hahaha! But wait you said that the bet was that the two losers would have to pay the fifty bucks and offer free lawn service right? How does that work when there was one loser from each house?" She asked confused but still slightly giggling. "Well according to your grandfather Minato they tweaked the rule a bit and made it to where your grandmother Kushina would go and tend to the Uchiha gardens for a week and Fugaku would go and re-landscape the Uzumaki lawn." Naruto said shrugging. "Oh. So is that how you and dad became a couple?" "Yeah we decided to stop being so stubborn after that kiss in my room and start a legit relationship much to your grandmothers happiness." Aiko nodded her head in understanding. She was glad having heard this after everything that had happened before. Everything may not have been smooth going for them, but from what she has heard so far they had managed pretty darn well.
