What Happens Next
Disclaimer: Me not own Naruto.
Warnings: OCCness, shonen ai sasunaru, sappy-ness...the usual
carpchan: yay! more reviews! -snarfs- by the way, I won't update this fast in the future. This stuff was prewritten when I was waiting for my account to come into activation, so everything else after this will take a while. Sorry TTxTT...Kudos to me for the crappy title. Couldn't think of anything else.
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Kakashi wanted to cancel training. He wanted to really, really bad. The kitsune was unusually quiet and thoughtful, as though the words that he wanted to say were stuck, glued to his tongue. He must have been up all night, probably in the rain. The grey-haired man thought to himself. He smiled inwardly. Sasuke was probably there too.
After a few more pages of Icha Icha Paradise, Kakashi closed his book and sauntered out of the shaded alcove where he had been hiding.
'Ohayou...gomen, I was walking here and I saw this snail who needed some help--'
'LIAR!' Sakura and Naruto yelled. Well actually it was more of Sakura today. Naruto, as stated before, looked dazed. Kakashi cocked his head to one side. If I give them the day off then I can spend -my- time with... doing... Kakashi grinned and blushed. If only...but, he ignored the temptation and drilled his students on a few basic routines, made them strengthen their endurance by running and climbing trees and testedtheir skill by making them spar against one another. It was a relatively short fighting period. Still the work was strenuous and all three members of team 7 were soon coated in a thin layer of sweat. They were obviously exhausted, and Kakashi was itching to get to his lover, so he figured it was a good time to leave. Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were all crouching on the floor, panting softly, trying to regain their breath.
'You guys have the rest of the day off. Ja ne.' and with that their sensei was gone. How boring. Sakura yawned, eyeing Sasuke and then looking away quickly. It's only a matter of time until... But her thoughts were interrupted by Naruto's voice.
'Ano...Sakura-chan, we're still friends right?' Naruto asked worriedly. Last night, he had thought about how he felt and what had happened. He accepted that his crush hadn't felt the same way he did but...He was also starting to realize that maybe a large portion of the 'love' that he felt for Sakura was out of his wanting to be accepted. As a child whom no one wanted and everyone disliked, he just wanted someone who wouldn't care if he had a demon sealed up in him or not. He didn't love her as much as he liked the thought of someone who would love him and fully accept him as he was. So instead he had chosen Sakura because she had been the first person he had felt attracted too. After all, she was very pretty and extremely bright. Still... the warm feeling that coursed through Naruto's body when he was around Sakura was still apparent, just not so strong.
'Of course we are Naruto.' Sakura smiled. God, he is naive...but I guess it is cute in a weird sort of way. Then she screamed.
'LEE-BAKA! Don't sneak up on me like that!' The pink headed girl shouted, clutching her rapidly beating heart. Lee grinned sheepishly and held out a bouquet of lilies. Sakura tentatively grabbed them and watched as Lee's face broke into happiness as he twisted his body into another one of his ridiculous poses. weirdo... She could almost feel a huge sweat drop forming on her forehead, but she could also feel a half-smile creep across her face.
'Sakura-san, would you like to go out to lunch with me? I heard you had a short training today.' How in the world did he know that?! Unless...Lee is stalking me!?' Sakura narrowed her eyes and glared into Lee's comically round ones for a second. She sighed, looked back at Naruto and Sasuke, and nodded weakly. I'm too freakin' kind
'Yatta! We can go where ever you want...' Lee rambled on about romantic areas as he dragged a reluctant Sakura away from the other two boys. Naruto forced a small smile and waved. He turned to Sasuke.
'Eh, ano...thank you for...y'know...yesterday.' The raven haired shinobi cocked an eyebrow.
'It was nothing.'
'No, really. It was embarrassing, but you still stayed there with me...' Naruto looked down. Bleh, this is awkward. Me, thanking -Sasuke-?! And why the hell am I blushing?! Naruto looked up shyly. Sasuke had a slightly startled expression on his face before his lips curved into a smile. He didn't mean for it to come out but... Naruto, Naruto had this effect on him.
