Title: Never been kissed
Rating: pg 13
Pairings: SasuNaru, InoShika, KakaIru, KibaShino
Warnings: shonen ai, fluffiness, no beta (yet. XP)
Summary: It's almost Naruto's sixteenth birthday and Kiba tells him a couple of things that he needs to do before then...
Author's notes: thoughts and 'inner Sakura' are in italics. (hehe, I also really got into 'inner naruto' this chapter xD) hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: not mine...
Chapter Eight:
Four days till...
Lips clashed deeply in a fight for dominance and control. A bite here, a tug there and nipping just about everywhere. Hands were tangled in the depths of clothes, seeking for that freedom and the touch of bare skin. Heat was created within, burning them, setting them on fire, wanting more.
Then there was a growl and a pair of lips broke away.
"Come back here," demanded Kiba, "You can't just stop there." He nuzzled his head by Shino's chin.
"You know I want to but someone's coming," replied Shino, looking longingly at Kiba as they lay on Shino's bed.
"Do we have to answer?" whined Kiba as he sat up and gave the dark haired boy a mischievous look before straddling him, "I want to play!" Shino looked up into those eager eyes, if there hadn't been a knock on the door, he wouldn't have been able to refuse.
The knock came again.
"Shino? Are you home?" called a voice through the door. Kiba sighed and slowly got off his lover,
"I guess we have to go." Shino nodded. He readjusted Kiba's clothes as they got off the bed,
"Thanks," said Kiba with a sly grin, "Don't worry, we'll finish off later." Kiba buttoned up Shino's shirt as he leaned over to give him a quick peak on the cheek, "Let's go." The dark haired boy nodded and followed after his lover to the front door. Kiba opened it quickly, a grin plastered on his face,
"Hinata! Long time no see!" The girl smiled,
"Ah, I thought you would be here Kiba-kun. How are you two doing? We haven't seen each other that much since we became chunnin." Kiba nodded,
"Yeah, we haven't seen each other that much lately," replied Kiba not daring to look at Shino.
"Don't stand there, it looks like it's going to rain," said Shino as he opened the door wider. The girl nodded and followed the boys as they led her towards the kitchen.
"Your parents are home Shino-kun?" The boy shook his head,
"My father is on a mission at the moment and my mother is visiting a friend's house." Hinata nodded,
"Ah, I see. What were you two doing then?"
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"Sa-sasuke! W-What are you talking about?" cried Naruto, flushing from head to toe. Just looking at Sasuke was making his heart race, palms sweaty and clothes feel tight. Sasuke wasn't the only one hot around here...
"Dobe… I would unbutton my own pants if I could. My head just hurts..." admitted Sasuke slowly in a raspy voice. Naruto watched as Sasuke turned away, not wanting to show his state of weakness.
"I'm going to get some help…" said Naruto avoiding the question. He had to touch Sasuke right now... He wasn't sure what would happen. Sasuke's breathing began getting harsher and faster,
"Don't." The blonde leaned over the bed, a worried look clouded his blue eyes,
"Sasuke, you're… really sick. Someone needs to look after you." Sasuke kept his head turned away from Naruto and didn't say a word.
What's going on? thought Naruto concerned. All he wanted to do was reach out to the other and somehow find a way to make him feel better. But that's wrong! cried inner Naruto in his head, Sasuke doesn't want that! Just because you're in love with him... you can't just take advantage of the situation! Naruto sighed and realized the best thing to do was to get help. He quickly stood up and began walking to the bedroom door but stopped in his tracks when he heard Sasuke's voice,
"I'm fine," said Sasuke slowly and quietly, " Don't get anyone." Something tugged at Naruto's heart as he heard Sasuke's tired voice. I know I should get someone... but maybe it's alright to have Sasuke all to myself right now... just for a little bit! He thought to himself, I can take care of him! Naruto inwardly smiled to himself but placed a scowl on his face.
"Bastard," Naruto grumbled, " I'm going to get some stuff. I'll be right back." He quickly left the room before Sasuke could protest.
Walking down the dark hallway, Naruto remembered the only open door. The bathroom. He stepped inside and flicked on the light switch. He gasped as light flooded the room. Damn that's a huge bathtub, thought Naruto, this room is practically the size of my apartment bedroom!
Opening one of the drawers under the sink, he found nothing that appeared to look like a bottle of medicine. All he found were endless supplies of toilet and tissue paper, q-tips and shampoo. Strawberry Shampoo. Naruto chuckled making a mental note to bug the boy later about his choice of hair products. I wonder what his hair smells like, thought Naruto.
