Hey hey hey! A new chapter for you students! I think it's as long as the last one, but hopefully just as good and I'll be honest this is sort of a filler chapter, so I can work on the next stuff and also usually I know what the chapter will be like paragraph by paragraph, but I am just winging this one! Let's see how that works out for me then (anime drop) alright on with the story!
P.S I want to thank 2 of my friends who gave me really cute childhood stories and also TheNightIsMyLife201 who sent me an awesome childhood story! I used all of them and some of my own!
Warm.
It was so warm.
So comfortable.
What is this?.
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I think...
I might have died...
I never felt like this before...
My eyes are burning...
At an attempt to open them, midnight eyes cracked open and a soft yet hot light shone over the still figure.
A few breaths.
A couple of blinks.
A slight gulp.
The pale figure moved slightly taking in a slow breath, finally sitting up and giving a stretch, the boy ran a delicate hand through his ebony hair, glancing around and coming to terms with where he was his eyes widened. Am I?...The looked down to see a red blanket covering him, he blinked and blushed slightly in embarrassment, I...must have feel asleep...Sasuke thought as he let out a quiet sigh, I'll have to go and apologise...He concluded, Sasuke looked around and couldn't find any sign of Shen, giving another small sigh he thought maybe just leaving some kind of note and leaving without having to run into him.
Sasuke thoughts were interrupted when a inviting smell wafted underneath his nose making him become fully awake, he was curious and removed the blanket, he began walking down the hallway following the smell, he tracked it back to the room they had dinner in the night before and suddenly heard soft humming from another room , he blinked before quietly walking near the other room, he peeked inside and saw Shen swaying his hips slightly humming, he had his back to Sasuke and was currently cooking with multiple pots, pans and utensils, all with an amazing smell coming from them, Shen seemed to be in tune with a song even though the only noise that was heard came from him and the food that occasionally bubbled or spat out oil.
Sasuke watched intrigued by the man, so this man was his father? His real dad? The person his mother fell in love with? He frowned slightly, he knew he should probably have respect for the man, but...Sasuke thought Shen was an idiot.
Like Kakashi had said, he was kinda similar to Naruto more then him, more then an Uchiha really, Sasuke remembered his childhood enough to know what Uchihas acted like, professional, emotionless and stoic...and Shen was...well, the opposite. He was friendly, full of energy and his face always told a story, almost like a black sheep of the Uchiha herd, because no one was like that.
Wait, that's not true, because what he knew of his own mother. She was always smiling and laughing with him, Sasuke was suddenly saddened, he always wondered when he was a kid why his mom would look so empty when Fugaku was next to her, why when she spoke to him it was almost like the life of her had been sucked out and even though she seemed her most happiest with Sasuke he had a slither of sadness in her eyes when she looked at her youngest son, Sasuke had a idea why now, because even as he looked at Shen there were defiantly similarities between them, he noticed that he didn't look like Fugaku, he just assumed he took after his mother and Itachi took after Fugaku.
Itachi...
Did he know about this? Is that why he spared Shen? No...Shen went off the grid while the massacre happened so Itachi probably couldn't find him so that's how Shen would have survived. Sasuke sighed even he was sceptical of his own theory, but it wasn't like he could ask because Shen would ask questions of his own.
Questions that Sasuke didn't think he could answer. Thinking of Itachi, that made him his half-brother, there was no way that Shen was Itachi's father, Itachi looked and acted too much like Fugaku. Sasuke sighed a little louder by accident making Shen smirk slightly without turning around, he wanted to mess with the kid a little, he seemed too tense! Sasuke turned away and leaned back on the wall, unaware of Shen's scheming, I need to talk to Kakashi about this, I mean I don't want people in my business, but there's no other way to get my information...Sasuke thought, hand fiddling with the sharktooth in his pocket out of habit,...I could ask him but...Sasuke made a small gulp, he turned back around and peaked back into the kitchen, Shen wasn't there...
Sasuke blinked at the sudden disappearance, he looked left and right at the brightly painted kitchen that clashed with the rest of the prestigious house, it was very...Shen, that was probably the best way to describe it since it wasn't completely neat and somewhat fresher and happier and very...funky. Sasuke stepped out of hiding and looked around, he took a few cautious steps into the kitchen, what he didn't notice was the figure quietly sneaking behind him with a mischievous grin. Shen jumped forward between Sasuke's legs before making Sasuke gasp loudly, Shen managed to get a good grip on his thighs before laughing.
"Trying to sneak up on me Sasuke?" Shen laughed, Sasuke's eyes were wide with fright, he calmed down a bit realizing it was Shen, but his shock was once again at full when he looked down in horror to see that Shen had managed to haul him up onto his back, so basically Shen was giving Sasuke a piggy back ride. Sasuke blushed from embarrassment and struggled to form words at the current situation, but Shen seemed completely content with the situation and just spoke normally, "Piggyback riiiiiiiide!" Shen sang out happily, Sasuke just blinked and noticed that one of the pots were about to boil over.
"H-Hey! Don't you think you should take care of that?!" Sasuke asked, panic in his voice, half from the pot and half from the position they were in, Shen just looked at it and shrugged.
"It's fine, I have a better idea!" Shen said enthusiastically, Sasuke didn't have a chance to respond before Shen started to run around the kitchen like a maniac laughing loudly, all poor Sasuke could do was widen his eyes and hold on to Shen for mercy, "Whoo hoo! Hahaha! Isn't this better?" Shen laughed enjoying the terrified reaction he was getting from Sasuke.
"H-Hey! Come on! Put me down! Ahhh! W-Wait! Sheeen! The pot! I-" Sasuke begged, completely thrown and didn't realize to just jump off, Shen just laughed at Sasuke and couldn't help but feel sorry for him so he came to a halt still chuckling.
"Alright alright, I'll put you down" Shen said letting go of Sasuke who slid off his back still embarrassed, but grateful that no one saw him in such a way, treated like a child and not responding in the most graceful way, so he was relieved that no one was around. Shen gave a smile to Sasuke who looked half embarrassed and half annoyed more annoyed at himself rather then Shen, Shen noticed the pot and other pans and tilted his head slightly, "Hmm, you might wanna duck" Shen suggested calmly, but Sasuke just looked at him bewildered.
"Wait, what?" Sasuke said, but the only response he got in return was Shen pushing him down and Shen ducking down with him when a loud bang went off and the entire kitchen was filled with...popcorn?...Sasuke and Shen popped out of the popcorn that ended up going all the way up to their shoulders. Sasuke blinked completely speechless from the surreal turn of events, Shen just took a piece of popcorn and popped it in his mouth, after a few seconds he hummed.
"Ahhh...perfect" Shen sighed happily, he picked up another piece and offered it to Sasuke, but he just shook his head lightly, Shen in response just shrugged and popped it in his mouth, "This is breakfast, so I suggest you eat up" Shen stated continuing to eat the popcorn surrounding him content with the obscure situation, Sasuke just stared at him in disbelief before sighing and shaking his head, Shen looked at him questioningly before Sasuke answered.
"You know what? Screw it, it's too early for this, just gonna go with it" Sasuke finally gave up and just couldn't be bothered to deal with this with a level-headed mind, there was only so much and drowning in popcorn with your surprise dad just pushed him over the edge, so you know what?.
Screw it.
