Before I start I have to get this out of the way:I'M SORRY! I meant to update faster and then I actually checked what work I had to do before I went back to school. School only started last week for us and I spent most of the time between publishing this and the start of term frantically doing various coursework.

Okay so yeah, same rules apply as last chapter. This is NaruSasu so its yaoi... blah, blah, blah... Except in my feeble attempt to keep you lovely people reading (and reviewing, PLEASE!) I have gone and stuck in a tiny bit of actual boyxboy stuff by way of a side pairing of NejiGaara. I've kept it as T cause it can be really annoying if fics are published as M when there's not really anything there but give me a shout if you think I have to put it up.

Hopefully I can update a bit faster this time and I know this is shorter than the first chapter but just bear with me here.

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto then I wouldn't be typing up stories instead of sleeping whilst I'm meant to do homework and I might actually be able to make money from the stuff the plot bunnies try to suffoctae me with.

CHAPTER 2

(Naruto)

He was dreaming, of that he was pretty sure but he couldn't remember what he was dreaming about. Oh, yeah that was right. That... person, that beautiful person that was so often in his dreams and... Naruto knew who they were but it wouldn't come to his mind. He was so close to them but the face was indistinct. Their name was just on the tip of his tongue, it was, it was... Suddenly soft lips assaulted his mouth and an identity didn't matter anymore. Hands were roaming and bodies were moving against each other. All that mattered was the touch of skin on skin and this one person. All that mattered was Sa...

Naruto woke with a start to the sound of a phone ringing. It was definitely a mobile phone, but it wasn't his; he had changed his ring tone away from the tuneless beeping it had come with as soon as he had got it. The incessant noise sounded somewhat muffled and Naruto sat up, blearily rubbing his eyes as he tried to locate the sound. There! Sasuke's bag was settled in the corner of the room. Stumbling off the bed in the half-light coming through the curtain, the blonde made his way over to the open bag, snatching up the old-fashioned-looking phone and glaring at it for disturbing his much needed sleep. Naruto's curiosity easily got the better of him and instead of leaving the thing, or finding Sasuke, the eighteen year-old stabbed at the accept call button and held the device to his ear. Immediately the person on the other end began to shout.

"Finally! I can't believe you Uchiha! Where were you yesterday? Hmmm? You knew full well what day it was and you deliberately didn't show up!" Naruto knew his face had to be a picture; mouth gawping and eyes wide but that voice, surely it wasn't... why would she phone Sasuke? The yelling continued. "You know with your track record if you don't have a good excuse in the next ten seconds then I am going down to that hell hole you insist on living in and dragging you back here no questions asked, are you listening brat? Birthday or not, yesterday you were meant to come to the damn clinic and I don't care if you're grieving or if you're celebrating your sweet sixteen by fucking around with anything that moves, you are going to come here right NOW!" At this point Naruto found his voice even if it did come out as more of a screech.

"Tsunade baa-chan, is that you?" The shouting stopped for a moment before the woman began ranting again for another reason.

"Uzumaki Naruto, how many times have I told you not to call me that? And... why do you have the Uchiha's phone?" Undeterred however, Naruto was now more curious than ever.

"Baa-chan, why does Sasuke-teme have to go to the clinic and what do you mean his track record? And the bastard isn't sixteen 'coz if he was then he wouldn't be in the same year as us and..." Tsunade snorted loudly, effectively shutting up the now very-much-awake blonde.

"Ah, ah, ah Naruto; you know I can't tell you all that. Now, where is the brat or do I have to assume you stole his phone?" Naruto huffed in annoyance before answering her question unwillingly.

"Mah, baa-chan, I don't steal stuff! Besides, this phone is rubbish; I don't know why a spoilt bastard like Sasuke has such a crappy phone. My phone is better than this bit of junk! Anyway, I don't know exactly where Sasuke-teme is right now but he's staying with Gaara; same as me. Couldn't you just have phoned his parents though? I'm sure they could tell you, or maybe his butler or whatever..." There was an awkward silence and Naruto wondered what was wrong and when the woman spoke again her voice sounded off.

"Yeah... Ummm... Look Naruto, could you tell Sasuke to phone me when you see him. See you next week!" With that the psychologist rang off, leaving the teenager to listen to the beeping noise of a phone that's been hung up on. His brow furrowed for a moment in confusion before he shrugged, filing the little information he had gleaned to the back of a brain very few people were aware existed. Tugging on some clean clothes, the blonde threw open the curtains and yawned loudly. He glanced back at the phone still in his hand, puzzling what he should do with it. Pulling on a pair of shorts, orange of course, and a t-shirt, Naruto headed downstairs, phone still in hand. He was about to burst into what he remembered to be the kitchen when he heard someone shouting. Once again Naruto's curiosity got the better of him and the blond stopped to listen.

