Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Façade ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

Title: Façade
Author: Illuma
Fandom: Naruto
Feedback: Feedback is always welcome!

Dream: Like oh-em-gee!
Itachi: -Stares- What?
Dream: Actual development between Sasuke and Naruto! Like wow!
Itachi: You're an idiot... I hope you realize that.
Dream: Well of course I do. I'm not stupid you know.
Itachi: I beg to differ.
Dream: You would.
Itachi: Baka.
Dream: Yes yes we get it. Moving on! This chapter revolves around Sasuke and Naruto. Enjoy while it lasts!
Itachi: Am I cursed or something?
Sasuke: Probably. At least you don't have weird dreams like she does.
Itachi: This is true. That I can be thankful for.
Dream: -Stares off into space, remembering a weird dream from a few nights ago- Wow man.... That's great. -Sniggers- Story time! Oh. I need name suggestions for the Akita. And remember, it's female. I'm kinda disappointed I didn't get any reviews for the last chapter though... Ah well. On with the story!

Warnings: zomg Naru/Sasu time yay!
Disclaimer: I still don't own it you know. I never have and I never will. It would be funny if I did though.

Chapter 10
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Sasuke awakened that morning in a state of perpetual bliss, a pair of arms wrapped firmly around his body, back pressed against a muscled chest. He almost sighed softly in content and wished he could return to that dreamless sleep he had experienced. It had been a long time since he'd awakened to feel this good. This rejuvenated. If not for the events of earlier that morning, he would have been happy.

Seeing his adoptive mother acting the way she had had frightened him, and he had feared that he would not be able to return to his sleep. He had sat on his bed, staring vacantly at the floor, eyes empty and emotionless. It was only when he heard the blond's voice and felt his touch did he move, dark gaze lifting to stare into that endless blue above him. It almost felt as though he'd been hypnotized.

Naruto had smiled at him and coaxed him to lie down, climbing over and behind the youngest Uchiha, arms wrapping around his body, and holding him close. The blond had whispered things he didn't remember into his ear, soothing him in a way no one ever had. He felt... safe. Maybe not that, but he couldn't explain it. He felt happy though with the blond. He didn't exactly understand why.

The dark haired teen felt a gentle hand rubbing his chest and abdomen, warm breath on the back of his neck.

“Good morning,” Naruto said, smiling down at the top of the dark head. He himself was happy that Sasuke hadn't moved away from him their sleep, or even after he'd woken up. The blond was happy.

“Morning,” Sasuke mumbled quietly, his head turning slightly as he tried to look at him. He relented in the endeavor after a moment and turned away. He didn't see the warm smile on the blond's lips.

“How are you feeling?”

“I... I don't know,” he replied, his voice just above a whisper.

Naruto held back a sigh and shifted their bodies, turning Sasuke around to face him. He had understood his feelings the first day he'd met the Uchiha. He was a homosexual. His friends knew it, and they all accepted him for it. the only one who didn't know was the boy he had developed a crush on, and he wasn't sure if he could tell him, or confess his feelings. He didn't quite know what to expect.

“It's going to be okay,” he said after a moment, trying to sound optimistic and hope that the Uchiha believed him.

Sasuke simply offered him a small, weak smile. “I hope you're right,” he replied quietly. “The way she acted....” he trailed off, his head shaking slightly.

Naruto hesitated before he moved his right hand, gently caressing Sasuke's left cheek, his thumb moving over the pale skin. He smirked inwardly as the older boys cheeks reddened slightly. He smiled warmly at him. “I know,” he murmured, tilting Sasuke head up to look him in the eye.

Sasuke found himself unable to move, his gaze held by that loving blue, the hand on his face just felt far to good to make it stop. He swallowed over the lump in his throat, unable to form a coherent thought. He'd always believed himself to be straight despite the lack of interest in the opposite sex, but the blond before him invoked a feeling he'd never felt before. Something deep with him yearned for his touch, and he didn't quite understand why.

