AN: Ok guys, here it is at long last (assuming there are still those of you out there who are reading this XD). The final chapter of Trouble Sleeping. No, I didn't die. I think I'm just horrible at doing things I say I'm going to :(
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"Ahh…" Sasuke let out a long, content sigh.
Steamy hot water splashed lazily over his grimy skin, and he scrubbed furiously at himself, shivering at the sensation of finally getting clean. God, he would never, ever, ever in a thousand million years take being clean for granted again. It felt so sinfully good.
He reached for the shampoo and squeezed some into his hand before generously applying the frothy substance to his hair, lavishing in the bliss as he massaged his scalp. It felt so damn good. Absently, his thoughts drifted to the blonde currently fast asleep in Sasuke's bed, snoring without a care in the world, completely unaware of the fact that he just caused Sasuke at least two more days struggle and two more days without missions. He scowled. Damn it all, Uchiha Sasuke did not take well to this babysitting business. Was he even getting paid? He sure as hell hoped so.
"Ha ha, hey Sasuke, you look kind of like a pissed off poodle right now, with all that soap and crap in your hair."
What…. The hell? There was no way Naruto could be awake already, he hadn't woken up this quickly before, it had always taken hours. He remembered with contempt having to lay dormant under the heavy blonde while the boy slept on unaware. He just couldn't be awake yet. Seriously, please, please let him not be awake yet.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open. Oh yeah, Naruto was awake. Awake and standing in his bathroom, holding the shower curtain and grinning at an unclothed Uchiha. Shit. He shouldn't have opened his eyes. Ow, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap that hurt. "Shit!"
Naruto cocked his head to the side, confused. "Ah.. Sasuke… are you alright?"
No he was not alright. He was definitely not alright. God, it hurt, it hurt, make the stinging stop. Calmly, so as not to allow Naruto to see his obvious discomfort, he snarled very softly and attempted to hide the grimace threatening to show itself. "I. Have. Soap in my eyes."
Naruto snickered. "Then wash it out, stupid."
It was one thing to be called stupid. It was another to be called stupid by stupid. Sasuke growled again. He briefly debated ignoring the blonde's advice just to be contrary, however the soap really did sting and his eyes were starting to dry out. He reluctantly turned back to the spray of the shower and ducked his head under, rubbing furiously at his abused eyes. This... was not helping.
Giggling at the opportunity to best Sasuke at something even so trivial as this, Naruto reached out and tapped the other on the shoulder. "Hey, Sasuke, hey, you're not gonna get it out that way. You're just rubbing it in more."
Sasuke snarled a wet, gurgly snarl, muffled slightly by the water. "Well then, dobe," he gritted out, "what do you suggest?"
Naruto shook his head wisely, "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke."
He reached out and gently grasped Sasuke's face, ignoring the water that was soaking the sleeves of his orange jacket and turning the ebony haired boy's face back into the water's reach. Naruto tilted his friend's face up and swatted away the rogue hands that tried to brush the wet from sore eyes. "Nuh uh, you gotta let it wash out."
He let go after a moment and Sasuke stepped back, wiping at his face and blinking stupidly for a moment, before deciding that Naruto's idea had actually been superior for once (though he wouldn't admit that out loud) and finally allowing his eyes to adjust to his surroundings.
His surroundings just so happened to include a half opened shower curtain, a floor being flooded by water because of this half opened shower curtain, and a half wet Naruto, who was staring innocently at a naked Sasuke. Sasuke growled once more. Why was it that Naruto was not still asleep, again? Oh yeah, he didn't know in the first place. Better yet, why was Naruto in his bathroom while he was showering? No, he didn't know the answer to that one, either.
He would not, however tempting as it might be, pry the answers from Naruto in a painful manner, as per his initial instinct. No, he would ask, calm, cool and collected, and he would thus receive an answer in a civilized manner. The boy had helped him; he deserved at least the chance to explain himself. "Why the hell are you awake, idiot?"
Tact, thy name is not, was not and never shall be Sasuke. "Ah... I, uh, woke up I guess?" He looked around uncomfortably, not quite sure why he was being interrogated.
