Come Home With Me

Story: Come Home With Me
Chapter: Comrades
Author: Sarah Keller
BETA: Rasengan22
Genre: Romance/Psychological Drama
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto hence why this is a FANFIC
Warnings: boyxboy make out session, annoying silver haired sensei, SakuraxLee, language
Pairings: NaruSasuNaru
Author's note: For clarification purposes, since it isn't stated in the text. Sasuke and Naruto are 18-19 years old.


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Sasuke watched as Sakura and Naruto talked energetically. Dinner had turned out to be very good, but Sasuke wasn't in the mood for socializing any more. At least not since Sakura had interrupted Naruto and him in front of his house. Dinner was technically over, but no one had made to leave. In fact, Sakura was in an animated conversation with Naruto over the logistics of weddings. Having never been to one, Naruto was full of questions, which the pink haired woman was happy to provide questions to. Every once in a while Lee would pop in with a comment, but for the most part the taijutsu master looked pleased with life. Something you could easily tell by the dopey grin on his face.

"Are you sure you don't mind me living here, Sasuke-san?" Lee asked, dragging the Uchiha out of his thoughts.

Sasuke looked up into the worried eyes of his friend's fiancé. Lee's eyes (and eyebrows) were still as weird as ever, but as Naruto had assured, the green leotard was gone. In its place were the typical dark pants of chuunin and jounin alike and a green turtleneck. Apparently the years had mellowed the man out a bit (even though he was prone to prance about and declare the wonders of youthful ways, but Sasuke figured he'd never be anything less than what he already was).

"Its fine, Lee. I'm happy for the both of you." This seemed to appease the other man and he reached over to stroke his fiancé's back. Sakura turned to smile brilliantly at him and even leaned over to kiss him lightly on the lips.

Sasuke's eyes connected with the blue ones across the table from him. Naruto smiled slightly at him before turning back to talk to Sakura. Sasuke kept his eyes on the blond as Sakura described the actual ceremony. He could easily remember the taste of the other teen. His taste buds had memorized the saltiness of the blond as thoroughly as the sharingan memorized a jutsu. The Uchiha was slightly amused to discover that Naruto tasted a little sweet, too, like the jasmine flower had not only changed his smell, but his flavor as well. Of course, the fact that an argument between the two had led to a sampling of the blond led to some interesting question in the first place. Ok, so I'm gay. Just something new I'm discovering about myself. After all, that was the point of coming back here. No big deal, its just like finding out that I like to garden. And that was that, Sasuke could take being gay in stride, the fact that he was attracted to Naruto, well . . . he'd deal with that, too.

Part of him was darkly amused by this development especially since the second part of the "Brainwash Sasuke Plan" as implemented by the villagers was for him to procreate, and procreate a lot. Since he was pretty sure that being gay would make that a bit difficult, as boys weren't prone to getting pregnant, that would throw that plan out of the window. Of course, Sasuke acknowledged the fact that he could be bi, but to date he really couldn't say he was ever attracted to a woman, and it really didn't matter, anyway. Naruto was the first person he came across that attracted him, so there was no need for him to really be in the market for someone else. That is, unless Naruto wasn't gay. But the blond hadn't exactly pushed him away when he licked him, either. What Sasuke needed was a "test." And that was the reason why he hadn't gotten up and gone home even though his body was demanding sleep. Instead, he was going to wait to walk the dobe home. Sasuke had every intention of getting a real taste of the blond tonight, and the thought brought a smirk to his face.

"What evil plot are you planning?" Kakashi asked without ever taking his eyes off the book in his hand.

"Nothing that would be considered evil." Sasuke retorted, eying the man next to him as if he was a snake ready to strike.

"Really? But you are plotting something, right?" Sasuke considered not answering, but than he remembered that he was trying to get along with everyone.

"A test." He said simply.

"What kind of test?"

