Thanks to veryone that hung in there with me while I was re-doing this. I'm making some serious changes and I hope you like them! I've realized that my before attempt at literary genius was unltimately a failue :( but I'm looking to fix those problems in this one :) so please read and review!
Naruto sat on the couch staring at the ceiling, outside the sun was setting slowly casting long shadows across the room. It had been a long day full of sweat and blood, but now that Naruto was cleaned up he was looking forward to going out on the town with his friends. Sakura had promised team 7 an exciting evening of dancing and booze even Sasuke, after much convincing and pleading from Naruto, had agreed to come along.
Naruto would have to start getting ready soon, he currently was wearing nothing more than his orange boxers, adorned with little steaming blue ramen cups. He was letting his body calm down, fighting the urge to turn on the A/C. Spring was coming to a close and soon he would just have to bite the bullet that was known as summer bills. The fan was going full speed, but did little to dry the sweat off his brow. Training had been especially harsh today, Kakashi was a slave driver demanding that the three teens perfect their chakra skills and master a few new jutsus. In fact, now that Naruto thought about it, Kakashi seemed a lot less light hearted than normal, he'd have to grill the man about it later.
Resigning himself to reality, Naruto sluggishly got to his feet and walked to the window. He would need to turn the air on to have any hope at all of cooling down. The window slid down with a loud squeak and instantly the temperature went up by five degrees. Naruto started sweating all over again and sprinted over to the thermostat, setting it ten degrees colder than he really should. Waiting for the air to chill was not an option, he was hot and that meant it was cold shower time. Lucky considering that was the only kind of shower he could ever have, during winter that was a big problem, but thanks to the fox his core temp was always above average which meant he never got sick. The freezing water stung at first but Naruto adjusted within a few seconds and sighed happily as the sweat got washed away.
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Sasuke glared at his reflection in the mirror over his sink asking himself for the one millionth time why he had accepted his team mate's invitaion to go out. It was hot outside, and being in a small confined space would just be hotter and he wasn't even much of a drinker so going to a bar was really just a waste of time. But no matter how many times he told himself that, he couldn't bring himself to pick up his phone and cancel. There was just something about the hopeful look in Naruto's eyes when he had been convincing him to go, Sasuke wouldn't want to see that light dimmed.
He groaned and resisted the urge to punch the glasss and shatter his image, his dammed image. That image was what told him he could never be happy on the outside, or laugh when something was funny, or look for a shoulder to cry on. Maybe tonight he would say 'fuck off' to his image and find a girl to bury all his troubles in. Sasuke huffed a sigh, he knew that would never happen, he'd never let himself go like that, he probably wouldn't even drink anything, which reminded him he had to grab a bottle of water before he left.
When he was done glaring at his reflection he turned and walked back into his room, after training he had wanted to run home and jump in the shower but luckily his apartment was set to sixty eight degrees and when he walked in, he got goosebumps. And even though he was a little salty and sticky there was no purpose in getting clean when he was just going to get sweaty again later.
Opting to switch it up, Sasuke dawned a black tangtop with his family crest on the back and a pair of khaki cargo jeans, he'd be able to take a few bottles of water with him now. He was still a ninja so he wore his usual sandals just in case he was called on in the spur of the moment, though these were black not the blue ones he wore to train. His hair required no styling it just stuck up in its usual odd spikes, which had inspired Naruto's nickname 'duck butt'. Sasuke smirked and checked himself over in the mirror, this time with a little admiration. His alibaster skin almost glowed against the dark shirt, but the tan shorts made him look pale. His smirk turned to a small grimace as he thought about the girls that fell over him every day, though he couldn't blame them.
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"What a shame" Sakura twirled in front of the mirror, giving herself a once over.
Even though she wouldn't be going out tonight she had still dressed, fantasising about what Sasuke's reaction would be. He would gasp and get down on one, producing a ring from his breast pocket, he was wearing a tuxedo by the way, and propose to her on the spot. She giggled and put a hand on each blushing cheek swaying from side to side and hopped up and down.
"Sakura!"
The pink haired girl humphed and crossed her arms, "Alright!" her mother didn't like it when she jumped around it rattled the down stairs chandelior, and heaven forbid the gawdy piece fell.
Her eyes turned back to the mirror, music started playing in her head and she swayed from side to side. In her mind she and Sasuke were on a date at a high society event. She was wearing a dazzling peach gown that glittered in the low light and Sasuke of course was in a tuxedo, but this one was white with a black bow tie. They spun around the dance floor oblivious to the other people who watched the attractive couple.
Her eyes popped open when she felt someone watching her.
"What are you doing?" Ino was standing in the door way of the bedroom leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed under her breasts.
