Back to School

A/N: not much to say, just enjoy! And replies:

Kurai Kisu: Yeah, Sasuke has a tendency to uke (yes, it's a verb), but luckily he has Naruto to bring out the seme in him. And yes, I could be telling you anything I want to, but you'll never know... *kukuku* and dammit, the gummy worms are just that, GUMMY WORMS. Candy, you know... he just quit smoking, he needs something to do with his mouth and omg that came out so wrong. AND I MUST UPDATE NOW! Before you completely leave me *sob* and why on earth do they let you near children with that mind of yours, perv. And yes, it is scary, very, actually. You better come back, atleast to check if I've been blaming things on you, again. Or maybe to try to make me lose my marbles, though there's not much work there, as I've managed to do it on my own, mostly :D anyway, I DON'T HAVE YOUR EMAIL?!?! cos I will probably start missing you making fun of me or something, this has become a sort of ritual, answering your reviews xP and I'm sorry for your ass, you should take better care of it LOL

LadyRonin: ah yes, inner Sasuke can say things Sasuke would never say out loud, that's why it's so much fun to write him :P and poor Hinata, she had no idea Sasuke was there, too concentrated on her mission... And I'll get to the tattoo eventually, just keep reading :D thanks for reviewing again, it makes me feel special to get more than one review from one person x)


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Karin was having a full blown break down. She'd been crying for the last half an hour or so, spilling out everything that ever happened to her. ”...and then he said that he wouldn't want my body cos I WAS A GI-I-I-IRL!”

Shikamaru nodded, feigning interest and sighing when he found the rest of the candy gone. ”I just want to be accepted and appreciated, you know, it's not nice being unimportant!”

The brunet propped his head up with his elbow on the desk, absently twirling a kunai around his finger. ”Do continue.”

The girl sniffed, getting into a brand new set of sobs. ”They never listen to meee! And then that blond idiot threw me out of the window and it hurt and that bastard wasn't going to heal me at first-”

Shikamaru glanced at the clock, frowning. ”And with Kabuto it's always 'Orochi-chan' and 'Orochi-chan', I can't stand it!” The brunet's eyes lit up, and he smiled slyly. ”Orochi-chan, you say?”

The girl nodded, still sobbing, watching confused as Shikamaru stood up and turned, walking over to the door. ”We're done, thank you for your time.”

For some reason, Karin felt slightly deceived when the door closed behind the brunet.

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Sasuke mentally groaned, he was never going to get home was he, and when Sakura dared to mention an afterparty, his hope of leaving was crushed.

No way Naruto was going to say no to their teammate, it would never happen.

(That idiot is probably going to pull out his puppy eyes and then I'll have to do whatever he-) Sasuke got struck by an idea and smirked.

He carefully, and as unsuspectively as he could, shifted his eyes through the crowd, making sure everyone was completely focused on Sakura and Ino, or so smashed that tomorrow they would have no recollection what-so-ever of what he was about to do.

Satisfied with the absence of sober stares at his direction, Sasuke turned his head right, where his blond was standing.

Naruto was concentrating on the girls, trying to hear what they had planned, when he noticed something in the corner of his eye. He reluctantly pulled his gaze off of the two to look at his distraction, raising his brow as he realized it was Sasuke staring at him.

After the blue eyes were on him, Sasuke almost let out an evil chuckle. He opened his eyes wider, blinking them, and pushed his lower lip out.

Naruto watched as Sasuke's impassive expression changed into something else. (What the hell is he- Is he pouting? Oh Kami-sama, he's- ....man that's hot.)

Seeing the tan jaw dropping and blue eyes widening, the inner Sasuke gave a little victory dance, singing something random about dobes and how much ass kissing they should be doing.

When the raven heard Sakura calling his name, he turned to face the others, his annoyed glare making a full comeback. ”Hn.”

”Sasuke-kun, you're coming, right?”

Sasuke turned back to stare at Naruto, who was still dazed, and arched an eyebrow in silent inquery.

