A/N: Yay, new story. Sorry to all of you who are waiting for me to update the others. I just get ahead of myself with all these new stories. I'll try to update them all soon. Thanks for reading!
Warning: YAOI! Don't like, don't read ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Author: Alley-Oop
The sun hung low in the sky when Sasuke and Naruto were finally finished training. The two grabbed some water and lay splayed in the shade under an oak tree.
"I wonder what it's like to be popular," Naruto asked suddenly after about ten minutes of silence.
"Hn," Sasuke responded.
"I bet it's awesome: having all those girls following you around, and, no matter what, always being considered cool."
Sasuke laughed aloud- or snickered, at least.
"What's so funny?"
"You, dobe," Sasuke answered. This made Naruto upset.
"Oh yeah? Why is that so funny?" Naruto demanded.
"Well, the girls…" Sasuke trailed off. Naruto looked up at him expectantly, one eyebrow raised. "Ugh," Sasuke finished, seeing Naruto's look. He took a swig from his water bottle, as if he had a bad taste in his mouth.
"Ugh? Are you gay or what?" Naruto had meant it as a joke, but Sasuke's eyes went wide and he spit out his water, unintentionally showering it all over Naruto.
Naruto was too distracted by the fact that Sasuke had spit all over him to process his actual reaction to the question.
"Hey! Do I get a towel with that shower?"
"Does it look like I have a towel with me, dobe?" Sasuke retorted, regaining his cool, though he was silently relieved that Naruto had such a short attention span.
Naruto just rolled his eyes and said, "Whatever." Then, after the smallest of small silences, added, " So why was it that you hate whole flocks of girls following you around?"
Sasuke smirked. "They're annoying."
"But they're girls!" Naruto chirped.
"Would you expect guys to be following around?" It was Sasuke's turn to joke.
"No!" Naruto exclaimed a little too quickly. "I mean…Sure, if they were like…that…"
Sasuke's smirk grew considerably. "What's that?" Truthfully, he just wanted to put Naruto through the pain of answering the question. He could care less about his answer, because he already knew what he was talking about.
"Well, you know…" Naruto obviously didn't want to say anymore and let the subject die, but Sasuke was just starting to enjoy himself. Besides, why wouldn't Naruto just say what he meant and get it over with?
"What do I know, Naruto?"
Naruto sighed. "C'mon, Sasuke, drop it already."
"I don't think I will. I'm curious as to what it is, exactly, that I know."
"If they were…just…I don't know…like that."
"Naruto, you're going in circles with this," Sasuke pointed out in annoyance.
"Fine! If they were gay, then, yeah, maybe they would follow you around," Naruto gave in.
I guess that wasn't so terrible… Naruto thought, but Sasuke's next question blew his mind completely.
"If you were gay, would you follow me around?" Sasuke asked, looking at Naruto with nothing more than amusement readable on his face.
Naruto huffed, rolled his eyes, and blushed bright red all at the same time.
"I wouldn't really know, teme…"
Sasuke raised a delicate eyebrow, ignoring the insult that was meant to cover the blonde's embarrassment. Naruto blushed an even brighter shade of red.
"You sure?"
"Why do you care, anyways? Would you want me to follow you around?" Naruto challenged. Then he quickly added, "If you were gay, I mean."
"Maybe… if I were gay. I couldn't really say if I'd want you to follow me or not. I've never really thought about it, honestly. But, I suppose, if you were to follow me, I'd take it as a compliment," Sasuke answered, trying to cover the awkwardness in his tone. It didn't work very well, in Sasuke's opinion.
Naruto, whose cheeks were just starting to go back to a mutual shade, blushed yet again. He was happy with Sasuke's words, though. They made him feel like he could matter to someone.
"You alright, Naruto?" Sasuke teased, using the best worried-mother tone he could muster. "You look a little feint."
Naruto suddenly stood up and pointed down at the raven-haired boy, who looked back up at him with an annoyed/bored expression.
"Get up!" Naruto demanded in a harsh growl. Sasuke raised his eyebrow yet again. Naruto couldn't help but think that Sasuke looked very nice with his eyebrow raised. Made him look even more sophisticated.
"Why should I?" Sasuke wondered out loud.
"Because I said so," Naruto answered simply, as if that was a good enough reason for anything.
"So if you wanted me to be your slave, I should do it because you said so?" Sasuke meant that to prove a point, but to Naruto it was just a good idea. Still, he didn't really know what to say.
"That would be different." Naruto could tell Sasuke was trapping him in a corner.
"How so?" Sasuke challenged.
"It just would be…" Naruto said. "Now, get up," he added before Sasuke could continue with his point.
"What if I don't want to?"
"I'd suggest you just get up before I make you."
"Oh really? And how would you plan to pull that off, o' smart one?"
"I'd find a way," Naruto said- again with the arrogant simplicity.
"Whatever, dobe," Sasuke said, using his arms to push himself to his feet, realizing it would be hopeless to get Naruto to back down at the moment. Naruto smiled triumphantly. Sasuke just crossed his arms in aggravation.
"Okay, I'm up. Now, what do you want?"
"Let's make a bet," Naruto replied.
"A bet?" Sasuke could already tell he wouldn't like this one bit.
"I didn't stutter, teme," Naruto retorted.
"Fine. What's the bet then?" Sasuke asked, knowing that he would regret ever even humoring Naruto with this whole thing.
"I bet that you can't get a guy to kiss you in two days," Naruto said smugly. Sasuke had trouble keeping his jaw closed, having to use all the will power he possessed in order to do so.
"What kind of bet is that?" he finally managed.
"One that I'll win."
"No, I won't do that," Sasuke refused. Naruto pouted.
"C'mon, Sasuke, be a sport. You're not afraid you'll lose, are you?"
"How about you kiss a guy within two days?" Sasuke retorted by flipping the question back over to Naruto. However, to his astonishment, Naruto actually thought about it.
"Okay," Naruto finally answered. This time Sasuke couldn't keep his jaw shut. His mouth dropped in shock.
"So, how 'bout it?" Naruto stuck out his hand, unfazed by Sasuke's reaction. "I bet you 50 Ryo(1) that I can get a guy to kiss me in two days' time."
Sasuke stared at the outstretched hand for a moment while he thought about the pros and cons. In the end, he decided "what the hell" with a smirk on his face. What did he really have to lose? He maintained his reputation while getting a good laugh from Naruto.
"I bet you 50 Ryo that you will not get a guy to kiss you in two days' time."
The two glared at each other competitively for a moment before shaking hands, sealing a very-, as they were soon to find out- complicated deal.
A/N: This idea really just came to me while I was goofing off at my friend's house. She helped me get the idea for the bet, so credit goes to Taylowolf for that.
Is that the currency they use? I wasn't exactly sure, but that's what they use on the game, so I was just guessing.
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