Sasuke had decided to head for the hot spring as soon as possible and relax. The missions they had lately took a toll on him and he was tired and tensed. A hot, relaxing bath should fix that though.
With the old man peeping at the women's side of the pool and with Naruto who cares where, he had the best time that he had had in a long time.
Upon returning to the room that he shared with Naruto, he realized that it wasn't empty. Naruto was sitting on his bed with a stack of papers in his hand.
"What are you doing?"
"The pervy-sage asked me to read this and come up with ways to improve the story."
Naruto didn't look at Sauske as he answered but when he did look, he realized that Sasuke's gaze was focused on his hand, the one that wasn't holding the manuscript to be more precise.
Naruto had not realized it before but while he was reading, subconsciously, his other hand reached inside his pants and was moving up and down slowly, stimulating his manhood. Embarrassed, he quickly removed the hand and put it on the bed, beside him.
"Have you ever done this kind of stuff?" Naruto asked as he fluttered the pages in his hand.
"Why should I tell you?"
"Come on Sasuke, don't be so mean. It's a simple question."
"And what if I have?"
"Can you teach me? Please."
"Teach you what?"
"I want to become a good kisser so that Sakura would go on a date with me."
To Sasuke that logic seemed very wrong but who was he to crush Naruto's dream and bring him back to Earth and reality. Sakura would never go on a date with the looser.
"Please…. Yes?" Naruto whined.
"No."
"Why not? Do you want to date her?"
"No?"
"Then at least tell me why? I'll do anything you want if you teach me."
Naruto was irritating but a stubborn Naruto begging him was even more irritating and Sasuke felt the good disposition that he had gained while relaxing before, dissipate rather fast. And there he had hoped that it would last for a while too.
"Anything?"
"Anything."
"I'll make sure you remember that."
If it was just kissing then it should be fast and easy even with an idiot like Naruto, so Sasuke went to sit on the bed beside the blonde and leaning closer caught Naruto's lips with his own and hey began to kiss. He would pull back slightly only to crash their lips together again over and over.
When Sasuke's tongue entered his mouth, Naruto was at a loss of what to do and just imitated Sasuke. It felt strange but good and he could feel the fresh taste of mint that Sasuke probably had in lemonade earlier.
The kiss made his body hot and his pants became tight suddenly. Naruto had no idea that only a kiss could do that to someone but he really needed to take care of his problem.
When Sasuke pulled back, a string of saliva linked Naruto's lower lip to the tip of Sasuke's tongue and that was the first time when Naruto thought that Sasuke was fucking hot.
Dismissing the unwanted thought, he wiped his mouth with the back of the hand and darted for the bathroom.
"Where are you going?"
"I'll be right back."
"I thought you said that you'll do anything if I taught you how to kiss."
"Yeah, I will but right after I use the bathroom."
"Do you want to jerk out?"
A blush tainted Naruto's tanned cheeks as he tried to hide the tent in his pants by shifting his position. It was too late though.
"You can do it right here."
"What?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes as if he didn't understand why Naruto was making such a big deal out of it.
"You want to masturbate, don't you?" He repeated slowly. "I'm telling you to do it here."
Of course he wasn't expecting Naruto to pull down his pants right then and there and stroke his erection until he relieved in his hand but watching an embarrassed Naruto reach inside his pants and touch himself until his underwear was soaked, was equally amusing.
He wouldn't blame Naruto if he never talked to him again, ever. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing either and he could finally relax as he had planned.
When Naruto locked himself in the bathroom after grabbing a clean change of clothes, Sasuke went to bed and fell asleep to the sound of running water.
Next morning Sasuke woke up as usual but to his surprise Naruto was already awake and doing no cares what with Jiraya's manuscript.
Deciding to take a shower before breakfast, Sasuke grabbed some clothes and entered the bathroom. When the water was at the right temperature, he stepped into the shower and closed his eyes. The warm water sliding down his body was so relaxing, if only he could get rid of that image of Naruto the other day.
It was just Naruto, he should not be affected by that and yet he couldn't get it out of his mind. Naruto touching himself….
He reached for his puckered entrance and teased it a bit with a finger, letting a soft moan escape his throat, then when his body became needier, he thrust two fingers inside as deep as he could.
His thoughts drifted further but never left Naruto and he hated himself for letting that happen but didn't try to stop it either.
His other hand reached his member and increased the stimulation until he achieved satisfaction. Once done, he resumed showering and got ready for the day.
"I didn't know you could kiss like that."
The fact that Naruto was talking to him at all after the stunt he pulled the other day was surprising none the less and it bothered him less than he expected.
"I bet you can have anyone you want after just a kiss."
"I don't make a habit out of randomly kissing people. I made an exception the other day because you wouldn't shut up."
"Was it that bad?"