The blond blinked, snapping his eyes back to Sakura. ”Umm, right, well, you see... Uh...” He shifted his eyes between Sasuke and Sakura a couple of times, Sakura giving him a confused look, Sasuke daring him to say they we're staying.

Naruto swallowed, his eyes lingering on Sasuke a little longer before looking at Sakura. ”Sorry, we gotta go train.”

Sasuke smirked again, winking at the now flustered blond, completely enjoying the power he had over him, inner Sasuke probably doing cartwheels.

Sakura frowned. ”Training? Now? Are you sure-”

”YES!” Naruto slapped a hand over his mouth, blushing even more, effectively making sure almost everyone knew now what kind of 'training' they were talking about, it was their coming out party after all.

”Well, okay, we'll see you tomorrow then, I suppose-”

”See ya!” With that, Naruto had dragged Sasuke out of the room by the collar of his shirt, leaving everyone else standing there, snickering.

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Kabuto, who had been sleeping on the floor, yawned, opening and blinking his eyes as a blurry image was floating right next to him, slightly above. He tried to reach for his glasses, frowning when finding them missing.

”Looking for these?”

Kabuto's eyes snapped back up to the unidentified object, that was now speaking to him, probably waving his glasses right in front of him. He nodded, holding his hand out, surprised that the person actually gave them to him.

(Has a good heart, this is going to be easy.)

Kabuto then put the glasses on, eyes widening when he recognized the blur as Shikamaru.

(Scratch that, this is going to be-)

”Too troublesome.” The brunet stretched his arms over his head, cracking the joints in his neck. He motioned for the older man to follow him to the table and pointed out the chair opposite from the one he sat down on.

”So, I had a little chat with that girl you worked with...” Kabuto nodded, seemingly calm and collected, though mentally he swallowed, cursing at Karin in advance. ”And she sure can talk!”

Kabuto's eye twitched at Shika's overly friendly and enthusiastic behavior, which was clearly an act as the brunet did nothing to hide that fact, but because it was so obvious, he might be doing it on purpose, so it would be best to presume the brunet was being truthful, although one mustn't forget that with the acclaimed genius of Konoha there was never any certain patterns-

Shikamaru kept his cheery outerior, but was mentally rolling his eyes. He had concluded that Kabuto must be one of those people that overanalyze things, so all he had to do was smile and the other would sabotage himself.

Easy.

Effortless.

Just the way he liked it.

He checked the clock on the wall, frowning again, as it was nearing dawn, and he had yet to sleep. But Shika could always just lounge around with Chouji, eat and hang out in complete and comfortable silence.

Deciding that enough time had passed, which was about fifteen minutes, Shikamaru pulled out a paper, clearing his throat to get Kabuto's attention, whose eyes widened when he recognized the document.

”Dear Kabuto,” Shikamaru started, still that happy-go-lucky smile on his lips. ”I was just wondering, where's that young body you promised me?” He gave Kabuto an intrigued stare, blinking his eyes before continuing. ”With LOVE, Orochimaru.”

Shika slid the paper over the surface, scratching his chin absently. ”Sounds like Orochi-chan is looking for a body, ain't that fascinating. And,” The brunet stood up, walking over to the door. ”it seems he's expecting you to get it for him.”

Kabuto watched, in a state of shock, as the Nara knocked on the door and waited for the guard behind it to unlock it before turning back to him, a lazy smirk back on his face. ”Didn't like the glasses, huh?”

Shikamaru chuckled when a loud crash was heard behind the door as soon as it was closed, handing out the notepad to Ibiki standing outside the door. ”He's ready now, feeling vulnerable. Have fun!”

Ibiko shook his head, letting out a dry chuckle. ”I have no idea how you do it, but I suppose thank you is in order.”

The brunet waved his hand, yawning as the lack of sleep was catching up to him. ”No prob, my pleasure, really.”

The older man watched after the brunet's back, snorting. ”Smug bastard.”

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Naruto groaned when Sasuke's knee once again bumped into his back, waking him up for the third time that night. He turned over to his other side, facing the raven and attempting to glare two holes to the pale forehead.

