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 13: Fighting

Naruto angrily stomped inside their apartment Sasuke in tow, frowning deeply. "What the hell's gotten into you all of a sudden?!" Sasuke growled as he yanked Naruto's arm.

"My problem?! You're my problem!" Naruto screeched as he pulled his arm out of the Uchiha's grip.

Sasuke's frown deepened, Naruto's sudden mood swings were really grating his nerves for some reason. "What the hell?!"

Naruto groaned loudly in frustration as he stomped inside their room and shut the door with a loud slam that almost woke up the dead. He was pissed. Pissed beyond hell!

So pissed that he doesn't actually knew why to begin with…

He groaned again in frustration and slumped on his bed and covered his face with a pillow to muffle the loud scream his body is about to emit.

A loud knock broke him from his self-musing. He frowned at the door…actually wishing it to be set on fire and burn the house down. Heh, morbid.

"What the hell is wrong with you dobe?!"

"Nothing's wrong! Just go back and fuck that pink slut of yours!"

Oppss…that didn't sound right. Naruto frowned at his words, he shook his head and psyched himself that he wasn't really angry because of Sakura…no he's not….Sasuke must have done something that angered him…but it does not involved Sakura.

He's sure of that.

He's not jealous.

"Yeah like you're any better. Fine! Then go call Gaara and tell him that big 'ol Sasuke is being mean to you!" Sasuke growled at the other side of the door.

Naruto glare hardened once more, he didn't get why Sasuke was even dragging Gaara's name in their fight. "Well at least he's much nicer to me than you could ever be."

Sasuke who was seething with desire to punch the door with all his might restrained himself as he unconsciously bit his lower lip in agitation. Damn, he was fucking jealous of Naruto's boss right now.

"Fine!"

"Fine!" Naruto screamed back, though he felt a slight throb in his heart when Sasuke suddenly ended the argument. He wanted to hear Sasuke's voice once more, but the raven was no longer saying anything and it pained Naruto even more.

"And don't come near my bed again! You…you…" Naruto racked his brain for a biting comment. "…you stink!"

Naruto waited for some biting retort but received none. He waited for another minute more but the room was quite. He walked warily and waited for a telltale signs that Sasuke is still at the door listening, or maybe waiting for Naruto to open the door.

Naruto snorted and opened the door hurriedly. "Teme I know that you're…" But when he opened the door, he saw no one. A frown suddenly spread from his face and his hand unconsciously reached out to his chest and clutched on his shirt as though he was in great pain.

Maybe he was…

"And then we fought, he was being so mean to me Shika!" Naruto grabbed on to Shikamaru's shirt and bawled like a five years old kid whose lollipop had been stolen. Shikamaru felt the heated stares of nearby customer from other tables.

'Troublesome.'

Shikamaru squirmed and pushed Naruto's face away from him as the blond tried his hardest to attache himself from his friend's chest "Let go Naruto."

"WHAAAAA!!! But I said the meanest thing Shika! I told him to never come near my bed again because he stinks." Naruto cried more loudly while Shikamaru was frozen from his seat at that statement. "WHAT?!!"

Naruto let go of Shikamaru's shirt and pouted like a kid. "I know. I know. I'm the meanest."

Shikamaru this time grabbed on to Naruto's arms and shook him slightly, bewilderment written all over his face. "What the hell did you say?!"

"I said I'm the meanest."

"No! Fucking… not that! Did you just say you slept with the Uchiha?" Shikamaru shook Naruto forcefully, his nails digging into Naruto's arm painfully that the blond winced a bit.

Naruto nodded, puzzlement written all over his face. "So what?"

"So what?! SO WHAT?!!" Shikamaru screeched that people around them stopped a bit and glared at him, though Shikamaru was unfazed. He was freaking mad and shocked to care what the other people are thinking right now.

For god sake, his friend's chastity is at stake here…or maybe Naruto's no longer a vir…NOOOOOO!!!

Shikamaru's eyes widen at that thought. "You! Are you still a virgin?!"

Naruto's eyes widen like saucers at Shikamaru's questioning. "OF COURSE I'M STILL A VIRGIN!"

A loud grateful sigh escaped from Shikamaru's lips and he loosened his grip from the blond's arm. He thanked all the deity in heaven for saving his friend's chastity once again. He shook his head and laid it on the table as he calmed down his rapidly beating heart.

He took a moment to wonder if he would soon have a heart attack if he continued to be friends with Naruto.

