It has been 4 months since Naruto has left Konoha, the two shinobi were both traveling through the forest. The sun was about to set and it seems like they both were being followed by rouges.

"How many are there?" Naruto whispered to the ravenette.

"I'd say about 6 or 8," Sasuke answered in a hushed tone.

"You wanna take the ones on the left while I take the ones on the right?", Naruto asked excited for battle.

Sasuke closed his eyes with a smirk on his face, "Whatever you want dead-last."

Right on cue, the bandits came out of hiding to attack the teens. Naruto and Sasuke quickly responded taking each of them out quickly.

"Man what a bunch of wimps. Do you always deal with guys like this Sasuke?", The jinchuriki asked his comrade.

"Yes. It gets annoying sometimes but better than nothing happening while traveling on the road." Sasuke explained putting away his gear and began walking.

"Yeah, you got a point there," Naruto said placing his hands behind his head resting it against his arms.

"We should probably camp out soon," Sasuke said as he stared towards the sky.

"Yeah?"

"I remember..." The Uchiha stopped, he pointed towards the mountains, "There's a waterfall over there hiding a cavern. If we're fast we can make it there before nightfall."

"Taking charge as usual. Not that I mind." The blond shinobi snickered, "Kay I'll make some clones to gather some firewood while we head there."

"Hn."

Naruto made a couple of hand signs, soon after two clones appeared and dashed off to follow his orders. Sasuke and Naruto then made their way to the cave.

While they were both walking the taller teen decided to finally ask his comrade the question he's been meaning to ask for a while now.

"Are you still a virgin?"

Naruto lost his footing and tripped over a rock. That awkward question caught him off guard, never in a million years would he think Sasuke be the first one to bring up that topic.

He quickly rose to his feet and wiped the dirt off himself, "Warn me when you're gonna ask something like that bastard!"

A single onyx eye blinked, "Just answer the question useless."

Naruto sighed and quickly caught up with the Uchiha, "Well yes and no..."

"That's not a proper answer moron" Sasuke asked now getting frustrated with the blonde.

The blond glared but responded "I...I've had sex with a girl but... I've never had sex with a guy..." Naruto answered embarrassed, his face beat red.

Sasuke stared as they walked, "Who was it?"

"Huh?" Sapphire orbs blinked confused.

"The girl, who was it?"

"Does it matter?"

The Uchiha stopped turning back to him. The jinchuriki froze by his sudden change of movement. Sasuke was now facing the blond. He grabbed his collar pulling him in for a kiss. The younger male flinched surprised but didn't resist and kissed back. Naruto places his hand on his shoulder pressing himself closer to the Uchiha. Sasuke then broke the kiss pushing them apart.

"It does matter dead-last, It matters because I care about you and I want to know who else you allow to touch you besides me," Sasuke explained.

Naruto blushed looking away finally answering him, "It was Sakura-chan..."

The older man stared for a moment and then he let go of his collar as he continues to walk.

"Wait!" Naruto ran towards him quickly catching up, "Aren't you gonna say anything, you know?"

"What's there to say? You answered my question."

"Yeah but I thought you would of been more, I don't know, surprised?"

"Well, I'm not I was actually expecting the woman to be her."

"Really?"

"Yes. You and Sakura have spent a lot of time together. I knew if she was ever over me, she would probably have fallen for you or maybe even that annoying guy that replaced me."

"Sai!? Yeah right! Hell would freeze over before that happens!" Naruto cackled.

"Hn."

"But it doesn't bother you that Sakura-chan and I slept together?"

"No. It probably would have if you two ended up together, but you didn't. Instead, you're out here with me."

"I guess that does make sense.", Naruto replied as they were getting closer to the waterfall. He stared at Sasuke and blushed a little, thinking what it would feel like if they had sex. He wondered who would be the girl in that situation. Honestly, Naruto thought he would have cared more about that, but when it came to Sasuke it didn't matter. That's when he realized he was curious as well.

"What about you?" He asked.

"What?" Sasuke replied.

"Are you a virgin?"

