Chapter 2:

The First Day is Always Hell

The night Naruto had arrived was subtle enough all he had to do was cook, sit Neji up, and help him eat it without moving around too much. Cooking... great this was not something he was Good

"Er... Neji... How about I just go get us ramen?" Naruto called down the hall, completely helpless in the kitchen.

"No, Naruto..." Neji said, agitation clear in his voice.

"Fine" the blond grumbled before sending a message to Lady Tsunade.

'Grandma Tsunade,

You said to call if I need your help. Well I can't cook anything but ramen! So Can you help me?

Uzamaki Naruto'

Sending that out, all the blond could do was wait and listen to Neji grunt in annoyance.

A note dropped onto the work load already covering her desk. With a grunt she wondered who would be sending this in around this time of night. Upon opening it she sighed and rolled her eyes. Naruto already.

"Shizune! Come here!" Tsunade called rubbing her forehead.

"Yes Lady Hokage!" Shizune asked coming into the room.

"Here" She tossed her a small parcel of money, " Go buy food for Naruto and Neji. It seems the dope can't cook anything but ramen."

"Uh... Okay... I'll be back." Shizune said before leaving.

Who would have thought she'd be playing delivery girl this late at night. Thankfully there were still restaurants open and willing to make food to go. Shizune studied the menu and picked the simplest thing. White rice and shrimp. A simple enough food for teens, along with that she grabbed green tea to settle for the two. Paying the cook for his late service Shizune rushed off to the Hyuuga manor to keep a very worried Naruto from stressing out. Naruto paced the kitchen listening to Neji ask him if he'd died. This was getting to be too much, but the creak of the door to the kitchen told him luck was on his side. Shizune set down and bag and smiled.

"I heard you needed my help"

"Yeah, well I can't cook much other than ramen " Naruto chuckled as he grabbed two bowls and a plate from the shelves.

"Well set those down and grab the teapot."

Naruto nodded and set the bowls and plate down before bending down and grabbing the teapot that was on a low open shelf.

"Now fill it about 3/4 of the way full of water and set it on the stove and turn the burner on." Shizune said while filling the bowls with rice neatly.

She was good. Perfectly rounded bowl with a piece of mint laid on top for looks. The shrimp splayed on the plate in a spiral pattern. Then she set both bowls and the plate on a tray and grabbed two cups. Moving Naruto out of the way she put the tea leaves into the pot to brew the green tea then turned to grab the tea strainer. She set it on the tray beside the cups and waited on the tea.

"Wow... Shizune, you know your way around the kitchen." Naruto said amazed.

"A lot better than you obviously" She joked and rustled the teens hair.

A whistle blew from in the kitchen, at least what sounded like a whistle.

"What the..." Neji said tilting his head toward the door, " Naruto? What are you doing?"

"Hush I'll be there in a second!" Naruto called back as he grabbed the tea pot and put it on the tray.

"I'll be by tomorrow morning with breakfast" Shizune said smiling.

"Thank you..." Naruto lifted the tray and carried it steadily to Neji's room.

Naruto steadily and carefully set the tray upon a small table. He then went to Neji and pulled the blanket back to see Neji had no shirt on. Blushing the blond glanced away. Neji's skin was a creamy white and smooth, his hair dark and soft against Naruto's hands as he placed his hand on Neji's back to help him to sit up right without straining his stitches.

"Naruto your face is turning red..." Neji said, " and you can stop touching me I can sit up on my own."

The blond blinked and blushed, " Oh! Right..."

Moving away from Neji, Naruto moved the mobile diner table over. Eyeing the food with those lilac eyes, it was stupid to think that Naruto had made this all. The tea smelt so soothing and the food looked great. But the stitches were keeping him from moving his arm much.

"Naruto" Neji paused having to ask the most ridiculous request.

"Yes?" The blond blinked, looking up as his name rolled off the brunette's lips.

"Can you... feed me?"

"What?!" Naruto blurted.

"Just do it! If I feed myself I risk taring these stitches open" Neji grumbled.

Feed him?! Naruto knew the stitches might bother him but jeez! Sighing deeply Naruto scooted and sat next to the older boy. He watched Neji roll his eyes as he lifted the bowl and stared at him.

"You know... I think if you hold the bowl close to your face you can feel yourself."

"Idiot I'd have to use the hand I write with to feed myself and that side has stitches!"

The blond blinked. Oh! He didn't write with the same hand as Neji did. Naruto hadn't payed attention to how he ate and which hand he used to eat with. Blushing out of embarrassment, Naruto began to feed the agitated Neji.

"Shrimp?" Naruto offered, picking up one of the jumbo shrimp from the plate.

"Thank you" Neji said simply before opening his mouth.

Naruto slid the shrimp in before his gaze was stuck on Neji's lips. The blond chuckled. Neji gave him a quizzical look as he chewed his food.

"Here..." Naruto ran his fingertip lightly over Neji's lips to knock the extra rice off.

