Longest chapter yet... There's a lot I could say about this chapter but I'm so damned tired right now, you'll just have to see for yourselves. But I worked hard on that drama! Please tell me if you liked it or if I should just go back to only writing humor and fluffxp

Warnings: Kiba bashing, Sasuke being cute, Naruto being annoyed... I think I just summed up the whole chapter for you...

And I know you guys hate me for ending the previous chapter where I did, and no I'm not starting this chapter by continuing it. Don't worry. I'll write more perverted scenes.

I'm on a roll today, because even though I've now got a cold I won my competition. And partying Friday night was fun. So yeah I wrote almost this entire chapter right before publishing. Love me.


Chapter eleven: Who said drama?

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-October 29th, 2012-

Sasuke slammed his hand over the beeping alarm that woke him up. Great. Just great. Why the hell was he lying on the same side as the alarm anyway? Oh, right. It was Monday. Time to go to work. Just fuck my life he thought, and had an idea. He turned over to face the still soundly sleeping blond behind him, and smirked. It really was time to start that routine of morning sex. He inched closer, pushing Naruto so that he now laid on his back and fixed the comforter around them so it wasn't in the way for what he was about to do. Using his left hand to caress Naruto's chest he put his lips against his ear, nibbling on it and moaning quietly into it. Then he reached lower with the same hand and fondled a pair of balls, noting with satisfaction that Naruto was beginning to stir slightly. He started stroking him instead, causing the blond to groan in his sleep and wake up when Sasuke bit down on his ear.

"Whaaa?" Naruto mumbled and rubbed his eyes, catching himself when he noticed a hand around his now hardening lower parts. "What're you doin' Sasuke?" he asked in slight surprise.

"Fuck me" Sasuke said. "Fuck me or I'm not going to work today."

Naruto stared at him for a moment and then laughed a little, leaning back down and closing his eyes.

"Just a dream" he mumbled, but shot up when Sasuke tugged harshly at his cock.

"Why would it be a dream? Why would you go back to sleep if it was a dream? If it was a dream you should just take me already!"

Naruto frowned at the glare Sasuke sent him. "But Sasuke, usually I have to convince you quite a lot to make you bottom, like Saturday night."

Sasuke blushed a little at the memory. They'd been doing it for hours, and Sasuke didn't want to think about how slutty and submissive he'd been. And his knees were still sore. "Yeah well," he said and pouted with his head turned to the side, "I just woke up and thought it would be nice to have some morning sex but I guess if you're not up for it…"

"No! Wait Sasuke of course I'm up for it! Baby don't go…" Naruto held on to Sasuke's wrist when the raven had tried to leave the bed.

Sasuke relented, maybe a bit too eagerly but what the hell, he was horny and didn't feel like going to work without something relaxing his mind first. He laid down again, finding a good position with his arms behind his head. He looked at Naruto expectantly.

"Umm, what?"

"Well do something" Sasuke said in a deadpan voice.

"You're acting weird…"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "And you're acting slow. Come on Naruto, I do have to be on time for work."

"Okay you know what, Sasuke? I'm just gonna go to the bathroom first, and then I can fuck you into that mattress however hard you want."

"Fine, but hurry up."

Naruto rolled his eyes and got up, leaving Sasuke muttering to himself about mood-breaking blonds.

When Naruto came back, Sasuke was lying on his stomach and hugging the pillow. He didn't react when Naruto sat down beside him and combed a hand through his hair.

"Alright Sasuke, what's this about?"

Sasuke glanced at him, then sighed and rolled onto his back, rubbing a hand over his face. Naruto intercepted it and held it in his own, looking at him with concern.

"I just… really don't want to go to work."

Sasuke looked away as he said this, as if feeling guilty. Naruto frowned and squeezed his hand.

"So don't go."

Sasuke gave him an exasperated look, but Naruto didn't waver.

"But I can't not go to work, Naruto! I have to."

"You could quit. It's not like you don't have enough money to survive while you look for a new one." Naruto smiled a tiny smile. "Although I don't think someone like you would have trouble finding one."

Sasuke almost smiled, but sighed instead. "I wish I could, but, you know, it's my brother. I can't just abandon him and the company. It's important to him."

Naruto seemed like he wanted to object, say that maybe Sasuke should think about himself for once, but Sasuke stopped him before he could by holding his other hand up.

"Don't. There's nothing I can do about it right now. So, if you don't mind, think you could cheer me up a bit?"

He smiled a little, stroking his thumb over Naruto's wrist and pushing the comforter down.

"I guess I don't mind" Naruto replied and smiled back, leaning down to give Sasuke a kiss. "I mean, you did wake me up with a hand-job so…"

Naruto moved into a better position so that he was poised over Sasuke. He started licking his neck and Sasuke tilted his head back to give him more room. With his free hand he caressed Sasuke's side, feeling that smooth skin and the small shivers he caused. He felt Sasuke's hand through his hair and then settling at the base of his neck. When he went over to sucking instead he was rewarded with a moan and a tug at his hair, so he kissed his way up the pale neck, along the chin and met those soft lips in a far from soft kiss.

