Chapter 29: To Say Goodbye for a New Hello
Author's Notes (IMPORTANT):
-One: These author's notes are a little long, but all this stuff you kinda need to read is here. If you'd rather read the fiction then come back, please do so.
-I'm posting this now simply for the fact I don't know when I'll be able to have the time to post it again with my mother being back in the hospital. That means the Epi is going to be most likely coming at some random hour in the night.
-Two: There will be an Epilogue after this, and I promise…it's so much shorter.
-Three: I want to ask two simple things of all my readers before I get on to the normal things. One: Don't review simply about the lemon, please. Two: Don't rip Sakura a new asshole in your review, please. And one last favor because hell, I already asked for two. Don't tell me how it should have ended if you didn't like how it turned out. That's all I'm asking for. If you don't like it, go ahead and tell me why, but…those are my asking-s.
NOW.
Thank you all for the latest reviews, they were wonderful (as usual). Especially the ones who talked about Kakashi and Itachi – those made me laugh.
And here you are…enjoy.
Dedication: Everyone who stuck with the fiction, who reviewed, and who enjoyed each and every moment as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you.
And a particular shout out to my muses for helping me through this screaming headache of a fiction and of a lemon.
Disclaimer: Well, as with everything else, I don't own anything copyrighted in this fiction… because I'm not that special.
Warning: So, I'm still trying to break out of my lemony shell, but, I still… I don't know… hold back? I stepped out of my comfort zone as much as I could…so, I hope you like the lemon as much as I was satisfied with it (as many times as I rewrote it).
Lemon, Foul Language, and some fluff. And, of course, the longest chapter yet.
Don't know where this road
Is going to lead
All I know is where we've been
And what weve been through." – Boyz II Men
Chapter 29: To Say Goodbye for a New Hello
Naruto sucked in a breath, trying to ignore the pounding noise of his heart that thrummed in his ears to listen to the woman in front of him. He needed to hear what she said. He needed to be able to counter argue everything she said. He needed to be able to defend his crazy plot and everyone he dragged in with him.
"… incredibly stupid."
Naruto shook his blonde head, shaking some blonde locks free from their matted down posture, "I'm sorry?"
Tsunade huffed in annoyance, "This stunt was incredibly stupid brat."
He nodded slowly, "I know."
"Alright," She sighed, "just how many of your friends did you get involved?"
"A few." Naruto mumbled under his breath.
"So," She continued, "In an incredibly selfish stunt, you risked your friends and family?"
A tan hand came up to run through blonde locks, freeing bobby-pins to let them clatter to the floor, "Yes."
"So." She drawled, "What suddenly made you have a change of heart?"
The blonde looked up, his eyes locking with the Dean's, "I think you should sit down and have a talk with Anko. She has a pretty good idea save for the ultra fine details."
Her brow wrinkled in confusion, "And what in the hell does that mean?"
Naruto chuckled as he swooped down to begin picking up the mess, "I came here carelessly and selfishly, not thinking of anyone else but myself. Man is that unlike me too, old hag, you have no idea. I came here to pursue a young woman by the name of Sakura Haruno, who at the time, I thought was my future wife or something. Along the way, I met someone who gave me a change of heart, and made me realize how reckless I was being. How rude, selfish, and careless. He opened my eyes…"
"He?" Tsunade inquired.
"Yes."
The woman took a deep breath, "So I'm supposed to find a proper punishment for a young man who came into my school cross-dressing trying to get to one of my students and fell in love with someone who doesn't go to my school?"
Naruto stood with his wig in one hand and the pins in the other, a firm nod and a stern look, "Yes."
"I do believe, brat, you are one interesting kid." She chuckled.
"Huh?" Naruto almost dropped the things in his hands.
"The punishment is simple, Uzumaki. Aside transferring out of my school, you are to announce why you are transferring. Tell them. I don't care how, but simply keep it appropriate. Don't step one foot on the property again after that, you hear? I'll keep every one of your friends and family and whoever else was involved out of this if you keep your end of the bargain."
The blonde swallowed thickly, "Can't they sue me? The students?"
She smiled sweetly, a scary sweet smile that had bumps rising along tan skin, "I'll handle it."
"Then I'll announce it."
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"So," Sasuke finally got to speak after Naruto spewed out his conversation between he and Tsunade, "you have to announce everything to the entire student body?"
"Ouch!" Naruto flinched away from Hinata, whose hands were frozen in the air, where his head used to be.
Her porcelain face tinted with red as she took step towards him, and began pinning the wig back into place, "S-sorry, Naruto-kun."
"Well, what in the hell do you plan to do?" Kiba rested his hands on Hinata's shoulders, and instantly, her hands that were shaking calmed.
"OH!" Naruto smacked his forehead with his palm, dirtying his palm with powder, "You all are worried with what will happen to you!"
Hinata snapped her hands back as if she had been burned, "N-no!"
A tan hand waved her off, "Pa-lease. I already figured this out."
"Oh really, oh great blondie. Wise idiot of idiots. How on earth have you figured it out?" Kiba said, trailing off from his mystified voice.
"Well, firstly Kiba, the fact that you helped smuggle your best friend into an all girl's school…hero. The fact that you got a beautiful girlfriend out of it…legend."
Hinata giggled, and Naruto pointed at her nonchalantly, "As far as you're concerned, you had no idea, play it up a little with being mad here at Kiba. But, you were as in the dark as Ino and Sakura. I have faith you can pull it off."
The blonde spun and faced Shikamaru and Temari, "And hell, I didn't even know you two knew as much as you did, so let's go back to pretending we don't know anything about each other. Deal?" Naruto winked.
"What about Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked simply.
Naruto turned to face the raven who still stood close, and looked him in the eye, "Well, that's up to the bastard. But, seeing as how the announcement has been made, you should all make your decisions and stick to them."
Pale fingers entwined themselves with tan digits, or what used to be tan.
