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My Favorite Mistake	By : riddlestar Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1218 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
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A/N: This fic (unfortunately?) is going turn M here onwards ( none in this chapter, but..) *big grin* SMEX BABY, YAYYYYY! Nothing too graphic, I'm not capable of that, but still it deserves a higher rating than T. So erm, enjooooy. I apologise in advance for dissapointing? Any of the younger crowd… though no one said you cant read it..*looks away whistling* ( will I go to jail for that?) *_*

CHAPTER 10

3 Days Later :

Sasuke lay on his bed, hands folded beneath his head, and stared at the ceiling. He didn't know what else to do. It had been three days since that crazy day, Sasuke didn't know what else to call it, when Naruto had made sure to ruin his life and utter the words he least expected from his ramen loving best friend. If it had been Sakura he wouldn't have been very surprised, even if she was engaged, but never in his life had he expected This.

He scowled, cursing Naruto. The dobe had really done it this time. What the hell was he thinking telling Sasuke that he liked him? that was crazy. Naruto couldn't like him. He was just his friend, someone that he spent his free time with, someone to spar with, to drink with, to talk to when he felt like….ok, Sasuke grudgingly admitted to himself.. so maybe he was more than a 'friend'.

But that was exactly it. He wasn't like all the others…Sasuke groaned. Great, now he had to add one more person to his 'avoid at all cost' list. And this time it wasn't some nameless simpering girl, but Naruto. Someone he actually liked to be with. Or more like the only person he liked to be with, apart from Sakura, and that too because she didn't give him a choice.

Sure avoiding Naruto for three days was easy enough, but how long could he keep up with this? He wasn't an idiot, unlike the dobe. He understood that by coming back to the village he had accepted the fact that it was unavoidable not to get more attached to the dobe, but he hadn't realized how attached he had become until a few days ago.

Even when the dobe had done that disappearing act for a month he hadn't been able to stop himself from checking up on him.. and now.. even contemplating avoiding him for a long time wasn't easy to stomach. He cursed again. Just how weak had he become?

And the mission they had been appointed.. He had been irresponsible enough not to check up on who the other squad members were. Shit. He had to go. For one, he had no choice. The other, well, he wanted to go. For how long had he been longing to test his skills on something other than vegetation and, he tensed..the dobe. Ugh. He just couldn't seem to avoid the blonde idiot. Even in his head, almost every thought lead back to him. Sasuke pushed himself up from the bed, swinging his legs to the floor. He was feeling restless and a more than a little guilty.

Naruto had called on him continuously the past few days and even stood outside his window and apologized loud enough for the whole complex to hear, but then he had added that he wasn't going to take his words back and Sasuke had ignored him there after. Ignored him because he didn't know what to say.

He didn't have the answer the blonde wanted. He didn't know whether he ever would have. He wanted so desperately for things to go back to normal, but it was obvious that Naruto wasn't going to let that happen. He felt a surge of anger at the thought. What was wrong with dobe? Why did he want to ruin what they had? The idea of them together was ludicrous. It wasn't worth risking their friendship, but Naruto had gone and done it anyway.

He was just about to get up and pack for his mission when he heard a tentative knock on the door. He decided to ignore it. He just wasn't in a talking mood, but then he heard a soft feminine voice filter through the door.

"Sasuke? Are you in there? Open up!"

It was Sakura. The Uchiha sighed. He knew that if he didn't answer, she would probably keep knocking untill he did. So he padded towards the main door, swinging it open to reveal a somber looking Sakura.

Her pink hair was a little longer than what it had been when they were teenagers, but it still stopped at her shoulders. However, what was most noticeable was the fiery glare in her eyes, which Sasuke was not at all used to being directed at him. Then he remembered that he had forgotten to bandage his neck, and it took all his self control not to cover it up with his hands when Sakura's shocked eyes fell on the marks. Annoyed, he folded his hands and leaned on the door frame, purposely taking up the entire space so she couldn't push her way inside like he usually allowed her to do.

"What is it?" he said, not in the mood for the woman's tantrums.

"What did you do to Naruto?" she accused, her glare returning, but Sasuke could tell she was still gawking at his neck.

