The Revelation

Naruto yawns and stretches as he wakes up. When his arm hits someone he looks over in confusion. He blinks in surprise when he finds Sasuke sitting there on his bed, reading a book. They have separate rooms so he must have come in when he woke up. Sasuke's staring at him and Naruto grins lazily. He rolls onto his stomach and throws an arm over Sasuke's waist and buries his face in his side. Sasuke snorts in amusement but brings a hand down into Naruto's hair and starts combing his fingers through it as he turns his attention back to his book.

"What time is it?" Naruto mumbles.

"Late." Sasuke says.

"What is your definition of 'late'?" Naruto asks.

"…10:30." Sasuke says after glancing at the clock.

"It's only 10:30?" Naruto groans. "Ugh, I'm going back to sleep."

"Oh no you aren't," Sasuke says, "I've been sitting here for hours waiting for you to wake up."

"Hn… why didn't you just wake me up then?" Naruto asks.

"You're complaining about waking up at 10:30 and you're saying I should have woken you up?" Sasuke asks in amusement. "You'd hate it."

"I'd forgive you." Naruto grins, sliding his hand up Sasuke's shirt.

"Naruto… hey!" Sasuke gasps.

Sasuke's hand leaves his hair and grasps Naruto's exploring hand, stopping it in its tracks. Naruto doesn't resist Sasuke but since he isn't removing his hand he continues to caress Sasuke's stomach. Naruto hears Sasuke sigh and relax involuntarily. He smiles and snuggles closer to Sasuke. Sasuke's hand releases Naruto's arm subconsciously and Naruto's fingers start to caress over the rest of his torso again. Sasuke closes his eyes and leans back against the wall.

Suddenly, he realizes what he's doing and immediately raises a hand to stop Naruto but he hesitates. Naruto's touch is nothing but innocent, Sasuke just doesn't want it to become sexual, he isn't in the mood for it. He knows if he tells Naruto to stop he will so it really isn't a problem. Sasuke relaxes again and slides his hand back into Naruto's hair. Naruto hums happily at the action and continues in his gentle, affectionate touches.

Sasuke soon decides to get into a more comfortable position. Naruto pauses in his caressing when Sasuke starts to move. He looks up at Sasuke and watches as he lays down next to him. Sasuke looks over at him and gives him a small smile. Naruto grins at him and moves so that he's nuzzling Sasuke's neck and continues with his innocent touches. Sasuke rests his head against Naruto's and brings his hand back to Naruto's hair, playing with it idly.

"Why were you waiting for me to wake up?" Naruto asks curiously.

"What else was I going to do?" Sasuke asks in amusement.

"You could talk with Iruka or Kakashi, watch TV, eat something." Naruto offers.

"Eating only takes up so much time Dobe," Sasuke says, "and do I really seem like the type to do the other two things?"

"If you don't talk then what could you possibly do other than watch TV?" Naruto asks.

"Read." Sasuke says.

"…You don't honestly expect me to believe all you do is read do you?" Naruto asks.

Sasuke shrugs and shows Naruto his book. Naruto frowns and sighs, telling Sasuke that doesn't prove he reads all day. Sasuke shrugs again but doesn't say anything either. Naruto smiles a little in amusement and kisses his neck softly. Sasuke smiles and rolls Naruto onto his back. Then he straddles his waist and leans down and kisses him. Naruto grins into the kiss while sliding his fingers into Sasuke's hair and his other hand up and down his side.

With hands pressed against Naruto's chest Sasuke pushes away, breaking the kiss. Sasuke leans his head against Naruto's and sighs contently. Naruto smiles happily up at him and begins to comb his fingers through his hair with his other hand caressing his side gently. Sasuke closes his eyes and lays down on top of him with his head placed on his chest. He's about to say that he doesn't mind going back to sleep anymore but then he hears Naruto's door open. Sasuke opens his eyes and scowls when he sees Kakashi standing there.

"Hey Kakashi, what do you want?" Naruto asks, sounding like he would have preferred if he hadn't entered the room either.

"Iruka asked me to come and make sure you were awake but," Kakashi says with a twinkle in his eye, "I see that isn't a problem."