Her face instantly turned red. "Nothing!" Sakura put her hands on her narrow hips and glared at the blond. "What are you doing here?"
"I heard you were going out with Sasuke this evening and I just thought you could use a wing man." she paused and studied Sakura's outfit, a pair of powder pink skin tight jeans and a magenta short sleeved polo with black trim, "Or I could save Sasuke when he gets tired of looking at you."
Sakura fumed as she looked around the room for something to throw at her frenemy, "Go away!" her hand found a pillow and she hurled it at the other girl.
Ino wasn't in the door way any more, she had found purchase on Sakura's desk chair and was flipping through her diary. " Don't get so upset, you'll get wrinkles and with that forehead it'll look like a billboard for anti aging cream."
"Ino!" Sakura's hands were already forming into fists, if it hadn't been for her mother coming up the stairs Ino would have been dead in t-minus 30 seconds.
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Naruto rolled on some deoderant and shrugged his over shirt on. He looked pretty dam good, if he did say so himself. He wore a black tang top, with a short sleeve orange button up shirt, a pair of dark denim shorts and his blue ninja shoes. Sakura would probably shit her pants when she saw him, it was so far from his norm, maybe now he'd have atleast a chance of stealing the lime light from the Uchiha.
There was a knock on his front door, he silently prayed it wasn't Sakura as he kicked a pile of dirty clothes into the bathroom, he really needed to clean. As he walked to the door Naruto remembered that his pink haired team mate didn't know where he lived. He picked up a kunai off his fold out dinner table and held it behind his back, ready for whatever attack might await him on the other side of that door. There was another knock, this one more impatient giving Naruto the impression that it wasn't an enemy ninja. He grabbed the handle and turned it without hesitation pulling the door open quickly tightening his hold on the knife behind his back.
"About time dobe." Sasuke didn't wait to be invited in instead he pushed his way past the blond and walked into what he assumed was the living room. Though it was hard to tell because there was no couch or coffee table, in fact there was no definition between any of the rooms probably because there was only one.
Naruto's twin size mattress was nestled in the corner, covered in a hideous orange comforter with matching sheets and pillow cases. The kitchen made up one of the walls, not much either, just a mini fridge, a sink, full of dirty dishes, and poor quality counter tops. The 'dinner table' was just a fold out card table with an orange table cloth also stacked with dirty dishes and empty ramen cups. There was a shelf across from the bed, poorly organized of course, stacked with scrolls and loose papers. Over all it was under whelming and Sasuke instantly wanted to get out of the cramped space.
"Take a picture, teme, it will last longer." Naruto shut the door and bumped his team mate's shoulder as he walked by.
"I wouldn't want to break a camera taking a picture of this disaster." He raised an eyebrow at the blond's outfit. "Looking to impress Sakura?"
"Just to steal some of the attention away from you asshole." Naruto opened the bathroom door and kicked all his dirty clothes back out, no need to impress Sasuke.
"Good luck." Sasuke crossed his arms and leaned against the wall of the entry way, picking up on the fact that there weren't any pictures hung up.
Naruto turned to throw the brunette a weak glare and tossed a dirty sock at the other's head. "Don't need it." He put his hands on his hips and sauntered to the middle of the room. "Once she gets a look at me, she'll be putty in my hands."
"Lucky girl." Sasuke chewed on the inside of his cheek, his eyes outlining the blond's figure. The boy was actually quite alluring when he wasn't wearing that stupid baggy outfit.
"Dam right." Naruto wiggled his eyebrow in a way that he must have thought was seductive,
"Don't do that." Sasuke pushed off the wall and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Let's go."
"Yeah, yeah." the blond rummaged through his sheets and pulled out a small frog wallet. "Now I'm ready."
The Uchiha rolled his eyes and motioned towards the door, as if on cue Kakashi 'poofed' into the room. "Hello there." it seemed his attitude had improved from earlier.
"Ga!" Naruto stumbled back clutching his chest, Sasuke's reaction was slightly more graceful, he flinched only slightly, pulling out a kunai from a hidden sac stopping short of throwing it when he realized who it was.
"Nerves of steel I see." Kakashi's one visible eye turned into an upside down 'U' showing that he thought the situation was funny.
"Would it kill you to knock!" Naruto collected himself, straightening out his shirt.
"Quite possibly." the white haired man glanced between the two boys, "all ready to go I see. Too bad." he shook his head in mock disappointment.
Naruto's face contorted into an expression of confusion, "What's too bad?"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched and he gave his teacher a skeptical look. "What indeed."
"Oh just because you two look so nice and ready to go." he paused for what the boys could only assume was dramatic effect. "Sadly, Sakura told me to tell you that she can not make it this evening."