Sasuke began to eat along with Shen and finally just relaxed around Shen instead of being all nervous, don't worry he'll be back to normal and stuttering in no time, but for now he just basked in the middle of weirdness with his dad, he and Shen began to chat away mindlessly about nothing important, just passing thoughts and notes, but neither really minded since it was comfortable.
About an hour passed before they were full and the kitchen still overflowing with popcorn regardless of how much they ate, they managed to swim out of the pool of food and make it back into the dining room, Shen chuckled and looked back at the kitchen.
"Well, I'm good for food for the next few months" Shen concluded, Sasuke just gave a 'hn' in response, Shen gave a sigh and put his hands on his hip before being silent for a few seconds, "So..." Shen started before turning his head towards Sasuke "Wanna see a dragon?" Shen asked nonchalantly, Sasuke turned his head to Shen and shrugged.
"Yeah sure"
An hour later, Shen and Sasuke walked on the golden beach along the crystal blue, the water softly swaying onto the shore, the bright globe in the sky touching every piece of the land. As they continued to walk Shen stopped and nodded, Sasuke stopped along with him and looked at Shen strangely.
"Why are we stopping?" Sasuke asked, looking around for the 'dragon' that Shen had talked about.
"Well...I don't actually know where the dragon is, but I thought we could find it!"
"Oh yeah sure, that'll be easy, it's not like they don't exist or anything" Sasuke stated sarcastically, folding his arms making Shen laugh.
"Ah...heh, I probably should of made it clear that when I said if you wanted to see a dragon I meant a dragon figurine that is around here somewhere" Shen explained while looking left and right for the figurine, Sasuke gave a small frown as he looked around, seeing if he could spot the figurine that he talked of but only saw the beach and the large mountain that outlined the beach, "It's actually buried or just really well-hidden, somewhere on this beach anyway...I haven't been able to find it..." Shen said the last part somewhat sadly, this compelled Sasuke to want to find this dragon even more so, Shen suddenly smiled and turned to Sasuke "Or maybe I just really suck at looking for things, either way! Let's find that dragon!" Shen exclaimed clapping his hands together, stepping forwards and beginning to search, Sasuke blinked and walked to the other way to cover more ground.
They looked around for 10 minutes before Sasuke slapped his forehead, Of course! I could just use my sharingan... Sasuke realized, feeling stupid for not thinking of it before, suddenly feeling the small rush through his body and the intense feeling of his eyes heating an incredible power activated, Sasuke loved the feeling of when he activated his sharingan, no wonder he couldn't activate it when he was younger, the feeling would have overwhelmed him completely, the adrenaline swirling through his body, the feeling of powerful chakra pulsing through his veins, the excitement of it all taking his breath away...Maybe he liked it a little bit too much.
Jesus, this kid needs to get laid...
Sasuke looked around for a few minutes and didn't come up with any thing, he suddenly froze and wanted to punish himself immediately, I'm an idiot...a stupid fucking idiot...how can I use the sharingan with Shen so nearby? Jesus Sasuke why don't you just dye your hair blonde and eat ramen? Become even more like an idiot!...Sasuke scolded himself, he deactivated the sharingan and gave a relieved sign, but his relief was short lived when Shen said terrifying words.
"Hey, why you stop using your sharingan, Dattebayo-san?"
Sakura was pacing back and forth and biting her nails, she kept on stopping with a gasp before shaking her head and went back to her pacing, Naruto had been watching her when he noticed her in the library for about a minute now and had given up on trying to guess on what was wrong with her.
"Um Sakura-chan, what are you doing?" Naruto asked, but Sakura continued to do her pacing, Naruto raised an eyebrow and repeated, "Sakura-chan?" No response, "Sakura-chan!" Still no response, "SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled, but it still didn't get through to her, he tutted and shook his head, "Oh hey Hinata, how are you-"
"What?! Where?! Hey Hinata! Do you think it's a nice day? I think it's a nice day! Aren't rose petals romantic? I mean why would I be talking about romance? It's not like I feel that! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Do you think it's hot in here? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY HOT IN HERE!"
"Whoa Sakura-chan! Calm down, she's not here, I just said that to get your attention" Naruto quickly said, calming Sakura down, she let out a sigh before Naruto began talking again "And also, what the hell was that? It looked like you were having a stroke" Naruto stated, in return getting a sigh, Sakura ran a hand through her hair.
"I...actually have decided to take your advice" Sakura informed making Naruto raise an eyebrow, since he didn't understand what she was talking about.
"Listen, I'm not the brightest crayon in the colouring box, so any advice I gave you is probably the opposite of what you should do" Naruto stated, making Sakura roll her eyes a little.
"I MEAN telling Hinata how I feel"
"Oh that advice, yeah defiantly one of my best moments there you should totally do that"
" ." Sakura growled irritated, before sighing and running another hand through her hair, she turned around and walked over to a old wooden chair and sat, putting her face in hand she gave a huff of air "But I have no idea how"
"Why not just walk over and say it?"
"How well did that work out for you?" Sakura asked rhetorically, referring to the time when Naruto chased after Sakura, Naruto scratched the back of head and thought about it, "Exactly" Sakura said sighing for the millionth time that day, "Do you think it's pointless? Like really pointless?" Sakura questioned, gaining a sympathetic look from Naruto.
"No way Sakura-chan, it's nowhere near pointless! Just follow your heart and I'm sure your dreams will come true" Naruto proclaimed heroically with 'manly' sparkles surrounding him leaving Sakura completely unimpressed, she blinked before responding.
"You want some more cheese on that toast, Naruto?" Sakura replied sarcastically, Naruto's smile dropped and uncharacteristically rolled his eyes.
"Alright, you want some real advice?" Naruto said in a very Sasuke manner, he walked over and pulled out a chair for himself before sitting and leaning forward, "Stop thinking of a way to confess and just do it, no rose petals, no violin, no slow motion dance under the moonlight with fireflies singing a song about how the love is in the air tonight, you just do it, plain and simple, just honesty, there is no hidden meaning in what I am saying, .It." Naruto finished leaving Sakura slightly shocked, she blinked a few times trying to comprehend what he just said and even though she was totally in love with Hinata and she knew there was no one else for her...she blushed slightly, Naruto didn't often take such a powerful grip on the situation, but when he did...Sakura blushed slightly more, it was a trait that had initially infatuated her with Sasuke and seeing Naruto with it was kind of attractive, Sakura shook her head, Eww, Naruto? Attractive? I must be going insane... Sakura thought,, but she looked at Naruto who gave her a dazzling smile as he would anyone else making her sigh.
"Why can't you not be Naruto?" Sakura said out of the blue confusing Naruto instantly.
"What?"
"Nothing, you can't use sexy no jutsu forever anyway..."
"Wha?..."
"Nothing! Anyway..." Sakura started looking left and right with an eyebrow cocked, "Where is Sasuke? He hasn't been here for the last two days" Sakura brought up, making Naruto stiffened slightly, Sakura didn't notice Naruto's discomfort and continued to wait for Naruto's answer, Naruto didn't want to go telling everyone Sasuke's private business, not just because Sasuke would rip him a new one but because it wasn't his place and he didn't need to make things worse for Sasuke, he should be grateful that Sasuke even decided to tell him, Well, I did kind of force him...
