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Summary: Uchiha Sasuke, a wealthy, hedonistic 18 year old male, begins an intense love affair with his girlfriend's wayward 16 year old half-brother, Uzumaki Naruto. AU. Yaoi. Some Het. Two-shot.
Main Pairings: SasuNaru, SasuIno (mostly onesided).
Other Pairings: NejiSasu (past/onesided), Sasuothers (mentioned/onesided), NaruHina (very brief), GaaNaru (mentioned).
Enthralling
en·thrall: 1. To hold spellbound; captivate. 2. To enslave.
Part (1/2)
Uchiha Sasuke remembered the first time he absolutely knew he was attracted to the same sex.
He had been merely a twelve year old boy, still unaccustomed with the workings of his development inside and outside of his own body. In one of his formal English classes in the seventh grade, he had first noticed that his twenty nine year old male teacher was in fact an attractive specimen. Hatake Kakashi had been his name; an eccentric yet handsome man who teasingly hid his elegant beauty by shielding his face behind an improvised, fabric mask.
The covering to his face would conceal part of the left side; the black colored cloth distinguishing the stunning tone of his natural skin. One could always tell when the man would be smiling because his mask would lift upward right where his covered mouth would be located.
Thus with that minor anomaly, Sasuke—as well as some other students, particularly females—could tell that the man had a sculpted dimension to his face.
Those who had been lucky enough to get a quick glimpse of his countenance had swooned to themselves; his mismatched colored eyes, his perfect nose, his porcelain skin, his narrow jaw line; and his silver tinted hair were much to be desired. To top it all off, Kakashi had had a mysterious attribute to him. It had been as though he were honey and his willing admirers were the bees competing to become his queen.
And Sasuke, experiencing a typical school boy crush, couldn't help but want to be the man's only bee.
So, within the following months, Sasuke did all he knew how to do to try and woo the other man. After reading one of his mother's mushy romance stories, Sasuke had began his pursuit by sending Kakashi expensive trinkets (candy and flowers were much too girly for his taste) through the mail. When that hadn't worked, the boy had made desperate attempts in gaining the older man's attention i.e. disrupting the class and harassing some of his peers. Kakashi had been stumped with the pre-teen's unusual behavior, and hadn't known how to approach his once-model pupil until one day, during a staff meeting, one of his colleagues had pointed out the obvious after Kakashi had explained the situation.
It was that day he had learned that Sasuke had an intense infatuation for him.
The knowledge of such information had been shocking to hear, but Kakashi had been determined to set the record straight with the Uchiha. The next day, after school had ended, he had requested for Sasuke to stay behind in the classroom. Thinking that he had finally grasped his teacher's affections, Sasuke did so pompously, sauntering toward his teacher's desk with a seductive sway of his hips as Kakashi called him forward.
What came out of his teacher's mouth both stunned and angered him like nothing else ever could. Kakashi had professionally clarified to him that his attitude was outrageous, and that it wasn't appropriate for a student or a teacher to pass such advances with one another. Sasuke had fumed silently to himself as he listened to the man's lecture, feeling his supposed love for the older drop hastily to an insufficient amount.
As a means of payback, Sasuke had harshly gripped Kakashi's masked face and pressed his lips against the other's silk covered ones before the reprimand had been fully completed. He then left the room with a cruel smirk, imagining his teacher's shocked appearance as he walked through the school's courtyard.
o-o-o
As Sasuke grew older, he knew that he was classified as 'gay' based on the fact that the female race (or the ones he had encountered) simply repulsed him. Once this had been discovered, he found to his great satisfaction the joys of engaging in a sexual relationship with another male. He had been fourteen, nearly fifteen when he had had his first encounter. It had been with his childhood friend, a teen named Hyuuga Neji.
The year older Hyuuga had a similar personality to his own—aloof, arrogant, and intelligent. Interestingly enough, those characteristics weren't what attracted Sasuke to the other boy. It had actually been the older's hair; his long, glossy dark brown hair. If Sasuke had been allowed, he would have spent hours upon hours running his long fingers throughout the beautiful locks.
To his utter relief, Neji had felt the same way about him. Sasuke could recall musing to himself that the boy ought to feel the same nonetheless. After all, what was there not to like? Sasuke came from an affluent and respectable family, his blue tined black tresses and aristocratic features molded his good looks, and his grades were top notch.
The Uchiha knew he was more than a catch; he had claimed to himself that he was realistically a gem among gems. And as soon as he had told Neji such a thought while the both of them were in an empty classroom one spring afternoon, the older teen's light purple eyes had flashed lustfully.
Without warning, Neji had pounced on the other, plunging his tongue deep into the heated cavern of Sasuke's mouth. The two boys had kissed passionately, trying to outdo the other with the swift curl and pull of their wet appendages. Within minutes, Sasuke and Neji had removed their clothing and explored each other's bodies in earnest. It was one of the most exhilarating experiences of young Sasuke's life.
The heat was exquisite, the friction was astounding; and as the Hyuuga used his fingers to bring the utmost pleasure to the younger boy while their mouths continued to move against one another, Sasuke had relished in the thought that nothing could've compared to that exact moment.
But fate decided to intervene before the boys could go any further. The bell had rung throughout the school to signal that the lunch period had come to an end. Speedily putting back on their choice of wear, Neji and Sasuke had promised one another that they would meet up again when they had more time. With a lingering kiss that was meant to be chaste but spoke volumes, the pair of dark haired teens had then departed from the classroom and went their separate ways.
