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Roommates
It's war
If Kiba was a dog, Naruto would be the cat. Gaara was sure of that. They always played with each other, challenged and chased. Naruto was always the one getting chased, for teasing Kiba or something alike. No, Gaara thought as he saw the brunette and the blonde play on the floor in the living room. They are worse than Tonbo and Akamaru.
Naruto was sitting on Kiba's stomach, laughing at the beaten dog boy, while their kitten and dog were somewhere else in the apartment - sleeping.
"Take that, dog breath!" Naruto giggled. Kiba growled and went for another attack, spinning them around so he was on top.
"Ha! Where's Sasuke now, huh! No one can save you!" Kiba howled in laughter at Naruto's pout. "I won!" Naruto tried to escape Kiba's grip, but it seemed that he was beaten for real this time. Gaara shook his head silently, wondering what was so fun with fighting and teasing.
The intercom buzzed, and Gaara walked to press the button. Kiba flew up, knowing that it was Hinata.
"Oi!" Naruto yelled after him. "Come back here and fight like a man!"
"Like you're one to talk!" Kiba snorted and went to the hall to unlock the door for his girlfriend. Naruto frowned, not understanding what Kiba meant with that comment.
"What's that supposed to mean, asshole?" Naruto was on his feet, following the brunette. Hinata was standing in the hall, a slight blush on her nose. "Hi, Hinata!"
"Hi, Naruto-kun," she mumbled.
"Get lost, chibi," Kiba shoved Naruto out of the way and took his girlfriend's hand, almost dragging her with him from the blonde. Naruto glared after him, sitting on the floor in the hall, looking pathetic.
There was a chuckle, and Naruto looked up. Shikamaru smiled at him, offering him a hand. Naruto took it and heaved himself up. "Aren't you going to meet someone too, Shika? You're the only one single now!"
"And I like that," Shikamaru said. "Girls are troublesome."
"Guys then?" Naruto offered cutely. Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "What?"
"Naruto, don't be stupid. I'm not gay." The brunette said, pulling Naruto with him to the kitchen. "Now, be a good little boy and cook me something." Shikamaru sat down by the counter. Naruto muttered something. "You always do something for Sasuke. And you call me lazy."
"Yeah. Sometimes I think he's even lazier than you," Naruto said. "Want onigiri?"
"Yeah. Thanks, Naruto."
Naruto shrugged, picking out the rice and the nori. "What do you want in it?"
"Tuna."
"Sure thing." Naruto started cooking the rice, and then turned to Shikamaru again. "I know a girl-"
"No! Naruto, no. No matchmaking, no nothing. I'm fine." The brunette saw some papers in the corner of his eye, and grabbed them. "What's this?"
Naruto sighed. "They're for Team Hebi."
"Oh? You said you didn't want to." Shikamaru flipped through the papers. "Why aren't you wearing these kind of things?" He asked, holding up one of the designs. Naruto frowned; it was a short dress in red and a pair of long boots.
"That's not even finished. And why would you like me walking around in short dresses? You're not gay, remember?"
Shikamaru eyed Naruto's body over. "You have a nice body." He shrugged. Naruto stuck out his tongue at that comment and turned to his rice-making again. "Where's Sasuke, by the way?"
Naruto sighed. "He's in Funabashi with his father and brother."
"But it's Sunday. Who works at a Sunday?"
"Well, Fugaku-san and Itachi, for example. You only work at Mondays, so shut it, lazy bum." Naruto smiled. Shikamaru shrugged. "Maybe ... maybe there's someone working at the café ... a girl-"
"Naruto!" Shikamaru groaned. "Girls are too troublesome."
"How do you know? I don't think I've ever seen you with a girl." Naruto froze. "A-are you ... a virgin, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru wanted to bang his forehead in the counter, anything, to escape Naruto and his weirdness.
"You are! Have you ever kissed someone?" Naruto asked, carefully. He didn't want to hurt his friend's feelings, of course.