Sasuke couldn't help himself, somehow Naruto just made him feel so desperate for his touch. He wanted Naruto closer, his taste in his mouth and his hands all over his body, his heat creating goose-bumps on his skin. And those goddamn butterflies!

"Naruto" he groaned when the blond decided that his chest needed some attention. "Can't you call my brother and tell him I can't go to work, because, mnn yeah right there" he interrupted himself when a wet tongue found his left nipple.

"Because what?" Naruto asked with a teasing grin once he'd released the now perky nipple.

Sasuke caught his eyes, the look in those blue depths so captivating he had to swallow hard. He was turning into some princess in a romantic story wasn't he?

"Well because I'm too busy getting fucked by you of course" he said, trying to pretend he didn't just think the word 'princess'.

"Heh" Naruto grinned and settled himself comfortably between Sasuke's legs. "I'm afraid I might lose his approval if I do that. Not to mention he's scary."

Sasuke glared but quickly forgot everything when a hand started stroking him. Instead he just leaned back and let pleasure overtake him. Naruto had a tendency to make him forget everything else while they were having sex, and he fully intended to forget about work right now. He let his arms fall down beside his head and bucked into the hand, giving Naruto quite the show, what with his moaning and squirming and all.

"Shit baby, if you wake me up like this every morning I'll never mind getting up early again" Naruto said with a grin and sped up his stroking while caressing a smooth thigh as well.

Sasuke didn't reply, he just reached for the bedside table and grabbed the lube they hadn't bothered putting back in a drawer last night. He was just about to hand it over when he had an idea. Oh he was having such a productive morning wasn't he? Opening the cap he poured a generous amount on his own fingers, smirking at Naruto's confused look. Then he spread his legs even further and reached down, circling his entrance with one of the coated fingers. Naruto had stopped, his hand limp around Sasuke's erection and his mouth forming silent words. Sasuke made sure the blond was completely transfixed before pushing a finger inside, his hips thrusting up to meet it as he moved it in and out slowly.

Naruto had taken in a sharp breath, and now he held it in, forgetting to breathe out again because damn! Sasuke was pleasuring himself and if that didn't almost beat Saturday night then he didn't know what would. There were now two fingers thrusting into the as of late well-used hole, and all Naruto could do was watch his boyfriend who was now throwing his head back and moaning wantonly as he scissored himself.

"Oh my god, Sasuke" he groaned, body frozen and cock pulsating.

Then Sasuke slipped his fingers out and sat up, pushing Naruto onto his back and hurriedly smearing his length with the lube. He sat down on two strong thighs and rubbed his own cock against Naruto's, both of them moaning thanks to the friction sending more sparks of arousal through their bodies. Sasuke was looking so impossibly sexy right now. He was sliding back and forth on top of Naruto, his hands flat against his chest and his mouth open. His cheeks were flushed and his eyes on half-mast and full of lust. There was no way Naruto could take anymore, so he stilled him with a bruising grip on his hips and guided him upwards, Sasuke taking a hold of his erection while licking his lips in anticipation. When he felt the tip of his cock brush the opening he gritted his teeth and felt himself almost shaking with need. Blood was rushing through his veins and how the hell could Sasuke make him feel so crazy with want?

"Sasuke" he panted. "Oh Sasuke you're driving me mad."

Sasuke smirked arrogantly. "It's what I do baby" he said before sinking down. Slowly. So. Fucking. Slowly.

"Fuck that feels good" Sasuke groaned and Naruto just nodded, unable to talk until he felt Sasuke sitting on him again, but now with Naruto inside him.

They paused like that for a minute, and Naruto had flashbacks from their first night when he hadn't prepared the raven enough. Tight. Then Sasuke started to ride him and all thoughts flew out of his head.

Sasuke concentrated on up and down, up and down, he had to do almost all the work himself because Naruto seemed quite content just watching him. It made him feel self-conscious; this was one of the reasons he'd been so reluctant to do stuff in front of a mirror. At least he wasn't able to see himself right now, but the memories caused his whole face to flush a light pink and Naruto's predatory eyes didn't exactly help his attempts to not think of what he looked like as he moved. He closed his eyes and lowered his head, changing focus to the heat he felt inside him, filling him up and brushing against his spot.

"Look at me" Naruto whispered huskily, and Sasuke snapped his head up and gasped when Naruto finally decided to help out.

Naruto drove into him hard, his hands in a demanding grip on his hips and forcing him down faster, deeper. Sasuke could feel his stomach tingle, a shudder moving up his spine and making his fingers dig into Naruto's chest. They kept it up for what felt like hours, but sadly it could probably be counted in minutes. When he noticed Naruto growing a little tired he started touching himself and moaning his name loudly, giving Naruto a show. It worked, because the thrusts into him started to become more uneven and the blond underneath him swore before he sat up and pushed Sasuke down on his back instead. The new position gave him better leverage and he thrust into the gasping raven roughly.

