Disclaimer: Naruto came to my house and beat me over the head with my toaster for claiming to own him. K. Masashi pointed and laughed at me for it...

Warning: Lime-like content. :smiles: Please be nice... First time, really... :sweatdrops:

Sasuke stumbled through his front door, his lips hungrily devouring the other set before him. His left hand was buried in blond hair while his right fought to bring the other man closer. Eager lips pressed back just as forcefully, Naruto jumping up to wrap his legs around Sasuke's waist. The raven stumbled slightly at the added weight, but regained his balance and slammed Naruto into the closest wall.

The Uchiha pried his lips from the blond's and brought them to his neck, biting down hard. The pain seemed to turn Naruto on even more, the firefighter gasping and holding Sasuke even tighter. Hn, masochist, the raven thought with a smirk as he pulled back and pushed away from the wall, stumbling towards the stairs with the other man.

"Fuck, Sasuke. Fuck!" Naruto panted, his erection digging into Sasuke's stomach. Sasuke's own erection was almost painful. He couldn't wait to relieve a little tension with his favourite blond.

"Yeah." Sasuke panted as he began to climb the stairs. "That's the idea."

Naruto grabbed at Sasuke's hair painfully, meshing their lips together again. God, Sasuke would never grow tired of that taste. He couldn't quite place it, but it was purely Naruto. He would never be able to settle for anything else ever again. It would be this taste, or nothing at all.

Sasuke stumbled down the corridor with Naruto, accidentally knocking a lamp over from the hall table. It fell to the floor and broke, but Sasuke paid it no mind. Naruto didn't seem to care much, either.

The raven kicked his door open, practically throwing himself and Naruto onto the bed. Their clothed erections ground together as they landed, causing Sasuke to gasp, and Naruto to cry out in pleasure. He clutched at Sasuke desperately, pulling the other firefighter's groin closer to his so the friction would return.

"Fuck, Sasuke! I can't wait anymore!" Naruto panted.

Sasuke smirked as he pulled away slightly, his arms shaky due to the pleasure zipping up and down his spine.

"You can't wait, huh?" he teased as he grabbed the hem of Naruto's shirt and yanked it roughly off the blond. Naruto helped him as much as possible, trying to hurry Sasuke up. The sooner he was naked, the sooner the other man would follow.

Sasuke threw the shirt into one of the corners in his room, not caring where it landed, if it landed, or if the floor decided to swallow it up for its own twisted pleasure. All he cared about was himself, Naruto, and his bed. He grabbed the top of Naruto's pants and the blond arched his back, his hips raised in the air to aid Sasuke in removing them. The raven made quick work of them, pulling them off roughly without undoing them, causing Naruto to let out another cry of pleasure as the pants slid across his erection on their way down. Naruto's boxers followed shortly after.

Sasuke sat up to admire the blond, his eyes memorizing ever curve of his body. Sweat was already starting to form on his skin, the blond panting with his eyes at half-mast.

"Please. Sasuke, I need you so bad! Hurry up!" Naruto moaned as he threw his head back, waiting impatiently for the raven to get naked.

"All right." Sasuke smirked as he stood up. "You asked for it." He began to undo his belt, his eyes roving hungrily over the blond's tanned skin. He was just about to pull off his pants to free his erection, when—

When I find out what that noise is... I'm going to make sure I never hear it again.

Sasuke was murderous. No, he was beyond murderous. He was homicidal! The person who was currently ringing his doorbell—was going to die. First, he was going to break all of his fingers. Then, he would break his wrists. If there was one time never to wake up an insomniac, it was when he was dreaming about fucking the man of his dreams.

Sasuke stood up, wrapping his sheets around his waist as he did so, since he slept in the nude. He also wanted to hide his very obvious erection. Still cursing colourfully in his head, and imagining all the pain he was going to inflict on the person on the other side of his door, he walked slowly down the stairs, the continuous ringing of his doorbell beginning to give him a headache.

He walked slowly towards the door, his eyebrow twitching by now, and wrenched it open after having unlocked it.

