Hi, guys. I'm really flattered that some of you left reviews about how you liked the lemon chapter. Uhmm, to those who are expecting a lot of lemon from here on, not to disappoint you or anything, but the lemons would be small, compared to some fictions we read here. It's not that I don't like lemons, because I do. But my story is heavier on the cutesy stuff and not more on hardcore sexual rimming. I mean, this is still a love story anyway, not just smut.

So forgive me I will not be graphic with some scenes, like fellatio or rimming. 'Coz it's just not my style, gomen nasai.

I'm banking on the chemistry of Naruto and Sasuke, their conversations, petty insecurities and affections towards each other, so even if there are sex scenes, they're not the main focus.

But don't worry, there will be some sex scenes, though not as detailed as some would really want.

Try watching Junjou Romantica. It's more of like that.

Chapter 10 Tease

The small bistro Ichiraku which was a crowd favorite amongst the students in Konoha U was almost deserted that Saturday afternoon. There were only a few patrons eating. Naruto grinned as he held the door open for his silent companion.

Naruto made a lavish gesture, as if Sasuke was a princess he was attending to. Sasuke, hands in his pocket, ignored Naruto completely and walked inside. He chose a table at the furthest corner, where not most people could pass by. How stupid of Naruto to nag him into going to this bistro before walking back home.

Naruto followed him closely and sat across from him. He was the one who was carrying Sasuke's bag with the art materials. He placed it on the table and Sasuke reached out to hold it closer to him. "Careful. All my stuff is there."

Naruto couldn't help the grin that spread on his face at the close proximity he had with Sasuke. They were sharing a small table and were almost nose to nose. Sighing, he propped his chin on his hand and watched Sasuke with unmistakable adoration.

Sasuke stiffened, his eyes moving from left to right. He hissed at Naruto, his voice low. "Will you quit that, baka? People are – people could see. You look too suspicious."

"Hm? Me?" Naruto squealed, his eyes dancing with delight. "You're the one who has the prettiest blush on your face. Careful, babe, you might give us away on our date." Naruto even winked for emphasis.

Sasuke felt as if the shirt he wore became chains around his chest. Did the asshole just say the word date? He frantically glanced around, paranoid that someone could have overheard.

"Relax, Sasuke," Naruto said, waving his hand casually. "We're just two guys here. It's not strange for us to eat together. 'Sides, this is really the first time we went out to eat something. I know it's not special. But don't worry, I'll take you somewhere fancy when I get my pay this month."

Sasuke hung his head low, his face even redder than before. He could feel the steam coming out of his ears. How could Naruto just spout all this nonsense – sweet nonsense like it was the most natural sentiment in the world? Heck, seven months ago, Naruto wasn't even gay!

Naruto noticed Sasuke squirming on his seat, loving how his roommate looked when he got painfully shy about something. He decided to push at Sasuke's buttons some more. "Hey, Sasuke, if you want, we can order takeout and just go back to our room." He dropped his voice to a husky whisper. "Would you like that better?"

Slowly, his hand crept on the table, his pointing finger oh so softly brushing the tip of Sasuke's pinky.

Sasuke jumped on his seat, glaring at Naruto when their skin touched even though it was only a fleeting one. He snatched his hand away, as if burned. "Naruto, you idiot…" he whined.

Naruto spread both his palms on the table, a naughty smirk on his face. "What? I'm beginning to think going home at this time would be better. Y'know, I'd really like to eat alone with you now." He wagged his eyebrows suggestively.

"Why don't you just die in a corner, you usuratonkatchi?" Sasuke grumbled, looking anywhere but at the troublesome jerk.

Naruto merely guffawed, enjoying the flustered look in Sasuke's face.

A young petite waitress came to their table, looking cheerful. "How're you two lovely boys doin'? What are you having today?" She looked at Naruto first.

"Him," Naruto replied cheerily, pointing to Sasuke.

The sexual innuendo was not lost on the black haired boy, even though the waitress looked on with confusion. Sasuke hissed under his breath, wishing there was something sharp nearby that he could stab Naruto with.

"I mean, ask him first. I'll have what he's having," Naruto explained patiently, grinning at Sasuke.

Sasuke rattled off his order, and the other boy nodded his head, indicating that he was having the same. When the waitress left, Sasuke ran his hands nervously on his hair, seemingly agitated. He barely looked at Naruto.

"Hey."

Sasuke snapped, "What?"

"Look at me," Naruto prodded.

"Get lost."

"I have a question."

"Then ask it."

"Look at me, babe." Naruto's voice was more forceful than he intended.

Wary, Sasuke peeked at his roommate. There was such a peaceful expression on Naruto's face. As if he was completely content with everything that was going on in the world.

"Actually, I have lots of questions. But, one step at a time. So, Sasuke, are you really this shy about y'know, everything?"

"I'm not. I'm just not comfortable speaking of some of private stuff in the open. That's why they're private," Sasuke muttered, brushing his bangs.