When Sasuke rolled on the bed once again, conveniently closer to the blond, Naruto put his arms around him and made sure to lock their legs together, successfully anchoring the restless sleeper.

He was grinning when the raven tried to move, shifting in the hold for few seconds before calming down, seizing all movement.

Naruto kissed the top of the fluffy hair and sighed, slowly falling back to deep sleep.

The next time Naruto opened his eyes groggily, the sun was desperately trying to burn its way through the thick, dark curtains, making him chuckle. (Futile effort, my friend.)

He looked down at the sleeping Uchiha, smiling affectionately and pulling him a little closer with the arm on his lower back, while using the free hand to wipe away the drool from the corner of the other's mouth.

Naruto then caressed the soft skin on the pale cheeck, tugging some of the more persistant strands of hair behind Sasuke's ear.

It wasn't long before Sasuke stirred, automatically trying to roll to his other side, letting out a sleepy whimper when he failed.

”Morning sweetums.” Naruto used a calm and a low tone, knowing how testy the raven could be during the mornings.

Sasuke scruntched up his nose and knit his brows before finally forcing his eyes to open. They stared at each other, Naruto patiently waiting for Sasuke's brain to wake up too.

”Hn.”

And he was awake.

Naruto smiled knowingly, getting back to playing with the dark hair, aware of the black eyes staring at his face, following his every move. ”Did I roll around again?”

The blond nodded, looking back at the onyx eyes. ”But I stopped you.” He squeezed his hold a little, as a silent explanation.

Sasuke smiled, closing his eyes and thoroughly enjoying the attention. ”My head's a mess?”

Naruto chuckled. ”Yeah, but I kinda like it that way.”

The raven huffed, snuggling closer to the deliciously warm body. ”Well, that's because you're an idiot.”

Even so, Sasuke didn't lift a finger to fix his hair when they finally got out of bed two hours later, watching movies and sitting huddled together on the couch, wrapped up in the covers they brought with them from the bed.

Sasuke nudged the blond's side. ”Go make us some tea.”

Naruto snorted. ”You gotta be kidding me, it's your turn.” The raven nudged him again, a little more sharply this time. ”Just go dobe, you're closer.”

”Yeah, like one feet! You do it!”

”Fine, ninja rock-paper-scissors?”

The blond nodded and turned a little so there was space between them under the covers.

”One, two three!” Instead of looking at their hands, that were hidden by the blankets anyway, both of them stared at each other's eyes.

After a long-ish silence, Naruto spoke up. ”Don't change it, I know you had paper and I know you know I have scissors.”

Sasuke glared at him, annoyed. ”That's because you're so easy to read, usuratonkachi.”

Naruto crossed his arms, pretty proud with himself. ”Now now, don't be a sore loser. Go make us some tea, chop chop!”

The raven huffed and stood up, pulling the covers with him to the kitchen, leaving the blond sitting alone on the sofa.

Naruto rolled his eyes at the stubborn Uchiha, shivering because of the sudden coldness, quickly getting up and following his lover to the other room, diving under the blankets and snuggling to the pale back.

Sasuke just leaned back on the other man, knowing the blond would follow him. ”I was thinking that we should take a shower after breakfast.”

Naruto chuckled, nibbling a little on the pale neck presented in front of him. ”And I was thinking we could eat breakfast after the shower.”

Sasuke snorted, putting the teapot down and turning around, circling the tan neck with his arms and kissing Naruto's puckered lips. ”Well what are you waiting for?”

The blond smirked, picking his boyfriend up and kissing him again while Sasuke wrapped his legs around his torso, then carrying the raven towards the bathroom.

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Naruto was breathing heavily, leaning on the wall with his forearms and waiting for the post-orgasm haze to leave.

Sasuke brushed his nose through the wet blond hair, sighing and slowly pulling out of his lover.

Naruto flinched when he suddenly felt sharp pain on his right asscheek. He turned his head to glare at the raven, who was smirking. ”Did you just pinch my ass?”

The Uchiha nodded, giving his blond a quick kiss. ”Just wondering what the tatto is going to look like.” He waited till the head turned and bit down on one tan ear.

