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"Talking"
'Thinking'
"'Kyuubi'"

A/N: Yays for another chapter! I had to give the fluffyness a rest for now. It's time to get back on track.

But, before I do all that I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been reviewing. They just brighten my day. And I hope you all keep doing so because... I'm going to start responding to reviews at the end of each new chapter. Starting today! You'll find responses to every review I received for chapter seven. Sorry to everyone who reviewed before but there's just too many. Keep reviewing and I'll be sure to say thanks to everyone!

Now without further ado… -drumroll- Why Him? Chapter 8!!

Why Him?

Naruto woke to a light tapping on the door. As he tried to get up he found that he was pinned down by something sitting on top of him. This something was a bit heavy, warm, and ... moving.

'Ah, that's right.' Naruto remembered what events of what had happened before he'd fallen asleep. 'Now, how should I wake him?' More rapping at the door elected that he simply push him onto the floor, which he did.

Sasuke landed with a soft thud and a loud yelp of displeasure of being moved from his comfortable spot on top of the little blonde wonder. Said boy was now unlocking the door and opening it. As he peered out he came face-to-face with a lightly blushing Hinata.

Uh-oh...

Smiling lopsidedly and scratching the back of his neck, Naruto invited her inside. She accepted with a nod and walked past the boy. They turned a corner and came into the living room. And to a very pissed off Uchiha Sasuke.

Said man stood there, tapping his foot and scowling at the younger boy. "Any reason you pushed me on to the floor and disappeared?" Naruto only giggled and pointed at Hinata.

"Had to answer the door," he elaborated as the Hyuuga's face turned a deeper shade of red. Sasuke finally saw the girl standing there and his face fell into a silent 'Oh, well then... crap!'

He too realized what was to come. Please let her not have spoken to the Wonder Twins of Girly Evil yet. If there was a heavenly being up there that cared at all for one of the two boys they would have avoided telling the pale-eyed woman. As luck would have it, though, whatever Gods were up there didn't pity them. Both were starting to think that they enjoyed the torment they placed upon them. Evil satanic bastards!

"Um, Sakura and Ino told me about the two of you," she stated simply. Not angrily, not sadly, just there. "I came by to say 'Congratulations' and I hope that you guys make each other very happy for a long time," with that she gave a warm smile. Naruto's jaw dropped and Sasuke's eyes bulged. Hooray for Hinata. "And to tell you some other things, but we should sit. It's got a bit of an explanation behind it."

Naruto nodded and ushered her into an armchair. He left her with Sasuke while he went to fetch some tea and maybe cookies. While they waited for him to return both sat in silence for a moment. Then Hinata spoke up. It was hardly a whisper, only meant for Sasuke's ears.

"If you do anything to hurt Naruto-kun I will make you sorry."

As soon as her little warning was said a happy, and blissfully unaware, Naruto popped into the room. He complained about Sasuke not having anything sweet in his kitchen. Sasuke retorted with the fact that he didn't like sweets. And Naruto said he should keep some around for him and company. Sasuke mumbled something of not liking to have people inside his house. The blonde brushed it off and handed Hinata, who was feeling a little intrusive all of a sudden, a cup of steaming green tea. She took it with a thank you and sipped it lightly.

Naruto sat next to the dark-haired man and looked over at the Hyuuga heiress. "So, what evil plan have you come to warn us of?" He may have been joking but he had hit the nail on the head. When she paled and her smile vanished he asked, "What'd I say?"

Hinata sighed. She took a sip of her tea to help her swallow the lump slowly rising in her throat. She sighed and began to tell the two the whole story. She explained how Sakura and Ino had come up to her on the street and asked for her to come to the flower shop with them. She told them that it was there that they'd told her about their relationship. It was also there that they expected her to join in on their plot to break them up. She mentioned that she had told them to stay away from the two of them, though all of them knew they wouldn't. When she was done she sighed and set down her empty cup.

