Hey Everyone! Thanks for the reviews and etc., as usual. They're really helping in the whole cheering up process for me. All of you rock insanely and I lurb every single one of you.
This chapter is dedicated to my best friends Midgey and Lil Bud (no that's not his real name) because I love you guys so much and you've both really helped me through this. Also, you guys prescribed some epic songs for me to listen to in my whole 'healing process' that have really helped, and y'all have read this and beta'd it, even though Midgey is allergic to yaoi (especially of the SasuNaruSasu variety) and Lil Bud is a completely straight guy who had no idea what Naruto was until I strapped him to a chair and made him watch every single episode. Now Lil Bud is an avid Naruto fan and Midgey has overcome her yaoi allergy (only for SasuNaruSasu...next comes every other yaoi couple I can possibly think of for Naruto) and they freaking rock at helping me beta this outside of the site. And then thanks for reading the story on this site just to pretend like you've never read it before, you both are awesome (even though neither of you will ever post fanfics because I'm the only one who ever bends the already warped reality of anime/manga. In fact, neither of you even have an account on here either...Say hi to Easter ;) ). Oh and Midgey, thank you a thousand times for those few lines the other day, it really helped me with the first bit of this chapter.
I have a sort of message for everyone down in the bottom A/N so after you read this chapter please take the time to read it. It's about new fanfics, anndd before I ramble anymore I'll just stop. So with that, enjoy the story everyone!
Sasuke was still driving. Now of course, this called for a flashback of a day that both of them remembered fairly well, the day when they both found out they were in love. Just...neither would have admitted it then. Still.
Sasuke and Naruto were sitting under a cherry tree, skipping class because they were too bored. Again. When the hell would those two stop skipping school just to watch the cherry blossoms fall?
"Sasuke, how the hell did we end up like this?" Naruto asked, resting his head on his friend's shoulder. Damn Sasuke was comfy...and Naruto was extremely sleepy.
"End up like what? Watching cherry blossoms fall from the trees instead of being in class like we're supposed to be?" Sasuke asked, turning his head to face Naruto but realizing the blonds head was on his shoulder again. Naruto nodded sleepily, and Sasuke sighed comfortably. "Well...I can't imagine being anywhere else but here. It's like a ritual thing for us, you know? It wouldn't be right if we didn't do this. Now get up, dobe, I need to ask you a favor as a friend." The raven nudged his friend up and Naruto lifted his head up, grumbling something about Zazkay going to well or something along those lines possibly.
"What do you want, teme?" Naruto tried to glare at his friend, but living with Itachi really made you immune to any other death glare right after the older raven gave you his. Sasuke just chuckled at Naruto's attempt to scare him.
"Well the thing is, I'm sort of going out with someone but not really. I'm going to ask him to be my boyfriend tonight, and I haven't even really made out with him yet. It's only been just a chaste kiss here and there whenever I drop him off at his house, and he and I accidentally kissed not too long after you and I met and that was right about the time he and I met also. But yeah, I really want to be able to make out with him in case he says yes, so I kind of need to practice since it'll honestly be the first time. So.." Sasuke averted his eyes in embarrassment and Naruto actually analysed all of what Sasuke had just said. Had the raven meant him, Naruto? Had the raven actually added little things on to what he said but actually meant Naruto? Oh kami, please let him have meant Naruto!
"S-so you want to practice making out with me in case he says yes so that you and he can make out and you won't seem like you don't know what you're doing?" Naruto looked at his friend questioningly, a hopeful glint in his eyes. Sasuke nodded and turned his head towards the blond again. "S-sure, but if you don't mind my asking, who is it you're going to ask to be your boyfriend?"
Uh oh, Sasuke hadn't seen that coming. Quick, Sasuke, think! Who else had you met the day you met Naruto? "P-Pein. Itachi introduced me to him the same day I met you and I wanted to race Itachi to Ichiraku's, where we were supposed to meet him, and I ran really fast and accidentally ran into him and knocked him over, and our lips accidentally met. Pein I mean, not Itachi." The whole accidental kiss between Sasuke and Pein had so never happened, but they did meet that day. But Naruto didn't know that.
