Author's Notes:
At last, people! I was able to find me a Beta! Hooray! I can finally get chapters of this fic out! And only God knows how much I wanted them out! :D. So, a million thanks to my amazing new Beta, XxDreaming of RealityxX. I'm so happy to have found you! Okie, now that my happiness have been known to the world. Here is the sixth chapter, I personally love it, and hope my lovely readers do, too.
Enjoy~
"Alright," Kakashi looked at the watch he was wearing and grabbed his lab coat. "It's time for me to get going. Naruto, there are leftovers in the fridge, if you don't want them, call any place and have them deliver you whatever you want to eat. There is a list of restaurants beside the phone, my favorites."
"Who's paying?"
"The money is on the second drawer beside the phone." Kakashi raised a warning finger, knotting his brows in distress. "Don't go spending it all on a fancy name with stuff that you won't be eating like last time!"
Naruto gave him a cheesy smile. "It did taste a bit good."
"You threw up in the garbage can after the first bite."
"My stomach wasn't agreeing with the new taste, that's all."
"Your whole digestive tract wasn't agreeing. Naruto, just spare me the extra money and buy something you can pronounce."
Naruto waved the retreating adult with a smile. "And you try not to kill anyone today."
The silver haired man ignored the remark and hurriedly made his way towards the door, hoping that the money he'd spent such long hours into making, didn't go down the drain because of a careless kid.
Naruto started buttering his toast with extra cream cheese; then some jam on top to sweeten the taste. Learning that Kakashi was in fact a doctor came as a shock to him. He wriggled his nose - who would have thought that the pervert actually made a living out of saving people's lives? He sure didn't. But then again, the apartment he was living in seemed to be really expensive for someone with a normal income. Docs really have it nice.
Naruto rolled his eyes at his own remark, swallowed his toast in one bite, and stood up, taking his dirty dish to the sink and washing it, before putting it into its rightful place. Stretching his tiredness away, he decided to do some basketball exercises to awaken his sleeping muscles. Even if he was to miss school, that didn't mean he should slack on his training, they only had three weeks to rest 'till the semi-finals, and his arm needed to get back in shape from its three-weeks dorm.
He went back to his room and got his ball out, taking his MP3 player in the meantime and switching some of the songs he used to practice to on. He dribbled his way across the dimly lit hall;across Kakashi's expensive furniture; paying attention not to break anything – 'cause it was coming out of his allowance – and into the living room. Naruto put his MP3 player on top of the TV, seeing as it was the best place to make his music louder, and hooked it up with the speakers close by to begin practicing.
The living room was the most spacious room in the whole beautiful apartment. Naruto was forbidden to enter some rooms because Kakashi said he liked his privacy and even though he felt curious as to what lay inside; he knew how to respect other's wishes. That and the threat to be kicked out was always vividly reminding him of the consequences. So, as he threw the ball to the wall and it rebounded back to his open arms, Naruto had little to compare the spacious living room with. Perhaps one of those forbidden rooms had a space better than this, but since he wasn't able to see, this was the airiest.
After a few dribbles with himself, and failed shots to the sofa, Naruto puffed his cheeks and slammed on the soft armchair holding his ball lazily.
"I'm bored. Playing here isn't fun at all."
He threw the ball up and stretched his hands to grab it, thinking that maybe the time had come for him to go off somewhere and have a bit of fun besides being cooped up inside the huge casket. Naruto jumped to his feet and cracked his neck, heading towards his room to retrieve his jacket and some cash to wander around Kakashi's apartment complex with; determined to uncover the secret basketball court that he knew existed somewhere close by. Before he could make his way towards his room, the doorbell rang forcing him to swirl back thinking that Kakashi might have left something behind.
As he neared the door, his heart released an odd thump. He knotted his brows at his own emotions and shaking them off, he opened the door. His eyes widened and the ball in his hands fell to the ground as the name of the handsome boy slid out of his mouth like a serene melody.
"Sasuke…"
Naruto felt his heart thump again at those beautiful sharp eyes that he didn't know he missed so much 'till now. His tips tingled and his face contradicted the sea of emotions running inside of him. Sasuke looked him straight in the eyes and only one word was said.
"Come."
With that, the raven began walking away. Naruto woke up from his shock and quickly picked up his ball, put on his sneakers and rushed out the apartment before Sasuke disappeared from his sight.
Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough to catch him in the elevator, so, gritting his teeth, he ran down the stairs with his beloved ball tugged behind his arm. Six floors. When he was making his way down, Naruto cursed Kakashi, just why would a person want to live on the freaking sixth floor!? And that damn elevator, it was going down faster than his leg could carry him down. A brief thought about jumping down flashed inside his mind; yet, he ignored it thinking that he wouldn't be of any use to Sasuke dead.
Finally, the hellish torture came to an end. Naruto caught his breath and looked around the lounge; again, he broke into a run when he spotted Sasuke's black locks leaving the apartment complex. He did want to call the raven to stop, but the aura around Sasuke informed him that the only answer he'd get would be a hard deathly glare. So the blond shut his trap and continued running behind the obviously pissed off Ace.
Naruto took a turn around a corner to the left of the complex, and sure thing, Sasuke's image was stopping beside what appeared to be a street court. His running feet relaxed into a welcomed stroll 'till he reached the court, whilst his blue orbs watched Sasuke dispose of his long-strap bag and roll up his sleeves with a challenging glare inside his onyx eyes.
"Come."
Naruto didn't need to be told twice to know the meaning of this. He threw the ball he was carrying up to the air and their match began.
Sasuke tossed the bottle of water in his hands to Naruto and clicked open his own. Naruto nodded a silent thanks to him and started drinking. Their game went as expected. He was able to hold his position for the first five minutes. But Sasuke was coming at him with all his might, making the challenge a complete death match. Of course, Naruto lost at the first ten minutes with a huge difference in points that he stopped counting.
His cerulean eyes wandered to the sweating pale teen. He smiled. Maybe he couldn't beat Sasuke, but he did get him to sweat.
"Come."
The blue eyed blond felt like complaining. The only word that was given to him since morning was 'come'. He wasn't a freaking dog to be ordered around like that! Yet, as his body obeyed the orders, he felt a tear slide down his cheek - how pathetic was he getting? His body was already in synch with Sasuke's orders rather than his own mind's. He really was becoming a dog. And a damn obedient one at that.
Sasuke led the way back to Kakashi's apartment. The whole walk was in silence. Every time Naruto's mind would think of something to say, his mouth would chicken out to verbalize it. And so, they remained in tranquillity. Naruto felt himself cringe at the open door; if Kakashi had known he'd run out without locking his apartment's door, he'd have killed him. Sending a 'please-keep-your-mouth-shut-about-this' look towards the raven walking beside him, Naruto strolled inside. He was glad that nothing was missing as far as he could tell, but then again, there were always those three rooms that wereforeign to him - if anything in them went missing, he would be the prime suspect.
