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The next day Naruto eyes fluttered open as he woke up not realizing he had fallen asleep. He remembered staying up and waiting for Kiba to return, but even now his bed remained untouched. Shino was the first to return to the room and immediately go to sleep as nothing seemed off to him and then Rock Lee came some time even later.

But still no sign of Kiba, and he really couldn't blame him.

He was exhausted from staying up late, but also broken as the argument kept replaying in his head over and over again. It was like he could hear the pain in Kiba's voice almost like he was still here saying it to him, echoing in his mind and reminding him of all the times they've argued.

Naruto was hurt, but he felt like this was the best decision and he had no other alternative. So he rolled on his side and pulled the sheets over his head as far as anyone knew, he wasn't feeling well today.

The knock at the door startled him as he managed to doze off again. He thought that maybe it might be him but if it was, he wouldn't be knocking.

"Is it alright to come in?" Sasuke asked from the other side of the door, waiting patiently as Naruto found the strength to move and let him in.

"I could've opened it myself."

"Lee is still asleep I didn't want to shout." He replied as he dragged himself back to bed.

"Hm, he's sleeping in? Alright, but what's up with you, you sound hoarse." He asked as he walked over to him and sat on his bed.

"I just don't feel right."

"You're sick?"

"No? Yes? Not chronically, but I just..."

"It's about him, isn't it?"

"..."

"So what? You don't want me anymore?"

"I never said that."

"Then why do you keep thinking about him, especially after he cheated on you."

"..."

"Don't think I didn't hear the argument too. He was so full of himself that he didn't even give you a proper apology but just threw everything onto you like it was your fault he slept with her, absolutely careless if you ask me. If it wasn't for lacrosse season I would've contacted his parents and have him shipped off to military school for real."

"What? You can't do that."

"Hm, I could." He smirked. "My family knows his as our fathers were once coworkers and they kept in touch, basically anything I tell them about him could go straight to his Dad."

"..."

"Still, I wouldn't do that to you since you love him more than me."

"Hm, I never said that." Naruto immediately defended. "I was just saying that out of concern for how the others might feel if he's gone, you know I love you."

"You do?"

"Yeah."

"So kiss me then."

"What? But Rock Lee is in the room."

"So? You can't love me publicly? Am I just some secret to you?"

Naruto was conflicted, he didn't want to disappoint Sasuke but at the same time he didn't want to do such a thing in the presence of one of his friends. He wasn't comfortable doing such a thing as yet, even with Kiba who understood why and went with his wishes of not displaying public affection.

Though this time was a different task, as Sasuke and him weren't even official as yet and nobody else know of his argument with Kiba, besides Sasuke.

But for the sake of peace, he agreed to just do it.

Naruto sat upwards in bed and gazed into Sasuke's eyes as he leaned closer to him. The ravenette smiled seeing him complying with his desires and eagerly leaned in to capture his lips.

Naruto assumed it was a small peck, but Sasuke hands wrapped around his waist and his body leaned more into him. He lapped and sucked at Naruto's bottom lip as the blonde went back into laying position with Sasuke hovering over him tracing his tongue over his lips.

Naruto complied further and opened his mouth allowing his tongue access to graze inside causing the blonde to feel dazed from the unfamiliar sensation that he struggled to maintain as he glanced to the side and saw Lee still sound asleep. He feared he would wake up and see them, but that didn't seem to bother Sasuke as he was fully engrossed in devouring Naruto right now and here.

Sasuke kneeled between Naruto's legs without separating their lips. His hands touched slid under his shirt and touched every inch of his body, scratching his sides and pulling at his nipples causing the blonde to moan between the kiss.

The exact sound Sasuke wanted to hear.

"Music to my ears." He teased as he took Naruto's hands and guided them under his shirt while looking down at him.

"Touch me like you want me for yourself." He smirked as he bit his bottom lip and watched Naruto caress his abs.