From then on, the two had become official and had started seeing each other all through the beginning of high school. Sasuke had enjoyed every minute of it, especially since he had begun experimenting with other boys his own age. The Hyuuga had no inkling of his boyfriend's fleece, and had continued their shameless coupling. Neji and Sasuke had had sex so much around that time that they had almost gotten caught on two different occasions in school and had actually gotten caught by the latter's tradition bound parents on another.
Needless to say, the whole situation with his parents had been less than pleasant. Sasuke, in all his haughtiness and carelessness, had one afternoon snuck his older brunette boyfriend inside of his house. Believing that his parents and brother would be gone for the remainder of the day, Sasuke had brought Neji into his room for a round of frenzied passion. Just as Neji was about to enter him on his bed, his mother had come entering in his room without knocking. The look on her face was one of pure disbelief and horror. It wasn't long before Sasuke's father came across the scene as he took in his wife's frozen stance, nearly thrashing the Hyuuga when his eyes took in the older boy lying on top of his youngest son.
Kicking Neji out of their home, the Uchihas had forbidden Sasuke from ever being involved with him again. His father had even threatened to disown him if the man ever got wind that his teen son was with another male. Because of this, Neji and Sasuke had broken up formally, but they still resumed meeting each other on and off in secret when the opportunity presented itself.
To keep up appearances, Sasuke had begun dating various females, sleeping with a guy or two on the side covertly. This arrangement had met with his parents' approval, and had enhanced his already enormous popularity in school. And although Sasuke had resented the pressure he felt he had been under by his family, the teen couldn't deny that the amount of secrets he had underneath his belt was a sheer thrill for him.
And Sasuke could easily admit that he would always be looking for a thrill…
"So, how do you like it, Sasuke-kun?"
An eighteen year old Uchiha Sasuke briefly peered through the corner of his eye at the one whom had voiced the question. His current girlfriend, a blonde called Yamanaka Ino, was gazing at him with a hopeful expression, wanting more than anything for the dark haired teen to answer in the affirmative in regards to what he thought of her living quarters. The couple were presently sitting in Sasuke's vehicle, having parked the car horizontally to the sidewalk that led to the girl's modest home. The both of them were wearing tailored clothing; Sasuke in a gray, button up shirt with black slacks and Ino in a sapphire, summer dress.
Truthfully enough, as Sasuke mused over her question, Ino's house was of a moderate size with a trimmed lawn and rosebuds spread throughout the grassy plains. The curb appeal was clear-cut and charming, the roof appeared sturdy with its darkened surface, and the two-story exterior of the home was painted a nice cream color with peach painted shutters that coexisted with the porch's humble expanse. Overall, it was a nice looking house.
However, all Sasuke had to say on the matter was a noncommittal, "…hn."
"Sasuke-kun," Ino whined, bouncing in her car seat while she clung to the other's arm. "Why do you always answer like that when it involves something important? I really want to know what you think."
Sasuke gave the girl a deadpanned expression, mentally noting that Ino was becoming more and more clingy by the day. In retrospect, Sasuke had chosen the girl as his girlfriend based on the fact that she hadn't been as obsessed as the other girls at their high school had been with him. As a matter of fact, the two had started off as friends. It had been comforting to know that he could be friends with a girl and not feel suffocated by the mere presence of one. Therefore, when he had asked her to be his girlfriend, he had done so not only because she were pretty, but because she had had a good head on her shoulders.
Unfortunately, that aspect of her deeming personality seemed to be slipping away little by little.
After a long pause, Sasuke finally said, "It shouldn't matter what I think of your house. I'm here to see your family, remember?" The pair of teens had only been going out for less than a month, and yet Ino thoughtlessly was focusing on more materialistic values.
"I suppose you're right, kio," Ino relented with a nod, reluctantly releasing her hold on her boyfriend. "My house has very little meaning to the grand scheme of things."
Sasuke would have rolled his eyes if he had been anyone other than an Uchiha. Instead, he removed his seat belt from his torso and exited the car with a slam of his door. Ino followed suit, and then the two of them ambled in the direction of the footpath, treading on the porch's wooden steps one at a time. Halting on the terrace's welcome mat, Ino rummaged in her pockets for the house keys, revealing it into the warm, summer evening air as she inserted the key through the lock.
Sasuke stood behind her, walking into the ceramic foyer as Ino opened the front door with flourish. The entryway of the house was wholesome with tan colored walls and white crown molding near the ceiling. Sasuke admired the intricate fan attached upward before Ino's loud voice penetrated through his reflections.
"Okasan, we're here!"
The piercing call seemingly summoned a figure from one of the rooms upstairs as a single person subsequently descended down the staircase and stopped their movement at the landing. A thirty something, redheaded older woman with violet-blue eyes in a simple, white garb smiled warmly at them, her pallid cheeks blushing into a rosy red. Sasuke took in her outline silently, discerning that Ino hadn't received any of her looks except the pastel of her skin. He then reasoned to himself that Ino must've taken after her father.
"Hello, Ino-chan," the woman greeted. "Uchiha Sasuke-san, I'm Uzumaki Kushina, as you might remember. It is so good to officially meet you."
With a noble bow to his waist, Sasuke responded in kind. "Uzumaki-san, I am honored to be in your presence. You have a lovely home."
Ino giggled, naively ignoring the fact that her boyfriend had at last acknowledged her house. "Isn't he dreamy?" She directed to her mother.
Kushina chucked. "Indeed, dear," was her vague reply.
