Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

Ages:
Naruto: 22
Sasuke: 24

Beat The Odds
Chapter 13: Being Hit On

June 23 2010 - 3 years and 9 months together

Why uniforms were designed to suffocate the owner was a mystery left better unknown. If he knew, Naruto might have to have a small 'chat' with the person. He grumbled as he unbuttoned the first two buttons of the collared shirt allowing the black t-shirt he wore underneath to peak out.

It was a long double shift, and a part of him could not believe he had agreed to take the thirteen-hour shift. He only needed two more pay checks before he had enough to go visit Sasuke. He was close, and it helped that he got free food and drink at the coffee shop that he worked at.

He took the visor off as he waited for the local transit bus.

"I thought you left an hour ago?"

Naruto turned his tired eyes to a familiar voice.

"Ah, Moegi." He murmured out, stifling a yawn. "I stayed a little longer, they needed help closing...didn't you leave a few hours ago?"

"Yeah," she smiled and turned over a strand of orange hair that she had put down after work. "I did some work over at the library," she pointed absently behind her.

"Ah."

Moegi was a coworker, going into her last year of high school in September. Though school was out for the year so he wasn't quite sure what work she was doing, but decided maybe she picked up summer school or something.

"Do you live far?"

Naruto felt a bit bad for her, she was grasping for something to talk about. He usually didn't mind, but he also didn't usually work thirteen hours a day either. He sighed as he remembered that tomorrow he had the early shift. He hated the morning crowed.

"No," he focused his thoughts back on Moegi. "Just near the subway station."

"Not too far," she nodded in agreement.

The bus pulled up and he quickly took out his wallet pulling out his bus pass. Moegi followed suit, searching through her bag before pulling out a soft grey wallet.

"I live just past the Queen's Key," she quickly told, following Naruto onto the bus. He flashed the driver his bus pass and took a seat near the front of the bus. Moegi took a seat to his left leaving the seat to his right free.

"Do you like living there?"

"Yeah," she smiled brightly, "it's a little loud because of the highway but it's a nice area."

Naruto nodded in agreement and quickly covered a yawn as he felt his eyes sliding closed. He felt her arm brush against his arms quickly before she shuffled her wallet back into her black school bag.

"Isn't school out? What work are you doing?" Might as well as make light conversation, he had a good twenty minutes before he got to his stop. Moegi had a good ten minutes.

"Yeah, I took a summer credit."

"Ah."

He shifted uncomfortably, trying to get his foggy mind to conjure up the essentials to having a proper conversation. He was drawing blanks and all he wanted to do was spend quality time with the inside of his eyelids.

"Yeah, it's for Math."

"Cool."

Awkward silence.

Moegi shifted again and shuffled her hands on her lap. She was no longer wearing her uniform and was dressed casually.

"Yeah..." he trailed his eyes to her briefly before moving his gaze to the window and watching cars pass the bus. He quickly froze when he felt a hand on his knee.

"I was wondering..." she kept her hand on his knee and trailed a strand of hair behind her ear again. "Would you like to go get some coffee some time?"

He frowned and tried to remind himself that not everyone was interested in dating him, even if it sounded like a date. Because, there was no way this high school kid would be asking him out...right?

"Wouldn't that be inappropriate? I'm 22 and you're..." he frowned, how old was she?

"I just turned 17," she replied with a smile. "You're not that old Naruto. It's just coffee..."

Which was true, but still she was 17 and he was turning 23 later that year. Too much of an age gap, plus there was the matter that he was taken. But she did say just coffee, so maybe she was trying to be friends? Even he knew that was a long shot.

"I don't know," he told truthfully and removed her hand gently from his knee, "you do know I have a boyfriend right?"

He felt her stance freeze and her hand suddenly snapped out of his gentle grip as though his touch burned.

"You..." she stood up quickly and shifted her stance uncomfortably, "I'm so sorry."

"Sit down," he commanded softly and sighed, "it's not a big deal."

"I'm such an idiot of course you would be gay."

He blinked as she huffed and sat back down, which caused a few people to glance at them before turning their attention back to something more important.

"I'm not gay," he muttered out, crossing his arms.

"You just said-"

"I'm bisexual,' he huffed, "don't assume."

She grimaced, "sorry. I feel so stupid."

Naruto felt a bit bad for her, but this entire thing was new to him. He hadn't actually ever been hit on, minus the creepy people who would use lame attempts to have sex. No, this was different. Someone wanted to date him and it wasn't some stranger who made his skin crawl.

He wasn't used to sparing a girl her feelings, but he also didn't know how to delicately say that he was taken.

"You're not stupid," and she wasn't, "I don't make it known."

"Hmm..." she nodded and sighed, "that is true. How serious is your relationship?" she gave a foxy smile and Naruto had to laugh at her attempt. Not in a rude way but at the way she was playfully asking, because even though she was asking, he was certain she would never date anyone if they were taken - no matter if it was serious or not.

"Pretty serious," he joked back, the tiredness leaving his body.

"Figures," she huffed but the smile never left her face. "Oh shoot this is my stop!" she quickly bolted up and grabbed her bag, "see you on Tuesday if you're working!"

"Yeah," he nodded just as she moved towards the doors and left through the door.

His phone vibrated and he quickly went to retrieve it, still having ten minutes of his ride home.

He saw that it was Kiba who had texted him.

Up for a movie? [8:18pm]

Naruto thought about it but shook his head and quickly typed out a reply.

Not tonight. [8:18pm]

His mind wandered to his encounter with Moegi and he felt oddly flattered by it and wanted to tell him.

I just got hit on by a coworker. [8:18pm]

Woah! Seriously? Was she hot? [8:19pm]

She was 17 dude! [8:19pm]

Jail-bait. Nice. [8:19pm]

Naruto groaned, figures Kiba would react that way. He wondered if he should have told Sakura first rather than Kiba but quickly brushed it off. He can't undo what's been done.

What did Sasuke think? [8:20pm]

I didn't tell him.. [8:20pm]

What? Aren't you guys supposed to tell each other everything? [8:21pm]

He frowned and glanced at the message. That is true, they're had to be some level of trust in the relationship but Naruto had turned her down so was it worth mentioning?

He closed the conversation with Kiba and pulled up Sasuke's text thread and glanced at the messages that he had sent during his break, trying to decide whether or not telling his boyfriend that he was hit on was appropriate.

Would he want to know if someone hit on Sasuke? He turned that thought over and decided no, he wouldn't. Because, as long as Sasuke said no it didn't matter who hit on him and Naruto was better left unknowing to that. Really, what could Naruto do if someone did hit on Sasuke?

He sighed and closed his phone, no he wouldn't tell Sasuke. Not because he didn't trust Sasuke or because he didn't want to tell Sasuke everything that happens, but because it wouldn't do anything but upset his boyfriend. He didn't want that so he closed his eyes and waited for his stop.