The Kappa

Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine.

"Wow you look shit. Really shit." Sasuke opened one eye to scowl at the being sitting at the end of his bed.

"Don't you have better things to do?" His head was pounding and he felt absolutely exhausted. Sasuke had gotten hardly any sleep last night and after being told by his mother that he had probably caught Itachi's cold, was attempting to rest and get over it.

Everyone else was out at work and school and so he had spent ten glorious minutes completely alone. The problem was that after this, Suigetsu had invaded his bedroom. Since he had randomly kissed him last week, Sasuke had attempted to avoid being alone with the boy.

Even now he wasn't sure why he'd done it. He thought he was just humouring the other boy but he had continued to feel weird about himself. Sasuke was smart enough be good at intellectual things but when it came to emotions he was pretty lacking.

"Can't you just leave? I'm ill." Most people would get the hint and bugger off. Suigetsu was not most people.

"Surely that's an even better reason for me to stay?" Right now Sasuke could not be bothered to process why this was apparently logic.

"Why?" I'm not sure why I'm even asking.

"Because if you need anything I can get it for you." He hopped off the end of the bed and did a mock salute.

"…You aren't leaving are you?"

"Obviously. You may as well give up now." The kappa was taking advantage of his weakened state. Sasuke sighed.

"Fine! Just don't do your usual so I can get some sleep."

"Right!" He then dawdled over to the computer. Considering that a few months before he had never used a computer it was quite impressive how comfortable he was with one now.

He expected that Suigetsu would start pestering him fairly soon and so it was even more distracting that he wasn't doing anything. Sasuke even had to glance to make sure that he hadn't moved. This wasn't unnoticed by Suigetsu.

"I thought you were sleeping."

"I am." He was even more annoyed that he'd been caught out.

"So why are you staring at me?" He spun round on the chair and smiled at him. The little bastard was clearly satisfied with himself.

"I only glanced in your direction once." Sasuke lay back down and tried to ignore Suigetsu's chuckling.

"Want me to come and kiss you goodnight?"

"Just stay in the chair." Why did I even bother to look? It had given him an excuse to start up conversation.

Sasuke closed his eyes once again and tried to stop thinking about the fact that he wasn't alone. He could hear the chair as it moved so it was no surprised when he opened his eyes and saw Suigetsu sitting in the chair next to the bed.

"You only told me to stay in the chair."

"Ok it was my fault."

"Obviously." He leant in closer and Sasuke with his delayed reactions let him get quite close before he turned around.

"Stop that."

"I was going to feel your forehead actually." Sasuke raised an eyebrow even though he knew that Suigetsu couldn't see him.

"If you want to be helpful you can get me a drink and something to eat."

"Manners cost nothing."

"Just do it. Or I'll phone someone else and get them to come round." Not that he wanted anyone else. Being alone was preferable at this moment in time.

"Ok, ok." He heard Suigetsu walk out and close the door behind him. This allowed Sasuke to relax for a minute. He had been so tense at having the other boy in the room that he fell asleep pretty fast. This he realised when Suigetsu practically slammed the tray down at the end of the bed on his return.

"Have a nice sleep?"

"Hn…" He sat up rubbing his eyes. Suigetsu had basically gotten a huge pile of tomatoes and sliced them. He couldn't even be bothered to complain. The kappa picked up one of the slices and held it out.

"Say aaah." Sasuke scowled at him. Suigetsu started poking his lip with the tomato. "Aren't you gonna eat?"

"Not like-." Opening his mouth to speak had been a poor decision and he nearly choked when the tomato was forced down his throat.

"You really need to chew your food." Sasuke grabbed a slice and threw it at the kappa's head. "You're kind of touchy aren't you?"

"Are you sure you can't go somewhere else?" He was starting to get frustrated.

"I have nowhere else to go." He pouted and Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"I can't sleep with you in the room."

"Why?" This was a point he didn't want to elaborate on.

"Because I don't trust you."

"I've slept here before." This was a fact Sasuke had forgotten.

"That was different."

"Why?" Because I didn't think about kissing you befo- No!

"Just because. Now go and watch TV."

"But-."

"If I need something I'll tell you." Sasuke lay down and stared at the wall waiting for Suigetsu to leave.

It was pretty harsh of him to keep pushing him away. Before Suigetsu had been an unknown entity and something to be feared. Now he was getting to know him and it wasn't out of fear that was causing him to back off. He'd been with Naruto before and so he hadn't consciously thought about anything else. But now Suigetsu was all he thought about.

