Sasuke left the blond to go do whatever the idiot preoccupied himself with. The raven then decided to just suck up and talk to his scarecrow of a teacher. He walked calmly along the village streets trying to think of what to ask Kakashi, how he could put it in such a way that Kakashi could never hold it against the boy. Sasuke had never done something so… normal in his life, least of which ask someone he knew for relationship advice. As Sasuke was walking and thinking to himself suddenly he felt himself stop abruptly and when he looked up he saw nothing other than the tall lean figure of his mentor and teacher. Surprised Sasuke couldn't think of a thing to say, so Kakashi said it for him.
"So you two finally got together huh?" Kakashi couldn't help but chuckle at the confused face which made itself very apparent on the Uchiha's face.
Sasuke quickly corrected the problem and stood stiffer. "How did you know?" was all the raven could muster with an annoyed face. "It's simple, I've known it would happen all along, and these past couple of weeks you've been acting… very different around Naruto. At first I just assumed it was due to what happened at sound, but after a while I saw the small signs. The quick glances and thoughtful glares, and even now it's written all over you, as though you were holding up a large sign. Plus it doesn't hurt that you answered my question in the affirmative, only giving more power to my previous assumption. Basically you ratted yourself out."
Sasuke glared at his teacher with his mouth slightly agape. "Shit, who knows what he was really asking about, he just wanted to see if I would admit. Damn it." The raven thought inwardly.
"And let me guess now your having problems deciding what to do and how to deal with it right? That is why you were on your way to my apartment was it not?" Kakashi looked almost sympathetic to Sasuke's conundrum. "How did you know?" again all Sasuke could manage to let escape from his mouth. "Because everyone's first relationship is awkward at first it's the name of the game, especially when they really care about the person they are in the relationship with." Kakashi knew better than to push the fact that Sasuke and Naruto were now 'together' for fear that Sasuke would have a change of heart and end up hurting the blond in some way.
The two men just stood there for a moment, contemplating the conversation and strategizing their next moves. They had to be careful, the situation was a delicate one, and if there were to be any irresponsible comments made, it could end a very delicate truce held between the two. Sasuke unknowingly twitched his left and right hand, Kakashi immediately picked up on this and decided to reassure the raven.
"Look don't worry about the right ting to do or say, I have known Naruto for many years and if there's one thing about him that should comfort you, it's that he doesn't always need words, sometimes he just needs to know someone is there, someone who has his back, and if that someone cares for him the way I think you do, everything will be just fine." Kakashi smiled as he saw Sasuke release almost all of his previous tension.
"Well I must be off, I have other things to do, but just remember what I said and you should be fine. Ja!" and like that the scarecrow of a man was gone in a cloud of white smoke leaving Sasuke standing in the middle of the street wondering if he could really make the blond happy, if he had it in him to make the blond smile that smile that could tame beasts. He wondered whether he could ever be the one thing in life Naruto could always count on, he had failed in sound, so what made Kakashi think that Sasuke could really make the idiot happy.
Sasuke was confused, tired, hungry and slightly angry, all at once, he really couldn't understand any of what was happening to him right now, he just needed some rest and he could think about it some more later. He slowly walked back to his manor, his mind craved some clarity but no matter how hard he tried, the cloud in his head just got darker and thicker. As he walked into his house, he put his keys down on the kitchen table, and he slowly stripped himself as he walked towards his bedroom, failing to notice how he was adopting some of the blonds… more interesting habits. Sasuke threw himself on his bed and turned over the past few days events in his mind. He had seen Naruto laugh, cry, get angry, sad and everything in between. But what astonished Sasuke even more was the fact the he himself had also experienced all of these things.
"What is going on with me, how is he doing this?" Sasuke's body tightened and his muscles rebelled against his skin, he twitched slightly and his body began to contort in what appeared to be rage. His hands flew up to his head and he tugged on his hair nearly hard enough to rip it out. Sasuke knew he was losing his mind, nothing seemed to make sense anymore, why was everything so… fucked up? "Now I'm cursing too, what's next?" was all the raven could think.
"Having a problem?" Sasuke stilled immediately, wondering who could possibly be near him, he hadn't sensed anyone, but the voice was definitely not in his head. Sasuke tried to control his breathing, but it was hard to do given the circumstances. "Uh huh, so I see. Well don't you think it's rude to keep a guest waiting?" Sasuke finally realized who it was and relaxed slightly, however using his feet he grabbed a shoe lying near his bed and flung it over his body. He knew he had hit his mark when a loud "TEME!" reached his ears following a deafening thud on the ground just outside his window. He smirked too himself then got up to see his prey, the sight he was met with was not what he had been anticipating, there lay the blond boy, motionless, completely still, Sasuke couldn't see his chest moving, nor could he hear the boy breathing, but worst of all was the fact that Sasuke could see a pool of red liquid beginning to form underneath the idiot. "Fuck, what did I just do!?" Sasuke bolted downstairs, running as fast as he could to find the dobe outside "Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck" Sasuke mouthed through shallow breathes. When he finally reached the side oh the manor under which his window hung, he saw the pool of red liquid, but where was his boy?