All of a sudden Sasuke's front body planted straight into a pine tree. Both of the older teens froze in silence. Naruto didn't know what to do, it was the funniest shit he's ever seen. It was even funnier because it was Sasuke of all people. The taller male slowly stood back wiping the bark off his clothes and face. When he turned to look at the blonde teen, he glared at him seeing that Naruto's cheeks were puffed and his eyes watered. Twelve-year-old Naruto would have laughed at Sasuke’s blundered without a second thought. But Naruto knew more than anyone how prideful the Uchiha was so he held everything back in till he could think of something that wasn't funny. He decided to think of the war, Tsunade's recent passing, and having to reject Sakura.

The blond shinobi sighed. He couldn't believe he survived that.

"Glad to see you have some self-control dead-last," The taller male grunted still sporting a glare on his face.

"So was that a yes or a no?", Naruto asked trying not to think so much about what just happened.

"If you must know, I haven't. But I have researched it.”

"What you peeped on some gay guys or something?" he asked wondering if Sasuke and Jiraiya had something in common.

"No moron! I just read some scrolls and books. And who says I researched gay sex?!” The Uchiha was more than flustered now from this conversation.

"Well did you?"

The older teen rolled his eyes sighing, "Just in case you came around... Yeah." The raven-haired man refused to blush in front of this idiot. It's already bad enough he just made a fool out of himself in front of him.

"Well, I guess that's a good thing then since I have no clue what to do. Maybe if we give it a try you should take the lead, ya know.” The jinchuriki said casually as he started walking again passing the Uchiha.

His onyx eye widen after he walked passed him. When Naruto was out of sight his face was red. He couldn't believe what he just said. Naruto was going to let Sasuke take the lead?! The Uchiha was willing to let Naruto top if he was uncomfortable but the blond shinobi just said it himself that he was willing to let Sasuke in control. He needed to calm down. He couldn't let himself get too excited, the man wouldn't allow it. Sasuke started walking making sure they were heading the right way.

XxX

Naruto and Sasuke had made it to the cavern by dusk, they were now sitting near the fire inside waiting for their fishes to be cooked.

"What was it like? Having sex?" Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

Naruto turned towards him, "You're pretty nosy today bastard, ya know."

"Hn."

"Well it was weird, I guess it hurt at first for her because it was her first time too. But after a while it started feeling good, she was pretty tight."

"So you liked it?"

"Hmmm, well it felt good but... My heart wasn't really in it, ya know."

Sasuke couldn’t help but feel a little jaded at the thought of them "So you felt guilty and gave her pity sex? Who would have thought you were the kind of friend who would sleep with them on a whim."

All of a sudden Sasuke was punched straight in the jaw and thrown a little further into the cave from it.

"Bastard, don't you dare talk that way about Sakura-chan! You owe her your life you asshole!" Naruto stomp towards him grabbing his collar, “Less you forget she was your teammate too, ya know!" His grip on him was trembling.

"She's nothing special, she only cares for looks and power. She's no better than Orochimaru." Sasuke had nothing personal against the girl he just never saw her act any different than when they were a genin squad. But Sasuke does feel angered at the thought of Sakura wanting Naruto for shallow reasons.

"Bastard you know nothing about her! You've been gone for two years, she's different now! She...Sakura-chan's my family Sasuke... I care for her like I care for everyone else in Konoha, maybe even more. She's always had my back and made sure I stayed out of trouble and she may have lost hope a couple of times but she was still learning. Sakura-chan may never understand me as you do, but she's still important to me... It hurts to hear you say something so heartless and cruel to the one girl who’s done nothing but look after me...", the blond finished slowly letting go of his collar.

Sasuke sighed sitting up now, "Sorry. I sometimes forget that I have a different relationship with her than you." He dusts himself off. The Uchiha was always bad when it came to other people.

"You can be as bad as Sai sometimes, ya know.", Naruto said as he sat back near the fire. He picked up the fish that was now cooked and began to eat it.

"Don't compare me to that downgrade," The Uchiha grunted annoyed,sitting next to the blonde taking his cooked fish and eating as well. After Naruto was done he tossed the stick in the fire, Sasuke did the same soon after. Naruto couldn't help but stare at Sasuke, the ravenette soon caught him but that didn't stop the sapphire gaze. Slowly the blond placed his right hand on his left.

"Sasuke...How long have you... realized that you care about me more than a friend?" Naruto asked playing with the teen's fingers.

Sasuke stared into the flames, "I'm not sure... Probably after our first battle at the valley of the end."

