A/N: Hehe this was the most reviews I got for a chapter. I'm happy. And I don't know if you guys noticed, but on my last update I had exactly 34,000 words. I mentally screamed when I saw that (yes I'm weird), but it was just..so exact. I just had to share that.

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Naruto didn't expect teaching someone to read and write was this hard. He was blessed that Sasuke was actually a fast learner. Since Sasuke refused to sit on his chair and work on the table, Naruto brought out an old kotatsu for Sasuke to use. Naruto taught Sasuke in his room. He took the liberty of buying Sasuke pencils and paper, which Sasuke refused at first, but Naruto made the point that he needs the supplies in order to learn. Sasuke felt overwhelmed from the things he received, but he was happy getting them at the same time.

Naruto would teach Sasuke after he returned home from work. He first taught Sasuke the basics of holding a pencil. Sasuke got the hang of it easily since he used chopsticks before learning how to write. Sasuke was fascinated by the lead making marks on the paper. Naruto caught him constantly drawing lines or scribbles and lightly scolded him on not to waste paper. Sasuke couldn't stop himself though.

One day when Naruto came home, he saw that Sasuke had coloured the whole paper with his pencil. Sasuke was covered in smudges of lead, and his pencils were all dull. Sasuke seemed proud of his work. Naruto was going to just throw it away, but Sasuke refused and hugged it to his chest. This lead Naruto into getting Sasuke a folder to keep all his papers in. Sasuke proudly put all his scribbled on papers and his precious fully coloured one inside the folder.

Naruto left Sasuke to do whatever he wanted for the next couple of days. Sasuke continued to draw scribbles until he discovered that he could draw shapes. This lead him to draw all sorts of weird shapes and lines. To him it was his precious work, but to anyone else, it would've been considered garbage.

It was at one point during the middle of the week, Sasuke ran up to his master showing his work when Naruto came through the front door.

"Hey Sasuke, what's that?"

Naruto took the piece of paper and messily, it had the word 'Sasuke' written down.

"You wrote your name?"

Sasuke nodded and grinned.

"Good job." Naruto smiled as he messed Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke's smile suddenly vanished as he spun around and ran upstairs.

Naruto stood there wondering what just happened. He took his coat off and hung it. He then made his way to his room. He didn't see Sasuke at first, but he saw a tail sticking out from under the kotatsu.

"If you're going to hide, you should make sure you hide every part of you, you know." Naruto teased.

Naruto laughed when he saw a hand grab the tail and bring it underneath so it couldn't be seen. He lifted the blanket, startling Sasuke. Sasuke covered his face and refused to look at his master.

"What are you hiding?" Naruto grabbed Sasuke and dragged him out.

Sasuke continued to hide his face, but Naruto placed Sasuke on his lap and grabbed his hands. He gently pulled the hands away from the face and took a good look at the kit.

Sasuke's face was bright red. When their eyes met, Sasuke quickly turned away. He felt the familiar heat on his face, and he knew he was blushing. It was embarrassing.

"You got all flustered just from a compliment?" Naruto grinned and touched Sasuke's hair.

Sasuke pouted and jumped off his master's lap. He grabbed the paper with his name on it from where it fell on the floor. He carefully placed it inside his folder and then closed it. He took another sheet of the piles of paper and wanting to write his name again. Naruto sat down to watch Sasuke.

Sasuke froze for a little, feeling a bit of pressure. He took the pencil and carefully placed it down. He made messy lines and curves to write his name again. Sasuke didn't really know what each letter was, but he just knew what the shape of each letter in his name was.

Sasuke smiled at his master, while pointing at his name. His cheeks were still a light shade of pink. Then Sasuke held the pencil to Naruto and slid the paper over to him as well.

"You want me to write your name?"

Sasuke shook his head and pointed to him.

"Oh you want my name?"

Sasuke nodded, hoping that it was okay.

Naruto took the pencil from Sasuke and smoothly wrote down his first and last name underneath Sasuke's name. Then he gave it back to Sasuke for him to see.

Sasuke examined it and tried copying it. It was still messy despite him trying to copy Naruto's hand writing. Sasuke pouted in realizing how messy his handwriting was.

Naruto studied the kit as he wrote his name down over and over. Naruto knew that he should actually start teaching him, instead of having him write words that he doesn't exactly understand. Naruto felt some adoration watching the kit.

Sasuke was too concentrated writing Naruto's name down that he didn't notice the stare of the blonde. He didn't even notice his master coming closer to him.

Naruto was leaning over the corner of the table.

"Sasuke."

Sasuke was snapped out of his concentration and looked up, only to be met with a pair of soft lips onto his. He felt a chill go down his spine. When the chaste kiss was broken, it took Naruto a bit to realize what he just did.

"Ah." Naruto couldn't think of anything to say.

He abruptly stood up, startling Sasuke.

"I'm going to get a drink." He said before he started to leave his room and downstairs.

