Disclaimer: Naruto and company is property of Kishimoto-sama.
Mahami-sama, Sitta-chan, Koshika-san and of course 'braid-man' belongs to me.
Pairing: SasuNaru
Warning: Shounen-ai moments Probably some spelling errors, please don't pay attention to them. A great deal of OOC-ness.
I want to thank all who took their time to review. I want to apologize to everyone who didn't fancy "weak-Sasuke" (as many of you called him). But I'm not changing him, sorry. He can't handle the strange pressure he gets from Braid-man. I hope you can stand him anyway and keep reading.
As for the question; how many chapters there are left, I can only say… not so many at all. It depends on how the response keeps on coming and if I think that I should end it quick or broaden the storyline.
Now… on with the play and the next episode of Go with the flow, chapter (hit me, I think I'm going crazy´) Ten
Prime of Youth
He had blushed.
His face had gone beat red in a matter of seconds and he had of course hoped from the deepest corner of his heart that the subject of his blush would not notice it. But Sasuke wasn't a boy with a great deal of luck and he had never trusted or taken reliance in the untrustworthy craft before, so he chose not to do it this time either.
He had scoffed, rather meanly, and blamed the circumstances. The blonde had raised an eyebrow and laughed at his poor attempt to cover it up… but as Sasuke stoically stared the other down harshly, Naruto's laughter died down to a meagre cough. And the subject was dropped.
Sasuke thanked whichever god watching, for Naruto's perfect shortage of intelligence that minute. Sure, Sasuke could seem threatening and rather bloody mad with those dead eyes and vein popping and who wouldn't back away from him when a low rumble could be heard from his throat? But he would never kill Naruto… even if his pride depended on it. For now though, he was satisfied with Naruto believing him being capable of murder, otherwise Sasuke would be forced to explain why on earth his cheeks decided to take on such a girly colour as red, slightly pink as well (just for the record). He didn't think it was necessary, not now when he didn't even know the reason himself.
Sasuke had succeeded in getting Naruto to drop the subject and he internally congratulated himself, but just to be sure and on the safe side that his and Naruto's friendship hadn't suddenly got destroyed he'd changed the subject and asked once again how Sitta-chan was feeling. Naruto had taken the initiative immediately, to avoid further embarrassing moments and awkward silences, and began to furiously gibber on about how Sitta-chan had mumbled in his sleep about cheese and milk, now and then emitting a moan. "That's Sitta-chan for you!" Naruto had laughed loudly and Sasuke quickly realized that he hadn't paid any attention at all, but had kept staring at Naruto's body the whole time… and enjoyed how the fabric moved on his body. From then on he pinched himself every time his eyes started to wander.
But that was then. Somehow Naruto had efficiently showed the way back, not getting lost once and now they were standing at the same doorpost Sasuke and his companions had stood in front several days ago. Before everything he wished hadn't happened, indeed had happened. He took a deep breath, almost shook with the suppressed tension in his body. He didn't want to set one foot in that house ever again, for he knew that inside a corpse lay and he hadn't lifted a finger to help.
"Are you okay?" he heard Naruto say, glanced at his companion standing beside him and scoffed.
"Of course, let's go." He moved for the handle but a calloused hand on his shoulder stopped him.
"You know, it's okay to feel nervous… I mean, the old lady ripped you off and sold you to a frea-"
"I know… you don't have to keep repeating it to me", he growled and gave him a spiteful glare. Deep inside he felt not only embarrassed because he hadn't been able to defend himself, but also humiliated of his nervousness. "It's nothing", he mumbled but the hand on his shoulder tightened its grip.
"Sasuke", the voice warned.
Rolling his eyes he turned to his blonde partner. "What?"
"You're being a bastard."
"Try telling me something I haven't heard from you before…"
"I mean it! Hiding your friggin´ feelings like they don't matter when you are in fact scared shitless, probably wetting your pants right now!" Naruto screeched and shoved Sasuke away from him so he hit a nearby railing.
"That was uncalled for…", he mumbled and rubbed his ribcage. Naruto didn't listen and poked his finger in Sasuke's face.
"Just like that time! Damn it!"
