Pairings: NaruNeji
Warnings: Ohohohooo! You'll see :wink:
Author's Notes: Hello! I'm glad I have people reading this story! XD OMG! Kowaikage! You awesome writer, you! Even you're reading this nonsense! Lol! Arigato everyone!
Q&A: Did I make up that whole thing about how Naruto saved Gaara? Yesssss. Will there be GaaNeji? Maaaaybe. Will Neji freak out his relatives? Heehee! That's for the next chappie!
ENJOY!
P.S. - Anyone who knows the person that wrote the song I named this chapter after gets bonus points!
Days of the Week
With most things, people learn to develop routines and habits. Even when stuck in abnormal occupations such as serving as the unofficial babysitter of an irresponsible ruler of a nation, people try their best to find a comfortable niche. Neji was most definitely a creature of habit, and he did his best to keep his normal routine – a routine that had been solidly kept for the past few years – in his new job.
This was all to Naruto's dismay. An alarm sounded at exactly 5:30 AM.
"Holy crap! What the hell is going on?" Naruto woke with a start, throwing his covers off. When he saw the alarm clock next to the couch where Neji slept, he sprang out of bed and nearly beat the thing to death. He was stopped by a hand that shot out swiftly to tap the 'off' button.
"Good morning, Hokage-sama..." Neji mumbled as he rolled off the couch. Without another word he strolled into the lavishly decorated bathroom and reached for the various bottles of pills he had carefully set out the night before.
Allergy medication, check.
Anti-depressants, check.
OCD meds, double check.
"NEJI! Hey, I'm talking to you!" Naruto waved the adorably cute kitsune alarm clock in his direction, "Are you trying to kill me? It's 5:30 AM! IN THE MORNING!"
Neji, however, was too wrapped up in his early morning process to listen to the Hokage's shouts. Huffing and puffing, the frustrated blonde chunked the cute little clock on Neji's couch. As he went back to his luxurious bed, he rubbed his tired face and mumbled in discontent.
"Stupid psychopathic Hyuuga. Who the hell wakes up at – " his eyes caught the clock that was innocently staring back at him for the first time, " – aww! It's a kitsune clock! That's adorable..."
He rubbed his eyes once more, pondering on how the clock reminded him of a younger, less-murderous-and-demonic Kyuubi and how the Hyuuga must really love foxes before passing out in a deep sleep. Neji sauntered out of the bathroom a few moments later to sit down and meditate as he did every morning.
"Ohayo, Hokage-sama!" Nori-chan waved.
"Morning!" Naruto waved back as he walked pass her to his own office. "God! I'm SO tired! It must be Monday..."
He turned abruptly to Neji, who was standing as obedient as a dog. "Neji! What day is it?"
"It's Monday, Hokage-sama," Neji quirked a brow at the question.
"I knew it! I won't be able to get anything done today!" Naruto threw a pencil across the room. Neji promptly went to receive the pencil.
"Hokage-sama, please don't neglect your duties..." he handed the discarded item back to a pouting Hokage. He took the offensive object reluctantly and squinted at the Hyuuga's foxy mask. Neji was really hoping that the blonde would just take the pencil and get to work, but deep down inside he knew that would be impossible. He began to think of ways to persuade the childish man into getting to work when these words came out of his mouth.
"Entertain me, Neji."
The words sprang easily out of his mouth and he stared at the Hyuuga in anticipation. Thanks to the mask, the Hokage didn't see Neji turn about a thousand shades of red, because Neji always took things the wrong way...sexually.
"Right here, Hokage, um, Uzumaki-san? N-Now?" the long-haired man moved behind Naruto's desk.
"Yeah! Come on! Mondays are hard for me! I need some kind of relief!" he put his hands on the arm rests of his magnificent chair for emphasis and Neji inwardly rejoiced as he schooled his face back into a stoic expression.
He removed his mask. Sitting on the desk, he placed both his hands on the Hokage's well-toned arms as he leaned in. Naruto was entranced by Neji's uncovered beauty and suddenly remembered that only two days ago he had thought of him as the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. His long hair drifted over his shoulder as he leaned in closer. Neji's expression could only be described as purely angelic.
