AN: Thank to anyone/everyone that is reading :)

Also, NC-17.

Disclaimer: Don't own.

A couple days later, Minoru walked into the academy after his shift at the mission room. He went through the halls, glancing into classrooms as he passed them. He went up the stairs and smiled at a teacher as they passed each other. He went down the hall and approached a door with a frosted window. A half gloved hand gave it a quick knock and heard a "come in" before he let himself in.

Minoru entered the office and smiled at his dad that looked up from some paper work on his desk, "Hatake-san."

Iruka shook his head with a smile on his lips, "Every time."

Minoru grinned, "I can't not."

Over the years, Iruka had been promoted to dean of education. Even though his responsibilities, and therefore stress, had increased tremendously he was the heart and soul of the academy. He made the academy run like a well oiled machine. And like any well oiled machine there was a tremendous amount of paperwork that was put on the back burner to be archived and put away at a much later time.

Regardless, Iruka still taught classes, not as frequently, but he was still an active teacher. He tried not to at the beginning, trying to follow Kakashi's advice. But he couldn't stay away from his kids.

"How was your shift?"

Minoru forced a smile, "Good!" His dad didn't need to know how Hatchi was really beginning to grind his gears, or how the other man's icy gaze was really starting to make him rather mad.

But nothing seemed to get passed Iruka.

His dad gave him an unconvinced look, and was glad when he let it go.

Minoru eyed the boxes in the corner with papers that were either binder clipped or rubber banded together. A box contained manila folders, possible student files. "The usual?"

Iruka gave his son a sheepish smile, "It seems that you're becoming the Hokage's and the dean's personal secretary."

Minoru laughed, "I don't mind, I have the free time right now."

Iruka gave him a grateful smile, "Thank you." He looked back down at the file he was looking at earlier.

There was a knock at the door, followed by an almost silent sigh and a "come in". A woman stepped in, a teacher Minoru assumed. He gave her a quick smile before lifting one of the boxes and leaving the room. He took it down the hall and into a conference room that was empty. Setting the box on the long table.

The dark head looked up and towards the large window when he heard a child's voice scream with laughter. He walked over to the window and slid it open, letting in a cool breeze. He sat on the windowsill as he looked down at the children playing. He couldn't help but remember when he was their age, when he was living at the orphanage, when families that wanted to adopt would show interest in him but he would withdraw. He remembered, solemnly, thinking that he was going to be there forever. He remembered thinking that no one really wanted to adopt him, that he didn't deserve a loving family. He had thought that he was meant to live in the orphanage until he was able to fend for himself. As a little boy he thought he was going to be there forever. He would witness his friends get adopted, and leave. And he remembered being happy for them. Because deep down, pass the feeling of being there forever, pass the feeling of loneliness, he knew he wanted a family. He wanted to be part of a family when he looked up at the stars and the sense of loneliness would become distant.

And then Kakashi and Iruka came into his life. He remembered when he first met them, how even though Kalashi wore a mask and an eye patch he could tell he was a good man. Something about him reminded him of himself, and something about Iruka made him feel like everything would be ok. Something about the couple told him that he didn't have to be lonely anymore. Which he later learned came from the love and compassion they shared. And he was glad he didn't feel the need to withdraw from them like he did with all the others, because with them it felt natural. It felt right.

He smiled at the memories, and let his mind wander to when he first met Naruto. He was one of his first friends that, to his surprise, later on became his best friend. It was a surprise because he first thought Naruto was odd and goofy. But he soon realized that he liked that. And if he thought about it, their friendship was possibly the reason his ability triggered the way it did.

Minoru watched as the children retrieved back into the building. He moved his gaze to the tree scattered field. Part of him didn't like to think about how much of a mystery his bloodline was. He was grateful that he at least had his ability under control and knew how to wield it. But his parents had a point, that although he knew how to control it, there were aspects he didn't quite know the cons of it. In respect to that, he tried not to push himself too much. In the end, it was unnerving, because he simply didn't know where the limit was.

And quite frankly he didn't like not knowing. But he tried not to dwell on it.

With a sigh Minoru shook himself out of his musings and got to work on the box of files sitting on the long desk. It seemed that he has his work cut out for him.