Not the answer Sasuke had been expecting, but he hadn't really been expecting anything in the first place. Anyways, he supposed that Naruto wouldn't really be able to explain why he was awake much better that the Uchiha himself.
"Alright, then why are you in my bathroom?" Sasuke glared, he couldn't get out of this one nearly as easily, now could he?
"I had to… go to the bathroom," Naruto was giving him a look that screamed 'why am I stating the obvious?'
"So you decided to peek into my shower?"
Naruto shrugged and grinned, trying to look cute and innocent and succeeding only in looking mildly adorable and horribly guilty. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever, just let me get clean in peace, dobe."
He didn't care why Naruto decided to look into his shower, he didn't care that the idiot was awake, he didn't care that he'd be stuck watching over a hopefully awake Naruto (and this freaked him out slightly, as he'd never really hoped he'd have to see Naruto awake before now), all he cared about was his shower and peace. Please, God, let him shower in peace.
"But Sasuke… I'm dirty," maybe that peaceful shower was completely unattainable.
Ok, so maybe any peace was completely unattainable when Naruto was involved. All he wanted was a normal life, getting normal missions so he could go out and kill people like a normal ninja. This was not normal. No, babysitting was normal for a 15 year old girl. It was neither normal nor acceptable for a teenage boy.
Sasuke's teeth audibly ground together, and his eyes narrowed. Water still cascaded over half of his body but he paid it no heed. Instead, he focused his attention on the blonde in front of him and not becoming worked up enough to provoke Naruto. He was awake and by God he would stay awake.
"Go put your necklace back on," he pointed to the sink where he had emptied his pockets before stepping out of his pants and into the shower.
Naruto gave him a strange look but complied anyway. He walked over and slipped the necklace around his neck once more, sealing off his charka for, hopefully, a final time. "But Sasuke, I'm still all nasty and dirty and sweaty and stuff, and I feel gross," He pouted over his shoulder at the now closed curtain and the shadow behind it that was Sasuke.
A head poked out from behind the curtain, finally devoid of the last remnants of soap that had been clinging to the black strands. Sasuke did not want to deal with this. "Then take off your clothes and get in here," the finalization of the ruining of his shower.
He sighed, watching idly as Naruto tugged off his jacket and the white shirt underneath. Although, Sasuke thought to himself, maybe not completely ruined. He hid a small grin as Naruto stumbled out of his pants and was left standing in the middle of the bathroom, awkwardly looking at anything but Sasuke's face, in his boxers.
"Er, you know, I kind of meant that maybe you had another shower or something somewhere, it's a pretty big house," Right, of course that's what he meant.
"Right. Whatever, get in here before the water goes cold," Sasuke shot him a disbelieving smirk and pulled his head back into the water.
Naruto had enough sense to look embarrassed before he hooked his hand into the waistband of his boxers, jerked them off and stepped closer to the silhouette of Sasuke and the sound of running water. He took a deep breath before pulling back the curtain, stepping in and closing it once more. "Uh, hey Sasuke, wassup?"
Sasuke's smirk was still firm on his face as he tossed a bar of soap to Naruto and turned around to once again rinse his hair, as clean as it was already, if only to hide the slight blush that was trying to make itself known. He would not blush, he told himself; it was not manly. It was not tough and it was not the way of a true ninja. Blushing was for little girls, and he already had far too much in common with said little girls having to baby-sit Naruto.
Of course, it wasn't very manly to be… showering with another male, either. Ah well. He had already surrendered that battle. Sasuke once more moved to face Naruto before promptly turning right back towards the water, this time honestly blushing. Alright, he was a sissy little girl, he admitted. But damn it, Naruto was hot and he was washing himself and Sasuke didn't know how long he could last without pouncing and letting the world know that maybe he wasn't as in control of himself as he liked to imagine.
A tap on the shoulder and Sasuke visibly flinched. "Uh, Sasuke… you alright? Got more soap in your eyes or something?"
Sasuke shook his head and bit his lip. Naruto was behind him. Naruto was touching his shoulder. Naruto was wet, behind him, touching his shoulder, buck-ass naked and it was all his fault. It really was strange how fast his emotions could change.
"Er, Sasuke… yeah maybe this was a bad idea. I'll be out in the bedroom, kay?"