Sasuke smiled seeing the aroused and agitated look on Naruto's face. He knew he wasn't thinking about Kiba now in the slightest and that only he occupied his mind now. He leaned back down and began sucking at the blonde's neck while Naruto's hands felt his chest and pulled at his nipples.

He felt so helpless underneath him, like a prey waiting to be devoured.

In the midst of the action Sasuke managed to lift his legs above his, slowly opening the blonde up to him as he patiently planned out what to do next.

"Ah, Sasuke..." He moaned under his breath as Sasuke lifted his shirt and suck his nipple.

Naruto kept moving his waist not realizing that he was grinding down on Sasuke member as all the pleasing sensations combined were distracting him from his surroundings. He loved it, being touch by him like this, taking it slow like this and having each other like this was driving him insane.

It had almost felt familiar to him, but it wasn't Sasuke he had experienced this with.

Was this what he had he had wanted all along?

"Hm? Sasuke?" Naruto questioned as he finally realized what's happening.

Throughout his indulgence with all the good feelings and self questioning he had not realized that he was now half naked underneath the ravenette and was currently being jerked off as Sasuke pressed their cocks together and pumped them slowly.

"Sasu-"

"Shh, don't wake Lee, remember, ha?" He chuckled as he throw his head back and curled his toes as his sensitive tip rubbed against Naruto's and made him all the more aroused.

Naruto covered his mouth to hide his moans as Sasuke continued to stroke both their cocks. He was eager but also afraid, afraid of being caught and afraid of things leading to something more than just rubbing themselves together. He knew Sasuke was the type to go all the way and judging by the lust in his eyes this time was no exception.

"You're so sexy, Naruto."

"Don't hide your moans from me, let me hear you say my name."

"Look how wet you are, don't try to hide it from me."

Sasuke continued to compliment him as his hands scratched at the blonde's belly, pushing up his shirt every time he tried to pull it down to cover himself.

"It's okay, baby. You can open up to me, I'll make us both feel good." He promised as he leaned over and sucked on his neck again, causing his legs to pull back and spread even wider for the ravenette.

"Mh, Sasuke..." Naruto whispered, trying to keep his voice down as to not wake Rock Lee, but the more Sasuke advanced was the more his arousal was being replaced by fear.

Sasuke ignored his calls and continued doing as he pleased. He coated his fingers with their precum and while Naruto was open and available he slid his hand down and allowed his wet digits to craze his entrance as he continued reapplying the hickies to his neck and adding new ones to his chest.

"Sasuke wait..." He tried but still no acknowledgement from the ravenette.

"Don't worry, baby. I'll make it better than he ever did." He replied before forcing his finger into Naruto whose body was far too uncomfortable to allow him to enter.

"Sasuke..."

"Sasuke..."

"Sasuke please!" He finally yelled, causing him to stop as the pair looked over at Rock Lee who still laid there sound asleep.

Sasuke sat up and looked down at him in irritation and confusion.

"I'm not ready."

"What?"

"I said, I'm not ready. For this, it's just all too soon."

"Since when weren't you ready? You were ready before."

"That was then, this is now." Naruto replied as he sat up and retrieved his shorts to cover his private area.

"So what? Is that before or after you and Kiba fucked?"

"What? We never fucked."

"Are you lying to me?"

"No, I'm not."

"Then what was he talking about at school."

"He was just bluffing. We've done things, but we haven't had sex yet, I wasn't ready and he didn't want to force me..."

"..."

"I'm sorry for making you all worked up over nothing."

"No, it's fine." Sasuke replied as he got off the bed and fixed his member back into his pants. "It's no big deal at all."

"You're not mad that I gave you blue balls."

"Tsk, baby, don't call it that." He replied in disgust. "It's just I wish you had told me that before."

"What difference would it have made?"

"Why didn't you tell me before hand that you weren't ready?" Sasuke asked, ignoring Naruto's questions.