"Fuck Sasuke, you're so sexy like this, so pleasured by my cock, you want it hard don't you?"

Sasuke groaned at hearing Naruto's voice, the words going straight to his groin as a white-hot heat started pooling there. Naruto was leaning over him, fixating him with his blue eyes, the emotion swirling in them and making Sasuke's breath catch.

"Aah Naruto, I'm gonna come" he moaned and felt himself clenching around the thick length pushing even faster into him.

Naruto growled and helped him stroke himself, the extra stimulation quickly bringing his release. With an almost scream he coated their chests with his semen, his back arching and his nails creating more marks on Naruto's shoulders. The blond slipped out of him and grinded down on him hard, releasing as well, sliding their softening dicks against each other as they rode out their orgasms. Still panting he stopped, their eyes meeting briefly before Naruto attacked Sasuke's lips hungrily and kissed him as if he wanted to suck out his soul. It was all Sasuke could do to hold onto him tightly, responding to his lips as they devoured him.

So many emotions were rushing through his body, the one stronger than the other, he never wanted it to end. He wanted more, he wanted Naruto to own him completely. Later he'd of course deny thinking like this but right now, in this instant, he would have agreed to anything Naruto could have possibly asked of him. All these feelings were so raw and new, making his head spin as if he couldn't breathe, and when Naruto let go of him and rested his forehead on his, their breaths mingling and their gazes burning into each other, he felt like saying something, like telling Naruto somehow what he felt. But he didn't; instead he swallowed all those thoughts and tried to push them back down.

He wasn't ready yet to admit just how much Naruto had come to mean to him in such a short amount of time, and even if he was he didn't know what to say. It was scary as hell, but also the most perfect feeling in the whole world. He felt as if his stomach was doing nervous flip-flops, one second his heart was beating so loudly in exhilaration he feared his eardrums would explode and the next he felt an invisible hand try to squeeze it until it burst into sickening scraps of bloody meat. Maybe he should just stop thinking about it. Naruto was smiling at him, and without noticing he'd been smiling back like a fool for almost a minute now. He really needed to have a chat with his pride about how to deal with all this. For now he'd just…

"What are you thinking about?" Naruto whispered, interrupting his train of thought.

…panic maybe?

"Nothing" he replied, and certainly not too fast and obviously hiding something.

"Really? Because you looked like you wanted to say something."

Oh shit. Should he have said something?

"I'm not good at this" he blurted out, and instantly smacked himself mentally. Since when do Uchihas blurt things out? Never is the supposedly correct answer.

"At what?"

If Naruto stopped looking so caring and affectionate it would be a lot easier for his mind to come up with an answer.

"This" he replied awkwardly. "Umm, I mean…" Oh he should have just fallen asleep again.

"Talking? Breathing? Lying down in bed with me on top of you? Because I can assure you you're really good at that last one."

"Don't make fun of me" Sasuke said with a glare, finding his wits again hiding behind his pride. "I'm the one supposed to make fun of you anyway."

Naruto raised an eyebrow but had some trouble with keeping his face straight. "And when did we decide on that?" he asked and pinched Sasuke's nose between two fingers.

Sasuke swatted them away before answering. "Not important. It's just the rule."

"Huh" Naruto said and went quiet for a while. He still stared into Sasuke's eyes and the raven had to fight the urge to squirm.

"I'm not good at relationships, okay? I mean, it's not like I've been in one before, and we were kind of having a moment and I wanted to say something but," he took a deep breath and slowly released it again, "I couldn't." He chewed on his bottom lip and lowered his eyes, looking at Naruto's chin instead.

"You don't have to say anything" Naruto said after a moment.

Sasuke looked up again. Naruto was smiling, but then he grinned cheekily instead.

"It was all written in your starry eyes" he teased, and rolled over to avoid the punch Sasuke directed at him.

"Idiot" Sasuke muttered, but Naruto just laughed and hugged him close, and Sasuke found himself snuggling into the hug. He could be late for work. As long as he showed up, right?

-November 2nd, 2012-

After a few days at work Sasuke couldn't help but feel that something was off. People were… acting strange. At first, they'd all been scared of course because he'd yelled at them for an hour. They'd been less productive than a bunch of monkeys during the week he'd been gone, and that was an insult to monkeys. But other than that they'd definitely acted strange. He hadn't noticed in the beginning, because he'd been so distracted by trying to balance a shit-load of work with his constant need to doze off to thoughts of his hot boyfriend, but now things were starting to get through to him. He'd made careful observations today and realized that, surprisingly, people were much more relaxed around him now compared to before his 'vacation'. Usually he'd feel as if he was working with a group of skittish school girls. Lost in contemplation over this revelation he almost missed the discussion his secretary was having with some other unimportant person, but at the last second he noticed them and stopped before he rounded the corner and entered the foyer in front of his office.

