AN: Up two days early!
DFTBA & Enjoy!
Naruto placed another helping of sausage on his plate. This morning—or, rather, afternoon—had been perhaps the strangest he'd ever had. Sasuke Uchiha was far different than he had thought. He had always seen the Uchihas as arrogant, cold-hearted businessmen who were disgusted at anything less than perfection. The Uchiha before him had dark bags under his worn, bloodshot eyes. His hair stuck out awkwardly with a single spot near his forehead lying flat where he had slept on it. But to Naruto, the strangest and saddest thing to see was the curve of Sasuke's shoulders. Even when they had sparred at the Dojo, Sasuke Uchiha's shoulders had been straight, proud. Now they tilted downward and inward in a last effort to protect himself from defeat.
Sighing heavily, Naruto set down his uneaten sausage. He wanted to scream and freak out. He had fucked another man! Sasuke kissing him had been weird enough and the fact that he had kissed back… Well, he had put that down to the fact that he hadn't been with anyone in over a year, and that had been a drunken one night stand with Sakura and Ino. It was difficult to consider those kinds of things when he had a daughter waiting at home for him. Mizuki had it rough enough with her mother's condition. She didn't need her father bringing strange women home.
But Sasuke wasn't women. Sasuke was a man. He had never been with another man before, never had the chance to even consider it. When he was little he thought of, treated, and loved both genders the same. By the time the others had started figuring out their sexuality, he had already somehow found himself in a relationship with Hinata. And when he was again single, he had a daughter to look after. He never regretted Mizuki, but he did wish he had had time to know himself growing up.
"Are you ever going to eat that sausage? It's been stuck on your fork for nearly ten minutes," Sasuke said, snapping Naruto out of his thoughts.
"Oh, well, it's not like you're eating any, so why should it matter?"
Sasuke sipped his coffee. "I'm vegan, or at least mostly."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Mostly?"
"It's a preference, not a necessity. I'm not hardcore about it. I make do with what's available." He lifted his cream lightened coffee. "I prefer soymilk."
"I'll make sure to buy some for next time."
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly. "Next time?"
Naruto blushed. "No! I mean—I don't know. It was just a joke."
"A joke?"
"Yeah."
"So you're not bi?"
Naruto frowned. "I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"That's what I said!" He shot Sasuke a glare. The other man was smirking at him.
"You seemed to be certain last night when you were pounding into my ass."
Naruto stood abruptly. "You want me to kick your ass?"
Sasuke crossed his arms over his bare chest. "You can try."
"That's it!"
Naruto leapt over the table, knocking plates and glasses over, and tackled Sasuke, the chair breaking beneath them. They crashed to the floor. Sasuke yanked Naruto's head back by the hair and kissed him hard on the lips. Naruto moaned and, despite the fact that he kissed back, punched Sasuke in the side. With a groan, Sasuke pulled from the kiss and bit down on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto swore and they rolled over. Grabbing Naruto's wrists, Sasuke pinned them to the tile floor above their heads. Naruto struggled, popping his pelvis upwards in an attempt to knock Sasuke off of him. Instead it had the opposite effect and Sasuke began to press back.
They both moaned.
"Y'know," Sasuke breathed into Naruto's neck. "Liking men has nothing to do with your masculinity."
"I know." This time Naruto grinded his groin into Sasuke's. "I'm not afraid. That's not why I don't know."
"Then why?"
Naruto moaned as he felt Sasuke tenderly nip along the side of his neck. "Never had the chance."
"How about now?"
Oh, how he would love to, but they both had too much going on in their respective lives. Naruto frowned and slipped one of his wrists out of Sasuke's grip. Gently he pushed on Sasuke's shoulder. "Stop."
Sasuke lifted his head and looked down at Naruto. "Why?"
"Because I can't."
"Why?" Sasuke said a bit more harshly.
"Because." Naruto popped his hips upwards and successfully knocked Sasuke off of him. "Friends?"
Sasuke sat up. "You're running."
"You don't have much room to talk, Exotica."
Naruto stood and began cleaning up the kitchen. For several minutes Sasuke simply sat on the floor and watched him. He didn't know why being turned down by Naruto—again—stung to much. He understood perfectly the need to process. If Naruto was telling the truth and he really never had to the chance to figure out his sexual preferences, then Naruto probably had a lot on his mind. Considering that his backside was rather tender from last night, it was likely that it really was Naruto's first time with a man.
Sighing, Sasuke stood and helped Naruto finish cleaning up the kitchen. Neither one spoke, both too deep in thought, but it didn't stop them from unconsciously brushing against one another as they washed and dried the dishes. It had been a long time since Sasuke had felt so content doing something so mundane with someone else. He had to admit that even with Temari something had been building up between them. He had just been ignoring it—ignoring the fact that she flaunted information about the men in her life more often than not, that she had been wearing less around him, and that he never saw her without makeup anymore, even when all they had been doing was hanging out at his apartment. He sighed. Temari—he had left her asleep in his bed last night. He should probably call her, but he really didn't know what to say.
"Some of the guys are coming over tonight to play video games," Naruto said as he put the last dish away. "You should stick around and play too."
Sasuke blinked and looked at Naruto. "Huh?"
"Y'know, as friends?" Naruto smiled at him and Sasuke found himself falling into those Mediterranean blues that reminded him of happier times, before his mother had passed away and he had been allowed to sit around all day doing nothing besides playing games with his older brother and the Suna siblings.
"I'll even lend you a shirt to go with my jeans."
Sasuke smiled. "Um, yeah, sure."