Oh darn it all, he hadn't meant to freak Naruto out, too. He was just a bit overwhelmed. And Sasuke wasn't very good with dealing with overwhelming feelings, or any feelings in general, really. He turned back yet again to face Naruto and grabbed the blonde's arm before he could step out of the shower.
"Don't go."
Naruto grinned, "Oh Sasuke, I didn't know you cared about me."
"I don't, dobe. You'll get my bed all wet."
Naruto scowled at this, but before he could reply, Sasuke tugged him forward and into a very wet, very slippery kiss. He fingered the chain around the blonde's neck, pulling on it gently to keep Naruto from moving away. Uzumaki Naruto, however, needed no convincing to stay put. He moved one hand to the wall to steady himself and shyly placed his other on Sasuke's shoulder, kneading gently as Sasuke nibbled lightly on his lower lip.
It was a few desperate moments before they pulled away panting. "C'mon, let's get out of here, the water's getting cold," Sasuke's voice was hoarse, and he cleared his throat self-consciously.
Naruto nodded dumbly, not paying much attention. He leaned in for another kiss, which Sasuke obliged him before gently pushing towards the edge of the tub. The blonde stepped out, followed closely by his counter part, who reached for a couple of towels, threw one at the Kyuubi-holder and started to absentmindedly towel off his own hair.
They avoided eye contact throughout the entire ordeal, and by the time they reached the bedroom, Sasuke in just the cloth he had used to dry himself and Naruto back in his slightly damp boxers, the blonde couldn't take it anymore. "Hey, Sasuke,"
The Uchiha turned. And was tackled. He fell back into the mattress with Naruto atop him, a shocked look stuck on his face, which quickly melted to contentment and pleasure as Naruto began where they had left off in the cold shower.
Tapering off, Naruto buried his face into the side of Sasuke's neck and Sasuke locked his arms around the blonde's waist at the lull in activity.
"Maybe we should just like, stay in here for a few days."
Sasuke would have given him a look of disbelief had he been able to see his face. Isn't that what they had been trying to do? Wasn't Naruto the one who had just simply needed to run to his apartment and get "necessary things" he couldn't get at Sasuke's ? Wasn't it Naruto who had gotten into the fight with Kiba, who was probably still back at Naruto's apartment building trying to figure out what exactly had happened?
"Yeah, sure, dobe. Sounds good to me," Whatever, it wasn't worth arguing over.
"Hey, Sasuke?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, glad the blonde couldn't see his face, "Yeah, what?"
"Think I could like, stay here?"
"…What exactly are you doing right now?"
"I mean for uh, longer than a couple days."
Woah, wait a minute. He wanted to move in? Didn't that normally come after the first date?
Naruto took in Sasuke's silence and quickly tried to make himself clear, "I mean, not like because I like you like that or anything. But because isn't it kind of lonely living alone with no family and stuff? And I know that I've been asleep most of this time and stuff, but you're pretty cool and… er.."
"Yeah, sure idiot. You can move in. But you're paying rent and we aren't going to go get your stuff until this stupid jutsu thing is finished with."
Why not? He liked Naruto, even though he was sure it wouldn't be more than a few days before he was ready to stab his ears out. Maybe it was a mistake, but he supposed it couldn't hurt to give it a try.
Naruto lifted his head, looking Sasuke in the eyes, excitement and nervousness obvious. "Really? Are you sure?"
Once again Sasuke rolled his eyes. He pushed Naruto back down to his previous position, telling himself that it was to shut the blonde up and not because he had liked Naruto snuggling into him. "Yes, I'm sure. Now shut up for awhile, will you? Or I might change my mind."
Naruto chortled happily before licking Sasuke's neck. Sasuke's only response was to roll over and pin Naruto to the bed with a little 'hmph.'
"What the- Hey! Damn it Sasuke! I can't move!"
Sasuke turned his head a little to the side so he could better see Naruto's enraged face.
Sasuke grinned, "Payback, dobe."
AN: Did I ever mention I've never, ever finished a fic before? Yep, this is my first (if you don't count that 2 part thing I did, and I don't)XD Review please, I'd love to hear whether or not you all think the last chapter was up to par or completely lacking.