"I'm going to fuck you—Naruto!" Sasuke's eyes widened as he realized what he'd just accidentally said. His erection hardened and he winced slightly.

Naruto was staring at Sasuke with a cocked eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"I-I was going to say—fuck you up, but—hi." Sasuke figured that being woken up by the same person he was dreaming about was all right. Of course, it wasn't as fun, since he couldn't do the same things with this Naruto, but at least it could potentially turn into that.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Naruto winced. "I forgot you were an insomniac."

"Oh, don't worry about it." Sasuke waved one hand, yawning as he did so. "What time is it, anyway?"

"Almost three."

"Ah. Right." Sasuke sighed, stretching slightly. It was hard to stretch completely when one hand was still holding up the sheet. "You want to come in, or..." Sasuke trailed off, letting Naruto finish it for him.

"Yeah, sure." The raven moved aside so the other man could enter, closing the door once Naruto had cleared it.

"So, what brings you to my place so bright and early, Uzumaki?" Sasuke joked as he walked rather painfully towards the kitchen.

"Actually, a few things." Naruto trailed behind him, his eyes locking on the raven's ass. Sasuke had succeeded in covering his front, but his ass was in plain sight, for the world to see. He really needs a tan, Naruto thought with a small smile. Then again, he's kind of cute all pale like that. And he's got a muscular ass.

"And those would be?" Sasuke's voice snapped Naruto out of his musings of the other man's ass, forcing his eyes back to a more respectable place—like the raven's shoulder blades.

"Well, firstly, I wanted to challenge you to another game of basketball." He flashed the raven a grin as he sat down at the table, Sasuke shuffling towards his coffee machine to turn it on. "And secondly, I wanted to know if you'd like to go out tonight. A bunch of friends from high school want to hang out with you and the others from Seven. I said I'd try and arrange it, but it's pretty short notice, you know? If you can't make it, that's fine. I'll—"

"I can come." Sasuke insisted, and then winced at the word he used. He was still painfully hard, and having Naruto in his kitchen with him really wasn't helping in getting rid of his little problem.

"Really? Great! Kiba said he'd be around, too. I haven't heard back from the others. We're meeting at—"

"What's the point in telling me, you know you're going to end up asking me to pick you up." Sasuke turned and smirked at the blond. "You love riding my motorcycle."

"Well, since you offered, sure." Naruto grinned, both hands behind his head. "I accept. Now hurry up and get some clothes on. I want to whip your ass at basketball."

"Yeah, yeah." Sasuke muttered as he shuffled back towards the door. "Pour me a cup of coffee when it's ready, will you?"

"Sure thing." Naruto waved him off.

Sasuke walked back up the stairs and disappeared into his room, closing the door. He took a deep breath once he was in the safety of his room and let the sheet drop. He knew Naruto would complain, but he needed a shower. Stat.

He trudged purposefully across his room, disappearing into his bathroom without bothering to close the door. He ran the shower, making it as cold as he would be able to take, and then got under the spray. The chilling water caused goose bumps to appear almost instantly, and he shivered. It didn't make his erection recede, though. Damn.

After five minutes, and still no help from the chilling water, Sasuke let out a sigh. Looks like I'm going to have to take care of this problem the old-fashioned way. He really didn't want to be jacking off to thoughts of the man currently sitting in his kitchen, but he'd never be able to get rid of his erection otherwise.

Taking a deep, shuddery breath, Sasuke closed his eyes and reached down, his hand travelling along his toned stomach. He was just about to wrap it around his erection when he heard something breakable being placed on his marble counter. His eyes snapped open.

He hastily pulled the curtain back just enough to poke his head out, nearly dying as he saw Naruto standing in his bathroom, one cup of coffee on his counter, the other in the blond's hand as he looked around.

"What are you doing in here?.!" Sasuke all-but shouted, turning red.

Naruto turned to him slowly, cocking an eyebrow. "What are you so embarrassed about? I've seen you naked before. We've showered together numerous times at work." He took a sip of his coffee.

"That's at work, this is my home!"

Naruto's eyebrow cocked even further. "Do you look different or something? Last I checked, it didn't matter where you showered, your body didn't suddenly morph depending on the location."