After what felt like hours, followed by a quick lunch with his dad, and a quick trip home to change out of his uniform, he made his way to Naruto's apartment. He knocked and after a moment knocked again. He furrowed a brow when he heard a thump followed by a soft curse. The door opened to reveal the blonde with mussed hair, and a hand rubbing an eye.

Minoru gave him a disbelieving look, "Did you just wake up?"

Naruto stopped rubbing his eye and straightened himself, "...No."

Minoru's expression didn't change, if he had to guess he would think it was at least around 2pm.

Naruto gave him a sheepish smile and gestured for him to come inside.

A smile tugged on Minoru's lips as he stepped inside and toed off his shoes. His eyes wandered to the messy bed, then back to the older man who let out a yawn.

"You do remember the goal for today, right?" Sleepy cerulean eyes gave him a confused look and a hand came up to scratch his head. Minoru smiled, Cute. "In regards to your groceries."

Naruto blinked at him, "You were serious?" Dark eyes narrowed at him.

"You were going to get them days ago, and you have nothing left. I tried to make you something to eat the other day and you literally had one egg left... Which I still question if it was still good," Minoru frowned, "and expired cheese. I think you have a quarter of a loaf of bread left, but that's questionable too."

"Hey, I'm still okay!" Naruto tried, earning him a glare from the older man. He sighed in defeat.

"I'm just trying to make sure my-," he cleared his throat and tried not to blush when the older man gave him a confused look, "You eat right."

Naruto smiled at the younger man's genuine concern, "Okay, just let me take a shower and get ready."

Minoru watched as the older man moved to bedroom and disappeared behind the three screen wall and into the bathroom. He wandered into the bedroom after him and heard the pipes turn on. He took the liberty of plopping down onto the still warm bed as he waited.

It wasn't long until the pipes turned off and Naruto stepped out of the bathroom. He looked at his bed and smiled, "Comfortable?"

Minoru pushed himself onto his elbows and his mouth went dry. His eyes roamed over the fresh out of the shower sun kissed skin, down to the towel wrapped low on the slender hips. His eyes snapped up to the older man's face and blush when he realized he had been caught staring, "Get dressed," he forced out.

Naruto gave Minoru an amused grin as he towel dried his hair and moved to the dresser and let the towel drop from his waist. He hardly registered the rustling behind him as he tugged on a pair of boxers followed by a pair of jeans. He took out a heather gray t-shirt and turned around. Blue eyes looked from the now made bed to the younger man.

Minoru shifted his weight when a blond brow furrowed in question, "I am determined to get food into that fridge and cabinets."

Naruto's expression was that of pure amusement, "I can see that!"

Minoru dropped himself on the bed with a frown, and immediately moved to instead sit at the desk instead. Naruto laughed.

They managed to leave the apartment and make their way to the grocery store. They stopped at a few shops on the way, along for a snack for Naruto. They stopped at a bookstore on the way, looking at the books and magazine showcased outside. Minoru picked up a book and flipped it open. He felt a nudge on his arm and looked up to cerulean eyes as Naruto opened his mouth to say something.

"Naruto."

Naruto turned around and his brows shot up, "Sasuke!" To say that he was taken aback would be an understatement, "Long time no see!"

Sasuke smirked, "Likewise. How've you been?"

Naruto smiled, "I've been good, you? I wouldn't expect to you around here."

Minoru tried to ignore the situation. He really did. The moment he saw the Uchiha be had to look away and find interest in the book he was holding. He could tell Naruto felt uneasy, maybe just awkward, and he didn't blame him for having small talk with someone that he had a long history with. But he could feel his eyes flicker every time he heard the other man's voice. He thickly swallowed and put a gentle hand on Naruto's elbow. The blonde head turned to him and he forced a smile, "I remembered I have to go do something. So I'll see you later, okay?"

Naruto noticed how the midnight blue eyes quickly averted their gaze before leaving, "Wait -." He frowned and turned back to Sasuke, "I have to go, it's was nice seeing you. I hope you're well! Until next time!" The Uchiha gave him a nod before he turned and went down the way Minoru had left.

Minoru scowled at himself, Idiot. He turned the corner and looked up to where he had walked to and scowled at himself again when he realized the was in front of Naruto's apartment building. He felt his eyes flicker and he closed them while he took a deep breath to calm himself. And proceeded to groan at himself. He pinched the bridge of his nose and took another deep breath. He couldn't believe himself at the moment, he couldn't understand why he couldn't just let the situation pass.