"I can't wait to show you the garden out back," Ino exclaimed, abruptly ignoring her mother as she dragged Sasuke toward the backyard's sliding door. "The dahlias have just begun to bloom this week. They're beautiful!"
As the blonde female opened the glass door to walk outside, Kushina's voice rang out, "Your brother Naruto should be out there, too! I'll make sure to call you all in when dinner is ready!"
Shutting the clear barrier that led to the inside of the house, Ino and Sasuke strolled through the coppled trail. The blonde teen talked his ear off, going into detail about the landscaping of the backyard. On all sides were bushes and flowers of multicolored designs. The greenery of the garden was of a relaxing quality. On the far left of the structure, adjacent to the end of the house, was a miniature waterfall with small cherubic statues on both margins.
Reaching the dirt path that surrounded the garden, a curved bronzed bench came in their sights. Taking a seat on the narrow setting, Sasuke articulated a question that he had been pondering since he had first learned about Ino's family.
"Do you and your brother have different surnames as well?"
Ino clicked her tongue in apparent annoyance. "Yes, he took my mother's name while I have my father's. You see, technically, he's not my full blooded brother. He and I have different fathers. My mother and my biological father had been casual friends before they conceived me out of wedlock. Before I was even born however, my father left the city for unexplained reasons. It had been just me and my mother as far as I know for months until my brother's father somehow showed up. He and my mother had been childhood sweethearts in high school, and I guess after seeing one another, they fell back in love. They soon got married to one another."
Sasuke was surprised at the amount of venom that had crept into her voice as she finished her explanation. "You sound bitter about it."
"It's not that I'm bitter, it's just…I was merely a toddler then and everything was so confusing for me. I mean, to find out the man I thought of as my father not really being my father was a devastating blow for me. I guess old wounds take a long time to heal."
Sasuke was just about to ask about the absence of her brother's father when a musical laugh extended to his hearing. Peering upward against the setting sun's rays, Sasuke had to stifle a gasping hitch at the mesmerizing creature that stood in front of them. A young teen with spiky golden hair and sun-kissed skin grinned hugely at the couple, his pearly white of teeth glinted to an unbelievable shine. Sasuke deduced that the bright male had to be one of the most beautiful boys the Uchiha had ever seen. The said teen had sparkling cerulean eyes that outshone Ino's pale blue ones and three whisker marks against each cheek that was lighter than the tint of his skin. With the way the sun's light touched his yellow mane, one would think that the boy had a crimson streak to his hair.
"Talking about our family behind our back, eh, Ino-neesan?" The boy questioned lightheartedly.
"Naruto-baka! Why did you sneak on us like that?" Ino screeched, secretly having been startled by the appearance of her half sibling.
The blond boy pouted, and Sasuke had an urge to nip the younger's bottom lip. "I didn't sneak up on you. I heard some voices and came to investigate." Naruto shifted on his feet, and the dark haired teen fleetingly noticed that the other had a soccer ball tucked underneath his exposed underarm. The blond male's white wife beater was nearly drenched in sweat and Sasuke could make out the defined muscles of the other.
"Well, you still should let people know when you're going to confront them," Ino argued childishly with crossed arms.
"That's what I have you for," Naruto said with a mocking smile. His eyes then landed on the black headed teen sitting next to his sister. "Oh, hello! I don't believe we've ever met before. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, pleased to meetcha!"
Ino seemed to snap out of her foul mood, and proclaimed in animation. "This is my boyfriend, Uchiha Sasuke! I've been meaning to have him at the house for a time. He was so excited about properly meeting you and mother!"
Sasuke stood with grace and held out his hand for a shake, Naruto doing the same with his unoccupied hand. "The pleasure is all mine, Naruto-san."
"Naruto is fine," the younger of the two blonds quipped.
"Hn." Sasuke felt his heart beating a mile a minute.
"How elegant," Naruto teased, quirking his lips to form a half smirk at the other boy. "I assume you will be joining us for dinner?" At the curt nod of the Uchiha, Naruto's smirk morphed into a genuine smile. "We will be glad to have you. I'm sure you'll be looking forward to Ino practically dogging out me and my mom."
"Don't give Sasuke-kun the wrong impression of me!" Ino shouted, standing up as well. "And I do not 'dog out' you and mother!"
"Of course not," Naruto replied with nonchalance. "You just go on and on about the latest male pop celebrity, especially the ones with the biggest dic—"
"So help me if you finish that sentence…" The Yamanaka fumed with clenched fists.
"Well, I'm glad to have met you, Uchiha-san," Naruto changed the subject skillfully, outwardly disregarding his sister's angered stance. "I'll see the two of you during dinner."
Sasuke inwardly smirked to himself. The boy was entertaining to say the least. "Just Sasuke is fine," he shot back to the younger teen.
Naruto smiled one more time before he turned on his heel and strode toward the house. Sasuke admired the younger teen's full backside through his orange shorts hungrily as the blond male entered back inside the house with a bellow that was muffled when he closed the sliding door. Sasuke couldn't wait to interact more with the unpredictable Uzumaki boy.
"Ugh!" Ino decreed with a flip of her hair. "That boy is so vulgar! Don't get me wrong, he's my brother and I love him and everything, but sometimes he makes me want to slap him! Please excuse his horrible manners." The blond female teen glanced pleadingly at her boyfriend, unaware of his attraction to her brother.
