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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"'Kyuubi'"

A/N: Well, rewritten chapter two. I added the conversation they had. I looked back and was sooooo mad I had missed it. I literally kicked myself for two minutes… I have the bruise to prove it. Heh. Well, I hope you enjoy it. This chapter they shall both ask for help from their sensei. Kakashi and Iruka put in their two cents in the whole 'OMFG! They're gay!' ordeal. Have fun! AND REVIEW!

Why Him?

It was awkward to say the very least. Sasuke, after hearing Naruto's almost confession, had put away the tea and had sat down with his friend. There was a long stretch of silence before Naruto spoke. "Sorry."

Sasuke looked over at him. "For what?"

"Being a total dumbass, not knowing for sure what's going on inside my own head, leading you around, not realizing what you were saying before you got too mad-"

"Going on about pointless stuff," the boy finished for him. Naruto looked up at the dark-haired boy. "Do you really think any of that matters to me? You are sitting next to me, not casting me away for telling you how I really feel." He smiled softly at the blonde. "I'm not worried about losing you as a friend anymore."

Naruto's mouth hung open stupidly. Sasuke, scared? It was almost as hard to imagine as him gay, but that didn't seem too odd anymore. The whole world had been turned upside down. Nothing made sense anymore. Did he miss something? But one thing his friend had said bothered him more then anything.

"Why would you lose my friendship?" Sasuke looked away. Naruto pouted and tried to look him in the face. It looked rather silly if you weren't involved. Sasuke kept trying to avoid looking at his friend, who was hopping back and forth in an attempt to make eye contact. It went on for about five minutes.

Finally, Sasuke grabbed the blonde's head, his hand covering his face, and pushed him to the floor. The younger boy grumbled something about flip-floppy bastards and glared at the Uchiha boy. He was released and instantly sprung form the floor to Sasuke's lap. They both struggled to gain some kind of upper hand before plunging back to the floor.

Naruto laughed and Sasuke kicked him off himself. When they were calmed down, Naruto still giggling, Sasuke with the trace of a smile on his face, Naruto asked his question again.

"I don't really have a reason. I was just worried you'd think I was weird and pretend not to know me or something equally as retarded and hurtful."

Naruto sat frozen, pondering. Then… KICK! The black-haired boy hissed in pain as his friend glowered at him. He was hurt that Sasuke could even think that way about him. He'd never do such a thing. The boy could have grown an extra head for all he cared, he would never abandon him. Stupid Teme. "I'd never do that, jerk."

"I know, I told you there was no reason behind it. Did you have to kick me?"

Grinning from ear to ear the blonde fox-boy said, "Why, yes I did my dear."

They got up, righted a small table that had been victimized during their wrestling match, and headed into the kitchen for dinner, the sun setting behind thin curtains. They sat around together, both to nervous and unsteady to really do anything out of the ordinary. Sasuke had reheated some onigiri and they were just finishing up when he looked over at Naruto. The blonde had gobbled his food down quickly and was sitting next to Sasuke with his eyes closed, a content look on his face, along with bits of rice.

It wasn't annoying him or anything, but it was an excuse to touch the boy. He popped the last bit if his meal into his mouth and set down his plate without a sound. Silently he reached over and brushed off the offending grains, snatching one up in his fingers. At the first touch Naruto had bolted up, more surprised than alarmed. He spotted Sasuke, very close to him, and blushed lightly.

"Do you know where your mouth is?" He flicked the rice at him. Naruto followed it to the floor with his eyes. There he saw several tiny clumps of white rice on the floor that had previously been attached to his face. He pouted at his friend and stuck out his tongue. "Nice come back moron."

They exchanged insults for a while before Sasuke spotted the clock. Naruto had been there for nearly four hours and they'd hardly accomplished anything. He hastily cut their shouting match short. "We need to talk about what we're going to do now."

Naruto made a face that plainly told Sasuke two things: one; he'd been having fun making fun of his friend, and two; he really had hoped Sasuke wouldn't try this tonight. But it had to be done.

First matter was figuring out exactly where they stood as far as relationships were concerned. That one was fairly easy, they were officially dating. End of story.

Next was who to tell. That was a bit harder for it included the list of people they'd be able to ask for advice. They had to pick trust worthy people who could keep their mouths shut. After a heated debate, they both chose one person; Naruto picked Iruka and Sasuke Kakashi. They decided they'd take tomorrow and ask any questions they had.

Finally a list of who they would defiantly not to tell about them unless absolutely necessary was made. Sakura, Ino, and the rest of Sasuke's fan girls were at the top of that list. Actually, they made up the whole list. The out come of such a discovery would not end well, mainly for Naruto who would no doubt be viewed as 'stealing away their precious Sasuke-kun' not matter what anybody said. Hinata was also on that list, simply because they didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Naruto was still on the fence about whether or not to let their teammate know about the pair. "But, she's our friend, and she likes you. We have to tell her," he argued.

