What if

by Teme of the year

What if Sasuke never left? What if Sakura loved someone else? What if they all met Sai at 13? What if there was another Uchiha? What if Naruto and Sasuke find love in each other? Surprises at every corner since Sasuke discovered secret family, not to mention discovering some feelings for a certain blonde. Yaoi, Narusasu, some Sakuhina, Eventual Narusasu. Enjoy! Discontinued...sorry

15. Chapter 15

Heeeeeeeeeeere it is! Chapter 15! The big one five! CHAPTER 15!

Sorry…

I think you'll like this chapter, since it involves the date (Come on people, we know it's a date!) and the after math, but no more teasing, here it is students!

By the way, Sasuke is totally OOC in this one, but I don't care!

On with the story!

Sasuke was sitting in a chair sideways so his legs were over the armrest, he was reading 'Valley of the end'. Becoming ever intrigued with the book. The story so far in the book was that after the boys had returned, Naruto's character was hanging out with his new girlfriend; but Sasuke's character didn't like it.

Okami was watching from afar as Kitsune and his new green-haired girlfriend were holding hands in a training field.

Clarissa.

Okami hated the name itself, how could this…this…demon! Take Kitsune away from him, it wasn't fair, not by a long shot. Okami growled as Clarissa kissed Kitsune's cheek, Okami held a hand to his chest and felt his heartbeat beat painfully; just wanting it to stop.

Okami decided that he would and jumped down from the tree he was hidden in. Okami stomped over and grabbed Kitsune's wrist, Kitsune looked surprised at the heated Okami and saw the blush as he pulled him away.

"O-Okami! What are you doing?!" Kitsune exclaimed, but Okami remained silent and pulled him away from Clarissa who scowled yet still silent for some reason…

Okami dragged him into an ally way before Kitsune pulled his hand back.

"Oi! Okami, what's the big deal?!" Kitsune snapped, but was hushed when Okami suddenly nuzzled into his chest. Kitsune looked down, ever so confused at the raven-haired angel that had small tears in his eyes, "Okami…?"

"I don't want to lose you" Okami whispered out, Kitsune looked confused at Okami.

"Lose me? You're not going to-"

"She has you wrapped around her little finger, I hate it! I hate it!" Okami cried into Kitsune's jacket, Kitsune wrapped his arms around Okami in a comforting way.

"Okami…she may be my girlfriend, but you are the most important person to me" Kitsune stated as he tipped Okami's chin up, "And you'll always be my number one, you'll never lose me" Kitsune promised.

"You swear?" Okami whispered out, looking teary-eyed at him.

"I swear…" Kitsune confirmed, caressing Okami's cheek, "In fact, let's go get some Suama" Kitsune suggested, taking Okami's hand, "It's almost as sweet as you"

Sasuke had to stop himself from rolling his eyes; it was cheesy and while Sasuke had originally cringed at these intimate moments between the two, he now found them ironically humorous.

Jenny was sitting on the couch and brushing her hair, Katsu was at the end of the couch reading his own book. The soft play of the radio setting the comfortable atmosphere.

"Hey Sas, aren't you mean to be on that date or something?" Jenny asked as she continued to groom her blue hair, sitting comfortably in her PJ's which consisted of cotton grey shorts and a white top. Sasuke looked up from his book and glanced at the clock.

"It's only ten to seven, I have plenty of time" Sasuke responded, Jenny nodded and gave Sasuke a look over.

"Shouldn't you change?" Jenny asked casually.

"Hm? What's wrong with this?" Sasuke questioned since he was just in his usual clothing that he wore for the day. Jenny made an unsure face and swayed from side to side a little.

"I don't know, it's just kind of…ninja material rather than date material" Jenny pointed out, Sasuke looked over himself and inspected, "You don't look bad or anything, I mean you can go in that" Jenny added, Sasuke bit his lip and stood up.

"Maybe you're right" Sasuke replied.

"Just don't dress obscene, please" Katsu piped up without looking up from his book, Sasuke rolled his eyes. Sasuke had forgiven Katsu, though he still was rather annoyed about it.

"You mean like the 'sex outfits'?" Sasuke responded, Katsu cringed and gave an apologetic look.

"Once again, very, very, very sorry about that" Katsu stated, Sasuke placed his book on the coffee table, gaining Jenny's attention.

"Are you going to get ready then? What you going to wear?" Jenny enquired, loosely tying her hair back.

"Clothes?" Sasuke responded, Jenny chuckled and picked up her nail filer.

"Good choice, it's a bit chilly to go in your birthday suit" Jenny joked, Sasuke chuckled and went upstairs, getting ready for his date. About 15 minutes later and he came downstairs, Jenny observed his outfit and gave a thumbs up, "Nice" Jenny commented.

Sasuke was wearing a white, sleeveless shirt that hugged his body nicely, the shirt showing off a sliver of his hips. He wore black skinny jeans with black trainers; wearing a light red and white checked shirt that he tied around his waist. Finishing his outfit was his shark-tooth necklace and black wrist bands.

"This is fine right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, but let me fix your hair" Jenny said as she stood up and walked over to Sasuke, she sat him down in front of a mirror across the room and got her brush, "You know Sas, your hair is so soft what conditioner do you use?" Jenny asked casually, making light conversation with him.

"Oh, um, I use TREsemmé radiance" Sasuke answered as Jenny began to softly brush his hair.

"Mm, I always use L'Oréal, but my hair reacts badly to a hairdryer afterwards"

"Yeah, that'll happen since L'Oréal isn't designed to work with heat afterwards, and I have to use a hairdryer to make sure my hair doesn't fall flat, it gets hard to maintain if it's dried in an awkward style"

"Oh! I know right?" Jenny agreed, Katsu watched them with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, are you a woman now, pint-size?" Katsu questioned, Sasuke rolled his eyes and gave him a dry look.

"Just because I take care of my hair, it doesn't mean I'm a woman" Sasuke defended, he looked back in the mirror. Jenny gave one final fluff to Sasuke's hair and nodded.

"You should be good, oh wait, take this" Jenny stated as she grabbed something off the table, Sasuke looked at her hand and saw a little spray bottle.

"What's this?" Sasuke asked as he took it from her hand.

"Breath spray, strawberry flavoured" Jenny explained with a cheeky wink, "Just in case things go really well on the date" Jenny clarified, Sasuke rolled his eyes with a playful smirk.

"So much for class" Sasuke voiced.

"I think that went out the window when you wore that shirt that reveals your waist" Jenny teased.

"Hey, it's only a little bit and besides…" Sasuke started as he looked back into the mirror, checking everything was fine, "I want to look good" Sasuke admitted softly, Jenny smirked and nudged his arm.

"Aww, look at you falling in love" Jenny provoked, Sasuke stood up and chuckled.

"It's not that" Sasuke said as he faced her, "I'm just on this 'maybe a date, maybe not a date' to just…I don't know, see how it goes"

"Sasuke…" Jenny voiced in a concerned tone.

"I know, I know, I won't let my judgement be clouded by the fact that he saved me" Sasuke promised before biting his lip, "Though it was really sweet…" Sasuke murmured, his face clearly displaying that he was going into a daydream.

"Oi, focus" Jenny ordered as she clicked her fingers in front of Sasuke's face, he blinked and nodded.

"Right, you're right, I won't get distracted" Sasuke assured, Jenny sighed and shook her head.

"Damn, you're gonna get pregnant" Jenny remarked, Jenny looked at Sasuke for a moment and spoke, "Are you wearing perfume?" Jenny asked, Sasuke blushed and looked to the side.

"N-No!" Sasuke stuttered.

"Haaaa" Katsu laughed dryly, Jenny smirked at Sasuke.

"Aww isn't that cute?" Jenny cooed teasingly as she pinched his cheek. He lightly slapped her hand away and scowled.

"I'm not cute" Sasuke denied.

"You are, now, off to your date" Jenny instructed as she plopped onto the couch, "You have to just grab a few more things and then you should be fine" Jenny mentioned as she went about doing her nails. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and spoke.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you have the breath-spray already, so have that lip gloss on hand for yourself-" Jenny responded, but Katsu interjected.

"Also take a pack of tissues, in case something gets spilt on you, umbrella in case it rains, a map for directions, floss in case you get something in your teeth-"

"Katsu, he's not going on a survival track in the jungle" Jenny remarked, she turned her head towards Sasuke, "Though bring a condom because-"

"Oi! That's my little brother!" Katsu exclaimed, Jenny rolled her eyes.

"Besides, I wouldn't do that on a first date!" Sasuke blushed.

"It's called being safe and sensible" Jenny defended, "Sasuke" Jenny said seriously, "I'm not saying to have sex with him, I'm saying to be prepared for something that is common, if you dad was here he would say the exact same thing, because diseases get spread all the time" Jenny informed, Sasuke shifted a little uncomfortably and Jenny picked up on it.

"What?"

"I don't have any diseases" Sasuke claimed.

"Some diseases can go undetected for-"

"No, you don't understand, I can't have any diseases like that" Sasuke interrupted, Jenny and Katsu looked at him strangely before understanding.

"Oh…"

"I see…"

It was silent for a moment before Jenny spoke.

"Well…even if you are…that, you can still get some off of Naruto" Jenny pointed out, Sasuke nodded and sighed.

"Well, believe me it is not going to happen tonight, or ever really" Sasuke replied, "And anyway, even if I was going to take one, I have no idea what size to bring"

"Good" Katsu piped up, looking back at his book, "I'd rather keep my underage brother a virgin"

"As comfortable as this conversation is" Sasuke interjected, "I'm off, and I'm not jumping from roof to roof and arrive at the train station looking like the cookie monster, bye" Sasuke finished and walked out. As he took in the warm night air, his heart sped up a bit.

Here he goes!

Meanwhile, a completely calm and serene scene went on…

"IT'S STAGE THREE! I REPEAT, CODE RED, STAGE THREE!" Ino screamed, running around with papers going wild around her.

"BREATHMINTS! I NEED BREATHMINTS PEOPLE!" Sakura shrieked as she swung from the ceiling

"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…WHERE IS THE BOOMBASTIC CONDOM?!" Jiraiya shouted while hopping up and down with a pair of underpants on his head.

Naruto was sighing and rubbing his temples, the only one who was remotely calm, but heavily annoyed. He was ready and waiting, he would just go, but every time he did he was held back.

"Look guys, I'm going to go-"

"You can't!" Sakura interrupted, jumping down and going over to Naruto, "Not yet at least"

"I'm going to be late, you know" Naruto stated as he folded his arms. Sakura turned him around and pushed him into his bathroom, she sat him down on the toilet and went through his stuff.

"Do you have any hair wax?" Sakura questioned as she looked.

"Er, yeah, I think Kiba left some here after that costume party" Naruto answered, Sakura rummaged through a draw and pulled out a small blue tub. She took the top off as she approached Naruto.

"My contacts have told me that Sasuke has a thing for blondes, so-"

"How did you know that?" Naruto asked as Sakura rubbed the wax between her hands.

"What do you mean how do I know that? When did you know this?" Sakura replied with a question of her own, Naruto blinked and turned his head to the side. Trying to avoid her line of sight, Sakura gave a small chuckle and began to comb Naruto's hair back, "Bet that was interesting to find out, huh?" Sakura murmured, Naruto gave a small nod.

"Yeah…it was a little…weird" Naruto replied quietly as the chaos reigned outside the bathroom. Sakura chuckled lightly and finished off slicking Naruto's hair back, but made sure there was a bit of volume to make it look good. She stepped back and nodded.

