On the Other Side of the Pipes

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

AN: A lot of you said you wanted more of this story because apparently one-shots aren't enough these days. So here's a quick one-shot in Sasuke's point of view because I'm sure we all want to know how Sasuke dealt with a strange man talking to him through his shower pipes.

Please note that some of the interaction between Sasuke and Naruto will appear different because everyone has their own way of telling things. Meaning, Naruto may or may not have mentioned some things, or Sasuke remembers things differently from the way Naruto said them.

"Thank you very much, ma'am." Sasuke Uchiha said politely, and he firmly shook the hand of the busty woman before him, keeping eye contact with her the entire time. She had pretty eyes – they were like the color of a latte, almost. "I will do my best."

Tsunade eyed the other man thoughtfully. "You do realize, Mr. Uchiha, that I am very protective of my girls. I don't hire male teachers very often, especially not…young ones such as yourself. But your credentials are the best I have seen in a long time. Nonetheless, I will not tolerate any slip-ups."

Sasuke refrained from sighing in his annoyance (he knew by young she meant good-looking), but he figured he might as well get it out in the open now. "Ms. Tsunade, I assure you there will be no slip-ups. I need this job so that I can finally move out of my ex-boyfriend's apartment. You will not be disappointed, I promise you."

Tsunade bit the inside of her cheek, understanding completely. 'I think I might have landed the perfect teacher for an all-girls' school…' "Then I shall see you on Monday, bright and early. The girls are ready to start on Romantic poetry. Have your lesson plan ready to present to me and I will show you the classroom you will be teaching in." Tsunade shook his hand again and showed the young man to the door. "Have a good day."

"Thank you for giving me this chance. Goodbye," Sasuke exited the office and sighed in relief when the door closed behind him. He looked up to see two girls in their uniform looking at him, and he nodded to them. When they blushed, he narrowed his eyes before walking away.

"Well?"

Sasuke removed his tie and wound it around his left hand. "I got the job."

Root Sai smiled at the Uchiha from where he sat at the bar in the kitchen. "That's great; we should celebrate."

Sasuke glared at his ex. "I just came out of the office of a woman whose reputation exceeds that of Donald Trump's, and you expect me to be in the mood to go out and celebrate?" He began unbuttoning his dress shirt, but paused at Sai's words.

"Of course. C'mon, nothing big. Let's just go get some lunch. No place fancy; how about Akimichi's?" Sai slid off the stool he was sitting on and walked up to the oval mirror set in a black iron frame that was on the wall near the door. He combed his fingers through his bangs before turning and smiling at Sasuke. "Let's go, tight ass."

Sasuke's eye twitched, but he followed the other man out of the apartment anyway, tossing his rolled up tie on the counter as he walked by it.

It was starting to get cold outside due to it being late September, but Sai always managed to keep warm somehow. He was in dark washed blue jeans and a thin, black, long sleeved shirt that had a tiny hole near the right shoulder. It wasn't noticeable to anyone but Sasuke. He had always said that GAP had cheaply made clothes, and Sai would merely stare at him impassively. Sai was the manager of a GAP store, and Sasuke's opinion meant nothing to him.

Continuing to stare at the hole that was practically mocking him, Sasuke forced himself to look away, and he stopped in his tracks. "Sai, wait," he called when the other man continued towards their destination. Sasuke eyed the apartment building across the street and then stared at the colorful banner that hung above the entry way. "It's leasing," he said and he looked around for a crosswalk, noticing they had passed one up and he walked back to it and pushed the button, waiting for the light to change.

"Sasuke, you don't want an apartment here, do you? I thought you were going to look for one near the school." Sai muttered, sticking his hands in his pockets. He stood behind his ex-lover and glanced at a man across the street who was talking to a young woman. He returned his attention to Sasuke when the other finally answered.

"It's only seven blocks, I think. I can handle it. I just want to see the price and layout." Sasuke said and the light turned to the walking man figure. He stepped hurriedly across the street, Sai following behind like a loyal dog. Sasuke stepped into the building and was immediately blasted with the A/C. It was freezing in the hallway, but he was used to Sai's apartment being equally as cold. He walked over to the plastic box by the mailboxes and pulled a sheet of paper from it. He looked over it and could tell that Sai was reading it over his shoulder.

"Sasuke, it's only five hundred square feet. My place is twice as big as this. You can find something better." Sai said.

"The rent is only a hundred and twenty-five a month…" Sasuke said. He looked over the different layouts a little longer before folding up the paper and putting it in his pocket.

"You can't be serious. Your crap won't fit in there." Sai stated, following Sasuke back onto the street. They continued in the direction to the restaurant, firing at each other back and forth about the topic.

"Then I'll just have to get rid of some things."

"What about the rent? A teacher can't make that much…"

"I'll be making eighteen thousand a year; I think I can handle it."

"That doesn't leave much to live on for a month, Sasuke." Sai said. He backed off momentarily when they arrived at Akimichi's, but once they were seated at a corner table near the counter, he continued. "You don't know how much electricity, water, and gas is going to cost, not to mention that you don't have a bed. You can't sleep on an air mattress for the rest of your life."

Sasuke pulled out the folded paper with the layout of the apartment and showed it to him. "It comes with its own bed frame; I just have to provide my own mattress."

Sai took the paper from him and studied it. He made a face that showed he was unimpressed with the picture shown. "This isn't a bed frame, it's a bunch of plywood nailed together."

"It'll have to do," Sasuke hissed, yanking the paper back. "I'll have to go mattress shopping…" He trailed off when their waiter arrived at the table.

"Hi, I'm Naruto, and I'll be serving you today. Can I start you guys off with a drink?" the young man said, his hands behind his back as he tied the black apron around his waist, clearly just starting his shift.

Sai looked up at the man and licked his lips. "Hi, Naruto," he said in what he considered a seductive voice, but many would place it under a more sinister category. "I would like an Abita Purple Haze, please." Both Naruto and Sai looked at Sasuke who was reading over the paper again. "Sasuke," Sai whistled, successfully capturing the Uchiha's attention. "Order a drink."

"Oh," Sasuke said, seeming uninterested. "Ice tea for me," He returned to the paper.

Sai smiled apologetically at their waiter. "Forgive him; he's being more of a bastard than usual."

Naruto waved his hand dismissively. "Oh, pfff, no need to apologize. I'll get your drinks right away." He left the table and went behind the counter where a chubby man with brown hair wearing a white smock was cooking at a large stove. Other cooks and waiters moved around the cramped area behind the counter with skill and confidence.

Sai smirked and rested his chin on his hand. "Our waiter is hot,"

"Good for you," Sasuke said, finally folding up the paper and sticking it back in his pocket.

Sai's smirk darkened. "Sasuke…you're not jealous are you? I thought we agreed that it was okay to see other people."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and turned in his seat to find their waiter, but didn't need to because Naruto returned with their drinks, grinning at the two men as he set down the beverages. He watched as the blond-haired man pulled a straw from his apron and set it down next to Sasuke's tea.

The man had long fingers, and Sasuke couldn't help but think that they were pretty. His skin tone was a healthy-looking tan, and Sasuke had to admit that it was kind of sexy, the way the barely noticeable blond hair on his arms mixed with the gorgeous almost-caramel color complexion. Not to mention that his tight graphic tee hugged his chest and biceps nicely. Unfortunately, Sasuke wasn't big on blondes, despite this guy's entrancing blue eyes and queer marks on his cheeks that made it look like he had whiskers. No, Sasuke liked guys who had dark hair and generally pale skin. He grimaced inwardly, realizing that this made him seem very vain, going after men that looked similar to him.

All in all, Sai had been right about their waiter; he was hot, but in an unusual way.

"Are you ready to order now, or do you need more time?" Naruto asked, his hands on his hips as he looked between Sasuke and Sai.

"Chicken salad for me," Sai said with an extra wide smile.

Sasuke sighed. "Caesar salad, please. Be generous on the tomatoes."

"Coming right up!" Naruto said cheerfully, turning away from the table and walking over to another where a middle-aged woman was beckoning him.

"He didn't write down our orders…" Sasuke mentioned.

"Do you think he's gay?" Sai asked, ignoring Sasuke's comment, eyes still glued to Naruto.

"I don't know," Sasuke snapped.

"Your gaydar always sucked…" Sai grumbled, turning back to look at his ex. "Don't give me the evil eye, you know it's true."

Sasuke growled and he slid his ice tea towards him. As he squeezed the lemon into the drink and grabbed a few sugar packets, he thought about how he ended up in a relationship with Sai. It was definitely a sad story; not sad in a sob story kind of way, but just…sad. There was no better way to describe Sasuke's lack of self-discipline for the one and a half years he dated Sai.

It started off as a one-night stand; they met at a bar where Sasuke went off on a drunken rant about his father not allowing him to be a singer. From Sai's spurring, Sasuke ended up standing on the counter and singing "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin. Applause and cat calls from total strangers, strong arms helping him down from the counter and catching him when he lost his balance. A passionate kiss, an agonizingly long subway ride to his apartment in Brooklyn, clothes off before he had a chance to close the door. He had never felt as alive as he did that night, and he honestly couldn't remember who had topped, but he was sure that he did.

A month passed before Sasuke happened to meet Sai again. The other man was standing by the tracks, waiting for the train to arrive. Sasuke knew he was staring, but he couldn't help it. He didn't know if he should get Sai's attention or pretend to be strangers... Sai made the decision for him, calling out to him with a wicked smile as he approached Sasuke. The train arrived and they got on together, Sai talking to him as though they were old friends. He invited Sasuke to go eat with him and a few friends at a hole-in-the-wall sushi/pan restaurant. Sasuke agreed, but only because it was close to his apartment. Of course, they went back to Sasuke's place afterwards.

They exchanged numbers and ended up meeting once a week to "catch up". After two months of this, they started meeting almost everyday, and then, out of the blue, Sai invited Sasuke to move in with him. His apartment was in Manhattan, and it was near his university, so Sasuke agreed.

