Title: Two-Timer
Author: Praecipula
Rating: M
Warnings: Cheating, gay love, implied sex and OOC. I wouldn't be able right this if they were character people.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Summary: You can't treat love like a hamburger. You can't buy one then take one though Sasuke thinks otherwise despite the risk he's putting on the line.
Author's note: Yay..I'm back and..last year I left this thing hanging but now I'm here to finish it. Don't worry. I have the second and last part done so you don't need to worry about me running away again when I felt I couldn't finish it. I just need to have your feedbacks on whether you're still on the conclusion.
TWO TIMER
Seven year old Sasuke shuffled to his feet, hearing a lot of loud voices and his head told him to see what the commotion is about. He's been hearing a lot of like this lately but his older brother just shook his head at him and pokes him on the forehead, saying he shouldn't meddle with something like this. He thought it was some kind of ghost that has been roaming around their home and now he would figure out.
He came face to face with his parent's room, frowning a bit, he edged closer towards the slight opened-door. His father must have forgotten to lock it out. Why is the ghost over his parent's room? He has to tell them, they could be in danger. But first, he has to see what the spirit looks like so they would believe him.
With anxiousness and a certain feel of dread, he peeked inside, his left eye hidden by the shadows of the dark night, hiding him away from the room's occupants. What he saw inside made him gasp in shock.
He had been in this room many times, and it's always been the cleanest place he had ever seen. The sheets were made, without any crinkles. The wardrobes were closed tightly and no thing was out of their place. His mother made sure of that.
But seeing the state of the bedroom now, made him doubt if it's really his parents. There were a lot of objects lying on the floor, obviously threw down and he could see bits of broken glasses and figurines. The bed was stripped off of its white fluffy comforter that he loved to snuggle into, discarded on the side, half lying on the bed and the half hanging limply. The whole room was a mess.
"-please, Fugaku, for your child!" a pleading screamed tore the little boy's ears again. He snapped his gaze to where his mother was currently on her knees, tears running down her usually beautiful face. Her hair that was so perfect turned into nothing but a knitted mess lying on the top of her head, some plastered on her cheeks and close to her trembling pale lips and her hands were pressed on the floor.
Sasuke's first thought was to go to her and console her from whatever she's suffering. He hates to see her like this, so broke. She'd always been there for him, making him smile, loving him so dearly and comforting him whenever he was down. It's very hard for him to know that she's not as invincible like he'd thought, she still need comfort.
He was about to push the door open and run to her when his father's thundering voice stopped him.
"Stop this, Mikoto! You're making this hard for the both of us!" Fugaku demanded angrily, looking down at the shaking form of his wife with displeasure evident on his voice.
"I won't let you ruin their life! I love you! We love you!" the woman cried in panic, suddenly getting to her feet to try to grab his arm.
Fugaku whisked it away, his other hand firmly grasping the handle of his large suitcase. "It will not always revolve around you! I have a life too, make me happy."
"But you're happy here!"
"No, I'm not. I have someone I love Mikoto. Don't take that away from me." Fugaku grated out, already making his way to the door. Sasuke moved away a little, afraid that they would find him but the determination to understand what's really going on stopped him from completely turning away and sleep like they knew he was.
"Please! I love you so much, so much it hurts! Please, stay with us! Stay with your sons..and me." Mikoto choked out, stopping her husband by hugging him from behind. Her arms tightened around him when she felt him tense,
"Mikoto, I love her..let me go."
"No, I-"
The rest of what her mother was about to say was cut off when he felt hands blocked his ears from behind, pulling him away. He turned sharply to take a look at the person, sighing in relief when he met his older brother's impassive face, he practically glopped him.
"Nii-san! Why were mother and father angry? Did we do something wrong?" he asked worriedly, nibbling on his lower lip as he stared at his brother with huge questioning eyes.
"Let's go to your room, Sasuke."
The child nodded, following his brother obediently. It still worried him that the older man wasn't saying anything. They halted outside his room, Itachi opening the door for him before he too glided inside. Sasuke plopped himself down on his soft bed, patting the empty space on his side with a cheeky grin to gesture that his brother should sit down.
The older man sat, sighing tiredly. "What were you doing outside our parents room Sasuke?" he asked warily, eyeing him with an unreadable expression.
Sasuke pouted to hide his guilt at being caught but when his mother miserable face flashed through his mind; he immediately shifted to his side to bombard Itachi with questions. "Why were they screaming Nii-san? Mother was crying, we should go to her!" he tugged his brother's loose pony tail to emphasize his point.
Itachi sighed again, facing away from his brother. "Don't peep on them again, Sasuke. It's bad."
"I know it's bad but I just thought there was some kind of ghosts in here so that's why I checked it out! Tell me, tell me! Why was mother sad?"
"There are things you won't understand Sasuke."
"But I'll try! I want to know what's happening."
The older man suddenly stood up. Looking back at his sulking younger brother, he bent a little so their eyes met, gently laying his pale hands on his small shoulder. "Someday, you will understand. I will take it upon me to explain it to you. Promise." The last part was softly whispered as he raised his fingers to poke the other's forehead. Ignoring the surprised squeaked, the older man walked away.
"Sleep now, little brother." Was the last thing he said before he closes the door behind him, engulfing the room once again with darkness.
The little figure continued staring at where the man disappeared even after thirty minutes. Still feeling left-out, he slump his body to the bed. He really hates it when older people deliberately hide things from him just because of his age. Che.
With determination flashing through his eyes, he got out of his room with just one thing in his mind. Console his mother and stop her tears. He tiptoed through the hallway, afraid that Itachi might see him again. His little face produced a frown when he heard no voices this time. Maybe his father already comforted her mother? Maybe he should just go back?
Shaking his head to firm his determination, he slowly crept near the close door of his parents' bedroom. He pressed his ear on the wood, hoping to hear some murmurs but all he got was silence. His chubby hands reached for the knob, twisting it carefully before pushing the door a little, afraid that his father voice will soon yell at him for being so nosy. When he heard no such thing, he poked his right foot, followed by his head. He saw the crumpled form of his mother, lying sideway on the bed, facing away from him.
