The sun was shining brightly outside as the boys stepped out of the mansion behind them. Naruto brought his arm up to block the sun and looked around happily. The weather matched his mood perfectly. Sasuke came up behind Naruto and slid his hand into the blonde's, lacing their fingers together.

"Sasuke, what if someone sees us?" Naruto questioned, reveling in the feel of Sasuke's hand in his.

"Who cares? I'm not ashamed of it, and you shouldn't be either."

"I'm not, I'm just kind of self-conscious."

"Will you stop worrying? It's getting kind of annoying."

"Well sorry." Naruto said while trying to yank his hand from the raven's.

"Calm down, Naruto. If I really thought you were that annoying do you think I would be holding your hand?" Sasuke pointed out while gripping the blonde's hand tightly.

Naruto stopped trying to free his hand to look up at Sasuke. "No, I guess not."

"Then you have nothing to worry about." Sasuke brought up their entwined hands and kissed Naruto's gently, making the other blush.

"Hmph." Naruto huffed.

"Y'know, if we don't hurry we'll have to skip the ramen shop."

"Argh! No!" Naruto yanked Sasuke forward, down the walkway and onto the sidewalk before relenting and letting Sasuke take the lead.

Almost the instant they stepped onto the sidewalk they felt people's stares. Sasuke held his head high and continued walking, squeezing the hand linked to his. He could feel Naruto getting more and more anxious, slowing down as they walked. Sasuke's temper flared at all of the staring people, who were they to make Naruto embarrassed? When Sasuke saw yet another person staring at them he sent them one of his famous Uchiha glares, making the person instantly turn away. This was so stupid! If Naruto was a girl then nobody would take a second look at them. So what if they were both guys? Sasuke continued to walk Naruto to the ramen shop, fuming the whole way. 'Stupid people!' Sasuke thought as he dragged the reluctant blonde behind him.

When they finally reached the ramen shop, they only had 10 minutes before they had to get to class. Naruto unclasped his hand from Sasuke's and ran to the counter. He looked back at Sasuke as an afterthought.

"Hey Sasuke? Who's going to pay for this?"

Sasuke chuckled quietly, 'leave it to Naruto to forget about money.' "I am of course. It's my treat. Plus, you're broke." Sasuke cracked a grin at the face Naruto made when reminded of his financial situation, and walked over to stand next to the blonde. Whispers broke out among the few people in the shop who had seen Sasuke. An Uchiha smiling? Who had ever heard of that?

Naruto looked around questioningly at the rise in talk. "What're they talking about?" he asked.

"How should I know?" the raven asked. "Will you just order? We don't have a lot of time."

"Alright. Hey, can I get a large?" Naruto asked eagerly.

"Sure." Sasuke smiled at Naruto's excitement and turned towards the cashier. "Two bowls of ramen, one large one small."

"Is that together?" the cashier asked.

"Yes."

"Alright." the cashier punched some buttons on the machine and Sasuke handed him the correct amount of money. He turned away from the cashier and looked for where Naruto was sitting, avoiding people's eyes as they stared at him. When he located the blonde, he walked over and sat down next to him.

"It should be ready soon." Sasuke said after settling down.

"Arigato, Sasuke!" Naruto said sincerely.

"No problem, dobe." Sasuke reached up and ruffled Naruto's hair affectionately. Just then, the server walked over with their ramen, witnessing the exchange between the boys. The server set their ramen down and walked away, obviously contemplating what he had just seen.

The boys ate their ramen quickly and left the shop content. Just as the door closed behind them, the server walked over to his friend and said, " Guess what I just saw."

Sasuke and Naruto walked quickly to the school, this time not holding hands. They had both agreed that it would be better to not pronounce their relationship so blatantly at school this soon. They arrived at the school and walked up to the doors. Sasuke opened the door and let Naruto through before walking in himself. They instantly spotted a group of their friends and started walking over, Naruto excitedly waving and smiling grandly, and Sasuke just kind of trailing behind, hands in pockets. In the circle were Kiba, Gaara, Shikamaru and Neji, along with a few others they didn't know too well. As Naruto and Sasuke walked over the conversation died off, until they were all quiet before Kiba finally spoke up.