"What time?" Sasuke barked and swapped the finger away angrily. Hey, just because they are friends don't mean that they don't argue… Being rivals is still a high priority.
"When you hit yourself in the water! You refused telling me where you were hurt and… and you were a bast-"
"… ard? No shit, I'm always a bastard. That's all I am to you, can't be anything else can I? Just, let's go, I want to see Sitta-chan."
"You inconsiderate piece of-"
"Call me whatever you want… who cares what some loser think?" he snarled, getting sick of the strange tension in his chest. Why did it hurt?
"You care!" Naruto screamed and pushed him against the door. "I know you care what I think, even though I'm such a loser!" Not bothering to notice Sasuke's huge eyes he drew back his hand, to gain both speed and power, and forcefully punched the black eyed, hard in the stomach.
The air was blown away from his lungs and Sasuke coughed hard, trying to regain his composure. He sank down on his rear end, leaning against the door and glancing upwards, towards the fuming Naruto.
"You care more than you let people think, and I don't understand why you pretend you don't! You are just a coward, and a bastard… but you could be more, you idiot!"
Sasuke stared wide-eyed as the fuming boy shook with anger, hit himself on the head in sheer frustration and then let out a irritated growl before pushing Sasuke away when he tore the door open. Sasuke couldn't move, just sat there staring at the place Naruto had stood. His head was in turmoil, and his heart was interfering. The door glide shut slowly… indicating and forcing him to accept the truth, which was that the boy definitely had left him.
He bit his lip. He couldn't understand what was wrong, where things had taken such a bad turn. Simply trying to hide a blush and nervousness had turned into something else, hadn't it? Sasuke had always insulted the other, as often as he was given the chance really. It was his quirk actually, or bad habit. At least he was beginning to think it was a terrible bad habit. The oddity of Naruto's expression was confusing him. It hadn't really been a hurtful look he had been given, rather a disappointed one. He had never received one before, not from Naruto anyway, and he was shocked… hurt in some way. The blonde had told him he could me more, but more of what and to whom?
Gingerly he stood and braced himself for the pain to come, which did as soon as he stepped inside of the house. A raw growl escaped his mouth as he almost doubled over. A cracked rib and to top off with a punch in the stomach, oh joy…
The painful journey from the door to the end of the enormously long hallway almost killed him. At least made him dead tired. It was pride that pushed him forward and the fact, boiling tremendously inside of his mind, that Naruto was disappointed by him. He had known, ever since he had weakened in the grasps of braid-man that he was letting Naruto down. What he didn't know was that Naruto was going to express his disappointment to him directly. It blew him off completely. The reality was bitter and harsh, and the consequences were hurtful.
He made the only person he cared for upset with his weakness, he'd acted like a complete bastard just according to the play he haven't had time destroying yet and he was, in the end, hurt that Naruto uttered his disappointment with him and hadn't kept it hidden. He felt now, as he hobbled through the hallway towards their room, sadden and wished not only for vengeance upon braid-man (who was at fault for everything that had happened) but for Naruto's forgiveness as well. He needed to be forgiven.
He stopped dead in his tracks. Muffled voices could be heard from the room next to him and he quickly distinguished one of them belonging to the specific blonde on his mind. Deciding not to enter the room yet he leaned against the wall next to the door instead, listening in on the conversation. He had a gut feeling that Naruto didn't want to see him yet and… he didn't know how to apologize, or for what. What was he going to say? Sorry for not being able to kill braid-man? Sorry for being weak and not the Sasuke you know? He sighed and shut his eyes.
Realizing eventually that the only coherent words he got out from the conversation taking place in the room was useless words as "no's" and "yes's", he grabbed for the door. Of course, as he expected, the talking died as soon as he made his presence known. A hoarse squeal met his ears.
"Ah! If it isn't Sasuke-kun!"
Sitta-chan. Beautiful as ever… yet with a strained voice, hence the hoarse sound. He was sitting in a pool of white blankets on a soft futon. A discreet sunlight reflected on his pitch-black hair, making it shine, and his delicate hands were clasped around one another in his lap. His bare chest was one of the first things Sasuke noticed, but quickly covered it up by letting his eyes wander upwards. Warm eyes met his and he couldn't help but smile a little. Sitta-chan's warmth had turned Sasuke into an addict.