"It's quite amazing really" he heard his secretary tell the other woman. "He's like a completely different person!"

"Well, I guess it's true what they say, that love changes people" the other replied dreamily.

"Yeah! I mean, of course I'm incredibly jealous but, he's gay so it's not like I even had a chance" she said with a small laugh.

"But what's so different about him? Tell me, I mean I've never met him in person."

"Oh, of course you haven't" his secretary said in a rather arrogant tone. "Well, usually he's really grumpy and you have to walk on eggshells around him, seriously if his coffee was one degree too cold he'd yell at me for ten minutes! And he acted as if he hated being here and was dreaming of how he'd murder us all and then live happily alone on some paradise island."

Was this girl a mind reader or something? Sasuke thought, but listened again when she continued.

"But now if something's not to his liking, he just glares at you and tells you to fix it and not bother him until it's done. It's quite refreshing really."

"Wow, he must have been horrible if you think glaring is refreshing" the other woman said, but her voice sounded as if she'd just love to be glared at.

"It's cute actually, he's been caught daydreaming in meetings and stuff like that, and once I walked in on him talking to his boyfriend on the phone and he was blushing! It's sooo sweet!"

"Aww, I read in the articles that he felt like a princess. His boyfriend must be sooo handsome!"

Sasuke's eye twitched in irritation. It was bad enough he'd been caught daydreaming at the board meeting yesterday, these two annoying girls calling him 'sooo cute and sweet' was just too much. Maybe he should go back to being an ass, but he didn't really feel like it. So he just rounded the corner, gave his secretary a glare and told her to mind her own business and went inside his office. There he sank down into his soft chair and rested his head on his not as soft desk. Two hours until he could go home. His favorite pastime at work had always been counting down the hours until he could leave, but before he'd only looked forward to read his most recently purchased book. He realized suddenly that he hadn't read one since he met Naruto. It didn't bother him. Sex was a lot more fun than reading anyway. He smirked, but then he remembered that tonight he wouldn't get to be alone with Naruto. They were going to meet up with some of Naruto's friends at a bar. Oh how Sasuke loathed being social. Especially with people he hadn't met before. He only agreed without protest because he hoped Kiba would be there so he could flaunt them some more in front of him. The annoying asshole had tried calling Naruto a few times. As if Naruto would answer!

A knock on his door interrupted his thoughts, and he said an uninterested 'come in' and reluctantly lifted his head from the desk.

"Mr. Uchiha?" It was one of his employees. "Here are the documents you wanted."

"Thanks. Just put them on that pile" he said and waved his hand at it, not noticing the shocked look on the man's face at hearing him say thanks. Sasuke was already in lala-land trying to come up with the perfect outfit for tonight.

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"Sasuke please, please just pick something, we're already late!"

"We wouldn't be late if you'd just help me you know" Sasuke replied, his head sticking out of the closet with a glare just for Naruto.

"I already told you, you look sexy in everything so it doesn't matter! Ino is going to kill me if I show up late, seriously do you want a zombie boyfriend?"

He could hear Sasuke scoff, the sound reaching him where he'd fallen down on their bed in exasperation. He groaned in frustration and sat up again, scowling in Sasuke's general direction. Ino had been bugging him for days about this get-together, and since he refused to talk about details of his and Sasuke's relationship on the phone (she had of course read the articles) she'd let him know that showing up late was not an option. And Naruto, who usually came late without a care in the world, had taken her words to heart. Second after Sakura, Ino was one scary girl when she was angry. Now they were ten minutes late and his phone had already received three messages. He groaned again and shuffled out of the bed, deciding to try and forcefully pick something for his much too vain boyfriend.

Inside he found Sasuke shirtless and comparing two possible choices, one white and the other… white.

"What the fuck Sasuke, how can it take so long to choose between two identical shirts?!"

Sasuke gave him a look.

"They are not identical" he hissed, returning his focus to the shirts.

Sasuke really was trying to kill him wasn't he? He sighed and walked up to the indecisive man, reaching his arms around him and picking the left one randomly.

"Just take this one" he said.

"But-"

"Sasuke. Do not talk back to me right now. You're taking this one or no sex for you tonight."

Sasuke turned around and huffed, but relented. He shrugged it on and Naruto helped him button it, anything to save time. Then Sasuke put on a jacket of unimportant color and design and Naruto all but dragged him out and to the front door.

"You could have at least let me check myself in the mirror first" Sasuke muttered as he tried to look himself over, reluctantly putting on his coat when Naruto held it out for him.

"You could have picked something sooner and I wouldn't have had to drag you out of there" was Naruto's snappish reply. "What's the big deal anyway?" He went over to the door, opened it and stepped out. He held the door for Sasuke, frowning when he made no move to follow.

"You want to know what the big deal is?" Sasuke asked, his voice sour and his eyes narrowed. "I'll tell you what the deal is" he said, walking up to Naruto and staring him down.

Naruto just looked back irritated. They didn't have time for this shit right now!