Neji blinked, his self control holding back a blush as he swallowed his shrimp and opened his mouth for more rice. If he had blushed, Naruto would suspect his secret. Minutes later Neji declared he had had enough and Naruto could start to eat. Pausing, the blond poured Neji a cup of tea, straining the leaves through the strainer. The tea steamed in the cup and the aroma brought a calmed expression to Neji's face when Naruto handed it to him. Neji took it gratefully with his good arm and began to sip at it letting the soothing envelope him. Naruto smiled and stared eating again. It wasn't ramen but it was still good. The blond eyed the older teens lips as he sipped at his tea. Those pink lips mesmorized the blond to no end. When he had touched them to knock rice off it wasn't just because he wanted to know the rice off, but because he wanted to touch the soft velvet that it contained. No... no one would notice their pink tint that blending right in with his creamy complexion. You'd have to be sitting close to the teen.

'Oh god!' Naruto thought, 'I think I'm gay!'

Neji opened his eyes, looking at the blond's face. He wanted to know what was running through his head. Why do he look so stunned? Neji cradled the cup of tea in his hands and stared at him.

"Naruto?"

There it was. His name. Rolling curiously off his lovelylip s... Oh how Naruto wanted to taste them.

"Oh! Um more tea?" Narto said as he set his empty bowl of food down and began pouring himself a cup with a slightly shaky hand.

"Is something wrong?" Neji asked slightly annoyed with the high pitched tone Naruto had taken on.

"Oh.. no nothing... um... if y-your finished eating I think I'll take this into the kitchen" the blond said drinking his tea as if it were a shot of sake.

Sighing, Neji decided he didn't want to know. What ever was making him annoying was ultimately annoying Neji. Those lilac eyes closed momentarily but opened when he felt soft touches trying to pry the cup gently from his fingers. Neji let the cup loose and watched as Naurto began to pick the tray up.

'I wonder if he knows... no'Neji thought, 'Only Hinata knows... and she would never tell him.'

Neji sighed and waited for the blond to return. Walking down the hall, Naruto was having a crisis.

"I can't be gay" He muttered, " I mean I can but... Neji's just a friend... besides" The blond sighed, " He's a Hyuuga and Hyuuga's probably don't believe in same sex relationships."

Naruto's thoughts began to wander back to those lips and that cream colored skin. He wondered how Neji would look, laying blissful and naked in the moonlight with a certain blond in his arms. Naruto blushed and shook his head as he entered the kitchen and set the tray down. Alright, so he was gay, it wasn't hard to see that now. But why did he have to find out now, while he's practically babysitting a boy! A boy who was older than him, and hot, and so... so sexy when he wasn't wearing a shirt.

"Get a grip!" Naruto said to himself as he blushed a brighter shade of red, " He'd never..."

Naruto sighed heavily and started back to Neji's room to change his bandages. Neji sat so innocently, blissfully unaware that Naruto had discovered he was gay. That and he was accidentally arousing himself by thinking of the Hyuuga in thoughts unfitting of a teenage boy toward another teenage boy. Those lilac eyes looked up to spot the blushing blond coming back into the room. Slowly reaching around the older teens back, Naruto began to untie the bandages and unwrap them. Gentle fingers gliding crossed bare skin, causing the Hyuuga to shiver and strain himself to keep from blushing. Naruto was definately acting weird, but these touches no one had ever done. Hinata hadn't teased his senses like this. No... No he wasn't going to be dragged into the blonds touches like this. For all he knew Naruto had no clue what the hell he was doing to the brunette.

Once the bandages where undone, Naruto began by dipping a cotton ball into antiseptic and cleaning the stitches. Neji hissed as the alcohol in the liquid caused his wound to burn as it cleaned. Naruto looked a little shocked, so he stopped.

"Just clean it Naruto."

Again, the way his name fell from those pouting lips made the blond's heart race, but he had a job to do. Starting to clean again, the Hyuuga made no other noises as Naruto finished cleaning with the liquid. Setting the cotton ball in a kidney shaped tray, Naruto picked up a cream that he knew Hinata had made and opened it up. Dipping his pointer finger in he picked up some of the cool cream and began to lightly apply it while his other hand unconsiously laid upon the Hyuuga's bare chest. Neji let this blush slip, Naruto was so into applying the cream that the soft touch made the older's heart beat slightly faster. Why did he have to tease his damn senses this way? It was just a soft touch... and the way he was caring and being gentle with him. Damn, was Naruto even sure of his sexuality?

Naruto sighed softly letting a bit of his healing chakra seep into Neji's wound.

'Maybe this will help...' Naruto thought.

'What was that feeling?' Neji blinked as he looked down at the blond who was so intently putting cream on his wound. 'Wait... why is he sitting between my legs?'

Neji blushed a bit more an hid it quickly as the blond spoke.

"There..." Naruto smiled and wiped his finger of the cream before he grabbed the roll of gaze and began to re-wrap the wound.

"Thank you... Naruto" Neji said as Naruto slowly helped him to lay down comfortably.

"You're Welcome" The blond blushed, "If you need me... I'll be in the room crossed the hall... just yell for me"

With that Naruto grabbed his bag he had left by Neji's bedroom door and went to the room crossed the hall. Sighing as he closed the door behind him, he wasn't sure if he'd be able to sleep tonight.

Wooo! I'm sorry this is late but my computer started acting funny so I've had to save it three times before it'd save correctly.

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Two gay guys and a hot spring