He stays

Before Naruto can summon up the courage to run away, Ayame comes running out from the back of the store. She has changed clothes, wearing a light jacket now.

"Sorry I made you waiting, Naruto-kun.", she says, breathlessly.

Naruto spots a bit of wetness in her hair, so she must've showered quickly in the meantime. Or not, he has no idea how long he was standing out here, torn about the matter at hand.

"Ah, no problem.", he calms her down, giving her his patented grin while scratching the back of his head.

After another apology on her part, they get going. Where? Naruto doesn't know, he just figures he can do this favor to Ayame. As promised, they chat a bit and Naruto mainly asks question about her, how the shop is doing and about her father, that sort of things. Just to evade her focusing on his looks today again...

He follows Ayames lead and as it turns out, she takes them straight through the park. In the distance, Naruto can see the building where his apartment is. Eventually, they reach a little clearing in the part. They have been silent for a while now, but now Ayame speaks up again. "Naruto-kun, I know you for so long now. I saw you growing up whenever you came to eat your ramen. You could even go as far as saying I'm like your older sister..."

Naruto snickers a bit at that notion. True, Ayame is two years older than him and she really was the closest to a sister to him, but it was a bit funny to hear that from her.

"That's why..."

"Hmm?"

"... I feel only a little bit guilty about doing this...", she finishes her sentence, utterly confusing Naruto.

"Wha-?", he gasps out before his lips are assaulted by Ayames.

Before he allows himself to be washed away by the sweet sensation of her moist and soft lips against his, his reason springs up. He fears that it is his fault, that he made her act this way.

"Ayame, I'm sorry...", he tells her quickly after he breaks their kiss abruptly. He is about to get away from her when he feels her lithe hands grab his.

"Naruto, please don't run away from me.", she pleads with him.

He looks at her eyes and is surprised. Her eyes are clear and focused, unlike the others who would look differently when under the influence of the Kyuubi.

Ayame notices his stare and misinterpretes it. "I know that you probably never even thought this way about me and that you must like other girls better than me, but please just give me one more kiss." is all that she says.

Naruto looks her over again, now under this new light. She is beautiful, not so much because of a breathtaking beauty or outstanding curves on her body (as far as he can tell with her clothed) but she is a very cute girl. He feels his loins stirr inadvertently again.

"That's... not true at all, Ayame-chan. I did think about you. A lot.", he admits to her before he leans in and kisses her.

The one kiss turn into several, each longer and more passionate as the pair wrap their arms around the body of the other, holding them tight together.

Her lips are puffed from kissing so much, but her eyes remain as sharp as before. Naruto is truly relieved to find out that she honestly cares about him this much. "Naruto... please take me to your place." is her sole request now.

"Ayame-chan, isn't this too quickly?", he objects, finding it odd that she wants to move it at this pace.

But she vehemently shakes her head. "No, Naruto, please... otherwise I think I won't have the courage to ask this of you. Please, I want you tonight.", she whispers that last request out to him as she leans into him more, but his sharp ears still pick it up.

He agrees with her. He hopes he can avoid cumming anyway near her, then everything should be fine. He doesn't want her to fall prey to Ino too because of him, but he also doesn't want to let her down.

A little while later, the door to Narutos apartment is pushed open as the two people stumble inside, lost in a deep embrace as they kiss each other passionately. The womans small frame is pushed gently into the wall as the man is following her, capturing her lips in another kiss that seems to never end. Since Narutos bedroom is only nextdoor, they seperate eventually and get there.

Once they are in front of the bed though, Ayame seems to get shy. She gently holds her hands between them. "Hmm, Naruto... please, take a shower first, alright? No offense, but you smell a bit funny.", she asks of him.

Naruto sniffs at his clothes and chuckles nervously. "Yeah, you're right...", while thinking to himself that he is lucky that Ayame doesn't seem to recognize the smell of sex, because that is what his clothes are reeking of.

He is only too glad to comply, he wishes nothing more than to refresh himself now. He enters his bathroom and sees that even dust had begun to settle here since he hadn't been here for so long. First the mission with Tenten-chan and now this... it was really a long time and it seemed to be even longer for him.

Reflecting on the past and present, Naruto absent-mindedly peers into the mirror. Yeah, no wonder Ayame got suspicious. He really does look drained and it seems as if there are bags under his eyes. He slaps his cheeks once to tell himself to get a grip again and goes on to clean himself all up for Ayame. He takes a quick shower WHILE brushing his teeth under the shower. Naruto would really hate it to let Ayame wait, but he also knows now how nervous she must be.

Thinking of it, he is really nervous too all of a sudden. This is really different from all the other times he had sex lately. There was not this tension, no anxiety on his part... but now there was. Out there was a girl that genuinely cared for him and wanted him with her tonight.

Finishing up his shower, he wraps a towel around his waste and steps outside and back into his bedroom again...