This was Naruto that he was talking about and Sasuke tried to think of all the things he hated that he associated Naruto with. He was loud, annoying, obnoxious and liked ramen a bit too much. Oh and did he mention idiot?
"Not the worst, I suppose."
It wasn't a praise, it really wasn't but the corners of Naruto's lips lifted in a wide smile as if Sasuke had told him something nice.
"Can you teach me more?"
Sasuke wondered if Naruto had forgotten how Sasuke had humiliated him the other day because if Sasuke was going to teach him more then Naruto would have to suffer more humiliation at Sasuke's hand.
"Like what?"
"What else do I need to know to get a date with Sakura?"
Yes, Naruto was an idiot, Sasuke had said it before and was going to say it again. She had refused him more times than Sasuke could count and anyone else would have given up by then but not Naruto. Nope, not him.
"How should I know? I'm not into girls. Buy her flowers or something."
The way Naruto looked at him with his blue eyes widened in shock at Sasuke's confession made Sasuke angry.
"Do you have a problem with me being gay?"
Naruto shook his head but Sasuke thought that he had said too much. Grabbing his wallet and weapon pouch, Sasuke left the room.
The three of them were supposed to have breakfast together so Sasuke could have waited for Naruto to get dressed so that they could go downstairs together but he didn't feel like it.
The way Naruto had looked at him made Sasuke think that Naruto was disgusted, although the expression was just of surprise. So what if he was into guys? That didn't change anything. He was still a good shinobi and the strongest of the team, aside from Kakashi of course. Besides why should he care what Naruto out of all people thought? No one cared what Naruto thought.
Sasuke didn't care what Naruto thought about him, he concluded and grabbing the menu began to flip through it. The omelet with tomato salad sounded nice.
Soon enough Jiraya joined him and ordered sake right away but Naruto was nowhere in sight.
Naruto had heard the door close after Sasuke but was still too shocked to move. Several questions puzzled him. Since when and why didn't he know? Sasuke had never showed interest in anyone so when did it happen? He couldn't figure how such important information about Sasuke had been kept secret from Sasuke's own team mates because Naruto was sure that Sakura didn't know. She wouldn't be so happy around him if she did and she would have probably given up on him altogether a long time ago. He could find no answers to his questions though no matter how much he pounded his head so, as soon as he got over the initial shock, he decided to go downstairs for breakfast.
Putting the manuscript aside, Naruto began to get dressed.
It didn't matter after all that Sasuke liked boys. He was still Sasuke and Naruto was fine with that.
"You could have waited for me, bastard." Naruto said angry as he took the seat next to Sasuke at the table.
Ignoring him, Sasuke kept himself busy with the menu long after he had decided what to have. Naruto was still talking to him and things had not turned awkward, so probably he was overthinking and Naruto was fine.
Of course Sasuke didn't care if Naruto was fine with it, not one bit.
"Now that we're all here, tell me what you think about the manuscript." Jiraya said as he poured more sake.
"Um…not bad but could have been better."
The truth was that Naruto could only remember a part of the story and what he read after he and Sasuke kissed had been disappointing. It could have been that the kiss had messed with his head because after Sasuke kissed him, the story couldn't get him in the mood anymore. Wasn't that the whole point of an Icha Icha story after all? Still he couldn't explain what was bad about the story and he couldn't tell Jiraya about the kiss either.
"What are you talking about?" Jiraya asked surprised and hurt at the same time. Naruto had definitely hurt his novelist pride.
"Well, it just doesn't feel the same when the woman starts having an affair. Her romance with her husband was better and the affair just makes no sense."
Naruto wondered if that had anything to do with the fact that he read the part about the woman's affair after Sasuke kissed him but it didn't really matter.
"Well I'd like to see you try and write a better story then."
"It can't be that hard, after all I invented the oiroke no jutsu. If I did that I can write a story too."
Sasuke had quietly listened to the whole conversation and thought it was stupid but since he had nothing better to do anyway, he figured it was entertaining enough.
Naruto was dumb to believe that his perverted version of a henge had anything to do with writing porn and Sauske was going to enjoy watching him suffer as he fails epically.
This vacation was not going to be boring at all.
After breakfast Naruto went back to their room very determined to get to work right away. Grabbing a pen and a notebook, he jumped on his bed, found a comfortable position and began writing.
Sasuke grabbed a towel and a bath robe and left to the spring. It was still early and there shouldn't be many people in the pool so he could enjoy some time alone.
He had become accustomed to the temperature of the water and had closed his eyes, enjoying the birds singing when he heard someone approach and get in the pool. Another person should not be a problem though, so Sasuke ignored them.
"Sasuke, I need your help."
When Sasuke had thought that another person should not be a problem he was not referring to Naruto. Naruto would definitely spoil everything for him. The peace, the quiet, he could say goodbye to them and to any chance of relaxing.
