Learn to Love (Complete)

A/N: just wanted to say i love this chapter...warning for fluff!

Chapter 6:

Naruto woke up in a really soft bed. He wondered where he was and realized that it was Sasuke’s room. But Sasuke was nowhere to be seen. Naruto pulled himself into a sitting position and leaned back against the pillows. His wheel chair was in the corner and he really needed to pee. It was a routine…and he couldn’t let that go awry. He wondered if Sasuke really knew his routine, when a loud curse erupted from the bathroom.

Naruto looked at the bathroom door as Sasuke ran out with just a towel wrapped around his waist and dripping with water. “Dobe!” he stopped running and looked at the blond. “Oh you’re awake…you need to pee!”

Naruto laughed. “Yes, I need to pee. So…” Sasuke scooped him up and carried him to the bathroom. Naruto felt a weird sensation as his face rubbed against the smooth skin of the Uchiha’s smooth, slick shoulder. When they reached, Sasuke held him up as he peed. But he closed his eyes to give Naruto privacy, when a small part of his mind urged him to take a peek.

Take a peek…it’ll do no harm, after all he is hot! Urged the little devil Sasuke. Angel Sasuke shook his head. No…Naruto needs his privacy…and don’t take a peek! You have some morals…otherwise you’d turn into Kakashi…

“Oh hell no!”

“Uh…Sasuke?”

Sasuke opened his eyes to see Naruto looking at him strangely. “Uh… Sasuke, I’m done… and why are you talking to yourself?”

Sasuke blushed a little. “Nothing…just thinking aloud. Um…why don’t I help you shower first and then I’ll finish my shower?” he turned even redder at that. Naruto blushed too. He let Sasuke get him out of the pajamas, but kept his boxers on. It didn’t matter if they got wet, but he wasn’t stripping in front of Sasuke.

Sasuke soaped him and then washed him off. He looked away when Naruto washed some parts himself. Then he toweled Naruto dry and helped him get some clothes on, which proved to be embarrassing and difficult, with Sasuke trying to pull Naruto’s boxers on without looking. Oh my god, did I touch his…shit! Sasuke quickly yanked on the rest of Naruto’s clothes, dumped the blond in the bed and rushed to the bathroom.

He cursed himself for feeling turned on and was thankful that he got out of there before Naruto noticed. Turning the shower to cold, he managed to get his feelings under control.

Pulling an old black t-shirt and some jeans he went back into his room. Naruto was frowning at the walls. Sasuke wondered what was up. So he asked. Naruto just shook his head.

“Sasuke, can I talk to Itachi for a minute? It’s a little private.” Asked Naruto hesitantly. “Don’t worry, you’ll know soon enough.”

Sasuke grimaced a little but nodded. He went out and bellowed for Itachi to come. Itachi did come, giving Naruto the glimpse of another bare chested Uchiha. Naruto gulped and gave Sasuke a look. Sasuke frowned and got out.

Itachi checked the door to make sure Sasuke wasn’t listening and then looked at Naruto. “So what did you want to talk about?”

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It was an hour later that Sasuke wheeled Naruto down to the dinning table. Breakfast was tasty and simple. The older Uchihas had left to work, so only they were alone. They ate and then wandered around the garden. Sasuke got Kiba to lend them one of his pups…after convincing Kiba that he wouldn’t torture it and that it was Naruto. Then he walked back to Naruto who was digging around in a flower bed trying to plant something. He let go of the puppy which bounded up to Naruto, planting its paws on his waist.

Naruto looked down and blinked. Then he looked up at Sasuke with the sweetest smile ever. “Oh my god…thanks Sasuke. Are you sure it’s not a bother?”

“Nah…but we can’t keep it for always. It had to go back to Inuzuka’s at the end of the week. I’m sorry about that.” Sasuke shrugged his shoulders.

Naruto nodded, but looked really happy all the same. “What’s his name?” he asked as he played with the small brown bundle. The pup seemed to be trying to reach his face, with its very licky little tongue.