"O-oh. Well, you wanted to practice, right? You make the first move." A hint of sadness stayed in Naruto's eyes, he really wanted it to have been himthat Sasuke was going to ask to be his boyfriend, not that jackass Pein.
"Oh right." Sasuke moved close to Naruto, their faces only an inch away. Both boys moved closer, closing their eyes and focusing solely on the thought of each other. Their lips met, and all Sasuke could think was 'Oh god..his lips are so soft and warm..I never want this to end...Dear kami I hope he says yes to me tonight..' Just as Naruto was thinking 'H-his lips are so soft..like tiny little feathers covering every part of his skin. Kami it feels so wonderful..why does it have to be Pein and not me?'
Naruto started to cry silently, but Sasuke never noticed. Not right then anyway. Almost as if on cue, a strong gust of wind blew, making cherry blossoms fly all around them. One of the sakura flowers landed on Sasuke's cheek, but he dismissed it. He really did love Naruto, he knew that now. Fireworks seemed to go off as the cherry blossoms flew around the boys, making everything else disappear and only keeping that field, tree, those blossoms, and the two boys kissing on earth at that very moment. Time everywhere else stopped, and everything felt completely right for the first time since their parents' had died. All at once though, Sasuke noticed Naruto crying and they broke apart.
"N-Naruto..why are you crying?" Sasuke asked, wiping the tears away from his friends' face. Naruto seemed unaware that he was crying and blushed.
"N-no reason. I guess you just sucked that bad, teme," Naruto said jokingly, avoiding the real reason that he was crying. Everything was completely perfect, but that was the problem. Naruto already knew he loved Sasuke, he just knew it even more after that. His parents were gone, yes, and that was another problem. He hadn't actually felt like he belonged anywhere since his parents died until they made out just then. What was wrong with him?
"Oh shut up, dobe." Sasuke slid an aggravated mask on his face in place of the slightly concerned one, closing his eyes after punching his friend and turning away.
"Sasukee! That's not nice!" The raven didn't say anything, not even his usual 'hn.' "Oh so I'm getting the silent treatment now, huh? Well two can play at that game!" Naruto crossed his arms and turned slightly away from the raven, closing his eyes and putting on an aggravated face just as his friend had. After not even a minute, Naruto broke.
"Sasuke, I'm so sorry! Please talk, please please please!" Naruto yelled out, getting no his hands and knees in front of his friend.
Sasuke opened his eyes and smirked. "Good, dobe," the raven said, and Naruto put on an expression of mock hurt. They both burst out laughing, neither could really be mad or upset with the other. It was impossible. "Oh dobe, later tonight after my date, do you want to get something to eat? I want to tell you how it went."
"Oh sure." Naruto smiled, at least he was still part of his friend's life. Sasuke smiled back.
Later that day, Sasuke never had a date with Pein. But of course, because Naruto thought he didn't even have a chance with Sasuke now, he went out and got himself a boyfriend. Congratulations to him and Kiba.
When Sasuke met up with Naruto, the blond told him of his new boyfriend, and Sasuke was hurt. Naruto seemed happy though, so it didn't really matter, did it? Not to Sasuke.
"That's great! I'm happy for you, Nar," Sasuke said, forcing a fake smile on for his friend.
Naruto fake giggled and said, "Yep! Oh by the way, did Pein say yes?"
Sasuke was confused for a moment, but then he remembered their conversation earlier. "O-oh, um..no he didn't. He told me that there was just no way it could happen, so I guess he and I are over, really."
"Oh that sucks." Sasuke nodded, still hurt that his friend was dating Kiba.
"Naruto, we're here," Sasuke said. He got out of the car and walked around when Naruto still seemed in a daze. He opened up the door on Naruto's side and helped the blond out.
"Sorry, I was sort of daydreaming," Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head, chuckling sheepishly. Sasuke smirked, knowing that the blond was probably thinking of what had happened just before they left for the restaurant.
Sasuke noticed that the cuts on Naruto's arms were already starting to heal fairly well. "They're healing." All Sasuke got in response was a 'huh' and a confused look. The raven sighed and said, "Your cuts. They're healing really well."