"Excuse me?" Sasuke said, not liking the fact that Naruto had gotten somebody else involved.

"I said," Sakura took a step closer so she had to raise the angle of her head to look at him, "What- did – you – do – to - Naruto?"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, not at used to dealing with this kind of a Sakura. If the dobe was here he would have known what to do. He swore inwardly. Had he just thought of the blonde again?

"None of your business" he snapped, his reply harsher than intended.

Sakura pursed her lips, not at all intimidated. After 12 years, it took more than a riled up Uchiha to get to her.

"Yes it is," she insisted. "You must have done something. I haven't seen him so down since - " she stopped, looking down at her feet for a moment. Sasuke was curious despite himself,

"Since what?" he prompted.

"Since - since you left," she finally said, green eyes snapping back to his own.

The guilt that had been niggling Sasuke in the gut for the past few days momentarily sprouted claws and he almost winced.

He now regretted encouraging this conversation. Sakura's eyes no longer furious, but worried and imploring. It was a look that he usually was immune too, but he was again reminded as to how weak had become when he found himself sighing and unfolding himself from the door frame to let her through.

Once she had settled on to the couch Sakura was silent Sasuke raised an eyebrow. If she thought that he was going to speak first then she didn't know him well enough.

"Sasuke," she began and then paused, looking nervously at his neck. " I know that it probably isn't any of my business, but whatever that happened between the two of you is affecting him pretty badly."

Sasuke glared. Why did was she making it sound like he had Naruto were a godammed couple? But before he could contradict her she continued,

"And don't deny that nothing happened." She warned, "Naruto told me-"

"Just what exactly did he tell you?" he said, trying to control his temper.

Sakura frowned , "Nothing much. Just that you to had a fight and it was all his fault."

Sasuke blinked, "Hn."So the dobe did understand the foolishness of his actions. Maybe there was hope after all.

"But," Sakura said, her eyes hardening, "I know he's not telling me the truth."

Sasuke stilled and Sakura steeled herself against the darkening gaze.

" And even if it was his fault I don't think he did anything that deserves you shutting him out like this." Sasuke felt like shouting, haven't you seen my neck, you stupid woman?

"If I don't want to talk to the dobe I bloody well wont," Sasuke bit out, hating how childish he sounded.

The pink haired girl looked exasperated by the man in front of her, " Usually if the both of you are in town you always hang out together. And you haven't left your house for three days or checked up on mission details. Whatever happened just please fix it. I hate seeing Naruto like this."

Sasuke shifted, uncomfortable and annoyed that of all people he had Sakura patronizing him.

"It's none of your business," he said, tiered of her presence already. He just wanted to be left alone.

"Sasuke-" she tried.

He held up his hand for her to stop, "Enough."

Sakura looked for a moment like she was going to argue but she relented,

"Fine," she said, not bothering to hide her irritation. "Hogake sama said that your reporting time is 14 00 hours today."He nodded and then stood up to start packing, not bothering to wait until she left.

Naruto sighed. Maybe for the 10th time, he didn't know. Usually he wasn't the brooding type, or even the sighing type. But the past few weeks, he thought, completely justified his current state of gloominess.

After his little confession and the momentary relief it had come with, the consequences of what he had done came back to hit him right in the face. He had assumed, of course, that he was capable of dealing with whatever the Uchiha had in store, but what he hadn't counted on was how seriously the teme was taking the term 'cutting someone out'.. He would have thought that Sasuke would find it at least a little difficult to stop talking to him, but apparently he was wrong. He had under estimated how much of a stubborn, and cold bastard the Uchiha was.

Naruto glanced back down at his bowl of ramen, which he had ordered more than 15 minutes ago. It didn't look so appetizing anymore and he glared it, angry that even his favorite food was failing him. He sighed again. The last time he had felt so hopeless was when the bastard Uchiha had left…

He felt his mood darken. It just always had to be the teme. His childhood had made sure that it took a lot more than people ignoring him to get him down, but when it came to the teme, it didn't take much to make him feel like a lonely 6 year old again. He pushed away his bowl more violently than necessary, spilling some of the contents onto the table top.

"Gomenasai," he muttered, feeling guilty when the old man just smiled good naturedly.