"Minoru!"

He turned instinctively at the sound of Naruto's voice and he noticed the older man's concerned look as he approached him and he had avert his gaze out of embarrassment.

Naruto studied the younger man for a moment before reaching for a pale hand and leading him to his apartment. He wasn't exactly sure what the cause of the younger man's behavior but it struck him as odd. Minoru was usually level headed, almost always calm during any kind of situation. In matter of fact, that would be one of the reasons he enjoyed going on missions with him. He didn't easily panic, or become angry. It wasn't like him.

Naruto opened the door to his apartment and took the younger man in with him. He headed for the couch and sat down and pulled the younger man onto his lap.

Minoru felt his ears burn despite himself. He sighed and finally met the gaze that was intently on him, be saw the concern in then and had to refrain from looking away. He sighed again when a warm hand gently rubbed his thigh, "I'm sorry."

Naruto shook his head, and the dark eyes looked at him, "Talk to me." There was a flicker and the dark eyes shifted away from his, "I know you, Minoru. And that wasn't like you."

Minoru bought his hands up to his face and rubbed it, "I know" his voice was muffled, "I know." He let his hands drop, landing on the older man's stomach. "It's stupid," he clicked his tongue and looked off to the side. A warm hand came up and cupped his cheek to redirect his gaze back to the cerulean pair.

"Talk to me."

Dark eyes closed briefly at the gentle tone. He looked at the older man with a sigh, "I remember…," he started, "When you told me how you felt about Sasuke. I was younger, but I remember." He swallowed his gaze dropping, "I remember the sadness in your eyes, how hurt you sounded. I remember thinking that love...love shouldn't make you sad, or hurt, or make you angry."

Minoru felt his voice crack, "I remember thinking that you didn't deserve that. I remember feeling...anger towards Sasuke, and I didn't even know him." He raised his gaze to the older man, "It made me upset...how he hurt you, and how he didn't seem to care," he swallowed through the lump in his throat, "And you cared so much, it was so unfair - it was so unfair to you. And I remember hating him for it. I remember hating how he made you feel - I remember feeling angry because he didn't deserve your love - he didn't deserve -," he broke off and closed his eyes. He clenched his jaw before letting out a slow breath. A hand came up to cup his cheek and brush under his eye, "Love shouldn't make you feel like that, it should make you feel happy not sad, it should be something soothing and comforting not hurtful, it should make you feel special…"

"You're right," Naruto said softly, and dark blue eyes looked at him, "You're absolutely right." He brushed his thumb under the younger man's eye, "And I realized that. I realized that whatever it was that I felt towards Sasuke wasn't love...I'm not sure what it was, but it wasn't love. I may have had feeling for him, but they weren't healthy. And I realized that love shouldn't make you feel like the way I did." He moved his thumb to brushed the younger man's bottom lip, and smiled when Minoru playfully took it between his teeth.

"I like to think that love should be able to make you happy even when you're not with the person," Naruto continued, a soft smile on his lips, "That the thought of them alone brings a warmth inside of you. And when you're with them you feel the best of yourself come out. That even if there's some sort of conflict, deep down you know it'll be okay, because there's an understanding and bond only you know. And you look forward to coming home just so you can see that smile on their face." His fingers moved to the unruly hair and combed the hair around the younger man's ear, "And the moment I realized that what I felt towards Sasuke wasn't healthy, wasn't love, was the moment I realized I was in love with you."

Minoru felt something intangible inside him swell when he looked into the sincere blue eyes. He could feel what he had denied himself of over the years when he realized how he truly felt about Naruto. All those moments, all those instances that he pulled himself back. All those times he told himself it was only a crush. All those times he told himself that it would pass. But it wasn't just a crush. It wouldn't just pass. Love doesn't just pass.

"I love you."

And there is was. The three words that left his lips without thinking, without any sort of hesitation. The three words that felt so small, but felt so right nonetheless. And the happy and loving smile that bloomed on Naruto's lips and the glint in the cerulean eyes that he was so fond of made him want to say it again and again, "I love you."

"I love you, too," Naruto's smile widened as their lips met in a tender kiss. Arms wrapped around his shoulders as the younger man on his lap pressed closer.

