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~Life Swap~

Hanging out with Sasuke after the emotional turmoil he had gone through was honest to god bliss. It still baffled Naruto how practically overnight their relationship had suddenly transformed into something so precious. Underneath that bastard-like exterior, Sasuke was a genuinely kind-hearted person; he just enjoyed hiding it by being an asshole. And to know that Sasuke rarely (if ever) showed this side of him made it all the more meaningful to Naruto because the raven was showering all of it on him.

For most of the day, the two of them didn't leave the house. They hung around watching TV together and talking some more; kind of picking up where they had left off the night before. Now they were watching the movie The Dark knight that was just coming to an end.

"You know there's so many different Batman movies, but I can't decide if this is my absolute favorite or not." Sasuke commented as the credits started to roll.

"Hmmm," Naruto stretched. "I do love this film, but if I had to pick a favorite then it'd be the animated Batman movie, Mask of the Phantasm. It has everything a Batman movie needs and it does it well."

Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed in thought. "I…don't think I've ever heard of that one before."

Naruto grinned. "I'm sure you at least know of Batman the animated series right?"

"Yeah, I actually watched it when I was younger. Along with the Superman animated series."

Naruto snorted. "You know, before it was so hard for me to imagine you watching cartoons when you were a kid since you kinda gave Konohamaru a tough time watching his shows."

Sasuke looked away with a flash of guilt in his eyes. "I never intended to be that way with him. It just happened that way because I only wanted him to have the best education and…I don't know. I just didn't want him to get distracted and lose focus."

Naruto hummed in thought. "He seems to be doing just fine. A kid should always have a little freedom. You know," Naruto threw a grin at him, "Konohamaru would probably love to spend some more good ol' quality time with you watching this kind of stuff with you."

"You think he'd be interested in something that ran before he was even born?" Sasuke looked skeptical.

"Of freaking course! He already loves Looney Toons and that was on before we were born."

"I suppose so…" Sasuke still looked a little dubious before looking over at him. "You have to watch it with us though."

Naruto cocked an eyebrow and grinned, "Come on Sasuke you can't expect me to hold your hand all the time with this. Konohamaru won't bite…well much." He snickered at the glare he received.

"It's not that I need you to hold my fucking hand, I just want you to join us."

Again, that warm fluttery feeling he'd been experiencing more and more lately came back at those words. At that moment though, it dawned on Naruto that Sasuke didn't just want Naruto there like he was for the amusement park. The Uchiha was subtlety including him as if he were family. God did that make his heart soar. The utter fondness he felt for Sasuke fucking tripled. Embarrassed, Naruto looked away with a shy smile he couldn't fight back, and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well if you really want me to, then I'd love to." Naruto finally managed to turn his shy smile into a playful grin and looked back at Sasuke. "I demand that there be tons of snacks though."

Sasuke visibly cringed. "Maybe popcorn I guess." He really didn't like junk food and didn't want his son to eat an abundance of unhealthy shit. Speaking of unhealthy food, that suddenly gave Sasuke an idea. "By the way dobe, have you used those coupons I gave you the other day yet?"

"No, haven't had a chance." Naruto said but then shot the bastard an annoyed look. "Quit calling me a dobe! You still haven't told me what that even means!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot." Sasuke shrugged. "But let's go out to Yasube then. It's past six now."

"Holy shit it is?" Naruto looked at his watch and realized it really was past six in the evening. He literally spent hours just chilling with Sasuke. His body must have finally comprehended that too cause now it felt sore from sitting lazily for so long. Going out actually sounded great right now. A giddy feeling bubbled up inside him and he couldn't help but smile big. Not to mention it was fucking ramen. The excitement over that was building rapidly. "Yeah! Yeah! Let's go!" Naruto jumped up and started gathering some of the dishes on the little table between them. During the movies, they drank some soda and ate a few snacks.

Well, Naruto drank the soda and ate the snacks. Sasuke just had plain old water and ate some tomatoes. Yuck. Naruto cringed when he watched Sasuke take the first bite out of a raw tomato. He nearly gagged when Sasuke offered him a bite from it.

Sasuke helped with bringing the dishes to the kitchen and putting them in the sink. All the while he was watching Naruto literally bounce around in amusement. "Alright, I'm going to take a quick shower. Meet me at the door in a half hour."

"Okay!" Naruto literally dashed off before skidding to a stop, "wait should I wear something nice-" he stopped short when he caught the sly smirk forming on the bastard's face. "Nope. Nope, never mind. I'll wear whatever." It wasn't worth it.

"You don't have to wear anything special, but you can still dress up for me though." Sasuke winked as he walked by the blonde. Naruto wisely kept his mouth shut, opting to just glare at the bastard's back. He quickly rushed to the bathroom before the flush creeping up on his face was noticed. God, Sasuke was just too much. A part of him wished he wasn't married so he could pursue the Uchiha, but Sasuke wasn't gay. He seemed to show some interest, but Naruto was pretty sure it was because this was all new to him and Sasuke was just genuinely curious. Nothing more. That and he seemed to find a nice new hobby called 'tease the dobe'.

Naruto sighed, but honestly couldn't complain. He hadn't felt this happy in a long time. Right now, this was enough.

A half hour later, Naruto met Sasuke downstairs at the door. He greeted him with a bright smile, unable to contain his excitement. Sasuke actually gave him a little smile back and opened the door. "We're going to take my car if that's alright with you. I thought it'd be nicer than taking the limo."

"Oh so I guess you'll be my chauffeur for the evening then?" Naruto teased.

