Chapter 1: A Normal Morning
I lied in bed, staring at my clock. I hadn’t been able to sleep for the last four days.
The light green numbers on my clock changed to “3:00” and my alarm went off. It started out as a low humming and grew into a high-pitched beep. The noise finally motivated me enough to slam my hand down onto the off button and force myself into an upright position. Normally, I could shoot right up, but my insomnia was really dragging me down.
I yanked my pajamas off and ripped yet another date off my calendar. It was April seventeenth.
I went to my closet and grabbed a pair of spandex, leg weights, and leg warmers, which I threw onto my towel rack as soon as I got in the bathroom. My flack jacket was at the laundromat so I had to go without it.
I shut the door and turned my shower on, making sure the temperature was just right.
I stepped in and let the water drench me before I started to wash up.
After a little while, I grabbed my shampoo, which was the same brand as Gai-sensei’s, and began washing my hair.
I stepped out of the shower and dried myself off. I washed my face and hands, just to be sure I was perfectly clean, put on my deodorant and got my clothes on.
I went out to the kitchen and had a granola bar and a glass of milk for breakfast, and after putting my glass in the sink and wrapper in the trash, I went into the bathroom.
I went to the bathroom, washed my hands, brushed my teeth, combed my hair and wrapped my entire forearm all the way to nearly the end of my fingers on both arms, as I did every morning.
Then I wrapped a little part of my right, upper leg, where my shuriken holster would go. I went back into my bedroom, put on my shuriken holster, tied my headband around my waist, and attached my hip pouch to my left, back side.
As I headed out the door, I kicked on my zori and ran down the street.
It was like any other day.

Chapter 2: What’s Going On?
I smiled when I saw Gai-sensei. I couldn’t help it. He always made me smile.
“Hey Lee!” he said as I ran up to him, “Any luck with the insomnia?”
I shook my head.
“Oh well!” he said, “Maybe tonight will be better!”
“I hope so…” I whined, “I am exhausted and all I want to do is sleep!”
Gai-sensei laughed. I loved that laugh.
I felt a blush creep across my face. It had never happened before, or at least, not that I remembered, so I was confused.
Gai-sensei must have noticed my confusion because, all of the sudden, he asked, “What’s wrong Lee?”
“N-nothing…” I said, “We should get training.”
“Okay…” he replied, giving me a look I didn’t recognize. I kind of hung my head, but I snapped back to attention when I heard him running toward me.
I just barely dodged his punch.
“Don’t get distracted Lee!” he told me.
“Yes sir.”
All of the sudden, I got a weird feeling that started somewhere around my blushing and ended in a place I don’t want to mention.
That caught me off guard for a moment, so Gai-sensei got to hit me right in the chin.
“Lee, are you okay?” Gai-sensei asked, running up to me.
“Oh… yeah… I… I have to go!” I said as I got up.
Before he had a chance to reply, I ran off.
I stopped running as soon as I was sure he couldn’t see me.
I looked down and I was completely hard. I had a full grown erection.
“W-what the-” I began, sliding down the tree behind me to the ground, “What is wrong with me?”
I started to cry. How perverted could I be?
“Why Gai-sensei?” I asked myself, “He is thirteen years older than me and… and a guy!”
I must have fallen asleep, since when I opened my eyes, Gai-sensei was kneeling in front of me.
“So your insomnia’s gone know, I assume!” he laughed.
I blushed. I could feel myself getting hard again. I crossed my legs to hide it and said, “Yeah…”
“Are you okay? You look like you’ve been crying.”
“Oh, yeah… well… I… um… you see…” as I talked, I felt myself getting harder and harder… so hard it hurt. Tears ran down my cheeks as I continued, “I… I fell and… well I… my leg… it started to hurt… and-”
“Okay, there are two things wrong with what you just said. First of all, you’re wearing your weights. You couldn’t get hurt just by falling. Second, you’re starting to cry again. Even if you somehow got hurt, it wouldn’t still be bothering you that much. Now what’s really wrong?” Gai-sensei asked me, wiping the tears from my eyes.
My blush deepened and even as he took his hands off of me, I felt my erection get so hard, I almost screamed. I grasped the dirt below my hands and it hurt so much my legs flew open.