"What do you mean you announced it, school is out?" Sasuke dared to ask, while everyone looked at each other questionably.
Naruto held up their tangled fingers; pale fingers clashed with tan tinted with black. Sasuke looked to Naruto, who was wiggling his eyebrows, laughing lightly and tugging on his hand.
"Alright, teme. We need to get the hell out of here. The Dean should be reaching the announcement any minute now."
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Tsunade stood there, tapping one foot in a annoyed rhythm, her arms crossed in front of her large chest while her head shook back and forth. Her honey eyes reflected the large black letters that littered the walls as soon as you entered the school, fresh through the doors.
She sighed, trying not to yell, but realizing she had gotten exactly what she asked for. She smirked as she turned away, Shizune walking in her shadow as their heels clicked down the empty hallway. Anko leaned against the front door with a large smile and a shake of her head before she disappeared out of them.
The Dean decided to leave it there as the official announcement.
There, in large, black letters sprayed sloppily in paint:
Naruto Uzumaki aka Naru-chan is actually a BOY (yes, male).
Sincerely Naruto, Ex- Madame Hell-Hole student.
"Really?" Kakashi hummed into the phone, tapping his index finger on his chin while his leg bounced as it crossed the other.
Dark eyes stared, waiting for the conversation to finish, listening to the irrational voice on the other end of the phone from the opposite end of the couch.
"He did?" Kakashi's voice stretched. "Spray paint? Hm…he's under age to buy it (1); I don't know how he even got his hands on it."
Onyx eyes slowly roamed to the bookshelf, the top littered with spray paint cans, before flicking back to the other man who simply shrugged.
"Clean it? Well, I can't say I can promise anything. He isn't a student anymore, and you can't prove he did it. It could have been one of the girls for all you know having over heard you and announcing it for him. Unless you have evidence, he can't be punished or held accountable."
Kakashi nodded with a light smile, "Yes, I am the devil. My son reminds me quite often. He once bought me a pitch fork for my birthday, and colored my pancakes red to remind me of the fire I bathe in. But anyway…if the announcement is out, I should get busy transferring my son back to Konoha Public High…"
The grayed man bobbed his head from side to side, "I don't prefer to shove things up there, but I do hope Tsunade, we can remain friends once everyone cools down. Have a wonderful day."
Kakashi pulled the phone away, his thumb sliding over the end button and smiling towards Itachi and causing his eyes to close tightly.
"Well, my boy is on the move. I suppose we should be as well. I have a principle I need to see."
Itachi nodded, "And I have things to explain at Academia if they get word."
Kakashi stood, still smiling, "Who knew love could be this…"
The impassive man stood, turning towards the door with a smirk, "Powerful."
Sakura waited as she stared at her friend, Ino on her tip-toes behind the mass of pink hair and looked at Naru-chan as well. The thought-to-be girl looked uneasy; shifting from foot to foot, staring at the ground, playing with her fingers and skirt and hair.
Naruto wasn't sure when he had managed to pull his hand free from Sasuke's, but he remembered it involved a lot of tugging and earned him a growl that had Naruto thinking of a rather angry bear.
The blonde began to whisper, his voice whether girlish or boyish was not detectible at that level, "Sakura-chan, I need to tell you something. You as well Ino-chan."
Sakura's brow furrowed, her head twitched to the side and her emerald eyes stared as she waited, "Naru-chan, what's wrong? Why are you so worried?"
Her delicate hand reached out towards his shoulder, and slowly, he moved back and away; his eyes closing as his face stayed facing the ground during the interaction.
"Naru? What's going on?" Ino threw her hands on her hips.
Sakura frowned, and her features softened to a saddened face, "Did he really not want to see me that much? Are you mad at me?"
Naruto bumped into Sasuke and breathed out a sigh of relief, his eyes closed and he remembered their moment that they shared. He remembered exactly why he was doing this, exactly why he was telling the girl he thought was the girl of his dreams she wasn't.
"No, Sakura, that's not it." He whispered.
"Then what?" She said shakily.
Naruto looked up, his face determined, his eyes locking with hers, and his hand reaching for the wig, "I'm not 'Naru-chan'. I'm Kiba."
Naruto took off the wig, the pins dropping again the ground, and he reached another hand up and ruffled his hair to life.
The blonde cleared his throat, "I'm not even Kiba, that is Kiba." A tan hand blindly pointed behind him.
"I lied to you, which is the worst thing I could do."
Sakura shook her head, "Wha-"
"My father's name is Kakashi, my best friend is named Kiba and I have no brother. I'm just a regular guy from Konoha High School. In a desperate attempt to get to know you, I dressed as a girl to get into the school you were attending. What I did was wrong, I lied to you, and not only that, I was selfish and dragged my friends into the mix. I lead you on with this person 'Kiba' after I found someone else when I realized…when I realized I didn't feel anything for you…because I couldn't see you. Just like you couldn't really see Sasuke."
Love made you see someone completely.
"Bu-but Sasuke-kun…" She started with her eyes tearing.
Naruto's mouth bobbed open and closed, not knowing what to say.
"I knew," Sasuke began, "the whole time."
"So you're really dating him?" Ino questioned in a dead tone.
Naruto's heart drummed erratically in his chest. This was it; this was the moment he was waiting for. If Sasuke was ready to announce that they were together.
"I'm with him."
And then immediately following, the second thing Naruto had been waiting for, the sting that erupted against his cheek after Sakura's palm whipped across his face in a slap.
"What in the hell were you thinking?" She whispered, her eyes shimmering.
She was hurt, and Naruto knew that was coming. Not only had he won Sasuke, but she had finally felt something for someone else, and he was a lie. He had lied, a lot. He had falsely befriended her like she had tried and in the end, pulled the rug right out of under her feet.
In the end, she befriended him, without the falseness without realizing it, and she was hurt.
