Sunlight shines on a sleeping blonde, rising just enough to peek through the window causing him to stir. Naruto opens his eyes only to be blinded instantly, he had forgotten to close his blinds and where he decided to crash on the floor positioned him in the perfect spot for blindness.
Realising he was on the floor, the event from the previous night played through his mind. Naruto sat up and turned to face the peacefully sleeping Sasuke. Sighing to himself he reaches for his phone which reads 10:12am. 'Wow, longer than I would have expected to sleep' he thought.
Quietly getting up so as to not wake up the slumbering teen he collects his clothes and makes his way to the washroom. After washing up he decided that his back was scabbed enough to allow him to go bandage less. Finding it a little easier to put on his top he slides on a plain red v neck and a pair of light grey skinny jeans.
He wasn't used to getting dressed in the washroom, he'd normally just wrap a towel and head back to his room, but he didn't want to give the raven a heart attack had he already woken up. Reminding himself of Sasuke's little drunken confession, Naruto froze momentarily 'what did he mean by that?'
Narutos mind was telling him it was exactly what he thought it meant, but he was in denial 'No, he clearly means he's liking me as a friend right?' he tries to reassure himself.
Opening his door quietly and peering in he sees Sasuke in the same position, which makes him chuckle slightly before he wonders 'how many people have seen you this peaceful?'
Tossing his clothes in his hamper he grabs his big black beanie off his dresser to hide his ear, then makes his way out of his room and down stairs. He figured Sasuke would be hungry when he woke up so he was going to make them a quick breakfast. Naruto had only made food for him and Minato's goons. He was no five star chef but he hoped his simple breakfast of toast bacon and tomato, spinach omelettes would suffice.
Naruto hummed the song he's been rehearsing for the tribute, he was so engrossed in his tasks that he had failed to hear the presence behind him.
The smell of bacon filled his nose, calling him forth from his slumbers. He wasn't feeling that well and he wasn't sure why. Upon opening his eyes he's greeted with a navy blue room coated with a variety of band posters. Sasuke mentally starts to panic. He looks down to see he's thankfully wearing clothes, but they aren't his. Quick to his feet he immediately regretted moving so quickly, his head was throbbing.
He realised he was standing on blankets that looked to be a makeshift bed of some sorts. This made him feel a bit more comfortable. 'I thinks it's safe to say I didn't lose my V card to some random person last night.'
After calming his nerves a bit he takes another look around the room to see his leather jacket hung over the back of a chair that was nestled into a quaint little desk by the door. He also noticed his clothes seemed to have been folded neatly on top of the desk where his phone also laid.
Walking over to the desk he recognized the familiar book he's come to know quite well. 'Naruto?' he mentally questioned himself.
Opting to check his phone before he tried to piece anything else together he sees several missed messages.
Sakura:
Casnm you guiys keep a lookout for Lee? I cant finbd him! :(
Shino:
Thant is because he drank too much.
Kiba:
Shhhh shhinoooo!
Hinata:
Guys I found Lee.
(image attached)
A picture of Lee passed out in a bathtub with his legs hanging over the edge was shown to the group.
Neji:
Sasukeeee whjree you go?
Kiba:
With Inooo! ;)
(Image attached)
Sasuke was looking at a picture of him and Ino looking rather close. 'Argh, what did I do last night?' he mentally groaned.
Neji:
OOh iseee wtg! ;)
Ino:
Guys he loves me! 3
Neji:
Sasuke?
Sasuke?
Whereed you goo?
'I'm never drinking with them again' Sasuke mentally sighs before checking his other missed messages. He wasn't looking forward to them because he knew they'd be from his brother.
Itachi:
Sasuke are you alright?
Are you staying the night?
Answer me Sasuke!
I need to know you're safe.
I swear Sasuke
'He really did go a bit too mother hen didn't he?' Sasuke groans at his brothers over protective nature.
Sasuke:
Don't worry I'm fine, I stayed with a friend last night. I'll be home in a bit.