Now that he looked back on it, their relationship was based on sex and convenience. Sasuke sighed as he stirred the contents of his drink. When Sasuke's father found out that his son was gay, he stopped paying for rent and other means. Sasuke didn't really care; by the time his father found out, Sasuke's last semester of college had been paid for. He was able to finish school, majoring in commercial business and minor in Literature, and started working as a secretary for Orochimaru, who owned a corporation that dealt with advertisements of all kinds. While there, he took courses online to get a degree in education, which he completed three months ago, and now he was going to be working as a Literature teacher at a private, all-girls high school.

With what little he had saved up, he'd be able to get the apartment and mattress. Unfortunately, if he calculated correctly, he was going to have to skip a few meals here and there.

"You never loved me, did you?" Sai asked out of the blue, making Sasuke's stirring still and his breath to cease.

Two pairs of darker than black eyes gazed at each other for a few moments. Finally, Sasuke spoke. "You didn't want to have a real relationship with me."

"So neither of us loved each other…but we make great sex buddies, right?" Sai laughed and Sasuke looked into his beverage, ashamed of Sai's comment.

Sasuke's life wasn't perfect at the moment, but things were going his way in a slow yet sure manner. The only thing that was missing was that golden relationship he craved. Something Sai could never give him.

"Your love alone…is not enough, not enough, not enough…when times get tough, oh, they get tough, they get tough, they get tough…" Sasuke sang softly as he turned on the water for the shower. He began to undress, turning away from the walk-in shower, only to pause and glare at the man standing in the bathroom doorway. "Sai, get out."

"I'm going to miss hearing you sing while you shower." Sai said with a slight pout, though it was quickly replaced with a smirk.

Sasuke resisted the urge to blush. He never knew that Sai could hear him. Then again, he mostly showered when the other man was out of the house, so Sai probably always heard him when he came home.

"Why do you have to leave so soon? I mean, who moves in on a Sunday?" Sai said mockingly.

Sighing loudly in aggravation, Sasuke turned around and turned off the shower. He left the bathroom, forcefully shoving past his ex. "I'm going to bed."

"I thought you were going to shower." Sai called after him.

"I changed my mind!" Sasuke growled, slamming his bedroom door shut. Pushing in the lock on the door, he plodded over to the air mattress in the middle of the room and crawled onto it. He was not going to miss this place, that's for sure. He had realized that he didn't like having a roommate. When he and Sai were dating, living together was fine. But once the broke up and had to stay in the same apartment, Sasuke felt annoyed by every little thing Sai did. He couldn't snap at the other man, however, because he had to keep reminding himself that this was Sai's place and he was lucky that the man hadn't thrown him out upon the ending of their relationship.

"Whatever…" Sasuke muttered. "Tomorrow, I'll be out of here. And then the next day will be my first day on the job. Things are good." He blinked, realizing that he hadn't turned on the light when he came inside. He decided to go to bed, turning on his side to set his alarm clock. "Things are good…"

Sasuke stood next to the elevator with a squeaky trolley that had boxes stacked on it. He had pressed the UP button what seemed like minutes ago, but that was probably just his anxiety getting to him. Finally the elevator doors opened and he realized why it had taken so long. It was packed with people; it had probably stopped at every floor on the way down. One particular head caught his eyes as people filed out of the elevator, some heading for the street while others went to the parking lot located behind the building.

"The guy didn't even care! He just picked up his bag and kept walking!" the blond-haired man laughed as he walked alongside an elderly woman who smiled politely at his story.

Wasn't that the waiter we had from two days? Sasuke wondered to himself. He recognized the marks on his face, and he was wearing one of those t-shirts that hugged his body nicely. Sasuke licked his lips as he tried to remember the man's name, but nothing came to mind. He hadn't been paying attention when he said it. Turning his head, Sasuke realized the elevator door had closed and he pressed the button again. The doors opened immediately and he wheeled the trolley inside.

He spent a good portion of the morning carrying boxes upstairs from the van he rented. He had to leave most of his big furniture at Sai's, and from the size of his apartment, he'd probably have to sell it all. There was no way he was going to be able to fit his couch in here. For the time being, he was going to use the air mattress for a couch.

By five in the evening, Sasuke had returned the van, finished unpacking all the dishes and silverware in the kitchen, and set up the entertainment system in the den. He was in the process of dismantling empty boxes so he could fit them in the closet when his phone rang. It was the delivery men with his mattress, so he went downstairs to direct them where to bring it. As he stood in the lobby while he waited for them men to get the mattress from the truck, the blond waiter entered with two young women who were probably second or third years in college. They walked past Sasuke without even turning their heads, which was okay because he was trying to be invisible to the other tenants in the building.

"So a dyslexic man walks into a bra..." The blond waiter said slowly, looking at the girls as he pushed the button for the elevator.

Sasuke couldn't help it and he let out a snort. To his despair, that caught the other man's attention and the blond grinned at him.

"See? He gets it! Why can't you guys get it?" the waiter said, holding his arm out towards Sasuke.

"It doesn't make sense," one girl said flatly.

"Yeah, it's not even funny," the other whined.

The elevator doors opened and the three went inside, the blond saying the joke one more time before trying to explain it to them.

Sasuke felt alone suddenly when the doors closed and he looked down at his feet. The blond hadn't recognized him from the restaurant. Well, that wasn't entirely his fault. Surely he had to serve hundreds of people everyday, so a single encounter wouldn't be enough to remember someone outside of the restaurant setting.

It took about fifteen minutes to get the mattress upstairs, and then another ten before the men figured out the right angle to fit it through the narrow and short hallway and into the bedroom. Sasuke paid them and closed the door behind him. He tore off the packaging from the mattress and covered it in the bed set he had from his first apartment. He decided to unpack the outfit he was going to wear tomorrow, and then realized he needed to set up his alarm clock as well. After he found everything, he set up the bathroom and decided to take a shower.

Studying the bathtub, he groaned in aggravation. He was used to Sai's shower, which was a walk in. This tub, however, had bronze pipes. The shower curtain, which was see-through (though that didn't really matter because he was now living alone) circled the entire bath. It looked like it came from an old mansion or something. Turning the knob on the right side of the nozzle, the pipes groaned before water came out with great force. Sasuke felt the water temperature and hissed when it scorched his skin. So he was going to have to figure out the right temperature by messing with both handles…how annoying.

Finally settling on a decent temperature, he pulled the plug on top of the nozzle and the shower head hesitated and shuddered for a moment before water came spraying out. He removed his clothes and stepped into the tub, closing the curtain behind him. He sighed, liking that the water smelled almost like it had lemon in it. Taking the oval bar of soap he had set on the toilet, he began washing himself thoroughly.

When the heat of the water relaxed his muscles some more, he began his usual ritual of singing under the cover of the showers noise. He went through his mental iPod and decided on one of the songs he had been listening to while setting up in the kitchen.

"Under blankets these hills cover neatly, we'll take steps to make sure our failures are hidden, but it's hard when our voices echo over ripples that form on the lakes and the edges they prey on we'll shine, shine, shine…"

"Swim around the lake," he paused in his singing, though the lyrics continued to play through his head, as he leaned back out of the tub to retrieve the shampoo bottle from the toilet. He was going to have to find an easier way to do this. He lathered the soap in his hair and picked back up in singing where the lyrics in his head had gone. "Spines of furrowed earth jut jagged as they rise like welts up on our backs on our bellies. It's cold as the lord in the bedroom, lord at your feet. The lords shaking the headboard with nothing to eat! We'll shine, shine, shine…" He rinsed out the soap in his hair and shook his head when he came out from under the spray. "Cold restless stumbles wanders towards the light-"

"Hello?"

Sasuke's breath hitched and he stopped what he was doing, his arms circling his chest as though he were covering himself. He looked around the bathroom, finding that the water droplets on the clear shower curtain were obstructing his view. Had someone broken into his apartment?

"Oh, they stopped…" the voice whined.

Or was this apartment haunted? Was that why he got the first six months for half price? Deciding that playing guessing games in his head wasn't going to help, he cleared his throat and called out to the voice as he looked around his bathroom once more. "Is someone there?"

"Ah, were you the one singing?"

Sasuke's cheeks flared up with heat. Crap, had he been disturbing his neighbors? But that couldn't be, his bathroom was on the side where his apartment ended. Unless he had been that loud…

"Who is this? Where are you?" Sasuke called, turning off the water and shoving the shower curtain back roughly and checking the bathroom to see if someone was in there with him, though the voice was too muffled sounding - like they were talking on the other side of a wall.

"I'm Naruto! I live here in the building and I can hear your singing through the pipes. You have a very nice voice!"

Sasuke felt like he was going to die of embarrassment even though there was no one there to witness the current situation. He had been about to have a heart attack because he thought someone was in his apartment, but it turned out some idiot was eavesdropping on him while he was showering. Stupid antique pipes.

He closed the shower curtain and started up the shower again. He was not going to talk to a stranger through his shower pipes.

"Oh, you're still there!" the voice said cheerfully.

He ignored the other person, reaching for the bar of soap to wash his body again; he always did it twice. After a few minutes passed, Sasuke smirked to himself, assuming the other person was gone. He was proven wrong a moment later.

"Wow, what a dick."

It was as if the owner of that voice was purposefully shouting it to make sure Sasuke heard him. "Fucking pervert," he grumbled out loud for no particular reason.

"What'd you say to me?" the voice yelled.

He frowned. "I said that you're a fucking pervert." Sasuke said louder under the spray of the shower water.

"What? I'm not a pervert! All I said was that you have a nice voice!" the voice cried defensively.

Sasuke grit his teeth and balled his hands up into fists. "Will you please stop talking to me through my shower?" he said, frustrated at the other man who was talking to him.

"Gladly!"

Sighing, Sasuke rinsed off and stepped out, grabbing a towel and drying himself off. He pushed his wet bangs back and out of his face, using his hand to clear the fogged up mirror. He pulled out his tooth brush and squirted some paste on it before going to work in his mouth, smoothing out his trimmed eyebrows as he brushed his teeth.

