Summary: He can't change the fact that he fell for him even if he gets called an idiot, and maybe he does look that foolish. Just why did he have to fall so hard for such a person?
A/N: Second chapter is up. Sasuke is still trying his best. I am also trying my best you wouldn't think this takes so long to write lol.
Disclaimer: still don't own Naruto only the story.
"…." Talking
'…..' Thought/thinking
~~*o*~~ scene change or break whatever you want to call it.
'Ok, Sasuke… breathe.' He took a deep breath as he repeated this in his head. He was standing in front of the movie theater waiting for Naruto. 'It's not a date' he repeated to himself for the tenth time that day. He was really trying to convince himself so he could calm his damn heart rate down. This was the first time that it would only be him and Naruto alone together hanging out.
The movie started at 1:15 p.m. 'It's just casual.' He had to keep thinking that but it was getting hard to lie to himself about how he felt. Even though it wasn't showing, he was really happy at the moment. That's why he'd ended up there early; it was only 12:05. He didn't mind waiting, even if it was a little cold. It was November after all. The weather was helping to mask the faint blush that dusted his cheeks when he thought too much, which Itachi had found amusing and was in part why Sasuke had left early. The girls who kept trying to approach him were more annoying than his brother, though. He wanted to be calm for when Naruto arrived.
Naruto was in a really good mood. Today was the day and he was ready. He paused and took a breath. "Ok, bring it on." He pressed eject and looked through the pile of movies that he had laid out. "What are you doing, brat?" He turned to his grandmother's voice. "Baa-chan, you have to watch this with me." Giving her a come on, you know you want to grin. "What? What are you going to watch?" Depending on his answer, she might join in. He had just finished watching a movie that had caught her attention. It was already past 2 and she had nothing to do anyways.
"Marley and Me. Kiba's been saying how emotional and good it was. But he's such a dog lover, so I think he was just being over dramatic." Tsunde left for a few minutes and came back with a bowl of popcorn and joined him on the couch. "Sure, why not." He had already put the movie in so he just pressed play. "I'm surprised you didn't want to go out on a Saturday." He reached over for some popcorn. "By the way Baa-chan, if someone comes can you get it? Oh, and I'm not here ok?" She glanced at him "are you in trouble, Naruto?" He grinned. "no, no, just some friend stuff." She gave him a pat on the head "fine brat."
"He's not coming" the raven said in a whisper. He knew he shouldn't have expected much. He could laugh at himself right now for being so hopeful. He took out his cell to check the time. It was close to 5 o'clock. He had waited almost five hours for Naruto, just hoping that he would show. He had tried calling the blond but Naruto didn't pick up. He already knew that he wouldn't but he had to try. Surprisingly, he was allowed to have Naruto's cell number. He was glad he had gotten it before he had confessed. Of course he wasn't allowed to call and text him much, and because he didn't, he was allowed to keep it. He was freezing from being there so long. He decided to head over to Naruto's place to see if he was home.
"That's so sweet" Naruto and Tsunade said in unison. They had just finished up the movie and were a little surprised that they had enjoyed it. "Kiba was definitely over dramatic about the movie but it wasn't that bad, was it Baa-chan?" She just nodded in agreement. Naruto looked at the clock to see it was past 5. He heard the doorbell ring and quickly sunk down in the couch while Tsunade went to answer it. "Hello. I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if Naruto was here?"
Naruto slid off the couch and onto the floor. He wasn't sure if Sasuke would actually show up at his house, but it was already past 5. Did the bastard really wait that long? He hoped his grandmother would keep up her part. "Sorry, he isn't here at the moment." 'Yes, she remembered.' "Do you know when he'll be back?" 'Damn it, Uchiha. Leave!' "No, I'm not really sure." 'Tell him to leave.' "I know…thank you." With that, the door closed. Naruto got up to see his grandmother staring. "Thanks, Baa-chan" he smiled. "Brat, your friend was really cute." He just rolled his eyes. "He looked like he was freezing though. I need something to warm me up now. Where's my booze?" She left and Naruto looked away at the comment. "It's not like I care." But it didn't sound all that true.