Blushing heavily, Sasuke managed to pull himself away from the blond and rise to his feet from the bed on shaky legs. He felt to confused to remain their. The look in Naruto's eyes had told him something, and he didn't know what to do or how to respond. It was strange.

He stumbled away towards the bathroom conveniently connected to his room. He'd taken it for just this purpose. The private bathroom. Behind him, he didn't see the smirk on the blond's face as he watched the brunet stumble and stagger towards the bathroom, nearly wrenching the door open and falling inside, the door closing with a small slam behind him.

Naruto sat up, ears straining as he heard a dull thud come from the other side of the door. He wasn't going to make things worse by asking the Uchiha if he was okay. He knew he was fine. He pushed himself to his feet and approached his bag. He zipped open the bag and reached in, pulling out his change of clothes. He'd shower later when Sasuke was done. For now, he was going to see if anyone was making breakfast.

Glancing at the clock he noted it was eight in the morning, so it was possible. He just hoped someone was as his stomach suddenly gave a loud rumble, informing him of its need. He chuckled and quickly changed, tossing his sleeping clothes on top of his bag. He pulled the blue jeans on over his legs and tugged the dark orange shirt on over his head, pulling the hem down to his waist. He yawned widely and approached the door, pulling it open and stepping out into the hallway. He rubbed at his eyes, glancing at the other doors along the hallway. His gaze lingered at the door at the end of the hallway, a small frown marring his features.

He sighed and scratched the side of his head before turning away and heading for the stairs. He heard the sound of a door opening and turned back, grinning at his brown haired friend Kiba. “Morning,” he said, waving a hand at him.

Kiba grinned and approached him, Akamaru at his side. “G'morning,” he replied. “You slept in his room didn't you?”

“Yeah.”

“How is he?”

“Right now, I think he's embarrassed or something.”

Kiba couldn't help but snigger at that. “What'd you do?”

“I touched him.”

“You wha?”

“Touched him. Not like that you pervert. I touched his face and he started blushing like mad. I swear it was fucking adorable to see him like that.”

Kiba couldn't help but laugh. “That's great man. So are you ever going to tell him?”

“Probably not. I don't know how he'd react if I confessed, and I don't want to lose him as a friend, you know?”

Kiba nodded mutely. His head turned slightly to look behind him as a few doors opened and other friends joined them. It seemed everyone but Sasuke and Shikamaru were up now. They could hear voices downstairs. Voices and laughter. Most notably, Gai-sensei's laughter. Naruto nearly shuddered at that, and had to question the reason as to why their sensei's were even there in the first place. It was strange to say the least, but the knowledge of ANBU's existence reminded him that maybe it had something to do with that and how Sasuke's mom had looked last night when she'd come home.

He had to admit that even he was freaked out seeing the woman like that. Covered in blood that was not her own, talking about something or other. Torturing someone. That was it. what was his name again? Kidomano? No... Kidomaru. That was it. though... Nadia had said it hadn't actually happened, but he wasn't so sure about that. Sakaye had sounded convincing enough to him. What with licking the blood on her hand and all. That was just creepy.

He yawned as he and his friends descended the stairs to the first floor, following the voices to the kitchen.

“Good morning my bright and youthful students!” Gai exclaimed upon seeing the group enter the rather large dining area. “I do hope you have all replenished your youthfulness with sleep!”

Naruto sighed inwardly. At least Gai wasn't as bad as when he'd first met him. That had been utterly creepy, and he shuddered remembering it. It was worse since Lee had begun copying the man.

Everyone but Lee remained silent, leaving the green clad boy to joyfully greet his favorite sensei as the rest sat down around the table. They noted five people weren't present at the table. Nadia, Itachi, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Sakaye.