Naruto itched to run his hand on Sasuke's hair himself but he knew that would be going too far. He would probably earn a punch or two from his roommate.

"Okay, fair enough. Question number two: How do you feel about me? About us?"

"The fuck, Naruto! I just told you I don't like discussing private –"

"It's just the two of us, Sasuke. Look, no one's close enough to hear a normal conversation and we're actually whispering to each other. Okay, let me rephrase my question. Whatever happened between us in the art room a while ago… Is that a one-time thing? Or are we going to go further?''

Sasuke's eyes widened at the question, completely speechless. Did Naruto have every intention of dissecting his feelings right smack in the middle of broad daylight? That was so unfair! Sasuke felt completely naked under scrutiny.

It was not that he couldn't answer the question. He was brave enough to say that he could. But he had been hiding this part of him for the last six years, it wasn't easy for him to just come out of his closet all of a sudden and test the waters right away. He was still in the state of withdrawal. From thinking that he could keep being not gay for the rest of his life.

Naruto cleared his throat. "I've never been good at one night stands, y'see."

Sasuke couldn't help but snort. "One night stand? That wasn't even close to – close to…"

Naruto grinned. "Yep, what we did is not even close. But all the same, it was special to me. Was it something special to you, too, ne Sasuke?"

The black haired boy finally looked straight at the blonde, biting the inside of his cheek. The slight nod of his head was recognizable.

"Don't look away, Sasuke. I like you looking at me."

Sasuke nodded again, entranced by the sound of Naruto's voice. They stared at each other for a few minutes.

Naruto give him a soft smile. Dropping his voice even lower, he said, "I wish I could kiss you right now. You don't know how hard it is –"

"Well well well. What do we have here? You little boys on a date or something?" A voice boomed from the door, followed by raucous laughter.

Startled, the pair looked up to find four huge guys crowding at the entrance. Great, Naruto muttered. Perfect timing for four of his meanest sempais to come barging in on his and Sasuke's private little getaway.

Hidan, Kakuzu, Deidara and Sasori sauntered to where Naruto and Sasuke were seated exchanging sly glances among each other. Naruto straightened in his seat, knowing they would bully him again.

"Good day, sempai," Naruto still said in greeting, trying to be polite.

"You still good for practice on Monday, Uzumaki?" Kakuzu asked, snickering.

"Yeah, why?"

"You and your roommate seem to be having a hell of a lot of time together, all over each other at school. You just be sure you can still walk straight huh?"

Naruto gripped the table spread at the sick joke, spoiling for a fight but he didn't want Sasuke to get involved.

Sasuke eyed the four baboons icily, his voice calm and composed when he asked, "So you are Naruto's esteemed mentors. Our food is almost ready. Would you like to join us?"

Naruto gaped at him, a what-the-hell expression on his face.

Hidan made a face. "Eeew, no thanks. I'd probably lose my appetite from seeing you guys huddled in one corner. What do you say boys? Let's go somewhere more 'normal'? I don't like queer places."

Another burst of laughter.

Naruto looked ready to attack, his fists curled on the table, a wild look in his eyes. But Sasuke grabbed his arm for a second. Naruto turned to his smaller roommate only to find Sasuke gently shaking his head. He let go of Naruto and turned to watch as the four boys left. Hidan even made a humping movement behind Kakuzu's ass, to the delight of the others. They left Ichiraku laughing boisterously.

Naruto slumped on his seat, clearly pissed. "I'm glad they're graduating this year. I really can't stand them anymore. The other sempais are okay, but not those four."

"I see what you mean."

"I'm sorry Sasuke. I know how private you are with these things and because of me, they might start some word about us and –"

Sasuke waved a hand in dismissal. "It's not your fault."

Thick heavy silence passed between them. And just like that, the mood had gone sour.

Xxx

The walk home was equally morose. Both of them didn't know what to say to the other in way of comfort. Naruto felt bad that his sempais had to find the two of them in their most unguarded moment. Well, their little outing in Ichiraku looked innocent enough but those morons could put any meaning to anything as long as they could make fun of anyone. Rotten bullies to the very core.

They went inside the room quietly. Naruto placed Sasuke's bag reverently on the kotatsu, then sat on his bed, feeling awkward for the first time around Sasuke.

He sighed, dropping his head on one hand, rubbing his weary temple. If Sasuke decided to close himself once again because of this, to avoid any more complications in the future, Naruto knew he wouldn't be able to blame him.

Sasuke removed his jacket, placed it slowly on his bed. He glanced at Naruto, whose face was covered by his hand. He knew Naruto felt bad about the whole thing with his sempai, but that he loved basketball too much that he allowed himself to put up with those insufferable jerks.

Sasuke inhaled sharply. It was also true he was shy about everything, he grew up not wanting to have anything to do with other people's business. But with Naruto, he felt he could open up a little. There had never been a nicer person to him, save for his Aniki of course, aside from Naruto.

He slowly walked towards his dejected roommate, standing in front of him.

