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A/N: me here again, driven by Kurai Kisu's review!

Kurai Kisu: oh girl, it's on! The minute I'm able to sit straight and not laugh my ass off, I'm going to add more wooden things to be fucked on/in/under/against. How about a wall? Or a tree? Or a freaking forest! xDD I'm sad to admit that none of my friends can appreciate my pervyness, thus I'm forced to come here to find people with equal pervy attitude :D and we can discuss my fetishes later, but I can assure you, none of them involve wood. ....maybe I should make a whole fic involving lemons and wooden objects. Yesh, I'll name it 'Wood Gone Wild' and credit you so everyone is going to think you're the pervert here :D ah, so diabolical xDD oh right, thanks for reviewing, my fellow monkey.

Lady_Marsmallow: :D oh my god, now I have an image of Shika sitting on a armchair, glasses on his nose going ”so, are you still attracted to each other or has the flame diminished?” xD thanks for making me laugh LOL oh! And thanks for reviewing, made me feel giddy inside x)

Tokyo-Princess: *SQUEEEE* you're here! I waited for you dammit! :D and the title was just to make you gurgle-snort-squeal xP I could've named it something like 'Peace and quiet' etc xD and I think that even if Temari and Shika had something going on, I'm pretty sure they would still act just like that, and I personally think they're friends that understand each other in a... troublesome way. Oh! I hope you're feeling better now :P it was fun to concentrate on Shika for awhile, but I just had to add some sasunaru-goodness there *drools* krhm, yeah, NOT OBSESSED. We should totally have that party, I'll bring my daisies along. And about Gaara, he's just a misunderstood little boy (man) that actually shows feelings in the anime/manga, even if they are maniacal stare and murderous intent, so it made sense that he'd try to be socialized now that he knew there were some people that cared... yeah, I'm a Gaara fangirl, you can tell? The red hair, dammit! And just for the record, I love your ridiculously lenghty reviews, don't dare stop writing them! Ah, if you feel REALLY indebted and demand to write me something, (and of course if/when you feel like it) I'd love to see a oneshot with Sasuke and Naruto doing daily activities like groceries, dishes and maybe some redecorating? But only if you want to, it's always better when it's not forced ^^ and thank you for the review! Like thank you times million! I feel so happy right now! *hugs*

Vibora: thank you! Yeah, I have this theory that Sasuke likes to cuddle. It makes sense... in my head, atleast. And no matter how long your reviews are, it's nice to hear from you :P and thank you for reviewing, I really appreciate it ^^

ShikaChouFan4Life: ah, yes. Shika is fun to write and I think I can write him so well is because I'm pretty much the same. ..most of the time :D and I thought that you'd like it xP thanks for reviewing, again! It's always so much fun to read them!

Nickles: oh, that's okay! You don't have to review, but thanks so much for doing it anyway! Makes me feel special :P and thanks for your kind words! Made me feel better! (not that I was feeling bad but you know what I mean)

Misery: what a catchy nickname. And you have the same favorite characters! I try my best to keep them in character and it pretty much depends on the day how I'm doing... but thanks anyway!

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Naruto quietly cursed the sunlight as it made contact with his face, pulling him out of his dream. The blond groaned, bringing his left hand to cover his eyes.

It was then that he took notice of the extra weight on his chest, ever-so-slightly opening one of his eyes, looking between his fingers to confirm it was Sasuke's pale arm. Naruto opened both of his eyes, turning his head to the side to marvel at how beautiful the Uchiha looked.

Sasuke's hair was tussled, like someone had spent the whole night messing with it, and there was a little bit of drool coming from the side of his mouth. In Naruto's opinion, nothing had ever looked more adorable, and the fact that Sasuke would bite his head off for thinking that made him seem even cuter.

Naruto chuckled and stretched his arms over his head, letting them land on the pillow, which in turn woke the raven up.

”Hn.” Sasuke scruntched up his noce, refusing to open his eyes, and removed his arm just to wipe out the drool, returning it on the tan chest.

”Morning gorgeous.” Naruto said it quietly, avoiding using any high pitch sounds, for he had learned something new about the raven: he was NOT a morning person. If Kyuubi wasn't there to heal him so fast, he'd still have bruises to remind him.

The Uchiha huffed and snuggled closer to the warm body, trying to hide his face from the intruding sunlight. Sasuke had no plans on waking up yet, but the slight shaking of Naruto's chest under his arm got the best of him, and he had to raise his head and open his eyes to try and see what was going on.