"Kyuubi, you are going to meet people in this world who are total assholes and you don't even have to meet them in person."

He rolled his eyes. You have got to be shitting me, he thought to himself. He quickly leaned forward and spit out the contents of his mouth into the sink. "Tell Kyuubi that they will also meet complete dip shits who don't realize that I can still hear them." Sasuke called out loudly, hoping that the other man could hear him. He turned on the sink and rinsed out his mouth.

A moment passed before the voice responded. "He doesn't take advice from falsely accusing buttheads."

Sasuke couldn't help the string of laughter that escaped him. Who used the term butthead anymore? As a matter of fact, the other guy's entire statement was just so stupid that it was hilarious to Sasuke.

"Hey."

He dried off his mouth with a hand towel before answering. "What now?"

"I really did like your singing. It's really awesome even though I'm hearing it through pipes. Your voice is so smooth and calming…it's practically orgasmic."

Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction and his lips parted. That was perhaps the greatest compliment he had ever received on his singing voice. Though the song he had been singing just now wasn't even the extent of orgasmic. He had been in falsetto; nothing sexy about that! As if to prove a point, he decided to sing a song that required a deeper, sexier voice. "Medicine man, you danced me across the country…Medicine man, you danced me across the sky. Medicine man, now my feet are dragging. Medicine man, can you hear my cry?" He hummed the rest as he turned off the shower water, and he hung his towel over the rail that the shower curtain was hooked to. Deciding that this had gone on enough, he ceased his humming. "What was your name again?" he asked. He was sure the other man had said it at the beginning of…whatever this was.

"Oh! Um, my name's Naruto!" he called back.

Sasuke smirked. Such a weird name. "Goodnight, Naruto," he said calmly, leaving his bathroom and heading across the hallway to his bedroom.

He dug through his boxes of clothes until he found a pair of boxers and slipped those on before setting his alarm for six in the morning. He got under the sheet on his bed and tossed around a bit before getting comfortable. It didn't take long before he was in a deep sleep, only to be awoken by his alarm clock the next morning.

He sat up and glared at the dim light coming through his balcony window. He frowned as he yawned, his eyes watering slightly. He turned off his alarm and shuffled out of the bedroom, going to the box that he put his lesson plan and messenger bag in. Pulling out everything he needed for his first day of work and setting it on the air mattress, he went into the bedroom and began getting dressed, leaving his dress shirt open to reveal his wife beater. He debated whether or not to wear the tie he chose last night and decided to go with it, draping it around his neck.

Entering the bathroom, he splashed his face with cold water, careful not to get any water on his tie or shirt. He was going to have to skip breakfast, and he was sure there would be coffee in the teacher's lounge at the school, so he brushed his teeth. As he rinsed his mouth, a shout rang through his bathroom.

"You have got to be shitting me!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, at first unsure of what he should think of this. Then he quickly remembered last night and realized that something happened with Naruto. "Well good morning to you, too." he called teasingly, wiping his mouth with a hand towel.

He was met with silence. Has he already forgotten about last night? Sasuke wondered. Thinking that maybe Naruto hadn't heard him, Sasuke was about to repeat himself. Then…"Oh! Good morning!"

"Is everything okay down there? I didn't need the pipes to hear that shout." Sasuke said, slightly annoyed by the fact that Naruto had forgotten about last night, but also amused that Naruto was having a rough morning. That's what you get for disturbing a random stranger in the shower. He smirked and began brushing his hair.

"Yeah, I just filled – blah, I mean…I spilled some ramen on the floor. I have to clean it up now."

"Idiot," Sasuke responded automatically before turning back to the mirror and checking his face. He ran his hand over his jaw and decided that he needed to shave before going in. He finished shaving very carefully, put on deodorant, and then went back into the bedroom. He gathered his wallet, keys and cell phone, shoving them in his pocket before buttoning up his shirt and tying his tie. He was about to leave the room when he realized that he needed a belt. Digging through two boxes, he finally found one that went with his outfit. He also found the pair of black dress shoes he couldn't find last night and pulled those out. He put them on and went into the den, picking up his messenger bag and slinging it over his right shoulder. Grabbing his packet of lessons to present to Tsunade, he checked himself in the bathroom mirror one last time before leaving his apartment, locking it behind him, and calling the elevator.

It didn't take as long to reach his floor this time, and he entered the empty compartment, pressing the first floor button and leaning back in the corner. It stopped on the fifth floor, the one right beneath his, and a young man and woman who appeared to be in the mid or late twenties stepped inside the elevator.

"Hold the door!" a shout came from the hallway and like teamwork, the man put his arm in front of the elevator door while the woman pushed down the DOOR OPEN button. To Sasuke's surprise, the blond waiter rushed in, laughing in an almost victorious yet maniacal way when the elevator doors closed behind him. "Thanks," the blond said with a smile at the couple.

"Rough morning?" the woman asked, pulling her hair into four pigtails.

Sasuke realized he was staring at the three people in front of him and decided to pretend to look over the packet of papers in his hand even though he didn't need to. He studied this material so thoroughly that he knew it cover to cover. He could feel eyes on him and he wanted to look up to see who it was, but he decided to act like he didn't notice. It was rude on their part.

"Temari, did you always have your nose pierced?"

Sasuke was compelled to look up now, and he zeroed in on the black stud in the woman's left nostril. The woman called Temari smirked at the blond waiter and shook her head. "No, I did it myself a few days ago. Like it?"

No, Sasuke thought to himself. It looks trashy; you look trashy.

Blond waiter opened his mouth to say something, but the other man who had his hair pulled back in a tight ponytail cleared his throat loudly, interrupting him. The blond looked at the other man, stiffening under his gaze. Returning his attention to the woman, he began stammering. "Oh…uh…it's nice. But! Um! Maybe you shouldn't get anything else pierced?" He was about to look back at the ponytail man, but he noticed that Sasuke was looking at him, mystified.

And how could Sasuke not stare at him? His voice was the same as Naruto's, the man he was talking to through the pipes last night. This was too much; the man who was his and Sai's waiter a few days ago lived in his building and called Sasuke's singing voice "orgasmic".

The blond turned away quickly as if he hadn't noticed and practically bounded out of the elevator when the doors opened on the first floor. "I'll see you guys around! Come visit me at work today, kay? I'm working the lunch shift."

That only extinguished any bit of doubt that Sasuke had of the blond not being the waiter. Sasuke slipped past the blond while his back was turned and went to gather some papers he saw sticking from his mailbox. They were simply a copy of the apartment contract and some other information Sasuke had asked the landlord to give him. He was glad that the woman worked fast on her promises, but he still didn't like her very much. She was greasy looking and smelled bad.

He watched out of the corner of his eye when the blond man left the building, heading in the opposite direction Sasuke was supposed to go. Checking his watch, Sasuke realized that he had about fifteen minutes to get to the school, and he had to walk five blocks. Stuffing the papers from his mailbox into the front pouch of his messenger bag, he closed his mailbox and walked hurriedly out the door, falling into speed with the rest of the people walking on the sidewalk.

Sasuke was a strong man. A very, very, very strong man. That was why he was still standing on his own two feet, though he was gripping onto the podium to support his body, when the last bell of the day rang, dismissing the girls from school.

Tsunade was very impressed by his appearance and his lesson plans, which was a relief because he had to run the last two blocks when he realized he had missed a turn at some point. Also, he had almost smiled with glee when she told him that the school went by a block schedule, which meant only four classes a day. And he only taught five (two regular, two honors and one AP) different classes, which meant that he had two free periods. Unfortunately, today was not one of those free periods, so he had to introduce himself four times and go over the same material four times. And that meant that tomorrow he'd have to relive this day once more before he got his free periods.

It wasn't that teaching was hard or anything. It was a breeze. And it wasn't even the fact that he had to keep stopping to repeat what he just said because someone wasn't paying attention. Heck, in independent study, practically every student asked to go to the bathroom or to go get water or to go to their lockers, but what they really wanted was to text their friend or boyfriend, go visit their friend in another classroom, or were simply bored out of their mind, and Sasuke told them no.

What was bothersome about being a teacher in this particular school was that it was full of hormonal girls who eyed him like he was their dream dress for prom.

"Sakura," A blond girl named Ino Yamanaka called across the class room, skipping around the desks to get to her friend. "Let's go see Naruto today, kay?"

Sasuke looked up from the book in front of him at the mention of the man's name. It had to be the same Naruto, how many men named Naruto could possibly live in Manhattan? And who were these girls to Naruto? How old was he? More importantly, why did Sasuke even give two shits? His inner ramblings were cut short when Ino and Sakura approached his podium.

"Bye Mr. Uchiha!" They both giggled when he nodded and they left the classroom, their arms linked.

Sasuke rubbed at his temples. He didn't care. He couldn't care less about the blond waiter who had to be Naruto. No, there was no questioning it. That waiter had the same voice as the one talking to him last night; he was sure of it. And to get more technical about it, the direction the blond had run from to the elevator this morning was definitely the direction as Sasuke's apartment upstairs. One way to confirm all of this was to just go to Akimichi's and have the blond as his waiter again.

Shaking his head at his own stupidity, he dismissed the thought. Besides, he didn't have the money for that.

Sasuke turned off the TV after he finished going over tomorrow's lesson plan. He was going to have to head in early tomorrow again to make corrections to the PowerPoint he made, and he could probably grab some breakfast at the school since they served it to students who came in early. Then during one of his breaks he'd have to make copies of a handout…

Sighing, Sasuke got up from the air mattress and left his lesson plan on it. He went into the bathroom and immediately took off his clothes before starting up the water. He tested the temperature coming out of the faucet before pulling the plug for the shower. He picked up his clothes and laid them out neatly on the floor of his bedroom. Returning to the bathroom, he stepped inside the tub and decided to wash his hair first this time since he kept running his hands through it all day, making it greasy.