"Not to worry Naruto," he said. When he realized that the bowl was still full, he looked worriedly at the blonde, "Are you all right? You haven't been eating like you used to."

Naruto forced a grin on to his face, " My stomach isn't feeling too well, thats all."

The old man nodded wisely, "Ah. Well I know a few herbs that might help you out."

Naruto wasn't interested, but he feigned curiosity, thinking he still had half an hour before reporting at the village gates for his mission. Listening to the old man was any day better than being alone with his thoughts. Still, he found himself tuning out after a few seconds and he blamed this on the Uchiha's bad habits rubbing off on him.

"A herb called Senburi might help," the old man went on. "Though it's quite rare, I remember it grew a lot around the Uchiha district."

Naruto's eyes widened at the name and the old man smiled at his reaction, his eyes twinkling. The blonde looked away, colouring slightly. Shit, Just what was wrong with his brain anyway? Why did it only Uchiha related things filter through? But the old man didn't comment and continued on his lecture on herbal remedies and Naruto was grateful.

It was time to leave 15 minutes later and Naruto, after thanking the old man, walked towards the village gates with a very unsettling feeling of both anticipation and if he was honest with himself – fear.

Fear, that if he messed things up now, he might end up losing Sasuke for ever. Fear, that he might have to tell Sasuke the whole truth – that if he didn't agree to be with him, he would be signing Naruto's death warrant. It didn't take Naruto much imagination to picture Sasuke's face at that revelation.

But on the other hand, Naruto thought, perking up a little. This mission was the perfect opportunity to convince the Uchiha that the blonde was his only answer to some sort of stable partner. After all, who else could handle all of Sasuke's shit? Not to mention his tantrums , his mood swings and of course his violent temper.. Naruto couldn't even imagine Sasuke getting married to one of his simpering fan girls. Even they didn't deserve such a fate. He frowned, sometimes he wondered whether he deserved someone better than the asshole Uchiha.

But as soon as that thought entered his mind, his body revolted. Memories of that night overwhelmed him and for a few seconds all he could smell nothing but the earthy scent of Sasuke. It was disorienting, but delicious, and his heart beat faster as he remembered how that pale skin tasted. He licked his lips unconsciously. He needed so badly to be near him again, he could scream.

Grimacing at his sudden lack of control, Naruto shook his head to clear it. The images were making it difficult for him to think straight. He needed to be in absolute command of these next few days. Because Sasuke was sure as hell not going to give in easily.

By the time Naruto reached the village gates, the rest of his team mates were already present. The blonde had to grin at the two men. Tsunade really knew how to pick a team.

Sasuke Uchiha slowed down when he caught site of the village gates. There was already one person present, waiting in his Anbu uniform with his mask casually hooked on his waist belt. From the long, flowing hair and tall lean frame, Sasuke didn't need to go any closer to guess who it was.

He grimaced. Of all the god dammed people to choose, the Hokage just had to choose Neji Hyuuga. Not only was he going to see through the henge he had on to cover the bruises on his neck, that had still not disappeared completely ( damn that stupid blonde) but it was common knowledge that Neji was one of the many ninja's who had vociferously opposed his induction into the Konoha army again. The only reason he had agreed to soften was because Naruto had managed to convince him that Sasuke really, truly hadn't come back for the sole purpose of betraying Konoha again. Naruto.

Avoiding thinking of that man was as difficult as finding your way out of an labyrinth. Every method Sasuke tried, be it training, eating or drinking, every little turn led back to the same path – Naruto. He had even tried imagining a hoard of fan girls running after him to get rid of the idiot in his head but then Naruto's grinning face had appeared again, telling him that running away wasn't going to solve anything. He just – could – not – win.

So, it was with an understandably sour mood that the Uchiha sneered a greeting to the pale eyed, infuriatingly taller and broader Neji. He stopped a good distance from the long haired man. Not far enough that people who saw them would think they weren't together, but far enough that no one would mistake what he really thought of being near the Hyuuga . He hoped the fourth team member was a woman. Her presence would at least stop things from becoming too unpleasant between the three of them.