They became lost in their shared kiss, only parting only to pant for air. Getting lost in the feel of lips and tongues claiming each other. Pale hands smoothed down over the covered chest, feeling nipples turn into nubs. Someone moaned, but i didn't matter who. Naruto snaked his hands into the dark shirt Minoru was wearing trailing his hands over skin before tugging it up. He smiled when the younger man reluctantly pulled away to strip off the hindering shirt. His lips found purchase on the pale neck, the dark head tilted to give him more access. Minoru sighed and it ghosted over his ear causing a shiver to go down his spine.

Naruto's breath hitched when the younger man ground down on him and leaned forward, pushing him further into the couch, "Minoru," he moaned at the friction, his hands finding purchase on slender hips. He threw his head back against the back of the couch when he did it again, and again.

Minoru latched on to the exposed neck and ground down harder, feeling the older man's hardness against his own. He grinned when the fingers on his hips flexed and the hips under his bucked.

Naruto groaned and tried rocking his hips but found that he was being effectively pinned down. "God -," his breath caught as lips sealed over his in a hot kiss. His hands followed the teasingly slow rocking of the slender hips.

Minoru chuckled when Naruto suddenly stood, making his legs instinctively wrap around him. He planted a kiss under the older man's earlobe, and lightly nibbled on it earning him a soft moan. His back met the soft bed and he watched as the older man stripped out of shirt. He tilted his head and bit his lip as he enjoyed the unintentional show.

Naruto took a second to admire the flushed breathless man on his bed. His eyes traveled over the aroused body before locking with the glowing pair. The smile Minoru had on his lips had him moving, crawling over him, shivering when Minoru spread his legs for him. Lips made a trail of kisses as he went, licking and keeping mental notes of certain spots.

Minoru gasped when a hot tongue traced his nipple before lightly biting on the nub. His hands tangled in blonde hair as he arched towards the touch, wanting more, needing more. "Naruto," he breathed out and the blonde head moved to kiss him, delving his tongue against his. He pleasantly shivered when he felt hands undoing his pants and felt them tug. He chuckled and lifted his hips as Naruto leaned back to pull them off.

Naruto's mouth went dry as his eyes fell on the younger man's erect member standing at attention. The slender hips shifted, making the member bob with the subtle movement. All those times he had let himself fantasize about this, they couldn't compare.

"Like what you see?" Minoru said with a grin, a bit too breathlessly, and hungry eyes locked with his. He sat up and kissed a nipple as his hands undid the older man's jeans and pushed them off. He swallowed as his eyes fell to the thick member that sprung free. His memory supplied how the older man's erection felt in his hand, and how it pulsed when he came. The memory alone made his erection twitch. "I know I do," he peered up at the older man and grinned at the blush on the slightly tanned face.

Warm hands pulled Naruto back down and they both let out a loud moan when their erections touched, grinding against each other. Naruto softly cursed and Minoru breathlessly laughed. Their hips moved on their own accord for a moment before Naruto moved down the pale body, making a trail of kisses and nips as he went. He grinned against skin as he reached for the younger man's erection, feeling its heat in the palm of his hand. The action earned him a throaty moan and noticed the quickened breaths when he circled the head with his thumb. But the reaction he was never going to forget was the cry of pleasure when he wrapped his lips around it.

Minoru's hips bucked, and felt strong hand on his hips hold him down. He panted for air, his body felt as if it was on fire as the hot tongue licked along his shaft. He knew the older man was inexperience, but he didn't care not that he would he have known otherwise. All he knew was that Naruto was doing amazing things with his mouth and if felt as if he couldn't breathe in enough air.

Naruto breathed sharply through his nose as felt his own erection twitch at the sounds his lover was making. He felt fingers tangle in his hair as he dragged his tongue along the shaft, rounding the head and tasting the bitter drops of precum. The fingers in his hair lightly tugged, and he pulled away with a wet pop. He grinned as he was directed into a passionate kiss, delving his tongue into that mouth he couldn't get enough of. They broke the kiss when the need for oxygen became too great and looked down at the breathless man. He cupped the younger man's jaw, and brushed his thumb against parted lips, and groaned when he immediately took the digit into his mouth and sucked on it.

Minoru grinned and released the digit. He noticed the hesitation in the older man and his grin softened to a smile, "I know what you're going to ask," he said softly.

