Several weeks after they started their tutoring lessons, the mid-term exams took place at the end of May. And at general surprise, Naruto got at least 50 in almost all subjects!

Proud of himself, he ran after class to show his grades to Sasuke, who was seated at a different table that day. Naruto came in the classroom jumping all around, laughing and dancing. He rushed forward to show his report to his tutor.

"Hey Uchiha! Look at this! I did it!"

Suddenly his right foot bumped into something lying on the floor; he stumbled and fell on Sasuke. The latter tried to catch his friend but they both fell on the floor. When they opened their eyes after the fall, they realized they had landed on each other... mouth to mouth! They remained there, too shocked to move. Then, as if waking up, Naruto bolted up after shoving Sasuke off; he rubbed his mouth with his sleeve, his face was completely red.

"Sorry...Are you okay?" He mumbled.

Sasuke got up too, dusting himself, but didn't seem troubled in the least by what had happened.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

A few minutes later, they both sat at their usual table. Sasuke started taking out his books and turned to face Naruto to give the instructions of the day. Uzumaki was looking at him, his mouth and his hands were shaking so much it looked like he was going to cry.

"Hey, are you okay?" Sasuke inquired, moving up his hands to touch Naruto's shoulder. The latter slapped the hand off and jumped up, slamming the chair down. He was out of breath.

"Y-yeah! Um, I-I just remembered I have something to do today!" He babbled. He put his stuff back into his bag and bolted out of the classroom.

Sasuke stood there, his arm lift up as he tried to stop his pupil.

"What the hell just happened...?" He murmured, brushing his lips with the tips of his fingers.

Several days passed during which Naruto didn't show up at the tutoring lessons. Sasuke waited, to no avail. He decided to directly confront Naruto. So one day, after classes, he went directly to the track field, since he knew he would find his pupil there.

He sat next to him on a bench. Naruto tried to run away but Sasuke grabbed his wrist and forced him to sit back down. He didn't let go of the wrist for a few minutes and he could feel Naruto's pulse beating fast under his fingers. He looked at the blond boy, who had his head lowered, his cheeks crimson red, eyes closed and lips pursed down.

"Uzumaki, what happened the other day was an accident, you don't need to be ashamed or whatever." Sasuke reassured.

"I know that!" Naruto said in a small voice.

"So why are you hiding from me?"

Naruto looked up then, "I'm not hiding! I...I... It was my first kiss...", he whispered.

"Huh?" Sasuke blurted, his eyes widened. "You skipped our lessons for that?! It WASN'T a kiss, Uzumaki! Our lips bumped against each other, that's all!"

Naruto frowned, "I know, but it's still embarrassing! Why did it have to be YOU, the guy I hate the most?!"

Sasuke let go of Naruto's arm. "YOU fell on me remember? I should be the angry one."

"Should..? You mean you're not angry?"

"I told you, it was an accident: it didn't mean anything!" Sasuke replied. "You want to punch me?" He said after a few seconds.

"What?"

"You can punch me if it calms you down a bit." Sasuke said.

"What the...Stop your bull..." Naruto started to say. But seeing that Sasuke was serious, he slowly nodded. "Okay."

He had the intention of hitting hard but couldn't resolve himself to, so he only gave a little punch on Sasuke's shoulder and rested his fist there. Sasuke looked down, raising an eyebrow, and said:

"That's all?"

Naruto nodded silently.

"Satisfied now? Can we go back to the class?"

"Yeah..."

They went back to class as if nothing had happened and resumed their lessons as usual.