Sequel to Don't let me go (This takes place 7 months after the ending) But I think I've made it so that you can read this one anyway if you haven't read the previous story...

Warnings (please read): Yaoi, SasuNaruSasu, rated M, drug use, some OOCness – but it can't be helped since this is AU and they have completely different backgrounds - and also there will be OCs in this (please don't flame me to tell me how much you hate OCs and that I could've just chosen from the Narutoverse characters, you've been warned…)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the song lyrics

Chidori

Chapter 1 – Imperfect dream

The fans were screaming their name - the very same name that was written in big neon lights on top of the stage. The Black Souls, the band that had made their first part, was finished now, and they were also cheering for them. Kiba, Naruto and Suigetsu were incredibly excited, anyone could tell, and they were just waiting for Kabuto to tell them they could go.

Sasuke was standing a little behind, taking deep breaths and trying to hide his nervousness. The stage was now filled by a thick smoke, and Kabuto urged the four boys to go. Kiba and Suigetsu respectively took place behind the drum and mike, and Naruto was about to go too, but he glanced back, smiled and grabbed Sasuke's hand to drag him along.

The smoke started to clear, and the crowd screamed hysterically when they could recognize the band. Sasuke couldn't believe it; there were so many people. They were wearing dark t-shirts with "Chidori" written on them, those boys and girls that had come to see their first show. And when they started to play, Sasuke's stress disappeared completely. He started singing almost only by reflex; they had practiced so many times.

The fans screamed excitedly when they recognized the song. They had sixteen songs on their record in total, and they would play almost all of them, keeping the fan's favourite hits for the end of the show.

As usual, the sounds of the instruments and Suigetsu's voice put Sasuke into a sort of trance. They really had developed a unique energy when playing together. And what gave Sasuke even more adrenaline was that the fans were actually singing along to his lyrics!

At the end of the first song the crowd was screaming so loud that Sasuke had to wait before talking. He knew he had to. Suigetsu had even written a little speech for him, but now he couldn't remember it at all. But it didn't matter. Clutching his mike tightly in his right hand, he stepped forward.

"Are you ready to rock this place tonight?" he asked loudly and the screams came again. "Are you ready for some real fucking metal?" More screams.

Kiba hit the drums and Naruto and Suigetsu followed his lead for the next song.

We could blame, the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out or are we breaking down?
We can't blame this world forever, this world forever

As Suigetsu screamed that last part and Naruto did his short guitar solo, Sasuke felt adrenaline filling up his entire body. He had written this song after meeting Naruto, and it had been one of these days where his father was being so close-minded as usual, and Sasuke had just been so frustrated.

The end will never come
There's still a mountain left to climb
But we will overcome
The hurdles placed inside our minds

Naruto placed himself beside him as he played guitar, and Sasuke couldn't help but feel like this was the greatest thing they had accomplished together. All of the hard times they had been through, they had led them here, to this stage, creating something even greater and making this moment perfect.

So close but still so far
Each day will bring us brand new scars
What are we fighting for?
We cannot live like this no more

'Cause in the fake of darkened days, we know

We could blame, the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out or are we breaking down?
We can't blame this world forever, this world forever

Just need some clarity

Can't seem to open up these eyes
Don't want your sympathy
It took me time to realize

This is not what I want
Or how I thought this life would be
This is not what we need
So take this shit away from me

This part had been inspired not only by Sasuke himself, but also by Itachi. Their rich family putting so much pressure on their shoulders was just wrong in his opinion, and he was speaking his mind through this song. Even if his father never understood, at least he had tried.

'Cause in the fake of darkened days, we know

We could blame, the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out or are we breaking down?
We can't blame this world forever, this world forever

So are we breaking out or are we breaking down?
I guess what's done is done but we will overcome

We can't blame, this world forever
We can't blame the world forever
We could just escape together
So are we breaking out or are we breaking down?
We can't blame this world forever

'Cause in the fake of darkened days we know

Song after song, the crowd kept screaming and asking for more. Security had to stop crazy fans from trying to jump on stage. Naruto was the most energetic as usual, and the crowd cheered for his guitar solos. He played in front of Kiba, back to back with Suigetsu, or next to Sasuke, always with renewed skills and focus; he would never stop to amaze Sasuke. As for the piano parts, they were pre-recorded and a technician was playing them each time they started a song that included it. Kabuto, Karin, Ino and also a few other friends that had come to Tokyo to see them were watching and cheering from the stage's entrance on the side. Jugo and Hinata had arrived a little late, but they were there now, standing next to Shikamaru, Temari, Sakura and Itachi.

