Warning: Hetero sex talk. Do I need a warning for that? XD

Chapter twenty-three: hot tubbing

(Monday/Tuesday)

Naruto gives up on looking for his spare trunks and instead leaves for his father's bedroom only to shows up in a few minutes with a triumphant grin and a pair of black shorts.

Sasuke is still in the chair with his arms crossed.

"Hopefully these will fit. You want to go try them on?"

"Fine," Sasuke rises and takes the swimsuit with him into the bathroom.

They're a little snug but after he fiddles with the drawstring, the teen finds a comfortable fit. Exiting the room, he finds already half-naked Naruto offering a towel.

Sasuke eyes the new happy trail that disappears into the orange and black swimwear. He notices that while Naruto doesn't have defined abs, his stomach and chest are pretty toned. Then there are those delicious little indents in those collar bones he wants to dip his tongue into...

"Do you think your father will care if I borrow these?" he asks, mostly as a way to distract himself. He sees Naruto without a shirt every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, this shouldn't be anything new. Okay, maybe he's not close enough in the locker room to see each and every little line sculpting the lovely caramel-colored skin. Not to mention, it's considered a taboo to ogle naked guys in the locker room but that doesn't mean he hasn't glanced discreetly out of the corner of his eye.

"Nah, probably not." The Namikaze goes to the closet and pulls out some black flip flops. He tosses them into Sasuke's chest. "Try these."

Taking the distraction, he drops the sandals he just caught onto the floor. Surprisingly, they fit decently.

Naruto must catch the small shift in his eyebrow. "I thought so."

Sasuke looks up to find a small smile on the attractive face. "We wear about the same size in shoes now, too."

It's stupid. Incredibly so. But he can't help but feel a pleased bubble swell in his stomach from the comment. It's so trivial but it's one more thing they have in common, another thing to connect them. Sasuke would take all that he could get.

Naturally, he'll never tell anyone about the small sensation so he covers it up with a smirk. "About time. I was wondering if you were going to stay small forever."

"Shut up!" Naruto fails to cover up a grin as he leaves the room. Maybe he feels the same connection.

The two exit through the back and head for the large tub nestled near the left edge of the house next to an inactive fire pit. Naruto pulls off the cover of the tub and fiddles with some buttons on the side rim. Sasuke assumes they're for the temperature, bubbles, and other shit.

After a few more seconds of squinting and shivering in the dark, the blond sets his rolled towel on a nearby table and announces it's good to go. Kicking his flip flops under a tan lounge chair, Naruto wastes no time climbing up the modern set of stairs and settling in.

With more finesse, Sasuke toes off the sandals and goes up the four steps. Hesitantly, he dips a foot in, stepping on a ledge. It's not scalding but it's pretty hot. The other foot follows.

Slowly, he walks over to his side and sits. The liquid instantly engulfs him with its heat, banishing all of the lingering chill.

Sasuke closes his eyes and tilts his head back with a sigh. The water is comforting and relaxing in a way he hasn't felt in a long time.

He takes a breath, feeling his lungs protest a bit at the hydrogen from the steam he's just inhaled. He needs to do this more often. There is a spot on his lower back that the jet is just hitting perfectly.

"Sasuke?"

He ignores the voice and scoots over a little more so he has two jets hitting him instead of one.

Embarrassingly, Sasuke feels the blood start pooling down south. He shifts his hips a little bit and opens his eyes to glare down at his traitorous dick.

He hears Naruto call his name again, more firmly this time, "Sasuke."

Swallowing, he glances back up and is slightly caught off guard. Naruto looks amused.

"You're practically purring. Do I need to give you some 'alone time'?"

"What?" Sasuke blames the heat of his cheeks on the and bubbling warmth rising off of the water.

"Hey, no need to be ashamed. It happens to the best of us." Despite his attempts at reassurance, Naruto's eyes are full of laughter.

"Shut. Up." Sasuke tilts his head back again. Besides, he's only a little hard. With a little focus and boner-killing thoughts, he'll be able to calm his body down to a normal state.

"Seriously though, If you need to jerk off right now, I'm okay with it."

Sasuke's eyes fly open. His brain stops. His lungs and heart quickly follow.

Reboot. Reboot. Reeebooot.