Naruto's bright blue eyes were full of mirth and he was obviously trying to hold back laughter, though not very successfully.

”What's so funny?” There was clear annoyance in his voice, Sasuke didn't really feel like talking this soon after waking up.

The blond shrugged his shoulders, getting to lay on his side to face the grumpy shinobi. ”Just thinking.”

If he hadn't just woken up, Sasuke would surely have commented on the fact, but he really didn't want any loud responses out of the blond this early. Instead he concentrated on sliding his hand on the warm and soft skin on Naruto's side, smiling a little as he felt the hairs rising by the contact.

Naruto bit his lip as shivers ran over his skin, the slightly cooler hand travelling up over his ribcage and then back down, sliding the sheet off in the progress, until it came to rest on the exposed hipbone. The blond watched as Sasuke propped his head up by leaning on the pillow with his elbow, and then turned his dark, hazy eyes on him, his face having a sort of calculating expression.

Naruto, in turn, let his eyes roam over the beautifully crafted pale body, daring himself to touch it, which made him miss the possessive smirk that appeared in Sasuke's face, though it was soon shaken off.

The blond carefully brought his hand up to the side of the pale neck, letting his fingers softly feel the still visible bite mark. Sasuke chuckled at the mildly worried face Naruto was making and smiled contently. ”It still felt good.” Naruto snorted and leaned in, placing a kiss over the red mark. ”Hells yeah it did.”

There was a long silence, a comfortable one for once, during which Sasuke absently caressed the skin on the tan hip and Naruto wondered if the raven was ever going to make his move.

”So...” Sasuke drawled out, locking their gazes together. ”what were you thinking?”

Naruto blinked, he had already forgotten all about that thing that he was thinking about before Sasuke cut his line of thought. Dattebayo.

Sasuke rolled his eyes when the blank face stayed on the blond, he should've known. He was about to make a remark of the shortness of Naruto's attention span (although it's stating the obvious here), when the blue eyes brightened up. ”Oh, now I remember!”

The raven let out a dissatisfied 'hn' when the blond sat up, motioning him to follow his lead. ”We need to talk about something.”

Naruto pulled his knees up to his chest, leaning his chin on them, wondering how to ask Sasuke, who was now staring at his side, patiently waiting for the blond to start the discussion.

”Well, you know...” The Uchiha watched as the tan fingers played with the equally tan toes. ”Yes, of course I do, that's why I am not waiting for you to elaborate.” Naruto scowled and straightened his legs, nervously biting his lip. ”I just wondered that-” He stopped mid-sentence, his brain drawing a blank.

Sasuke leaned back on the bed with his hands, using his newfound patience that had surfaced after spending so much time with the loud blond. ”Just say it, it's easier.”

(Fine.) Naruto took a deep breath before turning to the raven. ”Are we a couple now?”

The onyx eyes opened wider and Sasuke froze. Naruto bit his lip, waiting anxiously, but after few minutes of empty stares and complete silence he couldn't take it anymore. ”Well?”

Sasuke blinked and lowered his gaze, not uttering a word. He turned his head to his other side, completely aware of the rift between them getting larger by the second, and yet unwilling to break the uncomfortable silence. Even for Naruto it didn't take long to realize that he wasn't going to get the answer he'd expected, so he quickly got out of the bed, hastily grabbing his clothes and pulling them on.

”Should've known,” Sasuke grimaced at the tone of Naruto's monologue. ”what did I think would happen, he's still the bastard he always was.”

Sasuke jerked his head back to the blond's direction, but, unable to meet the blue eyes, kept his gaze on the bed. Naruto finally picked up his shirt and turned it inside out while walking to the door.

”Naruto.” The blond stopped dead on his tracks and waited.

”I...” He slowly turned mid way, so that Sasuke could see his face but he didn't have to look at him.

Naruto idly fiddled with his shirt, trying to keep his gaze on something. ”Just say it Sasuke so I can come back there.” There was obvious pain in his voice, which made Sasuke's heart jump, and not in a good way. He wanted to make the blond stay so he could explain, but Sasuke didn't even know how to.

”I can't-” Before he could finish the sentence, Naruto had already left. Sasuke punched the pillow, on which Naruto's head had been, hard enough to make it puff out some feathers. ”I'm such a woman.”

