Imitating Myself

By: Late-Sleeper

Beta-reader: Pay Backs a Bitch

Disclaimer: I don't own a thing…or else Naruto would be rated NC-17

Chapter 10: Introducing

The loud slamming of porcelains and pans were heard from the kitchen, followed by groans and whines courtesy of the dumb blond. Sasuke sighed loudly and excused himself to check on Naruto before the idiot wreck their home, Sakura grudgingly smiled back. Damn Naruto from ruining her chat with his precious Sasuke.

Sasuke who was quite thankful to escape Sakura's nonsensical gushing and batting of eye lashes proceeded to stalk the fuming blond. He caught the blond muttering obscenities to a poor teacup that was whimpering silently. Naruto grabbed the jar of tea and then proceeded to scold the jar too, much to the jar's annoyance. "What kind of fucking tea are you? You smell like old man's foot! Why the hell did Sasuke even buy you?!"

"Dobe." Naruto shrieked and almost dropped the jar in his hand, he grabbed on to the counter and glares at Sasuke heatedly. "Bastard, don't sneak on me like that!"

Sasuke stalked towards the blushing blond and smirks. "Why the hell are you scolding my tea?" He asked as he leaned towards the counter, planting his both hands on the counter as he trap the blond between. Naruto who is not ready for such confrontation tried to get away from Sasuke but the raven did not budge. Naruto's squirming only fueled Sasuke's amusement. He leaned forward and grins at the blushing blond. "Why are you angry?"

"I'm not angry." Naruto stared off the horizon avoiding Sasuke's searching eyes while he tried pushing the raven off him. "…and get off me."

"No. Your mad and I want to know why dobe." With a stern voice, Sasuke grabs Naruto's chin and forced him to face him. Naruto face became harder but remained silent. "Dobe?"

"…I can't…it's too early…"

"Huh?" Sasuke stares at the blond in puzzlement. He wonders what the hell the blond was muttering about. "What? What's early?"

"This!"

With resignation, Sasuke bowed his head in defeat. He, for the life of him, could not understand how an idiot thinks "Dobe!"

"This! This! This! Sakura seeing you, you being friendly with her…you chatting like you knew her…" Naruto banged his fist at the counter three times letting out his frustration on the poor kitchen counter. The kitchen counter wondered if there is a law about kitchen appliances abuse. He sure as hell wanted to sue the blond! The teacup and the tea jar would sure be his witness.

"Huh? Isn't this what you want?" Sasuke raised his head and frowned at the pouting blond. "Or are you just jealous?"

Naruto eyes bulged and he stammered a bit but no coherent words where uttered. He shut his mouth after trying to counter Sasuke's accusation. Sasuke frowns at the silent admission.

Jealous.

What can he expect, the dobe like the slut pink fur ball of doom.

"I…I…I just don't want to share you this early…" Sasuke was shock when Naruto leaned his head on his shoulder.

Shockers.

Loud trumpets were heard from heaven as golden light started streaming down towards Sasuke's face.

Sasuke was praising all the deity in heaven with an erotic dance he came up to please the god. He swore that he would give money to charity everyday. Heck he'd even go to church and join the old women's choir.

Thank you lord.

Sasuke gave a small smile and lifted Naruto's chin. The blond's eyes were welling with unshed tears. The blond looks fuckable right now, with his lips pouting at him like that and his cheeks painted with a slight blush. Damn! If only he could shove the pink bitch out. "Naruto…"

Naruto smiled softly at the raven as the said raven leans his face closer to the blond's. "I just don't want to share my best buddy right now. Not even to Sakura."

In Sasuke's head, a loud screeching sound could be heard.

All the praises and dancing halted.

"What?!"

Naruto patted Sasuke's shoulder and smiles at him. "You're my best friend. I'm jealous when you give more attention to anyone other than me." Sasuke felt his fingers twitching, wanting to strangle someone who we should hide in the name of Uzumaki Naruto. He growled lowly as Naruto continues patting his shoulder with friendly glee.

With a huffed and snarl Sasuke left. "Show Sakura the way out, I'm taking a shower." 'A very cold shower.'

Naruto was left puzzled by Sasuke's sudden departure, wondering what had gotten to the raven suddenly.

Shikamaru laid his head on his right hand as he watched Kiba feigned shock upon hearing the meeting between Sakura and Sasuke. The dog breath was amusing himself by making ridiculous shocking faces as the blond was recounting the meeting. The blond was really taken in by Kiba's acting that he eagerly and exaggeratedly narrates every detail of Sasuke and Sakura's face to face encounter.