"I tried to but you seemed really into it and I was afraid that you might be upset like before."

"I wouldn't be upset if you didn't want to have sex, I mean I get it that you're not ready and that it's something that you have to warm up too. I just thought we were enjoying it."

"I was! Don't get me wrong and if it was when I'm ready then I'll enjoy it too, we both will."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive." Naruto promised with a smile. "In the meantime if you want we can always test other things."

"Hm, you can bet your cute smile on that." Sasuke chuckled as he fixed Naruto's hair. "Well then, I should probably let you get your sleep."

"Oh, you could stay with me if you want too."

"No, it's probably not the best idea. Rock Lee, might wake up soon anyway and I know you want to keep things private for now."

"Oh yeah, right."

"Yeah, so I'll see you around then." Sasuke replied as he kissed his cheek and got off the bed. "See you later."

"Bye."

As he opened the door and was about to step outside Shikamaru passed by while brushing his teeth and noticing Sasuke leaving the room. Both him and Naruto locked eyes as he looked at him in disbelief and confusion on the other hand though Sasuke didn't care and ignored him, closing the door in his face and looking at Shikamaru for five seconds before they both went their separate ways in the hall.

"Fuck..." Naruto sighed as he threw himself back down on the pillow and mentally cursed himself. "For someone who doesn't want to be involved he sure sees a lot."

"Can this trip get any fucking worse?"

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Later on Naruto still hadn't come out of his room. The others were concerned that he might not be feeling well so Hinata opted to make him soup along with Rock Lee, Shino and Kankuro.

Meanwhile someone else was on her own personal mission of getting to the bottom of all this.

Naruko had been asking around if anyone had picked up on anything being wrong with Naruto, but everyone declined such a thing. She didn't bother asking Temari or Kauri as she was desperate but not that desperate, nor Gaara cause she knew they'd be on to her and she couldn't risk that and finally not Menma because she wanted him to come to her first.

"It's time to flip over TenTen." Neji instructed as he sat on the beach chair next to her with an umbrella.

"Already? Is it even catching?" TenTen asked.

"Of course it is. Just like the instructions say." He lied as he's been rubbing sunscreen on her body the whole time.

"Are you sure? Because it doesn't feel like I have a tan."

"Would I lie to you?"

"To prevent me from getting sun burnt? Yes, you would." She replied, causing Gaara and Neji to chuckle while Naruko smiled softly. "Don't think I don't smell the lavender."

"It's for me, ha."

"You already have an umbrella what do you need sunscreen for? Do you want to die?"

"Can't blame a guy for caring about his beautiful girlfriend's skin, can you?"

"I'd be even more beautiful with a tan, no?"

"Nah, you're already perfect the way you are."

"Pfft, don't say such things like that." She blushed while hiding her face as Neji sprinkled hot sand onto her back causing her to squeal.

"Ha, you want a tan but is too afraid of heat."

Naruko had gone into her thoughts again, placing down her book as she stared at the window to the room that Naruto was in. She saw him for a moment looking out before disappearing.

She knew he wasn't sick, no matter what he told the others, he couldn't fool her.

"Lost in thoughts by your novels again?" Gaara asked as he laid next to her and rubbed circles in her back.

"Hm, the main character is at the conflicted scene, she doesn't know whether she should choose the lead lover and follow her dreams or the second lead lover and make her family happy." She smiled as she turned and looked at him. "Who would you pick?"

"Hm? What if you had to pick between me or another guy?"

"Yeah."

"Ha, it could be just me and me."

"Haha well, I'm sure I'd love to be with you on my own terms and follow my own path as well, but knowing that my family accepts you is also a major bonus." Naruko replied as she thought about it for a moment. "It would be a hard choice to choose from."

"Not really."

"What do you mean?"

"It's either you want to be happy for yourself, or be happy for other people, in this case your family." Gaara explained. "I think it's just a way to make the main character question just what's more important to her, her own happiness or the happiness of others."