"Come, sit", Sitta-chan said and offered him a seat next to Naruto. Sasuke swallowed and nodded meekly. The blonde was facing Sitta-chan with his back towards Sasuke… he hadn't even acknowledged Sasuke's entering.
"How are you feeling?" Sasuke asked when he had seated himself on a pillow. Sitta-chan smiled brightly and stuck out his tongue.
"I'm all fine and dandy! Slept like a log for-"
"Unconscious… you were unconscious", Naruto interrupted. Sasuke huffed and tried not to snicker as evilly as he would have wanted at Sitta-chan's sulking face.
"Mou! I was not!"
Sasuke heard Naruto's mocking tone. "Yes you were, or else you would have woken up when I dropped you."
"You dropped me? You nasty little child!" Sitta-chan tried attacking the sniggering Naruto, but broke down coughing instead.
Sasuke reached forward and touched the older boy's forehead. "You are little hot, you should rest."
Sitta-chan swatted the hand away gently, pouted with his lips and fluttered with his long eyelashes, which made Sasuke back away in alarm. "I've had enough rest, I wanna have fun… besides", he quickly changed his mind. "It's not because a fever that I'm coughing. A little more to the left and the brush would have punctured my lung." Sitta-chan leaned back on his hands and yawned. "You can relax Sasuke, I wouldn't do you even if you asked me, probably get assassinated by your belov-"
Suddenly Naruto screamed, making both Sasuke and Sitta-chan jump with surprise. "AH… hah… ah, well uhm… anyone hungry?"
Sasuke eyed the blonde warily, studying his tense facial expressions, more precisely the faked grin, but slowly let his eyes wander to a giggling Sitta-chan. The whole situation was irking him, he didn't understand anything. Wasn't Naruto angry at him? Sitta-chan announced between laughter that food was unnecessary since "that Sakura-girl" had brought him food just minutes ago. Sasuke rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe that this cross-dresser just recently got stabbed in the chest and was now laughing his ass off, preferable laughing his ass off on Sasuke. Sitta-chan had flung himself on top of him, pushing him down to the floor, all the while laughing.
Sasuke tried prying the older boy off him but it was futile. Sure, Sitta-chan was gorgeous… Sasuke almost reddened at the thought that he might fancy his body! But he was too embarrassed and uncomfortable. It didn't feel right, not as it did with…
He froze.
Naruto. It was only with Naruto it felt completely and totally right. It was only with him that he felt the need to be accepted and forgiven and it was only with him that he could lie several hours, wrapped in his secure arms and not feeling uncomfortable. A blush crept on to his face once again.
"Sitta-chan… what's wrong with you?" he growled and made a last effort to escape the warm embrace. It would almost have been comical if he had succeeded in the task all by himself, but it ended with a little help from Naruto and a fit of laughter when Sitta-chan chose to cuddle the blonde instead. Sasuke had gone for the rescue of his friend but Sitta-chan had fallen asleep… suddenly…
"I had him swallow some painkillers", Naruto said wearisomely and Sasuke helped him to tuck in the sleeping boy. "Never thought he would react like this though…"
"How many did you give him?" Sasuke questioned and raised an eyebrow.
"Too many apparently", Naruto suddenly laughed and rose from his hunched position, stretching his orange-clad body before finding his seat again. Sasuke shuffled to his as well and sighed, looking out the open window. It was midday sun out, soon it would darken and he had still no idea where braid-man, or even Kakashi, was. It troubled him.
Sasuke had always been "one to beat around the bush", choosing to ignore whatever irritates him and avoid further conversations, meddling only with things important. The knowledge that Naruto wasn't and weren't talking began to confuse him though, as well as bother him. He knew Naruto wanted to talk, he could see it… the boy was literally fidgeting with everything his hands made contact with, but Naruto wasn't speaking, and that was the problem Sasuke wanted to know the reason for.
"So", he said slowly, almost regretting opening his mouth as Naruto's fidgeting stopped abruptly. "Where's Sakura?"
