Author's notes: FINALLY got a chance to update this fic. I apologize for the delay. Been bombarded with tons of take-home projects, research and assignments. This chapter though is a bit short. Still trying to do my assignments. Sorrryyyy. ;-;

LOOK!

Shivering behind the bushes, Lee covered his ears. But the thing is, the 'word' keeps on echoing in his head. Sweat came rolling down heavily on his cheeks. He could remember though, that he heard Sasuke's denial of their so-called relationship, which in turn, left him relieved for a few minutes.

"THEY ARE NOT LOVERS! THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT LOVERS!" Lee was shouting out like he owned the forest.

"Lovers? Who?"

Lee tried to calm himself. He did try to act normally this time. Slowly, he popped his head out of the bushes. It was Chouji.

"Hey. Lovers? Who? Who?" The fat boy repeated just in case Lee failed to understand his question.

"No.. Nothing. No one. NO ONE. NO ONE!" Lee's voice came louder as random thoughts of Naruto and Sasuke came streaming down his head once again.

"Heyheyhey. I was only asking, ok? You didn't have to shout. I can hear you." Chouji rolled his eyes and laid his butt down the grass. From the bag he was carrying, he pulled out a cookie and greedily nibbled on it. Lee watched patiently as the other boy gobbled down the food in his hands.

"You know, sometimes, I tend to wonder why Shika doesn't attend much of the practices anymore. He even hangs out with Neji and Kiba more than he does with me and Ino." Chouji shared his sentiments in between gulps. "It's weird."

"Yeah? They're busy." Lee was using a calm tone this time.

"I know. Busy with what's even weirder or should I say OUT OF THIS WORLD." It seemed more like the fat boy was hinting out something. Something that Lee didn't want to reiterate again. The mystical word that made him look dumb for days, ruined much of his training hours and made him lose concentration for minutes. And the funny thing is, saying that word only takes seconds. Drawing him up to a conclusion that the short word YAOI can ruin his entire life. The only thing that can change that is if… and only if, he finds out that Naruto and Sasuke aren't lovers. If they're not then there's nothing more to decipher. He need not to know what yaoi means.

In the middle of Lee's continuous argument with himself, that is whether to find out what yaoi means or not, Chouji called his attention. "And I bet you already know what I'm talking about. The rumor is all over the place. What's surprising is, Master Kakashi doesn't know it. Naruto and Sasuke must be really good at sneaking."

"StopSTopSTOpSTOP!" Lee covered his ears and closed his eyes.

"Huh? Stop being frantic about it. It's… not really normal, but I can say, I could live with it."

"LIVE.WITH.IT.ARE.YOU.EVEN.SERIOUS.ABOUT.WHAT.YOU'RE.SAYING!" Lee stomped and faced Chouji.

"Yeah. It's not some kind of disease you know. No need to fuzz about it."

"BUTBUT!"

"Haha. Don't be scared. You must know why Sasuke is trying to get the boys this time."

"Why?" Lee could only hope that Chouji is to say something convincing.

"Every girl likes Sasuke. Right?"

"Yeah… So?"

"So… He had this uhh… trauma with fangirls. It scared him. What's worst is, Ino likes Sasuke… No wait, that's not worst… THAT'S HELL! BWAHAHAHAHA!" Chouji began to laugh evilly. Lucky for him, Ino wasn't around. He could've had a lump on his head by the time Ino hears what he has to say.

Lee sweatdropped. For a moment, he thought Chouji could help him solve his yaoi-anxiety. At second thought, there could be others who could be of much better help than him.

"I'll be going…" Lee waved but Chouji only continued to laugh. He walked out of the bushes.

This was really a small world. After running onto Chouji, next came the persons concerned. Naruto and Sasuke were –talking- at a corner. It seemed like a normal talk at first. Lee observed pretty well. He confirmed that there was nothing going on. Sasuke and Naruto just decided to be friends and all. From the trees, he saw Kiba, Shika and Neji also nosing around. Lee sweatdropped again. He was so shameful of Neji's behavior. He didn't expect that Neji would be so hooked on sneaking around and following the two just to find out about their secret relationship, that for him is not even true.

Lee decided to stop spying on Sasuke and Naruto. After all, he's not like THEM. He's not interested on those foolish stuffs. He turned his back at them and walked off slowly.

On the contrary, the three almost fell over the bush seeing Sasuke, whom they knew as an I-hate-Naruto-Forever person, reaching Naruto for a kiss. Neji smirked as he saw the lovers' lips meet. Kiba was disappointed that he didn't bring a camera for evidence. The dog boy just used his photographic memory to remember the details. Shika, who was shocked, freezed at the corner. Lee wondered what was wrong with the three. He looked back and saw Naruto and Sasuke merely standing there. Lee gave out a shrug and scratched his head.

"Sorry, Sasuke. I promise I won't be late again. Never again." Naruto smiled at Sasuke.

To Lee, it seemed like a friendly approach but for the three that saw the spectacular 'event', they fully understood what was going on.

TBC