"Hm, but she loves them both."

"No, she loves one because she loves him, but she loves the other because of her family. Once she's able to identify that her answer will be simple." He advised her as they stared at each other and she couldn't help but smile.

"Hm, have I mentioned that I love the way you think."

"Ha, not as often as I like."

"Tsk, be quiet." She laughed as she leaned over and pecked his lips.

"OI, GAARA!" Shikamaru called, drawing the attention of the pair as he signaled for him to come over.

"Hm? Be right back."

"Okay." Naruko smiled as he kissed her on the forehead and ran over to him.

"Those two have gotten close." Neji commented.

"Right! Seems like Temari's husband will be one of the groomsmen at your wedding, Naruko." TenTen teased.

"Haha, as long as she's not there a whole colony of fire ants could be apart of the ceremony." She replied causing the pair to laugh wholeheartedly.

"Ha, so it's just down to who will be the best man among those three." Neji joked. "But I've definitely seen Naruto hangout more with Gaara than Shikamaru."

"No he does, it's just not as often as we think cause I know they watch shows late at night together when Gaara is asleep." TenTen replied.

"Huh? Shikamaru and Naruto are close?" Naruko asked while looking at the pair in confusion.

"Yeah, for a while now the three of them have been close. I like to see it, having little to no drama in the group is so much more peaceful." He explained.

"Tell me about it." TenTen agreed.

"I'll be right back." Naruko replied as she had obtained new information.

She got up from the pair and walked over to where Gaara had met Shikamaru. She hid behind a wall to ensure that she wasn't seen and cocked her ear to listen as best as she could.

"I still can't believe it."

"I'm telling you, Gaara. Somethings up with him and if he continues like this he's gonna get hurt."

"You're telling me."

"Does Kiba know?"

"Not sure he's been out since yesterday, Choji said he saw him walk to the docks and said he needed to clear his head."

"He definitely knows something then."

"You should try talking to him."

"Me? You were right there in the action. Why didn't you say something?"

"You know why, besides I don't wanna be involved too much."

"He's our friend, Shikamaru. We'll have to get involved whether we want to or not."

"Then can you go ahead and get involved with handing him the soup Hinata has been slaving away in the kitchen to make? Cause he's not opening up to anyone right now."

"I'll try, but I didn't want to leave Naruko too long."

"Don't worry I'll tell her your busy helping our brother out."

"Brother, eh? Legion of-"

"Don't start, just go." Shikamaru smiled as he fanned Gaara off and gestured for him to go inside.

"Hm, alright then."

Naruko was beyond confused now but at least she knew something was up. Her suspicions were that it did involve Kiba and she was right, now it just all came down to what role he played in it and nobody wanted to answer that and as much as she didn't want to pry.

Maybe asking someone who didn't want to get involved was her next course of action. So as Shikamaru stepped of the steps and looked out on the beach to look for her.

She came from her hiding spot and confronted him.

"Shikamaru?" She called.

"Hm? Oh Naruko, I was just looking for you to-"

"Before you tell me that. I have a question."

"What's that?"

"What's wrong with Naruto?"

Shikamaru paused and pursed his lips. He knew eventually things would've lead to this but he had hoped that it wouldn't have involved him, he could've lied but that would've been troublesome later and judging by what happened next, later might be sooner than he thought.

"Not that I'm ease dropping or anything but, what does she mean what's wrong with Naruto?" A familiar voice behind Naruko asked startling the blonde and making Shikamaru sigh in frustration as Menma appeared with drinks in hand.

"Menma? What are you doing?" Naruko asked.

"Gaara said to give you this, but I'm more curious about the question you're asking Shikamaru about our brother." He replied as he looked to Naruko who then looked to Shikamaru.

"Tsk, what a drag."

Later that day as the sun began to set and night came along Naruto had successfully avoided everyone, he only came out to use the bathroom and went right back to the room without a single disturbance.

