Fanning the Flames

Warnings: bad language, shonen-ai,

Disclaimer: I no own Naruto.

"Mr.Uchiha this is the third time ever that I have had to ask you to pay attention. Is something wrong?" The teacher asked Sasuke who was peculiarly distracted…

"I'm just tired sorry." Sasuke looked up with a blank expression waiting until the teacher sighed and turned around to go right back to his…thoughts.

'It's going to be unusual at lunch today I mean Naruto was gone and everyone thought I just had no one to spar with, but we're both back. What will they expect us to do? And more importantly what will he think?' Sasuke looked at the teacher who was still writing on the board. Sasuke's face became serene with his endless quires of what was to come he wasn't too worried though, he was over confident that he could handle anything. He was just thinking and calculating all the problems that would arise, it was just really a way to pass the time while the teacher babbled about things Sasuke probably already knew and could most likely teach himself. There's an idea! Tutoring, Naruto probably needed tons of it a way of paying back Naruto would be to tutor him in his worst subjects. Sasuke began to plan Naruto's stupid overjoyed expression when he offered his services free of charge; Naruto's confused pout when he didn't get something and his face when he fell asleep on the table front of him with the sunlight of the afternoon beaming on his face…

Sasuke shook his head looking around seeing no one paying attention other then the normal amount of girl stares. He paid an extreme amount of attention to the teacher for the rest of class with a slight more color to his pale face.

Naruto's Class

Naruto hopped into class a little early because he was well aware that Iruka probably want to talk to him before hand. He almost laughed as Iruka walked a little faster then necessary to the blond's desk.

"Naruto," Iruka said looking both surprised and relieved.

"Iruka," Naruto replied with a smirk, a smirk that Iruka recognized from another of his students expression.

Iruka fussed over Naruto and handed him his mountain of makeup work to which Naruto responded by whining. The rest of the class Naruto pretended to be taking notes like the rest of the class while he was doodling random things in his notebook. He felt his stomach gurgle causing the thought of lunch to fly by. Lunch he would get to see Sasuke. Last night he had had a dream about him and Sasuke talking and hanging out acting like real buds, but toward the end Naruto had said something he couldn't quite remember, but didn't have that much of mystery when Sasuke pushed away disgusted. Naruto frowned even his dream was against him when it came to following after Sasuke. He had thought about it a lot of how much he wanted Sasuke, but he just ended up crying when he thought of Sasuke's rejection. No, he would keep his secret and stay with Sasuke, as long he would let him. Naruto looked down to his paper and quickly shoved the paper in his pocket just the bell rang he ran out of class with his face glowing more than his ridiculously orange jacket.

After that, the classes seemed to tick by slowly until finally the lunch bell gave in and rang. Sasuke was walking toward the cafeteria next to the gym still not sure, if he and Naruto were going to fight. When he was suddenly grabbed and dragged by the neck he looked up and sure enough, he saw the back of a blond mop called hair. Sasuke slipped out of Naruto's hold and tripped him.

"What did you do that for!"

"Dobe and just where in that empty head of yours did you think you were going to drag me." Sasuke raised a brow watching Naruto's face go from angry to remembrance. Naruto smiled and jumped back in the direction yet again bringing Sasuke along. Sasuke followed Naruto clueless until they came to the stairs leading to the roof. They sat on the roof in silence when Naruto took out a lunch he'd packed for the two of them. And yes, it was ramen.

"You actually thought of bringing us up here?" Sasuke asked in astonishment. Naruto made a face.

"Well I figured you'd want to avoid all those people who are probably looking for us right now,"

"Well yeah, but it's amazing you thought of it,"

"You are such a jerk! I do all this stuff-,"Sasuke stopped Naruto dead by putting his finger on Naruto's lips.

"Dude I was kidding," Naruto now felt stupid and embarrassed.

"Why would you joke like that? You insult me all the time how am I supposed to know if you joke like that. It's not funny!" Naruto flustered spurting it out.

"It is funny," Sasuke paused "For me, you look ridiculous," Naruto pouted. Sasuke smirked leaning back against the cement roof.

Naruto sighed he knew Sasuke was just messing with him still he was upset. Naruto looked back, saw the bruises on Sasuke's arm, and was suddenly angry with his brother again that bastard had hurt everyone and got away with it, the worlds sucks. Naruto was even sadder when he stared at Sasuke's face his eyes were closed and he was so serene like it had never happened. He lay down beside him and lightly touched the bruises he wanted to take away. Sasuke looked at Naruto when he felt the traces on his arm; the face he saw was terribly sad and unfortunately familiar. He followed the fingers up to his arm and knew why that face was so sad. Sasuke wanted to tell him he was fine and let himself be comforted, but he didn't. He grabbed the hand hard intent on throwing it aside then he saw the face in shock at the fear of being thrown away or having stepped over a line. Instead, he was lost in the face holding the hand in his own not sure what to do. What if he just put it down gently, that would be okay right. He slowly, very slowly, put the captured hand by the side, but didn't let go.

"Sasuke," Naruto said wondering what was happening, but Sasuke was intent on the hand he was holding. Naruto wondered if he was aware what he was doing, that he was biting his lip in an inhumanly gorgeous way. "Sasuke I love you,"

Tbc