Hey Everyone! I need to know what you all want on this matter: With Naruto/Gaara, should Naruto be the 'uke' or the 'seme'?
"These are the forms for our security budget. Our overall spending―pass the forms down please―is quite good. We have reached our monthly goal and have some extra money."
Naruto sighed and went back to inspecting his nails. Meetings were so boring. This one didn't even concern him and he had to attend. He found a bit dirt and scraped it off, shifting in his seat. He wanted so badly to just jump up and tell them to get to the important stuff or else let him leave. There was no way Tsunade was paying him enough for this. He deserved to have her treat him to ramen for at least a month after this mission was done. Thinking of ramen, Naruto remembered he hadn't had lunch yet. Maybe he could get Gaara to treat him to some. Wait…he couldn't do that. Kurai probably didn't like ramen as much as Naruto did. Probably. So it was still possible that Kurai liked ramen, right? So then it wouldn't be all that suspicious if Naruto went to a ramen stand, right? Naruto grinned at his logic and looked up at Gaara, hoping to find some sign of way of convincing him to treat him. Naruto was pretty stingy with his money.
Naruto caught Gaara's eye, but Gaara immediately looked away. Naruto frowned and looked back down at his hands, more than slightly annoyed with the way the redhead had been acting ever since last night. Sure, they had kissed, but it was just an accident and besides, It wasn't like he had kissed a girl or something. An accidental kiss between guys wasn't a huge deal. Naruto could easily forget about it if it wasn't for Gaara making the whole thing awkward.
'Ah, whatever…i'll just talk to him later.' Naruto thought lazily. The cool air of the building was relaxing, especially since it was freaking hot outside. He stifled a yawn and quickly checking to see that everyone else was focused on the meeting, he stretched and slumped back in his chair. Before he knew it, his eyes closed and his head fell forward.
"Really…what kind of an ambassador are you?
Naruto's eyes snapped open and he saw a pair of irritated green eye looking down at him.
"...Wha-oh! Right! The meeting!" Naruto scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "heh heh. Sorry about that."
Gaara rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.
Naruto stood up quickly, knocking his chair over in the process, he quickly walked out of the empty room after Gaara. He saw the redhead disappear around a corner and jogging after him called out.
"Wait! Gaa-,no, Kazekage-sama!" He rounded the corner and almost ran right into Gaara. "Oh, sorry…Anyway, about yesterday-" he was cut off as Gaara interrupted.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter." The Kazekage muttered, looking at the floor.
"That exactly what I want to tell you! You've been acting…different since it happened! It was just an accident, right? There's no need to ruin our friendship over it! I mean, we've known each other for a long time!"
Gaara raised an eyebrow. "Friendship? I've only met the ambassador who is Kurai-san recently."
'Ah…crap…' thought Naruto. 'I just killed the entire mission.' "Umm, no-I mean-"
"You just messed up your entire mission, you know?"
"That is-"
"You're just digging your own grave."
Naruto looked up into Gaara's face worriedly, expecting to be thrown out of Sunagakure and fail the mission, but he was surprised to see that there was a faint smile on Gaara's lips.
"Don't worry about it. I'm not going to report you to Tsunade. You can stay here and continue with your mission."
"You know its me?" Naruto asked surprised.
"Of course. I realized it was you yesterday. Besides, how could I not recognize you? Even with the appearance change, you're still the same old Naruto." There was no mistaking it. It was definitely a small smile on Gaara's lips.
"You're the best, y'know?" Naruto grinned and put an arm around Gaara's shoulders.
Gaara's face went red and he muttered something unintelligible.
"What was that?" Naruto asked, still grinning.
"Nothing. Ignore it.."
"Tell me! Tell me!"
"Shut up!"
"Ah...Gaaras so mean...Ooh! How about we go get some ramen!"
"Umm...I don't-" He was interrupted by a hyper Naruto.
"Oh come on! the Kazekage needs to get out and do something fun instead of acting like an old man!"
"Old man...Fine. Lets go get some ramen." and with that Gaara dragged Naruto off to the nearest ramen stand.
Gaara glanced sideways at the happy blonde sitting next to him and frowned. His appearance had really changed.
'Was that his own choice? To be emo? No, the blonde wasn't emo at all right now. But who decided to make him look emo? Was it for his mission? A disguise maybe?' Gaara looked at the gathering fangirls out of the corner of his eye. 'Wasn't a disguise supposed to be more...normal?' he thought with a prick of irritation. 'Maybe he joined the sasuke fan club. They should've disguised him as...a what? A girl?' Gaara choked on his ramen as he saw Naruto in his minds eye running around in his girl form, wearing a miniskirt, makeup...it was a beautiful sight. 'No!' he thought as coughed.'What am i thinking?!
"Are you okay Gaara?" Naruto asked worriedly. "Here, have some water." He pushed a cup towards nodded his appreciation and drunk it, still trying to get the 'bad' mental images out of his mind.
The fangirls chose that moment to come over and they crowded around Naruto and Gaara, giggling constantly. Gaara saw Naruto slip back into his Kurai form and he put on a small smirk, making the girls blush and giggle even more.
