AN: hello readers, this is like, my fifth time trying to write this particular story. I plan on it being a couple chapters. Seriously, it was like, fricken hard to write for some reason. I wanted my original plot to be different, but I think it was just too awkward. So ive taken some aspects from the original plot and revised. Hope you enjoy.

AU, OOC

WARNINGS: (mostly later) swearing, boy-on-boy, inappropriate behavior, angsty-ish

SasuNaru, (past)SasuIno, and other pairings to be mentioned in a later chapter

DISCLAIMER: razberii no own.

Forgive my mistakes, I has not a beta.

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Naruto woke up alone in his hotel room. His father's bed was empty but rumpled, letting Naruto know that he had been there sometime during the night. A note lay on the small bedside table that lay between the two full sized beds.

Son, I have another day of meetings today. Feel free to explore. My cell phone is on but please only call or text if it is an emergency. I've left my credit card for you. Be careful and have fun. Hopefully my workload will lighten up one of these nights and we can have dinner together. Maybe catch a movie? Love you. –Dad

"Credit caaard," Naruto sang as he snatched up the plastic and kissed it happily.

His father, Minato Namikaze, was the owner of a large company specializing in security and things of the like. During the school year, Minato's business trips were usually taken alone because of Naruto's schooling, but in the summer the young blonde accompanied the older man on most of his trips. Minato couldn't stand leaving his poor son home alone while he was traveling. It just didn't feel right to him. The sixteen-year-old didn't mind going on the business trips with his father. Sure, sometimes he got lonely just sitting around doing nothing, but now that he was getting older Minato was letting him do more on his own. Naruto was beginning to see the business trips as little vacations for himself.

Naruto showered quickly and came back out into the hotel room in his towel to look for something to wear. He guessed the day would be rather hot, since they were in California and it was the end of June so he pulled on a pair of blue and white board shorts and a white wife-beater tank top. He glanced at himself in the mirror and smirked. "Sexy," he muttered, ruffling his already messy blonde spikes.

He snatched his worn black backpack off the floor and shoved a towel and an extra pair of shorts in it along with his cell and father's card and headed for the door. He was feeling the beach today. The view from the hotel window had shown miles of white sand and glittering blue water, just what he needed.

Outside in the sweltering heat and blinding sun, Naruto slipped on some sunglasses and took a moment to scan the map the girl at the desk had given him. The boardwalk was basically shops and food stands and then there was the beach. If he waited until around two pm there would be a fair opening up at the end of the boardwalk.

Satisfied with his plans for the day—sit on the beach until the fair opened—he headed out over the white sand to find a place to lay his towel. He had a fleeting thought of how it might be a little lonely laying on the beach by himself, but he quickly pushed the thought aside. It wouldn't do him any good to start missing his friends now. He couldn't text them for a few hours anyway because of the time difference.

The blonde boy pulled off his white tank and stretched lazily, feeling a few appreciative eyes on his well-built torso. He liked to make use of the gyms found in the hotels he and his father stayed in.

After situating his belongings he turned to the couple stretched out near his towel and flashed them a blinding smile. "Hey, would you mind keeping an eye on my stuff while I go in the water?"

The woman smiled back. "Oh, sure, no problem."

"Thanks so much. I'm Naruto, by the way."

"It's nice to meet you, Naruto. I'm Kurenai and this is my husband, Asuma." Asuma grunted and saluted the teen boy.

"Cool. Thanks again, I should be back soon." He gave them a wave and bounded toward the water.

The cool liquid splashed over his shins and on his thighs as he hurried to find a spot deep enough to dive in. He dunked himself under and relished in the way the cold soothed his heated skin.

And for one brief moment he contemplated not resurfacing.

Naruto's head broke the surface and he took a deep gulp of air. Don't think about it, he told himself. Don't go there again. But as he looked out across the beach at all of the people talking and laughing with family and friends he couldn't help but feel the bitterness rising inside him.

Running his fingers through his wet hair, he decided he'd had enough water despite the fact that he'd just gotten in. He waded over to the shore, fighting with his negative thoughts the entire way.

He was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he didn't notice the young child he was about to step on until a rough voice snapped him from his reverie.