"One that's none of your business." The Uchiha bit off. He was getting really annoyed with the fact that Kakashi hadn't even bothered to look at him even once. He was even more annoyed by the fact that he had the distinct impression Kakashi knew exactly what he was thinking. Kakashi must have picked up on Sasuke's annoyance because he looked up to study the younger man. Deciding to forgo teasing the Uchiha, despite the blush lightly dusting the younger male's cheeks, Kakashi decided on a more neutral subject.

"Speaking of tests, I heard you passed the final test in record time." Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "The second shortest duration next to Shikamaru himself."

"Really?" This came from Lee. The other three pairs of eyes turned to look at Sasuke.

"I'm amazed, Sasuke-kun. No offense, but I figured since you were always a loner, it would take you a long time to figure out the third test." Sakura commented.

"All a part of turning over a new leaf, I suppose." Sasuke commented with a dismissive wave. He decided to forgo mentioning that he hadn't really figured the test out. At the time he was more interested in shutting Kiba up.

"Oh don't be so modest, Sasuke-kun." The skin around Kakashi's one visible eye crinkled and Sasuke got the distinct impression that the older man knew Sasuke's little secret. "We all must not forget that he is a genius after all." He said to the other people at the table.

"So who did you throw the scroll to?" Sakura asked.

"Kiba." Sasuke smirked. "He caught it with his head." The Uchiha laughed slightly as he remembered knocking the annoying nin out, but then realized that no one else was laughing. All four people stared at him in various stages of shock.

"Wait, you hit Kiba in the head with the scroll?" Sakura finally asked.

"Um, yeah." Sasuke admitted a bit bewildered. He would have figured at the very least Naruto would have laughed.

There were a few seconds of dead silence before a small giggle escaped from . . . Sasuke did a double take. Is Kakashi giggling? Sakura clasped a hand over her mouth as her eyes danced with laughter, while Lee's grin grew and grew. And yet, Naruto still looked dumbfounded. Perhaps the dobe's brain is taking longer to process, Sasuke decided.

"Why how funny, since that's the same thing Naruto did during his test!" Lee exclaimed, roughly patting Sasuke on the back. The Uchiha's jaw dropped slightly and once again, his eyes met the blue ones across the table from him. Naruto looked a bit confused, like he didn't know how to take this news.

"It seems our blond is rubbing off on Sasuke-kun." Kakashi spoke up between giggles.

"Hey! You say that like it's a bad thing! I'll have you know, that if Sasuke-teme was half as cool as me he'd be damned lucky!" The blond declared all the while pointing an angry finger at their former sensei. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the blond who pouted in order to cover his blush. Sakura finally gave up and started to laugh whole-heartedly. Both Kakashi and Lee were laughing to various degrees of volume, and Sasuke was starting to get the twitchy feeling in his left eye again.

"Ahem, I do believe I even heard that you called him 'dog breath.' Is that true?" Kakashi asked after a bit. The Uchiha glared at the man and refused to answer, he'd rather admit to wanting to jump Naruto than admit those idiotic words had come out of him mouth. He did note that what Kiba had been muttering about as he had walked away had probably been about the near identical assault on his head. However, it didn't seem to matter that Sasuke hadn't answered Kakashi's question, the three others simple decided to take his silence as a 'yes' and descended into laughter yet again. Apparently, Naruto was as pleased by this as Sasuke, but less subtle. The blond slammed his hands on the table and got up with a huff.

"I'm going home." He declared. FINALLY! The Uchiha mentally sighed in relief.

"I'm going, too." Sasuke said as he carefully got to his feet. Muscles protested at the movement, but Sasuke simply ignored them. Sakura seemed to make an effort of getting herself under control.

"No, no. Don't go; we're sorry for laughing at you." She said with a sweet smile.

"You should say that without snickering, Sakura-chan." Naruto pointed out.

"S- sorry." The pink haired woman couldn't seem to hold in the laughter much longer. "It's just kinda . . . you know, ironic. When we were younger you were always copying Sasuke, and now he's copying you."

"Whatever." Sasuke said walking towards the exit. "I'm beat, I'm going home to get some sleep." That apparently had a sobering effect, as both Sakura and Lee stopped laughing. Kakashi simply continued to giggle, giving the Uchiha the impression yet again, that the man knew one of his secrets.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Sasuke. You've had a long day and yet you still came over here for dinner. I really appreciate it, Sasuke." Sakura said getting to her feet. She enclosed the Uchiha in her arms in a small hug before letting him go.

