It took all the willpower the Uchiha could muster to pull away from the blonde. He stared at him, slightly panting as he tried to catch his breath.

The blonde was doing the same, his lips slightly bruised and cheeks flushed. Blue eyes hesitantly made eye contact before looking away.

Sasuke didn't know what to make of the situation. Naruto left him feeling like he was on an emotional rollercoaster, wanting to hit the blonde and make love to him all at once. He ran a hand through his hair as he finally felt like he could breathe normally. He sent a desperate look to Naruto. "I don't understand you at all."

Naruto was silent, unsure of what to say. He opened his mouth to say something, but as he looked into obsidian eyes and saw the utter confusion, he closed it shut and went back to looking at anything but the Uchiha.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "You say you want nothing to do with me, but then act like you want me the next minute. And for some reason, I can't stop thinking about you. You drive me crazy but I love it. But Naruto," he paused, waiting for the blonde to look up at him.

Naruto reluctantly made eye contact, again, with Sasuke, this time not looking away. He stayed silent but kept his focus on the raven, silently urging him to continue.

"I can't keep doing the back and forth with you anymore." He let out a sigh, already feeling emotionally drained but the need to tell his feelings to the man overpowering any doubts. He had to admit to himself, and say it out loud. "I have feelings for you, Naruto, and I can't deny it anymore."

Naruto's eyes widened at the looked away once again, still saying silent.

Sasuke felt any hope of his words getting to the blonde fading. The pain of being silently rejected, was getting to him. He stood up slowly and made his way to the forgotten picture album. "Let's finish getting this over with." He picked it up and made his way back over to Naruto where he sat down, close to him but with enough space. He placed the book in front of them and flipped to the second page.

As Sasuke began to flip through the photo album, Naruto watched him carefully. The raven showed no indication of what he was feeling. The stoic, bored look as he flipped through the pages was a permanent look on his face, a mild frown if a picture was more embarrassing.

"This one is definitely coming out." Sasuke scowled at the picture as he began to take it out of the album, shaking Naruto out of his thoughts.

The blonde shook his head, and focused on the picture. A smile appeared on his face as he took the picture out of Sasuke's hands. The picture was of the two of them, about four-years-old, Naruto was dressed up in a yellow blouse that fit him more like a dress, a bunch of daisies in his hands and toilet paper placed atop his head, smiling brightly at the camera. He was arm in arm with Sasuke who was wearing one of his dad's old tuxedo jackets and a blue tie. There was a small, genuine smile on his face as his gaze was directed towards Naruto. "Can I have it?"

Sasuke looked up from the page he was on, already forgetting about the picture. "What?"

"The picture?" Naruto held it up.

Sasuke's cheeks tinted a light pink. "Uh, yeah, I guess."

Naruto smiled at him before looking back down at the picture.

The raven watched the blonde study the picture and Sasuke felt himself smile as well. He looked back at the album and continued looking through it.

"I'm sorry." Sasuke was about to reach the last page, mid-flip when the words came out of nowhere. He looked at the blonde, slightly confused. "For acting like that. And for leaving you hanging like that."

Without bothering to look at the last picture, he closed the book with a sigh. "It's fine. You don't have to answer."

"Thanks." Naruto replied sheepishly. "I want to give you an answer, I just don't know how I feel about everything yet."

Sasuke shrugged, leaning back onto his arms for support. "I think it's pretty simple. You either want me, or you don't."

Naruto gave the raven a slight glare. "Not with you. I have to carefully consider the huge possibility that I'm going to get hurt by you."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "I'm not going to hurt you."

"That's not what your reputation tells me." He rolled his eyes.

Sasuke gave him a frown. "Naruto-"

"Hey love birds." The pair looked over to see Neji and Gaara standing at the top of the staircase. "Ready to come down and show off those pictures?" Neji asked, sporting a smirk.

"Love birds?" Sasuke questioned, standing up and offering Naruto a hand.

"Yeah, Itachi caught you two making out." Gaara stated, his own smirk getting larger. "As well as your mom."

Sasuke froze, almost letting the blonde fall back onto the floor. He quickly caught the blonde and gave him a sheepish smile as he was glared at by cerulean eyes.

Neji snickered. "As you might have guessed, she's over the moon with joy."

Sasuke groaned loudly.

