A/N: This was pretty fun to write. And, hell, it should have been. The idea woke me up at 4:30 in the morning!!! This song was written while listening to "Bubbly" by Colbie Colliat (or however you spell it)...although it doesn't exactly fit with her song. Just warning you, it's long-winded and dialogue-less. I really like it, though. Hope you agree!


One-Shot #27
Realization

The first time Naruto realized it, he was thirteen. It was a bright and sunny day in Konoha, and the team had just finished training. He still to this very day doesn't know what made him do it, but he watched Sasuke sit underneath the large oak tree.

The sun was shining down between the leaves, catching the teen's raven hair in obscure patterns. The raven hair, so dark it had a slight bluish tint to it, hung long in his face, hiding any expression he may have had at the moment. His eyes, big black orbs, looked down at his hands, which were bleeding from the earlier sparring. His skin was pale, and in the light it almost looked like porcelain.

Then it started. A strange feeling started in Naruto's toes; a tingly, twitchy sensation that slowly crawled up his legs. Then, as if missing his mid-section all together, it jumped up to his nose, making him crinkle it slightly.

The more he watched Sasuke, the more the blonde couldn't stop. And the more the sensation over took him. It was as if he was caught up in something. His stomach started to tighten and his chest began to do this slight flutter thing. It almost felt like…love…

When Sasuke felt someone staring at him, and looked up to see it was Naruto, he questioned the blonde. Said blonde's breath hitched in his throat at being caught and mumbled something incoherent. He could tell the Uchiha was annoyed, he'd gotten that look so many times he could see it with his eyes closed. Of course, he'd been seeing Sasuke when his eyes were closed – a lot lately. So much it was making him question certain things he'd taken for granted.

Like his obsession with Sakura. Lately, he'd taken on more of a brother-sister bond with her, instead of his usual love-obsession thing. He'd lost that, he just didn't know exactly when. He was actually surprised to notice he didn't mind, either. It was as if something better had come along…which, until now, he couldn't put his finger on.

But, as the Uchiha stood up, stretching his long legs and brushing a piece of hair from his eyes, Naruto felt the feeling again, with newfound intensity. The burning gaze of onyx on cerulean made him shiver slightly. It was that intensity he'd always found he'd liked the most about Sasuke. And that he, like Naruto, had something to fight for. In Sasuke, he'd found a kindred spirit, rather the raven haired teen recognized it or not.

The raven did notice it, though. Because, like Naruto, he had a strange feeling coursing through his body as well. The feeling that he'd just seen Naruto for the first time, although he'd looked at him a million times before. Sasuke crossed the path between them, in an attempt to find out what the blonde was staring at so seriously. It was almost scary to see that particular look on Naruto's face. The blonde was never one to be serious, at least not around the team. The look in the cerulean orbs piercing through him hit Sasuke somewhere deep inside of him he couldn't name. He found himself wishing the feeling coursing through his body would find a name, something to make it easier to understand. It was because, as he stood there, he found it increasingly difficult to keep himself from pressing Naruto's lips to his.

Something about the way the gaze Sasuke had aimed toward Naruto changed made the blonde feel slightly uneasy. He began having the strangest urge, as if the tingly sensation was making him twist his thoughts around. The strangest urge to run his fingers through Sasuke's raven hair and pull his lips toward him became almost more than he could control.

Both boys eyed each other carefully; afraid to make a move, afraid of what the other would think of their thoughts and sudden surge of feelings. But, raw emotion was hard to control. It became too much for either boys will power to sustain.

Slowly, both boys crossed the distance between them, meeting each other in the middle. The reached tentative hands out, lightly touching arms, shoulders, then cheeks before settling on each others necks; fingers trailing, scraping across skin; pale and smooth or tanned and unmarred. It was enough to send shivers down each others spines, making the feelings and sensations grow ever so slightly. Their will power nearing its end, their lips brushed together, ghosting over each other. They pulled back, looking into each others eyes; cerulean meeting onyx intensely. Tentatively, their lips met each others again; this time pressed a little tighter together. It was their first kiss since the academy, but this time it was wanted, needed even, and both boys were more than willing. It took their senses for a spin, feeling the pressure of each others lips, moving and opening slightly. Slowly, cautiously, their tongues met, then darted back in, repeating the cycle until Naruto couldn't take anymore. He pushed against Sasuke's lips, pushing his tongue into explore the taste of Sasuke, a taste he was beginning to like. A slight moan escaped Sasuke's throat, making Naruto tighten the grip he had on the teen's body.

Sasuke needed to breathe, but not wanting to pull away. He'd never felt this alive, this free, this happy. But, alas, the need to breathe overwhelmed him and he pulled back slightly, him and Naruto gasping and panting.

Not a word was spoken, no words needed to be spoken. They both smiled to each other and, weaving their fingers together, walked back toward the town.

They would let everyone in one their newfound feelings soon enough, but for now they had to explore them themselves. And never before had a realization felt so comfortable, so free…so damn good.


I really hope you like it, I know that I re-read it twice and I really do like it myself. I haven't liked a story I wrote this much since "The Cookie". lol.

Okay, now that I'm done stroking my own ego (something Sasuke would know a lot about)...

Sasuke: Hey! I heard that!

I'm going to go try to write something else...I hope...maybe...I dunno...