"The big deal, Naruto," Sasuke continued, holding on to the front of Naruto's orange puffy down jacket, "is that we are meeting up with your friends, and that I would like to make a good impression."

"Oh come on Sasuke, you could wear a garbage bag and still make a good impression! Now let's go!" He tugged impatiently at Sasuke's hand, succeeding in getting him out of the apartment so he could close the door. Sasuke huffed.

"But that's-"

"Just shut up Sasuke, please, you're really cute and everything but I'd like to survive the evening."

He started pulling Sasuke towards the elevator but his bastard boyfriend didn't let him. He looked over his shoulder and was met with an annoyed Sasuke.

"What?"

"You're annoying me" Sasuke said. "And unless you want me to shred that offensive jacket while you sleep I suggest you stop."

Naruto sighed. He was feeling really frustrated right now, and Sasuke wasn't helping. But then Sasuke's glare softened and he walked up to Naruto, releasing his hand and combing both of his own through the unruly blond locks. He scratched a little and Naruto found himself relaxing. He closed his eyes and leaned on Sasuke's shoulder, the closeness creating a tingling in him. Such a nice smell too.

"Calm down, Naruto" Sasuke whispered in his ear, and he sighed again and felt another layer of tension disappearing. "What's the big deal anyway, right?"

He couldn't help it, he just had to smile at the way Sasuke said that, and he lifted his head back so he could see Sasuke's face. The raven looked at him affectionately and then pulled him close, their noses bumping together.

"I just have a bad feeling about tonight" Naruto confessed, and Sasuke frowned. But Naruto nuzzled his nose and smiled, pecking Sasuke on the lips and chuckling when he wasn't allowed to pull away and instead fell victim to a much longer kiss.

"We are so late right now" Naruto mumbled, but Sasuke just kissed him again. The bastard.

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"Where is he?!"

"Chill down Ino, when's the last time Naruto was on time?"

"That's beside the point! He said he'd be on time today and he's not answering my texts!" Ino flicked back her long blond hair and gave Shikamaru an irritated look, growing even more irritated at the sight of him leaned back in his chair and looking like he didn't have a care in the world.

"Maybe you scared him off with your whiny voice."

"Shut up forehead-girl! I'm not talking to you right now!"

"What's up with her?" Neji whispered to Sakura.

"Tch. She's just mad I won't tell her anything about Sasuke and Naruto. Like I know more than her!" Sakura rolled her eyes and threw a glance at the entrance, something both she and Ino had been doing the past twenty-five minutes. "Seriously though Ino, Naruto's not known for punctuality but trust me when I say that Sasuke is even worse."

Ino was now stabbing the ice in her drink viciously with the straw, causing Shikamaru to eye her with something that could be taken as worry if you looked really closely and had a good imagination. Then Chouji patted her on her back and pointed wordlessly at the door, where Naruto just entered followed by the easily hottest guy in the bar. In the city probably.

"Oh god he's even sexier in reality" Ino groaned, and Sakura smacked her arm.

"That's my ex fiancé you're talking about" she said, but Ino wasn't listening. She was already halfway across the distance between them and the door.

"Naruto!" she exclaimed once she'd reached the pair and hugged the blond out of the two hard enough to have him struggling to breathe. "How dare you be late you mean airhead!"

Naruto winced and laughed nervously, scratching his neck and backing slowly until he was standing more behind Sasuke than next to. "Sorry?" he said, but frowned when Ino turned her attention to Sasuke instead.

"It's so great to see you Sasuke!" she said, overly cheerful and Sasuke already had a headache. That might have also had something to do with the loud music pumping through the place, and the mass of people bustling around and bumping into him.

"Yes" he said quietly. "Great."

"Awww you two look really cute together! Come on! Join us, we started drinking without you."

"Uh yeah, we'll just go buy…" Naruto trailed off. He'd seen the people at the table she pointed at. He grabbed her arm almost painfully and hissed into her ear.

"What the fuck is Kiba doing here! Are you crazy?"

Ino looked at him confused. "But he said you guys are fine now."

Naruto glanced at Sasuke. That smirk on his face wasn't exactly having a calming effect. He turned back to Ino. "Yeah well we're not! And he and Sasuke are probably not a good combination."

"Oh relax, Naruto, it's just a night out with friends. Nothing's gonna happen." She smiled at him and then at Sasuke, grabbing the latter by the arm and dragging him towards the table and leaving a stunned blond behind nervously chewing on his lip. Nothing she says. Great. Just fucking great. And it wasn't just Kiba, no, Hinata was here too, looking her normal skittish self. A girl hitting him with her elbow brought him out of his stupor and he followed after, weaving through the mass of people. Usually he loved the crowded atmosphere here, but tonight he just felt as if was suffocating him. Reaching the round table he sank down on the only free chair between Chouji and Sakura; Sasuke was sitting between Ino and Neji, who was next to Sakura. He tried to catch Sasuke's eyes across the table but the dark globes were fixated on Kiba, who was on Chouji's other side. The cool and superior smirk was enough to make even Naruto feel slightly uncomfortable, but Kiba just scowled back. That guy really had no fear.