"Neji..." the Hokage breathed. Neji's cheeks colored at the sound of his name. His lips nearly met with his superior's...when Naruto noticed that the Hyuuga was now sitting on him and not on his desk. He also remembered the part about Neji being male.
"WHOA! Wait a second! What are you doing?" he startled himself out of the dream he always seemed to get caught in whenever Neji turned on his charm.
"I-I...well you said!" Neji stood up quickly.
"No! That's not what I meant! I'm not some p-perv! I meant for you to tell jokes or s-something!" his faced flushed heavily. At this moment the intercom went off.
"Hokage-sama!" Nori's voice chimed in musically.
"I'M WORKING!" Naruto yelled back as he slammed the button before even hearing her report.
"Oh, no! Hokage-sama! Is something wrong?" a gasp was heard on the other line, "Neji's molesting you isn't he?"
Before he could answer and say that, no, Neji was only trying to molest him, his door banged open, a virtuous secretary burning with a pious light on the other side. Neji sprung even further back from Naruto's desk.
"A m-man walks into a bar..." Neji stood absolutely rigid, mask back in place.
Naruto gaped open-mouthed at the two individuals in his office.
"Why's your face so red, Hokage-sama?" Nori cocked her head to the side and searched the two men for suspicious signs.
"No reason! Please now, I have work to do..." Naruto flung open the nearest folder and began working with an unusual fervor.
Mondays will be Mondays...
Tuesdays are somewhat tragic days. They accept the mundane existence of living in the working world. However, they significantly best Mondays for being all the closer to Friday and Saturday.
"Break time..." the Hokage groaned. He set a folder down into his 'out' pile and leaned back into his chair. The Hyuuga was still a little timid about yesterday's occurrence, so he very carefully approached the desk.
"Damn you, Sasuke!" he turned to glare at the frame next to his desk, "This is probably all your fault!"
Neji looked curiously at the frame on his desk.
"You keep a picture of Uchiha?" Neji wrinkled his nose and frowned in confusion.
"Sure. I keep all sorts of pictures!" He showed Neji his collection. "This is when Baa-chan announced that I would be the next Hokage! That was so cool..."
His eyes glazed over as he peered at the picture. "And look! This one has you in it!"
He handed Neji the one of the nine rookies plus Neji's team. Neji's eyes curled in happiness at seeing the picture which reminded him of the old days. Not only that, but he was satisfied that he had earned a place on Naruto's desk. He saw many other pictures he recognized. They all seemed to be of very important moments. The one of the revived Kazekage especially caught his attention. He had never seen a photograph of Gaara before.
"I like to keep these to remember where I came from and all the important things that have happened." Naruto gazed sadly at the one of team seven.
'Does he still think of Sasuke as that guy from his team?' Neji wondered to himself.
"Sasuke doesn't even know I have this picture of him!" Naruto waved the picture of the demonic-looking Sasuke at the Hyuuga. "I don't even know where these photographers come from. Must be from the Konoha paper."
"I remember that headline...I think they used a slightly different picture, though," Neji went on, "It was something like 'Sound invades Konoha'. Wasn't it, Hokage-sama?"
"Yeah!" Naruto cracked up, "I bet Sasuke was pissed his name didn't get in the headline. I still can't frickin' believe he thought he could command an army against Konoha all by himself. What an ass!"
"Uzumaki-san...why do you keep his picture then?"
"To relieve stress!" Naruto answered cheerfully as he pulled out a black marker and drew a beard and big ugly glasses on Sasuke's face, snickering all the while. Neji rolled his eyes as Naruto also decided to draw him wearing a brassiere and a little text bubble exclaiming 'I am the real bearded lady!' in big black letters.
"It's true! He's even fruiter than you!" Naruto smiled, "Hey...that rhymed!"
Neji declined to comment.