He expected the slap.
Naruto turned to face her after his face whipped away, "I was thinking only about you. I risked so many things, and so many people. Now, I'm only thinking about everyone else. I'm untying what I've done. I got over the idea of you, and got back on track with my life…with them. With him. Not ideas."
Ino grabbed the door, "You've accomplished that! Goodbye!"
Sakura stood back, one hand covering her mouth while her eyes were slammed shut, and the other fisted to her side. Just like that, Naruto felt nothing. He wasn't ashamed, embarrassed, and he didn't regret what he did. He was upset he hurt her, but, one day she would get over that pain.
So he easily let it all go. One day, she would understand the meaning of his words, everything he said along the way, and she would be able to let go of everything and move on.
Naruto nodded, "Goodbye."
Then, the door slammed in his face, and Sasuke gently grabbed his hand.
As the couple turned, hand in hand, and he turned to face his new and old group of friends; he suddenly forgot what had taken place.
Because looking at Sasuke's small smile, that engulfed Naruto's entire world, nothing else mattered.
Everyone ended up back at Naruto's house, even Temari and Shikamaru.
Naruto changed out of his girl clothes for the last time, and called Sasuke into his room. After ignoring the sex jokes from Kiba and Temari, he asked Sasuke for help picking up all the clothes and make-up and accessories to donate. He gave a few shirts to Hinata, knowing she would drowned in them, and offered some clothes to Temari, knowing her curves would compensate.
In the end, he was joyous to stand there side by side with Sasuke and get rid of everything, and start all over.
The blonde had nagged and nagged Sasuke about studying for finals, considering this was it before graduation, but Sasuke ignored him. He wanted to stay. This was a new beginning and he wanted to relish in it. He could study for finals later, and it wasn't like he really needed to. It was more like something he did for show – studying.
Naruto and Sasuke attacked the kitchen for everyone. Naruto attempting to cook and Sasuke was right behind him fixing his mistakes. Everyone ventured outside and played street hockey – in sneakers – without goalies in light of the upcoming Stanly Cup Finals. Temari even convinced Shikamaru to play which had Sasuke's mouth hanging open till Naruto sweetly closed it. The blonde convinced Kiba to play him one on one in basketball after everyone claimed 'tired' after three games of hockey, and downed endless amounts of Gatorade.
Eventually, people tapered off to home. Temari and Hinata claimed showers, Shikamaru claimed sleep, and Kiba claimed something that wasn't caught in his grumble after he lost the second game in a row.
The blonde slung his shirts over his shoulder and dragged his feet sluggishly against the grass while Sasuke walked next to him, his own shirts dangling out of his pockets.
The two of them glistened in the setting sun, relishing in the light Spring breeze while they silently contemplated at least putting on their undershirts.
They decided against it.
"Where did you learn to play hockey?"
The blonde looked over, as if just realizing Sasuke was there, and slung his arm around his shoulder and threw half his weight on him. The raven grunted and threw his arm around his waist anyway, his hand resting on glistening tan skin.
"In Suna. There was a hockey league there that Kiba and I were in."
Sasuke paused, distracted slightly by the feel of Naruto's sweaty skin glistening in the sun like a Greek God sent directly to him from the heavens as a gift. The raven snapped out of his stupor, "Suna is far off…"
Naruto reached for the door handle and kicked the door open as they turned sideways to walk in, his hand twitching on Sasuke's shoulder as he itched to run it along the toned muscles of his broad shoulders that…
The blonde shook his head, "We got up at four in the morning to drive there. My dad's friend coached… really weird guy, freaked the hell out of me. Name was Gai. Always wore green spandex, yelled all the time, and always ranted something about youth. And shit if he didn't exhaust us with warm-ups before we even got to practice. The man was fucking nuts."
Sasuke dumped Naruto onto the couch with a hopeless flop, "Why'd you quit?"
"Well, school got harder and the work load got heavier, and damn it all if that freaky asshole didn't give me a phobia of green for awhile."
The raven snorted as he walked to the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of water and returned, sitting down next to Naruto and passing one off.
Blue eyes turned their attention to Sasuke, "Where did you learn to play? Your slap shot scared the shit out of me."
Sasuke's deep laugh sent a shiver up Naruto's spine, "Itachi. He actually played in a league in Suna till he left for college. They were National Champions three years in a row when he was captain. So, I asked him to teach me to play."
The blonde snorted, "I can't believe that ass actually played a sport. He seems the type to wear some dark trench coat, run around in a gang and cause a lot of trouble for you and your parents."
A dark, delicate eyebrow rose, "What the hell makes you say that?"
Naruto shrugged, "The attitude."
"But the hockey thing fit?"
The blonde nodded, and they agreed in unison, "Jason."
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Sasuke eventually tried to make his leave to go face his serial murderer, horror-film sense of a brother once the two realized night was about to fall. Naruto insisted he would be fine by himself, he was an only child, and there were instances when Kakashi's attention disorder side tracked him from getting home at a reasonable time.
The two stood from the couch, Naruto feeling polite enough to stand to say his goodbye.
The blonde raised himself barely on his toes, laughing a little under his breath, "I don't know when the transfer is going to be done."
"So you aren't going to school tomorrow?"
"Nope. So, chauffeur, you get a day off." The blonde laughed, wrapping his arms around Sasuke's neck.
"Idiot."
"Funny, I was going to call you a bastard."
Sasuke rested his forehead against Naruto's, his eyes rolling, "I love you."
The raven smirked at the blush that suddenly covered tan cheeks before the blonde smiled back and replied, "I love you, too."
"Look at that…no stuttering this time." Sasuke smirked when Naruto punched his rib cage.
"You know what's funny?" Naruto didn't have to pull away to know Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Now that we aren't putting on a show, and everything is undone, I feel like I have to...there's just…I mean…I have to…" (2)
"Be less of a dobe?"