I saw sensei’s face go white as I blushed as hard as humanly possible. I felt as if both my head and dick were going to explode.
“I get it.” Gai-sensei said and, to my surprise, smiled, “It’s perfectly normal for a boy your age! Stay here until it’s gone though. If you go into the village like that, they’ll make fun of you for years! Take it from someone who knows!”
My entire face turned red as I choked up the words, “T-thanks sensei…”
Gai-sensei smiled and threw his flack jacket at me, “Go ahead and masturbate. It’ll make you feel better. You can use my vest to hide it and I’ll be on lookout.”
I blushed even harder, if that’s possible, and my face felt like it was on fire, but I nodded and, as he turned away, took off my clothes.
I put Gai-sensei’s vest in just the right position sp that no one could see me and began to stroke myself. I soon found myself thinking up a strange sexual fantasy… about Gai doing it to me… oh man, that would feel so good! That was my only thought.
I let out a moan, which I almost immediately regretted.
Without looking, Gai-sensei said, “It feels good, doesn’t it?”
“Y-yeah…” I replied and continued on.
At that moment, it occurred to me why I’d been having such insomnia lately. I had been having dreams about Gai-sensei… erotic dreams… wet dreams… so my mind made me forget them and not sleep… but they were all coming back to me now....
I could feel myself reaching my climax… it felt so wrong, yet so right!
I pulled my hand back and looked at the sticky, white mess all over it. I shuddered, not knowing what to wipe it off on.
As if he read my mind, Gai-sensei threw me a towel.
I wiped my hand off, pulled my spandex back on, thanked Gai-sensei as I gave his vest back, and left for home.

Chapter 3: No! It’s Not True!
As I walked home, I thought about it.... Was I really in love with Gai-sensei? No! I couldn’t be! The fact that both my erections started when I was near him had to be a coincidence! But what about those sexual fantasies? No, no, those were just because he was around.... What about the dreams? How could they be a coincidence? No! They had to be! Dammit, I just couldn’t love him!
It was as if I was fighting myself in my mind and I was having a hard time deciding which side I should take.
I was giving myself such a headache, I didn’t notice Neji and TenTen walking toward me.
“Hey, Lee.” Neji said suddenly and scared me half to death.
I screamed and fell to the ground. Neji shook his head and TenTen slapped her forehead.
“What?” I asked, getting up.
“It’s 7 o’ clock. Shouldn’t you be training?” TenTen asked me.
“Oh!” I replied, “I wasn’t feeling well, so I ducked out early!”
“Oh.” they both said, but their faces showed they didn’t buy it.
I smiled innocently, but as soon as they went by me, I continued to think.
“Let us see…” I mumbled, realizing the fact I couldn’t use contractions made me sound pretty dumb, “…who knows the most about love in Konoha without being a total pervert…”
Then it hit me. Kakashi-sensei!
But what would Gai-sensei think if he saw me going to his eternal rival’s house?
‘Wait!’ I thought ‘If I do not love him, then why should I care?’
Then again, the reason I was going there in the first place was to find out whether I really did or not… and I hoped it was the latter.
I found Kakashi-sensei’s house easily, since Gai-sensei and I had spied on him a lot. Gai-sensei said it “helps us to know our rivals better”. I’d even tried it on Neji once or twice.
I knocked on Kakashi-sensei’s door and he opened it.
The first thing he asked was: “You aren’t spying on me for Gai, are you?”
“No.” I said, my eyes downcast, “I need to ask you something.”
“Me?” Kakashi-sensei asked, “Why don’t you just ask Gai?”
I looked up, “It is about… love…”
“Oh. Come in.”
I felt a strange guilt come over me as I walked inside. I knew Gai-sensei would be mad if he saw me there.
Kakashi-sensei and I sat down on his couch and I felt sick… and not just because the house smelt like smoke.
“All right, so what’s your question?”
“Um… how do you know whether or not you love someone?”
“Oh…” Kakashi-sensei said, “Well, first of all. You’ll care a lot about them and always wonder what they think of you; whether you’re doing something you know they won’t like or otherwise.”
He was on to me! He knew I was talking about Gai-sensei!