"I like my privacy!" Sasuke bit out, hoping to God his erection wasn't noticeable from the blond's angle.

"Geez, aren't we touchy." Naruto rolled his eyes. "And after I came all this way to see you."

"Come to think of it, how did you find my house, anyway?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes. Was the blond spying on him, now?

"I asked Kiba." Okay, so maybe I'm too paranoid, Sasuke sighed, shaking his head.

Don't you mean hopeful? his inner pervert asked with a smirk.

Shut up!

"Anyway, you seem to be a little uncomfortable, so I'm just going to go back to the kitchen with my coffee." He held up his cup of coffee before turning to leave. Sasuke was about to retreat back behind the safety of the shower curtain when Naruto spoke again.

"Hey, Uchiha." The raven looked at him. "I never really did thank you for the nickname. I thought you were going to give me something stupid, but—I kinda like it. It's cool. So, thanks." Naruto gave him a genuine smile before turning and disappearing back into Sasuke's room, the raven's bedroom door slamming a few seconds later.

Oh my God, I want to fuck that blond idiot into the bed so badly! Sasuke thought as he gave up on the mildly cold shower and turned it down to freezing. His hand returned to its previous position before the blond had interrupted him. He could only hope he didn't scream Naruto's name as he came.

Sasuke climbed off his motorcycle, smiling slightly as Naruto made a mad dash for the door to the bar. The raven just chuckled as he shook his head, unable to understand why Naruto was so eager to get completely trashed. The blond seemed to enjoy being drunk, from what Sasuke could tell.

The Uchiha calmly walked after the other man, entering the bar shortly after. He scanned the crowd and easily spotted the mesh of frighteningly bright blond hair. He made his way towards that particular table, seeing Naruto practically strangling someone as he hugged them tightly.

It was Neji, Sasuke soon realized as he moved closer, and had he not known the Hyuuga was going to be marrying Tenten, he would've been jealous Naruto was hugging him like that.

"Hey, stalker!" Sasuke jumped a mile high as a hand fell down onto his shoulder, and he turned to deliver its owner a vicious glare. "Don't give me that look, it's because of you I keep having to fix Naruto's car." The man patted his shoulder before passing him. A girl followed seconds later, and the last person to pass was Gaara.

"Are these your siblings?" Sasuke jerked his head in the direction of the man and woman.

"Yes. Temari and Kankurou." Gaara replied before nodding to Neji and taking his seat.

"Oh my God!" All turned to Kankurou as he ran around the table towards Kiba's girlfriend. "Hinata! You've been robbed!" he exclaimed frantically as he pulled her out of her seat and spun her around. "Your ass is gone!"

Temari chuckled as Hinata blushed cutely, Kiba's eye twitching due to Kankurou now touching his girlfriend's ass. Neji didn't seem too concerned. He was used to Kankurou being an idiot.

"Hinata used to be fat in high school." Sasuke turned to Naruto as he suddenly found the blond beside him.

"But you all know each other." Sasuke insisted as he turned back to the table, Kiba now yelling at Kankurou to stop touching his girlfriend. "Don't you all hang out?"

"Nah." Temari said as she waved her hand in the air. "We all knew each other way back when, and we'll call on occasion to catch up and stuff, but we tend to stick to our own domains. Wal-Mart," she motioned Naruto, herself and her brother, "and firehouse." She motioned almost everyone else. "Oh, and police, too, I guess. Hey, Shino!" she called over Naruto and Sasuke's shoulders. The quiet boy made his way towards them, raising his hand in greeting. "We all know what's going on with who because of Naruto."

"S'right." Naruto grinned. "I'm the cool one in the group, because everyone always stays in touch with me."

"Are you kidding? If I lost touch with you, I'd have no one to complain about." Neji smirked.

"Hey!" Naruto pouted. "You know, that was hurtful."

"We can tell." Tenten teased.

"Shut up!" Naruto pouted even more, crossing his arms.

"Come on, stalker. Have a seat." Temari motioned the two seats beside her, Naruto jumping into one of them.