"Hey Naruto, what's up?"

Naruto turned to his right to meet Chouji's concerned eyes. He forced out a smile and a light tone.

"Just trying to make sure Sasuke and Kiba don't kill each other."

"Hmm, yeah, I was kinda wondering how Ino planned that."

Naruto shrugged, looking at Sasuke again who was nodding absently to whatever Ino was babbling about. He felt Sakura's eyes on him and glanced at her, smiling a little at her apologetic grimace.

"I'll just go buy me and Sasuke a drink" he said to Chouji and left without waiting for an answer.

When he came back ten minutes later things seemed to have calmed down at the table, and Sasuke smiled at him when he leaned over him from behind and placed the drink in front of him.

"You okay?" he asked in Sasuke's ear. He would have whispered but anything quieter than fairly loud would be lost in the noise.

Sasuke nodded and was about to answer when Ino interrupted.

"Naruto! Where have you been? Sasuke just told me you met at that bar close to your job!"

Naruto shrugged and glanced at Kiba and Hinata. Kiba was telling something animatedly to an uninterested Shikamaru, and Hinata listened with her face hid beneath all that hair. She was fiddling with her drink and flinched when she looked up and briefly met his gaze. He took a sip of his drink and went to sit down beside Chouji again. He tried to ignore his ex and struck up conversation with Sakura, something about her latest assignment, he wasn't really listening. He kept glancing between Sasuke and Kiba who were now apparently ignoring each other. When Kiba left to get more drinks maybe half an hour later Naruto deemed it safe to visit the men's room, something he'd forgotten to do before they came here and now his body was kindly urging him to go.

Walking out of the not so fresh stalls a few minutes later he was met with – oh joy! – none other than the ex of his nightmares. What happened to getting drinks? He narrowed his eyes and attempted to walk past him, but no such luck. Kiba blocked the way with his arm and Naruto really wished he hadn't practiced controlling his temper and could just punch the guy. Putting on his most fake smile he turned his head to look at Kiba, the smile getting more strained when he was met with a large grin.

"Missed me hot stuff?"

Oh Naruto had always hated being called hot stuff. Seriously how much of a turn-off was that?

"Can't say I did."

"Well, I missed you" Kiba said and put his other hand next to Naruto's head, effectively trapping him between his arms. Something that would have been hot if it had been two months ago, but now Naruto just wanted to puke.

"Just fuck off, Kiba, I'm not interested in playing your games."

"Oh yeah? Because you have Sasuke now?"

"No, because you're a jerk and I don't want to talk to you, let alone be in the same room as you."

"Why so testy? Come on Naruto, you know we really had something good going on."

"Yeah, and then you ruined it. Newsflash Kiba: it's over. Now let me go."

Naruto tried to duck under Kiba's left arm but instead found himself pressed against the wall. He glared at Kiba but didn't try to get out of his grip again.

"What" he asked in a flat voice instead, meeting Kiba's searching eyes.

"Just trying to figure out what Sasuke sees in you."

Naruto just looked at him, clenching his fists and wishing he'd just stayed home tonight. Or that Sasuke would come and rescue – help, he meant help – him.

"I doubt you two will last" Kiba then said and Naruto finally snapped.

He shoved Kiba off of him and then grabbed his shirt, pushing him towards the opposite wall in the narrow corridor.

"You" he growled. "You, are really getting on my nerves."

He pushed Kiba against the wall and brought their faces close.

"Either you tell me what the fuck is wrong with you and why the fuck you're doing all this crap, or you just get the fuck out and don't talk to me ever again!"

Kiba just gave him an arrogant look.

"What, you really think you and Sasuke are the perfect couple? Sure, you might have a few happy months, but I know Sasuke will realize how bad a match you are."

"Shut up, Kiba."

"Why? Hit a nerve? I think we both know there's a huge gap between the two of you."

Naruto frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Well, look at Sasuke. Only twenty-three years old and long since out of university with top grades, now owner and board member of one of the more successful companies in the country. Not to mention he comes from a prestigious family. And then there's you."

"What about me." Naruto's voice was low and strained, but Kiba just smirked and continued.

"A simple worker at a tiny, unimportant fast-food restaurant. Is that how you're going to introduce yourself to his business partners, to his family?"

"Sasuke doesn't care about that." Naruto tried to sound convincing, but Kiba could easily hear the slight insecurity in his voice.

"Sure he doesn't. But hey, what happened to the Naruto with all those grand plans? Weren't you going to be someone?"

"Says you" Naruto bit out.

"Well that's a low blow. But you know what? I'm gonna study to become an animal caretaker starting next semester, gonna work with hurt and abandoned animals. That's pretty impressive right? Anyway you said it yourself just a while ago."

Naruto really hated Kiba now. So what if he'd been having doubts and felt down three months ago? Didn't mean he'd always feel like that.