Sasuke sat there stunned. He didn't know how to react, more like he couldn't. He just sat there wide eyed at the door where Naruto left. He was stiff from the shock of being kissed.

When Sasuke finally caught a grasp on reality, he started to relax his stiff body. He gently touched his recently kissed lips, unsure what to feel. His face started reddening like mad as he kept repeating the scene over and over. Sasuke knew the meaning of a kiss, but he was still confused on why his master kissed him.

Naruto on the other hand was washing his face in the bathroom downstairs. He put his hands on the sink and looked at himself through the mirror. His heart was beating at an irregular speed. He tried calming himself, but he couldn't as he replayed his actions and Sasuke's stunned reaction in his head. He saw an unfamiliar pink shade appear on his cheeks.

Naruto let out a groan as he sat against the wall, running his hands through his hair. How did this happen he questioned himself. He remembered how soft Sasuke's lips were as he touched his lips. The feeling was still lingering there. It wasn't like him to act like that. Sasuke somehow broke through his barriers and made a very big effect on Naruto. Does he actually like the kit? It was something he didn't even consider until now.

He couldn't even come up with a reason on why he suddenly kissed Sasuke. He was brought out of his thoughts when someone lightly knocked on the bathroom door.

"Naruto-sama? Are you okay?"

Naruto got up and opened the door to see Sakura in her normal clothing.

"Yeah I'm fine, why?"

"I just heard you groaning, so I came to check up on you."

"I'm fine. You look good with normal clothing." Naruto hasn't seen Sakura wear her own clothes in a while.

"Thank you Naruto-sama." She giggled.

"Sakura..you can drop the sama now."

Sakura lightly gasped, "We're dropping formalities now? What has gotten into you?"

"We've known each other for years Sakura."

Sakura ignored Naruto. "Hm, I bet it's all Sasuke's doing. You've really come to like him, haven't you."

Naruto's face started to turn slightly pink, remembering the kiss between him and Sasuke.

"Are you actually blushing? So you do like Sasuke?!"

"Shut up." Naruto mumbled, trying to hide his face with his hand. "And no."

"Are you sure?" Sakura asked, not believing him.

"I don't know. Stop asking such questions." He mumbled again.

"What did you come here for anyways? Why'd you even go to the bathroom down here instead of upstairs?"

Naruto froze and nervously laughed.

"Well, I needed a drink and then I had to use the bathroom..?" He hoped Sakura would buy it. She was too sharp for his own good.

Sakura thought for a little bit and then asked what Naruto wanted to drink. Naruto was relieved that she didn't ask anymore questions. He requested water since he didn't really need a drink. Sakura scolded Naruto for not thinking of Sasuke and she gave Naruto a glass of milk to give to Sasuke.

Naruto finally returned back to the room. Sasuke didn't even look up at him. He was writing both his and Naruto's name over and over on a different sheet of paper.

Inside, Sasuke was panicking. His heart was beating so fast, but he managed to keep a calm face. He only looked up when Naruto placed the glass of milk in front of Sasuke.

Naruto was slightly annoyed that the kit didn't give any response. Did that mean nothing to him? He looked at Sasuke, watching him write their names over and over. He noticed that it was a different paper Sasuke was writing on.

"You're handwritings getting better. Let me see the other paper you wrote on." Naruto reached for Sasuke's folder.

Sasuke practically launched himself to his folder before Naruto could even touch it. He tightly hugged his folder to his chest defensively.

"What are you hiding?" Naruto reached for the folder. "Let me see."

Naruto was more curious to know what it was now. Everytime Naruto came closer, Sasuke took a step back. Sasuke didn't want to show him what he did. His face dropped when he felt his back touch the wall.

Naruto placed his hands on each side of Sasuke's head so he couldn't escape.

"Show me Sasuke."

Sasuke shook his head and looked away.

"Disobeying?"

Sasuke's ears fell. His chest felt tight. He didn't respond, instead tears started to form. He really didn't to show what he did.

"Shit, don't cry Sasuke." Naruto felt that he took it too far.

He wiped Sasuke's tears with his thumbs.

"I'll let you go on one condition."

Sasuke's ears slightly twitched upon hearing that. He looked up to his master to see what this "condition" was.

"I want you to kiss me again, but I'm not going to move. You have to start it." Naruto tapped his lips. He just wanted to see Sasuke's reactions.

He wasn't disappointed when he saw Sasuke's face burned red. He could see how hard Sasuke was thinking.

Sasuke didn't know what to do. This was the first time he received such a request. He fidgeted before deciding what to do. He looked at his master through the corner of his eye. He pouted to himself before facing the blonde.

"So? What are you going to do?" Naruto crossed his arms, waiting.

It took all of Sasuke's might to shut his eyes and lean in to the blonde, giving him a quick kiss on the lips. Sasuke felt so embarrassed, so he hid his face with the folder.

Naruto was actually surprised. He chose to do that instead of showing a piece of paper? That piqued Naruto's interest even more. He let the kit go.