As he rinsed the shampoo out of his hair, he began to sing. "Well just because she feeds me well and she made me talk dirty in a pink hotel, doesn't mean she's got eyes for me. She might just want my bones, you see. Hey, flathead, don't you get mean. She's the second best killer that I have ever seen. They don't come much more sick than you. I could go on if you want me to. It's just so wrong so very nice; I told you once and you killed me twice." He hummed the next part as he reached for the soap and began to wash his body. "Till she said bara bap bara ra ra bara bap bara ra ra ra..."

Deciding that once was enough for today, he turned off the water and stepped out of the tub.

"Encore! Encore!" a voice said, followed by a laugh.

Sasuke smirked, not surprised one bit that Naruto had been listening. "Hello again. This isn't a concert hall, you know," he said as he grabbed his towel and began to dry off.

"Hello…um…Chuck."

Sasuke raised a brow at this. "Chuck?" Oh, that's right; he never told Naruto his name. But Chuck? Really? Couldn't he do any better than that? What kind of guy named Chuck had a voice like his?

"I don't know your name, so I'm going to call you Chuck."

"Please don't," Sasuke said, drying his hair with the towel.

"Then what is your name?"

Sasuke wiped away the steam on the mirror and tilted his head at the sight of his stringy, wet hair that was sticking out in different directions. "Hm, should I tell you?" he asked teasingly as he reached for his comb and straightened his hair out.

"Um…yes? I mean, you know my name."

Sasuke nodded in understanding. "That is a valid point," he muttered before smirking. "My name is Sasuke." He stood there for a minute, combing his hair, before wondering what was taking Naruto so long to respond.

"So, Sa-su-ke…do you have a girlfriend?"

His left eye twitched a little at the way Naruto said his name, he didn't even really comprehend immediately what he had asked. "A what?"

"A girlfriend. You know…a lover?"

Sasuke smirked at his reflection for a few moments.

"You know what I mean!" Naruto shouted after a while.

"Of course I do. Why do you want to know?" He asked suggestively.

"N-no reason! I was just wondering if maybe she thought you were weird for talking to a guy in your bathroom…"

Sasuke also saw that as a valid point. Then again, Naruto could just be covering the awkwardness of the question. It made him think of what Sai would think about this scenario if they were still dating. He would probably find the whole situation hilarious and invite Naruto over for tea, probably try to push for a threesome whether Naruto was gay or not. He was just annoying like that. Then again, he wouldn't be in this apartment if he and Sai were still dating. "I'm sure she doesn't care," he responded automatically.

"I dunno…I think that if I had a girlfriend, she'd be pretty weirded out that I was talking to a voice from my bed."

"Naruto. I don't have a girlfriend." Sasuke said directly.

"Oh. W-why? Are you ugly?"

Sasuke scoffed. What an idiot.

"I didn't mean-"

"I know what you meant." Sasuke cut him off. "I don't have a girlfriend because I don't like women." He hadn't meant to announce his sexuality so soon, especially to this total stranger. A few moments passed and Sasuke thought for sure that he had scared Naruto away with his sudden come-out-of-the-closet moment. Oh well, it was nice having the human contact, for as long as it lasted. He had no regrets.

"So…what? You're into dudes?" Naruto finally asked after a while.

Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows, "No, I'm into chimpanzees," he whispered incredulously to himself. Shaking his head, he wiped away a droplet of water that was running down his chest and answered Naruto. "What of it?"

"No, don't get me wrong! I'm bi! Actually…my boyfriend dumped me a few months ago. He left me…for someone else."

Sasuke looked over at his shower as though Naruto were standing right there. What was he supposed to say to that? Sorry for your loss? This was awkward; he didn't know if he should be comforting or indifferent. "I'm sorry," he finally said. "You...sound like a nice guy. If I were your boyfriend I wouldn't even look at anyone else that way." If you're the waiter from Akimichi's, that is, he wanted to add.

But what if he wasn't? And what if he was the Naruto that Sakura and Ino were referring to? Did that mean he was a high school student, too? Was Sasuke having these kinds of conversations with a student? He shuddered at the thought and decided that he had to know. "Naruto, how old are you?"

"Sixteen."

The answer came almost too quickly and Sasuke felt his stomach twist into something unpleasant.

"I'm kidding! I'm twenty-two, but I'll be twenty-three in October." Naruto said quickly.

Relief washed over Sasuke and he closed his eyes, willing away the headache that was forming at Naruto's stupidity. "So you've graduated already?"

"Yeah. What about you?"

Sasuke considered pulling the same prank on Naruto and saying that he was still in school, but decided against it. He was above that sort of thing. "I graduated a year ago. I'm twenty-four." He answered truthfully.

"Sasuke, did you just move here recently? I'm just asking, 'cause I've never heard your singing before."

Sasuke smirked. "I moved in yesterday."

"Oh, shit. I must have freaked you out big time, then! I mean, first time using your new shower in your new place and you start hearing voices? Freaky shit."

Yeah, you better feel like an ass, Sasuke thought to himself. A chill ran down his spine and he shuddered. The bathroom was starting to cool off and he was getting cold. He quickly jogged into his bedroom and put on the clothes he had worn earlier that day. He came back into the bathroom just in time to hear the end of whatever Naruto was saying. "Sorry, I went to grab some clothes. What did you say?" he asked quickly as he sat down on the tile floor with his back to the shower pipeline.

"Oh, um…I asked where you were living before here." Naruto said.

Sasuke sighed in annoyance. It was exhausting talking about Sai. "I was living with my boyfriend, but we broke up."

"Oh, I'm sorry…"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the other man's tone. He sounded almost concerned. He probably thought that Sasuke had just recently broke up and wasn't happy about it or something. He'd have to fix that allusion. "Yeah. The worst part about it is that I had to continue living with him for over half a year before I saved enough money to move out on my own."

"Oh, really? That does suck!"

Just as Sasuke had suspected; Naruto sounded much happier now. Deciding to change the topic, and to get a certain question answered, Sasuke asked, "What do you do for a living, Naruto?"

"I'm a waiter at Akimichi's and I also work in the bookstore Headers."

Bingo, Sasuke wins. He was never wrong about these things. Never. "I work close to Akimichi's," Sasuke mentioned. The school was about six or seven blocks away.

"Then you should come by one day for lunch. I can give you a discount." Naruto said cheerfully.

Sasuke smirked at this.

"Sasuke, did you say earlier that you went to grab some clothes?"

He tilted his head to the side at the sudden question. "Yeah,"

"So…you're just sitting in your bathroom talking to me?"

He looked down at his lap, then at his surroundings. "Yeah…I guess I am."

For the rest of the night, the two of them ended up talking about almost everything. They talked about their teachers in middle school and the kind of towns they grew up in, they told the stories of their first kiss and the first time they figured out they liked the same sex and who their first boyfriend was. Sasuke even went on a rant about his father not letting him take any theater classes in high school or college, and about him cutting him off when he found out he was gay.

Sasuke was in the middle of explaining how he had crashed his family's sail boat into the doc when he was seven when he realized that Naruto had fallen asleep. Smirking, he stood up and wished Naruto goodnight before leaving the bathroom. He looked at the alarm clock in his bedroom, seeing that it was almost three in the morning. They had been talking for almost six hours. It was crazy, Sasuke had never felt so connected to someone like this before.

He thought about approaching Naruto in the elevator the next morning and decided to do it in an almost charming manner. Not to forward, but enough to make Naruto feel like he was in a movie. Since when was he the romantic type?

He fell asleep with thoughts of asking the blond out on a date, and feeling so connected to him…

Sasuke had gotten ready quickly that morning and mad sure he looked as sexy as he could in a lavender dress shirt (it was a gift from his mom, okay?) and navy blue, paisley design tie. Curse the school's dress code and its uncanny dose of dork. He decided to get rid of the tie and to roll up his sleeves to the elbow…maybe unbutton the first two buttons on the shirt. He'd fix them later before entering the school building.

In the elevator, it was sheer luck that the elevator doors opened on the fifth floor to reveal Naruto standing there by himself. This was his chance.

Their eyes met, but just as soon as they did, someone called out for them to hold the elevator door and Naruto turned around immediately, placing his arm in front of the door. Sasuke wanted to punch the red-haired man that strolled into the compartment. He looked at Naruto and frowned at the man's expression. His eyes were wide and his mouth agape.

"You dropped something." The slightly shorter man said and he lifted Naruto's chin back up with his index finger. "You act surprised to see me."

Naruto straightened his back and turned to face forward. "Hello, Gaara. Kind of early to be visiting Temari, don't you think?"

Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction. Didn't Naruto say that Gaara was the name of his ex-boyfriend?

"Kind of late to be growing a pair of balls, don't you think?" The red head challenged. "You don't have to pretend that you're over me."

Sasuke's hands balled into fists. Say something, idiot! Sasuke thought, trying to communicate with Naruto telepathically. He was being too quiet.

Finally, Naruto scoffed. "Please. The only way I'd still want you is – GAH!"

To Sasuke's horror, the red-haired man reached over and cupped Naruto's groin. Naruto quickly shoved the hand away and backed up against the wall. He would have been strangling the short man at that very moment if his over calculating mind hadn't told him it was weird to get involved at this point

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Naruto squawked. Sasuke was thinking the same thing.

The elevator doors opened on the first floor and Sasuke put back on his blank expression, trying to pretend that he hadn't noticed a thing. Gaara strolled out with his hands in his pockets like nothing happened.

Son of a…fuck." Naruto shouted and stomped out of the elevator. He suddenly turned around and glared at Sasuke who was making his best poker face in the history of the world. "You never saw any of that." Sasuke blinked in return and Naruto growled in the back of his throat before heading out the building.

He considered calling after Naruto, but he was sure the blond wasn't in the mood. Damn…and all that planning, too. The girls in class better be prepared because he was in a fucking awful disposition now.