He takes a slow breath into his protesting lungs. Did Naruto just say what he thought he said? He wanted to watch him milk his cock? Because that was…sexy as fuck. But also didn't make sense.

Surely, he didn't say it because he had a desire to watch, right? Although, how else was Sasuke supposed to take it? Did he hear him wrong? Or maybe Naruto was talking about something else? Making a joke? Until that comment, Naruto hasn't shown any signs of liking boys. Not to mention the blond broke up with his girlfriend just a few hours ago. This was a complete 360.

Yeah, he probably heard him wrong.

"What?" is all he can choke out with wide eyes observing the teen in front of him.

Naruto lets out a mischievous laugh."Why are you so shocked? Sometimes Kiba brings over his porn videos and we get to jack off together. Of course, we never make eye contact 'cause that would be really awkward and all. It's happened once or twice when Shikamaru was over, too. It's a normal guy thing. You've never done anything like that?"

Sasuke forces down the 'what the fuck?' that wants to come out of his mouth. Normal? Was it normal for a bunch of straight guys to get together have a circle jerk? The Uchiha thought that was a thing limited to Sound. But then again, most everyone there was bisexual. Curious teenagers just trying to survive aren't exactly picky. Picturing their age group doing it here just seems weird.

The blond's expression falls a bit. "I guess that's something you never really did in Sound. I imagine most of your time was filled with doctors, training, and cages."

"I had my own room," he responds slowly, still reeling over possibilities. If Naruto was okay with him fucking his own hand while he was in the same room...It might be the closest he'd ever get to having sex with the blond. What was even crazier was that Sasuke couldn't believe he was actually considering it.

"Oh."

It's painfully silent as Naruto peers down at his hand.

In the meantime, Sasuke's brain keeps throwing fantasies at him. He wants, very very badly, to slide his hand down and work himself into completion. His cock has become fully hard by now and he had been given the green light. Apparently, Naruto didn't think it weird. His relationships with Kiba or Shikamaru didn't seem strained or felt off at any time. Maybe it would be the same for them.

He wants to. His knees spread further apart at the thought.

Movement catches the corner of his eye and the heat bubbling inside his stomach is quickly extinguished with the cold realization that they were outside with a USO camera on them and agents walking around.

Oh Shit! Shit, he almost lost focus. That would have been mortifying. This was definitely not the time or place. He was supposed to be acting as emotional support to a friend going through a breakup.

"You're more quiet than usual. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I should have known you'd be a total prude about it."

Sasuke stubbornly tilts his head to look up, pretending to study the stars.

"It's only weird if you make it," Naruto fidgets.

"There are people around. And my father has access to those cameras. What do you think our parents would say if they saw?"

This sparks an almost relieved laugh out of the blond. "True. Maybe next time, then."

"Hn," Sasuke refuses to admit that his grunt nearly sounds like a squeak. "Maybe."

"Anyway, you have to admit, it would be kind of funny."

"What would be funny?" Sasuke focuses on tracing the pattern of Ursa Minor, trying to will the tent in the borrowed swim trunks down.

Another revelation hits him like a train. Aw, fucckkking shit. These are Minato's used shorts. His dick is touching the same spot as the elder's...this thought process is not helping at all. He's been really distracted and unobservant since he came over. His focus has mainly been on Naruto and ignoring his surroundings.

He feels the water pushes along the edges as Naruto leans back to watch the night sky as well. "What's got you so distracted? I don't see anything."

"Stars. What would be funny?"

"You know, if my Dad came outside just to see you going at it."

Sasuke practically chokes. It's almost like Naruto is torturing him on purpose. "It would not be funny." That particular mental stimulation is going to be fueling his wet dreams for the next month.

"Sheesh, you're such a virgin."

"Virgin?" Sasuke lifts his head up as his eyes narrow. "I'm not a virgin. Besides, you're one to talk."

Naruto sputters, red spreading over his cheeks. It's about time for the blond to share some embarrassment, considering what they've been talking about. Sasuke is tired of the embarrassment being so one-sided.

However, Sasuke feels regret at the words as soon as he sees the other's expression. Naruto is trying to act tough but he can still sense the sting of the breakup under all those layers.

"I'm not a virgin, either!" Naruto shouts at Sasuke's shoulder.

"You're avoiding looking me in the eye, you're lying."

"I'm not!"

"You are!"

"I've had sex! Well...kind of."