~~*o*~~
"Thanksgiving break is here!" Kiba yelled. Yeah, a break sounds really good about now" Sasuke replied, getting up. "I'm going to go find Gaara, so get ready to go" and with that he left. "Hey Naruto, you ok?" Kiba asked, noticing the glare that he had been giving Sasuke. "I'm fine." It was a lie. He was ticked. It had been two weeks since Naruto had stood Sasuke up. Yeah, he had confronted Naruto about it and Naruto had given him an obviously bogus story. Then the bastard had smiled, said it was ok, and acted like normal once again. For the past two weeks he had been treating Sasuke like crap and the bastard still acted fine. He just stood there, motioning for Kiba to follow him.
'Damn it all'! Naruto cursed to himself once again. The bastard Uchiha had been glancing at him since they left school, since they parted with Kiba and Gaara, and had started walking him home. 'What the hell is the bastard thinking? I can't read his expression at all.' He was fuming with himself and was clearly showing he was irritated. Surprisingly, the bastard hadn't said much during the whole walk. It was mostly silent, which was weird because he always tried to get some type of conversation going if he could. 'Whatever' he thought, as his house came into view.
He had to stop and turn when the bastard grabbed his shoulder. "What?" Naruto spat out coldly. The bastard just kept surprising him. He looked so deep in thought. He finally spoke, "Naruto, I love you" and he smiled. Sasuke had told Naruto this many times, but this time it was different. Naruto couldn't tell why, but it was different. "Goodbye, Naruto" Sasuke said, still smiling, and Naruto swore his heart stopped for a moment. Then Sasuke waved and left. Without noticing, Naruto stood there for about a minute.
~~*o*~~
"Naruto, how much do you love me?" his grandfather had burst into his room yelling, causing him to jump. "What the hell, you perverted geezer!" He yelled back "Naruto I need you to take the full rap for something." He just stared at his grandfather. "What did you do?" Jiraiya held out some money to him. Naruto knew he was serious. "What did you do?" This was obviously very serious.
"It was an accident, I swear. But you know that expensive liquor Tsunade loves so much?" Naruto nodded. "I accidentally mistook it for the turkey sauce and poured it all over the turkey" he finished. "You did what!?" Baa-chan's favorite liquour was gone and the turkey couldn't be eaten. "No way I'll take the rap. Baa-chan could kill me. Ok, let's try to fix this. We'll get her drunk earlier than usual. Yeah, that might work." Jiraiya nodded and was on his way to look for Tsunade's other favorite liquor. His grandfather really knew how to bring entertainment to the family. But it wasn't enough to get Naruto's mind off the bastard Uchiha that had been occupying it.
"Itachi, did you buy dessert?" Sasuke asked, looking in the fridge. "I thought you were making it" he replied. Sasuke raised an eyebrow "what? I thought we agreed to buy dessert". Itachi walked over and pulled something out of the fridge. "So you did buy dessert" Sasuke said. "Only because I thought you'd forget to make it." Sasuke closed the fridge "I wasn't in charge of it." Itachi just smiled and went back to cooking. He didn't get as much time to spend with his brother as he used to and he knew Sasuke felt the same. "So, Sasuke…is everything alright?" he could always tell when something was off about his brother. "Yeah everything is fine"
'Stupid Thanksgiving break' Naruto thought. He had gotten smacked by his grandmother who had found out about her liquor. He wasn't even really at fault, so why did he get hit? And to top it off, he had gotten a little drunk off that turkey that Tsunade had made them eat. But what had really got him was that the bastard had occupied his mind the whole break. It couldn't be helped that Naruto was surprised when he went back to school and the Uchiha approached him with hello and… well, that was all. He wasn't acting like he usually did. He didn't smile at him often or say that he loved him or try to make conversation as often as he used to. It was strange and it had Naruto thinking about it throughout the entire day. He finally realized that the bastard was treating him like he would a friend. The bastard was trying to be friends.
