JUST a little disclaimer to say I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters although i wish that i did :(
He stood outside, breathing anxiously as he gazed at the prices list, trying to look like he was browsing... luckily not many of his fangirls ventured into this part of town, so he was partly glad for the seedy neighbourhood that the place lay in. After calming his nerves he walked in. After all, it couldn't hurt any worse than the injuries he'd had in the past right? Plus it was for the guy he loved, even if that guy never found out. It could be like his own little secret, something to giggle at when the girls were chasing him around town, 'Oh if only they knew...'
Stifling a giggle and clearing his throat he explained to the guy what he wanted and lay down...
"Relax and you won't feel a thing..."
THE NEXT WEEK.
Team 7 were training in the woods again, near to the river. The sun was hot and shone over them as Kakashi trained Sakura to walk on water which left Sasuke and Naruto, who were already good at the exercise, to spar on the water. The boys had turned it into a sort of game, seeing who could make the other wet the quickest and somehow during the game, they'd ended up in just their boxers fighting. As a result Kakashi had to take Sakura further down the bank, not only because he didn't want the distraction to make the process evenslower but mainly because he didn't want her to lose too much blood from a nosebleed. Not to mention that it would probably kill most of the fish in the stream. Yes, Kakashi actually cared for the environment. In fact, he decided that this was his good deed for the day.
Anyways whilst Kakashi was frustratedly trying to explain the concept of water-walking to Sakura (who was too busy trying slyly to look at Sasuke's hot body to hear the jist of it) Sasuke and Naruto were busy wrestling on the water, Sasuke pushing Naruto further into the water until with a sudden burst of energy, Naruto reached towards Sasuke's leg. After all, if he was going down then Sasuke-teme would have to go down with him!
They should have been too old to be playing this game really, but the sun was beating down onto their bodies and it was too hot to concentrate. Plus the area brought back memories of their days as proper rivals, back when they spent too much time trying to get one over the other to see that actually, they enjoyed spending time together and had quite a bit in common. 'Plus,' Sasuke figured, ' it had helped when I had developed a hyuge crush on Naruto and decided to be more 'friendly' to him...' of course this meant spending less time trying to make him feel stupid and more time trying to make him blush.
But Sasuke wasn't at all ready to admit those feelings, even if he'd wanted to. Being gay just wasn't a ninja thing and admitting it would make him feel weaker that he already felt, especially as he had a feeling that Naruto wouldn't reciprocate those feelings. So he kept it as a secret, even though all he wanted to do was to show Naruto just how much he meant to him. It wasn't easy when the last person he'd felt anything for had betrayed him and deceived him like he'd meant nothing to him. Yup, having Itachi as a brother certainly hadn't helped him to maintain any close relationships with anyone.
Anyways, on the water, Naruto grabbed Sasuke's leg. With the sharingan Sasuke had predicted this but Naruto was just a little too fast for Sasuke and managed to grab onto him...by his boxers.
Nothing 'rude' was exposed and Sasuke splashed into the water but instead of whooping and gloating over this small victory Naruto simply stood above Sasuke. He'd caught a glimpse of something as Sasuke'd fell and having once been the number one noisy ninja, he couldn't just let Sasuke keep his secrets or dismiss it as his imagination...
"Sasuke, what was that thing on your hip?"
Sasuke poked his head out of the water and shook his hair to get the water out...
"What was that dobe?"
"That thing I saw on your hip...what was it?"
Sasuke paled and quickly answered,
"Nothing, must have been your imagination"
"No...there was something. Let me see."
This time Sasuke blushed and tried to cover it up...
"There wasn't anything, maybe you're seeing weird reflections on the water, baka".
'Yes...that's right...insulting Naruto always works...' Inner Sasuke crossed all his fingers and toes.
"Hmph...yeah, right, whatever" Naruto smiled an all knowing smile, quite rare for him actually, and helped Sasuke up.
Warily Sasuke took the hand, thinking that he may have gotten off the hook but as he stood up, the water in his pants weighed them down and Naruto looked down to see what that colourful display had been.
Suddenly Naruto paused in pulling Sasuke up.
Sasuke looked down and quickly pulled up his pants, but the damage was done!
'shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit too soon shit now he's gonna laugh at me and think I'm stupid, God I'd better think of a good excuse for this whilst looking cool, damnit I'm not sure I can do that heeeeeeeelp'
Inner Sasuke is so much better with words than outer Sasuke don't ya think?
"Anno...eeeeeer..." Sasuke blushed as he tried to explain, "You see, I used to have this pet fox..." He started, but the blush just spread more on his face. That sounded almost as bad as one of Kakashi's lame excuses! Eventually he gave up and looked away pouting, a trace of the blush still on his cheeks. "Dobe..."
But instead of running away, the blonde just laughed outright at him.