"Oh damn you to hell teme!" The blonde snapped and tried to step back.
The raven latched a hand on the back of Naruto neck, firmly keeping the blonde in place and smirked when Naruto stomped his foot, "I know."
Naruto easily pressed back against Sasuke's lips when they met his, and easily melted when the somewhat harsh grab left and went to cupping his cheek.
The blonde figured he would never understand how Sasuke put on the 'sweet guy' act for as long as he did in front of anyone, because he still seemed to struggle with it when it was just the two of them behind closed doors.
The blonde made to pull his head back, their lips barely disconnecting before Sasuke's other hand came up to grab the back of a blonde head and connect their lips again.
Naruto winced slightly at the harsh contact, and barely put effort into hitting Sasuke before his own fingers sunk deeply into raven silk hair.
Naruto didn't waste time with tongue swipes or anything of that nature before he simply opened his mouth and was instantly greeted with Sasuke's invading tongue.
Sasuke pushed their clothed chests together and the blond mentally patted himself on the back for willing the two of them to put clothing on; he knew that touch would have set something off. The blonde moaned lightly into the kiss when he felt Sasuke's hand leave his face and manage to find its way up his shirt to roam quickly in caressing touches, the raven pushing away enough to start inching his way towards Naruto's nipple.
The blonde pulled back from the quickly heated kiss, panting for air and tightened his grip on Sasuke's hair when the raven attached himself to the sensitive tan neck.
"What the h-hell got into you, bastard?"
Sasuke kissed his way up Naruto's neck and up the jaw line until he was met with rosy red lips of the blonde, "The fact that it's all undone."
The blonde laughed lightly in the kiss that Sasuke initiated this time around, his heart beating erratically at the thought that Sasuke was just as excited as he was. Naruto really shouldn't have been surprised, love meant so many things, and being with someone was one of them.
The blonde reached for Sasuke's shirt as a thumb grazed over Naruto's nipple, sending the blonde shivers from the contact as he opened his mouth to accept Sasuke's tongue once again.
Suddenly, without warning whatsoever, the door swung open wildly, and the two pulled their faces apart at the sound of what sounded like cackling underneath the sound of reprimanding.
"Naruto Uzumaki!"
Tan arms snapped away like rubber bands, and the blonde took a step away from the suddenly confused raven, wondering what the hell just happened.
He had only managed to blink and Naruto had moved away. The warmth, the erratic beating of his heart, the huffing of his breath, and those wonderful sounds that were managing to leak from his mouth.
Sasuke was going to kill who ruined it.
Onyx eyes landed on Kakashi, and instantly, he wasn't surprised. But when he found another man standing next to him, his hands on his hips and his foot tapping impatiently, he was more along the lines of confused. He had tan skin that didn't match up to Naruto's – though no ones did, his eyes were dark and a scar ran across the bridge of his nose. The brunette hair was worn in a tall pony-tail atop his head, and for some reason, Naruto seemed to turn into a little kid around this man.
"Sasuke-kun…if I were you, I'd run before you get a four hour lecture on sex, the safety of, and why you shouldn't be doing it with his little Naruto-kun."
The young Uchiha glared at Kakashi and shifted his hard look at the other man, and quickly left, having seen that look one time, and one time only from his mother.
What a scary look that could be.
Naruto lay in bed that night after Kakashi and Iruka decided to head out early to a midnight release of a movie they had been excited to see, and grabbing a late dinner before the flick. Iruka had the next day off after he had fainted in school once his lover came in and announced everything that had been taking place. The vice-principle Asuma asked that he take a day off to simply calm down and think rationally.
It took the afternoon for Kakashi to explain everything properly and in depth. Why Naruto had done it and why he himself agreed to help his son. How his son found the love of his life, and was the reason the blonde decided to back out of his whole ordeal.
Iruka understood, and after slapping Kakashi as hard as he possibly could for keeping him in the dark, accepted everything.
Naruto was his only son, he cherished him and whether he'd admit it or not, he'd do anything for him. Even if that meant dressing him in drag and sending him off to an all girl's school.
The blonde grabbed his phone, flipping it open and closed over and over wondering if Sasuke would be awake. Either that, or if he would be mad about waking him.
Naruto ran his fingers along the keyboard, entering a text message and wincing as he sent it.
"Really, I should apologize…Iruka is irrational." Naruto mumbled into the dark.
The blonde jumped, his tan hands fumbling with the vibrating phone that had Sasuke's face flashing across the screen, the words My Teme flashing over the picture.
Naruto flipped open the phone, pressing it to his ear to be greeted by a groggy voice.
"Do all idiots not know how to sleep, or is it just mine?"
Naruto chuckled breathlessly at the second part of the sentence, possessive or not, it made his heart drum. "Sorry bastard, I was just trying to apologize for Iruka-sensei…apparently I shouldn't have."
The blonde smiled at the snort, "Just at a civilized hour. What, did you just finish the sex lecture and he thought about letting you out of your shackles?"
Tan cheeks puffed, "No! He didn't give me a sex talk, jackass. He gave me one two years ago after he had his first date with my father…"
"I wonder why…"
"But before they left as Kakashi was dragging him out the door, he did give me this can of pepper spray." Naruto dangled the key chain from his index finger.
"I'm nothing like your father…"
Naruto laughed into the phone, "What makes you think…"
"The same thing that made you laugh."
The blonde jumped and made a sound close to a yelping noise when a clap of thunder sounded, catching him by surprise. Naruto fumbled and scrambled to grab his cell phone that he had dropped and listened to the sentence finish.
"…to be scared of thunder."
A tan index finger held open the blinds, watching as the flash of lightening illuminated the sky to show off the large looming clouds. "And leave it to you to point out the obvious. You live up to being a bastard for sure."
Sasuke sighed, "You want me to come over, don't you?"
"You said it! See you soon!"