"Hi Naruto. Hey Sasuke." he said nervously.

"Hi Kiba. What's wrong? " Naruto asked as he took in his normally carefree friend's anxious attitude.

"Nothing! I'm fine. I just... uh, didn't get much sleep last night, so I'm kind of out of it."

"Oh, alright then!"

A couple silent seconds passed before Naruto started to open his mouth again. Right before he was able to speak, the first bell rang loudly, jarring everyone in the group. Kiba and the rest all dispersed quickly with muttered goodbyes as they left.

"Huh, I wonder what that was all about." Naruto pondered out loud.

"It's slightly obvious, Naruto." Sasuke said, looking pointedly at the blonde.

"Oh. Do you really think they would react that way?"

"I believe they already are."

"Hm."

"Hey, we need to get going or we're going to be late." Sasuke pointed out.

"Oh, alright, but you don't have the same first period as I do."

"I know. But I thought you would want me to walk you to class. I don't have to if you don't want me to."

"You were going to walk me to class?" Naruto asked, slightly shocked.

A light blush formed on Sasuke's cheeks as he looked away. "Yes."

Naruto smiled broadly and replied, "Alright." He reached out and took Sasuke's hand before turning to walk to his class.

"Wait, Naruto. Aren't you worried about them seeing us?"

"I was, but you know… I really don't care anymore. Well, not right now at least. Besides, no one's here!" Naruto smiled again and tugged Sasuke forward. "Come one! We really are going to be late now."

They both walked forward, hands still entwined, to Naruto's class as whispers broke out behind them among the few remaining students. The two boys reached the classroom just before the second bell rang. "You should hurry or you'll be late, Sasuke. Thanks for walking me to class."

Sasuke swiftly leaned forward and pecked Naruto's cheek and said a quiet your welcome before dashing off to his first class. Naruto blushed a deep red and walked into the classroom just before the bell rang.

"Uzumaki! Class is starting! Please take your seat!" the teacher bellowed out.

"Uh, yes! Sorry sensei." Naruto stumbled forward and fell into his seat, holding his hand to his cheek the whole way.

The class only lasted an hour, but to Naruto it seemed like a century had gone by before the bell finally rang. 'This class is so pointless.' he thought as he packed up his things. 'Who needs English anyway?'

When Naruto had finally gathered his things, he walked out of the classroom slowly, looking at his English worksheet which had been assigned for homework. When he stepped out of the door, he finally looked up from his reading long enough to see Sasuke leaning against the opposite wall waiting for him. When Sasuke spotted Naruto's shock of blonde hair he walked forward, matching his stride with the other's.

"Hey Sasuke. You know, you didn't have to come pick me up." Naruto said, smiling briefly before looking back at his assignment.

"I know, but you forget that I have my next class with you anyway."

"Oh yeah! Sorry."

"It's alright, I'm not offended. I've just been in that class with you since, I don't know, the first semester?" Sasuke teased.

"Oh, ha ha, you're very funny." Sasuke reached out and tugged Naruto to the side, making him avoid a head-on collision with another student.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. What are you looking at anyway?" Sasuke asked, looking down at the paper in Naruto's hands.

"My English assignment. I suck at these things."

Sasuke chuckled to himself as he tugged on Naruto's sleeve again, making him miss yet another person. "What's it on?"

"Verbs and their functions. I don't get it, why do we need to learn English when we already speak Japanese?"

"It's a useful skill. It opens up a lot of opportunities."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."

Sasuke turned to the left as they reached their classroom and noticed that Naruto kept walking.

"Naruto!"

"Huh?" the blonde asked, stopping and looking back at Sasuke.

"This is our classroom."

"Oh. Whoops." Naruto trudged back and sheepishly shuffled past Sasuke into the classroom. They sat down at their seats (which happened to be next to each other) and continued their previous conversation.