Sasuke sat back down at the table, but he just stared at the paper in front of him. He placed the folder back on the table near him, but away from Naruto. He saw the glass of milk in front of him and took it into both hands.

Naruto sat back down to the side of the table from Sasuke. He stared at the kit, making Sasuke fidget.

Sasuke started to drink it, but he couldn't handle his master's stare. He turned away to avoid that stare, but he could still feel it. He looked back at his master who grinned. Sasuke jumped a little, so he turned all the way around to drink the rest of his milk. He pouted when he heard his master laugh.

Sasuke purposely turned around to wipe the remaining milk off his face with his sleeve.

"Hey hey, didn't I tell you not to do that?"

Sasuke continued to pout as he placed the cup on the table.

"It's fun teasing you Sasuke." Naruto smirked.

Sasuke ignored his master. He wasn't happy being "teased" so much. He took a sheet of paper and started scribbling on it.

"Oh?" Naruto leaned in to see what he was doing. "Are you going to hide this from me too?"

Sasuke snapped and glared at his master. He crumpled the paper and threw the paper at him.

Naruto bursted out into laughter, unable to take it anymore.

"Even your angry face is cute." He teased while laughing.

Sasuke went under the table so he didn't have to face his master.

Naruto snickered as he lifted the blanket and saw Sasuke curled up underneath.

"You're not exactly small Sasuke. How do you manage to squeeze yourself in there?"

Sasuke ignored Naruto. The only movement there was, was Sasuke's tail. Naruto shrugged.

"I guess I won't teach you anymore then since it seems you're not interested." He joked.

Naruto immediately heard a loud thump and small whine. There was no way he would give up learning, but he acted too fast for himself. Sasuke accidentally hit his head on the table as he tried to get out. Sasuke slowly crawled out, rubbing his head. He obediently sat down and looked at his master, ready to learn.

"You okay there?" He asked. He was still smiling from his previous laughter.

Sasuke nodded and got another sheet of paper.

"I got it, I got it. I'll start teaching you, so don't worry." Naruto messed Sasuke's hair.

Naruto started by teaching Sasuke the alphabet. He showed Sasuke each letters and the pronounciation of them. Since Sasuke already knew the english language, it was easier to explain. He had Sasuke write down the alphabet several times so he learned each letter. He would test Sasuke by sounding out a letter and seeing if Sasuke could guess it.

Sasuke quickly got the hang of it. When Naruto wrote some words and he read them, Sasuke was able to understand better. He put them together, the words he already knew with their spelling. It was like a puzzle to Sasuke and he enjoyed it.

This went on for hours. They ate dinner in between, but Naruto was spent. He was tired from teaching Sasuke for this long since it wasn't easy. Sasuke on the other hand was very happy. He already learned how to read and write very basic words. Naruto was laying on the floor waiting for Sasuke to finish.

When he was done, Sasuke sat next to Naruto and showed everything he learned. There were words written down that Sasuke remembered. He showed them with pride and with a smile.

Naruto patted Sasuke.

"Good job. I'm proud of you, you know?" Naruto smiled, still laying down.

Sasuke's chest welled up with more pride and happiness. He was getting the attention he's been yearning years for. That sense of pride in what he has done.

Sasuke yawned, showing off his cute little fangs.

"Tired?"

Sasuke nodded, eyes a little teary from the yawn.

"I am too, how about we go to sleep."

Naruto got up and they both washed up. Naruto changed into his t-shirt and just wore his boxers for his bottom. Sasuke changed as well, wearing a sweater as usual. Sasuke started to get his blanket and pillow from underneath Naruto's bed.

"Sasuke, I'm allowing you to sleep in my bed now. It's fine." Naruto made sure to say that so Sasuke didn't have to think he'd get in trouble for it.

Sasuke happily climbed on Naruto's soft bed and laid down. Naruto turned off the lights and followed in after.

"Goodnight Sasuke."

Soon they both drifted off to sleep.

Naruto woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. He noticed Sasuke curled up against him, so he tried his best to not wake him up. Naruto got up and dragged his feet to the bathroom. He almost tripped on the kotatsu, forgetting it was there. He mumbled a string of curses before seeing Sasuke's folder. He picked it up and took it with him to the bathroom.

Inside he turned the lights on and let his eyes adjust. He quickly used the toilet and washed his hands. After drying them, he picked up Sasuke's folder and opened it.

He saw Sasuke's work from his teaching and scribbled paper. He looked through them until he found the paper Sasuke tried hiding. At first all he saw were his and Sasuke's names, but when he looked closer, he saw it.

"Shit." He mumbled, being reminded of today's incidents. I guess he really was affected by it.

He quickly put the paper back in its place and closed it. He turned off the lights and went back. He placed the folder on the table and laid back in bed. Sasuke instantly curled against Naruto seeking that familiar heat.

This isn't good. This isn't good at all.

All Naruto had on his mind before he went to sleep was Sasuke's paper. And on that paper was their names. And in between their names, there was a small heart linking them together.