"Oh, yeah. I'm pretty happy about it, thanks for giving me those silicone things. They're really helping." Naruto smiled at his sort of boyfriend (they had told each other they loved the other, but neither actually asked the other to be their boyfriend, so they were only sort of boyfriends.) and hugged him tightly. Sasuke hugged Naruto back and gave the blond a kiss on the cheek.
"Come on, let's go inside and get our table." Sasuke smiled down at his blond. He grabbed Naruto's hand and they walked in together, fingers intertwined.
"Hi, and welcome to JTK Paradise. Do you have a reservation, sirs?" the hostess at the podium asked, blushing at the beauty of the two men in front of her.
"Yes, we have a reservation under the Nara's," Sasuke said smoothly, ignoring the hostess' attempts at trying to look more attractive for the raven. Sasuke had his eyes on Naruto and only Naruto, causing the blond to blush.
The hostess sighed, giving up trying to impress the raven. She looked in her book and found the name Nara there. "Ah yes, reservation for two, ne? Right this way." She grabbed two menus, leading the couple to a private booth in the back that had a candle as the centerpiece. Shikamaru sooo set them up.
The hostess set a menu on both sides of the booth and gestured for the two to take their seats. When they did she said, "Someone will be with you right away to take your orders." She smiled and walked away, leaving the two boys to themselves.
Naruto cleared his throat and opened his menu, still blushing from Sasuke's calculating gaze.
"Naruto..." Sasuke began, opening his own menu, but still looking at his blond.
"Hm?" Naruto asked, looking up. Damn those onyx eyes were so gorgeous..he just wanted to get lost in them forever.
"You're so beautiful...I'd say we should skip dinner and do what I wanted to do after this, but knowing you, you would get too hungry." Sasuke smiled gently at first, but then smirked at the thought of Naruto always being hungry. Somehow that blonde-haired, blue-eyed, sexy as fuck boy never gained a damn pound.
Naruto smiled and laughed. "Thanks for considering my stomach, Sasu. And..thank you. For saying that. It means a lot to me, really." Naruto leaned over the table and kissed Sasuke gently, not wanting to get a hard on in public. Again. He sat back down and they smiled at each other.
They looked down at their menus and in almost an instant both of them decided what they wanted. But because one of them was Naruto, and Sasuke offered to pay for everything, his wallet would be in tears. Full blown tears that would make the expensive leather go all...like wet leather.
Sasuke and Naruto had somehow come to the silent mutual agreement to have a staring contest. Of course, both of them had bangs that covered their eyes, so they both actually kind of won.
"Dammit, Sasuke, just forfeit already," Naruto whined softly, being careful not to be too loud despite the fact that they were really the only two in the room.
"You forfeit, dobe. I'm not going to lose to you ever," Sasuke said, smirking at the blond.
"Why don't you make me then?" Bad choice Naruto. Sasuke smirked again, getting out of his seat and picking a new one on the blond's lap. "I-I was kidding!"
"Too late." Sasuke began kissing Naruto again, setting off the fireworks in the background yet again. Suddenly he stopped, causing Naruto to groan at the loss of pleasure. But of course, Sasuke moved down to Naruto's neck and bit it softly. Naruto could barely contain a moan of pleasure, but he did. Somehow. Of course, Sasuke wouldn't give up until either Naruto forfeited their staring contest or someone interrupted them. Whichever came last.
Sasuke, being Sasuke and part vampire according to kami only knows who, started sucking on the blond's neck, resulting in a fit of moaning and a hickey for the blond. When Sasuke finally stopped sucking, he asked, "Forfeit yet?"
"Hell no.." Naruto whispered breathlessly, having caught on to the raven's plan. Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and moved to the other side of Naruto's neck, sucking on it and giving the blond yet ANOTHER hickey. Naruto already have five. FIVE! Damn that was a busy raven.
Naruto continued moaning, so thank kami they were in a room by themselves. Of course though, their waiter/waitress person had to arrive just then.
"This could probably be just as good as Icha Icha Paradise. Everyone loves hot gay men practically fucking in public. Thanks for giving me my next hit series!" Their waiter yelled out, interrupting the boys. Sasuke stopped sucking on Naruto's neck and looked up at Jiraiya. Damn that old pervert.
"Dammit Pervy Sage..why'd you have to ruin it?" Naruto whined, wishing that he and Sasuke could have had five more minutes at the least.