Wednesdays decided to add some spice to life. Wednesdays were the days that looked on you with sympathy and said 'Hey! You're almost there! Don't give up!' This Wednesday let Naruto go on a little field trip.
"We all know that today a very important person will be coming to visit the class," the familiar voice of the one and only most-favorite-teacher-ever said.
"Iruka-sensei! Is it true that Naruto only eats and sleeps all day?" a hand shot up from the crowd of students. The whole room filled with laughter.
"Kagura-chan! No! Please don't say such things," Iruka laughed nervously, waving his hands, "All of the Hokages up to this point have always worked very hard and have diligently protected all of Konoha's citizens – including you. And remember, you must address him as 'Hokage-sama.'"
He smiled that kind teacher's smile as another voice piped up.
"Is it true that he killed all the Sound guys all buy himself?" a squeaky voice asked timidly.
"Well...he had a big hand in that, but many people fought hard to stop their attack. I'm sure most of you remember that Godaime-sama nearly gave her life to stop the fighting."
The room became respectfully silent until someone shouted something like 'Big-booby lady!' bringing the whole room to laughter again. A knock on the door caught everyone's attention.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything," Naruto stood in the doorway, looking as respectable as he could. He was fully clothed in his Hokage hat and white robes, adorned with bright red flames, same as the Yondaime. The whole room gasped.
"Hokage-sama!" young voices cheered and ran over to greet the young handsome man who was their role model.
Iruka led the group to the Hokage monuments as he had done so many times before, while the children ecstatically chattered behind him. Boys looked up in marvel at Naruto's impressive height and proud stride. Many of the girls giggled over how young and dashing he was. Neji kept silently to the side, completely unnoticed.
The children sat as Iruka and Naruto began teaching them the great history of the Hokages. The students listened eagerly, but all their questions were mostly about Naruto himself. Naruto, of course, denied any possible accusation about him being lazy or immature, to which Neji sighed greatly off from the sides. He magnificently retold amazing tales of his deeds, with only slight exaggeration, leaving the children awed and completely positive of Naruto's greatness.
A hand shot up.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Yes, Naoya-kun?" Naruto asked, proud that he had learned all of the children's names so quickly.
"Your face on the mountain looks just like Yondaime's!" he said, "Was he your brother, Hokage-sama?"
Naruto laughed softly and shook his head. "No...Yondaime was much too old to be my brother," he looked at the fourth's honorable face, "I don't have any brothers or sisters. I was born an orphan." he finished.
At his words, the dirty blonde haired boy shrunk.
"I don't have parents either...They died and they didn't even leave me a brother."
Naruto kneeled next to the boy, "Do you want a big brother?"
He nodded his head savagely, his eyes watering slightly.
"Then come visit me anytime! I'll play with you just as if you were mine!" he patted the boy's head and left a smile on his face.
"Hokage-nii-san!" the boy beamed up to him.
"Wai! Iruka-sensei! You've got a bunch of cute kids this year!" Naruto grinned, clasping his hands together.
"Thank you, Hokage! Any more questions?" Iruka turned to his class.
"Yeah! Yeah! Didja ever get to kill that evil snake-guy?" shouted a wild-looking boy from the back of the class.
"Orochimaru?" Naruto asked.
"Naw, that Uchiha guy!"
At the name 'Uchiha' Naruto clenched his fists tightly.
"That, UCHIHA!" he shouted, "I didn't kill him, but I could kick his – "
"Hokage-sama!" Iruka warned.
"Yeah. I could kick his...behind any day," he avoided even the slightest cuss word, "Sasuke's no match against me!"
"YAY! Hokage-sama!" the children cheered.
Somewhere off in the distance, an Uchiha sneezed. Then he realized his milk was rotten and cursed in his little bat-ridden cave. Meanwhile, Neji stood lovestruck admiring his beloved Hokage-sama who was so good with children.
Thursdays were good days. Naruto got the most work done on Thursdays. Energized by positive Wednesdays, and looking forward to Friday, he always felt accomplished and able to do anything.
"YOSH!" he yelled in an enthusiastic way, "I'll demolish this paperwork today!"