Naruto himself glanced towards the kitchen, the smell of food drifting through the doorway. Soft voices could be heard within, and it sounded like Nadia and Itachi. Well that explained where they were then. He knew Sasuke was still in his room, and Shikamaru was most likely sleeping. Lazy bastard. And Sakaye... he didn't let his mind linger on her to much.

He sat down in one of the empty chairs next to Kiba, propping his foot up on another empty on next to him, saving it for Sasuke. Two chairs over, he watched Neji sit down, Hinata to his left. Around him talk continued as everyone seated themselves at the grand table, which just so happened to nearly take up the entire room. The room was nearly a large square, almost even on all sides, doorways on thee walls.

The table itself was a large U, with the chairs on the outside and the center void aside from the rug splayed across the wood. From last night he'd found it seated about thirty people all the way from one side to the other. Had everyone been at the table, there would be six open spaces left.

Naruto scratched the side of his head, yawned and claimed an empty seat along the middle part of the table closer to the left side, propping one foot up on the empty seat to the left of him. On the other side of that Kiba sat down, and to his left one seat down Choji seated himself, Ino next to him at his right. Beside Ino Hinata claimed that empty seat, Neji beside her and Lee, much to his chagrin, next to him as well. Shino opted to claim a seat nearer the end of the table, away from Lee. Tenten followed his example, already knowing that the chairs at the middle section of the table were to be occupied most likely by Itachi and Nadia when they joined them.

A moment later, Iruka rose from his seat beside Kakashi, face slightly red in either embarrassment or anger. Naruto couldn't tell. He watched his favorite sensei disappear into the kitchen, the door sliding harshly shut behind him. Beside Kakashi, Genma laughed at the stricken man. He could only wonder what had happened for Iruka to suddenly leave like that. Beside Genma, Raidou chuckled at the silver haired teacher's expense, Kotetsu and Izumo joining in.

He looked over at Kiba grinned at the brown haired teen. Kiba looked back and smirked.

“Don't scare him,” Kiba whispered.

Naruto laughed and stuck his tongue out at him. “I'll try.”

A few moments later, Sasuke stepped into the dining room, glanced around and frowned slightly. He was about to take a seat next to Shino when Naruto beckoned him over, and reluctantly he obeyed, passing behind the other teens. He didn't say a word as Naruto removed his foot from the chair, allowing Sasuke to sit down. Sasuke hesitantly sat down, scooting his chair closer to the table. He refused to look at Naruto or Kiba, instead choosing to stare towards the door to the kitchen.

He suddenly stiffened when he felt a hand on his right shoulder. His head slowly turned, and he looked at Naruto with wary eyes. The blond smiled at him.

“Can we talk after breakfast?” he asked quietly.

Sasuke nodded slowly and looked away again when Naruto withdrew his hand. His head turned back and he shot a heated glare at the blond when said blond's hand touched his thigh. Naruto grinned and withdrew, placing it on the table within Sasuke's view. The Uchiha huffed and turned away again, his gaze once more on the doorway to the kitchen.

Silence passed between the two teens, Naruto leaning back in his chair to exchange a smug look with Kiba, who was silently laughing in return. He couldn't really help it. he had to agree with Naruto on this one. Sasuke did indeed look adorable with his face flushed like it was. The Inuzuka smirked at his friend.

“So,” Naruto said after a moment, speaking to Kiba. “What're we gonna do today?”

Kiba shrugged. “I dunno. We can ask everybody after breakfast or something.”

Naruto nodded. “Yeah I guess.” He glanced sideways at Sasuke, watching as his pale hands disappeared underneath the table. He was sorely tempted to look and see what he was doing, but he restrained himself. Sasuke was tense enough as it was without him interfering even more. He sighed softly to himself and looked away, turning instead to Choji.

He was about to say something when his view of the larger boy was cut off as Shikamaru sat down, and a voice from the kitchen caught his attention.

“Son of a bitch!” Nadia screeched. “I told you to be careful! Damn it Itachi! Get out!”