“Inuzuka said you can name him.” Sasuke sat down next to Naruto and the puppy promptly jumped onto him. Placing its paws on his chest it gave him a long lick on the cheek. Sasuke squirmed, it tickled…he was going to laugh if he wasn’t careful…he never laughed, yesterday was a slip. The puppy continued to wash his face, moving a little to keep its balance. Once more Sasuke gave a soft laugh.

“Naruto…take him away, it tickles!” Sasuke held the pup up to Naruto who took him and cuddled him.

“Let’s call him…Chocolate. He reminds me of Chocolate.” Naruto grinned at Sasuke, who shrugged his stoic face on once more. They lay back on the ground and watched the clouds. Naruto realized why Shikamaru liked this. He pointed out a funny looking cloud and before they knew it they were making up a story about it. Of course Naruto got pissed off, when Sasuke’s started making the story line morbid. Sasuke objected that it was too sugary a story…I mean come on, who wants to have flowers during a battle? After bounding around them with seemingly relentless energy and washing them to the point of being squeaky clean and smelling of puppy…Chocolate cuddled up in between and fell asleep as Naruto caressed him behind his ears. Sasuke watched with a hint of a smile. For once, his life seemed to be going really nicely.

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“Hello?” Itachi said sounding bored. It was his secretary.

“Uchiha-san…someone called Uzumaki has come to see you. He says its urgent.” The secretary sounded a little star struck. Itachi wondered if it was Kyuubi…from his secretary’s voice, it had to be Kyuubi. Only Kyuubi could produce that start struck quality in people.

“Send him in.” Itachi said wondering what was so urgent. He got his answer when he walked to the door to welcome the red head, but instead got smashed into the wall next to the door, with hot lips on his own.

Itachi almost squeaked. He pulled away and looked into those golden eyes. “Hello…what was so urgent?” was it just him, or did his voice sound faint. The red head grinned, seductively.

“This was urgent…” and he kissed Itachi again, moving down to his neck. The dark haired young man gave a low moan and pressed against the taller man.

Kyuubi pulled away and picked Itachi up, setting him on the nice leather couch. “Well, I need to talk to you about us…” and with that he leaned back on the couch, holding Itachi close to him. Itachi glanced at the door and was thankful that the red head had, had the sense to lock it. He was even more grateful that there were no security camera’s in his office.

“What about us?” he tried to ignore the sinking feeling in his stomach. Was Kyuubi going to say he didn’t want to meet anymore…was that kiss a goodbye kiss?

The red head nuzzled Itachi’s neck. “Well…I…I wanted to know if you were free tonight? You know…just thought I’d take you out, some place nice…I just got a nice big check. And well, Jiraiya wants me to take over the business…I don’t know… need to think about that, just thought I’d spend time with you and well…talk to you about it, only we never talk, because I always end up molesting you and feeling really horny. I mean we are getting close and you’ve got this yummy body, which draws my hands to it like a magnet and well...I’ve always wondered when I’d get fuck you and…”

As Kyuubi continued it hit Itachi that Kyuubi was nervous. This of course would account for the constant stream of perverted babble that he seemed to spouting. It was annoying. Itachi captured his lips in a kiss. “Kyuubi…are you asking me out on a date?”

Kyuubi swallowed a teeny bit and nodded. “Well, we haven’t been on an official date yet…so…”

“Ok, then. I’ll pick you up at seven. Pick the restaurant f your choice. And we’ll also talk about this thing with Jiraiya ok?” Itachi smiled.

Kyuubi nodded, before Itachi pushed him down and proceeded to kiss the life out of him. There was always that bit of a battle to see who would dominate who.

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Back at the mansion, Sasuke was covered in four different types of ingredients. Naruto had discovered that he wasn’t perfect at everything. The one thing Sasuke sucked at was cooking…he had tried to make tempura and had ended up making some kind of mushy looking fried thing, that even Chocolate didn’t want to sniff.

