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“Iruka?” Sasuke asked as he walked into the kitchen.

“Hm?” the brunette replied poring over reports.

“Would it be alright if the three of us went over to Nico’s for dinner?” he asked innocently.

“Would it what?” the teacher asked looking at him.

“Would it be alright if Sakura, Naruto and I went over to Nico’s house for dinner tonight? A friend of hers got back today and she is having a dinner for him and we’re invited,” he explained.

“Who will be there?” he asked nervously.

“Nico, Kani, Torya, Diran, her other brother and Ria,” Sasuke counted off.

“Will her parents be there?” Iruka asked, going into parental mode.

“Ria is her mother and she will definitely be there. She’s the one cooking dinner, I don’t know about her father I haven’t met him yet.”

“Does she really want all of you around there? That is a lot of people,” Iruka said disapprovingly, “I don’t want you making trouble for her.”

Sasuke sighed, “Nico said you could call if you wanted to check things over with Ria. Here’s their phone number. Let me know how things work out.”
Sasuke walked up the stairs.

Iruka dialled the number and waited nervously.

“City morgue you kill ‘em we chill ‘em, Torya speaking,” a deep voice on the end of the line said pleasantly.

“Oh I’m sorry I must have..” the name rang a bell, “Wait is this Nico’s brother Torya?”

“Yup would you like to talk to her?”

“No would I be able to talk to your mother please?”

“Yeah sure I’ll just get her for you.”
There was the sound of the phone being put down.
“Ria get your butt in here there’s someone on the phone for you!”

“I’m coming keep your pants on.” Another voice said.

“Hello this is Ria,” a woman’s voice said cheerfully.

“Um hello, this is Iruka I’m one of Sasuke’s guardians..” Iruka began awkwardly.

“Oh hi! Nico said you might be calling, how are you? We had Sasuke over here just yesterday. He’s such a polite young man isn’t he?” she gushed.

“I’m fine thank you, I’m glad he was so polite,” the young man fumbled.

“Oh of course he was, he’s such a sweetie. He’s welcome over here anytime.”

“That’s what I was calling about. He said Nico invited the three of them over for dinner tonight and I just wanted to make sure that was alright with you,” Iruka explained, trying to gain control over the situation.

“Oh yes, that’s quite alright, it’s already quite a zoo around here a few extra faces can’t hurt. The more the merrier I always say.”

“Are you sure? That’s a lot of mouths to feed, would you like a hand?” he asked concernedly.

“No I’m fine, I run a catering business so I’m quite used to feeding large crowds. And with as many boys as I have you get used to cooking extra I can tell you. They just have the biggest appetites, poor Nico tries to keep up with their steel stomachs but she just….”

“That’s good I just thought I’d better make sure,” he interrupted hastily.

“Well that was very sweet of you for calling. Did you want them home by any particular time?”

“Just send them home when you get sick of them,” Iruka said, unaware that he was echoing the words of generations of parents.

“Oh I couldn’t do that or they’d never leave!” she giggled, “Don’t worry I won’t keep them too late, I know they have school in the morning. Well it was nice talking to you Iruka and I hope both of you will come over some other time too.”

“I’m sure we will, bye.”

“Good bye dear.”

The brunette man breathed a sigh of relief as he hung up the phone.
“Yeah she can talk alright,” Sasuke smirked from the bottom of the stairs.

“Can she ever.”

“She’s really nice though,” the Uchiha commented.

“Yes I can tell. Well anyway it’s alright for all of you to go over for dinner,” Iruka told him, sitting back down to his reports.

“I felt sure it would be.”

“Yes well I have to be responsible and check on these things. Some parents might not like a bunch of hungry teenagers turning up on their doorstep.”

“Yes but you haven’t met Ria, I don’t think an army turning up on her doorstep would faze her,” Sasuke said lightly, “Well I might go have a shower and get ready.”
The brunette boy walked up the stairs where the other two were waiting in the boy’s bedroom. They both pounced on him as he entered.

“What did he say?”

“Its fine,” Sasuke shrugged, “We’re allowed to go, and I shotgun the shower first.”

“How can you shotgun a shower?” Sakura asked.

“According to Naruto you can shotgun anything, now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to have a shower,” he stopped in the doorway, “Unless either of you want to join me?”

“I’m right thanks,” Sakura said dryly.

“No thanks Sas-gay,” Naruto said grinning.

“Only for you Naruto, only for you,” the brunette replied as he left the room whistling.

Naruto choked, what the hell did he mean by that?!
Sakura laughed, “He’s so much more fun like this!”

“Don’t you find it weird?” Naruto asked uncomfortably.

The girl looked at him, “Naruto, he’s finally having fun in a way that doesn’t involve violence or depression. This is a really good thing, he’s making friends, making jokes, laughing. He’s happy, forget the old Sasuke enjoy the new one who has been hiding all these years.”

“But what if he goes back to the old Sasuke when we go back to Konoha,” Naruto almost whispered looking down at his hands, “I don’t think I could handle that.”

Sakura leaned over and hugged the boy, “It’s our job to make sure he doesn’t! Now we’ve seen the real Sasuke we have to make sure he stays that way. Now I’m going to go pick out something to wear.”


Why did everything have to happen as soon as Sasuke decided to be a good boy? Opportunities to mess with Naruto popping up left and right. He had tried to be good, he thought as he let the water run down his chest, it was not working. He had just basically told Naruto he was gay. For him. Not only that but he had purposely not brought any clothes into the bathroom so the only way he was getting back to their room was in a towel. Sasuke Uchiha was just not built right for being good, he decided, so instead I’ll just have fun. He grinned to himself, and fun he would have.


“Hey Naruto, the shower’s free,” Sasuke said casually, walking into the bedroom with a towel around his waist and his damp hair dripping slightly, “But you’ll have to race Sakura for it.”

“Don’t even think about it Naruto I shotgun the next shower!” Sakura yelled out.

“Oops too slow,” Sasuke grinned as the blonde finally looked up and saw him in the doorway.

He turned bright red, “What the hell are you doing bastard?!”

“Well this is my room too you know,” he replied innocently.

“Yeah but that doesn’t mean you can parade around half naked!” the blonde told him in a strangled tone.

“Well I forgot to take my clothes into the bathroom, I could have come fully naked if you wanted, all you had to do was ask,” the Uchiha said grabbing onto the towel.

“No! I meant you should be fully dressed not fully naked! Or half naked or…” Naruto squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath.

Sasuke trailed a wet hand across the back of Naruto’s neck as he walked over to the cupboard, “Relax dobe I just want to get dressed. You can leave if you’re getting uncomfortable, although I have been standing here in a towel for quite some time and you have not yet made a move towards the door oddly enough.”

“You’re enjoying this aren’t you?” Naruto accused, opening his eyes again.

“Of course I am, you’re so cute when you’re uncomfortable,” the brunette boy chuckled, “Now I’m about to remove my towel so I suggest you either turn around or leave.”
Naruto made a hasty retreat to the safety of the hallway. He realised he was sweating.


Okay well this is my first author note on here. I've been reading on here for a while now so I figured it was about time I started sharing as well. This is still in progress but there are another 15 finished chapters awaiting upload. I have this already on both FF.net and Deviantart and if people are enjoying it here I will put the rest up later when I have time. Keep in mind though that even though there are more chapters the end is still unwritten.
Any questions or anything let me know!