"M-Mother?" he croaked out worriedly, rushing to his mother side immediately. Touching her shoulder, he looked around for any sign of his father, only to meet the mess of the empty room.
"Sasuke?" Mikoto opened her eyes and Sasuke knew that the dead look she directed him will always haunt his mind for the rest of his life.
"Mother what's wrong?"
The woman slowly sat up, reaching for her son to trap him inside her arms. Sasuke return the crushing embrace as he heard the sobs that wracked his mother's form. Droplets of water was soaking his shoulder and his tiny hands rubbed the woman's back up and down, hoping to offer some kind of comfort. "Mother, what's wrong? Tell me."
"I love you Sasuke. I will always love you. Forgive me." She cried helplessly, tightening her arms around him more.
"I love you too Mother." He answered with a smile, leaning away a little to wipe off the tears flowing on her beautiful face. "Stop crying now please? I want your smile." he hushed.
Nodding, she gathered him again for a hug, burying her face on his shoulder. "Don't let anyone hurt you. Always, always be prepare for the pain. Do not let anyone, anyone, destroy you. Understand me?"
Sasuke was ushered again to his room that night despite his protests to stay by his mother's side. He woke in the morning, feeling drowsy for the lack of sleep but the worried he felt for his mother was enough to get him off the bed and seek her to ask if she's feeling okay now. He entered their room, bouncing lightly on his feet as he called out for her. "Mother!" he chirped, bending down to peep underneath the bed in case she's hiding away from him, ignoring the voice that says how stupid it is. He found her nowhere. Frowning, he sprinted to the bathroom, the only place he hadn't checked out yet.
A loud scream tore out his lungs as he stared at the blood pooling on the tiles, the pale figure of his mother lying limply inside the bathtub, her hand dangling lifelessly on the side showing the slit on her wrist.
Then in a split second, everything became black.
Eighteen years later . . .
Naruto groped for the switch to light the lamp on the bedside table. The darkness of the room obstructing the view of his jeans, thrown somewhere under the side of the bed. He had been fucking sleeping peacefully, holding his partner close to his chest and bathing in the comfortable black settling on his apartment when the continuous ringing of his phone disturbed them out of the blue.
He groaned as he finally saw his jeans, shifting a little whenever the vibrations took place. Reaching for it, he slid his half of body from the bed, dipping his head to stretch his arm.
The light shuffling beside him reminded him of his boyfriend's sudden awareness. The arm draped across his stomach pulled him closer to the warm naked body and he quickly fished out his phone. He slump his own body on the bed, returning the embrace as he enclose the man inside him, resting his chin above the mop of dark-hairs.
"Who is it?" asked the man, his voice still hoarse from screaming non-stop just a little six hours ago and from the lack of sleep.
The blonde grunted quietly as he unlocked his iPhone, still ringing and he frowned when he saw the caller's name. "Itachi." He informed the other as he accepted the call, bringing it to his ear that was not pressed down on the soft white pillow. He said the name again to greet the silent man on the other line.
"…is my brother there?" Itachi asked in his usual monotone voice. It usually perturbed the blonde to hear the same tone directed to him over and over again. You would think that after dating his younger brother for over five years now, he would show some kind of care towards him, even a bit of what he's giving to his brother.
Sighing, he nuzzled the dark-hairs with his nose. "Yes, he's here." He answered with an exasperated tone.
"Can I talk to him?"
Sasuke leaned away to look up at him, his dark-eyes roaming around his face questioningly. He smiled fondly down at him before laying the phone on the man's ear in respond. The dark-haired man instantly frowned, whether in annoyance or anxiousness, he didn't know. He continued watching his lover listen to his older brother, letting a pleasured moan when the man suddenly flipped him to straddle his stomach, his pale hand lazily holding the phone to show that he's still paying attention to the other line.
Sasuke hummed in what sound like agreement before he threw the phone on the side. He laid his body against the blonde, crossing his arms above the man's head as he smiled sheepishly down at him.
"Care to tell me why your brother just called me when you have your own phone?" Naruto quirked one brow in amusement as his lover pouted cutely.
"I turned off my phone before I went here last night."
"After I dragged you, is what you mean."
Sasuke pursed his lips lightly at the hurt he detected from his boyfriend's tone. "You know how busy I am lately. If it's my choice, I would stay every minute with you…" he traced the scars marring the tanned face with his dainty fingers, "Or is last night not enough?" He leaned forward to place a kiss on the kiss mark he left last night.
"Time would never be enough." Naruto crushed their lips together and the dark-haired man was only happy to oblige, meeting the intruding tongue in his mouth, electricity rushing to his lower region. "What did Itachi want?" the blonde gasped as they finally pulled apart.
Sasuke shrugged nonchalantly as he moved his upper body from him, stretching his arms upward and unconsciously giving Naruto a good view worth drooling for. The muscles on his pale stomach shifted, almost obscure from the human eyes, giving a certain sexy feel into it. When he noticed the blonde staring, he couldn't help but observed those adoring looks he was being given to. He don't deserve, he knew it. From the very core of his being, he knew that this moment would break, leaving the blonde choking in pain. He wouldn't be in that position of course. He won't let himself, no matter what his brother says.
"I'll cook breakfast for us." Naruto announced, tilting his head to the sunlight streaming through the gaps of curtains. Sasuke nodded reluctantly as he finally lift his body to let go of the man. He buried his naked body deep into the comforter just as Naruto slip his boxers on. "I'll call you when I'm finish. Love you, babe." The blonde peck him on the lips before making his way outside.
Sasuke stared blankly at the ceiling after he heard the sound of the closing door. A pang of pain assaulted his chest, making him raise one hand to rub it soothingly, hoping against hope that it would stop. He had been feeling like this since he found his latest to add to the growing number of the people he has a relationship to.
His brother had been reminding him of the consequences, more so lately. The older man would call him every time he's out, telling him that he should stop this foolishness at once or else he might find himself the one who's hurting the most at the end. His brother is the foolish then if he thinks Sasuke would let that happen.
