At this point Naruto was losing it.

He could no longer think straight (he was indeed thinking very gayly) and he was desperately trying to calm down. Sasuke looked at him curiously, obiviously noticing his strange behaviour. Naruto decided he needed to something about his face.

So he submerged his head in the water, blocking the outside world and his thoughts. He felt the water's calmness going into his soul and for a moment, felt satisfied. Once he was out of breath he flipped his head back up to the surface.

This caused a splash of water that splattered everywhere.
"Oi! Didn't I tell you we don't have water?" Sasuke scolded.

Naruto wanted to tell him to shut up. He wanted to call him a stupid 'teme!' and throw a whole bunch of insults at him. But instead...

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry" Naruto said quietly. His tone was apologetic, though he wasn't making eye contact with Sasuke.

Sasuke raised his eyebrows. Naruto, apologising? To him? Something was definitely off. As the young Uchiha looked at Naruto he noticed his face was slightly reddish. 'Does he have a fever?' thought Sasuke worriedly (completely forgetting the fact that is was summer).

With a splash of water, Sasuke moved towards Naruto. He placed the back of his hand on Naruto's forehead. 'No that's not it' he thought.

Then, as he looked at Naruto and into his eyes, he felt a sudden buzz overtaking his body. It lifted his soul and his heart skipped a beat.

It was as though two opposite sides of strongly attracted magnets had snapped into place.

Sasuke placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder, who in turn put his hand on Sasuke's waist. Sasuke lifted his arm and pulled Naruto closer towards himself. Naruto was surprised. Nonetheless he didn't complain and didn't regret it either.

Naruto rested his head on Sasuke's shoulder. With Sasuke's arm around him and their legs tangled together, both of them were silent.

Naruto felt his heart thrum as Sasuke moved his hand to caress his blonde hair. A strange bubbly feeling engulfed him. He felt so comfortable...safe and felt as though nothing to fear or lose at all. He felt nervous, but at the same time a small part of his heart was...excited.

Sasuke looked at Naruto who smiled peacefully in his arms. Sasuke was so satisfied and happy, that the voice on his head which was in denial had vanished. He smile and continued to stroke his blonde hair.

Skins touching and the water swaying around them, their hearts warmed at each other's company.

Naruto could feel his hair being caressed softly. He could feel Sasuke's skin brushing against his own. When he looked up he saw a face with beautiful black hair and loving onyx eyes. Naruto's heart gave a little jump and he smiled.

As Sauske looked back at Naruto he saw a pair of adorable blue eyes encircled by beautiful blonde lashes. When Naruto smiled Sasuke's heart burst violently.

He broke eye contact and tried concentrating on the water. But even there he saw Naruto's body. His chest...that slim torso and the place where the seal should've been. Then from the side he could see his waist and then...

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Naruto poked his arm. Sasuke looked back at him. "What?"

Naruto didn't respond and instead, a shy smile appeared on his face. The he chuckled cheekily still looking into Sasuke's eyes.
"What're you laughing about?" Sauske said. He had tried to sound annoyed but his tone made him sound as though he was amused.

Naruto continued to giggle and smile. A pink tinge had now covered his cheeks. He snuggled closer towards the Uchiha.

Before Sauske knew it he had grabbed the bottle of shampoo. Squeezing some it's contents out, he rubbed it on his hand and began lathering Naruto's hair.

Naruto instinctively closed his eyes and smiled. There was a new feeling inside his heart. Happiness, comfort and relief all pressed together into a tiny jewel that glimmered in the darkness that shrouded his soul.

Sasuke rubbed his fingers through Naruto's blonde hair. Even though it was wet and tangled it still had a mesmerising shade. His hands moved with the utmost care and suddenly an image flashed in his mind.

Itachi sitting behind him lathering his hair, telling him of the new dumpling shop that had just opened and laughing when he heard Sasuke's gleeful replies.

The memory stabbed his heart and he abruptly stopped. Naruto turned around "You done?" he asked. When Sasuke didn't reply he said "Alright I'm gonna put on some soap. Your soap smells really nice for some reason!"

Sasuke looked at him and his heart clenched even more. He reached out and brushed a drop of water from Naruto's nose.

Like a small kitten Naruto retracted his face and blinked several times. He hadn't expected Sasuke to do such a thing. Sasuke chuckled and his heart lifted almost immediately. "Wha...what's so funny?!" Naruto demandingly asked.

Sasuke gave a rare smile and then accidently whispered "Adorable..."

...

Naruto's eyes widened and he blushed a deep shade of red. 'Di...did I just hear him say-...No, it must've been something else' Naruto thought, though his heart wasn't convinced. Even though it was only one simple word he acted as though he had received some kind of love confession. He quickly turned around and busied himself.

Sasuke stared at a blushing Naruto, panicking that what he said had been heard. He looked away feeling his heart being pierced once more. Yet this was different from the sinking feeling that reminded him of Itachi. This time he felt as though he had been pierced with a flaming arrow that made his heart wriggle and squirm.

The two were silent after this. The tension in the air was sharper than a kunai. The more split second glances they gave each other the thicker it became.

The two boys began cleaning themselves up. Both boys kept glancing at each other nervously when the other wasn't looking.

Naruto was starting to feel as though he was suffocating. He glanced at Sasuke and was mesmerised for a moment. He noticed his pale back, the way he stretched his neck, his legs and then-

Naruto blushed and shook his head vigorously.

Sasuke on the other hand glanced at Naruto and his mind became crammed with endless thoughts. 'That blonde hair...looks a lot like the landlady's sunflowers...That body of his is so cadaverous...might as well be a woman's...his lips...Why is he biting his lips?'