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Sasuke opened the front door to find a lump of blankets on the couch known as Naruto. The blonde had huddled and buried himself in the thickness of the comfort and warmth of the blankets (after unlocking the door) till Sasuke had arrived in his pajamas once again.
The raven was tempted – barely – to jump on the pile.
So he sat there with Naruto after digging him out. They put on another crackpot comedy; he made him a tray full of instant ramen and soda and cranked the volume on the television.
"Dobe, any closer and you'll be in my damn lap." Sasuke growled when the sound of fading thunder from the second set of storms barely fluttered through the air.
"Teme, any colder and you'll be a … oh wait, you are a frigid, cold-hearted prick."
Sasuke snorted, leaning over and kissing his temple, "You're just radiating love tonight."
The blonde turned, his blue eyes in slits and his lips pursed, "And you were St. Valentine when you threw the soda at my head."
The raven turned down the commercial during the E3 conference that had Naruto mostly distracted from the storm while Sasuke tried his best to talk about other pointless and interesting enough things to keep the blonde distracted.
The young Uchiha sighed as he uncrossed his arms and threw one over Naruto's tensed shoulders to have a blonde head fall back on the limb with a relieved sigh. Sasuke's eyes flicked over to watch golden eyelashes flutter, trying desperately to stay open while his eyes stared at an awkward angle at the television that replayed the game convention the blonde had gone on and on about.
The raven shifted, barely moving his arm that lay under a golden head and reached his other hand across to rake through bright locks.
Naruto's blue eyes struggled to open, "Dobe, you should go to bed."
The blonde head only managed to shake lightly, Naruto barely containing a yawn and Sasuke not being able to contain an eye roll.
"Should I pour water on the ground and toss you there to let you sleep? Seems comfortable to you."
Onyx eyes watched as a tan middle finger rose in his direction, and even spared a chuckle as the gesture was dropped. Sasuke sighed, gripping Naruto's shoulder with his hand, he heaved them both up with a chuckle when watching the blonde's head bobble slightly.
"Dobe, you need to walk."
The blonde mumbled something incoherent before Sasuke rolled his eyes and limply dropped him back on the couch.
Blue eyes snapped open before narrowing into a glare, "You, asshole, are a bastard."
"So I've heard. Grab your blankets."
The raven yanked Naruto back onto his feet as Naruto draped his blankets over himself in a blinding manner to leave Sasuke to steer them down the hall towards the blonde's room; the young Uchiha was half tempted to let him walk into a wall.
Sasuke opened the door and grabbed the blankets so Naruto could walk into his room without being blinded and not with another hazard for tripping.
The raven walked silently over to Naruto's bed and laid his blankets out on his bed politely and smoothed them out while the blonde changed behind him.
By the thumps Sasuke heard behind him, he was guessing it was more attempting to change.
The raven turned to find the blonde trying to stuff his head into the sleeve of his shirt while his new boxers had managed to be put on backwards.
Sasuke sighed and made his way over to the tired and struggling blonde with a shake of the head and plucked the rather familiar shirt off, "Dobe, just leave it off and get to bed. After you put your boxers on the right way."
Tired eyes looked down at his boxers and let out a long sigh while Sasuke turned around and began refolding his own shirt with a light laugh.
His head snapped to the side when he heard the shuffling of feet and watched as Naruto walked over and flopped face first onto the blankets he neatly laid on the bed. Thankfully, the boxers on the right way.
Sasuke set down the shirt on the dresser and walked over to the bed and sat on the edge, "Dobe, most people get under the covers."
The blonde grumbled something under his breath which made Sasuke shake his head and stand, pulling the blankets out from underneath the blonde with excessive force. The Uchiha pulled the blankets over the blonde and got under them himself once Naruto latched onto his wrist and lightly asked him to stay a little longer.
Sasuke turned to the blonde as he slid his arm around Naruto's waist and pulled him closer, "Dobe, I'm going to have to go…"
The blonde let out a noise to signal his displeasure which made Sasuke snort, "I'll see you tomorrow."
Sasuke threw the blanket off the two of them, shifting to barely hover over Naruto and dropping his head so their foreheads rested together, "I love you."
Naruto's bright blue eyes slowly began to shine in the dark room and locked with the midnight eyes, his face lighting with a smile, "I love you too."
"Now go to sleep, I'll come by when I get out of school so you can sleep in." Sasuke whispered when Naruto's heavy lids began to work against him.
"You should skip…" The blonde whispered and was close to slurring.
Sasuke snorted, "After school. Go to sleep."
Sasuke connected their lips softly, his eyelids sliding shut when he felt Naruto return the pressure gently after mumbling something about him skipping school again. Sasuke tried to pull away from the kiss, but the blonde easily followed with his lips locked and lifting his head from the bed. Sasuke smirked into the kiss, pressing harder until Naruto's head was against the mattress and went to pull away once more so his dobe could sleep.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open when he felt Naruto begin nibbling on his bottom lip and felt fingers began to curl around his shirt. Naruto's mouth opened and a huff of breath assaulted a pale face. Sasuke's tongue instantly darted out of his mouth, skimming across a rosy bottom lip and enjoyed the harsher, desperate huff that was panted out. Their tongues wrestled for a moment as the raven adjusted himself to hover overtop the blonde comfortably in between his legs, an instant memory spark pulling him away from the blonde's mouth.
Pale petal lips began to roam along a tan jaw line, growling when the blonde underneath him began to wiggle away, and instantly silencing the threat when he felt the blonde pulling at his pajama pants.
The raven took his upon himself to clamp down harder than necessary on the tan neck he had roamed to when the blonde gave up his feeble attempt at the pants, and became rather persistent with Sasuke's shirt.
"Fuck you, bastard." Naruto shot as he removed the garment and glared, now fully awake.
"Naruto, don't you-" Sasuke tried to reason, his sensibility still active.
