Wiggle Those Hips – You're a School Girl Now
Bevino – summer 2007
Beta'd by Allys777

.:Chapter 10:.
Y o u C a n ' t S t o p M e , I ' m A G i r l I n L o v e

In the chilly room, Naruto sat in his dress and waited. His hands were folded, resting in his lap. His shoulders were stiff and he wished for a good massage. Outside the world had turned fully into winter now – Christmas was only one week away. It would be a white day this year too.

The old windows that had been good to sneak into your enemy's room didn't withstand the winter's cold that much. All Naruto wanted to do right now was to crawl deep underneath the blanket and sleep the evening away. He didn't really feel like going to the Ball, but he had said yes to Chouji, and Naruto wasn't a man who went back on his words. No, he had to go to the Ball with Chouji, and hopefully he would have a good time.

Naruto wondered if Sasuke would be there.

He smoothed down the red dress, his hands following the silky fabric. A few days ago, a letter and a big box had waited for Naruto when he woke up. The box had been left inside his room, so he had guessed the sender had to be Tsunade, who was the only one with access to the skeleton key. The letter looked exactly like the one he had received when he first arrived at the school, so he had no doubt it had come from Asuma. Naruto had found himself smiling – he hadn't heard from Asuma since that night the man had come to visit him. It was good to see that the old man still was alive.

Naruto had made his way out of his bed toward the new things in his room. Wrapped up in the cosy blanket he had wormed his way over the floor, a hand shakily reaching out for the letter. His fingers had trembled as he opened it up.

Shizuka, the letter had said.

New information has come to my knowledge. Can't tell like this. Can't visit…

Your school will soon have a trip to the city. Meet me at the station.

A.

New knowledge huh? Naruto assumed it had to be about who or what exactly was after him, and what they were going to do about it. After he had read it, Naruto ripped the letter into pieces and flushed it down the toilet, like he had done with the other one. If someone were to come into his room, letters like those would only cause trouble. Like the gun had.

The gun was now hidden underneath his mattress. Unoriginal place to hide it, but he felt it was safe enough from unwanted eyes.

When Naruto was finished with destroying the letter he went back to the highly interesting box. . He had dropped to his knees in front of it, eyeing it suspiciously. It had been a black box, like the one his school uniform had laid in (and all of his other school clothes). He had wondered what Tsunade had sent him.

Pulling off the lid and taking away the silk paper, Naruto had found himself looking at a dark red silky fabric. Forgetting the blanket he stood up with the garment in his hands.

It was a dress.

A blood red dress that went all the way to the floor. It had long sleeves, and at the end of both the sleeves and the dress, a small golden line was placed around. The neckline wasn't cut low, but went from shoulder peak to shoulder peak and would show enough skin. Underneath the dress in the box a pair of golden shoes with a small heel had laid, together with a small card.

Miss Nanohara

Shizuka

By listening to the gossip around the school, I have come to know that you are to attend to the Christmas Ball together with Mister Akimichi Chouji. As I thought about it, I realised that you didn't own a dress.

This is for you.

Use it.

Principal Tsunade.

Naruto had snickered at the letter. 'Use it'? Was that a proposal or a command?

But even now, Naruto couldn't help but smile when he remembered the letter. He really appreciated that Tsunade had even taken the time to think of him, let alone to give him a dress as beautiful as this one. He had thought about asking Temari (the girl was about the same size as him, even though she was somewhat shorter), but this would definitely be better. The dress fit him perfectly and was just the right length. Naruto wondered where the principal had got a hold of something as beautiful as this, but decided not to question it.

The dress wasn't what kept his mind restless however. Sasuke caused that. Thinking of Sasuke made Naruto's head ache, and all he wanted was to fulfil the urge he had had earlier – to crawl deep underneath the blanket and hide there, until the school year was over. He wanted to forget about Sasuke, but that seemed to be impossible. Some how, the Uchiha had made his way into Naruto's heart, and he doubted that would leave anytime soon.