Then he had had to start over again, with Naruto carefully guiding him, and explaining that a pinch of salt was usually half a teaspoon or less. It didn’t help that Sasuke didn’t even understand what salt did for the food. He always knew something was missing, but didn’t realize it was salt. Naruto had playfully leaned over from his chair and pick up the half full pack of flour and thrown it at Sasuke, who was stirring the pasta Naruto had taught him to make.

The other boy had glared, looking like a ghost, absolutely covered in the powdery white substance. Naruto laughed and laughed, it was funny to see two black eyes spitting fire from a mountain of flour. Sasuke had picked up a pot of jelly that the cook had made and threw it at Naruto, who gasped and spluttered, covered in sticky raspberry stuff. It didn’t exactly become a complete food fight, when the chef walked in to check up on them and got a wave of white sauce splatter onto her.

They were both thoroughly scolded and poor Sasuke was made to clean the whole mess up, given that Naruto couldn’t move. He glared at the blond at every given opportunity. Naruto just gave him a big grin, which annoyed him no end. Sasuke grit his teeth.

“Don’t sit there grinning at me…at least you don’t have to clean. You can just sit there and loll around all day, while I’m stuck cleaning! Must be a breeze being paralyzed!” he ground out frustrated. He looked up to see a shocked and hurt expression on the blond’s face and mentally cursed. He was going to have to apologize again…and he hated apologizing.

He walked up to the blond, who looked away and awkwardly put his arms around him. “Naruto…I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it that way…I was really frustrated.”

Naruto hugged him back. “I know…it just hurt a little. Its ok, I guess I would be just as mad if I had to clean. I wish there was some way I could help you…”

Sasuke felt a bit guilty, Naruto always forgave him. Then his eyes gleamed. “Well, since you want to help so badly…why don’t you clean the counters? You can even wash the dishes…you can reach the sink and counter because they are pretty low…and I’ll do the floor and the mopping and stuff…”

Naruto looked just a little dismayed, but sighed. “Fine then…gimme the dish rags and keep the dish cleaner closer so I don’t have to lean too much.” After that things progressed faster and though Chocolate made a mess of his lunch and Sasuke had to clean that up as well.

After lunch Sasuke insisted that Naruto take a nap. Naruto tried to protest, but the Uchiha bundled him into bed regardless before lying down next to him with a book. Naruto scowled and whined, but fell asleep mid-whine after twenty minutes. Chocolate whined too until Sasuke dumped him on the bed too. Sasuke stopped reading and looked at Naruto with a strange feeling.

(Short Sasuke POV)

I looked at the dobe sleeping and wondered what these weird feelings welling up inside me were. I never wanted any friends…I wasn’t a part of this family; no one cared about me nor I about them. Since when did I start getting this mushy?

I couldn’t help my thoughts straying towards all the times that Naruto had ever smiled. That smile did something to me…I want him to smile at me that way all the time. He’s got this weird sunlight around him…that I never had. And that crazy optimism about anything that happens. If I was in his place, I would go crazy…but he never does, he just treats everyone sweetly and doesn’t seem to regret anything at all.

He hides all the pain he’s feeling under that unbreakable mask of his…I do too, but our masks are different. His mask is about caring for everyone else and making friends, whereas mine is all about not getting hurt and shutting people out. I don’t know when he got so close to me…I’m a jerk, but he forgives me for everything I do or say. He doesn’t hold any grudges against me and he’s never asked me to change for him.

How can he be so nice? I want to learn too…I like the way he makes me open up…I don’t ever want him to leave. I don’t really want to think like that. Everyone always leaves in the end…but Naruto’s different…actually come to think of it, all I want I guess is for this dobe to be happy.