Almost immediately he gets a response.
Itachi:
Damnit Sasuke you had me so worried I barely slept! And I hope you at least used protection ;)
Sasuke:
Fuck off Itachi!
Itachi:
As grumpy as ever, maybe you didn't get any.
Sasuke:
I swear to fuck Itachi if you don't drop it I'm never telling you anything ever again!
Itachi:
Yeah yeah, anyways when will you be home?
'I swear this fucker, how can he go from one extreme to the next?' Sasuke metally questions the sanity of his brother.
Sasuke:
Not sure, I'll text you when I'm on my way.
After talking to Itachi Sasuke revealed that he never texted Naruto, so how did he end up in his room? A thought came to his mind 'NO! Tell me I didn't drunk dial him!'
Looking at his recent calls his stomach dropped, a call made at 2:20am outgoing to a one Dobe. "Fuck" he mumbles. He can feel his pride screaming at him, though he isn't completely sure why, he just hopes he didn't do anything to embarrass himself.
Locking his phone he places it back down with his clothes before exiting the room. The house wasn't small, but wasn't anything near what he lived in. He expected the house to feel warm like Naruto, but it just gave him a cold empty feeling. He really didn't like it. Luckily for him the door to the washroom was open so he made his way in relieving himself before his bladder burst then proceeding to wash his hands and splash some cool water on his face to help with his slight headache.
Making his way out of the bathroom he goes down the stairs and follows the scent of bacon. Once at the bottom of the stairs he can hear that captivating voice he has come to admire and he knows for sure that he is definitely at Narutos. Following the melody and smell of cooking food he makes his way to the doorway of the kitchen where he sees the blond humming away flipping an omelette.
Sasuke admired Naruto from the back, he watched ever muscle flex as he moved to do the simplest of things, His eyes slowly trailed down and without realising it he was fixated on Naruto's plump ass. It was getting harder to deny that he felt some sort of attraction to the teen. He always saw himself as straight, he's never thought of another guy like this and it confused him.
After realising he was daydreaming about how firm Narutos ass must feel he shook his head and finally spoke before getting caught ogling the blond. "Morning."
Naruto was so into his own world, humming and cooking that he had no idea Sasuke was behind him which never happened to him. "Fuck! You scared the shit out of me" He pants holding his hand over top of his pounding heart in an attempt to calm it down.
This response causes Sasuke to chuckle, he wasn't sure why, but he felt like in the presence of Naruto he could be a little less stoic. "Sorry."
Naruto grumbles something under his breath and Sasuke sure its something along the lines of "stupid teme."
"Go sit, I've made breakfast." Naruto gestures to the kitchen table.
Sasuke nods and goes to take his seat. Naruto places a plate of buttered toast, bacoo and a spinach and tomato omelette in front of him. "Would you like some orange juice or coffee or something?" Naruto asks nervously, scratching his neck.
Already having breakfast made for him he didn't want Naruto to have to make him coffee as well so he just said, "orange juice is fine, thanks."
Naruto grabs a couple glasses out of the cabinet and gets the orange juice out of the fridge. He quickly fills the glasses before placing the juice back in the fridge and grabbing something out of another cabinet.
"Here, you may need these." Naruto places the glass of juice and a bottle of Advil next to the raven. Then brings his own plate over and sits across from Sasuke, beginning to eat his own breakfast.
"Thanks." Sasuke opens the bottle taking two pills out and swallowing them with his ice cold orange juice.
Naruto takes a bite of toast before saying "no worries."
Sasuke begins to eat his food, he is beyond happy that his omelette has tomatoes incorporated, it's like Naruto somehow knew he liked tomatoes. He unconsciously hum and bounces his leg as he eats, something he only does when he's thoroughly enjoying his food.
Naruto catches the slight sounds and gestures and smirks "Good?"
Sasuke stops and looks up only to be frozen, those beautiful cobalt sapphires shimmering back at him are enough to take his breath away. They are even more dazzling in the natural light. It takes him a moment to realise he was asked a question. "Yeah, this actually rivals my mom's omelettes."
