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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.

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A/N : *ducks rotten tomatoes* I am so sorry for this late update ( oh lookie, it rhyms!XD) but I do have a valid reason…which im not going to bore you with.
THis has been edited after being beta-d by the amazing Hanyou elf~

Oh yes, for all you unfortunate souls who were subjected to my needy weepy authors note last chapter, I apologise. I did fix it as soon as I could.

I also got some questions, so I’m going to answer them here. Those of you who asked probably don’t remember what you said, so you’re gonna have to go back and check. Lol.

Vashta: I’m sorry. It may seem like that because it has been a year since I started this fic ( don’t tell anybody *nervous laugh*) but in ficcage time, it has been only been around two weeks since the mission began. Since I was trying to make this a little more realistic, Sasuke was going to be a stubborn bitch about this whole thing from the start and not give in as soon as they make out.Lol. But as you can see, it’s changing. I hope this chapter satisfies you. ^_^

Blugirlami21: ah well, the mission is a backdrop to this love story. You didn’t miss much when you glossed over it but the climax depends on the mission and who the target is very much. Without it, there would be no plot and this story wouldn’t exist. XD I hope you like this chapter! *kisses*

Twinkle : I Luurrv you. Yes I am biased towards my own country people. <3

Oh and more importantly! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CUPRICANKA> THIS CHAPTER IS FOR YOUUU!

Chapter 14 :

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Naruto entered the hotel through the back, shuriken and weapons in place. Sasuke was waiting for him at their agreed rendezvous, an empty store room Tanaka san had said they could use.

“Finally, dobe.” Sasuke said, wearing an impatient frown.

“I had to speak to Neji.” Naruto replied, not hiding the irritation in his voice. He wasn’t about to forgive Sasuke for being a total asshole earlier.

“So, what did the captain say?”

“My frog couldn’t find him.” Naruto didn’t miss the clear sneer in the word ‘captain.’

“Why not?”

“He’s not at his apartment,” Naruto defended. “ Frogs aren’t dogs, its not like they can sniff him out..”

“Whatever the reason, I don’t think we should wait.” Sasuke said, looking at him pointedly.

Naruto made a noncommittal sound. Obviously the bastard wouldn’t want to wait, he was an impatient bastard after all. But Naruto had to be objective here. He couldn’t risk the lives of the people in the hotel just because he and Sasuke were frustrated and wanted in on some action.

“I don’t know teme,” Naruto said. “There are too many people here…”

“We can take him by surprise.” Sasuke suggested, “I know the room he’s in.”

“If he uses the boy Yahiko as bait, what then?”

Sasuke’s brow furrowed, “Waiting till Hyuuga gets your frog is a mistake.”

“I didn’t say we had to wait for Neji” Naruto said, “ I just don’t think attacking him where there are chances for hostages is a good idea.”

“Then we wait till he finishes, follow him and kill him in an alley.”

“ It’s only 6:30,its too easy for a chakra expert like him to disappear into the crowds.”

Sasuke folded his arms in front of his chest, “So you want to follow him to his home and kill him there?”

Naruto didn’t answer. That did seem like the safest course of action, it eliminated any chance of civilian risk; But but the longer they followed him, the greater chance of Misakagawa finding them out.

“We shouldn’t give this man the chance to know we’re here.” Sasuke said, voicing Naruto’s concern, “I may be okay at chakra recognition, but I’m no expert. There was a reason Hyuuga told me not to use my Sharingan. If he even catches a wisp of ninja chakra, he’s gone and we have no chance..”

Naruto glanced at Sasuke, not liking how obtuse he was being or what he was implying.

“So what?” Naruto snapped, letting his earlier anger with Sasuke worsen his reaction. “You want to ambush him here, to hell with the boy he’s with?”

Sasuke stared at him, the frown on his face deepening by a tiny crease.

“We’re ninja, Naruto,” he said softly. “Casualties are-”

“Don’t,” Naruto growled, glaring at the man standing opposite him. “I am not that kind of ninja.”