Sasuke does not like where this conversation is going. "You either have had sex or you haven't. There isn't a 'kind of.'"

"Sakura and I," he pauses to let out a big sigh. "I mean, she gave me a blow job once."

"Doesn't count," Sasuke watches Naruto bring his foot up on the ledge to rest an arm on his knee.

"Whatever. Besides, when did you have sex?"

The Uchiha contemplates telling him. It was something he wants to brag about, having done something Naruto hasn't. At the same time, he isn't proud of how it happened. He doesn't regret losing his virginity to Kin but he had been young. And she ended up getting killed for it. Just thinking about it is making him nauseous.

At least his boner has gone away.

"Oh shit! Hey, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to," Naruto nervously sets his leg back down and leans forward a bit. "I mean, I've heard you say that Orochimaru never touched you but it's okay to admit-"

"Stop! Just stop! My God! Why does everyone always think that Orochimaru had a go at my ass?" Sasuke has to resist going over there and smacking the back of Naruto's stupid head. He settles for an Uchiha version of a pace palm.

"Sorry, you were just so quiet and serious. I just figured-well, you know he was a famous pedophile. So if it wasn't him, did someone else…?" the blond trails off, not able to finish.

"No," Sasuke quickly shoots the idea down. "Every time I've had sex it's been consensual. On both ends."

"So, you've had to more than once?" The blond's curiosity has him scooting closer.

The Uchiha is a little irradiated at giving more information then he meant to. "Yes."

"You know, most guys are proud of the fact. You're making the 'teeth-pulling face.'"

"Why are we talking about this, anyway?"

"Because I'm curious. So, who'd you give your virginity to?"

"She," Sasuke pauses, takes a deep breath and forces himself to continue. "She's dead. We met at the military facility in Sound."

"Dead? I-how did she…?"

His fists ball up, images of the dark room, Orochimaru holding him back, Kabuto grinning, all flood in.

A hand grabs and his knee and shakes it.

Brought back to reality, Sasuke turns to find Naruto sitting right next to him, eyes wide with concern. "Sorry, it was insensitive of me to ask. My fucking big mouth. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"You're bleeding."

Sasuke registers the sting from his top lip and coppery taste of blood. He licks it off and runs his tongue over the spot to see the damage. He's fine. It will heal in no time.

"Do want to talk about it?" Those big fucking blue eyes.

"No."

Naruto retreats and drags himself to stand, sounding a bit too much like an old man. "I'm here if you need me."

"I won't." Sasuke doesn't know why he says this. Maybe to convince himself. A large rock has decided to drop down in his stomach.

Anyhow, the words make Naruto flinch and give him a sad smile.

"Still. But yeah, I guess I'm heading back inside. You coming?"

"Hn." Not trusting himself with more words, he stands and follows Naruto out to their towels. The cold air is much more apparent than before as he unfolds the material and covers himself for warmth.

Naruto finishes drying off and quickly goes inside. Sasuke is right behind him. They end up in Naruto's room in their pajamas playing some first-person shooter game on the PlayStation 4.

In the silence, all Sasuke can feel is Naruto's disappointment. If it's with himself, Sasuke, or Sakura, he can't tell.

He takes a deep breath. He's done a miserable job at cheering up his friend. It's possible Sasuke has just made Naruto feel worse. So, the teen shoots someone in the head (in-game) and tentatively continues the conversation they left off on. "I slept with other people after her. A lot."

"Tch, 'a lot,'" Naruto mimics, tongue poking out of the side of his mouth as he pushes buttons on the controller. "Brag much?"

Relieved the blond was treating him like normal, he continues. "Probably more than your friends all put together."

"Our friends," Naruto corrects without a pause.

"Whatever," Sasuke takes down another bot.

"'Sides, that's not really saying much. None of the guys have gotten that far. Most of them don't even have girlfriends. I don't know about the girls, since they don't talk about those kinds of things, but I doubt they've done much."

"You'd be surprised. Girls can get just as horny as guys."

"You sound like Kiba," Naruto props himself off his stomach from the floor and sits back with his legs crossed, knees out. "But you're not wrong. Sakura was the one who pushed me into letting her blow me. 'Course, not that she needed to say more than a word to convince me. So far, I hadn't initiated anything because I thought she'd take it badly and punch me for being a pervert. Imagine my surprise when she dropped to her knees to pull my zipper down with her teeth. I tell you, getting a handjob is something, but a mouth is different all together. So tight and warm."