"Hm, glad you like it, I've never cooked for anyone other than Mina-, ah I mean my family." Naruto replied truthfully. Mentally slapping himself for almost spilling his fathers name, and mentioning cooking for him at all.
"Really? You'd never know. You even managed to make my favourite type of omelette, like you knew somehow." Sasuke lightly jokes.
"Well after you almost ate all my tomatoes last night I figured you'd probably like an omelette with tomatoes in it." Naruto teases, softly chuckling at the memory of drunken Sasuke being delighted with a container of cherry tomatoes.
Sasuke stops eating, his face wants to do nothing but blush, he somehow manages to keep his body at bay. He realises he still has no idea what happened last night, or how he got here. "Shit, did I really do that?" He asks slightly, shying away from the blond so as to not make eye contact.
"Oh yeah, you were adamant on eating JUST cherry tomatoes, but it allowed me to force you to drink another bottle of water so I guess it worked out." Naruto chuckled some more. He rather enjoyed the shy embarrassed version of the usually stoic teen.
"Fuck, well thanks, but how did I even end up here? I don't really remember?" The uncharacteristically nervous teen asked.
Naruto looks like he's trying to think of what to say, then gets an amused glimmer in his eyes. "Well you called me just before I fell asleep, sometime after 2am and asked me to come get you. I told you I don't drive and you demanded that I walk to you." He laughs at the memory before continuing. "You're a really needy drunk, you know that?" He teases the embarrassed raven.
"I am not! Asshole." Sasuke shouts but mumbles the part about being an asshole. Naruto can tell there's no malice behind his words, just pure embarrassment.
"Whatever, at least I didn't drunk dial you, why the hell would you call me?" Naruto asks, pointing his fork towards Sasuke in a suggestive "you did it not me" kind of way.
Sasuke got a bit defensive at this "How should I know why I called a dobe like you?"
"You weren't calling me a dobe last night." Naruto mumbled under his breath as he took a bite of his bacon.
"I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't quite hear you?" Sasuke asked in an irritated tone.
Naruto sighs, this conversation was derailing quickly. "Listen, you called me really fucking drunk, like I could barely understand a word you were saying. I wasn't going to come because A. I don't drive and B. You were at the Hyugas." Naruto grimaces at the thought of Neji or anyone that knew him knowing he showed up for Sasuke. "But in the state you sounded, I couldn't in good conscience leave you alone. Bad things happen at those parties Sasuke..."
Naruto looks down and pushes his breakfast around on his plate, clearly looking distressed from his own memories. "Anyway it's a good thing I did come because when I got there you were passed out against the main gate. I got you up, force fed your bratty ass a bottle of water and tried to get you to go home. You refused to go home saying something along the lines of "shhh Tachi can't know." Somehow you managed to convince me to bring you here, I'm still not sure how you managed that If I'm being honest." Naruto scratches the back of his neck nervously, not realising they are still sitting in his house together.
"I had to bribe you with food to get you to walk. We got to my place where you informed me you just wanted tomatoes. After that I got you some more comfortable clothes because no one should sleep in skinny jeans." Naruto shutters at the thought. " And after that I let you take my bed and I slept on the floor. And that's the gist of it." Naruto conveniently left out all the embarrassing, smelling of him and his things, the demands of being carried, wanting to share a bed and the liking him confession. He still figured it would be too much for Sasukes pride to take. Also he wasn't exactly comfortable about telling him those things, Sasuke really started to confuse him.
Sasuke sat there like a deer in the headlights. He was trying his best to take everything in, there was so much information to unpack. He called the blond, the blond came for him, he ended up at his house, nothing was that bad right? But he couldn't shake this feeling like he was missing something.
A question was lingering in Sasukes mind so he looked up as calmly as he could in his contemplative state and asked, "why did you pick me up?"
