I know I said originally this story was going to be only two chapters? Yeah, I decided against that. It is now going to be four, or maybe even five. So, here is chapter two. I hope you guys like it, because I certainly do. Thank you for reading!
Disclaimer: I own no part of Naruto.
Chapter 2: Distractions...
Naruto wandered the streets that evening, scuffing his foot across the dusty road. He sighed and looked up at the setting sun, shielding his eyes with his hand.
"Man, I fucked up big time. I mean, sure, I've screwed up before, but this? This is major." The blonde sighed and sat down on a near-by bench, shaking his head. His fingers found his lips and he sat in silence for a moment, pondering him and Sasuke's relationship.
When they were younger, Naruto had loathed Sasuke. He had always figured it was because Sasuke was a jerk, but now that Naruto looked back, he realized it was actually because he had been jealous of Sasuke. And the raven hadn't been a jerk, not really. He had just been anti-social.
Now the years had passed, Sasuke had been through hell, Naruto had been infuriated and passionate about bringing him home time and time again, and in result, their relationship had changed drastically. They still weren't friends, but they weren't enemies anymore either.
Naruto loved him. Or at least he was pretty certain he did.
And Sasuke...well, Sasuke had returned on his own and heard from Tsunade, Sakura, and many other Konoha ninjas that Naruto had dedicated years of his life to bringing Sasuke back. Years. And though Sasuke didn't exactly like Naruto, he had to respect him, which in turn lead to other discoveries.
Over the past year, Sasuke had found himself stopping and staring at Naruto at the most random times. When Naruto was eating ramen, exuberant and hyper, when he was walking down the street, calm and quiet. When Naruto was training as hard as he could, sweating and glowing with power. And especially when Naruto was simply sitting and thinking. Kami, he looked beautiful thoughtful.
Sasuke was always embarrassed to find himself thinking such things, and would quickly wipe the thought from his mind...but it was still there, peeking from the shadows of his thoughts.
Naruto was aware of none of this.
All he knew was that when he kissed Sasuke, Sasuke kissed back. Passionately, too. Naruto's lips burned at the memory and his pants tightened slightly.
When he shoved me against the tree...that was hot. Naruto blushed at the thought and then blushed more as he realized just how honest it was. He stood up abruptly, and started walking down the darkening street towards his home.
"Ho, Naruto!" Naruto twirled around in time to see Jaraiya drop from the sky and land in a crouch. He straightened up and smiled rakishly at Naruto.
"Where did you come from?" Naruto asked, peering into the dusky sky. Jaraiya smiled.
"That is for me to know, and you to never find out." He chuckled. Naruto placed a hand on either hip and cocked his head towards a water tower about a hundred feet away.
"You jumped off that, didn't you?" Jaraiya's smile faltered. He placed his own hands on his hips, a mirror-image of his student.
"Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't," He said defiantly. Naruto rolled his eyes. "The real questions, is why the hell didn't you sense my chakra? You're usually pretty good at sensing when I am near, if I'm not hiding my chakra..." Naruto opened his mouth to answer, but Jaraiya kept talking, answering the question for Naruto. "Unless! Unless you are distracted by something life-changing." He turned on his student. "So? What are you distracted by? Huh?" Naruto scowled and pushed past Jaraiya.
"Nothing. I'm distracted by nothing, you pervy old man." He walked another ten steps.
"Oh~! You only call me that when what you're distracted by has to do with your emotions!" Jaraiya said loudly in revelation. Naruto spun around, shushing him loudly.
"Kami, Jaraiya, you can't just start yelling about emotions and all kinds of girly shit right on the street." Naruto sighed. "If you really want to know, let's at least go to my house. Who knows who's listening to us right now? I made quite a few enemies tonight..."
Jaraiya seemed very out of place sitting at Naruto's kitchen table, sipping a cup of tea. Naruto was slouched dejectedly in his seat, his cup of tea untouched.
"So..." Jaraiya started, "You wanna tell me what's going on?" Naruto sighed again and sat up, placing his elbows on the table and his chin in his hands.
"Only if you promise not to laugh. Or make fun of me." One of Jaraiya's eyebrows raised.
"This is getting interesting. But no, I won't laugh. Promise," Jaraiya said with a small smile. Naruto nodded and took a deep breath.
"Okay, so you know how emotionless Sasuke is?" Jaraiya nodded. "Well, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Kiba and I decided to see if we could get him to...you know, show his feelings. Mainly, blush." Jariaya smiled wider.
"Oh, I can see this is going to be good!" Naruto scowled at him. "Right, sorry, sorry, go on."
And so Naruto explained to him their plan, and all the failures they suffered. Jaraiya listened quietly, nodding every few moments or cracking a smile and laughing slightly. He found it especially funny when he found out Shikamaru had been punched.
He sobered when he saw that Naruto was getting slightly depressed, and even more embarrassed. He stopped his story to ask, "Jaraiya...How do you feel about...homosexuals?"