Naruto yelped, grimacing when Sasuke pulled on the ear before letting go. ”THE HELL-” He spun around, pressing a hand over his ear and checking for blood.

”That's for not finishing earlier.” With that the raven stepped out of the shower, picking up a towel and drying his hair with it.

The blond growled, shutting the water off and following his boyfriend's example. ”Asshole.”

Sasuke snorted, wrapping the towel around his waist. ”Yes, I have one, but you're not gonna touch it.”

Naruto waited till the door behind Sasuke was almost closed before quietly adding ”...again.”

”I heard that!” The blond huffed, sticking his tongue out at the door and ignoring the nagging voice in his head, telling him that he was being childish.

After tying the towel to his waist too, Naruto left the bathroom, heading to the livingroom and finding Sasuke and Gaara in a fierce battle of wills, a.k.a. a staring match.

(Well, more like a glaring match, it's the two most emotionally crippled people I know we're talking about.)

”Ah, Naruto-kun.” Gaara turned away from the raven, giving the blond a small smile. ”I was hoping to find you here.”

Naruto nodded, absently noting the 'I-want-to-hurt-you-so-bad' look on Sasuke's face. ”Yeah, it makes sense with me living here and all...”

Gaara hmm'ed, tilting his head a little, just now realizing the state of nakedness his friend was in.

Something that didn't go unnoticed by the Uchiha.

”Yes, I came to tell you I was leaving today, and wished we could have a conversation first.”

Naruto blinked, something akin to sorrow crossing his face before he replaced it with a sad smile.

This was also something Sasuke noticed, gritting his teeth together.

”Sure, we can go to the kitch-”

”NO.”

Both demon vessels, ex in Gaara's case, turned to give the raven a questioning look. ”But Sasuke, he's-”

”Clothes. Now.”

Naruto arched his eyebrow and glanced down, quickly grabbing the towel like it was about to fall and chuckling uncomfortably. ”Eh, Gaara, you just go sit there, I'll be rriiiight back!” With that he spun around and sprinted to the bedroom.

Sasuke sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose. ”Usuratonkachi...”

Gaara smirked, finding the situation a little too amusing. ”Possessive, are we?”

The raven death glared the Kazekage. ”Well you would know all about that.” He then turned, walking towards the bedroom, adding over his shoulder ”Touch him and you die.”

The red head kept on grinning and waited till the door behind Sasuke closed before heading to the kitchen.

Sure, he was straight and he COULD mention it to the Uchiha, but it was so very satisfying seeing those dark eyes burn with anger.

After all, he had promised Naruto not to try to kill his boyfriend anymore, so Gaara had to find some other way to overpower the raven, and his issues with people being close to the blond were proving to be extremely entertaining.

The Kazekage sat down at the table, letting his gaze roam around him, looking for places to leave some of his sand to. He was sure the Uchiha would appreciate finding sand every now and then, even weeks if not months after he had left.

Yes, messing with Sasuke's head was most satisfying.

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Sasuke sighed, finishing and rolling up the scroll, throwing it on the ones piling up next to their bed. He rubbed his temples, taking in a deep breath, trying to decide whether to get a new scroll or go check on his boyfriend and the Kazekage.

The raven groaned, imagining all that sand that would surely be left behind, and somehow he had a distant feeling that it wasn't completely accidental.

And he hated cleaning it up.

Really really REALLY hated it. And he was going to make the infuriating redhead pay, one way or another.

Now that he thought about it, he didn't really trust him either.

So why in god's name was he just laying there, giving them all the time and space they needed?

(Oh right, because I trust Naruto, right, that's why.)

Hairs on Sasuke's neck stood up and he quickly got off the bed, walking to the door, having an uneasy feeling.

He went over to the kitchen but froze in the doorway when he saw Naruto and Gaara, embracing each other. (Well, hello jealousy!)

Naruto's back was turned, so he could only see Gaara's face, who in turn looked up at him, smirked, and grabbed the blond's ass, getting a loud yelp from him.