As Naruto's cheeks began to colour, he opened another drawer to distract himself. The next drawer only contained towels. Naruto grabbed a few towels and turned on the tap to run cold water. He remembered the treatment Iruka had given to Sakura once when she had gotten a fever before they were genin.
After checking in the rest of the cupboards and drawers, and unable to find anything, Naruto picked up the cool, damp cloths and walked back to Sasuke's bedroom. Without saying a word, he strode across the room and sat down on the other boy's bed.
"Sasuke?" Sasuke had his back facing Naruto and was looking outside the window. "Sasuke?" repeated Naruto.
"It's raining again," replied Sasuke quietly.
"Ah, Sasuke… could you turn this way?" asked Naruto nervously, he had never taken care of someone before.
"Hn." He didn't move.
"Sasuke, move!" Naruto was beginning to get frustrated. Couldn't Sasuke see that Naruto was trying to help him? Why couldn't he cooperate? Seeing that the dark haired boy wasn't going to move any time soon, Naruto decided to help him out a little.
Naruto placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and pulled him down so that his back was touching the bed. Distant clouded dark eyes looked up at Naruto and watched as he carefully wiped some of Sasuke's sweat off his face. Naruto could feel the eyes trained on his face as he worked to clean off some of Sasuke's face before placing the cloth on his forehead.
"I-It's too cool you down," explained Naruto quietly trying to avoid Sasuke's stare. "U-Um… where do you keep all your medicine? I-I tried to look in the bathroom but there wasn't any there and-" Feeling nervous under Sasuke's gaze, Naruto stopped rambling. Blue eyes met dark ones. "W-What! Don't stare like that!"
"Why are you helping me?" asked Sasuke slowly, his discomfort obvious in his voice.
"You're my rival! If you're dead who's going to fight me!" answered Naruto quickly and loudly. Then he looked away, " Besides, you're my friend right…" he added quietly, " I want you to get better…" Naruto cringed, awaiting for Sasuke's insult, telling him he was 'stupid' or a 'dobe'. Not one came. Slowly Naruto turned his gaze back towards his teammate only to find an unreadable expression on Sasuke's face. It wasn't angry or cold the way it usually was, this was different. It was almost a pleased or happy expression. Almost.
Naruto quickly jumped up,
"I-I'll go g-get you some medicine!" he squeaked, " I'll be righ-"
"Naruto," said Sasuke cutting him off. Naruto quickly spun around to see Sasuke had averted his gaze downward, "Nevermind..."
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"Ino! Guess what? Sasuke-kun didn't show up for our meeting today so now I have the day off. Why don't we- Oh my god!" Sakura's eyes widened as she walked into Ino's bedroom to find Shikamaru. A very poorly clothed Shikamaru.
"Yo," said Shikamaru casually, as if nothing were unusual. He was lying on Ino's bed with only the blanket covering the lower region's of his body.
"I-I should go… I-I don't want to interrupt you two…"
"Sakura! Hey! I thought you were busy today!" Sakura turned around to see her best friend walking through the doorway dressed in only a bathrobe.
"Ah no. Sasuke-kun didn't show up so Naruto was sent to go find him. And I think Kakashi-sensei had other plans… so yeah… I thought I'd hang out with you but you obviously are-"
"No, no, no!" laughed Ino, " Don't worry about it! Why don't you hang out with us today! We were just about to go get a bite to eat." Sakura was about to shake her head when her stomach growled,
"Haha," she laughed nervously. It was apparent what the couple had been doing before she had come. Did she really want to be there with them while they acted all lovey-dovey? But then again she was really hungry. "Um, sure... I'll come." Ino smiled,
"Great! Well, give us a couple minutes to get ready and then we'll go!"
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"Eh? You were talking with Rock Lee? Really! About what!" exclaimed Kiba. Hinata nodded,
"We were talking about..." She twiddled her fingers nervously and blushed.
"Aww, come on Hinata. Tell us, we're your friends!" said Kiba giving her an encouraging grin.
"The... person that I like..." she said slowly and quietly.
"Which is," said Kiba prompting her to go on. Hinata shyly looked away,
"I can't say..."
"What? You can tell me Hinata!" The girl protested shyly.
"Kiba..." said Shino quietly. Kiba sighed,
"It's fine then, you don't have to tell me," he told Hinata giving her a puppy dog face. Hinata seemed to stiffen,
"Ah! Kiba-kun! No, I would tell you! It's just..." Blushing even more, "It's..." Kiba leaned closer to hear her reply, "N-Naruto-kun," she finished in the tiniest voice.
"Naruto?" said Kiba loudly, "You like Naruto?" She nodded shyly. Kiba turned to give Shino a 'look'. It was the 'should I tell her' look. Shino him back a slight nod.