"Hey, dumbass, watch where you're walking!"

Naruto stopped short and looked over sharply. "Huh?"

A tall teenage boy stood, scowling, and walked over to him. Naruto tensed but at the last second the boy bent over and scooped up a small toddler and held the child against his chest. "You almost stepped on my kid, moron."

Cheeks flushed, Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "What kind of a father leaves his kid sitting alone on the beach."

"I was right there," the other shot back. "I wouldn't leave him alone."

"Sure, that's why you had to walk over here to get him."

The pale teen's face flushed crimson, "Listen—" he started, but was cut off by a high pitched whine.

"Dadaaa! Dow!" his son squirmed endlessly in his arms, trying to be released.

"Okay, Keisuke," the teen said, kneeling to place the little boy back on the wet sand.

Naruto looked down to watch the teen father interact with his son and was struck by… something, he wasn't sure what. He took a moment to really look at the two boys. The father was probably around his age, tall and slender with compact muscles under gleaming pale skin. A shock of dark hair and black eyes stood out against his pale complexion. His features were strong and angular, aristocratic even. The baby looked like his father in the area of pale skin and dark hair, but had the most intriguing eyes, Naruto found, as the small boy looked up at him. Naruto blinked, entranced by the toddlers black eyes that were speckled with bright blue.

The toddler grinned suddenly and laughed, holding his arms out to Naruto. "Up! Up!"

The father looked up, surprise clearly etched into his features.

Naruto shrugged. "May I?"

Narrowing his eyes slightly, the black-haired teen slowly shrugged, "Sure."

"Uuuup!"

Naruto knelt down and wrapped his big hands around the small body and raised it into his arms. The boy—Keisuke, if he recalled correctly—squealed again and wrapped his arms around Naruto's neck. "Hey buddy," Naruto laughed. He rubbed a hand over Keisuke's soft black hair and smiled at the boy's father. "Hey man, I'm sorry about earlier. I was lost in my own world. The name's Naruto."

"Apology accepted. I'm sorry I snapped. It's just…he's my son, yaknow. I'm Sasuke."

Naruto's smile brightened. He took another moment to look at the boy and noticed that he'd somehow missed the piercings the other boy had. Sasuke had three black studs in his right ear, a small glittering black jewel in his nose, and a silver hoop in his eyebrow. Sexy… Sliding his eyes a little lower Naruto noticed the swirling black tattoo on the boy's chest that said 'Keisuke'.

"Naruto…"

"Hm?" Naruto hummed in reply, examining Sasuke's abs with his eyes.

"I'm up here."

Naruto dragged his eyes up to Sasuke's glittering black ones. "You are, aren't you."

Sasuke nodded and reached for Keisuke who happily transferred himself from Naruto's arms to his father's. "Would you like to spend the afternoon with us, Naruto? I was going to take Kei to the fair before I have to take him to his mother's."

"Yeah, I would like that."

"Where's your stuff? We should go grab something to eat on the boardwalk. The fair will be expensive."

Naruto inclined his head in the direction of his towel and bag and motioned for Sasuke to follow. When they reached his place, Kurenai smiled up at him. "Welcome back, Naruto, and, oh, hello Sasuke. And little Keisuke!"

"Hi Ms. Kurenai, how are you?"

"I'm doing well, Sasuke. How's school? How's Kei?"

Sasuke shifted his son to his hip and shrugged. "Things are good. Kei's starting to get big, as you can see."

Kurenai nodded. "And how do you know Naruto?"

"The idiot almost stepped on Kei," Sasuke told her with a grimace.

"I apologized," Naruto reminded him as he repacked his bag.

"After you questioned my parenting skills."

"Yeah, yeah."

Asuma chuckled. "You boys seem to be getting along fine. Where are you headed?"

"Sasuke invited me to hang out with him and Keisuke today," Naruto declared with a bright smile.

The two adults tossed Sasuke unreadable glances before smiling once again and wishing the boys a fun time. Naruto and Sasuke started the trek back to the boardwalk in silence, listening as Keisuke laughed at nothing in particular.

"He's a little ball of energy isn't he?"

Sasuke sighed and shifted the squirming boy to his other side. "He gets it from his mother."