Naruto smiled, "And what's that?"

"If I'm sure…"

Naruto hesitated, his eyes on the glowing pair, "Are you?"

Minoru chuckled, "Do you not see me laying here naked under you?" he smiled at how Naruto flushed, "Of course I am." He lifted his hips, and they both sighed at the friction, "I want you," he said breathlessly, "I want you, Naruto."

Naruto sighed as lips sealed with his in a sweet kiss, felt hands move down his flanks to his hips. His breath caught when a warm hand took hold of his aching member in a loose grip. Lips brushed against his as he gasped.

"And I know you want me."

Naruto groaned at the sultry voice, "Gods, of course I want you, Minoru. I've been wanting you for ages." The younger man's smile widened and a hand came up till cup his cheek.

"You have me."

Lips met in a passionate kiss before Naruto leaned over to the night stand. Minoru gave him a curious amused look, and quirked an equally amused brow when he took out a tube of lube. He leered at the younger man, "Better ready than sorry." Minoru laughed in response.

He would be lying if he said he knew what what he was doing, but he understood the gist of it. And he had quickly learned that with Minoru, there wasn't any nervousness, or awkwardness. There was comfort, and laughter, and everything seemed to come naturally. So he did want he had an idea of how to do, and followed the younger man's cues and responses. He did what felt right.

Naruto slicked his fingers and shivered when the pale legs spread wider for him. He glanced up at the glowing eyes as if asking for permission and received a warm smile in response. He traced the younger man's entrance, noticing the hitch of breath, and circled it a few times before slowly pushing a digit on. He smoothed a hand over a milky thigh, following the muscle to where it meet the inner hip . His eyes were focused on his flushed lover, on the parted lips that panted and gasped for air as he slowly started to move his finger in and out. Illuminated eyes locked with his and felt his heart skip a beat at the trust he saw in them. His finger brushed against something rougher than the inner muscle and the younger man cried out, the slender hips bucking against his finger.

"T-there-" Minoru broke off with a moan when the intruding finger sought out his prostate again and gently rubbed it, "Oh - G-God - Naruto -"

And that was another reaction Naruto was never going to forget.

He pushed another digit in, groaning when the slender hips pushed back against him in encouragement, "Gods, Minoru." He felt his erection twitch at the incredibly sexy sight in front of him, "You have no idea how amazing you look right." The statement made illuminated eyes focus on him and a breathless grin spread on lips. He grinned back as he leaned down and eager lips sealed with his. He pressed against the bundle nerves and hands found purchase on his shoulders.

"Naruto - w-wait -," the fingers stopped their teasing, but he couldn't stop rocking his hips, "I'm ready," he panted out, and choked on a moan as the fingers slowly withdrew.

Naruto leaned back and slicked his throbbing erection with a generous amount of lube. A pale leg hooked over his hip and the younger man shifted closer, a drop of precum falling onto the taut stomach. The slender hips bucked when he pressed against the prepared entrance, but the heel that dug at the small of his back was all the encouragement he needed. He slowly pushed in, groaning at the tightness and heat that enveloped him. Minoru cried out under him, his back arching and he took a mental note. The grip he had on the his lover's hips tightened as he became fully seated, his eyes never left the half lidded pair.

Minoru opened his his eyes that he wasn't even aware of closing when he felt Naruto lean over him, bracing himself on his forearms. He untangled his hands from the sheets that they found purchase in and splayed them along the blondes face, threading his fingers into the locks of hair as their lips met in a sensual kiss. He shifted his hips, experimentally and felt a pulse run up his spine at feel of the rigid length inside of him. He started to rock his hips as the dull pain receded, eliciting a moan from the older man, "Move", he whispered with a smile, and gasped when he more than happily complied.

Naruto set a steady pace as he thrust into the younger man, feeling strong legs wrap around his waist. He pushed himself up onto his hands, angled his hips and aimed for that spot he found earlier. And knew he found it when Minoru cried out his name and threw his head back. He did it again, and again.

" Na-ruto - don't stop - don't ev-er stop -"

And he never wanted to. He didn't even think it was possible. He wanted to be buried in this tight heat, in this man that he loved, as long as he could. He wanted to feel like this, like one, for as long as it was possible.