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Shikamaru sighed contently for it had been a brilliant day. A brilliant, undisturbed, Naruto-less day. No problems to solve, no one complaining, no one to tell you to work. He didn't even have a mission to go on so all he could do was to sit around doing nothing.

All in all, there was nothing that could possibly ruin his mood. (Although that kind of thinking has gotten me into trouble before.)

”Temari alert.”

Shika's eyes popped open and he quickly sat up, looking at Chouji. ”What?!” Chouji calmly pointed behind his friend, who had enough time to only turn his head before it was snapped right back with a strong slap.

”That was for ignoring me.” The kunoichi grapped Shikamaru's collar, pulled him up and delivered another slap. ”That's for dumping me in that restaurant. And this...” Shikamaru closed his eyes as a fist connected with his jaw. ”...was for thinking that you could get away with it.”

Chouji snapped his mouth shut as Temari glanced at him, and quicly forced a smile on his face. ”You look wonderful.”

Temari answered with a smirk and dropped the shinobi she was holding to the ground, looking at his quivering form with a sense of satisfaction. ”Good thing we got that cleared up.” She then walked off, waving a goodbye to Chouji.

After making sure the woman was out of sight, Chouji helped his friend to a sitting position, giving him a sympathetic smile. ”What's with her?” Shika wiped his lips to check for blood. ”Probably PMS'ing.”

Shika took the soda Chouji held out from the icebag and pressed it against his hurting jaw. ”Don't care what they say but I did not deserve that.”

”Yeah, keep telling that to yourself hon.”

They both froze and looked at each other. There was a painfully long silence and neither of them were able to break the eye contact.

”Too. Much. Tv.”

For once Chouji agreed and got back to eating his chips. Shikamaru gave him one more glance before opening the can. ”Sometimes you're so gay even I get worried.”

Chouji looked at Shika sideways and waited till he was drinking. ”And asking me to a day-long picnic isn't at all gay?”

Like he had planned, Shikamaru choked on the drink and sent his teammate an annoyed glare. Chouji chuckled, stuffing his face with more chips. ”Not to mention the whole hugging thing.”

Shikamaru sighed and laid back down, not bothering to defend his honor. He had more important things to do, like getting back to staring at the clouds and enjoying the peace. (Okay, maybe there was something that could ruin my mood, but now that that's over, I can still label this day as perfe-)

”Naruto alert.”

(OH HELL NO.)

”Shikamaru, I need to do something that makes me feel good and keeps me from thinking. At all.”

(Don't we all.) ”Go have sex.” Shikamaru had to open his eyes as Chouji gave him a sharp kick on his shin. He inwardly grimaced as he saw Naruto's murderous gaze. ”Too troublesome.”

He sat up, frowning as the bruise on his jaw made itself known. ”How about a round of drinks? Chouji's buying.”

Naruto nodded and pulled the genius up by the offered hand. Only one seeing anything wrong with the plan was Chouji. ”Who said I was paying?”

Shika straightened his vest. ”My cast, that's who. Now come on, hubby.”

Naruto smiled before frowning, evidently thinking about his own situation. But he decided not to get too much into it, forcing a half-hearted grin on.

Chouji huffed and packed up their snacks, picking the whole icebag up when he was finished. ”Fine, but just one round.” (Like that would ever happen.)

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Shikamaru chuckled dryly as he watched Chouji slowly blinking his eyes, trying to focus them on something. ”Shika, I think that... You know. I mean... You're pretty good looking!”

Shika snorted, motioning to the barkeeper to fill his glass. ”You think so, huh. Are you telling me that-” He had to stop to hiccup. ”Sorry, that I was right and that you are gay?”

Chouji blinked a little faster before laughing. ”What? Me? No!” He rubbed his right eye, trying to get rid of the haze. ”I just... You know. You don't date.” Shika smirked and quickly picked up his glass as Chouji hit his fist down on the table, emphasizing the word that would follow soon after.

”Why!?”

Shikamaru shrugged, putting the glass back on the table, scratching his nose. ”The same reason you don't.”

Naruto interrupted them, groaning loudly. ”Oh, don't tell me you're harboring feelings for each other, cos I'm this full” he put his hand up to his forehead ”of gay men.”

Shika chuckled and couldn't stop himself before he blurted it out. ”You've been busy.”