"Alright, you look better" Sakura complimented, Naruto stood up and Sakura sighed and stepped forward to put her hand on his chest, "And…I know I have been annoying you with this whole three stages thing"

"Possibly worse than torture, go on"

"And…I want to say it's not just because I'm some yaoi fangirl or whatever, I really believe that you deserve someone that understands you, that can make you happy, that…well, can be there for you in life and death, someone like Sasuke" Sakura confessed, "Because you so deserve to have that…and you helped me with my happiness, so I'm returning the favour, whether or not you think I'm helping or not" Sakura finished, Naruto smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You're right, I don't think you're helping, but I appreciate it" Naruto thanked, Sakura smiled and spoke.

"Well, go on then, or you'll be late" Sakura ordered softly, Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Got it" Naruto promised as he went to his door.

"And Nardo?" Sakura voiced, making Naruto turn, "Sometimes you have to ignore your head and go with your heart" Sakura commented, Naruto chuckled as he smiled, "So don't think so much" Sakura advised with a soft smile.

And with that Naruto left with Sakura's words in his head. As his left the chaos of his apartment behind he made his way to the train station with a lot of uncertainty. He was uncertain about what exactly it was that he and Sasuke were going on, uncertain about how to really act on this…whatever it was, and uncertain about how Sasuke felt…

Naruto shook the thoughts out of his head, he wasn't going to think or overanalyse anything when hanging out with Sasuke, he was just going to enjoy. Naruto had arrived and saw no one, he walked over and leaned coolly on a stone pillar, deciding to just wait for Sasuke.

He began to think to pass the time, for example why people shipped them so much!

Naruto sighed as he thought about it, I don't like him like that, I mean, sure, he's cute, that doesn't mean I like him, I just see what others see…Naruto concluded to himself, I mean do I find him attractive? Yeah, but I'm not attracted to him personally, and it's not all about looks, it's…it's about if he makes me laugh and stuff…

Which he does…Naruto smiled as he remembered a remark Sasuke made a once.

"Hey dobe, there's a glass of 'shut up' on the table, why don't you have some?"

Naruto chuckled at the insult and thought, Sure, he's not the conventional kind of funny, but he's funny in the sarcastic way…Naruto chuckled as he remember some others things that he's said…

"You call that an insult, dobe? Nice try, but I would have to value your opinion first"

"Guess what dobe, tomorrow is 'hug a dumbass' day, so don't freak out when everyone tries to hug you"

"If I wanted to kill myself, I would climb your ego and jump down to your IQ level"

Yes they were insulting, but they were actually pretty funny, and though Naruto's response was to retort and fight, later on he would defiantly laugh at what Sasuke had said. Not like he would ever tell Sasuke that. Sometimes Sasuke would say funny things that weren't insulting, Naruto felt a small smile spread across his face as he remembered them.

"What do you mean people can't live with love? I think oxygen is more important"

"I don't like sweet things, so mistaking chocolate cookies for raisin ones are the main reason I have trust issues"

"Sarcasm, just one of the many services I offer"

Naruto laughed aloud and tried to think of more, because even Sasuke's advice could be funny.

"Listen, you can do that cheesy follow your heart stuff, but take your brain for the love of god"

"I suppose to make you feel better I should tell you to never give up on your dreams, so yeah, keep sleeping"

"If life gives you lemons, freeze them and throw them at the people who are annoying you, it may not solve your problems, but it sure as hell is satisfying"

Naruto had to put the back of his hand to his mouth to stop himself from bursting out laughing, he couldn't help it; Sasuke was just so funny! Sasuke made him laugh, especially when he was complaining about something…

"I don't like restaurants…they ask questions like 'Would you like a table?' It's like 'No, carpet for three please'"

"When the cashier says 'Can I help you?' well obviously, I didn't stand in a 30 minute line just to say hi"

"Common sense isn't a gift, it's a punishment, so now you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it"

Naruto grinned as he remembered them all, in fact the last one reminded him that Sasuke wasn't just funny and pretty; he was also incredibly smart. Naruto knew that if he ever needed advice about smart stuff he could just go to Sasuke, and after all the mocking, he could get some really good solutions.

Sasuke was all kinds of smart! He was logically smart, book smart, linguistically smart, witty smart, not to mention he was bodily-kinaesthetic. Sasuke was just smart in every way, Naruto could actually begin to understand why Sasuke got frustrated with him. Usually when someone was that smart they would get made fun of, but not Sasuke.

Sasuke was just so…cool.

Sasuke was unbelievably cool in Naruto's eyes, he always has been. It was part of the reason that he picked fights with Sasuke, because he was jealous of how cool Sasuke was.

Sasuke was cool for different reasons; one, it was because he had his own style, his own rules, it made him unique. He did what he wanted when he wanted with a badass smirk and a confident stride, and that was cool.

Two, Sasuke was extremely talented at everything, on the first go he usually got it perfect, whether it was a new technique or form of test, Sasuke always was the greatest. And the greatest equals the coolest.

Three, even though the Uchiha name was associated with something grim nowadays, it gave Sasuke a sense of superiority. His family name was also a connotation of power, respect and supremacy. These traits got tied to Sasuke so obviously this made him cool.

These were a few of the reasons he was cool, there was also his attitude, his looks, and aura. All of them contributed to his character. Naruto had to admit that Sasuke was cool, but that's why it was even better when Sasuke got angry at him or acted childish towards him. It was a bonus when Sasuke blushed from embarrassment.

Now that Naruto thought about it, why was Sasuke single? All these amazing qualities and he didn't have someone, that didn't really make sense. It's not like Sasuke would have a hard time, Sasuke had enough fan boys and suitors to last him a life time…

Then again most of them would probably be passionate flings and temporary distractions at this age. Sasuke was a pretty serious person, so he probably would want a serious relationship; and who knows? Maybe Sasuke has had his fair share of relationships, but he just may have not told Naruto…

That was another thing, I feel like he doesn't really tell me anything personal about him, maybe a few unknown facts, but he never tells me if he likes someone or if he's looking for some kind of relationship!...Naruto sighed and shook his head.

"He's so frustrating"

"I assume you're talking about me?" A voice said, Naruto's head shot up and saw Sasuke, and oh god did he see Sasuke! Naruto's jaw nearly dropped when he saw how good Sasuke looked by just wearing simple clothing.

Naruto's eyes lingered on Sasuke's slightly exposed skin, subconsciously taking note that the skin looked so alluring at that moment. Naruto managed to look up past that and see Sasuke's trademark smirk.

"Ready to go?" Sasuke asked coolly, clearly not as nervous as Naruto, though he was actually freaking out on the inside.

"Y-Yeah, what took you so long?" Naruto stuttered as he pushed off the wall and tried to look more nonchalant. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and glanced at a clock on the grey wall.

"It's five to eight" Sasuke pointed out, Naruto mentally cursed for making himself look like an idiot. Sasuke just chuckled and walked over to him, coming across more relaxed than Naruto, "Aww, did the dobe get so excited that he came early?" Sasuke mocked in a playful tone, Naruto pouted at the insinuation.

"N-No!" Naruto answered back, he was a little more embarrassed than angry. Though Sasuke continued.

"Wow, maybe Sai makes those jokes for a reason, huh?" Sasuke teased.

"Ha ha, very funny, now stop with the innuendos" Naruto rolled his eyes playfully, Sasuke smirked.

"I would, but it's just so hard" Sasuke replied, Naruto burst out laughing and wiped a comical tear from his eye.

"Hahaha! I never heard you make jokes like that before!" Naruto guffawed, Sasuke merely chuckled lightly.

"Well, maybe you should listen more" Sasuke responded with a smirk, Naruto's laughter calmed down and he grinned at Sasuke.

"Maybe you should speak more" Naruto stated, taking a step closer to Sasuke.

"Maybe you should pay more attention" Sasuke quipped as he took a step forward as well.

"Maybe you should get my attention" Naruto remarked, once again taking as step so that they were pretty close.

"Maybe-" Sasuke stopped as he and Naruto were really close now, "Maybe…" Sasuke trailed off as they got lost in the details of words and just stared at each other in the pleasurably tense moment. Sasuke took a step back after a moment and composed himself while Naruto did the same, "Maybe we should get going"

"Yeah" Naruto coughed awkwardly, luckily any awkward moment that would've blossomed was nipped in the bud as the train pulled in. They walked over to it and got in.

Now there were two types of parts in the train; there was the carriage with fancy seats, and the part where it was more like a subway with minimal seat and with poles. It was cheaper to go on the latter and since they weren't carrying any luggage, they supposed they might as well go on the subway part.

They got in and Sasuke leant his back against the pole, Naruto merely stood in front of him. The train started with a bit of a kick, so Naruto stumbled forward slightly and had to grab the pole to stop himself from falling. His hand landed just half a foot above Sasuke's head so that they were in a more intimate position, but not one that really gained any attention.

They both blushed slightly at the position they were in now; luckily they were the only ones, apart from a few others, on the train. Though it didn't really stand out to anyone apart from the boys. Naruto didn't really know what to do so he stayed in that position. On the ride over they just talked quietly, with nervous smiles and anxious blushes.

Half way through the hour journey, the train had become really crowed so the train was filled with loud people who were obviously on the train for the festival. Excited and enthusiastic about the festival, the passengers would move. Someone had accidently pushed into Naruto so that he was now pressed up again Sasuke.

"Ah, sorry Sasuke, it's just-"

"I-It's fine, really" Sasuke interjected, trying to not make a big deal about it, but it was hard. Because of their height differences, Sasuke's head was slightly propped up on Naruto's shoulder. Naruto accidently breathed in Sasuke's intoxicating scent.

God, not only did Sasuke show up looking good, but he smelt freaking heavenly. Naruto knew that he was being creepy, but he was too lost in the vanilla and fresh berries scent to really care. Sasuke was gripping the pole behind him for dear life, so embarrassed about the situation. Blushing at the realisation that Naruto was wearing cologne, Ino had sprayed him with it, but Sasuke didn't know that.

They soon arrived and people cheered as they danced out the train where the whole place was decorated with hearts, ribbons and other assorted things. Bright red, gold and pink shone across and made it clear that this was a heavily celebrated event. Sasuke and Naruto were in awe as they walked down the street and saw everyone just partying, not to mention the entertainers.

A certain one stood out.

Remember when Naruto and Sasuke were at the other festival? The one were the shirtless stranger came and flirted with Sasuke? The one with the bad pick-up jokes and called Sasuke a feisty bitch?

Yeah, well it turns out he was one of the entertainers.

Sasuke and Naruto stood in the small crowd that were watching Sasuke's flirter, who was called Thorn, juggle and regaled with fire. Thorn had two wooden clubs with their ends lit with bright flames, Thorn danced in the street majestically with the fires. People were cheering him on as he breathed in the fire and blew it back out in a magnificent display of fiery talent.

Naruto felt uncomfortable, as the guy was really impressive and using Sasuke's favourite element! Fire! Naruto shifted slightly and hoped that Sasuke wouldn't be too effected by the small show. Thorn noticed Sasuke in the corner of his eye and smirked, he danced his way over and flipped the clubs high in the air.

He smirked blew a small flame from his mouth and dipped his fingers into the floating flame and made an outline of a heart with the flame. He winked at Sasuke before catching the clubs and dancing back into the middle. Naruto felt incredibly insignificant, he couldn't do anything like that and hoped Sasuke wouldn't be distracted. Though all Naruto's fears were washed away when Sasuke spoke.

"Do you think anyone will notice if I 'casually' throw some gasoline on him?" Sasuke asked, Naruto laughed and looked down and saw Sasuke's smirk. Naruto felt reassured and took Sasuke's wrist.

"Come on, before fire boy gets burnt" Naruto smiled, Sasuke allowed himself to be gently be pulled by Naruto, he glanced down at his wrist and began to analyse it.

He's not exactly holding my hand, but he's still holding me…does he realise he's touching me? Or is this just casual and friendly? Damn it, why is this so complicated?!...Sasuke internally struggled and made an inaudible sigh, I wouldn't be so confused about all this if Naruto made it clear whether or not it was a date or not!...