"That you're a nobody, with no future whatsoever. That you'll never be able to go study like you've been dreaming of and then come back and impress everyone. You think Sasuke would like that?"

"I think you should mind your own business" Naruto said quietly, head down and teeth gritting in anger.

"I know I didn't like it." Kiba's voice was overflowing with smug superiority, and Naruto was one second from losing it and breaking a few bones in the asshole, when a voice interrupted him.

"Kiba, that's enough!"

Both Naruto and Kiba turned their heads in surprise at hearing Hinata's voice. Naruto didn't think he'd ever heard Hinata speak so loud or look so angry before.

"Leave Naruto alone, you're just jealous he got the guy you like and he'd never be interested in you. And with good reason too!" Hinata had walked closer, stopping just an arm's length from them. "To think I ever liked you, believed you, it makes me feel disgusted with myself. You should be ashamed, manipulating people like that. I didn't say anything because I felt as bad as you are, but enough is enough!"

She took a hold of Naruto's arm, pulling it away from Kiba's shirt and making him step back. Kiba was looking quite shocked, and Naruto was certain he looked just as shocked himself.

"Now get the hell out of here you, you, you asshole!" Hinata looked as if she couldn't believe she'd just used words like those, but she held her ground and stared Kiba straight in the eye.

Naruto couldn't believe she said that either. Did Hinata seriously just swear? She'd never done that in her entire life! Was the world ending?

Kiba wasn't reacting, probably frozen in spot, so Hinata closed the distance between them and slapped him. Like really slapped him. So hard that his head actually turned to the other side, and he raised his hand up to press it against the stinging in his cheek.

"Now, Kiba" Hinata said and pointed towards the mass of people that could be seen at the end of the corridor.

The command in Hinata's voice was so strong that Naruto almost followed it himself, but he stood rooted to the ground and watched in disbelief when Kiba gave Hinata one glance and then hurriedly left. Everything was silent for a while, or well, as silent as it ever gets in a bar full of people and blasting music, but the sound level was more subdued there.

"Umm, thanks, I guess" Naruto finally said, not really knowing what to do with the awkward moment.

Hinata glanced at him through her fringe.

"I'm sorry" she mumbled. When Naruto didn't say anything she continued. "I know it's a little late to apologize, but I really am sorry for everything."

Naruto looked at her for a few seconds, taking in the dark circles underneath her eyes that had probably been there that night when he and Sasuke had gotten his stuff, but he hadn't reacted then. She looked genuinely sorry, and Naruto knew she was of course. Hinata wasn't the type to hurt other people, she was more hurt herself by doing bad things.

"What happened?" he asked, and saw her take a deep breath before turning towards him.

"To make it short, he tricked me and I was foolish enough to believe him. I…" she swallowed and avoided his eyes, nervously fiddling with the hem of her lavender shirt. "Honestly" she started, a little stronger this time as she looked up at him, "I've been in love with you since we were kids. And first I was too shy to say anything, besides you liked Sakura and she's much prettier than me, but then you confided in me that you were gay, and…" She paused, trying to hold back the emotions threatening to spill over.

Naruto looked at her, beating himself up for not seeing that before. She looked so sad, he'd probably broken her heart without even knowing it. "Hinata," he started, but she shook her head to silence him.

"I'm really happy to just be your friend, Naruto" she said, but then caught herself. "I mean, I get it if you don't want to be friends anymore, but it was fine, really. It's just, with Kiba…" she paused again.

"I've just longed for someone to have for myself, someone who would love me back, and Kiba reminded me a lot of you, you're both outgoing and funny, you make me smile…" She frowned. "Kiba turned out to be a real douche though."

Naruto snorted, causing Hinata to smile a little.

"He said you two had broken up and were just friends…" she looked like she wanted to cry now. "But then when you walked in on us, that really was the first time we did anything, I just didn't know what to do. So I stayed with him. I'm so stupid" she groaned and hid her face in her hands.

Naruto walked over to her and gave her a hug. "It's okay Hinata, I forgive you. You did a mistake, but you could have just explained it to me you know."

She shook her head violently against his shoulder. Naruto was just about to say more when he heard a voice he thought he'd gotten rid of complaining loudly.

"Let me go, dammit I said let go!"

Kiba was struggling against Sasuke's death grip, trying to escape but failing miserably. Sasuke had a grim look on his face, but it eased up once he saw Naruto and turned into a worried one instead.

"You okay?" he asked Naruto, raising an eyebrow at the girl in his arms.

Naruto nodded, forming the words 'I'll explain later' silently. Sasuke turned his attention back to the struggling brunet in his hands, throwing him to the floor unceremoniously.

"You" Sasuke said and glared at the moron now trying to stand up but flinching back at the tone of voice directed at him, "Explain yourself."

Kiba glared at him.

"I said explain yourself" Sasuke hissed and took a threatening step forwards.