Sasuke's blank face masked his growing anticipation. "It's quite alright," he spoke evenly. "I'm actually looking forward to supper with your family."
o-o-o
Dinner with Ino's family was of an interesting quality. Kushina had cooked copious amounts of teriyaki chicken, curry rice, and miso soup with varying vegetables on the side. Naruto had complained about the lack of ramen noodles as he and the remaining three occupants of the house took a seat at the kitchen table on opposite sides; Kushina and Naruto sat on one end while Sasuke and Ino sat on the other. Sasuke had chuckled almost fondly as he watched Naruto all but consume the meal given on his plate. Ino, on the other hand, hadn't been amused…
"Kami-sama, Naruto," the blonde began with a wrinkle of her nose. "Can you be any more disgusting? It's very disrespectful to eat that way in front of company, y'know." Her brother proceeded to ignore her, causing the Yamanaka to be even more annoyed.
Before she could scold the boy some more, Kushina reprimanded her. "Enough now, Ino. You do this every time there are guests over."
"But okasan—" Ino groaned complainingly.
"And Naruto," the redheaded woman spoke over her daughter, bringing her attention to the blond next to her. "Do sit up and eat properly."
Naruto rolled his eyes, but obeyed nonetheless. "Yes, Ka-chan," he grumbled with a hint of affection.
Giving her son a satisfied smile, Kushina cut into her teriyaki delicately with a knife and fork before focusing her eyes on the Uchiha. "Sasuke-san—I hope you don't mind I address you as such," when the said teen gave her a polite nod, she continued. "Ino has been telling me about your many accomplishments in school, and about the inspiring essay you wrote for graduation. The speech as I recall was in fact very moving. I have to tell you that I'm rather impressed."
"Thank you, Uzumaki-san," Sasuke answered sincerely.
"You can call me Kushina," the woman said with a flippant wave of her hand. Sasuke had to smile at that, no wonder her son was such a firecracker! "Anyway, with that being said, I must say that I was a little surprised when Ino told me that the two of you were going out. Call me forward, but I'm aware of your family's reputation and I know there must be tons of people throwing themselves at you. I want to know how my daughter came of interest to you."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the redhead's insightful bluntness. He at first thought Ino's mother would be quiet and reserved, but she proved to be a force to be reckoned with. He would have to tread carefully with this one.
Sasuke abruptly held up his hand to silence any of Ino's protesting on behalf of her mother, and stated conscientiously. "Ino is a smart, beautiful, and classy young woman with whom I had started out with as being a friend. Over the months, she has shown me great strength and dedication throughout school and with her gracious personality, and for that I care deeply for her." Or at least I used to, he wanted to say aloud but kept the thought to himself. "She is the perfect girlfriend."
"Sasuke-kun…" Ino exclaimed with a blush of her cheeks.
The kitchen area hushed into a comfortable silence as Kushina made a sound of appreciation, returning back to devouring her food with a pleased look. Ino shot him the starry-eyed stare, no doubt fantasying about their future together. The raven haired teen gave himself a mental pat on the back for handling the unexpected situation so well. The quiet resumed contentedly for a few more minutes until a certain golden haired male had to spoil it.
"So…I take it with all that fancy talk that was spewing out of your mouth a second ago, that you and Ino-neesan haven't done the nasty yet?"
Naruto was rewarded with his question from two bops on the head from his enraged sister and hotheaded mother.
Within the following forty-five minutes, Sasuke had to juggle between answering some more of Kushina's questions to paying outer concentration to his lovesick girlfriend. Naruto had been banned from the table after his inappropriate inquiry, but that didn't stop Sasuke from veering his dark orbs from time to time to the living room where the blond male was lazily lounging on the couch while watching television. At one point, Naruto's eyes had stared right back at his with the sexiest twinkle, as though he knew exactly what Sasuke wanted from him. Sasuke had had to restrain himself several times from not walking over to the boy and ravishing him.
By the end of the night, as he said goodbye to his girlfriend and her family, Sasuke had vowed inwardly that he would have Naruto for his own, one way or another. Even if he only had one taste of him, he would have him.
All throughout the summer season, Sasuke visited the Uzumaki-Yamanaka household often, to the utter delight of his girlfriend. Unbeknownst to Ino though, the dark haired teen was spending a majority of his time just watching Naruto. He was wholly fascinated with the boy; he enjoyed the way he talked tastelessly, the way he walked with an unconscious rock of his hips, and the silly little quirks he had, including the urge to dance sensually around the house whenever any genre of music began playing.
Sasuke was so deep in his obsession for the tanned teen that by the end of the month of August he had stopped pursuing other male conquests and had just stuck to focusing on Naruto. The problem was, any time he tried to be alone with the younger male, either Ino or Kushina would make an appearance unexpectedly. It frustrated the raven to no end that he couldn't physically fuck the boy like he so had wanted to.
By the time he and Ino were scheduled to attend their local university, Sasuke was mentally drained with his relationship with Ino. He and the girl had been dating for a solid three months, the longest he had ever dated a girl. Of course, Ino was thrilled with the prospect of them staying together; in many of their conversations, she would bring up the idea of getting married and having a family. Sasuke would shudder at the thought of spending his prime years attached to what he now identified as a nuisance.
Thankfully (as far as Sasuke was concerned), the two of them hadn't become intimately involved at all. Ino, who at first thought Sasuke was being a gentleman, had begun showing signs of a 'bitch in heat'. She would try unsuccessfully to seduce the black haired Uchiha, only for her plans to backfire on her once Sasuke turned the situation in his favor. Without feeling sorry, he would usually leave her feeling hopeless and humiliated.