" Hahaahahahahahahahahahahaha"
Yes Naruto was using his chakra to roll around on the water, and laugh at him. Sasuke fumed. To think that he fancied this idiot! What the hell was he thinking! Not only did the dobe not understand the significance of the fox or the pain he'd gone through to get it tattooed on his hip, but he was actually taking the piss out of Sasuke for having it! Not only that, but the tattoo was now a permanent reminder of how stupid he'd looked in front of Naruto. Great.
Sasuke almost started building up a chidori before Naruto's laughing began to die down...
"Hehe, sorry Sasuke, it was too much for me! Who'd have thought that you'd have a pet fox anyways? Never knew you liked that sort of thing anyways..."
Then, as if he'd just seen the embarrassment on Sasuke's face it was almost like Naruto had a change of heart. The laughter died down slowly and his face softened into the kind of look that Sasuke had always dreamed was just for him, the look Naruto often wore when no-one else was looking, when he was simply admiring the beauty of nature, or cloud watching or when he watched Konohamaru graduate (yes Sasuke was spying on him...but it was training! Honestly!). After a moment, Naruto leant over to Sasuke and whispered...
"Wow you must have liked that fox a lot to get a tattoo of it..."
Sasuke gulped and nodded...he really didn't know what else to do.
"Guess what? I've got a tattoo too...wanna see? You gotta promise not to show anyone or tell them about it ok? It can be our little secret. And if you don't tell about my tattoo then I promise not to tell your fanclub about yours. Deal?"
Sasuke stopped being anxious for a minute and became confused. Naruto had a tattoo? When did that happen? He never thought Naruto would be into stuff like that...although to be honest loads of shinobi had tattoos of some description, although they were usually hid with some sort of illusion or makeup for missions. But still, Naruto had a tattoo?
Curiosity and the panic of his fanclub ever finding out soon got the better of Sasuke and he followed Naruto deep into the woods til they came to an old familiar clearing, mainly used for training.
Naruto stopped and turned to face Sasuke...they both stood there for a second, tension building in the air as they both got nervous. Then Naruto pulled down his boxers slightly to reveal a small, perfectly inked tattoo on his hip.
Sasuke blinked for a second before recognising it for what it was...
"You see," Naruto explained, "I found this design that I really liked...".
He blushed...yes it was such a bad excuse, but Naruto had been sensing Sasuke spying on him before, so he'd understood the tattoo as soon as he'd see it. Thing is, how do you approach your best friend with such a thing?
'Oh yeah by the way you've been following me haven't you?' didn't really seem like a good conversation to be having, at least, not in Naruto's mind. Yeah he often seemed like he was slow but really, Naruto noticed everything that was going on around him. He wouldn't be able to notice so much if everyone was wary of his quick eyes all the time, and then he wouldn't have even noticed that his best friend; who incidentally was hot, had a sexy voice and understood Naruto's own loneliness perfectly, had a major crush on him! However, instead of getting scared, Naruto had decided to think about it before realising that the attraction was mutual and so, a couple of months ago had gotten a little red and white Uchiha fan tattooed onto his hip bone. What he hadn't seen coming, was that the Uchiha would ever get a chance to see it.
After staring a while in shock, Sasuke couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped closer and put his hand over one of Naruto's, before moving his head to Naruto's ear to whisper,
"So...you must have liked this fan a lot to have a tattoo of it..."
Naruto smiled and nuzzled Sasuke without thinking, before whispering back,
"Yeah..reminded me of someone I know..."
Sasuke looked into Naruto's eyes stunned for a minute, but they nervously reassured him that he wasn't taking the piss. No, this was for real.
As if sensing Sasuke's doubt, Naruto moved closer to Sasuke's face and looked into his eyes deeply, catching the Uchiha under his own spell before asking softly,
"So...this can be our secret then?"
Sasuke nodded and smiled as Naruto caught his lips into a soft kiss which he hadn't thought Naruto would ever be capable of, leaving traces of salt sweat and ramen taste on his tongue as he licked his lips and pulled the dobe in for more.
However their peace was broken as they heard a shriek and Sakura's shrill voice piercing through the silence, causing birds to fly out everywhere...
"Kakashi HENTAI!"
The pair smiled and stood back facing each other, hand in hand. Sasuke rolled his eyes, causing Naruto to chuckle quietly, a blush beginning to appear across his face.
"So..." began Naruto...
"Our secret..." finished Sasuke, giving Naruto another quick peck on the lips and smiling shyly before the two headed back to the river lazily. The sun was beginning to set and as they neared the bank, they heard Kakashi's monotone voice trying to dig himself out of a hole...
"Well how was I to know that your top would go see-through? Of course if you spent less time trying to perv on Sasuke-kun..."
For the moment…this could stay as their little secret.
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