"I'm taking a shower; there is a change in that room over there. Get it."
Naruto looked back at where Sasuke was pointing, it was one of the three rooms Kakashi said he shouldn't go in. but….Sasuke was telling him to. Naruto came to stop with his inner reason and nodded against his better judgment to Sasuke's demand.
As he opened the door to the forbidden room, he blinked. It was a very normal area, with not much furniture, just a bed, a closet and a nightstand. The walls weren't even done. Light blue everywhere he looked. Naruto walked towards the closet and squeaked the door open. A number of clothes were inside, but they were all black. Naruto frowned at the united color and chose a set of clothes that he thought would look good on Sasuke; then strode out.
Walking towards the bathroom, he knocked on the brownish door and called. "Sasuke, I've brought your clothes."
"Get in, it's open."
Naruto turned the knob and the door opened. As soon as he was in, he had to dart his eyes at the wonderful naked body bathing calmly in warm steamy water. He put the clothes on top of the laundry basket and turned to walk out.
"Where are you going?"
"Umm…out?"
The blond heard steps leaving the bathtub and suddenly a wet hand grabbed his wrist.
"Guessed wrong."
He blinked at the speed his clothes seemed to leave him in, and before he knew it, he was stark naked and being hauled into the bathtub alongside an already clean Uchiha. Naruto felt his cheeks redden at the situation he was in.
"Sasuke…umm…you know, I can take my shower after you finish."
"No, you can't."
Naruto looked around him and the excuse that the bathtub was too small for two people rolled up his sleeve - since Kakashi decided that getting a grand bathroom alongside a grand apartment was such a grand fucking idea. Naruto calmed his ragging nerves and contemplated the fact that he should maybe disappear inside the water, but there weren't any bubbles to hide under, they weren't inside that beautiful Jacuzzi anymore. He made a mind's note to force Sasuke into taking him to that room once more and decided to accept his fate.
"Why were you avoiding me?"
And he felt his blood run dry. Naruto knew that this question was coming at some point during this marvellous day, but with the way Sasuke was choosing to ignore it, the subject kind of slipped out to his mind's junkyard. Fluttering his hands on the water, he answered truthfully.
"Because I didn't know how to react."
"To what?"
"The…" His cheeks burned with each letter. "Kiss."
"Is it because you thought I'd take it as you falling for me?"
Naruto shook his head causing water to splash between them. "Not that."
"Then?"
"I just felt weird after."
"Define weird."
Upon recalling the unfamiliar heart throb, the blankness that controlled his thoughts and the sweet way his body seemed to melt into Sasuke's arms, Naruto felt his face flame.
"Just weird…..anyways, isn't it about time we get out? It's getting hot in here!"
Before his feet could step out of the tub, Sasuke grabbed his recently healed right arm causing Naruto to stumble back into the lukewarm water and over his lap. The blue orbs blinked the water out.
"Sasuke…that's dangerous!"
"It's your fault for trying to walk out when I wasn't done talking yet."
"Even so…..there are gentler ways to get another's attention."
"With the time I had, it was the quickest."
The hot air tickled him when the other spoke and Naruto tried to wriggle his way free.
"Umm….alright, nothing bad had happened, but would you mind letting me go now?"
Sasuke released his hold on the tan arms and Naruto used his right hand to get up and out of the warm lap, but soon his face caught on fire upon sensing something soft and alien make contact with said hand. Naruto spared a glance downward and his blush deepened. Quickly his hand jolted away from Sasuke's dick making the tender meat slideout of it softly. He sprung back to a sitting position, feeling his heart skip over some beats.
"S-Sorry."
Suddenly Naruto felt a warm hand fondle and cup his own dick; he looked with wide surprised eyes at the dark-eyed teen across and his mouth hung open. Sasuke drew his hand away and licked it proving that yet again, Naruto's face could get even darker shades of red.
"Now, we are even."
Naruto didn't answer because he didn't think his voice was working right about that moment.
"Getting back to our original topic," Sasuke let the shower's water fall on his face, gluing those beautiful azure orbs to him, he released a smirk. "The weird feeling you've got, was it because you hated the kiss?"
"I…." Telling his eyes that staring so openly was rude on some level, Naruto coughed and switched his gaze. "Ehem…I don't think so, since I didn't hate it."
"Then, you loved it?"
"Don't know that either."
"Will you know if we kissed again?"
At the suggestion, Naruto felt his brain flash to alarm at the incoming meltdown and his heart rush to his throat.
"I…ummm….that's something I don't know either." Using his mind for once, Naruto continued. "But, Sasuke, why would you want to do it again? The first time you forced me because you wanted to prove that I don't have feelings for Sakura, and I don't. But now….I can't really see a reason."
"It's because of that weird feeling you've got. If you keep on with the 'I don't know' you'd only continue avoiding me more. I don't like it. So, if we figure that weird feeling you've had, we can make it disappear and you'd 'know' what you felt."
Naruto felt his eyes tender at the beautiful words coming out of that stoic statue like face.
"Sasuke, even if we didn't figure out what I felt, my avoiding you has nothing to do with it. I was just afraid you see,"
And Sasuke raised a fine brow. "Afraid?"
"Yeah….of what to say when we meet again. Somehow, after the kiss, it felt wrong to walk up and act as if nothing had happened."
Sasuke smirked as something inside his brain clicked.
"Naruto, I may be wrong and correct me if I am but," Sasuke splashed water as he made his way closer to the fidgeting blond. "Was that perhaps your first kiss?"
Naruto puffed his cheeks, clearly not fan of the smirk that plastered on those godly lips.
"No, it wasn't! My first kiss was taken by a jackass as he was giving me a stupid medicine when I freaking wasn't even conscious!"
Sasuke's eyes widened for a brief second then his smirk turned into a charming smile.
"I'm honoured."
Naruto pushed the lovely face out of his sight. "Honoured my ass!"
"Naruto."
"What!?"
Before he could suck air into his lungs and prepare for the attack, Sasuke jumped on his lips, kissing the life out of him. Naruto pushed the remarkably strong chest away, but Sasuke refused to budge.
"Air…ummm…Sasu…nnm...ai….rr…!"
After a nip to the delicious tongue and a kiss to the swollen lips, Sasuke let go of the struggling blond.
"Sweet."
Naruto ignored the buzz that jolted to his manhood and walked out of the bathroom holding a towel over his growing erection and praying that Sasuke gave him a minute or two to take care of the problem that he had caused before getting out himself.
"How much longer?"
"Three minutes."
"You said that three minutes ago!"
Sasuke pushed the whine to the back of his head and suggested. "Go play with something 'till I finish."
"I'm too hungry to do that." Naruto mumbled under his breath then stood up from the slump he was on and walked forwardto peer over Sasuke's shoulder to the food that was still on fire.