Sasuke had contemplated many times in just dumping the pining girl until he realized that he wouldn't have an easy access to her brother. It wouldn't do him any good if he resorted to stalking the boy. With that in mind, the Uchiha continued as he was, waiting rather impatiently for a chance to ultimately woo his sexy, golden boy.
o-o-o
"Sasuke-kun!"
The aforesaid dark haired male grunted in irritation as he heard his girlfriend's voice call him from a slight distance. He had been on his way to his dorm room, walking passed his university's lavish corridors for he had finally finished with his Friday afternoon classes. It was the middle of October, and all of the registered students were hasty in their actions, almost too busy to be thinking about anything else other than school.
Revolving around, aware he was a mere foot away from his dorm, he witnessed as Ino absentmindedly bumped into the crowd of people in the hall and trekked towards him. Sasuke kept his face impassive as Ino came to stop right in front of him, bending down for a moment to catch her breath. She must have been running to catch up to me, he mused offhandedly.
"What is it, Ino?" The Uchiha spoke in a clipped tone.
"I'm so glad I was able to run into you this afternoon," she began, righting herself upward as she gazed at the other. "See, it's like this—I had promised my mom that I would pick up Naruto from his soccer practice after school today. The thing is, the committee meeting I was supposed to go to this morning was rescheduled to this afternoon. I won't even be let out of the meeting until around seven; so if you're not too busy, would you mind picking him up for me?"
Sasuke felt his insides shiver in delight at the meager thought of Naruto. It had been a week since he had last seen the rebellious boy, on the younger's birthday. The fact that he was given an opportunity to be fully alone with the other heightened his senses, and made the wheels in his head to start spinning. If he had been allowed to chuckle evilly, he would've.
Maintaining a neutral face, Sasuke said with outward displeasure. "Hn, fine. I'll pick up the dope."
"Will you really? Oh, thank you, Sasuke-kun! You don't know how much this means to me," gushed Ino, wrapping her arms around him and placing a chaste kiss on his lips. The blonde frowned in disappointment when Sasuke didn't deepen the kiss and pulled away from her.
"He attends the same high school we used to, correct?" Sasuke questioned, feigning that he didn't know that tidbit of information about his girlfriend's brother.
"Uh, yeah. He does."
"I'll retrieve him now, then. I shall contact you later." The pale teen disregarded the other's bewildered gape as he turned back around to enter inside his dorm room.
o-o-o
The resident high school was located in an immaculate district of the city's upscale suburb. Sasuke reflexively admired the scenery as he drove through the neighborhood prior to parking his vehicle parallel to the cement walkway that led to the entrance of the school. The mentioned building stood at three stories, built with a ruby brick structure, large windows on the second and third floor, and a motif double door in the front. And no matter how many times Sasuke had visited the school, the teen would always find himself appreciating the nature outside.
The autumn leaves discharging from the various trees seemingly danced around Sasuke's heels as the young man exited his car and stalked in the direction of the entrance to the school. The foliage crunched underneath his shoes as he walked; the quiet surrounding him brought a smirk to his lips as his breathing increased in eagerness. Sasuke was thankful that there weren't that many vehicles nor people in the vicinity. The one thing he wanted to avoid above all else was giggling teenage girls giving him adoring glances ever few seconds.
Sauntering through the hallways of the high school, Sasuke made his way to the back of the edifice, where the locker rooms were adjoined to the outlet of the sports field. Once he departed from the inside, the dark haired teen resumed his walking to the spruce, grassy surface. Two men a few feet ahead of him, a black haired bearded man and a longer haired brunette, were ostensibly putting away the large equipment needed for after school activities.
The black headed male was the first to notice him as Sasuke stepped closer to the turf. "Can I help you?" He asked, before taking a better look at the teen. "Oh, wait; you're Uchiha Sasuke, right? Never thought I'd see you in these parts again. What can I do for ya?"
Sasuke recognized the man as Sarutobi Asuma, one of the two soccer coaches for the school's team. "I'm here to pick up Uzumaki Naruto. I'm a friend of his."
"You're here for Blondie, huh? He's a good kid, strong player, if not a bit on the wild side," Asuma enlightened listlessly, previous to taking out a cigarette from his shirt's pocket and trapping it between his lips. Sasuke curled his mouth in disgust at the older man's insolence. Why hadn't this man been fired yet?
The other man, the second coach whom Sasuke recalled was named Genma, was more serious with his approach, "Uzumaki's probably in the showers right now. You can wait for him outside the locker rooms."
Sasuke wasted no time as he spun back around and stalked away from the men without so much as a 'thank you'. Resorting to his memory of the school's layout, the Uchiha turned a corner and halted his movements near the rear of the locker rooms. Ignoring a dark haired girl who was also waiting, Sasuke stood with his arms crossed, mentally willing for his blond haired desire to appear before him.
Less than five minutes later, boisterous snickers were heard coming from the inside. Sasuke's heartbeat increased as Naruto emerged from the interior of the locker rooms, a brown haired male and a red haired male being in tow. A group of other boys came out too but Sasuke disregarded them as fast as he had seen them. The brunette teen, adored with red triangular tattoos on each cheek, was walking to the left of Naruto while the redhead with a kanji for the word 'love' on his forehead ambled behind him, occasionally caressing the blond's waist.