"Um, yeah, he's just...ya know relaxing..." Naruto lied, terribly, he really needed to work on that, Sakura raised an eyebrow at Naruto before speaking.
"If your going to lie about where Sasuke is, at least make it good, next time just say he's training or studying a scroll" Sakura replied making Naruto feel like an idiot.
"Um...he's studying a scroll?..." Naruto spoke unsure if he would get away with this, but it seemed as if Sakura understood that Naruto was covering for his best friend and let it slide.
"Oh OK, well I'm off to cancel those rose petals and violinist" Sakura stated getting up and walking making Naruto laugh.
"Ha Ha, good one" Naruto laughed, but saw Sakura looked kind of ashamed.
"Yeeeah, I wasn't joking..." Sakura said before strolling out awkwardly leaving Naruto to chuckle at her behaviour, Naruto sighed and ran a hand through his golden hair, he wondered if Sasuke was OK, I mean it wasn't like he got a pimple or something, he was having a real life crisis, but he was taking it well so that was something. Naruto sighed again before shaking his head lightly, why was he thinking about this? The bastard always takes him for granted so why should he care about him?
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OK so maybe Sasuke didn't always take him for granted, I mean he did say thank you last night at Shen's and he did save his life in the past from Haku, Naruto smiled to himself, And there was that time when I left to train with Jiraiya...
FLASHBACK
It was evening, the sky was just ascending into a pink hue dancing alongside the purple and everyone was either home or closing up shop, apart from a blonde haired boy who walked down the empty street with a large grin on his face. He was off to go train with Jiraiya for a year, Naruto knitted his eyebrows in confusion for a moment remembering that Jiraiya said something about being honest or something, Naruto shook his head and shrugged, Meh he'll find out later, but for now he was going to go train with one of the most powerful ninja ever!
Naruto frowned slightly, it was his 15th birthday tomorrow, but it would be OK, he would celebrate with Jiraiya!
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Though he liked it when all his friends yelled happy birthday and he got presents and hugs from Kiba, Shikamaru, Sakura, Choji, Lee, Iruka, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sai, Tenten, Hinata, sometimes Gaaraa along with Temari and Kankuro, even Neji, every year Ino would give him a present and a kiss on the cheek, he blushed at the memory, but even though all his friends and more were there, he felt slightly empty because there was always someone missing...
That bastard...
Naruto gave an annoyed expression and his happy demeanour went sour, he never even said happy birthday in all the years he'd known him, never a present, never a smile, he would just treat him like a idiot as always. Naruto forced himself to smile at what he said next.
"Hmpf, at least I won't have to see that Teme again" He said that, but...something felt uneasy when he said that, he was about to pursue this strange feeling when suddenly he heard a noise behind him then his name.
"U-Um, Naruto..." A voice spoke, Naruto turned around and saw Sasuke there in his usual black shirt with white shorts, a few metres away from him, his had his arms loosely folded and was fidgeting with his gaze strictly looking at the ground with a small blush dusting his cheeks.
"Sasuke?" Naruto voiced surprised, he blinked before turning fully to face Sasuke, his initial shock wore off and he gave Sasuke a mean look, "What do you want? Oh let me guess, your here to tell me that I'm still going to be a dead last or are you going to tell me how weak I am? Oh! I know! How about the fact that I'll never-" Naruto never got to finish since Sasuke in an instant went forward and was hugging Naruto, Naruto was stunned and didn't know what was happening, "S-Sasuke?-"
"I'm going to miss you" Sasuke mumbled against Naruto's ear, Naruto's eyes widened and was shell shocked as to what to say, "Your idiocy, your moronic ideas, your constant annoying way of being positive, I'm going to miss it..." Sasuke said sincerely, Naruto didn't know how to react and choose to stay silent, Sasuke pulled back and took his arms off Naruto, he took a step back before pulling out a small dark purple box with a lilac ribbon. "H-Here, since I won't see you tomorrow for your birthday" Sasuke explained, shocking Naruto even more, Naruto took the present out of Sasuke's slightly trembling hand and looked at it, the wrapping looked slightly crumpled, he gave a tiny smile and realised that Sasuke must have been holding it for a while or was maybe nervous about giving to him.
"Sasuke..." Naruto whispered smoothly, a calm smile on his face before he looked confused and looked back up at Sasuke "But wait, you've never given me a present before, so why are you giving me one now?" Naruto asked making Sasuke blush lightly, he turned his head to the side and folded his arms.
"W-Well I-I suppose I felt so sorry for you that I felt compelled to, d-dobe..." Sasuke stuttered, feeling completely embarrassed and regretting he ever did this, I don't want you to forget me...Sasuke thought, but never said, he never felt this emotional before, it was strange to him since he was never like this to Naruto, no wonder Naruto looked so shocked, Probably disgusted...Sasuke thought sourly, he was ready to run away when he heard Naruto laugh, he blinked before looking at Naruto confused.
"Thanks Sasuke..." Naruto replied to the obvious lie that Sasuke had said, he dug his hand in his pocket and searched around for something, he pulled his hand out before looking at it with a small frown, he shrugged and walked over to Sasuke. He took his hand and put something in Sasuke's hand, Sasuke raised an eyebrow and looked at what Naruto had put in his hand. He blinked confused at what he saw.
"...I have no idea what this is..." Sasuke stated as he stared at the weird little figurine that was no bigger than a nail, Naruto rolled his eyes and pointed at the mini present.
"Look, it's a mini kunai accessory, it's cute! It even has a little happy face painted on it" Naruto explained, he looked back at Sasuke who looked disbelievingly at Naruto.
"You're an idiot"
"And your going to miss it" Naruto replied triumphantly, Sasuke rolled his eyes and smiled slightly at the mini kunai with a happy little face, it was silent for a while before Sasuke looked like he just realized something and punched Naruto's arm, "Ow!"
"Don't tell anyone about this!" Sasuke hissed, Naruto rubbed his arm and was about to argue and punch back when he saw how red Sasuke's face was, it was...cute...No wonder that guy slapped Sasuke's ass a few weeks back and called him cutie, inviting him over to go 'play' in the back room, Naruto remembered how shocked Sasuke was that someone did that to him (A/N It was the first time that men took interest in Sasuke, yes men, the guy was like 24...lol Sasuke you tease) Naruto shook his head of thought, it probably won't happen again.
Oh how he was wrong. Soooo wrong.
Naruto just dumbly nodded his head at Sasuke's request and was silent for a bit before speaking.
"I'm...going to miss you too" Naruto mumbled, avoiding Sasuke's gaze which was surprised, it was silent again before Naruto gained some more confidence and looked Sasuke dead in the eye and grinned triumphantly, "In fact, when I get back, your going to be the first person I see Teme!" Naruto proclaimed happily making Sasuke's eyes widen, now Naruto was expecting Sasuke to say 'Don't bother' or 'Don't even think about it', but he wasn't this this.
"Really?" Sasuke said some what dreamily, he snapped of it embarrassed that he sounded like some desperate girl watching her love go, he cleared his voice and gave his famous smirk "You better not come back the same loser, I don't want it to be too easy when I beat you" Sasuke challenged trying to redeem himself and return to some normality to their usual banter, Naruto took the bait and smirked back.
"Tch, yeah right, when I get back the first thing on my list is to beat you! Believe it!" Naruto retorted full of determination.
"I'll look forward to it..."