"It looks done to me."
"It isn't, just go sit down and I'll bring it when it's done."
Naruto sulked and grabbed at the black hoodie Sasuke was wearing from the back. "But I'm hungry! I haven't eaten since morning!"
"Stop acting as if morning has been ages ago, it's still two! And go set the table instead of hooking my clothes like a pouting dog!"
Naruto huffed at the treatment and let go of the hoodie, he made his way towards the tableware cabinet and got the things they needed then placed them on the dining table and slumped back to his original position on it.
"Sasuke, hasn't it been three minutes yet?"
"There's just a little left, bring me that cheese, would you?"
At hearing the name of the last decoration being called, Naruto ran like lightning towards the fridge, got the cheese out and handed it to Sasuke to peal over his dish. The appetizing aroma made his stomach grumble and it wasn't long before his mouth started to water.
"It looks delicious."
"Sure it does. I made it."
"Egoistical much?"
Sasuke hit the blond beside him on the head and gave a calm glare. "Want to eat or not?"
Naruto's moth broke into a grin. "I would like that very much, Sasuke-Sama."
"Good, then take this while I make the salad. Don't start nipping at it 'till I come, hear me!"
"Yepth!"
A few minutes later, Sasuke walked out of the kitchen holding a plate of freshly green salad with olive oil, he went back to get the water and juice out then sat and said his thanks.
"Okay, dig in."
Naruto happily obliged. His eyes turned to stars at the taste. "Sasuke, marry me!"
Sasuke looked amused at the glowing teen beside him. "Ask me that when you've beaten me at Basket."
Pouting, Naruto continued eating. Sasuke mimicked the notion of the blond beside him and began putting food on his plate. After getting out of the shower, he found Naruto already dried up with a relaxed expression sitting on the sofa. One thing led to another, and suddenly, he was pealing onions trying to make a dish that Naruto saw on TV.
They were lucky enough that Kakashi's fridge had close ingredients to said dish in it. But he was very much surprised at actually finding anything in Kakashi's fridge, since from what he'd remembered; Kakashi wasn't a fan of cooking, or anything that had to do with kitchen. Naruto remarked the influence of Iruka.
"Hey."
"Yes?"
"I was always wondering how you got these." Sasuke pointed to his cheeks.
"Got what? My cheeks?" A blond eyebrow was raised.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at the idiocy and stretched his hand across the table to cup Naruto's right cheek, fluttering over the whiskers.
"These."
Naruto felt warmness that was missed when Sasuke pulled his hand away, tingle at his cheek. His eyes closed and he gave Sasuke a big loud sigh.
"That a really long story, Sasuke, and it involve a chapter in my life that it's too gloomy and dark for me to talk about right now."
"Oh. Sorry then, didn't mean to remind you of unpleasant things."
Naruto shook his head smiling. "It's alright; it's not all gloomy and dark, there are some happy moments in it. I'm sure I'll tell you about it all someday."
"You don't have to if you don't want."
"But I want to. Once we've grown closer than now, I would tell you. I'm sure, if it's you, I can tell."
Sasuke gave Naruto a small tiny smile, a smile so small that Naruto would have missed it if he didn't have the whole face of Sasuke memorized by heart right now. He returned the smile with a bright grin of his own and continued on eating.
They finished with lunch, dish washing and cleaning the kitchen close to three thirty PM. Naruto walked to the living room, slammed his buttocks on the leathery sofa and breathed in a comfortable sigh.
"I'm sleepy."
"It's not healthy to sleep right after meals."
"But I'm sleepy. Let's sleep, Sasuke."
"Go sleep on your own, I'm heading back."
Naruto jumped at the new news.
"Back? Why? It's still three!"
"I skipped school today because Kakashi insisted I come talk to you. But I have a class I need to catch, if I leave now, I'd be able to do so."
"Can't you just skip it?"
"Well," Sasuke came from collecting his things to sitting beside the now disturbed blond. "I can. But the next class is next week; we have an assignment to hand in today and I won't be able to do that from here."
"Which class is it?"
"Art."
"Can't you just draw here and get someone to take it back to school?"
"No, my equipments are all at school or home. I'll need to go to either to get it, and it's too much trouble to ask people for favs."
"Then….why don't you just do it and hand it in tomorrow? You're the top student, I'm sure your Art teacher will cut you some slack on one assignment."
Sasuke raised an amused brow, already liking where their little conversation was going.
"And why would I do something as to stain my perfect record with an absence?"
Naruto knotted his brows pleadingly. "Umm….because I don't want to be alone?"
Sasuke stood up from the couch and went back into collecting his stuff.
"Not a good enough reason, Dobe. If you're lonely, go call your best friend over or anyone for all I care."
"Sakura is no good, she's busy with Ino and even if she wasn't, having her over right now would only be a bother."
"You didn't think so when you fell in love with her."
Naruto walked from the comfortable sofa to where Sasuke was getting his things packed into his bag, he crossed his arms over his chest.
"First thing, it wasn't love; it was a mere crush, that's ended. And second thing, I thought we proved that I had no remaining feelings for her after that kiss."
"No, we didn't. I said if you kissed me that would mean you don't have feelings for her, but I was the one doing the kissing, so there is still no proof."
"What does it matter who kissed who? It was a kiss and that's it."
"That's not it. If you didn't start the kiss, then you may still like her."
"But if I kissed you, that means I don't?"
"Correct."
Naruto sighed causing his shoulders to slouch. "Sasuke, I don't see your logic in this. A kiss is a kiss, regardless of who has started it. And there should be other ways to get you to believe that I do not like her besides kissing you. Can't you see the sincerity in my eyes?"
Sasuke zipped up his bag and headed towards the door.
"Goodbye, Naruto."
Naruto frowned at the teen walking away from him. Why couldn't Sasuke believe him? He wasn't lying! There were really no romantic feelings in his heart for Sakura, just friendship, sweet, kind friendship. Because since that night he saw Sasuke's perfect lines in playing basketball, he was hooked and Sakura had ceased to be his centre of attention. Just why couldn't Sasuke see the truth in his eyes? And why didhemake sure to disbelieve him every time Sakura would come in a conversation? Naruto sighed and closed the door, walking inside.
Maybe it was best to stay like this, with Sasuke believing what he wanted to believe. Still, as he walked inside the apartment and the afterglow of Sasuke filled his nostrils, Naruto felt himself in turmoil. Sasuke getting the wrong idea and not believing his words was really hurting him and he had no idea why. But as his mind twirled around useless answers that somehow didn't feel like the absolute truth, he felt his heart calling Sasuke back in.
Naruto put a hand to his forehead and messaged his pained temple. If the only thing Sasuke asked to believe him was a kiss, then a kiss was what he should get!