Without hesitation Naruto answered "I told you, bad things happen at those parties. Sasuke I know I don't treat you like you are, but you come from the most sought after family there is, if terrible things can happen to a nobody, can you imagine what could have happened to you?"
Sasuke smirked at him, before teasing, "aww, don't tell me the dobe cares?"
"Tch, you wish teme." Naruto grumbles before taking a drink of his juice trying to hide his flushed cheeks.
Sasuke chuckles at the slight tinge of pink on Narutos soft looking, perfectly tanned cheeks. He found himself wondering how his skin would feel under the strokes of his thumbs. These thoughts confused him, he's never wondered such things about anyone. It's not that he's opposed to being gay or even Bi, he just never thought he would be attracted to a male.
Being around Naruto in a more intimate setting was like seeing him in a whole new light, metaphorically and literally. The natural light that shone through his kitchen almost made his skin appear to glow, and the blues of his eyes were even more dazzling. Their crappy school fluorescents still made them look amazing, but the natural light made them breathtaking. Sasuke could pick out several different shades of blue, his eyes really were like the sky being reflected by the ocean. And Sasuke never wanted to look away from them.
'Do I really like a guy?' Sasuke found himself wondering. As much as he hated this, he was going to have to talk with Itachi about this. He had no one else with this sort of experience.
Not realising he was sitting there with an empty plate starting off, he finally gets brought back down to earth by Naruto waving his hands and whistling "Hey! Sasuke, are you done?" He gestures to the raven's empty plate.
"Hn" Is all he says, still slightly dazed.
Naruto goes to pick his plate up to be stopped by Sasuke "It's okay, I can do it, you cooked after all."
Shaking his head dismissively, Naruto says, "No, really it's fine, here."
"I insist!" Sasuke says flatly, back to showing no trace of emotion."
Naruto sighs before offering a compromise. "Fine, how about you wash I'll dry?
Sasuke responded with a "hn."
So Naruto decides to tease him with his own catch phrase "hn."
"I thought we went over this." Sasuke raises and eyebrow at the blond rather amused. His mood swings and facial expression were enough to give someone whiplash this last week. Though it was only when he was around the dobe.
"Oh sorry, do you expect royalties or something?" Naruto snorts back in amusement.
Smirking, he gets close to the blonde and whispers "Maybe I do Na-ru-to."
Sasuke expected to get Naruto flustered, but Naruto knew Sasuke was trying to get a rise out of him, he just didn't know why though. After the incident with Kiba and the rumors he hasn't dared joked around in a sexual manner in fear of being taken as an actual sexual predator. Naruto was going to test the waters though, he somehow felt he wouldn't be stepping over the line, yet another confusion to him.
Sasuke wasn't expecting the tables to be turned on him when Naruto responds whispering with his deep fucking voice and his own smirk. "Maybe I will if you're a good boy."
Sasukes face being such a beautiful light shade turned a rather noticeable flush right away. His Uchiha genes weren't enough to keep his body from betraying him. Narutos deep fucking voice whispering something that would seemingly be innocent but definitely wasn't sent shivers of excitement up Sasukes spine. Sasuke was embarrassed and turned on 'Fuck' he thought.
Trying to cover for his embarrassing state he quickly grunts "Tch dobe!"
But Naruto was wearing a shit eating grin, he now knew that Sasuke was affected by him and his drunken confession wasn't just words. He wasn't going to push this topic though, he was going to give the raven time to come up with his own thoughts and conclusions.
The two stood shoulder to shoulder as Sasuke washed and rinsed, while Naruto dried and put away the dishes. Not a word was said between the two, but the silence was something they found no awkwardness in, even after the teasing.
Just as Sasuke was drying his hands and Naruto was putting away the last of the utensils Narutos phone went off.
Letting out an irritated groan after looking to see who it was, Naruto answers it. "What do you want Izuki?"
'Izuki? Who's that?' Sasuke couldn't help but wonder.