(End POV)

Sasuke looked a little pleased when Naruto’s hand suddenly rested on his chest. The dobe made up for not being able to move, with his hands. Sasuke found that they were all over the place when the blond slept. He reached out to trace Naruto’s whiskered cheek…no he didn’t want this dobe to leave…

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Itachi drove up to Kyuubi’s place and honked. He hadn’t had time to go home and get changed. He’d just gotten his secretary to pick up some semi-formal clothes. So he was wearing a nice polo shirt and some jeans…so even if Kyuubi picked an expensive restaurant it would be ok.

Kyuubi stepped out and Itachi caught his breath. For once Kyuubi wasn’t dressed goth style. He’d removed his lip stud and eyebrow ring. He was dressed in regular dark blue jeans and a black v-neck T-shirt, which confirmed Itachi’s idea that they weren’t going anywhere too formal. He looked a bit nervous and kept pushing his longish red hair out of his eyes.

Itachi smiled at him. “You look…don’t kill me for saying it, but you look beautiful…”

Kyuubi blushed a bit and then grinned. “Um…I don’t usually dress like this…not that I don’t like it, but…” Itachi understood. He nodded.

“So where are we going? Any place special?” Itachi asked.

Kyuubi nodded. “We are going to that small nice Italian restaurant a few blocks down. I love the chicken parmigiana they make there. And well, it’s comfortable.”

Itachi nodded. They drove up and got a nice table in a corner. Kyuubi insisted on ordering wine…they both ate chicken parmigiana, because Itachi said that he knew if he didn’t eat the same thing, Kyuubi would try to steal his food.

The dinner was quiet and filled with an underlying tension…not the hard kind, but the romantic kind. Kyuubi wondered why there was a strange floaty feeling in his chest. They discussed whether Kyuubi should go back to his company. Itachi advised that he should. It would be good, because he was the heir. He suggested that Kyuubi at least manage it until Naruto could take over.

Kyuubi said he’d think over it. He was surprised that he had managed to go for an hour in Itachi’s presence without molesting him. Itachi and he had a little fight over who was paying and Kyuubi won. That was only because he had charmed the waitress and snatched the check away before Itachi could budge. Then he refused to say how much it had come to.

Itachi drove him home. Just as he was getting out, Itachi kissed him softly. For some reason it gave both of them, more of jolt than their passionate kisses. They staggered to the door still kissing and at the same time fumbling for the keys. Itachi did want to stay, but he knew he had to go to work early the next day. He kissed Kyuubi again.

“I’ll see you tomorrow…call me.” He whispered.

Kyuubi nodded a little breathlessly and waited by the door, which was a ploy to kiss Itachi again and again till the latter disentangled himself and walked to the car. As he watched Itachi driving off, Kyuubi wondered about what he was getting into…he gulped. This seemed to be getting a little serious and Kyuubi had never been serious about anything except Naruto’s welfare before.

Unknown to him, the stoic Itachi was also having some trouble. Itachi was scared…of course he had had his times of sex and stuff, but he’d never felt like this. All those had been stuff to keep him distracted with things at home. Was this…lo…Itachi stopped his thoughts. No he didn’t want to go there right now.

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Meanwhile, at the mansion Naruto had woken up. They’d both decided to bathe Chocolate. And decided the garden would be the best place to do so. Then Naruto could sit down and help as well. Sasuke dragged a little blow- up pool out and filled it with water. Naruto was very happy and Sasuke was happy (though he didn’t show it) that Naruto was happy.

The only one who wasn’t happy was Chocolate who didn’t understand why everyone wasn’t being put through the torture of a bath. His inner puppy shook his head firmly…if he was going down; they were all going down with him! Which is why Naruto and Sasuke ended thoroughly wet, and with enough wrestling got Chocolate clean, after which he ran to the flower bed and rolled around. His little puppy eyes seemed to mock them and for some reason they could see malicious glee and scorn written all over the puppy’s face.