"Hey look!" Naruto voiced, bringing Sasuke from his thoughts. Sasuke saw that Naruto was talking about one of the many carnival-styled stands with games. The game seemed to be throwing balls at cans from different distances, the prizes being stuffed toys. Naruto laughed and pointed at one of the toys, "Ha ha, that orange fox plushie looks like Kyuubi!" Naruto pointed out before chuckling and turning his head to Sasuke, "Kyuubi wants to kill me for saying that"

Sasuke chuckled and looked over the abundance of stuffed plushies, he smiled when he saw a cute, black, small panther one. He chuckled quietly and gestured to it.

"That one look like Sasha" Sasuke replied, noting how Naruto still held his wrist. Naruto saw the plushie and nodded.

"Hey, you're right" Naruto responded before deciding something. He walked to the counter of the stand and took some money out, he passed it to the man who gave him a ball, Sasuke rolled his eyes at the fact Naruto was going to try and get the fox plushie. He went to Naruto's side and spoke.

"You know these games are rigged, right?" Sasuke stated, Naruto shrugged and threw the ball lightly up and down in hand.

"Nah" Naruto denied, Sasuke heard the man behind the counter at the side mumble under his breath about 'Obviously'. Sasuke frowned slightly and looked at Naruto.

"You know those cans are probably superglued right?" Sasuke said, Naruto just smiled and shrugged.

"It doesn't matter, it's still fun"

"But you have to have good aim and a good amount of strength to knock it down" Sasuke argued, Naruto faked a hurt look.

"Aw, Sasuke, you saying I don't have that?" Naruto asked playfully, Sasuke sighed and stepped away.

"Fine" Sasuke replied, Naruto smirked and pulled his arm back to aim, he had his sight set on the small can at the back, which would have been the most difficult one. A tiny part of him had chosen it to…well…impress Sasuke, even if Sasuke didn't seem interested in Thorn, he might still be impressed by that guy!

Naruto had never hoped that he got something right so much as he did now, he even made a small plea to Kyuubi to make sure he got the can. He took in a quiet breath and threw the ball and tried to look calm as his inner self screamed. The ball hit the can perfectly and knocked it down. The man looked a little shocked and grumbled under his breath.

"Wow, you actually got it" Sasuke stated, Naruto took pleasure in how impressed Sasuke looked, Naruto grinned and turned to the counter and pointed to the stuffed toy he wanted. Sasuke waited for Naruto to get his stuffed fox plushie and looked around at the festival. Sasuke was surprised as Naruto put the plushie in front of Sasuke, "Wha…"

"Here" Naruto voiced as Sasuke saw that it was the plushie that looked like Sasha, Sasuke took the plushie and looked at Naruto confused, "Won it for ya" Naruto clarified, Sasuke blushed lightly and looked down at the plushie in his arms, he let a soft smile grace his lips as he gazed at Naruto.

"That's sweet…thank you" Sasuke spoke softly, Naruto replied with a smile of his own. A wonderful moment passed where they just enjoyed that second of 'butterflies in your stomach' feeling. Sasuke modestly turned his head away, his small smile still on his face. Naruto admired the cute sight in front of him, once again realising how adorable Sasuke could be without trying.

Naruto shook his head, Concentrate! You're not here to think of Sasuke in weird ways, you're here to!…here to!...here to!...okay, so I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing here, but thinking of Sasuke weirdly is not one of them!...Naruto scolded himself.

"Step right up! Step right up! Enjoy life from new heights!" A man called out, Naruto and Sasuke turned to see a man in a straw hat with a red and white striped blazer, a wooden megaphone and staff. He looked like the typical ringleader in a circus and was drumming up business for the Ferris wheel, "Come on people don't be shy! Love is in the air and so can you!" The man called out, he grinned when he noticed Naruto and Sasuke at the side, "And what about you fine couple? Want to join the mile-high club?" The man rumbled.

Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other, seeing what they wanted to do. Sasuke just shrugged lightly and Naruto returned it with a small grin.

"Yeah, sure, why not?" Naruto stated, both noticing how neither of them had corrected the man that they weren't a couple. They walked over and Naruto handed the money to the glad man.

"Enjoy my lovey-dovey pair!" The man said, stepping aside so they could get in one of the white and pink carriages. They sat down in the pretty spacious carriage and saw the man close the door to it. Naruto bit the inside of his cheek as he tried to think of something to say, the air wasn't awkward, but he wanted to talk to Sasuke…

He wanted to get to know him better.

Naruto screwed his face up slightly and thought about it. Yeah, he knew Sasuke as a teammate and he knew his history, not to mention a few…personal details, but aside that…he didn't really know Sasuke well enough. Naruto wanted to know. Just like when they were playing 'Would you rather?', it gave Naruto the opportunity to learn a few things about Sasuke, but nothing directly…

So why doesn't he just ask directly?

"Hey, um, Sasuke?" Naruto started, Sasuke looked at him and waited for him to speak, "I…I want to you a few things" Naruto stated, Sasuke looked puzzled towards him.

"Ask me? Why?"

"Because…well, I know we know each other, but I feel like I know nothing about you, so I guess what I'm trying to say is…" Naruto trailed off before looking directly in Sasuke's midnight orbs, "I want to get to know you better" Naruto confessed, Sasuke blinked and looked silently at Naruto for a moment.

"Okay"

"What?"

"I said okay, ask whatever you want" Sasuke clarified calmly as the Ferris wheel began to slowly move, Naruto blinked and looked blankly at Sasuke, "What wrong?"

"I didn't think I would get this far without being punched" Naruto admitted, Sasuke rolled his eyes in response.

"Just ask, dobe" Sasuke replied, Naruto tried to think of a question but came out with pure stupidity.

"Er…have you ever swallowed a crayon?"

"Really?" Sasuke responded, raising an eyebrow, "That's what you wanted to ask me?"

"Um…yes?" Naruto answered stupidly, Sasuke stared at him strangely before speaking.

"Well, no, I've never swallowed crayon" Sasuke retorted with a slightly annoyed voice, clearly thinking Naruto was capable of a mature question. Naruto cringed and tried to think of a better question, Sasuke sighed and attempted to help him, "Look, I'm not going to bite your head off, so just ask what it is that you're obviously hiding"

"Are you still going after your revenge?" Naruto asked suddenly, catching Sasuke off guard. Naruto was surprised by his own question, Where did that come from?...Naruto wondered, Sasuke blinked and stared at him for a moment.

"No…" Sasuke voiced in an unsure tone, "Not…recently"

"What do you mean?"

"Well…ever since I've been calling Shen…dad, I've not had the same drive as before, in a way…it seems kind of pointless" Sasuke explained, Naruto nodded his head understandingly, "So no, I think…after all this time I've gave up on my revenge…and somehow, even though it's stupid, I feel kinda better, you know? Like a weight has been lifted or something" Sasuke confessed.

"That's great, Sasuke" Naruto responded with a small, comforting smile. Sasuke looked halfway to the side and shook his head with his own smile.

"Geez, I'm talking like an idiot"

"You're not!" Naruto said quickly, making Sasuke look at him, "It's really good to hear that you're moving on from stuff like that" Naruto spoke as he shifted closer to Sasuke, "It's good to know that you're not gonna run off this time" Naruto stated softly, Sasuke looked slightly guilty in return.

"I never apologised for that…" Sasuke murmured, Naruto looked confused until Sasuke spoke again, "When I almost left Konoha, I never said sorry to you"

"You don't need to" Naruto replied, Sasuke snapped his head up at Naruto who was just giving his famous smile, "You didn't leave and that's the important thing, even if you beat the crap outta me" Naruto shrugged, Sasuke shook his head lightly.

"Only you, seriously, would just shrug it off" Sasuke chuckled, Naruto's hand brushed over Sasuke's.

"Some things are more important…" Naruto replied in a tender, quiet voice. Sasuke glanced at Naruto's hand before looking at Naruto's kind face. Sasuke turned his head away quickly and gazed outside the window.

Damn Naruto and his damn mixed messages!...Sasuke internally screamed, Sasuke paid attention how they were roughly at the top of the Ferris wheel. He looked out the window and saw the stunningly lit city.

"This place is really beautiful" Sasuke commented.

"Yeah…it really is" Naruto murmured, Sasuke turned his head to see that Naruto was looking at him rather than outside. Sasuke didn't say anything about it, then again he didn't say anything at all. Neither of them did.

They stared at each other for a moment before they ever so slowly began to lean forward. They came closer and closer until they were mere centimetres apart, their eyes became hooded as they were about to move even closer…

Suddenly, a harsh jolt from the Ferris wheel made them both stumble in their seats. They looked around confused, noticing how the Ferris wheel had stopped. Though they both froze when they realised what just almost happened.

Shit!...Naruto screamed internally, What the hell's got into me?! One minute we're talking and the next I'm trying to shove my tongue down his throat?! This isn't date! God, I can only imagine what Sasuke thinks of me now!

Damn it!...Sasuke cursed internally, After I had just promised to not let my judgement be clouded, here I am trying to kiss him! God, don't I have any self-respect? Any self-control? Naruto is confusing as it is so why am I trying to complicate it even more?! Naruto probably thinks I'm some desperate floozy!

"Er…don't worry folks, just a few…mechanical problems, you'll be fine in a minute!" The man shouted from down below. He hurriedly looked at the Ferris's mechanics. Naruto and Sasuke just looked at each other, Sasuke attempted to distract himself from his thoughts and spoke.

"Um…was there any more questions you wanted to ask?" Sasuke spoke up, Naruto blinked and thought about it.

"Yeah…like if that isn't your goal anymore, what is?" Naruto asked.

To have a family…Sasuke thought instantly, and he didn't mean a mother and brother, he meant his own, like a partner with kids…Sasuke never would have seen himself so conventional, but he wanted to be a mother.

Why not? Men could get pregnant!

…

Though it wasn't technically by natural means…

And the death rate was incredibly high for male pregnancies…

It's not illegal, but defiantly discouraged because of the dangerous risks…

He obviously would be a mom rather than a dad since his partner would be male. And he defiantly couldn't imagine Naruto taking the mother role-

Wait, what?

Sasuke blinked, since when did Naruto make it into his family future?

"Sasuke?" Naruto voiced, Sasuke came out of his thoughts and spoke.

"Oh, um, to be stronger I guess" Sasuke lied, Naruto frowned as he sensed the obvious lie.

"But…if you don't want revenge, why do you want to be stronger?" Naruto questioned, Sasuke bit his lip and tried to think of something.

"So…um, I can, er, protect myself" Sasuke lied terribly, Naruto frowned again.

"Sasuke…" Naruto voiced softly, "You can protect yourself just fine" Naruto pointed out, Sasuke turned his head away "I'm asking because I want to know you better, I'm not going to use it against you" Naruto promised, Sasuke bit his lip and considered telling Naruto, but a small part of him screamed that it would scare Naruto off, "Sasuke?"

"Why do you want to know anyway?" Sasuke replied.

"I told you, why don't you want me to know?" Naruto responded, Sasuke let out a sigh and shook his head.

"It's…personal"

"Don't you trust me?" Naruto asked, Sasuke snapped his head towards Naruto.

"O-Of course I do" Sasuke reassured quickly.

"Then tell me" Naruto stated calmly, Sasuke's breath hitched slightly.

What should he do?...

They were interrupted when the man spoke again.

"Sorry folks, but it looks like you're going to be stuck up there for a while" The man apologised, Sasuke groaned in annoyance.

"Great…" Sasuke sighed, Naruto frowned and tried to think of a way to better the situation. Naruto grinned when he remembered something.

"Hey! You know that chakra blocking thing that your dad put on me to hide my chakra?"

"Yeah?" Sasuke responded.