Opening the door and hurrying towards the elevator, Naruto was just in time before it closed on a calm looking Uchiha. Placing his tanned hand on the small crack, Naruto stopped the elevator from moving and grabbed Sasuke's hand jerking him out.
"I'm not staying."
Naruto had to roll his eyes at the words coming out of Sasuke's mouth as soon as he stepped out of the elevator.
"Kisses are precious to me, Sasuke. And maybe that's why you chose to pressure me with them. But, if I kiss you, what would you feel? You've kissed numerous girls before and I'm sure some were very good at it. Can…can I really compare to them?"
Black orbs lightened at his words, and a tone he'd never heard before came to answer his uncertain question.
"If your insecurity is the only thing blocking your way, then why not just try and make sure?"
Looking at those dark orbs as they pierced through his soul, Naruto felt his feet lift him up gradually and closing his eyes, he felt his lips make contact with Sasuke's. It wasn't rough, not a hard core kiss like the one he was given in the bathroom, but Naruto put all his uncertainty and fear in it, and hoped it matches to the raven's standards. When he felt those rosy lips touch his kiss back, Naruto sensed something in him soar.
He moaned as their soft kiss turned into something naughtier and for the love of him, he couldn't get away from those tight clutches Sasuke addressed as hands. Suddenly, Naruto felt his back hit the wall as Sasuke's right hand made its way under his shirt and his left held his chin, as not to stray away from their kiss. Naruto groaned and pulled his right hand to play with Sasuke silky locks pushing the gentle lips closer to his. In a second, they entered into another world.
"EWWWW! What are you two doing!?"
Naruto's head swirled so fast to the left that he heard something crack inside his neck. An old lady with her grocery bags hitting the ground and a repulsive look on her face was watching them. His body froze.
"Disgusting children! Don't you fear what God would do to you!? Where are your parents? Where do you live!?"
Sasuke pulled Naruto's chin up and gave a long hard kiss to the shocked blond. He let go at the gasp coming out of the old lady's mouth then entwined his hand with Naruto's.
"Beat it you old hag," He raised her 'the finger'. "Or do you get off while watching these disgusting children kiss 'till they fuck!?"
The woman shook at the death glare that was coming from Sasuke and looked away; swiftly she collected her fallen bags and ran to her apartment, closing the door after shouting an insult to Sasuke about how God would punish them.
Sasuke felt the fingers around his grow cold and chilly; he pulled Naruto towards his cousin's apartment and made sure to close the door probably.
As soon as they were inside, Naruto slid to the ground trying to sustain his suddenly heavy weight. Sasuke kneeled to his side.
"Don't care about what she just said. Old minds like hers, don't know shit in life."
Naruto gave a small smile to the boy comforting him. "I'm fine, Sasuke, don't worry."
"You're shaking."
"Y-Yeah…..I think am a little surprised, that's all."
"Then come on," Sasuke yanked the blond back to his feet. "I've decided to stay with you, after all."
"Eh? What about your class?"
"I'm the top student; they have to cut me some slack."
Naruto smiled at the repeated words. "Sasuke?"
"Hum…?"
"Ummnn…w-wha….mnmm…"
Sasuke raised a brow at the stuttering indecisive blond beside him; he looked and was surprised to see theunblemished cheeks becoming a dark red. And he smirked, for whatever Naruto was going to say next, was bound to amuse the daylight out of him.
"Just say it."
"Did…didyoulikethatkisss!?"
"Regardless of the fact that you believe every person on Earth can speak Dobian, which is the language that you've mastered so well, we don't. So, talk human."
"I said," Naruto started playing with his fingers as if the subject they were currently speaking about had nothing to do with him. "Did you like that kiss?"
And Sasuke's smirk couldn't get any bigger.
"Hmmm….let's see, for technique, you get zero. For proper standing, zero. For seducing me with your lips, zero. For sweeping me off my feed, a big fat zero."
Naruto's face dropped and a troubled expression soon took place.
"That bad, ha?"
"By far the worst!"
Naruto released his hand from the pale one and puffing his cheeks marched inside the apartment; he slumped on the sofa with a cute pout on his lips.
"If it was that bad, you shouldn't have asked for it!"
"Well, I didn't know it was going to be so bad, that's why I asked for it."
Naruto's brows knotted with the pout giving Sasuke the right picture he was drawing inside his mind. But when those lovely orbs were glittering with sadness Naruto tried to hide, Sasuke decided to end the suffering for his little puppy.
"And," Sasuke sat beside Naruto on the sofa and he grabbed the crossed fingers into his own. "It was the sweetest kiss I've ever had."
Naruto tried to snatch his fingers from Sasuke's but in a failed attempt, he could only yank one hand and stood from the couch.
"You don't need to lie; you have spoken your true feelings!"
Sasuke grabbed those tan fingers in a death grip before they find their way out of his grasp like the former ones and planted a soft kiss on them.
"Have I ever told you a lie?"
"You're starting to."
"Naruto," Sasuke hauled the blond right into his arms, and holding him still, he whispered into the squashy ear. "I've never and will never lie to you. That kiss was sloppy, but it soared me to the heavens."
Being circled by warm heat with Sasuke's husky voice whispering in his ears, Naruto had nothing to do except trust the raven.
"You mean that?"
"Won't say it if I didn't."
"So….it was better than the ones your exs have given you?"
"Yes, but," Sasuke turned the tables so he could be the one topping Naruto and cradling him. "We'll have to work on that technique of yours, since it royally sucks!"
This time, Naruto had a minute to suck in air to his lungs before those red lips descended on his own, pulling his oxygen alongside his heart into them.
Kakashi raised a brow at the two teens sprayed on his sofa cuddling together, his eyes made a brief contact with Sasuke's and he was signalled to not make a sound. His second eyebrow met with the first at the order. Kakashi walked inside into his room trying to wipe the picture of Naruto's head on his cousin's lap out of his mind. After getting a very much wanted shower and changing into a comfortable pair of clothes, Kakashi returned back into his living room finding the scene earlier has changed.
He walked to the kitchen and pulled himself a beer.
"I want one, too."
"Try that when you've reached puberty."
"Stop bullshitting and give me one."
Kakashi flickered his younger cousin on the forehead and closed the fridge's door. "My apartment, my rules. Feel free to run back home if you don't like them."
Sasuke glared at the man but caught the soda that was thrown at him. "Hn."
Kakashi came to sit on the kitchen table seeing as the nasty-mouthed teen mimicked his motion. He opened his beer and sighed in content when the cold liquid slid down his dry throat.
"Why are you still here?"
"Hn."
"You should know by now that that answer isn't for me."
Sasuke turned his sight to the table with a glare on his face. "He asked me to stay."
"And since when do you take orders?"
"I said asked, if you've messed the memo, that wasn't an order."