Jaraiya was surprised. He blinked.
"Me? Oh, well...I'm fine with gay people. I mean, I've had to be since we traveled together so much." Naruto's mouth dropped open. Jaraiya continued, "Although, I just cannot fathom why a man would not find boobs attractive. I mean, come on, people! They're so...so...well, perfect." Jaraiya said with a sigh. Naruto was still flabbergasted from what Jariaya had said a moment ago.
"Wait, Sensei...you said that you had to be okay with gay people because you had traveled with me...Are you saying you knew I was gay before I did?!" Jaraiya laughed.
"What, did you just discover your sexuality today?" Naruto blushed.
"Well...yeah, kind of..." Jaraiya stopped and looked at him closely.
"Oh. Well boy, I always know a person's sexuality because I am such a pervert myself...So, uh...don't feel down." Naruto scowled at him once again.
"I'm not down. I'm just trying to decide if I should be offended that you thought I was gay when I wasn't." Jaraiya laughed so hard he had to wipe tears from his eyes.
"Oh, Naruto! Okay, okay. I'm sorry, Naruto. Why don't you continue your story? I'm starting to guess where this is heading." He said, with a knowing grin. Naruto gulped, suddenly embarrassed again.
"Um, well...I decided I wanted to know if Sasuke was gay and make him blush at the same time so I..." He trailed off, blushing profusely. Jaraiya was shaking with stifled laughter.
"So you what?" He prompted. Naruto scrunched his eyes up, his entire face red.
"I kissed him, alright?!" Naruto waited for Jaraiya to stop laughing. Finally he did, as red in the face as Naruto.
"And what happened, eh? What did Sasuke do? Beat you up?" Naruto shook his head, biting his lip.
"No, he – he kissed me back." Jaraiya froze and stared at him in surprise.
"Really?" He asked, scratching his head. Naruto nodded.
"In fact...it kinda turned into a make-out session. Kinda..." Jaraiya was surprised to find himself blushing at the thought of Naruto and Sasuke making out.
"Uh - um..." He stammered. "Then what happened?" He forced out. Naruto took no notice of Jaraiya's flustered state. He was thinking to hard, trying to remember every detail. The kiss was in high-definition, but his friend's reactions were a little foggier.
"Well, Sakura and Ino freaked...That much is a no-duh. Shikamaru didn't seem to really care...and Kiba looked pretty shocked. Disgusted even..." Naruto deflated. Jaraiya shook himself and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Naruto, if Kiba doesn't like who you truly are, then he is not truly a friend." Naruto nodded.
"Then I said stupid things and Sasuke thought that I was just trying to get him to blush, and that I didn't actually like him. He stormed off and then everyone else got really, really mad at me. Well, actually I think that Sakura was more pissed at Sasuke, but I think Ino hates me now. She blames Sasuke's sexual preferences on me, I think." Jaraiya took a deep breath.
"So then what happened?"
"I explained to them best I could, Jaraiya. I told them that I had always liked Sasuke some and the whole, "Will He Blush?" mission had simply solidified my feelings." Naruto sighed. "Ino stormed off, Kiba left saying he had a headache, Shikamaru said this was all so troublesome and disappeared, and then Sakura hugged me and went home, also. I think she was the most shocked out of all of them." Jaraiya nodded as if this all made sense to him.
Good, 'cause it sure doesn't make any sense to me...
"What are you going to do now?" Jaraiya asked.
"Excuse me?"
"I mean, surely you aren't just going to leave it like this? Naruto, you like Sasuke. A lot, obviously. So, what are you going to do to fix all of this?" As he talked, Jaraiya stood up and placed his tea cup in the sink. He leaned against the counter, arms crossed over his chest.
"I – I don't know."
"Well, you better decide quickly. Sasuke's at the door." Naruto stared at his mentor in confusion.
A knock sounded through the small apartment several seconds later. Naruto stiffened as he suddenly felt Sasuke's chakra signal outside the door, wild and unrestrained.
Shit, how did I miss that? Jaraiya's right, I do get distracted.
Naruto felt a panic-attack on the horizon. Jaraiya hurried to the window. He crouched on the window-sill, smiled encouragingly at Naruto, then disappeared into the night.
Naruto gulped and stood, placing his own tea cup in the sink. There was another knock at the door, then Sasuke's voice.
"Naruto, I know you're in there! I can feel your chakra. Plus the light is on. Now, open up." Naruto walked slowly to the door, as if he was walking to his execution. He pulled it open to a scowling, yet gorgeous Uchiha.
"Finally," He muttered, pushing past Naruto and into the living room. Naruto shut the door and turned around, swallowing hard. Sasuke faced him, hands on his hips. "We need to talk."
Yay! All done with this chapter, on to the next! Which will be a lemon~! Aren't you all excited? I am :) Please review!