With one last song, they thanked the fans warmly and disappeared back stage. But as expected, they were called for an encore. So they ran back on stage and played one of the first tracks of the record for the finale. Sasuke felt overwhelmed by the never ending energy and enthusiasm of the fans, and when it was finished he felt like it hadn't been long enough.

"This was our first show, and YOU GUYS MADE IT HAPPEN!" he shouted and the fans cheered, "Thank you!"

As he returned back stage with the others he was immediately pulled into Naruto's arms and they kissed passionately.

"That was the greatest night of my life!" Naruto exclaimed, grinning, when they pulled away.

"And it's not finished!" Suigetsu replied, putting both arms around them, "Time for the after party now!"

Naruto nodded, "It's Sasuke's birthday after all!"

The raven shrugged lightly, "No big deal."

"Of course it is!" the blond protested.

Shikamaru stepped in, "It was a really awesome show guys. But Temari and I are gonna head back…"

"I tried to convince him to stay longer, but you know how he is," Temari chuckled helplessly. "I really loved the show!"

"Thank you!" Suigetsu smiled.

Naruto hugged his friend, "Thanks for coming Shika!"

"What about you guys?" Karin, who had just gotten out of her daze as she watched the crowd leave slowly, turned to look at Jugo and Hinata.

"We'll stay a bit," Hinata smiled and Jugo nodded.

"So where's the after party?" Itachi asked.

"We can't go darling!" Sakura protested. "We have to work tomorrow!"

Ino shook her head as she glanced at the pink-haired girl, "Oh come on Sakura you're no fun! It's Sasuke's birthday!"

Itachi stepped closer to his little brother, "And I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Sasuke smiled, and as Shikamaru, Temari and Kabuto left, the rest of them got ready to go out. Sakura was still hesitating though, and it was getting on Sasuke's nerves.

"Look," Itachi gave her some bills, "just take a cab or something. I'll see you tomorrow."

"But… your Father's gonna be mad!" she insisted.

"I don't care," Itachi replied on an even tone, but Sasuke could tell he was annoyed.

She left, resigned, and Sasuke was glad. He still couldn't believe Itachi had married that girl. When everyone was ready they left by a subtle back door – they didn't want to be attacked by rabid fan girls. Sasuke got into Suigetsu's car with Naruto, Karin and Kiba. These two were still together, but Ino had broken up with Suigetsu a few weeks ago. So their blonde-haired stylist chose to ride with Itachi, Jugo and Hinata. They followed Suigetsu's car to a fancy night club downtown, where they had an entire floor to themselves for their private party; all paid by Orochimaru as a gift for Sasuke.

Their producer was very fond of him, and sometimes Sasuke thought that it was a little too much – and kind of creepy, actually – but he tried not to worry about it. Naruto, with his ever generous and trustable personality, had said that Orochimaru probably just appreciated his talent as the lead singer of the band.

At the club they went directly upstairs with their V.I.P. pass. Since their videos and record were already popular in Japan, they had to hide themselves a little when going out. So they wore sunglasses and hats most of the time. They still weren't used to it, but they knew it was part of the job.

Naruto took off his dark orange hoodie – Ino had not yet succeeded in getting him rid of that piece of clothing – and Sasuke openly checked him out as he was left in just a sleeveless dark blue shirt. Naruto had grown taller since he had met him, almost a year ago. They were now pretty much the same height. Also, he wasn't a karate sensei anymore, but his body was still lean and athletic as ever.

Naruto smirked when he noticed Sasuke's staring, and he slid his tanned arm around Sasuke's thin waist to lead him towards the bar.

"Cool thing they didn't card us," Kiba exclaimed.

"With the amount of money Orochimaru paid them for tonight, I think we don't have to worry about that," Karin chuckled.