"May we help you?" He asked, his blue eyes seeming seductive somehow. Even Gaara blushed a bit.
"Umm, we were wondering if...if maybe Kurai-kun could give us his autograph?" One girl asked timidly.
"Ah...I'm sorry but signing things isn't really my style. Its too troublesome."
"Of course! We understand!"She smiled and inched closer to Naruto, who didn't miss the movement.
"Is there something else you want?"
"Yes! Please...let me be your girlfriend, Kurai-kun!"
'What...?' Gaara stared at the girl and then at Naruto who just smirked again. 'This is insane!'
"Hmm...girlfriend, huh?" Naruto seemed to be considering the deal.
'What are you waiting for? Hurry up and reject her.'Gaara thought angrily. '...huh? Why do i even care? Its normal for him to go out with someone.'
"Sorry...i don't really want to date anyone right now." Naruto told the girl, who seemed to be holding back tears.
"I...I understand..." She wiped her eyes and walked away, trying to keep her tears from spilling. The rest of the girls looked excited.
'What's wrong with them? He basically just rejected them all!'
"You're so cool, Kurai-kun! If you ever change your mind, i'm open!
Gaara clenched his jaw and looked away. Just looking at them was annoying him to no end. Yes, Naruto was drop dead gorgeous, but did they have to crowd him and ask him out? He passed the rest of the meal in silence ignoring the girls.
Gaara and Naruto were walking back to their rooms, when Naruto brought the group of fangirls up.
"Oooh my god, they are scary. They were crowding me and asking me out, even though i told them i had no intentions of dating. It was like I was a piece of meat and they were starving wolves." Naruto said, stretching his arms behind his head.
"You have no intentions of dating? You're seventeen now, right? Isn't that the normal thing to do?"
Naruto glanced at Gaara curiously. "Why so interested?"
"I was just wondering if you have no interests in love what so ever. I mean, you have a small crush on Sakura, but that doesn't seem serious."Gaara stated. 'Right...Sakura. I forgot that Naruto has a crush on her.' He thought.
"Don't be ridiculous Gaara! Of course i'm interested in love! Like you said, i'm a seventeen year old boy, so its only natural. I only rejected the girls because there is no way i would go out with someone like them. Sakura? Well, that was just a childhood crush. I wouldn't go out with her anymore either. She's still one of my best friends though, of course!"
"So..things like relationships are okay with you? What about with guys?"Gaara asked, trying to keep his voice calm.
Naruto gave him a strange look. Then, before he knew it, Naruto flash-stepped right in front of him and, putting his hands on Gaara's shoulders, he pushed him roughly up against the nearest wall. Naruto's face was only a couple inches away and he smirked at Gaara, his eyes flashing playfully. Gaara glared at him and weakly tried to push him away. He didn't try too hard though, as he liked it for some reason.
"What are you doing?" Gaara asked dangerously. Naruto continued to smirk and Gaara couldn't help but focus on the heat he felt radiating from Naruto, the perfect curve of his lips, the pressure of Naruto's body up against his own.
"You interested?" Naruto whispered seductively.
"What?!"
"You wanna try out a guy-and-guy relationship?" Naruto leaned closer, until Gaara could feel his breath on his ears. Gaara blushed intensely and tried to push Naruto away again, but his strength seemed to be leaving him. He could feel himself starting to get a reaction from the close contact. Gaara swallowed. His eyes trailed downwards and then he saw that he could see down Naruto's shirt. He saw his finely toned chest, built from the rigorous hours of training he had done. Gaara looked away blushing harder, and his 'problem' was getting worse. He was sure that Naruto had noticed it by now.
"I-I don't-" He was interrupted by a laugh and he quickly turned his head to look at Naruto who was backing up into a more comfortable distance, while shaking from laughter. Naruto looked up, a big grin on his face.
"Relax, Gaara. Its just a joke. This place was getting kinda boring and i needed to relieve the irritation from the fangirls. Anyway, this is my room here. Night Gaara! See ya tomorrow." Naruto waved and Gaara watched him disappear into the room.
Gaara heaved a huge sigh and set off for his room. 'Really...He needed to go to that extent? But still...It was kinda nice.' Gaara was still walking to his room when he realized that he still had to take care of his little 'problem'.
Naruto collapsed on his bed without changing out of his clothes. What was his problem? He had never done something like that before.
'Whatever,'He thought, gazing out the window. 'it was just a joke.' But right before he fell asleep, he had to wonder 'Was it really just a joke?'.
'...ruto...'
The blackness swirled around Naruto, obscuring the path in front of him. Where was he supposed to go? Gaara appeared in front of him, but he disappeared just as Naruto saw him. All of his friends appeared in a group; Sakura, Kiba,Hinata, Negi, Lee..., but they all disappeared as well. Then, most unexpectedly, Sasuke appeared. Naruto reached out but he dissolved like mist.
'...ruto!'
The blackness started to slowly fade and he found himself standing in water, looking up at a pair of massive gates. Something moved behind them and a large red eye, radiating with power, opened.
'Naruto!'
"Kyuubi..." Naruto breathed.