Birds chirped as the morning sun awoke slowly, spreading warm rays over the industrious town of Konoha. A gentle breeze ruffled the leaves in the tall trees and small animals began their routines. And speakingof routines, Naruto had begun his.

His earphones were plugged into his ears, the angeered rapping of Eminem flowing into his ears as his sneakers hit the pavement. Dressed in baggy sweat pants and matching but form fitting hoodie, his bangs held back with a headband, Naruto carried out his morning run.

He finally reached his ending point - the cooler in the local park. Jogging in place for a while, he stopped and carried out some cooling down exercises before rehydrating. He wiped the excess water off his lips with the back of his hand. His eyes roamed his surroundings and he reveled in the peace the empty park offered him.

He let out a curse when he realized that his laces were untied. Mumbling to himself, he went to tie them.

"Hey."

Naruto froze. He knew that liquid sin voice anywhere he went. Cerulean orbs traced the scruffy sneakers, the grey sweats, the oh so deliciously bare and chiseled chest, the column of a lickable neck, up to the face of a god with shoulder length black hair tied in a messy bun.

Sasuke Uchiha.

Naruto's newest and most favorite obsession.

He gave a small smile. "Hey, Sasuke. What's up?"

"Nothing much, really," He offered his hand to help the teen up, "Good morning."

Naruto took the hand and had to repress ashiver when his smaller one was englufed in the huge grip. Sasuke's warmth transfered to him and slowly that warmth made his entire body hot. This was what the youngest Uchiha had been doing to him ever since dinner, two weeks ago.

"Good morning. I didn't know you ran. Thought I was the only health junky in this town," Naruto said as he began to stretch again.

"It would be lonely without me then," Sasuke retorted, giving Naruto one of his crooked smirks.

Nartuo vaguely wondered if the boy was trying to give him a heart attack. "It's nice to not be alone."

"Glad I could help."

There was a comfortable silence as both of them just stretched. Well, Sasuke stretched. Naruto was too distracted by the sight of the morning sun flinting off the beads of sweat that coted Sasuke's body. His mind wondered to how that body would look - under him, covered in chocolate. Yeah, he would have to burn off the calories THAT brought. But he was sure Sasuke wouldn't mind helping him. Naruto smirked, Nooooo , Sasuke would be all the more willing to help him lose all those calories.

"..yeah, so you ready?"

"Just name the time and place."

Sasuke cocked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow at the blonde. Naruto's face went red and his eyes widened. "Wait, what were you talking about?"

"Running home. I was wondering if you mind if I joined you," Sasuke said slowly, watching the blonde boy.

"Oh, uh, y-yeah, no problem." He straightened from his bend and started off in the opposite direction.

"Uh, Naruto," The boy looked voer at the raven who looked like he was having a hard time not laughing, "Your house is this way."

Naruto shut his eyes as the overwhelming urge to slap his face rose up violently, "I knew that."

He tried to ignore Sasuke's rich laugh.

"I mean, Gaara ! He's sex on legs ! I just want to tie him up in my basement and do questionable things to his body," Naruto ranted, shaking his head so his bangs came out of his eyes, "I think I might enjoy being a rapist."

The redhead smirked at his best friend and took up an apple from said best friend's lunch tray, "I heard you the couple hundred times you said that, Naru. I keep thinking i'll get used to it , but nope," He sank perfect peraly white in the fruit, "It gets more disgusting the more I hear it."

Naruto glared at his friend, "Your lack of a sex life is making you grumpy Gaara. Get laid soon, por favor before it begins affecting our friendship,"

Gaara shrugged and kicked his feet up on the circular table.

"Besides, I can't hel pthat all I think about is the sex god that lives down the street. He actually gives a damn about his health and dear God, thank every spiritual being for this, his body shows it," Naruto replaced the chocolate milk his friend was about to drink with a bottle of water, "Plus, I think I'm in love with him."

Water spewed from Gaara mouth as the redhead almost choked. Naruto raised an eyebrow at his friend, trying to dispel just how he was going to get his friend's saliva out of his desigener bag. Gaara looked at him with wide sea-foam eyes.

"You said the 'L' word," He whispered.

"Newsflash, carrot top," He stretched across to wipe at the water off his friend's mouth, "I have a heart under all this sexy. Is it so bad that I may want more from Sasuke than hot steamy can't-walk-for-a-year sex? Really, I have feelings too, you know."

Gaara swatted at his friend's hand, "Yeah, but that's just you," He ignored the glare he was sent, " You must be really serious about this guy."

Naruto opened cherry-chapsticked lips to say something but they snapped shut. His eyes focused on something over the Sasbuku's head. With furrowed eyebrows, Gaara turned to see what Naruto was looking at. His thin lips settled into an 'O; when he saw the Adonis that his friend was crushing on.

With his girlfriend, Saskura Haruno.

Naruto growled, "But of course, life wouldn't make it too easy on me. What does he even see in her? She's like a Nada to my Prada."

Gaara smiled a little in the pout in his voice, "Oh, Naru. Who knows? Maybe it'll work out."

"Of course it'll work out," Naruto said so quickly, that Gaara had to raise both non-existent eyebrows at his friend. Naruto took a but of his salad, eyes still trained on the couple laughing by the cafteria door, "You don't think I'm going to give up without a fight, do you?," An evil smirked moulded perfect lips, "Gaara, he's mine. He wants me. He just doesn't know it yet."

"And just how, pray tell, is he going to find out?" Gaara asked.

He didn't like the glint in his best friend's eye.