He'd been having this lifestyle ever since he learned the meaning of relationships. At first, he only took two girlfriends at the time. It was hard then, balancing his time, giving gifts and attention and making sure they don't found out. To say that it was assuring was an understatement. His free time would be spend, either fucking them or receiving their affectionate gestures. He hadn't been alone since then. Sasuke clearly remember when his brother found out, a nasty fight took place, leaving their apartment ruined. Itachi punched him so hard; berating him for taking advantages of his two girlfriends and Sasuke sneered at him and told him to go fuck his own business.
Things were only righted when the older man himself finally leave him be with just a small message of being careful for what he's doing.
The silent accede only fuelled Sasuke to add another girl he found attractive to his two current. It filled more space to the loneliness he never acknowledges that exists in the depth of his soul. He tried the results and sacrifices he had to make before adding the fourth. The list goes on and on until he finally found his limit. Ten.
He can only manage ten relationships at the same time without revealing his secrets. But because he felt the need to have an intimate relationship with different people that he found attractive, he has to crawl himself out from the tight hold of one of them so he could replace it with his latest.
He found it hard on the second year he's been relishing his life with ten people showering him with attention when a girl he had just broke up with came almost every day to their apartment, begging him to take her again and proposing to give anything to him. That was not good. One of his current girlfriends knew his house because she was a classmate of Itachi—he had to deal with a black-eye for two weeks for even dating an older woman, much less Itachi's classmate. And after so much pleading and begging on his part, Itachi finally agreed to move in another place closer to where the older man was currently taking his major.
Later on, the escape plan proved to be stupid as Sasuke found himself still breaking up with all his girlfriends because he don't even have the slightest urge to pursue any long-distance relationship filled with cheesy, mushy and just plain disgusting sweet text messages, phone calls and emails. No, that was impossible.
He transferred on his senior year of college to the same one Itachi did. On his second week in Konohagakure, he found out he's in fact a bisexual when a blonde menace suddenly popped up on his life, glaring daggers at him and insulting him non-stop for having such pretty face stealing the girls away and simply having a duck-butt hair that look stupid, not cool. The fight that ensued surprisingly lead to a night on a bar, Sasuke listening to the blonde named Naruto Uzumaki about how fate and destiny teamed up to fucked his life.
He learned many things about Naruto that night. He was an orphan who had the guts to escape the orphanage on his seventh birthday only to realize how shitty his moved was when he found himself begging in the streets for food. He banged his clench fist on the bar counter, telling him how even one night, some guy approaches him for a good fuck and having no clue what the smiling man means so he followed him, obviously thinking that the man was gonna give him some food. He was screaming for help when the man suddenly pushed into an alley, ripped his pants off and how helpless he felt at that time. Then out of nowhere, a blonde woman screeched from the end of the alley, marching towards the man who froze in fear. The woman hauled the man to his feet before punching the hell out of him and literally dragged him to the nearest police station with Naruto kicking and punching the man with his tiny fists and feet just for revenge for what he almost lost that night.
He later found out that the woman named Tsunade was in fact a chief of police and that she's been living all alone after her husband died on the first day after their honeymoon after he fetched some flowers for the woman. He was run over by a truck.
Naruto spent three months sleeping on Tsunade's office and refusing to even step foot out of the police station, fearing that the same thing will happen. It was not until the blonde woman offered to take him in that he finally let tears flow due to happiness. Naruto has been clothed, feed and raised as a man by Tsunade, harness to the cruelty of the world and he had been living with her since then up until now that he's finally finishing his BA Hotel and Restaurant management.
Sasuke was about to scoffed at how different Naruto route was from his adopted mother when his eyes accidentally strayed to the entrance door where a familiar man entered. Smirking and holding hands with a woman. And hadn't even notice him as the man walked past his sitting form.
Naruto nudged his side, asking what's wrong and Sasuke suddenly reached for the half-full bottle of beer in front of him and drunk it in one shot, hissing about his stupid motherfucking father who left his mother for another woman. He snapped his gaze to Naruto, wanting to make him understand how selfish it is to leave her mother and how the asshole didn't even gave a damn even after he learned of his wife's death by suicide.
Needless to say, the night ended with Sasuke marching towards his shocked father and beating the shit out of him while Naruto stood on the side, babbling about how insensitive his father was and that the currently crying woman of his should feel ashamed for causing death for an innocent, legal wife and how she should burn to hell for breaking a family just because she wants to fuck herself to Fugaku's wrinkled penis.
They had been best friend after that night and formed a strong bond. Of course it was only a matter of time before their friendly hugs turn into passionate sex and their get-together time changed into fucking-each-other-brains time.
Itachi had warned him at the start of their relationship that now that he finally found someone to be serious with, he had to completely stop his games with playing people's hearts especially when he had only had one relationship, that is Naruto, since the time they moved.
To say that Sasuke was shock at the sudden revelation was proven when he acquired a girlfriend and a boyfriend on that same day. Hiding it from Naruto was hard, especially when the blonde started pestering him questions about why he suddenly seems so busy and why they only fuck one time a day when they couldn't get enough before. Fearing that Naruto would soon find out, he lessened his time from his other relationships and paid more attentions to the only man who took his ass virginity and to the only man who had the right to fuck him.
His relationship with the blonde was the longest he ever had, gonna strike for their fifth year just a week away.
They were best friend so Naruto should have a different treatment from the rest, was what he thought before finally standing up to join his lover to the kitchen when he heard the muffled called of his name.
"Naruto…" he says affectionately as he wrapped his arms around the man's naked torso from behind, running his palms on the strong abs that he loves to lick.
Naruto turned around to lift him to the counter, settling between his spread legs to kiss him slowly. "You always love this t-shirt." The blonde murmured as he fingered the end of the black shirt Sasuke always love to wear whenever the man was in his apartment. It's not like he mind especially when the dark-haired man refuses to match it any boxers, saying that shirt is large enough to cover half of his thigh.