END OF FLASHBACK
And that's what happened. Naruto returned during the day, but true to his word he managed to hide from everyone and managed to sneak into the Uchiha mansion unheard or seen. There he saw Sasuke with his back turned and sorting some scrolls, when he got his attention, Sasuke dove forward hugging Naruto and once again punched his arm about keeping it to himself. It was then that Naruto noticed that he was half a foot taller than Sasuke, which Sasuke was not happy about at all, Naruto chuckled to himself when thinking of the memory.
A few days after he left for training, he opened his present to find a spherical Lapis Lazuli, Jiraiya saw the stone and said that it was an ancient stone that represented friendship and that it was believed to bring harmony in relationships. Naruto loved it and always had kept it safe, using it as motivation everyday during training, he smiled when he thought about the stone, it was currently upstairs in a little brown pouch, what? He didn't want the bastard to know that he kept it with him always.
His mind suddenly went to the time of when he first met Sasuke at the age of 4, he cringed at the thought, he slapped his head in embarrassment.
"Oh god, how could I have been so stupid" Naruto said to himself, he knew Sasuke couldn't remember since he preferred not to think about his childhood, but Naruto never forgot, no matter how hard he tried.
When he first met Sasuke he was sitting alone on a swing trying to forget the horrible taunts of the village people, then he saw what he thought was a pretty girl, but it turned out to be Sasuke, it would have been nice for him to tell him and not go along with it! Naruto sighed, it wasn't Sasuke's fault he told Sasuke he was pretty, he cringed again, God, I asked him to be my wife...Naruto ran a hand though his hair remembered when he realized that Sasuke was a girl.
FLASHBACK
Naruto was waiting by the swing to see if he would meet the pretty girl again, he grinned to himself and thought about Sasuke. (A/N Imagine they both talk in a 4 year old's voice)
"Sasu will be an awesome girlfriend! An awesome wife too!" Naruto said to no one in particular, he had met this pretty girl the day before and she promised to meet him by the swing tomorrow and so he waited there for another 5 minutes bouncing up and down ignoring the mean glares he got from passing villagers and a blushing one from a girl with white eyes, but her father dragged her off. His eyes suddenly popped out if his head and the biggest smile was plastered across his face, "SASU!" Naruto yelled before running over to Sasuke who jumped at the loud welcome, Naruto skidded to a stop before smiling and planting a kiss on Sasuke's cheek, "Hey angel!" Naruto greeted making Sasuke tilt his head.
"Angel?" Sasuke said confused before Naruto gave him nod of his head.
"Yeah, I heard this guy call his girlfriend that, I dunno why, maybe it's like what you call your girlfriend who your not married to yet" Naruto explained giving a shrug at the end of it, Sasuke didn't understand but just went along with it, that wasn't what mattered right now anyway.
"We have to practise" Sasuke stated putting his hands on Naruto's shoulders and staring right into his eyes, Naruto tilted his head in disarray.
"Practise what?"
"Well, when we get married we have to kiss, right? So we have to make sure we know what we're doing" Sasuke explained making Naruto unbelievably happy and filled with excitement.
"I-I get you to kiss you!" Naruto exclaimed jumping up and down, unable to contain his joyfulness, Sasuke just rolled his eyes and nodded
"N-Naruto..." Sasuke replied before blushing immensely, he closed his eyes looking annoyed, Naruto could tell since his eye was twitching "A-A-And s-s-since w-w-we're g-g-getting m-m-married..." Sasuke stuttered, his eye still twitching and his mouth forming a frown "I-I-I-I'll l-l-let y-y-you..." Sasuke trailed off trying to finish his sentence, Naruto tilted his head and was worried about Sasuke's inability to form a sentence, "K-K-Kiss m-m-me" Sasuke finally finished with his entire face a tomato, at that moment Naruto's heart leaped out of his chest and he could feel his eyes form into hearts, blood leaked out his nose and he fell back with a joyful open mouth grin, Sasuke clenched his fists and kicked him.
"Y-You pervert! It's just a kiss!" Sasuke shouted, mad at his boyfriend for being so perverted, Naruto hopped back up and wiped away the blood.
"Sorry angel" Naruto said apologetically, rubbing the back of his head guiltily, Sasuke rolled his eyes again and took a step forwards his face heating up.
"U-Um, we should g-get started..." Sasuke stuttered, he took a step forward making Naruto blush lightly, he gulped and took a step towards Sasuke.
"Y-Yeah..." Naruto breathed out, he slightly tilted his head and closed his eyes before slowly leaning in, Sasuke repeated Naruto's actions and slowly moved in, small lips met each other. There was no movement, no passion, but by god did it set their emotions on fire, Sasuke was slightly trembling, he knew that no one in his class would have made him feel this way, he knew he was only 4, but that didn't mean he didn't know when he was in love. He felt Naruto begin to slightly move, his eyes widened.
This was it wasn't it? The thing that will bind us together forever...Sasuke thought, all Naruto would have to do was that little movement that adults do and they would be-
"Sasuke?" A deep voice from behind them said, it made Sasuke's eyes fly open in recognition of the voice it was...
"Nii-san?!" Sasuke cried out shocked, pulling away from Naruto and turning around to see a 6 year old Itachi looking mildly surprised with his arms folded, Naruto just blinked unaware of who this was.
"Sasuke...why are you kissing a boy?" Itachi asked looking at Naruto as if he could set him on fire just by looking at him, Naruto cowered under his glare and took a step back before Sasuke grabbed him and dragged him in front of Itachi who continued to stare down the scared blonde boy.
"Nii-san! This is Naruto! He's my true love" Sasuke introduced making Itachi look as if he was going to tear Naruto a new one, Naruto gulped and paled underneath him.
"Why him of all people, Sasuke?" Itachi spat out, making Naruto start to hate himself, he thought that Sasuke would agree with his brother and treat him like everyone else did, hate and scorn him, but he didn't expect what happened next.
"Shut up!" Sasuke yelled, shocking everyone including Sasuke, he blushed and returned to a more timid manner "U-Um, I didn't mean-"
"So Naruto what is your interest in my little brother?" Itachi asked interrupting Sasuke and catching them both off guard, Naruto blinked and tried to think of a answer.
"U-Um w-well I just thought that..." Naruto trailed off, not quite knowing what to say, he looked at Sasuke who looked worried for him and suddenly the answer just slipped out of his mouth, "Everything...she's perfect..." Itachi's glare softened up and was about to give approval when he suddenly heard Sasuke's horrified voice.
"SHE?!" Sasuke exclaimed, Naruto blinked confused and tilted his head at Sasuke.
"Well yeah, you are a girl" Naruto said making Sasuke's eyes widen in anger.
"I'M NOT A GIRL!" Sasuke screamed, he turned around and began to run away leaving Naruto speechless, his eyes slowly widened, SASU IS A BOY?!...Naruto just couldn't believe it! But what really made him crap his pants was hearing the crack of knuckles, he slowly turned around to see Itachi with black fire surrounding him looking at Naruto with a death glare, he gulped and scratched the back of his head.
"Um...I'm sure she'll-I MEAN HE...Heh heh heh" Naruto laughed nervously.
It was a beating he'll never forget...
