July 20th: I have put the story back in its original form, with all the lemons in place. Read my profile for more information.

Sorry this took so long to get out. I was just really, really pissed at fanfiction for taking down some of my stuff. That was one of the reasons I hadn't been writing as of late.

Nevertheless, hope you guys enjoy the story!

I don't know about this epilogue…it felt weird writing it for some reason…

Chapter 12: Epilogue

The rest of the year basically flew right by us and soon Sasuke and I found ourselves packing the car with our gear for college. Some of our crew was with us, idly passing bags and boxes down to Sasuke who was standing at the trunk of the car and shoving in as much of our crap as he could.

Our folks rented us an apartment by the college so Sasuke and I were as eager as fuck to get there…for obvious reasons.

"Dude," Kiba said after swallowing a mouthful of banana. "We are definitely partying at your place! This year is gonna be sick!"

I grinned.

"Just one rule though," Neji grunted as he heaved a box in Sasuke's direction. "No one gives Naruto ANY alcohol…we wouldn't want a repeat of last time's performance."

Collectively the gang nodded in agreement making my large smile falter.

"Hey!" I tried to reason. "It was one time!"

"One time was enough for me, man." Choji grunted as he recalled the infamous event that took place during our spring break. "It's cool that you guys are together and everything but…if I ever see you reach down Sasuke's pants again, I will sit on your face."

The image of Choji's butt crack flashed before my eyes and I immediately started to gag.

"Hn."

"Ugh," Karin grunted, "Don't remind me! That was when I found out they were gay. You guys were lucky because you already knew!" She growled, pointing at the now seemingly innocent group of friends.

Like hitting the replay button, my mind slowly began replaying the memories of each of my friends finding out Sasuke and I were gay.

First there was Neji and Gaara….

Sasuke and I were at our spot in the gym store room practically dead to everyone in the universe but each other. We were going at it without a care in the world, pants down, hands everywhere they could reach and mouths firmly glued together. That was why the sudden intake of breath a mere two feet away startled us.

My head turned immediately to find Gaara standing by the door, eyes wide and key in hand. Neji was right beside him, mouth hanging wide open in shock. For roughly a minute we just stood there staring at each other.

"Well this is awkward," I tried laughing off, all though all I wanted was for the earth to open up and make a mighty fine meal of me and my bare behind.

That seemed to startle everyone into action. Almost instantly Gaara let go of the door, letting it close with a bang. That was our cue to quickly pull up our pants and try to look as normal as possible.

Neji didn't take our being gay very well.

Gaara just stayed silent throughout our whole explanation…so neither Sasuke or I was sure about what he thought about the matter. Nevertheless, they both promised to keep quiet about the whole thing and eventually became okay with it.

Next was Shikamaru…

Sasuke and I were eating at the lunch table now with everyone else –still freaked about someone else coming into our little citadel in the gymnasium. The rest of the guys had gone to buy some snacks from the vending machine leaving Sasuke and me under the scrutiny of our lazy genius friend.

It took him three seconds.

"Are you guys gay?"

I choked.

Sasuke fumbled his onigiri.

Shikamaru nodded, "I thought so. Okay…don't worry, I won't say anything to those who don't know."

Thirty seconds later, Sakura found out…

"Won't say anything about what?" Sakura asked, sitting down beside us.

I was still in the process of choking while Sasuke was trying his best to hit me across my back while looking cool and collected doing it.

"Them being gay."

Sasuke then fumbled once more and accidently hit me against the back of the head thus sending me flying face first into my bowl of steamed rice.

Sakura then turned to Sasuke and gave him a scalding look.

I was able to observe this from my sticky perch in the rice bowl.

"I'm waay hotter than you." Turning to look at me, she grinned and winked.

I was relieved.

Sasuke agitatedly began gnawing on his carrots like a pissed off rabbit.

Next were Kiba and Choji…

We forgot to lock the bathroom door.

Kiba and Choji wanted to fill up some water balloons.

They burst in.

Kiba screamed

I screamed

I accidently hit Sasuke in the face

Sasuke tripped and fell into the bathtub

Choji firmly planted his hands over his eyes and began muttering curses under his breath

Ten seconds later, Shino and Ino found out…

"Oh my god you guys are gay!" Kiba screamed, pointing his index finger at the quickly disappearing tent in my pants.

Heavy footfalls were heard

Shino and Ino burst into the bathroom

Looked, accessed…then Ino proceeded to jump and yell "I knew it!"

Then before we could stop the overly excited blonde senior, Ino pulled out her phone and called Hinata –who interestingly enough picked up on the first ring.

What are the odds, right?

"Sasuke and Naruto are gay!"

"Ino give me the phone!"

"W-what?"

"H-hey, Hinata!"

"N-neji, N-naturo and S-sa-Sasuke are gay!"

"….I know."

Ah, memories.

"Naruto!" My mother called as she began her fast walk down the driveway holding a camera. "We need a picture!"

Behind her were my father and Fugaku, each man sporting a rather solemn look on their face. The girls all in unison squealed and started pushing us all together. I grabbed Sasuke's hand and squeezed it tight, a grin as wide as the moon on my face. Sasuke too gave a little smile, his hand squeezing mine in return.

"Alright, ass nuggets!" Kiba yelled with a wolfish smile, "Smile big!"

Sakura smacked him just as the flash went off on the camera. I instantly started laughing when Sakura whined and demanded for a retake. My mother grinned and took a few more pictures of our crew beside the car.

Once that was over with, Sasuke closed the trunk of the car and turned to me. I winked at him shamelessly and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"ROOF!" Fugaku and my father said loudly.

I looked up. "Roof? I don't see one…do you, Sasuke?"

Without taking his eyes off me he shook his head. "No."

"Good."

Taking hold of my chin, Sasuke pulled me closer and pressed his lips to mine. I could feel him smiling throughout the whole encounter.

"Hey, butt lovers!" Kiba hollered, scrunching up his face. "Get a room!"

I don't know how he did it, but somehow Sasuke managed to pull out his wallet and hit Kiba directly in the face with it without looking. A string of curses then proceeded to erupt from Kiba's mouth as he cradled his now bleeding nose.

Like I said before, some things never change.

Some of you asked about a sequel…

Honestly? I don't know if I will be writing one…I guess it depends on my mood. If I do write a sequel… it won't be for a while because I want to finish off the rest of my stories on here first.

So hopefully you guys enjoyed POPULAR. If you want to read the unedited version, you can do so either on my website or deviantArt.

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