"It's yours. You have your scent on it."
Naruto laughed amusedly on the blush that tinted the pale man's face. "Staying tonight?"
Sasuke bit his lip at the hopeful look on the blonde's face before he shook his head sadly. He couldn't stay tonight. "I can't. I have a meeting with my team." Pulling the man by his legs, he buried his face to the conjuncture of his neck to hide the guilt his face might be sporting.
"You're only saying that co'z you're getting bored of me now."
"That's not true!" Sasuke snapped, raising his head to look at Naruto with panic eyes. "I would never-I would never get bored of you." The truthiness of the statement shocked him momentarily before he cupped Naruto's face between his hands. "I'm just really busy right now."
Naruto nodded in resignation, embracing him firmly. "My baby must be hungry now." He teased, blowing air on Sasuke's ear.
Sasuke felt the delicious shiver ran down his spine as he met the seeking lips of the blonde, grinding down his growing erection to the other. He couldn't help but threw his head back and arched in pleasure as Naruto started nibbling the spot on his neck, sneaking an arm through his t-shirt to pinch one nipple between his thumb and forefinger. "Perhaps I should let you get hungry more?"
Sasuke could do nothing but nod.
Tripping on a discarded cloth, Sasuke let out a soft yelp as his knees hit the floor. He inspected it a little, rubbing soothingly when the stung wouldn't go away. After their pleasant pre-breakfast meeting, Sasuke was about to collapse if he didn't eat anything and was beyond ready to devour the mind-numbing food Naruto cooked for him only to find out that the table wasn't ready yet.
Naruto planned this. He just knew it.
Hoping to get rid of the sticky liquid on his thighs and the sweat that continuously rolled down his forehead, he made his way to the bathroom, leaving a threatening growl that if the table wasn't ready yet after he comes out, Naruto would pay the price. And that's how he found himself, grimacing in pain at his throbbing knees. His eyes glared at the object that caused all this, pressing his lips in thin line as he recognized it as his coat.
Speaking of coat, he remembered stuffing his phone inside it after Naruto forcefully snatched him from his work last night. Slowly, he reached for the pockets to pull out his blackberry. The blank screen greeted him and he debated whether he should turn it on and deals with what he knew several missed calls from his lovers. Deciding that he better solve this now or risk Naruto accidentally opening it, he turns it on.
As expected, it started ringing the moment it came to life. Fighting the urge to throw it against the wall, he pressed the button to accept a call from one of them. "Suigetsu." He greeted, forcing his voice to sound pleasant.
"Where were you? I had been calling you non-stop since last night!" came the furious growl on the other line.
Sasuke mentally groaned as he began constructing his excuse, saying that he didn't notice his phone was low in battery and that he had been drown on his work that he forget to even check on it. Of all the people he has a current affair into; Suigetsu has been the most annoying of them. The man clobbers him whenever they were together, practically gluing himself into him. He even had to threaten him of break-up when Suigetsu showed at his office once, scaring him shitless because Naruto was in the parking lot, visiting him too. He could always put an action to that threat but Suigetsu's affection bordering on obsession is entertaining as hell.
Suigetsu was begging him to stay to his apartment when Sasuke heard another beep on his phone. "Wait, my brother is calling. Hold on a minute." Lie, Sasuke. You big big liar. He switched the line to the latest caller.
"Sakura." He address, moving the phone away to the in-coming yell he will, no doubt, hear from the other side of the room.
"SASUKE-KUN! WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT? I HAD BEEN CALLING YOU NON-"
"Wait wait. My brother texted me, I had to see this. Hold on." He clicked the newest message, grimacing when he saw it came from his recently acquired girlfriend, Temari. It was a short message asking if he's okay because she couldn't reach him. He typed a single word 'busy' before switching to Suigetsu's line again.
"Look, I'm gonna make it up to you later. I'll come by." He rushed out as he frantically glanced at the door when the cluttering noise of utensils stopped. He heard a happy sigh before he switched to Sakura, saying the same thing.
The soft padding of feet alerted him of Naruto's incoming presence, creating a sudden panic inside him as Sakura refused to hang up. "I'm currently talking to a client now, really, I'll come." He hissed and he couldn't stop the anger that seeped through his tone, eyeing the door intently.
Sakura seems to finally get it and she mumbled a soft 'okay' followed by 'love you'. He hummed in reply. When the door opened to reveal a grinning blonde, his phone was already shut down and tossed underneath the king-sized bed.
Naruto's grin turned into a worried frown as he looked down at Sasuke who was breathing heavily, one leg pressed to his chest and staring at him with weary eyes. "Babe, what's wrong?" he asked.
"I-I tripped." Sasuke's quit reply, still staring at him. "It hurts."
Naruto's gaze slid over the skin of his knee, red in irritation. He kneeled in front of the dark-haired man, rubbing the irate skin to alleviate the pain. "Come on, let me feed you. You're hungry." Naruto smiled gently as he carried him to the kitchen.
Normally, Sasuke would have protested, punch Naruto on the face for even thinking of silently challenging his manliness but this time, he let the blonde fussed over him. Laying his head on Naruto's chest. Just a little more selfishness.
Dark eyes roamed around the piled establishment laid in front of him. He searched for the person who made him come here for a reason he doesn't know. With deliberate slow movements, he made his way to the girl he's searching for, wearing a white sundress and a dark pink wide-brimmed hat hiding his light pink blonde hairs.
The girl's eyes lit in happiness as she saw him approaching, meeting him half-way through the mass of people. She practically lunged at his arm, intertwining their fingers to show the possessive side of her as she noticed the stares her boyfriend was being levelled into.
"Sasuke-kun!" she giggled, facing him with a wide grin.
"Hn." The dark-haired man nodded, a small smile tugging at the edge of his lips as he bent down to peck a kiss on the girl. "Sakura, how're you?"
A blush spread fast on her pale face, her free hand encircling his waist as she buried her head on his chest. "I'm okay now that you're here."