"I told you to stay away from him. Naruto is a good kid, he took a lot to get to where he is now, and staying with you will only help those old wounds reopen again. You should be the one knowing best how hard it is to heal of past wounds."
Sasuke bit his lips. "You don't have to tell me all that, I already know it."
"Then why are you with him? Leave him and go."
"Don't you think I tried!? He just kept coming back after me. No matter how many times I push, how hurtful the words I throw at him are, he always comes back. I reached a point where I can't fight him anymore."
"You'll be leading him to his doom, then."
"I won't let that happen. He just needs not to know about me and we'll be fine."
Kakashi pushed half of the beer down his throat then said. "If you think it would be that easy, then you are a bigger fool than I thought you were. Did you forget who is after you? He'll surely find out about Naruto, and when that happens. Naruto will be crushed."
Sasuke pressed hard on the soda can in hand. "I'll protect Naruto. No matter what, I won't let him be harmed."
"And how do you plan on doing that when you're already going blind?"
"I'll find a way."
"Sasuke, this is irrational. You have never done irrational things, why now?"
The raven smirked and looked the older man in the eyes. "Maybe I'm reaching my rebellious age."
"Humm….that's nice. Finally doing something a human does."
"Bite me."
A rustle from the living room pulled their attention and groaning sounds were coming. Kakashi watched as Sasuke let go of the can he was squashing to death and went to see the blond who has just woken up. He continued sipping his beer; relinquishing how nice was it to be able to wake up to the face of that special someone and sleep with the same face. His heart tightened in protest.
"Damn, now I really want to see Iruka."
Sounds of a conversation starting signalled the full awakening of Naruto, Kakashi drank what was left of his beer then made his way to the living room.
"It's time you got up."
Naruto stretched his sleepy arms. "Yeah, I can't remember when I fell asleep, the last thing I recall was watching that game of Kumogakure's High School then everything went dark."
"That's when you slept. And now, I'm going back." Sasuke announced to the two.
"Huuuh? You can't be serious. Just stay the night!"
"I cannot."
"Why? It's not like you can't go to school from here tomorrow." Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder trying to convince him. "Besides, this is the third time you refuse to stay, Sasuke. Remember, last time at my place, you promised you'd stay over next time."
"I promised to stay the night at your house, not here."
"What's wrong with here?" Kakashi interrupted their conversation defending his magnificent apartment.
"Nothing, but I can't stay."
"Yes, you can. You'd be dreaming if you think I'll be letting you drive this late home."
"Nothing would happen, Naruto; I do it all the time."
The cobalt eyed blond released his hold on Sasuke to cross his arms over his chest objecting. "Saying you do it all the time isn't bringing any comfort to my soul either."
Kakashi grinned at the conversation and placed both his hands on Sasuke's shoulders, pressing hard.
"Just stay the night. I don't want to get reported to when you drive into a truck on your way back and die. There are enough rooms to go around and on the contrary to your belief that you'll wake up dead if you sleep in here, you will not."
"Yes, Sasuke! We can even sleep in the same room together!" Naruto chirped excitedly.
"That won't happen." Kakashi was soon to bust his bubbles. "My beds aren't made for two people to sleep on, well, except my own bed that is. But others would break easily at the weight of two healthy grown up teens!"
Naruto puffed his cheeks in protest. "But it's no fun if he is just going to sleep in another room, and I'm sure you will not let us stay up late because there is school tomorrow!"
"Correct again. Why Naruto, you're becoming less of a complete airhead by the day."
Naruto tried to deliver a kick, but it was perfectly dodged.
"I've not decided to stay yet."
"Come on, Sasuke~ it's been a while since the last time we slept in together."
Kakashi's eyes turned dangerous as he looked at Sasuke.
At the sudden tense atmosphere, Naruto started clarifying. "Oh, we didn't have sex or anything sexual. We just slept, on the same bed. Nothing's wrong with just sleeping."
Sasuke met the heated glare with one of his own and jolted his shoulder free from the silver haired clutches.
"Even if it wasn't just sleep, what is it to you?"
Kakashi raised a brow at the tone and pinched Sasuke on the nose. "You're a million years too early to be speaking to me that way, boy. And answering your question, Naruto is the son of my beloved Iruka. If you even think of doing anything to him, I'll kill you."
"Million years my ass! I'd speak to you as I like. And if I did anything to him it's his call not yours!"
"He is a kid, he doesn't have a call and so do you."
"I'm not a kid! And his sex-life is his freaking call!"
"From what I saw, you two are still kids. And I can't just let you stray before my eyes without me doing a thing about it."
"Ummm….guys?"
Sasuke felt his nerves flare at the words. "We aren't fucking kids! And Naruto is fully able to make up his own mind! So, if he wants to fuck me, we'd fuck! And there is nothing you or the rest of this miserable world can do about it!"
"Sasuke, calm down, I'm not after you. I'm just telling you that right now, neither of you has the right meaning to evolve this relationship of yours into any level. And with the way you're going, you'll only lead him into oblivion."
"Stop speaking as if you know everything about us!"
"I know everything about the world you so foolishly try to ignore. And being with Naruto will do him no good."
"That's for him to say, not you!"
"Sadly, he can't say it. And it's beyond me to help him, so I'm trying to reason with you. Stay away from each other. It's the best thing you can do."
Sasuke's glare hardened and he held tight to his bag's strap. "Again, it's not your fucking decision!"
"Yes, it is. You're living in a world where adults are in charge, not hormonal kids who think about their dicks instead of their brains."
Before Sasuke's mouth would come up with a nasty retreat, Naruto closed his hands on it and blocked Sasuke's vision with his face then spoke softly.
"Sasuke, calm down. There is no need to fight now; Kakashi only said those things because he is looking out for our best interests from the heart. You can't lash out on him. Relax."
Looking at those beautiful azure orbs was always like a spell to him, and it didn't take long for Sasuke to fall on those warm hands this time. He took a deep breath and his angry face returned to normal.
"Thanks."
Naruto turned from the raven and glared at the elder man who was so calmly observing the situation with a cigarette in hand.
"And you! I'm not a kid anymore. I have my own mind and I'd do what I want to do. My sex life is none of your business! I never want you to speak of it again!"
Kakashi gave a sly smile. "Sure you don't."
Naruto watched the silver haired man walk towards the telephone and from the conversation he was hearing. It was something about ordering pizza. His tense face broke into a cheerful grin.
"Sasuke, you're staying, right?"
"Since you seem like you'd drop dead if I left, what choice do I have?"
This time, it was Sasuke's turn to brace himself at the bone-crushing hug that came flying at him.
Kakashi closed the door after bidding Naruto a goodnight and walked out to his own room, ready to start his late night phone call to his sweetheart. Their dinner went out in awkward silence at the beginning, but then Naruto used a few silly jokes and swiftly, the thick air was cut and the rest of the evening flowed smoothly 'till they finished their last pizza bite. Kakashi sighed and hoped that the two boys don't wound up doing something stupid - like fucking each other on his own apartment beds. Iruka wouldn't forgive him if Naruto's first time was with a boy and on top of that, a boy with a messed up life, family and destiny.