"I have a name." Sasuke grumbled as he took the only remaining seat.

"Oh, we know." Kankurou smirked from across the table. "But we figure if you're going to stalk our little bother, we should give you a name more suitable."

"Your—brother?" Sasuke looked at Naruto, utterly confused.

"Long story." The blond grinned. "Basically, they consider me their sibling, since we've known each other for so long."

Sasuke had a hard time keeping track of all the conversations, and had an even harder time trying to remember everyone's names. Most of the people there called him 'stalker,' even if they knew his name. Kiba had even gone as far as saying he would rename Sasuke that once they got back to the station.

"Forget Death, man!" the dog-lover had exclaimed. "Stalker sounds much better. More like you, you know?"

Sasuke had thrown a beer bottle at him.

Three hours later, and most of the people at the bar were drunk. Sasuke himself had only had one beer, since he was going to be driving himself and Naruto home, but that had been right when they'd arrived, so the alcohol was now almost completely out of his system.

The raven sat back in his chair with his arms crossed, watching as Naruto, Kiba, Kankurou and Shino played a game of pool. Kiba and Kankurou had seemed to hit it off once Hinata's ass was out of the picture, and they'd spent most of the night making fun of Sasuke together. The Uchiha knew he was going to regret having come, because now, the two of them were going to make his life a living hell whenever he saw either of them.

Neji sat down in the chair beside Sasuke, following the raven's line of sight to the boisterous blond who was arguing drunkenly with Kankurou about his last shot.

"He's something, isn't he?" Sasuke turned to Neji as the Hyuuga spoke. He then returned his gaze to Naruto.

"Yeah."

"You know, when I first met him, I was a bit like you." Neji confided. "I cared about nothing and no one. I hated everyone around me and wanted them all to leave me alone. Twenty minutes with him, and I was a completely different person." Neji smiled slightly at the memory.

"I think you and I have had very different pasts." Sasuke stated dryly.

"I never said our pasts were the same." Neji retorted, getting annoyed. "I merely said our attitudes were similar. Naruto has a way of bringing out the best in people. I suggest you confide in him if you want to change. If not, don't expect him to keep trying. Even he has his limits." Neji stood. "If someone can't be helped, he's not going to waste his time with them, that's all."

Sasuke let the other firefighter walk away, somewhat ignoring what he'd said. He'd already decided for himself he was going to confide in Naruto. There was just something about the blond that pulled people in; made them want to get closer to Naruto. This was obvious, based on all the friends he had. Most of them had known each other in high school, yet the only person all had kept in touch with was Naruto. He was amazing like that.

Sasuke sighed as he glanced at his watch, and winced. It was nearing five in the morning. Naruto had to work at Wal-Mart at noon, and then they all had the night shift at the station. He was going to have to deal with a grouchy, tired, hung-over Naruto. Wonderful.

With that in mind, the raven stood and walked towards the pool table, where Naruto was leaning against Kankurou as the two of them laughed.

"Hey, dumbass." Sasuke said.

"Stalker!" Kankurou exclaimed, throwing both hands in the air. "Have you come to join the losing streak?.!"

"No." Sasuke said with a frown. Kankurou had only had two beers, as far as he was aware of, and the man was drunk? Talk about not being able to hold your liquor, the Uchiha thought.

"Sasuke!" Naruto stumbled away from Kankurou and practically fell into Sasuke's arms, the other man holding him up. Naruto leaned forward, and Sasuke's heart beat faster in his chest as the blond's lips grazed his cheek on their way to his ear. "I kinda won, but I didn't at the same time." He giggled. "Shino's pissed at me."

"Okay, I think you've had enough." Sasuke smirked. "Time to go home."

"I don't wanna!" Naruto whined like a child.

"Regardless of whether you want to or not, it's in your best interest." Sasuke sighed. "Come on, let's go."

"No." Naruto whined, even as he dropped his pool cue onto the table and allowed Sasuke to drag him out, one arm draped over the raven's shoulders so Sasuke could help him walk easier.

"Don't do anything to him!" Kiba hollered drunkenly from the pool table. "It's not fair!"