Naruto picked up the photo album off the floor, dusting it off and tucking it underneath his arm. He let out a sigh and faced Neji and Gaara. "Well, might as well face the torture now."

"Now Naruto, don't be so dramatic." Gaara commented.

The blonde stuck out his tongue as he passed the red head to go down the stairs.

The four of them made their way to the living room where Mikoto and Itachi were sitting expectantly for them to arrive.

"There you two are!" Mikoto smiled at them brightly, her tone sweeter. "Hand me that book! I want to see those pictures!" She held out her hands, reaching for the album.

"How was your adventure in the attic?" Itachi asked, smirking as Naruto nearly tripped trying to hand the picture album to Mikoto.

"Shut up, Itachi." Sasuke hissed.

"Oh, Sasuke!" Mikoto scolded. "Be nice."

Sasuke mumbled under his breath before taking a seat on the ground.

"Gaara, Neji, come get close and see these." She encouraged. The boys gathered around the couch behind her, Itachi sitting next to her.

She began to flip through the pages, telling them stories about the events that led to the picture being taken, leaving Naruto and Sasuke feeling embarrassed and pointing out that they were children.

Mikoto reached the last page and began to squeal loudly, Itachi, Neji and Gaara all began to laugh.

Sasuke looked up at Naruto who was sitting in a chair across from the couch and gave him a questioning look. Naruto shrugged before looking at them curiously.

"I'm surprised you didn't take this last one out, Sasuke." Neji commented, giving the raven a smirk from his spot behind the couch.

Sasuke reluctantly got up from his seat and made his way over to the group. He looked down before his eyes widened and his face turned red.

At Sasuke's reaction, Naruto also got up and went over to the group. It was a picture of him and Sasuke in the same outfits as the picture they took out earlier, the only difference was the two were now kissing, mouth to mouth.

Naruto's face paled and he gave a glance to Sasuke who seemed to be stuck frozen, staring at the picture. The blonde laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Kids, am I right?"

Mikoto giggled, closing the book, snapping Sasuke out of his frozen state. "You two were so cute!"

"Okay mom." Sasuke mumbled out, taking a step away from the group. "We should get going soon, I gotta drop everyone off."

Itachi snickered. "Sure, Sasuke."

He glared at his older brother but said nothing.

The four paid their goodbyes to Mikoto and Itachi before climbing into Sasuke's car and making their way to Gaara and Naruto's house.

Sasuke pulled into the driveway where Gaara and Neji immediately got out.

"I'm going to stay the night." Neji said to Sasuke through the driver's window.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, a smirk slowly spreading over his face. "Oh really?"

Neji's cheeks turned slightly pink and he gave the raven a warning glare. "I'll see you on Monday."

"See ya." Sasuke watched as the couple made their way into the house before turning in the driver's seat to look at Naruto. "Are you going to get out?"

Naruto stared at his lap, staying silent.

Sasuke let out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. He didn't know what was up with the blonde today. "Okay. Do you want to come to my place?"

Naruto looked up and out the windshield, staring at the house. He then turned towards Sasuke, still not looking at his face. "Yeah, I do."

Sasuke was surprised by the blonde's answer, but perked up nonetheless. He quickly scrambled to turn the car on to begin the drive to his apartment. "Alright, let's go."

The car ride was silent, but all that was on Sasuke's mind was the knowledge that he'd get to spend the night with Naruto. A smirk seemed to be permanently stuck to his face as he got closer to home.

"Don't look so happy." Naruto stated, pulling out his phone. "Nothing's gonna happen tonight."

The smirk was wiped off his face and he couldn't lie, he was disappointed. "It's okay, just you being there is good enough." The raven glanced at the blonde, hoping to surprise him with his words. But he was clearly distracted by whatever was on his phone. "Texting other men?" He half joked, hoping it wasn't true.

Naruto let out an amused snort. "No, I'm just letting Gaara know where I'm going."

Sasuke scoffed and raised an eyebrow at the blonde before quickly looking back at the road. "I'm pretty sure he can figure out where you went. You know, since you didn't leave my car or anything."

Naruto shrugged to himself, leaving his phone in his lap. "It's better to be safe than sorry."

Sasuke stayed silent, and Naruto kept his gaze out the passenger side window.

They soon arrived at Sasuke's apartment and the raven let them in. The blonde stood by the doorway as Sasuke began to take off his shoes, already getting comfortable. He made his way to the kitchen and grabbed himself a beer. He looked around, only to see that Naruto didn't follow him. He raised a confused eyebrow as he opened his beer and took a sip. "Naruto?"