"You know I'm pretty good at English. I could tutor you if you want me to," Sasuke offered politely.

"Really? That would be amazing."

"Alright, we can work on the homework tonight."

"'Kay."

"Class! Please settle down and welcome to Chemistry!"

After they had finished their third period class (the third being Algebra 2) it was time for lunch. They both rejoiced internally at the long awaited break. They walked to the cafeteria and purchased lunches, looking around for a seat. Everywhere they looked there were over the shoulder glances and hushed whisperings in their direction.

"Hey Sasuke? Can we go somewhere where they won't be staring at us?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Sure. Where do you want to go?"

"Can we go to the roof? It's sure to be quiet up there."

"Alright." Sasuke bagged their lunches and he lead the way out of the cafeteria. He turned towards the stairs to the roof only to be met with a human body blocking their way. Dark brown hair sprouted wildly around the face beneath it, with red triangles adorning the flushed cheeks. Kiba Inuzuka stared back at them while standing in the stairway.

"Hey." Kiba said, folding his arms across his chest. He looked troubled and was slightly flushed.

"Hello Kiba. Is there a problem?" Sasuke asked, shifting so that he was subtly between Naruto and Kiba.

"No, there isn't anything wrong I guess...." he reached up and scratched his head, "just a question that we want to ask."

"We?" Sasuke looked behind Kiba and saw the rest of the group sitting back in the shadows, shifting uncomfortably. "Ah."

"I, no, we, were wondering if the rumors were true." Kiba said hesitantly.

"Rumors?"

"Yeah, you know. About you and Naruto."

Naruto tugged on Sasuke's sleeve and said quietly, "Sasuke, can we leave? Please?"

"The rumor is that you two are going out, exclusively." Kiba continued.

"And if we are, are you going to shun us? Treat us differently?" Sasuke asked.

"I…."

"You don't know, do you? What is it that's so bad, huh?"

"But did you, you know, do it? Together?" Kiba asked.

A blush formed on Sasuke's cheeks as he stared at Kiba. Naruto's mouth was hanging open and he was huddled into Sasuke, gripping the raven's arm and trying to pull him away.

"Sasuke please!" Naruto said urgently.

Sasuke ignored Naruto's protests and continued to stare at Kiba.

"I'm guessing by your reaction that that means yes," the dog boy answered the question himself.

Sasuke frowned deeply, the light blush still on his cheeks.

Kiba chuckled at the Uchiha's continued silence. "That's weird, man."

Sasuke's eyes widened and his blush deepened, the last thing that the Uchiha had expected was teasing. "What?"

Kiba laughed again, "I said that that's weird. You think you know a guy." Kiba laughed more loudly and walked over to Sasuke, patting him on the back wildly while still laughing. Sasuke stood stiffly, cringing at the physical contact. Naruto's eyes had widened to the size of saucers at each word and he was now standing just as shocked as Sasuke at the turn of events.

"You-you're, you're okay with this?" Naruto stuttered out eventually.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, sure. It's weird and unexpected, but yeah, I'm okay with it. Them? I'm not so sure." he looked over at the others who were still sitting quietly in the stairway. "You guys alright?" Kiba asked, still smiling.

"Oh yeah, we're fine. Just fine. Like Kiba said, it's weird, but I guess we're alright with it." Shikamaru answered. He still looked uncomfortable, obviously not at ease like Kiba. He turned and looked around him at the rest of the group as if for support at what he said. The group was wearing much the same expression as Shika, all looking slightly embarrassed for bringing it up in the first place.

"Umm, alright. If this is over, Naruto and I would like to eat our lunch." Sasuke said.

"What? You haven't eaten yet? Oh I'm sorry man! Sure, sure. Go! Eat!" Kiba pushed Sasuke and Naruto up towards the stairs still smiling wildly. "Sorry for detaining you. Have fun!" Kiba said jokingly.