"No, leave me alone." Shikamaru grunted. Naruto stared at him for a while.
"What if you die tomorrow, do you want to die without having kissed somebody?" Naruto looked horrified at the thought. The brunette had to agree - he didn't want to die without having kissed somebody.
"I'm not going to die tomorrow, Naruto." Shikamaru felt his stomach curl. What if Naruto was right? Did he really want to die a virgin? He sure as hell didn't want to die without having being kissed. That was when he realized how pathetic it must seem. Being twenty-two years old and never been kissed. "Naruto?"
"Hm?" Naruto smiled. Shikamaru knew it wasn't a good idea. Naruto would probably say yes.
"Would you ... would you like to ... kiss me?"
Naruto stared at him for a while, without saying something. Then he smiled. "Goofball." He leaned over the counter, and Shikamaru unconsciously did the same. Their lips met, carefully. He fluttered his eyes closed, like Naruto, automatically.
Naruto's lips were soft, and they moved nice against his. Shikamaru let Naruto sneak his sweet-tasting tongue inside of his mouth. Shikamaru didn't think, he just acted. He brought his hands to Naruto's hair, fisting it carefully. Naruto's slender fingers were caressing his cheeks as they lips moved, as their tongues danced.
It was nice. A bit too nice, maybe. Because Shikamaru could feel something twitch in his pants, and it wasn't a ferret.
"What in hell are you doing?!"
They broke apart, Shikamaru half-dazed from the kiss. Kiba and Hinata were standing there, probably having thought of getting something to eat. It was lunch-time, after all.
"I- we- err..." Naruto wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Gaara joined them in the kitchen, looking slightly confused and curious. "Shikamaru has never kissed somebody."
"Just wait 'til I tell Uchiha!" Kiba threatened. His brown, now dangerous, eyes snapped to Shikamaru. "What were you thinking, dumbass! You can't just go and kiss people because ... because!"
Hinata looked surprised, both due the fact that her boyfriend took this so seriously and due the fact that Naruto - Sasuke's boyfriend - had been kissing another man.
UAUAUA
Sasuke was glad to be home again. Sitting an entire day in a suit with his father and brother and a lot of other businessmen. Not that it had been horrible, it was just a bit boring. And the worst of all - he understood everything the business men talked about and even joined the conversations himself with suggestions and ideas.
On the other side, Fugaku had looked pretty proud when they were done.
Sasuke saw that drunk man again, standing outside the apartment building. "Sir, you can't stand here," Sasuke said, his voice firm and leaving no room for argument. The man looked up at him, his eyes red from lack of sleep and alcohol. "Go home or something."
He walked past the man, ignoring the slurring and the fact that the old man had almost emptied his bottle on Sasuke's new, expensive suit. He dragged himself up the stairs, and unlocked the door. It was late, and the others were probably watching TV or something.
He kicked of his shoes, too tired to care where they landed. Then he walked to the living room, where Kiba and his girlfriend were sitting. Kiba looked a bit bothered, or maybe even angry, and when Sasuke walked inside Hinata blushed and looked away.
"What's wrong?" He asked, no beating around the bush.
"I walked in on Shikamaru and Naruto ... They were kissing."
"Wh-what?" Sasuke chuckled, thinking it was a bad joke.
"You know that Shikamaru never have dated someone. And Naruto ... kissed him." Kiba regretted telling when he saw Sasuke's hurt expression. He had expected anger, fury - he didn't expect Sasuke look like a kicked puppy. In fact, he had never thought that the Uchiha even had any feelings beside anger.
"Oh."
"You should go and talk to him," Kiba said. "He's in your room."
Sasuke turned and walked to the bedroom. Naruto was sitting there, drawing something. It wasn't for Team Hebi, because the dobe were using water colours. "Is it true?"
Naruto flinched in surprise, turning around to see his boyfriend.