"Hm." A simple reply and Sasuke followed the sound back into the small halfway where Naruto was still standing in front of the door.

"You know," the blonde looked up, the sound of Sasuke's voice bringing him out of his thoughts. The raven gave him a curious look. "You can make yourself comfortable. What do you want to do?"

Naruto looked around before shrugging. "I don't know."

Sasuke let out a sigh, taking another sip from his beer. "Why don't I get you a beer and we can go to my room."

Naruto shot him a glare. "We're not having sex."

Sasuke put his hands up in surrender. "I know, I know! We'll just, relax."

Naruto's glare softened and he gave him a small smile. "Okay, we can do that."

"Yeah?" Sasuke gave him a smirk and Naruto playfully rolled his eyes. "I'll be right back." He turned and headed toward the kitchen.

Sasuke quickly chugged the rest of his beer, casually tossing his bottle into the trash. He went to the fridge and grabbed two more, opening them both and taking a swig from one. He walked back into the hallway, only to find it empty. Naruto's shoes were left next to him and the raven could only assume he headed to the bedroom.

"Naruto?" Sasuke walked into the room to see Naruto sitting on the bed, cross-legged. He walked up to the bed and passed Naruto the beer that he wasn't drinking from.

"Thanks." Naruto muttered out before taking a long drink.

Sasuke watched the blonde and took a quick sip himself. He took a seat next to the blonde, sitting at the edge. "Hey."

Naruto glanced at him.

"Are you okay?"

Naruto let out a sigh. "I don't know. Seeing all those pictures, I've been feeling weird."

Sasuke snorted. "I couldn't tell."

Naruto shot him a dark glare before giving him a small kick. "Asshole."

Sasuke gave him a quick smirk before leaning back onto one elbow and putting on a serious face. He took another sip. "You wanna talk about it?"

Naruto let out a quick laugh and held up his beer. "I'm going to need something stronger than this."

Sasuke rolled his eyes as he watched Naruto take a drink but didn't say anything else.

Naruto let out a long sigh. The two sat in silence until Naruto finished his beer, shoving the empty bottle in Sasuke's face.

Sasuke blinked at the sudden intrusion before taking it out of the blonde's hand. He sat up, about to stand. "Want another one?"

Naruto shook his head, staring back into his lap.

Sasuke frowned and set the empty bottle onto the floor. "Okay."

The room was filled with silence once again. Sasuke finished his beer and was about to get up once again, any excuse to get out of this awkward situation, when Naruto cleared his throat.

"I had a bad experience with a one night stand before." The blonde suddenly started.

Sasuke felt both confused and curious. "O-oh yeah?"

"Yeah." He gave the raven a sad smile. "So I have to always let someone know where I'm going, mostly Gaara."

"What happened?" Sasuke propped his head up in his hand, leaning on his elbow and giving the blonde his full attention.

"I was uh, working, one night." The blonde started nervously. "And one of my regular's, decided to take a chance and ask me to spend the night with him." He uncrossed his legs, and laid down on his side, facing Sasuke and also propping up his head. He gave the raven a nervous glance. "I decided to say yes. He was good-looking and I've talked with him enough to know his name and a little bit about himself. He bought me a couple of drinks before taking me back to his place. I didn't let anyone know where I was going, and I didn't even pay attention to the direction I was going."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes as Naruto paused in his story, seemingly looking past the raven. After some time and the blonde still spacing out, he gently cleared his throat.

The noise seemed to shake Naruto out of whatever he was thinking about and he blushed slightly. "We got to his place," he continued again and Sasuke relaxed further. "Had sex, and I fell asleep and ended up staying the night."

He let out a shaky breath and Sasuke took a chance. He scooted closer to the blonde who gave him a confused look and placed a hand on the blonde's arm. "It's okay, take your time."

Naruto tensed at the gentle touch but relaxed at Sasuke's words. He never expected the raven to be, caring. He felt his stomach flutter and his cheeks turned a light pink. He moved closer to the raven and lied on his back. He placed Sasuke's arm over his chest, his cheeks only getting darker.

Sasuke smirked to himself as he pulled Naruto closer to himself. He was surprised the blonde hadn't pushed him off yet but he was gonna enjoy it while he could.

