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Naruto studied Sasuke as the boy crushed him again at some ninja game they had discovered, the pictures alone had been enough to set the both off laughing. Sasuke Uchiha had laughed. Sure it had been more restrained than Naruto’s but there had definitely been laughter. What was happening? First the brunette had basically congratulated the blonde for insulting him and then he.. had he actually hit on him? Damn confusing bastard.

“Hey dobe! Pay attention when I’m destroying you! It’s no fun if you’re not trying,” Sasuke declared stepping away from the machine.

Naruto kept pushing buttons for a full minute before the brunette shook him.
“Oi Naruto, you in there?” he asked, his grin fading.

“Huh?” the boy replied startled, “Oh sorry, I was just thinking.”

“Knew I could smell burning,” Sasuke murmured.

The blonde gave him a dirty look, “Come on bastard we’d better go get some dinner. We’ll meet you guys at the movies ok?”

“Righto see you there. Eight o’clock don’t forget!” Amaya reminded them winking.

Naruto felt a blush and fought it down as he waved to the others. They walked down to the little café Amaya had pointed out to them and Naruto chose a table out in the open. The blonde didn’t think he would try anything but he wanted to be sure.

Sasuke struggled not to laugh as he watched the emotions play across the blonde’s face. This was so much more fun than fighting him, why hadn’t he worked this out years ago?
Time to put him out of his misery.

“Hey dobe, you going to order or what?” the brunette asked glaring pointedly at the hovering waitress.

“Oh uh miso ramen thank you,” Naruto said distractedly examining the apparently normal Uchiha.

The waitress walked back over to the kitchen.

“Can I go home yet?” Sasuke asked in an annoyed tone.

Naruto relaxed a little, “I told Kakashi we wouldn’t be back until about ten. After the movie.”

The Uchiha sighed, “And what rubbishy teen movie are we going to see? Did that girl choose some corny romantic slop?”

Naruto’s brow twitched, “Her name is Amaya and we took a group vote. We’re seeing a comedy.”

“Oh good,” Sasuke glared out the window while the other boy wondered if he had finally lost it.

Sakura and Ryo finished their dinner and walked to the cinema to see the latest slasher flick. Ryo had picked it especially but he wasn’t all prepared for her reaction.
“That’s ridiculous,” she whispered as they watched blood spurting from a wound, “there’s no way a wound like that could cause that much blood.”

“Huh?” Ryo asked gulping as he tuned his head quite pointedly to the side, this was not how it was meant to go.

“It’s just a flesh wound, if Naruto lost that much blood every time he got a cut like that he’d be dead by now,” she laughed as another guy suffered a highly impossible injury. She realised what she’d just said and inwardly cursed herself.

“What do you mean? What happened to Naruto?” Ryo asked cautiously.

“Umm he’s just very adventurous and has a tendency to get hurt when he’s too hasty. He never thinks things through, particularly when he and Sasuke fight, they don’t hold back,” she explained hoping that sounded normal enough.

But Ryo still looked aghast, “They hurt each other like that?”

“Uh their relationship is complicated, they don’t mean to…” Sakura realised a way to head off the following questions that were sure to follow, “Speaking of relationships.” She leaned over and put her hand behind his head and pulled him forward until their lips met.

When they finally pulled away he looked dazed, “Did you want to sneak into the romantic movie?”

Kakashi heard the door open upstairs and carefully laid his mask on the bench and sat down waiting. Iruka walked down the stairs stretching as he went. He stopped dead when he saw the table and the man sitting behind it.

He didn’t seem to know what to do so Kakashi stood up and guided him to the seat and sat him down before returning to his own seat.
“Kakashi your face…” he looked around until he saw the mask, “What are you…”

“I can’t keep this up for the whole time we’re here,” he explained, “And I wanted you to be the first to see… all of me.”