Sasuke looked away and Naruto couldn’t help but be disappointed and infuriated at the same time. He knew the teme didn’t think like him, but he had hoped that maybe he had changed. That maybe he had rubbed off on the Uchiha…

“We are not -” Naruto said firmly, “- going to pointlessly risk the lives of innocent people. We are going to be doing this my way.”

Sasuke didn’t argue and Naruto quickly calmed down. The teme’s silence was the sign of acceptance that he needed, never mind the fact that he was being scowled at. If Sasuke had really believed that ambushing Misakagawa here was the only way he would have continued to disagree but he wasn’t, which meant that Sasuke was maybe not that much of a bastard.

“ Right.” Naruto said, refusing to smile and ease the tension, “You should get back to your job teme. I’ll send you a frog once I’ve located the house.”

“And Hyuuga?”

Naruto didn’t answer for a moment. He would have preferred it if Sasuke accompanied him; They worked well together, better than he and Neji did. He understood that being stuck with c rank missions inside Konoha for a whole year couldn’t be much fun, but he couldn’t disobey orders just because he empathised with the teme’s plight. He would try and stick to the original plan as far as possible.

“If I get a reply, then Neji will be the one joining me.” Naruto replied, locking eyes with the raven. He felt an inexplicable urge to apologise, but held down the impulse. They were both professionals here and the teme reacted badly to pity.

He was quiet, not blinking in the face of Sasuke’s penetrating stare. If he was honest with himself, a dark part of him felt better about this afternoon.; about denying the teme something he wanted.

“ I see,” Sasuke finally said.

“Yeah..” Naruto muttered, fidgeting with his shuriken pouch when he realised that Sasuke was still staring at him. What the hell was the teme’s problem? He looked like he wanted to say something but was holding himself back, something that surprised Naruto.

The teme was a miser with words, and while that annoyed him sometimes, Naruto had always liked the comfortable silences they shared. But when Sasuke had something to say, he rarely hesitated. So why was he doing it now? Naruto sighed, feeling suffocated in the tiny room. The silence reminded him just how much things had changed in the past few weeks.

They had come such a long way since Sasuke had returned. And now it was almost like they had traveled back in time;when things were awkward and uncomfortable. Back to when neither of them knew how to react to each other, when even an insult was weighed carefully being spoken. Naruto would have preferred a physical fight, at least that would have been less complicated.

He couldn’t shake the niggling guilt at the back of his mind… he was the one who had started this hadn’t he? He pursed his lips, though what else was he expected to do? However dramatic it sounded, it was his life that was on the line here..

“Anyway.” Naruto said, turning. “I’m leaving. If you don’t get the frog ..” he trailed off, not feeling like completing the sentence. It was better left un said anyway..Ugh! Why did both of them have to be so stubborn? Maybe the mission had been a bad idea..

“Hey dobe - ”

Naruto paused, surprised when the words were closer than he remembered Sasuke being. A moment later he felt a warm body behind him, and Naruto stiffened.

What the hell –

Sasuke was barely touching him but he was close enough for Naruto to breath in his scent. Feeling him so close sent a tendril of pleasure up his spine.

Or maybe what was missing was a sign that them together wasn’t as impossible as it seemed…

Naruto closed his eyes so he could concentrate, shivering at the sensation of the teme’s breath on his skin. It burned him as it fanned over the back of his neck, heat instantly coiling around them, thickening the air. His pulse quickened when Sasuke moved closer, his chest gently pressing against Naruto’s back. He heard Sasuke take in a deep slow breath, ruffling the hair on his nape. Shit.. was the teme smelling his hair? What the hell - had something happened after he had left in the afternoon?

The cold tip of a nose nudged his ear and Naruto stilled, the gesture so intimate that he was scared to believe it. What was the teme trying to tell him?

“What?” Naruto said gruffly, gripping the door knob tighter to stop himself from turning around.

Sasuke was quiet behind him and Naruto frowned. Wait a minute... was he being made fun of?-

“- Be careful…”

There was a moment of silence before a combination of pleasure and surprise culminated into a snort. He could take insult at the words if he wanted to, but he didn’t. Not when he realised that his words two weeks ago to Sasuke had just been thrown back at him. In a different, almost teasing manner, but in way that only the teme could say them.