"Yeah, yeah." Sasuke muttered under his breath. "We're leaving." he called to the group of people as he passed their table. "I'll probably see you all around."

"Bye, stalker." Temari smirked. Sasuke just ignored her and dragged Naruto out the door.

"Geez, idiot, why did you have to go and get completely trashed?" he muttered as he dragged Naruto towards his motorcycle. "You better not fall off, I swear to God."

"I'm not that drunk." Naruto chuckled, leaning more heavily on the Uchiha. Sasuke stumbled slightly, but regained his balance. Thank God he was a firefighter.

"Come on, get on." Sasuke pushed Naruto onto his motorcycle, plopping a helmet on the blond's head before getting on himself and securing his own helmet. He ensured Naruto's arms were secured around his waist before kicking off the ground and turning his motorcycle around.

As they zoomed down the street, he continued to pull on Naruto's hands to make sure they stayed around his waist every chance he got. As they were nearing his house, he almost had a heart attack when Naruto's grip loosened, and then practically died when the blond's hands lowered. His hands had already been low on the raven's hips, so for them to dip even lower caused a part of his body to stir which he really would've rather not had stir at that particular moment in time. Especially with Naruto's hands there.

"Mm. You're hard." Naruto mumbled over the roar of the engine and the wind whipping past their faces.

Sasuke almost lost control of the bike as Naruto's left hand rubbed against his groin slightly. The Uchiha hastily stopped the bike and wrenched Naruto's hands away, even though his body screamed angrily at him. A small voice at the back of his mind—the one he often found himself arguing with—was screaming 'Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!' in a loud, obnoxious voice.

"Shut up." he growled angrily to his internal voice.

"Mm?" Naruto asked, sounding half-asleep.

"Nothing. Don't do that again." he ordered.

"But you liked it."

Sasuke grit his teeth. "Despite that, I'm also driving. Motorcycles are more dangerous than cars. If we lean too far one way, the bike will fall over. I can't have you distracting me like that."

"You still liked it." Sasuke could hear the teasing tone in Naruto's voice. He growled and put Naruto's hands back around his waist, hoping the blond would keep them there.

As they continued driving, Naruto's hands moved up this time. Sasuke figured he could deal with that a lot more than if they travelled back down.

Once they'd arrived back at Naruto's, Sasuke stopped his motorcycle and got off his bike, turning to help him. He pulled the helmet off first, placing it on the ground before helping the blond off the bike. Naruto stumbled and grabbed hold of Sasuke before giggling like an idiot.

"You're such a moron." Sasuke sighed, shaking his head.

"But you love me anyway." Naruto teased. Sasuke blushed cutely at that, but decided to ignore it. His helmet hid the blush from his co-worker, anyway.

"Come on. I'm helping you to the door, then leaving your ass there if that's where you pass out."

"Why?" Naruto asked as Sasuke made his way to the door. "Why not stay with me?"

Sasuke froze in his steps, turning to look at Naruto. Was he serious? He wanted Sasuke to spend the night? Well, he spent the night at your place last time, didn't he? So what's wrong with you spending the night here?

"You—want me to?"

"Sure." Naruto breathed against his neck. Sasuke shivered.

"All right. Wait here."

Sasuke sat Naruto down on his front porch, trotting back to his motorcycle. He pulled the key out of the ignition and picked up the helmet he'd placed on the floor. He then pulled off his own helmet before walking back towards Naruto. The blond was holding out a key to Sasuke. As the raven bent to grab it, Naruto moved his hand away, smirking. Sasuke scowled and leaned forward more to grab the key, but Naruto continued to pull it out of his grasp.

The raven growled low in his throat, pulling back and just glaring down at the drunken blond. Naruto giggled stupidly. "You're so cute when you're mad, Sasuke." He held the key out again and Sasuke snatched it out of his hand before he could retreat it. He walked past Naruto and unlocked the front door. He hurriedly put the two helmets into the hall closet before walking back outside to pick up his drunken friend.