Naruto whipped his head towards him, a surprised look gracing his face, before it turned solemn. "Sakura? Oh… yeah, she's around here somewhere. She was disgusted when she woke up with a dead Mahami-sama in the same room… can't blame her."
Sasuke nodded hesitantly and gave him a "hn".
"I'm almost surprised though…", Naruo began. "That she hasn't come visit you yet, I mean she's crazy abo-"
"So you hit me?" Sasuke interrupted suddenly, not really wanting to discuss Sakura and her infatuation with him... and the tension had been raging inside of him that he couldn't keep the question unspoken much further.
The blonde furrowed his brow and scratched his neck, quietness taking over the room. Sasuke bit the inside of his mouth, a sign of nervousness. It passed some time before either tried bringing the subject up again, both succeeded in speaking the same time and Naruto laughed embarrassed.
"I guess I did… heh, forgot you're hurt", he smiled sheepishly.
"Why?" Sasuke wondered and looked away.
"Why? Well, anger can make people forget really easily and you were being an ass", he stated clearly.
"I meant, why you hit me… idiot", he said kind-heartedly and tried hiding a hint of a smile.
"Oh…", the blonde leaned back on his hands. "Um… well, you were hiding from me."
"I wasn't hiding!" Sasuke rolled his eyes and leaned back as well.
Naruto sighed. "Do you want to know or are you just going to make fun of me?" When Sasuke didn't answer, only gave him a stern look, he continued. "These past few days you've been really different, from at home I mean. You actually stood up for me, and you don't do that on a regularly basis… you're often the one to bug me and not support me. You see", he swallowed loudly, even Sasuke could hear it. "You see... I was beginning to think we we're friends."
Sasuke quickly sat up and stared at him in disbelief. "We're not?" An unspoken question was irking his mind. "Aren't we more…?"
Naruto gave him a puzzled look that could easily compete with his surprised. "You shut me out like you used to and went back to you old self! What's that for a friend? I know neither of us is much for expressing feelings, when they're about this kind of stuff..." Naruto sighed and fixed his look on the sealing. "I was a fool to think that had changed…"
Sasuke gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak. He was so embarrassed. "It has changed. Well… I thought it had too", he gazed into Naruto's eyes again and felt a hard tug at his heart. He didn't like what he saw, it was that disappointed look again. "I didn't tell you what was wrong because… because I was ashamed."
Naruto scratched his chin. "Ashamed? But why?"
He bit his lip and sighed, knowing he couldn't back away now. It was too late to let things remain unspoken and ignored. "I was weak… and I let you down."
So, there… he had said it. The words plaguing his mind for too long had finally been spoken. He'd opened up more than he had ever done before and a comforting feeling attacked his senses. He felt brand new… fresh. It was almost as if he could tell that specific blonde boy, the one bathing in the last sunrays of the day, that he had been the bizarre subject of his mind ever since they'd fallen off the cliff. But he changed his mind quickly and hid an oncoming blush. Why am I blushing so damn often?
"Since when have you let med down, Sasuke?"
Sasuke furrowed his brow. "I can see your disappointment!"
"I do?" Naruto suddenly inched closer and Sasuke's pulse began intensifying, he couldn't hear much else than the throbbing in his temple and the pounding in his heart. He couldn't focus on anything else than the two hands on either side of his body and the increasing body-heat being emitted. He gulped when Naruto's whiskered face edged its way so close that the tip of their noses almost touched. Sasuke opened his mouth to speak but a sudden, hard, hit over the head prevented him.
"Do I look disappointed to you? I'm not! Here I was rambling on about wanting to know when you feel weak and whatever troubles your busy, bastard-like, mind… and you think I'm disappointed! If you are, by chance, referring to you-not-being-able-to-withstand-that-ass, I'll have you know that don't care about that. Okay? Got it now? Che, and I'm called the idiot."
Sasuke watched Naruto pulling back, slumping down on his butt once more and crossing his arms childishly over his chest. It was a misunderstanding? Could it perhaps have been a misinterpretation on Sasuke's part? Should he start believing in luck now?