"I appreciate the fact that he had a shower before joining us." Naruto mumbled, but let Sakura hug him too.

"You aren't mad, are you Naruto?"

"No, annoyed, but not mad." Naruto smiled brilliantly at the girl. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura, Lee. Goodnight Kakashi."

Sasuke waited outside on the porch until Naruto joined him. He watched through the open doors as the silver haired jounin got up to make his goodbyes. Turning back to the blond, he watched him walk down the stairs. Sasuke quickly fell into step with the other teen who looked up at him questioningly. The dark haired teen chose to ignore the look and contemplate instead on how he was going to go about getting a kiss from the blond.

"Isn't your mansion that way?" Naruto asked gesturing to the main house. The Uchiha simply ignored him. Even when the other teen stopped and waved his hand in front of his face, Sasuke simply stopped and waited. "Geez, Sasuke, you must be really tired to be out of it this bad, what am I going to have to do? Lead you home and put you to bed?" Something clicked in the dark haired teen's head at that. Sure, he was tired, but not that tired. However, if Naruto thought that he was than he'd get the blond into his house and maybe even his bedroom.

It took a lot of effort to repress the smirk that wanted to form on his face, but he managed a disinterested look. The Uchiha mentally congratulated himself when the blond sighed and grabbed onto his wrist, and steered him toward the main house. Sasuke commended himself for having decided on wearing a short-sleeved shirt. He could feel the other boy's fingers digging into his wrist as he was pulled toward the mansion. An odd thrill raced threw the Uchiha and he had no doubt in his mind that not only was he gay, but he was completely attracted to the blond, because a part of him was responding with zesto at the seemingly innocent touch.

As Naruto pulled the dark haired teen towards the main house, he couldn't help but glance back. Sasuke had a look of contemplation on his face, and his dark eyes had so much intensity in them that when their eyes connected he could feel that intensity all the way down to his toes. Naruto quickly looked away, and as they walked through Sasuke's front yard, he couldn't help but recall what had happened there only a few hours before. In his mind's eye he could clearly see the Uchiha's dark head fall forward and come to a rest on his shoulder. His shoulder twitched slightly as he remembered the way Sasuke's dark locks had brushed over the bare skin of his neck. What had come next had caused him to stop breathing. Sasuke's nose had rubbed against the juncture of his neck and shoulder, causing his collar to be pulled down a bit. He felt the other teens lip brush against the exposed skin, and had thought it was nothing more then an accident. That was until something wet and rough had pressed against the skin as well.

At first Naruto had been a bit confused as to what had happened. The last coherent thought he had was telling Sasuke that they had changed. He wasn't entirely sure what he said after that but he recalled a challenging tone. The blond frowned as he tried and tried to remember what he had said, but the only thing that came to his mind was how the heat radiated off the other teen as they had stood so close together. Naruto could even feel that same heat radiating from where he was holding onto Sasuke's wrist. He realized that all he would have to do is slide his hand down a little and they would be holding hands. A jerk on his hand brought him back to reality with a small yelp. He was standing on Sasuke's porch and the dark haired youth was watching him with an unreadable expression.

"You almost ran into the door, dobe." Sasuke pointed out in a slightly husky voice. Naruto's nerve endings tingled at the sound of the other's voice causing him to frown further.

"If you're alright enough to call me names, then you're fine enough to get yourself inside." Sasuke raised an eyebrow and silently cursed himself for foiling his plan of getting the blond into his house.

"I don't know, I might trip on something and pass out in the living room." The Uchiha tried to fake a yawn, but by the way Naruto rolled his eyes he got the distinct feeling he failed.

