Blue eyes watched in shock as black locks swayed back and forth, as though they were dancing with the wind. The man's eyes were closed, Naruto observed. The blond-haired boy noted how stunning yet mysterious Sasuke looked when the last rays of the sun danced across his skin and played with the silky strands, gently kissing every inch they could find of that pale skin before they parted ways. The student's breath hitched when he suddenly found himself staring into piercing obsidian orbs.

It felt as though the air had been knocked out of Naruto's lungs when his tired gaze fell on the person before him. The boy swore he saw something flicker through Sasuke's eyes, an unfamiliar light that he did not know the meaning of. However, before Naruto had a chance to ponder on the reason behind its appearance, it sizzled out of the darkness, leaving only emptiness behind. Blue eyes found themselves staring into blank dark ones again.

Naruto remembered to breathe the moment Sasuke's eyes left his. The boy saw the man smirk before beginning to approach him. Just as Sasuke started advancing towards Naruto, the boy began taking steps back. Naruto did not know why, but he felt the sudden need to be farther away from Sasuke yet still he did not feel the urge to run away. Perhaps his head truly was getting messed up over the last weeks' mishaps.

Sasuke abruptly stopped walking, fixing Naruto with a blank stare. The boy suddenly felt self-conscious under such blatant scrutiny and was about to protest and ask for the reason behind such intrusion when Sasuke asked:

"What happened?"

It was strange hearing that question being directed towards him. After all, he had asked Sasuke something similar before the teacher disappeared yesterday, but had not received an answer. Deciding to be stubborn Naruto pursed his lips, crossed his arms in front of his chest and turned his head to the side, mumbling:

"Nothing."

Naruto was expecting to be lectured about his manners, even though he was certain that was the least of Sasuke's concern right now. The boy also thought that considering how stubborn his teacher tended to be, that he would somehow find a way to force the answer out of his student. Another possibility was for Sasuke to simply scowl, grunt, growl or make some sort of noise before disappearing. There was also the chance that the Uchiha would skip to another topic, though that was highly unlikely.

The faint chuckle that followed surprised Naruto. The blond-haired boy turned his head slightly and tilted it to the side, while examining his teacher's posture. Blue eyes noted the mind-blowing change in not only Sasuke's expression or body posture, but also in the atmosphere. It seemed as though that part of the tension in Naruto's shoulders had been lifted once his ears picked up the sound of smooth voice filling the air. The corners of the boy's lips could not resist and began rising once the student noticed Sasuke's pitiful attempts at taking control of his laughter. Naruto also felt an unknown warmth settle inside his heart and a strange pull once the chuckle turned into quiet laughter. The blond-haired boy did not know why Sasuke was laughing, but a part of him did not care. In fact, he was glad for the rare sight before his eyes because it meant that no matter what had happened to the Uchiha in the past, he was still capable of showing some sort of positive emotion.

Naruto found himself uncrossing his arms and instead adopting a rather relaxed stance. He soon even realised he had unconsciously been smiling for the past few minutes. He felt the unfamiliar tug at his heart once more, but ignored it, deciding to focus his entire attention at the beauty before him.

Beauty? Beauty?! Where the hell did that come from?!!

Obviously you find him quite appealing to the eyes. I would even say he is a bit enticing, alluring even.

Wh-who the hell are you?!

Your inner voice, persona, etc, etc.

M-my inner… Why are you here? Why haven't you appeared before? Why am I even talking to you? And… wait a minute! I do not find him whatever you said about him being eye-candy.

I used words which are more fitting for the dazzling beauty before us, Naruto, but it seems your vocabulary or lack there of will end up degrading any compliment I give our current interest.

…I only understood half of what you said….

(Sighs) It seems you are as slow as ever.

Hey! I am not slow!

Do you prefer the words half-witted or perhaps simpleminded?

(Growls lowly) I prefer neither, now would you fucking tell what the hell you are doing in my head?!

(Chuckles darkly in amusement) I am simply here to aid you Naruto in your foolish endeavours during your most wretched days.

(Sighs) Fine, but could you please speak normally? I am already getting a headache and your pompous speech is not helping me one bit.