He groaned as he took the sobbing member between them in a firm grip and started to pump it in time with his steady thrust. Earning him gasps and moans that fueled him even more. He was pulled down, dropping to his elbow, and directed to a hungry kiss. His breath caught as the younger man broke the kiss with a gasp and threw his head back as he came, hard, smearing his hand with his hot seed, "God, Minoru."

Minoru panted for air, his hips riding out his orgasm and felt the older man faltered in his rhythm with a grunt, "Naruto," he breathed out. He looked up with hazed eyes as the cerulean eyes slid shut and a low moan escaped the older man's throat as he found his orgasm inside of him. Deep inside of him. He felt a shudder course through him at the sensation and wrapped his arms around the older man's shoulders as the blonde head buried itself into the crook of his neck.

Naruto pressed their foreheads together and looked down with a smile at the faint glow in the younger man's eyes. Minoru gave him a breathless chuckle and he couldn't help but laugh with him. They slid shut with a sigh and Naruto reluctantly pulled away and made a quick trip to the bathroom to retrieve a damp towel. He cleaned the younger man's stomach, earning him a sleepy hum of approval, and proceeded to give himself the same treatment. He walked over to the dresser pulled out a blanket from a drawer and draped it over them as he slipped next to the younger man.

Minoru naturally rolled over to the warm body, wincing as he did but did decided to ignore it. But it didn't slip past Naruto.

"You okay?"

Minoru hummed in content and laid half sprawled over his lover, "Much more than okay." He felt fingers thread into his hair and they slowly lulled him to sleep.

Naruto woke up to his darkening bedroom. He blinked a few times before turning his head and finding Minoru sleeping next to him. He smiled and slowly rolled over to face him. He brought up a hand and gently brushed away the stray dark strands of hair that obscured the pale forehead. The beautiful sleeping face. He softly brushed his knuckles on an exposed cheek and smiles when the dark lashes fluttered and sleepy dark blue eyes slowly focused on him.

"Hey," Naruto said softly earning him a lazy smile and a husky "Hey" in response. A hand moved to trace his jaw and his smile widened when it's thumb traced his bottom lip. After a moment he noticed how the dark eyes looked at the window and widened a fraction.

"Your groceries!"

Naruto laughed and couldn't seem to stop, even when it earned him a half hearted smack on his arm. The younger man erupted with laughter soon after.

"I was so determined!"

Naruto continued laughing and wrapped an arm around Minoru's shoulders, "We can still go, there's a store nearby that closes pretty late."

Minoru managed a frown, "Is this a ploy of yours to keep me here?"

Naruto gave him an amused smile, "What are you referring to?"

Minoru felt himself blush but narrowed his eyes anyway, "We are getting you those groceries if it's the last thing I do tonight."

Naruto chuckled and nodded, "Alright, but first showers and...dinner?"

"Late lunch?"

"Food."

They nodded in agreement but didn't move to get up.

"You're becoming a bad influence for me," Minoru teased with a smile and felt the arm wrapped around him move to smooth it's hand down his back.

"We'll get up soon," Naruto said with a smile, and then his stomach declared very loudly that it was hungry right now.

"What a shame that I can't just cook you something..."

"Damn, and I really like your cooking," Naruto pushed himself up onto an elbow and leaned down to plant a chaste kiss on the younger man's smiling lips before sitting up. He noticed the wince in Minoru's features when he rolled over and frowned, "Here let me try something." He reached down and gently spread his lover's thighs and channelled some chakra to his fingertips as they pressed on puckered muscle. He chuckled when Minoru squirmed, "Its something that Sakura taught me," he explained briefly and withdrew his hand, "Better?"

Minoru shifted and noticed that's the dull pain was gone, and smiled, "Thank you."

They got out of bed and took a quick shower, as quick as they could be while refraining to engage in another round. Though they both knew it wouldn't be a good idea at the moment. They dried themselves and got dressed before leaving and made a quick trip to the ramen shop because Naruto can be rather persuasive.

They made their way to the grocery store and bought everything Naruto needed, from eggs to milk, to fruits and vegetables, bread and deli items.

"You know," Naruto drawled placing a package of raw meat in the rather full cart, "We have to carry all of this back to my apartment."

"I know," Minoru's expression was pure enthusiasm, "Are you not up for it?" He wiggled a dark brow, "Can't handle it?" Cerulean eyes narrowed in acceptance to his challenge.