Heads turned and they watched in stunned amazement as Itachi nearly flew out of the kitchen, a ladle following him. The eldest Uchiha barely managed to dodge the flying utensil, ducking underneath the table. Silence filled the room before Genma and Kakashi started laughing, the rest of the group joining in. well. Everyone but Sasuke and Shikamaru anyways. Sasuke's face remained passive while Shikamaru simply smirked.

Itachi rose when the door to the kitchen slammed shut, jumping slightly at the sound. He frowned and glared at Kakashi and Genma, knowing those two bastards had started the laughing. Scowling at them, he made his way behind the teens to the center portion of the back table and dropped down into an empty seat one space away from Kiba. His glare turned from them to the door. It wasn't his fault Nadia had burned herself. He was begin careful damn it.

Beside Naruto, Sasuke's head turned and he looked at his brother, head tilting in question. Itachi turned his head and looked at his little brother, a small snort coming from him in reply. Sasuke smirked and nodded. The blond stared in confusion at them. What the hell? It seemed to him that the brothers could communicate without words, which quite frankly scared the shit out of him. The brothers continued their little staring match before they were interupted by the door to the kitchen sliding open, Nadia and Iruka stepping through, plates of food in their hands.

Itachi scowled at Nadia as the woman placed the plates she'd been holding down in front of the teens nearest the kitchen, returning to the kitchen after all four left her hands. Iruka followed suit with the adults, following her back to the kitchen to get more. The two worked silently and quickly, placing plates of food down in front of everyone until everyone had their own, two being placed where they themselves would sit. The pair returned the kitchen once again, coming back with other things, mainly drinks. Nadia set bottles of juice down on the tables at various points, and Iruka placed small tea pots of hot water along with some tea bags down at other spots. Naruto noticed there was no coffee or caffeine substances to be seen anywhere.

Finished, Iruka and Nadia sat down, and the eating began, nearly everyone joining beforehand for a group “Itadakimasu.”

Beside him, Sasuke ate quietly, one hand still underneath the table doing whatever it was he'd been doing with both hands. Naruto's perverted mind concluded he was doing something in dirty, but in reality he had no idea that Sasuke was petting Ninochka who had slipped into the room unnoticed by Naruto. He only noticed her when she suddenly rolled out from under the table, Akamaru with her. The eating stopped momentarily as everyone watched the puppies, Ninochka easily pinning the smaller Akamaru to the ground by his throat and holding him there. Sasuke smirked at Kiba and resumed his meal. Kiba scowled at him. Naruto and nearly everyone else laugh, excluding Shikamaru and Itachi who just smirked. Akamaru was no match for the bigger puppy. Maybe in time he would be, but for now Ninochka had her size as an advantage. That and basic instinct that told her how to take down her prey. She probably fine tuned it with her litter mates.

To their left the adults continued their talking in low voices, Nadia joining in on the conversations taking place nearest her. Genma must have cracked some stupid, most likely perverted, joke which caused both Nadia and Kakashi to suddenly start laughing, resulting in Genma being whacked in the back of his head by his annoyed lover, Raidou. Raidou didn't seem to pleased, and neither did Iruka for that matter. Both were scowling at their respective lovers. Nadia, unhindered by this just continued to laugh.

Further down the table Asuma made some comment Naruto couldn't quite hear, and Gai's loud annoying laughter suddenly echoed in the room. Naruto had to wonder how it echoed in the first placed. This room wasn't designed to accommodate something like that. Damn creepy if you asked him. Kotetsu and Izumo, hearing the comment started laughing as well. Kotetsu passed the comment along and Genma, Kakashi and Nadia all simultaneously started laughing again.

The teens could only wonder what had been said, none of them quite having heard it at all. Stupid adults. In Naruto's opinion they were all perverts. It couldn't possibly be any other way. Glancing at Itachi, he noted the small smirk on the man's lips. Yep. He was a pervert, too. A closet pervert at that. Perfect ammunition really. Closet perverts were fun to screw with.