"Shit! You scared me there for a second."

Naruto felt the pity stares at him; he also heard stifle laughter from nearby eavesdropper. He felt himself flushing with embarrassment. Damn! He just proclaimed to the whole world that he, Uzumaki Naruto, age 25, born with a wicked sexy body, face that could launched a thousand ship was still a fucking virgin. Smooth, Uzumaki, very smooth. Way to go in ruining your almost pristine clear reputation with the girls.

"Look what you fucking made me do Shika!" Naruto snarled at his smiling and contented looking friend.

Shikamaru just patted his friends back in response, which just earned him a heated glare. "Shit! I really thought that the fucking Uchiha already popped your cherries. Don't do that again." He sighed once more.

Naruto gave a big frown at the sighing genius. "I don't have cherries and why would the Uchiha want to pop my cherries? And how is it related to me being a virgin??!"

Shikamaru gaped at his friend's naivety which was really, really, really bordering to stupidity. Ah, the joy of corrupting such innocent minds. "Naruto, Naruto…troublesome…" He shook his head. "It means that the Uchiha had already fucked you on the butt."

"WHAT?! SASUKE AND I ARE NOT FUCKING EACH OTHER IN THE BUTT!!! PERVERT!!!" Naruto stood up and screamed with horror written allover his face. All the eavesdroppers fell from their seat laughing their hearts out at the blond's sudden outburst. Some even whistled at the blond's proclamation with malice while other conservative eavesdropper just blush…and wrote that single information on their handy dandy notebook for some use in the near future.

Shikamaru cringed at Naruto's reaction. Heh, the blond was cuter than hell when he burst like that mouthing stupid words and blushing like a little girl. Aww, he could really want to hug the blond right now…and kick his ass and throw him in a waste land to be feasted by pest. "Troublesome." He grabbed on to his friend's hand and pulled it hard. "Sit down."

Naruto reluctantly obeyed his friend as his face flush with mortification as people around them laugh aloud. Those good for nothing people, listening to someone else's conversation.

Naruto glared at Shikamaru, blaming him for all the humiliation he's getting right now. "I hate you." He snarled. "How can you say the Sasuke and I are even..even…even…" He felt his face flushing once more.

"Fucking." Shikamaru supplied nonchalantly.

Naruto blushed even more. "Yes, that."

Shikamaru smiled at how innocent the blond was projecting right now. Aww he couldn't even say the word fucking. "Fucking?!"

"…"

"You mean fucking?!"

"…"

"Fucking. Fucking. Fucking is that what you mean. The one were you stick your co…" Shikamaru was suddenly shut up with a hand on his mouth. "Yes, I mean fu…fucking. So will you stop saying it? Pervert." Naruto hissed.

Shikamaru smiled, fuck he was really getting addicted on teasing Naruto. Heh, Kiba was actually right for once.

Naruto took away his hands away from Shikamaru's mouth as he heard some snickers and cooing at the background. He glanced over his shoulder in time as some girls giggled and gush at how sweet the blond and the pineapple hair brunet were. He snarled at them.

"Bastard. How can you think that? Sasuke and I are not gay."

"Oh?"

"We're not!"

"Then why do you sleep in the same bed?"

"Because we're friends." Naruto snapped at Shikamaru with conviction. "And friends share beds when we feel like it."

"They do?"

"Yes, like when we go camping we share tents and share sleeping bags."

Shikamaru hummed in agreement. Well the blond did have a point there. He must have been thinking wrongly.

"Or like boys showering together."

Or maybe not.

"You…you shower…together?!" Shikamaru choked out.

"Duh, yes." Naruto smirked. "Like we use to in high school after PE or like we do in gyms."

Shikamaru frowned a bit, he was really getting squeamish on what else did his oh so innocent friends had done with the I'm-a-pervert-and-a-genius-at-it-Uchiha.

"Or like you do wrestling with each other and pin your opponent down on the floor. See there's no malice there. Just pure fun."

"…"

"Or how you joke around and slap your friends butt when you play basketball."

"You…You did all this things with the Uchiha?" Shikamaru frowned.

"Of course. It's just us being boys. We're that confident of our sexuality you know."

Shikamaru gave a loud sigh. "Do you and Uchiha…umm…tickle each other?"

"Yeah."

"Cuddle on the sofa while watching some films."

"Uh huh." Naruto smiled.

