Chapter 1: Hot Springs

“Aaah", Naruto sighed, sinking down further into the warm onsen (Japanese term to hot sprigs), stretching his legs out. "This is so nice. Why don't we do this more often?"

"Because a certain someone spends all his money on ramen and toy frogs." Sasuke answered in annoyance.

"No, I don't! It's actually because it takes forever to make you agree to do anything that doesn’t involve studying or being a bastard."

"Your apartment is full of those frogs, idiot. Besides, we can't all give up on university and work instead. You just doesn't study because you're a lazy a**.”

Sasuke sank down as well, not wanting to admit that it actually had been a good idea to come to this hot spring resort.

“Who said anything about giving up?! I’m only twenty four, plenty of time to start again!Believe it!” Naruto shouted, splashing some water over his best friend.

“Stop that! Or you can go bother some other fucker.”

Naruto pouted, as Sasuke was giving him an annoyed look in return.

“But Sasukeeee we’re supposed to have fun!” He whined, scooting closer and latching onto a pale arm that belonged to Sasuke.

“Don’t cuddle me when you’re nak*d, moron!” Sasuke complained, trying to shake the blonde off, unfortunately, too used to this kind of childish behavior from his best friend.

“Huh? Why? Am I, perhaps, turning you on?” Naruto asked mockingly, with a teasing grin on his face, his eyebrows wiggling up and down.

Sasuke stared at him for a second, then sighed heavily before smacking Naruto right in the face with his free hand, pushing him underneath the water. Naruto flailed for a few seconds, splashing water everywhere, until Sasuke released him since he decided the punishment was enough, allowing him to finally resurface and breathe again.

“Gah! *cough* Asshole! Are you trying to kill me or something?!” He coughed, scowling at the faint smirk on Sasuke’s thin lips.

“Well it would certainly make life easier for me, so I might think about it.” Was the sweet answer Naruto received from his best friend.

He muttered angrily to himself about prissy bastards with sticks up their asses, but Sasuke ignored him in favor of finding himself a better position. They were most likely going to be there for a while, and if he was going to put up with the moron for that long he might as well be comfortable.

Naruto sulked for another minute or so, and then forgot all about it. He just didn’t know how to hold a grudge.

Staring up at the sky, Sasuke relaxed, glancing warily at the blonde now and then, but at the moment the priority for both of them was concentrating on enjoying themselves in silence.

“Ah!” Naruto suddenly exclaimed, bumping his fist onto his palm. “I almost forgot,” he continued, turning around to the small plastic bag he’d snuck into the bath.

Opening it, he took out two small cups and a bottle of sake.

“The hell? What’s with the sake, dobe?” Sasuke asked, frowning at it, wondering if such thing were really allowed in there.

“Hey, teme, calm down. No one is going to see us with all this steam around.” Naruto answered, waving a hand at the other male. “Don’t act like such a prude.”

“Hn. Knowing you, you’re going to end up drowning because you will forget you can’t breathe underwater if you drink all that.”

“As if! And don’t try to escape because you will be drinking as well, teme! It’s been too long since you got drunk anyway.”

“And why, exactly, do I need to get drunk?” Sasuke asked flatly, eyes narrowing at the now grinning blonde.

“Because,” Naruto said, throwing an arm over Sasuke’s shoulders, pointing at him with his other hand that held the bottle, “that’s the only way in the world to make you act like less of a prick, unless someone’s dying and I couldn’t find volunteers.”

Naruto finished off his explanation by poking Sasuke’s cheek, chuckling at the unimpressed face the raven made. Sasuke rolled his eyes, but accepted the filled cup when Naruto offered it to him and took a sip of the strong liquid.

“No no no, that’s noy how you get drunk, stupid!” Naruto complained ignoring Sasuke’s glare at being called stupid. “Now drink it all!” He ordered, chugging down the contents of his own cup and then refilling it.

With a sigh Sasuke gave up, figuring he’d end up doing as his annoying friend said eventually even if he tried to put up a fight. Somehow he always ended up like that, going along with Naruto’s crazy ideas and then, most of the time, regretting it afterwards.

But how much damage could he cause in a public onsen anyway?

A few cups later he was already feeling dizzy, having always been a lightweight. Naruto wasn’t so much better off, a faint blush on his cheeks. Putting down his sixth cup on the ground behind him the blonde sighed, more depressed than content, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the put out look on the usually overly happy face.

“Can you believe I’ve suffered from a month long dry spell?” Naruto said, looking to Sasuke for some company in feeling sorry for himself after his fourth breakup of the year.

“No,” Sasuke said with annoyance, “I didn’t come here to talk about what’s-her-name girl you just broke up with.”

“I didn’t say anything about that! And why do you always have to be such a bastard towards them anyway?” Naruto kicked Sasuke’s shin through the water. “Jealous or what?” He continued, the jab directed at Sasuke’s pretty much permanent single status.

“I just don’t see wht you insist so much on getting into a relationship all the time. You are so needy. Just f*ck them and be done with it, I say.”

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To Be Continued!

(Word count: 1020)

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