Not from Naruto's point of view that is.

So what if Naruto had fallen in Love with Sasuke? That wouldn't change anything. He could never get too close to the raven, ever. He simply had and was going to have too many secrets.

And he would never be able to share them, or would he?

Naruto ignored his heart's pleading. He could never tell Sasuke the truth. What would he think of Naruto if he did? If Naruto told him his secret, he would definitely loose Sasuke.

If you could loose something you couldn't have.

There was an idea though. If he told Sasuke the truth, Sasuke would definitely leave Naruto's ass alone. Then that problem would be solved. But Naruto knew that was out of question. He could not risk something that important only to get Sasuke to leave him alone. Asuma had gone through a lot of trouble to get Naruto into this high-class school, and Naruto wasn't going to be the one to spoil it.

Sasuke was something else. When Naruto had said yes to Chouji, one of the reasons had been that he didn't think anyone else would ask him. Of course he wanted to go with Chouji. They had said directly that they would go together because they didn't have any other dates. Shikamaru would go with Temari, Kiba with Hinata and Gaara… being Gaara, Gaara wouldn't go at all. They would go for the food and because they were friends. But why had he wanted to explain that to Sasuke (something that certainly not was appreciated judging by Sasuke's reaction). He had no reason (something that Sasuke had also made clear). He had had no reason to stop Sasuke from walking away? So why had he done it?

Naruto hung his head, blue eyes eyeing the red dress against the white blanket. He had listened to his heart. He had fallen in Love with Sasuke, and he didn't want to let him go. If he kept on like this, he would not be able to leave Sasuke at the end of the year. If he kept on like this, he would pour his heart out to the boy, love and secret confessions mixed together in an awful combination.

And he had to prevent himself from doing that at all cost.

The blond boy alone on his bed closed his eyes. He was tired. So fucking tired. He was stressed and was under a lot of pressure. All he wanted to do was to sleep.

A soft knocking was heard from the door.

But he couldn't do that. Now, he had to stand up, but on his mask, smile, and follow Chouji to the Christmas Ball. And if he couldn't feel happy at all this evening, he would be damned if he didn't smile as though he was.

The room that held 'The Great Christmas Ball' (as the sign over the entrance declared in big bold words) was decorated as you would think a room where a Christmas Ball would be held should be. A towering Christmas tree was placed in the middle of the enormous room, which could hold the entire student population, plus family and friends. The walls were white and sparkled liberally with gold ornaments, and the floor was as red as his dress. There was a stage between twin staircases that went up to the second floor balconies on the far side of the room, the band on it was playing. Naruto didn't know who they were. He guessed though, that they had to be somewhat famous, to be playing in a school like this one. A long table went from one side to the other, covered in 'fancy' foods of all sorts. Throughout the massive room students were showing off their lavish dresses and expensive suits, laughing and having a good time. Some of them were dancing nearer to the stage.

There were open doors along the walls that led off into side rooms, through which Naruto could see fancy couches, billiards, dart, and other games you could entertain yourself with. One room contained a bar for those lucky few over eighteen, but Naruto could only make out a few teachers in that room so far (principal Tsunade's blonde braids were hard to miss).

Chouji quickly spotted their friends, and they made their way through the clusters of revellers. Kiba and Hinata were one of the couples who were dancing, and Naruto smiled at Shikamaru and Temari where they stood each with a glass of the fruity punch in their hands.

"Shizuka, what a wonderful dress!" Temari said and smiled at him. Naruto smiled back at her and thanked her, telling her that her dress was also beautiful, even though he didn't even look at it. The other three began to talk to each other, but Naruto soon lost the thread. His mind was heavy and so were his eyelids. To prevent himself from falling asleep where he stood, Naruto let his gaze wander the giant room once more. He saw Kiba and Hinata waving at him, but he didn't care for waving back. The band was playing some fast song, and Naruto was sure his head would explode any minute. The room danced in too many colours and Naruto closed his eyes briefly.