Tan fingers embedded themselves into raven silk hair and yanked Sasuke firmly back down to lock their lips again before pulling back.
"Damn you! No, I don't think!"
Sasuke gave him an awkward look, his breath still trying to catch.
"Dobe," Sasuke began softly, "this time I want to make sure you're sure, and not let your…anatomy make the decision for you."
The blonde snorted, lifting his head and connecting their lips softly, "Yes bastard. Or else I wouldn't have attempted to jump you in my bed. And you call me the idiot."
Their lips connected softly again, and Sasuke used the pressure to push Naruto's head against the mattress while his fingertips danced around the tan upper-half of exposed skin.
It felt like electric currents shooting through Naruto's body that charged straight through his groin. The blonde whimpered as he arched into the touches, and cursed under his breath at the noise that escaped him.
It was like Sasuke was made just for him. Every kiss, their lips molded together perfectly. Their bodies fit together like two pieces of a puzzle, and every touch made them both go completely haywire. Naruto knew no one else would ever be able to do this to him.
Tan fingers managed to barely reach the hem of Sasuke's pants to attempt to pull at them while the hovering raven sucked on a certain spot below Naruto's ear that had the blonde biting his bottom lip to keep the noise down.
There was a first time for everything.
And with one rocking movement of Sasuke's hips, their clothed erections pressing against the other, Naruto just didn't care anymore.
The room was quickly filled with heavy panting and noises from the wet kissing as their lips harshly connected with the other's skin. Occasionally, they would find a particular spot that would drive the other wild and hover there longer than necessary. Naruto found a spot on the right side of Sasuke's neck, and the raven found a spot behind the blonde's ear.
Their rhythm was slow and tortuous to themselves and each other; trying to stay in the moment as long as they could hold out, and building the lust far past the point of sensibility.
Sasuke's fingers roamed back down to the hem of Naruto's boxers, his hips rocking into the boys' underneath of him and smirking at the noises he was causing before tugging on the garment in a silent question.
Naruto pressed their lips together in a steamy kiss and pushed them upwards, the two of them shuffling on the bed to get on their knees while struggling to stay connected at the lips and breathe out of their noses harshly.
The two of them disconnected suddenly, Sasuke hands going to Naruto's boxers and pushing him back on the bed and quickly relieving him of the clothing. The blonde made to take off Sasuke's clothes but the raven impatiently did it for him before leaning to hover back over him, careful to not have their erections touch.
Sasuke's tongue traced a hot trail up Naruto's neck, his pale pink lips coming to rest at a tan ear lobe. He gently nibbled before hot breath cascaded against the shell of Naruto's ear, causing the sensation to go straight to his groin.
"I swear Naruto, next time it will be slow and passionate and I'll have it burned in your damn brain for the rest of your life. But right now I'm going to have you begging, gasping, moaning, screaming and just to boost my ego I'll have you chanting my name," Sasuke made his voice low and husky, "like it's the only thing that will get you off."
Blue eyes rolled slightly back, a huff escaped reddened lips, while he held back a moan as a free roaming hand attacked his exposed erection.
"Right now Naruto all I need…" Sasuke huffed when Naruto sucked lightly on his pulse point, stopping to lick lightly, "all I need is you."
The young Uchiha blinked when he heard the blonde growl on his neck, sending a tingling vibration that went straight to his groin, "All I need is for you to-"
The blonde let out a tiny moan, cutting off his sentence midway, as the palm of Sasuke's hand rubbed circles around the tip of his cock, causing him to shiver uncontrollably at the sensation.
Lust fogged the rest of the thought process that Naruto was trying to get a grip on while Sasuke began stroking him at a painfully slow pace, his own arousal prodding Naruto in his exposed thigh.
Naruto tried to reach for it blindly, but Sasuke just barely tightened his grip on blonde locks and stopped his movements and whispered in his ear, "Tell me what you want…"
The blonde bit down hard on his lip at the husky tone and the visuals that flashed in his mind, racing just from one sentence and mixing it with the drug of lust.
Naruto arched into the strokes when the pace quickened, "Tell me, Naruto…"
Blue eyes rolled back as lids fluttered closed in pleasure, "Fuck Sasuke…"
Sasuke's hand went back to stroking him at a painfully slow pace, his lips attacking an exposed tan neck while the blonde underneath him let out delectable noises that drove him further into his lust and away from his sensibility.
"I want…" Naruto panted, fisting Sasuke's hair, "I need…."
Blue eyes rolled back as his eyelids fluttered down in pleasure and slow torture. Sasuke's lips and tongue began working Naruto's skin and body as Sasuke's hand left him, causing the blonde to arch off the bed to try and grind their erections together.
Sasuke made his way down to the blonde's collar bone where he sucked harshly twice leaving two screaming red marks and smirking down at his work possessively before moving on.
The raven slowly kissed his way down the middle of Naruto's chest, and slowly down his stomach, pausing each time the blonde would whimper or whine just to add to the pleasurable torture that he was causing.
Sasuke's hand began to attack Naruto's length at another slow and tortuous speed while the raven sucked on the tan hip that he reached in his decent, smirking devilishly up at the blonde, "Remember, dobe. Don't forget my name. Now…tell me."
"YOU! That!...That's what I want da-damn it, you!" Naruto tried to hold back a shutter, "Please, shit, please Sasuke!" Naruto panted, his fingers digging into raven silk hair and effectively pulling Sasuke's hand off of his length to stop his teasing, their eyes locking. "How many times do I have to say it!? Fuck me. Is that better!?"
The young Uchiha smirked and raised himself back up to completely hover over the blonde in an instant at the last demand. The two of them shifted back and situated themselves back into the far corner of the bed, close to the wall and away from the dangers of falling off.
One digit was put to rosy lips, Naruto's eyes flicking down to the pale index finger and looking up at Sasuke's onyx eyes that were causing chills.