Naruto stepped away from the other man, gaping at him. ”The hell was that for-” He noticed that Gaara was staring over his shoulder, and turned, only to see Sasuke there, blinking before spinning around and going back where he came from.

The blond huffed at his friend, pouting. ”That was mean Gaara.”

The Kazekage nodded, but kept smirking. ”Yes, I know.” He then gave Naruto a small bow, a gesture that would've made other people gasp and stutter, but the blond just bowed back, waving a hand as the redhead left.

He then took a deep breath, turning and making his way to the bedroom door, pushing it open slowly. ”Sasuke?”

The raven was back sitting on the bed, a scroll in his hands.

Naruto crawled on the bed, sitting next to the raven who was pretending to read, using it as an excuse to completely ignore the blond.

Naruto leaned over, blinking and asking carefully. ”Sasuke, are you okay?”

Sasuke grunted, dropping the scroll and shoving the blond back to his side, glaring at the confuzzled blue eyes.

”Of course I am, it's completely normal finding your significant other draped in the arms of another man and oh my god that sounded gay.”

The Uchiha was staring blankly at the space right next to his boyfriend's ear and Naruto resisted the urge to giggle, instead patting Sasuke on the head.

”There there, it wasn't that gay, it just didn't come out right.”

Sasuke seemed to ponder his teammate's words, finding them surprisingly assuring, and nodded. ”Yes, came out wrong.”

Naruto smiled, suppressing the comments about 'coming out' and rubbing his neck, letting his eyes wander around the room.

”Say it again?”

Sasuke blinked, he'd been zoning out, still a little wary of his surprisingly gay gayness. ”Say what?”

Naruto bit on his lip and gazed at his feet, stretching his toes absently, making Sasuke stretch his more as a reflex.

”Hn.”

Naruto's ears perked up, cocking his head a little towards Sasuke, eyes staying on their feet. ”Hmm?”

Sasuke shifted his eyes between his and Naruto's toes. ”I have bigger feet.”

The blond shifted his gaze too and chuckled. ”Well, you know what they say about men with big feet.”

The Uchiha arched his eyebrow, looking at his blond with a tired expression.

”Big shoes.”

Sasuke snorted, not able to hold it in. ”Wow, that was actually funny.” Naruto nodded, laying one leg over Sasuke's, smiling warmly.

There was a long silence before the raven broke it. ”You didn't answer me, what was I supposed to say again?”

Naruto knit his brows, his eyes lighting up when he remembered. ”That thing you called me earlier!”

Sasuke raised his brow, not quite following. ”Dobe?”

The blond huffed, concentrating fully on glaring at the raven. ”No, you idiot, the other thing.”

Sasuke blinked again, looking at his side in thought. ”Significant other?”

A wide grin spread on Naruto's lips. ”Yeah, that one! It makes me feel important...”

The Uchiha chuckled, re-opening the scroll forgotten on his lap. ”That's because it makes you important, moron.”

He was more than just surprised, when instead of a punch he received a soft kiss on his cheek. ”Sometimes you're so cute it makes me wanna hurl.”

The raven sighed, closing the scroll again and putting it down on the floor, accepting the fact that he wouldn't be doing any reading tonight. ”It never fails to amaze me how you find the strangest things cute. I say something mean and you just swoon.”

Naruto tsk'ed. ”I do not. And besides, you find some strange things about me cute.”

Sasuke snorted. ”Like hell.”

The blond smirked, his competitive spirit waking up from its short nap. ”The one that finds the most cute things gets to top?”

Sasuke was about to decline, he would win anyway, but Naruto didn't give him a chance. ”Your smirk.”

The raven chuckled, shaking his head a little. ”Right. Well, your grin.”

Naruto nodded, all-knowingly. ”The ladies always fall for it.” He then closed his eyes for a second or so. ”The way you roll around in bed.”

Black eyes widened. ”You find that cute? Do you have some serious problems- No wait, don't answer that.” He drew his eyes to slits in concentration. ”Okay, the way your hair sticks to your forehead when you're sweaty.”