"Because my timing is impeccable as always. I came in just before you two started stripping, thankfully. No one would have wanted to eat in a restaurant that let gay couples screw each other and cum all over the place!" Sasuke sighed, he was growing weary of he and Naruto being interrupted.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Sasuke asked, aggravated and annoyed, and letting it show entirely in his voice.
"I'm here to take your order!" Jiraiya grinned at the two, then gave them a look as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Water for both of us, an eight ounce ribeye for me, and a ten ounce filet mignon for Naruto. Both of us want a baked potato for our side, and please get us some rolls with honey butter for an appetizer. Also, if you can, try to send out a bottle of wine, my plan for later won't work unless both of us have a bit of alcohol in our system," Sasuke said, still aggravated though having got both orders correct. Naruto swore that the raven was psychic sometimes.
"Your appetizer and drinks will be right out. Try not to screw each other please." Sasuke sighed and Naruto cursed under his breath. They were looking forward to doing that so much.
Sasuke turned his face back to Naruto's. He studied the blond's face, a mixture of annoyance, love, and worry.
"What are you staring at, teme? Is there something on my face?" Naruto asked, staring determinedly at the raven.
"No, it's just..I meant what I said earlier," Sasuke replied, looking into Naruto's eyes. Such a startling color, but it made him feel calm and all warm and fuzzy inside, sort of like reading a bit of fluff in a story would.
"Hmph." Apparently Naruto misunderstood.
So, what does Sasuke always do when Naruto misunderstands? Snogs him silly and then repeats what he had said in the first place, of course! "You really are beautiful, Naruto," Sasuke said, having just suddenly stopped making out with Naruto, leaving the blond breathless.
Sasuke looked across the car at the sleepy blond. Maybe he shouldn't have let Naruto order so much food. The raven focused his attention back on the road, wanting to get to that same field that they were in the first time they really made out.
Finally he got there and shut off the engine. "Naruto, wake up," Sasuke said, nudging the blond beside him.
"Huh?" Naruto asked, sleepily. "What is it Sasu?" Naruto looked up at the raven's loving face and smiled softly.
"We're here." He opened his car door and got out. Shutting it, he walked around to Naruto's side and opened the door for him. Naruto, having terrible balance when he's sleepy, had to have Sasuke's help getting out. And walking.
Sasuke had one arm around the blonds waist and one hand holding Naruto's, making sure that the blond wouldn't fall. It was terribly cold outside, but Sasuke had set everything up perfectly. A blanket was on the ground in front of the sakura tree, along with a pile of blankets beside it. A portable heater was beside the blanket as well, and pillows were laid out everywhere. It was almost like a cheesy Valentine's Day scene, just without the string quartet in the background. Of course, Sasuke had thought about that, but it really just wouldn't make Naruto comfortable.
Sasuke led the blond to the cherry tree they had sat under that day with all the wonderful blankets and pillows underneath it.
"S-Sasuke..is this what I think it is?" Naruto asked, having woken up slightly but not enough to keep his balance. He blinked slowly, remembering that wonderful day so well. A bittersweet day, yes, but it was still wonderful.
"Yeah. It's where we first made out. And..it's also where I first realized I was in love with you," Sasuke said, looking at Naruto lovingly. Naruto turned his head toward Sasuke's, not believing the complete cliche that Sasuke was creating, but still thinking it was completely sweet all the same.
Naruto kissed Sasuke softly on the lips, not believing that this raven was his. It felt so right, but also just so unreal.
Sasuke set Naruto down gently on the blanket, wanting the blond to be comfortable. (Thankfully, it was a private field, owned by the Uchiha's since just the week before.) "I love you, Sasuke," Naruto said, as Sasuke lied down beside him, the two cuddling extremely close.
"I love you too, Naruto," Sasuke said, smiling down at his blond.
They lay in silence, staring up at the stars. Such a cliche. So naturally, one of them ruined the cliche. Or did they? "Sasu, have you ever wondered what it would have been like? If I didn't crash, I mean."
"Yeah..I do actually. For starters, I would have gotten an answer."
"What answer?" Naruto sat up, looking at the raven who had just been stroking his hair. "And to what question?"