I blushed as he continued, “The second thing is if you’re willing to risk your life for this ‘other person’ because they’re so precious to you.”
He really did know! He was mocking me, yet keeping his cool! It became clear to me why Gai-sensei hated him so much.
“Third,” Kakashi-sensei continued, “and the most obvious is if you can’t keep your mind off of them. You’ll start having erotic dreams about them and feel strange whenever they come near.”
I got up and left without a word.
I knew it was rude, but he had just described my relationship with Gai-sensei. I was in love with him… and that scared me.

Chapter 4: If This Is Life, I’ll Take The Opposite
I headed back home and just lied in bed until I had to go to the bathroom so bad, I thought I would explode.
When I came out, as if on que, there was a knock at the door.
I was extremely hesitant in opening the door, since I knew it would be Gai-sensei… I was right.
I wanted to close the door, but something inside of me refused to allow it.
“Hey Lee.” he said, giving a weak smile, “We need to talk.”
‘Oh God!’ I thought, ‘What if he knows? What it Kakashi-sensei told him and now he hates me? Even if he does not know, what if I have another erection and he figures it out? Oh God, oh God, oh God!’
“Lee, are you all right?” Gai-sensei asked, snapping me out of my trance.
I knew now it wasn’t Gai-sensei talking to me, but Gai.
I always liked to think that Gai had two sides: Gai-sensei and Gai. Gai-sensei was sort of the teacher Gai and Gai was just the person Gai. I always liked Gai-sensei, but when Gai talked to me, I would be up in the clouds.
“Y-yeah… come on in.” I said, my voice wavering from nervousness.
We sat down on my couch. My legs were shaking so bad, I almost thought I was having a seizure.
We turned toward each other and I felt myself blush.
“Okay, Lee… about earlier… this morning when I found you, you didn’t have an erection… well, not at first…” Gai began.
“I know!” I cried as tears streamed down my cheeks.
Gai put his hand on my shoulder, “C’mon Lee, I hate it when you cry like that. I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on.”
“M-me too…” I whispered.
“I guess I should know by now that you only talk about things when you’re ready, but when you are, I’ll be here for you.”
I hugged him, “Thank you!”
He returned the embrace and said, “No problem.”
When we separated, he wiped the tears from my eyes, just as he’d done earlier, and got up to leave.
Before he opened the door, he said, “I’ll see you at training tomorrow: 4 o’ clock sharp.”
I sighed. He was back in Gai-sensei mode, “As always.”
Gai-sensei nodded and left.
I wasn’t sure how to feel or what to think. Did Gai know? Was he mad? Should I be scared? Was I going insane?!
I slammed my head down onto the couch and screamed… not any words, just a high pitched cry.
I started having a temper tantrum… the kind you see little Acadamey Students have when they don’t want to leave the playground in the afternoon, so their parents have to carry them home.
At times like this, I was happy I didn’t have windows. It was just a three-room apartment. First was my living room/kitchen, then there was a door into my bedroom, and in my bedroom there was a door that led to my bathroom. None of my rooms had windows, just a light in each.
I must have screamed for an hour before I just couldn’t anymore.
I fell asleep right there. At least my head was where Gai’s butt had been.
In my dream I was in a pit of darkness and all I was able to do was scream… until I saw Gai burning.... Then I just shrieked.
My eyes shot open.
I must have rolled off the couch, because my I was lying on my back, on the floor.
I could see my clock. Midnight exactly. It was already an awful day.

Chapter 5: I Guess I’ll Give It A Shot
I prepared for the day the same way as I always did and headed off to training just like I always did.
I desperately hoped I wouldn’t get another erection as I headed into the training ground.
“Hey Gai-sensei…” I said, my eyes downcast as I walked toward the training post.
“Hey Lee…” Gai-sensei said, sighing as he began to work out.
I began punching the post, my anger and depression growing with every hit.
I found myself on the brink of tears when I hit one more time and felt my middle, left knuckle crack and I fell to the ground.
Gai-sensei must have heard it since he immediately turned to Gai mode.
He walked up to me and looked down at me with the same look I didn’t recognize before, “You didn’t break it again, did you?”