When he opened them seconds later, he saw the one person he didn't want to see there.

Uchiha Sasuke.

The band slowed down their tempo and so did all the couples who danced. Naruto watched as Sasuke was led to the dance floor by Sakura – in a sparkling pink dress with white gloves – she placed his hands on her hips. He had a frown on his face, and he tried to break loose from her (which quieted Naruto's traitorous heart a little, but he couldn't take his eyes away from the couple). Then Sasuke suddenly tensed, as if knowing someone was watching him. Slowly his head rose, looking directly at Naruto.

Sasuke's grip on Sakura's waist tightened.

Their eyes met.

Sasuke suddenly felt sick. Shizuka stood on the other side of the room, watching him and Sakura dance. She was dressed in a beautiful red dress that went deliciously well with her bronze skin and golden hair, Sasuke had never seen anything more perfect. Her blue eyes seemed to shine even brighter than before.

She was beautiful.

More beautiful than any girl or boy at the Ball.

And Sasuke felt sick about it. Sick, as he had felt ever since the day she had turned him down. Sick that even though he hated her as much as he did right now, he felt terrible for making her look at him with that face, when he pulled the girl's pink head closer to his shoulder.

Even though Sasuke had spent the days since then hiding from her in his room and trying to maintain his anger, he still felt something for her. He knew he… okay, to hell with this shit. He fancied her, okay? He thought she was beautiful, he enjoyed being with her (for the small amount of time he had been with her), he liked to fight with her, he liked to argue with her, he liked to kiss her, and he was sure he would like it even more if she kissed him. For the moment he had to believe that she had responded, he was sure of it. He really was.

He didn't want to dance with this girl. He didn't even know her god damned name. She had asked him to the dance. Somewhere around the tenth time, she had been lucky. She had asked him only minutes after he had been turned down by Shizuka, and she had taken Sasuke's grunted reply as a 'yes'. Sasuke didn't really care. For the moment he was only dancing with her because Shizuka was looking.

Sasuke looked down at her pink head. He wanted to vomit at the colour, because that would at least make it less disgusting. He lifted his head to look at Shizuka again.

His stomach turned as he saw her bite her bottom lip and turn away.

She must have been trying to hide a triumphed smirk.

Because she did want to turn him down.

Right?

…

Right?

Two pair of eyes met over the punch bowl. Blue eyes meeting black ones at the same time as a tan hand grasped a pale one over the same ladle.

Burning.

Naruto withdrew his hand as quickly as he could and he saw Sasuke do the same. They stood on either side of the table, both with one of those classy glasses in their hands. Naruto in his dress and Sasuke in his suit.

Both eyes narrowing.

Both hands grabbing the ladle again.

"I was here first!" Sasuke hissed.

"The hell you were!" Naruto snarled back.

"Give…it…"

"Never…"

They continued to struggle over the ladle, sending people who were on their way to get some punch quickly in a different direction. Naruto growled and looked up at Sasuke through the blonde bangs that hung over his eyes, when he suddenly caught someone looking rather sternly at them. It was the same teacher who had given them detention before, Professor Umino or something. Naruto swallowed and looked back at Sasuke.

"Fine," he said and let go.

The sudden lack of tension caused Sasuke to jerk the ladle. Bright red punch splashed over the both of them, drenching their beautiful clothes. Naruto gasped and placed his hands on his chest in shock.

"Sasuke! Look what you did!"

He looked up at Sasuke, who in his turn looked strangely at Naruto's chest. Naruto realised where his hands were resting and let them fall to his sides instead. Sasuke looked up at him again.

"It's your fault, you idiot!" Sasuke said, offended.

He wasn't the one who let go of the ladle. Now both their clothes were ruined, and everything was Shizuka's fault. Everything that had gone wrong this year had been Shizuka's fault for Christ's sake!