"Naruto? Are you sure?"
"Y-Yes!" squeaked Hinata. Kiba sighed and walked around the kitchen table to sit in the chair next to Hinata. He slowly put a comforting arm around her.
"Hinata... I don't know how to say this," he began quietly. Kiba didn't want to hurt her feelings but it was best she knew sooner rather than later.
"Hinata," said Shino in a low voice, "I think you should know Naruto is already in love with someone. I'm sorry."
"Eh?" Hinata gave them both confused and shocked looks, "Naruto-kkun? I-In l-love?" Kiba slowly nodded and gave her shoulder a comforting squeeze.
"Yup. Are you okay with it?" Hinata looked up at Kiba with big round eyes,
"Naruto-kun in l-love?" She blushed, "Is it with..." Her eyes suddenly shifted nervously. Kiba laughed,
"Oh? So you knew?" She nodded,
"I-I mean, I always k-kind of knew... but I g-guess I didn't want to b-believe it. But as long as he's happy... I'm h-happy." Kiba gave her a quick hug,
"As long as you're okay." Hinata gave a small smile.
"I-I'm fine. Really. I'm s-sure those two will be happy together. Naruto-kkun and Sakura-chan-"
"-Sasuke," said Kiba at the same time.
"Eh!"
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Stupid, stupid, stupid! Screamed inner Naruto, what were you thinking saying things like that? Now Sasuke's probably thinks you're clingy and weird! Naruto sighed as he walked down Sasuke's stairs and headed towards the kitchen. Why was Sasuke such a complex person? If only Naruto could read him and find out what Sasuke really thought of him. If only...
Naruto stepped into the darkened kitchen and quickly found the light switch. Of the whole house, this had to be the cleanest room. Everything else, as far as Naruto could see, was dusty and untouched. Seriously, how could Sasuke live in a place like this?
The kitchen was towards the back of the house and was bloody huge. Naruto walked around the kitchen inspecting the room. Everything was so grand... exactly how rich was Sasuke? Naruto knew that Sasuke's family had died but he never knew the reason because Sasuke never talked about his personal life. But then again, Sasuke never really talked about much.
Naruto remembered Sasuke once mentioning something about a brother. And killing him. His own brother. He sighed again; Sasuke really was a complex person. And all Naruto wanted to do was to...
A blush crept into his cheeks.
"Is it wrong that I want to be with him?" said Naruto quietly aloud, "Is it wrong that I want to be the person he turns to?" He ran a hand through his hair. He had to stop with these thoughts, Sasuke wouldn't like him back this way. Sasuke probably didn't even like him very much at all.
Naruto opened the closest cupboards to him and found glass cups. He grabbed one and filled it with water. Placing it on the counter, he began searching the kitchen for medication.
"Where is it," he mumbled to himself as he began opening drawers here and there. After searching for a few minutes, he found a cupboard filled with small bottles.
"I found it!" he cried, pumping his fist into the air. He turned his attention back to the bottles to find countless staring back at him. Oh crap, he thought, which one should I grab! He shuffled through all the bottles. Painkillers, vitamins, and herbal medicine...
Suddenly a small piece of paper flew out and dropped onto the ground. Naruto bent down to pick up the paper. There was writing on it.
'Medication,' it read in feminine girly writing. Naruto squinted his eyes at the kanji, if only he had paid more attention in class! He concentrated and realized it was a list. There were names on the side. Naruto scanned down till he found Sasuke's name which was right underneath 'Itachi'. Wonder who that is, thought Naruto.
He looked on the list and was able to find Sasuke's medication. A large grin was plastered on Naruto's face. Maybe luck was on his side today! He grabbed the bottle of pills and the water and dashed upstairs. He was going to take good care of Sasuke.
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Hinata looked at Kiba and Shino with wide eyes.
"D-Did you just say Sasuke?"
"No?" Shino gave a small chuckle.
"W-what's so funny?" asked Hinata.
"Yeah! What's so funny?" asked Kiba. Shino only shook his head. Hinata turned back to Kiba,
"You were serious, weren't you?" Kiba slowly nodded and looked away. Hinata didn't say anything. She just sat at Shino's kitchen table, contemplating what Kiba has said. Kiba and Shino exchanged looks.
"Hinata?" said Kiba, "Are you okay?" The girl broke her train of thought and focussed on the two boys,
"I-I see... Naruto-kun is in l-love with Sasuke-san..." Kiba winced, he wanted to know what Hinata was thinking. Was she fine with the idea of two boys? Or would he and Shino have to hide their relationship from her for the rest of their lives? "It's better that way," she said suddenly. Shino and Kiba looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?"
