Seeing as all three of them had made it through the forest with ease and without using any jutsus, Kakashi was forced to treat all three of them to a meal. Naturally, Naruto insisted that they go to the Ramen soup bar. Kakashi had expected Sasuke to protest, but he just grunted and begun walking in the bar's direction. Of course Gaara went along, as he went along with anything that Naruto wanted.
Kakashi thought it was so cute that they were together. They might think that their relationship was secret, but the fact of the matter was that it was painfully obvious. It was also very amusing to him to see Sasuke acting jealous, Gaara acting possessive, and Naruto being completely oblivious to what was going on. Kakashi had spotted Sasuke stalking Naruto on more than one occasion, even prior to Gaara's arrival.
This drama was almost as good as his Icha Icha Paradise novels; almost. Too bad it would be morally wrong of him to spy on his students getting it on, although, he would be willing to trade of his books to see that.
He looked up to see Sasuke shooting kicked puppy looks at Naruto, while Gaara was glaring at Sasuke while trying to walk as closely to Naruto as possible. Meanwhile, Naruto was blabbing on about Hokage knows what, not the least bit bothered by his companion's lack of response to him. This was Gaara and Sasuke we were talking about after all, and it would be foolish of him to expect any.
Naruto plopped down on the couch and sighed. This had been a long day. Fun, but he thought that it'd never end. He wasn't sure why, but Gaara had been really clingy today. And Sasuke had been even moodier than usual if that was possible.
He looked over at Gaara who was sitting next to him, being unusually quiet. He was used to Gaara being quiet when there were people around, but the man was a regular chatter box when they were alone.
"Ne, Gaara? What's wrong?" He asked, raising a hand to stroke the side of Gaara's face.
"Uchiha" he muttered angrily. Still he moved over to Naruto and nestled himself in the crock of his arm.
"What about Sasuke? I was with the both of you all day and I didn't see him do anything suspicious." Naruto looked confused.
"I don't like the way he looks at you. He looks at you the way I used to look at you. At first I didn't know what it meant, but after all the stuff we talked about, I figured it out. He wants to be with you." Gaara was getting agitated, so Naruto started running a soothing hand through his hair.
"Gaara… that doesn't make any sense. Sasuke barely knows that I'm alive, and when he does, it's either because he wants to compete, train, or yell at me for doing something stupid. He doesn't like me like that. It's impossible!"
Naruto spoke in a calming voice, while trying to convince Gaara. That was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever heard, and if Gaara didn't look so upset he'd be laughing his ass off.
"No! I'm right about this. Besides, why else would he be watching you sleep at night? He stopped doing it a bit after I moved in, but the first couple of weeks that I lived here, every once in a while he'd stand the roof acrosom yom you bedroom window and watched you sleep. I thought it was kind of weird, but since you didn't seem bothered by it, and he's never meant you any harm, I didn't say anything, but now I think it's because he's been in love with you all this time!" Gaara had moved so that he was facing Naruto. Naruto had a shocked look on his face. Sasuke spied on him? But, why?
"Gaara…" He started. Gaara interrupted him.
"Naruto I don't think I want to share you with him! We just started this, thing between us, and I'm not ready to share you with anyone just yet, please!" Gaara looked close to crying, so Naruto gathered him in his arms.
"Shh, Gaara it's ok. I'm sure there's some logical explanation for this. And no one is going to take me away from you, I promise. Don't worry." Naruto said quietly, while rubbing his palm against Gaara's back. He placed a kiss on the side of his head.
Naruto stood up, grabbed Gaara's hand and lead him into the bedroom. They quietly stripped down to their boxers before climbing into bed together. They cuddled up close, sharing a few kisses before finally drifting off to sleep.
Naruto refused to believe that Sasuke liked him like that. There had to be some kind of mistake.
'I'll figure it out in the morning,' was his last thought before he fell asleep.
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