A/N: I'm not quite sure if I like this one, or not. It's kind of...strange. Very spur-of-the-moment. I dunno...hope you find some joy out of it.
One-Shot #52
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
It was always the case, if your name is Naruto Uzumaki, that you can only say what you really mean when it's the most inappropriate time or the most inappropriate place.
So, of course he'd say it today. Right now. In front of the Konoha 12.
Naruto Uzumaki's big mouth got him in trouble yet again.
The day started out simple enough. The Konoha 12 (who were now at a legendary status throughout the various countries) were all called into the Hokage's office. As small as the room was, they barely fit. But, they did somehow manage.
Sasuke stood by the wall, glaring at the glass, the floor, or anything else he saw fit to glare at. Sometimes Naruto wondered if he could make any other expression other than glaring. Sakura was standing next to Ino, talking animatedly about something. Naruto was standing between the two, where he always seemed to position himself, trying to goat Sasuke into a conversation. The Uchiha, however, just continued to glare.
It was slowly driving Naruto up a wall. The silent treatment Sasuke had been giving him since the day before was wearing on the blonde's nerves. He didn't do anything that deserved this silent treatment. He only commented on how Sasuke didn't express interest in girls and simply asked if the last remaining Uchiha was gay.
Nothing earth shattering…except maybe to Kakashi and Sakura who gaped at the blonde. And, of course Sasuke, who glared so intently Naruto thought for sure he'd caught on fire.
The blonde kicked at the floor, fidgeting in his stance, when a thought occurred to him. Sasuke didn't answer the question. He didn't confirm or deny, which shinobi are taught almost always means the answer was a yes; the person's just embarrassed to admit it.
Forgetting that he was in a cramped office space with eleven of his closest friends, he turned to the stoic teen and said – quite loudly – "You didn't answer me yesterday, did you Sasuke?"
The teen seemed to stiffen where he stood before he slowly turned to see the blonde. "Don't bring it up again, dobe!"
"But, Sasuke, you didn't answer me yesterday. Are you g-" He was gagged by Sasuke nearly shoving his fist down the blonde's throat.
"I said don't bring it up again!" Sasuke hissed, pushing the blonde up against a wall.
Although the other ten people in the room took notice of the mini-fight taking place, no one moved to stop it or comment on it. By now, all of Konoha were used to Sasuke and Naruto's spur-of-the-moment fights. They were old news.
What did catch their attention, however, was that in the midst of the fight that was beginning to ensue, one certain blonde shinobi nearly yelled out, "I knew it! I knew you were gay! I mean, come on, who could deny Sakura-chan and Ino? They practically offered themselves on a silver platter. You could have had either one, or both!"
The room went silent, save for a "WHAT?!" being shouted from said kunoichi. As the boys slowly erupted in a fit of snickers and laughing, Sasuke nearly threw Naruto though the huge windows.
"Dammit, Naruto! I said shut up!" He growled, tackling the younger teen to the ground.
"Why won't you admit it? No one would care? Hell, you'd have fan boys lined up and down the street." Naruto tried, flipping them over on the floor. He was now sitting on Sasuke's chest, his hands on either side of the dark haired teen's head. He was leaning down so he could look the boy full in the face.
"Naruto, you're an idiot!"
"You are, aren't you?"
"Naruto…"
"C'mon, Sasuke! I won't tell anyone."
Sasuke snorted.
"The only reason you won't tell anyone is because it's someone we all know." Then, after a moment he added. "Is it Neji?"
"Hell no!" Along side Sasuke's answer, Neji snorted and turned his head from the sight of the fight.
"Lee?"
"Now you're just getting ridiculous!" Sasuke growled.
"Hey!" Lee scoffed, glaring intently at the Uchiha.
"Me?" Naruto tried.
He honestly said it as a joke, but Sasuke's eyes nearly doubled as he forced the blonde off of him. Once free of Naruto's hold, he bolted toward the door, pushing people as he went.
"Me?" He asked, looking thoroughly shocked. "No way. Not me!" He tried to run after Sasuke, but the raven-haired teen doubled back and grabbed Naruto by the front of his shirt.
The room gasped as Sasuke pressed his lips to Naruto's. Blue eyes widened before slowly fluttering closed, tanned arms wrapping around a pale neck.
The girls were caught between anger and shock and awe, none of them knowing which one to feel first.
When Sasuke pulled away, Naruto was still immersed in the kiss. He followed the retreating lips, nearly falling forward on Sasuke. He slowly opened his eyes, seeing dark onyx looking back.
"It's you, you moron. Now that you've told everyone, can I go?"
"Huh?" Naruto breathed out, still feeling the kiss.
"Dobe…" Sasuke said with a hint of amusement in his voice. "I can't believe you figured it out before they did."
"I…I always kind of knew…" Sakura said softly, slightly smirking.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, as if he just realized the girl was there.
"Yeah…you two were always closer than normal boys with a rivalry. It was deeper than competition, right?"
Sasuke nodded and looked back at the blonde, a smirk still playing on his face. "I love you, idiot."
"Sasuke, I love you, too!"
Sometimes things said at the wrong time or at the wrong place make everything turn out perfectly fine. Especially, it seems, if you're Naruto Uzumaki.
Yeah...weird...I know...