"You know that if we said anything to Sakura she'd blab to Ino and both would spread it around the village within three hours." He gave the blonde a decisive look, telling him something words couldn't get through. No matter what the situation, Naruto would never be able to fight Sakura. She would wail on him until a third party stepped in a stopped her. Sasuke was worried about his safety. He sighed and reluctantly agreed with the Uchiha.

When all was settled, Naruto stood and stretched. He smiled at his new boyfriend and prepared to leave. Sasuke walked him to the door. Both stood there in the open doorway for what seemed like hours. Neither wanted to go, but Naruto had to leave, if they wanted to 'keep it a secret'. Suddenly spending the night at his best friend's house looked a bit odd.

Naruto turned, knowing it was for the best, and began walking away. Just as suddenly, Sasuke's hand shot out and grabbed Naruto's wrist. He halted and glanced back at the older boy. When nothing happened he raised and eyebrow.

Sasuke let go and turned his head away. "Sorry, I don't know why I did that."

There was a moment of silence and Naruto had on his 'thinking face'. Then he turned, fully facing the taller man. He took a deep breath, made a determined face and flung his arms around Sasuke's neck. He pressed his lips against the other's, who gasped before taking the hint and followed through with the awkward (real) first kiss. He wrapped his arms around the younger man's waist and pulled him closer. Sasuke ran his tongue along Naruto's lips. The blonde opened his mouth cautiously, if not a bit curiously. They slowly felt out the other, neither gaining any ground over the other, careful not to ruin the moment with a battle for dominance.

They parted for breath; both blushed visibly. They gave a silent good-bye, knowing they were going to be thinking about that for a while. As Naruto walked away, he muttered to himself quietly, "I could get used to this." Smiling, Sasuke closed the door.

-- The Next Day --
(Naruto's POV)

I was walking towards Iruka-sensei's house after breakfast and a very nice dream staring Sasuke and I. I took a small peek behind me to see if they were still following me. And, of course, they were. Konohamaru and gang were tailing me in one of their 'rocks'. It brought back nice memories from when the three of them had been little kids and Naruto had taught them some 'special' moves when they all could get together. Now a days Konohamaru was the only one really able to keep up. He'd gotten the hang of Kage Bushin, even if he could only do ten clones on a good day.

Normally, I would humor him and run back and forth like old times, but I really needed to hunt down Iruka-sensei. There was no guarantee he was at his house, no matter how probable. So I did a quick about face and kicked the fake rock right into the air, expecting to see three little rug rat Genin.

But only Konohamaru was there to scrunch up his nose at me.

"Hey, where are the others?" I looked around, expecting a sneak attack.

"They're sick with some kind of flu..." Konohamaru stuck out his lower lips and gazed up at me. I didn't like where this was going. "Do you want to hang out and play at the park, Naruto-nii-chan?" It took a second for me to remember that he was still a kid.

I looked down at him, still crouched on the ground, I didn't want to crush the hopeful look in his eye so I smiled and said, "Not right now. I have something super important to do, it might take the rest of the day though and I…" I trailed off seeing the grin slip from his face.

"Aww, please? I'm really lonely and no one is around to play with," then came the puppy eyes. I was going to lose this battle.

I let out a sigh, "OK, after I talk to Iruka-sensei I'll play with you. I'll meet you at the park in about a half hour." I silently prayed my little chat wouldn't take longer than that.

"Okay!" He smiled a toothy grin a bond off in the direction of the playground. He'd probably spend the rest of his time thinking of what they would be playing. I couldn't help but smile at the kid. I'd come to think of him a something of a kid brother. In the distance it look as if he was back to being ten years old, hopelessly obsessed with beating his grandfather. The cute little kid had grown-up, and for some reason, I was proud of that.

I walked on, letting my mind linger on this topic for a while.

Finally, I got to Iruka's house and knocked on the door. No answer. I knocked again, a little harder. There was a clatter and a couple of whispers then a flash of a familiar chakra. I had almost figured out whose it was but the door opened to reveal Iruka, strands of hair poking out from his normally neat ponytail and a red tint to his face. My face was no doubt looking really puzzled.

"Oh, Naruto. What's wrong?" It had been not too long since I'd been to visit him last. I normally would be out training or hanging with Sasuke about now so he must have figured something was wrong. And there was the Worry Face.

"Nothing I just need to talk to you about something." I smiled, just to help lighten the mood. I really am happy and I think he notices there's no need to worry because his face relaxes and he invites me in.

"So what is it you want to talk about?" He still seems a bit on edge, I wonder what I could have interrupted.