Sasuke's eyes zeroed in on the redhead's 'casual' touching, and the Uchiha could feel a growl wanting to erupt for his throat. He was just about to stomp over and claim the blond when the female from before beat him to the punch, tentatively but happily embracing the blue eyed boy all to herself. She seemed oblivious to the redhead's blatant flirting as she pulled away to plant a kiss on Naruto's lips with a blush. The raven became hot with anger and wanted nothing more but to hurt the delicate looking girl.
"Hey, teme!" Naruto greeted loudly, breaking the Uchiha from his lethal thoughts. "What are you doing here? Is Ino with you?"
Sasuke schooled his features to remain unemotional. "Ino had some business to handle, so she asked me to pick you up."
Grasping the unidentified girl's hand in his own, Naruto moved toward the older. "That was rather nice of you," he said in mild surprise. "Ino must have you whipped."
"As if you would know of such things," countered Sasuke, rather annoyed with the display of affection Naruto was giving the girl beside him.
"I know plenty, thank you very much," the golden teen responded genially with a grin, before introducing the Uchiha to his companions. "Hey guys, this is my sister's boyfriend Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke, these are my friends, Kiba and Gaara, and my girlfriend, Hinata-chan."
Sasuke's anger doubled to fury as he witnessed the blond tighten his hold on the now mentioned Hinata, his knees shaking in his rage. The fact that she looked like a certain ex-boyfriend of his made the whole situation that much worse.
"Nice to m-meet you, S-Sasuke-san," Hinata addressed in a shutter, a shy smile on her face. The red haired teen, Gaara, resumed his silence, his emerald orbs intently gazing at the raven teen.
"You three as well," said the Uchiha male as civilly as he could, although if it had been his way, he wouldn't have said anything at all.
"Damn," interjected the brunette teen who was now behind Naruto. "You weren't kidding when you said you knew one of the Uchihas!" Gaping straight at the raven, the brown headed male spoke directly at Sasuke with something akin to hero worship. "Dude, you are like a legend around here!"
Naruto chuckled. "Kiba, get off his stick, man." Hinata's blush spread throughout her face at the tactless comment.
Kiba's cheeks reddened as well, though his flush came from embarrassment. "Shut the hell up! I was only speaking the truth!"
"Yeah, sure. Next thing you know, you'll become one of his fan girls."
"I will not! I aint no queer!"
"I think you're lying to yourself."
"No, I'm not—!"
Sasuke rubbed his fingers against his temples, entirely fed up with the teens' arguing. Without saying another word, the black headed teen sauntered to the fighting boys and ripped Naruto viciously away from the girl he unmistakably was envious of. Throwing a last glare over his shoulder, mainly at the dark haired female and redhead who seemed to be glaring right back, Sasuke steered Naruto toward the other side of the high school.
"What the hell, bastard? You can't just drag me away like that! Let go of me!" Naruto protested, squirming in Sasuke's grip with a fierce gusto.
Disregarding the younger boy's attempts to break free from him, Sasuke led Naruto to his vehicle; Naruto's struggles began to cease as the black haired teen unlocked the car with one of his keys from his pocket and released the blond. Resigned to following in the other's conduct, Naruto climbed into the car and buckled his seat belt. Sasuke did the same before turning on the car and putting it into drive.
The pair initially rode in relative silence for several minutes, a noiseless state that would have suited Sasuke just fine had it been anyone other than Naruto. He was so used to the blond's energetic persona that the said silence made the excitement he had felt before plummet to a tense unease. Chancing a look at the teen sitting in the passenger seat, Sasuke's eyes trailed the drop of water that descended from Naruto's still damp hair from his earlier shower all the way to his tanned neck. Sasuke unconsciously licked his lips at the erotic scene, moving his eyes back to the road further on, belatedly realizing that the blond was typing away on his cellular phone.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked Naruto, in regards to the younger's phone handling.
"Texting Kiba to ask him if he would stay with Hinata-chan until she gets picked up since you dragged me away," Naruto explained without taking his eyes off the mobile. "You didn't even give me a chance to say goodbye. Asshole."
"Hn, I think your friends will be fine without you."
"You know for someone as pristine as you, you would think that you would have a more broadened vocabulary."
Sasuke found himself smirking as he continued driving. "Whoever said I was pristine?"
Naruto hummed in consideration. "Point taken. That pole up your ass says otherwise."
Sasuke frowned at the boy's wisecrack before a devious leer appeared on his handsome face. Using his right hand to maneuver the steering wheel, Sasuke leaned over toward Naruto, making sure to keep the highway in his sights through his peripheral vision.
"And what are you going to do about that, usuratonkachi?" Sasuke's voice had lowered to a husky rumble, the double innuendo more than clear.
The blue eyed male studied the raven's face for awhile before he questioned in a blasé voice. "What was Ino's real excuse for not picking me up today?"
Sasuke, taken aback by the other teen's change of topic, blinked once as his irises went back to the clear window shield. "Like I said before, she had business to handle. Her committee meeting was changed to this afternoon."
"Okay, well, I guess I have no choice but to take your word on it. Will you let me drive us the rest of the way to my house?"
Annoyed with the younger's indifference, the Uchiha replied almost angrily. "No, you're not old enough to handle my car nor do you have a license."
"I'm sixteen," Naruto pointed out matter-of-factly. "That means I'm old enough."