"Bastard" Naruto mumbled. It was the third day of December and he couldn't get used to it. Sasuke hadn't said he loved him. 'That's what I wanted, right?' He also hadn't smiled at him very often, or had long conversations. He still helped him study though, but he didn't walk him home like he used to. He kept telling himself that it was only because he was so used to it; it had become a routine over the past two years why it was like this. That had to be the only reason, right? So was that really the reason his chest hurt so much, why he wanted to see the bastard's smile. Why he tried not to be cold towards the bastard, because he would just turn away and ignore him. That's what it is, right? It had nothing to do with the pounding in his chest, nothing at all.
"Hey, Uchiha" Sasuke turned to see Naruto. "Hey, you want to go see a movie this Thursday?" Of course the Uchiha had his usual face of indifference on. "That's Christmas Eve" his tone was normal too. "I know when it is. Do you want to go or not?" Sasuke only stared t him for a moment but Naruto knew he was thinking. "Why not?" he finally said, then he turned and left. Naruto stayed and watched him leave then clutched his chest tightly. "Bastard."
~~*o*~~
"You've got a pretty serious look on your face" Tsunade said, making Naruto turn away from the mirror to look at her. "It's nothing really" he just smiled and Tsunade gave him one of her own before she left. Naruto made sure to glance at the clock before he left. He saw that it was 4:35. He was running a little late.
Sasuke was once again early and he was standing in front of the movie theater. He looked at his cell to see that it was 5:10. The movie supposed to start at 5:20. He thought for sure that Naruto was going to stand him up again. "Hey bastard." He turned to see Naruto running up to him. He couldn't control the look of surprise that crossed his face. "Glad you made it on time." He couldn't help it that he gave a little smile. He turned and headed into the theater. He didn't notice Naruto focus his gaze and follow after him. "I didn't really see all of them" Sasuke said. Naruto handed him a ticket. "I just thought predators looked decent, and it doesn't really connect with the others so don't worry about it." They went in and found seats. Sasuke didn't notice how Naruto kept glancing at him during the whole movie.
"It was ok" Sasuke said as he followed Naruto to see the giant Christmas tree. It had gotten dark and he was finishing the pretzel he bought when they stopped at the cart vendor. He stopped next to Naruto to look at the tree. He glanced at Naruto without the blond noticing then looked back at the tree and finished his pretzel.
"It's nice, right?" the blond said, not taking his eyes off the tree. "Yeah, it is". After a few minutes Sasuke looked at his cell to see that it was past 9 already. "It's getting late. I'm going to get going, ok?" Naruto didn't reply but Sasuke wasn't sure he would have to begin with. This whole thing had been strange but nice, but he couldn't afford to stay any longer so he turned away from the blond and started to leave. Naruto finally glanced away from the tree and looked at the pretzel in his hand. "Bastard" he whispered and then turned to the leaving raven. And it was then that he realized that that bastard was really a bastard.
"Ouch!" Sasuke yelled, turning to see Naruto's pretzel next to him on the ground. 'So that's what hit me in the head.' He looked up at Naruto "what the hell, Uzumaki!" He stopped when he saw Naruto flinch. What was wrong? "You're a bastard!" the blond yelled. "You're the one who threw something at me!" he yelled back. "No, this is your fault! Why couldn't you have just been a friend?" He couldn't look at Sasuke. "That's what I'm trying to be, aren't I? I haven't done anything to-" he was interrupted. "That's right. You haven't done anything!"
"That's why it's your fault! If you hadn't have said anything, if you didn't confess, if you'd never said or done any of those things for the past two years, things wouldn't have to be like this now!" He still wouldn't look up. "What do you want me to do?" He didn't understand. "I'm trying to be good friends and I'm treating you like everyone else. What do you want from me?" What more could he do? "Do you want me to apologize for falling in love with you?" He wasn't sure he could do that. "No!" the blond yelled. "Then what, Naruto? What do you want me to apologize for?" Naruto finally looked up and Sasuke finally noticed the tears. Naruto was crying. "For making me fall in love with you!"