Sasuke on the other hand gave a snarling sound whenever the blond would encourage him to say his own story. He was quite sore about their almost kiss. Shikamaru glanced at the raven in mild amusement.

"Hey, Sasuke…now that you've met Sakura I think that we should really intensify your lesson. We don't want you screwing up." Sasuke frowned at the lazy genius while Shikamaru smiles back at him with malice. Damn he love screwing with people's head and the Uchiha had the prettiest, not to mention fucked up, head.

Naruto glances at the two and nodded his agreement. "Yeah teme. Damn! Your pick up lines still sucks you now, like Kiba here." A finger pointed accusingly at a shock dog-boy.

"What?! Me?! The hell ramen-breath. As you could do better, virgin!" Naruto eyes got larger at the accusation and his hand shot up to cover his mouth automatically. Kiba smiles cheekily at him and goad the blond more. "Huh? Huh? Huh? So what you gonna do virgin-boy?!"

"WHAA!! I…I'm…"

"Don't say your not. You'd been hounding Sakura that you've forget that other girls exist." Kiba made a mock crying gesture at Naruto as the blond tried hard to restrain himself from murdering a friend in the middle of a fast food chain.

Sasuke, who was all ears when he heard the word 'VIRGIN', listens with fascination on every word the dog breath uttered. So the mutt has some use after all. "I thought he was Sakura's ex?"

Kiba's jaw dropped and almost drops off his chair laughing. Shikamaru made an amuse snort as the blond blushed furiously with embarrassment. "WHAT THE HELL?! Where did you get that? That's the biggest joke ever."

Sasuke gave a charming smile towards Naruto's way. "Well if I remember correctly, dobe. You told me that, right?" Kiba glanced at the blond who's now praying to all deity to let the earth swallow him whole. "What? No way! Sakura hated Naruto, that's why we want to prank the bitch."

Sasuke whose amusement has reach his zenith gave his whole attention to the laughing dog breath. He leaned his chin on both his hand while fluttering his lashes at Kiba like a love struck schoolgirl. "Oh. Do tell. Do tell."

Kiba gushes at Sasuke as girly as he could and tried giggling with finesse as he recounted Naruto's failed attempts at wooing the pink hair girl. Naruto frowned when Kiba whispered at Sasuke behind his hand and the two giggled like old ladies. Infuriating the blond was the only amusement Sasuke and Kiba would ever agree on.

"Fine! I'm leaving." Naruto who is miffed at being gossiped in front of him huffed away. Sasuke hurriedly stood up and grabbed on to the blond's hand. "Heh dobe. We where just kidding."

"Whatever."

Shikamaru watches as the two semi-lovebirds walked away from their table. A soft growl averted his attention from the two towards the fuming Kiba. He raised his brow at the man with puzzlement.

"He's holding Naruto's hand again!"

"I thought you got over that. Naruto and Sasuke are friends and I thought you feel the same way too."

Kiba was taken aback and shot a frown at Shikamaru. "Why the hell would you think that?"

"Well, I don't know. Hmm…You're gushing and giggling with him moments ago did make an impression that you two are gay friends…"

"What?! I'm not gay. I'm just getting on his good side so someday I could expose him to Naruto then he would no longer hold Naruto's hand WHAHAHAHA."

Shikamaru shook his head and frown. 'Troublesome.'

Sasuke glanced back over his shoulder upon hearing Kiba's laughter. He frowned and gave a puzzled look at Shikamaru. The lazy genius made a circling motion of his finger at the side of his temple and Sasuke snort and smirk in agreement.

A tug of his hand brought his attention back to Naruto. "Hey teme let's go there!" Naruto pointed at a nearby park. He nodded and let the blond drag him there by the hand.

Naruto, even at the age of twenty-five was still a kid at heart.

He followed the blond as the said blond hopped and skipped towards a swing. He smiled at Naruto's childishness but soon that smile was replace with sour scowl upon glancing in the corner of his eye a familiar car.

"Well, well, well if it isn't my cute Banana-pie. How have you've grown, princess…"

Naruto's eyes went wide as saucer upon hearing the familiar pet name. It was years since he last heard someone called him that…that embarrassing nickname. Only one person could come up with such humiliating name for him.

"Itachi-nii?"

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