Pale hands reached for the cigarette hanging on the blonde woman's lips, snatching it rudely before rubbing the smoking edge to the nearest ash tray. A frown plastered on his face, turning his gaze to the smirking woman lazily brushing hairs from her tanned face.
"Temari, how many times do I have to tell you to stop smoking?" he snapped, flapping the thin white sheet away from his sweaty body to start grabbing his discarded clothes from the floor.
The woman let out a chuckle as she watch him slip his jeans on, her naked body enticing him to go back to bed. " Sasuke, can't stay for the night?" she mumbled, quirking a brow at him.
"No, I can't. Sorry." He apologized, leaving his polo unbutton as he strode to her, grabbing her neck to kiss her passionately. Her hands threaded through his hairs to pull him closer, making him lose balance and stumble back to bed.
"Stay." She says hoarsely, nibbling his lower lip sensually.
"I'm sorry." He repeated, untangling himself from her as he dashed to the door, shaking his head as his peripheral vision caught her reaching for a cigarrete again.
The only thing that could be heard inside the dimmed-lit room are panting and heavy breathing. Two pale body glistening in sweat as they moved to a rhythm.
"S-Sa-ske..h-harder.." Suigetsu moaned, impaling himself on the cock buried deep inside him, his head pressed against the pillow as the man behind him continued thrusting into him. He spread his knees wider in hope to accommodate more.
Dark-hairs flares wildly as he fuck the man underneath him, his hands clasping the waist to slam hard on that spot that he knew will make his lover scream. The warm familiar feeling coiling tightly on his stomach was approaching, waiting to be snap.
"Sasuke!" Suigetsu screamed, jerking his weeping dick in time with the thrust. White liquid spurt from his cock, saliva dripping off from his opened lips, repeating the name over and over again.
Pale purple eyes observed the ragged breathing of the man in front of him. The beautiful pink blush marring his cheek as he sipped his drink calmly, wanting to appear calm but the Hyuuga knew better.
"You tired Sasuke?" he asked softly, reaching for the pale hand lying on the table for assurance that he'll always be here.
The dark-haired man looked surprise for a second before he hesitantly nodded. "Sorry, I'm so busy lately; I can't make time for you anymore."
Neji suddenly stood up; opting to seat with his lover so he could lay his head unto his shoulder, his long brown hairs slipping to his face elegantly. "I understand." He smiled a little.
The man's arm encircle around his shoulder to pull him closer, eliciting a sigh from the long-haired man. "I'm really sorry."
The man brought his hand to his face to adjust his black sunglasses, shifting a little in where he's currently sitting as nervousness attacked him once again, causing him to fidget every time he saw a dark-haired man passed in the street. It was already four-fifty in the afternoon and his lover is late. They were supposed to meet exactly four o'clock in the afternoon but the man understand. Completely understand.
His waiting was finally paid for when a weary dark-haired man strode over to where he is. Smiling unsurely at him as he sat in the opposite chair in front of him. "I don't know how to explain. Itachi didn't want to let go of me and I have to escape via fire exit just to come here."
Shino pulled down his large collar a little, smiling a little as he offered the menu at him. "Don't worry Sasuke. I understand." He assured.
The said man nodded gratefully, leaning forward to peck him a kiss. "Now, I should feed you till you burst."
I love you.
His fingers clicked against his cell phone in what he knew resemble panic. Eyes darting around the written tests, scrolling down a bit and letting out a frustrated grunt when he couldn't find what he needs. How could he come to his girlfriend when he doesn't know where to go? The message she sent him was lost in the numerous messages that reside inside his inbox.
One look at the time, he knew he wouldn't make it. She has a habit of choosing the farthest place for their rendezvous for a reason that they'll be lost to their own world faster. That's what she says.
His phone started ringing, her name flashing through the screen and he sighed in resignation, knowing he really couldn't make it now that she calls, dammit.
"Karin?" he asked, masking his tone with anxiousness.
The line was silent at first; he could hear the flow of strong air. So she really chose somewhere far away, perhaps a province that would take hours to get to. "Y-you.." she mumbled in a raspy voice, informing him that she might had been crying for hours now.
"Look…I'm-"
"Do you know what today is Sasuke?" she asked quietly, her tone splashed with hidden desperation. "It's my birthday…" it came off as whisper when she heard nothing as his response. "Remember what I told you before? I really…really wanted to spend this time with you. I…" her voice broke, sobs filling the phone.
The dark-haired man wearily slump his head back on the headrest of his car, hands gripping the steering wheel. "I'm sorry, Karin."
"Heh. Don't worry, I'll come see you next..next day." She said in fake enthusiasm, hanging up before he could utter another word again.
Sasuke stepped into his apartment with a tired sigh, closing the door by his foot; he strode to his living room, lying sideway on his sofa to stare blankly at the blank screen of his flat-screen television.
This entire day exhausted him more than before, the project his company gave him really took a lot of his time, forcing him to visit all of his love affairs, well almost, except for Karin. She must be crying right now, still waiting for him and hoping that he might been hurt too and come running to her, begging her to give him one more chance and that he'll make it up to her, pamper her to her heart's content. He could do that but he doesn't have to. She just needs time.
The emptiness he felt surprises him no more, it was a feeling he was used to but still, he couldn't help but yearn for someone suddenly. Naruto. If the blonde is here, he'll probably do something sweet and stupid to make it all go away but he knows the man probably is sleeping now. It's one in the morning and he still has a meeting with his teammate to attend tomorrow.
He stood up, deciding that he should probably sleep now or risk getting late. Opening his wardrobe, he picked out a cotton pajama and one of Naruto's jacket. His smell still linger, he thought as he sniff the collar with a smile.
He was about to slip inside his warm comforter when he heard the sound of doorbell. Frowning, he debated whether he should open the door or just go to sleep and hope whoever the person is will go away. It couldn't be one of his girlfriends or boyfriends because he made sure no one in them knows where he lives. He always takes them in hotel or their own houses. There were only two people who could be in the door, his older brother or Naruto.
