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Fugaku's plans aren't mentioned in this chapter because Sasuke and what not don't know about them, yet, and won't know about part of his plans until chapter 20 when it comes up again...I know I suck to make you wait that long however I have some things I want to make happen first and he said he had plans but they will take time...so enjoy these happy chapter before then
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This is a long chapter so please be happy I considered breaking it into two chapters but I didn't because to me this story has short chapters to begin with so I just let it slide as a long chapter
Chapter 18: The Lake
Kiba POV:
Sasuke's mother once again called the girls over. It wasn't a bad thing; however, we all knew none of them would be hanging out with Sasuke.
"Let's go to the lake today," Sai said. "It's not that far away."
"Why there's a beach right there," Naruto argued.
"The lake's more calming," Sasuke said.
"Okay, let's go to the lake," Naruto grinned.
I almost laughed at how quickly Naruto's mind changed. We packed up the cars with some stuff for the lake before we all piled into a few cars; luckily, Sasuke's friends were his age so they could drive since we couldn't. I ended up in a car with Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Lee, Shikamaru and Ino. I sat next to Hinata who was next to Sakura, who was in front of Lee, who was next to Shikamaru, who was next to Ino. Sasuke and Naruto took the front seats as expected. In the next car were Suigetsu, Karin, Gaara, Neji, Shino, Chouji, Sai, and Juugo. I felt a little bad for Karin, as she was the only girl in a car full of freaks.
"So, Hinata, you like the lake?" I asked.
She looked surprised that I was talking to her but answered, "Y-yeah, I h-hear its p-pretty this t-time of y-year."
"It is, it's actually a lot of fun too," I smiled.
She smiled as we started to talk. I started to realize that maybe I was being stupid by focusing all my attention toward Sasuke before.
Suigetsu POV:
Karin wouldn't stop staring at me. It has been a little weird around her ever since that kiss. Everyone in the car could feel the tension, just no one want to speak out about it because all the loud mouths were in the other car. I knew Sai thought about saying something I could feel his eyes on us and I knew he just had some kind of comment, probably one that was completely inappropriate.
"We need to talk," Karin finally broke the silence as I kept my eyes on the road.
"About what?" I asked, hoping it wasn't about what I was about something other than that truth or dare kiss.
"What happened during truth or dare," she said.
"How about later," I said quickly glancing back at our audience.
"No, later you'll just avoid it, you can't avoid me now," she said.
"What about it?" I asked.
"It's just, I felt something," she said.
"It was truth or dare, that's all," I said, trying not to let my emotions get the best of me.
"So you felt nothing?" she asked.
I quickly looked at her before looking back at the road with a frown, "No." I had to lie, if I didn't everything would change and then if we broke up we would never be friends, everything would break apart.
Shikamaru POV:
We got to the lake and I laid out a towel and umbrella to lie on and under, as I didn't feel like swimming or burning. I saw out of the corner of my eye another towel being put down next to mine. I looked up to see Ino standing next to me in her bikini. I realized that it was lucky for the girls that Sasuke lived on the beach so they wore their bathing suits when they came over just in case any way, otherwise they would have had to run back to wherever they were staying to get them.
"Mind if I tan next to you?" she asked with a smile.
"No, I don't mind," I shrugged as I lay down and closed my eyes.
We stayed in comfortable silence most of the time, however, every now and then, she would start a conversation and I would respond. This summer was turning out very pleasant.
Sakura POV:
I started to tan when a shadow was cast over me. I looked to see what the problem was, "Lee, you're standing in my sun."
"Sorry Sakura," he said in his over enthusiastic tone as he moved to the other side of me.
"Is there something you want?" I asked as he stared at me.
"I want to talk," he smiled.
"I'm tanning," I sighed, knowing that he meant well, but he just wasn't my type.
"Oh, okay maybe later then," he smiled, before walking away. I just shook my head, knowing that he poor guy wasn't going to give up. He was great for an ego boost but even if I couldn't have Sasuke, that didn't mean I had to lower my standards to Lee, right?
Sai looked at me as he sat down, "You have that guy on a leash."
"It's great right?" I smiled. "I wonder if I could get him to get me water if I asked."
"You're a horrible person," he said.
"Gee, thanks," I rolled my eyes.
"Any time," he smiled.
"I was being sarcastic," I said.
He just shrugged and said, "Let the guy down easy, he does have feelings other than happy."