"What, why?...No, I have plans tomorrow morning...I have to go in tonight to give Konan my doctor's note...That means I'll be working a double tomorrow though!...I swear if this is just...Ugh fine!" Naruto hangs up the phone. Forgetting about his injured ear he pulls off his beanie and tosses it on the table.
"Friggin women!" he groans again but this time propped up with his arms as he leans over looking down at the kitchen table.
"Trouble in paradise?" Sasuke teases, finding it amusing how irritated whoever that woman was made the dobe.
"Ugh, that's a girl I work with, she already committed me to taking her morning shift tomorrow so she can go get fucked up tonight." Naruto grumbles frustratingly.
"Oh, that's kinda shitty. How could she not have asked you first?" This pissed Sasuke off, he always took people's time seriously, and the nerve of this girl to just volunteer Naruto without his consent really bothered him. He also wasn't thrilled that he wasn't going to get to spend the morning with Naruto shopping for their camping assignment. If he was being honest he wasn;t only annoyed about his own plans, but the thought of not seeing the blond made him sort of...sad? He wasn't really sure, it was all so confusing.
Naruto sighs. "Yeah it sucks, but I usually have nothing better to do so she knows I'll do it no questions asked. My issue this time is WE have plans tomorrow."
Sasuke couldn't explain it, but when Naruto said "WE" and remembered their plans, his heart sped up a bit, he felt this warm flutter in his stomach and he wanted to smile. He was concerned he was getting sick.
"Hey, are you busy today?" Narutos question distracts Sasuke from these odd feelings he was having.
"No." he normally would have known why Naruto asked, but was still unable to ignore his feelings.
"Okay, well I hate wasting peoples time, it's one of my biggest pet peeves, so seeing as OUR plans got messed up, I was wondering if you want to go shop for our assignment today instead?" Naruto nervously asks as he runs his fingers through his golden locks.
'There it is again when he said "OUR"' Sasuke thought to himself, completely forgetting he'd been asked a question.
"Or not, it's okay." Naruto said, sounding a bit defeated. Maybe he misread Sasuke. 'Maybe he was just nice to the freak?' Naruto couldn't help but think.
Being brought out of his thoughts after hearing that deep voice turn solemn, he realised he was completely spaced out. He didn't like hearing Naruto sound so dejected "Sure" he was finally able to say, finding his words.
He looks up to see Naruto with a soft smile. Narutos anxiety is visibly diminished as he drops his hand from his soft beautiful hair. That was when Sasuke noticed.
"What the fuck happened?" Sasuke belted out almost panicking as he quickly walked up to the blond to examine his gashed ear.
Naruto mentally panicked, how could he be so stupid to forget about his ear? Quickly calming himself down he nervously said "Oh I just got into a scuffle and my orbital got ripped out, really it's fine."
"Fine Naruto? You have a fucking gash missing through you ear!" Sasuke growled. He was upset that Naruto wasn't taking an injury such as this seriously.
"Honestly I'm fine, I've been through worse." Naruto mumbles. He may be taller than Sasuke, but he was sure making him feel small right now.
"What do you mean worse?" Sasuke askes, he didn't like the look in the blond eyes when he mumbled that.
"Just don't worry about it alright, we should really be getting ready to leave it's close to noon." Naruto informed Sasuke trying his best to deflect his previous line of questioning.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow at the bundle of blond trying to rush him and avoid his question. "What's the rush?"
"Look, I'll be honest, I'm not allowed to have people over. My family is out of town right now and I'm not sure when they'll be back, so I would rather get out of the house sooner rather than later just in case." Naruto answers as honestly as he can. He wasn't going to tell Sasuke he doesn't have a Mom, and that his fathers security cameras were temporarily down and he had no idea when they'd be back up.
"Couldn't you just say I'm here for a project? I'm sure your parents would be fine if it were for school." Sasuke says amused. He didn't understand why Naruto was so nervous for him to be here.
The two teens walked past the living room and upstairs towards Narutos room. Even though it was a short walk, Sasuke found it odd that there were no family photos anywhere, just cold tasteless paintings.
