"Sasuke-san, what are you doing out here while your youthful husband is within, unprotected?"

Lee moved to the side of the raven haired man sitting on the rooftop of the hokage headquarters, the pale man's eyes directed at the waning gibbus above him. Lee followed his gaze, then smiled softly as he plunked down next to the younger man.

"Ah, yes! The moon is extremely bright tonight, is it no?"

He closed one eye, tilting his head as he held a hand out before him, clenching it gently when it was fully extended. Sasuke looked at him out of the corner of his eyes plainly.

"What are you doing?"

Lee smiled brightly.

"I am holding the moon! It appears so close, I just could not stop myself from attempting to!"

Sasuke scowled.

"Why?"

"Why not?"

Sasuke blinked, then looked back to the bright incomplete disk.

That was a good comeback.

There was a companionable silence, then Lee tilted his head to look at the Uchiha out of the corner of his eye.

"I have noticed you have seemed upset since Naruto-kun's party when we were last here."

The pale man smirked humorlessly.

"How would you know I've been upset for a month if you weren't even hear?"

Lee waved a finger before the Uchiha's eyes.

"Tut tut tut! Ask no questions, I shall tell no lies!"

Then Lee leaned away, giving the scowling man his personal space back.

"Truly, what has been blocking your youthful energy from flowing?"

For long minutes, Sasuke didn't answer, and Lee didn't press any further. If the Uchiha wanted to tell him, he would. If he didn't, then Lee would use force. But he wished to give the proud man a little more time before making that decision for him.

"… He's forgetting about us…"

Lee quirked his head, raising his eyebrows questionably at Sasuke's statement. He didn't say anything, which possibly made Sasuke more comfortable to continue speaking.

"At first, we were foremost. I will be the first to admit, I'm protective of him… But this is stupid. He's become so wrapped up in being hokage, he didn't even stop to hold Kosuke today."

His hands clenched against his knees, anger becoming clear on his face.

"We matter as much to him as empty space. Damn it, the dobe's my wife. Within 30 days, he was Konoha's wife. I feel like a house wife…"

Lee listened on with unassuming silence, calm clearly on his face, coercing the raven haired boy to continue to fume… Which, he did.

"Kosuke can't even stand my touch. I caught him trying to follow the dobe to work, not that he noticed. He was working on another mission report."

Sasuke gritted his teeth tightly, his face morphing with rage.

"We were nothing but a fill in for him till he got what he's always wanted. He doesn't even acknowledge me anymore until he walks back into our house. Then he acts as if nothing happened."

Lee was concerned, but didn't show it, allowing the raven haired man to get it all off of his chest.

"… It was our anniversary yesterday. I had already had Kosuke at a babysitter's, and he had said that he'd take the day off…"

He snorted humorlessly.

"He didn't. I ended up staying home alone for nearly 10 hours waiting for him to come back."

Lee waited for the other to continue. When he didn't, he allowed himself to frown thoughtfully.

"Have you tried to tell Naruto-kun this? It is not at all youthful to leave one's family feeling neglected…"

He found it difficult to believe that the blonde would do such a thing when he was the same blonde that had hunted down a teammate for a number of years, brought in a hokage, saved Gaara, and done dozens of other things that had saved either the shinobi world, or just one person, time and time again.

Yet… If Sasuke-san was this upset… Then there was no other choice but for it to be true…

Sasuke shook his head.

"The dobe has been wanting this his whole life… He… deserves it…"

"He would not want it if it costs him his greatest treasures."

Lee leaned over, gently drifting his lips over Sasuke's forehead as he pulled the slightly younger man into a comforting hug. Sasuke, for one long moment, was confused, and ready to shove the spandex clad man away, but could not bring himself to do it.

"I know for a fact that, if you asked, Naruto-kun would drop his position as if it were on fire! He loves you two as dearly as the earth loves the moon!"

He squeezed gently.

"You must tell your youthful husband to slow down, Sasuke-san, that is all. He is being carried away by what he thinks he can do for this great city of Konoha! You must remind him that he has you and Kosuke-san to love as well."

Then he giggled.

"It could also be that both you and your fiery willed son act so independent, even with Kosuke-san only being two years old, that he does not feel needed by you both."

Sasuke thought about that for a moment, then nodded in agreement. He could see that happening; Naruto believing that they didn't need him anymore. Then he wandered to a more important question.

"Why are you holding me?"

Lee smiled widely.

"Because it looked as if you needed a hug, Sasuke-san!"

"Why did you kiss my forehead?"

"Because it looked as if you needed a mother, if only for a moment, Sasuke-san."

Sasuke finally shoved Lee away from him, sitting stiffly up as his face went stony.

"I have a mother."

From where Lee had fallen, he smiled knowingly, then sat up again. Folding his legs Indian style, he put his hands on his knees.

"I know. I would hope not to replace your mother, Sasuke-san."

He closed his eyes as he smiled a little bit wider.

"It is just that I was doing what I know for certain she wished she can do for you when you are upset!"

Sasuke stared at him for a minute, then went back to the moon.

"No wonder the dobe thinks of you as one of his closest friends."

Lee's eyes lit up with joy, becoming teary eyed.

"He does!?"

Sasuke nodded, then ignored the black haired boy as he began gushing and crying over the wonderful news. When Lee calmed down, Sasuke looked back to him.

"You make a good mother."

This time, Lee looked surprised, then began softly crying. He didn't gush, nor did he squeal as usual, he just stared up at the moon, his eyes wide and tears slipping from them. After a few minutes, he managed to softly smile, pure happiness and contentment swimming in his eyes.

"Thank you, Sasuke-san… There is no question in my mind of why Naruto-kun chose you as a loving, devoted husband to spend his springtime of youth with."

The companionable silence returned, leaving the two men quiet for another two hours as the meeting beneath them continued between their two husbands.

On a rooftop some dozen yards away, a figure put a very incriminating photo into a manila folder, then closed it, smug delight in the being's eyes as they gazed upon the two lounging men.

They had no idea what just started.


No, Lee will never cheat on Gaara. No, Sasuke will never cheat on Naruto. Yes, I even feel like I'm insinuating that. No, Lee was just being motherly, because it was this scene stuck in my head, inspired by this SasuNaru fic that I once read that was 88 chapters focused around the coupling of those two.

In my head, this went way better… I feel as if I failed… Bugger it!