END OF THE FLASHBACK
Naruto shivered, no matter how much pain he'll go through his life, he'll never feel it more than that day, it wasn't his fault! Sasuke looked more like a girl than other girls in the village! Even more than Neji! Naruto blushed slightly, He really was cute...still is...Naruto shook his head of that last thought, he really needed to stop thinking of Sasuke like that, it was weird and if Sasuke ever found out then Sasuke would kill him for sure...
Naruto sighed and leant back into the chair, there was a reason that men went after Sasuke, first impression he looked like cute little treat, then you meet him and he's a feisty piece of work, but that often just turned the men on even more. Naruto chuckled to himself a bit, he couldn't imagine Sasuke would be what he looked like, some little submissive boy, the kind that stuttered all the time and blushed and was so unbelievably sensitive...Naruto smiled, the kind that giggled and clung onto your arm...gasping when you leant into his ear and whispered dirty things, hitting you slightly when you said those things but continued because you know he liked it...
Naruto's eyes widened and slapped the side of his head.
"The hell am I thinking?!" Naruto said to himself, he stood up and ran both his hands in his hair, What's happening to me?...Naruto gulped and shook his head. Ever since they came here, it's been different, everyone is emotional, Sasuke is discovering family, Sakura is confessing her love, for fuck sake even Kakashi is acting strange and now this? How the hell can he think of Sasuke as cute? That was his best friend! His straight best friend!...
Well, Naruto did have a good reason to believe otherwise since Sasuke accidentally told him he was gay, but he instantly took it back and said he only said that to shut Naruto up...
Naruto took a deep breath and released it, Calm down, your not attracted to him it's fine, you just think he is kinda cute, that's all, I mean Sakura is pretty smoking, but I don't like her, I mean Kakashi has some nice qualities and Rock Lee!...He has...a...nice personality, but what was important was that he just recognised that Sasuke was like...kinda cute, I mean not like a lot, right!?...Naruto shook his head, it was beginning to hurt his head.
He was just dehydrated! That was it, he just needed some water...and maybe some ramen...aw fuck it he was going out to eat, he needed to clear his head.
Sasuke was frozen, did he hear him right? Did he just-?
"Skip? You OK? I didn't mean to freak you there" Shen said, putting a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, Sasuke's back was turned and he flinched when Shen touched him.
"Um...how long have you known?"
"Oh, right away" Shen replied making Sasuke's eyes go wide, he turned around and saw Shen looking completely casual with his hands in his pockets, "When I first saw you you're sharingan flared up for a moment when we bumped into each other" Shen explained, Sasuke blinked before feeling confused.
"I don't remember doing that..."
"Interesting fact about the sharingan, when you see another possessor of it for the first time, it will flare up for a moment, regardless if you have activated it yet" Shen stated making Sasuke tilt his head.
"I...didn't know that"
"Well, you were young when the massacre happened so I assume your knowledge of the sharingan is limited, Skip" Shen said making Sasuke realize something, He only knows I'm a Uchiha, he doesn't know I'm Sasuke...Sasuke thought and bit his lip considering his options before Shen spoke again, "A lot of the knowledge of the sharingan was passed down rather than written and also I was really intrigued by it so I studied the sharingan and it's different forms" Sasuke was silent, he wanted to be stronger, so finding out more about the sharingan wouldn't hurt would it?
"What do you know about the sharingan?" Sasuke asked curiously, Shen looked up to the sky thinking and humming.
"Hmm, a lot I guess, but not long explanations just little quirks and pros and cons, you know just some stuff."
"Like what?"
"Oh well, like if you look directly through lava in a completely black area while using the sharingan, you can go blind or have really killing eyes."
"Wow..."
"Also, if you really concentrate, you can conduct electricity, not just in battle, but also to charge things up, it's actually pretty useful, I'll teach you some time."
"That's actually pretty cool"
"Yeah, I know right? Also if you look underwater while using the sharingan it's..." Shen trailed off before beckoning him over, "Let me show you, it's...kind of indescribable..." Shen finished, Sasuke arched an eyebrow before following Shen to the nearby water, he gave Sasuke a nod before walking into it and diving forwards swimming. Sasuke's eyes went wide before looking to find Shen, Shen's head popped up out of the water and smiled "Come on! Believe me Skip, it's worth it" Shen persuaded before he disappeared under the water, Sasuke stood there and sighed.
"I'm surrounded by idiots..." Sasuke mumbled before walking into the blue sea and diving in after Shen, he looked around before spotting Shen a bit further and deeper in the water, he swam over and Shen made a gesture pointing at his eyes. Sasuke was confused before understanding, He wants me to use the sharingan... Sasuke realized, he activated it and after feeling the rush Shen pointed in front of him, Sasuke looked forwards and if it wasn't for being underwater would gasp.
From Sasuke's point of view it was magical, the entire water was pretty before but now it was glowing neon blue and that wasn't all, the aqua life were a flowing energy of multiple colours and made the water look like a nightclub with flashing lights, not to mention the plants and corals which had bright patterns that moved in tune with the rest of the water, it was a magnificently a breath taking sight. Talking about breath taking, Sasuke and Shen swan upwards and lifted their heads out of the water, they both gasped for breath, Shen laughed when he saw Sasuke's shocked face, Sasuke turned to Shen.
"What was that?! I-It was incredible, I've never seen anything like that before in my life!" Sasuke exclaimed uncharacteristically, but he couldn't help it, he just witnessed something that he would have never had the chance to see before, Shen just laughed.
"There's a lot about the sharingan that you don't know" Shen chuckled, he looked off into the distance before speaking "One of the reasons the Uchiha clan considered me the black sheep of the family was because I didn't see the sharingan as a weapon..." Shen started, "...I saw it as a new way to view the world and with that new view we could help people..." Shen sighed, "..But my ideas were seen as ludicrous and treason-like, but come on! You saw what the sharingan is capable of when it's being used for something other than battle..." Shen trailed off and sighed again, Sasuke blinked and silently listened to Shen who looked up to the sky "...Mikoto was the only one who didn't think of me as the outcast of the Uchiha clan, I mean everyone else in the village loved me, but it hurts to be rejected by your own family..." Shen sighed, Sasuke looked down into the water with a saddened face.
"At least you had a family..." Sasuke mumbled under his breath, making Shen stiffen before turning around in the water to face him, he sighed and looked at Sasuke sympathetically.
"You've had it hard kid..." Shen said empathetically, he swam a little closer and put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder "But you have family now, OK? And besides, what about your friend Naruto? He seems like some comfort right?"
"Him?..." Sasuke sighed "I don't even know where to start with him, he just..." Sasuke trailed off and looked to the side "I don't know what we are, I haven't known for a long time, it's just...it's complicated" Sasuke finished, Shen tilted his head at the strange answer.
"It really is isn't it? Well, you met each other when you were pretty young do you remember that?" Shen asked, but Sasuke shook his head.
"The earliest memory I have of my childhood is running away from Itachi..." Sasuke replied quietly, Shen thought about it for a moment before realising what he meant.
"How old was you when...it happened?"
"Like...6..."
"Oh god...you were just kid"
"Yeah..."
"And...how old are you now?"
"16" Sasuke answered making Shen's eyes taken over by sadness.