"Uh-huh, bye-bye now." Naruto says waving at him.

Kakashi chuckles as he leaves the room. Sasuke sighs in annoyance and turns his head away from the door. He wonders what he's going to tell Iruka and if he should expect him to come barging through the door, expecting to see something other than what actually happened. No, Sasuke suspects he'll tell Iruka the truth and he's going to go through the day with Iruka giving him a knowing look. He sighs, wishing that isn't going to happen.

"Aw, cheer up Sasu, it wasn't that bad was it?" Naruto says.

"No, but I don't want to deal with the knowing look Iruka and Kakashi are going to be giving me all day." Sasuke says.

"Oh, this is probably a good thing then," Naruto says, "since I do that too."

"For you…"

"For me… Just try to remember that it's a happy knowing look."

"Kakashi's isn't."

"No… that's true. Well, we can always go out if ya want."

"What about Sai?"

"Oh, right… That doesn't really bother me but if you don't want to then that's fine." Naruto says.

Sasuke knows Naruto's really saying that if it worries him then they won't go but is just putting it that way since Naruto knows he won't acknowledge it. He sighs softly and closes his eyes, saying he'd rather just stay here with him. Naruto's eyes widen slightly in surprise and then he smiles, telling him he's just as happy with that too. Naruto leans his head forward and kisses the top of Sasuke's head. Sasuke ends up falling asleep without even noticing it.

When Sasuke wakes up Naruto isn't in bed anymore. He frowns and looks around the room and realizes he's alone. He gets up with a sigh and goes looking for his blonde. Sasuke finds him in the kitchen eating ramen. Naruto looks up when he enters and smiles exclaiming, "Sasuke!" He leans back in his chair and watches Sasuke. Sasuke rolles his eyes at him and comes up to him.

"You're eating ramen already?" Sasuke asks.

"Yup, do you want something to eat too?" Naruto asks.

"Sure." Sasuke says.

"So, what do you want?" Naruto asks getting up and setting his precious ramen aside.

"Anything works," Sasuke shrugs, "but not ramen."

"Okay." Naruto says amusedly.

Sasuke steals Naruto's seat and watches as Naruto starts taking out ingredients for pancakes. When Naruto starts mixing all the ingredients together he glances at Sasuke. Seeing him in his seat he blinks in surprise and then he grins at him. Naruto then pours the mixture into a pan and retrieves his ramen. He starts slurping it down as he waits to flip the pancake.

"Naruto!" Iruka exclaims making him jump in surprise.

"Yeah?" Naruto asks.

"You shouldn't be eating before Sasuke," Iruka says, "it's rude!"

"But Sasuke doesn't care," Naruto says, "right Sasu?"

"No, it's no big deal." Sasuke shrugs.

"See." Naruto grins.

"I don't care, Uzumaki!" Iruka snaps. "He's a guest and-"

"Hey, it's not like I'm starving him or something!" Naruto proclaims and points to the pancakes with his chop sticks. "See, I'm making him something!"

Naruto, realizing he's been neglecting the food makes his way over to it and sets his ramen aside long enough to flip it.

"Wait… you actually put your ramen aside to make him something?" Iruka asks in surprise.

"Um, yeah…" Naruto says.

"You'll never put your ramen down for anything." Iruka says in disbelief.

"Yeah, well, you're not my boyfriend." Naruto says as though that explains everything.

Sasuke smirks at his reasoning while Iruka shakes his head and mumbles to himself in bewilderment. Naruto on the other hand just continues to make the pancakes while eating his ramen. Iruka takes a seat at the table with Sasuke and tells Naruto to make him and Kakashi some too. Naruto glances over at him and cringes, agreeing before mumbling to himself.

He gives the first set of pancakes to Sasuke. Then Naruto put more mixing into the pan and finishes off his ramen. He continues to make pancakes until there is enough for Iruka and Kakashi. Naruto sits down beside Sasuke afterwards and Kakashi enters the kitchen at about the same time. His eyes immediately land on the pancakes and light up.

"Oh-h-h pancakes, this is great!" Kakashi says and skips over to the table.

"Yes, so thank Naruto." Iruka says.