I hung my head, “Sorry…”
He grabbed the collar of my spandex and pulled me up, “Those artificial knuckles aren’t cheap, you know!”
I looked up at him, “You do not have to pay every time I break it.”
“I’d feel bad, leaving you with a bill like that, though!”
Around 11, when I got out of the hospital, Gai brought me out to lunch at Ichiraku Ramen.
It was pretty cool… until I noticed Gai asking for his eleventh shot of sake.
Right as he reached out for it, I pulled it away.
He looked at me and sighed, “Sorry Lee…”
I shook my head, “It is okay, I understand.”
He smiled and got up, “Well, I should get back to training.”
“Wait, so the bill-“
“You asked for it!” he laughed as he walked away.
I couldn’t help but laugh too. In a way, he was right.
But soon I found myself wallowing in my depression again
I stared at me reflection in Gai’s sake… the reflection I’d grown to loathe....
“Well… what could a shot do?” I mumbled and gulped the sake down.
Everything became blurry and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in a bed I didn’t recognize… well, I recognized one thing: the smell. I never could exactly identify the smell, but it smelt of Gai.
Maybe I shouldn’t have taken that shot … because if I was where I thought I was, then Gai knew… and he might be mad.

Chapter 6: Why Some Rules Really Should Be Broken
About ten minutes passed as I stared at Gai’s clock. It was the same as mine, I realized.
At 2:17, Gai stuck his head in and smiled when he saw I was awake. That was a surprise.
He came in and sat next to me as I sat up.
“How you doing?” he asked.
“Pretty good…” I said, but I couldn’t help but hang my head.
He put his arm around me, “It’s all right. As a matter of fact, you did a great job restraining yourself until I got there.”
“U-until you got there?” that scared me. Maybe I shouldn’t have hoped not to get an erection… it would have been a lot better than this!
“Yeah...” Gai replied, “After I got there you got really mad and you tried to attack me. Then you just broke down crying. As soon as you passed out, I brought you back here so I could keep an eye on you.”
I sighed and looked down. I couldn’t look him in the eyes, “Last night… it was not Gai-sensei that came to visit me…”
“Huh?”
“It was just Gai… until he went to leave… then he was just Gai-sensei again… and I did not like it. This morning when I got to training… Gai-sensei was still there until my knuckle cracked.... Inside, I could not help but be happy because Gai was back.... Do not get me wrong, I like Gai-sensei, I really do, it is just that… I love Gai. Whenever he talks to me, I feel special… like I actually deserve to live. When Gai-sensei comes back, I get mad at him for taking Gai away from me. That erection yesterday… it was not the first one I had had… whenever I see you, I get a weird feeling. I do not like it, but I can not help it. I am assuming that the reason I got mad while I was drunk was because it was Gai-sensei there and not you. I normally can hide it, but if I were drunk, I probably could not have.”
It took a minute for Gai to comprehend all that, I could tell.
After about a minute and a half, which felt like an eon to me, he said, “Oh…”
After about five more minutes of silence, I began to cry, “Gai… I am sorry… I should not have said anything…”
“N-no, I’m glad you did. I mean… I love you too, but it would never work. I don’t entirely get what you mean by the ‘Gai and Gai-sensei’ thing, but I think I understand well enough. The thing is, I never wanted myself to get this close to you, because I knew nothing would ever happen. It’s against the law and if we did anything and someone found out, I could get sent to jail… and those erections… they’re perfectly normal. Don’t worry about them okay?”
I looked up at him. This time, it was me who had to do the computation.
After a minute, I slowly nodded and wiped the tears from my face.
“A-are you sure?” I asked, staring right into his eyes… which was something I had a hard time with.
He closed his eyes and sighed, “I wish I wasn’t.”
I took his arm from around me and turned to get up.
Without opening his eyes, Gai moved out of my way and I got up.
On my way out the door, I heard him say, “I-I‘m sorry Lee.”
Without turning around, I shook my head, “Do not be. You did not make the laws.”
I wanted to turn around and hug him, but I didn’t want him to see that I was crying, so I shut his door and ran down the street.

Chapter 7: Life Or Death?
I didn’t feel like going to my house… or anywhere else for that matter.