Beaming up a little on the thought Naruto might be dropping by, he sprinted to the door, opening it with his usual stoic face just to annoy the blonde. That was of course, for a second when the person at the door doesn't even have a resemblance with his lover.
"Nii-san." He grumbled.
"That's not how you greet your older brother Sasuke. Especially if he made a time to see you amidst his busy schedule." Itachi smirked, raising two fingers to poke him on the forehead like he always do.
"And this couldn't wait until tomorrow where I can face you with full battery?"
"You sound like you didn't just open the door with enthusiasm."
"I thought you were Naruto." He opened the door wider to let the older man come in, giving him a fake irritated glare just to ruffle him.
"So, I heard Naruto kidnapped you last night." Itachi stated, making himself comfortable on the sofa he was sitting in not a half-hour ago.
Sasuke nodded, a small smile tugging at his lips as he sat on the floor, looking up at his brother with a wicked glint on his eyes. "And considering what kidnappers do to their captive...sometimes." he teased mysteriously.
"Foolish little brother..how long do you think this will last?"
"Considering we've lasted for almost five years, I say it will be more than longer than what you are about to say."
"You have a point but you'll never know what may happen."
"Naruto loves me. He'll understand. He'll forgive me, if ever."
"Oh. He'll understand that all the time you spent together were lies?"
"It's not lies!"
"Is it not?" Itachi quirked a brow at him in a challenging manner, daring him to deny all his affairs.
Sasuke pressed his lips together, glaring up at the older man, silently scolding him for bringing this matter at hand. He really didn't get it why Itachi always brings this up when he very well know that Sasuke won't give in. Hell no. "He loves me." He restated firmly and he couldn't believe how much it sounded like he's the one who needed assurance rather than his older brother.
"I know. That boy's world has been revolving around you since that time you've met."
"That's why he won't leave me."
"Wrong Sasuke."
"Did you just come here to scold me?" Sasuke snapped, suddenly standing up to march towards his room. "I have an important meeting tomorrow. Please lock the door when you leave."
"You're selfish." Itatchi began in a low voice, barely reaching Sasuke's ear. He halted in his steps without facing the still sitting older man. "What you are doing right now is selfish beyond words. What did those people ever did to you? You're hurting them and you doing nothing to make it right. Tell me Sasuke, does it make you happy to have knowledge they don't know? Does it feel right when you held them in one arm and the other busy texting with another one of your affair? What do you feel every time Naruto says he loves you and all the others were patiently waiting for your-"
"SHUT UP!" Sasuke screamed, whipping his head to look back at Itachi with furious eyes.
Itachi didn't move, he continued staring at his bristling brother with impassive face. "They did nothing to deserve this Sasuke. All they ever did were shower you with affection, love you and understand you as far as they can. You hurt the other, you hurt the rest. What do you think happens every time you and Naruto get into a fight? They're the one who has to deal with your anger-where are you going?" the older man asked as he watched his younger brother strode to the front door with hurried steps.
"Shut the fuck up." Sasuke hissed venomously, almost wrenching the door when he opened it and ran outside.
The dark-haired man frantically dialled a familiar number, waiting anxiously as the line ring. It took four rings to get the other side picked up the phone.
"Hello?" Naruto asked confusedly, his voice still raspy from being woken up. He glanced at the clock and let out a curse when he saw it was only two fifteen in the morning. "What the fu-"
"Naruto?"
The blonde straightened up, already the sleepiness taken over by worry at why his lover's voice sounded shaky. "Babe?" he asked worriedly.
"Can you please get me? I know it's late but-"
"Where are you?" Naruto got up in haste, already picking up his wallets and keys as he started heading out to his garage.
Minutes later, the blonde's orange convertible halted beside the phone's station. He had no qualms leaving his door unlocked and the key dangling on the ignition as he got out and approached the siting form of his lover on the bench.
Sasuke's head was bowed, looking up at Naruto with tired eyes.
"Babe, what's wrong?" Naruto inquired gently, gathering the man on his arms as he rubbed back and down his back as an attempt to will the tension away. "Did something happen?"
Sasuke shook his head. "Can I sleep at your condo tonight?"
"Of course." The blonde grinned, pecking him a gentle kiss on the lips before leading him inside the car.
He could feel Naruto's eyes on him as he raised his spoon to his mouth. Sasuke paid it no attention, preferring to finish the breakfast the blonde prepared for him as fast as he can. He has only two more hours before his meeting start.
Last night, Naruto has been silent the entire time except when he hugged him tightly and whispered sweet things in his ears, hoping that it would coax the dark-haired man to spill his obvious problem. But Sasuke remained firmed about keeping his mouth shut, pushing the blonde into the bed and ordered the man instead to fuck him senseless until the both of them couldn't move a limb.
Naruto put down his spoon and fork. "Babe, what's wrong?" he asked quietly.
The raven just shook his head lightly, eating his food faster. "Nothing." He murmured.
"That's bullshit. Tell me. I can help."
Sasuke nearly scoffed at the statement. What would Naruto do if he discovered that not only a one third-pary is involve but more? Sasuke didn't want to think of the strongest possibility especially if it involves leaving him.
He settled on reaching Naruto's hand. "There's nothing wrong. Nii-san and I had a fight, that's all." He assured, smiling a little to add more convincement in his statement.
Naruto looked sceptic for a moment before he finally nodded in a slow manner. "What did you fight for?" he asked casually, reaching for his eating utensils again to continue his food.
Sasuke shrugged nonchalantly while chewing. "It's not a big deal for you to worry about."
"It is especially when you just called me in the middle of the night, not saying anything and just commanding me to fuck your brains out. That's not normal. "The blonde insisted.
Sasuke frowned, feeling his temper rise. "We were not talking about this last night Naruto, why now?"
"Because it's obvious you're not telling me something important!"
"Is it that important to you?"
"It is when it deals with my boyfriend!"
There was a loud thud as Sasuke's chair met the floor at his abrupt movement. He stood there with a furious glare before marching off toward the blonde's room. Snatching Naruto's oversized jacket that he had managed to put around him last night, he readied himself to leave.