"I might look disappointed because I felt left out, but not let down."
"Oh…"
"Were you worried or something?" he asked absentmindedly as he found new interest in a small bug, on the trot across the floor. When Sasuke chose not to answer the question, and hoped that the blonde would just leave it unanswered, said boy caught the fleeting look Sasuke apparently had. He cursed his faulting façade and how it so simply, these days, could crumble. Naruto leaned closer to observe Sasuke's evading eyes, forgetting all about the escaping bug on the floor and then he smiled in victory. "You were worried that I'd lost my respect for you, didn't you? You do care, you annoying bugger!"
"Bugger?" Sasuke asked mockingly and crossed his arms over his chest, masking his surprised joy over Naruto's words.
"New nickname for ya'…", Naruto beamed. "But don't change the subject!"
"What subject?" Sasuke looked the other way and pretended to yawn, hoping to end the conversation, letting it fizzle out to nothing. "There was no subject, and I'm no bugger."
"Sure you are", Naruto jeered and inched even closer. He seemed to enjoy confusing and torturing the black haired boy. He couldn't understand why Naruto kept probing him with personal questions and closing in on him. That wasn't how things were done before. Had Naruto found some new way of making Sasuke's life even more bewildering and wasn't afraid to use it? Did the blonde notice Sasuke's beating heart each time he got within a meter's distance and if so, did he know the reason? If he knows the reason, can't he tell me what it is?
"Okay, okay… I'll let you off the hook this time Sasuke, but you just wait… someday, I'll have you crawl around my feet; declaring your undying admiration for me!"
"When's that? The day you become Hokage?" Sasuke scoffed, trying to ignore his warm cheeks.
"Yes, but hopefully sooner… although, my Hokage title isn't that far away", he grinned and pounded his fists in the air.
"In other words; it's never going to happen."
"You bastard!"
"Clumsy idiot."
"Bugger!"
"Sure you are…", Sasuke snickered
"Wha!-" Naruto began to shout but suddenly a moan, coming from one passed-out beauty on the floor in front of them, cut him short. Oh, yes… Sitta-chan was in one of his, many, erotic dreams, as Naruto so bluntly commented and grinned mischievously. Sasuke merely wrinkled his nose and averted his eyes, not wanting at all to see someone sleeping while apparently dreaming about subjects that should only take place behind close doors. Albeit Naruto seemed to enjoy himself to the fullest, leaning closer the older Sitta-chan and listening in on every small word escaping, Sasuke began to wonder. The boy was probably dreaming of something much more vulgar than kissing, right? Of course the memory of a nude Sitta-chan reappeared in his mind right that instant and he let out a feral growl… almost wanting to bang his head into something. All of a sudden, a very sudden thought indeed, entered his naïve brain and caused him to let a small gasp escape his lips. It wouldn't be so bad to see Naruto, ramen-boy, in the same limitation of clothes, now… wouldn't it? He could promptly picture it before him; how Naruto would stand there… just like Sitta-chan had done, save for not shielding himself…
"Is that drool?" a confused voice made it through his head and brought him back to the harsh reality.
Sasuke's hand swiftly wiped away the saliva that had gathered at the corner of his mouth. "No", he said simply. A confused humph was heard and the blonde boy retreated to Sitta-chan. Why had he drooled? He didn't drool; it was not him to carry out that expertise at all. Perhaps as a small child, vigorously happy with a brother still sane, sleeping on a pillow… but not thinking about boys naked at all. He usually didn't think about boys naked… or boys whatsoever! Or girls… whatever… same shit different costumes. He sighed exasperatedly and averted his eyes. His mind was playing tricks on him too much, maybe he was going mad? Is it mad wanting to be held by Naruto? He sure hoped not… because he suspected himself wanting even more than hugging.
Sasuke almost melted right there when a bright smile met his eyes. The boy had turned towards him once again, seemingly happy over some petty thing. Naruto's smile always brightened his mood somehow even if he tried ignoring it, which he couldn't force himself to do this time. Now he relished in the warmth and kindness. He was unused to it but found himself beginning to crave it. All thoughts of braid-man and Mahami-sama disappeared when Naruto gave him a grin and every worry vanished from his head. Why wouldn't he crave happiness when he had been alone and devoid of compassion for the larger part of his life? Why wouldn't he long for something to fill him whole?