Naruto smirked. "Never would have guessed." He kicked some sand out of his sandals and fished in his bag for sunglasses. "How old are you?"

"Seventeen. I'll be eighteen soon though. You?"

"I'm sixteen. Not gonna be seventeen soon. You live here?"

"Yeah." Sasuke lifted his arm and pointed into the distance. "You see those houses up on that cliff?"

"What houses? I see only gigantic mansions that celebrities probably live in."

Sasuke snorted. "I live up there."

Naruto looked over at him in shock. "Are you a secret celebrity?"

"You're an idiot," the other boy replied. "No, I'm not. My parents just have money."

"What do they do?"

"My mom is an interior designer. Pretty top notch, she works with a lot of celebrities. My father is a businessman."

"Mine, too. That's why I'm here actually. Dad's on a business trip and in the summer he usually lets me tag along instead of leaving me at home by myself."

"Where's home?"

"New York."

Sasuke nodded and motioned to a small restaurant that they should go into. They were seated fairly quickly in a corner booth with a high chair for Keisuke, who was making as much noise as he possibly could. Sasuke rubbed his temples lightly. "I love my child, I love my child," he chanted.

Naruto laughed. "Of course you do, you just wish he'd taken after you instead of your girlfriend."

"Ex."

"Huh?"

Sasuke opened his eyes and fixed them on Naruto. "She's my ex-girlfriend. We broke up before we knew about Kei."

"Would it have changed anything?"

Naruto expected Sasuke to seriously consider his question but the other boy immediately shook his head. "No. Nothing would have changed it."

Curious, Naruto looked up from his menu. "But don't you want Keisuke to have a mother and father who live together?"

"I suppose."

"You suppose?"

"We'll always be his parents. It's not like we're fighting. We're good friends."

"It won't be awkward when you get another girlfriend?"

Sasuke looked up a smirk falling into place. "No girlfriends for me."

Naruto blinked at his expression. "None?"

Chuckling lightly, Sasuke shook his head and stared directly into Naruto's eyes, but Naruto's eyes were focused on his lips as Sasuke confirmed, "None."

"It would be a waste to wake him up," Naruto argued with Sasuke as they stood in front of the black-haired teen's black Camaro.

"He has to go in the seat, Naruto."

Naruto looked down at the peacefully sleeping boy in his arms. It had been a long day for the three boys and poor little Keisuke had fallen asleep when Naruto had taken him to give Sasuke a break. "I'll bet you he'll be cranky and loud if he wakes up," Naruto said, pretending to talk to himself.

This made Sasuke freeze. "Get in the car and hold him tight. I will kill you if anything happens to him."

"Better drive carefully then," Naruto said lightly. He climbed into the cool, dark car and slouched back into the comfortable seat. After Keisuke was in a comfortable position, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply. "Today was fun. I'm glad we met."

"Hn."

"The hell does that mean?"

"…hn."

Naruto yawned, finding it hard to open his eyes again. "Whatever, bastard."

"Language."

"He's asleep…" Naruto murmured. His voice sounded distant to his own ears and god, the sounds of the world whizzing past them outside was so soothing.

The next thing he knew Sasuke was shaking him awake. "Come on, Naruto. Wake up. Let's take Kei inside."

Half-asleep, Naruto clambered out of the car as carefully as he could and leaned against Sasuke who comfortably put an arm around the drowsy blonde and his sleeping son. Naruto barely registered walking up a set of stairs and stopping before a door. Sasuke knocked and the door swung open a few moments later. A pretty girl with pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes greeted them. "Hi, Sasuke. Who's your…friend?"

"Hey, Ino. This is Naruto. We met earlier today."

Naruto began to wake up a bit more as he felt the blonde girl's eyes studying him carefully. He blinked, still a little sleepy, and smiled at her. "Hi."

She brought a hand to her mouth and stifled a high pitched sound. "You are adorable!" She grinned at him and held out her arms for her son.

Naruto transferred the boy to her arms. Keisuke woke in the midst of the transfer and blinked owlishly. His lip trembled lightly and he reached for Naruto and Sasuke again until Ino spoke to him. "It's okay, baby. Mommy has you." She held him against her and kissed his cheeks. "Hi, sleepy."