"Well, if you had been a gentleman, you would have given me the ladle," Naruto said, irritated with both Sasuke and his dress. Sasuke's eyes squinted even more, if that even was possible.

"If you had been like a lady from the beginning, we wouldn't even be here."

Both teenagers went silent, looking at each other. Naruto didn't believe he had ever been this irritated in his whole life. He closed his eyes and took three shaky breaths before he opened them up again.

He had to get away from here. He couldn't be here any longer, ignoring the way his heart was hammering in his chest. Naruto was almost certain that Sasuke could here the loudness of the pounding through the layers of skin, fake breasts, bra and ruined dress. Naruto straightened his back and saw Chouji, Shikamaru and Temari looking in their direction.

He had to get away from here.

"Take your punch," he said, "I'm outta here."

He began to walk away, when he suddenly heard Sasuke speak quietly to himself.

"Never again…right…"

Naruto stopped in his movements. Never again? Never again what? He quickly turned around and saw Sasuke heading through the big crowds, heading for the door. Naruto threw a look at his friends and smiled in excuse to them, before he headed after Sasuke, out in the pitch-black of the evening.

Never in his life had Sasuke been as furious as he was right now. His blood boiled in his veins, the frigid cold of the late winter evening just a small feeling in the back of his head. He had forgotten his coat in the cloakroom back at the ball, but there was no way in hell that he was going back there right now. There was no was in hell he was going back to where Shizuka was.

This was the second time in all his seventeen years that he had done this. The second fucking time he had let anyone come this close to his heart. The first time had been his family, Itachi of course. He had let them close to his heart and what had he gotten in return?

Nothing. Not a single fucking thing. They had left him.

After that he had hardened his heart.

Wouldn't you?

If everyone you loved suddenly left you? Wouldn't you shut the door and lock it and throw the key as far as a human soul can throw, if not even farther? Wouldn't you take a big step away from mankind, only looking passively at them as they love, hate, cry and laugh?

Wouldn't you?

Wouldn't anyone?

Sasuke did.

And for the first time since he was thirteen, he had let someone come close. And look where that had taken him. Walking alone in the freezing night, feeling frustrated and abandoned.

Never again.

Never again he would open up his heart to anyone. He had been burned two too many times, and enough was enough.

Sasuke kept walking, heading for his dorm. He wanted to get into his room and sleep the rest of the year by. He didn't want to see her face again. He didn't know what he would think if he did. What would he do? Would he hit her right between her eyes? He wanted to. Would he… cry?

'Oh God.'

Sasuke decided to leave it there.

Out of the night, the sound of a car driving quietly in the snow could be heard. Sasuke stopped in the high snow. Who would come to the school at a time like this? Maybe someone for the ball. Probably someone for the ball. But wouldn't they have been here earlier if that was the case? Sasuke suddenly realised how cold the world was around him, and he quickly folded his arms over his chest. Great. Now he really had to hurry to his room.

"Wait you fucking bastard!"

Sasuke's eyes widened as he turned around. Shizuka (a freaking fast Shizuka) was approaching him quickly, her bare hands holding up the red dress as she jogged through the high snow heaps. Her cheeks were red and her hair was dancing behind her, and even if he hated himself for it, Sasuke's heart began to beat faster as she came closer. He quickly turned away and started to walk through the snow with big steps, faster than before, his hands still folded over his chest.

"Goddammit! Fucking wait you son of a bitch!" Shizuka screamed after him.

Sasuke quickened his steps. Shizuka did the same. Sasuke began to run. Shizuka wasn't late after. The chase was on and soon both of them where running as fast as they could in the snow, both of them forgetting how freaking cold it was. Hell, they didn't even know where they where running, but they sure ran past their dorm.

"Don't think you can get away!"

"Stop following me you idiot!" Sasuke screamed back, almost out of breath.

