Oh Romeo!

Horse Riding

"Naruto~" my mother chimed as we ran across the field. Her red hair was blazing around with the wind looking like a wild fire.
She was beautiful...and happy.

"Naruto...." she kept running farther into the distance.
"Mom!" I yelled. It was getting harder to keep up.
"Naruto!" My dad's loud voice yelled.

"Stay back" he grabbed my arm.
Suddenly the beautiful field had turned into ashes filled with graves.

"Mom!?" I yelled. I looked around in horror.
It's dangerous here, she could get hurt-
My dad fell to his knees besides a large grave stone that soared higher than the rest.

Here lies our Queen, May she Rest In Peace.

Mom.....

Rain drops hit the floor.

3rd POV:

"No way! I'm not marrying you!" Shikamaru yelled as Sakura showed off his family wedding ring passed down from generations.
"Shut it! The deal has been made! Besides, we all know you're secretly excited over this, but not so fast darling, we have to wait till our wedding night!" She giggled.

Shikamaru almost puked. He wasn't completely gay, he liked his fair share of girls and boys but Sakura....Sakura was something else.

"Sakura will you not marry me?" He sighed as he sat back down in his chair.

"It's the first step to grief" Itachi whispered, "denial"

"Good morning everyone" Kiba smiled as he entered the dining room, a large red bump beaming on his forehead.

"Where's Naruto?" Itachi asked as he sat on his seat.
"With Garaa..." Kiba shivered.

Sasuke couldn't help but grit his teeth. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea allowing them in.

"I'm here, sorry for the wait" Naruto apologized as he made his way to the table. His eyes shot open at the Ramen placed on his seat.

"Good morning Naruto, how was your first night" Izumi asked as she drank her wine.

"It was peaceful, I slept well knowing I wasn't alone, I'm happy my friends are here" he sent glances at everyone.

Garaa smiled back.

"Since you guys were late I'll have to repeat my announcement, Shikamaru and I are getting married"
"What?!" Naruto almost spilled his drink.
Neji, Garaa, and Kiba sent nods of approval.
"No way! The wedding isn't going on! I'm not giving up on Naruto!"

Naruto looked up in confusion.

"...uhhh...I....i..I also believe that we should marry the person we choose to marry" he quickly lied.

"That's true" he nodded.

Sasuke's POV:

How dense could he be?
These guys aren't even trying to hide it now....

I turned to face my brother who was smiling without really saying anything. I had a weird feeling about something. The incident this morning was something serious, how could someone destroy our barriers so easily?

How dangerous is this threat?
And.....what is there goal? I glanced at Naruto.
This is my family now and I'm not letting anyone hurt him.

"So Naruto, today we have organized a private horse ride for you and Sasuke, you two will get to know each other better and you get to explore the kingdom" Izumi smiled.

"That sounds amazing but I also have a theatre class to get to, my father really wants me to be part of it" he muttered, his voice grew quiet towards the end.

"Theatre? What are you working on?"
"Romeo and Juliet...." he whispered.

"And you are..."
"....ju...." he whispered so quietly no one could hear him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear that" Izumi smiled.

"Julie...."
"Juliet?!" Kiba exclaimed out loud.
Naruto's face flushed a bright red.
He knew it, as a future king it was totally humiliating to play the role of a girl. No child would dare look up to him, they'd laugh and scoff at his mere presence.

"I think that's brave" Izumi nervously muttered. Itachi gave her a slight push signaling to change the conversation.

"What?! Isn't there a kiss scene between Juliet and Romeo!?" Kiba practically cried.

"Yes...."
"Who?" Sasuke finally spoke up. His eyes turning a darker color.
"I'm not sure, the director said he was absolutely amazing and breathless, 'made for the role' he said" Naruto rambled on.
Sasuke forced a smile, someone other than him kissing his bride. No.
Would they kiss before he could kiss Naruto?
Wait....has Naruto had his first kiss yet?!
Was he no longer a....god forbid it.
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2 hours later~

"Naruto?" Sasuke questioned as he looked around the horse stables.

He had showered...again. Dressed in his best horse riding outfit and lathered himself in his favorite cologne.

"Here!" Naruto yelled. He was struggling to put on a horse saddle.
"Need help?" Sasuke smiled as he came closer.

"Yes please" Naruto nervously rubbed the back of his head.
He grabbed the horse saddle with ease and swiftly placed it over the horse. In less than a minute the horse was professionally prepared for him.

"Thanks for the help...I was never really taught how to fix...this"
"It's fine, what are husbands for?" He smirked which made Naruto chuckle. Who knew that prince Sasuke was such a flirt.

"Let's go?"
"Yeah" Naruto climbed on top and followed Sasuke out.

The ride to their destination was calming and very relaxing, they shared stories and even shared what Kakashi would consider 'romantic moments'

"And then Iruka made me run 5 miles around the castle, I think I lost a couple of pounds" Naruto touched his stomach as if to measure his waist.

I grabbed his hands and smiled.
"You tried to run away from me"

Naruto's face flushed a crimson red, "n..n..no" he stuttered.
I laughed and backed away, "how did you react when you were notified I had chosen you?"

Naruto looked at me with awed expression. I looked at him curiously, "Naru-"
"Oh! Yes! I was baffled to say the least" he quickly answered with a nervous reaction.

I laughed at his adorableness.
"How are you liking it here?"
"Umm....it's comfortable....I'm not alone. I'm really thankful for having my friends here with me and....you're a nice person to be with"

My heart raced a bit.
Nice person.....

"Naruto....I think you're a nice person too"
———meanwhile~

Kiba, Neji, Garaa, and shikamaru were all squished together on top of a tree trying to spy on their cute blonde and making sure nothing happened between them.

"Stop moving!" Shikamaru yelled in annoyance as Kiba stretched to get a better view.

"He touched his hand!" Kiba yelled.

"What!" Neji took the small brass monocular scope out of his hands and watched Sasuke's hands touch Naruto.

"Naruto's laughing" Garaa muttered, he was moodier than usual.
"How can you see!? You don't even have-"
They heard a crack.

"Oh no..." Shikamaru whispered before the branch broke off and sent them flying down.