"N-Naruto-kun and S-Sasuke-san... they're g-good together," she said slowly. Kiba let out a sigh of relief. Maybe Hinata was more perceptive than he thought. She slowly stood up,
"I-I think I'm going to go home," she said quietly, "I just need to think." She smiled at Kiba and Shino, "Don't worry about me, okay?" They both nodded and stood to walk their teammate to the door.
"We'll meet up later in the week," promised Kiba. Hinata nodded and stepped out of Shino's house and into the rain. They watched as she walked a few steps away from the house before pausing and turning around.
"K-Kiba-kun? Shino-kun? I have one more question," she said quietly. They nodded.
"Does Sasuke know?"
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Three days till...
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Sasuke could feel his body burning, why the hell was it so hot? He couldn't believe he was weak enough to get sick. What was worse was that Naruto had seen him in such a weak state. But secretly... he was glad Naruto was there. And he was taking care of him too! His already flushed cheeks, blushed slightly more. Naruto had helped him take those pills. Sasuke could remember Naruto holding the glasses for him as looked at Sasuke with such intense, worried eyes.
Why? Sasuke couldn't understand. Why did Naruto care so much about him? Why did he even bother?
Though Sasuke's eyes were closed, he where Naruto was at the moment. He was kneeling at Sasuke's bedside, arms folded as his head rested upon it. Naruto's presence was comforting him, easing his nerves. Sasuke didn't want to admit it, but he wanted Naruto to stay there... as long as he could.
He could feel the bed slightly stirring as the blonde began to wake.
"Oh crap," he heard, "I fell asleep!" Sasuke inwardly smirked and pretended to be asleep. He wanted Naruto to go back to the way he was. He wanted to sleep with Naruto by his side.
"Sasuke?" he heard Naruto whispering. Sasuke didn't move or make a motion to acknowledge him. "I guess you must be asleep huh." The blonde gave a slight chuckle, "I wonder what you're dreaming about..." There was a pause.
Sasuke suddenly felt a hand gently brushing his cheek and then moving to push back his hair. He fought his urge to lean into the touch.
"I wish I could tell you," he heard Naruto saying quietly, "But I'm sure you don't feel the same way..." He could hear Naruto sighing.
What is he talking about, thought Sasuke, could he possibly mean what he had said in the rain the other day? Could he possibly have been talking about me? Sasuke remembered yesterday when he had heard Naruto whisper those words,
"Oh god, I'm in love with him." Sasuke couldn't get it out of his head all day. He just sat there in the rain, thinking and thinking about who Naruto was talking about. He didn't want to admit it, but that was the reason he was sick. Sasuke had stayed outside for hours in the rain.
Sasuke came back to reality as he heard movement on Naruto's part.
"Sasuke..." he heard Naruto say, "Get better soon, 'kay?"
And then there were a pair of lips, gently brushing against his heated cheek.
Ahhhh gomen, gomen for the later update… life's been hectic at the moment… and there was just something about this chapter that wasn't quite... well, I hope you like this chapter. I know I let the whole 'pants' thing kinda go… but naruto isn't quite brave enough for that yet! . but keep your hopes up, they're getting close! As long as some people don't get in the way… lol… now to my WONDERFUL reviewers! I'm absolutely overwhelmed! xD
Tsugath: hehe, I'm picturing it too xP glad you liked!
Liliath: yay for our clueless blonde! Now for our clueless brunette (at least I think he's brunette O.o) hehe..
Clow Angel: yes, he really is sick. Lol. Sasuke just isn't that bold. Yet.
Dances-with-Fairyes: glad you liked! And no, Hinata didn't poison him… but Sakura might :
Little Fox Fit: (giggles with you) sasuke you perv… hehe. Thanks:)
Hujin & Bellatrix-Velcours: he really is sick, lol. Thanks for reading:)
azn pride: well if you don't like 'gay stories' that's up to you… and the kiss will be explained later!
Smoking Panda: don't worry! Naru-chan WILL be doing some very sexsi stuff with sasu-chan… now if only they'd realize their feelings…
tyranimo: dun, dun, dun… something is going to happen very soon xD
cheeseboi: thanks! I kept that in mind as I recovered:) sankyuuuuu!
Yaoi-fanatic: lol, I don't like to bias them to uke and seme… I prefer role reversals all the rime xD and well… there's only a couple chappies left O.O (crys) the end is coming… :(
Darkness lover, Ichigo Yuki, xxSNOWxxDROPxx, Lela951, phuelle, Invader Nicole, dreamer sylver rain: thanks to all of you for reviewing! It really means a lot! XD
xoxo,
Azamaria-chan