Sasuke scoffed, "Please, that's if you're sitting in the back, and you're not sitting in the fucking back."

"Well what if I want to sit in the back asshole?" Naruto shot back playfully.

"That's tough shit, you're sitting up front with me or we're not going at all."

The horrified look on Naruto's face was almost adorable. "Okay okay you win this round!"

Naruto ignored the smug look of victory the bastard had, and just followed him to the car garage. The blond always wondered why the Uchihas even had a chauffeur and mini limo if they all had their own personal cars. Sasuke's car for one was a dream car to behold. A dark grey Honda Civic Sedan, which looked like it was the most recent model. Once they were buckled in and Sasuke was pulling out of the garage, Naruto's curiosity got the best of him.

"Sasuke, what's the point of having a limo when you have your own car? Isn't it a bit...pointless?"

The Uchiha just shrugged at the question. "Not really since it brings Konohamaru to and from school. And sometimes it's nice to have someone else drive you places when you aren't in the mood to drive."

The answer was reasonable enough, but Naruto still frowned at the first part. He understood that Sasuke worked a lot and most certainly didn't have the time to bring Konohamaru to school and pick him up. So why didn't his wife do it? From what he knew of her, she didn't work aside from modeling sometimes and spent her days doing whatever she pleased. Her lifestyle was full of free time, and it left Naruto feeling a bit resentful that this woman pushed her own child off onto others to take care of him, even for something as simple as bringing him to school.

As much as he wanted to express his feelings about this, Naruto kept it to himself. He didn't want to judge Sakura too much when he never even met her himself. He slouched and rested the back of his head against the car seat and openly stared at Sasuke.

"Do you not like driving?"

Sasuke glanced over at him, and quickly averted his gaze back to the road. "I don't mind it, but traffic stresses me out often and driving isn't at all that relaxing for me. So I'd rather have someone else drive me around if it's not for work." For some reason his throat went a little dry at the sight of the idiot. He couldn't read the expression on his face, but just the way his blue eyes were staring at him was beginning to affect him. Especially right now with the sun almost completely set and the light outside slowly fading. Those blue eyes took on a deeper hue. It amazed him how Naruto's eyes could remind him of a clear blue sky, and then look like the depths of the ocean.

"Really? I actually love driving, and that's saying something coming from a New Yorker. I understand the stress of traffic, believe me, but sometimes being in a car can be peaceful all on its own. If you forget about the stress and listen to your favorite music, it actually feels peaceful to me."

Sasuke shot him a disbelieving look. "I've heard the traffic in New York is one of the worst places to drive in, and you're telling me you're able to find peace while driving in that cluster fuck?"

Naruto laughed, "Okay I do have my fair share of road rage. People can either be real idiots or just complete assholes on the road. I'm not even gonna get into the pedestrians. They're just as bad, if not worse. Aside from that though, I do enjoy driving." He grinned lazily at Sasuke, warmth settling in his chest. "I'd drive you around if you wanted."

That simple offer made his stomach flip and chest flutter. A sudden image of Naruto being the one driving while Sasuke sat in the passenger seat came to mind. He could see a serene expression on his own face as he enjoyed watching the scenery pass by. He saw Naruto sitting back in the car seat in a lazy fashion, looking completely relaxed with an infectious smile on his face. It made his heart ache in longing.

"Sasuke?"

Hearing Naruto snapped him out of it. "Hm?"

Naruto stared at him questioningly. "It looked like you were suddenly in deep thought. If it's about what I said-"

"No," Sasuke cut him off, "no that's not it. I just got lost in thought for a moment. Your offer actually sounded really nice to be honest." Sasuke felt his face get a little warm. "Anyway we're here." Sasuke pulled into the parking lot of Yasube. The place was completely packed, but luckily Sasuke found a parking space pretty quickly.

Naruto stepped out of the car and looked at the building of Yasube in amazement. All the ramen stands and restaurants in New York were small compared to this. Sasuke hid a smirk at the gawking blond and walked past him to the entrance. Snapping out of his stupor, Naruto quickly followed closely behind Sasuke. Once inside they were greeted by the host, a boy probably a few years younger.

"Good evening gentlemen! Will it just be the two of you tonight?" He flashed the two of them a huge bright smile.

This kid was absolutely adorable. Curly dark hair that actually looked like a really dark green and a sweet face covered with freckles. Not to mention his stunning green eyes. Naruto glanced at his name tag, seeing the name Izuku on it. He returned the smile and was about to answer when he caught the sudden nervous look on the kids face.

"Yes, just the two of us. Do you have any seats available?"

Naruto glanced at Sasuke and felt a shiver go up his spine. Why did the Uchiha looked so pissed all of a sudden?

"O-Of course, sir! Right this way!" The poor boy went completely stiff and quickly found a small booth for them. When they were both seated Izuku bowed to them, "Y-Your server will be here m-momentarily! Please enjoy your evening!"

Naruto watched the kid bolt and nearly collided into a waiter with an interesting hair style of white and red. Frantically he was apologizing and disappeared around the corner where a sudden crash was heard and a guy screaming DEKU YOU IDIOT.

"Hn. I can see why he's a host and not a waiter." Sasuke turned his gaze away from the commotion and stared uninterested out the window. Naruto narrowed his eyes at him.

"He seemed perfectly fine when we first walked in. Why the heck did you make him so nervous like that? He's just trying to do his job you know!"

Sasuke turned his cool gaze onto him and scowled, but didn't respond. Just then a waitress popped up with a bright bubbly smile. "Hello! My name's Uraraka and I will be your waitress this evening. Here are a couple of menus and a bowl of bread sticks. May I take your drinks?"