They sat there in silence, waiting for someone else to speak. Then there was another knock at the door. Without waiting Naruto got up and walked over to the door. He opened it and in came Neji, without permission, looking for Hinata. Naruto led them into the living room where Sasuke and Hinata were still sitting, grumbling about smug Hyuuga pretty boys.

He waited for Hinata to draw even with him before he grinned as he said, "Thanks for all that Hinata-chan! I'll see you around." Then, as if it had just occurred to him, "Come by my new place sometime. I think I might throw a party if I'm not killed by Ino and Sakura by then."

Blushing at the honorific added to her name she bowed and left with Neji, who was very confused. When the Hyuuga's were gone he turned to face the dark-haired boy behind him. In his hand was a key on a key ring with a little froggie bobble chain. The blonde's face went from happy to excited to confused to thoughtful to horrified in the time span of five seconds. The Uchiha quirked an eyebrow and Naruto sighed.

"Ero-Sannin was here." Still confused. "He saw us sleeping."

The younger boy didn't need to say anything else. He knew how much of a pervert Naruto's sensei could be. The Gods loved to mess with them didn't they? But this went beyond cruel. The two of them were going to star in his next perverted book, or at least have their little nap-scene mentioned to everyone that old pervert ran into. Damn him. The bastard would pay dearly if that ever got out. Sasuke would see to it.

He was so immersed in imagining the most creative tortures for the old man that he almost missed Naruto's question. "Do you want to go see the house?" He looked at his boyfriend and blinked. He hadn't thought they would go over there so soon. He couldn't help but feel like Naruto was rushing this.

He was about to tell him that they should wait for awhile when he saw the most kawaii puppy face ever. Naruto must have expected Sasuke to decline for one reason or another so he'd been ready. The blonde's eyes were round and shimmering in the light of the sun that filtered through the window. His golden hair seemed to glow with angelic light. He had placed his hands under his chin in a pleading fashion. His lower lip poked out and quivered ever so much. Sasuke swore he could see him ready to start crying if need be. He also noticed, once again, that he looked like a baby fox. But Sasuke wasn't that hopeless. Uchiha's weren't drawn in by such simple things as little puppy/baby fox faces. Sensing that he was losing the battle Naruto grabbed hold of his arm and tugged, quickly changing tactics.

"Come on, Teme!!" Naruto said as he pulled Sasuke to the door. "Let's go see my father's house! He was Hokage. He probably has some really cool stuff over there just waiting for someone to use it, someone like us." This must have been plan "B": bribe him into coming over. Naruto knew how to work him. But he was still an Uchiha, they weren't bribed easily. Not to mention that, for some reason, he was getting angry at how eager Naruto was to go move into the new house, and it showed.

"It's your house now, Dobe. Go by yourself." Sasuke said, replacing his stoic mask that had fallen as a result of Naruto's pleading. 'What, now he wants to show off where he is going to be living from now on? I though he would want to be here with me.'

"TEME!!" The blonde's voice cut through his thoughts, "You're going to make me carry all those boxes by MYSELF!!" Naruto yelled. "That baka Ero-Sannin put all my stuff from the apartment into Minato's house. I thought you would want to live with me. If you do we have to pick the better house. I'll move into which ever house we think is better. If we like your house better and you want me to move in with you, you have to HELP ME!!"

Giving the hyper ball of sunshine a glare he said, "Usaratonkachi, next time, tell me these things. Don't just start pulling me without an explanation." The insult rolled off him as he grinned and began pulling the older boy forward. He pulled his arm free and walked to the door beside his blonde boyfriend. "Baka. I'll never know what you want if you don't say something with that big mouth of yours," Sasuke muttered. As he reached the door alone, for Naruto had frozen mid-step when he'd agreed to come with, Sasuke faced him. "Well, are we gonna' go get your stuff, or not?"

Naruto smiled and opened the door. They both walked out into the sunshine of the afternoon and strode, hand-in-hand, out of the forlorn Uchiha Complex.