She had gotten rid of her more professional clothes for a ridiculously tiny black dress and heels, and both her boyfriend and Suigetsu were staring at her with desire in their eyes. Thinking like Shikamaru, Sasuke wondered just how troublesome this situation would get. But for now it was okay – Kiba was oblivious. Karin though was enjoying the attention a little too much, and she was quite a tease for Suigetsu.

Due to aforementioned amount of money given by Orochimaru, it was open bar. They started with shooters, everyone wishing happy birthday to Sasuke. Hinata, Jugo and Ino went on their little private dance floor, not wanting to drink too much. But the others were taking advantage of the open bar – especially Suigetsu, Kiba and Naruto. Sasuke just imitated them; he was still full of energy because of the show, and for one of the rare times when he felt like partying, he thought, why not? He was also glad to be able to spend time with Itachi. His older brother was allowing himself a careless, fun night out for once, and Sasuke knew it was a relief for him to escape from his boring and monotone existence.

The Black Souls, the band that was on tour with them, were also invited and they arrived an hour later. The lead singer was a girl named Kimiko. She was also dating her guitarist, Takumi, a very quiet and shy guy. They seemed to balance each other out, because Kimiko was anything but quiet.

"SASUKE-KUN!" she screamed as soon as she saw him, and she pulled him from Naruto to hug him tightly, "You were amazing tonight!" She finally let him breathe in order to look at the rest of the band, "You all were, of course," she added with a charming smile.

Suigetsu and Kiba smiled and thanked her, already under her charm. Kimiko was short and tiny, but there was something special about her, mostly her natural beauty and rock n roll attitude. She wore skinny jeans and sneakers, with a striped blue and black t-shirt that was too big for her and let one of her shoulders show. Her long hair was obviously naturally black, but it was bleached, giving it a caramel blonde shade.

As for Naruto, he rolled his eyes and stood a little apart from the others. The rest of the band was obsessed with Kimiko, but not him. There was something about this girl that he didn't like. It was rare for him; he usually trusted everyone easily. It probably had something to do with the fact that she'd been obsessed with Sasuke from the very moment she had seen him. The guitarist of the Black Souls went to join him. They both stood silently for a moment, sipping their drinks and looking at a helpless Sasuke being harassed by Ino, Kimiko and Karin.

"You don't mind when she's flirting with other guys?" Naruto suddenly asked him.

Takumi shrugged, and looked at him with a little sad smile, "I'm used to it. And this time it's not like she has a chance anyway."

"True," the blond chuckled, "hey where are Yoshikazu and Hiroshi?"

"They should be here soon. I'm impressed that you remember their names. To be honest I don't even remember yours, sorry."

"It's okay," Naruto laughed, and then he introduced himself again.

They had met only once before the show; it had been a last minute decision by Kabuto, or Orochimaru, Naruto didn't really know the details.

"So how long have you guys been together?" Takumi asked.

"You mean with Sasuke or with Chidori?"

"Well, both."

"Actually it's pretty much the same time. We met in October last year, and we formed the band soon after. What about you?"

Takumi took his time to answer, and Naruto glanced at Sasuke quickly to see if he was okay or if he needed to be saved from the girls. Actually it seemed Itachi had beaten him to it, because the two brothers were now talking quietly together at the bar.

"I think it's been about four years, since our band is together."

"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed, impressed. "How do you do it? I mean, with my friends, we fight all the freaking time! Sometimes I'm afraid we won't even last a full year."

"It's Kimiko, really," he smiled, looking at his hyperactive girlfriend who was still talking with Ino and Karin. "She keeps us together."

Naruto nodded thoughtfully. Maybe it was the same with his band, but in their case he was the one playing mediator and preventing fights most of the time. Two new people arriving brought him out of his thoughts. Actually, in total there were six people; Hiroshi, the drummer, had a guy beside him and Yoshikazu, the bassist, had no less than three girls clinging to him.

Takumi chuckled when he saw Naruto's wide blue eyes, "Don't be so impressed. They're probably fans of your band and he took advantage of that."

"The party can start now!" Yoshikazu exclaimed, stopping by them just to poke Takumi in the stomach. "Hey it's my favourite emo boy!" he grinned and Takumi glanced away and sighed.