"May God help me."
On the other side of the apartment, Naruto placed his ear on the door. When he was sure the door to Kakashi's room was closed and locked with a click, he took his mattress and his pillow and tiptoed to the room Sasuke was supposed to be in. the light blue one.
"Sasuke..." And three hushed knocks followed the whisper. "Open up, it's me."
"Go back to your room, Naruto. Kakashi will murder both of us if he sees you here."
"He won't. And besides, the whole point of me wanting you to stay here is so we can talk into the depth of the night. You being in a room and me being in another doesn't really help that desire!"
"He'll kill you, you okay with that?"
"Sure, I am. Now open, the longer I'm here, the more chances there are of him catching me!"
Against his better judgment and the logical voice in his head, Sasuke clicked his door open. He raised a black eyebrow at the pillow and mattress that Naruto dragged across the floor and voiced his question.
"Just what are you thinking?"
"Kakashi said that his beds are too narrow and won't hold our two weights, right?"
"Yes?"
"So, we aren't sleeping on them. We're sleeping on the floor."
"Sleeping on the floor brings fatigue."
"Not always, you just need toknow the right angles to sleep on and avoid the wrong ones."
Sasuke sighed, closed the door and sat at his naked bed as Naruto started arranging the two mattresses alongside each other. After a few minutes, he was called to place his own pillows and sit on the side that was cleared just for his highness.
"Done! Come down, Sasuke."
"I'm not sure about this, Naruto. Maybe it's a bad idea, after all."
"Sasuke, you want to stay with me, right?"
"Right now, 'm not so sure."
"Sasuke!"
At the cute glare, he broke. "Sure, I do."
"Then stop thinking about what's right or wrong or whatever Kakashi may have told you. And yes I heard a part of the lecture he gave you before he went back to his room. Don't listen to his words. If we want to stay together, nothing else should matter except our own opinions, right? I know you think the same way."
Sasuke smiled and flopped on his side of the floor-mattresses making Naruto's face break into a smile. Naruto sprung to his feet, switched off the lights and returned back to his mattress to snuggle under the warm blankets, the basketball they had played with sat behind them as Naruto briefly knocked it off the nightstand on his way to his own bed.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you," Sasuke started. "Today at school, I found your bubble-gum haired friend. She asked about you."
"Today? You went to school? But I thought you came straight here."
"Even if you were avoiding me, I had classes to attend and couldn't drop everything the moment Kakashi called to come and tie the score."
"Yeah, about that, aren't you angry? That I avoided you I mean."
"Furious. But, I had two choices before me once Kakashi told me of where you were. One, go there and hit you to death. Two, beat your ass in a serious one on one faceoff."
Naruto sweat dropped, if Sasuke had came on to him with the intent to kill; he didn't stand a chance in hell. Thus he'd meet his maker sooner than he'd thought.
"I'm glad you chose the latter."
"Me, too."
Naruto turned to his right side, his eyes had already grown accustomed to the dark and by the tiny light coming from the window, he could make the form of many things in the room, and especially, the handsome being laying only a few inches from him. Naruto smiled.
"I remember telling you on our second meeting not to stare."
Even though he was startled by the sentence, Naruto retorted. "How do you know I'm staring? I may just be looking at a spot close to your head. It's pitch black in here to tell youspecifically."
Two black orbs turned to his azure eyes. "You are staring."
They stayed a few seconds in that position, then Naruto's mouth formeda grin. "Now, you're staring."
"That's because you started it."
"Yes, but you can choose not to stare."
"Hn."
Sasuke turned on his left side and tenderly reached his right hand to brush momentarily over Naruto's cheek, warming them with their eyes clued to each other.
"It's ruining your cheeks."
"You mean the whiskers? Nah, I've already accustomed to them, they became a part of my face."
"It must've hurt."
Naruto's eyes softened at the tone and smiling, he allowed the hand on his cheek to bask him in warmth.
"I was a kid when it happened, so I don't remember much of the pain."
"Good."
The blond hooked his left hand on Sasuke's right one taking it away from his cheek to entwine with his own.
"Your fingers are cold." Naruto noted in a whisper.
"Yours, too."
"We'll warm them up together then."
Sasuke had to draw closer as not to cause his body any ache with the way Naruto was pulling at his hand. This was what he was afraid of, the closeness. Without meaning to, the boundaries separating them were getting fuzzy and right now, he didn't even know what they were. Friends, lovers, crisis-siblings, people who had known the same pain, what? He had no idea. But, no matter what name they would hold in the future, Sasuke hoped that that hand never let go of his, as he would never let go of it either.
"Sasuke?"
"Hmm…"
"What will you do when you stop going to school by the end of this year?"
"I've had plans for a while. I'd go back and take care of my company. We have a school of our own, so I'll enrol there and get my High School Certificate."
"After that?"
"Nothing, I'll keep working in the company, it's the family business."
"Your family, what does it do?"
Sasuke knotted his brows. "I rather not tell you. Too much information isn't good."
"If you don't want to tell me, it's fine. I won't ask. But, there is one thing I want you to answer for me. When we went to that grand hotel, you said that that was your room in that hotel. Do you have a room in every hotel your family owns?"
"Kinda. But that room was my favorite. You liked the Jacuzzi, right? I'd take you there another time, don't worry."
Naruto smiled and tightened his hold on the slowly warming up hand. "Someday, I'd take you to a place faraway from here, where no one would recognize us, just you and I. A trip of our own."
"You mean like the one we took to the sea? Where you were inches away from losing your life?"
And the resentment didn't go undetected to Naruto's ears; he laughed sheepishly not wanting to enter a dangerous topic with Sasuke right now when they were finally relaxing in each other's company.
"Yeah, I was a bit reckless, wasn't I?"
"Extremely!"
"But that girl was happy when you got her puppy out. Seeing her face light up with life…it was worth it."
Sasuke glared faintly in the dark. "It wasn't if you were to die!"
"But I didn't."
"You came close to it."
"Yet, did not." Naruto's eyes darted to the outside of the window and the smile on his face fluttered for a minute with the moonlight. "You know, that night at the hotel…I lied to you."
"About the reason why you couldn't sleep, right?"
Startled blue orbs faced Sasuke. "Yeah, how did you know?"
"Simply because I'm not an idiot. So, what was your real reason for it?"
Naruto smiled and truthfully answered. "Every time I would close my eyes, images from underwater would flash vividly into my mind, I'd feel like chocking and sleep would just fly away."
"Why didn't you tell me then?"
"Because there was no need to. I knew it would go sooner or later. It just took longer than what I anticipated."