(Chuckles) As you wish. I will disappear for now, but remember – it is best to listen to someone when you are having a conversation with them.

(Frowns) What the hell are you talking about?

….. (Silence)…..

Hey, inner! Where are you?

… (Silence)….

Where did you go? Inner! Inner!

(Growls) Oh for fuck's sake go talk to him, damn it! Or else I am going to steal Sasuke for myself.

Fine, fine, sheesh, you sound worse than some of the female student body that interested in him purely because of his physical appearance.

… (Silence)…

….. (Silence)…

Did you just talk like me?

Did I just talk like you?!

Yep….I am going crazy….. Definitely.

Definitely. Now go!

Hey, don't push me you stupid fox!

(Stops pushing Naruto) How exactly am I a fox?

(Stares blankly at his other self) I don't know. It just sounded…fitting… in my head.

Idiot, we are currently residing in your head.

Enough! I am leaving before I grow a tail and start speaking gibberish during every third sentence.

You've already begun.

Shut up!

"Naruto. Naruto!" Sasuke shouted, successfully bringing Naruto back to planet Earth.

The blond-haired student yelped as he jerked back and stared wide-eyed at his teacher. He put a hand on his chest as he tried to steady his breathing before nearly screaming:

"What are you doing? Trying to give me a heart attack?!"

Sasuke cringed at the boy's unnecessary loudness yet resisted the urge to cover his ears with his palms. Instead the Uchiha sighed and then muttered something that Naruto could not hear. The blond-haired boy looked questionably at his teacher before asking:

"What? Could you repeat that? I could not quite hear you?"

Sasuke's eye twitched before he replied through gritted teeth:

"I am not saying that again."

Naruto's eyes narrowed before he huffed and responded:

"Fine. Be that way." The boy then turned his head to the side and mumbled, "Teme."

Sasuke's eyes widened before they narrowed. He then openly glared at his student before he muttered:

"Dobe."

Naruto's head shot forward the minute he heard the insult. His inner voice calling him stupid was one thing, but when someone else addressing him that way was a whole different story.

"What did you just call me?" Naruto whispered, eyes shooting daggers towards those of the Uchiha who merely smirked, crossed his arms and repeated:

"Dobe"

Naruto, sensing that he was being taunted, though did not mind one bit, took up the challenge and crossed his arms before reiterating:

"Teme."

"Dobe." Sasuke said, his voice getting slightly louder and a smirk appearing on his face.

"Teme." Naruto uttered, smirk growing.

"Dobe." Sasuke repeated, sparks appearing in his normally black gaze.

"Teme." Naruto iterated, his voice getting quite loud, flames dancing in his eyes.

"Dobe." Sasuke said with finality in his voice that was daring Naruto to continue.

"Teme." Naruto responded, a certain edge to his voice sending shivers down Sasuke's spine, who merely smirked further before he laid his final trap:

"Hn, dobe, are you going to stand there calling me names all night or are you actually going to man up and make me regret insulting you?"

Naruto's eyes narrowed before his glare intensified and he yelled:

"Teme, I'm sure as hell going to make you pay!"

All that happened next was blur. Naruto's body shot forward, suddenly forgetting who he was dealing with. His blue eyes were focused solely on Sasuke Uchiha, someone who had questioned Naruto's dignity and honour, not Mister Uchiha, the teacher, who was simply far too different than what a normal teacher should be. Everything about that night was not how normal student and teacher should interact. The insults and the little game they were having with their eyes suggested something that neither could differentiate. To the two it was simply a challenge of who would win and who would lose. It did not seem that unacceptable. It was not wrong. It was normal even. In their minds, in their way of understanding the nature of their few true encounters, it normal human behaviour which was the reason why to Sasuke it was no surprise that Naruto lost his control and lunged at the Uchiha.

Sasuke's eyes widened slightly when they saw the fire that was burning inside those blue orbs. He yelped when he was knocked backwards and gasped slightly when his back hit the cold ground. Luckily for him, there was only grass and no concrete where his body had fallen. Unfortunately, Naruto's ferocity had not ended there. No, it seemed that the boy had barely begun. Fists flew everywhere, while pale hands shot forward and tried to defend himself. Most of the movements were irregular and Sasuke was fortunate enough to avoid almost all of them, but one of them turned out to be lucky and ended up landing exactly on Sasuke's jaw.

