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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 : Editing is still a bitch. but my dissertation is a whore. and aff sucks monkey balls for ruining my formatting. ALL 13 CHAPTERS rendered unreadable.

Recap :

"Naruto." Sasuke interrupted his thoughts.

"Yeah?" he said, scratching the back on of his head. Sasuke was looking at him weirdly.

"Do you want some ramen?"

Chapter 9 : Telling the Truth

"What?"

"You heard me."

Naruto stared at Sasuke, wondering whether this was some kind trick. Was he planning to poison him with truth serum?

"Fine," the Uchiha snapped. "Keep gaping like an idiot. I'm leaving."

"No!" he said, "I – well, let's go."

Sasuke rolled his eyes as he walked past him and Naruto followed, falling naturally in step with him.

He risked a glance at the raven, who was walking with his hands stuffed in his pockets, looking irritated. Naruto wondered what this would look like from the Uchiha's point of view and winced. No one expects their best friend to assault them in the middle of the night and then wake up with said best friend spooning them. He sighed, running through what he could tell Sasuke without making him more suspicious and more -well - angry. Because anger as an emotion came to Sasuke only when he felt threatened and - Naruto frowned - afraid.

They reached Ichiraku's without having spoken a word to each other and Sasuke ordered for the both of them, sounding abnormally normal, making Naruto's nervousness increase ten fold.

As steaming bowls of ramen appeared in front of them Naruto glanced at Sasuke again, desperate that his friends expression would give him at least a hint to he was thinking, but all the Uchiha was doing was unglueing his chopsticks to eat, his features devoid of any of those almost creases that Naruto was now an expert at reading. Shit.

Naruto looked to his own bowl of noodles, for once not finding the enthusiasm to inhale his food. Figured that the one day he didn't feel like eating, Sasuke was treating him.

More silence followed as Sasuke calmly finished his ramen and Naruto felt his nerves grate with every clink of chopsticks on china. Even Ichiraku had left them alone, sensing the tension between the two. And just when he thought he couldn't take it anymore , Sasuke spoke.

"So," he began and Naruto found that it was difficult to look his friend in his eye. His gaze landed on the hastily bandaged neck and he sighed.

"I'm sorry Sasuke. I really am."

"You should be," he said, "Am I to assume it was the Kyuubi?"

Naruto eyes snapped up to his face. He knew he shouldn't be surprised, after all, he had been almost breathing red chakra that time but the Kyuubi was still a subject that he wasn't used to discussing with anyone other than Jiraiya or Tsunade. He felt more than a little uncomfortable, loathing the insecurity that made its appearance.

"Well?"

"I – err-," Naruto was at a loss. If he told him that it was just the Kyuubi then that would mean denying that he did have feelings, the word deserved an eye roll even in Naruto's head, for Sasuke. After all, he didn't have much time left and telling him now would mean more time for Sasuke to get used the thought. But if he did tell Sasuke, the Uchiha would immediately close up and be on his guard around him. Naruto had seen it often enough with the ravens admirers, much to his previous amusement. Now, however, it just put him in a difficult situation. How exactly was he supposed to convince Sasuke that their friendship was just a stepping stone for something more if he shut him out?

He suddenly felt a sharp pain on his forehead and he looked up in surprise when he realised that Sasuke had just poked him with his chop sticks.

"Ow bastard! What the hell was that for?"

"I don't I've ever seen you think so hard in my life," he said, smirking.

He grinned, realising that the tension had instantly reduced with Sasuke's jibe. Who knew that the anti social Uchiha could actually make a situation like this easier to endure? He ran a hand through his hair, still nervous.

"The truth is-"

"It was the Kyuubi," Sasuke said, looking completely sure of his deduction.

Naruto blinked. The other man seemed to have made up his mind that the Kyuubi had been responsible for what had happened and Naruto didn't know how to contradict him. He didn't think he even had it in him. Not when it was clear that Sasuke was close to actually forgiving him.

"Well… yeah, kinda." Naruto winced inwardly. God, that had been such a lie. How many more was he going to have to make?

"So what does it make you do exactly?" Sasuke asked, frowning.

"I – um," Naruto knew he wasn't going to get out of this without giving his friend some kind of information, so he sighed, giving up. "Look its not a big deal. It happens every two months and lasts for around three days." If Sasuke wanted to think he was a freak, let him.

"And during those two days you feel like attacking random people?"

Naruto glared at the Uchiha, who was looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

"No! I don't attack anyone," he said, calming down when he saw that Sasuke was trying to provoke him into telling him the truth. "I – I just need to have sex for those two days until it's out of my system."

Sasuke blinked and for a moment there was silence, before a deep rumbling laughter started to bubble out of his friend. Naruto scowled, realising that the first time he was seeing Sasuke laugh in a long time, he was laughing at him. He hadn't meant to tell Sasuke about his problem so bluntly but it had come out none the less. Great Uzumaki. Just give him one more reason to not take you seriously.

"It's not funny." Naruto was getting upset.

Sasuke coughed, getting himself under control. "All right," he conceded. "When did this start?"

The blonde looked away, "Twoyearsago," he mumbled.

"Two years?" Sasuke was shocked. Naruto didn't know whether it was because he had hidden it from him for so long or because Sasuke hadn't noticed that something was wrong. Either way, he didn't bring it up.

"I'm usually in Konoha, or another village which has enough…resources."

Sasuke lips twitched like he was going to laugh again but he didn't and Naruto was grateful.

"I was with you this time of the month, two months ago dobe. You seemed normal enough to me." So Sasuke was more disturbed that he hadn't noticed. Huh, Naruto thought.

"I am normal during that time, as long as I get enough time at night to ...you know..." he trailed off, thinking back to last time.

They had been in Sand and were on one of the rare missions they had been assigned to together. Once Naruto thought about it, even though the mission had been b ranked and pretty easy, at the end of it he had been extremely worn out. The main reason being the heat had lasted 4 whole days. He wondered whether it had been because of Sasuke.

Had the close proximity made the heat worse? He tried to think of other times he had been in close contact with Sasuke during his heat and frowned. Sure enough, whenever he remembered him around, the heat usually lasted longer. Even when he paired up with Sakura it had been a little worse. The Kyuubi had been trying to tell him something and he had ignored it. it had gotten worse and worse until last month – when he had stretched it longer than necessary. That must have been the tipping point, he realised, after which he had been forced to see the truth.

"So if you can keep it in control most of the time, what happened yesterday?" Sasuke sounded neutral, like this wasn't what he really wanted to know. They both knew better.

Naruto froze. What exactly was he supposed to tell him?

"Well...err...," he scratched the back of his head. ' I went for that mission to Sound, where I couldn't go into the whore houses because I might have been recognized. So I had to wait until I reached Konoha and it turned out to be a little too late which is why it's lasted for so long..." he trailed off again.

"The Sound mission was a month ago," Sasuke said, like he could hardly believe what was being said to him.

Naruto coloured and looked away, "Well...yeah."

"That's why you holed yourself up in your apartment," Sasuke said, as if he confirming something.

He nodded, still not being able to look his friend in the eye.

"So," Sasuke summed up, sounding relieved. "Last night was just me being at the wrong place at the wrong time."

Naruto's chest tightened, trying not feel hurt. He knew what Sasuke was implying – even if it had been someone else instead of me, it would have turned out the same. Wrong.

The only reason last night happened was because it had been Sasuke in his room. If it had been anyone else Naruto would have probably just told them to leave. But how would the Uchiha react if he told him that?

"Geez dobe. You really had me worried."

In other circumstances a sentence like that from the raven would be taunt worthy for at least a month, but this time Naruto just smiled sadly. It was upsetting that Sasuke was so relieved to find out that last night wasn't personal that he had even forgotten that Uchiha's never said things like that aloud.

Naruto was even more amazed to find that Sasuke was continuing to speak. He had never heard his friend speak so much in a very long time. The irony of the situation, however, wasn't lost on him. How the hell was he going to take it from here?

"Does Sakura know?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto shook his head, wondering why that would be relevant. But she will soon, he realised, sighing. He hadn't forgotten what had happened with her either. He would have to go and apologise soon, he thought, not looking forward to explaining himself.

Would she look at him differently? Or would she-

"Oh for Gods sake!" Sasuke snapped. "Will you stop pitying yourself usuratonkachi." Sasuke poked him on the forehead again, hard. Naruto was beginning to resent those chopsticks.

"It isn't your fault," Sasuke stated. "You weren't in control of yourself. So stop moping like a god dammed girl.'

Naruto chuckled at how Sasuke, in his own rude way, was trying to make him feel better. But he couldn't help but feel that this was going in the wrong direction. A large part of him was howling at him to tell the truth. To not let his raven brush this whole thing under the carpet as something neither of them had responsibility over. He knew Sasuke well enough to know the reason he was so eager to accept the Kyuubi as the driving force behind this. It was simple, really. If it was Kyuubi, then it wasn't Naruto. If it was the Kyuubi, then he didn't have to deal with the consequences of Naruto actually having feelings for him. Neither of them had to.

"Right?" Dark eyes narrowed at the blond's continued gloomy silence.

"Right?" Sasuke tried again, a warning in his voice.

Naruto sighed. It was so tempting to say yes, laugh, receive a glare and a punch maybe and then forget that it ever happened. It was clear that it was what Sasuke wanted,expected.

But did Naruto want Sasuke to get away from this so easily?

"Sasuke...," he said softly. Sure, the Uchiha was giving him a way out of this mess, so things could go back to normal. The fact was that he didn't want things to go back to normal. They couldn't. Not anymore.

"You're right, to an extent it was the Kyuubi, but-" Shit, this was harder than he thought it would be.

"But?" Sasuke was getting angry again.

"But – to a large extent it was me." There, he said it. He released a breath he didn't know he had been holding.

Sasuke just stared him. In shock. Like Naruto had just said that his favorite food was now onigiri and tomatoes.

The blond kept talking, not knowing what else to do.

"Because I delayed it for so long this time, it reached a different level. The past few weeks, no matter how much time I spent at the whore houses, it wasn't enough,' Naruto paused, not liking how close this was coming to the real problem – the fact that only Sasuke could stop it from getting worse. No way was he dumping that on his friend right now. He took a deep breath, continuing.

"I'd found out some time ago that sleeping with people I'm physically attracted to cools the heat off quicker-" Naruto paused again, searching for the right words, "-And the Kyuubi senses what people I'm attracted to and points me in that direction.'

Naruto gave his friend a small grin, "If it's any consolation, I didn't know you were in that category till three days ago."

"So its just an attraction then? A physical thing."

Naruto didn't think it was meant to sound hopeful. He grimaced.

Sasuke was clutching at straws to try and deny that his best friend had just confessed that he liked him. Naruto was saddened by it, both for Sasuke and for himself. He had always known that pulling, or dragging most likely, Sasuke from behind his walls was never going to be easy.

"For you? No. It's not just a physical thing," he said trying not to be frustrated at his friend's silence.

"C'mon Sasuke teme," Naruto tried again. "With us, you know it can never be that simple." He tried to be as gentle and clear as he could, watching as Sasuke face began its gradual descent from calm and composed to panic stricken and dismay. It would have been funny, hilarious even, if Naruto had been watching this exchange as an outsider. Now, however, it was just horribly tragic.

Sasuke finally unstuck his throat,

"So you mean, last night and in the morning...it wasn't the Kyuubi- it was you?"

Naruto hadn't known that his best friend could be so slow. So he gathered up his last remaining remnants of courage that lay tattered around him and looked his Uchiha straight in the eye.

"Mostly, yeah."

There was a heavy pause, where Naruto was pretty sure he would be either punched or run away from, but neither happened. In fact Sasuke did something that Naruto would never expect him to do in his life. Sasuke… flushed.

They sat there for a few moments, both mortified and stunned at the same time, before the raven finally dropped the chop sticks he was clutching. He pushed away from the counter, still looking shell shocked and whether it was because he had realised that his face was red or because his best friend had just said that he liked him, Naruto didn't know. All he knew was that he barely heard a muttered 'I should go' and a second later his companion had poofed away.

Naruto stared at his bowl of ramen, now cold, and wondered whether he had just imagined the whole thing. He chewed his lip, thinking back and then a small grin inched its way onto his face. Nope, he had definitely not imagined it.

Sasuke had blushed. Ok maybe not blushed like a girl, but still, his face had become a rather charming shade of pink and it had happened only when he had found out that it wasn't the Kyuubi who was responsible for his hickey's, but Naruto.

He let himself laugh in relief, feeling strangely triumphant. He now was a hundred percent sure, even if Sasuke wasn't, that the Kyuubi had not made a mistake when he had directed him towards the Uchiha.

There was something other than deep friendship between the two of them and it was now finally in the open.

Chapter end. Chapter end. Chapter end.

A/N : a turning point in the story! Yay!
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