Naruto's jaw dropped open and he stared at his sensei incredulously. "What?"
Kakashi held his hands up as if to fend off an attack, "just the messenger."
Sasuke shrugged, this just meant that he could go home and avoid his fan girls.
"Then we'll have a guy's night." Naruto seemed eager to go out and show off his new look.
"What a wonderful idea!" Kakashi clapped his hands together, "you two have fun."
"I don't want to go out with Sasuke bastard!" Naruto pointed at the brunette accusingly, like Sasuke had been the one to propose the new idea.
"I'm going home." Sasuke tried to get around the older man, but Kakashi wasn't budging.
"Oh I would stay but my dear Iruka has requested my presence, but don't let that ruin your night, you two hang out and get to know each other." with a cheesy grin he gave the Uchiha a nudge in the blond's direction and then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Why the hell would I want to hang out with you!"
Sasuke gave Naruto a look that said 'do I look like I want to be here?' making the blond's face turn red with anger.
"Then go home!"
Sasuke shrugged and made for the door, only to run into some kind of invisible shield and tumble backwards. He grunted as his back came in contact with the floor, white sparks dancing in his vision when his skull whipped back. "Son of a ..." he rubbed the back of his head checking for damage.
Naruto rushed over, passing Sasuke by, running with his hands held out until he came in contact with the chakra wall. He could feel its ebb and flow of energy as he ran his palms along the barrier looking for a hole or weak spot, but if it had been put up by Kakashi, like he suspected, there wouldn't be any. He cursed under his breath when his suspicions were proven correct. Spinning around on his heels he glares at the fallen Uchiha, again silently accusing him for something he really had no control over.
"I didn't do anything, stop looking at me like that." Sasuke snapped uncharacteristically, making the blond's eyes go wide with minor shock.
"Jesus, someone's got their panties in a knot."
"Shut up." the brunette got to his feet, swaying a little before getting his balance back, "Fucking Kakashi."
The next thirty minutes were spent with the boys trying to get out of Naruto's apartment by any means. The windows were blocked just as solidly as the door, they couldn't even get close to the sils to open the glass panes and holler out. Their 'release' technique did no good, Kakashi had meant to trap them, and he had done just that. Sasuke was slowly losing his cool, not only was he a prisoner but his cell mate was the most annoying person he had ever known, minus the obviously irritating fan girls that bothered him non stop. He felt helpless, and that made his anxiety level rise, which made him irritable, and having Naruto flitting around like a captured hyper active squirrel didn't help the situation.
"Naruto!" Sasuke grabbed said boy's shoulders and shoved him against the wall, holding him in place. "Stop...talking." he spoke slow and quietly so that Naruto would not miss the severity of his mood.
The blond stayed in place, captivated by obsidian eyes that flickered between black and red. Sasuke's face was pulled tight with tension, his strong angular jaw locked in place, his black perfectly arched eyebrows knotting together and twitching occasionally, his alabaster skin held a soft sheen to it as the boy was sweating lightly, his high cheek bones tinted a barely visible pink. The Uchiha was attractive from afar but up close he was breath taking, and Naruto wondered why he had never noticed before. Then he realized it was because he was constantly fighting with his team mate, always trying to out do him, or prove that he was better, or get Sakura's attention, or just show that he was just as good as the infamous Uchiha prodigy.
He still couldn't speak, but regained control of his motor skills and nodded his head. Sasuke backed away, the loss of his body heat made Naruto shiver and he had to stop himself from reaching out to regain the warmth.
"We can't get out, so we'll just wait for morning, he'll have to come back then or report us missing."
Naruto rolled his tongue around his mouth and tried to use it, "He'll come back tomorrow right?"
Sasuke smiled internally, "I'm sure." He looked around and grimaced, "I'm not staying here in this condition."
Naruto scrunched up his nose, but laughed past the insult. "You kind of don't have a choice." he swept his arms over the room, "but help yourself Susie Homemaker."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and kicked at a ramen cup. "Bite me."
Naruto's eyes went wide yet again, "I doubt you taste good." It wasn't much but it was the first thing that popped in his head.
"Find out for yourself." Sasuke resisted the urge to slap a hand over his mouth, he wasn't supposed to be this care free.
Naruto gawked at the brunette, never before had Sasuke spoken so frankly, was this what he was really like? "Can't make me." it was immature for sure, but not nearly the most infantile thing he had ever said.
Sasuke smirked and closed the distance between them, "Wanna bet?" he was suddenly feeling very playful and had a few ideas on how the two could pass the time from now to morning.
Naruto, not being one to back down from a challenge, stood up straight, incidentally, pressing their chests together, "Better believe it," he croaked.