"I remember it, I can do it then I can get us down without sending any alerts off" Naruto claimed, Sasuke looked unsure at him, but Naruto performed the jutsu anyway. Naruto shifted and nodded at Sasuke, "I got it, come on" Naruto stated as he stood up. Sasuke stood up, but was still slightly unconvinced, "Trust me"

"Easy for you to say…" Sasuke mumbled, Naruto rolled his eyes and just picked Sasuke up bridal style. Sasuke held himself against Naruto to make sure he wouldn't be dropped, Naruto gently kicked the other side of the carriage door so they would come out on the other side of the Ferris, since they didn't want anyone seeing them using chakra.

Naruto slid down the side of the Ferris wheel and hopped from metal bar to metal bar and eventually landed on the ground; he looked around to make sure no one had seen them, but they were at the back of the Ferris wheel so they were alone.

Naruto slowly let Sasuke down, they didn't part straight away so Naruto's hands rested on Sasuke's hips and Sasuke's hands were resting on Naruto's chest. They ended looking into each other's eyes for a long moment, Naruto gulped slightly before parting away.

"Um…"

"Right" Sasuke responded as if he knew what Naruto had said, it was silent and awkward until Naruto's stomach complained, Naruto held his stomach in embarrassment as Sasuke chuckled, "Let's get something to eat" Sasuke suggested, the mood lightening instantly. Naruto nodded sheepishly and they travelled round to the front and back into the festival.

They saw a stand that were selling fresh fruit in different sauces. They went over and nearly drooled over the stand as the fruit looked delicious, they looked at each other in agreement to get something from here.

An old man with long white hair and a white beard approached them from behind the counter. He wore a hat similar to the Hokage's and a white cloak that covered him entirely, his hands connected, but the cloak covered it.

"Hello there…Konoha shinobi" The man greeted mysteriously, they were alarmed by the greeting and instantly went on their guard. The man chuckled, "Do not be alarmed, I am a humble psychic" The man stated calmly, Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and then back at the man, "I sense…interesting auras from you both" The man breathed out.

"Huh? Like what?" Naruto voiced, the man gazed at Naruto beneath his hat.

"You…have some kind of demonic blood within you…you are a jinchuriki perhaps?" The man asked, Naruto nodded amazed, "Though you have a good heart that stops yourself from indulging in your bloodlust and desire…" The man observed leaving Naruto silent.

"Naruto?" Sasuke voiced concerned, the man looked over at Sasuke.

"You…have significant blood…one of power and supremacy…you are Uchiha, no?" The man asked, Sasuke just gave a slow nod, "Though it seems as though you don't have the usual Uchiha greed…you have the one of a nuclear wish…the desire to have a domestic future…" The man trailed off.

"Listen dude, we just came over here for some food, not a therapy session" Naruto intervened, the man chuckled and nodded.

"As you please, though with my accurate abilities, allow me to recommend something…" The man requested, he placed (out of nowhere) two wooden sticks with two different fruits on it in some sort of sauce. One was cherries in some sort of purple sauce and the other was apple pieces with a golden dressing.

"Um, how much?" Naruto asked as he gazed at the small amount of food.

"I do not charge for such things…I take no pleasure in money…." The man replied, Naruto was suspicious, but shrugged it off. He took the apple one and looked strangely at it, Sasuke did the same with the cherries.

"Er, hey, can we get some more?" Naruto requested, since it was a little amount they were given. The man chuckled.

"Believe me child, this will satisfy you…" The man promised, Naruto and Sasuke exchanged expressions, but ate the food. They were surprised when they felt instantly filled, they looked surprised and went to ask the man, but he disappeared.

"Weird…" Naruto commented, he froze when he saw the name of the stand at the top…

Fruit aphrodisiacs

Naruto shat himself.

He freaked, but decided to keep calm for Sasuke who had not noticed it yet. Naruto shook his head, Perverted old man…Naruto internally cursed, I better not get hard halfway through this…he decided to move away from the stand.

"Come on, babe!" A voice said, they saw amongst the crowd two guys that seemed to be a couple in an excited rush.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" The more petite boy of the relationship responded.

"We're gonna miss the fireworks!" The other one claimed restlessly. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other.

"They seemed excited" Sasuke commented, Naruto nodded his head.

"I guess so, but fireworks sound pretty awesome!" Naruto proclaimed, Sasuke smiled and saw how others were going to the firework display as well.

"Let's go check it out" Sasuke suggested, Naruto nodded and they began to walk. It became more and more crowded as they went on, they saw that there was a large crowd that practically prevented them from a good view.

"Come on" Naruto stated as he took hold of Sasuke's wrist, they went into a nearby ally and the action made Sasuke's heartbeat go wild, Wait, he's dragging me into a secluded ally way? What the hell?...Sasuke screamed internally, Naruto stopped and he turned to face Sasuke, "Sasuke…" Naruto voiced in a mysterious tone.

"Y-Yeah?..." Sasuke stuttered as Naruto towered over him, Sasuke's voice hitched as Naruto suddenly grabbed him. Sasuke felt instantly stirred as Naruto lifted him, he gasped as he felt Naruto's body warmth pressed against him. But suddenly he felt like him and Naruto were…jumping? He looked around to see that Naruto was hopping from wall to wall and they eventually landed on top of a roof.

"Wha…"

"Now we can get a better view" Naruto stated as he put Sasuke down. Sasuke blinked and blushed from embarrassment, God, if Naruto knew what I was thinking…Sasuke cringed, they made their way over to the side of the roof and sat down, their legs dangling over the edge.

"You're right, this is a better" Sasuke admitted, seeing that they were in the perfect spot to view the fireworks. Since they were close enough to see the entire show without the potential of fireworks blinding them. They were in a decent ear shot of the soft band playing without it being too loud. They were separated from the crowd so they could talk about anything without being interrupted.

"So I heard that your dad came to Konoha" Naruto voiced, Sasuke blinked and kicked his head in gear.

"Yeah"

"I heard that people were excited"

"Understatement of the year" Sasuke remarked, Naruto chuckled as Sasuke continued, "People acted as if they were all told they won the lottery or something, they cheered and went crazy…I never knew someone could be loved so much by so many people"

"It's not hard to like him, he's really cool" Naruto replied, Sasuke gave a slow nod. Naruto frowned slightly and gave a friendly nudge to Sasuke's arm, "I see where you get it from now" Naruto stated with a kind smile, Sasuke felt flustered after the compliment. Sasuke looked forward in an attempt to hide his pink cheeks. Naruto didn't realise when he shifted a little closer to Sasuke, "You know, there's a lot of similarities between you two"

"You think?" Sasuke responded, Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, I mean you both are really smart, obviously cool, you both are very talented, not to mention you're attractive-"

"What?" Sasuke interjected surprised, Naruto gulped when he realised what he had said, though Sasuke just tilted his head at Naruto, "You think I'm attractive?" Sasuke asked with a curious voice rather than a mocking one.

"Well, yeah" Naruto answered, "The hundreds of fans you have could've told you that" Naruto added with a slightly nervous and embarrassed voice, rubbing the back of his head as his cheeks heated up. Sasuke chuckled at Naruto's humiliated expression and decided to make it easier for him.

"Hn, you're not so bad yourself" Sasuke remarked rather confidently, Naruto looked a little surprised towards Sasuke's smirk. A slow grin crept onto Naruto's face and he spoke.

"Oh ho ho ho, see something you like?" Naruto joked, Sasuke gave a scoff of laughter before looking playfully at Naruto.

"You're hardly my type"

"And you have a type?" Naruto questioned with a raised eyebrow, Sasuke made a face that said 'not really' as he swayed his head left to right.

"Well…no, but still" Sasuke answered, Naruto chuckled and noticed how Sasuke was staring at a particular flower shop, Naruto raised an eyebrow and saw how fixated Sasuke was on the shop.

"Whatcha looking at?" Naruto asked, Sasuke titled his head as he continued to stare at the shop.

"I remember the couple at that shop" Sasuke stated, Naruto blinked in confusion.

"You do?"

"Yeah, from years ago…" Sasuke trailed off as he gazed at the shop with an expression that Naruto couldn't read, "There used to be an old couple there…a man and a women, but the man couldn't remember things properly, I think it was Alzheimer's, he even forgot his wife" Sasuke began to said, intriguing Naruto, "The man would give flowers every day to her and propose, the women always told him that they were already married and he would get so happy after she told him that" Sasuke explained, a small smile gracing his face, "When I was a child I thought it was a game, that's why I always thought it was funny"

"Wow…you remember stuff like that?"

"Ever since I had my memories restored" Sasuke replied, Naruto's eyes widened and Sasuke realised what he said.

"Restored?"

"Yeah…I won't bore you with the details, but they were blocked so I got them unblocked a few days ago" Sasuke explained, Naruto nodded his head understanding.

"Wow, so you remember stuff from your childhood now?"

"Yeah…I mean I can remember Gecia and the people I knew in it, my mother better, my dad…and for some reason the ability to teleport" Sasuke said randomly, Naruto burst out laughing.

"What?!" Naruto laughed, Sasuke shrugged.

"Well, what are you supposed to think as a child when you fall asleep on the couch and magically wake up in your room?" Sasuke retorted, making Naruto laugh even more.

"Hahaha! I didn't think you'd have that kind of imagination as a kid" Naruto guffawed, Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Well, I did, I remember most of my childhood now, how I loved Soma, how Katsu and I played pranks…how…we met…" Sasuke confessed quietly, Naruto stiffened and shifted uncomfortably.

"Oh…you, um, do?"

"Yeah…" Sasuke answered, it was awkwardly thick before Sasuke gave a snort of laughter, the back of his hand held against his mouth. Naruto looked confused at him as Sasuke tried to keep himself under control, "I'm sorry, it's just, of all the ways" Sasuke laughed quietly, a small grin crept onto Naruto's face as Sasuke continued to be amused, "I can't believe you proposed" Sasuke giggled.

"Aw what? Well, I can't believe you said yes!" Naruto retorted playfully.

"You thought I was a girl!"

"Hey, I was a kid!" Naruto responded, they both gave a light laugh as it slowly faded. A small smile on each of their faces.

"So…" Sasuke started, "What made you approach me and not any of the other girls?" Sasuke enquired, Naruto looked up and thought.

"I dunno, I just thought you were really pretty" Naruto shrugged.

"Oh what? I'm just a pretty face now?" Sasuke stated with mock hurt, Naruto chuckled and shook his head.

"It wasn't just that…" Naruto started, "I thought you was from another world"

"Another world?"

"Yeah…because I never saw anyone smile like that before" Naruto admitted, Sasuke allowed a smile to grace his lips as he tilted his head at Naruto.

"Hn" Sasuke voiced softly, Naruto gazed over at Sasuke and spoke.

"So why did you say yes when I proposed?" Naruto asked, Sasuke gave a small sigh and shrugged as he looked up to the sky.

"I guess I thought I had met some amazing prince charming" Sasuke answered.

"Are you implying that I'm not?" Naruto joked, Sasuke let out a gentle laugh.

"As much as you would suit being on a white horse with roses in one hand and a sword in the other, I think I'd prefer you as my idiotic ninja dobe" Sasuke chuckled, Naruto noticed how Sasuke said 'my' but didn't mention it. "Besides, when I was a child I looked up to my mom, so I wanted to be just like her, and she was married with a family, so I wanted the same" Sasuke explained, Naruto put two and two together and spoke.

"Is that your new goal?" Naruto asked, making Sasuke tense, "It is, isn't it?" Naruto smiled, Sasuke felt embarrassed and looked to the side, "It's nothing to be ashamed of, Sasuke, it's cute" Naruto tried to say, but Sasuke remained silent and humiliated. Naruto frowned and tried to think of a way to make Sasuke feel better, he smiled when he thought of it, "You know, when I'm older and stuff, I can't wait to start a family of my own" Naruto stated as he looked back up at the sky.

"Really?" Sasuke voiced, slightly surprised that Naruto thought about that stuff. He looked at Naruto as Naruto nodded his head.

