Time for a change ...

hiya

i am back from Japan and there is only two words to describe Tokyo ... FREAKING AWESOME.
man didnt want to leave at all, so much to do and see. there was a festival in old part of town and it was filled with people dressed in traditional wear and so on. oh and the imperial palace park was beautiful and everyone was so friendly. they helped me when i asked for it and they even encouraged me to speak more japanese, cous ti be fair my japanese wasnt that good. i ended up talking to this old lady but i dint understand her 80% of the time but smiled and nodded and she showed me what the festival was all about, something about luck or something i think. and to got to taste some banana hotogs covered in some chocolate and other sprinkle stuff, way to sweat for my taste but.

aaaahhhh want to go back ... miss it allreay and i havent even been back to hong kong for a day yet.

okey well anyways my awesome beta has finished beta'd 4 chapter, and i changed chapter 3 cous it wasnt beta'd before i left.

oh and thank you to everyone that has commented so far, really helps a lot with writing knowing people enjoy reading it as much as i enjoy writing it =)

well i guess on with the story, man i really want to go back, found the street i want to live in and everything hehe.

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Chapter 4
Naruto sat on the porch of the temple watching the kids running around the open area in front of the temple, he had been running around with them up until a moment ago. He had gotten tired and needed to take a rest. He watched as the kids from the orphanage laughed and enjoyed themselves and he wondered what it must have feel like to be happy. He knew how to smile, to laugh, but those were just external things, something for people to see. But what was it like on the inside? What did one actually feel? He sighed, Naruto guessed that was a world he would never know, much less understand.

He continued watching the kids, pushing the thoughts to the back of his head but in doing so, allowed thoughts of a certain raven haired boy to entered his head. Naruto was not sure why but after only spending less than an hour with him yesterday, the blond’s instincts told him it was okey to put some trust in him. Strange really, as they had been taught to not trust anyone.

‘Okey, I’ll see you tomorrow then.’

The words Sasuke had said were floating around in his head, he had realised last night after he’d gotten back from the archery training, that he had not told the raven haired boy where to meet him, not that the raven had asked either. Naruto sighed again, for some reason, he was excited to see the boy again, yet he was not sure why.

“Ne Naruto-niisan.” One of the children stood in front of him. The blond looked up to see that all the children had gathered in front of him looking at the young man with concern in their eyes. “Something wrong Naruto-niisan?”

Naruto smiled at the child and placed a hand on his head, “No Konohamaru, I was just thinking. Let’s play one more round, ok?” The child smiled back and the rest of the children squealed in excitement. Just as Naruto was about to stand, a familiar male voice interrupted.

“Sorry to interrupt the fun but I think it’s time for us to go home kids.” A brown haired man with a scar across his nose said, from behind the group of children.

“Aaaaawwwww but Iruka-sensei …” The children whined looking at the much taller man.

“Now now, Naruto was kind enough to clear his schedule and watch you for half the day. Be nice now and say goodbye.” Iruka instructed the children. The children huffed but did as they were told.

“See you again next week kids!” Naruto half shouted after the children as they ran around in the open area.

“Thank you for looking after them Naruto.” The taller man said

“Not a problem Iruka-sensei, I think it is ….” The taller man watched as the blond boy seemed to be searching for the right word to finish the sentence “… fun.” Naruto smiled at the man. Iruka smiled back, The blond and the other boys had come a long way from being emotionally incapable. He remembered the first time Sandaime had brought the three boys to him. They all wore stone masks and no matter what Iruka did the first day, the masks stayed put. It had taken a year before the boys began asking questions about different emotions and learned how to express them, although they probably could never fully let go of their past; they could to some extent interact with people. That was why Sandaime and Tsundae had put them in charge of the bookstore. However, Iruka could not help but worry for the boys still, he knew as much as Tsunade and Sandaime, that their interaction with other people was more or less an act because he could only teach them what emotions look like on the outside, he could not teach them how to feel them.

“Well I’ll see you, Gaara and Shikamaru on Wednesday.” Iruka patted Naruto on the shoulder before shouting to the children, who were running around uncontrollably, to gather up to leave. Naruto watched as the older man got slightly angry and shouted in a strict voice, for them to listen but in the next minute he was smiling. Iruka could never be angry at the children for long.

“So is this how you redeem yourself to society for stealing as a livelihood?” Naruto turned and stared straight at the source of the voice. Next to him stood, the raven haired boy dressed in black trousers, a white shirt covered, and a dark grey jumper vest. Naruto was unable to take his eyes away from the other boy, again the feeling he had had in the bookstore was moving inside him, and again Naruto was not sure how to identify the feeling.