"Is it true?" Sasuke closed the door. "What Kiba said?"
Naruto nodded slowly.
"How could you do something like this to me?"
The question was barely a whisper, and Naruto almost whimpered. "It was just ... it was just a kiss."
"Do you see me go around and kiss other guys?"
Naruto shook his head. "I'm sorry, I really am, Sasuke ... It was in the heat of the moment, and I-"
They both froze, realizing what Naruto had said. That was exactly how they had started, how their feelings had developed. In the heat of the moment.
"I didn't mean it like that! It was just- I felt sorry for him."
UAUAUA
He hadn't had a real fight with Naruto in ages. Their fights had been yelling and cursing over small things like who was supposed to pick up who, when and where, and it was their turn to do the dishes. Sasuke always ended up sleeping on the couch after their fights, but in the middle of the nights Naruto always sneaked out to him and slept with him there.
It hadn't been much yelling, and Sasuke wasn't sleeping on the couch. Naruto was sleeping in Gaara's room, and Sasuke was laying all alone in their bed.
It felt wrong. Not having his arms around someone, not feeling Naruto's hair tickle his chin or hearing the blonde's soft snores. It felt strange. It felt wrong. It felt empty. It felt lonely. He didn't want to be angry with Naruto, but he felt hurt. He felt betrayed.
Sasuke had always trusted Naruto, though he didn't trust people around Naruto. The blonde was social, nice and always so open. It was almost as if naïve little Naruto had a sign on his chest saying 'welcome, grab a bite.'
And Sasuke didn't like it. Naruto was his, and he didn't want to share him with someone else. Not that the blonde would ever cheat on him for real - but Sasuke was afraid others would misunderstand him and ravish him.
This Shikamaru-thing had only been what made him snap. He didn't know how much he could take of Naruto's unconscious flirting with other guys.
Yes, Sasuke knew. Naruto was a free soul, and needed to be free. Sasuke bet that Naruto didn't even think of it when he flirted with others, that it was just an automatic mechanism somewhere inside him to tell him to do so - to show other that he was free to do as he wanted.
Sasuke didn't sleep that night.
UAUAUA
What Sasuke didn't know was that there was someone else having trouble sleeping too. And it wasn't just Naruto and Gaara, who was comforting the blonde in his room.
Shikamaru had a lot on his mind too. He wondered if Naruto would hate him, if Sasuke would hate him, if Gaara and Kiba would hate him. He wondered why Naruto had kissed him.
And even if it was just a pity-kiss, he wondered why it had felt so damn good.
UAUAUA
Sasuke's hands moved fast over the keys as he typed in whatever left Yuuhi Kurenai's mouth. He was not the only one taking notes like a madman. She was telling them about the tests they were doing before Christmas. They would have three tests; maths, English and the subject SC called "business".
Kurenai taught the last one, but had taken the job on informing the classes about all three tests. The dates, what they should study before hand and other stuff like that.
Sasuke glanced at Shikamaru, who was slowly typing what Kurenai said. He knew that the lazy genius would remember what she said anyways, so he didn't worry about his friend.
Besides, he wasn't so sure he considered Shikamaru a friend anymore. He had thought that the Nara was smarter than touching other's property. He had thought that Shikamaru was smarter than touching an Uchiha's property.
His anger with Naruto had calmed down, it really had. He had, after an entire night, understood that he would never be able to claim Naruto as only his. Naruto belonged to himself. So Sasuke was going to forgive the blonde.
But he wasn't going to forgive Nara Shikamaru for touching his boyfriend. This meant war.
To Be Continued
Next Chapter: Itai!
What is going to happen to Shikamaru? Is he the one ending up at the hospital? Or maybe it's Sasuke? I don't know. (Yes, I do.)
"You're damn right, Nara. You shouldn't have asked for it, and I swear to Kami that you will regret even thinking of my boyfriend that way when I'm done with you."