Naruto's eyes widened when his fist connected with the raw flesh and the hard bone that was behind it. His knuckles turned red the minute they left Sasuke's jaw and began bleeding. Blue eyes searched frantically, while the boy cradled his injured hand with his uninjured one. Naruto gasped when Sasuke flew backwards and ended up hitting his head on the grass. The Uchiha groaned and moaned when he reached up and touched his jaw. He rubbed the spot and winced when he touched it and ended up feeling immediate pain. It seemed that it was definitely going to leave a bruise. His eyes then landed on the frantic boy before him. Sasuke was about to speak, but only succeeded in opening his mouth before Naruto leaped forward and began examining the place his knuckles had connected with all the while whispering:

"Oh my God, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…."

Those words echoed throughout the quiet park again and again before Sasuke decided that he had enough. The Uchiha simply rolled his eyes and shot up from the place he had been sitting at. He covered the boy's mouth with his hands and captured his concerned blue eyes with his resolute black ones. Once Sasuke was certain that he had trapped Naruto in his gaze and the boy was not planning on escaping the Uchiha spoke.

"Listen to me, Naruto. I am fine, do you hear me? Fine." Sasuke said after which he searched Naruto's eyes for any shadow of doubt as to whether the meaning of his message had been conveyed. Once Sasuke was certain that the boy had understood him, he sighed and removed his hands from Naruto's mouth.

"I should be the one that's apologizing, not you." Sasuke began only to hold up his hand when Naruto was about to protest. The Uchiha shook his head and narrowed his eyes when Naruto attempted at speaking again. The blond-haired boy sent a glare the Uchiha's way, but complied with his teacher's request and remained silent. Once Sasuke was certain that Naruto would keep quiet, he sighed in relief and continued, "I knew that you were angry. I knew that something was up and you had little to no control over your emotions, Naruto."

Naruto opened his mouth to protest once more, but was silenced yet again by a piercing gaze and a hand being held up. The blond-haired boy muttered something about stubborn assholes, but complied with his teacher's request, nonetheless. The mumbled comment made Sasuke chuckle silently, while he was bringing his hand down. He then looked directly into Naruto's eyes and said:

"I am sorry, Naruto."

Blue eyes widened as they looked into sincere and slightly guilty black ones. Naruto's breath hitched and his throat felt unusually dry. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. He only ended up closing it again. His gaze then dropped and he remained silent.

After moments of grave silence passed and Naruto had yet to recover, Sasuke sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He then looked at his student again and once again felt his annoyance rising. The Uchiha wanted the boy to speak now, but it seemed that Naruto had other plans. With one of his eyes twitching Sasuke began concocting a scheme with which he was going to fulfill his secret desire to hear that strangely mostly pleasant to the ears voice yet again.

"You know, Naruto, if I had known that was what it took for you to shut up, I would have said those three magical words sooner."

Naruto's eyes widened. His head shot around and heat rose to his face. Once his eyes landed on a chuckling Sasuke once more, he could help but narrow them and yell:

"Shut the hell up!"

"Oh you mean go and follow your perfect example?" Sasuke replied, earning himself another glare from his student. The teacher in turn laughed, not being able to contain his amusement at his student's expense.

"Glad to see you're finding my misfortune amusing, Mister Uchiha." Naruto uttered before he could stop himself. The boy's eyes widened when his teacher suddenly stopped laughing. Naruto could not help but mentally berate and slap himself for his slipup. He should not have used the honorific. He should have left it out, but no, he had to be an idiot and ruin the unusually almost perfect evening with a poor choice of words.

Sasuke closed his eyes as he tried to steady his breathing. He sighed once he was certain that his heart rate had returned to normal. He then reopened them and focused his full attention on the boy before him.

"How are you feeling now? Better?" Sasuke asked as he began walking and then stopped, only to kneel in front of his student.

Naruto ignored the sudden rise of heat to his face. He ignored the way his heart sped up slightly or the way his palms began sweating. He inhaled shakily when Sasuke reached out and touched Naruto's palm. The boy looked questioningly at his teacher when his fingers curled around Naruto's wrist. The Uchiha sighed before he said:

"Relax. I'm not going to hurt you."