Sasuke knows. "Hn."

He doesn't bother to reply as he concentrates on his character sneaking around the house to find the fucker that's been shooting at him. He finally finds the guy in the last room he checks and takes him out. Going back outside, he searches for his next target.

Sasuke is content to let the conversation die. Naruto's body language is less stiff. Unfortunately, the blond has other ideas.

"So, what's it like?"

"Like you said, tight and warm," is his brief reply, trying to shut down future questions the other has.

"I know that! How fast did you cum the first time?"

"Tch, none of your business."

"It's totally my business. You're one of my best buds. I bet you came as soon as you put it in."

"I did not," Sasuke growls. Why is Naruto such a pervert?

"Okay, maybe you had time to thrust once or twice."

Keeping his eyes on the screen, Sasuke moves his foot and kicks Naruto in the leg. If the other didn't shut up, he'd show him exactly how long it took to cum. Still, if he didn't respond, Naruto would think he was right, which he wasn't.

"I lasted a couple of minutes. Now stop asking me questions and focus on killing our enemies."

"How big were her boobs?"

"Naruto, shut up. I mean it."

"Or what?" the blond pauses the game. "You going to beat me up?"

No, he'd toss him on the bed and fuck him into oblivion.

Shit. His dick perks up at the idea.

Sasuke leans down from the computer chair to yank the controller out of the blond's hands and unpause the game. "You're losing."

"Tell me what it's like," he whines, apparently have given up the game to tug at Sasuke's pant leg.

"Fine!" Frustrated Sasuke tosses his controller and swivels the chair to give Naruto a good glare. "If I tell you, you'll let the subject drop and not talk about sex for the rest of the night?"

The blond plops himself on the bed and nods his head. "Promise."

"Sex is…hard to describe. Honestly, if you've masturbated with a lot of lube that's basically what a pussy feels like minus the heat. Men feel tight-" Sasuke clicks his jaw shut.

Taking a look at Naruto, his eyebrows are practically in his hair. Thankfully, he doesn't look disgusted. "That's all you get. If you're so desperate for answers, look it up."

"Oh," is all Naruto says, nodding his head as if he doesn't realize what he's doing. "I-it makes sense why you were so reluctant to talk about it. It's okay if you like guys."

"I like both," Sasuke snaps. He's angry and, possibly, slightly relieved. He didn't think Naruto would, but still, a small part of him was scared that the other would reject him if he knew Sasuke's preferences.

"I'm sorry for teasing you earlier in the hot tub." Naruto seems to have gathered himself back together. "I didn't think-anyway, I'm sorry. I won't do it again."

"It's fine." Sasuke peers down to pick a hair of his black sweatpants. But it isn't fine. He wants to leave. He shouldn't have come over at all. It was a dumb decision. Naruto should have called someone else over.

Naruto's bed squeaks as he stands up, probably to pick up the controllers. Instead, a shadow falls over Sasuke's leg. Before he can look up, there are arms circling around his shoulders and a head resting on top of his. "Stop acting stupid. I don't care, it doesn't change anything."

Sasuke swallows, and closes his eyes, inhaling the smell of chlorine radiating off the blond. It's comforting. He allows this for a moment longer before pulling away and trying to recover his pride. "You're embarrassing."

Naruto steps back and rubs the back of his head. "Yeah, I seem to be really good at it."

"It's one of the only things you're really good at."

"Shut your pie hole, Uchiha. Now, finish this game with me. I'm going to kick your ass."

"We're on the same team, idiot." Sasuke rolls his eyes and picks up the controller, feeling lighter than he has in a long time.

A/N:

Whoop, and we'll stop it there. Sadly, this chapter didn't turn out exactly the way I had planned (it was supposed to be a little sexier). It's okay how it is though, I think. I didn't plan for Sasuke to get emotional, instead, he was going to be all sure and confident of himself. Eh, maybe my original version would have been a bit unrealistic. And they're teenagers, so Naruto didn't corporate either and ended up asking all these perverted questions about sex. Ah well, it's tagged a "slowburn" on AO3, so everyone will just have to be patient. Sasuke's scars run deep.

Next chapter will continue right where we left off.