"Yup" Naruto confirmed, "I can't wait to have kids" Naruto proclaimed.

"You…think about that kind of stuff?" Sasuke asked.

"Uh-huh, defiantly, I even worked out the details!"

"Like what?" Sasuke chuckled, intrigued with how Naruto had thought about all of this.

"Well, I'm gonna have two kids, a boy and a girl, the boy is gonna be first so he can protect his lil' sis" Naruto started, "I'm going to have the most bad-ass partner, they'll be super cool and awesome AND they will make better ramen then Ichiraku" Naruto stated, making Sasuke's eyes roll, "Not to mention how I'm totally going to spoil my partner, flowers, jewellery, chocolate, the whole shabam" Naruto stated.

"Sounds like a lot to do, especially when you're Hokage" Sasuke pointed out, Sasuke was surprised to see a flicker of an unsure expression, "Naruto?" Sasuke voiced, Naruto faked a smile.

"It's fine, I'll be the best Hokage" Naruto proclaimed, but Sasuke could sense the insincerity.

"Naruto-"

"Anyway" Naruto interjected, sending the strong message he didn't want to talk about it, whatever 'it' was…"I've always wanted to have a family, even when I was really young, so I guess that's why I proposed to you and stuff" Naruto changed the subject, Sasuke decided to let it go and went along with the change.

"Right…" Sasuke trailed off, knowing that Naruto growing up without a family would also be an influencing factor, "You know, even though this is probably blackmail material, I ended up keeping that flower" Sasuke stated, referring to the flower that Naruto gave him when they first met. Naruto chuckled.

"Really? Wait, what do you mean keeping it?" Naruto asked.

"Well, when I first showed it to Shen, claiming that 'my one true love' gave it to me" Sasuke admitted, making Naruto chuckle, "He put some kind of jutsu on it so that it'll never rot, I guess I just kept it around, I never knew why but I guess I do now" Sasuke shrugged, remembering the small yellow flower.

"Heh heh, did you really tell people I was your one true love?" Naruto chuckled, Sasuke nodded with a smile.

"Mm-hm, I even believed you when you said we were going to live in the clouds with dogs made of ramen and cats made of tomatoes" Sasuke spoke, Naruto laughed and held his side, Sasuke watched him laugh with a soft smile. Naruto's laughter calmed down, but he still retained a grin.

"Alright, alright, I won't just let you be shamed on your own" Naruto chuckled, Sasuke titled his head.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.

"Well, let's just say you weren't the only one who went around talking about finding a 'one true love'" Naruto admitted, Sasuke chuckled in response.

"Oh really now?"

"Heh heh, yeah" Naruto replied sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head, "When I ran into Iruka after I had met you, I had told him that I met the greatest girl and we're going to get married and be super rich with 28 kids" Naruto spoke, Sasuke openly laughed.

"28? Well aren't you fecund?" Sasuke responded, Naruto felt a little stupid for not exactly knowing what that word meant; but he assumed it meant you have a lot of kids or something. (A/N Fecund means producing an abundance of offspring; highly fertile).

"Hehe, er, yeah" Naruto voiced embarrassed, Naruto felt relieved that Sasuke didn't seem to notice his stupidity, I don't know why Sakura thinks Sasuke would like me, I wouldn't even be able to keep him interested, I'm surprised that he isn't bored already…Naruto thought to himself, Naruto sometimes felt like an idiot, a real useless one.

It wasn't a nice feeling.

"You know, I never knew what happened after I screamed at you and left you with Itachi" Sasuke stated.

"Oh yeah, yeah, he kicked the craaap outta me" Naruto answered, Sasuke gave him a half amused, half sympathetic look.

"He didn't, did he?"

"Ohhh yeah, what is it with you and having super protective brothers that hate me?" Naruto asked jokingly, Sasuke shrugged.

"Maybe it's because you have a mistrustful aura about you" Sasuke joked, looking forward with a smirk.

"Aw what? I'm a good boy!" Naruto defended with a smile.

"Hmm, I don't know Naruto, you do seem to be a deviant…"

"In what way? I'm a super well-behaved!"

"Sexy no jutsu ring a bell?" Sasuke teased, Naruto gave a nervous chuckle.

"Well, there is that…" Naruto admitted with a sheepish smile. Though it seemed like he was cursed because thinking of the sexy no jutsu made him think of how Konohamaru used it…

That made Naruto think of the outfits that Sasuke was in…

Or the lack of…

Naruto spluttered on his own breath and coughed, Sasuke looked alarmed towards him and shifted closer quickly; placing a hand on bicep.

"Hey dobe, are you OK?" Sasuke asked concerned, Naruto managed to nod his head as he calmed himself down. His face rather flushed from the thoughts, even more so on the fact that Sasuke was next to him, so it was really easy to imagine certain things. Especially since Sasuke was touching him…No! Get your mind out of the gutter!...Naruto scolded himself.

"U-Um yeah, just, er, dry throat" Naruto lied, Sasuke looked a little concerned still, Naruto gave him a reassuring smile, "Really, I'm fine"

"Okay, then…" Sasuke murmured, Naruto and Sasuke ended up locking onto each other's eyes as Naruto sat up slowly. Sasuke's hand still lingering on him. The intense stare was interrupted as a man on one of the main stages spoke loudly.

"Welcome lovers and romantics! Are you enjoying the festival?" The man asked, in return receiving cheers and hoots, the man chuckle and nodded, "Well, a famous poet once said that life is a song, and love is the music; so it's with great pleasure that I introduce Elton John (I KNOW HE DOESN'T EXIST IN THE NARUTO VERSE) with 'Can you feel the love tonight!' (I KNOW IT'S THE LION KING VERSION, SHAT TAP)" The man finished and gaining cheers from the crowd.

The talented artist sat down on a piano and began to play, though an entire orchestra was with him along with another female artist. Sasuke and Naruto watched intrigued as he began to play, the crowd settled down as music flowed through the air.

Can you feel the love tonight?

The peace the evening brings

The world, for once, in perfect harmony

With all its living things…

Naruto glanced over at Sasuke who was watching contently. Thinking over how the glow of the moonlight seemed to give Sasuke a radiant effect. Naruto ended up staring at him. Naruto's mouth felt dry, but he didn't know why…

"You know, if I didn't know any better Sasuke, I would think that you cared when I had my little coughing fit…"

"Ha! Don't flatter yourself" Sasuke replied, they stared at each other.

So many things to tell her

But how to make her see

The truth about my past? Impossible!

She'd turn away from me…

Naruto stopped looking at Sasuke and subconsciously took in the words of the song. Sasuke knew about his past…but some things he couldn't tell him…he would feel too ashamed…Naruto frowned slightly to himself. Sasuke noticed him upset.

"Naruto?" Sasuke voiced before giving a light kick to him, Naruto just gave a fake smile.

"I'm fine"

"You're not"

He's holding back, he's hiding

But what, I can't decide

Why won't he be the king I know he is?

The king I see inside?...

Sasuke frowned slightly, but Naruto just gave a light kick back with a smirk. Sasuke knew he was trying to distract him, but maybe it was for the best…but on the other hand, why wasn't he acting like the confident man he knew? Sasuke decided to let it slide and instead returned the kick.

Naruto smirked as well as Sasuke and thus began the friendly kicking/footsy game between them.

Can you feel the love tonight?

The peace the evening brings

The world, for once, in perfect harmony

With all its living things…

Naruto and Sasuke were laughing now childishly as the game got kicky. Naruto ended up playfully lunging forward to Sasuke. Sasuke ended up with his back against the roof with Naruto hovering over, their laughter faded but the soft expressions were still clear on their faces. Naruto couldn't describe how…

Right…he felt right now.

And Sasuke didn't know how to explain the calm settling in his chest as they just gazed at each other. Naruto never noticed how…deep Sasuke's eyes were before this…Naruto's own eyes became hooded as well as Sasuke's.

Can you feel the love tonight?!

You needn't look too far!

Stealing through the night's uncertainties!

Love is where they are!…

Sasuke was looking up at Naruto with a tender smile, so simple and relaxed yet it spoke a thousand words. Naruto was originally holding himself up on his hands, but he lowered himself so he was resting on his forearms. Sasuke didn't say anything. Neither did Naruto. They didn't need to.

Naruto didn't have control of his body anymore as he slowly leant forward; the sound of his heartbeat and the soft endings of the song in his ears. Sasuke looked so perfect right there…so right…he felt right…Naruto leant even closer.

Sasuke's breath hitched faintly, but he wasn't stopping it. He saw the strong sapphire eyes staring back into his, he nearly melted under all these emotions. His breath hitched again as Naruto's own breathe tickled his lips. In slow unison they closed their eyes, only a mere centimetre apart…

BANG!

Damn, so close.

Their eyes shot open in shock and blinked in utter confusion. Naruto instantly hauled his body away in almost lighting speed. Sasuke sat up on his elbows and looked a mixture of disappointment and being puzzled.

BANG!

They realised that the bang was the fireworks. Naruto was panicking on the inside and made a facial expression to show this, as he freaked out on the inside, Sasuke remained calm.

"Naruto?" Sasuke voiced with some concern, Naruto blinked and looked at Sasuke who had a strange mixture of expressions. It looked generally normal, but to Naruto it said something else…

What was that?

What's wrong?

What are you thinking?

Why didn't you kiss me?

That last one scared Naruto.

"Naruto?" Sasuke repeated and tilted his head, Naruto gulped slightly and shook his head, Get a hold of yourself!...Naruto screamed to himself internally.

"Heh heh, I-I'm fine! Really, um, you know what? My throat is really dry now, let's, er, get a drink" Naruto stated nervously, Sasuke frowned in concern, but just nodded his head.

"Um, OK" Sasuke replied. Naruto had once again carried Sasuke bridal style down, while is cheeks flushed pink, and they eventually landed back in the ally. They walked out and saw an outside bar; they strolled over through the partying crowd and Naruto leaned on the wooden bar-top. The bartender instantly handed them both two red drinks without them even ordering.

"Er, hey, I think you gave these to the wrong people" Naruto piped up, the bartender shook his head as he gave the red drinks to others.

"Nah mate, it's the traditional drink of Kasai; it's what we're giving everyone, it's free too" The bartender explained, Sasuke frowned slightly at this. Because this looking at the drink he could see it was alcoholic.

And he didn't need to get drunk and try to undress Naruto.

"And these are…alcoholic?" Sasuke asked, Sasuke could feel the gaze from Naruto, clearly from remembering 'that' drunken night. The bartender shook his head.

"Yeah, but only slightly, we don't want to be responsible for any accidents now do we?" The bartender winked, Naruto seemed to be happy enough and shrugged. He picked up the drink and gave a reassuring smile to Sasuke.

"Should be fine, right?" Naruto assured, Sasuke didn't know why he picked up the drink, but he was a little comforted somehow when Naruto lightly clinked their drinks, "To Kasai" Naruto stated with a smirk, Sasuke allowed his own smirk to appear on his face.

"To Kasai" Sasuke repeated, they drank some of their drinks, gazing at each other as they did so, some would say flirtatiously.

Like me.

I say flirtatiously.

Because I'm the narrator.

And I declare they looked flirtatiously at each other.

"So Sasuke…" Naruto started with a smirk as he leant his elbows against the bar, "Any secrets?" Naruto asked audaciously, Sasuke raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"My my Naruto, trying to sought for some blackmail material are we?"

"No, just curious" Naruto claimed with a smirk, Sasuke returned it with a smirk of his own and began to slowly rim his finger around the glass top.

"Hmm" Sasuke hummed almost teasingly, tilting his head slightly, "Noo, I'd don't think I have any" Sasuke answered.

"Really?" Naruto responded, "No secrets?"

"Well…it's not really a secret, but I haven't told anyone" Sasuke stated.

"Do tell" Naruto enquired with a hand gesture Sasuke rolled his eyes and spoke.