'If only I could tell you everything' Naruto mentally frowns. It has been nice to share space in this house with someone who actually brought him a sense of peace. He wished he could feel it more.
"Whatever teme, you want a shower before we leave?" Naruto grumbles, but fails to sound irritated as they make it into his room.
Sasuke found this amusing as well. "I don't have clothes dobe"
"Tch, you're welcome to my closet, there are unopened boxers on the shelf in there as well. I figured it would be easier for you to find something that may fit you seeing as I'm bigger." Naruto shyly explains with a hint of pink gracing his normally tanned cheeks.
Sasuke chuckles at the blond reaction "Alright thanks, anything off limits?" Sasuke felt the need to ask, he himself has a few clothing items he couldn't bear to part with so he didn't want to overstep Narutos hospitality.
"Not really, just return them when you get a chance." Naruto shrugs.
Sasuke nods then makes his way to Narutos closet. He wasn't sure why but he had some weird sense of excitement, and he couldn't understand why. He opened a package of boxers and took out a pair of black ones then moved over to browse his pants. Finding a smaller looking pair of faded blue skinny jeans he grabs those before searching his shirts. His eyes are immediately drawn to a Metallica Master of Puppets t-shirt he unceremoniously grabs.
"Can I borrow a hoodie too?" he asks as his eyes meet a familiar hoodie he's dying to wear.
Chuckling Naruto responds "I said help yourself didn't i?"
Humming to himself, feeling quite pleased, he grabs the Barcoded Slipknot sweater Naruto was wearing the first day they met. He was just missing socks. "Hey, where's your socks?" He awkwardly asks, the situation just started hitting him, he's never borrowed anyone's clothes before. That and he was about to be submerged in the amazing smell of Naruto. The thought of being able to smell the blond on him made his hear flutter and heat rise in his stomach. He could almost feel his legs wobble, but no, he was an Uchiha and he had to hold it together. Naruto tosses a pair of black ankle socks at him.
"Well I'm assuming you've already seen the bathroom, the upper cupboard should have a new toothbrush, and the lower cabinet has towels and cloths." Naruto informs him. This whole situation was so foreign to him, he's never had to offer a friend?... Is that what they are? He would think about this later...Items for a shower before.
"Ah, thanks." Sasuke says.
Sasuke grabs the toothbrush and towels and sets about brushing his teeth first. His mouth felt a million times better afterwards. Placing the toothbrush down he undresses and hops in the shower. He let the water cascade down his body, thoroughly drenching him. He grabs Narutos shampoo, lathering his obsidian locks and he is immediately enthralled in Narutos scent. By the time he started washing the shampoo and body wash off himself he couldn't help but take in large inhales of the marvellous scent which started sending an increase in blood flow to his manhood. He found the scent and thought of smelling like the blond way too euphoric. He began to panic as he realised his ever growing problem in the shower of the boy responsible for his recent confusion. Refusing to touch his growing erection he turns the cold water on to hopefully aid his problem.
Once his problem diminished, Sasuke found himself entirely way too excited to be putting Narutos clothes on. Everything was rather big on him except the jeans, they were just a bit loose. Taking his time to run his hands through his damp hair he couldn't help but smile at himself in the mirror. He looked good in Narutos clothes if he said so himself.
Unconsciously he lifted the hoodie to his nose and drew in a large scent 'mmm smells so good.' Realising what he's doing his eyes widened 'The fuck am I doing?' He mentally panics, for some reason he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
Calming himself down he takes a few deep breaths before grabbing his discarded clothes and towels. He makes his way towards Narutos room, once he enters he tries not making eye contact with the blond after his private, awkward bathroom moment.
"Where do you want these?" He asks Naruto, holding up the old clothes and towels.
Naruto points towards his hamper "In there's fine." Naruto couldn't help but think Sasuke looked rather good in his clothes. The idea made his cheeks heat up slightly.
Sasuke tosses the laundry in the hamper and goes to grab his phone off the desk. "Hey, what's your address?"