Naruto, who was now aware of the fact that he was being stared at, had unintentionally started biting his lower lip. Absurdly enough something triggered inside Sasuke and he moved towards Naruto. His body moved on his own as though some kind of force was attracting him towards the boy. His mind was no longer thinking and even if it was it definitely was not thinking straight.

As Sasuke's soul drifted towards the boy his body moved closer and closer. Naruto saw the look in his eyes and immediately moved back. Then he remembered the shelf was right behind him and that he had nowhere else to go. He started panicking out of nowhere and thought 'Huh?...What am I supposed to do?!' Naruto lifted his hand in front of his face and began saying something "Uh...Sasuke-"

Sasuke grabbed his wrist as quick as a striking snake. Naruto gasped and lifted his other hand to free himself, yet Sasuke swiftly clasped it and their fingers intertwined. In the end Sasuke pushed Naruto to the side and against the wall, his body less than a meter away from him.

And so as Naruto gulped nervously it was his turn today to wonder why the hell this was happening when they weren't even fully dressed. His heartbeat went wild as he looked at Sasuke and into his eyes.

Sasuke kept advancing further and further. Eventually his leg brushed against Naruto's. The blonde tensed up and stared at Sasuke with a shy look in his eyes.

At this point Sasuke abandoned all common sense.

His forehead bumped softly against Naruto's. He stared into those adorable blue eyes and then leaned forwards. He brushed his nose against Naruto's. The other boy stood still as a statue but his face was now red as a pomogranete.

The smell of shampoo and the sound of dripping water surrounded them. Sasuke had no idea what he was doing or why he was doing it, but he didn't care. At that moment his heart seemed to have given birth to some kind of sadistic desire. One that he wholeheartedly accepted.

Naruto's chest felt painful as though his ribs could no longer contains his lungs or his crazily beating heart.

Doki Doki
Doki Doki

And yet... he did not struggle as he stared into Sasuke's deep onyx eyes and felt his nose brushing against his. He blushed and closed his eyes knowing Sasuke was so very close to him...

DOKI DOKI
DOKI DOKI

The beast inside awoke almost immediately. "Hmmm. It seems I have another chance" it growled mischeviously. It lifted one of its tails and thrashed it onto the ground. The surface rippled like water sending the beast's chakra outwards.

Naruto suddenly felt extremely dizzy even though his eyes were closed. He opened them briefly.

Instead of seeing dark eyes and beautiful long lashes he saw a red eye from inside a cage looking at him with an almost amused look.
"Oh...it's you, brat" said the Nine-Tails.

Naruto's chest tightened in fear, finally having realised where he was. Regardless he stood firm.

"What've you done?" he asked angrily.
The Nine-Tails chuckled "I've just made things a bit more interesting"
"Huh?! What do you mean by that?" he questioned. But as soon as he had asked he knew.

Meanwhile, Sasuke began to feel a familiar ominous chakra coming from Naruto. His eyes widened as Naruto's eyes opened. They weren't his usual blue, but rather a dangerous red colour with slits as pupils.

"Purrrr..." said Naruto the beast as if saying "I'm back...~ "

"You.." said an astonished Sasuke.

Naruto the beast purred and rubbed his nose against Sasuke's. 'Did you miss playing with me?' he seemed to say. Sasuke stood there dumbfounded but his heart ached with a strong surge of desire.

The beast purred deeply and chuckled. Somehow Sasuke knew that he saying 'Well? What're you gonna do? Come on~ '

Naruto thought about it and realised that if he was in here then...the Nine-Tails chakra must be possessing his body!

Just like before he was going out of control. Sasuke had said nothing bad happened but Naruto had felt that he must've been hiding something. Whatever the case was he couldn't let it happen again. He would not let Sasuke get hurt, at all.

So he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, squinted his eyebrows and concentrated with all his might.

Naruto the beast shook off his wrist from Sasuke's grip. He wrapped his arm around Sasuke's neck and purred impatiently. He lifted his leg and brushed it against Sasuke's giving a flirty smile.

Sasuke wrapped his own arm around Naruto's waist, his mind fully captivated by the ravishing beast in his arms...

Suddenly the beast's eyes widened and flashed from red to blue, back and forth. The beast had a look of disappointment on its face as it smiled cheekly and purred. 'Too bad. But I'll see you soon' it seemed to say. Naruto the beast rubbed his nose against Sasuke humming in satisfaction.

It was at this moment that the cunning foxy eyes turned back into blue. Naruto finally managed to come back to his senses. 'I made it' he thought with relief.

Then, he noticed the situation he was in.

Legs tangled together, Sasuke's hand on his waist and his own hand around the Uchiha's neck.
Their lips only millimeters away from each other and their noses brushing together.

And, they were still only wearing towels.

'Huh?' thought Naruto. 'HUH!'
His face went a ridiculously dark shade of red and he immediately turned to the side. By now, his heart had probably already flown out of his chest.

Sasuke, who was equally embarrassed, immediately let go of him. He took a shaky breath and tried to compose himself. His mind was hazy and he couldn't think. 'At least not in here' he thought.

Sasuke threw the towel on the shelf and quickly began to dress himself. As he pulled on a turquoise shirt he announced "I'm going to make dinner". WIth that he left the bathroom.

Naruto stood there, his heart now flying back into his chest and fluttering wildly. As he watched Sasuke go he felt a hundred questions rising in his mind. Naruto rested his forehead on the shelf and sighed.

There was however one question that triumphed over all of the others.

'What was Sasuke about to do?'

In the kitchen as Sasuke took out ingredients for ramen, his common sense finally resurfaced. Thus with a flustered face he came to a realisation.

It was this exact thought which would answer Naruto's question.

'I was about to kiss him!'