"Um…just water for now thank you." Naruto smiled up at the girl. She was adorable too.

"A water too, and do you have Sangria here?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes we do! You can actually get a pitcher of Sangria for the table if you'd like."

"Yes that'd be wonderful, thank you." Sasuke actually gave the young woman a small smile. Naruto felt the prickly feeling of annoyance at this and how their waitress blushed cutely.

"Alright! I'll be right back with your beverages!"

Naruto felt his eyebrow twitch as he glowered at the Uchiha. "Are you bipolar or something?"

Sasuke glanced at him then opened the menu and settled his attention on that. "I don't know what you mean by that, although I could ask you the same thing. You were all smiles around that host, and now you look a bit irritated. What's up with you?"

Why did it feel like the tables were suddenly turned against him? Naruto pouted angrily and whipped out his own menu. "Whatever bastard." He could tell he wasn't going to get anywhere so wisely chose to drop it. However, Naruto was getting a sense of déjà vu from the last time he went out to eat with Sasuke.

With his face buried in the menu, he missed the victorious smirk on the Uchiha's face.

"Hmmm…I can't decide. There's so many choices, but back at home I almost always went with my miso pork ramen. Part of me doesn't want to get it here cause that's like my default, but then another part of me wants to try it and see if it's better here." Naruto continued to ramble on under his breath, listing pros and cons of each ramen dish.

Sasuke rolled his eyes while trying to resist the smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "Dobe, you got an all you can eat coupon. Get as many different types of ramen as you want."

The menu in Naruto's hand was slammed on the table. "YOU'RE A GENIUS SASUKE! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes again, "Because you're a dobe that's why."

"Okay, that's it." Naruto picked up his chopsticks and pointed them threateningly at Sasuke, to which he scoffed at. "What the hell does dobe mean and why do you keep calling me that!" Naruto bristled even more at that infamous smirk of his.

"It basically means idiot or fool in Japanese." The look of confusion melting into anger thrilled Sasuke immensely. The way the dobe's eyes flashed when he was pissed was stunning. It suddenly dawned on Sasuke why he's taken up this new habit of intentionally pushing the blonde's buttons. Right when it looked like Naruto was going to go off on the Uchiha, their waitress reappeared.

"Here's the pitcher of Sangria and a couple glasses of water as well!" Uraraka stiffened when she noticed the tension between the two men. Actually that wasn't quite right. The blonde looked to be upset about something, while the other gentleman looked sadistically pleased.

'No wonder Deku ran from these two. They're so intimidating!' Uraraka started to feel herself sweat a little from nerves. "U-Um, are you both ready t-to order?"

Slowly, she noticed the blond man calm down and turned to her with a smile. "Yeah we're ready. I'm just gonna have one of everything on the menu."

Relieved the tension seemed to have faded, Uraraka sighed and quickly whipped out her pen and pad. "Alright then! So that'll be one of-WAIT REALLY?!"

Naruto beamed up at the waitress and nodded. "Yup! One of everything please!"

"Uh b-but sir, are you sure you'll be able to pay for all of that?" Let alone eat all of that?!

"Yeah, got it covered." Naruto pulled out his coupon and showed it to her. Uraraka took it and carefully read it. It indeed was an all you can eat coupon that was valid until the end of this month. She inwardly cringed, dreading the rest of her shift.

"Okay then. One of everything. Will that be it or," She nervously turned towards Sasuke hoping he didn't have a ridiculous order as well. "will you be ordering something as well?"

Sasuke, having already glanced at the menu, didn't really know what he wanted cause he wasn't much of a ramen eater. He couldn't even remember the last time he had ramen. "No, nothing for me. I'll just pick off of him." Sasuke could practically feel the glare drilling into him, and he relished in it.

"Okay then! I'll put your order in right away!" Uraraka took both their menus in fear they may order more.

Once she was gone, Sasuke turned back to Naruto and felt his skin prickle pleasantly at the glower directed at him. "You're a lucky bastard you know that? I was about to go off on you."

Lucky? Sasuke actually didn't see it that way. A small voice in the back of his head said they'd just try again later. "Hn. So lucky."

The sarcasm ticked Naruto off, but instead of getting riled up over it, he pulled the pitcher of Sangria over and poured himself a glass. Why was it that almost every little thing Sasuke did or said could drive him up a wall so easily?

"Care to explain why you've been calling me an idiot in another language? Are you Japanese or something?"

Sasuke poured himself a glass of Sangria as well and took a sip. "Half actually. My father was pure Japanese and was born in Osaka. My mother was pure Korean from South Korea, born in Busan. However I was born in the United States, but I can speak both my parents maiden languages fluently."

It took a few moments for Naruto to realize his mouth was hanging open. "Wait, seriously? You're Japanese and Korean? Do you know like, any k-pop celebrities? Do you watch anime?!"

Sasuke eyed him in annoyance. "What the hell are you talking about? I know what anime is and no, I don't watch any. But what in the world is k-pop?"

"Heh…actually I'm not that sure myself, but I've been hearing more and more about k-pop in social media lately. I just know that it's Korean pop music."

"And this is why you're a dobe."

Naruto pouted in annoyance. "Whatever bastard. And I can't believe you've never watched any anime. If you could watch cartoons as a kid, then you can watch anime as an adult!"

"Why do I get the feeling you're going to force me to watch an anime with you?"

The gleeful grin on the idiots face made the Uchiha grimace. "No."

"Oh come on Sasuke!" Naruto whined. "Just one! I'll even pick a short one! Twelve episodes! Or a movie! We could at least watch a Hayao Miyazaki movie! Konohamaru could watch those!"