Neji smiled as his Hokage worked his way energetically though the mass of papers. He stopped upon opening one. His expression flickered into suspicion. He crumpled the paper in his hand and tossed it away.
"What was that, Uzumaki-san?" Neji asked curiously.
"Nothing!" he got back to work.
Neji fished out the crumpled paper and read it.
It's hiding in the water. Let's see who wins this time.
Neji tensed as he read the short message again.
"Naruto! Is this a threat letter?" Neji yelled.
"Naw...it's from...er..." Naruto looked away, not wanting to explain.
"I'll ask Shikamaru to look at this right away," Neji began to reach for the phone, but his hand was stopped by Naruto's.
"Calm down, Neji. If I tell you something, you promise not to tell anyone else?" he asked.
"I don't know..."
"It's from Gaara!"
"Huh?" Neji's eyes widened.
"Swear on your name never to tell," Naruto leaned to the man sinisterly. The Hyuuga nodded.
"What does it mean?"
"It's just another game. It's like a riddle. See?" he snatched the paper from his hands and pointed to a small, almost impossible to see watermark in the corner of the paper, "That's his sign. Also, he always makes sure to mention some element when he writes."
"I don't get it."
Naruto took out a fresh scroll and scribbled a long message on it. Neji tried to peer over his shoulders to read it, but Naruto always moved just so that he couldn't see. When he was finished, he grinned and leaned over to press a button on his intercom.
"Nori-chan, please send in...Kozuma, Satsuki, and...Konohamaru-kun," he said over the speaker.
"Yes, sir," the female secretary replied quickly.
Naruto rolled up the whole scroll hastily and tied it shut to avoid Neji's eyes.
"It's top secret!" Naruto grinned.
"Uzumaki-san...does this game between you two involve real people? Like those rookies you just called for?" the dark-haired man lifted his mask to show his unhappy face.
"Maaaaaaybe. We consider it 'training'." he grinned.
"You play with other people's lives like that? I can't believe this!" he looked genuinely upset as he crossed his arms and turned away from the blonde. To his surprise, the Hokage stepped behind him and rested his arms around the Hyuuga's shoulders in a loose hug.
"Don't be mad, Hyuuga-chan," he cooed, causing the man to shiver, "Usually nobody gets hurt. I mean I never tell him to do dangerous things and my riddles never hurt anyone! I'm sure they'll be fine...unless Gaara decides to use explosives again...he's got a mad fetish with blowing things up."
"Naruto!" Neji turned to him with an angry face. At the sight of Neji's face, Naruto had the sudden urge to kiss him. He loved to get the Hyuuga fired up and he loved seeing all his lovely expressions.
'I can't believe it. Can I actually be attracted to you?' Naruto mused to himself. His grip tightened around the angry man's waist this time, and he grinned down at him.
"Promise not to tell..." he whispered seductively. He blew a stray hair away from Neji's neck. The other man nearly fainted. He knew these actions could be viewed as none other than flirtations. He wrapped his own arms around Naruto's neck and buried his head into his chest.
"I won't tell, I promise! Gods, Naruto, I love you so much. I love you," he leaned back to look into his eyes, "Kiss me. Do it now, or I'll die."
Neji tilted his mouth up to nibble gently at Naruto's chin. "Kiss me...Kiss me...you know you're killing me..."
Naruto's expression turned blank. He did sort of bring this upon himself. At the moment he didn't seem to care. It wasn't his fault the long-haired feminine man was looking so gorgeous. It wasn't all the time that the other man showed his passions. Neji was always obediently at his side, answering to every one of his whims.
Naruto would be lying if he said he wasn't affected by this beautiful person requesting his attention so tenderly. Needing Naruto's lips. The blonde grabbed the other man's face and looked into his eyes. He studied the situation.
'I like Neji. He's a good guy. He always does every thing I ask, no matter how annoying. Would it be so bad to give him something back?' he asked himself. 'He sure is looking tasty...'
