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Naruto's warm, calloused hand brushed his waist for the fifth time that night. Sasuke whined lowly and shifted even further towards the edge of the bed. He couldn't go through another seven hours of this torture! If he could gather Naruto in his arms and sleep he would, but what kind of situation would that bring him in tomorrow?
If Naruto woke up to being smothered in his arms he would throw a punch, scream at Sasuke for being a gay pervert and hate him for the rest of the month. He learned that lesson the hard way. He definitely didn't want to go through that again, that sucked beyond belief.
He had thought about jumping in Kakashi's bed as well, but that would have looked even more weird. Even if he slept at the foot of the bed. Plus, Sasuke just didn't want to get near the pervert while he was sleeping; who knew what kinds of things he dreamed about. Personally, Sasuke didn't want to become the victim of an unconscious horny Kakashi; the mere thought made him shudder. Sasuke sighed and closed his eyes again, attempting to fall asleep before Naruto brushed against him again.
Just as he was drifting off, Naruto's arm suddenly wrapped loosely around his waist and nuzzled into his neck. A scream caught in Sasuke's throat and frantically shuffled away from Naruto until he fell off the bed. Sasuke didn't even notice the impact. He was too focused on his overwhelming heart rate, his flaming cheeks and his heavy breathing. Naruto just cuddled with him! This was the happiest moment of his whole life! Well, despite the fact that Naruto was most likely dreaming about Sakura... but he couldn't bring himself to care at the moment.
After ten minutes, the heat that had settled on Sasuke's cheeks finally dissolved and his heart rate relaxed, but the butterflies in his stomach were still fluttering about almost making him feel sick. Sasuke's eyes were hidden behind his eyelids and his mouth was open slightly as he thought, I'm pathetic. How could one little hug make me melt like this? He couldn't even imagine what it would be like if Naruto kissed him. Sasuke would probably faint.
With thoughts still swirling strongly around in his head, Sasuke somehow slipped into a restless sleep filled with Naruto's touch; no matter how gay that sounded.
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When Naruto woke up, he woke up on Sasuke's side of the bed. He instinctively jumped up, concerned that he had crushed the black haired boy with his body weight, but found just mattress. He glanced over the bed to find Sasuke curled on the carpeted floor with a goofy grin playing on his lips. Naruto suddenly wished he brought a camera, this was perfect blackmail material!
He scooted off the bed and crouched over Sasuke to his lips were gently brushing against Sasuke's ear as he spoke. "Sasuke-kun, wake up, love!" Naruto had risen his voice so it was fangirl material, but had made sure he didn't break Sasuke's eardrum.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open in horror, and he wiggled frantically to get away from whatever fangirl had gotten into his room. If it was Sakura, he would make sure to give her a 'friendly' wake up call tomorrow morning. Maybe he could dump slugs on her...
When he successfully was sitting up at least a foot away from the attacker, his eyes cleared so he could see them clearly. It was Naruto. Sasuke blushed up to his ears, in anger and embarrassment. He narrowed his eyes at Naruto, but he knew he couldn't look very intimidating with his blush.
When his face cooled down slightly and his pride rose to the surface, Sasuke growled out in a very threatening way, "Naruto." Naruto only blinked innocently, with his wide baby-blue eyes and faked a blush. He averted his eyes shyly.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun, I just wanted to wake you up. You're not mad are you?" Naruto looked back up, through his eyelashes with fake tears clinging to them. Sasuke's heart skipped a beat and his stomach flipped. How could a boy look so... adorable?
To Sasuke's luck, and Naruto's disappointment, Kakashi emerged from the bathroom tying on his forehead protector. "Cut it out you two, we have to meet the girls downstairs in seven minutes."
Naruto shot up, stumbling over to his traveling bag in haste, "Seven minutes?! Why didn't you wake us up, you jerk?" Sasuke himself blinked, and calmly stood, still a bit caught off guard from Naruto's act.
"Believe me I tried. But with you rolling over and mumbling, 'Five more minutes' and Sasuke going on and moaning something akin to Kitsune or something, I chose to leave him be." Sasuke grunted and blushed, making sure to hide his face while digging out his clothes.
"Kitsune?" Naruto giggled while tossing a teasing glance towards Sasuke. "Who is Kitsune, Sasuke? I've never heard of her in Konoha."
"No idea," Sasuke muttered, his face impassive has he headed towards the bathroom before Naruto could.
As he closed the door and locked it, though he was sure neither Kakashi or Naruto would walk in, he heard the blonde call out in his fangirl voice, "Hurry Sasuke, I can't stay separated from you for long!" Sasuke kicked the door with his heel signaling the blonde to shut up. Naruto only chuckled and began rummaging for clothes again.
After ten minutes, two arguments already had occurred with the subject of Sasuke's dream and Kakashi making a comment about them acting like an old married couple. But now, the three males were hurrying down the hall towards the elevator not wanting to be met with three angry girls'.