"Well it's a big, big city and it's always the same. Can never be too pretty; tell me you your name. Is it out of line if I were simply bold to say "Would you be mine"?" He reached for the soap as he whistled the next verse of the song. He was still very pissed off that he never got to confront Naruto this morning, but he figured that there was always tomorrow.

Closing his eyes, he continued singing as he stood in the spray of the water. "So if you're lonely why'd you say you're not lonely? Oh you're a silly girl, I know I hurt it so it's just like you to come and go. And you know me, no, you don't even know me. You're so sweet to try, oh my, you caught my eye; a girl like you 's just irresistible."

He opened his eyes when he thought he heard Naruto's voice, but he figured it was just his imagination when the blond made no further sound to let his presence known, which was unusual. "Well it's a big, big city and the lights are all out. But it's much as I can do, you know, to figure you out. And I must confess, my heart's in broken pieces and my head's a mess. And it's four in the morning, and I'm walking along, beside the ghost of every drinker here who has ever done wrong. And it's you, woo hoo, that's got me going crazy for the things you do."

Okay, that time Sasuke was sure he heard Naruto. Though it sounded more like he was breathing heavily or something... "So if you're crazy, I don't care, you amaze…me…" Then Sasuke definitely heard Naruto as the other man cried out in pleasure.

Pain gripped Sasuke's chest and he decided to pretend not to notice. If Naruto was with someone right now, he didn't want to know…

"Oh, you're a stupid girl, oh me, oh my, you talk, I die, you smile, you laugh, I cry. And only, a girl like you could be lonely. And it's a crying shame, if you would think the same. A boy like me's just irresistible."

"Sasuke…Sasuke…ngggh!"

Sasuke's eyes widened and he felt his body becoming heated, the warm water of his shower feeling cool against his flesh. Naruto had been masturbating to his voice. No, more importantly, Naruto had been thinking of Sasuke while he masturbated.

"Jeezus…" Naruto moaned.

Did this mean that Naruto knew who Sasuke was? No, that was impossible. He would have said something by now. Why was he getting all worked up like this anyway? It was so unlike him.

He jumped when Naruto cried out in surprise and then there was a thump below him. "Are you okay?" he asked out of concern.

"I-I'm fine, thank you! I…I just slipped!" Naruto cried out.

Sasuke finished washing himself and then turned off the water, getting out of the tub. "Naruto," Sasuke said slowly. It was clear that Naruto knew Sasuke had heard him, but he wasn't going to talk about it. "I see. So you're just going to ignore me now."

"Pretty much," Naruto replied.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Wow, that's mature. Well, if you won't talk to me then I'm just going to have to talk to you until you respond."

"Good luck with that."

Sasuke wanted to laugh almost. Naruto had said he wasn't going to talk to him anymore, but the idiot kept slipping up. "So you were masturbating to me. Tell me, what do you think I look like?"

"I-I wasn't masturbating to you. I was just…masturbating."

Sasuke sighed. Uh-huh, sure, he thought. Well if Naruto was going to act like that, then so was Sasuke. Two could play at this game. "To your ex-boyfriend, Gaara?"

"What? No! Ew, no! It's fucking impossible for me to even conjure up a pleasant scenario of that guy. It's gross and, honestly, I kind of wonder to this day how I ever got it up for him in the first place!"

Sasuke actually really liked that response. It restored his confidence that he lost after seeing how Gaara and Naruto acted in the elevator. Not to mention he wondered the same thing. That man was, to say the least, not his type. "So you were masturbating to me. You really can't hide it. I heard you call my name."

"I…I…I was masturbating to your voice…"

Sasuke smirked. Bingo, he wins again. "I'm curious as to how you pictured me." He really wanted to know what Naruto's version of him looked like. Naruto didn't answer, and after a few seconds, Sasuke decided to ask a dissimilar question. "Were you top or bottom?"

Naruto responded immediately. "Excuse me?"

"You were obviously picturing in your head us having sex. So who was top?" Sasuke was sure that this wasn't that difficult of a concept, even for an idiot like Naruto.

"I…we…we never got to that part. We were just messing around…" Naruto admitted.

Sasuke thought for a moment about how innocent Naruto seemed. "Who would have been top, then?"

"Me, of course." Naruto responded back much too quickly.

"Oh, that just won't do." Sasuke said disapprovingly, furrowing his eyebrows. The thought of Naruto taking control, of Sasuke having to trust him to move inside him, he didn't sit well with it. No, he would have to dominate. He couldn't see it any other way. "Considering it's you, I would definitely be top." There was no way he'd let a guy like Naruto top him. He couldn't even bare the thought of Sai topping him. They tried switching once and they both agreed that they preferred it the other way around with Sai on the receiving end, mostly because he was lazy.

"What?" Naruto said with a laugh. "Yeah right! Like I would let you anywhere near my awesome ass. I would have you on your hands and knees, screaming my name with that gorgeous voice of yours."

Sasuke almost moaned at the mental image of bending over for Naruto, but then he also thought of his "awesome ass" (as the man himself put it) and how he would love to thrust into it. What was he doing even picturing himself bending over for someone? This idiot was messing with his head.

"You are sorely mistaken, dobe. After I'm done with you, you won't even have a voice to scream my name with as I pound you into the bed." He was getting turned on, which was crazy considering he only met this guy a few days ago. Then again, they shared their life stories with each other last night. He never felt closer to anyone than he did with Naruto. He could bet that his parents, let alone Sai, wouldn't even be able to list over half the things about Sasuke that Naruto knew.

"You won't even be able to handle me through foreplay! I'd have you so nice and messed up that you'd submit to me in no time and then we'll see who no longer has a voice!" Naruto responded, his voice deep and almost breathless.

Sasuke scoffed. "Naruto," he said in his sexiest voice. "I have you in a panting mess just by singing. You really think you have anything on me? I bet you squirm a lot, and I'd love to see that." He continued. "And the way you say my name when you're coming is so sexy…"

"Sasuke! I want to meet you! My apartment number is 20! I don't care what you look like and even though I just met you, I want you so badly! I promise that I'm at least decent looking! Please?"

Sasuke's eyes widened and he actually turned towards the bathroom door as though he was ready to rush out in only his towel. It would be so amazing and passionate, and they could have sex all night long and…and Sasuke had work in the morning. And so did Naruto most likely. Damn him and his logic! It always ruined everything. He couldn't go see Naruto now that he knew that it was irresponsible to! He was just going to have to direct Naruto away from the idea for now and jump him on the weekend.

"Dobe, you're not decent looking. I've seen you around the complex and in my opinion, you're gorgeous."

"What…? When have you-"

"Blond hair, magnificent blue eyes, and the greatest complexion I've ever seen. I've seen the scars on your cheeks, the ones you told me about, and you're always dressed in jeans and a tight fitting shirt, and forgive me for saying this, but god damn, it hugs you in all the right places." He gently placed a hand over his semi-hard member.

"You-you've seen me? Where? What do you look like? Have I seen you?"

"And as much as I'd love to come down to room 20 and ravish you," he said, ignoring Naruto's questions. "I can't."

"Why not?" Naruto shouted and there was a soft thump.

"I want you to figure it out on your own, because yes, you have seen me." He paused for a moment and willed away his erection before saying, "I'm going to bed. Goodnight, Naruto." He smirked when he could hear Naruto calling out his name even from his bedroom. He couldn't help but think of himself as a sadist for this. Or perhaps he was a masochist, because he was hurting himself by doing this, too.

Gods, he wanted to jerk off to Naruto's image so badly, but at the same time he knew he could have the real thing. He was just going to have to wait until the opportune moment…like the weekend.

An entire day passed without Sasuke being confronted by Naruto through his shower and he was slightly curious if maybe Naruto was mad at him for denying him sex the other night. If that was the case, then it didn't matter much because he still saw Naruto in the elevator. Although, yesterday morning he hadn't been there. Maybe Naruto didn't have work that day, which was why he was so ready to have Sasuke come down to him. He wouldn't have had to get out of bed early.

He halted his thoughts when "Clocks" by Coldplay started playing on his iPod and he began punching the skip button with his thumb till he finally settled on "Tomorrow" by Jeremy Messersmith. He wasn't a fan of this particular genre, but he loved this guy's songs; they were like ballads.

The elevator door opened and Naruto stepped inside. Sasuke looked him up and down, concerned by the dark circles under his deep blue eyes. Had he not been sleeping well?

Naruto didn't bother saying any form of greeting to him and leaned against the opposite wall of Sasuke, waiting near the door. He banged his head against the wall a few times. "Fuck…fuck…" he whispered to himself.

"Everything all right?" Sasuke asked slowly, turning his iPod off.

"Just peachy," Naruto said in an almost defensive tone.

Sasuke wasn't certain on how to respond. He was used to Naruto being happy or shy or…horny. How was he supposed to handle moody Naruto? What he wanted to do was smack him over the head and demand to know what was bothering him. Instead he settled for, "Are you sure?"

Naruto's head seemed to lift a little at this and he turned to look at Sasuke. However, the elevator doors opened at that moment and a shrill voice shouted Naruto's name.

Both Sasuke and Naruto groaned. Why did everyone interrupt them at crucial moments?

"Where's your rent? It's late!"

"I'm getting my pay check today, so I'll have my rent in tonight."

Sasuke sighed inwardly and left the building, trying to give Naruto some privacy while the landlady confronted him.

He was going to have to confront Naruto soon. Though the way Naruto looked at him back there, for that brief moment, it was as if he realized who Sasuke was. "So close," he muttered as he walked down the sidewalk.

Sasuke wanted to get drunk. He had so many parents come in to the Parent/Teacher Conference today and yell at him about everything that the woman he had replaced did wrong. None of it was his fault, and he would tell each and every one of them that calmly, but there was no stopping hysterical parental-units. He even assured them that their daughters were going to pass the year as long as they listened to him and did their homework.