"God...you still are a kid" Shen said disbelievingly, Sasuke looked to the side again and Shen swam a little closer before bringing Sasuke into a hug, Sasuke was shocked and just froze, allowing himself to be held by Shen, he began shaking before a silent tear came out, he wiped it away with Shen's shirt and pulled away, "Listen...I have no idea what you've had to go through, but...um..." Shen trailed off and rubbed the back of his head, he didn't know what to say, he looked at Sasuke who was waiting for him to continue, Shen tilted his head because Sasuke was reminding him of someone right now...he didn't know if it was the familiar way his wet hair stuck to his face or the nostalgic look of innocence that Sasuke wore, but...it was kicking his brain to connect the dots, he should as well! He's smart, but he just couldn't remember for the life of him.
He snapped out of his thoughts when he realized that Sasuke was still staring at him to finish his answer.
"The thing with life is that sometimes it gives you sugar or salt, sometimes lemons or lemonade and sometimes it leaves it to you to figure out what to do on your own, but the important thing is to never regret." Shen stated making Sasuke slightly confused at the last part of the sentence, "If you want to do something or you really want something don't wait, because I did and...look where it got me, if I went for the thing I wanted most then...Mikoto and Sasuke would still be alive, so the important thing is to never do something your going to regret." Shen finally finished, Sasuke understanding more but still small nodded his head, it was silent for a while before Shen pointed his head towards the shore, "Come on...let's go dry off" Shen suggested before swimming pass Sasuke.
Sasuke followed suit before noticing something strange deep in the water, he looked up and saw Shen swimming towards the shore, his instinct was to follow his father, but his curiosity begged to differ, he bit his lip and made a decision, he took a deep breath and concluded that he would be back before Shen noticed, he dove under the water and began to swim down, he went deeper and deeper until he had reached the bottom, it turns out the thing that he saw was some sort of cave, it looked rather large as well, Sasuke swan into it and suddenly realised that he was running of out air, his eyes widened when he realised that he wouldn't make it back to the shore, then as if a miracle, he saw an big opening that wasn't covered by rock, he swam towards it and his head emerged form the water, he gasped for air and when he finally settled he gasped out of shock to see what he had found.
It was an open area that was magnificent, he blinked and saw a water fall gushing out turquoise aqua, the water seemed to be sparkling for some reason, but that wasn't all, he swam to the side and pulled himself out the water he looked around and couldn't believe what he saw.
"A dragon..." Sasuke mumbled, he walked across the grey rocky floor and picked up a blue and green dragon figurine, This is what Shen must have been talking about...Sasuke thought, it was as big as his hand, the dragon was curled round a rock and was bearing his teeth protectively, Sasuke squinted his eyes when he saw something around the dragon's neck, his eyes widen instantly after seeing what it was, "A sharktooth necklace..." Sasuke mumbled, he stared at the fearless creature before looking back at the opening. Sasuke swan back to the shore where Shen was looking around confused until he saw Sasuke.
"Skip! Where did you go off to?" Shen asked worried, something Sasuke hadn't really seen before, people didn't really get worried over him, they knew he could take care of himself so they didn't care.
"I...saw something and went down to investigate" Sasuke replied, Shen let out a relieved sigh and noticed the dragon in Sasuke's hand, he blinked before pointing at it.
"Is that?..." Shen trailed off, Sasuke realized that he saw the dragon figurine.
"Oh, I er, found it" Sasuke answered, rubbing the back of his head and handing the dragon to Shen, Shen took it and stared at it for a while before smiling.
"I haven't been able to find it for years...thank you" Shen said looking up and bringing Sasuke into a bear hug, Sasuke froze and took the squeezing hug.
"Y-Your welcome" Sasuke stuttered slightly, Shen released him and put the figurine on a nearby rock, Shen turned around with a big smile and hands on hips.
"Alright, let me teach you how to use my seal to hide your chakra then we can move onto other things."
A few hours later, Shen had taught Sasuke how to use the seal, once he activated it he managed to use a technique called Gyakusū, when used it inverts colours making everything look completely weird, it was no good for battle, but it sure as hell was fun to look at. After a bit of messing around with the Gyakusū, they settled down after the sun started to dim, signalling the afternoon was beginning, they found a small grassy hill that emerged from the sand at the back with a olive tree growing from the side reaching over the hill, giving some shade as they cooled off from the hot weather. They both sat on the small hill and quietly listened to the soft waves on the beach, Shen picked up the dragon and smiled at it.
"I haven't been able to find this for years..." Shen mumbled, he smiled again before chuckling, "You must be like a lucky charm or something"
"I'm really not all that, it was just chance"
"Nah, you got some luck there Skip, it's about time too and who knows? Maybe it will have a impact on a certain blonde..." Shen finished in a sing-song voice, Sasuke rolled his eyes and couldn't help but smile a bit.
"I don't think so"
"~I do think so~" Shen sang teasingly nudging him with his shoulder, Sasuke just shook his head.
"What is it with me and Naruto? It's not like anything is going to happen"
"Well, why not?" Shen asked, Sasuke just shook his head making Shen nudge his shoulder again, "Come on! Why not Naruto?"
"Why am I even talking to you about this?"
"Because you liiiiiiiiiiike him!" Shen teased, making Sasuke blush lightly.
"Oh my god, what are you? 5?" Sasuke replied, annoyed that he was allowing himself to be teased as such.
"I may be 5, but you liiiiiiiiike him"
"I do not!"
"Why not?" Shen questioned, Sasuke just looked at him like he was insane before realising he would have to answer the question, That shouldn't be too hard...Sasuke sighed and threw his hands up.
"I...I don't know! It's...Naruto, it would be too weird..." Sasuke said trailing off, Shen stared a bit at Sasuke before Sasuke realised what he was meant to say "AND I don't like him like that" Sasuke finished, feeling slightly embarrassed that he didn't say that first, Shen noticed and smirked at this.
"He's handsome"
"So what?"
"You didn't deny it" Shen pointed out, Sasuke just sighed and put his hand on his forehead.
"He's not even gay"
"How do you know?" Shen asked and once again Sasuke went silent, he looked to the side and shrugged.
"I just know, OK?"
FLASHBACK
Team 7 were currently walking together in the village on their latest dangerous mission filled with action and fast paced situations!.
Finding a lost cat.
All of them were in a dampened mood due to the lack of excitement, Naruto and Sakura kept on whining while Sasuke just grumbled, Kakashi was tempted on just leaving the 14 year olds to do it themselves, but knew Tsunade would beat him black and blue for abandoning his team during a mission besides if he left then Naruto and Sasuke will end up killing each other. They stopped when Naruto began to stomp his foot on the ground claiming that he had enough of the stupid D-rank mission, they were right outside a random restaurant's big window when Naruto noticed something and stopped in the middle of his rant, he tilted his head and blinked.
"What are they doing?" Naruto asked confused making everyone look in the window and see a couple in the middle of the restaurant flirt and kiss, giggling with each other like a newly wed couple, Kakashi rubbed the back of his head before speaking.
"Well Naruto, when two people love each other very much they-"
"Not that, they're both guys, isn't that wrong?" Naruto questioned curiously, before he could explain further, Sakura slapped the back of his head.
"Oi! It's not wrong at all! It's beautiful that they found their true love!"
"But isn't that weird?" Naruto asked again and received another slap to the back the head, this time from Kakashi.
"No Naruto, it's not weird, it's perfectly acceptable, there's nothing wrong with them"
"But-"
"Urghh! Your sooo annoying Naruto!" Sakura yelled insultingly, her hands on hips looking as if she was going to do some more damage to Naruto, but Kakashi intervened.