"Does he ruffle your hair whenever he feels like it?"

"Hmm…yeah."

"Does he tuck your head under his chin when you sleep together?"

"Yeah." Naruto frowned a bit. He wonders how Shikamaru could know all this things.

Shikamaru shook his head and gave a loud sigh of defeat. "Fine! I believe you. You two are not gay. You two are the most manly men I ever seen." 'In gay world.' Someone inside Shikamaru's head piped out. Must be the work of too much bonding-with-Kiba-time.

"Thought so." Naruto grin from ear to ear.

"Just don't fall in love with him." Shikamaru face-hardens while saying it. "Friends do fall in love…even if you're the manliest men."

"Eh?! How could you say that?! That's never going to happen. I'm straight. He's straight. We're straight as an arrow."

"Yeah, you two are straight as an arrow." 'Going in a U-turn.' Shikamaru laughed inside. "Just don't fall in love with him okay?"

Naruto frowned. "Hey Shika…how do I know if I'm falling in love?"

'Troublesome.' "Didn't you already fell in love with Sakura?"

"But it's already been years. I don't know what it feels like to fall in love again."

"Troublesome. Fine. How do you feel when Sasuke is around you?"

Naruto frowned and bit his lips as he ponders the question. "Well, I feel my heart beating faster whenever I see him, and I could feel my blood draining and I feel getting weak whenever he's near…and yeah I feel something in my stomach too." Naruto pointed on his tummy and look at Shikamaru expectantly.

"You." Shikamaru shook his head in defeat. "You…you're just hungry."

"Oh." Naruto lips form a small 'O' in awed with Shikamaru's explanation. His friend was really a genius. "So that's why. Hehehehe…it must be because of his chicken butt hair."

"Yes." Shikamaru agreed.

Naruto felt suddenly giddy inside when a hand touched his shoulder. "Dobe."

Naruto hurriedly glanced over his shoulder and his stomach made a flip as his eyes fell on Sasuke's face. He gave a small smile as Sasuke gave him a sad smile, an apologetic smile. "Teme."

Sasuke grin as he heard Naruto called him 'teme' once more. It was said in a soft tone. It was the tone use to say that he forgives him but can't say it because it was embarrassing as hell. But he understood it. He knew that tone. He was forgiven.

Naruto couldn't help himself as he too grin upon seeing Sasuke's grin. He was glad that Sasuke understood him…that they connect to each other even without words. They were connected…they were soul mates. He honestly he doesn't want it to end…to be broken.

He wanted the connection forever and falling in love would ruin what they have…so he must not fall in love with Sasuke.

Friends.

He must keep the friendship.

"Teme. Sit down. I'm getting hungry again because of you."

"Dobe. You're always hungry."

Shikamaru felt himself fade into the background like a ninja spying at the two imbeciles who were making happy grinning lovey dovey faces at each other. Damn he wanted to puke with the sweetness. "Oh by the way Uchiha…"

"Huh?"

"Do you feel yourself palpitating, blushing, your stomach flipping whenever you're with Naruto?" Shikamaru inquired at the frowning man.

"Why?" Sasuke frowned deepened.

"Nothing. Just answer it." 'Just for my enjoyment.' Shikamaru added thoughtfully.

"Yeah, teme just answer it." Naruto nudge his friend.

Sasuke face broke in a perverted grin as Naruto whined for him to answer the question. Aww…it was like confessing. "Yes." 'And I also feel my pants tighten and blood pools down south and also...'

His perverted thoughts were suddenly interrupted when a loud shrill popped his eardrums "WHAAAAAAAAA Sasuke wants to eat me!!!"

That scream started the flood of blood that drowned many people courtesy of the Uchiha's nose.

TSUZUKU

Late-Sleeper:

So review people! Write anything, comment, even flames, just right something, even about nonsensical things like how you like your dog, or anything you want to share with…just talk dammit! So that I know that people are still reading this fic. Please.

Sasuke: It's your fault anyway, you went on a long hiatus. Stupid.

Late-Sleeper: I know, I know. I'm sorry. –cries-

Sasuke: Stupid. Stop crying for god sake. Suck it up like a man.

Late-Sleeper: -stops crying- …

Sasuke: -wonders- …

Late-Sleeper: -perverted grin- you do know that it sounds perverted in so many ways what you've just said.

Sasuke: …

Late-Sleeper: Oh Naruto –wanders around- come here Uke, Uke, Uke. –coos-