"Did you still feel like choking after we got back from the hotel?" When Naruto started shifting his eyes, Sasuke pressed hard on the hand he was holding. "Truth, Naruto."
"Well…it kinda stretched for a week after."
"You couldn't sleep for a week and hid that from me?"
The blond calmed the slowly raising anger inside Sasuke's onyx orbs with his free hand. "No Sasuke, I could sleep. But it wasn't a comfortable sleep. I would wake up startled sometimes and getting back to bed after was always a problem."
"Do you still get like that?"
"No…not really, it's been a while since it's last happened. And whenever I'm around you, I don't feel the stench of the sea anymore…hmmm, I wonder why."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "That's because I was the one who got your ass out, Dobe."
Naruto grinned cheekily at him. "Yep! That could be it. You know Sasuke, if I were a girl, I'd have fallen head over heels in love with you, because you saved my life."
"If you were a girl, I wouldn't have given you a minute of the day, so, we wouldn't have met or played Basketball together and you wouldn't be on the team. So thank God you're not one."
Naruto's grin turned into a sweet smile. He released his hold on Sasuke's hand to grab the orangish ball before them, twirling it with his tan fingers and throwing it in the air. Yet, in the darkness, he couldn't see right and the ball ended up falling from his hands towards the nightstand. Naruto freaked out at the sound it would have made if it made contact with the nightstand knocking the lamp on top of it, so hurriedly, before any misfortunes happen and Kakashi woke up, he stood, stumbling his way across the raven and grabbed the ball.
"Sheesh! That was close!"
"Closer than this?"
Naruto blinked at the words, and looked at the position he forced himself into. He blushed when he came face to face with Sasuke's crotch. He made his way to his own side as if burned by fire.
"Sorry."
"You have the ability to always place yourself into awkward situations involving my crotch."
Naruto felt his face flame. "I-In my defence, the first time it was your fault. You yanked me!"
"That's because you were trying to run before we finished talking. I couldn't just let you."
"You could have respected my choice to not speak about something that embarrassing when we were both naked!"
"What's that got to do with anything? Being naked doesn't affect the subject we discuss in any way possible. And if you wish to beginrespecting other's choices, you didn't respect mine when I obviously wanted to continue the talk."
"Sasuke, I was embarrassed out of my mind!"
Raising his head from the pillow, Sasuke arched a brow. "Embarrassed? What was there to feel embarrassed about?"
"We were talking about a kiss, alone, in a hot tub with both of us naked…" Naruto trailed off hoping the other caught his hidden meaning without needing to highlight it.
"I'm afraid I'm not following where you want to go with this."
Naruto placed his hands on his face and groaned. "Aggghhhhh! Just forget it! You obviously have no sense of shame at all!"
"I just don't see why you should be embarrassed by that situation. We're both males, nothing new was there for me to see or get flushed over."
The words stabbed something deep inside Naruto's heart and so foolishly, he ignored it. "Then how about the kiss? Didn't you feel any embarrassment about it either?"
"Naruto, I kissed lots of people before. Kisses don't make me flush at the least. Which reminds me," Sasuke's face decorated with a nice frown. "We'll seriously have to work on that lousy technique of yours."
The tan face broke into a pout. "You don't have to! I'm happy with my lousy technique thank you very much!"
"But I'm not. I want you to kiss me with a way that would make me turn to jelly."
"With your icy emotions, and your lack of embarrassment, I'm afraid that's impossible to achieve. Besides, there is no need for us to kiss. I have already done what you wanted and proved that I have nothing in my heart for Sakura."
Sasuke drew closer to the sulking teen and pulled softly on the hand linking them. "Naruto, do you hate me?"
Naruto felt himself drown inside those dark orbs and for the love of everything dear to his heart, he couldn't haul himself away before he drowns altogether.
"No, I don't."
"Then you like me."
"I do like you. But, I'm not sure if it's a like where I should allow you to kiss me."
"But we've already kissed, that stage is behind us now."
"Sasuke, we're trying to be friends, right? I fear if we go down this road, our eyes will grow blind to the line we shouldn't cross."
"And you're not hearing me right, Naruto? That line you are speaking of, it's already been blurred. Can you clearly say that the like you hold for me is just that of a friend?"
"No, but I can't also categorize it with the same like I had for Sakura."
"See? You're indecisive. Then what forbids you from kissing me and hope to stumble across the answer in the meantime? We can practice your technique, too."
Naruto ran a hand through his golden locks, taking Sasuke's eyes to wander to his hair for a minute.
"Kisses are for certain people. We can't use them as a mean to make sure, or as a practice. You should only kiss when your emotions are settled."
"Yet you kissed me this afternoon on uncertainty, you wanted to make sure and answer your doubts. Isn't that contradicting your words right now?"
"I…..when I did it this afternoon, I just didn't want you to leave, that was the only thing on my mind."
"Then you were driven by pure desire."
"I guess."
"Would you change your mind then if you knew I have a burning desire for you right now?" Blue orbs shone in the moonlight asSasuke shortened the distance between them, gently creeping close to Naruto. "Every time I see you, or every time we are close, I just want to pin you down and kiss you. Rip your clothes apart and mark your skin as mine. The fact that your eyes were looking at Sakura and not me, made me pissed as hell. Right now, it's taking all my might not to ravish you."
Sasuke's fingers traced the startled parting lips whispering his name. "Sasuke…."
"I don't care for kisses and don't think much of them. Sex is just a mean to warm my body and make me feel alive with the flow of heat. But, my desire to have you has exceeded that of mine for sex. And at the moment, even if I'm unable to have your body, I don't care, I just want to kiss you, kiss you 'till you go numb and your entire thoughts centre on me."
Naruto felt his heart thump at the stoic face; he couldn't read anything inside Sasuke's eyes except desire. Maybe going off on desire wasn't such a bad idea after all. Nothing bad would happen to his ideals if he were to get shaken once or twice.
"Desire ain't good, Sasuke."
Sasuke nipped gently on the fingers coming to cup his cheeks. "Then let yourself fall and blame me for later. It'd take full responsibility."
"I….can't do that." Naruto softly closed his eyes letting his last memory be of the sudden heat that flowed out of Sasuke's eyes to his own.
"Sure you can. Just pin that thought you never have to kiss unless you're in love to a hold 'till we figure out these messed up feelings inside us. Because, for all we know," Sasuke lowered his lips close to Naruto's. "We could be in love."
And he delivered a soft kiss to Naruto's parting lips enjoying the nice sounds his blond friend made under him. Sasuke's hunger didn't take long to take over him and before either of them knew it, the wheels of fate starting turning bringing them closer to their definite destiny.
