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"Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other."
― Darnell Lamont Walker

Here he would remain laying in his empty bathtub fully clothed and listening to the radio. He missed two days of school citing leg pains, but he knew the real reason why. Sasuke, he thought sadly. Ever since that night the kiss plagued his mind.

Boom boom boom!

His foster father's sudden appearance made him go into a coughing fit.

"Just so you know you have two choices A.) You're going to school today or B.) we are going to the doctor?" His foster father's muffled drawl came from the other side of the bathroom door, causing Naruto to jump. He was in the bathroom smoking a joint and blowing the smoke out of the bathroom window.

"You hear me?" Jiraiya's voice grew louder.

"Yes," He managed through bouts of coughing.

"So, what's it going to be?"

He sighed, "I'll go..."

"Good I'll take you."

"What?"

"Oh yeah, and if you even think of skipping school, I will sit in every one of your classes, clad in tidy, flip-flops, and a fanning pack." Naruto did not take Jiraiya's threats lightly. This man worked sixteen-hour shifts in the coal mines. He was not the type for idle threats when his life was in danger every minute, he was in those damn mines.

Swiftly, Naruto climbed out of the bathtub flushing away the last of the evidence. He took a quick glance in the mirror only to see bloodshot eyes staring back at him.

Shiiit.

There was another thrashing on the bathroom door.

"Hurry up will ya!"

"Alright-alright I'm comin' you old fart," He quickly turned the facet thinking if he splashed water on his face, it would help sober him up.

He opened the bathroom door meeting Jiraiya's close-set gaze his long ashen hair wild.

"I'm not dress code." He was wearing his tattered orange sweats pants and hoody and a wrinkled black shirt.

"Too late to change we gotta leave now." Naruto already missed twenty minutes of his first period.

"Err... Fine!" He made his way to the garage his foster dad following behind him. They both climbed into Jiraiya's station wagon. As soon as he started the engine, he pulled out some cologne tossing it at Naruto, "here you smell like a damn Shunk."

Naruto chuckled at that, "Sorry."

Jiraiya huffed shaking his head he didn't want Naruto to see his amusement. This coal miner was no new fool he knew what the blonde was doing, hell he was an adult in the 70's he knew that smell.

"Whatever happened just know I'm here if you need to talk."

He turned to look at Naruto who just grinned and snickered at him. "Aww."

Jiraiya rolled his eyes leaning over to bop the blonde on the back of his head.

"Ow."

"Damn pothead," He griped.

They pulled up to the school entrance, it was empty as his priors were already in class.

Naruto went to step out of the car but was brought to a pause by his foster dad's foreboding words. "Oh, and Naru' don't make me come up here." The blonde slammed the door sticking his tongue out as his foster dad pulled off as soon as Naruto saw the brake lights come on, "Oh shit," he ran into the school building.

He knew he should have been paying attention, but he couldn't focus try as he might his mind kept replaying that night and it didn't help that he had a photographic memory, so it played on repeat like a mantra. Sasuke could not even force himself to care about the lecture or even pay attention.

Luckily, the night when that happened the rain drowned out Naruto running out of his bedroom, though they did hear him exit the front gates, however. Over the years, his elders have been used to peeping toms because people want to see them naked or in their natural state. Humans were strange creatures.

He wanted to know why. Why did he kiss him? Did that mean Naruto viewed him the same way his friends Shikamaru and Temari viewed each other?

It was like a fire was lit underneath him. Making him willing to defy all morals and logic which horrified him. He could feel Shika and Kiba's eyes boring into his back. He assumed they hadn't spoken to him either.

They most likely thought he killed him; he mentally sighed his chin slumping into his palm, about that... Why did it have to be him? Naruto was selfless, kind, loyal, and Bam! He slammed his head onto the wood deck, the hollow sound gaining most of the class' attention. He needed to clear his head, maybe if he just hit it hard enough, he could.

"Y-you alright?" Iruka as well as the others were looking at him with concern.

"Yes," he said this with his head still pressed against the wood.

Iruka's mouth opened as if he was about to say something but then his classroom was opened by Naruto. He had his head down and his hood covering his face.

"Nice to see you're feeling better Uzumaki." His attention was now on the blonde.

"You're in dress code violation-"

"I know they are getting washed." He mumbled and quickly had a seat at his deck in the back.

"You're going to have to remove that hood."

"Kay," Having a twinge of annoyance in his voice, he did just that, not wanting to bring attention to himself anymore. Iruka returned to his lecture.

"Where have you been?" Whispered Kiba.

"I was sick." He muttered back.

"That's bullshit. We were worried you fucking dick." Kiba hissed.

"Oi, I'll tell ya later," he couldn't help his eyes landing right on the raven's back, as a fluttering in his stomach become stronger. He was back sober subconsciously his hand raised to his eyes as he rubbed at them solemnly.

"Whatever man." Heaved Kiba. The brunette crossed his arms glaring ahead of him.

Even through his melancholy his mind still went to a horny place. He found himself confounded to take another glance at that unsuspected back, he knew what lurked underneath that school uniform. All the blood was draining from his head and rushing down below.

No not now. He made a pain-filled noise tilting his head to the holes in that cortega pattern that all classroom ceiling tiles had. He didn't even realize he liked the same gender. Who was he kidding? How could he not? From the moment they met, he started questioning everything.

He didn't know how long he had been staring at the ceiling before the bed rang. He groaned, trying to flee before anyone caught up to him. Nonetheless, his friends caught up to him. He was just glad he didn't have any more classes with Sasuke.

"So, what happened to you?" Shika interjected grabbing his backpack and pushing him against some nearby lockers.

"I'll tell ya'll at lunch."He tried to brush it off but his friends both looked skeptical.

