Chapter 4
Sasuke leaned over his desk, studying the papers with his usual intense gaze. Yes, Ino had been prepared, yes Sakura had been brilliant- but making such progress in one day was unexpected and Sasuke was determined not to make any mistakes. Every word, every comma, every space held his attention. No one dared distract him.
Well, except….
"Damn, teme. Burn a hole through the paper will you?" Sasuke dropped his head into his hand and glanced up.
"Naruto." He growled, frustration written on his face. The blond fool grinned, standing over his desk. The boy leaned forward, placing a hand on his desk confidently.
"Don't use that tone! You should be thanking me!" Sasuke raised a doubtful eyebrow.
"Thanking you?" He echoed. Naruto's grin widened brilliantly.
"Lunch! Taa-Daa!" Naruto cheered, pulling a bag from behind his back. Sasuke stared at him. Lunch? Why had he brought him that? He wasn't…
As if sensing that Sasuke was about to turn down the offered food, his stomach growled angrily. Sasuke frowned. Naruto laughed.
"Man, you're such a teme! Wouldn't even remember to eat if I didn't remind you!" Sasuke glared nastily at him.
"Would you remember to work if I didn't tell you?" He snapped back. Naruto's grin shifted to a sheepish little smile.
"Do you have to be such a jerk? I bought you lunch!" Sasuke snorted.
"Yes, it's a great gesture. I know how hard up you are for cash." He returned sarcasm sharp in his voice. Naruto glared.
"Ass."
"Dobe." With that, Naruto began to pull the food from the bag huffily. He handed Sasuke a large white container. The dark haired man stared at him, and slowly opened his container. He almost smiled. He had been almost positive that it would be ramen. Naruto rolled his eyes.
"It's Okonmiyaki." The boy stated, glaring at Sasuke. "It's not poisoned. Stop act prissy and eat it. Not everything has to be served on a golden platter." Sasuke just rolled his eyes. Naruto plopped down on the couch against the wall. Sasuke glanced over at him as he ate- sloppily, as usual.
"Don't spill that on my couch. I just got it clean from last time." Naruto glanced up, mouth half full of ramen, and glared.
"Ich waschent mey fwalt." He slurped between bites. Sasuke raised his eyebrow.
"I'm sorry?" He said his voice a sarcastic drawl. Naruto rolled his eyes and swallowed.
"It wasn't my fault." Sasuke snickered.
"You spilling ramen all over my couch wasn't your fault?" He echoed. The blond crossed his arms over his chest and pouted.
"Nope. You provoked me." It was Sasuke's turn to roll his eyes. "You did! You called me foolish!"
"I called your idea foolish. No one in their right minds would agree to a rule that only allows women to wear miniskirts to work." Naruto pouted.
"Kakashi liked it." Sasuke rolled his eyes. His bodyguard, while completely trustworthy when it came to taking a bullet from him, was notorious for his perverted sense of humor.
"I rest my case. Anything that perverted bastard agrees with, is a bad idea." Naruto stuck out his tongue. Sasuke glared and turned back to his work as he ate. He heard Naruto slurp and swallow messily, and did his best to ignore him. It was so damn hard to work when Naruto was around. He was always doing things. Talking, laughing, joking….making noises….Sasuke gripped the edges of the paper work and forced himself to drown out Naruto. After a while, however, he became aware that the noises had stopped. Glancing up, he shook his head in disbelief. Naruto was asleep.
Sprawled out across the black leather of Sasuke's couch, Naruto had fallen asleep. Sasuke got to his feet, determined to wake the idiot up. Walking over, Sasuke glanced down at the young man. He really was young. God, what were they, twenty-five? Sasuke felt so much older.
But Naruto…Naruto always seemed so young. Sasuke stared down at him. The smooth, tan skin, the wild blond spikes... Even his clothes were thrown together in sloppy haste. His jacket had fallen open, revealing the white button up dress shirt beneath it. Sasuke felt a little smirk tug at his lips. Naruto had buttoned it wrong, leaving gaps in his shirt where slips of tan muscle showed through. Sasuke felt his mouth open a little.
Naruto was so beautiful. It wasn't a shocking thought- Sasuke had had it before. It wasn't odd, he assured himself. It was just something about Naruto- everyone noticed it. It was like he glowed with it. Sasuke had seen the way woman looked at Naruto- the way they ran their eyes over the sleek, smiling face, the lean, muscular body, the…
Sasuke set his jaw and grabbed Naruto's shoulder, shaking him slightly. The boy moaned. Sasuke felt a shiver fly up his spine. He scowled and shook the man harder.