"Yoshi-kun, you promised you would introduce me," one of the girls whispered in his ear, but they heard it anyway.

"Oh, right, that, well I don't remember your name so introduce yourself," he shrugged and went to the bar with the two other girls.

Naruto raised a brow; that Yoshikazu guy was such a douche bag. He even had the look; short spiky blue dyed-hair with a black hat and sunglasses, tight jeans and v-neck shirt. The poor girl was left just standing there shyly, looking at Naruto in awe. Hiroshi also joined them with his date.

"I see you made a new friend," he told Takumi.

"He's the guitarist of Chidori you moron," Takumi replied, annoyed.

"I know that," Hiroshi smiled, his dark brown eyes never leaving Naruto's. "I wouldn't have forgotten a hot guy like that."

Naruto was starting to feel really uncomfortable. Takumi seemed annoyed, glancing at Kimiko once in a while. Naruto cleared his throat, trying to find something to say, but nothing came out. If only the obviously perverted gay drummer could stop looking at him like he was a piece of meat. And he had a date for Christ's sake! Finally Hiroshi flipped his long black hair back and made his way to the bar, the other guy following him. Weird…

The girl broke the awkward silence, "Can I have your autograph Naruto-kun?" she asked shyly, taking out a magazine cover and a pen apparently out of nowhere.

"Sure," Naruto smiled and signed her magazine.

"Thank you so much," she smiled back.

Then she ran to Kiba and Suigetsu to have their autograph, too. She probably hadn't noticed Sasuke yet...

"So are your band mates all crazy perverts?" Naruto asked.

"Welcome to my life," Takumi sighed.

"Come on, cheer up," Naruto laughed lightly, putting his arm around his shoulders in a friendly way, "it can't be that bad."

"Trust me, it is."

"So let's leave them here and go dancing, what do you say?" he suggested.

It had been a while since he'd danced in a club, and he missed it. Dancing was one of his favourite things to do, with Sasuke was a bonus of course, but right now he was with his brother and he wanted to let them catch up.

"All right let's go," the raven-haired guitarist gave in.

Naruto watched as he went to talk to Kimiko, and he did the same with Sasuke.

"I'm gonna go on the real dance floor," he grinned, "you'll join me later?"

Sasuke smiled and pulled him in a kiss, "Sure," he whispered.

He returned to his conversation with Itachi, and Naruto smiled at Takumi.

"Let's go!"

People were either too drunk to recognize them, or they simply didn't know they were famous. The dance music was even louder there, and they couldn't talk without yelling into each other's ears. So they simply danced, Naruto letting his body follow the rhythm with his natural confidence. Takumi was shy, though, but after a few more drinks he started dancing more, and he even smiled once. Naruto was glad that he was having fun at least; he had seemed so depressed before.

Kiba and Suigetsu joined them a few moments later, and the four of them danced together for a while. The next person to join them was Yoshikazu, still circled by his three female dates. As he was dancing with one of them, the two others found dance partners in Kiba and Suigetsu.

Naruto frowned as an obviously drunk Kiba was dancing really close to the girl. She was rubbing her ass against him and he was pulling her closer. He started kissing her neck and she turned her head to meet his lips.

Naruto glanced at Suigetsu; he was doing pretty much the same activity with the other girl. But Suigetsu was single now; Ino had dumped him for that very same reason. And the same thing was doomed to happen to Kiba, Naruto thought.

"Is everything okay?" Takumi asked, frowning.

"Yeah it's just…" Naruto hesitated.

"What?"

He shook his head and made his way to Kiba. He pulled him by the arm and yelled in his ear to make sure he would be heard.

"You have a girlfriend, Karin, remember?"

"I don't care man," Kiba slurred, "Just leave me alone."

Naruto did as he was told, sighing, but he figured at least he had tried. When he turned around he saw that Kimiko was there. She jumped in Takumi's arms and kissed him passionately, and then she started dancing with him. As usual when he was in a club and everyone around him had dance partners, Naruto longed for Sasuke. But he figured since he was probably still with Itachi he'd wait a little bit longer, and he was certain that he would join them in a little while anyway.

