Disclaimer: If I _did_ own Naruto, they'd all be 15 years old and not afraid to swing both ways. ;) I also don't own Inuyasha, or the doujinshi mentioned.
37 REVIEWS?! *falls over* Man, that's insane! So I'd like to hug and thank all of you for the encouragement! *big glomps to all* I tried to keep the responses to questions/comments short, but it turns out that 'short' means 15 or so replies. My poor fingers! XD
Aera-chan: *slaps a big bandage on you and huggles Toad* Poor frog. :P Mind if I keep him? I love the lil' squishie things. And try not to kill yourself, because you wouldn't be able to read fanfics anymore. Unless you come back as a ghost and haunt the internet...O.o;
Crayon One: Hey, I like that jumpsuit! Actually, only the fur on the collar of the jacket. :P Would a black shirt and darker orange pants not make you cringe so much? And don't worry, I'm not the type of person to demand reviews. Either someone likes it or they don't. It's their opinion.
midd: Sorry about that. It's difficult for me to write long chapters. It always gets akward trying to find ideas to continue, once I've got the main idea down. And don't worry, I can juggle homework and fic writing at the same time. :P
MiakaKiller: Introverted means "quiet and shy." Anti-social means "Hostile to or disruptive of the established social order." *huggles www.dictionary.reference.com for the definitions* It's not that Sasuke lashes out at anyone... He just doesn't like talking to people he doesn't really know. O_o;
Pinky-Cat: Naruto hugged him because they're like brothers! Err...bad excuse, ne? He's not gay yet, though. Or at least doesn't want to admit it. ;)
Cari Starfire: Smoking crack? O_o Maybe you should steal it and replace it with sugar or something...Or would that make it worse? Since Naruto had so much junk in his room at 12, I thought he might never clean up and over 7 years time, it just kinda...filled up his room. (And the ramen cups he had at 12 are at the bottom of the pile. XD)
Rina Starfire: English is really my first language. I don't know where you got it as my second. I take French as a second language, too. It's pretty tough, ne? x.x;
firedraygon97: Nice to see a familiar face. ^.^ I didn't think Sasuke's thoughts were too dirty. They'll get worse. Maybe I should up the rating? D
JadeTiger: You're right. I should try being more courageous! (I make it sound like such a big deal. XD) *glomps* Thanks for the compliments!
Insomnia Productions: You should upload your stories more, too. You're an excellent writer. One of my favourites. Electricity out only in your room? Sounds fishy. ;
Ladyshumon: It made perfect sense. Actually, the first thing I thought of was a shower scene. Expect to see it as the opening of the next chapter! XD
Ithil: Sakura-chan's in this chapter. I kinda forgot to include her in the idea of the story...Ehehe. I'll have to give her a big part, though. She's so cool. ^^;;;
new dragon18: Dragons! *glomps* Err...*backs away from assasin people* o.o; No, I need my life to update!
Japime gurl: I always end up staying up really late to read fics, too. They're addictive, ne? Sasuke's mind'll get dirtier. (He was hanging around with Kakashi all these years. It had to rub off on him at least a little bit. XD)
WARNINGS: Sasuke's thoughts, shounen-ai/yaoi, an almost Mary-Sue girlfriend (who will be gone by the next chapter), Kikyou bashing.
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Living Under the Same Roof
Chapter 1
"Aw, look at that!" Sakura cried as she flopped on her queen-sized bed. "Miroku's grabbing Inuyasha's ass to see if he has a tail!" She turned the recently bought doujinshi slightly, pointing to a picture. Sure enough, a very shocked Inu Yasha was being groped by the lecherous priest. "I think they'd make the greatest couple."
"No, I like Inuyasha and Kikyou better." Was the calm statement from Sasuke. He had run to the pink-haired girl as soon as he realized his mistake, and was now sitting comfortably beside her. He had found her reading the doujinshi, and he was certain that she wouldn't pay attention to anything else until she was finished reading it. He stretched out and flopped down onto the bed, staring at her white ceiling.
"Kikyou sucks. Kagome is so much better." Was the belated reply. Sasuke guessed it took her a while to register the comment. If anyone knew Sakura well, they would know she hated Kikyou with a passion.
"Why? They're the same person." He could lure her in with this statement for sure.
"Are you kidding?! Kikyou's a pile of dust!" Sakura shouted, tossing her doujinshi to the side. "Kagome's flesh and blood. She has a heart while Kikyou is always hurting Inuyasha. I still don't understand how anyone can love someone when all they do is cause them pain." At this, Sasuke grunted.
"Maybe they think that they could get the other to fall in love with them if they try hard enough?"
"Maybe..." Sakura eyed him. Sasuke wasn't the philosophical type and he never would delve into the psychology of relationships. This was a very unexpected statement coming from him. A goofy grin spread from the girl's ear to her other ear. "Are you angsting over someone? Like in those romance novels?"
"No!" He huffed quickly. He didn't want to give the wrong impression. Saying he liked a guy would change Sakura from a sweet, abeit obsessive, fangirl to a crazed matchmaker in seconds. "It's just that I have a problem." He glanced over to see that he had Sakura's full attention. "You see, Naruto's going to move in with me-"
Sakura gasped. "I thought Naruto was only interested in girls!"
"He is!" Sasuke growled for silence, and the pink-haired teen promptly shut her mouth. Why wouldn't anyone just hear him out? "As I was saying: Naruto is moving in with me, but he still doesn't know I'm gay. Now I need to convince him to stay in his apartment."
"I can't believe he hasn't figured it out yet. It's so obvious..." Sakura's red painted lips turned to a pout as she lay down beside the troubled boy. "Why don't you just tell him? It couldn't do any harm."
"I couldn't do that. He'd hate me," came the reply, a note of finality carried in the tone.
"Now you're just being paranoid. He's never been homophobic, and I seriously doubt he'll start because you admitted that you like guys."
Sasuke snorted his stubborn refusal and rolled away from her. Even if Naruto _wasn't_ disgusted, there would still be some awkwardness between them. How would any sane person take it if the friend they confided all their secrets to, bathed in the public bathouse with and slept next to on missions; came up to them and admitted that there was a possibility they could be attracted to them? Sasuke could confirm that he wasn't interested in Naruto, but that could even make things worse, in some weird and twisted way.
He came to the conclusion that Sakura wasn't much help, and he was stuck doing this alone. He was convinced that her being a fangirl had made her opinion biased, and his admittance to Naruto would only ruin their friendship. He could still try to dissuade the blond into moving in with him, but the boy was so single-minded that he probably wouldn't even be able to mention the idea. The best thing he could do was live with him and hope for the best.
Sakura poked him hard in the back, effectively pushing him off the bed. "Stop thinking so much about it! You'll be fine." She glanced at the clock and smirked. "It's pretty late. I suggest you go home and _clean up your house_ before Naruto comes."
The Uchiha caught the emphasis on the girl's voice. Clean up his house? His house was perfectly clean. In fact, Naruto would always comment on how freaky it looked... "Oh Kami-sama," Sasuke muttered under his breath. He had forgotten his room. Damn those stupid fangirls for getting him interested in homosexual couples. Among his large collection of manga volumes, he had FAKE and other yaoi and yuri in miscellanious places. If that didn't scream 'I'm gay!' to Naruto, well, then the blond was denser than he thought.
He shouted a quick 'good-bye' to Sakura and dashed halfway across town to his house in less than fifteen minutes, scrambling on the slippery autumn leaves and nearly losing his balance several times. Unlocking the door, the boy ran up to his room. He grabbed the graphic novels and stuffed them into a large blue chest, which also held the various comics, manga and doujinshi, of all kinds, that he collected. He then shoved the chest back under his navy blue quilted bed.
That done, he had nothing to keep himself busy with until Naruto came with all his belongings. The dark-haired boy listlessly gazed about his room in the fading light. Near the door was his dresser, and a small stack of scrolls leaning up against it. A small, circular mirror was hanging in the corner. He never really used the mirror, but it was nice to check himself over before a hot date. The whole room was pretty orderly. Maybe because he never used it for anything other than sleep. He was usually out training, with Naruto, hanging out with Sakura or being harassed by those crazy fangirls. 'Naruto is right, I guess,' came the indecisive thought. 'I really do need to let things get a bit messy.'
He was about to drift off from boredom, until a loud, relentless banging nearly brought the roof down. 'That would be Naruto,' Sasuke sighed apprehensively. 'Time to go and meet my doom.'
Trudging downstairs and opening the door, he was met by a brilliant smile. Dammit, he couldn't stay mad at Naruto when he looked like that!
"Hey Sasuke!" The blond greeted and picked up three of his large duffel bags.
"Here, let me get some of those." The dark-haired boy grabbed one. He then stiffened as he caught sight of the familiar locks of long brown hair. It was Rika, Naruto's current girlfriend. He must have convinced her to help carry his luggage.
"Hi, Sasuke-kun~!" She purred, flashing a half-smirk. It was well known that the girl had tried to pick up Sasuke more than once over the years, and had a very long history of having a different guy attached to her arm every week. Of course, she had renounced that all for Naruto and they had been going out for six months with no real sign of trouble, but Sasuke still didn't trust her.
"Oi, baka! Quit staring at my girlfriend!" Naruto grabbed the other boy by the arm and dragged him into the living room.
"I was not!"
"Boys, don't fight over me!" Was the hyper interruption from Rika.
"Sorry, I just had do defend my Princess!" Naruto shot a chivalrous grin. Sasuke just snorted and pretended he didn't care.
"I think that you should go, Rika-san. It's almost dark out and we still have to unpack."
"Oh fine. But can I get a kiss from my knight in shining armor first?" She pleaded. Naruto swept her into a hug and pressed his lips to hers. The kiss quickly deepened, making Sasuke turn away in disgust. They were just...oozing all over each other! He averted his gaze to the various bags and began carrying them up the stairs.
"Hey! You shouldn't be doing all the work!" Naruto's voice rang to the second floor, followed by loud thumps as the boy jumped every other step to the upper hallway. Rika must have finished drooling all over the blond and left. Seeing his friend's scowl, Naruto's expression went from hyper to puzzled. He dropped the bags and looked at Sasuke for a moment, until what looked like realization kicked in. "I'm so sorry! I forgot you've had never had a girlfriend!"
'That...dense...idiot.' Sasuke thought, but quickly put on a small smile and led Naruto to his new room. It had originally been his brother's, but now that the whole 'ordeal' was over and done with, the last surviving Uchiha had decided it was time to move on. It was always a sensitive subject, and he didn't enjoy speaking of it, even back then. Maybe that's why Naruto didn't protest about the choice.
"You know, if you ever want me to, I could set you up on a date," Naruto whispered a few minutes later.
'Is that what he was thinking?' The blond must have taken his silence as him still being bitter. "N-no, it's alright. I can find someone on my own." Sasuke didn't mention his distaste for watching the other boy and Rika sticking their tongues down each other's throats. He was sure that would offend his friend.
*~*~*~*
They dragged the bags into the room and unpacked in silence. after finishing with one bag, Sasuke another and opened it, a wry smile playing on his face. The duffel was filled with Naruto's undergarments. 'He doesn't have bad taste.' was the first thought that entered the boy's mind. The folded boxers were in various rich, dark colours. Including a very sexy pair of black ones with a crimson dragon pattern on them. Feeling the material, he found that they were silk. 'Wow, I'll have to ask where he bought these later,' Sasuke decided as he unfolded them and stared.
He felt a sharp tug and the boxers were ripped from his grasp. Naruto shoved then into the drawer, blushing. "Ehehe..."
Sasuke smirked at the blond, who's face was red enough to be mistaken for a tomato. He turned back to the duffel, and noticed something was shaking under a pair of socks. 'What the-?' he removed the socks, and picked up the small, black object. Seeing it clearly for the first time, it was his turn to go beet red. "Naruto...!" 'He uses one of these?!'
Seeing the item in question, Naruto began coughing loudly and grabbed it out of Sasuke's hands. "Th-that's Rika's! She must have dropped it!"
Silence fell upon the two boys. The first one to react was Sasuke, screaming "Oh God! I touched it!" at the top of his lungs and hurtling down the hall to the bathroom, to disinfect his hands. Naruto quietly stashed the article in the drawer of his dresser.
"Dobe! I'm gonna be scarred for life!" Sasuke's shouts had a hollow quality from the ceramic tiled walls. He only called Naruto 'dobe' when he was really angry, so he could almost feel the boy cringe. "I'll never be able to wash the mental picture of you and Rika from my mind! Eeeww! Rika naked!"
Naruto leaned against the threshold of the doorway and snickered. "So does that mean you wouldn't mind seeing _me_ naked?"
Sasuke choked. A sly little image crept into his mind's eye, and he could feel a few warm drops of liquid run down the inside of his nose. He quickly pressed his face into his sleeve and growled at his friend, hoping he could convince the boy that he wasn't interested, and didn't find the jest amusing.
Naruto waved his hands in a dismissive manner. "Okay, okay! I was just joking! You don't have to look at me like that!"
Watching his friend turn his back and walk into his new room, Sasuke inhaled and exhaled deeply. 'Damn Naruto and his stupid wisecracks...It'd be a miracle if I could survive even _three weeks_ with him...'
Tbc...
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Bleck, This was pretty sloppy of me, and I tried to smooth it out as best I could, but it never flowed right after I made some drastic changes. I had originally written a more angsty ending, where Naruto setting Sasuke up on a date would be a deeper conversation. But then I decided that if it's going to be a romance, than I'd rather keep it humorous and light instead. And in case you guys didn't notice, I bumped up the rating, since the reference of 'toys' were involved in this chapter...;;;
Just to clear things up: Sasuke _doesn't_ have a crush on Naruto. Well, not until the next chapter, anyways. Naruto isn't gay, or at least doesn't show it. Rika's gonna be gone, so don't kill me just yet. *cowers in fear* And the Kikyou bashing was just for conversation, and I didn't mean any personal offense to those who like her. Oh, and the doujinshi Sakura was talking about at the start is and actual doujinshi.
So if you want to; you can read, review, and don't be afraid to point out ways I can change this chapter or improve. Thank you!
37 REVIEWS?! *falls over* Man, that's insane! So I'd like to hug and thank all of you for the encouragement! *big glomps to all* I tried to keep the responses to questions/comments short, but it turns out that 'short' means 15 or so replies. My poor fingers! XD
Aera-chan: *slaps a big bandage on you and huggles Toad* Poor frog. :P Mind if I keep him? I love the lil' squishie things. And try not to kill yourself, because you wouldn't be able to read fanfics anymore. Unless you come back as a ghost and haunt the internet...O.o;
Crayon One: Hey, I like that jumpsuit! Actually, only the fur on the collar of the jacket. :P Would a black shirt and darker orange pants not make you cringe so much? And don't worry, I'm not the type of person to demand reviews. Either someone likes it or they don't. It's their opinion.
midd: Sorry about that. It's difficult for me to write long chapters. It always gets akward trying to find ideas to continue, once I've got the main idea down. And don't worry, I can juggle homework and fic writing at the same time. :P
MiakaKiller: Introverted means "quiet and shy." Anti-social means "Hostile to or disruptive of the established social order." *huggles www.dictionary.reference.com for the definitions* It's not that Sasuke lashes out at anyone... He just doesn't like talking to people he doesn't really know. O_o;
Pinky-Cat: Naruto hugged him because they're like brothers! Err...bad excuse, ne? He's not gay yet, though. Or at least doesn't want to admit it. ;)
Cari Starfire: Smoking crack? O_o Maybe you should steal it and replace it with sugar or something...Or would that make it worse? Since Naruto had so much junk in his room at 12, I thought he might never clean up and over 7 years time, it just kinda...filled up his room. (And the ramen cups he had at 12 are at the bottom of the pile. XD)
Rina Starfire: English is really my first language. I don't know where you got it as my second. I take French as a second language, too. It's pretty tough, ne? x.x;
firedraygon97: Nice to see a familiar face. ^.^ I didn't think Sasuke's thoughts were too dirty. They'll get worse. Maybe I should up the rating? D
JadeTiger: You're right. I should try being more courageous! (I make it sound like such a big deal. XD) *glomps* Thanks for the compliments!
Insomnia Productions: You should upload your stories more, too. You're an excellent writer. One of my favourites. Electricity out only in your room? Sounds fishy. ;
Ladyshumon: It made perfect sense. Actually, the first thing I thought of was a shower scene. Expect to see it as the opening of the next chapter! XD
Ithil: Sakura-chan's in this chapter. I kinda forgot to include her in the idea of the story...Ehehe. I'll have to give her a big part, though. She's so cool. ^^;;;
new dragon18: Dragons! *glomps* Err...*backs away from assasin people* o.o; No, I need my life to update!
Japime gurl: I always end up staying up really late to read fics, too. They're addictive, ne? Sasuke's mind'll get dirtier. (He was hanging around with Kakashi all these years. It had to rub off on him at least a little bit. XD)
WARNINGS: Sasuke's thoughts, shounen-ai/yaoi, an almost Mary-Sue girlfriend (who will be gone by the next chapter), Kikyou bashing.
*~*~*~*~*
Living Under the Same Roof
Chapter 1
"Aw, look at that!" Sakura cried as she flopped on her queen-sized bed. "Miroku's grabbing Inuyasha's ass to see if he has a tail!" She turned the recently bought doujinshi slightly, pointing to a picture. Sure enough, a very shocked Inu Yasha was being groped by the lecherous priest. "I think they'd make the greatest couple."
"No, I like Inuyasha and Kikyou better." Was the calm statement from Sasuke. He had run to the pink-haired girl as soon as he realized his mistake, and was now sitting comfortably beside her. He had found her reading the doujinshi, and he was certain that she wouldn't pay attention to anything else until she was finished reading it. He stretched out and flopped down onto the bed, staring at her white ceiling.
"Kikyou sucks. Kagome is so much better." Was the belated reply. Sasuke guessed it took her a while to register the comment. If anyone knew Sakura well, they would know she hated Kikyou with a passion.
"Why? They're the same person." He could lure her in with this statement for sure.
"Are you kidding?! Kikyou's a pile of dust!" Sakura shouted, tossing her doujinshi to the side. "Kagome's flesh and blood. She has a heart while Kikyou is always hurting Inuyasha. I still don't understand how anyone can love someone when all they do is cause them pain." At this, Sasuke grunted.
"Maybe they think that they could get the other to fall in love with them if they try hard enough?"
"Maybe..." Sakura eyed him. Sasuke wasn't the philosophical type and he never would delve into the psychology of relationships. This was a very unexpected statement coming from him. A goofy grin spread from the girl's ear to her other ear. "Are you angsting over someone? Like in those romance novels?"
"No!" He huffed quickly. He didn't want to give the wrong impression. Saying he liked a guy would change Sakura from a sweet, abeit obsessive, fangirl to a crazed matchmaker in seconds. "It's just that I have a problem." He glanced over to see that he had Sakura's full attention. "You see, Naruto's going to move in with me-"
Sakura gasped. "I thought Naruto was only interested in girls!"
"He is!" Sasuke growled for silence, and the pink-haired teen promptly shut her mouth. Why wouldn't anyone just hear him out? "As I was saying: Naruto is moving in with me, but he still doesn't know I'm gay. Now I need to convince him to stay in his apartment."
"I can't believe he hasn't figured it out yet. It's so obvious..." Sakura's red painted lips turned to a pout as she lay down beside the troubled boy. "Why don't you just tell him? It couldn't do any harm."
"I couldn't do that. He'd hate me," came the reply, a note of finality carried in the tone.
"Now you're just being paranoid. He's never been homophobic, and I seriously doubt he'll start because you admitted that you like guys."
Sasuke snorted his stubborn refusal and rolled away from her. Even if Naruto _wasn't_ disgusted, there would still be some awkwardness between them. How would any sane person take it if the friend they confided all their secrets to, bathed in the public bathouse with and slept next to on missions; came up to them and admitted that there was a possibility they could be attracted to them? Sasuke could confirm that he wasn't interested in Naruto, but that could even make things worse, in some weird and twisted way.
He came to the conclusion that Sakura wasn't much help, and he was stuck doing this alone. He was convinced that her being a fangirl had made her opinion biased, and his admittance to Naruto would only ruin their friendship. He could still try to dissuade the blond into moving in with him, but the boy was so single-minded that he probably wouldn't even be able to mention the idea. The best thing he could do was live with him and hope for the best.
Sakura poked him hard in the back, effectively pushing him off the bed. "Stop thinking so much about it! You'll be fine." She glanced at the clock and smirked. "It's pretty late. I suggest you go home and _clean up your house_ before Naruto comes."
The Uchiha caught the emphasis on the girl's voice. Clean up his house? His house was perfectly clean. In fact, Naruto would always comment on how freaky it looked... "Oh Kami-sama," Sasuke muttered under his breath. He had forgotten his room. Damn those stupid fangirls for getting him interested in homosexual couples. Among his large collection of manga volumes, he had FAKE and other yaoi and yuri in miscellanious places. If that didn't scream 'I'm gay!' to Naruto, well, then the blond was denser than he thought.
He shouted a quick 'good-bye' to Sakura and dashed halfway across town to his house in less than fifteen minutes, scrambling on the slippery autumn leaves and nearly losing his balance several times. Unlocking the door, the boy ran up to his room. He grabbed the graphic novels and stuffed them into a large blue chest, which also held the various comics, manga and doujinshi, of all kinds, that he collected. He then shoved the chest back under his navy blue quilted bed.
That done, he had nothing to keep himself busy with until Naruto came with all his belongings. The dark-haired boy listlessly gazed about his room in the fading light. Near the door was his dresser, and a small stack of scrolls leaning up against it. A small, circular mirror was hanging in the corner. He never really used the mirror, but it was nice to check himself over before a hot date. The whole room was pretty orderly. Maybe because he never used it for anything other than sleep. He was usually out training, with Naruto, hanging out with Sakura or being harassed by those crazy fangirls. 'Naruto is right, I guess,' came the indecisive thought. 'I really do need to let things get a bit messy.'
He was about to drift off from boredom, until a loud, relentless banging nearly brought the roof down. 'That would be Naruto,' Sasuke sighed apprehensively. 'Time to go and meet my doom.'
Trudging downstairs and opening the door, he was met by a brilliant smile. Dammit, he couldn't stay mad at Naruto when he looked like that!
"Hey Sasuke!" The blond greeted and picked up three of his large duffel bags.
"Here, let me get some of those." The dark-haired boy grabbed one. He then stiffened as he caught sight of the familiar locks of long brown hair. It was Rika, Naruto's current girlfriend. He must have convinced her to help carry his luggage.
"Hi, Sasuke-kun~!" She purred, flashing a half-smirk. It was well known that the girl had tried to pick up Sasuke more than once over the years, and had a very long history of having a different guy attached to her arm every week. Of course, she had renounced that all for Naruto and they had been going out for six months with no real sign of trouble, but Sasuke still didn't trust her.
"Oi, baka! Quit staring at my girlfriend!" Naruto grabbed the other boy by the arm and dragged him into the living room.
"I was not!"
"Boys, don't fight over me!" Was the hyper interruption from Rika.
"Sorry, I just had do defend my Princess!" Naruto shot a chivalrous grin. Sasuke just snorted and pretended he didn't care.
"I think that you should go, Rika-san. It's almost dark out and we still have to unpack."
"Oh fine. But can I get a kiss from my knight in shining armor first?" She pleaded. Naruto swept her into a hug and pressed his lips to hers. The kiss quickly deepened, making Sasuke turn away in disgust. They were just...oozing all over each other! He averted his gaze to the various bags and began carrying them up the stairs.
"Hey! You shouldn't be doing all the work!" Naruto's voice rang to the second floor, followed by loud thumps as the boy jumped every other step to the upper hallway. Rika must have finished drooling all over the blond and left. Seeing his friend's scowl, Naruto's expression went from hyper to puzzled. He dropped the bags and looked at Sasuke for a moment, until what looked like realization kicked in. "I'm so sorry! I forgot you've had never had a girlfriend!"
'That...dense...idiot.' Sasuke thought, but quickly put on a small smile and led Naruto to his new room. It had originally been his brother's, but now that the whole 'ordeal' was over and done with, the last surviving Uchiha had decided it was time to move on. It was always a sensitive subject, and he didn't enjoy speaking of it, even back then. Maybe that's why Naruto didn't protest about the choice.
"You know, if you ever want me to, I could set you up on a date," Naruto whispered a few minutes later.
'Is that what he was thinking?' The blond must have taken his silence as him still being bitter. "N-no, it's alright. I can find someone on my own." Sasuke didn't mention his distaste for watching the other boy and Rika sticking their tongues down each other's throats. He was sure that would offend his friend.
*~*~*~*
They dragged the bags into the room and unpacked in silence. after finishing with one bag, Sasuke another and opened it, a wry smile playing on his face. The duffel was filled with Naruto's undergarments. 'He doesn't have bad taste.' was the first thought that entered the boy's mind. The folded boxers were in various rich, dark colours. Including a very sexy pair of black ones with a crimson dragon pattern on them. Feeling the material, he found that they were silk. 'Wow, I'll have to ask where he bought these later,' Sasuke decided as he unfolded them and stared.
He felt a sharp tug and the boxers were ripped from his grasp. Naruto shoved then into the drawer, blushing. "Ehehe..."
Sasuke smirked at the blond, who's face was red enough to be mistaken for a tomato. He turned back to the duffel, and noticed something was shaking under a pair of socks. 'What the-?' he removed the socks, and picked up the small, black object. Seeing it clearly for the first time, it was his turn to go beet red. "Naruto...!" 'He uses one of these?!'
Seeing the item in question, Naruto began coughing loudly and grabbed it out of Sasuke's hands. "Th-that's Rika's! She must have dropped it!"
Silence fell upon the two boys. The first one to react was Sasuke, screaming "Oh God! I touched it!" at the top of his lungs and hurtling down the hall to the bathroom, to disinfect his hands. Naruto quietly stashed the article in the drawer of his dresser.
"Dobe! I'm gonna be scarred for life!" Sasuke's shouts had a hollow quality from the ceramic tiled walls. He only called Naruto 'dobe' when he was really angry, so he could almost feel the boy cringe. "I'll never be able to wash the mental picture of you and Rika from my mind! Eeeww! Rika naked!"
Naruto leaned against the threshold of the doorway and snickered. "So does that mean you wouldn't mind seeing _me_ naked?"
Sasuke choked. A sly little image crept into his mind's eye, and he could feel a few warm drops of liquid run down the inside of his nose. He quickly pressed his face into his sleeve and growled at his friend, hoping he could convince the boy that he wasn't interested, and didn't find the jest amusing.
Naruto waved his hands in a dismissive manner. "Okay, okay! I was just joking! You don't have to look at me like that!"
Watching his friend turn his back and walk into his new room, Sasuke inhaled and exhaled deeply. 'Damn Naruto and his stupid wisecracks...It'd be a miracle if I could survive even _three weeks_ with him...'
Tbc...
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Bleck, This was pretty sloppy of me, and I tried to smooth it out as best I could, but it never flowed right after I made some drastic changes. I had originally written a more angsty ending, where Naruto setting Sasuke up on a date would be a deeper conversation. But then I decided that if it's going to be a romance, than I'd rather keep it humorous and light instead. And in case you guys didn't notice, I bumped up the rating, since the reference of 'toys' were involved in this chapter...;;;
Just to clear things up: Sasuke _doesn't_ have a crush on Naruto. Well, not until the next chapter, anyways. Naruto isn't gay, or at least doesn't show it. Rika's gonna be gone, so don't kill me just yet. *cowers in fear* And the Kikyou bashing was just for conversation, and I didn't mean any personal offense to those who like her. Oh, and the doujinshi Sakura was talking about at the start is and actual doujinshi.
So if you want to; you can read, review, and don't be afraid to point out ways I can change this chapter or improve. Thank you!