"Never in my life! Right!?"

Sasuke cursed as he stumbled over a stone hidden beneath the thick snow blanket. He threw an eye backwards only to see that Shizuka was closer than she had been just a second ago. Where the hell did she get her energy from?

Then, out of nowhere, a low surprised scream was heard, making Sasuke stop dead in the middle of a big step. He twirled around and saw nothing. And that was the problem.

Where the hell did Shizuka go?

He took five steps back, and saw something dark in the snow.

Shizuka had tripped on the stone Sasuke had stumbled over earlier. Now she was lying with her face deep buried in the snow, not a sound coming from her. Sasuke took an uncertain step closer.

"Shizuka?" he asked to the lifeless form. "Are… are you alright?"

Nothing happened.

Sasuke took another step closer.

"Shizuka?"

Okay, now he was worried. He took the five last steps and fell down next to her, grabbing her shoulders in an attempt to rouse her. She was as stiff as the rock she had tripped over.

"Shizuka! Come on! Shizuka?!"

Sasuke felt the panic rising. What had he done?! He was the one who had made Shizuka run after him. Why hadn't he stopped to see what she wanted, when he saw that she hadn't enough clothes on?

A low chuckle was heard.

"Shi – " Sasuke was cut off in the middle of her name, when Shizuka suddenly threw herself over him.

Sasuke growled and begun to struggle, and a pretty serious snow fight had begun. Sasuke screamed when Shizuka stuffed snow inside his suit, he made a snowball which he pressed against her bosom. Shizuka screamed and hit Sasuke in his head.

Hard.

"Fuck!" Sasuke exhaled, and in a second Naruto straddled him where they laid on the ground. He looked up to see a widely grinning blonde girl. He tried to throw her off, but hell she was strong! Then she suddenly became serious, looking at Sasuke with a frown.

"What did you mean by 'never again' Sasuke?"

Sasuke looked at him and looked away. Damn. Naruto had gone through too much trouble now to let Sasuke stop.

"I'm not letting you go you know."

"You'll begin to freeze soon," Sasuke said with that dead tone of his.

And he was right. Naruto was fucking freezing to death, but he wouldn't let Sasuke know that.

"I'm warm-blooded. I can stay here all the night if I have to." Naruto smiled in triumph when Sasuke looked rather panicked, but it was soon replaced with a smirk.

"Be my guest," he said lowly.

Naruto smirked back and leaned closer, almost making the tip of their noses touch. He could feel Sasuke's breath hitch, the warm puffs of air more than welcomed on his face.

"Maybe I will," he whispered.

God, he was too close. If he leaned a bit closer, their lips would meet for a second wonderful time.

If he only leaned closer…

Sasuke's eyes widened when he saw what Shizuka was about to do, but then he closed his eyes and stretched his neck upwards to meet Shizuka halfway.

Their lips had barely brushed against each other, when a flash of light hit them. Naruto and Sasuke opened their eyes and looked at each other for a second, before slowly turning their heads to where the light came from. Next to them a stylish black car stood with its lights on. Naruto was stunned. How could they not have heard that? The car was fucking parked next to them!

The driver's seat door was opened, and a dark figure stepped out of it, walking behind the car to reach one of the back doors. The figure opened the door, and another dark shadow stepped out. The two of them made their way up to Naruto and Sasuke, who where still laying on the ground, and into the light.

The first one, a man, looked weird. In the light, Naruto almost though the man looked blue for a moment. He was tall and wore a long black cloak that went all the way to his feet, an exact replica of the one the other man had on.

The second man was almost the mirror image of Sasuke.

The man, from where Naruto was leaned over Sasuke, looked taller than the young student, but not as tall as Naruto. He had longer hair, and the light lit the dark bags under his eyes. His eyes were as black as Sasuke's. While the similarity was striking, at the same time they looked like they came from different parts of the world. Sasuke's eyes weren't that cruel. Sasuke didn't look that dead. And even though Sasuke and this man were so different in just one look, there was no doubt who this man was.