"Uzu...ma...ki...san..." Neji's lips quivered as all the breath seemed to leave his body.
"Can I get a rain check?" Naruto asked. Neji's heart dropped to the floor.
"What?"
"I don't know about this..." Naruto mumbled. The last thing he wanted was to led his trusted servant on. He also had never kissed another man before.
"Uzumaki-san!" Neji hugged him tightly and somewhat possessively, "Please? I love you so much it hurts. Just do it to humor me."
Puppy eyes looked awfully adorable on a guy like Neji.
"Stop it, Neji. You're bein' cute."
"Pretty please...?" Neji deliberately batted his long black lashes at Naruto. To this, Naruto could only laugh. He peeled the man off of him and made his way back to his desk on his tip toes.
"Neji, I order you to stop. Just stay over there for the rest of the day, or I'll never get my work done!"
"That's not fair!" Neji whined in an uncharacteristic manner.
"Fine. I promise to kiss you later," Naruto sighed indifferently.
'YATTA!' Neji cheered in his mind. You never saw a man stand so perfectly still in your whole life. When the trio of rookies entered the room, they wondered if Neji was a mere statue of an ANBU member.
Kozuma bounded in with Satsuki and Konohamaru. Naruto looked at the three with a solemn expression on his face. Kozuma never failed to remind him of Kiba, which is probably why Naruto enjoyed picking on him so much. Satsuki was a promising young kunoichi Naruto secretly admired. Konohamaru had grown to be much different from the snot-nosed brat he used to be. The blonde Hokage especially loved to monitor his improvement.
Currently this team was looking nervous and fidgety.
"I have a top secret mission for you," Naruto said. Satsuki gasped and Kozuma's body tensed even more. Naruto presented them with a scroll and Konohamaru took it with care.
"Yes, Hokage-sama!" the three of them saluted.
"Report back as soon as the mission is completed. You are dismissed!"
The three vanished. After an hour of silence, Naruto turned to the Neji-statue.
"You can breathe now."
Neji let out an enormous sigh.
Everyone loves Friday. Naruto is no exception, even Neji seems more light-footed. Fridays seem to just breeze by cheerfully. It's a day to wrap up the week's work. Even though the Hokage works everyday, he has the most work on the week days and gets to work from home on the weekends.
This Friday had gone by with incredible speed. Naruto was already bouncing out of his office.
"KYA! HAPPY HOUR!" he beamed with his arms in the air. He pulled on his Hokage robes and lifted Nori two feet in the air. "Come with us to the karaoke bar, Nori-chan!"
"Us?" Neji muttered behind him. His opinions didn't matter at all, did they? Neji didn't drink, not that Naruto would care.
"Sorry, Hokage-sama. I've got a hot date," she winked. Naruto gasped and clutched his heart dramatically.
"With who?"
"I'd tell you, but you'd be mad," she teased.
"Oh, no. Now I have to know! It's just between us, now spill it!"
She leaned up to his ear and whispered. The Hokage's jaw dropped to the ground.
"Iruka! My Iruka-sensei? Noooo! Why, Nori-chan? He's old enough to be your dad!"
"You know that's not true!" she laughed, "I'm older than I look. Just don't tell anyone! Ciao!"
She waved and was off. Naruto sighed and grumbled repeatedly.
"Let's just go. I wanna catch the rest of the guys!" he tugged on Neji's sleeve. Together in the elevator, Neji turned to the Hokage.
"Hokage-sama, I don't drink," he said.
"Aww. Really? Not even with the Hokage?" he turned to look at Neji slyly. The long-haired Hyuuga bit his lip and looked sheepishly to the side. He knew he would say something like that. He moved closer to the blonde in the elevator and wrapped an arm around his.
"Well in that case...can I collect on my kiss?"
"Huuuh?"
The Hyuuga was already leaning up to the other man. Naruto switched on his 'freak out' button.
"AHH! RAPE! SOMEBODY SAVE ME! HELP! NEJI STOP! AHHHHHH!" he wailed and waved his arms like a man that had fallen overboard. Everyday he was with the blonde, Neji got bolder and bolder. He knew he couldn't mistake the attraction that briefly lit up in Naruto's eyes.
