Only Fools Fall For You (SasuNaru)

✨ Part 19 ✨

"Well, now I'm here."

He couldn't help but smile. When Shikamaru was around he did feel a lot more assured.

"I'm... confused all the time. No matter what I do it's always the wrong thing."

"As uncomfortable as it is to ask, did it feel wrong when you kissed him?"

"N-no..." he stammered, feeling his face flush. "It got... hazy." His skin began to feel hot again.

"Did you ever think that you could be in love with him?"

"WHAT?!" he exclaimed as he jumped slightly with a mortified expression. "Are you kidding? Sasuke? There's no way I could be in love with him!"

Shikamaru shrugged as he closed his eyes. "Whatever floats your boat."

"Or sinks it," he muttered as he dug through his bag. "Did you leave my sleeping clothes on my bed?"

"Probably, I went in to grab your bag. That was it. Sasuke isn't there if you want to take a quick look."

He groaned softly. "Alright. I'll be right back." He walked across the hall and opened the door to the empty room with a dejected sigh as he grabbed the clothes from his bed. It would be a couple of days before he would set foot in here again. How long was he expected to stay away from Sasuke when they were technically supposed to room together? He stood for a moment in the darkness, staring at his empty bed with an agonizing feeling in his stomach.

"Naruto? I thought you weren't supposed to be here for a while." He whirled around instantly to see Sasuke emerge from the bathroom wearing only a pair of dark jeans and his hair was still wet and fell in a disheveled mess against his face. Goddamnit, Shikamaru didn't bother to consider the bathroom.

"I forgot my sleeping clothes," he whispered as he held onto them even tighter. He remembered the kiss he had shared with Neji and his face flushed a deep red.

"Are you okay?" the Uchiha asked hesitantly.

"It's nothing... I... I talked to Neji about you and Hinata."

There was an unmistakable look of grief displayed in Sasuke's expression as he spoke. "He told you?"

Naruto nodded as he swallowed the lump in his throat, failing to mention how he also suffered rejection from the Hyuuga.

"That's not all."

"What?" he stammered, losing his train of thought as Sasuke came closer. "How did you know?"

"I didn't," he countered more firmly as he grabbed Naruto's chin. "What happened?"

It must have been those eyes again. He stood there, unmoving, before those dark shades of black feeling the truth dance at the tip of his tongue. "He... kissed me," he answered numbly.

"He what?" Sasuke spat, his hold on the younger boy's chin became tighter.

Why did he feel the need to apologize?

"Did you ever think that you could be in love with him?"

He tried to shake his head. "Let go of me!"

"Why would you let him do that?"

"I said let go of me!" Naruto cried out more desperately as he was finally able to push away from Sasuke only to fall back onto his bed.

There was no time for him to sit up or protest before Sasuke was upon him, straddling his waist as his hand came over the blond's mouth forcefully. "What the hell do you think I've been doing?" his voice hissed dangerously close to Naruto's ear and he shuddered visibly. "Sometimes I wonder if this is some sort of twisted game to you."

A game to him? He was joking right? This entire time he was left in the dark about how Sasuke was feeling and sometimes came to the conclusion that he must not have cared at all, and now he was the one being accused of playing games?

"Hmnn!" He tried to shout out as he writhed furiously beneath him, not even managing to throw a punch that did any significant damage to the other boy. When he removed his hand he began to shout out his protest but was cut short once again as Sasuke's lips captured his.

Excited shivers ran down his spine as he moved his tongue vehemently to invade his mouth. He let out a pleased sigh as Sasuke's tongue fought against his almost playfully while he began to move against him more gently. His mouth was soon overtaken by a sweet numbness when he realized that he, at some point, wrapped his arms around the other boy's neck. What the fuck am I doing? He shut his eyes as his arms brought the raven closer to him.

He was done denying what Sasuke's touches were doing to him and from the moment he had fallen back and seen the look in the other's eyes, he knew that they weren't turning back. No one was there to tell him otherwise.