“No teme, for your information this has nothing to do with a guilt trip.” Naruto growled, annoyed that the other boy seemed to know which buttons to press.

“Really? Then what is it dobe… charity?” Sasuke smirked, he was surprised how easy and how fun it was to push the blond’s buttons. The flustered expression the blond made was so cute, he looked even cuter when he blushed. Images of Naruto blushing the day before, came to mind. Sasuke had come to realise when he was 16 that he was possibly bisexual, as he found himself attracted to the same sex. Well to be fair, Sasuke had actually never though of anything remotely sexual with any one until he had slept with his class mate in upper secondary school and so far he had only had experiences with guys rather than girls. It was not that he did not have the chance, he could pick any of the girls that were throwing themselves at him. It was just that, it was too much hassle. Unlike boys, girls were too needy and having to marry one in a year, he saw no need to add an extra burden to his life.

“Oi teme” Naruto sent a loose punch towards the other boy, who easily caught it “You want help with your essay or not?”

“Hey I’m not the one with one that has a lot to lose in this … dobe.” Sasuke smirked as he watched Naruto glare at him, he knew Sasuke was right. One word from the Uchiha and he could be sent straight to jail, or worse. Naruto withdrew his fist, which were still in the raven’s hand.

“Fine teme…” Naruto turned and walked towards the temple, “this way.” Sasuke gave a small nod and followed the blond into the temple.

Naruto entered his room with a tray carrying two small cups and a kettle of tea. Sasuke had heard him talking to another person just outside the door but since he could not make out what they were saying he diverted his attention back to the notes he had taken from his and Naruto’s conversation of consumer behaviour.

“Here.” Naruto handed him a cup of tea.

“Thanks.” Sasuke took the cup from the blond, who blushed as their fingers met briefly in the exchange.

“Hmmm it’s my turn to make dinner today so … if you want to stay and study some more I can put out an extra plate.” Naruto said not looking at the other boy. Sasuke knew the other boy was blushing and he couldn’t help but think how incredibly cute it was. He placed his cup aside and moved closer to Naruto, who were pouring himself some tea. Sasuke placed his hands on Naruto’s hips and pulled him so close that there were only a few inches between their noses. Blue eyes widen as the blond felt Sasuke’s hands on his hips, he had almost dropped his cup of tea due to shock. Strange really, how he was caught off guard by the raven haired boy’s action, despite his senses being trained to avoid situations like that. Another thing that was new, was how fast his heart was beating. Naruto was confused to say the least.

“I think we have done enough studying today, there are other things we could entertain ourselves with.” Sasuke purred before closing the distance between them completely. Naruto’s eyes widen even more as he felt the soft and warm lips of the other boy press themselves against his own, not sure what to do the boy just sat there completely frozen. Sasuke could feel the blond’s tense body but decided that it was more fun this way, he wanted to see how long it would take before he could loosen the other up.

Sasuke did not have to wait to long for a reaction, however, it wasn’t the reaction he was hoping for. Naruto who had finally snapped out of the shock placed the tea cup next to him before lacing both hands on Sasuke’s chest and gave the other boy a violent push so that he fell back and hit his head on the small table in the room.

“What the fuck dobe?!?!” Sasuke glared at the blond, placing a hand over the bruised spot at the back of his head.

“That’s my line teme, what the hell was that?” Naruto met Sasuke’s glare with his own.

“It is called a kiss dobe, I would think even you knew what that is.”

“The hell … of course I know what it is. But why teme?” Naruto softened his expression to a more questionable one.

“Well …” Sasuke moved a bit closer to Naruto, “when a man and a man like each other they express their fe…”

“What the fuck’s with the birds and the bee explanation?” Naruto’s expression had gone back to a glare.

“Well simple, I find you attractive so I kissed you to show you my interest. Why you don’t like it … you don’t like me?” Sasuke was now so close again that Naruto could feel the other boy’s warm breath.

“I- I d-dunno … I mean …” Naruto couldn’t take his eyes away from Sasuke’s, it was like he was lost to the blackness. “ … I mean how do you like a person … how do you know you like a person?” The raven was a little taken back from the question the blond had just asked him. It was a strange question to ask but he decided to let it go.

“I’ll show you …” Sasuke moved closer tilting his head a little, “but this time you have to kiss me back.” He half whispered before sealing their lips together once again.

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and thats it from chapter 4, i'll start chapter 5 in a bit, just need to start sorting out my stuff. i leave hong kong in less than a week so. and i really miss tokyo =( well dont forget to comment, love it when u guys do