The finger ran along the bottom lip, tracing it before pushing on the seam, and Naruto opened his mouth to allow the innocent finger to enter.
The blonde's lids fluttered to half-mast as he unconsciously closed his lips around the digit, sucking on it seductively and winding his tongue around it sensually.
Naruto relished in the sound of the groan that came from the hovering raven, and mentally patted himself of the back when he occasionally felt him shiver.
His brow furrowed, though, when another finger probed his mouth, and before he knew it a third.
Sasuke rocked his hips and caused their erections to grind together; Naruto's head throwing itself back against the mattress and his mouth opening in a moan.
Naruto gasped, licking his dry lips and wondering where the sweet tasting fingers had gone before he felt the warm pleasuring tickle of Sasuke's breath next to his ear once more.
"Lift you legs a little, dobe."
Naruto complied when the hot, commanding whispering voice hit his ear, and he instantly regretted it.
The blonde felt a finger probe his entrance, one of the very fingers he had sucked, and clamped down on his lower lip and slammed his eyes shut when the finger passed into the ring of muscles.
The blonde hissed in discomfort and squirmed, and wiggled when he felt a tickling touch run down from his chest to his navel, "Relax…"
Naruto tried to think of relaxing things as he tried to will his body to calm itself while the finger was pulled out and gently pushed back in. The process was full of discomfort, and Naruto would swear to his dying day that it took years because that's what it felt like. Sasuke would pause every time the blonde would seize up in discomfort, and would mutter apologies and he planted chaste kisses anywhere he could find. The blonde smiled when he realized the tensing muscles didn't refuse the probing finger any longer, and most of the discomfort was gone.
"Sasuke…" Naruto practically whimpered, seeming impatient.
The teen regretted it once more when a second finger was added to the equation, causing the tension to return.
"Bastard..." The blonde half growled, half panted.
Naruto wiggled again when he felt soft kisses and licks erupt on his inner thigh in a comforting gesture while the fingers withdrew and sunk themselves back in, and Naruto found himself crying out when Sasuke scissored his fingers. The process was slow like it was with the first finger, Sasuke taking his time and making sure not to hurt Naruto, checking to make sure he was fully adjusted to everything. And, to the blonde's constant surprise, apologizing when the blonde would imply that he was in pain.
By three fingers, Naruto was chanting obscenities like they were his life line, and he quickly realized between that and the tender kisses it was the only thing keeping him relaxed.
That was, until Sasuke made white erupt.
The raven curled his fingers, angling his wrist and listened and watched as the blonde arched off the bed and moaned a foul word mixed with his name when he struck his prostate.
"Shi'ske …stop t-teasing me!"
Sasuke smirked dangerously in a predatorily way as his eyes went aflame, withdrawing his fingers and whispering promises of pleasure, and his voice causing Naruto to groan under his breath alone.
"Sasuke…" Naruto whispered as Sasuke came to hover atop of him and arch so their heated chests touched momentarily.
Naruto welcomed the fiery kiss they shared; opening his mouth and instantly winding his tongue around Sasuke's, allowing them to dance. He barely heard the cap pop off of something, and somewhere past the fogged part of his brain and in the sensible part of his mind, he assumed it was the lotion he had bought after their pointless argument.
He felt Sasuke shiver around the time the Uchiha nibbled on his lip, and he moaned into the kiss when their muscles receded and their lips mashed together tightly.
The raven pulled away, grabbing at Naruto's legs and putting his knees one at a time over his shoulders, and dropped his face down for one more lingering kiss.
Naruto was the one who pulled back as Sasuke's erection probed his entrance and caused him to hiss, pushing past the ring of muscles and unconsciously making him tense.
Sasuke pushed himself in slowly, his eyes almost closed in concentration from not thrusting completely into Naruto, and not pulling out at the pained expression the blonde was making.
Onyx eyes opened when he was buried in Naruto's body, listening to the blonde pant as beads of sweat gently rolled off his forehead and caused a few strands of lightly blonde hair to stick to his forehead.
The blonde made to move, but one hand that squeezed on his thigh stopped him before Sasuke leaned down slowly and carefully to kiss him.
"Be patient. Adjust. Then beg me…" Sasuke smirked.
The blonde glared, and gasped when roaming fingers teased a nipple, "Y…Y-you should be…begg…begging me, bastard."
Sasuke let the two of them catch their breath, his hand rubbing Naruto's thigh soothingly and the other had began running up and down his side. It took a minute before the blonde had relaxed completely around him.
The raven tightened his grip on the tan thigh, and readied his hand next to Naruto's bright blonde head, "Then by all means…are you ready?"
The blonde nodded, his mouth just barely hanging open.
Sasuke lowered his voice to the sultry, husky voice that turned Naruto to mush, "Fuck, Naruto…please-"
"Do it!" The blonde panted, not being able to stand it.
Pale fingers curled into the orange sheets under the blonde, his breath choking at the sensation as he pulled out slightly and thrust back in. Tan fingers reached for the pale glistening shoulders; one hand holding on to Sasuke's shoulder and one hand digging into silky raven hair. The raven pulled out further watching Naruto's jaw go slack when he thrust back in.
The room began to fill with heavy panting and Naruto's moaning, and occasionally a kiss could be heard when their lips couldn't stand to be apart. Tan toes would curl in pleasure with each thrust Sasuke would aim towards his prostate, and the blonde would whimper when the next thrust would miss.
"Sa-Sasuke…Sasuke…Sasuke…" The blonde chanted in between thrusts, his head thrown back and his eyes barely able to stay open.
The raven smirked possessively as sweat beaded off of his forehead and beads rolled down his chest, "Just keeping…promises."
Naruto let out a loud moan and let his eyes lock with Sasuke's when his hand found his abandoned member and began stroking in time with each thrust that was sent right to Naruto's prostate.
