"Whats wrong with your neck, dobe." Sasuke grunted as he walked through threshold.

"I had an accident with some senbon and kunai." Naruto answered vaguely. He wiped at his neck and twitched as the blood clotted and the hickey slowly but surely disappeared.

Sheesh, Ino... bite any harder?

Ino had been a lot more aggressive as of late especially in the morning for some reason.

It's like she wants me to get caught...

Ino had been getting up earlier than usual – something about a guy that had amazing mental barriers – and had already been dressed and ready to go and Naruto may or may not have been stalling her by his insistent groping (though they hadn't officially gotten to second base – although there have been a few times where he'd woken up unable to breathe because she had him pressed up against her breasts... good times, good times...) when he sensed Sasuke nearby.

Naruto could sense Sasuke from a mile away. It probably had something to do with his adeptness in Sage chakra coupled with years of searching for the ungrateful bastard.

So he begged Ino to go out through the window. Ino had pursed her lips and agreed and distracted him for few moments with some well placed kisses a particularly vicious one before disappearing into the morning.

In the 33 seconds that it took Sasuke to arrive, he had gathered all things Ino (Sandals, make-up, scarves) and hid them in the closet.

"Why are you here anyway." Naruto asked as he eyed Sasuke maneuver himself around the living room.

"Avoiding."

"Avoiding what?"

"Women."

"Oh." Naruto stared at him for a moment, resisting the urge to let out a manic giggle before he went into the kitchen to grab some instant ramen.

He wasn't going to point out that he made an obvious move because that was probably exactly his plan to begin with. Going to your teammates apartment was something that was a given and any ninja would have made his home the first place to check.

It probably wasn't ninja that was stalking him then.

No fun... and I made up all those awesome traps too, Naruto thought forlornly.

"Have you been cleaning, dobe?" Sasuke asked, turning to look at him.

"Its more like I haven't had time to get my apartment dirty, why?" Naruto answered, his lie coming at him with ease, and a raised eyebrow. Sasuke's question came out more accusatory than anything and for the life of him, Naruto couldn't figure out why.

Sasuke didn't even blink and merely headed for his room.

"Don't go in there!" Naruto yelled. He hadn't bothered to clean up his room. Ino's stuff was all over the place!

Sasuke turned and slowly pushed the door open to aggravate him.

"I was masturbating!" Naruto blurted, panicking.

The reaction was immediate and he stepped away from the bedroom with a disgusted look. Sasuke shook his head for a moment before heading back to the front door.

Naruto let out a relieved sigh.

"Are you coming?" Sasuke called out.

"Don't get you panties in a twist!" Naruto retorted as he ran to catch up with him.

That was close...