"Mmmm….Teme!" Naruto whined, opening his eyes dreamily, and pouting. "I was sleeeeeeepinnnnnng!" He groaned. Sasuke glared at him.
"You're on the clock, dobe. You have work to do. I don't see the use of paying you to nap." The blond rolled off the couch, grumbling, and climbed onto his feet, brushing his fingers through his hair as if shaking out sleep.
"NOW Naruto." Sasuke snapped, making his way back to his desk. The blond glared at him.
"God, you're such a tight ass." He growled, walking towards the door. "Do us all a favor and get laid." The door slammed behind him and Sasuke was left sitting at his desk, thinking about Naruto sprawled out on his office couch….
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Naruto pushed his apartment door open with his foot, balancing a stack of paperwork in his left hand and a briefcase in the other. Damn Sakura. That girl was just too efficient. He always had a stack of budget information and all that other lovely (and by lovely, he meant boring as hell) technical crap that came along with running a business. It was exhausting.
Collapsing onto the couch, Naruto let his papers fall sloppily onto his coffee table and tossed his briefcase down beside him. Letting his head fall back, he yawned sloppily and tried to make his restless mind shut off. The day had been wearisome, even for Naruto, who always seemed to have an endless supply on energy.
Although, in his defense, the day had been a busy one, from beginning to end.
….Beginning….
Naruto blushed, and touched the bridge of his nose. What the hell had that man been thinking, touching Naruto like that? It had to have been some sort of trick. Some way to make Naruto jumpy. It was a mind game.
Like Hell if I'm gonna fall for that! Naruto thought stubbornly. Jerk thinks he can just haul off and start feelin' me up! Just because he's hot as hell, doesn't mean he can…
Hold up. Naruto's eyes snapped open. Had he just thought that? A shiver traveled down his back as, unwilled, the strange red-haired man's image appeared in his head. Naruto shook his head viciously to clear it.
Yeah? So what? He's frickin' hot. There are A LOT of hot guys in the world. Just look at Sasuke. Another shiver flew down Naruto's back and he dug his nails into the cool leather of his couch. Leather, just like the couch in Sasuke's office.
"Yeah? So what?" Naruto said out-loud, drumming his fingers. "So Sasuke's hot. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out. He's got a frickin' fan club, for god's sakes! I'd be an idiot not to notice!" Maybe. But do you have to think about it so often? Naruto gave an irritated huff. He didn't think about it that often. Once in a while, maybe, when they were alone in his office…Or when their eyes met…..Or….Naruto got to his feet, stomping purposefully.
"To hell with this! I'm going to Ichiraku's!" Grabbing his jacket, the blond stormed out of his apartment in a huff, leaving a stack of unfinished paperwork that would send a certain pink haired female into frenzy the next morning.
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Author's notes!
Hmm…I may never have written a disclaimer. Oppsie. I don't own Naruto. After all, if I did own Naruto, I wouldn't be writing fanfics would I? I would be writing the actual episodes.
You know what, my hero is the writer who set up Naruto and Sasuke's accidentally kiss. I'm building them a shrine.
Ooooh! You guys have so many GOOD remarks that I really want to comment on! But some of them play important parts later in the story, and if I talk about them now, I'll ruin the plot…(growling thoughtfully). I don't want to comment (coughTaboo09cough) but several of you guys (coughDazecough) hit on things I'm going to be covering later (coughAhja Reyncough)
But, you know, I don't want to ruin the plot. (Winking cleverly)
Also, I'd like to give a shout out (yes, I still say shout out. I'm a loser. I also say what's up. Some day I will have children who duck their heads in embarrassment when I talk)
To some awesome writers!
If you haven't already read them, and you're looking for some SasuNaru entertainment…
For a short but sweet read, try "Miso" by goldfisherlover73
But for long-term fun, try "The Alliance of Fire and Wind" by fantasylover12001
However, if you don't like smut, boy-on-boy action, and one hot Uchiha, don't read them.
And if you don't like those things, why n' the hell are you reading this story?
And who in their right mind doesn't like one hot Uchiha?
Sincerely,
Good girl with bad attitude