And they did just that.

They carried everything back with much ease. And Minoru mock rolled his eyes when Naruto sighed, "You would swear that you are the great shinobi that you are. Yet you're being defeated by grocery bags - of all things!"

Naruto glared at the younger man a few steps in front of him, "Defeated?!"

Minoru looked over his shoulder and grinned, "By grocery bags."

"We'll see about that!"

Minoru watched with amusement when Naruto got a random spike of energy and passed him. And furrowed his brows when cerulean eyes threw him a challenging look. He found himself racing with the older man, and skidded around a corner. When he made it to the apartment which door's was left open he found a rather smug looking Naruto waiting for him.

"I win!"

Minoru glared as he put the bags down, "Won what exactly?!"

Naruto kept his smug look.

Minoru groaned and fisted his hand into the older man's collar and pulled, crashing their lips together. He playfully pushed the older man and chuckled at the light blush on the whiskered cheeks, "Let's put these away."

They put away the groceries, filling the fridge with much needed produce. And cabinets with much needed dry goods. Naruto couldn't help but smile at the satisfied look on his lover's face, "Thank you." Confused eyes turned to him, "Thank you for helping me finally get my groceries."

"Well, yeah," he made a hand gesture towards the fridge, "You can't live off of bad eggs, expired cheese and questionable bread. I can't have you starving! I need you around!"

Naruto looked at the younger man, a smile tugging on his lips, "you need me?"

Minoru closed the distance between and pulled Naruto closer by the small of his back and slipped his lips over the older man's. He stepped forward, maneuvering then until Naruto met the counter. Their tongues met, making someone moan. He felt Naruto's sigh as he smoothed his hands over his back and pressed closer. They broke the kiss when the bed for oxygen became too great, their breath mingling together, "I should go," Minoru said softly, his eyes lingering on his lover's lips.

Naruto saw the flicker in Minoru's eyes as they moved from his lips to his eyes before the younger man leaned back in. He still found it hard to believe that not too long ago he was kissing this man under the bright stars, that not too long ago he was living in denial of his affection towards his best friend. It was hard to believe that this was happening, let alone that Minoru felt the same.

He was effectively pulled out of his musings when he felt hands undoing his pants and deftly reached in to grasp at his growing erection. His whole body twitched, making his head bang back against a cabinet. But he didn't care, not when Minoru was pressed against him like this, touching him. He bowed his forward and lips found purchase on his neck making him moan and his hips buck into the hand stroking him. "Minoru -," he broke off with a loud moan when the hand sped it's pace a fraction. He turned his head and his eyes locked with the glowing pair that were intently on, and that focus on him - those eyes that spoke volumes - had his hips thrusting into the warm hand. He choked on a moan when the thumb circled his head, gathering the drops of precum to slicken its hold.

"Minoru - I -," his head met the cabinets again, and a hand came up to cup his jaw, fingers wrapping around to the base of his neck. His eyes met the glowing pair's gaze, and his breath caught.

"Let me see. Come for me."

The words ghosted over his ear and he was gone. He let out a loud throaty moan as his hips bucked, faltering, as he came in the younger man's hand. His body flushed as the slickened hand around him continued stroking him, milking him, "Oh, Gods," he gasped out, his knees nearly giving out.

Minoru smiled and gave a flushed cheek a kiss, "I love you." Half lidded cerulean eyes looked at him and the panting lips spread into a warm smile.

"I love you, too."

Minoru nuzzled his face into the neck in front of him and caught the hand that began to reach for him. He lifted his head and kissed his lover's jaw before meeting the cerulean eyes, "It's okay. I wanted to...," he gave the soft lips a reassuring kiss, "and I have to go," another kiss, "have to be up early."

Naruto nodded but locked him in a tender kiss anyway. Minoru sighed, melting against him, "I should let you go then," he whispered against lips, making the dark head nod before their lips meet again.

After a rather long moment, they disengaged, adjusted themselves and Naruto saw Minoru out. "Don't forget tomorrow's training," he reminded the younger man, earning him a grin.

"How can I forget? Good night, Naruto."

"Good night, Minoru."

When he shut the door he leaned heavily against it as he looked around his apartment and pinched himself.

"Ow."

No. Not a dream.