"You know, you were pretty scary this morning." Sasuke said. Naruto had barely opened his eyes from his morning nap and he sat up groggily. Sasuke was sitting, leaning against the wall of the bedroom. Sasuke was looking straight at him, and found only Naruto's red eye gleaming and he felt relieved for it. Blue-eye Naruto was something Sasuke felt he had the best handle on, but red tended to be more serious and was easier to get a logical answer from.

"Ah, yes, well, I can see why you'd think so." Naruto said, sitting up straighter and clutching his head. The feeling of having one of his three extremes out was always so weird afterwards. Almost like his mind had made some kind of attempt to becomes seperate again, but failed miserably. It was straining and impossible, so it left him feeling hungover, for lack of a better description. "That's the part of me closest to Kurama. I, uh... it's been a long time since that part even spoke up. I think the last time was just before the lady got killed."

Sasuke was surprised. He'd never heard Naruto talk about his personalities before. Quite frankly, Sasuke never truly realised Naruto consciously knew there were more parts to him. 

Naruto took a deep breath and looked at Sasuke. "It's weird, you know, being able to switch your state of mind... Not every part is equal, but all of me can be triggered. I don't really know why that part was awake this morning." Naruto looked at his hands. "I was right, though, this body feels weird sometimes." He held up his hand and let himself fall back still looking at his hand. "Argh, now I feel weird all over..." He said, flexing his hand.

"So, you know about all your different personalities then?" Sasuke asked.

"I don't like calling them 'personalities'. They're not separate. I'm not separate. I am one, but I sometimes feel different and I'm much more conscious about how I am, rather than who I am. Like I am now and, as Morino called it, when I'm 'blue', is easiest. It's like my core, almost seamless. When you asked me to be serious during the mission, the moment after that and this morning, those are harder, more on the edge. Closer to insanity, if I had to explain it. It's dangerous and strenuous to pass those cracks in my mind." He dropped his hand and looked at Sasuke. It was hard to explain, but he hoped Sasuke would at least get the general idea. "Does that make any sense?"

Sasuke took a moment to think about what Naruto said. "So, are you like, in control?" He asked.

"Yes and no. I am conscious of which part is dominant, and my inactive parts are conscious of everything that's happening. The switch is more often than not unconscious unless I strain myself, depending on the situation." He smirked at Sasuke. "Or at special requests." He said with a wink. 

"But this morning you didn't seem to care you were about to kill a boy. You were enjoying the terror you put in that boy!" Sasuke said. This was worrying him, because that part of Naruto could cause a lot of problems if it wasn't in line with how Naruto generally acted, which was within the rules and, well,  like a human. 

"I can't say for certain, but I do believe I would have stopped myself. Probably. But you can't blame me for sometimes not understanding your human rules! I am ancient by your standards and rules change a lot as time passes! But I promised I wouldn't hurt your humans, so I won't." Naruto shrugged. "Bunny is fine anyway, so no harm, no foul." 

Sasuke sighed. He had known this since the first day Naruto set foot in their classroom. The blond was nothing but trouble making itself more complicated. "Why were you awake so early anyway?"

"I was awake a lot earlier than you think. Like around midnight or something. It was instinctual for the 'Kurama' part of me to be awake at night. That probably also explains why that part is usually really inactive." He mused. "Well, I can honestly say that that part of me is now also fully on board with the whole 'human rules' thing, but if you ever notice I'm like that know that I still try to." 

"I still can't say I'm happy with this, but I guess I'll let it go for now..." Sasuke said sounding weary. "How about we go eat some lunch?" Sasuke watched as his mention of food settled into the blond's mind and kind of like he expected, there was a shift from red to blue in the blink of an eye. 

Naruto jumped up. "Yes!" He almost yelled, fist-pumping. Sasuke hadn't gotten up with him, so he ran the few steps over to Sasuke and grabbed his hand. "Come on, let's go!" He chirped, pulling Sasuke to his feet. "I feel like I haven't eaten in days!" Sasuke let himself get dragged to his feet and calmly followed the suddenly hyperactive blond that was still trying to get him to hurry up. 

"Calm down, Dobe, the food isn't going anywhere." He said smiling. 

Naruto stopped in his step and was silent for a second. "That's true... but I'm still hungry! Come on!"

Once in the kitchen, Naruto sat himself neatly at the table. His energy was way too high to remain sitting still, so his was jumping up and down in his seat and shifting left and right. "What are you making?" He asked Sasuke.

"Who said that I was going to make something?" Sasuke asked and crossed his arms. 

"You did! The moment you said my cooking was boring!" Naruto grinned at Sasuke. There was no denying this one and he was looking forward to a home-cooked meal by Sasuke.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Fine." He turned around and rummaged through the cabinets to gather some ingredients. 

"Yes!" Naruto's grin didn't falter and he did a little victory dance in his chair.

Sasuke went for the obvious tomato salad and a sandwich for lunch. That didn't stop Naruto from pounding on the meal and ask for seconds before Sasuke had even taken a bite. "Make your own." Sasuke told him, but Naruto remained seated and just stared at Sasuke with begging eyes. Puppy dog eyes, or better said, foxy, cheeky eyes accompanied by a cute smile... and gone was Sasuke's resolve. He sighed and pushed his plate towards Naruto. "Fine, have this." He stood up to make more for himself, wondering to himself why it was so easy for Naruto to get away with stuff like this. Again. He sighed. The happy hums and eating sounds from behind him made up for his momentary self-doubt and he realised he just really liked taking care of Naruto. 