"No."
There was no reason to even think about it. If Naruto was stupid enough to get himself into such a mess then he should get out of it on his own.
"Please, Sasuke. Aren't we teammates? Aren't we supposed to help each other?"
"I don't see any danger threatening your life but that can be arranged."
The threat however was not enough to make Naruto go away, he should have guessed that much. Naruto was either immune to threats or too stupid to think of his own life. Maybe it's the second after all.
"Would you help me only if my life was in danger? Look, I thought I could do this but I don't have any experience. I need more practice."
Naruto's logic was still hard to grasp for Sasuke. Still he figured that he didn't want to know what practice Naruto had in mind.
"Practice?"
"Kissing."
Sasuke should have known that he was going to regret asking.
"Kissing."
"Yes, kissing. I want you to kiss me again."
"Why would I do that?"
"Because I'll do whatever you want."
"What if I make you jerk out right here where someone can see you?"
"You wouldn't do that."
"Try me."
Naruto seemed to ponder the situation and Sasuke was sure that he was going to back off and forget all about it…. any minute now…. any minute.
"Fine."
Sasuke was really fine with that outcome too. He couldn't lie and say that he didn't have fun the other day.
Naruto leaned closer to him and their lips met but this time it didn't take so long for them to explore each other's mouths in a battle of tongues. Sasuke had allowed Naruto to lead this time and realized that the blonde was getting closer and closer to him, pinning him against the edge of the pool.
"Ouch. What was that for?"
Pulling back, Naruto rubbed his head where Sasuke had hit him.
"Get your hands off."
Realizing that in the heat of the moment he had touched Sasuke's crotch, Naruto pulled back embarrassed. It had not been intentional, but he felt an urge for more contact.
The kiss this time had been insane. Now that he had done it once and got the hang of it, he went with flow but if Sasuke was mad at him then he might never get more practice.
"Sorry." Naruto said sincerely.
Naruto felt awkward and although he would have liked nothing more than to get back to his kissing practice, he wasn't sure that he should.
"What do you want to write about?"
"I thought I can go with ero-sennin's idea about a character cheating on their partner with someone else."
"Then what's going to be the difference?"
"I told you that I know nothing about this kind of stuff from practice although I read quite a few of ero-sennin's books."
Naruto found it embarrassing to admit that in front of Sasuke so he had to lie. He had read most of the Icha Icha books but it still didn't seem enough to write a story himself.
"Serves you right for being so stupid."
"But, you know? Since you're gay anyway…"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him and got ready to smack Naruto in the head if he said something stupid.
"…maybe you wouldn't mind to teach me some stuff."
"I'm gay, Naruto but not desperate."
"I know, I know but hear me out. You don't have to like me. If we both enjoy it and I learn some new things maybe we can both benefit from this. I can write my story and you don't get bored."
The prospect was tempting for Sasuke. He already knew that he could enjoy himself with Naruto and no one had to know. Once they were back in Konoha they would go back to their normal, nonexistent relationship.
"Fine but you have to shut your mouth about this."
"Consider my mouth sealed."
For emphasis Naruto mimicked zipping his mouth and throwing the key away which was such a childish gesture in Sasuke's opinion.
This time it was Sasuke who initialized the kiss after making sure they were still alone. As they kissed, he shifted their positions until he was sitting on Naruto's lap.
His heart began to race as he realized just how close he was to Naruto's manhood and he wondered if the blonde was hard or not. Through the water he couldn't see. If only he could touch.
"Hmm…"
Naruto let out a soft moan as Sasuke touched their crotches. The towels stood between them but Naruto found it arousing none the less.
A string of saliva leaked from the corner of his mouth but Naruto couldn't be bothered to break the kiss to wipe it out, besides it would have ruined the mood. Now if only he could get Sasuke closer, but the dreadful towels had to be in the way. If he could use water jutsu, he could make the water take them away but he couldn't.
"You like that?"
Sasuke had pulled back and was looking at him with a smirk on his face. Under normal circumstances Naruto would have been annoyed but seeing Sasuke with flushed face, it only made him proud to have caused that.
"Maybe." He teased but teasing didn't work on Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't like him so playing hard to get wouldn't do him any good, still Naruto wanted to think that maybe after all this Sasuke could start to like him at least a bit.
The truth was that Naruto had always wanted Sasuke to notice him and he had done everything he could to become friends with his team mate but every time when Sasuke paid attention to him he only received insults. Sasuke only seemed to notice him when he did or said something stupid or embarrassing but never when he proved himself useful on a mission. He may not be the smartest boy and he definitely wasn't as smart as Sasuke, but Naruto knew that he wasn't the dumbest either.
"Come on. More people will be coming soon and I don't want to be caught kissing you."