"Um," I'm not really sure how to start. I figured asking him a question relating to all of this would be the best way to start. "Have you ever fallen in love?"

"Huh?" Poor Iruka, he looked so lost. But then he smiled as he lost himself in thought for a minute. "Yeah, I have. Why?" He glanced back at me, "Does this have anything to do with Sakura? I thought you gave up on her?"

"I did," I said a little too quickly. Thinking about my 'crush' on her always made me a bit embarrassed and jittery. It was silly really, just a mix of teenage hormones and what ended up at friendship. That whole 'I love you so much' thing was just a confused cloud of immaturity. It made me feel kind of stupid.

"So who is it then?" He looked very curious.

"Well, it's-" I cut off. He might flip. I'm sure he would like little adopted grandkids. Then again, he only wants me happy. Either way, we weren't going to get anywhere until I said something. Here I go.

"Well?" he said, making hand movements to urge me on.

"You promise not to flip or anything... or tell anyone, just between you and me?"

"Yes, now come on and tell me." I loved seeing him all impatient and stuff, it was really rare. I wanted to take advantage of it more, but I had other people waiting on me. No time for games.

"Okay, it's - well, it's," I took a deep breath and said the next part really fast. "I'm in love with Sasuke!"

He didn't say anything. Did he die of shock? Oh Gods! What have I done? Oh no!

Then he spoke. Oh, sweet relief. "Who?"

"Sasuke." I look down at my feet as I answer, now that I know I didn't kill him.

"Oh," he said, kind of out there. "Well, you picked a good guy."

When he said that my head shot up, he didn't care I liked a guy? He actually approved? This was going way better than I had expected. I thought he'd at least question my sanity.

We talked for ten minutes. I asked all of my questions, how to act, what to do around others, how to keep it secret. We made small talk, straying off topic for a while, before coming back to me and Sasuke. Somehow we got on the subject of sex. And I was given a crash course on how guys 'do it'. How he knew how to do all that was beyond me, and I didn't want to know how either.

I left with a smile and a wave to hunt down Konohamaru. I did have a promise to keep. I'm a ninja of my word!

With Sasuke…
(Sasuke's POV)

I have been looking for Kakashi for almost an hour! Where could he possibly be? I paced back and forth in front of the Memorial Stone, trying to think of a way to find him.

'Please Kami-sama let him just fall from the sky or something!' I think angrily, looking up at the sky

I should pray more often, because as I finish that thought Kakashi popped out of thin air just behind me. It wasn't the sky but good enough. I notice he's looking a little shaken. I don't even linger on the subject though, I'm here on business.

"Kakashi."

He turned to look at me. "Ahh, Sasuke, what are you doing out here?"

"I was looking for you. I need to talk to you about something." I hope he turns out to be useful. I would hate it if this turned out to be a huge waste of time. He was a pervert, but a good teacher, if you looked hard enough.

"Well, what could you need to talk about?" He sat on a rock and looked up at me that one eye, just staring at me. It really was annoying… maybe I should poke it out… Nah.

"I have an, emotional problem." I feel like laughing at myself, by the look in his eye, Kakashi did too.

"It's about time you noticed this. So, are you suicidal or just severely depressed?" I don't think he was joking, entirely.

"Shut up! I'm serious!" My temper was getting the better of me.

"So am I. Mostly," he added as an after thought.

"No, I think I'm in love." I swore I was blushing like an idiot.

He paused for a moment to take in my words. "Yet again I say, 'about time.' Let me guess," he put his hand to his chin and hummed a little, "Naruto, ne?" I stare at him, dumbfounded. How did he know? I'd just gotten my head wrapped around it? Did he really know us that well? He grinned, from what I could tell, at my shocked expression. "Yes, I've known this would happen for years now, about time. Have you talked to Naruto yet?"

I nodded, "Yeah, he cool with it, we might even have a chance. He's talking with Iruka right now." He seemed to care more about the 'talking with Iruka' comment than the 'I might be going out with Naruto' one.

He obviously decided to think about it later because he continued our conversation rather than disappearing off somewhere so I'd have to find him again. "Well, what do you need to know?"

I asked every question that popped into my head from how to act romantic (to a bearable degree) to how to have sex. How Kakashi knew so much about that was way beyond me. I really don't care as long as he knows and tells me and doesn't let me know how he figured it out.

After about twenty minutes, I feel I've learned enough, and received enough mental scarring to last me a life time… I thank him and left. Time to find out how it went with Naruto, for some reason I feel the need to think of a nickname for him. It was then that it dawned on me; I was really head over heels in love with the boy.

TBC...

A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you liked the rewrite! Don't forget to RATE AND REVIEW! I hope that was better!