"Ah! Sakura, I think I saw something over there, come with me"
"Whaaa?! But I want to stay with Sasuke-kun!" Sakura whined but followed Kakashi crying for her crush who ignored her as usual, When will she get the hint?...Sasuke thought sourly, annoyed that this girl always bugged him, but lately she hadn't been as clingy, like her attention was divided, he hoped so, then she can go and bother someone else. Sasuke noticed that Naruto hadn't attempted to fight with him yet and looked over to him, he stiffened when he realised that Naruto was still staring at the gay couple, surely Naruto didn't think it was that bad to be gay?
Sasuke felt uncomfortable with the idea that Naruto disagreed with gay people, he always assumed that Naruto would accept him...He cringed again, like he would ever tell anyone his preferences...then again if he ever wanted to be with someone he had no choice and besides Naruto was meant to be a friend of some sort, so if he did come out, he was expecting Naruto to be there saying 'It's okay'...Sasuke sighed and realised he was becoming too dependant on Naruto.
Sasuke was next to Naruto so he followed his line of view, they were silent for a while before Sasuke spoke up.
"There's nothing wrong with being gay" Sasuke said as himself and Naruto continued to look in the restaurant, Naruto just tilted his head confused.
"But...isn't it not normal?" Naruto asked, Sasuke turned his head towards him in anger about to give him a piece of his mind when he stopped and saw the way Naruto was looking at the couple, he wasn't being some ignorant homophobe...he was just curious, he didn't understand, he wouldn't be horrible to those who were gay, so he wasn't all that bad, he just needed it to be explained to him.
"It's not traditional, no, but Konoha is well-known for it's diversity so it is widely accepted and besides there's no point in saying you don't like a meal that you have never tried" Sasuke explained, Naruto in response making a 'Oh' sound before turning his head towards Sasuke.
"So I should try it?" Naruto questioned catching Sasuke off guard since he didn't mean it like that, he was just trying to say not to judge other people but then again he couldn't tell him not to try it, it wasn't his choice to tell him.
"D-Don't ask me! Do what you want in your own time I don't want to know" Sasuke told Naruto slightly surprised, Naruto was silent before grabbing Sasuke's wrist and pulling him as he walked a bit down the road with Sasuke protesting, Naruto was silent before making a sharp left into a dark and narrow ally, he walked down it dragging Sasuke behind, he got round about in the middle where no one could see them, he let Sasuke go who looked annoyed, "Oi! What do you think your doing Dobe? You can't just-" Sasuke was interrupted as Naruto softly pushed him against the wall and gently put his lips on his in return making Sasuke's eyes go wide and blush profoundly.
Naruto was kissing him? Sasuke didn't understand why was he kissing him? Then another question popped up, why wasn't he stopping him? He knew he liked boys, but...this was too far! Sasuke managed to get his hands on Naruto's chest, he was about to push him when Naruto pulled back with his face not holding much expression.
"What the hell are you doing Dobe! Was the first 2 times not enough for you?!" Sasuke exclaimed referring to the academy kiss and the waterfall one, of course forgetting the one when they were children, Sasuke really wanted to punch Naruto in the face but in return a Naruto made a confused face.
"But you said to try it!"
"Not with me!" Sasuke yelled annoyed, they were silent for a while as Sasuke attempted to control his blush that invaded his face embarrassingly, he sighed before looking at Naruto calmer than before, "So...how do you feel?" Sasuke asked, Naruto tilted his head and made an unsure expression.
"It...felt weird..." Naruto tried to explain, Sasuke just rolled his eyes and folded his arms.
"Well then I suppose your not gay or bi then since it's meant to feel good not weird"
"How do you know?"
"Because I'm gay" Sasuke instantly slapped his hands over his mouth looking completely horrified with what he just said, I just...I just...Sasuke tried to fathom a thought as he stared at Naruto's surprised face, he really wanted to run away at that moment but he was completely frozen, but he had to say something! "I-I didn't mean that! I-I-I-I just said that so you'd s-shut up!" Sasuke cried out frantically, but Naruto just blinked.
"Your gay?"
"NO!"
"But you just said-"
"Only to shut you up!"
"Oh...okay..." Naruto mumbled, unaware of what to really say he tried to take a step back, but tripped slightly, he sighed and bit his lip, "Is this one of those times where we forget this ever happened?" Naruto asked in return getting a nod form Sasuke, Sasuke walked out the ally way with Naruto following close behind, Naruto will never admit it, in fact he forgot it long after it happened, but when he said it felt weird he wasn't lying, but honestly...it felt like a good weird, like a flame with Sasuke, but like I said he refuses to admit it and he soon has forgotten it...
END OF FLASHBACK
"So you kissed?"
"He just misinterpreted what I said"
"So you kissed?"
"It was a accident like all the other times" Sasuke instantly regretted what he said and slapped a hand over his mouth, Shen smirked and chuckled evilly.
"There were other times?"
"Accidents!"
"Can't believe you unless you tell me" Shen chuckled, Sasuke scowled at him and told him the story of the academy and the waterfall kiss, the entire time Shen laughing, "Oh my god! Hahaha! Even the universe is trying to get you two together! Ahahaha!" Shen guffawed making Sasuke roll his eyes.
"Oh your so mature" Sasuke stated sarcastically, but Shen just laughed, after he calmed down he looked at Sasuke.
"So are you gay?"
"..."
"Skip?"
"Does it matter?"
"I'll take that as a yes" Shen said amused, Sasuke shook his head but never corrected him, he felt...comfortable with Shen regardless if he was his father or not, it was because he was honest with him, Sasuke instantly felt guilty since he wasn't as honest, but at least he came to a decision.
He was going to tell Shen who he was. He might tell him that he was his son also, but small steps first, he wasn't going to tell him now, later, he just needed to know how to break it to him. That reminded him, he needed to talk to Kakashi about this all, Sasuke looked at Shen and sighed contently, Shen gave him a smile and ruffled his hair.
"As much as I love your company Skip, I think your sweetheart is waiting for you" Shen joked, Sasuke was confused but suddenly got it.
"Haha, very funny" Sasuke replied dryly before getting up he stretched slightly and let out a refreshing breath, he looked across the beach before turning his attention back to Shen, "So...I'll see you then..."
"Uh-huh and oh! Tell your love I said hi!" Shen teased, Sasuke rolled his eyes before walking across the beach, his hand went in his pocket and fiddled with the sharktooth necklace, he smiled to himself slightly as he went over the last few hours he had spent with Shen. Shen made him feel complete along with Soma, Mitch, Tao and Naruto, Wait what? When did Naruto make it on that list?... Sasuke thought strangely, he shook his head and continued on until he made it to the main part of the village's path and began walking down, he saw the ramen shop and decided to check if Naruto was in there since he was on Sasuke's mind anyway.
Sasuke walked in and looked around, he saw Naruto in a booth eating his ramen slower than usual, he seemed to have a not so bright aura about him, Sasuke tilted his head at the unusual behaviour and walked over, he noticed something in Naruto's ramen before speaking.
"What's wrong with you?" Sasuke asked not sounding as if he really cared (but he did, it's just how he sounds) Naruto looked up with wide eyes and coughed slightly on his ramen before slurping it into his mouth.