Looking slightly panicked, Naruto asks "Why?"
Looking at the blond like it was the most obvious reason he says, "So I can get my driver to pick us up."
"Can't we just walk?" Naruto asks, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
"Dobe, I'm not going to carry my dirty laundry through the mall." He says flatly, looking rather annoyed.
"Oh, well we could walk to your house and drop it off first." Naruto says, trying not to sound like he's avoiding something.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow at Naruto "Why can't we just get picked up? It will be easier."
Naruto sighs, he didn't want to have this conversation, but for some reason he felt like he could bestow a tad bit of truth on Sasuke. "Well you know how I told you I'm not allowed anyone over?"
"Of course I remember, who would forget something so fucking bizarre." he snorts at the blonds nervousness. How could that have to do with being picked up?
"Naruto sat on the edge of his bed and looked at his lap. "Well, you're kind of the first person who's ever seen my house, and I'd rather no one know where I live, driver or not."
Sasuke was shocked, he couldn't have heard that right could he? Naruto has never had a friend over to his house? "How is that even possible?" Sasuke accidentally blurts out.
"It just is, so I'd appreciate you keeping this to yourself." Naruto gestures his arms in a fashion that was meant to mean being at his house and knowing where he lived.
"But why?" Sasuke was thoroughly confused and intrigued. How could a teenager have never had someone over before? What about school projects, sleep overs, hell Birthday parties?
"I can't really say, let's just say that my Dad is a cop, and he's super...secretive." Naruto mumbles almost imperceivable.
Sasuke was bewildered. 'What does a secretive cop have to do with his son not being able to bring friends around?' he couldn't help but wonder what Naruto was hiding because something isn't adding up. The thought made him want to frown, he wasn't sure why, but he wanted to make Naruto happy which was another disturbing epiphany.
"I'm sorry Naruto, but something doesn't add up." Sasuke hesitantly says. He wanted to sound confident in his statement but was finding words unusually hard right now.
"Please just leave it Sasuke, not right now." Naruto pleads with him, something in his eyes conveys sorrow and fear.
Not liking this look on the blond Sasuke drops it. He wasn't going to push Naruto, he figured he'd tell him when he's ready. He wasn't sure why he felt Naruto might tell him eventually, maybe it was because he was as Naruto claimed "the first person" he's ever had over, '' which still baffled him.
"Hn, we can walk to my palace then get driven to the mall." Sasuke says looking directly at Naruto to try and gauge his reaction. He was grateful he did, because he was graced with a soft beautiful smile that felt like he was thanking the teen from the bottom of his heart for not pushing the subject.
The only words that accompanied Narutos smile were "Thanks teme."
"Sure dobe." Sasuke smiles gently back at the blonde.
Naruto playfully sticks his tongue out at the raven like he was some teasing child.
"You have your tongue pierced?" Sasuke asks, shocked. He didn't expect that from Naruto, but he's beginning to realise Naruto is full of surprises.
"Naruto chuckles then sends a wink to Sasuke. "Oh yeah, that's not my only piercing either."
Sasuke doesn't know if it was the banter or the wink, but he felt his cheeks heat up again slightly. He found himself wondering what else the blond had pierced. "Tch, how does a kid who can't have friends over manage to get piercings?"
Naruto shrugs his shoulders "Meh, I guess I just look older."
Before he found himself asking what else he had pierced he just gave his classic "hn." He had to admit Naruto definitely looked older. He really did want to know what else he had pierced though. Thankfully being an Uchiha he was able to refrain from asking such an embarrassing question.
Thankfully before he can think of anything else embarrassing Naruto asks "So you ready to go?"
"Yeah you have anything I can carry my clothes in? I don't feel like carrying them around the street." Sasuke asked.
"Sure, we can just shove them in my bag or something." Naruto offers.
While Naruto is grabbing his bag Sasuke sends Itachi a quick text.
Sasuke:
I'm walking home with my friend. We'll be there in a bit.
Itachi:
Bringing a friend home? They sure must be special ;)
Sasuke:
Itachi!
