Life Starts Now (Revised) NaruSasuNaru

Rumor Has It (Adele)

"You've been telling people things that you shouldn't be"

Sasuke was hanging out with Kurama too much, or at least Naruto thought so, but his opinion was a little bias. Kiba teased the blond for being jealous. Naruto couldn't deny that Kiba was right, considering every time he saw the redhead he wanted to make him burst into flames. The blond was sitting with his best friend at an outside table as they waited for it to get closer to the time for their next class. He had refrained from talking about his dark haired roommate for Kiba's sake, but it was obvious still that it was what the blond was thinking about. "He doesn't like the guy," Kiba suddenly said, allowing the conversation to drift toward what Naruto actually wanted to talk about.

The blond looked surprised at Kiba's choice of conversation topic, but certainly wasn't going to complain. "Really? Then why is he spending so much time with the asshole?" he asked, somewhat bitterly. He let out a frustrated sigh as he laid his head on the table in front of him, causing Kiba to shake his head.

"If he liked the guy then he wouldn't push him away," Kiba said. Naruto only seemed to notice the things that pointed toward Sasuke liking the other man and ignored every action that said otherwise. The blond looked at him confused and Kiba continued, "Every time the guy touches him Sasuke moves away from it, whether it be shrugging Kurama's arm off his shoulder or moving away when he touches him in general."

Naruto was surprised that Kiba had been that observant when it came to Sasuke. "Why would you notice that? Are you just lying to me to make me feel better? Because I know that you never paid that much attention to Sasuke's actions before," the blond said suspiciously. He certainly wasn't worried that Kiba would be competition as well, but that didn't stop him from wondering why the brunet was suddenly interested.

"You're my best friend," Kiba reminded the other man. "I would hope that if some other guy were hitting on Hinata that you'd be watching to make sure that he didn't get too close to her," he said. "I may not understand why you like him, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to support you," he added.

Naruto smiled, remembering why Kiba was his best friend. "Oh you know he's growing on you," the blond teased. He knew that Kiba didn't like Sasuke that much, but he did seem to tolerate the man, which made Naruto happy.

Before they could continue with their conversation their pink haired friend, Sakura, walked up. She looked excited, which Naruto had learned over the years that it meant she probably had a new piece of gossip, after all she was the gossip queen. "Guess what I just heard," she smiled at the two men.

"What?" Kiba asked, though he was obviously uninterested. Unfortunately the pink haired girl didn't seem to notice, or if she did then she didn't care.

"Well, I just heard that Sasuke and Kurama are dating," she smiled. "At first I was skeptical because I thought Sasuke like someone else, but then I saw them together and they're really cute. I mean if the guy he did like doesn't want to pull his head out of his ass then why should Sasuke wait around when a different hot guy is interested?" she told them as Naruto tuned out most of what she was saying, concentrating on the fact that Sasuke and Kurama were dating. He didn't even catch her hint that Sasuke was interested in someone else and that he needed to get it together before he lost Sasuke. "Anyway, I've got to go," she smiled. "I've got to tell Ino," she squealed as she walked away to find the blonde girl.

Kiba saw the look on Naruto's face, which he knew was a mix of confusion and pure jealousy. "You have no right to be jealous," the brunet reminded him. "If you want him then actually do something about it," he knew that Naruto probably wasn't listening to a word he was saying.

"I'm going to go talk to Sasuke," Naruto quickly said as he got up. He knew that Kiba was right, but that wasn't going to make his jealousy go away. He walked away and it didn't take long to find Sasuke since he was sitting outside of the building his next class was in, as Naruto expected. What he didn't expect was that Kurama was sitting next to him. The way Kurama looked at him only made Naruto certain that it wasn't just a rumor. "Hey guys," the blond interrupted the conversation, trying not to glare at the redhead.