- Chidori -

Sasuke didn't want Itachi to go so soon, but he knew it couldn't be helped.

"Are you sure you can drive?" he asked again, worried.

"I didn't drink anything, Sasuke," Itachi reassured him.

He nodded quietly; it was true, but Itachi did look a bit tired.

"Text me when you get home all right?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah okay," Itachi ruffled his hair gently, "your hair is getting longer. Are you trying to get my look?"

"You'd like that, huh?" Sasuke teased, "So that people mistake you for me in the streets and ask for your autograph?"

The older Uchiha chuckled and leaned closer to hug him briefly, "I'll miss you."

"Me too," Sasuke whispered as they pulled away. "Take care okay?"

"Yeah, you too."

"Tell Mom I said hi, and that I miss her."

"I will," Itachi nodded and smiled sadly. "Happy birthday Sasuke."

Sasuke watched him go, and a lump formed into his throat. He missed his family; it was true - Itachi, Mikoto, and even Fugaku, even though he'd never admit it. He had stayed with them until March, but when his father had learned that he hadn't gotten into any university he had kicked him out. Sasuke had stayed with Suigetsu for a little while, and then with Naruto. And after they had graduated – about the same time they had released their record – they had moved to Tokyo.

Suigetsu and Kiba had an apartment together, and at first Karin and Ino were living with them, but now Ino was temporarily living with Sasuke and Naruto in their own apartment. Sasuke didn't mind, he could understand her for not wanting to see her ex boyfriend all the time. Besides, she was crashing on the couch and surprisingly didn't take that much place. Naruto and Ino got along really well too, so there was no big deal.

He liked his life here, but he couldn't help missing his family – especially Itachi. So now that he was gone, he felt a little depressed.

"Sasukeeee!" a drunken Kimiko came to stand beside him at the bar, and offered him a drink. "It's my favourite, taste it!"

"Thanks," he chuckled. It tasted really good indeed, so he just emptied his glass completely and smiled at her. "Let's go dance with the others."

She grinned, "Cool!"

She took his hand and led him to the middle of the dance floor. He glanced all around them to try to find a familiar blond head, but it was as if he couldn't see anything. Everything was so blurry, and the crowd of dancers seemed to be thickening around him.

"We'll find them later," she smiled, voicing his thoughts.

He nodded and started dancing. His eyes lingered on the light effects in the club, and the music was pounding in his head. Suddenly it was all he could hear. Kimiko was talking to him, but he couldn't hear her, and then she was laughing, but he didn't know why. She pulled him in her arms and they danced together. Sasuke tried to pull away at first, a last spark of lucidity inside him wanting to get away from her, but then he stopped resisting.

He felt too good to fight against this. He felt light-headed, uncaring, like there was nothing, absolutely nothing that could bother him anymore. He was just having fun, dancing, dancing with whoever wanted to dance with him. He barely even noticed when he changed dance partners. It didn't matter, nothing mattered. He let his head roll back as he danced, looking at the light effects again.

He didn't know how much time had passed. Suddenly he felt dizzy, and the girl in his arms frowned.

"Hey you okay?" she asked.

It wasn't Kimiko. He didn't know this girl. Why was he dancing with her? He glanced around him, but there weren't any familiar faces.

"You okay?" she repeated, sounding worried.

He didn't answer, he couldn't find his voice. He pulled away from her and tried to find his way through the crowded dance floor. He needed to get out, to breathe some fresh air or something…

Suddenly he felt an arm on his shoulder and he was turned around. He gasped but then he was relieved when it was someone familiar. Finally…

"Are you okay?" Jugo asked him. "Hinata and I are gonna go."

"I don't think he's okay," the black-haired girl told her boyfriend, worried.

"Let's bring you outside," Jugo said, leading them both to the front door.

Jugo's strong built had always been intimidating, and at least it came in handy in situations like these because people immediately let them through. The air of downtown Tokyo in July wasn't exactly what you could call fresh air, but at least it was better than inside the club. The three of them sat on the sidewalk, Jugo in the middle. Sasuke tried to keep his eyes open, but it was too hard. He rested his head on Jugo's shoulder, still feeling dizzy and weak. But at the same time he still felt good – like nothing in the world mattered.