"At least you'll be inside. Goodnight Sasuke." Naruto started to let go of the other boy's wrist but before he could walk away, Sasuke's hand shot out and grabbed onto the blond's hand. It wasn't quite a proper handholding, but that didn't seem to register on Naruto. The teen looked down at where his hand was being gripped by Sasuke's, his previous thoughts jumping to the forefront of his mind. Looking up he met almost black eyes. Ignoring the butterflies in his stomach he gave the Uchiha as bland a look as he could. "Do you need something, Sasuke?"

Hell yes, I do! Sasuke was at a loss as what to do. He could just come out and tell the blond that he wanted, but that was just too simple. Plus, he didn't know how Naruto would react, and he really wanted his "test." Think genius, think. He mentally banged his head against the wall in his cranium, but still couldn't decide on what to do. Exhaustion and the oddly new feeling of overactive male hormones was causing his circuits to short out. Not to mention the wind had picked up just enough for the scent of jasmine to flood his senses.

"I want . . . " Naruto raised an eyebrow. "I want . . . my goodnight kiss." Brilliant answer, you dumbass! Gah, no wonder I beat down the hormones for so many years. Sasuke did his dead level best to not let any of his thoughts show on his face. Naruto's eyes had gone wide, but he had yet to tug his hand away, so Sasuke had a little hope that he hadn't done some major damage. And was his idea such a bad one? After all, from what he understood, it was quite common for a person to get a kiss after going out with them. Suddenly cheered by that logic, Sasuke pulled the still stunned blond closer.

"Wait a second, we didn't go on a date!" Naruto finally cried as his hand was pulled past Sasuke's hip.

Sasuke simply shrugged and kept pulling Naruto closer, very pleased with the fact that the blond wasn't struggling. "You asked me out, we had dinner together. I think that's the definition of a date." Naruto looked dumfounded for a second.

"The only reason I asked was because I didn't want Sakura to know what we . . . er . . . you were doing!"

"And what was I doing?" Sasuke blinked innocent eyes at the blond. Naruto didn't believe that one for a second.

"I will not explain it to you, what are you trying to do anyways?! You're not supposed to kiss guys!"

"You make that sound like you're allowed to kiss guys. Are you, Naruto?" Sasuke said with a smirk, drawing the blond closer until their faces were no more then a breath away. He could clearly see the blush on the other teen's face.

"WHAT!? No, I mean . . . I . . . why do you want to know?"

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow at the other boy. "I would think that was obvious."

Naruto looked like he was actually going to faint as Sasuke's mouth descended. With his blue eye's wide, Naruto didn't know what to do when Sasuke's lips pressed into his. The dark eyes closed as Sasuke's free hand came to a rest on the blond's hip. Using his grip on Naruto's wrist, Sasuke pulled the other teen's body into his. He heard Naruto murmur something before he started responding. Tilting his head ever so slightly, Sasuke changed the angle of the kiss, their noses rubbing together as he pressed his tongue between the blond's lips. Sasuke's brows furrowed in concentration as he tried to force the other boy to open his mouth, which he finally did with a moan.

Naruto struggled a bit but it was more to get his hand released than anything. Once Sasuke had let go, Naruto flexed his hand against the small of the Uchiha's back. Images of when the dark haired teen had been staining the main gates came to Naruto's mind, as well as the night they had argued and the Uchiha had been shirtless. The blond was reeling, he had gotten great looks of the other teen's back those times, but now he was getting to touch. Unconsciously his nails dug into Sasuke's back, which caused the Uchiha to move closer, bringing their bodies into full contact. Sasuke's tongue was running over every surface in his mouth, like he was memorizing the way the textures changed from teeth to cheek to tongue. Naruto's own tongue was rubbing back and forth on the invading tongue while he brought his free hand up to push away the dark bangs that were tickling his face. Sasuke's low moan caused goose bumps to rise up on his skin.

Desperate to do the same thing to the Uchiha that he was doing to him, Naruto pushed his tongue aggressively against Sasuke's. The other teen seemed to get the message, because he tilted his head some more in order to press his mouth hard against the other's already bruised lips. Sasuke's tongue ran over Naruto's in an effort to coax his tongue to follow. Naruto didn't need any coaxing, though. The tip of Naruto's tongue ran over Sasuke's lips before tentatively pushing into the dark haired teen's warm cavern. Instinctively, his body arched into the taller teen's as his senses were flooded by the heavenly musk coming from the Uchiha. He tasted like the various foods they had eaten at Sakura's but also a little salty, like he had eaten a pretzel some time during the day.