Neji gave him a matching sneer back but Sasuke secretly thought that his was much more sinister. Wasn't that what Naruto had told him once? It was a moment before Sasuke realized just what he had thought. AGAIN! It had happened - AGAIN. Why couldn't the blonde just leave him alone?

"Is something the matter Uchiha?" Neji was peering at him with those freakish transparent eyes of his. Sasuke could see those eyes on his neck and he barely controlled himself from physically wiping that tiny amused smirk from the Hyuuga's face.

"No," he said coldly.

Neji raised an eyebrow, his gaze lingering on his neck, "Once Naruto is here, we will leave immediately."

From the tone of his voice, Sasuke realized that he must be the team captain. Great. Even Naruto as captain would be better than the long haired freak here. He didn't know why Neji hated him so much, though he had always suspected that maybe the ninja harboured more than just 'friendly' feelings for the blonde.

"What about the med nin?" Sasuke asked.

"There is no medical ninja in our team."

What? Sasuke thought, incredulous.

Did the Hokage mean to send him and Naruto for a mission that might last weeks with Neji? They were the worst possible team that could ever exist. Sasuke would happily let Neji accidentally die in a kunai trap and he was sure that Neji would do the same. And the Hokage had sent Naruto in between this mess? Now Sasuke had to watch out for two members of his team ( he had no illusions as to why Naruto was excited to go on this little trip), be on his best behavior, and single handedly catch the rogue Akatsuki?

"I see," was all he said.

"I know what you're thinking Uchiha," Neji said, turning so he faced the raven. Sasuke didn"t respond, so he continued. "But if you think I want to be here, you're mistaken."

Sasuke continued to not respond. It was none of his concern whether the damn Hyuuga wanted to be here or not.

"It is best for all our sake's that we get this mission over with as quickly as possible," the pale man said, getting visibly annoyed.

Sasuke couldn't help himself, " For once, you might just be talking some sense Hyuuga."

Neji glared at him, " It"s best not to talk to like that to your captain Uchiha. Its me whose going to be writing your evaluation, not Naruto. So be careful," he finished with a smirk.

Sasuke fumed but acknowledged the Hyuuga's rank with a curt nod of understanding. They stood like that for a tense minute, before the Hyuuga's whole body relaxed and his still face suddenly broke into a smile. Sasuke followed his gaze to the figure than was jogging up to them, and if possible, tensed even more. The rest of their team had arrived.

Naruto grinned at the Hyuuga who had come forward to greet him. He threw an arm around Neji, and the older man didn't tense up but relaxed a little. After so many years of knowing each other, the Hyuuga had opened up… well to select people at least, and Naruto felt proud to be one of the privileged few.

"I haven't seen you in a while, Naruto," the long haired man said, carefully extracting himself from the blonde's hold.

"Yeah, I've been busy." He threw a glance at Sasuke, who looked away almost immediately. Naruto's grin fell a little, but then he was distracted by Neji.

"As you know, Hokage - sama decided that having a med nin with my experience in healing was unnecessary-"

Naruto nodded, his eyes still not leaving Sasuke's rigid form. He was standing a few feet away, dressed in his usual jounin outfit and his usual scowl but Naruto could not stop his heart from beating faster. He could smell him from here, the addictive scent that he was never ever going to get enough of. If he could just be a little close-

"Naruto." It was Neji. Naruto snapped back to reality and turned to look at the brunette who was giving him a rather peculiar look.

"Erm? Yeah. No fourth member. Tsunade-sama already told me about that." Naruto said, laughing and scratching the back of his head. Really, he needed to stop being so obvious. And it didn't help that the teme already looked seemed so uptight and closed off.

He huffed. Sasuke should be grateful that he hadn't forced himself on him yet, especially since every fiber in being was telling him that he shouldn't be standing where he was, with Neji between them, but right next to Sasuke. He had already exercised enough control by leaving the bastard alone for the past few days.

"Since we are only a three man team," Neji continued, " We must exercise greater caution. Uchiha will lead, Naruto you will be in the middle. And I will watch from behind. We must reach Rain by tomorrow night."

"Yosh!" Naruto said, feeling the first few familiar tendrils of excitement that always coiled in his stomach before leaving for a mission. Not to mention he was going to spend a whole two weeks with the Uchiha.