He was about to lift Naruto's hand in order to examine the injuries on his knuckles, but halted immediately once he noticed the worry and doubt in his student's franticly moving blue eyes. Sasuke sighed once more before he asked with a small smile:

"May I?"

The Uchiha gestured towards Naruto's hand with a small tug. It seemed that the boy immediately understood what his teacher was aiming at and with small hesitance nodded. That small movement earned him a slightly bigger smile from Sasuke which Naruto ended up mirroring soon after.

Sasuke carefully brought Naruto's hand up. His eyes traveled from one end of the injured area to the other. He noted the abnormally reddish colour and slightly cringed at the dried blood. He mentally cursed his luck. He was hoping that they would not be too late and that Naruto would not end up infecting the wound. They were, after all, in the park and it was filled with dozens of germs that could end up making matters worse. Sasuke suddenly stopped and looked up at Naruto only to be met with still slightly worried blue eyes. Sasuke took in a sharp breath before he willed himself to relax and say:

"I will need to touch your injury to see if it needs medical attention."

Naruto's eyes widened slightly before he nodded. Sasuke closed his eyes and mentally congratulated himself on not scaring the boy further. After all, when Naruto did not talk it meant that something was horribly wrong and Sasuke did not want to add things to the list of those that had gone terribly wrong today.

Tentatively the Uchiha reached with two fingers towards Naruto's knuckles and touched. He heard a hiss, but nothing more came out of the boy's lips. It made Sasuke sigh in relief and smile at the fact that it was just a wound and was not anything major at that. He then looked up and was surprised to be met with slightly angry yet burning with determination blue eyes.

"Can you move them without feeling too much pain?" Sasuke asked, while he was still holding the boy's wrist.

Naruto flexed his fingers. He hissed a few times, but that was the only sound that escaped though his lips. No moan, neither groan left his mouth. It seemed that whatever had happened to his knuckles it was not something the boy or his parents should fret over. Sasuke sighed and mentally thanked his luck this time. He then let go of Naruto's wrist and looked at the boy before he said:

"I don't think you remember but I did ask you whether you were feeling better."

Naruto was surprised at the sudden gentleness in Sasuke's tone. It seemed that the Uchiha was concerned about Naruto's wellbeing in some way or another. Soon a smile bloomed on Naruto's face as he said:

"Yeah, I am. I mean, I've been better, but right now I'm feeling better than I was feeling before today." A small chuckle escaped Naruto's lips before he brought his hand and scratched the back of his head as he whispered, "Did that actually make sense?"

Sasuke chuckled softly before he nodded and answered:

"Yes, it did."

Black eyes met with blue ones. Both males found themselves entranced by the other's penetrating gaze. Their breathing patterns became disordered. Their heart rates increased. Their palms became damp. Their senses were entirely focused on the person before them. Sasuke found himself making unconscious steps towards Naruto once more. He ended up falling in front of the boy, scaring him slightly, but not breaking the trance they were both under. Black eyes searched blue ones for any sign of hesitance, anger, fear, disgust or confusion, but he found none. Sasuke only found a strange fire burning in them just as Naruto was admiring the sparks that were flickering inside the darkness that were Sasuke's breathtaking orbs.

The Uchiha found himself drowning in those blue eyes that belonged to none other than the forbidden fruit he was forbidden from touching. Sasuke mentally cursed. He could not believe he was actually thinking of kissing the boy. His eyes widened slightly. Yes, that was what he was – a boy, a kid, an innocent child and what was Sasuke thinking of doing? Was he actually so audacious and evil as to try and destroy it? Could he really pursue his primal instincts and live with the consequences? Could he actually move forward, seal the distance between them and claim that soft light at his own? Could he taint it with his darkness and yet be able to live with himself and the guilt and regret that would undoubtedly follow? The answer was no to almost all of them, but there was still a small, curious part of him that wanted to taste the dangers of touching that soft skin, feeling the fire that was burning within him explode and claim every last expanse of innocence as his.