Sasuke rested his chin in his hand looking bored and uninterested. "I have no idea who Hayao Miyazaki even is."

Naruto's face went through several different expressions of pain, outrage, and anguish while dramatically clutching at his heart. Finally the blond slumped forward with his face in his hands. "Sasuke you literally caused me pain by saying that. Like I don't even know where to start in all of this!"

Sasuke merely rolled his eyes at the over-dramatic idiot in front of him. "It's simple. Don't get started-"

"NOPE! It is decided. As your friend, it's now my sworn sacred duty to introduce you to the wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki! In fact, I can already tell you wouldn't have patience for anime anyway, but everyone even non-anime fans adore Miyazaki films! Actually, Ghibli films in general really."

Sasuke sighed heavily. "Whatever, I can see I really don't have a choice in the matter anyway."

"Nope. Nada. Even if you refused I would pester you all day and all night until you caved."

A little voice in the back of Sasuke's head sensually whispered only the pros of Naruto's statement. It took a moment for it to completely register with him what his mind was thinking, but when it did Sasuke felt a mixture of ice and lava slam through his insides.

"Sasuke are you okay? You suddenly got really pale."

"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." Sasuke quickly got up, "Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom."

He left before Naruto could even respond and was in the restroom in literally five seconds flat. He didn't even know how exactly he found the men's bathroom since he'd never been in this restaurant before, but he didn't dwell on the small details. Luckily no one else was in there, so Sasuke gripped the sides of the sink while staring questioningly at his reflection.

What the actual fuck just happened?

Lately this little voice in his head had been interjecting his thoughts, intrusive like thoughts, but Sasuke always brushed it aside. They never really meant anything, just random stuff that Sasuke usually ignored. But this…

It bothered him a lot. It wasn't just the fact that he had unconsciously thought about it, but it was how he felt once realization struck him. Right now, his hands were literally trembling, he could feel himself breaking out into a bit of a sweat, and he could hear his heartbeat pounding away at his eardrums.

Sasuke's reflection stared back at him and what he saw was the pupils of his eyes blown wide in bewilderment and his face completely flushed red. He remembered feeling something like this years ago when he had first met Sakura. Back then it was only a trace feeling and he had gone with it because Sakura was the first and only woman to ever evoke a feeling like it within him. That had only been a flicker; this was a full blown flame.

Sasuke had no idea what to do with this new found discovery of himself. Did this mean he was becoming gay or was he just simply attracted to Naruto? Was this just a passing thing that'll fade away when Naruto was gone?

The thought of Naruto leaving unnerved him before, but now it was really hitting him and making him feel all sorts of things he had no business feeling.

With hesitant and trembling hands, Sasuke took out his phone and called the only person he could turn to even if they were the last person he ever wanted to go to for anything. Sasuke nervously kept glancing at the door and hoped no one came in while he was having an internal break down.

"Good evening Sasuke. It's unlikely for you to ever give me a call."

Sasuke swallowed the lump in his throat and scowled at his own reflection. Itachi was literally his only confident that he tried to never resort to but now was crucial.

"Hello Itachi…" He didn't know how to voice what he wanted to say, he didn't even know what he wanted to say or ask.

"If you're calling about Konohamaru he's doing fine. In fact my favorite little nephew and I are watching a splendid movie right now. It's some kind of Miyazaki film? I forgot the name but it's actually entertaining enough to keep my attention. If you don't mind I think I'll keep him over night."

In the far back of his mind, Sasuke was mentally banging his head against a wall while cussing up a storm. Seriously though, what were the odds?

"No. No that's fine, he can stay with you over night."

"…Is everything alright otouto?"

Sasuke bit his bottom lip. This was frustrating beyond words. He usually never turned to anyone for help, but right now he felt so helpless after being slammed by this revelation with absolutely no warning.

"Aniki…I'm so confused." Sasuke breathed out harshly and took a quick look at his surroundings. He was starting to get pissed at himself for having this talk in a bathroom of all places. Maybe he should have brushed this all off and drank away the issue. He'd just keep ordering pitchers of that Sangria.

"What exactly are you confused about otouto?"

Before Sasuke could really think about what he wanted to say it just blurted out of him. "Have you ever been attracted to men?"

There was a long pause over the line and Sasuke felt his stomach plummet a few times.

"Why are you asking that?"

Sasuke sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose while pacing back and forth. "I…I don't know. I think I'm attracted to Naruto and the realization of this has literally floored me and I don't know what to do about it."

There was another pause, though shorter this time until Sasuke heard chuckling on the other end. Yep, Sasuke knew he shouldn't have called his brother.

"Attracted to our lovely house guest you say? I'm a little bit surprised but at the same time not really."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Sasuke, where is Naruto right now? Is he waiting for you?"

Fuck…how long had he been in the bathroom now? Probably almost ten minutes or more.

"Hmmm I can tell by your silence you're freaking out a little bit that he's waiting and you have to face him."

Sasuke glared at his phone. He hated it when Itachi was so spot on with him.

"Hn, whatever. I'm going to hang up now."

"Just a second otouto."

Sasuke seethed at the amused tone he heard in his brother's voice. "What?" He bit out.

"We're going to discuss this. Come over in the morning to pick up Konohamaru and we'll talk about it. In the meantime just let this new realization sink in with a rational mind if you can."

"Hn." Sasuke glared at the door not wanting to go back out yet.

"You know, it's a good thing I decided to keep Konohamaru for the night. Have a pleasant evening Sasuke."