Neji nodded and then cast a sparing glance at Sasuke, "Uchiha, Note the time of departure. 16 00 hours."

Only a slight twitch of the jaw told Naruto how much Sasuke loathed being ordered around by the Hyuuga but it was with a professional 'Hai' that Sasuke recorded the time in his little notebook.

They walked out of the village gates, Naruto maneuvering himself so he was in the middle of the two men. Sasuke walked faster, as if sensing what the blonde was doing, but Naruto matched his speed. He knew that neither of them could stray too far from their captain. Soon he and the teme were walking a good 8 feet ahead of the Hyuuga, who was taking the little time they had before they reached the forests to review a map.

"So…How've you been?"

From the side ways glance of the Uchiha, Naruto knew that both of them understood how awkward the words had sounded. But at the moment with the Hyuuga behind them, it was the best Naruto could do. It wasn't like the Bastard would ever initiate a conversation.. and from the looks of it he wasn't even going to answer. Bastard. This trip was going to be hard work.

"The bruises on your neck seem to have gone.." Naruto observed after a few moments of tense silence. Sasuke stiffened, sharingan eyes turning to him with a clear intention to hurt.

"They haven't," he hissed, looking like only the Hyuuga's presence was preventing him from attacking the blonde.

Naruto gave him a nervous grin, "Well, yeah, sorry about that."

"Don't say things you don't mean," Sasuke snapped, as if annoyed that he was being made to speak.

"You're right, I shouldn't." Naruto said seriously, watching the ravens reaction closely. He, unfortunately didn't get to see that little blush that he was hoping to see again, but he did, however, get a full blast of the immobilizing Uchiha glare which he was (unfortunately for Sasuke) almost immune too. This seemed to frustrate the raven even more and Naruto heard a very audible, exasperated 'dobe' as the Uchiha launched off into the forest.

Naruto watched his best friend go with a small smile on his face. He hadn't expected to get Sasuke to talk to him so soon. Sure he hadn't said anything nice or along the lines of 'I was wrong Naruto sama, how can I make it up to you?', but maybe this was not going to be as difficult as he'd thought. He was about to follow his teme into the forest, when a hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"What is it?" Naruto asked, turning to look at Neji.

The Hyuuga watched the disappearing figure of Sasuke and then examined his blonde friends smiling face.

"Is there something I should know?" he asked, his voice neutral.

Naruto's hand immediately jumped to the back of his head and he laughed his care free laugh that didn't fool the Hyuuga in the slightest, " Of course not."

Neji seemed to accept his answer, though the long haired man still looked suspicious."Lets go" he said, "There shouldn't be more than a 10 second gap between the three of us."

The blonde nodded, and after vowing to be more careful around the Hyuuga, launched off into the forest, looking forward to an uninterrupted view of Sasuke's ass .

A few hours later :

"But I'm telling you that I don't have it."

" And I'm telling you, I know you're lying," the Uchiha snarled.

Neji Hyuuga sighed, feeling immensely sorry for himself that he had been chosen for this mission. He had been a little confused as to what the Hokage was thinking when she sent three of the strongest Konoha had to track down one akatsuki member but now he understood why he had been sent – to play baby sitter. He'd probably be the only one strong enough to stop this squabbling couple ( because really, they were certainly acting like one ), if they had a physical fight.

The three of them had set up camp for the night only a few minutes ago and already the blonde and the Uchiha were bickering. Neji had sensed something was wrong the moment he had seen the both of them together ( and the hickeys's on the raven'e neck).

The Uchiha was, in general, the most relaxed around the blonde, but for some reason he now seemed to be tense whenever Naruto was near him, which was almost all the time. It was like Naruto was doing it on purpose, just to annoy the other man. Really, he thought, rolling his eyes, they were such children!

Thinking he better stop the argument before it got violent, Neji cleared his throat. However, they ignored him so he cleared his throat louder. This time he caught both of their attentions and Naruto beat Sasuke to it,

"I forgot to pack my tent."

"He's lying," came the immediate snapped reply.