Uchiha Itachi.

"Little brother. Little… girl," Itachi said. "Good evening."

Naruto felt Sasuke tense underneath him, but he didn't move away. Who knew what would happen if he did? Instead he stayed on Sasuke's stomach, and he placed his hands on Sasuke's shoulders as if to say, 'don't do anything stupid'.

"Itachi," Sasuke growled. In some sort of way he was glad that Shizuka held him down. Otherwise he wouldn't know what he would do. Nothing pretty, that was sure. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Itachi snickered in the silent night, his friend joining him.

"Just looking for someone, little brother. Not for you though."

Itachi leaned closer.

"You're not interesting enough."

Sasuke growled and tried to throw Naruto off of himself, but Naruto held him down. He didn't know what Itachi could have done to make Sasuke react like this, but he really wanted to know.

Itachi snickered again before he motioned his companion to follow him. Itachi gave one look to Sasuke over his shoulder before heading to the ballroom on the path that had been ploughed, a path neither Naruto nor Sasuke had found when they where in the middle of their chase.

Sasuke screamed a low scream in agony and tried to follow, but Naruto didn't budge. When Itachi and his friend were out of sight, Naruto dared to loosen his hold. Almost immediately he was thrown off onto the snow, and Sasuke tried to get up. Naruto lunged for his feet and grabbed a hold, pulling Sasuke down on the ground again with an unpleasant thud.

"Let me go you fucking idiot!" Sasuke growled.

"And what will you do then? Kill him?!" Naruto screamed back.

Sasuke stopped in his movements, thinking. Shizuka had a point. He couldn't kill Itachi like this. He had to get a weapon.

Like… a gun?

Quickly he stood up, and Shizuka was about to pull him down again when she suddenly noticed that Sasuke was heading in a different direction. She quickly picked herself up too, following Sasuke as he walked away.

"Jut like that? You're dropping it?" She asked him surprised.

He aimed a glare at her even as he took note of her red cheeks and her red lips, her sparkling blue eyes and - - -

"No. I'm going to kill him," he said as he quickened his step for the umpteenth time this evening.

"But," she started, sounding utterly confused.

"I'm going to shoot him."

Shizuka suddenly stopped in the snow.

'Shoot him?' Naruto thought. How will he be able to do that? He doesn't have a… gun.

"Oh, no you don't!" Naruto said and ran after Sasuke.

Sasuke, who had seen this coming, had already begun to run to their dorm, heading for Naruto's room. Naruto had to stop him. Damn it. Naruto was already fucking tired, and he really didn't really feel like running anymore. With one last burst of energy he ran after Sasuke at top speed, up the stairs and after Sasuke into the dark room. The only source of light in the dorm was the small lamps that hung on the walls throughout the corridor, but the chandeliers were dark. He saw Sasuke pulling harshly on his door, and when he reached the raven, he grabbed a hold of his shoulder and smashed him into the closest wall.

"Let me go!"

"Hell no! You think I'm stupid?!"

"Would be news to me if you aren't!"

"Bastard!"

"Idiot!"

"Ass!"

"Bimbo!"

Naruto's eyes narrowed.

"That's cheap."

"Then let me go," Sasuke said, as if he had been proven a point.

Naruto laughed out loud before stopping abruptly.

"Do you think I'm stupid." she said, sounding deadly serious with that low voice she sometimes got when emotions were flying high.

Sasuke swallowed, and realised how close they stood. Too close. Like earlier. When they almost had kissed for a second time…

Shizuka seemed to have realised the same thing. Her lips parted and her eyelids fell half way down her eyes. Their hearts begun to speed up, not from running but from attraction.

And in a way, love.

"Sasuke…" Naruto whispered.

"Yes…?" Sasuke answered, his face inching closer.

And Naruto closed the distance.