Iruka saw his smile for the first time ever, even in bed he had worn the mask, sometimes only the mask, so this was something new. Kakashi’s smile faltered as there was no reply. The brunette rose and walked around the table kneeling beside the jounin who turned to face him. He slowly reached up and, like child, traced his fingers over his nose, cheeks and finally his lips. His hand dropped as he stared some more. Iruka hesitantly bit his lip and looked into the other man’s eyes. Kakashi slowly leaned forward and kissed him softly. The brunette turned bright red and he broke the contact and looked away.

“Kakashi I don’t know if…” Iruka stumbled.

“Dinner’s ready,” he said standing up and taking something out of the oven, “I hope you like roast.”

Neither boy talked much during their dinner, Sasuke glared and Naruto tried not to look at him too much. They walked silently to the movies, the Uchiha seemed to walking mighty close in Naruto’s opinion but every time he would move away a little the brunette would subtly close the gap. Eventually the blonde decided just to let it be. They met the others outside the cinema, bought their tickets and walked in. Sasuke sat right at the end of the row in the very back corner, and Naruto, against his better judgement sat next to him. Amaya quickly claimed the seat next to Naruto and the others sat down where they were. Amaya talked animatedly until the lights went down, leaning closer to Naruto during the scary previews. Sasuke turned his glare on full power, she was fawning all over him, how could that not be annoying? It was like Sakura all over again, except this time he had to watch. The Uchiha barely noticed the movie, she was sickening acting like that all over his Naruto.
Wait, had he just called him HIS Naruto? That couldn’t be right. He went back over his thoughts. Yep there had definitely been a his in there.
He stood up to leave.

“Sasuke-teme where are you going?” Naruto asked confused, “The movie’s not over yet…”

“I feel sick,” Sasuke answered honestly. He walked out into the lobby and sat down. This wasn’t how things were supposed to go, sure it was fun to tease him and fight with him and pick on him all the time, but he wasn’t HIS. They were best friends, sort of, or they used to be anyway. There had to be a way to work this out. He stood up and shoved his hands in his pockets and walked out, strolling casually down the street as his thoughts raced.

Amaya leaned over to Naruto and put her hand on his leg, he almost jumped.

“What’s wrong Naruto?” she asked confused.

“I’m just worried, what’s taking Sasuke so long? I’d better go see where he is,” Naruto said worriedly.

“But you’ll miss the ending, don’t you want to know what happens?” she asked invitingly.

But Naruto was oblivious, “It’s almost finished, you can explain it all to me later.”
He stood up and walked out. He went and checked the boy’s toilets but they were all empty. He searched around the lobby but Sasuke was nowhere to be found.

“Hey dobe, is it over already?” Sasuke asked surprised as he strolled back into the cinemas with an ice-cream.

“You bastard! I was worried about you! Where have you been? I thought you said you were feeling sick,” Naruto ranted.

The Uchiha was taken aback, “I was but I went for a walk and now I am feeling much better so I thought I’d grab an ice-cream before we have to head home. It’s not like I was paying attention to the movie anyway…”

“That is completely beside the point!”

“Which is?” Sasuke asked slowly.

“I-I was worried I thought you had passed out or something! You could have at least come in and told me where you were going,” Naruto said, wounded.

“Here comes your girlfriend,” the brunette said quietly.

“She’s not my girlfriend!” the blonde said turning red.

“Well that’s what it looked like, anyway looks like the movie’s over. Time to go home now,” Sasuke said walking outside with his ice-cream.

“We have to go or Kakashi-sensei will kill us,” Naruto told the group smiling, “and we have to be up early tomorrow.”

”Ouch,” Dan said sympathetically.

“Yeah well anyway I’ll see you guys on Monday alright?” he added.

“Righto see you then,” Amaya smiled a little disappointedly.

Naruto jogged after the Uchiha.
“And for making me worry,” he swiped his ice-cream and licked it, “This is mine now.”

“You know I’ve licked that right?” Sasuke said calmly.

“Yup,” Naruto said taking another lick.