"I'm gonna call Naruto," Hinata's high-pitched voice said, and Sasuke frowned slightly.

"Naruto," he whispered.

"Yeah it's okay she's calling him right now," Jugo said reassuringly.

- Chidori -

Naruto was desperately looking for Sasuke. It had been two hours since he'd returned upstairs to look for him, but he wasn't there, and neither was Itachi. When he had asked around, Kimiko had just told him that Sasuke was probably somewhere on the dance floor. So Naruto started looking everywhere, but this was a really big club and it was hard to see through all the people that were dancing. So when his cell phone rang he didn't even look at the caller id, he just answered immediately.

"Sasuke?"

"Naruto, it's Hinata. Don't worry, Sasuke's with me and Jugo."

"Is he okay?" he asked urgently.

"Yeah, we're outside, at the main entrance. I think you should come now."

"I'll be right there," he said then hung up.

He hurried and made his way outside, and then he spotted Hinata, Jugo and Sasuke sitting on the sidewalk. Sasuke was leaning on Jugo, and that wasn't normal. Naruto walked up to them and sat beside Sasuke.

"What happened?" he asked and Sasuke seemed to react to his voice.

"Naruto," he whispered, and he pulled away from Jugo only to fall into Naruto's arms.

"It's okay," he held him tight, rubbing his back soothingly.

"Maybe he just drank too much," Hinata suggested.

"No," Naruto shook his head slightly, "he's not like that when he's drunk, believe me."

He would have laughed in any other circumstances – Sasuke drunk was the funniest thing ever, after all – but right now he didn't feel like laughing.

"I'm sorry," Jugo said, standing, "we really have to go."

Naruto nodded, standing as well and pulling Sasuke up, "It's okay, I'll take care of him now. Thanks."

He watched them as they walked towards Jugo's car parked further in the street. As usual Suigetsu had brought his car but would be in no condition to drive, so Naruto, still holding Sasuke with one arm, dialled Ino's number on his cell with his other hand.

"Naruto? Where are you?" she answered.

"I'm outside with Sasuke, I'm gonna call a cab, you coming with us?"

Ino was staying with them at their apartment but she didn't have the keys, so she told him that she would be there in a second and hung up.

"Naruto… I'm sorry…" Sasuke whispered and pressed himself closer to him.

"Why do you apologize?" Naruto asked. "What's going on?"

But Sasuke didn't answer, he seemed half-asleep. So Naruto just called a cab and waited. Ino arrived a minute later.

"Oh my God I'm so glad I'm staying with you guys! I wouldn't want to be with Karin and Kiba tonight! It's not gonna be pretty! She saw him dancing with this girl… Is he okay?" she suddenly interrupted her ramblings to take a better look at Sasuke.

She had seen him drunk before, and she knew that this wasn't the case.

"Did he take something?" Ino asked in a lower voice.

Naruto shrugged helplessly, "I don't know."

The taxi arrived and Ino took place in the front seat, telling the address to the driver, as Naruto sat with Sasuke in the back seat. The ride was quiet, Ino feeling obviously a little uncomfortable and worried for Sasuke. The latter was still in a half-asleep state, resting his head on Naruto's shoulder and occasionally whispering incomprehensible things and pressing his body closer to Naruto.

When they arrived Naruto paid and they got out of the car. He gave the keys to Ino and picked Sasuke up to carry him.

"Tell me if there's anything I can do okay?" she said once they were inside.

Naruto thanked her and made his way to the bedroom. He put a now fully asleep Sasuke on the bed, removed his shoes and jeans and put the sheet over him. Glancing at the living room, he saw that Ino was already sleeping on the couch. She must have been really tired – they all were, anyway.

Naruto sighed and undressed himself, too. He had wanted to give his gift to Sasuke tonight, but it looked like it would have to wait the next day. So he just crawled under the sheets and put his arm around Sasuke's waist, pulling him closer.

He was so tired, but it was impossible to sleep, he was too worried for Sasuke. But there was no one he could call for advice, and he couldn't possibly bring him to the hospital. That was the problem with fame; if you were just being a normal teenager, went out and took drugs, it would be all over the magazines and the internet in less than an hour.