His fingers shook when he brushed some hair from his face. He was nervous again, but this time it had nothing to do with neither his admirer nor the dead woman. It was all about Naruto and he suddenly felt the need to apologize, to everything he had said, not said and was to ever say in the future. This was the time to establish how much he definitely needed Naruto's comfort and spirit. It wasn't in his character to do so and ask for anyone's consolation, but the part he played in the ever annoying play had to be destroyed or else they would never move on. He cleared his throat. "Naruto, I'm sor-"
But before his gracious apology to come had reached the blonde's ears, the door had flung open and a flaming pinkhead had stormed into the room, of course efficiently shutting the door with a loud bang which awoke the resting black haired on the futon. Sasuke growled in annoyance, totally missing the bewildering glance Naruto shot him before Sasuke had clamped his mouth shut.
"Sasuke-kun!"
He had always felt annoyed by her presence but now it was down right evil. He only wanted to be with Naruto, without disturbances… his eyes widened by his own thoughts… he wanted Naruto? He wanted the blonde…
With fidgeting hands and flickering eyes he stumbled on his own words, not expecting them to ever sound as loud and fresh as they did. "… love… I'm in… lo-"
"What was that, Sasuke-kun?"
His breath was caught before exhaling when he realized the intense looks. They were staring as if he had grown a second head, for it was not like Sasuke to ever say, or even, mutter the complex and highly private word "love". He couldn't even mutter an answer to his odd behaviour. Embarrassment overtook him and he quickly straightened his back. Sakura reached out her hand to touch his arm, but Sasuke backed away as if he had been burned.
"Sasuke-kun, what were you saying about love?"
Even though he clearly could hear the giggles from an awoken Sitta-chan and the subtle laugh from Naruto as he squirmed on the floor, he still hoped that none had heard… totally in denial. "Nothing", he groaned and sat down again, eventually accepting that he was only doing the embarrassing situation a hand by being stubborn.
"Are you in love?" Sakura said and seated herself too close, by Sasuke-standard. "Who are you in love with?"
He could, unmistakably, see the hopeful glimmer in her eyes and the hint of a blush on her cheeks. But he was more concerned about what Naruto was thinking. The laughing had died down now and even the blonde sat in anticipation of his answer. "Nobody", he grunted and gave her a bored look. "You heard me wrong, Sakura."
"Oh", her dejected look and stance told everyone in the room that wailing could soon ensue and Sitta-chan came to the rescue.
"Maa, Sakura-chan… don't you worry about Sasuke-kun. There will be plenty of young boys picking pink over blonde", he said and raised a finger to rub his chin while totally ignoring Sasuke's sudden and angry glare, Sakura's quivering bottom-lip and Naruto's taken aback blush. "Personally, I think Sasuke-kun is one for blondes."
"You're not helping", Sasuke muttered into his hands as he hid his face, or more precisely his blush.
"Yeah, Sitta-chan… you've made Sakura-chan sad now!" Naruto hollered.
"Don't but in Naruto", Sakura threatened and Naruto looked away crestfallen.
"It's a tough reality, but Sasuke only likes-"
"I'll dye my hair then!"
"-natural blondes…"
"But…" Sakura turned to Naruto again, giving him a horrible spiteful glare which Naruto suddenly answered with an awkward smile.
Sure, Sasuke was glad that he wasn't taking part in the discussion but it irked him that they were arguing over him as if he wasn't sitting right there, listening. What he couldn't figure out was Sakura's annoyance over Naruto, it had increased tenfold. It was as if she was jealously staring him down. Suddenly, the pink haired excused herself, obviously overtaken by grief and anger. Sasuke almost sighed with delight when the door closed behind her, leaving the "boys" alone again. At first the tension kept the talking dangerously aback, but then Sitta-chan stretched and rubbed his eyes.
"Now, when the lass is out… care to explain your little daydreaming?" he taunted and gave Naruto a sideway glance, which was answered by a bold sneer.