Neji gave the Uchiha a cool stare, not at all liking the fact that he had joined them on this arrogance often reminded him of himself before he had met Naruto, and it made his dislike for the man difficult to conceal. If Neji had had his way the raven would still be on genin duty or better yet, behind bars

"Naruto, have you checked you bag thoroughly?"

He nodded, "I did, its not there. I removed it to clean my supplies so it must have been left behind…"

Sasuke was glaring at Neji, "You can't tell me that you believed that!"

Naruto sighed, a little too dramatically "I know, I know. I'm sorry. I'll just sleep outside, its okay."

Neji watched the two men carefully, knowing he was missing something. As a captain he needed to know what exactly was going on. He wasn"t going to let petty politics affect the success of his mission.

So what if Naruto actually had forgotten his tent? Both Neji and Sasuke had tents big enough for two grown men to squeeze into, so what exactly was going on here? He narrowed his eyes and said,

"This forest is not safe at night, Naruto."

"I know." Naruto paused then grinned, " but Sasuke teme won't let me into his tent."

The Hyuuga blinked at the blonde's sly smile and the very obvious implication in those words. Then all of a sudden he finally Understood. The fierce tension between the two men that he had been trying to place suddenly explained itself. He couldn't believe he hadn't connected the fading marks on the Uchiha's neck to his strange behavior around the blonde.

So something had happened between the Naruto and the Uchiha. Something that obviously the raven was not too happy about. Which was why he didn't want to share his tent with the blonde. In normal circumstances ,Neji would have let the two men sort it out between themselves. But then, he really did not like Uchiha. He still found it difficult to forgive him for betraying the Village and most of all, for betraying Naruto. If there was something he could do for the blonde, whom he already owed so much to, he would do it without any hesitation.

So he cleared his throat once more, his face expressionless.

"No" he said, letting his authority as captain filter into his voice. "You can share the Uchiha's tent." Neji caught the blonde's delighted gaze, and then smirked at the Uchiha, vindicated by his furious glare.

"Fine," Sasuke bit out. "I'll sleep outside."

"The forest is not safe," Neji repeated. He'd always thought that the only person that could keep the Uchiha on a leash he very much needed, was Naruto. So it was with unconcealed smugness that Neji said, "No one sleeps outside." And when he saw Sasuke opening his mouth to argue he added, "That's an order."

He nodded at Naruto who gave him a wide grin and a mouthed thank you, sneered at the miserable Uchiha, and then retreated into his tent, thinking that he had done his good deed for the year.

Sasuke was still seething when he stormed inside his tent. He did not want to spend the whole night with the blonde 2 inches away from him god dammit! He knew he was strong enough to stop the blonde if he tried anything but then why… why was he still so upset?

A little voice laughed at him in his head, taunting him that the only reason he was so angry was because he was afraid he might just end up just like that morning - Leaning into the stupid blonde's warm body and the worst part – liking it.

He rubbed his fore head, which was starting to ache, and he was glad that the dobe at least had the sense to wait outside for a little while. What he needed was a bath to clear his head. He knew, from his days at Sound, that there were hot springs near by and he was going to make full use of it. He deserved the break, Sasuke told himself. Especially since he was going to have to come back to his tent with half of his space taken up by the dobe.

He gathered up a towel and strode past the blonde, silencing the 'where are you go- ' with a withering glare. He needed to be alone and he needed to find a way to clear his head of the annoying little voice that was responsible for his head ache.

20 minutes later :

"Oh for Gods sake dobe, what are you, a fucking stalker?"

Sasuke was sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him, in a shallow part of a hot spring where the water reached up to his waist. He had found the ideal spot in the water, where the soil rose high enough to rest his head on and the temperature was just right, neither too hot nor too cold. Perfect. Or rather it had been perfect.

Sasuke glared a patch of trees beyond the opposite bank of the hot spring, hating how his voice seemed to jar the soothing quiet surroundings.

There was a rustling of some leaves, which according to Sasuke ruined the tranquil surroundings completely, and soon a lean body emerged from the bushes. The moon was only half bloom tonight and the hot springs were not large enough, so the surrounding trees crowded over the circular spring, not letting much of the moon light through.

