Moving On

Pure Morning

It was warm. His pillow was hard, but it didn't matter. It smelt good. Naruto stretched, his toes curling under the blanket and his arms coming to wrap around his naked, warm, nice-smelling pillow.

Confused, he fluttered his eyes open. He flew up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes before he looked around. Lavender-coloured walls, a few books on the nightstand, grey and clean sheets.

No. This was certainly not Kyuubi's guestroom.

He frowned, looking to his right. Blue eyes widened comically upon seeing a very naked Uchiha Sasuke lying next to him. He swallowed once, yesterday slowly coming back. Everything was repeated in his mind as he thought it over.

He had slept with Sasuke.

Why?

Naruto blinked. He had come to Sasuke's apartment to beat the crap out of him, not letting the Uchiha fuck him! He fell down on the mattress again, giving up. What point was it regretting what you had done?

He would just have to say what he thought to Sasuke and it would be over. That sounded good.

He poked the Uchiha next to him, knowing how much he hated that. He was planning out what to say quickly as Sasuke stirred and stretched, ready to open his eyes. He would just have to say that he knew what the bastard had done – using their experiences in his godfather's porn book!

Sasuke shifted so that he lay on his back, one arm coming around Naruto's shoulders to pull him closer. Obviously the Uchiha didn't know that Naruto was going to give him a piece of his mind. Then he wouldn't act so touchy-feely.

He opened his mouth and let out exactly what he felt like saying.

"You're mean."

Sasuke blinked, looking to the side so that he could see Naruto's facial expressions. The blonde that was lying on his arm stared up in the ceiling.

"Well, you're stupid."

They both blinked at Sasuke's reply, equally surprised.

"You're selfish," Naruto accused.

Sasuke snorted. "And you're not?"

"... At least I'm not mean."

The silence was heavy, and Naruto rolled over to his stomach so that he could look Sasuke in the eyes. So, he had yet to tell Sasuke that he hated him, but as soon as he opened his mouth everything and all but that came out.

"Why did you agree on helping Jiraiya with his book?" Naruto didn't move his eyes from Sasuke, wanting to see the Uchiha's reaction. At first, Sasuke's stoic expression didn't change, but realisation washed over him soon enough. "You didn't think that I would get to know, right?"

Sasuke shook his head. "I didn't agree on helping Jiraiya with anything. He forced it on me."

"Hm." Naruto chewed on his lower lip. "I guess it makes sense. I mean, how on Earth are you going to manage that with all your stupid work?"

Sasuke scowled, and Naruto wondered if it was the wrong thing to say. "You know, Naruto… I left my job last month."

The silence that followed was thick, and Naruto found that he almost couldn't breathe. He let out a weak, "why?"

He didn't get an answer, seeing as Sasuke sat up in front of him with the scowl still on his face. They stared at each other, both wondering what the hell had happened between them for it to become so awkward.

"I still love you, you know."

Naruto almost choked on Sasuke's words. He looked away, unsure if he wanted to see Sasuke with that annoyed expression on his face. "I didn't want to hear that, Sasuke."

"But, baby–"

"Don't 'baby' me, Sasuke! I'm not your babe anymore!" Naruto groaned in aggravation, running his hands through his tussled hair. "God, why can't you just give up on us? Why, Sasuke? Why can't you just give up?"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, but didn't answer. Naruto tried to catch the Uchiha's eyes, but Sasuke looked away. The non-comment spoke a lot more than any words would have done, and Naruto found himself angry with Sasuke again.

"Give up, Sasuke. We were nothing more than a high school romance!"

Sasuke snapped back at him. "Excuse me?"

Naruto became a little confused, what had he done wrong now? "Give up?"

"After that."

"Sasuke?" Naruto tried.

"After that!"

Biting his lip, Naruto wished that he could take his words back. "We were nothing more than a high school romance."

"I dare you to say that again," Sasuke growled. Naruto narrowed his eyes, feeling even more furious. "I dare you to say that ever again…"

"We were nothing more than a high school romance."

"Say it like you mean it and I will not be held responsible for my actions," Sasuke warned. The dangerous expression on Sasuke's face told Naruto that he was being completely serious.

"Sasuke…" Naruto leaned forward, his pressing his lips against his ex-boyfriend's. As he leaned back, he looked at Sasuke's nightstand. "What are you reading?"

The Uchiha looked completely taken back at Naruto's question. "Huh?"

"Reading. What are you reading?"

"Oh." Sasuke opened his mouth to answer, but he seemed to realise that Naruto was just being stupid and trying to distract him. He smacked his tongue impatiently.