From his perspective Suigetsu enjoyed screwing with him. He was mostly amiable, but only out for himself. Because of this Sasuke couldn't bring himself to look at the kappa. Suigetsu was only screwing around, no way could anything he said actually be true. Before he could ignore this. Now Sasuke had changed, and he wasn't sure he liked it.

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Sasuke knew he'd been asleep for a while when he woke up again later. He was pretty exhausted and when he went to roll back something stopped him. Sasuke turned round, noted Suigetsu lying on the bed next to him and lay back down. His head was pretty muggy and so it took him a while to process this. Slowly he sat up and looked at the sleeping kappa.

"Suigetsu." Obviously he was asleep. At least he hadn't done anything he shouldn't. "Suigetsu." He turned round and stared at Sasuke.

"I am trying to sleep."

"In my bed." Where you are not supposed to be.

"You looked cold. I was helping." When he sat up they were dangerously close and Sasuke looked away.

"Great but you're too close."

"This isn't the first time."

"But I don't want to be that close to you right now."

"Because you don't want me to get your cold? How kind." Sasuke's mental capacities were somewhat diminished by tiredness and illness which explained his next statement.

"Because I feel weird being around you at the minute, ok?"

"Why?"

"Because of that stupid kiss! Now leave me alone." Then he froze.

"Wait, you mean that day we were hiding from bitchface?"

"No."

"It is. You like meee." Suigetsu attempted to move closely but Sasuke quickly backed off.

"I do not."

"You can't even look at me." He looked. Suigetsu was smiling at him. "I don't get the problem here Sasgay." Sasuke didn't say anything and so he decided to go for it. "You're single and I'm single. You like me, I like you."

"What exactly are you suggesting?"

"I thought you were smart. I'm suggesting we stop fucking around and actually consider a consensual relationship. Preferably with sex but I'm not pushy."

"What?" My head hurts too much for this.

"Don't bullshit me Sasgay. We've been fucking around for months now."

"You are the one screwing around not me. You just play games with people." From his point of view, Suigetsu was trying to fuck with his life.

"What?" He had hit a nerve.

"All you're doing is trying to get me to care about you because you have nothing better to do. Just stop it!" For a moment speech failed the kappa but when he got over the shock, it was like a volcanic eruption.

"You think this is a game? Do you know anything about me? I have been fucking watching you all of your pathetic life, waiting for you to just look in my fucking direction! I have spent two years watching you screwing another guy and wishing you would do it with me! And then you finally found out I exist and you treat me like shit. I don't just have a stupid little crush on you either. I fucking love you, ok?" By the end of this he was panting for breath. It was the opposite of what he'd expected.

"…Finished?" Sasuke was outwardly calm but inwardly bloody confused.

"…Yes."

"Are you crying?" This was an unexpected conclusion.

"No. That part of my face is melting a little."

"Oh…" Sasuke was still pretty tired and his headache hadn't been lessened by this ranting. "So… you've always liked me?"

"Yeah…" Neither of them wanted to make eye contact right now.

"…Why didn't you say something?" He could've been a lot more serious about it.

"I didn't want you to think I was pathetic."

"…You just admitted to stalking me."

"…"

"And now you're crying."

"…Shut up." It sounded like he was smiling though. "Ahh, I feel like a complete dumbass right now."

"How do you think I feel?" There was a long silence.

"What do we do now?" He could feel Suigetsu was staring at him.

"What?"

"Well I think we have ascertained that we both have feelings for each other, a move that in teen fiction leads to either a lot of angst or getting together." Suigetsu let those words sink in.

"Oh… well I think we're done with the angst."

"So…?"

"…Are you going to make me say it?" Sasuke was glaring.

"I have done most of the chasing, now it is your turn."

"Oh for the love of-. I'm not having sex with you, I have a fucking cold."

"I didn't say sex."

"Then what do you want?"

"Tell me you love me~."

"What?" He looked at the kappa who was grinning, all moping forgotten.

"Say it." Sasuke tried scowling but it didn't work. "I can wait."

"I don't hate you."

"Good start. Now say the opposite of that."

"…I love you. You know I hate saying soppy bullshit."

"I know." He had a smug grin on his face.

"And now I need to get some sleep." This he hoped would mean peace.

"And as you love me, I am going to stay in bed with you."

"…"

"You love me."

"…Just don't touch anything, especially under the waist."

"Fine."