He manoeuvred the two of them into the house, closing and locking the door behind himself before dropping the keys on the hall table. With a grunt, he trudged towards the stairs with Naruto, pulling the blond upstairs. Once they reached the top, he walked to the other man's room, knowing where it was due to his pranks.

He walked into the room and sat Naruto down on his bed, the blond leaning back, propping himself up on his elbows as he regarded the panting Uchiha.

"You're out of shape, Sasuke. Must not be getting laid enough."

"What's with you?" Sasuke demanded with a glare. "Why are you acting like this?"

It could be because he's drunk, the voice Sasuke hated supplied.

No, it's not because he's drunk. He was drunk last time, too, Sasuke argued back.

But he passed out last time. That's why you brought him home, because it was closer. This time, he's still awake. Maybe he gets horny. Go for it.

Shut up!

Sasuke shook his head violently, trying to dispel the annoying voice in his head he was sure belonged to Genma. It even sounded like the perverted firefighter.

"Do you need anything else?" Sasuke ground out, forcing himself to remain calm.

"Yeah, I do."

Before Sasuke could react, Naruto had grabbed his hand and wrenched him forward. The raven struggled not to land on Naruto, one knee placed between the blond's legs while his hands rested on either side of his chest. Naruto smirked at him.

"You."

Naruto slowly tilted his head up further, closing the small gap between himself and Sasuke until their lips met. The Uchiha was frozen, unable to move, even if he wanted to. Naruto sensed the other's lack of participation and bit down on his lip harshly, causing Sasuke to jerk back slightly. He stared down into hazy blue eyes, Naruto giving him a lopsided smirk before reaching up again and pulling Sasuke's bottom lip between his teeth, sucking on it.

Sasuke let out an involuntary moan and threw reason out the window. He hastily altered his position, straddling the blond beneath him and bringing his lips down almost violently, forcing his tongue past pink lips. Naruto moaned deep in his throat, causing Sasuke's already tight pants to tighten even further. Note to self, Sasuke thought as he plundered Naruto's mouth. No more tight pants when around Naruto.

"Sasuke..." Naruto panted as the Uchiha removed his mouth from Naruto's and moved down to suck on his pulse. He could feel the bulge in the blond's own pants, and couldn't help but smirk. Apparently, Kiba had been telling the truth. And apparently, Naruto liked him just as much as he liked Naruto.

Growling ferally, Naruto wrenched Sasuke's head back by yanking on his hair and meshed their lips together, rolling his hips upwards against the Uchiha's. Sasuke let out a moan, which Naruto eagerly swallowed up.

As much as Sasuke was enjoying this, something at the back of his mind—one of his many annoying voices—kept screaming about how wrong this was.

He's drunk! that annoying little voice hollered. He doesn't know what he's doing! Strangely enough, the voice sounded like Raidou.

But he panted my name, Sasuke's perverted voice insisted.

Doesn't mean this is right! He's still drunk! Stop it right now!

But it feels so good!

Shut up! Sasuke thought annoyed, the voices disappearing. I swear, I'm going to have to find out if I have multiple personalities or something.

As Naruto leaned back to pull off Sasuke's shirt, the raven had to give in to the voice in his head—uh, the reasonable one.

"Naruto, stop." Sasuke panted, pulling away. Naruto had wrapped his legs around Sasuke's waist, making it difficult for him to get away. "Naruto, I'm sorry. You're drunk, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. You're drunk."

"No, I'm not." Naruto insisted, his voice slurring. "Don't you want this, Sasuke?" Naruto's hands left Sasuke to travel down his own covered, muscled chest and taunt stomach. Sasuke watched his hands with fascination. "Don't you want me? I thought you wanted me, am I wrong?" Naruto ground his hips upwards again, causing Sasuke to moan as their clothed erections rubbed against one another.

"Naruto—you're drunk." he grit out. I won't give in, I won't give in, I won't give in—but I want to, dammit!

"No, I'm really not." Naruto insisted as he reached up and wrapped his arms behind Sasuke's neck, pulling him back down. Sasuke kept his face away from Naruto's, one hand pushing against the blond's chest.

"Yes, you really are. You may not think so, but you are." Sasuke insisted. "Naruto, please! Let me go."