Sarutobi Asuma had had one hell of a night. Damn, he had had one hell of a couple of months.

That was the bad thing with getting too close to someone. Naruto was someone Asuma saw as his own son, and he had been putting his soul into catching the man who was chasing after the boy. He had sent out several people to get information, but even still, it had taken too much time.

But now they were finally making some progress. He had the name of the man who was after Naruto, and it wasn't good. Asuma was beginning to regret having sent Naruto on that undercover mission into the freaking Mafia. The man who was chasing Naruto wanted the information the kid had gotten. He wanted to know everything about Orochimaru's area and his fortune. And Naruto was the key to all of those things.

Asuma closed his eyes. He would have to talk to Naruto soon.

Before Uchiha Itachi caught up to him.

Yes, Naruto had kissed both boys and girls in his lifetime. Some of those kisses had been good, and some of them splendid. But none of them had been as wonderful as the one he now shared with Uchiha Sasuke.

Sasuke's lips were really soft. The burning sensation where their lips met was sending a tingling sensation throughout his body to his fingertips and toes. He could feel Sasuke's warm breath on his face as he breathed through his nose, which occasionally bumped into Naruto's own. Naruto's own heated face was pressed so closely against Sasuke's. And of course there was the euphoria of finally being able to kiss Sasuke for real.

They parted for a second, opening their eyes only to close them and kiss each other again. This kiss was more passionate than the last one, which had been more of a playful exploration of each other. Naruto stuck out his tongue and licked Sasuke's bottom lip, sucking it in before Sasuke opened his mouth to welcome him in. Naruto gladly agreed, and moaned when his tongue met Sasuke's for the first, but definitely not the last, time. Sasuke tasted so good. His taste intoxicated Naruto, making Naruto moan with greed. He pressed Sasuke closer to the wall.

Sasuke didn't mind being pressed against the wall, not at all. Shizuka's tongue deep buried in his mouth sent positive chills down his spine, and he arched his back slightly to bring himself closer. Even though they weren't pressed against each other, Sasuke could still feel the warmth of the blond girl in front of him. His heart pounded to the beat of hers and their moans came in pants together. Sasuke placed a hand on her waist at the same time Shizuka's hand came up to bury itself in his black locks.

The both of them were out of breath and drowning in their emotions, they broke apart.

"Sasuke…" Naruto mumbled, looking at Sasuke through heavy eyes.

"Shizuka," Sasuke breathed back. And then he smiled. That beautiful smile Naruto had seen before, when they had made themselves free. The smile that had made his heart beat this fast for the first time in his life.

"I didn't think…"

"Well," Naruto smiled back, "you were wrong."

Sasuke smiled and closed his eyes, letting his head lean backwards against the wall.

"Well…?" Sasuke asked.

"Well what?"

Sasuke's lack of an answer was enough.

"Fine. I like you."

"You… like me?" Sasuke smirked.

"Damn. Okay. Maybe I have a crush on you," Naruto said through clenched teeth.

"Only a crush, Shizuka?" Naruto glared at Sasuke.

"Don't push it."

Both teenagers smiled at each other, and Sasuke stepped closer, leaning upwards to get another kiss. Naruto grabbed a hold of his shoulders, holding him back.

"What about Itachi?"

"Screw Itachi."

Shizuka seemed to think about it for a moment.

"I'd rather screw you."

The loud crack of Sasuke hitting his head against the wall when he lost his balance was worth remembering. Shizuka only laughed at him as she picked his keys out of his pocket and walked over to Sasuke's room. Sasuke followed her questioningly with his eyes when she opened the door and stepped inside.

"I'm sleeping with you tonight, Uchiha," she said.

Sasuke felt his face reddening, and Shizuka's eyes narrowed.

"But no touching! And we will sleep about a foot apart!"

Sasuke smiled, nodded and followed her into his room.

She had no idea that it was enough for him just being around her.

To Be Continued