They've been hate-crackling at each other for the last three days -- nothing so open as snarling or even exchanging any words, mere looks are enough -- but after their last punishment via Tsunade it has turned into a weird point of honor not to be the one who throws the first punch. Naruto is surprised but rather proud of the fact that he has somehow managed to hold onto his temper through disparaging sniffs and looks and mostly Sasuke utterly ignoring him. Which is really unbearable, damn it.
Though really Sasuke was ignoring him at first, and then came the side looks, and then came the quiet snorts pitched so no one else can hear, and...
When Life finally hands them an actual reason to be in conflict -- some class rep paper thing Sasuke's got to gather and Naruto refuses on principle to bother with -- neither of them yells; Naruto borrows the quiet intense whispering trick from the bastard, who isn't pleased to hear it and gets out the heavy artillery, in the form of comments on the lineage necessary to produce such a fine specimen of moron.
So technically Naruto touches him first, but it's just a shove, nothing like a punch, and Sasuke is light on his feet and doesn't even trip. But it's going to escalate, and his dad asked him, so he wrestles himself back under control, gives a snort of disgust, and turns his back on him.
The next second a hand lands heavily on his shoulder and jerks him around, and he has a brief thrilling moment of thinking he has finally found out the one button to piss off the bastard first...
They have each other by the collar and both their fists are raised but neither of them throws a punch. Naruto clings to his resolve, manages a look that's almost cool, almost bored.
It's the first time Naruto sees Sasuke truly angry.
And then, wow, Sasuke doesn't headbutt people usually; Naruto jerks back on reflex but is held back aw shit this is going to hurt --
Lips crush his lips with bruising force; he gasps and a tongue slips in, fingers pry his jaw wider open so he can't bite, though for the first second he's too stunned to even think to.
Naruto was wrong. This is the heavy artillery.
--
Naruto gets a week's suspension. Sasuke gets a spectacular split lip and a nice black eye. Naruto tells himself it's his win.
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They've been hate-crackling at each other for the last three days -- nothing so open as snarling or even exchanging any words, mere looks are enough -- but after their last punishment via Tsunade it has turned into a weird point of honor not to be the one who throws the first punch. Naruto is surprised but rather proud of the fact that he has somehow managed to hold onto his temper through disparaging sniffs and looks and mostly Sasuke utterly ignoring him. Which is really unbearable, damn it.
Though really Sasuke was ignoring him at first, and then came the side looks, and then came the quiet snorts pitched so no one else can hear, and...
When Life finally hands them an actual reason to be in conflict -- some class rep paper thing Sasuke's got to gather and Naruto refuses on principle to bother with -- neither of them yells; Naruto borrows the quiet intense whispering trick from the bastard, who isn't pleased to hear it and gets out the heavy artillery, in the form of comments on the lineage necessary to produce such a fine specimen of moron.
So technically Naruto touches him first, but it's just a shove, nothing like a punch, and Sasuke is light on his feet and doesn't even trip. But it's going to escalate, and his dad asked him, so he wrestles himself back under control, gives a snort of disgust, and turns his back on him.
The next second a hand lands heavily on his shoulder and jerks him around, and he has a brief thrilling moment of thinking he has finally found out the one button to piss off the bastard first...
They have each other by the collar and both their fists are raised but neither of them throws a punch. Naruto clings to his resolve, manages a look that's almost cool, almost bored.
It's the first time Naruto sees Sasuke truly angry.
And then, wow, Sasuke doesn't headbutt people usually; Naruto jerks back on reflex but is held back aw shit this is going to hurt --
Lips crush his lips with bruising force; he gasps and a tongue slips in, fingers pry his jaw wider open so he can't bite, though for the first second he's too stunned to even think to.
Naruto was wrong. This is the heavy artillery.
--
Naruto gets a week's suspension. Sasuke gets a spectacular split lip and a nice black eye. Naruto tells himself it's his win.
(That was his first kiss, the son of a bitch.)