He was exhausted and annoyed and wasn't afraid to show it. He stepped into the brightly lit lobby of his apartment complex and headed straight for his mailbox. Sai had texted him about forwarding him a check, and Sasuke desperately needed money right now. He was currently going off one, sometimes two meals a day. And those meals consisted of cafeteria food at the school. He was becoming exhausted from the push ups he always did in the evening when he got home due to the lack of food. It would be another week before he got his first check and he was trying to rationalize the money he had at the moment which meant that he couldn't get any alcohol tonight. When he didn't see anything from Sai, he sighed and closed up his mailbox.

Turning, Sasuke's breath hitched at the sight of Naruto watching him, and he straightened his back before moving to stand next to him in front of the elevator. The elevator buzzed in its arrival and the two men stepped onto the machine. Naruto pressed the 'five' button on the large dial and Sasuke reached past him and pressed the 'six' button. Being so close to Naruto, he could smell the shampoo he used, which was one of those "ocean spray" smells or whatever they were called. Main point, it was an unnamable smell.

Naruto stared in front of him for a few moments before turning and looking at Sasuke who was lounging back in his corner.

Sasuke swallowed in anticipation and waited for Naruto to say something. This was it, they were finally going to meet face to face.

"Sasuke…?" he inquired slowly.

He raised an eyebrow and tried not to smirk. The urge to mess with the blond took over him so quickly that he couldn't stop himself. "I'm sorry; I think you're mistaking me for someone else." He was composed and cool. Inside, however, he was laughing at Naruto's stupidity.

Naruto frowned at him. "Oh." He said in a cold tone. "I'm sorry." He turned back around. The elevator door opened on Naruto's floor and he moved to the opening. He was in the hallway when Sasuke panicked and yanked him back inside the elevator, shoving Naruto against the back wall where he pinned his wrists to his sides. Naruto began blinking rapidly, and Sasuke stared at him with amused obsidian eyes, smirking at the blush that fanned out over the blond's face. He was cute, but in a mature way. Sasuke didn't have a word for it.

"You're such an idiot." Sasuke said as the elevator doors closed.

Naruto grinned and made a face that screamed self-assurance. "I knew it was you."

"And you were going to just walk away?" Sasuke asked, annoyed at how Naruto was trying to play it off coolly. He was supposed to be the suave one of the two.

Naruto opened his mouth to retort back, but decided to remain silent. They stared into each others eyes for a few seconds before Naruto finally said something. "Are you going to kiss me? Because if you're not, then I-" He didn't get a chance to finish his sentence due to the pair of lips claiming his. The kiss was gentle at first, but then they started moving against each other, becoming more aggressive and passionate.

The elevator stopped and the doors opened and Sasuke pulled away from Naruto, yanking the blond-haired man with him. They escaped the elevator and Sasuke turned them around before melding their mouths together again, guiding Naruto backwards, and down the hallway. He used one hand to tangle with Naruto's hair while his other hand pushed on the small of Naruto's back, bringing them closer together and making it slightly more difficult to walk.

Naruto clutched at Sasuke's shoulders, crying out in surprise when his back collided with the solid surface of Sasuke's door. He gasped when Sasuke latched onto his neck, and he leaned his head back as if to give Sasuke easier access. "H-hey…" Naruto moaned when Sasuke found a particular sweet spot below his jaw. "Do you think – ha – that maybe…maybe we're moving too fast?"

"No." Sasuke said quickly, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his key for the door. They stumbled inside and Sasuke left Naruto to close the door and abandon his messenger bag.

The idiot was really going to ask that now?

"Sasuke, I'm serious!" Naruto whined when the raven-haired man turned back to him, and Naruto took a step back. "I mean…I don't even know your last name."

Naruto couldn't be serious. "I don't know yours," Sasuke retorted out of annoyance as he kicked off his shoes. "But I do know how you got those scars, and what grade you were when you broke your first bone, and how you found your cat Kyuubi and so much more." How could Naruto hesitate now after he all but begged for Sasuke to come down to his apartment the other night?

Sasuke didn't let Naruto have any more time to think as he grabbed him by the hair and kissed him deeply, licking the crease between Naruto's lips and being granted immediate access from the blond. Their tongues battled, twisting and pushing against each other with slick movements while hands grabbed at each other. Naruto began to unbutton Sasuke's shirt, but he grabbed his wrists and led him to the bedroom where Sasuke shoved Naruto back onto the bed.

Naruto licked his lips as Sasuke shrugged out of his shirt, their eyes locked the entire time. "So, Naruto," Sasuke's voice was deeper than before as he pushed Naruto to lay back and crawled over his body, his hands on the sides of Naruto's head. "Is this what you pictured me to look like?"

Naruto blushed and looked down at Sasuke chest, which wasn't exactly muscular, but it was fit. "I…" Naruto said, looking back up at Sasuke's face. "I was very lenient…"

Sasuke's smirked, deciding that was an excellent answer, and he pressed his lips against Naruto's once more, reaching down between them and unbuttoning Naruto's blue jeans.

Naruto sat up, forcing Sasuke to sit back on his knees, and slipped out of his shoes as he removed his t-shirt. He scooted further back on the bed and Sasuke followed him, leaning down and running his tongue from Naruto's barely noticeable abs to his collar bone, earning a shudder in response. Naruto looked down and met Sasuke's eyes before suddenly flipping them over, and he slid down Sasuke's body to undo his black dress pants, tugging them down his hips along with his boxers.

"Jeezus…" Naruto muttered and he looked up at Sasuke who was lounging back, his hands behind his head. Naruto swallowed before leaning down to kiss the top of Sasuke's member. It twitched in his hands, and he smiled before opening his mouth and taking the head in.

Sasuke moaned, his eyes fluttering at the heat that surrounded his organ. "Oh fuck…" Sasuke gasped, removing his hands from behind his head and gripping at the bed sheets beneath him. Naruto's mouth was so hot and when he sucked on him, he felt like he was going to scream in pleasure.

Naruto was amazing at this, to say the least, and it made Sasuke feel out of character, having to hold back so much. He groaned when Naruto took the entire length into his mouth, earning a long moan from Sasuke. He didn't waste any time before bobbing his head up and down, sucking hard whenever he pulled back. He stopped at the tip briefly, sticking his tongue into the slit to taste the pre-cum there, and then swirling the muscle around the head. He returned to taking the whole length in, relaxing the muscles in his throat with practiced ease so that Sasuke went in even deeper.

"Stop," he commanded and Naruto did as he was told, licking his lips when he pulled off. "Pants off," Sasuke said next, and he removed his pants and socks as well.

Naruto ditched his pants and boxers on the floor and crawled across the bed to lie on his side next to Sasuke. "How are we going to do this? I told you that I don't bottom."

"Well that's going to change tonight," Sasuke hissed as he rolled over to his side, giving Naruto a clear visual of his rear as he opened the drawer on his night stand and pulled out a plastic tube of lotion. "I don't have any condoms. Can't say that I was expecting to be in this situation any time soon…"

"That's fine. I'm clean." Naruto said with a smile.

Sasuke nodded. "Me too," He sat up and moved to position himself between Naruto's legs.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Naruto sat up as well. "I don't think so!"

Sasuke pushed Naruto to lay back down and glared at him. "I think so." He was not about to have this argument, not with this idiot. And why was he protesting now? Sasuke told him only moments ago that he was toping. Though, he could agree that arousal tended to make men stupid…er.

"Sasuke, I've never-" Naruto was cut off by Sasuke kissing him gently.

"I won't hurt you." Sasuke mumbled against his lips.

Naruto squeezed his eyes shut and forced his body to relax. "Okay…okay…kay"

"Okay?"

"Okay…"

"Okay?"

"Okay, Sasuke!" Naruto glared at the raven-haired man, lips pressed in a tight line.

Sasuke chuckled, and Naruto relaxed, allowing Sasuke to spread his legs wider. Sasuke opened the bottle of lotion and squirted some into his hand. Sasuke massaged his inner thigh with his left hand which was slick from the lube. "Relax. Simply relax. I don't want to hurt you." He pressed his finger against Naruto's entrance and pushed it in, glad that he had clipped his nails the other day.

"Ah!" Naruto gasped out, squeezing his eyes shut even tighter. His eyes shot open when Sasuke's free hand grasped his erection and began stroking and massaging it. "Sasuke…"

Dark eyes didn't look up from what they were doing and he continued to push his finger inside Naruto, his thumb pressing into the slit and making Naruto shudder. "Relax." He ordered when he was met with some resistance.

Sasuke knew that Naruto was doing his best to relax. He was simply reacting on instinct to the foreign feeling, not because it hurt. Nonetheless, Sasuke remained concentrated and concerned. Naruto grit his teeth when a second finger was added and then was pulling at the bed sheets when the third and fourth came in. He twisted his head to the side, his body slowly becoming used to the intrusion.

Sasuke thrust his fingers in and out rhythmically, getting Naruto used to the feel of having something move within him. He pulled his fingers out after a few minutes and scooted closer to Naruto, taking hold of the back of his knees in his hands and pushing them back. "I'm going to…"

"Got it," Naruto said quickly, squeezing his eyes shut tightly in anticipation.

Sasuke felt his stomach twist at the abrupt tone, and he gazed down at him. He knew that it took a lot of trust in the other partner to bottom, but he had to remember that this wasn't who he was used to being with. He had to adjust to Naruto's comfort level. He had to get Naruto to ease up for him.

When Sasuke didn't move, he turned his head to look at Sasuke and found that the other man was staring at him, and when their eyes met, he smirked. "W-what?" Naruto asked, his face flushing.

"Nothing," And with that, Sasuke thrust his hips forward and Naruto's eyes, still locked on Sasuke, widened and his mouth fell open. Sasuke leaned forward, bending Naruto's body with him, and claimed Naruto's lips. He captured his bottom lip between his teeth and tugged gently before releasing it and grazing his teeth over Naruto's smooth chin.

"B-bastard…" Naruto growled, reaching up and threading his fingers through Sasuke's hair, tugging at the raven and kissing him.