"I thought this was what you wanted, stalker." Naruto smirked. Sasuke growled.

"If you don't stop right now, I won't be able to stop myself!"

With that, Sasuke wrenched himself backwards, effectively escaping from Naruto's legs and falling to the ground. He hissed in pain as sparks of agony shot up his spine from the landing. Naruto sat up in bed and Sasuke hastily got to his feet, running out of the room. He found the closest bathroom, slammed into it, and locked the door. He jumped into the shower, clothes and all, and turned the water on to as cold as it could go.

Once he was thoroughly frozen to the bone, his lips blue, and his teeth chattering, Sasuke turned the water off.

"H-he's going t-to k-k-kill me, t-that m-man." he stuttered, shaking from the cold.

Sasuke was shaken lightly from his sleep at the sound of plates being moved around coming from the kitchen. He rolled over from his position on the couch, peeking one eye open. Everything was hazy for a few seconds before it started to clear, and he brought his watch close to his face to inspect the time. It was eleven. He'd slept more than he'd meant to.

The raven groaned as he got to his feet, walking towards the kitchen with a yawn. He cleared the door and froze as he was greeted with Naruto's bare back. The blond man wore nothing more than a pair of black boxers, moving around his kitchen, making breakfast. Sasuke himself was still fully clothed, and his shirt was still damp in a few places from his shower.

As if sensing someone watching him, Naruto spun around from the stove, his eyes locking on Sasuke's wide ones.

"Hey." Naruto cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Sorry if I woke you."

"You didn't." Sasuke lied, his voice much quieter than he'd meant it to be.

"Um, this is going to be a little awkward, but..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head, wincing slightly as his headache returned. "What happened last night? I don't remember anything, which is a feat for me, since I almost always remember stuff. Even when I'm drunk." He smiled sheepishly.

Suddenly, Sasuke found it hard to breathe. "Nothing. Nothing happened last night. We came home, you told me to stay, and then you passed out. Nothing unusual happened. Nothing at all."

Naruto cocked an eyebrow at Sasuke's reaction to the question. He sounded less calm than usual. Less stoic.

"Okay." he said slowly. "Um, you like eggs?"

"Huh?" Sasuke couldn't keep up with the change of subject. His mind was replaying all the events of the night before.

"Eggs. You know, from chickens. Or ducks, depending." Naruto shrugged.

"Yeah, right." Sasuke shook his head. "Eggs, of course. What about them?"

Naruto stared at him a long while. "Do you like them?"

"Yes." Sasuke blurted out. "Yes, they're fine."

"All right. Scrambled?"

"Sure."

"Cool." Naruto turned back to the stove, picking up a spatula. Sasuke was still staring at his well-toned, incredibly tanned back. He had to force himself to leave the kitchen before he did anything stupid.

The raven plopped down on the couch he'd been sleeping on, lacing his fingers together and resting his hands against his forehead. "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!" he hissed, annoyed, hitting his head each time he said the word. He needed to get Naruto in bed, and he needed to get him in bed now. The question was—how should he go about it? Flat-out ask him? Play it up, act like a good boyfriend, or something? He didn't know, dammit!

He'd known for as long as he could remember that he preferred guys to girls, but he'd never actually had a boyfriend! Just the casual lay here or there, nothing serious. But he didn't want a casual lay with Naruto. He didn't want a one-night stand. He wanted something more—permanent.

The doorbell rang, snapping the raven out of his musings.

"Shit, can you get that for me?" Naruto called from the kitchen.

"Uh, sure."

Sasuke stood and went to the front door. He unlocked the door, having thankfully remembered to lock it the night before, and pulled it open. He stared out at the man standing before him. He was slightly shorter than Sasuke, but not by much. An inch, two, at the most. His hair was black like Sasuke's, but the style was different. And right now, his glare was reaching an intensity Sasuke could only dream of reaching.

"Who the hell are you," the man before him hissed vehemently, "and what are you doing in my boyfriend's house?.!"

Sasuke's heart plummeted to the bottom of his feet, only to be stepped on violently as he jerked away from the door.