"The next morning, I woke up alone and my phone battery dead. I went to the kitchen where he was making breakfast. I asked him to take me home afterwards but then he started begging me to spend the day with him since he had such a good time the night before."

Sasuke felt a wave of jealousy wash over him at the thought of another man enjoying Naruto. A low growl left his throat and the blonde turned to look up at him.

"Are you seriously jealous right now?" Naruto snickered as he snuggled closer in the raven's hold. He yawned as he smiled to himself. The raven was softer than he remembered.

"No." Sasuke answered quickly, mentally berating himself. "Continue."

"I don't know, I don't want to hurt your feelings." Naruto smirked mischievously as he turned himself in Sasuke's hold so the two were facing each other.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right, that's it."

Naruto laughed and let out a sigh. "He managed to convince me to stay. I'm not gonna lie, I mostly felt bad for the guy but he was a good lay too." Another low growl came from the raven but Naruto chose to ignore it, continuing on. "I asked to charge my phone but he had a different phone so the cable didn't work. So I asked if I could call Gaara just to keep him updated. He gave me some bullshit excuse about how he doesn't have talking minutes but he can send him a text. I stupidly believed him, gave him Gaara's number and watched as he supposedly let him know where I was."

"Yeah it sounds pretty stupid." Sasuke retorted.

Naruto gave him a glare. "I know that now, bastard." A yawn escaped him and he felt a gentle touch as Sasuke tucked a misplaced strand of hair behind his ear. He leaned into the touch and yawned again. "Anyways, we spent the day together, watching movies and hanging out. He ordered us lunch and dinner and there was random bouts of sex all day. Honestly, it was another great day. But when I woke up the next day, alone again, I went into the kitchen and asked to go home."

Sasuke watched as Naruto paused again, seeming to get lost in the memory. He pulled the blonde to his chest and softly ran his fingers through golden strands. He couldn't get enough of the blonde and he held on tighter as he felt Naruto begin to yawn again. "You don't have to finish if you don't want too." He gently whispered as he pulled the blonde to look at his face.

Naruto shook his head and smiled tiredly at him. "I want to finish, just, give me a sec."

Sasuke chuckled but nodded.

After another yawn, Naruto cleared his throat and began again. "He got really mad and asked me why I wanted to leave when we were having such a great time. I let him know that I didn't want things to be serious and it was just for fun. He got really pissed but then was silent as he finished cooking breakfast. He promised me he'd take me home after we could at least eat breakfast together. I of course agreed, and halfway through breakfast, things just went black."

Sasuke's eyes widened at the sudden turn of the story.

"When I came to, I was back in the bed, but my arms were tied to the headboard and I was alone and naked. I don't know how long I was there but it felt like hours before he came in. He told me that we would be together forever and I wouldn't have to worry about anything ever again. I got pissed and demanded he let me go but he refused of course. The only way he'd let me go was if he was convinced that I had the same feelings for him as he did me."

Sasuke felt himself get angry again. This time, the blonde ran a hand through his hair and Sasuke closed his eyes at the comforting touch. A yawn escaped him after sometime.

"Who's the sleepy one now?" Naruto smirked at him.

Sasuke opened one eye to glare at him then quickly closed it. "Yeah, yeah."

"Long story short," he continued, yawning after Sasuke. "I was held there for about three days. Gaara asked my job about where I was and one of my colleagues mentioned I went home with a customer. It took some time before they managed to find where he lived and for the cops to show but I learned my lesson from then on."

"Good." Sasuke stated, pulling Naruto closer to himself again. "Though I don't think Gaara will mind too much that I'll keep you here for that long."

Naruto pushed himself away from Sasuke who began to chuckle. The blonde glared at him. "Yeah right! You wish." He snuggled back into Sasuke's chest. "You only get one night." He mumbled out.

Sasuke laughed and ran his hands through Naruto's hair slowly. "I'll take it." There was no reply and he looked down, only to see the top of the blonde head. "Hey, do you wanna get undressed?"

Naruto made no response and the raven chuckled to himself as a snore escaped the blonde's lips. Sasuke pulled the covers over the two of them, before falling back asleep.

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Hey everyone, again, sorry for such a long wait on the chapter. I have been dealing with so much it's been so hard for me to find time to write. But I'm working on it, I swear!

Finally though, we get to the cutesy SasuNaru that I absolutely live for, haha!

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