"So you won't tell me what you were on about when you said yesterday wasn't how you wanted your sixteenth birthday to go?" Naruto recognised the voice instantly as Temari and winced as he imagined the fate of someone who had made her angry.

"Leave it alone Temari!" That was Sasuke. Temari had said something about his sixteenth birthday. Tsunade had said something about his sixteenth birthday. It was true. Naruto's mind froze and with it his body. His hand was still hovering above the door handle when it turned and the door was yanked into the room to reveal an irate Sasuke but not before the older girl had the last word.

"And what was so bad about your eighth birthday?" Naruto didn't move, still frozen in place like a bug under a microscope. The transition between anger and shock happened in a moment and Sasuke opened his mouth as if to speak before thinking better of it. Naruto felt his expression harden, remembering the argument of the previous night and his promise not to apologise until Sasuke had done the same. Temari broke the silence first.

"Naruto, what did you..." Naruto didn't let her finish simply holding out the phone to the boy standing mere feet in front of him so it was right in his face. It was Sasuke who actually interrupted her however, voice now back under control and emotionless.

"Why do you have my phone?" Naruto studied his friend for a moment as he would a stranger.

"Why did Tsunade phone you Sasuke? No scratch that, I know why; you missed an appointment, but why do you have to see the shrink?" Naruto hadn't seen Sasuke lose his composure in this way so completely before but Sasuke's already pale face drained of any colour it had previously had. Dark ebony orbs were wide and for once unguarded and vulnerable. The Uchiha's face instantly snapped back to emotionless but it had stayed open long enough for Naruto to know that something was going on and he promised himself he was going to find out what it was. And Uzumaki Naruto never broke his promises.

(Sasuke)

What did Naruto know? Tsunade always said he should talk to people more; what if she had decided that she should divulge this information herself? How much of a lie could I get away with? Sasuke felt himself beginning to panic. What if Naruto thought badly of him for not telling anyone about himself? What if, what if, what if. Sasuke almost let the defensive anger kick in, his reaction to any emotions that would make him weak but he couldn't. He had already gotten angry at the blonde the day before and the result hadn't been good. Sasuke subconsciously brought his hand up to brush the centre point of the stubborn ache that still lingered on the back of his head. An excuse, he needed an excuse.

"Family issues." Well that was true... it just didn't exactly pinpoint the real problem. Naruto looked unconvinced and though he let the matter drop there, he had a weird glint in his eye that ensured that the other boy knew that the topic was not going to be forgotten so easily.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sasuke had never been so glad to see Sakura in his life and probably never would again. Her voice may normally have had nails-on-blackboard effect but right then it was a next to welcome sound. The flutter of annoyance returned in Sasuke's chest as Naruto smiled brightly at the girl and went to hug her. She simply rolled her eyes and pushed him off before turning her unwavering attention back to the dark-haired boy. It was almost a surprise when Temari interrupted whatever Sakura had been about to say.

"Okay, as lovely as this little reunion is, the others are outside and it'll be lunch in a few minutes so how about we head out there? Gaara said that he'd bring the food to us so no use staying inside." Naruto nodded enthusiastically and began ushering his friends out of the door. Sasuke let himself follow the others to wherever they were going deep in thought. What was he going to do now?

Unbeknownst by anyone save Temari, Gaara and Neji were still in the house and had no real intention to prepare food for anyone. Lips pressed together roughly and desperately as both boys tried to stifle any noises they were making. Hot bodies pressed together and hands fumbled slightly at clothing that did not seem to understand the urgency of the situation.

"Ah but N-Neji, what if someone c-c-comes in?" Gaara's panted murmur did not slow anything as two pairs of hands traced pale skin and Neji let slip a moan as the red-head's cool fingers slipped dangerously low. The brunette shook his head slightly.

"We're safe. Outside, they're outside... Still gotta be – be qu-quick though." As if to prove his point, Neji pressed his hips into the other boy's eliciting a gasp of pleasure from him and for the hand still hovering around his groin to palm him through boxer shorts. Neji groaned loudly as the heat coiling in his abdomen increased from oven to furnace, and moved his own hand to tug at the boxers that the red-head was still wearing. When they finally slipped off, Neji gently closed his hand around the prominent erection that stood there and shuddered as Gaara returned the favour and began to move his hand at a fast pace that had Neji forgetting his own limb for more than just a couple of seconds. Neji was the first to slip over the edge with a yell as he let the pooling heat take over; his hand clenching bringing his red-haired lover to his climax seconds later in blissful agony.

It wasn't until after a few more minutes that the two retrieved their brains from wherever they had discarded them and began to move, painfully aware of the cooling, sticky mess that was smeared on the sheets of their bed. Gaara sighed in annoyance as he looked at the sheets. Now they'd have to wash them.

"Hey, weren't we supposed to get food for the others?" Pale green eyes widened. Crap...

"Yep... Speed clean-up?"

"Super speed clean-up!"

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