"What!" But the ass hung up. Sasuke angrily ended the call and put his phone away. Now that his mind was suddenly aware, the implications behind Itachi's smug voice and choice of wording had his heart going a mile a minute and a heat slowly simmering in his gut. God he did not want to go back out right now.

Sasuke gave himself a few more moments to compose himself and finally walked out of the restroom and went back to his booth. When he sat down he wasn't surprised to see that all the food came out. He was surprised however that Naruto was on what looked like his sixth bowl.

"Hey welcome back! What took you so long? Are you feeling okay? You kinda looked like you were gonna be sick when you left." Naruto stopped inhaling his ramen and looked at him with sincere concern.

Sasuke felt a lump form in his throat and his composure already starting to crack a little. Dear god…he was already aware that Naruto was handsome in his own right before, but now with his newly awakened awareness, the blonds' attractiveness before him practically blew him away. He swallowed and had to force himself to look away.

"Yeah sorry about that. I'm feeling fine." Sasuke grabbed the pitcher of Sangria and pulled the whole thing towards him. He was going to hog this for the rest of their stay here and if Naruto didn't like it then fuck him. The voice in his head chuckled.

Oh no…

Naruto felt his worry triple and could sense a sudden change in Sasuke. He just couldn't put his finger on it. "Alright, if you say so." Naruto took hold of his seventh bowl while staring at the Uchiha across from him that suddenly wouldn't make any kind of eye contact with him.

"Oh yeah, here try this ramen! I think you might like it. I forget what the name of it is though. That nice waitress took the time to name every bowl of ramen and what was in it while you were gone."

Sasuke looked at the bowl being pushed towards him. To be honest he really wasn't hungry anymore. He just had a thirst for some good wine or even beer to drown himself in. Despite this, Sasuke took the offered ramen and looked in it. It had a clear and slightly yellowy broth with some shrimp, scallions, and mussels in it and of course noodles. It actually did look good so Sasuke picked up a pair of chopsticks and started to dig in.

After taking his first bite he noticed the blond watching him with an expectant look. Sasuke inwardly rolled his eyes. "It's good dobe."

The smile he was rewarded with made his heart stutter.

"Isn't it?! That was like the second bowl I tried and I ordered another one cause I was sure you'd like it. I'm glad that you do!"

Ugh…Sasuke wanted to feel disgusted but all he felt was warm and fuzzy on the inside. Sasuke poured himself another glass of Sangria, determined to feel a different kind of warm and fuzzy to cancel out the current one.

"Hey don't hog all the Sangria asshole! Didn't your mother ever teach you how to share?"

"Bite me dobe."

Naruto bristled at the snippy response, "Keep hogging it and I will bastard!"

Deep obsidian eyes locked onto his and Naruto suddenly felt like curling in on himself. Why did his gaze suddenly look so predatory? The smirk forming on the bastard's face didn't help anything either. It was literally a smirk that said: Bite me and I'll bite back harder.

His body shivered at the thought of that and it turned him on just a little. Which was completely uncalled for and Naruto glared at the smirking Uchiha.

Fine. If that's how it was going to be, then Naruto was gonna get his own pitcher of Sangria.

"Keep your stupid Sangria bastard. I'll just get my own and you're gonna pay for it."

Sasuke said nothing, but his smirk only widened as he took a sip from his glass while still looking at him. Naruto felt his body temperature rising and he cursed at his stupid hormones and stupid attractive Uchihas who had no business being so sexy!

Flustered and irritated, Naruto grabbed his next bowl of ramen and dug into it a bit aggressively. Why had he been worried about the asshole again? Honestly, the Uchiha was acting abnormal and something really did seem wrong that made Naruto want to reach out and wrap a comforting arm around his shoulders. Then out of nowhere he was back to his usual bastardly-self. Whatever! At least Sasuke was acting semi-normal.

Even though Naruto still sensed that something had changed and it was bugging him that he didn't know what it was. For now he decided to ignore it and continued to eat to his gluttonous heart's content. The rest of the evening went fine. Naruto ate one of everything because he was determined to abuse his coupon. Sasuke only ate the one bowl that he had and drank the entire pitcher of Sangria. Naruto did get his own but only ended up drinking about half of it.

Everything was going pretty well. The one thing that was unnerving him more and more was that Sasuke hardly took his eyes off of him. It felt like he was being examined from head to toe, inside and out. It was maddening.

When they were ready to leave Naruto was convinced that Sasuke was a little too inebriated to drive. "Uh, I think you should let me drive Sasuke. I know it was only Sangria, but you kinda had way more than you probably should have."

"Mmmm. Sure dobe." Sasuke handed him the keys as they walked out. Naruto waved goodbye to their waitress and tipped her generously for putting up with them all night. As they walked out Naruto saw their host and smiled at him and waved. The kid returned it but went pale once again and bolted. Naruto glanced at Sasuke and sure enough, the Uchiha had his infamous death glare on. Naruto rolled his eyes, not understanding why Sasuke seemed to hate that kid so much.

It took a few minutes to find the car because before Naruto didn't really think to remember where they had parked. He had been way too enthralled and distracted by Yasube. And Sasuke was literally no help. He didn't even try to find the car, all he did was follow Naruto around while staring at him.

When Naruto thought he had the right car, he turned to Sasuke and felt even more agitated and hot that Sasuke was still watching him. God this was making him increasingly more self conscious. "Alright bastard, is this the fucking car or not? It's too dark for me to really tell!"