Sasuke's eyes suddenly grew wide. "What?" It was all he could muster as he looked at the blond. "It's your fault for noticing, for watching me, for comforting me, for always being there even when I was mean to you, even when I told you I hated you. It's all your fault for staying with me for two years, smiling and saying I love you. It's all your fault!" He tried to catch his breath, "I was fine the way I was" he tried to wipe the tears "it's your fault that it hurts when you're not there, when you don't smile at me, when you don't tell me 'I love you'. It's all your fault!" He didn't notice that Sasuke had started to walk towards him.
"That's why it's your fault, you bastard. I-" he was startled when Sasuke reached out and hugged him."Naruto" he couldn't help that he tensed a little after hearing his name. "I'll take the blame. I'll be responsible if you're serious. I was only being this way because you wanted me to." He held him tighter. "You think its easy hearing the person you love do and say the things that you did?" He felt Naruto flinch in his hold. "It wasn't easy, but even so I continued to love you. I loved you for two years and finally I…I started to think that I just couldn't do it anymore."
Naruto started to tremble as he tried to hold in the tears. He knew he had hurt Sasuke for such a long time. He didn't know what the bastard would do. "Naruto…do you hate me?" Naruto stood still for a moment then grabbed the back of Sasuke's jacket and shook his head no in the crook of his pale neck. "Are you sure you understand what you're saying? How you're feeling? Can you really think of being with me that way?" Sasuke took a breath "do you think we'll work? Do you think we'll make each other happy?" Naruto wasn't sure how to answer, what could he say?
"Naruto…why should I continue to love you?" he asked, pushing the blond away slightly so he could see his face. He hadn't stopped crying. 'I don't know. After everything I've done I… I just wanted to tell him. I don't want him to leave me.' They stood in silence. "I don't know," he finally said "I just wanted to tell you." He stared into those dark eyes then he did something that only his grandparents really ever saw. He smiled at Sasuke, a real smile. "I just…love you, Sasuke."
Finally turning from those eyes, he started to turn to leave. "Dobe" Naruto's head shot back to Sasuke. He had never seen him show his emotions so openly on his face. He could see just how happy he was at the moment. "This is the first time you said 'I love you'." He touched his wet cheeks, "the first time you ever called my name" he brushed the tears away and smiled.
"That's the first time you ever smiled at me for real. Do you know how hard it was to pretend not to love you?" After hearing Sasuke say 'pretend' the pain in his chest started to fade and his cheeks started to warm. "Naruto, you make things feel like a dream, so in case I wake up…can I kiss you?" After a moment, the blond nodded. Sasuke lowered his head as Naruto lifted his and Sasuke tried not to smile into their first kiss.
"You have pretty good aim" Sasuke said while rubbing Naruto's head and walking him home. Naruto wasn't saying much. In fact, he wasn't even looking at Sasuke. After the kiss they shared, they had both calmed down and Naruto was ignoring the hell out of him. If he tried to get close the blond would move away and glare at him. He knew that things wouldn't have changed that quickly between them. 'I should have tried for a deeper kiss.' But if he did he might have been worse off than he was now.
This wasn't going to get him down though. Not after what Naruto said. They came to a stop in front of the blonde's gate. "Naruto" he still wouldn't say anything or meet his eyes. "So, as of today I'm your boyfriend and we're dating." His head shot up at that and of course the yell came as well "what!" Sasuke smiled "well you confessed, I accepted, so we're dating." Before the blond could protest, Sasuke shut him up with a kiss. "Later, Naruto" Sasuke said quickly leaving a dazed Naruto, but Naruto came to before Sasuke left the block. "I didn't say crap like that Sasuke!"