With just two words, Sasuke had reminded him of how things between them should be. Natural and effortless, not strained and complicated…

Huh, so the bastard was more perceptive than Naruto had given him credit for.

“Teme.” Naruto replied, grinning as he shut the door behind him.

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Sasuke watched Naruto leave, grateful that the dobe had not turned around to face him. He wasn’t comfortable with the small smile on his face himself, let alone allowing the dobe to see it. He shook his head slightly, trying to clear it. He couldn’t really pinpoint the reason behind what he had just done. All he understood was that whatever had happened in the past few weeks was becoming more complicated than anticipated.

Wait, he had anticipated this. It was the dobe’s naivety that was leading to all the misunderstanding. The look on Naruto’s face when he had walked into the store room had been sombre enough, and then the flare of temper while they were discussing mission plans; Sasuke knew it was probably because of him.

The stupid moron was probably over thinking everything, and making their already awkward situation worse. Even though Sasuke was furious about being left out of the mission, seeing the dobe brooding was something he could admit he hating.

As one of the only people he cared for, Sasuke wanted Naruto to be happy. He wasn’t very obvious about it but the dobe always seemed like he understood anyway. Half the time he didn’t know why Naruto liked being around him so much. He wasn’t good company, that was for sure. Hell, he still didn’t fully understand why Naruto never gave up on him, even after all those years.

However similar they were, and Sasuke wasn’t blind to it, it was this difference in them that had always attracted him to the moron. The idea that he was rubbing off on the dobe was sickening.

It was in this whirlwind of confusion, as he watched the dobe turn to leave, that Sasuke had moved forward.Instinctively, he had understood that Naruto would understand a physical reaction better than words .The moment he had touched him, as Sasuke felt the muscles in Naruto’s back ripple against his chest, he had felt warmth engulf him.

Naruto’s presence calmed and excited him at the same time, a sensation he still wasn’t used to. Spiky blond hair had tickled his nose and Sasuke breathed in, not realising what he had been doing until it was too late to stop.

In the end, however embarrassed he was now, Sasuke was positive that he had at least stopped the dobe’s sulking. He hadn’t imagined the pleased grin in Naruto’s voice as he had left but Sasuke remained a little disconcerted. Sure, before when the dobe felt down, like when Sakura had announced her engagement to Lee, or when a mission had gone badly, he always offered to buy the dobe ramen… but now it had reached another level of comfort, hadn’t it? A very different level..

Sasuke sighed, remembering the fruity, smoky smell of Naruto’s hair. Did the dobe use berry flavoured shampoo as well as toothpaste? What a moron, he thought, letting out a small laugh. He stopped abruptly, paling when he realised what he was day dreaming about.

Oh fuck..

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“Uzumaki san!”

“What is it?” Sasuke said, leaning on the desk, feeling as bored as he sounded.

“You are supposed -”, Hayate glared at him, “ - to escort the guests to their rooms, not let Sutra do it!”

Sasuke turned, blinking down at his temporary boss. After her little show of weakness some time ago, she had resumed to be her normal gruff self, making sure to be extra hard on him. Sasuke was pretty sure she was doing it just to make up for her temporary slip earlier. He understood her a little too well.

“I’m still not in a mood after what happened,” he said, making his best impression of upset. The only reason he wasn’t escorting clients was so he didn’t miss Naruto’s frog. If it came, that is.

“I don’t care.” She snapped, “If you aren’t feeling up to it, you should just go home.”

“Really?”

Hayate narrowed her eyes, “Yes, just go.”

“Am I being fired?” Sasuke asked.. Not that he cared much, really. If all went well, today was the last day he would be stepping foot in this god forsaken place. He still hadn’t got used to being around people so much and it drained him more than he cared to admit. How the hell did the dobe find the energy to talk about so many stupid things ?

“Did I even use that word?” she said, disgruntled. “Just go home, okay? You look like shit. ”

“Hn,” Sasuke said. If he did look like shit, then it was Naruto’s fault. He frowned, no, wait. This time, he was the one that was to blame. The dobe hadn’t initiated anything in the store room. It was him who had gone to Naruto, and now it was him who had worsened the situation. Great.