Sasuke only spared he car a glance and hned. He was about to rip his hair out. Like…that wasn't even a positive or negative kind of hn and Naruto had thought he was getting good at deciphering what kind of Hns the Uchiha made sometimes! Naruto huffed and went to try and unlock the door, silently praying it was the right car and didn't set off the car alarm.

To his relief, it was the right car and Naruto got in and unlocked the passenger side to let Sasuke in. While Sasuke got himself settled in, Naruto pulled out his phone to use the GPS to find his way back. "Alright then, I'll try not to drive too fast. Last thing we need is to get pulled over since I know I'm a tad tipsy myself." Naruto looked over at Sasuke and quickly looked away with a heated scowl.

'Just ignore him Naruto. Let the bastard stare. Maybe in his drunken state he's finally seeing how hot you are.' Naruto mentally sighed. 'Yeah right…though something is definitely wrong with him.'

The drive home felt long and tense. The whole time Naruto could feel the Uchiha's eyes on him, and it was making goosebumps prickle his skin. Naruto felt like crying in relief when the house came into view. He couldn't wait to crawl into his bed and sleep for the next twelve or so hours.

Naruto pulled the car into the garage and handed the keys to Sasuke after parking. Sasuke silently exited the car and for once wasn't staring at him. The nervous energy between them was so strong it was making Naruto jittery. He was almost home free when they entered the house. Naruto was about to say goodnight to the Uchiha and make a bee-line for his room, but Sasuke's voice stopped him.

"Hey dobe. You wanna have some drinks in my room again?"

The invitation was tempting, but while it was tempting it made Naruto feel a little weird. He knew he should refuse. For one he really was tired and two, Naruto shouldn't risk falling asleep in Sasuke's bed again. Once was enough. Doing it a second time would look suspicious.

"I don't know Sasuke…And haven't you had enough to drink tonight?"

Sasuke only grinned. "I'm not as drunk as you think dobe. It was only Sangria. Watered down might I add."

Naruto glared at him. "You mean you were sober enough to drive? Why'd you have me drive then?!"

"I hate driving. And you offered oh so nicely earlier in the evening that you'd drive for me whenever I wanted remember?"

Naruto sputtered a few times and had to think back to remember the conversation. He narrowed his eyes at the Uchiha. "Okay, I did say I'd drive you around, but I didn't say whenever you wanted asshole!"

"Hn." Sasuke grinned smugly and started heading towards his bedroom. "Coming dobe?"

Naruto wanted to just blow him off and go to his room and pass out, but ended up following the raven anyway. A part of him he was trying to ignore was actually giddy and excited to bond with Sasuke again like they had the night before. Once in the room Sasuke went straight to his stash of wine and grabbed a bottle of champagne for them to share. Instead of going outside however, Sasuke toed his shoes off and took a seat on his bed with his back resting against the head board.

Naruto stood there for a bit not sure of what to do. He was suddenly very nervous to sit on Sasuke's bed. He was afraid he'd fall asleep in it again. Naruto laughed nervously while looking around the room instead of at the comfortable looking Uchiha. "Uh, are you sure you want me sitting in your bed Sasuke? I may end up sleeping in it again like last night. I mean, I know it wasn't really my fault last night cause you dragged my sorry ass into it, but that's beside the point I guess…"Naruto trailed off and nervously looked over at the raven.

"Don't worry about it," Sasuke patted the sheets beside him, "I don't care if you fall asleep in my bed again." He took a sip of his drink to hide a grin.

"Well…if you're alright with it then." Naruto cautiously walked over to the other side of the bed and took his shoes off before climbing in. He felt stiff as a board as he sat upright and took an offered glass. The blonde's nerves had suddenly skyrocketed. He gingerly sipped his drink while trying to think of what to say. It didn't seem like the bastard was going to attempt any small talk whatsoever.

Naruto's eyebrow twitched. Ass…

Then a light bulb went off at the top of his head. Naruto placed his glass on the nightstand near him then adjusted his body so he was completely facing Sasuke, a sly grin on his face.

"Alright Sasuke, it's time to fess up."

Sasuke merely raised an eyebrow in question then mimicked Naruto after putting his glass on his own nightstand. "What is it that I'm supposed to be fessing up dobe?"

Naruto tried to stare the Uchiha down. "This morning you said I said some 'pretty interesting things' in my sleep and that'd you tell me if I went out to eat with you."

"Oh, you still remember that?"

"Of course! I need to know if whatever I said was incriminating or not!"

Sasuke scoffed and found his eyes trailing all over the idiot's face. "It really wasn't anything. All you did was moan in your sleep." A frown tugged at Sasuke's mouth. "I thought you were dreaming of your husband, but the name you mumbled didn't really sound like his. I couldn't decipher it anyway. You had your face practically buried in the pillow."

Right now Sasuke really did wish he knew the name Naruto uttered in his sleep. He could clearly remember last night when dragged Naruto into his bed and covered him up. The blond immediately snuggled into the pillows and sheets. When Sasuke slipped into his side of the bed, he remembered being a bit startled at the loud moan coming from Naruto. At first he was a bit disgusted that the idiot was possibly having a lewd dream in his own bed, but the name mumbled in his sleep caused him a bit of confusion. Sai was a one syllable name. The name Naruto said had two.

Or it was just random sleep talking…

"I-I-I moaned someone's name in my sleep?!"

Sasuke smirked at the blonde's facing blushing red in embarrassment. "You did. Care to share who it was?"

"Ahahaha, I actually don't remember even dreaming last night! Oh well."

Sasuke stared intently at the blonde starting to sweat. "Really now? There's not one part of your dream that you can remember?" Sasuke leaned in closer to intimidate Naruto and had to suppress the urge to smirk when he noticed it was working.