"What the hell am I talking about, my boy?" Sasuke was stopped short at the sound of Naruto cursing wildly. "Stupid fucking Uchiha, I try and be nice and bring him a soda, and what does he do, boots me out of his window (A/N I like puns… so sue me) stupid jackass…" Sasuke was enraged at first to know that the blond was fine, but had tricked him, but at the same moment he felt something almost… nice, "The dobe actually thought about me…" Sasuke quickly shook himself from the thought. "Not now, I'll deal with this later." Slowly Sasuke walked back around the Uchiha manor and proceeded to walk into his kitchen.
Apparently this day was full of sights Sasuke thought he would never see. What the raven was met with was a stark naked blond wiping up some kind of sugary drink off his chest, abs and let's just say slower extremities. Sasuke's mouth was agape, he didn't want to let the blond stop, but he knew that someone could walk into this sight and raise a few questions Sasuke didn't really want to deal with at the moment. " Dobe what do you think your doing?"
Naruto slowly raised his head obviously unaware of the Uchiha's presence until that particular moment. Naruto made haste in covering himself as quickly as he could with his strewn clothing. "Uhh… gomen, I spilled some juice on myself and it just got everywhere, I just kinda figured you would stay in your room…" Sasuke could do nothing other than stare at the buxom blond and let his right eye continue to twitch. He quickly shook himself from the habit and sighed deeply, almost immediately regretting his decision to let the blond know he was there… "When did I get so perverted? Kakashi is rubbing off on me…"
"Umm could I maybe borrow some clothes Sasuke-teme?" Naruto asked coyly. For a brief moment the raven seriously considered his answer, but decided to acquiesce to the blonds request. Sasuke nodded finally and motioned for the blond to follow him to the boy's bedroom. Once there he rummaged through some things and eventually launched some articles of clothing at Naruto. The blond sheepishly accepted what was given to him hurried to find a bathroom in which to get dressed in. When he returned a few minutes later he found something so uncharacteristic within his life, that he could do nothing but pinch himself. "Did I really take that long? I mean I only took a shower, god the bastard could have waited for me at least to get out…" In front of the blond was Sasuke, who was at the moment snoring softly as he lied in his bed, barely covered by the thin sheet which clutched his body tightly. His right arm was sticking straight out and was hanging ever so slightly over the edge of the bed, as his left arm was resting gently against his chest. His chest rose up and down in s oft smooth rhythm that seemed to be all his own. Naruto cautiously crossed the room, trying his hardest not to disrupt the Uchiha's slumber. As he crossed the near barren room in which the raven laid his head, he stripped himself to only the bare essentials, shorts and a t-shirt. He tested the waters slowly by pressing and releasing different spots on the bed to see if he could wake the Uchiha. When his attempts at this failed, he gradually sat himself in the large framed bed, and in a fashion unlike him, and more of a child he placed himself flush with Sasuke, and as soon as the blond was settled and comfortable, the Uchiha's left arm gently slid across and over Naruto's chest, seizing the blond in his light grip, pulling the boy closer to either conserve body heat or to just savor the feeling of being close to someone, for the first time.
Before Naruto finally drifted into a dreamless slumber, he wondered when the last time Sasuke was this close to another person, or whether the raven had ever been this close to another person. "Why can't you tell me? What is it about us, what's this going on between you and me? Can it last, or is it just another something I'm going to fail at? Who knows, but until then sweet dreams." just as the lids of Naruto's eyes were becoming far too heavy to hold up, a very distant and quiet sound caught his ears. "Na – ru – to forgive me" however due to the blonds current exhaustion the words were heard, but never registered, alas, maybe he could think more on it another time, but for now the Uchiha was far too comfortable as a sleeping buddy to care. But soon he would get his answers.
A/N Next chapter, finally Naruto and Sasuke find out how the other feels and take the relationship to a new level. However when Naruto regains a piece of his memory at an inappropriate time all could be lost. What will happen? Find out as soon as I fix my computer. Yeah and sorry about this chapter sucking, I've been well, a little under the weather for the past month and story making is not my forte. But as always please read and review to help me suck less. Ja.
Sleepless.