Just as Sasuke moved forward and brought his hands up Naruto's heart rate sped up. His blue eyes flickered back and forth from Sasuke's eyes to different parts of his face. They avoided the area that was most tempting, but soon ended up falling into the dangerous desire to actually look at the Uchiha's mouth. In the end Naruto could not resist and lowered his gaze enough to witness those slightly dry lips hover not to far away from his own. His eyes widened and ended up darkening slightly when Sasuke unconsciously opened his mouth and licked them tantalizingly slowly. It was agonizing for Naruto to observe such a delicious act being demonstrated right in front of him and not being able to actually sample it. However, there was one thing he could that would definitely help escalate things. With heart thumping wildly he found his own tongue darting out and hesitantly licking away any trace of fear on his previously dry lips. His breath hitched when he felt that piercing gaze following the muscle's every move. Naruto's heart began throbbing in his ears, effectively silencing the boy's common sense. Instead it led him on further down the road of enticing danger and helped Naruto do the unthinkable – he slowly, quite tentatively even, bit his lower lip and sucked on it slightly and then proceeded to do the same to the upper one. His breath hitched once he felt those black orbs tracing every movement and he found Sasuke's own tongue destroying the dryness of his own lips once more.

Just how much was Sasuke going to wait until he sealed the distance between them? Naruto did not know, however, he knew one thing and that was that if the Uchiha did not move he would end up losing the last small part of his sanity and would close the gap between them himself.

A gasp escaped Naruto's lips, shutting every coherent thought in his head, once his eyes met with darkened black depths. How it was possible for those eyes to become even darker, even more piercing, even more alluring than before, Naruto did not know. All he was aware of was the closeness of Sasuke's body, the warmth of which was sucking the air out of Naruto's lungs yet leaving just enough to keep the boy alive; he felt every movement of the divine creature before him; he gasped when those muscles collided with his own; his eyes rolled to the back of his head when Sasuke's lips neared his own; heat rushed through various parts of his body once Naruto felt Sasuke's breath ghosting over his lips. His breath hitched when those lips slightly brushed against his own. He gasped when they connected, leaving just enough room for Naruto to escape if needed to which the boy entirely refused to do. Instead he brought his hands up and wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck, letting himself and the man that was leaning over him fall towards the ground. A small gasp escaped Naruto's lips when his back collided with the earth. He felt something damp and warm touching his bottom lip. His eyes widened when he realised that it was Sasuke's tongue that was doing something so wonderful that was sending electric bolts throughout Naruto's body. The blond-haired boy tentatively opened his cavern and allowed the muscle to enter.

Suddenly the ringing of a phone made both of them freeze completely. Naruto's eyes widened. He stood where he was completely still while watching how Sasuke shot up and began pacing around frantically. Blue eyes saw all the different expressions course through Sasuke's previously burning orbs. Naruto ignored the slightly pain he felt when he noticed that regret and guilt remained in the dark depths. He did not hear the panging of his heart when it shattered to the ground once he realised that it was his phone that was ringing. He did not feel anything aside from the fact that some parts of his body were moving. He did not register at all what he was doing, nor did he remember what he had said to calm his frantic mother down. He did not even recall what he had been asked by Sasuke. He merely nodded. Everything else that followed was a blur of shapes and figures that Naruto could not quite remember or decipher. All that he registered was the fact that Sasuke was near him during the ride home. The blond-haired boy was certain that the teacher had ended up giving him said ride home. However, that did not matter because in the end Naruto was back in his home, away from the dangerously delicious taste of Sasuke, away from the suffocating warmth of the teacher, far way from the intoxicating presence of the man that had sparked up his interested from the very beginning and the worst part was that Naruto did not regret it.

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A/N: A huge thank you goes to those of you who reviewed, followed, favourited and most of all read. Thank you for taking the time to go this far with me and for sticking around for so long.

I hope you liked this chapter. It turned different than I expected it to, but I like the end result.

Now halt!

Please look down.

What do you see?

No, not the ground.

No, not a dancing monkey.

No, not Naruto and Sasuke actually making out

Or ripping through their bodies lustful shouts.

You see a small box that can make me grin

And make my head spin

Until nothing but silent happiness is left.

Until next time I update and/or post a story, my fellow readers,

~ QueenofRhymes ~