"Must you do that sound?" Naruto questioned, looking annoyed. Sasuke smacked his tongue yet again, but this time he was ignored as Naruto stared at the clock. "I really should go back to Kyuubi."

"I'll get you some painkillers first." Sasuke unconsciously caressed Naruto's cheek before standing up and walking out of the room. Naruto looked after him, wondering how quick the painkillers would work, because his lower back was really hurting.

He shifted, now wondering how he couldn't have noticed the pain until now. Oh, it was really uncomfortable.

"Sasuke! Damn you and your big cock!"

UAUAUA

Kiba had been nervous ever since he woke up. He didn't know how you hung out with Uchiha Sasuke. What if Sasuke's way of hanging out was sitting in silence and think – or even worse; read a book.

Hinata had assured him that Sasuke was just like any other human being; a normal male that just wanted to be a little social with one of his former roommates.

Kiba knew better, though; Sasuke was not just like any other human being.

He had been standing outside the apartment building for almost five minutes before he pressed on the button next to the sign that read 'Uchiha Sasuke.' There was a buzz that told him that the door was open.

He entered, noticing that it didn't reek of smoke like most apartment buildings. There were two elevators that seemed to work, but he didn't risk it. Sasuke didn't live too high up, anyway, so he could take the stairs instead.

He jogged up to the fifth floor, slightly out of breath when he stopped outside the thick, brown door. He took a deep breath and knocked harshly on the door.

It was now or never.

The door was opened only a few seconds later, but not by Sasuke.

Kiba's dark brown eyes widened upon the sight of Uzumaki Naruto, clad in only a too big sweatshirt.

"You…are not the pizza guy."

Kiba looked at the money in Naruto's hand, and then over the lean legs that was visible from under the black sweatshirt. "No, from all I know I still work at the kennel. Now, Naruto, mind explaining what the fuck you are doing at Sasuke's apartment?!"

Naruto inhaled. Then exhaled. But he didn't utter a word, and Kiba found himself getting further more annoyed with the blonde. Naruto's hair was still wet, indicating that he had recently stepped out from the shower. "Would you like to come inside?"

Kiba gave a curt nod and then stalked past Naruto, ignoring the shorter man's surprised sound as he was pushed out of the way.

Pouting, Naruto followed. Kiba briefly wondered if the blonde got stupider each day.

Kiba found Sasuke in the kitchen, only dressed in a pair of light blue pyjama pants that hung low on his hips. "Tell me, Uchiha, what the hell Naruto is doing here?"

Sasuke looked over at the blonde, whom was now leaning against the doorframe. "Uhh… He…"

Kiba spun around, ready to yell at the blonde instead. "How the hell are you guys supposed to work things out if you can't help but screwing up all the time?!"

"The bastard started it!"

"No!" Kiba howled. "Sasuke didn't start anything, you didn't start anything – you provoke each other into doing stupid things! Why can't you find another poor soul to torture, Naruto?!"

Naruto flinched. "Wha–"

"Yes!" Kiba nodded hotly. "I just insulted you, if you didn't notice, you brain-dead blonde!"

"Enough!"

Kiba turned, wondering why the hell Sasuke had interrupted him. With his back turned to Naruto, he couldn't see the hurt look on the blonde's face. Sasuke looked angry – no, furious.

"You can't just come in here and insult him when you know nothing," Sasuke growled dangerously. "I really hope that you plan on apologising."

Kiba gaped. "But he… Can't you see what you are doing? Why can't you just–"

"I don't think I need any words of wisdom from you, Inuzuka." Sasuke looked so angry. "Maybe we should cancel our plans and decide not to talk until I have suppressed the terrible urge to kill you that I have right now."

Kiba nodded dumbly. He threw a dirty look at Naruto before storming out of the room. Oh, he was going to have a lovely talk to his friends and see what they thought about all this shit.

UAUAUA

Naruto curled up in the comfy sofa, bringing his legs up to his chest and hugging them. He glanced at Sasuke, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa. Sasuke was looking at him, and he didn't bother to hide it.

"I can run after him and kick his ass if you want me to," Sasuke offered. They looked at each other, and Naruto was the first to look away with a small blush on his nose. It was with a small smirk that Sasuke leaned forward and kissed Naruto's cheekbone.

They stayed silent for a long time, the pizza that had arrived for only a few minutes ago left untouched on the coffee table.

Naruto looked up on the handsome Uchiha, and their eyes locked.

"We will always be so much more than a high school romance."

To Be Continued

A/N: Damn, I'm nice. It's short, but at least I updated fast! I really enjoyed your reviews, and I hope you'll share your thoughts with me yet again. Not proof-read yet. I'm going to force my baby (MrsHellman) to edit all the chapters…hehe… She'll hate me when she reads this xD