Sasuke moved his arm from around Naruto and leaned toward Ino. Naruto froze, thinking he was going to kiss her, but he ducked his head and nuzzled Keisuke's cheek. "Bye, Kei." He kissed the little boy gently and stroked his hair. "Daddy loves you," he whispered and kissed the boy again.

Watching this scene, Naruto felt a strange pang in his stomach. He felt a smile creep to his lips. This guy, Sasuke… he was something. Don't do it, Naruto, he warned himself. The smile faded as he remembered that he was only in California for a week. He averted his eyes from the cute scene before him. He couldn't fall for someone he would never see again.

"It was nice to meet you, Naruto."

"Huh? Oh, it was nice to meet you too, Ino. Your son is so cute, I'm glad I got to meet him, too. I wish you all the best with him."

The young mother smiled brightly. "Thank you so much."

Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's arm as he turned to leave. "Goodbye, Ino. I'll text you next time I want to pick Kei up."

"'Kay. Bye."

Naruto gave the girl a little wave and followed Sasuke back out to his car. The two boys slid into the car and sat in silence for a moment.

"So…where to?"

Naruto checked his cell phone. It was only seven o'clock. "Uh, you can take me back to my hotel I guess."

Sasuke gripped the steering wheel for a moment. "Do I have to?"

Naruto glanced over at him unsure if he'd heard right. "Excuse me?"

Starting straight ahead, Sasuke asked again, "Do I have to?"

"Y-You don't have to…"

"I don't want to," Sasuke admitted softly. "If you want, we can… go to my house? I can stop and you can pick up your clothes and you can stay over if you want, but if that makes you uncomfortable I understand, I mean, we only met today and—"

"Sasuke!" Naruto cut him off.

"What?"

"I'd love to."

Sasuke blew out a breath he had apparently been holding. "Cool."

The drive back to the hotel was enjoyable. Sasuke put on some music and laughed as Naruto sang along loudly and danced in his seat. They talked a little over some of the music, learning small things about each other, but nothing too deep or significant. Sasuke accompanied Naruto up to his hotel room to get Naruto's clothes and soon the two were back in the car and on their way to the cliffs and Sasuke's "secret celebrity" house.

Naruto as awed by the mansion and the grandeur of Sasuke's life. He met the other boy's mother in passing and got a glimpse of his older brother, but Sasuke rushed him up to his bedroom. They showered quickly and settled in in Sasuke's room, since he had plenty to entertain them in the room and the one connected to it.

"Want to watch a movie?"

"Sure," Naruto chirped. "You pick!"

"But you're the guest."

"Don't care," he declared as he jumped onto Sasuke's bed and made himself comfortable.

Sighing, Sasuke selected a movie and put it on before climbing onto his bed along with Naruto. He raised an eyebrow at the blonde as Naruto giggled at him. "What?"

Naruto shook his head and looked away, a blush staining his cheeks. "Nothing, I'm just tired."

Sasuke settled in next to Naruto and suddenly the other boy was very aware of the close proximity. Feeling Naruto tense, Sasuke looked down at him and asked, "Is this okay?"

Somewhat shyly, Naruto nodded. He could feel Sasuke's thigh pressed against his own and the heat that was radiating from the other boy's body. Sasuke threw his arm casually behind Naruto and nudged the boy closer, letting him know it was okay to rest against him.

Naruto let his body relax against Sasuke's, his body fitting perfectly under Sasuke's arm.

"Naruto."

Surprised by the sudden rush of hot breath against his ear, Naruto jumped slightly. "Hm?"

"I'm sorry if this seems a little… sudden… but you're not here for long and—" Sasuke trailed off.

Naruto tilted his face up toward Sasuke's and was met by his intense gaze. "Is it possible to like someone from just one day?"

"I don't know…"

"Me either…"

"Does it matter?" Sasuke asked after a few moments of silence.

"It doesn't to me," Naruto admitted.

Sasuke smiled. "Me either."

Naruto's eyes fluttered closed as he felt Sasuke press his lips gently against his.

And somewhere in the back of his head a voice whispered to him…

You don't want to do this.