Naruto fingers unwound their way from raven silk hair and gripped the back of the slick pale neck while the other still dug into his shoulder blade.
The two let noises slip while their breaths met in midair, Sasuke's thrusting becoming more erratic, their breathing becoming more filled with gasps and grunts. The blonde let his vision play with white while his stomach began to pool with pleasurable warmth, and the next thrust sent him arching off the bed and tumbling over the edge. Sasuke followed soon after when Naruto tightened around him, making the pleasure too much to handle anymore.
Sasuke gave a few more shaky thrusts with a few more pumps with his shivering hand to let the two of them ride out and milk their orgasms to the fullest extent before tenderly pulling out of Naruto.
The raven had to use ever bit of will power he ever accumulated to not collapse on top of the blonde beneath him and landing on the mess they created.
Sasuke gently situated Naruto's legs to a more comfortable position before leaning down and kissing him sweetly on the lips, when he pulled back, the blonde was snoring.
The raven chuckled underneath his breath and scooped up a towel from the floor, cleaning up the mess as best as could, and grumbling without threat as he put Naruto's boxers back on.
When the young Uchiha had his own boxers on himself, he awkwardly shuffled the blonde around on the bed and stripped the bed of the sheets and tiredly dumped them on the floor with a grumble.
And finally, Sasuke lay down on the bed, scooped the blonde up in his arms and settled into a peaceful sleep with Naruto snoring lightly against his chest.
-0-0-
Kakashi leaned against the doorframe of his son's room, Iruka standing on his toes to see why it was taking the man so long to go in and just wake his son up.
They did have an announcement to make after all.
"We'll let them sleep." Kakashi murmured.
Iruka's eyes finally landed on the pair that was wrapped snuggly under Naruto's blankets with a fond smile. Sasuke's arms were wrapped snugly around Naruto as the blonde was balled up with his face firmly planted against Sasuke's bare chest snoring lightly.
The brunette hummed as he wrapped his arms around Kakashi's midsection and laid his head against the taller man's back, smiling gently.
"I suppose it can wait till tomorrow."
The grayed man moved back, silently shutting the door and grabbing Iruka's hand as he led him down the hallway.
"And besides…I suppose too much excitement for Naruto in one day will kill him."
Iruka snorted with a shake of his head, "Kakashi, a marriage proposal must have changed you, because all you tried to do was 'excite' that kid into a heart attack. By the means of torturing and tormenting."
The man chuckled, "I suppose I should call Itachi and let him know Sasuke won't be coming home."
"The man who tortures Sasuke as much as you torture Naruto?"
Iruka didn't have to see Kakashi's face to know he was smiling.
He was still intent on giving his son a heart attack, just…not today.
-0-0- First Semester – Freshman Year – College -0-0-
-0-0- Moving Day -0-0-
Blue eyes searched out the glass window as scenery passed by, changing quickly as they drove along in the car. The suburban neighborhood quickly transitioned to the bustling highway and interstate, packed with cars, vans, trucks and semis. Bumper to bumper traffic and occasionally a free flowing ride lead them to a more secluded, rural area with a peaceful atmosphere five hours later.
Trees were everywhere summer-sky blues eyes landed, spread out or clumped together; different types as far as he could see. Sidewalks would taper off into dirt pathways into the woods for venturing and hiking. The grass was catered to and nurtured, a beautiful plush green with not a blade out of place.
Indeed, the privet college was looking to be something Naruto was looking forward too, especially since Sasuke took a year off, and was going with him.
"Is there anything else around here?" The blonde asked from the back seat.
He felt a pressure on his hand, curling around his fingers and he returned it, turning to glance into dark pools, "There is an all girl's private college not too far from here."
Naruto glanced to the front of the car and eyed the tall, gray mass of hair that belonged to his father that sat directly in front of him in the passenger seat, "I'll have to tell Jiraya."
The blonde was startled when a voice sounded behind him, thinking the grown man was taking a nap, "Kakashi, you will not tell that damn pervert."
Naruto smiled lightly, looking over his shoulder at the scarred man and his father's now husband with a fond smile as he settled himself back in for a few more moments of peaceful sleep.
"Hn."
Sasuke glared at Itachi as the older sibling drove on; the two of them not wanting the adults to come along seeing as how they could have moved into the dorms and drive themselves.
They were insistent.
Naruto turned his attention back out the window and his attention was caught by a group of three girls all wearing an identical uniform. The blonde smiled wistfully as his head followed the girls as they disappeared from view, and he went rigid when he felt Sasuke's lips next to his ear.
"Don't even think about it, dobe."
The blonde turned, their noses ghosting against each other and he spared Sasuke a cheeky grin with a chuckle. "It was only a passing thought, teme. Relive my glory days."
Sasuke pressed his lips gently against Naruto's, absently tracing a finger along a scar on his cheek while he chuckled against his lips.
Besides, Naruto enjoyed his boxers far more than briefs.
Author's Notes (loooong and winded):
(1) Where I live, you have to be the legal age of eighteen to buy spray paint, and they actually card you.
(2) Before everyone asks me what Naruto was trying to get at, he feels like there's more pressure on him now to be a good boyfriend to Sasuke now that everything is undone.
Well, for some, this is it. And I do advise if you don't like Sakura to please not read the Epilogue. How you got this far not liking Sakura I will never know, but I love you all anyway. (Wanna hug? I like hugs…and cookies. Damn I want a cookie.)
For those of you who liked the ending and are happy with it, thank you for sticking with me and enjoying my fiction as much as I enjoyed writing it. For those of you who want to know what the hell happened with everyone else…I wrote something a little extra to wrap things up.
- For those of you waiting for the sequel to ALLTF, I swear to any and everything I haven't forgotten about you. I've been working on and I'm hoping to start posting it soon. Just keep an eye on my profile.
SO…with that, thank you all so very, very much. And to some, I'll see you at the Epi.
-Nevi