Naruto watched Sasuke as the young Uchiha ate. Sasuke it seemed was pointedly ignoring him now. That was nice. That just meant screwing with him at the table would be a lot easier.

Slowly he slid one hand back and let it drop into his lap, going unnoticed by Sasuke. Directing his gaze away from Sasuke, he moved his hand and let it rest on the other boy's knee. Sasuke tense immediately, dark gaze directed at him. When he didn't do anything to removed the hand, Naruto slid his hand up slowly along his thigh. Sasuke's glared darkened. Naruto didn't take the hint even as he felt Sasuke go completely rigid underneath his hand. He simply smirked inwardly and slid his hand towards his inner thigh.

He wasn't sure what happened until he found himself on his back, staring up at the ceiling. He blinked stupidly at the ceiling, feeling a distinct pain around one of his eyes. The sound of a door slamming shut registered in his mind, and when he blinked again Itachi's face was hovering over his.

“Smooth,” he commented. “I probably should have warned you, but this seemed a lot better. Don't ever touch Sasuke intimately. He tends to get a bit violent. It'll be a miracle if he talks to you any time within the next month or so.”

Naruto frowned and pushed himself off of the fallen chair, sitting up and staring at the seat of the wooden thing. Well shit, he grumbled to himself. He sighed and rubbed the side of his head, his hand moving forward and brushing against his cheek. He hissed in pain. Sasuke'd gotten him good with that one. Fuck. Ignoring Itachi's warning look, he pushed himself to his feet and followed after Sasuke. He opened the back door and stepped outside, closing it behind him. He sighed again and looked past the pool, searching for any sign of the dark haired teen.

He heard a bark somewhere and decided to head towards that. Several meters past the end of the pool, he stopped and watched as one of the borzoi ran after something. Maybe a ball. His gaze followed the direction the animal had come from, and standing with the three remaining dogs around him was Sasuke. A third heavy sigh escaped him and he slowly headed towards the obviously irate boy. Everything about his posture told him Sasuke was pissed. Especially when a tennis ball came flying at him. More specifically his face. His hand went up just in time to catch the round projectile.

When he lowered his hand, Sasuke was throwing another ball, and another borzoi ran after it as the first one returned to him. He moved forward towards him again. Sasuke just ignored him. He expected that after what Itachi said. He hadn't know Sasuke would react like that. He had to appease the obviously angry teen. Somehow.

“Sasuke?” he inquired softly, stopping about four feet from him. “Look I... I'm really sorry okay? I didn't know I shouldn't do things like that. I'm sorry.”

Sasuke snorted in response. “You shouldn't have done it in the first place, moron,” he replied, his voice tinged with anger.

“I know,” he replied, tilting his head down. He was relieved that Sasuke had spoken to him. “I just... I can't help it. I... I like you Sasuke.”

Sasuke's head turned towards him, eyes wide with surprise. “What?”

“I like you. As more than a friend. Ever since that first day you came to school, I've liked you.”

“Why?”

“I... I don't know. I just do. I want to get to know you. I want to know everything there is to know about you. I want to spend all of my free time with you. I'll understand if you can't accept or reciprocate my feelings. I don't expect you to. I just... i just wanted you to know.” He turned to go.

“Naruto,” Sasuke whispered.

Naruto turned back to face him.

“I... I can't promise that I will return your feelings, but... I think that maybe... maybe we....” Sasuke trailed off and turned away, a light blush dusting his pale cheeks.

Naruto inched closer, still at least three feet away from him.

“I don't know what I feel... but I think... that... I might be wiling... to give it a chance,” Sasuke uttered quietly after a few silent moments.

Naruto smiled and closed the distance between them, lifting his arms to wrap them around the older teen. Sasuke tensed in his arms, but didn't try to get away.