I frowned, "Do you think I should give him a chance?"
"Do you want to?" he asked.
"I think he kind of deserves it," I shrugged.
"Don't lead him on," he said. "If you don't like him just tell him."
"Not everyone can be so straight forward," I said.
"Then you'll probably just hurt him," he said and I knew he was right.
"If he asks me on a date, I'll give it a shot and commit then if I don't like it I'll tell him," I said, hoping not to break Lee's heart.
"Whatever you think is best," he said with a shrug before he got up and walked away.
Naruto POV:
I sat with Neji and Gaara. I sighed as I looked at the two of them, "You guys probably want me to leave you two alone, huh?"
"Excuse me?" Gaara asked.
"Well you are together right?" I asked.
Neji was drinking from a water bottle and ended up choking on the water, "Where did you get that idea?"
"Well you always hang out together, you room together, I mean you guys are practically attached at the hip," I explained.
"Listen, just because you're gay doesn't mean everyone is," Neji glared.
"Sorry," I said, weakly.
"We are best friends, not lovers," Gaara said.
"Oh, never mind then," I sighed.
"What did you want to know?" Neji asked.
"I'm just wondering about how to approach this whole thing with Sasuke," I sighed.
"What do you mean?" Neji asked.
"He told me yesterday I couldn't be jealous because I wasn't his boyfriend," I explained.
"That's code for ask me to be your boyfriend," Gaara said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, he's being the girl in this which is surprising," Neji said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"One of you has to ask the other out, the guy asks the girl out right?" he said, causing me to nod as he continued. "And if you want to be the guy in the guy in the relationship you need to take the first step of control by asking him out, just like you would with a girl."
I just smiled as I got up and said, "Thanks guys." I decided that I had to go find Sasuke.
Sasuke POV:
I sat with Suigetsu in silence. Both of us had something on our minds that we wanted to talk about, but weren't sure how to bring it up.
"You go first," I said to him.
"Karin said she felt something during our truth or dare kiss," he sighed.
"Did you?" I asked.
"Yes," he sighed as he looked down.
"What's the problem then, you two should have gotten together a while ago," I said.
"What?" he said.
"Come on, I'm not blind you guys have liked each other for awhile so stop lying about it and just get together already," I said.
"But what if we break up?" he asked.
"What if you don't?" I asked back.
"I guess you're right," he said and it seemed like he felt better. "Okay, your turn."
"What if Naruto's just like Kiba?" I asked as I looked down.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"What if he just makes me fall for him and then never acts on it?" I frowned.
"Does it feel like it's just lust to you?" he asked.
"No, it feels like there's something," I said.
"Does it feel like that with Kiba?" he asked.
"No," I sighed.
"Then stop worrying," he said.
"Thanks," I said with a small smile.
"You too," he said as we both stood up.
As we were about to walk back over by the group, Naruto came over by us and said, "Hey Sasuke, can we talk?"
"I'll see you later," Suigetsu said with a smirk.
"Sure," I said to Naruto. "Let's go for a walk." It was getting dark as we started to walk and the stars were coming out. "So, what'd you want to talk about?" I asked as I grabbed his hand.
He smiled as we continued to walk and said, "Remember what you said the other night?"
"Which thing?" I asked.
"How I'm not your boyfriend," I said.
"Yeah," I said, somewhat unsure where this was going.
"Let's change that," I said.
"What?" I asked.
"Sasuke, will you be my boyfriend?" I asked.
I was shocked as part of me still felt as if he was going to be like Kiba and just lead me on for a few years so all I could do was nod and say, "Yes."
He smiled as he pulled me in for a kiss. The kiss made me feel amazing as I quickly responded. I wrapped my arms around his neck and in his hair and felt him wrap his arms around my waist. It was soft and yet passionate at the same time. As we pulled away, still in each other's arms, I realized it couldn't get much better than this.
"We should head back, I'm sure they're going to want to head home soon," he said.
"Yeah, you're probably right," I said as I let go of him only for a moment before connecting our hands once again as we walked back toward the group. It felt as if I could do anything with Naruto by my side, even stand up to my parents.
As we walked back by the group, everyone was looking at us. Neji and Gaara had had a knowing look on their faces and Suigetsu seemed as if he was guessing that he knew what happened. We just sat down by the campfire they had made as he wrapped his arms around me and I knew that they would want explanations tomorrow, but I didn't really care. For that moment, everything was perfect.
TBC...
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