Sasuke was gritting his teeth in his sleep, and Naruto was even more worried. He even tried to wake him up so that he would stop, but it didn't work. He eventually stopped, thankfully, and Naruto slowly fell asleep as well.

- Chidori -

In the morning the sound of the shower woke Naruto up. Sasuke was still sleeping soundly in his arms, so it was obviously Ino in the bathroom. Naruto, worried, looked at Sasuke's face closely; but he seemed just fine. Maybe just a little pale, but it was always hard to tell with Sasuke since his skin was already pale-white.

He caressed his raven hair softly and it woke him up.

"Naruto?" he whispered, confused.

"Please don't say you're sorry again," Naruto pleaded.

"What… what happened?"

"I don't know, you tell me," Naruto sat up, looking down at Sasuke.

But Sasuke only looked at him for a moment, confusion all over his beautiful face and his onyx eyes.

"I wasn't drunk," he finally said, also sitting up. "Maybe someone put something in my drink…"

"No shit," Naruto snapped, and he immediately felt bad. It wasn't Sasuke's fault. "Sorry, but you should've been more careful…"

"I think it was Kimiko."

Naruto's eyes widened in anger, "What? That bitch! I asked her where you were, and she didn't even tell me!"

"Look, it's no big deal…"

"How can you say that?" Naruto protested, "It was your birthday, it was supposed to be our night, I mean… do you even remember…?"

Sasuke's face didn't reveal much, as usual, but Naruto was able to read him well now. He knew that he felt guilty.

"You can tell me, maybe I'll be pissed, but you know I'll forgive you," he said half-teasing, trying to lighten the mood, "it's better to tell me the truth now."

"It was just dancing," he said, and Naruto knew he wasn't lying, "I danced with a bunch of people but it wasn't more than that. I didn't kiss anyone."

"Okay," Naruto said softly.

Unable to stand this any longer, he pulled Sasuke into a tight hug. He really didn't like fights – especially not with his boyfriend.

"Now all that's left is to kill that stupid bitch," Naruto said teasingly.

"Look, it's my problem… I don't want to add even more drama to this tour before it's even started. I'll talk to her in private, and she'll never do it again, and I'll be more careful anyway, and everything will be all right. You don't even need to worry about it."

"Fine," the blond sighed, pulling away slightly.

They heard a knock on the door.

"Are you feeling better Sasuke?" Ino asked through the door.

"Yeah I'm okay."

"Good, I'm glad!" she exclaimed, "Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm done in the bathroom!"

"Thanks Ino!" Naruto replied, smiling, "A shower sounds good, no?"

"Hmm hmm," Sasuke whispered, getting up lazily.

They didn't care to go from their bedroom to the bathroom in just their boxers. Ino was used to it by now, and certainly not complaining.

The first thing Sasuke did was brush his teeth and then drink a lot of water – he refilled the glass five times.

"Damn, you were thirsty," Naruto said.

"I guess…"

"Probably that shit you took…" Naruto said before brushing his teeth as well.

Sasuke started the water and glared at him, "Naruto, I said I didn't want to talk about it anymore."

"Sorry…"

When he was done Naruto hopped in the shower next to Sasuke. They were still a bit tensed, but Naruto had an idea to make things all better…

"You know what I'd like Sasuke?" he whispered in his ear.

Sasuke stayed silent as he finished cleaning himself up, but his lips had twitched into an almost smile.

"Make up sex," Naruto said huskily as he brought a hand to Sasuke's crotch.

It didn't take much to turn Sasuke on. He turned around quickly and kissed Naruto passionately, running his arms all over his tan skin. He kissed his neck and Naruto tilted his head back to give him better access. He gasped as he was pushed against the wall. Sasuke grinded against his hips and he moaned loudly.

"Sasuke… I need you…"

The raven gave him another bruising kiss as he brought his fingers to his entrance to stretch him.

"Naru… you're so fucking sexy…" he whispered.

"Sasuke…" Naruto arched his back as his lover placed himself near his entrance, teasing him.

He shivered in anticipation and pulled Sasuke closer. Finally the desired feelings filled him as well as the usual pain that came with it – but it was totally worth it. Besides, he was used to it now and the pain never lasted long. Instead it was pure pleasure that filled him as Sasuke's thrusts went faster and faster inside of him.

