Iruka and Kakashi came to check on the duo the next morning. Iruka knocked on the door and then stepped back, bracing himself for Naruto's crashing gait, and the shrieked demands to get Sasuke out of his home. After a minute of nothing the Teacher frowned. He grabbed the handle and twisted, opening the door with a soft creak.
The set of sensei looked at the sleeping males on the couch and grinned. Iruka looked at his taller companion, who waved his arm in a sweeping bow that signaled to the Dolphin to walk over to the young men. Iruka did so and gently woke Naruto. The teachers watched him lift the manga holding hand to rub his eyes as the other curled into Sasuke's shirt. Naruto froze and slowly looked down at the warm mass on his chest and then up at his teachers quickly. His eyes went wide and he blushed furiously.
"I- It's not what it looks like!" escaped him as a rapid squeak.
He would have hollered the words and jumped off the couch had he not remembered the way that the Uchiha had been crying the night before. The blonde patted the inky black mass on his shoulder and smiled sadly at it.
"What did you do, Naruto, he looks like he was crying," accused Iruka.
Naruto squinted a glare at him and sighed. "I don't know, but one moment we were arguing, the next he was crying... he told me everything that Sakura did to him..." Naruto muttered.
Even the soft whispered words were starting to wake the Uchiha. He shifted around, looking for a warm place to lie, away from the noise, making him nuzzle deeper into the tan shoulder of the Uzumaki.
Kakashi chuckled and patted each of them on the head. He made mention of needing to report to Tsunade for a mission before he slipped out the door, closing it behind him. This left Naruto and Iruka in the living room, aside from the snoozing male that was wiggling about - and making Naruto very uncomfortable - to get himself comfortable.
The blonde sighed and nudged his shoulder, "Sasuke, it's time to wake up..." Sasuke whined in a way that made puppies go "Awe!" and pressed his nose into Naruto's neck. After more, gentle, prodding, the male sat up and frowned at them. His hands went to his eyes and he rubbed the sleep from them slowly.
"Iruka-sensei...?" Sasuke questioned as he worked his mind out of its sleepy kink. Iruka wiggled his fingers in a hello and ruffled the boy's hair. "Sleep well?" he asked and Sasuke nodded. Naruto chuckled and scooted up to sit on his rump, letting the oblivious man have his space. "You sleep like a pointy rock, Sasuke, I'm going to have bruises where you kept jabbing me with your elbows... and digging your chin in..." Sasuke recalled that night almost immediately and he glowered daggers at the blonde, his face igniting as bright as Naruto's had been not five minutes ago.
Iruka laughed at the way that Sasuke was acting and gave him a warm smile. "It's all right, Sasuke, your secret is safe with me," he assured and then looked to the blonde, "I suppose that you two have things that you need to get done? I just came to make sure that you two hadn't killed each other, now I have to get back home and feed the dogs before they eat another chair..." The teacher turned his head as he thought about the last time the hounds weren't fed on time.
Naruto smiled and chuckled evilly, "Awe! Why not stay for breakfast, Iruka-sensei!" he teased while getting up, aiming to walk the man out as Sasuke sat on the couch, brooding as he ignored the two of them. Iruka rolled his eyes and shoved his tongue from his mouth in reply to his adopted sons antics.
As they walked to the door Naruto kept his voice low, " 'Did the Sexy Jutsu last night and he freaked out - closed off and started crying. I held him until he fell asleep." Iruka nodded at this information. "I don't want to know why you did that vulgar jutsu, but at least it helped us figure out what she was doing to him…" Iruka glanced at Sasuke, offering a brief smile as their eyes met. The teacher wished them a good day and then stepped out of the apartment.
As soon as Naruto faced Sasuke again, a pillow thumped against his nose. The blonde grabbed the pillow and held it easily as he walked back to the other male. Sasuke glared at him as coldly as he could.
"Why not put me in bed?" he barked, his blush returning full force, "I'm sure it would have been much more comfortable for you."
There was an Inner-Sasuke, on the other hand, wriggling in glee for the fact that the blonde held him all night. Naruto chuckled and something flashed in his eyes; a sort of painful wisdom that hurt his heart.
The blonde made a chore of replacing the throw pillow on the couch before he sat down and pulled the Uchiha to his chest in a calming embrace while he muttered, "Just because the tears stop doesn't mean that I need to stop comforting them."
Sasuke sat there, shocked by the words for a few minutes before he relaxed his body against Naruto's and shuddered a little, the warmth radiating off of the man something that made him happier than he had ever known. Sasuke rested his head on Naruto's shoulder and dared to nuzzle against it before a smell caught his nose. The Raven jerked back and wrinkled up his face.
Naruto looked at Sasuke with a scared expression before Sasuke said, coolly, "Dobe, you reek." Naruto rolled his eyes as he laughed lightly, moving slowly to go take a shower.
Seemed like a perfect place to end XD Well, I need to get to bed, I will upload more tomorrow, G'night!