Not even Sasuke visited him since this morning and neither has Kiba since yesterday afternoon.

He couldn't blame them though, he told them he was sick so what was the point of seeing anyone.

Still, he wished that he would've came.

"Naruto?" A familiar voices called as she knocked at the door.

"Sakura?" He asked.

"Yeah, is it okay if I come in?"

"I'm sick."

"It's fine." She replied as she opened the door to reveal she had came prepared. "I brought masks with me just in case."

"Ha, I see."

"How are you feeling?" She asked as she entered and sat on Kiba's bed. "I asked the others and they didn't know if you had the flu or a cold."

"It's none of that. I just feel really down and weak." He lied, well in terms of being sick he lied but he truly did feel down and to some degree weakened.

"I see..."

"What brings you here this late though? I thought you'd all be out on the beach."

"Hm, the others just got back in and I had just finished rambling to Ino, ha. I only came this late too because I was with Sasuke the whole morning."

"..."

"What's wrong?" She asked seeing the look on his face.

"Ha, nothing." He lied. "I just felt like Hinata's soup just started digesting."

"Oh haha! Yeah she makes really good soup and I told her to add some things in there to help combat whatever virus was in your system." She explained.

"Ha, thanks." He smiled softly. "So you said you were with Sasuke all day? That's fantastic, you two are getting along now?"

"Ha, yeah I think so, because, wait I don't want to give too much information here especially cause I already told Ino, but bare with me." She beamed as could hardly control the smile on her face. "So after what I told you the other day and how I felt I was beginning to feel really hopeless especially with all the encouragement you gave me, which again, thank you so much for that."

"You're welcome."

"Yeah, so I had actually thought about talking to Sasuke and taking a break, but then I realized it felt like we were already on a break because he had just been so distant with me lately and I had enough of it and thought about what you said and I do deserve better. So that was my plan, but the other day he came into the room while Sai and Ino were gone and he approached me and grabbed me and started kissing me and showing me this abundance of affection, he was clearly aroused because I could literally feel it against my leg." She explained as she touched her thigh.

"Then one thing lead to another and we ended up having sex and he did not hold back. It's been a long time since we were that intimate and then he held me and told me how much he loved me and told me I was the only one for him and nobody could compete with me, you know, the usual sweet nothings boyfriends tend to whisper, ha."

"Then we talked a little bit and I fell asleep in his arms and when I woke up he wasn't there but texted me that he loved me again."

"It was all just like something out of a romance movie." She smiled as the memories came flooding back to her.

Naruto couldn't really process how to feel on the other hand. He knew that it must've been after he had almost had sex with Sasuke that morning but what exactly could he do about it.

Based on Sakura's words it didn't seem like Sasuke had the intention to leave her, and it wasn't like he had Kiba to run back to and the necklace on his nightstand was physical proof of that.

"I'm glad you two are doing okay again, Sakura." He replied feeling very bittersweet.

He was happy for her, but at the same time she didn't know the full story of what was going on right behind her back and if she did, she wouldn't be able to be this nice to Naruto.

"Thanks, but enough about me now. How are you and Kiba?" She asked. "I thought he would've been in here with you locked up, ha. But the others said he's at the docks."

"Um, we're okay so far. I just didn't want him to catch what I had so I told him to go have fun while he still can." He lied.

"Awe, you're so caring towards him. I like that about you, you're always so caring about other people."

"Yeah..."

"But don't go overboard okay. People who care too much about others tend to care the least about themselves and everyone deserves self love."

Naruto thought it was ironic hearing that from her, but he wasn't one to talk, he was with her boyfriend again after having his own that he chased away because he believed he willingly cheated on him.

"Thanks, I'll try not too." He promised as he shared a soft smile with her which opposed the genuine smile that she showed him.

Naruto didn't know what was next to come, but as for now what he did know was leaving Sasuke wasn't an option that he wanted to consider.

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