Notes: This isn't the ninja!verse. There's no background info, other than that they're supposed to be just another couple.
And also… Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! I am still working on the next yaoi high chapter but I figured I'd write something for everyone. It's supposed to be a "sister-fic" to there are stars in your hair, since this time it is Naruto contemplating Sasuke.
Hope you guys are having a happy holiday!
when speech becomes superfluous;
There's a heat that warms Naruto's heart when he stands outside on a snowy day, and he knows it has to do with that raven-haired man walking a few feet in front of him.
When it snows there's a silence that settles, a calmness that passes.
When that man stops and turns around to give him an inquiring look – Why are you walking so slow, idiot? – Naruto sees that same silent calmness in obsidians.
Naruto just shakes his head and takes the outstretched hand. They walk side by side and Naruto leans in to Sasuke's warmth. His boyfriend may be a cold hearted bastard sometimes, but that isn't why the snow and Christmas and winter in general reminds him of Sasuke. It's because Sasuke is always there, it's because for as long as they've known each other they've spent Christmas together. It's because Sasuke is silent and calm, because when Naruto looks into his eyes, he feels calm.
Because sometimes, like a blizzard, loving Sasuke is chaotic.
But other times, loving Sasuke is the peace Naruto always wanted.
On the surface Sasuke is cold and beautiful, but beneath it all he is a maelstrom, he is chaos, he is peace and silence.
Sometimes when Naruto looks into Sasuke's eyes, he thinks he's going to be swallowed up in a storm.
But the chaos and the calmness that Sasuke radiates and makes Naruto feel at different times is addicting.
And as Naruto stops in the middle of the quiet street to give Sasuke a kiss beneath the snowy night, he can recall the first New Years they spent as a couple where Sasuke kissed him beneath a night similar to then, their friends playing in the snow as their laughter faded in the background. It is that particular memory that always warms Naruto's heart.
He has the insane urge to say, Sasuke, you're beautiful.
But somehow he thinks his macho boyfriend will not appreciate it and instead smiles up at the confused Uchiha.
He remains silent because there is a lot he wants to say, but at that moment, words seem superfluous.
Sasuke seems to understand this for he raises Naruto's cold hand to his mouth and places a tender kiss on his knuckles. Naruto flushes pleasantly at the intimate gesture. Eventually they turn hand-in-hand to resume their walk, the falling snow covering up the footprints left behind.
"A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous."
--Ingrid Bergmen