"Nope! And even if I did it's none of your damn business anyway!" Naruto glared weakly at the Uchiha inching closer and swallowed hard. He should leave. He was sure Sasuke was only trying to get a rise out of him, but the rise the Uchiha was invoking was becoming entirely sexual on his end. Naruto might end up doing something he'd regret later since he could admit that, even though he was only tipsy, he became more senselessly bold in his own actions.

Honestly he should be more appalled at himself allowing these feelings to manifest. A part of him felt guilty and it wasn't even because of Sai. Actually Sai was the last thing on his mind right now even though that went completely against his morals. No what made him feel guilty was that Sasuke was probably looking for a friendship whereas Naruto wanted something so much more than that. He wanted a companionship he hadn't felt for in years in his own marriage.

"Ah…you know…I should probably head off to my own room before I get too comfy in your bed." Naruto chuckled nervously and started to slide off the bed but was roughly pulled towards the middle. He lost his balance and ended up laying flat on his back, his head looking up at Sasuke's face.

Naruto would have snapped some obscenities for the sudden rough treatment, but instead his breath hitched at their close proximity. Naruto was trembling at the desire suddenly pumping through his veins.

"What if," Sasuke whispered while leaning in just a bit closer, "I said I didn't want you to leave?"

Naruto nearly died right then. Sasuke had to be drunk off his ass or something, but here the bastard was looking pretty sober actually. Naruto opened his suddenly dry mouth but found he didn't know what to fucking say. His mind was getting clouded really quickly, and his sense of judgment slowly fading.

Finally Naruto found his voice and even managed to cock an eyebrow up at the Uchiha. "What, you saying you want me to sleep with you again?"

That deadly smirk Sasuke had on his face was killing him and the hum he made was sending the butterflies in his stomach into overdrive. "I do enjoy your company. I'd be delighted if you were willing to stay…" Sasuke leaned in as close as he could to the point their lips were a ghost away from touching.

Their eyes were locked on each other and Naruto was completely floored at the desire burning in those obsidian eyes. It created a lava geyser in his lower regions. Screw his judgment, he'd dwell on this in the morning. For now, Naruto so desperately wanted to live in this moment.

Naruto propped himself up on his elbows and closed the distance between their lips. He nearly choked at the electric spark that ignited and struck through his whole body.

This.

This is what Naruto had been craving for, for so damn long. Just this one kiss had awakened an aching longing that Naruto had thought he had known, but now knew he never felt anything like it. Naruto tried to push up so he wouldn't be on his back, but Sasuke grabbed his hip and yanked him fully onto the bed and flung a leg over and straddled him.

Again he tried to push himself up, but Sasuke settled his weight completely on top of him, using one hand to pin one of his to the bed, while the other curled its fingers around his neck and gently played with the hair around his ears. Naruto took his one free hand and buried it in the silky black hair he had been craving to touch since the night before. It was even softer and silkier than he imagined.

Through all this, they had only given each other short kisses with some biting. Sasuke bit particularly hard on Naruto's bottom lip. He grimaced in pain, and opened his mouth to snap at Sasuke, but a tongue shoved itself inside. He grunted and felt the vibrations of a hum coming from the Uchiha and the corner of his lips quirking into a smirk.

In retaliation Naruto grabbed hold of Sasuke's tongue and sucked while bucking his hips up to dislodge the Uchiha on top of him. Their lips broke apart while Sasuke tried to hold Naruto down. A battle of strength ensued, but Naruto won out and was now smugly seated on top of the raven. He snickered at the scowl directed at him and leaned down to trail kisses along the pale skin he had admired the night before and nipped him a few times.

He received a groan that spurred him on to unzip the raven's pants. Naruto went back up to Sasuke's face and kissed him deeply and was immensely giddy at how enthusiastic the Uchiha was at returning it. A hand threaded through his golden locks and Naruto moaned in the raven's mouth. God it had been so long since someone had done that.

With experienced fingers, Naruto slid the Uchiha's jeans down just enough for him to slip a hand in and smirked when he was greeted with a quickly growing hard on. He teased the head a few times and gently pulled the whole length from Sasuke's boxers. Naruto broke the kiss and sat back so he could get a good look at what he was dealing with.

The sight made his mouth water. Of course Sasuke would have the kind of dick girls would get wet dreams about. He shouldn't be surprised; everything else about the Uchiha was pretty much perfect. He could already imagine that gorgeous thick cock pounding into his ass. Holy hell it dawned on him that it had been a while since he last had sex.

Naruto wanted it so bad, but tonight wasn't the night for going that far. Instinctively Naruto just knew now wasn't the right time for that kind of connection despite how he yearned for it so badly. He still wasn't even sure if Sasuke was as sober as he claimed to be. His judgment right now could be as clouded as his own.

"You going to keep admiring my dick or are you actually gonna do something?"

Naruto's eyes snapped up to the Uchiha's amused ones and let out a foxy grin. "Oh I'm sorry. I was just having fun imaging all the things I could do with a dick like yours."

The blush he was rewarded with was stunning. Sasuke practically never lost his composure and to see it crack was a treat. Naruto fully grabbed the hard length and pumped it a few times, earning a harsh inhale of breath. "What's the matter Sasuke? Losing your cool already? Some Uchiha you are then-"

Perhaps he shouldn't have goaded Sasuke on if he wanted to stay sitting comfortably on top. Everything happened so quickly that all Naruto really saw was the ceiling for a moment before seeing the bastard's face smirking down at him. Naruto glared, "Hey asshole, I wasn't done with my turn yet." He was getting ready to make a feast of that dick.