"Well, when I was 15, when you weren't here, I had to spend an hour with Kenyo" Sasuke started, "It was me, him and a bunch of his friends; they were smoking and drinking in his club, so I kind of just sat there bored out of my mind and just waiting for the hour to end" Sasuke continued, Naruto feeling a slight happiness to know that Sasuke was bored in the presence of Kenyo, "Kenyo saw I was bored and offered me 'food' and since I was an idiot I didn't realise the food he offered me was actually weed brownies"

"Whoa, what? Are you saying…?"

"Yes, that's right, I got high" Sasuke confessed, Naruto had to laugh and even Sasuke smiled to himself a little.

"Hahaha, wait wait, I can't even imagine you high" Naruto laughed, Sasuke nodded.

"Well, I remember doing some weird stuff" Sasuke admitted, Naruto instantly felt petrified.

"Like…what?" Naruto asked nervously.

"Well, since I was high I had no concept of time, so we all ended up arguing for about 45 minutes on who would win in a fight between Santa and Peter pan"

"Hahahaha!" Naruto guffawed, his worries washed away, "What else?"

"Well, we decided to change our names because, and I quote, 'maybe we were called something else as a kids and have just been lied to'" Sasuke stated, Naruto laughing away, "Names included Noggles Cottenmouth, Ginger Sparklepipe and Thor the almighty duck" Sasuke listed.

"Haha, and what was yours?"

"Zelda Peppermint"

"Bwahahaha!" Naruto laughed, Sasuke didn't feel embarrassed and shrugged.

"It happens when you're high" Sasuke remarked, just making Naruto laugh more, "We even got all depressed when someone pointed out that snakes are just tails with faces" Sasuke added.

"Haha, oh god this is the best conversation I have ever had" Naruto cackled, taking deep breathes form laughing so much, "Wait, what's it even like to be high?" Naruto questioned, Sasuke bit his slip and began to think.

"I know this sound weird, but it's a combination of all your senses having separate orgasms and being paranoid someone is watching you while you watch yourself in 3rd person" Sasuke explained, Naruto nodded, but couldn't help but grin.

"And have you…? You know, after that, ever try it…?"

"No, I haven't done it since, I think once is enough" Sasuke stated, though half of it was a lie. It was true that Sasuke never had it again, but he wouldn't exactly mind if he got high again.

"Really? Never thought of doing it again?" Naruto inquired.

"Nope" Sasuke lied, shaking his head, "Alright, your turn, any secrets?" Sasuke asked, trying to change the subject. Naruto chewed the inside of his mouth and looked like he was considering something, Sasuke noticed and spoke, "What's wrong? Scared I'll laugh?" Sasuke teased.

"Kind of…" Naruto admitted, before sighing, "Okay, okay, only one other person knows about this, so you can't tell anyone, okay?" Naruto requested, Sasuke nodded with head with a raised eyebrow. Naruto was silent for a moment before speaking, "I have a tattoo"

"You have a tattoo?!" Sasuke exclaimed.

"Yes" Naruto answered in almost a deadpan voice, Sasuke blinked and looked over Naruto's body.

"So, um, were exactly…" Sasuke trailed off and made a gesture with his hand, "…is it?" Sasuke finally asked.

"Somewhere" Naruto replied, Sasuke blinked in return.

"Is it…in a…personal area…?"

"No! I mean, not really, it's just kind of embarrassing" Naruto corrected, Naruto looked left and right and saw that everyone was too busy going crazy to notice him. He went closer to Sasuke and spoke, "Um, on my right hip" Naruto stated, Sasuke looked down and saw Naruto slightly push down the corner of his shorts and it was revealed a small Japanese inscription. Naruto stepped back and pulled it back up.

"When did you get that?" Sasuke asked, feeling instantly intrigued by the tattoo.

"Well, you know when I got back and we all went out drinking in celebration, me and Lee got super drunk and walked off into the night" Naruto started, "And we had the great idea to get a tattoo" Naruto stated, clearly sarcastically, "And bushy brows decided to get an entire fountain of his back, while I went for something smaller" Naruto finished.

"What does it say?" Sasuke asked, since it was in ancient Japanese rather than the modern Japanese they knew. Naruto shifted uncomfortably and sighed.

"Okay, please don't tell anyone" Naruto begged, Sasuke nodded. "Well, if anyone ever saw it, like my girlfriends, I would just say it meant courage or something…"

"Right…" Sasuke voiced as Naruto sighed and looked at the ground.

"It says 'Believe it'" Naruto finally said, Sasuke placed a hand over his mouth to prevent himself from bursting out laughing too loudly, he was shaking slightly as he contained his giggles. Naruto just nodded with a begrudging smile, "Thaaat's it, just laugh, because stoners giggle a lot" Naruto voiced.

"Hey! I'm not a stoner" Sasuke pouted cutely, Naruto could swear on purpose. "At least I don't do stupid things when I'm drunk" Sasuke chuckled.

An awkward moment passed when they realised that Sasuke did do a stupid thing.

"Technically" Sasuke started, "I only attempted to…do some stupid thing"

"Am I the stupid thing?"

"Shut it, Dobe!" Sasuke blushed, Naruto chuckled lightly at his response.

"It's alright, we all go a little crazy when drunk, I mean hey! I even got a tattoo because of it" Naruto cheered, trying to relieve Sasuke of some of his embarrassment. Sasuke give a barely noticeable smile in response, Naruto smiled back and suddenly spoke, "Sasuke I-"

"Why hello there sex god" A sultry voice said, they turned to see a young boy, no older than 14, with a lustful smirk. The boy had snow white hair, and tanned skin; a tight, white, sleeveless shirt with white shorts. Golden accessories, including necklaces and bracelets. The young boy was eyeing up Naruto clearly, "And what's is your name?" The boy asked as he approached Naruto.

"Um…Naruto?" Naruto answered, the boy smirked and rested a hand on Naruto's arm.

"So my sex god has a name" The boy chuckled, Sasuke was glaring heavily at the boy while Naruto just stood slightly uncomfortable.

"I, er, guess" Naruto responded, rubbing the back of his head. The boy was just a little shorter than Sasuke, which highlighted how young he probably was. Who the hell does this kid think he is?!...Sasuke growled internally, hating how slutty he was acting towards Naruto.

"My name's Chico, you're gonna want to remember it when you're moaning it" Chico stated audaciously, Sasuke's open hung open in annoyed shock; Naruto's eyes just widened and blinked.

"I, er-"

"In fact, let's go right now to test if you do remember it" Chico offered, Sasuke felt the need to throw the petite boy over a bridge. Though…well…sigh…he couldn't…

He had no right.

Naruto wasn't his boyfriend. He couldn't exactly intervene because he wasn't with Naruto, and he didn't really know if Naruto wanted the boy to go away or not…

"Heh heh, no thanks" Naruto rejected politely, Sasuke was relieved, but it didn't hinder Chico.

"Aw, what's wrong? Shy?" Chico giggled, trailing his hand up and down Naruto's arm, "Don't worry, I think I can help with that…" Chico flirted in a lusty voice, Sasuke felt so angry…but wait this is kind of different to the other kinds of angry…what is this? Sasuke tried to figure out this strange feeling.

It felt miserable. It was kind of like feeling he was inside his own bubble suffocating, just watching Naruto and Chico flirt. It made him feel angry, hurt and dejected inside…Sasuke couldn't even think of the good time they were having before. This horrid feeling was consuming him. Sasuke wasn't stupid, he knew exactly what it was.

Jealousy.

Sasuke had always tried to avoid this feeling in his life. He heard and read in his books about how it was one of the worst feelings someone could experience. How someone could have a joyful sparkle in their eye and then suddenly it turns green with envy. The destructive and toxic emotion that destroys people…

And Sasuke was feeling it.

Sasuke felt insignificant as he felt like he was being forgotten, he shifted uncomfortably and decided to look away. He thought that if Naruto was interested…then…well he wouldn't watch it. Because it was unfair to get jealous; even if Sasuke thought that Chico should go put some sand down his pants to make the crabs feel more at home…

Sasuke sighed, Damnit, I shouldn't judge this stranger even if I am jealous…Sasuke thought to himself, but he couldn't help but want to make remarks at the boy. Something along the lines of…

"Your name should be whora the explora…" Sasuke mumbled quietly under his breath, because screw it! He was jealous! He wanted to call Chico everything that you wouldn't say in front of your mother!

"Oh, you have got to try this Tonkatsu, it is to die for" Chico stated to Naruto, Naruto was just smiling politely and tried to think of a way to respond without hurting his feelings, "It's tasty…like me" Chico added with a smirk, Sasuke mumbled under his voice another slut slur before Naruto responded.

"That sounds great, but I'm with my friend" Naruto answered, Chico raised an annoyed eyebrow and turned to the other side to look at Sasuke. Sasuke saw the disgusted glared that Chico threw him, clearly seeing Sasuke as a hostile threat; the fact that Sasuke was pretty didn't help.

"Oh" Chico voiced in an irritated voice, Sasuke felt a little uncomfortable under Chico glare.

"I'm sorry" Naruto apologised, Sasuke instantly spoke and didn't like what he said.

"N-No, it's fine, you go" Sasuke stated, trying to sound casual. Naruto looked a little surprised at him.

"Sasuke?" Naruto voiced, Sasuke cringed slightly as Naruto's concerned gaze met his own. He has his own life…Sasuke thought to himself, He doesn't need me being clingy and needy…Sasuke concluded to himself.

"Um, yeah, don't let me hold you back, go ahead" Sasuke encouraged, Naruto was about to speak when Chico pulled on his hand.

"Well, let's go then, sexy" Chico giggled, pulling him away. Naruto looked back at Sasuke as he was dragged away, a small frown on his face. Sasuke watched him leave from his sight and sighed as he leaned on the bar, looking glum.

"Tough break" A voice said, he looked up to see the young, red haired bartender. Sasuke just gave a small nod.

"Yeah" Sasuke responded quietly, the bartender looked sympathetically towards Sasuke and got out a shot glass. He poured, what looked like whiskey, in the shot glass and pushed it towards Sasuke, Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the drink and bartender.

"You look like you need it" The bartender shrugged, Sasuke felt down enough to actually take the shot and throw his head back as he glugged it down. He let out a sigh as he put the glass back down, "I saw what happened, sorry about that"

"Why? It's not you abandoned me" Sasuke responded bitterly, the bartender tried to give a kind smile to cheer him up.

"If it helps, I've been there" The bartender informed, catching Sasuke's attention, "Yeah, this is girl I like, but she always goes hanging out with her best friend; I know they're best friends, but there's a part of me that just thinks I ain't got a chance" The bartender explained, Sasuke couldn't help but relate a little to the guy.

"That's a shame" Sasuke replied, the bartender shrugged.

"I guess, gotta stay positive though" The bartender stated with a small smile, Sasuke allowed a small smile to cross his face as well. What could he say? He was kind of abandoned a few moments ago and now a friendly stranger was being nice to him, he couldn't help but smile a little at the guy.

Who was pretty cute as well.

He had bouncy, shiny red hair. Slightly tanned skin, a little beauty spot next to his eye. A nose piercing, with another one on his left lobe. He was nicely muscled, showing off his toned arms with a black shirt; also wearing black jeans.

"I guess you're one of those 'look on the bright side' people" Sasuke stated.

"Someone has to" The bartender responded with a smile, Sasuke chuckled and they ended up silent for a moment, just smiling. "Zack" The bartender said, offering his hand for a handshake. Sasuke carefully took the hand had gently shook it.

"Sasuke" Sasuke replied, he retracted his hand and went back into his original position.

"So, what's the deal with you and blondie?" Zack asked, Sasuke sighed and shook his head.

"Complicated"

"I'm guessing you guys ain't together, because if he was then he's a bit of a dick for leaving you" Zack observed.