"Wait.." a soft voice called followed by strong arms wrapping themselves around the raven's wait. "Don't leave. Not when you're mad."
Sasuke's previous anger melted in an instant, his own arms fell on top of the blonde as he leaned back on the muscled chest behind him. "Sorry, I'm just tired a lot lately."
"I'm not used to this Sasuke." Naruto's chin rested on his shoulder. "You're always hiding something from me now."
The Uchiha audibly sighed, feeling a pang of guilt assault him again. "Come on, Naruto. It's just…work and Itachi. I'm tired."
The blonde suddenly spun him around to face him. "Then come live with me. You know I'll do anything to help you."
"We've talked about this before babe. I'm not ready yet." Sasuke whispered as he turned his eyes away from Naruto's hurt ones. He laid his head against the blonde's chest while he wrapped his arms around the man too.
"Then when? We have been together for almost five years now and I think this is the perfect time to move in together."
"But-"
"And I have a hefty savings for both of us. You can live with me jobless, I'll work for us. I'll pamper you, take care of you,-" Sasuke put one finger on the blonde's lips to stop his rant.
"I'm not ready..but I'll be..soon." The raven ignored the pain of having to lie again. He knew inside him that in his state right now, there's just no way will he grant the blonde's long time wish for them. Being with too many relationships while still in a commitment with the blonde is a very hard thing to handle and he doesn't want to think of how more it will be hard once they start living together.
Naruto looked utterly dejected as he moved away from Sasuke. "Please tell me you're gonna stay here tonight. It will take forever again to make you."
"Babe, I-I can't. I'll be going away for-"
"I can't believe you're just telling me this now!" The blonde snapped, staring at Sasuke incredulously.
The Uchiha's eyes widened in panic as he saw Naruto shaking his head before walking away from him . "Naruto please, I just never had the time to inform you."
"You never really had the time, hadn't you?" Naruto accused, moving about the kitchen for a glass of water to calm his nerves down.
Sasuke rubbed his forehead with the tip of his fingers. "Babe..I promi-"
"No, don't say it. I'm tired of it." The blonde spat angrily, putting down his empty glass with force, rattling the table's contents.
Naruto stood there immobile even after his lover walked towards him to kiss his cheek lightly before exiting his apartment with a mumbled 'Later'. His suddenly tired body slump on one of the chairs, rubbing his face with his hands as what happened finally caught unto him.
He was frustrated, he would admit. Sasuke barely had the time for him now and for god's sake, who the hell in the world would have to kidnapped his lover for five years just to have some alone time together?
The blonde sighed when he heard the distant ringing of his phone. He got up to fetch it inside his room. "Hello?" he greeted with a voice devoid of its usual cheerfulness.
"N-Naruto-kun." His secretary gasped out.
The man's eyebrow shot up, momentarily forgetting his problem with Sasuke. "Hinata, what's wrong? You sound shock."
"Meet me at the coffee shop just outside 'Kyuubi'. I have something important to tell you..about Sasuke."
Hyuuga Hinata stopped herself from making a face when her cousin's amused eyes watched her panicked when her capuccino landed on her lap. She wiped it with the table napkin with frustration, all the while glaring at Neji.
"Great. We haven't seen each other for almost two years and the first thing you'd do in front of me is to make yourself look stupid. I should have expected this." Neji smirked.
"And to whom do I owe this pleasant invitation?" Hinata asked sarcastically as she finally put down the napkin.
"Nothing. I'm bored so I thought I would finally meet with you."
The pale-eyed girl smiled sincerely. "I missed you too."
"And while I'm here, I want you to meet my client's client that's interested in having her aunt's birthday party catered."
Hinata's smile fell down immediately, replacing it with a grimace. "I know you would never meet up with me without a reason."
"Come on. I missed you too." Neji smiled at her fondly.
A waiter approached them, putting down their ordered food. They kept silent for a moment before Hinata reached her newly ordered mango shake. " So, who is this potential client I am about to meet?"
Neji shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't met her yet."
"And why are you here? Shouldn't I talk to her alone since it's my client?"
"Oh please...your displeasure of seeing me is obvious enough. Don't worry; I'm just here to assist her."
"And where is she?"
"She should be here any moment." Neji glanced at his wrist watch with a frown.
Minutes later, a pink-haired girl dressed in casual jeans and a navy blue blouse entered the restaurant. Her emerald eyes roaming around the room with uncertainty before finally landing on a pale long-haired brunet with a girl companion with the same pale-purple eyes. They were the ones his uncle described to her.
With more confidence, she approached them with a smile. "Hi." She greeted when they looked up at her questioningly. "Sakura."
Neji took her outstretched palm. "Neji. And this is my cousin, Hinata." His hands gestured to the smiling girl in front of her. "Please sit down."
Sakura smiled gratefully as she settled down. Beckoning a waiter to come closer, she ordered a hot chocolate before facing the two again. "So.." she begun, clasping her hands together. "I shouldn't beat around the bush any longer. I really really need help catering my aunt's birthday party. I wasn't even able to buy her any present last year because I was away and I plan to make it up to her this time."
"Actually.." Hinata smiled apologetically. "I'm not supposed to talk this with you since I'm not the one who owns the restaurant, I'm just the boss's secretary."
Both Neji and Sakura quirked a brow in confusion. "But aren't secretaries the one who arrange this?" The older Hyuuga asked.
"Usually. But my boss prefers to be the one who negotiate with possible clients." Hinata reached for her pouch, opening her wallet to fish out her boss calling card.
Sakura scrutinized the card with a thoughtful look. "Naruto Uzumaki? Your boss and the chef?"
"Is he the one you've been telling me about since you started your work in 'Kyuubi'? The one you have a crush into?" Neji looked at his blushing cousin with a devious glint in his eyes, making the pink-haired girl beside them snicker.
"That was before!" Hinata snapped indignantly. "After I saw his..boyfriend."
The older Hyuuga straightened up immediately. "Top or bottom?"