As they approached them slowly, not wanting to get beat in front of the other people in the breakfast area, Naruto cleared his throat and chuckled nervously. "Hey ladies."
Sakura glared at him until her eyes looked like two green snake eyes. "Save it," she snapped viciously. Naruto flinched behind Kakashi, fearful of the girl at the moment. He really didn't want another head wound. When Sakura's eyes landed on Sasuke, however she smiled gleefully at him and bid him a cheerful good morning.
Naruto snarled at Sasuke, jealous that he could get Sakura's attention so effortlessly even when he was at just as much fault as he was. For a second, Naruto wished he could switch places with Sasuke just for a day. It must be great for him, getting so much wonderful attention without effort. It was unfair. Naruto tried everything, from causing trouble, saving the village, and being loud and annoying but he still was ignored.
It wasn't his fault he had the Kyuubi inside him. It wasn't his fault his father died along with his father so they couldn't give him attention. It wasn't his fault that it was attention that he wanted so desperately; that he wished for, craved for. All he wanted was a sort of feeling of acceptance and the feeling of being needed. He wanted all that, just for a day. But, he knew that was too much to ask for.
That was why he couldn't understand why Sasuke treated it so coldly. He wasn't sure why Sasuke treated all that attention as if it was just troublesome and annoying. After loosing everyone in his family, Naruto was sure that Sasuke had a sort of need for attention. Not to mention the love that he got from Sakura. All Sakura wanted to do was love the Ice Prince, so why did he throw it away as if it meant nothing to him.
Then again, it was Sasuke he was talking about here, and it seemed that he had his eyes set on someone already. Some girl named Kitsune. Naruto had no idea who she was, maybe someone only Sasuke knew, but was that girl worth it? It was free, innocent love that Sasuke was receiving from Sakura.
Sure, she got a bit annoying at times, clingy maybe, but that is what Naruto craved, so why wouldn't Sasuke? The reason Naruto wanted her was because of the clingyness, it would give him assurance that they weren't going to leave him, that they were always thinking about him. That was what Naruto wanted because he lost his family, and Sasuke did too. But maybe Sasuke wanted someone more outgoing, optimistic and confident in themselves. Sakura wasn't like that. She was needy. A type of needy that was smothering almost.
Sasuke obviously didn't want smothering. He wanted distant, or maybe not exactly distant but not needy either. Was that girl Kitsune like that? Probably, what other girl had he ever heard Sasuke moan about in his sleep?
Naruto shifted his gaze towards Amaye who was chatting with Sasuke, and Sasuke was exchanging kind words with her. Was Kitsune really Amaye? Did Sasuke just come up with a nickname for her, so we wouldn't find out? It seemed logical. That was the only girl that he really seemed interested in. She was happy, optimistic, brave and confident. Plus, she wasn't needy or clingy. Was that what Sasuke wanted? Even though Amaye didn't seem to like him in that way, did he want to actually fight for that kind of person. One that made him feel like his old self? His true self?
Before Naruto could stop the thought from entering his mind, he asked himself, so why couldn't he be drawn to me like that? I know him better than anyone else. Better than Amaye.
His eyes widened and he shook his head wildly. What the hell did he just think? If Sasuke was happy with Amaye, then he could have Sakura, who was needy and clingy, the kind of person Naruto wanted. The person who always thought about him, clung to him and gave him plenty of attention.
Naruto lowered his eyes to his food that he didn't remember getting, and thought that Sasuke in a way was like that without being needy. He thought about him a lot obviously, with the way that his eyes always found Naruto wherever they were, whatever they were doing. He clung to him in a way too, like silently though. He never physically grabbed his arm and hung there, he just made sure he was okay.
Then, there was the attention. Sasuke gave him attention, plenty of it. Naruto never felt any sort of loneliness when he was with the dark-haired boy. He felt like he was being refueled with the attention that he needed in order to breathe. Whether it was arguing, teasing, or getting along, they gave each other the attention that they wanted. It wasn't ever smothering, it was just the amount they both needed.
Naruto's eyes widened when he realized what he was talking about. He yelled a bit in his throat, making it come out as more of a choking sound, and stuffed his mouth with food. He was on major gay mode just now! He would never date Sasuke! Ever! Sasuke would have to be the last person on earth in order for that to happen!
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Not as long as I expected it would be, but oh well. In this chapter I included a bit of Naruto's thoughts on Sasuke and their relationship just so you guys could get an idea on where he is on the crush-o-meter. Anyway, this chapter doesn't have much dialogue but I think it turned out well. Tell me what ya think!
Hope you enjoyed! And thank you to anyone who has reviewed and/or followed! I really appreciate it. As for grammar mistakes, I apologize on those, I'm still learning. Please, if you spot any tell me and I'll fix 'em immediately. Ja ne!