“Yeah,” Hayate said, “Go home. I don’t want you scaring away any more customers”

“I’ll stay for a little while more,” he said, giving her a strained smile.

“Why?” she said suspiciously, “I thought you hated this job.”

Sasuke did some quick thinking, “ I get paid by the hour and I really need the money, why else would I agree to something like this?”

She contemplated him for a few seconds before shrugging,

“Leave when you want, then.”

“Thank you, Hayate san.” He said, bowing a little. After this mission, he promised himself he would go stay in the hills for a few days. Anything for some quiet.

“Yeah right.” She muttered, walking away when she spotted Sutra come down the main staircase.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Sasuke went back to drumming his fingers on the desk top, hoping that the reason Naruto’s frog hadn’t found Hyuuga was because their captain had miraculously died of a heart attack the previous day.

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Where the fuck was Neji? Misakagawa had left Kama hotel ten minutes ago and Naruto was now worried. His frog had returned once again to tell him that he couldn’t find him. Had something happened ? The last time he had spoken to his captain was three days ago, when Neji had told him that he was going to try and find out some more about Misakagawa’s dealings in Rain.

Waiting for Neji till the last minute would jeopardize this whole mission, Naruto knew that, but Neji wasn’t someone who would just disappear without telling him either. There had to be a good reason for this, or worse, he had been hurt.

Naruto flicked his gaze to Misakagawa, who was around 10 feet ahead, ambling forward with a grace that he thought was admirable for a man as large as he. Naruto wasn’t small by anyone’s standards, but Misakagawa seemed at least 4 inches taller than him. His long hair swished and swayed behind him as he walked, and Naruto understood why he used body doubles so often. Misakagawa could be spotted a mile away, given that he stood a head taller than anyone else anyway. Plus that purple hair was drawing a lot of attention, especially from women.

He seemed to know the villagers around since he had been greeted reverently by a few shop keepers. It made it more of a challenge to stay hidden, especially since Naruto wasn’t someone who could blend into the crowd easily either. He was lucky it was drizzling, which meant his hooded coat hid his hair, and let him merge into the busy shopping crowds.

Naruto checked his wrist watch. 7 30. Another five minutes, and he was going to have to summon Sasuke. He suppressed a smile imagining the teme’s reaction when he got the frog. This mission was turning out a lot more eventful than even he had planned.

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Sasuke frowned, pulling the hood of his rain coat over his head. It didn’t work as well as he hoped because the rain still seeped through the sides, trickling down the side of his neck before dampening his collar. It was an uncomfortable feeling, being dry and wet at the same time. The absence of his sword, which he had had to leave his sword at the apartment because it was too conspicuous, added to the general awkwardness he felt in his bulky coat and heavy boots.

He hated this kind of weather. It had been fine ten minutes ago, but the gentle drizzle had turned almost into a sheet of rain. The clouds blocked any chance of moon light so Sasuke depended on the street lamps to make sure he wasn’t stepping in any deep puddles of slush. He was amazed that there were still so many people walking about, plodding through the market area like the rain was nothing. The only saving grace, Sasuke admitted, was that it wasn’t too cold.

“Five minutes more Uchiha.”

The frog that had spoken was perched on his left shoulder, taking shelter under his rain coat. Sasuke couldn’t help but twitch slightly as the frog shifted, coming a little too close to the bare skin of his neck. How Naruto could stand these things was lost on him.

When the ugly little thing had contacted him at the hotel, his first instinct had been to squash it. He had barely controlled himself, especially when the audacious frog had hopped on to his shoulder without his permission. He was grateful that he summoned snakes and not frogs, or even slugs.

“Naruto-sama said to wait in the alley just before the target’s house. It’s that one over there.” the frog said and Sasuke nodded, spotting a large house looming ahead of him.

“The one that looks like a palace?” Sasuke asked, surprised. It was a little out of place in the squalor of the tiny shops around. Misakagawa sure had guts to stand out so much when he was a wanted man.