"Quit being a baby. You promised," he wrapped his arms around the other man and made a kissing face, when they both heard something from behind.
"Hokage-sama...?" two young females in chunin vests said at the same time. The elevator had stopped on the first floor and the door had opened long ago. The two girls wore odd expressions between amusement and shock on their faces.
"Hi, ladies!" Naruto waved shamelessly. He mumbled under his breath, "Let's get the hell out of here, Neji."
"Practicing for a play, Neji-kun?" spunkier of the two sneered. Neji was not one to be made fun of. He glared back a glare so evil, that both the girls flattened themselves to the very back of the elevator, identical looks of terror on their faces.
"You got a patent on that glare? That was kinda scary."
"Serves them right. Poking fun of our love," Neji smirked and held on tighter to Naruto.
"AH! Why are you still attached to me? Let go!" he whined.
"You let go first."
He had a point. Naruto had his arm tightly around his shoulders. The Hyuuga couldn't move even if he wanted to. That of course changed as soon as Neji pointed it out.
By the time they reached the karaoke bar, most of Naruto's drinking buddies were there. Ino and Kiba were attached by the hip, as usual. Shikamaru and Chouji were there also. Even Gai-sensei and Kakashi-sensei were there. (Lee was not for obvious reasons.)
"Hokage-kun!" Kakashi called.
"Oi, Naruto!" that was Kiba and there was a short wave from Ino.
Neji did his best to avoid drinking while he was there. He mostly sat back and listened to everyone else chatting or in Shikamaru's case, complaining about life in general. He sipped sake only once and awhile so it wouldn't look like he was too out of place. He watched Naruto preform a few songs which got everyone there excited.
"Yeah! Sankyou! Sankyou, everybody!" he bowed.
Neji just knew that sooner or later Naruto was going to force him on stage to sing as well. He drank a little more to build up his courage. After a few more hours everyone else had sung, and Neji had to admit he was feeling a extremely left out. Then again, he couldn't really blame them for leaving him out on the 'fun'.
'Excuse me for being the uptight Hyuuga,' he pouted into his glass, 'Now I kind of want to sing.'
"Yeah! Yeah! You know what else? My secretary, Nori-chan – "
"Wait, wait. Is that the sexy one with the black hair and glasses?"
"Yeah! But listen, Shika! Okay, so Neji and I saw her today – well, actually we see her everyday – but she said she had a hot date! And I was like noooooooo! Because she's totally in love with me" Naruto pointed to himself, "But no! You won't believe it! She's going out with, w-with...with..."
"With?" everyone leaned in, and mumbled in their drunken dazes.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto howled, "It's horrible! She'll molest him or something! My poor sensei!"
Naruto cried and everyone else groaned.
"Is that all? Jesus, Naruto. Gimme that. I'm gonna sing a song. Nobody wants to hear about your sensei," Kiba wobbled over and grabbed the mike.
"That's not entirely true!" an inebriated Gai put his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, "Kakashi, my biggest rival for all life – "
And Gai never finished his sentence because Kakashi was suddenly on stage singing a heartfelt love song with amazing enthusiasm. Kiba blinked and stared at his empty hand in wonderment.
"Go, Kakashi!" Ino cheered. "I love this song!"
At this moment, Naruto finally remembered he had brought someone else with him.
"Neji?" he looked at the masked man like he had just realized he had forgotten to turn off the oven.
"Hi, Uzumaki-san."
'Oh, shoot. He's been here the whole time,' he inwardly smacked himself.
"Neji-kun!" Naruto launched himself on the unsuspecting man, "What are you doing sitting around there? I've been waiting forever to hear your lovely singing voice!"
Now that he was actually on top of him, asking him to sing, Neji felt nervous again.
"B-But I think Kiba wants to go next," he pointed to the dog-boy who was wearing an amused grin watching Kakashi singing and even dancing a little.
"He won't mind..." Naruto murmured to the other man.
So Neji was tossed on stage next. Even though he knew some up beat and popular songs, they weren't really his style. He ended up picking the most depressing song about unrequited love. Once the music started, Neji transformed. He sang with passion, he sang with his heart! And he had an amazing voice. This was sort of a negative thing from a comedic point of view – at least that's what Naruto thought.
'Man, I was half-wishing he'd croak like a frog or stutter like Hinata,' he leaned on the counter as he watched Neji break people's hearts.
"That's. Such. A SAD SONG!" Ino sobbed.
"He's a good singer," Kakashi praised and drunk to his singing. Neji's song ended on a lovely low note. The room of sobbing winos and drunks gave him a standing ovation.
Finally, that hour came around. It was the hour when people knew they should be getting home, the hour in which they decided to take care of the responsibilities they swore the could care less about moments ago. At least it was that hour for most people. Some were out cold and had no idea what was going on.
"Damn, it's late," Shikamaru hiccuped. He left with a little wave after kicking Chouji off his stool.
"Come on! Come on, Ne-Neeeeeeji!" Naruto mewed and picked up the smaller man. He turned to the two other ANBU guards, "Kiiiiiba! Inooooo! Come on! Come on! Let's go!"
"GIMME A MINUTE!" Kiba yelled. He nudged Ino who had long since passed out. She rolled over and murmured some nonsense.
"Kiiiiba! Kiba!"
"Dammit, just go without us. We'll catch up later."
The blonde shrugged and wobbled out with the Hyuuga glued to his side for support. As they walked down the street and continued to bump into each other, Neji looked up and noticed something. Naruto wasn't looking where he was going. That was normal enough, since he was plastered, but the strange part was that he had been staring at Neji the whole time since they had left.
"Uzumaki-s-san?"
"You! Are a really good singer..." he poked Neji's cheek lightly. "I'm not just saying that because I wanna get in your pants either."
"Wha –?"
"I would like to know what a cute place like you is doing in a girl like this! Don't you have school tomorrow?" he leaned heavily on the dark-haired man.
"Uzumaki! Get off!"
"Neji! Neji! I was kidding," he burst out laughing and couldn't stop until they reached the door to his place. Neji had to fish the key from Naruto's pockets. He turned to unlock the door and stopped. At this moment he realized he was a lot less drunk than Naruto. It was the blonde's own fault if that worked to his advantage.
"Hey! What's the hold up?" the drunken Hokage yelled, "I'm cold!"
"You think I'm a good singer?"
"Hmm...yeah."
"Good enough to kiss?" Neji leaned forward and put on his most seductive face.
"Neji!" Naruto's hand covered his whole face. The Hyuuga was so flustered he barely noticed when the other man had taken the keys from him and opened the door. He was halfway to the stairs when a teary eyed Neji went in and followed after him.
'Even when he's drunk, he still doesn't want me!' he blinked away his angry tears and reached the top of the stairs first. He reached for the doorknob, but a large tan hand placed itself on top of his pale one to stop him from opening it.
"Neji...maybe you should stay out here tonight. I don't wanna do anything stupid that'll ruin our first week together," the blonde man said with a serious glint in his eyes. Neji was now again on the verge of tears.
"No! I'm going in with you!" he looked up with a look of pure determination on his face, "It's for your own protection!"
Naruto laughed.
"Well...if you put it that way..."
He opened the door and let the both of them in. The first thing he did was kick off his shoes. He sat on the edge of his bed and yawned. Neji sat down next to him, swearing not to do anything too bad to the other man, but still determined to get his promised kiss. He waited impatiently and dug his nails into the bed. Naruto yawned again, got up and removed his coat.
Neji watched quietly as he turned out the lights and crawled under his covers.
'Should I just leave him alone and go to the couch? He does kind of seem tired...' Neji wondered as he removed his light ANBU armor.
A few moments later there was another rustle of sheets as Neji joined Naruto in the soft, comfortable bed.
"Hmmm...what are you doing, Hyuuga?" the Hokage moaned.
"I have a bad back."
The blonde's laughter was heartwarming.
"You're not gonna stop bugging me until I kiss you, right?" he turned to the other man lazily. The long-haired Hyuuga smiled cutely. "Fine. 'ere goes."
He got up sluggishly and moved over the Hyuuga. Neji tilted his chin up slightly as Naruto descended down on him slowly.
And their lips met.
Naruto could have backed off at that instant. Even the slightest tap of the lips would have been enough to be a kiss, but instead his lips continued to move slowly and sensually against Neji's. Neji closed his eyes and savored his alcoholic kisses, expecting him to move away at any second. He wrapped his arms around Naruto to keep him for as long as he could and was surprised when Naruto held him back.
He didn't just hold him back, he pulled him closer, his hands pressed firmly against the flimsy black material of Neji's tank top. And when Neji gasped, Naruto took the opportunity to attack his mouth with his tongue.
"Nnn!" Neji moaned. Naruto only kissed him more deeply and passionately. He ran his hand through his dark hair and pulled it a little roughly, causing him to shiver in pleasure. Wild and erratic thoughts ran through his head as the rain of kisses seemed to never end. Only when Neji felt he couldn't breathe any more, did Naruto part from him. After letting the Hyuuga regain his breath, the blonde crushed his lips to Neji's again.
When he first began kissing Neji, he was both sleepy and mildly drunk, but as it always happens with the Kyuubi container, the alcoholic buzz wore off quickly. It was right when he had his hand under Neji's shirt, rubbing his hardened nipple with his thumb that he was fully back to his senses. At first he was surprised, but he knew vaguely what was going on before and the reality of Neji's firm, pleading body pressed tightly under his could not be mistaken for a dream. He tried to lift himself off for a moment, but he couldn't move far with Neji's arms so tightly around him. He looked at the man under him. His face was heavily flushed with lust and passion.
"Neji..."
"More...Uzumaki..." he panted.
Naruto closed his eyes and leaned down to lick a small trail of saliva from the corner of Neji's mouth before nibbling the reddened lips and kissing him again. It was wrong to deny the body what it desired. In the end he knew that he had been wanting this more and more each day as the Hyuuga silently obeyed him and quietly teased him.
That beautiful face indulging in sin was too much for Naruto to resist.
Small delicious sounds came from the Hyuuga. Every moment his pants and moans were heard more intensely by Naruto's sensitive ears. The body pressed against his seemed to get hotter and hotter until Naruto could swear they were both melting together. When Neji rubbed his hips into his own, Naruto himself let out a moan.
'Maybe I should stop? I s-should stop now...I c-can't...I can't!' Naruto battled with himself and yet his lips never left Neji's.
They rolled together in the scarlet sheets, bodies intertwined and lips melded together for what seemed like an eternity. Neither could let go and neither wanted to. Arousals were at their peeks and Neji could swear he had never been so completely and passionately overwhelmed by anyone.
Finally, when they both seemed incapable of moving their lips anymore, they parted. Naruto's swollen lips planted a few more delicate kisses along his jaw before speaking.
"Thank you...for y-your...work this week. G'night," he left one last kiss on the Hyuuga's burning cheek before turning over and pulling the sheets over himself.
Neji was dazed. He still felt his heart racing even after the man wasn't even touching him anymore. His lips felt sore and he almost had to force his breathing to slow down. He turned to Naruto. He seemed to be in a deep slumber, or at least he was doing an amazing job pretending to be in a deep sleep.
"Uzumaki-san..." he poked the man's shoulders carefully. "Uzumaki?"
When he didn't respond except with light sleeping nosies, the curious Hyuuga crawled around to the other side of him. He curled his body to face Naruto. He supposed he wouldn't be getting anymore from the blonde, so he pressed his face against his chest, a soft blush covering his features. He got much more than he had bargained for. He was remarkably content, even more so when a sleepy arm draped over him as he was drifting off to sleep.
The next morning Neji woke up an hour or two late. He knew he would miss the blonde intensely over the weekend.