Sasuke locked and slid his phone into his pocket, he didn't want his brother teasing him and Naruto. It's making him reconsider having his confusion talk with him.
After putting Sasukes clothes in Naruto's backpack the two teens made their way downstairs and slid their shoes on. Locking the door behind them, they made their way towards Sasukes place.
"Um, do you know where we're going?" Sasuke nervously asks because he had no idea where the fuck they were.
"Actually I was going to ask you where you live." Naruto confesses sheepishly. He felt a bit idiotic leaving without even knowing where his destination was yet.
"Dobe" Sasuke chuckles at the blond yet again. He can't believe how much he's enjoying himself lately, it's such a foreign concept to him. It was that moment he realised he had told Itachi about the blond being a possible sexual predator and knew they were about to meet.
'Shit' he thought to himself. He really hoped his brother would find Naruto as innocent as he did. He never wanted his brother's approval of a...friend? Before now. He mentally sighed at his current predicament before relaying his address to Naruto.
Naruto put the address into his phone and the two set off towards the Uchiha residence. The walk was pretty quiet, which neither minded at all. Naruto was the first one to speak up. "I hope for your sake no one sees us together today, they'll give you a hard time if they see you with me."
Sasuke could see Naruto refusing to look up from the ground. Even without looking directly at his face he could see the anguish in it. "Don't worry about it alright?" He wasn't sure why, just like with everything else revolving around his feelings and Naruto, but he wanted to comfort the blond and reassure him for some reason.
Naruto chuckles bitterly "You say that now."
Sasuke stops dead in his tracks causing Naruto to also stop. "Naruto, I don't mind being seen with you. Seriously don't worry about it, I'll be completely fine okay?"
Naruto looked directly into the deep onyx pools that were Sasukes eyes and he saw nothing but sincerity. He knew Sasuke meant it, but he knew that Sasuke failed to realise the shit he would get for being seen with the Uchiha.
Knowing he's not going to dissuade the raven he nods at him. With that they both start walking again.
Sasuke has been itching to ask Naruto about the party ever since he heard him mention bad things happening to them, he had this sixth sense that was telling him he was referring to the Kiba incident. Feeling like they are getting a bit more comfortable with each other he tries to ask Naruto gently, "Naruto, when you said bad things happen at those parties you were referring to Kiba weren't you?"
Naruto stops yet again, but his eyes almost look dead to whatever he was thinking. Finally coming to, he nods and sighs giving a quiet "Yes."
"What happened Naruto? What really happened?" Sasuke tried to gently ask as if any word would cause the teen before him to shatter.
"Maybe another time Sasuke, maybe another time." Naruto quietly states before walking again. This wasn't something he was ready to share.
"You are shrouded in mystery." Sasuke accidentally mumbled aloud.
Naruto lets out a pitiful chuckle. "You don't even know half of it."
'Naruto, I swear I'll make you smile more' Sasuke found himself silently promising both Naruto and himself. 'What are you doing to me, Naruto?'
The teens finished walking in silence. It was something they both felt was calming and peaceful. Once they arrive at Sasuke's house Naruto stays silent. He couldn't believe how amazingly big the Uchiha mansion was. He also knew that Sasuke probably would be too comfortable having someone else gush about his living conditions. Naruto figured he probably got that way too much so he chose just to stay silent.
Next to him Sasuke was thinking just that, he was waiting for the dobe to tell him how huge his mansion was just like anyone else would. To his surprise Naruto didn't so much as make a peep. It was rather refreshing, he thought. Sasuke is greeted by the security at his gate where he introduces Naruto and they both get allowed in.
They walk up to the huge door and just as Sasuke was about to open them somebody beats him to it. Looking at his little brother Itachi plasters a huge smirk on his face "Oh Sasuke your home, where's your frie-"
Before he could finish his sentence he looked behind his brother and was met with a very familiar blond haired teen. Itachi's smirk turns into a full blown smile "It's you!"