"Alright alright, just take it easy!" He muttered something under his breath and threw a glance in Naruto's and Hinata's direction before focusing on Sasuke again. "I was just messing with you" he then said.

Sasuke looked like he was going to kill Kiba, so Naruto quickly let go of Hinata and took a hold of his arm.

"Calm down, it's not worth it" he told him, and Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"I was getting worried because none of you had come back, and then Hinata left too, and I bumped into the fuck-face here on my way to you, and he had the nerve to hit on me! He fucking trash-talked you Naruto, now let me go so I can beat him up!"

"Sasuke! I said it's not worth it, okay! Just leave it."

Sasuke didn't seem to share Naruto's opinion though, because he shrugged Naruto off and took two large strides towards Kiba and lifted him up by the grey sweater he wore.

"I'm really, really pissed right now" he told Kiba, as if that wasn't extremely obvious.

Kiba seemed to have a death wish though, because he decided to talk back to Sasuke.

"I still don't think Naruto's good enough for you" he said.

"And I still think you're the worst scum of the earth, so where does that leave us?" Sasuke's eyes were practically screaming murder, and Naruto wasn't so sure he wanted to go between them anymore.

"He's not normal" Kiba then said, and Naruto flinched. He'd almost forgotten telling Kiba about that.

"Kill him" Hinata suddenly exclaimed, and three heads turned towards her in disbelief. She blushed darkly and looked away, muttering something that could have been 'forget it'. Or 'what, it's a good idea'.

Sasuke turned to Kiba again. "I'm not even going to try making sense of your gibberish" he said and released Kiba with a disgusted look on his face. "But Naruto's right, a cheating lying snake like you is obviously not worth it."

He started to turn away but stopped at Kiba's following words.

"I'm not the only cheater here!" When Kiba noticed he got Sasuke's attention he regained confidence. "Yeah, that's right, Naruto" he said and Naruto wondered what the hell was going on. "Sasuke's not as perfect as you think."

Naruto looked between them, the poisonous glare Sasuke was sporting versus the triumphant one Kiba wore. "I don't get it" he said.

"I have, unfortunately, slept with this moron here" Sasuke gritted out and Naruto's eyes widened. "Before I met you of course" Sasuke hastily added and looked at him worriedly.

Naruto breathed out a sigh of relief. For a second there he thought… But no. Sasuke wouldn't do that.

"Well, I feel sorry for you" he said and gave Kiba a grimace when the brunet protested.

"Hn" Sasuke said, and ignored Kiba once again.

"Hey! What's with the lame reaction! Didn't you guys listen, Sasuke cheated too!" Kiba yelled, and Sasuke pushed him roughly into the wall again.

"I'm not pretending to justify my actions, Kiba," he sneered, "but there's a big fucking difference between cheating on someone after telling them that you love them, and cheating on someone you've been unwillingly forced together with and after telling them you'd rather spill out your guts and put them back through swallowing than even touch the other person. I'd never cheat on someone I'm serious about."

Sasuke looked as if he wanted to say more, but apparently decided against it and let go of Kiba. He turned towards Naruto instead.

"I don't know about you, but I'm not really in a party mood anymore."

Naruto snorted and walked up to him, taking his hand and then motioning for Hinata to come with them.

"Let's go home then" he said, and added "We can drop you off on the way" to Hinata.

She hesitated at first, glancing at Sasuke, but then she nodded and they left, leaving an angry Kiba behind. They met Ino at the end of the corridor, she looked worried but reluctantly agreed to get an explanation later. When she caught sight of Kiba leaning against the wall she went over to him, a frown on her face.

"I thought you said you and Naruto were buddies now" she accused, but Kiba just shrugged. "You know, if you're trying to break people up you could have chosen an easier couple" she continued philosophically, leaning against the wall beside him. Oh, she was angry too but not sober enough to pick a fight.

"What do you mean, I'll give them two months tops" Kiba said and spit on the floor as if to prove a point.

Ino wrinkled her nose. "Haven't you read the articles?" she asked.

Kiba gave her a dumb look that clearly said no. She sighed and picked up her phone, opening up one of them. She had them all saved.

"Here" she said and handed the phone to him.

Kiba took it and read in silence. He kept reading and reading, going through four of them before losing his temper and throwing the phone to the floor, jumping on it and swearing madly.

When he'd done that for maybe a minute, he seemed to come to his senses again and sighed, rubbing his face with a hand. Then he looked at Ino and froze. Shit. That phone was like her baby, and he'd just…

"Kiba" she said quietly, and he gulped. "You' better be good at hiding, because when I find you, you're going to wish someone was roasting you slowly alive while cooking your balls and feeding them to you, because I am going to do much, much worse things to you."

Kiba ran.


I wonder if Kiba will survive. But who cares, right? xD There's going to be more serious stuff from now on mixed with the fluff and humor. I'll work hard, because I'm really looking forward to writing scenes that are in the future... Love makes me work harder! Good thing I have two cats then... :p Btw you guys are all awesome;)