~~*o*~~
"Naruto, have you seen Gaara?" Kiba asked, walking up to his friend. "By the way, where have you been hiding all this time?" He lost Gaara but he was finally able to find Naruto. "I haven't been hiding and I saw Gaara head to the kitchen. He was looking for you." Kiba's face looked extremely happy as he took off in search of said boy. 'Why did I come to this party? Oh, that's right, because Kiba wouldn't shut up and let him be if I didn't'. From the corner of his eyes he noticed black hair which made him duck. He looked again and realized that it wasn't Sasuke.
Naruto wasn't avoiding his friends, he was just avoiding Sasuke and had been doing a damn good job for almost a week now. Why was he avoiding him? That didn't really matter. His instincts just told him to. "Always listen to your instincts." "Ok" Naruto's head shot up to see Sasuke in front of him, and then the bastard kissed him. "T-Teme! Why'd you do that?" he wanted to yell but there were too many people around. Luckily no one had noticed. "Following my instincts" he grinned and Naruto shoved him away. "Back off, Sasuke!" But Sasuke still smiled.
"You know Naruto, you look way happier" Ino said smiling brightly. "And your relationship with Sasuke seems like it's sparked." Did his heart just stop? "What do you mean?" he couldn't look at her. "I mean you guys seem to be on better terms." He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Wait, what?" How could that be true? He had been a bigger jerk than ever since the beginning of the party. "Why do you think that?" Because he sure didn't see it. "Well for one, you've only been saying Sasuke, not Uchiha, and you two seem to have happier smiles when you do." He just stared at her. Were all his friends noticing this?
"Is everything ok?" Sasuke wasn't worried, just surprised since Naruto came, grabbed him and dragged him off to have some privacy. He was glaring once again at the raven. 'Since everyone is noticing because I say Sasuke, I'll just go back to his last name.' "Listen U…Uch…chi…" he knew he sounded like an idiot and Sasuke was for sure looking at him like one.
"You ok Naruto?" He couldn't help but laugh at the funny sound the blond was making. "Here" he gave him his drink, "maybe you're thirsty." Even though that wasn't the case, the blond took it. "Thanks, Sasuke." Damn, it was reflex now, and the bastard just kept smiling. "So what were you saying?" He definitely had to see his doctor about his heart problem. "You…get me something to eat." Quickly stealing a kiss, Sasuke responded "as you wish" and walked off, looking content while Naruto only glared and took another sip of his drink.
It was 11:30 pm. He had a headache and was so done with this party. He made sure to tell his friends he was leaving before he left. As he walked, he was making a decision on whether to take a bus or a cab. It was cold of course since it was January, and realizing that he didn't have enough money, he decided on the bus. 'About a freaking hour and a half ride to get home at night.' He sighed then turned abruptly when he heard a car honk. Low and behold it was his stalker.
"What, Teme?" "Come on. I'll drop you." The offer was tempting but he turned and started walking. He wasn't sure why, but the thought of being alone with Sasuke made him nervous. Of course Sasuke continued to stalk him in his car. After a few moments, Sasuke started to drive past Naruto, making the blond a little upset at the thought that he was leaving. The car then stopped and Sasuke got out and stood in front of him. "Please" was all he said. Naruto opened his mouth to retort but no words came out. They just stared at each other for a moment before Naruto went to the passenger's side and Sasuke got in.
The car was warm to Naruto's delight and it was quiet. Sasuke hadn't said anything since they entered the car five minutes ago. "Why'd you leave the party?" Naruto swore he wasn't interested, he was only asking because it was to quiet in the car."Because you left." Naruto turned to look at him. "What kind of boyfriend would I be if I let you go home alone?" Naruto opened his mouth but then closed it. He turned and looked out the window. Why did his cheeks feel so warm? Shaking his head, he turned on the radio. After a few minutes he started humming to the song. He paused when he felt Sasuke take his hand. He rested his head back and glanced at their hands and then he started to hum again. He might have held Sasuke's hand a little, just a little. He knew the bastard was smiling, and he thought that was ok.