"I love you," Sasuke whispered against his neck.

"Love you too," he breathed.

Sasuke kissed him again and then pulled away, out of breath.

"I'm so close," Naruto whispered.

Sasuke reached with his hand to stroke his painfully hard member, and with a few last thrusts they came together.

They washed themselves again and got out of the shower, simply wrapping clean towels around their waists. Ino was looking at them with big eyes as they walked to their shared bedroom.

"Sorry," Naruto said sheepishly.

"N-No it's okay," she said quickly, making Naruto laugh.

They locked themselves in the room and Sasuke sighed as he sat on the bed.

"Poor girl," he said.

"I think she enjoys it," Naruto chuckled.

"No idiot I meant with Suigetsu, how he treated her sucks. And now he's all over Karin. Well, I can't say I didn't see it coming."

"He wasn't all over Karin yesterday… He was all over a pretty fan girl that douche bag Yoshikazu had brought. Just like Kiba… Like you said before, such drama!" he laughed.

"It's funny now, but it won't be funny if everyone quits the band…"

"Don't worry, they won't quit as long as I'm here!" Naruto smiled, "More importantly, I have something for you."

Sasuke seemed to forget about the band's sentimental problems for a moment, and it was replaced by a slightly curious expression. Naruto's smile widened; he loved getting reactions like this out of Sasuke.

"What is it?"

Naruto fumbled through his drawers on his side of the room – the messy one – and then he showed Sasuke a nicely wrapped present, with colourful paper and ribbons.

"Ino wrapped it," he explained.

"You didn't even need to say it," Sasuke chuckled as he tried to take it.

But Naruto put it behind his back and smirked, "You have to try to guess first."

"It's like, a medium sized box or something; it could be anything in there."

"That's why you have to try to guess!"

"I don't know."

"Heh, fine, you're no fun," Naruto finally handed him his present, "bet you'd never have guessed it anyway."

Sasuke opened it carefully and Naruto was starting to get impatient. He was also starting to find that Ino had wrapped it a little bit too well. He was a little bit nervous, too; what if Sasuke didn't like it?

It had been really hard to find an idea for a gift at first; Sasuke was the kind of guy that if he wanted something, he just bought it. He had thought maybe a necklace, just like the one Sasuke had offered him a while ago, but Sasuke was always wearing his silver chain with the lightning flash pendant. So that idea hadn't worked.

So when Sasuke had finally removed all the wrappings and opened the box, Naruto held his breath.

"A notebook?" Sasuke picked it up, "It's really nice…"

"You have to open it!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sure it was a quite expensive black notebook with fine silver designs on its cover, but that wasn't all. And when Sasuke opened it Naruto couldn't have hoped for a better reaction. His beautiful smile widened as he turned the pages.

Naruto had left the right side blank for Sasuke to write, but on the left he had put pictures of the two of them.

"It's just that… I know you're old school and like to write in a notebook… and well, you once said that I inspired you so…"

"This is amazing… Naruto, this is…" Sasuke shook his head, at a loss for words. He looked up at him, "where did you get all these pictures?"

Naruto laughed, "Well, your mom, mostly, and also my mom, Ino, and Karin…"

Sasuke put it down carefully on his bedside table, and, still smiling, he got up and kissed him.

"You like it?"

"I love it," he whispered before kissing him again.

Naruto's hands lingered at Sasuke's hips, making his towel fall.

"Guys I made breakfast do you want some?" Ino suddenly asked behind the door.

"Maybe we should get dressed," Sasuke whispered.

"But I like you better naked," Naruto pouted and Sasuke chuckled and kissed him once more.

"Oh and Karin just called!" Ino exclaimed. "There's been a change of plans. We're leaving tonight to make sure we're on time for the next show!"

Naruto was filled by a mix of laziness – he wanted more time to just relax with his boyfriend – and excitement for the upcoming show.

"There's still time," Sasuke whispered in his ear, reading his mind.

Naruto smirked and pushed him on the bed, climbing on top of him, "Let's make the most of it then!"

TBC

Songs:

Breaking out, breaking down by Bullet for my valentine