"Well, we came here together, but we're not together together, not like I mind, but I wouldn't mind if we weren't, because we're not and I don't mind" Sasuke babbled, sounding a little crazy, Zack chuckled.

"Sounds complicated" Zack interjected, Sasuke just nodded dejectedly. Zack took another shot glass for him; making a concoction of a drink and pouring it in his and Sasuke's glass, "Well, this is what we call the Alabama Slammer" Zack said as he raised the glass, Sasuke did the same and Zack gave a hopeless smile, "Here's to being currently involved in 'complicated'" Zack cheered ironically.

Sasuke chuckled as they clinked the glasses and glugged them down. He ran his tongue over his mouth and noticed it tasted a bit like fruit punch. He put down his glass and cleared his throat a little, adjusting to the new alcohol in his system. Though it was only a little, so he hardly was getting drunk yet.

"So…" Zack started, leaning forward on the bar, replicating Sasuke's position, "I'm a bartender from Gecia, and you are…?"

"A chūnin ninja, from Konoha" Sasuke informed.

"Impressive" Zack nodded, Sasuke tried at the chūnin exams as soon as Naruto left, and he passed with flying colours. It also gave him great satisfaction when Naruto returned still a genin and Sasuke now above him, Naruto defiantly ranted about it. "I, myself, am still an academy student at bartending" Zack joked, Sasuke couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Well, I hope you pass the exams" Sasuke joked back, Zack chuckled.

"Well, what do you think?" Zack enquired as he stood back up and grabbed some drinks. Flipping them into the air and catching them effortlessly, demonstrating his skill as he, even in the mix of all this, poured a drink and landed it in front of Sasuke.

"Hn, pretty good" Sasuke replied impressed, he was going to ask Zack a question when he suddenly felt his wrist being violently tugged. His expression turned to shock as he was pulled away from the bar; taking in the confused face of Zack and a few others, he whipped his head to catch a glimpse of whoever was dragging him.

"Naruto?!" Sasuke voiced surprised, he only saw the back of Naruto as he remained quiet and pulled Sasuke along. Sasuke looked down to see the tight grip around his wrist, completely puzzled as to why Naruto was suddenly dragged him away he spoke, "Naruto, hey, ow! What is going on?" Sasuke questioned.

Naruto remained silent, but Sasuke could feel a sense of anger around Naruto. He tried to get his wrist free, but every attempt ended up with Naruto tightening his grip. Sasuke's head was a mess as he tried to comprehend what was happening. Sasuke was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that Naruto had dragged him away from the rowdy crowd, so they were walking in a dark, empty street.

"Naruto! Hey, can you-can you stop dragging me?! What is your deal?!"

"What's my fucking deal?! Why the hell were you flirting with that guy?!" Naruto snapped as he whipped around to glare at Sasuke.

"Flirting?! You call that flirting? Are you insane?!" Sasuke exclaimed as he ripped his wrist away from Naruto's grip.

"I don't know Sasuke, I don't know if I'm insane because you're fucking driving me insane!" Naruto retorted.

"I'm driving you insane?!" Sasuke responded angrily, returning Naruto's glare.

"Yeah! You and your little mixed messages!"

"Mixed messages?!" Sasuke scoffed, "You want to talk about mixed messages? In the hospital when I kissed you, you pushed me away and then not even 10 minutes later, you ask me out!" Sasuke reminded, Naruto looked bewildered at Sasuke.

"That was different! I thought you had a boyfriend at the time, and when I asked you to this thing I didn't think it was the equivalent of marrying you!" Naruto stated loudly.

"It's not, it's the equivalent of you not flirting with that white-haired slut!" Sasuke snapped, Naruto shook his head at Sasuke.

"Are you serious? Chico? That's what you want to bring up right now?" Naruto questioned disbelievingly, Sasuke scowled at Naruto.

"Fine, then let's bring up the kiss in the hospital, because I want to know if Katsu wasn't in the picture, if you would've kissed me back"

"Of course!" Naruto exclaimed, both their eyes widened and Naruto spoke again, "O-Of course I wouldn't, I…I wouldn't…" Naruto trailed off for a moment as Naruto's little 'slip-up' caused some embarrassment, "I wouldn't because you were vulnerable"

"It didn't stop you from asking me out!"

"Alright, just because I don't take advantage of you every time you throw yourself at me!" Naruto barked, Sasuke's eyes shot open and looked shockingly annoyed at Naruto.

"Throw myself?!" Sasuke repeated furiously.

"Yeah!"

"Oh god, do you even hear yourself?!" Sasuke responded.

"Then what about when you kissed me in the hospital?" Naruto questioned.

"You said so yourself, I was vulnerable" Sasuke defended, remembering the helpless state he was in when he did kiss him.

"Then what about that night we returned to Konoha and you tried to bed me?!" Naruto asked loudly, Sasuke shook his head disgustedly at Naruto.

"I was drunk, and I never asked you to take me home!" Sasuke answered, jabbing accusingly.

"It's a good thing I did! Because if I didn't you probably would have woke up in someone else's home!" Naruto shouted.

"What?!" Sasuke snapped.

"You heard me! Then again you don't even need to be drunk to act like that!" Naruto scoffed angrily.

"Excuse me?!" Sasuke responded in livid shock.

"Don't act all innocent! You throw yourself at me, at Riku and at that bartender guy!" Naruto accused.

"First of all, don't flatter yourself; second, Riku came onto me; thirdly, I didn't show any interest in the bartender, you make it sound like I'm…I'm some kind of slutty tease!"

"You are a slutty tease!" Naruto shouted, they both froze at Naruto's words. Looking shocked, both boys stood in silence for a few moments. Sasuke looked and felt hurt, Naruto's eyes widened and spoke, "Look Sasuke, I didn't mean-"

"No, I know exactly what you mean!" Sasuke spat out, walking pass Naruto; Naruto sighed and clasped his wrist.

"Sasuke-"

"No!" Sasuke yelled, pulling his wrist away from Naruto and whipping around to glare at him, "No! Don't you dare touch me! If I'm such a slutty tease, then the 'oh so great Uzumaki Naruto' couldn't possibly be seen with someone like me"

"That's not what I meant!" Naruto defended.

"Oh screw you! If you didn't mean it then you wouldn't have said it" Sasuke hissed.

"Well if you stop acting like it, then I wouldn't think you was one" Naruto defended, though it was more like an offense.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Sasuke snapped.

"It means that I feel like I barely know you anymore! That I don't even think I can trust you! Or your goddamn motives!" Naruto answered furiously, his eyes flashing red for a moment.

"Motives?! What the hell are you talking about?!"

"I'm talking about everything! Everything you do! Like when you and I were in the hospital; were you just there to mess with me? There just to see how far you could play with me before you got whatever the fuck you wanted?! Or was you just there to bed me?!"

SLAP

The sharp sound echoed throughout the quiet street. As if the world itself was watching in burning curiosity, the shadowy nightfall just looking disconsolate and empty. A home to everything melancholy.

It began to rain.

…

Sasuke…

Sasuke had slapped him…

Naruto's eyes were wide as his head had abruptly been turned by a shaking force. Naruto blinked in utter shock, he slowly turned his head to look back at Sasuke. His hand was still in the air, as if stuck from slapping Naruto. His head was bowed as his entire body shook with an emotion that Naruto couldn't figure out.

"Three days…" Sasuke choked out, his voice trembling with anger, "Three days I stayed by your side…three days I cried for you…three days I wanted to kill myself!" Sasuke finished, his eyes were stinging, but no. No! He refused to cry, he wouldn't let tears fall, not in front of Naruto and defiantly not because of him! Naruto stood in shock of what he had said, especially at the last one.

"What…" Naruto managed to whisper out. Sasuke bared his in anger as his snapped his head up.

"Yeah, that's right, I felt so guilty during those hellish three days in hospital that I wanted to actually drive a kunai through my head!" Sasuke screamed, the tears being harder to hold back. Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing. He instantly regretted ever implying that Sasuke was messing with him.

"Sasuke...Sasuke I-"

"Save it, you've made it very clear what I am to you" Sasuke interrupted, not wanting to hear Naruto's sad excuse. Naruto took in his words and a solemn expression came across his face. Feeling the rain travel down his face. Naruto could almost imagine Sasuke crying with Sasuke's hurt expression and the rain combined. The miserable image brought back memories of the valley of the end and how Sasuke had looked then.

Then another thing came to mind. About what Sasuke had said what he is to him…

What was he to him?

Naruto didn't know and he was going to find out.

"What am I to you?" Naruto suddenly asked, Sasuke looked confused at him, the misery still clear.

"What?"

"What am I to you?" Naruto repeated, Sasuke's eyes dropped to the floor.

"I don't know…" Sasuke answered quietly after a moment, avoiding Naruto's gaze. Naruto tensed at the answer and felt a strange anger build up.

"What am I?!" Naruto shouted aggressively.

I don't know!" Sasuke screamed back, his hands fisted as the only noise now was the rain. Sasuke slightly panting from his outburst, they were engaged in an intense stare, "I don't know…" Sasuke repeated in a calmer voice. Naruto sighed, running a hand through his now wet hair.

"Let's…let's just go" Naruto suggested quietly, Sasuke just held himself and nodded.

"Yeah…" Sasuke sighed, the only sound was the rain. Sasuke turned and began to walk, Naruto silently following behind. Naruto felt instant guilt and regret hit him like a ton of metal bricks. He sighed inaudibly as he looked at Sasuke's back.

Thinking over how he would do it all completely different. He wouldn't have accused Sasuke of being manipulative, he wouldn't have called Sasuke a slutty tease and he especially wouldn't have dragged him off in a jealous rage. Why couldn't he have just swayed in and acted cool? Getting Sasuke's attention by showing how awesome he could be! But no, he had grabbed Sasuke and yelled at him.

Naruto noticed how Sasuke shivered slightly from the cold weather; he felt compelled to offer his own clothing, but knew that he wasn't permitted to talk to Sasuke at the time. He defiantly wasn't permitted to offer a more intimate kind of warmth, though he didn't particularly mind pulling Sasuke closer for some reason…

Naruto shook his head of the weird thought, knowing he had no right to do such a thing after the way he had treated him. They trudged on and somewhat entered another large, partying crowd that was near the train station. Sasuke didn't have much concern whether or not Naruto was keeping up. Naruto managed to as they just got on the semi-busy train.

Sasuke had gone in a similar spot to before, his back leaning against a metal bar in the middle. His expression slightly hidden by his shiny, wet hair that clung slightly to his face. Naruto, without thinking, stood in front of Sasuke and placed his hand on the bar above Sasuke. Sasuke didn't say anything and neither did Naruto. Neither of them even talked.

The boys were a living oxymoron as everyone around them was enjoying life with singing and dancing. Even on the train everyone seems to be in a great, partying mood. Though the boys were an obvious exception to all the joyfulness. Just standing in misery. That's how the whole hour of the train ride went, with everyone just cheering and dancing and the boys just in silent gloom.

However, after an hour an interesting occurrence happened that changed the night completely.

"Ha ha! Come on dude, stop it!" A boy laughed behind Naruto.

"Think fast!" Another voice said laughing, it seemed like one of them pushed the other playfully. Too playfully as he accidently clashed with Naruto, not too hard…

But hard enough for Naruto and Sasuke's lips to meet.

Their eyes widened, feeling the other in complete shock. They were frozen in that positon, utterly unmoving as they could only blink. Naruto noted how soft Sasuke's lips were, slightly cold from the weather, though still so…kissable. If Naruto wasn't thinking straight and currently in shock, he would have probably complimented Sasuke on his lush lips.

Sasuke couldn't help but feel a slight tingle as Naruto's lips were against his own. There wasn't any kind of moving, but the sensation of Naruto's firm and smooth lips were enough to make Sasuke blush intense red. Naruto's own face was sporting a light pink. Sasuke noticed how his own lips were being warmed by Naruto's heated ones.