The blond also became aware that he was fully hard when Sasuke's equally hard shaft rubbed against his. He made a wild sound and both his hands dug desperately into the other boy, one on his back and the other in the dark locks. Sasuke was apparently unprepared for all the force being placed on him, because he lost his footing and stumbled back into the front door. Grunting, the Uchiha brought both hands up to clasp Naruto's head, his fingers running between the bright strands and then clasping them tightly. He changed the angle of their kiss yet again, giving them but a moment to breath, before slanting his mouth over the blond's yet again. Their mouths began to war against each other as their hormones drove out everything but trying to get closer, to taste more, and touch more.

"Hello, boys!"

Naruto actually squeaked at the sudden intrusion, his full scream being cut off by Sasuke's mouth, which refused to lift from his. Naruto pushed away with all his force and managed to stumble back and hit a column hard when the Uchiha didn't try to keep his hold on him. Sasuke glared hard at the silver haired jounin. Naruto, on the other hand, looked like he had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

"Ka- kashi." Naruto gasped as he tried to calm his racing heart. Between the make out session and Kakashi sneaking up on them, he was shocked he didn't simply go into cardiac arrest.

"Hmm, seems I interrupted Sasuke's test. I suppose I'll talk to you tomorrow, Sasuke." Both boys could tell that the older man was smiling at them, but before they could say anything he had disappeared in a poof of smoke.

A few seconds ticked by as both boys tried to get their bodies under control. What Kakashi had said finally got through Naruto's hormone muddled mind.

"Test? What test?" Naruto demanded, his eyes narrowing at the other teen. Sasuke looked up into angry blue eyes and silently cursed Kakashi's big mouth.

"I, uh . . ." Sasuke wasn't sure how to explain this without pissing Naruto off. Really, the blond could be so dramatic sometimes. "Earlier-"

"When you licked me." Naruto cut in. Sasuke had the decency to blush slightly, but nodded.

"Yes, well, that wasn't exactly planned, but you were close and smelled-"

"Wait. I smelled?"

"Will you stop interrupting me, I'm trying to explain!" Sasuke's patience was running thin and he had to close his eyes and take a deep breath in order to calm himself. "I'm not sure what happened, but my hormones took over and I well, I wanted . . . um . . . I don't know but . . ." He trailed off helplessly.

"Whoa, you were trying to get a better whiff of me, weren't you? That's why you nuzzled my neck first." Sasuke didn't deny it. The fates seemed to be making fun of him though, because at that moment the wind picked up, bringing Naruto's jasmine filled scent to Sasuke's nose. "And then what? You wanted to taste me? You have no idea how weird you sound right now, Sasuke."

"I said I didn't know what came over me, but I did come to a realization from that."

"That what? You're gay? Get a clue, Sasuke, we all figured you were anyways!" That brought Sasuke short. He wasn't sure if he was insulted or not, but the biggest thing he wanted to know was who 'we all' were. "A little flip of a wrist here, waxing your chest, the sulking attitude and sexy outfits, man, Sasuke, this only occurred to you now?"

Sasuke watched Naruto do a horrible mimic of "gay Sasuke" prancing around and couldn't help the eyebrow that rose in amusement. It didn't get passed him that Naruto had practically called him sexy. If the heavy make out session hadn't convinced him that the other teen was gay, Naruto's comments now did. And to boot, he knew Naruto was attracted to him. "So this test was what? A way to tell if you were gay?"

"No, I'd already figured that out." Sasuke said carefully. Naruto's look said that he didn't believe him but then a look of comprehension crossed the blond's face and Sasuke winced.

"You were testing me! You wanted to know if I was gay!" Naruto was fuming; he wanted so much to knock out the cocky Sasuke that he was shaking with an effort to control himself. "Fuck, why didn't you just ask!?"