I didn’t know what to do. My head was giving me life or death, but I couldn’t choose.
I ran down to the river and without thinking, I jumped in.
I held my head in as long as I could until I heard a voice.
“What the fuck are you doing?” it was Neji.
‘Maybe if I ignore him, he will go away.’ I thought… I was wrong.
He grabbed me by the neck and pulled me out.
“Hey!” I yelled, in the process of coughing up water, “It almost worked!”
He dropped me, “Is this some sort of training Gai-sensei taught you?”
“No, it is suicide!”
That was the only time I’ve ever heard Neji really laugh. He laughed so hard, he fell into the water… but I was serious.
“What is so funny?” I snapped.
“You?” he laughed, “Suicide? Don’t make me laugh!”
I knew he expected a snappy comeback, like “I already have” or something along those lines, but that wasn’t what I was going to give him.
“I am not joking.” I said, in a serious tone.
He stopped laughing and stared at me. It was a strange look that kind of scared me, so I yelled, “What?!”
“You’re serious?”
“Of course I am! I would not joke about something like that! And now I have to start over!”
I dunked my head back into the water and this time, started breathing it in.
This time, Neji grabbed me by the hair and yanked me up.
“What the fuck?!” I screamed, waving my arms around like a maniac.
“What the hell are you thinking?” Neji asked me.
“Whatever the hell I want!” I yelled and kicked him right in the nuts.
He dropped me and, as soon as I climbed back up to the bridge, I ran off again.
At that moment, I hated everything. The air around me, the people walking by me, and even my own self, I hated it all.
I didn’t want to… as a matter of fact, I tried not to! I just hated the thought of life and I hated the thought of death.... If only there were a spot in between....
‘I should be happy’ I thought, ‘Gai loves me too… but if we are not together…’
Without even stopping, I fell to my knees and then to the ground and started crying. I didn’t care that I was in the middle of a crowd; I didn’t even care when everybody stared at me like an idiot. I just… didn’t care.

Chapter 8: The Biggest Chance I’ll Ever Take
I must have passed out because the next thing I knew, I was being kicked in the side.
I immediately woke up and rolled over, “What the-”
“It’s three in the morning.” Naruto said, kicking me again
I sat up, “And what are you doing out?”
“Eating ramen, but it looks like you’re just napping in the middle of the street.”
“I had a rough day.” I said, getting up.
As I ran off, I heard Naruto call, “You’re welcome!”
When I got home, I took a shower and got ready like I usually did, except skipping breakfast since I didn’t have time.
I was really tired, but I knew I had training, so I couldn’t slack off. I didn’t want to disappoint Gai-sensei… or Gai. Especially not Gai. As a matter of fact, the only reason I was going in the first place was not to disappoint him, although I was sure he was still upset.
When I got to the training ground and ran up to Gai-sensei, he turned straight into Gai mode, coughed, and looked up as he pointed down.
I looked down, only to notice how hard I was… and getting harder. I felt myself blush… really hard… and suddenly I got a weird urge. I wanted Gai.
I threw my hands up into the air and turned around, “I can not do this!”
“W-what?” Gai asked.
“I just can not do this!” I repeated, “I can not stand it!”
Gai put his hand on my shoulder and I turned back toward him.
I felt tears beginning to form in the corners of my eyes, but I didn’t care.
“Lee…” Gai said, “I… I really don’t know what to say…”
“Then do not!” I said. I jumped up, wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him as hard as I could.

Chapter 9: If This Is A Dream, Don’t Wake Me Up
Gai didn’t push me away… he actually kissed me back!
His kiss was all I dreamt it would be and more.
We fell to the ground, managing not to break the kiss. We were so close to each other, I could feel our erections on each other’s.
Our tongues touched and I felt like I was in Heaven.
But suddenly, Gai stopped and rolled off of me.
I shot up, “Gai! I am sorry! Did I do something wrong?!”
Gai stood up too, “No, you were great! We just can’t do this…”
That made me mad. To this day, I’m still not sure what possessed me to do this, but I grabbed the opening of his flack jacket and pulled him down to my level. “Dammit Gai! If you are going to kiss me back, you do not reject me after, got that?!”
I let go of him and he fell backwards.