Naruto looked up from his hand. "Sasuke?"

"Hn."

Before Naruto could figure out what Sasuke wanted, Sasuke lifted his leg and crawled up the bed, straddling Naruto. Naruto's eyed widened, frozen for a moment. Sasuke planted his knees on both sides of Naruto's thighs, kneeling so that his body was stretched up, his face looking down at Naruto's.

He could see those large blue eyes looking up at him.

Softly, Sasuke's hands ran down his roommate's hair. "Stop thinking about it. It's not your fault."

"Sasuke…"

Sasuke gave him a small tentative smile, just a slight upward lift of the corner of his mouth and Naruto felt as if he'd been punched at the gut. Rarely did his beloved roommate smile that if he did that, he looked completely perfect. Like ethereal. Like sunshine and moonbeams.

Not being able to help himself, Naruto's aggressive nature came to play, grabbing Sasuke by the waist and pulling him down for a long hot kiss. Which Sasuke didn't seem to have any qualms about.

They kissed as if their lives depended on it. Sasuke wrapped his arms Naruto's neck, opening his mouth wide to accept the onslaught of Naruto's tongue. Naruto pulled him down so that their groins nestled against each other furiously rubbing.

"Fuck, I want you again," Naruto snarled against Sasuke's mouth. "Can we do it?"

He heard Sasuke sigh, then Sasuke turned his face away. "I – I was kinda expecting you to say that…"

He sounded defeated that Naruto had to pull away and look at his roommate's face. "Why? What's wrong? Are you not okay with this?"

Sasuke looked torn for a moment. "It's – it's okay. Uhm… When you say do it? Do you mean…"

"Oh. Uhm… Well, it's true you don't have a woman's body but I – pretty much have an idea where I'm supposed to go in. Heck. That sounded stupid, eh?" Naruto scratched the back of his head, suddenly embarrassed.

Sasuke bowed low, a bitter smile on his face. "I'm sorry. It's just – I haven't done it before. The whole nine yards of it."

"Well, knowing how shy you are, I figured as much. You're my first guy-kiss you know? Am I your first, too?"

Sasuke knew this would be the right moment to open up about Itachi. He still hated talking about it but with Naruto he felt he would not be judged, as he had been in the past.

"N-no. Actually there was another… The only other guy I -"

"Sasuke?"

"He was… He was… uhm…"

Sasuke felt Naruto's arm tighten around him. Then Naruto was whispering gently into his ear. "Don't sweat it out, man. If it's too hard for you to say it, don't bother trying. I'm not the type of guy who'll judge you based on your past. And I won't force you to do anything you're not comfortable with."

"Naruto!" Sasuke wrapped his arms around his roommate tightly, burying his face on the crook of Naruto's neck.

They hugged like that for a long time, seemingly satisfied by the close contact.

After a moment, Naruto began moving under Sasuke. "But I'm still hard, man. Suppose maybe we can jerk each other off. How's that?"

Sasuke shook in laughter, his arms still wrapped around his hopelessly horny roommate. "Yeah, bakero."

Since both of them had been too primed for the act, probably still reeling from what happened back in the art room, coming from the simple touch of their hands on the other's cock seemed relatively fast.

Sasuke bent over Naruto, straddling him as Naruto pumped at his prick. Likewise, Sasuke's hand was around Naruto's own manhood, running up and down, squeezing.

Naruto licked at Sasuke's neck, his tongue sending down a delicious thrill down Sasuke's spine. He wasn't able to hold out the shrill moan that came from his mouth. "Naruto…"

"That's it, right there, baby. Squeeze a little harder. Yeah… I'm – I'm coming…"

It was Naruto who came first, releasing a heavy jet of thick liquid down Sasuke's hand.

Naruto pulled Sasuke's face down for another kiss, pumping at his cock a little rougher this time. In a minute Sasuke was helplessly coming, crying out into his roommate's mouth.

Naruto swallowed the cry, feeling immensely pleased that he could make Sasuke lose his inhibitions like this.

Bonelessly, they dropped to the worn out bed, Sasuke landing ungracefully on Naruto's massive chest. They cuddled for a while, bathing in the afterglow.

"Hey, Sasuke."

"Hn?"

"I'm glad you bought a new bed."

"Huh?"

"I mean, double is still pretty small for us, but that beats this crappy little junk we are on now. What do you say we move to your bed?"

Sasuke made a sound that was almost close to a girl's giggle. "Agreed."

"And from now on, we'll be sleeping together on your bed. No other way around it, okay."

Sasuke breathed in the musky sweaty smell of his roommate's skin. Aah, this was bliss. "Okay."

Xxx

There.

There will still be love scenes in the future, especially since some of my bigger scenes would require love making. That's just me, y'know. I can't just throw in a sex scene just for the sake of making them do it.

I need a major prelude so that it makes it more special. Sorry if it's not hot enough. I just wanna make it cute. So I hope you still liked it.

Please continue leaving reviews okay. Love you guys!