Sasuke stared at the boy for a few moments taking in his cuteness, from his pert nose to his big bright blue eyes that glistened with excitement. The boy was gorgeous and why no one ever wanted to be around him was a mystery to the Uchiha. His skin glowed from the many hours he had spent in the sun, the whisker marks that used to be quite dull were darker from all the time out side. He truly was beautiful, so unique and special. The next thing he knew he was tackling Naruto to his messy bed, his body moving of its own accord. He pinned the strong tan arms wide and straddled the narrow waist successfully caging the blond, who seemed too surprised to fight back.
The pair stayed frozen for what seemed like an eternity, just studying each other's faces. Sasuke was the first to realize the soon to be awkward situation and smirked triumphantly. "Not even a challenge."
Naruto blinked, coming out of his daze and started to fidget, "You haven't won yet!" he couldn't let the other know that the position was making his heart beat harder and faster.
"Let's see, how should I make you taste me?" Sasuke pretended to think, letting his eyes wander over the other boy's form seductively making Naruto squirm uncomfortably.
"Think all you want, but you can't make me." the blond started to thrash around, more than confused about what was going on. Sasuke was on top of him and leering at him like no one ever had before. His body was getting hot and his pulse was deafening. If he didn't get out of Sasuke's hold soon it felt like he might explode.
"Oh yeah?" Sasuke dipped down so that his chest was pushed firmly to the other's, he licked his lips and let his head descend slowly stopping at the last moment to just barely brush their lips together.
Naruto was terrified and enthralled all at once, his mind was telling him to bury his head in the mattress and avoid any further contact with the brunette, but his body wasn't listening. He had always wanted these kinds of touches, albeit the Uchiha had never been in any of his fantasies. But now that he was in this position, even if it was with his nemesis, he was reluctant to let it pass by. His arms fought for freedom whether to push Sasuke away or pull him closer Naruto wasn't sure. His face stayed in place, his lips quivering as Sasuke moved slowly left and right, making the pink skin tingle. His legs felt like they were made of lead and did little to assist in his freedom. He both cursed and thanked his heavy limbs.
"Not going to stop me?" Sasuke had been ready to force the blond to stay still but was secretly glad that he didn't have to. He had been watching Naruto's eyes, as they went from wide with surprised to barely open, the color had even changed toa deep purple. When the blond didn't reply he let his lips crash down on his team mate's, a bruising unpracticed first kiss. His hold on the other boy's arms weakened and slowly disappeared as his hands slid up to cup Naruto's face and hold him in place. To his shock Naruto still wasn't fighting him off, in fact he was responding.
Naruto couldn't breath, even though there was nothing stopping him from inhaling though his nose it just felt like his lungs were going to melt right along with his heart. Sasuke's lips were soft not chapped like he assumed his were, and while he was pushing too hard it felt just right to Naruto. When his arms were freed he reached up and buried his fingers in raven locks, holding tightly, scared that Sasuke would pull away or stop. The Uchiha moved so that he was resting between the blond's legs, another strange new feeling that Naruto found himself liking. The kiss was sloppy and uncoordinated, Sasuke's lips enveloped his and left saliva around the rim of his mouth. Naruto finally figured out he could breath through his nose and exhaled heavily accidentally sounding like he was sighing dramatically.
Sasuke quickly pulled away, fearful that he had ruined things before they started, he said the first thing that popped in his head "I win." He couldn't let Naruto know he was nervous.
Naruto wiped at his mouth and looked over Sasuke's face, searching for some kind of answer. When he found none, he realized that the Uchiha had just bested him, in one of the most undignified ways possible. He shoved the teen off of him and rubbed his lips in disgust, "Homo what the fuck?"
"Don't call me homo, you kissed me back." Sasuke sat back on his knees realizing too late that his shorts had gotten a little tight. He fidgetted busying himself with straightening out his shirt hoping that it would distract Naruto from the obvious tent. "you're just mad because I beat you."
"You didn't beat me at shit, I didn't taste you at all!" Naruto crossed his arms, silently thanking whatever gods were out there that Kakashi and Jiraiya weren't there, they would have had a field day with that one.
"Want me to try again?" Sasuke squared his shoulders and licked his lips, more than willing to kiss the blond as many times as it took.
"NO!" Naruto hopped up to his feet and clamored to the furthest corner of his bed pointing an angry finger at the Uchiha. "you stay the hell away from me teme!"
Sasuke snorted and found a relatively clean spot on the floor to sit down on, leaning back against the wall, crossing his arms across his chest and his feet at the ankles, it was going to be a long night, full of unanswerable questions about why he wanted to kiss the number one most unpredictable ninja, again and again and again.
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