"I promise." In his effort to not push the issue, he wanted to follow the raven as he walked by, their eyes connected for what seemed like an eternity before the raven turned and went to class.

"What was that?" Shika narrowed his eyes and he saw that so did Kiba. "Nothing," Naruto announced innocently. A flush formed across his striped cheeks.

"Did something happen?" Kiba gasped, "did he try to kill you?"

"No, I told you both I will tell you at lunch."

"Did you try to kill him?" Kiba wasn't giving up even as they started to walk to their next class.

"What the fuck? No!" He shouted.

"Did ya'll try to kill one... a...nother?" His chocolate brows came together in question.

"Err. No Kiba, drop it!"

"Did he try to suck your blood?" Shika chimed in.

"No!?" The two weren't giving up and soon began exchanging theories out loud.

"Argh! I kiss him! There ya'll happy!"

"Did you kiss him as a way to say you wanted to kill him?"

"No not like Judas, Kiba. I kissed him, kissed him." He whispered the last part.

"Oh? Ooooh, dude! And he didn't kill you?" The shock in Kiba's eyes was genuine.

"Yeah? What you do that for?" Shika asked.

"I don't know!" He cried, burying his face in his hands. "All I know is that we were in his room and then he was in his boxers-

"Wait wait wait? so you were in your boxers in his room, the fuck?" Kiba looked at Shika who looked just as confused. He shrugged in answer.

"No, he was! I snuck into his room and long story short I had to stay there for the night to hide, and he started changing for bed, and I kissed him." There he said it as the bell rang, and now they were late.

"And he didn't kill you?" Kiba repeated.

"I guess not." That was a good thing, right? He didn't even think about it. Sasuke had enough time to, but he didn't. Sasuke didn't even push him away he kind of just went with it...

"Did he kiss you back?" Shika asked.

"No, but he didn't stop me."

"Okay?" Shika replied. Still, he was baffled. So, what was the problem?

"I ran away," Naruto replied with a doleful sigh.

"You kissed him, but he didn't stop you or kill you, and you still ran away?"

"Yes," that sounded stupid when Shika repeated it out loud.

"Kaaaay so you're dumb," Shika stated which seemed to make more sense than anything else.

"Did I screw up somewhere?"

"Yes!" Both his friends yelled in unison.

He had visibly facepalmed.

"It's never too late c'mon we are already late." Silently, they walked to their next class after Shika announced it.

Naruto had second lunch with his friends. Shika and Temari were hugged up while Kiba and Shino were trying to see who could chug their soda faster. And he... He had his head resting on top of his arms, mulling over his friend's words. He didn't even know if he was ready for a relationship. He played around and teased but never expected to get into one.

What if it did wind up happening that night could they even do that? Were Specters even capable of getting it up? In the centuries they've been here no one has ever had relations with one... If it did happen, he would have known. Hell everyone would have known. There were plenty of perverts like him out there looking for sex with the Specters. It would have been all over the news.

He was kind of hoping Sasuke would show up but when the lunch bell rang signaling the end of lunch break, he knew that wasn't happening.

He had made it through the school day even sadder than before. He really messed things up more.

As the last bell rang for the day and the sun was at its peak the five of them decided to go to Kiba's after school. They all walked through the wash that was connected to Kiba's backyard.

Everybody filed into Kiba's basement, each going to their respective spots. Kiba and Shino were sitting in front of his television, Shikamaru and Temari were cuddled up on the loveseat, and Naruto occupied the lazy boy. He lit up Kiba's glass bubbler nearby taking a massive draw.

The memory of him and Sasuke took up his mind. He remembered how the raven seemed so confused by his friends and their relationship. He reclined the seat, at least he'll get a good nap out of this otherwise shitty day.

He felt a weight straddling his waist in his sleep, and he woke up when he saw long ebony bangs spilling toward him. Then, he saw those almond-shaped crimson pools locking with his for a brief moment. His arms were limp at his side, as he realized this was no dream. However, he was unable to keep up. As soft moist lips pressed against his own claiming his mouth. He pressed his lips back.

Finally, he regained control of his arms but was unsure of what to do with them. The raven took a hold of his hands placing them on the translucent flesh of his face. Their lips breaking but their breath mingling.

"Don't be afraid to touch me." The blonde's reservations seemed to disappear after that. With his head lifted, he kissed Sasuke again, his mouth opening just enough to allow the raven to slip his tongue through as the blonde sucked. His sun-kissed digits moved from those smooth cheeks, and his hand circled around Sasuke's broad shoulders, pulling him deeper into the kiss. One lone tear fell from his left eye as he was squeezing his eyes tightly, though he wasn't sad he was happy. He wanted to relieve this moment and treasure it.

He distinctively heard Temari say aww, and the sound of the recliner groan as his pelvis pressed against the semi-erections.

"Ew, perverts," joked Kiba.

"Shut it dickhead," Snapped Temari, she took one of her platform sandals off and chucked it at him.

"I was just joking geez."

The moment after Sasuke broke the kiss, his eyes returned to the raven, and his breathing became heavy, mingling with Sasuke's. "My elders were right about you. You are a bad influence on me." Naruto would admit he was hot and bothered as they brushed noses and pressed foreheads against one another. If Kiba had not said anything...

Gawds! He fucking hated Kiba!

"I am yours and you are mine Naruto Uzumaki." Oh yeah, that didn't help his boner. Naruto watched as Sasuke glanced down at the blonde's lap cocking a brow at him. He tried to climb off, but the blonde started to shake his head furiously his face just as red as Sasuke's eyes.

"I need a moment, please." He whispered embarrassedly at his lack of self-control.

"Ugh, do you have any snacks Kiba?" Whined Temari.

"Sure," The four of them went upstairs leaving the two, so they could go rummage through Kiba's cabinets.