The two boys walked up the stairs, looking back every couple of seconds at the smiling Kiba. When they finally reached the top, they went through the door and closed it decidedly. Both boys looked at each other and were silent for a second. Naruto walked over to Sasuke and put his head on the raven's shoulder.

"Wow. That was… interesting." Naruto finally said after awhile.

"Yeah. That wasn't what I was expecting. Not at all." Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto and rested his head on the blonde's. Naruto in turn wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist.

"You don't know how long I waited in order to do this." Sasuke commented after they had stood there for a while.

"Yeah."

"Yeah?" Sasuke took his head off of Naruto's and looked down at the blonde. "You liked me?"

Naruto looked up at Sasuke, "Yeah. I did."

Sasuke looked shocked for a second before he said anything. "Well, why didn't you do anything about it?!" he asked forcefully.

"Well, I didn't know you liked me! I would have rather died then said, 'Hey Sasuke, I like you. Wanna go out sometime?'. How could I know how you were going to react? You could have killed me with your jutsu!"

"Huh. And all this time I was worried." Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto, hugging him fiercely.

Naruto nuzzled his head into Sasuke's chest and said, "I love you, Sasuke."

Sasuke blushed lightly before replying, "Me too, Naru."

"Naru? Hmm, I like that." they stood like that for a while, completely forgetting about their lunch.

After a minute of silence Sasuke spoke quietly. "Naruto."

Naruto lifted his head to look at Sasuke "Hmm?" The raven brought his lips down onto the blonde's, kissing him passionately. Their mouths opened and their tongues met, both boys fully into the kiss, bringing all of their lust into it. Sasuke's hands trailed under Naruto's shirt, sliding it up slowly. Naruto brought his hands up and held both of Sasuke's cheeks pushing them deeper into the kiss, while Sasuke pushed Naruto back until they met the wall at the same time. The raven pulled on the blonde's shirt, trying to bring it up over his head.

"Ahh, Sasuke. Not here." Naruto moaned as Sasuke's fingers rubbed up his chest. "Uhn, never-mind. Keep going. Please. Ah!"

"Ha. We're kind of on the roof, Naru." Sasuke said between kisses.

Slowly a ringing bell broke through their senses. They both paused as the sound registered in their minds. Sighing heavily Sasuke brought his hands down until they were resting on Naruto's hips, and rested his forehead on the blonde's. Naruto set his hands onto Sasuke's shoulders, panting slightly.

"We need to go to class." Naruto mumbled.

"I know." Neither of the boys moved.

"That kind of means we need to move." Naruto said after a couple of seconds.

Sasuke sighed deeply and leaned back, removing his head from Naruto's. "I've decided that I hate that bell," the raven muttered.

Naruto chuckled before replying, "I'm sure if you glared at it long enough it would implode." Naruto straightened out his shirt and looked up at Sasuke, smiling.

"Ha, ha. Very funny." Sasuke ruffled the already messed-up shock of hair.

rrrr

"What was that?" Sasuke asked staring down at Naruto's stomach.

"Ahh man! We didn't eat lunch! I'm so hungry!" the blonde said, wrapping his arms around his stomach.

"You'll be fine. We only have two classes left. Which we are going to be late to if we don't start running now." Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand pulled him towards the door down to the lower levels. "I can't be late again or it'll be detention, and that means staying after school."

When what that would mean for them registered in Naruto's head he ran faster, taking the stairs two at a time. They swept around the corner and down the hallway almost reaching their classroom when the bell rang. They barreled through the doorway and skidded to a halt. The teacher looked up and jumped a little at the sudden appearance of the two boys. They were both sweating slightly and looked rather disheveled, their hands clasped tightly together. She raised an eyebrow at their hands and the boys, seeing her look, released hands quickly.

"You're late! I don't expect this is the first time either. You two, principal's office, now." she pointed out the door and watched their retreating figures to make sure they were going the right way before turning back to her class. 'Kids these days, I swear!'

Both boys looked at each other as they walked dejectedly down the hallway and had the same thought. 'Damn!'