Sasuke smirked in the kiss and began changing the angle of it, sucking on Naruto's tongue every time it intruded in his mouth.

"You can move now." Naruto said several minutes later after they parted.

Words from an angel, if you asked Sasuke. He pulled out almost all the way and then pushed back in, immediately becoming drunk on the feeling of Naruto's tight, velvet heat surrounding one of his most sensitive areas.

He picked up the pace and started thrusting wildly inside him, unable to control himself. He rotated his hips a little, trying to find a particular spot in Naruto to make this all feel better for him. After all, Sasuke wanted Naruto to be in nothing but pure bliss.

At one particular thrust, Naruto cried out louder than before, followed by a low moan. "Sasuke! There…keep going…right there…"

Sasuke didn't need to be told twice and latched onto Naruto's tan neck, littering it with red marks, while his right hand reached between their bodies and began pumping Naruto in time with his shallow, fast thrusts. Each time he pushed in, he grazed against Naruto's prostate and stayed there for a few moments, letting the pressure sit on it before pulling out and repeating.

"Oh god, Sasuke!" Naruto muttered, arching his back towards the left and then the right, his hands on Sasuke's shoulders and squeezing tightly. He squirmed some more before his body tensed, causing Sasuke to moan when he tightened around him. "Oh god!" Naruto cried. "Yes!"

This side of Naruto was insanely wonderful, Sasuke couldn't think of anything else but doing this every night of every day. Sasuke pulled away from Naruto's neck and bit his lip, feeling his orgasm approaching quickly. The way Naruto moved and screamed his name was bringing him over the edge, and all he could do was continue to thrust into the other man who was squeezing around him, begging him not to stop. He could hear the bed hitting the wall and creaking loudly and he was grateful that it was Naruto's apartment below his so that they weren't disturbing anyone.

"Sasuke…so close!" Naruto moaned and after a few more thrusts, he arched his back and screamed out the raven's name as his seed shot out and coated both their stomachs and chests.

Sasuke came inside him almost immediately. Naruto collapsed back on the bed, Sasuke still moving inside him slight as he rode out his own orgasm. He groaned and pulled out slowly, some of his seed coming with him, and he moved to lie next to Naruto on the bed.

"It feels gross…" Naruto grumbled.

Sasuke let out a breathy laugh in return. "But it was good, right?"

"Very rough," Naruto commented.

Sasuke turned to look at him. "But it was good, right?"

Naruto grinned and shook his head. "Very, very good."

"Are you tired?"

Sighing, Naruto nodded and turned to look at Sasuke.

Sasuke gazed at him with intense eyes, his hair sticking to his forehead due to the sweat that had formed there during their earlier exercise. Naruto reached forward and pushed his bangs out of the way. Sasuke grabbed his hand, kissed the tips of his fingers, and then held it to his chest.

"I think I could get used to this…" Naruto said. "I mean…talking to you through the pipes and all…"

Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows. "Why would you talk to me through the pipes when you have me right here?"

Naruto stared at him for a minute. "You're right. I don't know what I was thinking."

Idiot. "You weren't. Go to sleep."

Naruto sat up slightly and looked down at the other man. "Do you have work tomorrow?"

"No; it's Saturday." Sasuke said, blinking at him.

"Oh. Okay! Good, good. Neither do I." Naruto smiled and fell back onto the pillow.

"Thought I was going to leave you in the morning?" Sasuke asked in amusement. This was exactly why he waited till the weekend.

"Well, I don't know. I was just hoping to wake up with you, I guess…" Naruto placed his hand on his stomach and flinched when it landed in something wet. "Oh…ew…"

"I'll get you a towel to clean up with." Sasuke said and practically rolled off the bed. He stretched as he walked out the bedroom, knowing full well that Naruto's eyes were glued to him. He pulled the towel off the shower curtain rod and returned to the bedroom to find that Naruto was already in a deep sleep. "That was fast…" Sasuke muttered as he knelt down on the side of the bed where Naruto was sleeping. He wiped his tan body down thoroughly, making sure to give some extra care to his rear.

He tossed the towel on the bathroom floor and splashed his face with water. Looking at himself in the mirror, he smirked. He was about to get in bed and go to sleep next to a gorgeous man who could potentially be…permanent.

Shaking his head, Sasuke wondered how he had become like this. It wasn't like him to be so…giddy over someone else. When he was dating Sai, he was still very impassive. It was as though Naruto was the only one who could make him like this.

Sasuke put on some deodorant so he wouldn't smell to offensive, and turned off the bathroom light as he left the room. He gently eased himself onto the bed as to not disturb Naruto. Looking at Naruto, the other man was in no position to cuddle, with his back facing Sasuke, but his hips twisted so they were still on the bed. He leaned over and kissed Naruto on the shoulder, then on the temple before turning over and pulling the sheet over them.

Sai was going to be pissed when Sasuke told him that he had slept with Naruto, the waiter he had thought was hot. Right as he thought that, Naruto turned over and his right arm smacked Sasuke in the chest, then snorted and hit him in the chin while withdrawing his arm back to his chest. "Oh gods, he's a restless sleeper." Sasuke groaned before turning on his side with his back to Naruto.

Sasuke awoke to a knee colliding in his tailbone. "Ah, Jeezus!" he cried out and sat up to see that Naruto was now sleeping in the middle of the bed, lightly snoring. "You've gotta be kidding me. I am not dealing with this." Flinging the sheets off his body, Sasuke got out of bed and stretched his back out, groaning in the momentary relief he felt in the action. Cracking his neck, he looked down and leaned his alarm clock back to see what time it was. Ten o'clock; not that bad.

Sasuke decided to take a long, hot shower, in which he relieved some morning "stress" before getting out and turning on the TV. He thought about fixing Naruto something to eat, but then he remembered that there was no food in his fridge. He did have coffee, though. No, that wouldn't cut it.

A strange tune began playing, one that Sasuke recognized as the Imperial March from Star Wars. He entered the bedroom to find that it was Naruto's phone ringing.

"Mmm…" Naruto groaned from the bed and turned over, pulling the sheet over his head.

Sasuke retrieved the phone, seeing that the screen said Temari, and answered it. "Hello?"

"Nar-wait, who is this?" A woman asked from the other end.

"I'm Sasuke; who is this?"

"Where's Naruto?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto who was tossing around on the bed again. "In my bed," Sasuke replied honestly.

There was a paused. Then, "Oh! You mean…?"

Sasuke inclined his head forward slightly before answering hesitantly. "Yes…?"

"Oh, ohmigod, yes! Ah, Sasuke. Yeah, you're the new tenant, right? Naruto talked about you at the bar the other night! Said you had a sexy voice; gosh, he was right."

Sasuke looked at Naruto's form under the sheet. "Thank you." It was directed to both of them.

"Hey, can you tell Naruto something for me?"

"I can,"

"Tell him that Gaara and Neji will be staying with Shikamaru and me while their condo is being renovated or remodeled or one of those."

"That's the same thing," Sasuke deadpanned.

"What?"

"Renovating and remodeling are the same-"

"No they're not!" Temari shouted unnecessarily. "Also, ask Naruto why he didn't tell me about you sooner! Damn, this is so cute; you two together and what not. Okay, bye!"

Sasuke looked at the phone before shaking his head and leaving the bedroom, placing the phone on the counter. Not even five minutes passed when the phone rang again. "Well aren't we Mr. Popular…" Sasuke muttered when he looked at the screen of the phone. "'Diablo'? Whoever could this be?" he slid the screen down on the Android and held it up to his ear. "Hello?"

"Naruto, you came up short on your rent!"

Oh, so 'Diablo' stood for Landlady. Clever, Naruto. Very clever. "This is Sasuke Uchiha, the tenant of apartment 25. Naruto is still asleep."

There was a pause on the other line, the woman clearly trying to wrap her mind around how another tenant had Naruto's phone. Finally, she seemed to either understand or simply not give a shit. "Then wake him up and tell him to give me the rest of my money!"

"Are you sure he didn't pay the right amount?" Sasuke said as he inspected a small bruise on his left arm, curious as to where it came from.

"Are you questioning me on this?" The landlady sounded as though she were tapping her nails on a desk or something.

Sasuke wasn't sure why he was foolishly standing up for Naruto like this. It was possible that Naruto didn't pay the right amount and now Sasuke was just getting on the bad side of his landlord for no reason. Yet, something told Sasuke to keep faith in Naruto. He wasn't about to let him lose unnecessary money; if anyone knew how precious money was to rationalize, it was Sasuke. "Well…yes. I am. May I come down there and count it myself?"

There was another long pause, and then some shuffling of papers. "Fine, do that."

"I'll be there in a few minutes." Sasuke ended the call and set Naruto's phone back on the counter. He went into the bedroom and began fumbling around with the boxes of clothes that he had stacked in front of the balcony door to block the sunlight from the bed. When he had enough money to spend frivolously, he'd buy a curtain or something.

He pulled out a pair of jeans and a two-toned baseball tee that had letters faded beyond recognition, getting dressed, he grabbed his keys and headed out the door. Stepping into the elevator, he thought for a moment before pressing the 'five' button. He stepped out when the doors opened and headed towards Naruto's door. Clearly he hadn't thought this through enough, even though it was spur of the moment, but there was no way to get into Naruto's apartment to see how much he would have owed. Not to mention he wasn't sure where he'd find the paper that said that in the first place, or if Naruto even kept those things in order in the first place.

A door closed and Sasuke looked to his left to see the woman with four pigtails, wearing a black tank top with neon leopard spots and a purple miniskirt. "Temari," he called, recognizing her instantly.

Temari looked up and smirked. "Has he already locked you out?" she teased.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the woman. "No, he's still asleep in my place. I was just wondering, do you know how much he usually pays for rent?"

Temari looked at him warily before finally answering as she walked towards the elevator doors. Sasuke met her there. "He pays the same as Shikamaru and me; one-thirty a month."

"The landlord is saying that he came up short. I just wanted to make sure she's not ripping him off."