He stepped into the alley, the people around barely giving him a second glance, too concerned with their daily chores. The rain made it difficult to see much, but Sasuke peered around the corner, taking in the blurred lights of the house that Misakagawa resided in.

He activated his sharingan, thinking that he was a safe distance away from their target to notice the chakra flare. The house was sprawled over at least an acre of land, perched on top of a gentle slope. Probably to save the it from the rain, he assumed. The building was more horizontal than vertical, and he noticed that the lights were on only in the middle of the house. Hn, he thought. The fact that most of it was deserted could be of some use.

The brush of moist skin across his neck reminded him he wasn’t alone.

“Is Naruto going to meet me here?” Sasuke asked, retreating deeper into the alley.

“Yes. He went to survey the surrounding area.”

“How long ago?” Sasuke asked, inspecting the alley. It was deserted, not even the customary tramp, owing to the fact that the alley didn’t provide any cover from the rain, which had again reduced a drizzle. The inconsistency annoyed him.

“Fifteen minutes”

Sasuke didn’t answer as he leaned against the alley wall, debating whether to ask the frog about Hyuuga. Even if Neji was a bastard, it wasn’t usual for him to disappear like this. If something had indeed happened to him, that meant they would have to be extra careful –

“Teme, you’re here.”

Sasuke stood up straight, surprised to see Naruto standing a few feet away from him to his right, already inside the alley. How the hell hadn’t he sensed him?

Naruto beckoned him closer and Sasuke nodded, his sharingan guiding him in the almost pitch black darkness.

“Surprised?” Naruto asked, a small amused grin on his face.

“You’ve improved chakra concealment.” Sasuke said stiffly, still a little suspicious.

“Or maybe you aren’t as good as you think.” Naruto shot back, his eyes falling on the frog on his shoulder.

“Ah! Aoi-chan. Thanks” Naruto said, “You can go now.”

“Thank God. Your Uchiha is no fun at all,” the frog complained.

Sasuke rolled his eyes as Naruto sniggered, relieved when he felt a feather like sensation as the frog popped away. Naruto turned his gaze back to him and Sasuke realised that his eyes glinted red a little, explaining how the dobe could see in the dark.

“Did you find out anything?” Sasuke asked, unable to hide his impatience..

Naruto nodded, “I sent a clone inside the house. It has the least amount of chakra, so it’s the safest..”

“Security?”

“Not much.” Naruto said, sounding a little worried, “Misakagawa is awful confident about his ability. Just two guards for the entire house.”

“There have to be chakra detectors everywhere.” Sasuke said, “I hope you were careful.”

“’Course I was.” Naruto said, annoyed his judgment was being questioned. “ I just surveyed the grounds for a point of entry.”

Sasuke was silent, waiting for Naruto to continue.

“The clone will tell me where Misakagawa’s bedroom is.” Naruto said, “Once we find that out, both of us go in. I’ll be entering first.”

“You - ” Naruto emphasized the ‘you’ “ - are to follow a half hour later, and wait outside his bedroom window, since that’s going to be the only escape route once he’s inside. I will be entering from the inside house. I’ll get the job done with, and if I don’t, the target will run to the window. You can take over if that happens.”

Naruto finished speaking, almost daring Sasuke to argue. Sasuke didn’t see the need to. It was a good enough plan. Simple, and with a low possibility for failiure. He again wondered whether to ask Naruto about Neji… but at that moment Naruto looked down to unclip his Anbu mask and Sasuke reconsidered. He would do that later.

“Yosh, everything’s ready.” Naruto said, looking up. “Now we just have to wait for my clone-” he stopped suddenly, a distant expression crossing his face . The clone had done its job, Sasuke assumed.

“You know which room it is?” he confirmed, as Naruto’s expression sharpened again.

He nodded, “It’s the third window from the left, second floor. It looks out into the back garden.”

“We should enter the premises from the side.” Naruto said, “The clone will dismantle chakra receptors there for the second that we will need to jump the gates”

“I’ll approach the house from above.” Sasuke added, “The buildings around are close enough to each other.”