I had thought so, Sasuke sighed in his mind, disappointed at the turn of events. What was the point of trying to get the blond into bed when the boy wouldn't even respond to his advances?
o-o-o
Two nights later, on a cool Sunday evening, Sasuke was found sprawled on his girlfriend's cushioned bed in her room, irritatingly waiting for the said female to finish up with her clothed fitting. Sasuke, his family, and a few of their associates had been invited to a gala hosted by one of the Uchihas' allies in the business trade. The dark haired male naturally had requested for Ino to attend as well; yet with the way she was taking her precious time, Sasuke thought that his decision had been a bad one. The social event was scheduled to begin at five o'clock, and it was already heading for six thirty. Sasuke was familiar with the term 'fashionably late', but this was becoming ridiculous.
"How do I look?" Ino asked him, emerging from the bathroom outside of her room in a purple layered kimono with a rounded comb in her bundled hair.
"You look fine, Ino," Sasuke muttered for what felt like the hundredth time. The bad mood he had been in since the day before was slowly mounting.
"Sasuke-kun," the Yamanaka teen whined in a high pitch Sasuke largely loathed. "I don't want to look just 'fine'. I need you to be more specific."
With an inward sigh, Sasuke sat upright from his lying position and gazed at her thoughtfully. "You actually look quite striking," the raven observed in truth. "I just don't know why you didn't wear a more western style. I'm sure you would look decent in a regular dress." Sasuke himself was only sporting a traditional black tuxedo with a red tie.
Ino blushed a glowing red. "You really think I look striking?" Before Sasuke could reassure her, the blond girl suddenly frowned in thought. "You like me better in a western style dress though, right?" Sasuke opened his mouth to object, but Ino continued musing out loud. "I'm going to change into a more conventional dress. I'll be out in a few minutes." And with that, she left her bedroom to enter back into the bathroom.
Sasuke glared at the spot Ino previously had been standing, acknowledging the fact that a 'few minutes' could mean any amount of time. Lifting himself from the bed and brushing off his once crisp suit, Sasuke headed toward the door to the bathroom. He was about to knock on the wooden barrier to usher the girl out when music from the right side of the hallway began pouring through Naruto's ajar bedroom door.
Curiosity getting the better of him, Sasuke ambled to the blond's room, unhurriedly gripping the door to completely peer inside. Naruto's dark room was minuscule in width, but not noticeably so. The walls were painted an off-white color, the floor was carpeted with a warm cream color, some sections of the room had piles of either clothing or books, and the single bed was unmade with three pillows and an orange comforter on it.
Naruto was sitting in an armchair in front of a desktop computer in the corner, his legs and feet elevated on a drawer to the side. The brightened screen of the mainframe was illuminating the boy's glorious face and shirtless torso as the tanned teen moved his head to the beat that was coming from the PC's speakers below him. Walking in quietly, Sasuke then stepped forward and stood behind the unaware male. Reaching his hand out, Sasuke stifled a chuckle as his hand touched Naruto's shoulder and the latter teen leaped with a start.
"I'm sorry," Sasuke stated, not sounding apologetic at all. "I didn't mean to frighten you."
"The hell you didn't!" Naruto proclaimed, taking his feet off the drawer and bending down to turn off the speakers. "What are you doing in my room anyway? Haven't you heard of knocking?"
Sasuke shrugged. "I didn't see the harm; your door was opened and I got bored waiting for Ino."
"Oh, yeah. She told me you and her were going to some party tonight. I thought you guys would've been gone by now."
The black haired Uchiha frowned, stalking backwards until he reached Naruto's bed. "We were supposed to leave an hour ago," he remarked plainly, lowering himself down to sit. "Ino just insists on changing outfits. I honestly wish I hadn't invited her."
There was a long pause after Sasuke's declaration; the two males were staring across the room at one another in the hush. Even with the lights turned off, Sasuke could see the anger underlined with a hint of amusement seeping into Naruto's beautiful blue eyes. Sasuke wasn't sure whether he should be excited or apprehensive with such an inquisitive look.
With the anger from before intensifying, Naruto's actions were a contradiction as he tilted his head endearingly to the side, "Can I ask you a question?"
The dark brunette smirked. "You just did, dope."
Disregarding the raven's jibe, Naruto's lips lifted into a derisive smile. "Why are you going out with my sister? You act like you can't even stand her."
"Of course I can stand her. She's my girlfriend—"
"I don't believe you."
Sasuke raised both eyebrows. Well, this was new. "Excuse me?"
The blond's eyes narrowed, that same reproachful smile on his countenance. "You heard me. I don't believe you like Ino; at least, not the way you're supposed to like her."
"You're talking nonsense as usual."
"Am I really?"
"Yes, you are."
Naruto gazed at the older boy for another few seconds before his grin lessened considerably. "You wanna know what I think?" When Sasuke refused to answer, Naruto continued on. "I think you're just using her. I think you're dating her for your own selfish reasons."
Okay, now they were treading dangerous territory. "I refuse to sit here and listen to you demean my and Ino's relationship," Sasuke spat, genuinely enraged with the other's audacity even though the boy only spoke the truth. He then stood up and glared at the blond teen. "Ino would never believe such things."
Meaning to leave the younger's room, Sasuke halted his movement once Naruto's smug voice floated in their space. "You're right; Ino wouldn't believe me if I told her. She would probably hit me over the head, call me a liar, and then stare at you with hearts in her eyes. It's obvious she's head over heels in love with you, and I'm nothing more than her annoying kid brother. But you're forgetting the most important thing, S'uke—how my mother would feel if she knew. You may be able to fool Ino, but if I told Ka-chan what you are up to, there would be hell to pay, for you that is."
The Uchiha narrowed his own eyes as he stayed planted near the bedroom door. "Are you threatening me?"