Temari stepped into the elevator when the doors opened and Sasuke followed her. "Oh god, not again. This is the second year in a row. It's like she's trying to kick Naruto out of here or something. She did it to my husband and me the first year we were here, but we knew she was trying to scam us. Naruto needs to sue her or something. Ah," She turned to look at Sasuke and held up a finger to him. "You be careful, too. She always does it at some point in the first year."

"Well all the more credit to her if she can actually pull it off." Sasuke grumbled, stepping out into the lobby when the elevator doors re-opened. He waved goodbye to Temari before knocking on the office door. This was going to be a breeze.

Sasuke closed the door to his apartment and smirked, feeling the twenty dollar bill in his pocket with his free hand. A little threatening, and then informing the land lady who his father was, had landed both him and Naruto a discount on their rent. The twenty dollars came from Naruto's rent, and as much as Sasuke would love to keep it to buy breakfast or something, it wasn't his. He slipped it in Naruto's wallet, and placed his jeans back on the floor.

He stretched his back and looked down at Naruto who was now stretched out over the entire queen-sized bed. The thought of scaring him to wake him up occurred to Sasuke, but he decided against it. He had a feeling that Naruto wouldn't handle that well even if the sex had been great.

He went into the kitchen and decided to brew some coffee. Though Naruto probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon and nobody liked room temperature coffee. Sasuke shrugged; surely he could make ice coffee out of it.

As he poured the crushed coffee grinds into the coffee maker, he began singing the first song that came to mind. "This is the first day of my life. I swear I was born right in the doorway. I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed; they're spreading blankets on the beach." He pulled out two coffee mugs and made sure to wash them carefully. When the coffee was ready, he poured it into the mugs, hissing when he spilled some over the edge.

"Yours is the first face that I saw. I think I was blind before I met you. Now I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been, but I know where I want to go…"

He carefully lifted the mugs with each hand and walked over to the bedroom to see if Naruto was awake yet.

"And so I thought I'd let you know that these things take forever, I especially am slow, but I realize that I need you and I wondered if I could come home." Sasuke entered the bedroom and looked at Naruto who was staring tiredly up at him. "Oh, good, you're awake," he said and sat on the edge of the bed carefully, twisting his body around to face Naruto. "Coffee?" He offered one of the mugs to Naruto as he took a sip from his own.

"Thanks," Naruto said, reaching for it, Sasuke pulled it out of his read and he frowned.

"Should I even let you have caffeine? I remember what you told me about what sugar does to you…" Sasuke said with a smirk. Though it would be funny to see a hyperactive blond in the morning.

"Teme." Naruto growled, taking the mug carefully when it was offered back to him. "That was a long time ago."

"Oh, that reminds me," Sasuke said when the statement reminded him of how he spent his time that morning. "The landlord called your phone, saying that you're fifty dollars short in your rent, but I took care of it. Also, Temari called to warn you that Gaara and Neji will be staying with her and Shikamaru while their condo is being renovated. She also wants you to tell her why you never told her about me. And-"

"Okay, stop!" Naruto said, holding up his free hand and looking at Sasuke in annoyance. "What do you mean you took care of the thing with the landlord?"

Sasuke shrugged. "I went down there and made her count it again and she realized her mistake. All is well." He debated on telling Naruto about the twenty dollars, but decided to just let the man find it himself.

Naruto face flushed cutely. "T-thank you…"

"Of course," Sasuke shrugged and took another sip of his coffee. His eyes raked over Naruto's toned body and he cursed the sheet that was covering his lower half. His eyes flitted back up to Naruto when he spoke again.

"What are you doing answering my phone anyways?" Naruto said, frowning.

"Well you certainly weren't going to with the way you sleep so heavily. Now get up and get dressed. I'm taking you out for lunch." Sasuke said to distract him from the topic, patting Naruto on the thigh once and standing up. He looked nervously down at his coffee as he thought of where to take Naruto that was romantic and wouldn't cost too much money. Maybe go to a street vendor, and then they could eat their food at the Highline Park…

"Wait, what time is it?"

"12:34." Sasuke called back. He looked out the window above his makeshift couch and watched as it started to get dark. He walked over to the wall and peeked up at the sky to see if a cloud was merely covering the sun, but he was greeted with a black, ominous cloud. "Oh, thank you for helping me save money." He returned to the bedroom to go tell Naruto that their plans were going to have to be cancelled, but he words died in his throat at the sight of the tan, naked backside. Dear god, it was even all over.

Naruto turned suddenly and gasped at seeing Sasuke.

"I wanted to see you in the light." Sasuke lied, his eyes raking over Naruto's body. He had to refrain from licking his lips in fear of looking like some kind of sick pervert.

"Y-you're such a creeper!" Naruto cried, placing his hands over his groin.

Maybe seeming weird was inevitable in the end. Sasuke smirked and left the doorway.

Naruto finally emerged from the bedroom fully dressed, carrying his shoes. "Hey, it got kind of dark outside while I was changing…"

"Yeah, it's going to rain; might as well not go out. So much for our date…" He said from where he sat on his air mattress, watching the weather channel.

Naruto smirked and placed his knee on the couch, leaning closer to Sasuke. "That's okay…I prefer to stay in anyways."

He liked the sound of that. Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto's waist and pressed their lips together and then pulled back, looking up at him with something of a hint of a smile. "I vote going to your place, then."

Naruto looked at him before grinning. "I second that motion, I guess. I need to brush my teeth anyway." He stood up, yanking Sasuke with him. "Let's go!"

They paused outside in the hallway as Sasuke locked the door and Naruto put on his shoes, and then they pressed the button for the elevator.

Sasuke placed his hands on Naruto's hips and massaged the area with his thumbs as he leaned in to kiss the blond. Naruto was squirming and laughing cutely, it kind of irked Sasuke. He shoved Naruto into the elevator when the door opened, pressing him up against the wall while distractedly hitting the fifth floor button, and the second floor by accident.

Naruto slipped his hands inside Sasuke's shirt, making his skin burn with the intimate touch, and he returned the favor. He reached up beneath Naruto's tight tee and pinched his nipples, receiving a shuddering breath.

Sasuke took advantage of the opened mouth and pressed their lips together, tongues and mouths moving against each other fervently. The elevator doors opened suddenly and they both stilled and turned to look at two men standing in the hallway outside the door.

Naruto cleared his throat and pushed Sasuke off of him, fixing his shirt and strolling out of the elevator with a forced, dignified look. Sasuke followed him, failing to suppress his smirk when they passed Gaara and the man next to him.

He accidently stubbed the toe of his shoe on the carpet and fell into Naruto, wrapping his arms around him to try to make it seem like he did it on purpose, earning a loud laugh from the blond. He kissed the tan neck apologetically before glancing over his shoulder to see Gaara staring after them, and he finally smirked.

Yeah, he thought, look at what you lost.

"Hey Sasuke…" Naruto said, turning his head in his arms from where he laid on a comforter on the floor, a quilt covering his and Sasuke's naked bodies.

"Hm?" Sasuke turned his head as well, the rain droplets on the window making shadows on his face.

"My name's Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said, his intense blue eyes staring into the endless void of Sasuke's. "What's yours?"

Sasuke smirked and turned his head back to look at the ceiling. "Hn…it's Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha."

"Cool." Naruto smiled and rested his chin on his arms, staring ahead of him where one of his cat''s toys was sitting on the ground. He suddenly sat up, but then collapsed back on the ground. "Jeezus, mother fuck, ow!"

Sasuke looked at him incredulously. What could have possibly compelled the idiot to do that? "What the hell, dumbass? What did you do that for?" Sasuke growled, though he was actually concerned.

"You…!" Naruto groaned loudly.

"What about me?" Sasuke replied in an equally loud voice.

"You're Sakura and Ino's Literature teacher!"

Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction. He then recalled Sakura and Ino mentioning him in class one time. "How do you know my students?"

Naruto rolled onto his back and started laughing. "Oh my god, I'm sleeping with my customers' teacher! They always come into Headers and they've been telling me about their oh-so-gorgeous Literature teacher! And it's you!" He wiped away tears that formed in his eyes from laughing so hard. "Oh my god, they're going to kill me."

Sasuke rolled his eyes, obviously not as amused, before closing them gently. Why did it matter if he was sleeping with their teacher? They had no chance with him for numerous reasons. "Get some rest for the next round."

They went right at it as soon as they entered Naruto's apartment, barely having the mind to close the door behind them, and then decided to take a shower together afterwards. That only ended with Naruto kneeling in the tub, hanging over the edge while Sasuke slammed into him under the hot spray of the water. Afterwards, they went into the kitchen wearing nothing but towels to get some food (Sasuke was going to have to talk to Naruto about all the ramen in his place), and Sasuke's suddenly overactive libido somehow ended up with them in a tangle of limbs on the floor of the den, dragging a quilt off the couch to make it more comfortable.

Naruto gulped audibly, but obliged anyway, curling up against Sasuke's warm body.

Sasuke sighed in contentment and pulled the quilt further up their bodies, Naruto whining when his feet were exposed to the cold air of his apartment. This couldn't be any more perfect. And to think this all started with Sasuke's habit of singing in the shower…what a bizarre basis for a relationship. Bizarre, but buoyant.

The End.

You can tell when I'm ready for a story to end, huh? I get so lazy…

This one-shot goes onto the list of worst lemons ever (still)! But I've been working on this all night. Again. This is becoming a problematic pattern.

Okay, that's it. There won't be another chapter, or even a sequel (why no sequel you ask? because the whole basis of this story was how Sasuke and Naruto got into a relationship through pipes; there is no reason to continue on from there). So please don't expect any more of this. All right, thank you for reading! Love you guys!

Songs Sasuke sang:

"Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" by Manic Street Preachers (one of my personal favorites)

"Waiter" by Portugal, The Man

"Medicine Man" by The Hush Sound

"Flathead" by The Fratellis (one of my personal favorites)

"Whistle for the Choir" by the Fratellis

"First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes