The Guardian

Chapter dedicated to Darkalbino, Rasengan22, Jelp and loads of other writers who’ve fired up my muse and who have given me the needed inspiration to write this chapter. And thanks to all my previous reviewers, I love you all.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Chapter 11:

“No.”

Naruto blinked. Had he heard right? “What?”

Sasuke sighed. “Listen Naruto…I like you too. The thing is I have no idea if you really like me. How do I know this isn’t just feelings of jealousy on your part? I mean my feelings have been staring you in the face for a year and a half, but you only show interest because you saw me with Karin or Suigetsu or something. How am I supposed to know this is for real?”

Naruto had nothing to say to that. He only knew that whatever Sasuke was saying hurt. And yeah he had been a fool…but then Sasuke was right. “You’re right…in a way. I’m still confused. So here’s the deal then…you decide…I want to know what you want and I’ll go along with it if it’s feasible.”

Watson wagged his tail as the tension between his masters calmed a bit. He clambered onto the couch, making his owners groan or yell and shifted until he was comfortable…with his ass on Sasuke’s lap and his head on Naruto’s. They let him stay there though, they muttered quite angrily about it. And then Naruto smiled at Sasuke.

“And Sasuke…I want you to know though I’m confused….I do really like you…”

And though Sasuke didn’t show it, it felt like finally the sun was shining again. “Ok then. Here’s what I think we should do…I think…and I cannot believe I’m saying this…I think we should take it slow for now. Just go with the flow you know…not force anything.”

Naruto nodded and then his face turned a little serious. “Sasuke…no one must know. If they figure out, then they won’t let you stay here. You know that ne?”

“Yeah. But Karin and Suigetsu should know. Gaara too. They’ve been advising me about things and helping me…” Sasuke smiled at Naruto, a nice full blown smile that made the blond’s breath hitch in his throat. “And Naruto, since you said it’s all up to me…here goes. Tomorrow when I return after school, I want you to give me the best date possible. Something fun which you think we should do. Nothing cliché…just something for me. I may sound selfish, but what the hell? I’d be glad to know what you come up with…”

Naruto nodded. “Good…now can we just go to bed? It’s been this fuck long day…”

Sasuke just smirked and nodded. He stood up intending to go upstairs when Naruto caught his wrist and stood up too. He bent down to brush his lips against Sasuke’s. “Goodnight then…”

Sasuke looked a little shocked but then he nodded. “Yeah…see you in the morning dobe…”

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Naruto woke up for the first time in days feeling peaceful. He had a date to plan…he groaned and fell back onto the bed. What would be special?? Maybe he should just let fate guide him? But then that sounded like a very Neji thing to do…could he be losing his identity? No…he stopped there…he was thinking too much. One day of letting fate guide him couldn’t turn him into Neji…which was good because Sasuke liked him right…not Neji….so basically Sasuke wouldn’t like him if he was like Neji…gah!

He let it go and clambered out of bed and got to making breakfast for his charge. He made some scrambled egg and mayonnaise sandwiches not being the mood to cook right now and not knowing if he’d have to cook later…he placed all of it on the table and made for the stairs to work his brunet up…when he bumped into said brunet coming down the stairs.

“Oh…hey…”

Sasuke stretched and nodded. “Breakfast?”

“Is food all you can think about?”

Sasuke looked up at him with a raised eyebrow. “Ok…what do you think I should be thinking about?”

“Um…well…breakfast is ready….”

Sasuke shook his head. What a dobe…

After that they east breakfast together in a peaceable silence. Sasuke got ready for school and started to leave. He stopped at the front door to pin Naruto with a look. “I expect a good date, dobe…or I might not like you back…” he grinned and shut the door behind him, quelling the urge to run own the driveway laughing gleefully like a maniac.

Naruto sighed and rubbed his head. Deciding that ready the newspaper was a better thing to do than brood about this date. Skimming through the events that were happening he suddenly stopped wide eyed. No way…he read through the whole thing again and then frowned. He stood up and made a phone call and nodded with satisfaction. Then he got down to the long process of planning and arranging this date.

It was almost time for Sasuke to return (around seven in the evening, he had schoolwork) when Naruto went to his closet and surveyed the clothes there. He needed something warm and sexy…he rummaged around and found a blue Adidas T and his old black trimmed in orange hoodie. Pulling them on to go with grey washed out jeans; he spiked his hair out a bit and smirked at himself in the mirror. He heard the door open and went out to greet Sasuke.

“Yo...”

Sasuke stared at him for a full minute and then looked away. “Where we going?”

“You’ll see. Go change and bring a hoodie or something ok?”

An hour later, a very hungry Sasuke and an extremely cheerful Naruto were speeding down the highway. Sasuke constantly asked about where they were going.

“Look, Uchiha…” Naruto calling him that sounded grown up and Sasuke felt a thrill going down his spine. “You asked me to give the best date I possibly could. Now considering that this is our first date, I doubled my efforts. So please…sit back, enjoy and prepare to be amazed.

To Sasuke surprise they pulled off the road into the gate of what looked like an aeroplane hangar. Naruto pulled out the bag he had packed and then walked towards the hangar. A tall man stepped out from the shadows.

“Naruto!”

The blond nodded. “Hey there, Kisame. Everything ready?”

The almost blue man nodded. “Take your time…but please be back by morning.”

Naruto nodded. “Thanks man. Where is she?” he saw Kisame point and then moved in that direction.

Sasuke followed him and found a microlight aircraft in the hangar. Naruto pulled its door open and shoved the bag in at the bag. He then moved to a drawer in the hanger and tossed Sasuke a leather helmet with goggles. “Put that on and then get in.”

Sasuke looked at him in shock. “What? Why? You’re flying this thing??”

Naruto nodded. “You’re wrong in one thing…I’m going to teach you how to fly this thing…and after that I’ll fly it.”

Sasuke tried not to gape, but failed miserably. He got in and shut the door. Naruto climbed into the pilot’s seat and then started backing he plan out. Sasuke was fascinated and paid attention to everything Naruto was telling him. Then the blond handed him the rudder and wrapped his hand around his ward’s. He guided Sasuke through everything and they finally took off. Sasuke let Naruto take over and looked out the window with glee. The countryside skimmed by, they flew high but not too high. Finally Naruto announced he was landing and did so on some airstrip down below. Sasuke realised they were on raised land like a plateau of some kind. Then a thought struck him.

“Dobe, do you even have a license?”

“I got my flying license when I was your age! Kakashi let me go to flight school…I’m even a licensed teacher!” h stuck his tongue out. “Shows how much you know about me eh?”

Sasuke frowned. “Well you haven’t let me know you fully…let’s change that! So this is it?”

Naruto shook his head. He jogged a little way off and opened his bag. He started laying out a few sheets on the ground and then set up a small low table. On it he placed a big fried chicken, a dish of mashed potatoes and a bowl of coleslaw. Two glasses of wine graced the table too. Sasuke got the idea and helped him set out the plates and stuff.

Then Naruto lit this huge candle he’d brought along. “I hope you don’t think it’s too girly...I chose the pine scented candle because I thought it would be more manly. I mean…I wanted this to be special…”

Sasuke nodded. “Naruto…it’s great…”

The blond smiled. “So how was school?”

“Good.” Sasuke took a bite of the chicken savouring it. “I joined this anime club with the gang. We had a lot of fun…though Karin kept shoving yaoi books at me. We’re going to be watching a lot of good anime though…I’ll bring some home…I know you like it too…I want you to watch this one called code geass…it’s something awesome apparently…”

Naruto nodded. “Sasuke…are you…happy? I mean not about us and all…but with school and everything?” he sipped some wine.

“Yes Naruto…very.” Sasuke grinned. “But I’m happy that you’re finally giving me a chance…”

Naruto smiled again, his blue eyes crinkling up a bit. “So is Kakashi I guess. He was a bit worried that I would never ever give you a chance…I’m sorry it took so long…you see Sasuke…at some point in my life I had a crush on Kakashi…it wasn’t real…just an infatuation…so I kept thinking that maybe you were going through the same thing…”

Sasuke scowled a bit. Naruto had had a crush on Kakashi? He looked into Naruto’s eyes and saw sincerity there and sighed. “You don’t still like Kakashi do you?”

“No.” Naruto smirked. “Jealous?”

Sasuke shook his head. “No! Just worried…it would be like such a soap opera if I liked you and you liked Kakashi…”

Naruto nodded. “Yeah…but it’s not…it’s life. Sasuke…I want to know about you…tell me about you…not the bad parts…but just what happened with you before you met me…at Nawaki’s…”

Sasuke inhaled but let it out. “You don’ mind me not telling you about anything I don’t want to talk about?” he saw Naruto shake his head and exhaled in relief.

“Well after…everything…I got sent to live with my great aunt’s family. I was nine then. They are the only Uchiha’s still alive. She had many kids my age…but I found it extremely hard to adjust to them…so I left and tried to run away. He police found me, but my aunt didn’t want me back. So I was sent to an orphanage that I kept coming back to after I was adopted and sent back to when Tsunade-san’s brother found me. He offered to adopt me and I accepted. It was around eleven at the time. I tried hard, but it was a bit hard to understand or get along with Nawaki-san. I was still messed up about my past so I didn’t make many friends and at school I didn’t’ trust anyone…so yeah it was a bit lonely…I hung out with Gaara a bit but that’s it. Then Nawaki-san passed away and I cane to you. I didn’t think I would be staying with you for long though…kind of got used to being shifted around.”

Naruto stayed silent for a while just concentrating on his food and letting Sasuke eat his own. Once they’re plates were cleaned of their contents he cleared up. “I’m sorry Sasuke…I wish you hadn’t had such a hard time…”

Dark eyes looked at him contemplating before they softened. “Look whose talking moron…”

They cleared away everything except the sheets on the ground. Naruto cleaned the cutlery at a nearby stream and then came back to pack up. He dived into the bag again and pulled out a couple of pillows and then threw them at Sasuke.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. “You better not be thinking about sex…”

Naruto shook his head. “No…it’s something better…now lay back and close your eyes.” when the dark haired man did so, Naruto lay back next to him. Moving close he whispered in Sasuke’s ear. “Open your eyes and look up at the sky…”

As Sasuke did so, he saw a falling star…and another one…and another…he held his breath as he saw the small pinpricks of light shooting across the sky. He opened his mouth only to have it closed by Naruto’s hand.

“Don’t say anything…make a wish, teme…then you can talk…”

Sasuke looked hard at a shooting star and then did just that. Then he turned to Naruto with wonder… “How?”

“Meteor shower…it was in the newspaper…so…this special enough for you teme?” his lips were enveloped by another pair as Sasuke kissed him softly. Naruto felt like sparklers had gone off in his head. He let his hands thread through Sasuke’s silky black hair and pulled the younger boy into another soft but more passionate kiss. At first they looked at each other as they kissed, before their finally slipped shut.

Naruto’s tongue traced Sasuke’s lip, before backing off and allowing Sasuke’s tongue to slip between his own lips. Oh yeah…Sasuke had definitely improved at kissing. Their lips meshed together again and again. Sasuke felt like his feelings would envelope him and explode.

This wasn’t lust. Naruto was finally sure…he didn’t feel like fucking the boy…he wanted to love this boy and hold him this way for so long… “Mmmm…Sasuke…” his slightly rough voice sent shivers up Sasuke’s spine.

The brunet pulled him closer and then let himself only feel the kiss. “Naruto…I love you…”

Naruto pulled the younger boy on top of him and kissed him softly again. Sasuke didn’t mind the lack of response content to be able to say it finally and not be stopped.

Naruto struggled to come to grips with his feelings as his lips were captured again and again. They pulled away finally and lay back again; watching the twinkling stars and one or two of the shooting starts still flitting across the sky.

It was like love had formed this protective barrier around them…Naruto had never felt so painfully complete before…he reached for Sasuke’s hand and grabbed it feeling like it would be a sin to let go. Rolling on top of the darker haired boy and he looked deep into those obsidian eyes. Suddenly tears formed in his eyes…it didn’t even strike him that it wasn’t manly. The feelings were too much. A tear dropped. The world seemed to stop. Sasuke held his breath and Naruto let the one thought forming in his head out.

“Sasuke…”

“Sasuke…I think I’m in love with you…”

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PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION

Could you feel it? Could you all feel the scene? The date scene I mean? I’m feeling messed up like I’ve poured my emotion into it…So please please let me know…I need to know…

A/N: I can’t make it longer…it seems perfect to stop there. I…I can’t help it…my emotions seem to be all over the place.

On an easier note…There reason I’m not updating is because I’m spending time with my guy and it’s hard to get home on time to update and when I’m not with him I have assignments and all since I’m in my last year of college. Right now he isn’t in town…but my updating will increase I’m sure of that.

Please please review…I need it….I need as much motivation as I can get to update my fics.