The blonde's eyes widen and stared at the boy, "That long..?"

"I realized I couldn't kill you, while Itachi was able to kill someone who was considered as close as his brother and yet, I couldn't do it... I wondered why for the longest time and thought things would have been better off if I had just forgot you. Pretend that there wasn't a bond. But I even failed to do that." He lifted his left hand and placed it around Naruto's shoulders pulling him closer.

Naruto didn't resist and scooted closer to Sasuke staring at him, "Later when my ambitions changed I found that you were in my way once again. So I decided that my only choice was to kill you once and for all. But after you knock me to my senses, that's when my feelings started to become clear for you. I finally figured out what you meant to me."

"Sasuke..." Naruto stared at him with passion. For the first time, the blonde pressed his lips against Sasuke’s. The Uchiha didn't resist cupping his cheek with his left hand.

After a moment they gently broke their kiss.

"I'm not ready to say those words to you yet but... I am ready to express them." Sasuke whispered between their lips as he placed his on Naruto's once more. The blonde quickly responded by wrapping his arms around the taller man's shoulder closing his eyes as their kiss became more passionate. Sasuke moved his arms around his waist pulling him on his lap. Naruto moved his right hand to his cheek and his left to his hair grabbing it roughly, while his left was stroking his cheek. Their heated groans were masked by the loud waterfall. Sasuke unzipped Naruto's black shirt while Naruto grinds into Sasuke's groin. They broke the kiss so Naruto's shirt could come off and soon after they were locking lips. Naruto opened his mouth allowing Sasuke to slip in.

As they were both grinding and kissing Sasuke lifted Naruto, turning him on his back on the sleeping bags. They continued to kiss each other deeply. Sasuke slipped off his cape and shirt while kissing the blonde while Naruto was focused on the Uchiha's tongue and lips. Sasuke began to thrust against Naruto's groin, brushing their clothed arousals together. The two older teens faces were flushed from the intense pleasure. Sasuke broke the kiss and started sucking on Naruto's neck, which would surely leave a hickey.

"Sa-Sasuke... I'm..I'm ready you can have me...", Naruto said desperately for more of Sasuke's passionate touches.

"You sure Naruto?" Sasuke asked looking at Naruto's eyes.

"I'm sure... Sasuke I want you..."

The Uchiha nodded and began to strip the blonde shinobi.

They continued their heated exchange that was thankfully masked by the waterfall. After years of resisting each other’s feelings, finally that night they were able to express it to each other together.

It was little later after that, both of them exhausted from physically expressing themselves. Sasuke was currently out of breath laying on top of Naruto feeling nineteen years worth of stress and pressure finally released. And all it took was being with Naruto. Sasuke was now questioning himself. If the solution was so easy, how come it took so long for him to realize it?

Naruto was only grinning like a goof. His whole body was tingling and drenched with sweat. He's never felt this kind of buzzing in his body like this, it was a first for him. Only Sasuke knew how to make him this vulnerable, this open. Sure he was cheerful and emotional with everyone. But he was never this weak in front of someone. And that someone just happened to be Sasuke.

"Shit..." Sasuke cursed.

"Ye-yeah that was good.", Naruto chuckled while panting. He noticed his nails were covered in blood, "Shit! Sasuke I think I scratched your back pretty bad!" Naruto tried to sit up to check on his injury, but Sasuke wouldn't budge weighing him down.

"Don't worry about it dead-last. It's fine. We'll tend to it tomorrow."

"You sure?"

"Yeah... I'm too tired to care right now."

"Alright if you that’s what you want.”

"Hn.."

After that Sasuke fell asleep. When Naruto noticed this he made a shadow clone to put out the fire and cover the two of them with the sleeping bag and soon after the clone disappeared. The blonde stroked his fingers through the Uchiha's dark strands. His hair was still a little damp from their heated exchange. He gave a tearful smile hugging him close.

“I love you…” he whispered, “I love you so much, I can hardly take it…..I'm fine if you never say it…I already know it took a lot for you to get to this point with me….That’s why I'm fine with things like this…” He kissed the top of his head stroking the back of his neck, “I always want to stay by your side Sasuke…”

In mere moments Naruto finally fell asleep under the Uchiha, not minding his heavyweight.

End of Part 1