“All right.” Naruto agreed, “We’ll have to enter now, but we need to wait until the target enters the room. It might be hours.”

“I know.” Sasuke said, quietly. The little bit of nervousness in his gut surprised him, but he supposed that after so long without a serious mission, it was too be expected. Sasuke didn’t look forward to the waiting; patience was a ninja virtue that he didn’t have very much of. Both he and Naruto were unlike Kakashi in that sense. Preferring to act, rather than see how the situation develops. Oh well, at least it wasn’t raining any more.

Sasuke leaned against the wall as Naruto walked past him, their gazes locking for a moment. Sasuke didn’t look away, even if was tempted to, meeting the challenge in Naruto’s stare with his own steady one. He didn’t understand why everything between them turned into some kind of competition, but he would dammned if was going to blush and stare at his feet like a 12 year old girl.

The corners of Naruto’s mouth twitched,

“Yosh! Let’s go and kick some Akatsuki ass!” He said, flashing him a toothy smile, very visible even in the dark.

Sasuke couldn’t help but respond, a small smirk creeping onto his face as Naruto turned away to leave.

“Be careful, dobe.” he said.

Naruto paused in mid step, almost like he was hesitating, before he whirled around, his eyes finding Sasuke’s again.

Sasuke blinked, a familiar awkwardness sweeping through him at the intense gaze directed towards him. He had expected a snort and then a ‘teme’, like before. Not a serious looking Naruto walking back towards him. Hn, maybe twice in one day was once too many?

He raised an eyebrow when Naruto stood before him, refusing to let the dobe know how pinned down he felt when those eyes, tinged red in the dark, looked at him like so hungrily.

“What?” he said, the slight sneer in his voice betrayed his nervousness.

“Nothing.” Naruto said softly, leaning forward, “Just this.”

Sasuke saw it coming.

He could have dodged it, pushed him away, hit him, anything… but he didn’t. Instead he looked forward to it, it had just been so long since the last time, closing his eyes as damp lips brushed against his own in a soft gentle kiss. It was just a moment, a feather caress, and then those lips were gone.

Sasuke opened his eyes, suppressing a scowl when he realised that Naruto was grinning, looking a little too pleased with himself. Great, so he had just gone and embarrassed himself again. Worse, his hands were itching to grab the dobe and tell him that if they was going to kiss, then they better do it properly. But he caught himself, schooling his expression to a tiny frown. He was too objective not to realise that he was sending a whole hoard of mixed signals to Naruto.

He didn’t seem to mind much, because Naruto was still smiling when he walked away, whispering a ‘You be careful too, Sasuke-teme’ before he disappeared into the street.

Sasuke sighed. He really needed to exercise more control. Naruto was the one in heat, not him, for Gods’s sake. It was best not to complicate things, even though in reality he would have preferred to fuck Naruto into the nearest convenient surface. However in their situation, sex meant giving in to the dobe’s proposal;which was hovering over him like a bug that refused to go away. He was too aware of the fact that he had stopped swatting it away a long time ago.

Maybe Naruto was right? Maybe they did need to talk this over. Especially since Sasuke still didn’t know very much about this ‘heat’ thing. Naruto hadn’t told him much and before he hadn’t really cared much about information that didn’t involve himself. However it was different now. He couldn’t deny that, especially after these two weeks..

Naruto was Sasuke’s friend, his…best friend. The only thing missing between them before had been sexual intimacy, but that hurdle had been crossed, hadn’t it? No matter which angle he looked at their situation in, life without the dobe was difficult to imagine.

If Sasuke said no, would Naruto speak to him again…?

The flash of a figure passing by on the main street distracted him . Wait a minute…He knew that person! He recognised the trademark swing of hips and the long flowing hair in an instant. He paused, his sharingan spinning to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.

He wasn’t.

It was Yahiko - the boy prostitute that Misakagawa visited often. The same boy whom Naruto didn’t want to endanger by carrying out the mission at the hotel.

And he was heading straight for the target’s house.

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A/N : I hope you like. If not, well.. then tell me. ^_^
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