As they neared the street they froze, both thinking about what they should do. Should they let go of the other's hand and walk around keeping their love a secret or keep holding hands and let everyone see who they really were? They had walked back to Sasuke's house earlier that day, but there had been almost no one on the streets. Being in a relationship should not be this hard. After a minute more of contemplation they seemed to reach the same conclusion. Both took steps forward in to the street. Naruto pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and glanced at it. Scrawled upon the paper was directions to Naruto's new house. As Sasuke read it he noticed that it was on the other side of the village. He decided right then and there that there was no way that they were going to live in separate houses.

Smiling, Naruto replaced the directions and continued his stroll with the dark-haired boy. As they walked the streets seemed to get more and more crowded and more and more people seemed to be staring at them. This made Sasuke uneasy but happy, little Naruto was oblivious to the whole thing.

'Ah, ignorance is bliss, ne?" thought Sasuke. Smiling slightly he continued on his way with his boyfriend by his side.

He didn't mention anything to the blonde until they were nearing the Yamanaka Flower Shop. If his memory served him right this was Ino's shift. And Sakura always came by to bug her during the other girl's work. He had wandered past the store enough times to know this. Simply because every time he did they would run out to greet him and ask him what his favorite flower was. He had always brushed them off in his usual uncaring way. But now they were mad, and vengeful. So there was no telling what they could do. Not to mention Naruto was with him. That would be sure to set them off. And the poor blonde had no idea. He had to break the news and shatter his happy little world.

He stopped walking. Blue eyes gazed up at him, asking why he had suddenly stopped. He gazed into those beautiful cerulean eyes with is onyx ones. "I think we should stop holding hands for awhile. We're about to pass Ino's shop. I know that the two of them are in there. If they see us, which they will, they'll be sure to come out and make a scene."

At this Sasuke expected the other to be sad and lightly nod his head. But the opposite happened. Naruto grinned wickedly and peered ahead at the small shop. He grabbed Sasuke's hand tighter and pulled him towards the shop. Dumbfounded he froze in his spot. Naruto glanced back at him and gave another tug. When he once again didn't move the blonde asked him about it. He had to repeat the question three times before Sasuke answered.

"Aren't you worried about what they'll say? Or do?" he tried to get his point across but to no avail.

Tilting his head to one side he said, "So? I really don't care. If we just don't show affection around them they've won in some aspect. Besides, just seeing us with each other will make them mad." The raven-haired boy made to speak but was cut off by Naruto. "And to be truthful, I hope they do make a scene! It'll save us the trouble of telling everyone. I really don't care what they do to separate us, it won't work." Then he paused to think. A sly grin found it way onto his face. "Or, is it that you're not worried about me but worried about them embarrassing you ?"

Bulls-eye! The Uchiha blushed pink and faced the other way. He denied the claim and began to move forward to prove it. Naruto was proud of himself, he could be quite manipulative. They walked past the shop, both peering in to see if the two Konoichi were there. And indeed they were. And they had seen them as well.

For a moment time stopped. Their eyes locked and the tension could be cut with a kunai it was so thick. Suddenly the girls' eyes narrowed and they came marching outside. Their motive was clear as the sun was bright, to yell at Naruto and make a fool of him. They had their work cut out for them ... sarcasm, got to love it.

Naruto gave an audible gulp and they both braced themselves for the worst.

TBC…

A/N: Oh no! What are those two bitches going to do to our favorite couple? Who knows? … I do! See you soon in Chapter 9!!

REVIEWS!

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- Of course I knew where you were going with that! Still think it was quite clever though! Hell, I'd pay 150 to see Tema-chan turn red too. Love her (almost as much a Hinata-chan).

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- Oh, right now they're really the whole problem... I loved how Hinata turned out in this story. I mean I was just kinda wandering around blind. I'm very happy that she didn't stray too far from her normal path... did she? Ero-sannin? Oh, nothing, just embarrass the holy hell out of them!