I stared down at him, “So which is it?”
I felt his feet wrap around my own and he pulled me down until I was on top of him. We rolled over so he was on top and he kissed me… he kissed me!
I wasn’t about to miss this chance, so I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips down onto his as hard as I could. They connected like magnets.
Our tongues twisted around in each other’s mouths. It felt so strange, yet so good! And Gai’s mouth… it tasted wonderful!
As soon as we needed to stop for a breath, Gai said, “All right Lee… I’ll be your boyfriend… but no one else can know, okay?”
I smiled, “My lips are sealed!”
“They better not be or else I can’t kiss you!”
I opened my mouth up nice and wide. Gai laughed and started kissing me again.
I was a little worried about a couple of things though. One was that Neji and TenTen might see us, but it was only about four-thirty in the morning and they usually didn’t come until six or seven. The other thing that worried me was how good I was doing. Gai said I was great, but was I really?
Although our lips were still stuck together, I heard Gai say, “You’re kind of tense Lee.... Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Hell yeah.” I said as our lips parted for a brief moment.
I yanked him closer to me and paused just long enough for him to say, “You’re aggressive today… I like that!”
We smiled at each other and started kissing again.
After a while, we had to stop again and he flopped back to the ground.
We were pretty exhausted, but we pulled ourselves up and started to train. It’s a good thing we did too, because as soon as our erections were gone, Neji and TenTen arrived.
The next step would be the hardest… keeping “us” a secret....

Chapter 10: Wow… Neji and TenTen Suck!
“So you changed your mind, eh Lee?” was the first thing I heard from Neji. Bringing up my suicide attempt? What a bastard!
“Yeah…” I said, refusing to look at him.
“What’s that mean?” Gai asked me.
“N-nothing!” I nearly shouted, somewhat ashamed.
He kneeled down next to me and said, “Lee, now remember our ‘agreement’. If you want it to stay in tack, you better tell me!”
At least he was smiling… and did a good job at covering “us” up… both good signs, so I said, “Fine… yesterday after we talked, I tried to drown myself in the river.”
Gai stared at me blankly, then frowned, then was confused, then thought, and finally, smiled.
“I think I get it.” he said.
“So… our agreement is still in tack?” I asked.
“I’d say so!”
I beamed.
Neji and TenTen just stared at us like we were retarded, but then again, they thought we were!
Gai ruffled my hair and then said, “All right you guys, we’ve been doing a lot of solo exercises lately, so I think we should do something as a team!”
Neji and TenTen sighed. As they walked by me, I heard TenTen say “And by ‘as a team’ he means ‘just Lee and I, but I’m required to train you two, so come anyway’.”
That made me feel kind of weird, especially when Neji agreed.
At that moment, I discovered something. Neji and TenTen didn’t dislike me, they were jealous of me! They knew I was Gai’s favorite! What if they found out about me and Gai? Suddenly, I didn’t feel so good.
“Hey, come on Lee! We can’t do this without you!”
“Of course we can’t.” Neji said to TenTen as I walked by them.
I hung my head.
“Okay!” Gai said, rubbing his hands together and, finally, clapping them, to get our attention. We all looked up as he continued, “Now, I know you already have great teamwork, but it hasn’t reached its peak quite yet. So-”
“Excuse me sensei!” TenTen interrupted in the most know-it-all voice I have ever heard, “But without you around, we’re a lot better!”
“Huh?” Gai asked, “What do you mean?”
I wanted to strangle TenTen right then and there, but I restrained myself as she continued, “Well, when you’re around, Lee’s always focusing on you, so he’s not as good, but-”
The next thing I heard surprised me. Gai said, “All right, listen up! As a matter of fact, I don’t think Lee’s the problem! Frankly, I would be entirely ashamed of this team if it weren’t for Lee! The only reason I’m still training you three every day is because the two of you can’t get it through your thick skulls that even if you don’t like someone, it doesn’t mean you can just disobey them and do whatever the fuck you want!”
It now occurred to me that Gai knew Neji and TenTen didn’t like him... which made me kind of sad.
Neji and TenTen shut up.
“Go train by yourself Lee. I need to have a talk with these two.”
I nodded and walked over to the training post.