”You're the one to talk about weird!” Naruto huffed, and grinned. ”The way your hair looks like after you roll around in bed.”

”Hey!” Sasuke punched the blond's side. ”That's cheating!”

”Is not, it's two different things!”

The raven rolled his eyes. ”Fine.” He rubbed a hand over his face. ”The way you try so hard not to inhale your ramen.”

Naruto snickered. ”Oh, you noticed. Okay, your smile.”

Sasuke had to stop here. ”I do not smile.”

The blond arched his eyebrow and snorted. ”Well that's something to brag about. And you do.”

”Tell me the last time I smiled, then.”

Naruto grinned. ”This morning and yesterday, when I sneezed.”

Sasuke rolled his eyes again. ”I only smiled because you were being a dobe who gets sick easily.”

The blond shook his head, still grinning. ”No, you were smiling because you thought I was cute.”

”Alright, my turn.” The Uchiha smirked. ”It's cute when you sneeze.”

Naruto gasped, grabbing a pillow and whacking Sasuke's head with it a couple of times. ”That's. Totally. Cheating!”

”Maybe I was going to say it anyway?” Sasuke noted, taking the pillow off Naruto's grasp. ”Your turn.”

The blond really had to concentrate this time. It wasn't that there weren't anymore cute things left, they just didn't come to mind. ”Oh, I got one! The way you want to snuggle after sex!”

Sasuke's eyes widened and it was his turn to beat the blond with their poor pillow. ”I. Do. Not!”

Naruto just laughed, keeping his hands in front of his face, countering the hits. ”Hey! Another one! The way you throw a fit without any good reason, you drama queen!”

The Uchiha abandoned the pillow as his primary weapon, attacking the blond with bare hands instead. ”You take that back.”

Naruto's voice wheezed as little as Sasuke was strangling him and he was still laughing, making it extremely difficult to breathe. ”No, even Sakura thinks it's cute.”

Sasuke let go of his hold, crossing arms over his chest, still straddling the idiot. ”Sakura finds everything in me cute, probably has wet dreams about me passing gas.”

Naruto snickered and tried to keep it in, but failed. ”Well, it's kinda sweet, the way you concentrate-” The rest of the sentence was muffled when a pillow met his face.

”Bitch, you're going to feel so sorry for that.”

The blond snatched and threw the pillow away, pushing himself to a sitting position, purring. ”I love it when you get all Seme. It's hot.”

Sasuke blinked, arching an eyebrow. ”Seme?”

Naruto nodded, leaning closer to breathe in Sasuke's scent. ”Yeah, that tone of voice and all. Makes me horny.”

The raven chuckled, pulling off his shirt and covering Naruto's lips with his own, leaning in and making them both fall back on the bed.

They slowly wrestled with their tongues, Naruto putting his arms around the pale neck, pulling them closer together if possible.

Sasuke fisted the sheet next to the blond head when Naruto gave a strong suck, absently wondering why this wasn't all they ever did.

He had to pull away when Naruto tried to speak, it coming out as incoherent mumbling and moaning. The blond gasped for air. ”Oi! I won, I get to top tonight!”

Sasuke smirked, starting to unbutton his lover's pants. ”The moment you called me Seme was when you lost that right.”

Naruto first groaned, but quickly changed it to grinning when Sasuke leaned back in. ”Well, damn.” He didn't look all that devastated.

”And you act like you don't like to bottom. For shame.”

The blond snickered, wrapping his legs around the pale torso as Sasuke began nibbling on his neck. ”Someone's gotta keep our masculinity bar high enough.”

Sasuke chuckled, his warm breath ghosting over the tan skin. ”Let's just be quick, the dance is in two hours.”

Naruto nodded, pushing his boyfriend's pants and boxers down in one fluid motion. ”Well I do owe you that quickie from lunch that we never had?”

The raven smirked, fisting the blond's erection, making him moan. ”Then get on with it.”

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A/N: does that count as a cliff hanger? I'm not sure... well, no matter, you've probably learned to expect them from me anyway :D thanks for reading and review if you want to!