Sasuke blinked his eyes then looked at the peacefully sleeping boy in his arms and a displeased scowl at the way Naruto's body seemed to spread all over the floor, pulled on his morning face. He ignored it and searched for his alarm clock to check the timing. Good, they still had a sufficient time to get to school in. He nudged Naruto on his cheek to have him move away from the arm that the blond seemed to have used as a pillow somewhere around the night, but unluckily, he wasn't released to go freshen up.
Naruto only groaned at his nudge and returned back to sleep. Thinking that getting Kakashi to see them in this situation wasn't really good; especially since he'd already caught them earlier with Naruto's head cuddling his legs, Sasuke sighed, and retreated to something he was saving for a bit later.
He put his lips on Naruto's and as he sucked the air from them, he closed Naruto's nose to forbid him from taking any air in. It didn't take long for an annoyed Naruto to cough awake to him.
"Good morning. I'm going to wash up. You go prepare our clothes. And you better take these things back to your room before Kakashi finds out."
Sasuke said then walked out of the room, leaving a blinking Naruto in his trace.
After half an hour, Sasuke sat in the dining table with Kakashi reading the paper and Naruto still in the shower and by the singing they were hearing, he was having the time of his life. A traditional simple breakfast that contained the easiest dishes in the universe, stared at Sasuke from it position at the table.
"This shouldn't even be called breakfast."
"No one asked you to eat it."
"Hn."
Kakashi folded the paper he was reading and placed it on the side as he started drinking his coffee.
"Naruto slept in your room yesterday."
It was more of a statement rather than a question, so Sasuke didn't bother to deny it. "You knew?"
"His happy voice reached my drums even when I didn't want it to."
"Why didn't you come drag him out then?"
"Because I trusted that you won't jump him and put me in a shitty position with Iruka. That guy will freak out as if Naruto was a girl if he'd lost his virginity."
Sasuke smirked. "We didn't leave any semen behind, so don't worry. Even if he looked he wouldn't find any proof."
Kakashi raised a sceptical brow. "Sasuke, my heart at this point can't take your heavy jokes."
The raven rolled his eyes. "What do you think happened? I won't touch him so easily, he still has his feelings to sort out and I have mine."
"Since when do you care about things as feelings? Sex was always a toy to you."
"And it still is, but with Naruto. Sex is valuable. Besides, at this point it'll break him."
"That kid is tougher than you believe, Sasuke. And between guys, he knows more about sex than you do. His father hasn't had a girlfriend since Naruto was seven, and all his lovers were males. Tell me, how many males have you eaten?"
Sasuke scowled and put the gooey eggs on his mouth. "None, but I know my way around an ass."
"You've done it? Anal-sex? There was a girl who was actually prepared to do that with you?"
"Girls do lots of stuff for me, old man. I know how to make them feel good, even from behind."
"Boys aren't girls, Sasuke. You'll need help if you want your first time together to be mind-blowing."
Sasuke took a munch of the white cheese-coated-bread; he wondered why wasn't he grossed out with the sex speech while eating. But not one to contemplate on passing-by observations, he shrugged the question relaying it on their family's perverseness.
"I know. It should be very painful for him, the first time I mean. But I don't want him to feel pain."
"He will. Unfortunately, there is no pleasure without pain. They walk hand in hand. Like fortune and misfortune. But the key is to learn how to make him forget his pain and focus on the pleasure."
"You know, for someone who doesn't want me to touch Naruto's virginity, you're giving a lot of advice on how to."
Kakashi returned the mug of coffee back to his lips. "Today I had the ill-fated sight of you two lovebirds sleeping together in each other's arms; and then it hit me, if you two want to do it, we wouldn't be able to stop you, no matter how hard we try. So, I'd give you some pointers, as not to make his first time a living hell."
Sasuke nodded. "There is just one wrong thing in your little theory."
"What, brat?"
"We aren't lovers."
"Sasuke, yesterday I walked in on him sleeping in your lap, then on you two cuddling in your sleep and finally, I saw you when you were kissing to wake him up. You don't have to lie to me; I'm the most understanding adult you would ever find."
"Kakashi, it's not that. I told you the truth. Me and him, we're suspended, we aren't friends or lovers."
"Why?"
Sasuke sighed and looked back fearing Naruto to suddenly show up and catch him while he was telling their secret conversations to the adult driving against their relationship. No one was behind him.
"Because our feelings are suspended. I want to get close to him, but I don't because of my family. He wants to get close to me but can't because I'm not letting him because of my family."
"So, you two are suspended because of your family?"
"Right."
"Sasuke, love can't be suspended. If what you feel against the other is love, then even your family won't be able to suspend it. Okay, tell you what, why not test it?"
"Test it? How?"
"Tell him you love him, and see how that plays out."
"Naruto won't believe me."
"And why is that?"
Sasuke smirked. "Because I know him. Not to forget the fact that we talked about it last night – about taking things slowly and seeing where our true feelings really lay, in becoming friends or lovers."
Kakashi sighed and continued eating his meal. "From what I'm seeing, you two have already stepped that first border of friendship and won't be able to get back. You kissed."
"Friends kiss."
"Those aren't friends, those are sex-friends, and those are your type of friends. I'm speaking about normal friends. Like Neji, have you ever kissed him?"
"The relationship between me and Neji is based on exchange of interests, not sexual interests either. Besides, Neji has eyes and desires for one man only,"
"Don't tell me, the little red-haired boy who was always tagging behind him?"
Sasuke nodded. "Seems like he was shaping him up since they were kids to be his perfect boyfriend."
"Wow, didn't know Neji was that patient."
"With that sweet smile of his, he charms and fools everyone. But underneath there is a smart manipulative sadist with a lust that can never be fulfilled and a fetish for hardcore sex."
"Sasuke," Kakashi wrinkled his nose in disapproval. "Your friends are as messed up as you are."
"I'd rather the word 'unique' over 'messed up'."
"Yeah, maybe in another universe."
"Hn."
The shower door opened and a wet Naruto, with nothing but a towel loosely tied around his waist, waved to them then went back to his room to start getting dressed for school.
"If seeing him like that did nothing to you, then you should just go back into being friends."
Swiftly, Sasuke stood up putting his spoon down. "Sorry, Kakashi, we'll continue this conversation later. My puppy just called me to dry him."
"Hey! No nasty business in my house!"
"Don't worry; I'm just going to mark him."
Sasuke disappeared into the hallway and Kakashi sighed. Damn those two teens! They were ruining everything for him and now, he was starting to lie to Iruka. For as long as they'd known each other, he'd never lied to Iruka. Not once. And now, for the sake of his cousin and Naruto, he was keeping his mouth shut and watching as Iruka's beloved son was being devoured by the devil bits by bits laughing.
Damn them!
Kakashi closed his ears to the squealing laughter that rang from the room three doors to his right; he bit hard on his toast.
Damn them!
Finally, the sixth chapter is here, after a period of a few months, it's here! Review and tell me how you think of it. The next one will be up next week, thanks for reading.