"Hn. You took too long dobe. You snooze you lose." Now Sasuke was undoing the buckle on his pants and unzipping it. Naruto's usual confidence went down a couple notches. Not that he was shy of his equipment, far from it. He was just nervous how Sasuke, a completely straight male up until a few minutes ago, would react to seeing another guy's cock. Naruto's initial plan was to suck the Uchiha off while jerking himself off so they'd both reach completion.

Naruto was pretty much expecting Sasuke to lose his nerve and come to his senses, but the Uchiha didn't miss a beat when pulling his hard shaft out and curiously toying with it.

Never before had Sasuke intentionally looked at another male's genitals. He had been preconditioned to be disgusted by it and to only be aroused by the female anatomy. Right now though, Sasuke had never before felt so turned on in his life and all he was doing was staring at Naruto's cock and playing with it. Did this make him gay? Had he been gay all along and just never knew it?

Sasuke thumbed the slit of the head and felt a jolt at the hiss the blond made. The urge to get a rise out of the blonde was so powerful Sasuke didn't really realize what he was doing until his tongue was licking the tip and tasting the salty precum. He should feel disgusted but surprisingly wasn't. In fact, he was reveling in the choked sounds Naruto was making, knowing the blonde was trying to hold back.

A competitive smirk stretched across his face. He licked the head a few more times before engulfing it into his mouth. The blonde's whine made his own dick twitch in response, and spurred Sasuke to suck the head a little harder before taking more in. He'd never sucked a dick before obviously, but Sasuke knew what was pleasurable to him and tried to apply his limited knowledge to give Naruto as much pleasure as he could.

Naruto on the other hand was in shocked euphoria. How was it that a straight guy knew how to suck dick? Each little lick and suckle had Naruto's toes curling as the heat in his lower region started to build rapidly. He had to stop Sasuke now before he came into his mouth. He wasn't sure if the Uchiha would appreciate that, or really knew what he was getting into. Right before his orgasm hit, Naruto lunged forward and ripped Sasuke off his dick and came. He rested his forehead against Sasuke's and moaned as he drifted down from the high of his orgasm. When he opened his eyes, he noticed Sasuke wasn't looking at him, but at his cock instead.

Sasuke's hand was still around the base and was covered in his cum. Naruto made a sheepish sound. "Sorry. I didn't think you'd want me cumming in your mouth though."

Sasuke's eyes met his for a moment before looking back down and bringing up his cum covered hand to his mouth and tentatively licked it. The face he made at the taste wasn't exactly disgust, but just one of curious confusion.

"It's not that bad. Pretty salty, but not that bad to be honest."

Naruto felt like his entire body was on fire. He didn't know what to say and feared if he opened his mouth he'd actually say something stupid. He started making choking sounds when Sasuke began to lick his whole hand clean. Naruto couldn't handle the sight so he stopped him. "What the fuck Sasuke! You're supposed to be straight! You're not supposed to like sucking dick or the taste of cum!"

Sasuke just looked at him curiously. "I don't think I'd like it on a whim. I think I just like yours."

Naruto's heart was literally singing and about to beat out of his chest. He wasn't ready for words like that yet. He loved hearing them all the same, but he just wasn't ready yet. Naruto leaned in to kiss the suddenly sweet bastard and deepened the kiss, wanting to taste himself on the other. While they kissed Naruto reached down and started pumping Sasuke's hard member. Naruto wanted to return the favor and give Sasuke a mind-blowing blow job, but Sasuke gently pushed Naruto backwards to lie down. So Naruto settled for a hand-job since Sasuke didn't seem too interested in letting Naruto get away. He had his clean hand buried in his hair and running his fingers through it while the other gripped his waist.

At least in this position Naruto had the pleasure of feeling all the little gasps and sharp inhales Sasuke made against his mouth while Naruto slowly worked him to his orgasm. He was rubbing circles into the head when Sasuke finally did come with a shudder and deep guttural moan. Naruto drank it all in.

Sasuke's muscles trembled before he collapsed on top of him and buried his head into the crook of his neck. While Sasuke was enjoying the after effects of bliss, Naruto brought his hand up and licked the cum off it. He moaned at the taste. Next time he was definitely going to get a real taste of Sasuke's cock.

Suddenly the Uchiha shifted until he was lying next to Naruto and cuddled into his side. The warmth Naruto felt was melting his heart. Part of him wanted to get up and get some towels or tissues to clean their mess, but another part didn't want to ruin the moment so he opted to just deal with the uncomfortable stickiness he'd feel in the morning. Naruto shuffled a little closer and drowsily kissed Sasuke. In response Sasuke's grip tightened and returned the kiss before nuzzling his face into his hair.

Before Naruto fell asleep, he silently wished that he and Sasuke could be together like this always. Somewhere deep inside him there was guilt over what he'd just done, but at the same time he suddenly felt so free. Like a burden had finally been lifted. Naruto breathed in deeply and felt content with the smell of musk and sandalwood; a scent that was undeniably Sasuke's, and one that he secretly loved.

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TBH…

A/N: Hello my wonderful readers. I'm so happy to have finally reached this point in the fanfic that I've been planning on since the beginning! It's going to be an even better rollercoaster ride from here on out and I'm very excited about it! I wanted to inform all of you as well the reason to why my updates take so long. I won't put it in here though; I'll put it on my profile page. To anyone's that interested please read it because I believe I at least owe that much to you guys. Thank you again for reading and sticking with Life Swap and my other fanfics! I hope you're having a wonderful day!