Sasuke sighed and looked away. "Before you crashed, like just before, I had finally been convinced to call you to ask you this question. And..well I still feel like I should ask you." Sasuke looked back at Naruto, tears in his eyes, and ready to give a full out confession. "I really love you, Naruto, and you're the only one I've ever loved. When I'm with you, everything just feels so perfect, it's as if world peace actually settled in and nothing was ever wrong in the world or either of our loves." Was it just Naruto, or did Sasuke sound like he was proposing? Not that there was anything wrong with it, Naruto would love to marry Sasuke. They were just a bit young. "I love you Naruto. Will you be my boyfriend?" Oh, it wasn't a proposal. No matter, it was just as good, but more appropriate.
Naruto smiled up at Sasuke. Now he could say that he had a reliable boyfriend for once. A reliable boyfriend that he actually loved. "Of course." Sasuke smiled and a tear fell from his eyes.
"Oh Naruto..." The blond got on the raven's lap, straddling him. Naruto put his arms around Sasuke's neck, smiling down at the raven for once.
"Oh Sasuke.." The two made out, (for the unteempth time that night. Yet again.) and Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto's waist.
If one were to be standing a distance away, looking into binoculars at the sight playing out before them, they would think that the couple were actually screwing each other right there. Which of course, was what was going through Shikamaru's, Ino's, Neji's, Hinata's, Sakura's, Lee's, Tenten's, Kiba's, and everyone else's (everyone else who was an avid follower of Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, including Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune, Guy, and every other sensei and student at Anbu Academy) minds. So naturally, they threw a party which Sasuke and Naruto totally didn't hear despite Guy's and Lee's constant shouting of the word 'youth'. How nice.
Eventually, some time at around midnight or so, the party had died down and everyone was asleep after screwing their lovers almost nonstop, (it might as well have been a sex train, I mean honestly!) and Sasuke and Naruto actually stopped making out, completely breathless.
"I love you, Naruto," Sasuke said breathlessly, staring into the amazing blue eyes of his boyfriend.
"I love you too, Sasuke," Naruto said in that same breathless way that Sasuke found so sexy on him. Naruto kissed his boyfriend softly, loving the feeling of completeness he got every time they kissed.
Naruto got off of Sasuke's lap and lied down next to the raven, falling asleep as Sasuke was rhythmically stroking the blond's hair again. Sasuke smiled down at his boyfriend, so happy that he was his and only his. Nothing would be able to ruin Sasuke's life now, absolutely nothing.
The raven fell asleep next to Naruto, having covered them both with a shared blanket. It was so peaceful and wonderful for him to fall asleep with Naruto's calm face the last thing he saw that night. Nothing, and he meant nothing would ever ruin them.
First off, my news. I'm going to be starting another fanfic right after this one is done, and that's a definite. I also might have a few others on the way while I'm writing that one, it just depends on how much of that story I have prewritten by the time I start posting. If I do continue though, it's going to be a continuation/completion of one of my drabbles from '10 Songs, 10 lurvelie drabbles'. If anyone wants to, go ahead and read it, and then tell me which one(s) you think I should continue/complete. I already have a general idea of a few of the ones I'm going to complete right now, but I'd like to get a pretty good idea of what people would like to read. The definite new fanfic is going to be called 'Neko Wars!' because I have a thing for neko people ^^ Also, I'm thinking of maybe starting an account on fiction press, to post my real stories and etc.
Now for info actually having to do with this story: This is still not the end! I have another chapter plus more to come out with before I post the official 'spin off' of this which is just a much shorter version (2-3 chapters at the most) of this having gone in an entirely different way which is going to be a completely new story all together called 'Almost Accidents Are Great For Romance' because of how I'm going to be going with it.
Next time:
I tricked you, I'm not telling you what happens next chapter. It's a surprise, just don't hate me for changing a character's birthday. Without the change the whole story wouldn't go right. K? So please don't hate me. And please don't hate the time changes that I'm totally forcing upon this story. Because I love every one of you so much.
Please review! I enjoy seeing everyone's views on the chapters, and OMG 25 reviews! ;;faints* No but seriously, thanks everyone! It means a lot! Please review and stay tuned for next chapter! ^^