~~*o*~~
"Naruto, get your butt down here!" Tsunade yelled, and after another two minutes Naruto made his way downstairs. "Yeah, I'm leaving now" and he headed for the door. When he opened it, he saw Sasuke. "About time." Sasuke smiled and they went to the car. Since the party a week ago, Sasuke had been picking him up and dropping him home. Naruto had glanced at his face and noticed it was a little red, probably from how long he was standing in the cold. Sasuke wouldn't come inside when Tsunade offered and Naruto knew why. It was because Sasuke was waiting for him to ask him himself.
"Naru-chan!" Ino yelled as she hugged the blond boy. "Morning, Ino" he tried escaping her grasp. "I can't wait for the senior trip. Aren't you excited?" A nod was all it took for the blond girl to be on her way. Senior trip. He had totally forgotten about that. Where was it anyway? It's not like he was planning on going regardless. It wouldn't take long for him to forget about it again. Except that Kiba kept bugging him to go. "So Naruto, what do you say?" Kiba whined "Come on Naruto, you have to come. Be our roommate. It'll be fun. Me, Gaara, you, and Sasuke." If Sasuke was going that was even more of a reason not to. "What did I tell you about including people before asking them, Kiba?" So the bastard wasn't going then.
"Come on Sasuke, be in our room. You too, Naruto. I already told Gaara you would." 'The hell he was-' "Ok." 'Wait, he didn't say that.' "Really, Sasuke?" he turned to the raven. "Yeah. we'll go." Naruto turned to tell Kiba no, but the stupid brunette had already left so he turned back to Sasuke. "You'll go, won't you?" His glare was a clear response.
It had been a week a week since Kiba kept bugging Naruto to be in their group. It was just two more days until it didn't matter and the dead line would pass. "Naruto" crap he turned and glared at Sasuke who was once again helping him study. "You ok?"he asked, raising an eyebrow. He had been ranting for about five minutes about how annoying Kiba was being – well in his head anyway.
He had to glare at the teme. He hadn't brought the topic back up since Kiba had mentioned it. It's not like he cared, he was just curious. "How come you aren't asking me to go?" He didn't need to specify. "If you don't want to, it's ok. I'll stay back with you." hH would, wouldn't he' "Why?" He must've been looking forward to this too. "I don't want to be away from you for four day." He said, taking a drink of his soda. "Of course you don't." Looking back at his paper he mumbled "damn stalker".
"Really? Really, really?" Kiba repeated as his eyes sparkled. "Will you shut up before I change my mind!" Naruto snapped, but Kiba just hugged him. "Thank you for coming, Naruto!" He dashed out of the classroom and Naruto knew exactly where the idiot went. It was an excuse to talk to Gaara.
He couldn't help but growl when he turned and faced the bastard who was of course smiling. "What?" He couldn't help it that he barked, but Sasuke kept his smile and Naruto just looked away. It's not like he was going because of Sasuke. Ok he was, but for a good reason. He was going so Sasuke couldn't stalk his ass when everyone else was gone. His friends wouldn't be there for an excuse to turn the bastard down. That's the reason.
It was the day of the trip and Naruto was packed, and his suitcase downstairs. He was looking at the picture of his parents. "I'll be gone for a few days. I'll be back soon. Love you." He placed the picture down and made his way downstairs. He said goodbye to his grandparents and made his way outside to see Sasuke waiting. The bastard had already put his things away so he walked right past him and into the car.
He was cursing on the bus ride there. Well, in his head anyway. No surprise as to who was at his side for the whole way there… the bastard. He had tried to avoid this, he did, but Kiba was sitting next to Gaara, Ino next to Shion, Shikamaru next to Choji, Hinata next to Shino, Jugo next to Suigetsu, and Neji – Naruto couldn't help but laugh because Neji was next to Karin, who kept trying to touch him. So of course, for some reason, he had to sit next to Sasuke who he was once again ignoring as he chatted to his friend around him.
A/N: End of chapter 2, yup. Next chapter will be the last chapter. I have been inspired to write a No. 6 fic, so maybe you'll see that soon.