Sasuke ignored them and deliberately faced the window instead. He refused to answer, he would not budge!
"That confirms it, doesn't it Naruto-kun?" Sitta-chan said and nudged Naruto's side with his elbow.
"Sure does", Naruto said and Sasuke could hear the tapping of fingers against the floor. "Then Sasuke should like me-"
Sasuke choked.
"-being blonde and all, isn't that right Sitta-chan?"
They're only messing with my head! he told himself over and over again, biting the inside of his mouth painfully. He refused to show them how shocked and nervous he was, but something inside of him told him that they already knew and was taunting him because of it. Why on earth would Naruto say something like that? Is he teasing?
"Maybe you should make a pass at him, ne ne Naruto-kun?"
Naruto laughed loudly. "And have my teeth punched out, I think not!"
"But you might get lucky!"
Would it come to one as such a surprise if told that the conversation continued, the individuals totally ignoring the fact that the subject of their internally humorous tête-à-tête was indeed sitting in the same room (albeit looking pissed off)? They neither paid any heed nor cared that their chat went from rude to down right naughty in a matter of seconds and that the issue of the matter resolved around such things that turned both males red by both slight embarrassment and laughing. Well, Sitta-chan didn't blush and wasn't embarrassed, that was Naruto and Sasuke's part. Sitta-chan was "experienced", as he commented while clutching onto his chest, painfully aware that he was pushing his boundaries and scolding Naruto for thinking so maturely about mature things.
Snorting and pleading for an end to the torture, many minutes later, was totally laughed at. And Sasuke didn't get a word in as Naruto pompously, and of course proudly, declared that he indeed had seen adult-rated things when his sensei had dragged him along to an onsen and wasn't such an inexperienced guy as Sasuke. Sitta-chan had snorted and told the proud boy that he had done adult-rated things and wasn't satisfied with just watching it.
Is it such a big surprise this time as well, that the black haired teen sighed and wished to be transferred to another room? He couldn't understand why they even talked about such embarrassing thing, in the open! Sure, he was a guy… just like them, but he highly doubted that they could fight as good as he could, think as fast, run as fast… and… and… okay, he was only thinking up reasons to why he didn't try engaging himself in the topic of their chosen chat. He should… he's a guy after all, an aspiring hormone-filled to the brim- youth. But he found no reasons, and got downcast immediately. It couldn't be that he, continuously, found Naruto's talking to be stirring? Could it be that he almost got thrilled? He was shocked again by his own feelings.
"… and then he licked me here-"
"Stop it!" Naruto screeched and hid behind a pillow.
Sasuke sighed.
"- and here… oh, and over there too! Look, you could almost see -"
"Shut it! I don't want to hear it! It's private stuff!"
"- the bite-mark", Sitta-chan giggled. "He was quite good after all."
Sasuke tried tuning them out again, exceptionally miserable and let down by humanity. He had had no idea that Naruto was so… such a… mischievous and open person, easily discussing, in general, the subject sex. Sure, he'd always believed Naruto to be quite immature and childish, but it seemed that the boy was more aware of his surroundings than he'd first thought. Naruto appeared to have glanced both right and left, catching up on trivial thing Sasuke would find… well trivial (at the time… things seems to have changed though). On stage, Naruto was loud and childlike but behind the drapes lured a horny youth, waiting to ravish someone or something? Well, to Sasuke it appeared to be true; Naruto was horny.
"Try what?" Naruto's voice suddenly cut through Sasuke's busy brain.
"Sex, sexual intercourse, banging, f-"
"I get the picture!" Naruto hollered and looked the other way, suddenly caching Sasuke's big eyes and averting his own blue ones really fast. "Of course I want", he mumbled later.
Sasuke had never felt so misplaced before, but he was slightly concerned though over Sitta-chan's health. One who recently been stabbed in the chest should rest and not suggesting such things… right? He should feel depressed that his "mother" almost killed him! Or was his caring just something Sasuke tried telling himself?
"Sasuke- kun, then? Would you like to try it?" the black haired teen asked and looked at him in interest.