Naruto opened his mouth to say something back, but then stopped to think if it even was an insult. He was then ignored, yet again.

”What do you mean, same reason?”

Shikamaru nodded, finishing his drink, and smiled smugly. ”Think about it.” He leaned his elbows on the table, motioning for Chouji to come closer too.

”When Ino complains about eating barbeque, or spends twenty minutes on her hair, or spends double the time on her makeup, how does it feel?”

Chouji grimaced, obviously remembering all the time he'd spent waiting on his teammate. ”It's so troublesome.”

Shika was still smiling. ”You see? Thus, we don't date.” Chouji started nodding, once again astonished by his friend's brain power. ”You're so smart!”

It was now that Naruto realized that they hadn't been listening to him and sighed, emptying yet another glass. Sure, he was drinking a lot, but thanks to Kyuubi, it took a lot more alcohol for him to have the same effects, and right now he was getting a little disoriented but was still feeling like shit.

The whole time from leaving Sasuke's to now, he'd been going through the whole conversation with Sasuke, and hadn't found anything weird with it. There was nothing wrong in wanting to be together, cos come on, the whole female population in Konoha probably wanted to get together with the Uchiha, and he hadn't even slept with them! (Hopefully.)

He turned his head to his side to ask Shikamaru some advice, but was surprised to find a pale, pissed off Uchiha standing there. He frowned and was about to order another drink when Sasuke grabbed his seat and turned it around to face him. ”You're coming with me.”

Naruto rolled his eyes and, seeing the determination in the dark eyes, lazily stood up. ”Fine. But you're taking me to MY house.” He then waved to Shika and Chouji before following Sasuke out of the bar.

Shikamaru watched as the blond disappeared and sighed in relief, slowly getting up and motioning for Chouji to do the same. ”We're done here, let's go finish our picnic.”

Chouji rolled his eyes but stood up too, swaying a little. ”It's already dark outside.”

Shika tapped his nose, all conspiracy-like. ”So no one will disturb us. Now come on.” He carefully maneuvered himself and Chouji out of the bar and directed their step towards the closest park.

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Naruto fidgeted with the keys awhile before managing to fit the right one into the lock. He then turned to look at the brunet leaning against the railing and sighed, rubbing a hand over his face. ”You coming in?”

Sasuke bit down on his lower lip. ”I'm not going to fuck you.”

Naruto chuckled dryly, following it with a snort. ”Well, that's a first.” After receiving a rather cold stare, even for an Uchiha, he scratched his cheek absently. ”No, I just want someone to hold me and since it's too late to go get Iruka and you're the only one besides him that's willing to be that close to me, you're gonna have to do.”

Sasuke knit his brows together at the self-loathing tone and watched as Naruto bumped the door open with his backside, disappearing to the dark apartment. ”Now haul your ass in here.”

The pale shinobi looked around him, weighing the wiseness of going in, but finally gave up and got inside, locking the door after him.

Naruto took his shirt off with much difficulty, crashing into the few furniture he had, cursing loudly. When the shirt was finally thrown aside, he began to unbutton his pants, but stopped suddenly and turned his head to look at Sasuke, who had been watching the show quietly.

”Promise not to molest me?”

Sasuke felt like groaning, he did not want to repeat himself. But considering what had happened the same morning, he really didn't have the right to bitch about anything to Naruto. ”I promise.”

Naruto nodded, more to himself, and dropped his pants. He got under the covers on the bed, facing the wall and waited for the bed to dip. He then reached behind him, grabbing Sasuke's arm and pulled it around him.

The raven shifted on the bed so that his chest was almost pressed against the blond's back. ”Naruto?”

Naruto huffed, annoyed. ”The Naruto is trying to sleep, just shut up and hold me.”

Sasuke sighed and pulled the tan body even closer, placing a soft kiss on the neck in front of him. ”Good night.” He then laid there, listening as Naruto's breathing became slower and even, with an occasional snore. He'd wanted to tell him what he came to say, but decided that he could wait till morning, his new patience making another appearance.

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A/N: sorry it took so long, I'm so sooooorrryyyyyy... but you see, when I'm on a holiday, I'm busy... doing nothing... but not to worry, I'll update more frequently now, I promise. And I promise it won't be this angst-ish-wanna-be, but I had to do it! Make up smex is so much better, and Naruto needs something to make Sasuke suffer! XD anyway, review if you feel like it and sorry again :P