As a consequence, Sasuke could only see the dobe's silhouette as he splashed into the water at the other end noisily. Sasuke wanted to activate his sharingan to see the blonde clearly, but it would just made his head ache worse. So he just closed his itching eyes, relying on naruto's overbearing chakra to tell him where he was.

He sensed the dobe at the other end and he was grateful that he stayed there. Maybe Naruto was respecting his space for once in his life and staying a good distance away. Huh, Sasuke thought, why did that sound so wrong?

"I'm not stalking you."

Sasuke jumped, turning to his right to see Naruto grinning at him with his usual childish expression. Sasuke glanced at the space where he thought the blonde had been and a heard a typical kage bunshin 'poof'. Great, he had been tricked by the stupid usuratonkachi... He glanced at the blonde, noticing that Naruto was sitting a little too close. Just a tiny tilt to his right, and their shoulders would bump into each other.

This fact usually wouldn't have bothered Sasuke, but now it just made him want to back away, to put some much needed space between him and the half naked blonde. But then, that would mean giving up his spot, which he had spent considerable effort finding. And no way in hell was he going to do that.

So Sasuke ignored the dobe, leaning back and closing his eyes, hoping that if he ignored Naruto long enough, he would go away. However, even he knew that was wishful thinking. Sasuke could still feel the blondes heavy gaze on him, or rather his chest. He felt his fists tighten underneath the water. He couldn't stand this. The last person who had leched at him this shamelessly had gotten a fist in his face.

"Dobe," he warned, hating that he was tense again.

Naruto sighed, "I can't help it."

Sasuke opened his eyes and turned to glare at the blonde who, somehow, was closer than before. His eyes weren't red like Sasuke remembered, but a dark blue, made darker by the poor light.

"You can," Sasuke snarled, "just go back to the tent and get it out of your system."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "I don't want to."

"If you come any closer, I will break your nose."

"And that's supposed to scare me?"

Yes it is god dammit! Sasuke thought furiously. Why did nothing he did work when it came to the dobe?

He suddenly realized that Naruto was coming closer, his gaze fixed on something just below Sasuke's nose. Sasuke's eyes widened, amazed at the blonde's audacity. He wouldn't dare…

But Naruto did. One moment Sasuke was staring at the blonde's approaching face, the next he was jerking backwards as a pair of warm lips enclosed his own. His right fist flung outwards in reflex, but a strong grip didn't let it reach the target, and Sasuke opened his mouth to protest. Which, in retrospect was a mistake. Naruto took full advantage and Sasuke let out a 'mmmph' as a warm tongue filled his mouth in less than a second.

For a whole moment, Sasuke was in shock. Shocked, not only because he had let the dobe get the better of him, shocked because that dammed tongue was doing wonders inside his mouth.Where the hell had the dobe learned to kiss like that? Naruto deepened the kiss and it sent a sliver of pleasure down his spine. Shit, this was – not – good. No wait. It was better than good. It was – the thought dissipated, and Sasuke found himself automatically responding when Naruto leaned into him.

Their tongue's met in a way that reminded Sasuke of their fights - violent and all consuming. The dobe tasted a little like the berries they had for a snack earlier and Sasuke couldn't get enough it. How long had it been since he'd just kissed someone? He found he couldn't remember as he gripped the blonde's hair to pull him closer. He swallowed a moan as their damp chests pressed into each other and, in his craving for friction, he tried to push Naruto backward.

However the hard muscle did not budge and Sasuke used a little more force, disappointed when all he got was more resistance. But then he felt Naruto's lips move to his neck, and this time Sasuke could not stop the moan that escaped him. He tightened his hold on the blonde's hair when the torturous mouth moved over faded bruises in less than gentle nips and sucks. He tried to free his other hand from the blonde's grip but the other man wouldn't relent, using his position to slowly push Sasuke back.

Sasuke stilled, not liking where this was going, but then Naruto bit down on the junction between his neck and collar bone and he could do nothing but moan again. He had always known that his neck was his weak spot, but this? The blonde curled his hand around his waist, increasing the pressure slowly, so that Sasuke didn't know what was happening until he was already flat on his back, water and heat surrounding him.

