Authors Note: Hey, new… Sasunaru, AU. . Enjoy I guess.
Chapter One: New Heights
"Hey. I'm talking to you." Naruto bellowed.
Silence.
"Oi! I'm talking to you! You-!"
"I hear you, dobe, I just choose to pretend that you do not exist." Sasuke replied in a patronizing and weary way. Sasuke did not even turn to face the fuming blond. Nevertheless he could feel the steam decant from Naruto's ears. Being that the two of them and the rest of their 11th grade peers were on a trip Sasuke's patience was extremely limited, which meant Naruto's entertainment was lacking as well.
"Naaaaa Sasuke-." Naruto pleaded with his annoyed partner. They were currently stationed 10 feet above the ground in a quite unsteady ski lift when silence overcame the two of them again. Naruto turned to his second form of amusement which was making noise. He began to hit his skis together in a muddled manner. Sasuke looked down at the chaotic one's music and twitched his eye at the mere sight. It looked as though the blond was re-enacting the Civil War with his booted feet. He hissed to himself and resumed his angsty stare into the distance. Naruto, who seemed to notice the other boy's frustration continued in an even more slovenly manner. At one point, a passerby might have thought he was attempting to jump. Naruto was grinning from ear to ear when Sasuke broke.
He spun his head to face the blond, onyx eyes gleaming at him. "What beast from hell possesses you… you… you strange child?" Sasuke grimaced at his lack of vocabulary in the last decree. Naruto, who had paused during the battle of Gettysburg, looked wide-eyed at Sasuke. "Don't look at me like that." Naruto laughed and continued the war. Naruto was clearly aware of the fact that Sasuke was no longer ignoring him, but was being ignored by him. Hissing, Sasuke took a deep breath, he was not going to allow his temper to get the best of him when he was in such close quarters to the blond. He immediately regretted this thought however when Naruto started to hum show tunes.
"Naruto, do you want to get your face refurnished?" Sasuke was now inches away from Naruto's ear.
"Can you do that, is that like… plastic surgery 'er something?" Naruto laughed shamelessly at his fruitless joke. When he finally desisted he turned towards Sasuke, almost giving him an Eskimo kiss in the process. He narrowed his eyes and grinned sheepishly at Sasuke.
"I have little patience for your juvenile ways today, Naruto." He glared into Naruto's blue eyes.
Naruto looked back and felt a strange tingly feeling that was followed by a blush. Naruto, realizing that he was currently blushing in front of his rival blushed ten fold. Sasuke lowered his gaze to Naruto's cheeks and was taken a back. He looked away. Naruto laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head, then fell silent. The rest of the ride to the top of the mountain was obviously awkward for both boys.
The two of them readied themselves to disembark both overly excited to get off the ski lift for more then one reason. The snow was thick and the temperature had to be no more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit, which for them was quite cold. When he got off the lift and skied ahead Sasuke took one last look at his partner and sped down the white covered mountain with little fault. Naruto followed Sasuke's path with his eyes, then followed him with much less grace. The class trip that they were on was part of the new school curriculum. Its motto was something dull like, "Befriending enemies and finding the good in every soul," or something along those lines, so unfortunately friends were split up during the activities and rival were paired up. Thus, the Uchiha was quickly placed Uzumaki.
"So, how did you and Sasuke-chan fair tonight?" Shikamaru pressed.
"Fine." Naruto nonchalantly answered.
"Fine? Wow, what happened?" Barked Kiba.
"Nothing happened… he was as bleak as usual." Naruto looked down at his numb fingertips. He was in the lodge with the rest of his classmates, awaiting their meals. Naruto was taking off his ski pants and in a very clumsy method at that. He successfully did not fall down, however the same could not be said about the items that use to occupy the wooden table.
"Naruto, you're so troublesome!" Shikamaru muttered as he swiftly picked up the gloves and jackets.
"Heh…" Naruto replied weakly.
Finally situated, Naruto sat down next to his friends. His mind replayed the day's happenings. Why had he blushed? Did he even need to ask, Naruto had already realized that he was bottling up a lot of secrets. Ever since his repetitive shut-downs by his old crush Sakura, Naruto began to realize that it was Sakura's personality that he was drawn to… and that only. When he was asked out by Hinata, it was strangely easy for him to turn her down, and what was stranger was their relationship currently. He really enjoyed her company and they accompanied each other to the mall and went to all the school dances together, nonetheless, they remained friends, and no matter how cute Hinata was, Naruto could not find it in him to be attracted to her. He promised himself that he would tell his friends about his sexual preferences by senior year, however we was beginning to see that senior year was not soon enough, because as fate would have it, Naruto was developing feelings for the last person anyone would expect him to adore, dead-last in fact.
"Dobe," Sasuke clucked at Naruto while he ate his ramen in an unruly manner. Sasuke stood behind him with his hands of his slim hips. He was wearing a black turtleneck with the sleeves rolled up, with black pants. Naruto swiped at the napkin next to his bowl and foolishly wiped at his lips, then just as elegantly spun to face the Uchiha.
"Hey, charming. What do I owe for the pleasure of your unexpected visit?" Naruto said sarcastically. 'At least I can act the part for now,' he thought to himself.
"Humm, well nothing you could afford, but besides the point, I wanted to let you know that I'm going to the dorm now and if I don't get up to let you in it's not because I don't like you its because… I really don't like you." Sasuke's cool demeanor didn't change throughout his entire little speech; Naruto had always admired how he could keep a straight face in the worst situations.
Naruto was silent for a second. "Erm… well in that case, I guess I'll follow suit, I'm kinda' tired anyway. See ya' guys in the morning, 'kay?" Naruto gave his friends a half smile and gathered up his belongings. 'Perhaps I can't play the part,' he thought to himself. His friends remained completely silent at his unexpected answer. Shikamaru and Kiba were so dumbfounded that they remained wide-eyed and had their mouths agape a full two minutes after Naruto had left.
"Care to explain your weird behavior? Have you been sleeping with Kiba recently, you seem to be sick as a dog. If that is the case, please keep a safe distance away from me I wouldn't want to contract rabies." Sasuke chuckled, and much to his dismay, Naruto laughed too. "No really, WHAT is wrong with you?" And for the first time that day Sasuke looked shocked, he stopped in his tracks, successfully getting Naruto's attention.
"Nothing, I'm just tired." They continued to walk. Sasuke tried to get the card key out of his skin tight pockets, and seemed to be having an issue accomplishing the task. Naruto watched him fidget and blushed as he realizes just how tight Sasuke's pants were. They complimented his perfect hips and emphasized on his flat stomach. Finally pulling the key free from his pocket he opened the door and tried to keep it open with one foot while biting the room key and carrying his bags. Naruto attempted to help, but had bags of his own. The room was pleasant looking. The wallpapers were generic with flowers of red and yellow. The drapes were burgundy with gold rods and the bathroom had a similar theme. The beds also fit perfectly, with their cream colored pillows and dark red quilts. There were two beds and one nightstand in between them, there was also a wonderful view of the mountains through the open curtains. Sasuke placed his belongings on the farthest bed and began to unpack. Naruto watched for a second then decided to do the same. Naruto's bags were far less fancy then Sasuke's, they were orange with blue zippers and had Naruto's handy work drawn all over them, where as Sasuke's bags were navy blue with silver zippers and clever pockets planted all over them.
Sasuke decided to keep his clothes in his bag after he smelt the drawers. They smelt like a mix of cigarettes and new wood, both of the above were not agreeable and Sasuke felt that he rather liked smelling like laundry detergent or the artificial smells he sprayed in his hair every morning. Naruto could care less and decided that the more room the better and spread his clothes out into the drawers. He divided them by which day he would wear them. This probably would have thoughtful of him and neat, if he was not remarkably horrible at folding clothes and it showed in his wrinkled wardrobe. Sasuke laughed as he witnessed Naruto attempt to fold a pair of jeans.
"Are you trying to fold it or are you afraid it's going to bite you so you have to strangle it to death?" Sasuke muttered at him and continued to watch the blond 'fold'. He had one knee in the air trying to hold up one of the pant legs and at the same time was biting the opening of the jeans while his hands took it upon themselves to make them symmetrical. Naruto gave Sasuke a muffled, 'shut up' and carried on his endeavors.
Once situated Naruto lied down on his bed and sighed. The day had been long and the trip was still far from being over. He looked at the ceiling which was the same color as his pillows. Sasuke sat on his bed with a book and the lamp that occupied the nightstand was shining on his book and highlighted his pale skin and dark eyes. Naruto glanced at his roommate and couldn't help but stare at his remarkable features, he would be crazy not to be attracted to the other boy, and he was unmistakably gorgeous. It was no wonder all the girls in the school fawned all over him. Sasuke flicked his eyes towards Naruto and caught his gaze. Naruto blushed and looked away.
Naruto continued his ceiling gazing when he heard Sasuke's blankets ruffle and heard him place his book down on the nightstand. 'Sleep already?' Naruto hoped he didn't snore, but more importantly, hoped that he didn't decide to sleep walk during their vacation. Naruto was completely taken by surprise when Sasuke decided to lean over him, his hair touching his face.
"Staring, are we?" Sasuke looked at Naruto's eyes.
"Uh, sorry," he blushed, "I'm just bored."
"So you stare at me? Now, Uzumaki, are you developing a crush?" He smirked at Naruto when his eyes narrowed and his cheeks grew redder.
"What? On you, no way, please I wouldn't lower my standards so much." Naruto was happy with his response, but worried.
"Oh, so you admit you're gay."
"Uh! I didn't say that… but if I was I wouldn't turn for someone like you!" He blushed again, and continued to loose confidence. Sasuke grew closer, and Naruto could feel his breath against his lips. Naruto grimaced and made a muffled noise and wished to all goodness that Sasuke didn't hear it due to his big head or some other defect he might be experiencing. Unfortunately for Naruto though, he had heard and wasn't going to let it go.
"Humm… are you sure you don't have a crush Naru-chan?" He moved closer and now had his knee in-between Naruto's legs and his fists unclenched as they reeled his face closer to Naruto's.
"Oi, don't call me that, Sasuke-kun!" Sasuke twitched and then smirked as he moved his knee closer to Naruto's body. Naruto gave another muffled sound. "Wha… What are you doing?" Naruto suddenly realized how girly he felt and decided that this wasn't going to work, and began to lift his head off the bed, now their lips were inches apart causing Sasuke to retreat a little. Naruto was astonished to see that Sasuke looked a little flushed himself. Now in a sitting position Naruto grinned at the brunette.
"Now now now, Sasuke-kun, maybe it's you who has formulated an attraction? Your cheeks certainly think so. I mean who could resist me, I understand, don't worry your sweet little head I won't reveal your secret." Proud of himself, Naruto's smile widened.
Realizing that he was loosing the upper-hand Sasuke entwined his fingers into Naruto's hair causing him to gasp and almost violently pulled him in closer. Naruto's chest was touching the other boy's hips and stomach for a second until Sasuke bent down a little to level his face with Naruto's. "We'll see how long you can play this game Uzumaki." He smirked at the flushed blond.
"Ha, oh we will Sasuke-chan," and with that Naruto broke the distance between their lips and grabbed the back of Sasuke's head. He gripped his hair and placed his lips on Sasuke's, and simultaneously pulled him on top of him. Naruto's knee was now supporting Sasuke's weight and Sasuke moaned into Naruto's mouth when he felt the pressure of Naruto's leg against his groin. Pleased with himself Naruto smiled into their kiss. Thoroughly embarrassed however, Sasuke grimaced and closed his eyes. And then almost as soon as their kiss had started it ended when Sasuke broke their kiss. His mouth was open and was breathing heavily and stared into Naruto's dazed eyes. The two of them were suddenly shifted into a whole different world and for a second they almost felt perfect in their embrace.
"Wha… What the hell Uzu…Uzumaki?" Sasuke muttered in between gasps. Naruto beamed.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke was that a little much for your pure soul?" Naruto laughed.
Sasuke was silent for awhile as he looked at the boy beneath him. "You… you won't live to tell this tale."
"Aww, how old are we?" Naruto's day just got better.
"I-I, you, you are a queer aren't you Uzumaki." Sasuke wasn't asking.
"So what if I am, you won't tell anyone, or else I just reply how much you flushed and moaned when you felt my fit body beneath your own."
"You… are?" It was as if he didn't believe it even now.
"Don't act so surprised."
"I'm not surprised." He was regaining his arrogance. "I always thought you were a basket-case. Although I must say I am surprised that you happen to be the biggest fruit in the basket."
"Oh Sasuke dearest, I wouldn't flaunt your knew knowledge." He chuckled and glanced down at Sasuke's lower half which was still situated perfectly in Naruto's. Sasuke automatically followed Naruto's gaze and surprised himself again. Naruto laughed, even though Sasuke didn't move. Sasuke was quickly getting angry at Naruto's confidence and decided to take matters into his own hands once again, he slowly thrusted against Naruto's groin. Naruto whimpered at the surprise and sensation of it and closed his eyes. Sasuke dipped his head so that his lips were against Naruto's ear and breathed heavily onto his neck.
"Enjoying yourself?" Sasuke whispered into Naruto's ear. Naruto was too flushed to reply; he had never done anything like this with anyone and couldn't bring himself to allow Sasuke to stop. He would never get another chance to feel Sasuke's hips against his own, or his black hair blocking his vision of his lips brushing against his skin. The only thing Naruto had done remotely close to this before was with Hinata, and that was a one minute kiss. Sasuke looked down at Naruto's face which was distorted with pleasure and blushed and found himself pushing into Naruto at a faster pace. He moaned into Naruto's ear but then caught himself. He stopped and sat up.
Naruto didn't move and didn't look at Sasuke. Sasuke blushed and couldn't believe how he had reacted to Naruto. Clearly something wasn't right. His attempt to embarrass the boy turned into an enjoyable experience for himself physically and that scared him to a huge degree. Unlike Naruto, Sasuke had yet to come to terms about his sexuality, before this point Sasuke barely thought about it.
Neither boy said anything to the other while Sasuke retreated to his own bed and turned off the lamp. As awkward as that should have been, both boys were grateful for the distance, for they both had a lot of thinking to do.
End of Chapter One
Author's Note: So it plan to make this atleast five chapters… unless it ends up sucking… I don't know. Well hope you enjoyed!