There wasn't much to do around the house after that. With Naruto restricted to house arrest, Sasuke confined himself to the house as well, but Sasuke was easily able to entertain himself with the book he still needed to finish. The same couldn't be said for Naruto. Within an hour after lunch he was laying flat on his back on the rug in front of the couch Sasuke was sitting on. Sasuke had his legs pulled up on the couch and was slowly getting more and more agitated each time Naruto sighed, groaned, kicked his legs or otherwise indicated his boredom.

"Saa-suu-keee!" Naruto whined, sitting up and placing his chin on Sasuke's knee. He tapped the back of the book to get Sasuke's attention. Sasuke glared at him, but got a grin in return. "What are you reading?" Naruto asked in an innocent voice.

"Do you remember the white haired man that stayed with us, Jiraya-san? This is one of his books." Sasuke said, holding up the book so Naruto could see the title on the cover.

"Oh yeah... he was weird." Naruto cocked his head. "Is is any good? I don't think I ever read a book just for a story. Just schoolbooks."

"Well, it's not amazing, but it does have a certain appeal that makes you want to keep reading. Also, the relationships are really well developed and a have a real... depth... to them." Sasuke said, trying to not sound too enthusiastic about the book. "Oh, I have the first book around here somewhere too. Do you want to read it?" 

Naruto shook his head. "Nah, I have no interest in reading smut." He stuck his tongue out and winked at Sasuke as he watched Sasuke's face turn red.

"I thought you said you didn't know this book!?" Sasuke said indignantly  sitting up straighter and shutting the book.

"No, I said I never read it, but I know about it. Hisato read them too. He even took them to work as well. But this is a new part to the series, so I didn't recognise the cover." He said. 

Sasuke felt embarrassed and a little caught. He had been reading that book in front of Naruto assuming Naruto didn't know about it's content, but knowing Naruto knew he liked reading this stuff was almost a bit much. Sasuke felt his dignity dwindle as they were looking at each other, Sasuke with a still growing blush and Naruto with a big grin. "Aw, Sasu, no need to be this embarrassed." He cooed at Sasuke. He moved so he was on his knees and leaned in towards Sasuke and kissed him. "It's fine if you like stuff like that. But you are really cute when you blush like that, looking all flustered... I wonder... were you reading a smutty chapter just now? Wanna try and reenact it with me?" Naruto wiggled an eyebrow over his gleaming red eye at Sasuke, who was now fully flustered and embarrassed. He scooched a bit closer to Sasuke and ran his hands over Sasuke's sides.

"S-stop it." Sasuke stuttered, pushing Naruto to sit back on his legs. He wanted to get up and walk away, but as soon as he was on his feet, Naruto hugged him. Naruto was still on his knees and his arms were wrapped around Sasuke's hips. 

"Is there a scene in there that starts with this position? Did you like it?" Naruto asked and moved his hands to hold Sasuke's hips. He then kissed Sasuke right above his groin, his lips on the fabric of Sasuke's shirt, exaggerating the movements and rubbing his face into the softness of Sasuke's belly. He didn't need to look at Sasuke to know the poor boy was probably at a whole new level of embarrassment right now and probably already struggling to hold it together, but he just loved teasing Sasuke like this. 

Naruto pushed Sasuke back so he had no choice but to sit back down again with Naruto still holding on to his waist. "Or was it more like this?" Naruto was now on his knees in between Sasuke's legs and looked up at him with a cheeky grin. Sasuke was so red and flustered at this point no logical sounds came out of him anymore.

Naruto pushed Sasuke's shirt up a bit, revealing a little skin just above his pants. Naruto peppered the naked skin with small kisses, sneaking in small licks and moans as he did so. Sasuke grabbed at his hair, trying to push him away, but the strong grip in Naruto's hair just elicited another moan from him, a little more genuine than the rest of them. Naruto kept kissing and licking as Sasuke struggled to get him off of him.

After a while, Naruto let Sasuke pull him back a bit, but wasn't about to let Sasuke win the struggle. With another smile, Naruto got up and sat down on Sasuke's lap, straddling and kissing him again before he was even fully seated. He broke the kiss for a moment. "Or maybe something like this?" He asked and kissed Sasuke again before he had a chance to answer. Naruto made small rolling moves with his hips and got a moan out of Sasuke with that.

Sasuke slapped his hand over his mouth in embarrassment and suddenly stood up. Naruto landed sprawled on the floor and Sasuke looked at him with embarrassment and slight agitation on his face. He still used his hand to cover his face and quickly walked out of the room, not saying a word.

Naruto laughed as Sasuke fled the room. "Sasuke, you're so shy..." He mumbled.

All too soon he regretted teasing Sasuke bad enough to get him to walk out on him. Naruto layed back on the carpet, much like he did before, and sighed. "Argh, now I'm bored and alone! I should have taken it a little slower..." He grumble in frustration, kicking the air. "House arrest sucks!"

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