Sasuke swallowed. It was an easy question to answer really; just say yes or no and it should be fine. But it was a double-edged sword; the consequences could be devastating both ways. If "yes"; Sitta-chan would probably ask whom Sasuke would like to "do it" with and if the negative answer "no" slipped from his inexperienced lips he wouldn't live down the humiliation of their laughing. Naruto would probably think that he didn't know how it was done or that he was sterile.
So he chose to shrug and give an impassive answer. "Maybe."
Both Sitta-chan and Naruto beamed and closed in on him. "Who?" Sitta-chan asked and Naruto nodded his head in agreement. "Who is the lucky one?"
Sasuke didn't even flinch when the two faces advanced. "None of your business."
"Mou…" Sitta-chan and Naruto groaned in unison. "Boring!"
Sasuke whipped his head angrily at them, leading the topic into something more proper. "Shouldn't you be resting? Aren't you sad?"
"Why should he be sad?" Naruto quirked a brow in questioning and leaned back on his hands.
"You idiot. Mahami-sama is dead-"
"I know", Sitta-chan interrupted and sighed, scratching his neck. "Can't live in the past for too long, now can I? Best not to dwell on unhappy thoughts for too long when I apparently have a better future than past. Don't you fret, Sasuke. The part I loved about Mahami-sama will be the part I'll remember. I have known for a long time that I'll end up alone sometime so it's not hard to accept. I'm looking forward to travel though… should be nice." Then he snickered. "Maybe the men outside is more competent!"
Naruto fell down laughing. "Well, I'm sure you're going to find out in your own way."
"Don't encourage him, idiot", Sasuke snapped. But the thought of sex never left his thoughts as Sitta-chan pulled back to his futon and wrapped the blankets around himself, sighing contently. Naruto was still snickering on the floor next to him, so close that if Sasuke had wanted he could touch him. But touching felt weird now… it was as if his skin burned simply by the thought of brushing his fingers against that tanned skin. Well, he surely had figured out why now…
"So you don't want to?" Naruto interrupted his train of thoughts.
"What?" Sasuke choked out.
"Have… you know… sex? Never?"
Sasuke eyed him over quickly and found in unbearably to answer him face to face. "As I said; maybe."
"Aren't you a guy, Sasuke?" the blonde questioned and sat up.
"Of course I am, idiot!"
"Well, then you should want to… it's only normal", he stated and turned angry directly. "And don't call me that, you bastard!"
Sasuke ignored the insult, somewhat involved and interested in the topic now. "Just because I'm a guy doesn't mean I have to think about things like that non-stop." A mumble, sounding very much like "but you are", fluttered in the room and Sasuke shot Sitta-chan an angry look. "Why are you so nosy?" he said later and turned back to Naruto, who was fidgeting with his removed jacket.
"Just curious. You hardly ever speak about crushes and stuff like that."
"I never speak about stuff like that", he stated.
"Why not? We are in our prime of youth!"
"You're beginning to sound like Kakashi-sensei…"
"Haven't you ever had a crush on someone? Not even-"
"Stop with the interrogation!" Sasuke barked and fought down an oncoming blush. He couldn't believe that he was discussing these things with the one his heart had, apparently, chosen. He was frustrated, to say the least.
"Give me an answer then!" Naruto yelled all the same. "It's a shame to waste you."
"What?" Sasuke choked out at full volume.
Naruto gaped stupidly at first. "I mean… I mean, it's a shame that you're holding back. No! I mean… you shouldn't hinder yourself from falling in love… and stuff. That's what I meant! You'd probably be popular… and… and, you see… I don't understand why you're not taking up on at least one of all offers… A waste, you know." Then he laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"I haven't got an offer from someone I've wanted…", Sasuke answered anxiously, "… yet."
Suddenly something caught his eyes. Was Sasuke imagining it, or did Naruto's blue orbs really sparkle?
That's it for this time. Like the cliffy? Gomen… I just had to cut it there. 13 pages are my standard; it keeps it easier for me.
Like the fluff? I hope I made it at least a bit enjoyable. I don't want to rush their feelings too much, I hope you can understand that.
Well well, love you all and review please.
Yours truly
/Tsuki no Kitsune