Naruto clutched Sasuke. “He looks so evil, Sasuke. It’s like he want to rub it in our faces that we are fools.” But Chocolate realized he couldn’t afford to alienate the people who were supposed to feed him, so he ran back and rubbed against them making them dirty too. He looked up at them seeming to say ‘I want to show you the joys of dirt!’

Finally Sasuke got one of the maids to do it. It was six, so they grabbed an early dinner having something light to eat. Then they played a game for a while. They went by the pool at around eight o clock. Suddenly Sasuke looked at Naruto. “Hey dobe, I feel like a swim…do you mind?” Naruto shook his head, so Sasuke went off to change into his trunks. Then he dived perfectly into the pool.

After swimming a bit he noticed Naruto looking at the pool longingly and frowned a bit. Then an idea hit him. “Do you want to join me dobe?”

Naruto frowned. “What do you mean? I can’t swim…don’t you know that, I mean I can’t stand how can you expect me to swim?”

Sasuke grimaced. “Lets get you into some trunks and I’ll show you.” After another embarrassing ordeal of getting Naruto changed, Sasuke carried him to the water, before jumping in. Naruto yelled and clutched at him. Laughing Sasuke cradled him closer.

“Come on, I can hold you and swim. Turn your back to me.” Then Sasuke slipped his arms more securely around Naruto’s waist, before swimming backwards. Naruto let his head rest on Sasuke’s shoulder and looked at the stars. It felt nice to be in the cool water, lying against Sasuke, just relaxing. He had never done this since his accident.

Sasuke held him a little tighter and swam faster, using just his legs. Then he left Naruto to cling to the edge and suddenly splashed him. Naruto yelped and glared at him, using one hand to splash him. Sasuke wondered if Naruto was ticklish and decided to test it. Holding Naruto up with one hand, he tickled him mercilessly. The blond laughed and struggled as much as he could, but it was a waste of energy. Finally Sasuke let him go and Naruto panted a smile still stretching his lips.

His eyes met Sasuke’s obsidian one’s and the world seemed to stop. He licked his lips lightly, just savoring thee weird feeling ebbing up. Sasuke was staring at him too, some weird intensity crackling between them. Naruto slowly moved forward, seeing Sasuke do the same. They were so close…almost no space between their noses now. Sasuke tilted his head a little.

“SASUKEE! Where are you guys?” Fugaku called out. Sasuke jumped away from Naruto, just holding him up now. His father came out and smiled.

“Oh you’re here. Nice of you to help Naruto swim. How was your day?” Fugaku sounded friendly.

Sasuke blinked up at his father while Naruto grinned and talk about how much fun they had. Sasuke just carried him out of the pool and his father followed them, since Naruto wasn’t letting up on the conversation. The best part of it was when Chocolate bounded into the changing room and promptly peed on Fugaku’s leg. Even Sasuke had trouble biting back a smile at the horrified look on his father’s face.

Then they made conversation with his mom as well. Sasuke hadn’t spoken to them this much in all his seventeen years. After a while, he decided that Naruto needed to go to the toilet and then bed. After dumping an exhausted Naruto in bed and slipping in, he went to sleep to. Naruto turned to look at him and smiled when he saw the small smile on Sasuke’s lips. Feeling peaceful, he curled up and gave in to the Lady of dreams.

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A/N I know some of this was too fluffy, but I couldn’t help it. I wanted things to be nice for them. I’m warning you though, things might go sweet for a while, and then it might not be sweet at all. And about whether it’s SasuNaru or NaruSasu, their first time…a lot of votes have come in for SasuNaru, though someone gave me a good argument about NaruSasu. I’ll have to see, it might be SasuNaru…but I’ll be adding NaruSasu too. Maybe their second time or something. Thanks for all your reviews and I hope you liked this chapter…cos I loved writing it. for once I’m not screwing up things for them or making Naruto bad. Angst will come in due course, but I just liked doing some thing sweet and simple. Ok then…see ya guys! oh and i have college now so iwont be updating too fast...i swear my teachers want my class dead! neways i'll try my best!

Taka.