"Oh give it up Neji. He's completely obsessed with Sasuke to even-"
"Sasuke?"
Hinata glance at her two companions in bafflement as they both uttered her boss's boyfriend name in unison. "You know Sasuke?"
Sakura suddenly smiled brightly, a deep tint appearing in her cheeks as she shyly played with her table napkin. "I don't know about Neji but I know a person named Sasuke. Actually he's my boyfriend, gorgeous boyfriend. Dark-eyes, pale, rich, adorable…handsome-"
The younger Hyuuga blocked out Sakura's rant as she observe her cousin. Neji was gripping the table cloth hard with whiten knuckles, his face paler than usual as he listened to the the pink-haired girl described her boyfriend.
"Neji, are you okay?" Hinata asked softly but the man ignored as he let out a question in a shaky voice.
"Y-You..can't be talking about U-Uchiha..S-Sasuke?"
Naruto squinted his eyes as he tried to hide his face from the hot rays of sun, creating a sting on his tanned skin. People bumped him from left to right, not caring and neither he. Clutter of footsteps was heard all around him, his own racing to get to the establishment that has a blinking banner at its top, reading as 'Nairah's Coffee shop'.
The said shop has been the stress reliever of him and his crew. At midnight, since the coffee shop was 24/7 open, they would ask someone to buy them a coffee, sipping it slowly as they try to erase any sleepiness in their system, trying to stay awake until they finish a very complicated dish or a personalized cake ordered from people on a high status.
Blue-eyes flickered, the bells on the entrance jingling merrily as the blond-haired man pushed it open to let his muscular body in. He roamed his gaze across the room, finding his reason for being here almost immediately.
A dark-haired blue girl, fidgeting quietly as she tried to keep her hands glued to her lap, sat across a sobbing pink-haired woman. Another person was currently situated beside his secretary; a pale-eyed man at what he guessed could be her relative since their eyes were almost identical, long chestnut hair that flowed perfectly against his back. As Naruto drew closer at them, he noticed the blank look on the sinfully attractive man's face. As if he's no longer in the world, threw away at a distance that no one could ever reach.
"Hey.." he greeted in a hesitant voice, confused as to how Hinata could possibly needed him in a situation like this.
Hyuuga Hinata flinched at his greeting, making his frown go deeper. Something was wrong.
"Come on, what's happening here?" he asked again, plopping himself down next to the pink-haired girl who was now pressing her face hard against a table napkin, hoping that it suppress the sounds coming from her.
"N-Naruto-kun.." Hinata whispered in a clogged voice, eyes looking anywhere but him. "I want you to meet..my cousin, Hyuuga Neji. I talked to you about him..if you still can remember."
The blonde nodded slowly, eyes straying again to the man in front of him. Those pale-eyes seem so haunted and Naruto couldn't help but to be curious at how it could be so dead. He snapped his gaze to his secretary again when she continued speaking.
"And Miss Haruno Sakura, she was supposed to meet you to arrange for a catering business for his aunt."
"Oh!" Naruto instantly twisted his body to look at the girl beside him. "You're interested? I can assure you, my crew served the best food in the country if not the whole universe! You won't be disappointed-"
"But that's not why I called you here, Naruto-kun." Hinata cut him immediately, ignoring the irritated gaze that she received from her boss. Reaching for Sakura's hands, she gripped it hard to pry it off from holding the table napkin. Red satin immediately slipped off, revealing a pained emerald eyes staring at her with so much hurt she could almost feel it.
Naruto fell into silence, observing the interaction with obvious bewilder.
"I don't know how to say this Naruto-kun…I don't even know if I should say it since it's probably better if you're the one to discover it..but I don't want you to get destroyed."
"What is it Hinata? You don't have to beat around the bush."
"No.." a whimpered silenced both of them. They turned to the pink-haired girl as she struggled to keep her eyes on the blonde face. He was so beautiful…these two man were so breath-takingly beautiful that Sakura has to bite her tongue to stop herself from screaming at how unfair her situation is. "I l-love him…I-I had never love someone before as much as I do with him."
"What are you talking about?" Naruto snapped in annoyance, finally getting tired of this sick guessing game. Seriously, he had just gone with a fight with his lover and he hadn't even calm himself down and these people start to fuck his brains out, what a great promising day.
There was a sudden shift in front of him, snatching the blonde's gaze from the pink-haired girl only to land on an enrage expression a black face just a while ago. Neji was staring at him furiously, eyes seems to tint in red as he spat the words that Naruto never imagined he would hear. Not after the five years he had devoted his whole being to a relationship that was everything to him.
"What they're trying to say is that your boyfriend, lover, fuck buddy, whatever he is to you is nothing but a fucking cheating whore who have us wrapped around his tiny fucking finger!"
Naruto's eyes widened dangerously. "Are you talking about Uchiha Sasuke? Because if you are, get out of my face before I reduced you into a heap of unrecognizable flesh."
"Naruto-kun.." Hinata's panic eyes drift to the blond clenched fist. "Please listen to us…we're not trying to get you riled up here..or anger you-"
"Hinata!" Naruto stood up in rage, hovering down at them with a sneer. "I don't know why you called up me here but let me tell you this; I don't have time for your fucking sick mind fuck."
Sakura looked up at him with tears flowing down against her red cheeks freely. "I'm in a relationship with Uchiha Sasuke. The same Uchiha Sasuke that is your boyfriend. The same fucking Uchiha Sasuke whose Neji's lover. The Uchiha Sasuke who I trusted so much only to know that he's fucking a numbers of people aside from me, his girlfriend!"
There was many times in Naruto's life where he knows he's dreaming, in that black hole, scenes switching back and forth, nothing making sense only to wake up having that feeling of happiness, or sadness, or fear. You don't know, only having had a flicker of something you want or something you're frightened of. Dreams were figment of your inner desires, darkness or simply a thing that you cannot have. You know it's there but never acknowledging it until it's reflected on your dreams.
He knew but it screams impossibility…but again he was proved wrong when it now laid itself bare under his eyes.
"Liar..."
To be continue…