“I'm sorry,” Naruto said. “I shouldn't have touched you the way I did. I promise that I won't do it again. Not unless you ask me to. Okay?”

Sasuke nodded slightly. “I might have overreacted a bit though.”

Naruto shook his head. “No,” he said. “It's not your fault. I did something stupid, and I paid for it. i admit. You got me pretty good. I'm going to have quite the shiner for awhile thanks to you.”

Sasuke chuckled. “You deserved it.”

Naruto laughed and tightened his hold on Sasuke. “I did. Can't deny it.” He turned his head and looked at the four dogs. “So what're you doing?”

“Getting them ready.”

“Eh? For what?”

“Coursing.”

“What's that?”

Sasuke smirked and eased himself out of Naruto's hold, turning to face him. “Well. Borzoi are sight hounds, and they run pretty fast. It makes them good agility dogs, especially for coursing. My grandmother sometimes took them to the U.S. For competitions.”

Naruto nodded.

“I don't think we'll be able to do it, but it's good to keep doing it with them. Plus it gets rid of some of the energy they have. They aren't dogs that can be cooped up in small homes, and they need to get exercise regularly to keep them manageable. Vanya destroyed a couch once out of a boredom a few years ago. No one had let her out into the yard to burn off some of her excess energy, so she did the next best thing. My grandmother was furious.”

Naruto laughed. “I bet she was. So why don't you just start off with that?”

“Because this is how they were trained. They do this for about twenty minutes before they get to coursing. They get excited by doing this because they know what's coming next.”

“Oh,” Naruto replied. “So can I help?”

“Sure. You can use the tennis racket if you want.”

Naruto shrugged and grabbed one of the tennis balls from the bucket. Beside him Sasuke grabbed one from the bucket as well.

“Sezja go,” Sasuke said, throwing the ball as hard as he could. The red sable Borzoi raced after it, long legs and body stretching out as he chased the small bright green object.

“What're their names?” Naruto asked.

“That was Sezja,” Sasuke said, indicating the running Borzoi. “These two are Vanya and Svetlana. Vanya is the mahogany brindle, and Svetlana is the silver sable.”

Naruto nodded and looked at the two female Borzoi standing beside Sasuke. He lifted his arm and threw the ball.

“Vanya go,” Sasuke said. The female brindle moved from his side and chased the flying object. Moving the other direction Sezja ran past her, a ball in his own mouth.

Blue eyes watched the darkly colored dog as it raced after the ball bouncing a few times on the grass before rolling to a stop. Vanya's head lowered and she grabbed the ball as she moved. She turned wide and came back as Sasuke threw the ball in his hand, sending Svetlana after it.

At his side, Ninochka simply watched. She'd done a bit of this back in Russia with the older dogs, but now she didn't feel like it. She wasn't up or eager to go after the tennis balls, and Sasuke didn't force her to do anything. If she wanted it, Sasuke left it all up to her.

Ninochka watched the adult Borzoi as Sasuke and Naruto threw the tennis balls, one of them going as another came back. At some point she rose, leaving Sasuke's side. The youngest Uchiha looked down at her and smiled. He waited for Svetlana to come back before throwing a ball. “Ninochka,” he said. “Go get it.” Ninochka eyed him for a moment before she raced after the ball.

The two teens watched as the small black Borzoi puppy raced after the flying green ball. The blond looked away, blue eyes focused on the dark haired teen beside him. Sasuke's attention seemed to be completely on the puppy, and he smirked inwardly. He figured it was now or never.

Without Sasuke noticing, he set the ball in his hand down on the grass and inched closer to the older boy. Sasuke might hit him for this, but those perfect looking lips just looked so damn irresistible. He couldn't hold himself back any longer.

Taking Sasuke completely by surprise, he moved in front of him, wrapped his arms around the teen and pulled him against his chest. Not leaving him any time to even try and escape or comprehend what was happening, Naruto pressed his lips against Sasuke's. They felt as soft as they looked.

TBC...