Naruto looks up from staring with boredom at the table in surprise and both he and Kakashi look at Iruka. Then they look at each other, staring for a moment, and burst into a fit of laughter. Iruka frowns and asks what is so funny, which only makes things worse as their laughter increases. Sasuke doesn't understand why they are laughing either but remains silent.

"Oh gosh, when's the last time Iruka made you thank me for something?" Naruto asks.

"I think it was when we first started dating and he was overcompensating because he wanted to make sure you liked me." Kakashi says.

"Oh yeah, yeah I think you're right!" Naruto laughs. "And now..."

"He's doing it with Sasuke." They say in unison.

The two start giggling madly while Iruka blushes. Sasuke feels sorry for the guy as he tries to deny it, saying he's just trying to keep manners in the house. Kakashi and Naruto share a look and fell into another giggle fit saying, "That's what you said last time!" Iruka's blush gets worse and he desperately tries to convince everyone that they are wrong.

Sasuke watches the disaster in progress and shakes his head in exasperation. However, he does believe that they do seem like a very unconventional but completely legitimate family. Sasuke feels a little awkward sitting here with them since he isn't the type to be so ridiculous around people. Still, when Naruto's gaze turns to him with that happy and adoring look in his eyes and he takes his hand he certainly feels like he belongs so he smiles and listens to the three bicker, not having a single desire to be anywhere else.

Sasuke sighs as he lays in bed. Naruto left earlier, saying he'd be right back and went to find Kakashi. Sasuke doesn't know what it's about and Naruto refuses to tell him. All he'll say is 'it's nothing' and 'don't worry about it'. It's driving Sasuke insane but despite the fact he knows Naruto's aware of it, all he will do is smile mischievously at him and that doesn't make him want to leave it alone.

"Hey Sasuke, I'm ba-a-ack!" Naruto says.

"Great, so what was that about?" Sasuke asks.

"Nothing, nothing, don't worry about it." Naruto says.

Sasuke glares at Naruto.

"Ah... don't be mad." Naruto complains. "I just want it to be a surprise, a surprise!"

Sasuke sighs in exasperation and defeat since he knows he isn't going to get anywhere with him. Naruto tentatively makes his way over the bed, knowing full well Sasuke's still annoyed with him. He sits down beside him on it and runs his fingers through his hair. Then Naruto lays down next to him and throws his arm over Sasuke's waist and nuzzles his neck.

"Just trust me, Sasuke." Naruto murmurs. "I'm not going to do anything to hurt you."

"I know." Sasuke sighs.

"So then trust me." Naruto reiterates.

"...Okay, fine." Sasuke says.

Naruto smiles and snuggles closer to the grumpy guy. He can picture Sasuke pouting in his head. Although he knows better than to believe that that expression is on his face, he suspects that he's pouting internally. Sasuke sighs but then plays with his blonde locks. Naruto closes his eyes and nuzzles his neck again. He wiggles his arm under Sasuke so that he now has his arms wrapped around his raven and pulls them closer together.

"Hey... Sasuke?" Naruto says.

"Mm?" Sasuke says.

"Um... I was wondering," Naruto hesitates, "about your family..."

"What about them?" Sasuke asks growing tense.

"I don't know. I just wanted to know... if you'd talk about them."

"Why?"

"I just, um, I want to know more about you and I think your family is a big part of it."

"..."

"Ah, look, it's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I just thought I'd ask is all." Naruto says.

Sasuke sighs and throws an arm over his eyes. His other arm moves from Naruto's hair to his shoulder. Sasuke clenches onto the shoulder and lets out a shaky breath. Naruto's eyes furrow with worry and he wonders if he shouldn't have brought it up. Naruto reaches his hand up and grabs Sasuke's arm covering his eyes. He runs his hand up it until he gets to Sasuke's hand. Naruto grabs it and pulls it away. He interlaced their fingers and sets their hands down beside their heads.

Sasuke turns his head to look at their hands and stares at them for a while. He squeezes Naruto's hand and he watches as he squeezes back. Sasuke closes his eyes as he turns his head to the ceiling again. Naruto's breath hits his neck rhythmically and it feels oddly comforting. Sasuke sighs and tilts his head to Naruto.

"They're dead." Sasuke whispers.