"I believe I did try." Sasuke pointed out. "And you didn't answer truthfully."

"Yeah, but you didn't even give us time to actually talk." Wait, did I just admit to being gay? Naruto deflated and started to rub his head as a headache came on. "I was confused, okay?" He admitted.

"Confused about what? Me trying to kiss you or about your sexual preferences?"

Naruto blushed. "About my sexual preferences." He admitted.

Sasuke looked doubtful. "How is it that you didn't know your sexual preferences when you've been here the entire time? I was practically brainwashed so I have a good excuse, what's yours?" Naruto looked away and sighed.

"I just figured it would never be an issue." Naruto sagged against the column and he looked at his feet.

"What?" Sasuke asked quietly. He slowly moved across the porch to stand in front of the other teen. Sasuke was very confused. He couldn't understand how Naruto could think that it wouldn't matter what his sexual preferences were. Naruto looked up and his blue eyes locked with Sasuke's. The tears in those large blue eyes made Sasuke's blood run cold.

"Oh come on Sasuke. What girl in her right mind would ever consent to dating me? What girl's parents would allow her to do so? I may be an idiot most of the time, but I do understand where I stand in relation to other people."

"You are an idiot, you don't know any of that for certain. And what about Sakura?"

"Oh please, Sasuke. When we were younger and saw all those couples around, I understood why they were together and not once did I ever imagine myself in any form of romantic relationship. And for the love of God, Sasuke, why do you think I chased Sakura? Because I knew she'd always say no. If she ever said yes to a date I probably would have had a heart attack. I accepted being alone a long time ago. I've put all my energy into protecting those friends that I love. There's not meant to be anyone with me."

"Shut up, dobe." Sasuke trapped the blond between his arms when he put his hands against the column Naruto was leaning on. "That's bullshit, and you know it."

Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the Uchiha. "Oh really, Mr. Popularity. And just how many times have you been shot down?"

"I've never asked any one out. If you recall, my life revolved around Itachi until recently. And I think your life has been revolving around Kyuubi for too long."

"What do you know?! Itachi isn't inside you, you don't have the daily reminder that a monster lives inside you because the monster is all other's see."

"Actually, in a manner of speaking, Itachi is inside me. We share the same blood. And you're dead wrong on the daily reminders. You're living in one of those reminders, Naruto. Would you like to know about the people that lived in that house before you? Not to mention that almost the entire village still refers to me as 'the Avenger.'"

The blond blinked at him, guilt making his eyes watery again. "I just thought . . ." Naruto trailed off. "I'm sorry, Sasuke. I guess I didn't really think after all."

"Yeah, well, I'll forgive you, after all you're still talking to me and I tried to kill you on several occasions. Plus, I got a really great kiss when all is said and done." Sasuke smirked and leaned in toward the blond.

Naruto 'eep'd' and ducked under Sasuke's arms. "Ok, just so we're clear on everything, you're gay."

"Until a woman comes along that makes me realize I'm bi." Sasuke said with a laugh. He turned to watch as the other teen danced in place.

"Ditto." Naruto stated. "So, um, what does this mean?" He asked pointing between the two of them.

"We'll if you want, I'll take you on a real date tomorrow?" Sasuke asked, hopefully.

"Um, let me think on it, ok?" Naruto blushed, but gave the Uchiha a tiny smile.

"Sure, goodnight, Naruto." The blond nodded and before he could say anything Sasuke had kissed him on the cheek and walked inside.

"Night, Sasuke." Naruto mumbled at the front door closed.

The blond was left to wander home and think things through. For the first time in his life he really thought about what a romantic relationship was. He thought of the way Sakura and Lee interacted and how happy couples like theirs were. He had always figured that he'd grow old alone, but Sasuke was trying to tell him that he didn't have to be alone. But was Sasuke really right? It wasn't that Naruto had a problem with being gay. There were many same-sex couples in the village, even more among ninjas. Something just felt off in Sasuke's conviction, though. Naruto knew only one thing for certain right now, that he had a lot to think about.

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The lick: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35705040 (by me)