And it was only when Naruto sunk his teeth into his neck hard enough to illicit an ow that Sasuke's brain hiccupped into function again. He untangled his free hand from the blonde's hair and pressed against the chest that was still pushing him further into the water. Naruto didn't stop, and Sasuke started to get worried. He wrenched his mouth away and the insistent lips followed, not allowing him to take a deep enough breath. Stupid dobe! he thought as he gathered his strength and then shoved, hard enough to startle the blonde into retreating a little.

"What?" Naruto said, his voice raw and annoyed.

Both of them were breathing heavily and Sasuke glanced up to look at his best friend, very aware of the stiffness between his own legs and the bulge of the man who was almost sitting on top of him. Shit, they were already hard.. and that too with just a little kissing. Glaring at the blonde, Sasuke tugged his hand out of a reluctant hold to massage his neck.

"You bit me, you moron," he snapped.

Naruto's glazed eyes cleared a little, but what made Sasuke apprehensive was the intensity with which they swiveled to his neck. Then the blonde grinned, and his hand went to the back of his head in a gesture so familiar and out of place at the same time that Sasuke couldn't help but scowl.

"Oh yeah… sorry. Didn't know you were so delicate teme."

"Shut up dobe." Sasuke said, feeling the tension between them lessen with each passing second, " I'm not into things like that."

"Is that why you're hard?" Naruto asked innocently, using the moment to swoop down and try to kiss him again. But Sasuke was prepared this time. He avoided it expertly and pushed himself back up, heaving the blonde off him and into the water. Just how had Naruto managed to get him on his back without him even noticing? It was unsettling… to say the least.

It was usually him who had the other person in such a moaning quivering mess that they didn't even realise what had hit them until the raven was buttoning up his shirt and leaving… and now .. He glanced at the blonde who was pouting, in a way that made Sasuke wonder what those lips would like on his cock. Shit! He was such a fool to let it go this far. What was going to happen now? What exactly did Naruto think this was? He wouldn't take this as Sasuke giving in to his ridiculous proposal would he?

Whatever happened was just something physical… nothing else. Maybe the blonde would now get him out of his head…

"Sasuuuuke" he whined. Or maybe not.

Sasuke got up from the water, adjusting the thankfully lessening stiffness in his pants.

"Let's go dobe," he ordered, draining a little water from his hair. He couldn't let this go any further. Sure he could fuck the blonde and get it over with, but he didn't think the blonde was as casual about sex as he was.. and would he even be able to treat Naruto like the others?

He looked behind to see Naruto getting up, the bulge in his pants still very much visible. Sasuke's gaze lingered as the water curved around tanned, well defined muscle but then Naruto's eyes caught him and he looked away, annoyed.

"We're going back?" Naruto's voice was back to normal but there was un undercurrent of anger in his voice.

"Hn."

There was silence behind him and Sasuke felt a little guilty, but he stamped it out, thinking this was best for the dobe. He didn't want to give Naruto any false hopes. He'd done enough damage already.

"We aren't even going to talk about this?"

Sasuke took a deep breath, "there's nothing to talk about."

Naruto's chakra was suddenly motionless behind him and Sasuke stiffened, knowing that it was usually a sign that the blonde was going to attack, but the moment passed and Sasuke relaxed. He was not in the mood to fight.

"I see," was all the blonde said.

A little confused by his friends reaction, Sasuke turned around to face the blonde. Wasn't the dobe supposed to argue with him, or insult him, or something along those lines? Hadn't he just been an insensitive jerk? But Naruto just looked oddly calm, like what they had done was the most natural thing in the world.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. There was something disturbing about an unpredictable Naruto that was enough to make his skin crawl. Just how much of an effect did the Kyuubi have on his dobe? The blonde raised both eyebrows at the Uchiha when he noticed him staring.

"Thought you were going teme."Naruto adjusted his shorts, "I have to take care of a little thing before I .." he trailed off, his eyes reflecting like a wild animal's in the dark.

Sasuke scowled, the stupid dobe! He stalked out of the hot spring, trying to shake off the feeling of uneasiness that prickled his neck. His arousal was long gone and in its wake, it left him annoyed and disgruntled. He just needed to sleep, maybe then he would be able to make sense of what had just happened.

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