In response, Naruto blushed more, his face clearly shocked at a smiling Uchiha.
'Forget it. Look we have the rest of the day off, and you're obviously drained up chakra, so let's just go eat.'
'Eh?! Ramen?!'
'...sure, ramen.' Sasuke said, resisting the urge to reach out and ruffle Naruto's hair. Instead, he crammed his hands into his white shorts pockets and started to walk.
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'WOW! So I guess you aren't a complete teme, ne, Sasuke?' Naruto said, rubbing his ramen-filled stomach.
'...No, not like you're a complete idiot. And I wasn't paying for you. You forgot your money, remember?' Naruto growled in response to Sasuke's comment. He was about to say something back when a fat drop of water hit his forehead. Surprised,
Naruto looked up and saw that the sky had turned grey again, and a few dusty clouds loomed ahead.
'Arg. I hate the rainy season.' A few more raindrops splattered on the ground leaving a pretty dark stain. Drip...drip...dripdripdrip. Sasuke turned around to see the ramen shop owner blowing out the swollen Japanese lanterns and a sliver of a milky moon silently peeking over an opaque cloud. It must be around seven already. The now- steady down pour had already plastered Sasuke's usually spiky black hair to his face, and his damp clothes clung to his lanky body.
'My house is really far too.' Naruto muttered to himself. Sasuke sighed.
'...just come over to my place. It's closer.'
'Eh, really?! Arigatou!'
'Hn.'
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'GAH! Your house is huge, huh??' Naruto said in wonderment as they clambered into the Uchiha Mansion. Cerulean eyes scanned the room, strikingly white walls and a few pieces of expensive furniture were riddled around the house. It was actually quite simplistic and easy to look at, unlike Naruto's room which was littered with worn scrolls, clothes, and instant ramen cartons.
Sasuke shrugged. It was a waste to have so much space when he was the only one living in it. He only used the bathroom, kitchen, and his own room. The rest of the house was avoided, ignored. After all, it still had a wisp of Itachi's lingering scent, and the thick fog of memories that enshrouded it was suffocating.
'The bathroom's over there, dobe.' Sasuke said, nodding toward a small room to the right. 'It connects to my room, so just take some dry clothes in the drawer when you're done.'
'Un.' Naruto said. He was already in the bathroom taking off his shirt. Sasuke grimaced, pulled his eyes away, and went to take off his drenched clothes. He peeled off his standard navy blue shirt and white shorts, tossing them into a laundry basket. There were at least five bathrooms in the vast mansion, so the raven-haired boy stepped into a spare one, lathered his body with soap, and rinsed himself clean with warm water. Grabbing a clean cotton towel, Sasuke hurried into his room and quickly rung himself dry. Absentmindedly, the Uchiha slipped into a black tank top and shorts. He ran the towel through his hair and returned to the former room and brushed his teeth. When he entered his room, Naruto was there, dressed in a dark blue shirt and orange flannel pants, still sprinkled lightly with water, sitting on his friend's bed. Sasuke flinched. When had he ever had orange pants?
'S'kay if I sleep here, Sasuke?' Naruto blinked sleepily.
'Uh...okay. There's a guest room across the hall-' Sasuke said, assuming that his friend meant sleeping over at his house, not this particular room. But instead, Naruto let himself fall backward into the soft folds of Sasuke's bed.
'Too sleepy...can't move...' Naruto murmured, feigning a snore.
'Oi, idiot. Get out of my bed.'
'Don't be such a baby, Sasuke no teme. Just sleep on the other side. Sheesh.' Naruto was too tired to complain or debate that Sasuke should take the other room, and he didn't really mind sleeping with another person. He figured this way would be the easiest. Sasuke frowned. He's probably a cuddler. Or a drooler. Or both... Shuddering, the taller boy slid into the bed, edging toward the left corner. Naruto grinned and scrunched up the blanket so that he could crawl under. He faced Sasuke and stuck out his tongue playfully. Sasuke glowered back and turned away. It was going to be a long night.