"S-Sasuke I was just-" Naruto accidentally in his panic bashed a bottle of sauce, he watched it roll across the floor with a 'wanting to die' look on his face, Sasuke didn't make much of Naruto's strange reaction and went over to the bottle and picked it up, Naruto blushed slightly as Sasuke bent over to grab the bottle he turned his head away in embarrassment, Stop it, your not some sick pervert!...Naruto scolded himself trying not to stare, but couldn't help it slightly, Sasuke turned around looking at the bottle strangely.
"Ponzu sauce? OK what is the matter?" Sasuke questioned as he sat across Naruto in the booth, Naruto blinked and tilted his head.
"What do you mean? I've seen you eat Ponzu sauce before, it's nice"
"Yeah but you only eat it with ramen when your upset" Sasuke pointed out, Naruto was taken aback slightly by Sasuke's observation, it was true he only ate it when he was upset, but how did Sasuke know that?
"How did you-?"
"I pay attention" Sasuke said with a smirk, an attractive smirk making Naruto groan in frustration and let his head fall on the table, Sasuke arched an eyebrow before putting his face in face, "Alright this just crossed the border from amusing to pathetic, what's going on with you?" Sasuke stated, Naruto just grunted and without getting up spoke.
"I'm...finding a person that I've never liked before kinda pretty and I don't know how to feel about it"
"Naruto, please tell me your old enough to know when you like someone" Sasuke asked in return making Naruto's head shot up with a small blush.
"Oi...it's not like that" Naruto grinded out, he sighed before continuing "I just don't know why these thoughts are surfacing"
"Wait, thoughts or feelings?"
"Well, I don't really feel much about it, I just kept thinking about how cute they are"
"Do you want to be with this person?" Sasuke inquired, Naruto made a half frown and shook his head.
"Not really, I don't imagine myself with this person, I just kinda think that they...look pretty good" Naruto answered, making Sasuke sit back in his seat and loosely fold his arms.
"Naruto by the sounds of it you don't even sound like your interested in this person, your just taking an interest in the opposite sex" Sasuke informed Naruto who felt better to know that he didn't necessarily like Sasuke like that, he just realised that Sasuke was kinda pretty...OK so maybe he was really enchanting, but it doesn't mean he wanted to be with him. Right?.
"Right...opposite sex..." Naruto mumbled making Sasuke stiffen, Naruto froze when he realised that he may of said that last bit too loud, "Um I mean-"
"Was this person a boy?" Sasuke asked curiously leaning forward just merely surprised at what Naruto had just said, Naruto bit the inside of his cheek and looked to the side.
"So...so what?" Naruto muttered trying to act as if he didn't care but was coming across as if he was a child who was caught doing something naughty, Sasuke just tilted his head and made a 'Huh' sound, Naruto expected more teasing and insulting, but Sasuke just looked more intrigued than anything.
"Who?" Sasuke suddenly asked out of nowhere catching Naruto off guard.
"Wha-I'm not telling you!" Naruto replied fist clenched in embarrassment "Besides your never interested in this kind of stuff"
"Yeah because if you were into some girl it would be predictable, but I never knew you liked boys"
"Hey! I told you I don't like him"
"Attracted then, whatever, just tell who" Sasuke ordered uncharacteristically, he had a somewhat cheeky smirk as he asked these questions leaning over the table slightly, it was a nice view, if Naruto didn't know any better then Naruto would think Sasuke was flirting with his body language, but he knew that was crazy since Sasuke was just interested in who he was finding so amazing, but there was no way Naruto was going to tell him.
"Since when did you start acting like some nosy gossip girl?"
"Since I found out you like guys, now tell me!" Sasuke replied, Naruto rolled his eyes and shook his head, after an hour of trying to get the answer out of Naruto, Sasuke finally gave up and huffed, "Fine, if your not going to tell me then at least give me an idea of what this person like"
"Alright, that seems fair enough" Naruto agreed, he was quiet for a few seconds before speaking with an idea of how to describe Sasuke without actually giving away who he was talking about, "He's...smart, really smart, even more than Shikamaru I think...he's funny, he doesn't really try to be but he is, he's real tough and even though he would never admit it he's also kind when he wants to be and honestly he's just...amazing..." Naruto trailed off smiling, Sasuke tried to keep his laugh in but was failing, Naruto raised an eyebrow and watched Sasuke laugh.
"Pfft-haahaa! I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just that you sound like some love-struck idiot, hahaaha!" Sasuke laughed, making Naruto watch Sasuke completely captivated with the fact that Sasuke was actually laughing, not snide chuckling or sarcastic sniggering, it was pure laughter, had he ever heard Sasuke laugh before? He would have remembered because Sasuke had a really cute laugh, Sasuke noticed he was staring at him and kept his laughing a little lower "What?" Sasuke asked with a small smile on his face.
"It's just that I've never heard you laugh before..." Naruto explained, Sasuke's smile dropped and looked to the side embarrassed.
"Oh god please tell me I wasn't"
"H-Hey don't stop, I like your laugh, it's...nice" Naruto finished with a smile of his own, Sasuke blushed and looked at Naruto, he didn't know how to react to that since no one really heard him laugh so he didn't know how to respond to a compliment like that, "You know...you seem different."
"Different?"
"Yeah, like something has made you really happy today and for once your in a really good mood" Naruto pointed out before grinning widely "Is it because you got to spend time with your dad?" Naruto asked, Sasuke was silent before nodding slightly.
"I guess so, I mean I feel really secure with him, he doesn't make me feel so alone...so yeah, I guess I am in a happy mood" Sasuke replied, Naruto chuckled before speaking.
"So...is this going to be how your going to act from now on?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean instead of being gloomy and looking like your going to kill everyone for no reason are you going to allow yourself to be happy and even laugh once in a while?" Naruto stated, Sasuke looked out of the window and thought about it before shrugging.
"Maybe, I dunno, I'm still working some things out, so...I'll try it and see if it's too unbearable" Sasuke joked with that famous smirk, Naruto smiled back and put some money down on the table and got up.
"Come on, Sakura was wondering where you was and my lying isn't exactly the best so we better get there before she get here" Naruto jested nervously,Sasuke chuckled and followed behind, they walked down the street to the hotel as they did so it started to darken, so after Sasuke told Sakura that he was just exploring and gave up looking for Kakashi who was nowhere to be seen, him and Naruto went to bed.
For some reason it didn't feel as uncomfortable as the last time they slept in the same bed, in fact Naruto offered to sleep on the floor but Sasuke told him not to be so ridiculous, they didn't go to bed fighting this time, instead they laid in bed talking till midnight about everything and anything. Naruto struggled to get Sasuke to open up before but tonight he actually talked to Naruto, bearing in mind he still kept his business to himself, but he was less reluctant to talk to him which made him so happy, they reached the point of yawning and heavy eyelids and Naruto smiled to Sasuke who let out another adorable yawn.
"Night Teme"
"Night Dobe"
Um excuse me did I just finish this long ass chapter in under two weeks?! I THINK I JUST MOTHERFUCKING DID BRAH! Haha all jokes aside, I want to thank all those people who review it warms my heart so I really want to hear from you and next chapter is going to be a surprise students! So I hope you can tolerate me long enough until then! OK then my lovely and brilliant students! Until next time! Moshi Mosh!.