Disclaimer: I own no characters mentioned

Warning: Shonen-ai. Rated R for later chapters

Summary: What would happen when two guys fight over one totally clueless blonde? SasuNaru. Yaoi

Naruto yawned and stretched as he strolled home by himself. It was a little past 1 a.m. and his and Gaara's shift had just ended. He squinted his eyes as fatigue threatened to shut them from the world.

The two boys reached a fork in the road and they paused.

"Bye, Gaara. 'Night," Naruto said his usual goodbye and turned to leave by the other road, but Gaara stopped him.

"Naruto, wait."

The blonde turned and looked expectantly up at the taller boy. "Yeah?"

Gaara shifted a little from one foot to the other and Naruto got a little worried. The redhead was never flustered.

"What is it? Do you need money? Or are you hungry?" Naruto asked worriedly.

Gaara shook his head, then stared at his friend straight in the eye.

"Stay away from that Sasuke guy, Naruto. He's not anything good," the green-eyed boy warned.

At this, Naruto became a tiny bit more alert. "What? Why? He seems fine to me."

Gaara averted his eyes. "He's a thief."

"Eh? Nani? Where did you get that from?"

But the cool boy just looked back at the other. "Just do as I say. Just take it that anyone who's related to Itachi isn't good. You of all people should know how Itachi is like."

Naruto couldn't help but nod at that. He did know what Itachi was like.

The blonde scrunched up his face nonetheless. "You sure?"

Gaara just rolled his eyes and turned to leave. "Think what you want. Just don't come looking for me when something does happen." Then he was gone.

And the clueless boy was left to walk home alone, pondering over what his best friend had just told him.

Was Sasuke really something bad?

Raven-haired lay sprawled over a dark-covered pillow as Uchiha Sasuke covered his eyes with his arm. He really needed sleep, but it just wouldn't overtake him.

He sat up and swung his legs over the side of his dark-covered bed. "I need some milk," he mumbled to himself and stood up.

5 minutes later found a very agitated Sasuke with a huge white stain upon his pajama top leaning on his huge kitchen cabinet sipping a mug of milk. He had been so busy thinking of the day's events that he had let slip his mug but had caught it in time, only getting away with another shirt to add to his 'wash immediately' pile of clothes.

He still wasn't any closer to Naruto, except the fact that he just found out someone else also liked him.

'Wait a minute… ALSO likes him? I don't… I don't like him… Do I…?'

The raven-haired boy shook his head. He most probably did, if not he wouldn't be thinking about him so much he couldn't sleep. Then he nodded his head firmly, determined.

He was going to win Gaara and get Naruto. So what if he was much further behind? He didn't care. No one could resist him.

The next day at school found a patient Sasuke waiting for a certain blonde… and not so much his redhead friend. But, oh well…

He slightly perked up when his target finally entered the classroom… with his friend trailing behind… But, oh well…

When Naruto sat down, Sasuke turned to him. "Hey, Naruto…?"

The blue-eyed blonde turned to look at him expectantly. "Oh… hi, Sasuke. 'Morning."

"Hn. I was wondering…"

A yawn from the Uzumaki boy cut him off for a while.

"I was wondering…" Sasuke continued. "Could you show me around town after school?"

Sasuke tried as best as he could when he saw the redhead tense.

"Oh… Su—"

Then he seemed to remember something as he turned to his friend, eyebrow raised skeptically.

Mascara Boy was staring at him, as if trying to convey a message, but one couldn't tell what with his blank eyes and all.

Naruto shook his head determinedly. Then he turned back to Sasuke and smiled.

"Sure, Sasuke. I'll show you around. I could show you the best eatery around too. It's just down the road, Ichiraku."

Sasuke nodded as he slyly sent a smirk in the direction of the other boy. Their eyes met and fires blazed.

But Sasuke just smirked again and turned back to the front as Iruka-sensei stepped into class.

But he couldn't help fretting.

What exactly did he say to Naruto…?