Naruto very slowly pulled his lips away, but they still retained an intense closeness. Sasuke's eyes had become hooded, gazing over Naruto's face and vice versa. It was passionate and heated, only one single thought in each other's mind. Something neither would admit out loud.

"Um, sorry…" Naruto apologised quietly.

"Its fine" Sasuke responded in an equally quiet voice, they were like that for a moment before the train came to a slow halt. "It's…our stop" Sasuke breathed out, Naruto nodded dumbly, still not pulling away.

"Yeah…" Naruto gulped slightly, as the train doors slide open some people came in and some out. Naruto and Sasuke shook themselves out of their trance. They walked out of the train and noticed that it had stopped raining. They got out of the train station and later were walking in the dark, empty streets of Konoha.

They were completely silent as they walked side by side, not really knowing what to say after the weird moment they had shared. The silence remained as they came to the part of the journey were they go their own ways. They stopped as they reached that point. Sasuke had to go left and Naruto right. It was slightly awkward as neither really knew what to say.

What could Sasuke say? 'Thanks, it was a fun night, especially when you called me a whore'? Yeah, great, that'll be great conversation. Or what could Naruto even say? 'We should do this some other time, you can slap me then as well!'? Totally, totally, Naruto will look like prince freaking charming!

Sigh.

Neither boys wanted to leave on such a sour note, though nor did they know what to say. Sasuke had attempted at something casual.

"Um…bye" Sasuke said nervously, Naruto looked a little surprised at the sudden noise. Naruto blinked and spoke.

"Bye…" Naruto replied in a similar tone, it was silent for a moment before Sasuke turned to walk. Deciding that there was nothing else to say, though Naruto had other ideas as he stepped in front Sasuke, "Sasuke wait" Naruto sighed, Sasuke looked slightly surprised by the sudden stop as Naruto held the side of Sasuke's arms gently, "I…"

"Yeah?" Sasuke encouraged, feeling faintly excited, but unaware why.

"I…" Naruto repeated, Say something! Say something! Say something!...Naruto screamed to himself, "I…just wanted to say that tonight, before the stupid fighting, it was pretty fun" Naruto stated honestly.

Wait a minute.

For once in their crazy relationship did one of them finally say the truthful thing on their mind?

Yes, yes they did.

You may squeal now.

"Me too" Sasuke smiled, the fight was already forgotten, because it didn't matter since it seemed like for the first time in forever the thing that held them back from being honest was erased. Well, almost.

"Night, Sasuke" Naruto said with a soft smile.

"Night, dobe" Sasuke smirked, Naruto let go of Sasuke and after a moment of gazing at each other, they parted. Naruto placed his hands in his pockets with a somewhat content expression. He walked and hummed to himself back to his house.

Sasuke's heart was thumping and he was happy about it. He couldn't help but hold the plushie close to him, (A/N That's right, I haven't forgot about the plushie!) He smiled, he knew he probably looked like a grinning idiot right now, but he couldn't help the warm feeling within him. He had no idea what it was, but it sure as hell felt amazing. Completely the opposite of that earlier jealously.

Sasuke tilted his head slightly and began to over-analyse. Well, he could figure out what he was feeling if he just figured out what was the opposite of jealousy. Well, jealously is being insecure, right? So the opposite would be security…and he defiantly felt secure with Naruto, security means comfort. So that meant he was comfortable with Naruto. When you're comfortable with someone that means they're important. Important people are close to you and your heart. Naruto was the closest person to him, he couldn't deny that. The closest person meant that that you care so much about them, and thus become a form of love.

So in conclusion Naruto was a form of love to Sasuke.

Sasuke came to a halt.

Wait, what?

He blushed, Okay, that is not what I meant, maybe love in a…brotherly way?...No that doesn't even sound right, it sound creepier to be honest…well, you can love someone without being in love with them…so I guess I could say, in a completely innocent way, that I love Naru-

"Meow" A cat yowled loudly, making Sasuke flinch slightly. He blinked as the cat hopped from place to place, he continued on walking, absolutely forgetting his train of thought or what he was even thinking about, What was I thinking again? Something about…security? Whatever…Sasuke shrugged. The fact that he was super tired and had some alcohol was affecting his brain.

Sasuke didn't realise that he almost admitted he loved Naruto.

Damnit, so close as well.

Sasuke had eventually gotten to his place at around 10:40, he opened the door and walked through to the living room. Katsu was nowhere to be seen, but Jenny was still up and watching TV. She turned her head towards Sasuke and gave a smile.

"Hey, how'd it go?" Jenny asked.

"We kissed" Was Sasuke's first answer apparently, Jenny's eyes shot open.

"What?!" Jenny exclaimed, Sasuke sighed and sat on the couch next to her.

"Oh god, this entire thing might have been a mistake!" Sasuke said worriedly, shaking his head.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm it, let's go to the beginning, okay?" Jenny calmed, pausing the TV and going cross-legged as she faced Sasuke. Sasuke took a deep breath and spoke.

"Well, when we met up he had been so sweet, and it had been so fun, it wasn't even awkward; first he won me a plushie" Sasuke sighed dreamily, showing the cute thing, "Then we went on a Ferris wheel, he asked me about my dreams, and you know, when I said that Gecia that beautiful, he was staring at me when he agreed…I don't think he was talking about Gecia and I'm not going to ignore that" Sasuke stated.

"Careful, I've misread things in the past and it has not gone well" Jenny advised, but Sasuke shook his head.

"No, because right after that we leaned in to each other and-"

"You kissed?"

"No...we were interrupted when the Ferris stuck" Sasuke explained, he rested his head against the couch top and smiled, "He picked up and carried me down…then he stared so deep into my eyes…" Sasuke spoke softly, clearly in a dream-like state. Jenny clicked her fingers in front of his face.

"Sasuke, stay with me here" Jenny stated, Sasuke lifted and shook his head.

"Right, got it, sorry" Sasuke promised, "After that we got some food from some bearded weirdo, we went to go see the fireworks, but then all of a sudden he took me to a secluded ally way, he towered over me…" Sasuke described, catching Jenny's intense attention, "He grabbed me…pulled me against him…" Sasuke whispered out, blushing lightly at the memory.

"He did?" Jenny asked shocked.

"Yeah, but, um, it wasn't what it seemed since he was only picking me up to carry me onto the roof so we'd have a better view of the fireworks" Sasuke clarified, Jenny shook her head.

"Way to get a girl worked up" Jenny responded in deadpan voice.

"Anyway" Sasuke started, ignoring her comment, "He complimented me, he told me that I was cool, talented and smart, he even told me I was attractive" Sasuke said bewildered with his own comment, "Can you believe that? He actually called me attractive! You should have seen me, I'm not going to lie my face was practically on fire" Sasuke admitted, Jenny chuckled lightly.

"So Naruto's putting the charm on, you're getting all flustered, what happened next?" Jenny enquired.

"We talked about how we met, which was, um, a little intimate" Sasuke sighed, Jenny raised an eyebrow and Sasuke proceeded to tell the story. Jenny was laughing at the end of it.

"Hahaha! Who the hell meets like that?" Jenny guffawed.

"Alright, alright, anyway, after we talked about it we laughed a little about it" Sasuke said, continuing to tell Jenny the details, "He told me about how he'd love a family, told about how he would shower his partner with jewellery, flowers, chocolate, the whole deal" Sasuke elucidated before sighing, "Then this beautiful, romantic music suddenly was being played"

"So it set the mood" Jenny sighed, knowing all too well where it was going.

"We ended up acting a little bit playful, I ended up on my back with him hovering over me…" Sasuke groaned embarrassed, "Then we…"

"Kissed?"

"No, we interrupted by the fireworks, but we nearly did" Sasuke sighed, "We then went down to get some drinks; we talked about secrets, like how I got high once and how he has a tattoo"

"What?!"

"I'll tell you the details another time" Sasuke reassured, "Then suddenly, out of nowhere, this little white-haired slut come onto Naruto and practically throws himself at him" Sasuke growled, "Ugh! I couldn't believe someone who looked so young could be so indecent in public, it pissed me off" Sasuke complained, Jenny was silent and Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Um, did he have tanned skin, lots of accessories?"

"Yeah…"

"Yeah, that's my brother, Chico" Jenny huffed, Sasuke's eyes widened. Feeling slightly embarrassed at what he had called him.

"Oh…um, w-when I called him-"

"It's fine, he's a whore" Jenny shrugged, "He says he's proud of it, my younger brother, huh?" Jenny shook her head, "Anyway, what did the little prostitute do now?" Jenny asked.

"He took Naruto away and I just let it happened, I didn't even fight it, I panicked and encouraged it" Sasuke groaned, "So when he went off with the little hussy, I talked to this bartender, Zack-"

"Zack? Like red-haired? Like piercings? Like super cute?" Jenny asked completely out of character as she twirled her hair between her fingers. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her reaction and questions.

"You like him?" Sasuke asked, Jenny blushed and scowled.

"Tch, yeah right, y-you like him not me!" Jenny stuttered, Sasuke chuckled.

"Alright, whatever you say" Sasuke teased, Jenny sent a warning glance towards him.

"Just tell the damn story"

"Anyway, I was just talking with him when suddenly Naruto came out of nowhere and dragged me off; long story short, we argued and we got on the train in silence"

"Wait, wait, wait, so when did you guys kiss?" Jenny questioned.

"Well, the train was crowded so someone accidently pushed into Naruto, Naruto landed on me and out lips met" Sasuke answered, Jenny gave him the driest look possible, "What?"

"That's hardly a kiss" Jenny scoffed.

"What? Of course it!" Sasuke argued.

"Pfft, how romantic" Jenny rolled her eyes, Sasuke got annoyed and said something he didn't mean to say.

"Oh yeah? Then how come I wanted to kiss him back?" Sasuke stated smugly before realising what he said.

"You wanted to kiss him back?" Jenny asked, raising an eyebrow. Sasuke was silent before tucking his knees closer to himself.

"I…I can't even lie to myself…" Sasuke murmured to himself with a confused face, "I can convince myself always that it doesn't mean anything, usually I can tell myself that I didn't mean it…" Sasuke said in a slightly broken voice, "But I do…I do mean it, I did want to kiss him and I still want to, oh god what's happening to me?!" Sasuke cried out, Jenny quickly put her hands on Sasuke's shoulders.

"Hey hey hey, calm down, don't worry, it's natural to have these types of feelings for someone" Jenny reassured.

"But Naruto? Of all the people? Naruto?" Sasuke voiced panicked.

"Look, chances are that you're tried, had a little to drink maybe? Huh? You just need to get some sleep, okay? You'll be thinking straight in the morning" Jenny calmed.

"And if I'm not?" Sasuke asked, Jenny sighed.

"Then we'll talk" Jenny promised, Sasuke nodded. Sasuke bid Jenny good night and went to his room, he undressed and slipped into his bed. He even nuzzled into the plushie, he couldn't help it. He closed his eyes and thought to himself.

What's happening to me? My heartbeat is irregular and my head feels light-headed…this isn't right…I shouldn't be feeling like this…god let me feel better in the morning…Sasuke yawned and his eyelids became heavy.

Somewhere else was Naruto laying in his bed, staring up at the ceiling and thinking.

What happened tonight? Why is everything suddenly infuriating and amazing at the same time? Why is this happening? Sigh…I guess I'll just talk to someone about this…Naruto thought to himself as he trailed off to sleep.

Well, this took a while. Sorry students, but I've been under school pressure, but at least the boys are showing clear interest in one another and you'll defiantly enjoy the next chapter! I promise! Well, I won't spoil it, but let's just say someone may be liking someone and accepting it…:D

Anyway, it's 1 in the morning and I'm tired as hell, so night students and enjoy life! Moshi Mosh!