Removing himself from the armchair, Naruto then sauntered toward the older male, a triumphant look overwhelming his face. "That all depends on you. So, going back to the original question…why are you going out with my sister?"
Sasuke unwillingly allowed his body to plaster against the wall as Naruto came to stop right in front of him. The circulating heat emitting from the tanned teen was making the dark headed male stir with lust and longing. The Uzumaki's smile prior to their proximity resurfaced to become a nasty smirk. Despite the circumstances, Sasuke wanted nothing more but to grab the younger teen and kiss him senseless. Such an act would also shut the boy up from revealing anything else that was on his mind.
Instead of answering Naruto however, Sasuke asked a question of his own. "What brought this attitude on all of a sudden?"
"Oh, I see. Even with this threat over your head, you're still not going to answer me, are you?"
"Hn."
Leaning forward so his mouth was right beside the older's ear, Naruto whispered. "Fine, then I'll answer for you. I'm not the idiot that you might think I am. I see the way you look at me. You want me, don't you, Sasuke? You want to screw me. You want to pound into me again and again as I scream your name in pleasure. You want to make me yours."
Sasuke shivered at the other's naughty words, feeling his loins rouse in interest. By the time Naruto had finished his assertion, the pair of males were face to face with each other, lips a mere breath away. Sasuke wasn't sure who kissed who first nor did he care; all he knew was the taste of Naruto drove him wild as he tangled his tongue with the eager appendage in the other boy's mouth.
Pressing closer to the slightly smaller body, Sasuke hooked his fingers underneath the hem of Naruto's gray sweatpants teasingly. Naruto responded by moaning in his mouth and hooking his arms around Sasuke's shoulders. The frantic kiss resumed its desperate quest as the raven's hands lowered to come inside the boxers and grip the younger's firm buttocks. Naruto gasped at the sensation, momentarily breaking their lip lock to pant out in pleasure.
Wanting to taste more of Naruto's sweet, addicting flavor, Sasuke's lips latched onto a sun-kissed neck, kissing and nipping at the tantalizing skin. The blond threw back his head, reluctantly enjoying the ministrations that were being bestowed upon him. A door opening from the hall halted Naruto for a brief moment before another smirk made its way to his mouth. Being more than aware that Ino had most likely completed her changing, Naruto let the older boy devour him, moving his kiss-swollen lips upwards to the one's engulfing his. Oblivious to his surroundings in his excitement, Sasuke brought his hands to the forefront of Naruto's boxers, seeking for the other's member.
Only when Ino's voice called out to him did he freeze his actions. "Okay, Sasuke-kun, I think I'm ready!"
Releasing his lips from Naruto's with an audible smack, Sasuke then removed his hands from inside the younger's underwear. Naruto didn't let him get too far as the said teen thrust back against Sasuke with his hips and attempted to kiss him again. Turning his head to the side to avoid the blond's lips, Sasuke internally began to become alarmed as he heard his girlfriend walk back into her bedroom.
"You're going to get us caught!" Sasuke hissed underneath his breath, trying to evade Naruto's seductive maneuvers.
The golden teen replied back, whispering. "I thought this is what you wanted, Sasuke-kun…"
With the sudden realization that Naruto wanted them to get caught, Sasuke used his strength to push the younger boy away from him heatedly. Naruto, who wasn't expecting the movement, stumbled over his feet and nearly fell on his bottom. Thinking quickly, the Uchiha spun his body around and strolled out of the blond's bedroom.
Once Sasuke was in the hallway, he watched as Ino's head poked out of her room and searched right and left for him. Her eyes lit up as soon as she spotted the older male. Coming out of her room with a purple, sparkled party dress on, the blonde's happy features morphed into a concerned frown when she saw Sasuke's rumpled and flushed state.
"Sasuke-kun, are you alright?"
"I'm splendid, Ino," said Sasuke scathingly. "C'mon, it's time to go. The dress you're wearing now looks well on you."
For once not blushing at her supposed boyfriend's flatter, Ino's face took on a more worried appearance. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"I just said I was. Now, let's go—"
"Ino…" Naruto seemed to appear out of nowhere, leaning against his doorframe as he stared at the two older teens.
Making a noise of frustration at being interrupted, Ino asked with some bite to her words. "What do you want, Naruto?"
Naruto's azure eyes strayed to Sasuke's midnight ones for a short moment. Regardless of the younger blond's claims, Sasuke thought Naruto was going to expose everything that had happened between them. Sasuke felt his heart race in his chest, begrudgingly knowing that he was quite scared of being found out, whether Ino believed her brother or not.
Finally, after what felt like a long time, Naruto spoke softly, his eyes dropping to peer at the floor. "I just wanted to say you look really pretty."
Ino's face softened at the younger's compliment, inwardly feeling bad for snapping at him. "Thank you, otouto." Still trying to redeem herself, Ino did something that she hadn't done in awhile—she ambled to her half sibling to smother him in a hug. The younger blond firstly stiffened at the contact before his muscles relaxed and he returned the hold. Letting Naruto loose several seconds later, the Yamanaka gave him a gentle smile. "Tell mom I'll be back later tonight, 'k?"
Naruto nodded his head as he witnessed Ino walking back to her sleaze of a boyfriend, ignoring the glower he was receiving from the other boy. And as the mentioned couple stalked down the stairs, Naruto had a sensation of guilt and sadness swell within him, emotions he hadn't experienced since he had been a small child.
Happy New Years, Readers! :)