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The Party

The car drove slowly down the deserted road, the night was black, pitch black which seemed to suit the family perfectly. They were on their way to a party, a casual work affair but the four vampires were dressed to the nines and no one would expect any less.

"You begged to come Sasuke so I let you but you can't seem to control yourself." Fugaku Uchiha glanced at his youngest son who scowled at him through the rear-view mirror.

"First of all, I didn't beg, I just wanted to come meet the prospective clients that I would work with in the future when I eventually took over your company." In the seat next to him, his older brother Itachi gave a loud guffaw, "you'll be the head of Father's company when I cut your head off and hang it in my office."

"Itachi! Don't be crude." Their mother Mikoto scolded her eldest son gently causing the younger to smirk.

"Secondly, I'm not a child Father, you know well enough that I can go months without drinking blood." Itachi snorted, "he's not talking about the blood baby brother, he's talking about your eyes. You may be 19 but your eyes are still as red as the day you were born, if that doesn't scream late puberty I don't know what does."

"Shut up, Itachi," Sasuke seethed, it wasn't his fault his eyes wouldn't turn black like the other, they were defective or something, ever since he was young, his eyes would stay red, if he tried to force them to change they'd go even brighter. Luckily he had learnt to control that aspect but it was still infuriating, the only way he could go to school was wearing contacts, and since he had forgot to get new ones, he was forced to try and change his eyes mentally.

"I hate to admit it but your brother's right Sasuke."

"You want Sasuke's head on a stick too Father?"

"No, Sasuke needs to learn how to change his eyes, he can't rely on contacts forever. It's a natural process for vampires, you should have been able to do this by the time you were 6."

The youngest Uchiha crossed his arms in a huff, why was everyone picking on him today?

"Maybe we could tell them that he's wearing coloured contacts?" Mikoto suggested as the car slowed to as stop outside of a tall hotel.

Itachi rolled his eyes, "yeah, tell them he's getting ready for Halloween."

"It's June," Sasuke pointed out with a scowl as Itachi climbed out of the car with a mocking laugh.

The younger began to open his door but was stopped by his Father, "Sasuke, no."

"But Fath-"

"My decision is final, you will stay in the car. We'll be out in an hour; maybe it'll give you some time to practice a little self-control."

Before he could speak anymore, Fugaku had climbed out of the car and slammed the door shut. He didn't bother locking the vehicle because he trusted Sasuke to stay inside or face the consequences. Placing his wife's hand in the nook of his elbow, he led his family into the event.

"Fine whatever," The youngest Uchiha whispered to the empty car, "I'd rather read a book or something anyways."

Sasuke blew out a breath unhappily as he flopped over to lie across the backseat of the car. He couldn't change his eyes; no matter what he did they never changed. It wasn't a problem of self-control; it had nothing to do with that. Sasuke was just… different, that's all there was.

He sighed, it was unfair that he got treated like this, why couldn't they at least try to understand?

He closed his eyes; maybe he could get some rest while he waited, he had stayed up late last night working on an assignment for his class. But no matter how long he kept his eyes closed, his mind kept flickering back to his brother's mocking laugh and Father's disapproving gaze.

Sitting up, he ran his hands through his hair before focusing. Black, black, black, he wanted his eyes to be black. His iris' flickered instantly from red to black but held for barely a second. Immediately after however, Sasuke was struck with a head splitting headache. This was what happened every time he tried to change his eyes but it was something only he knew. Despite how much they aggravated him, he didn't want to worry his family.

He pulled at his hair frustratedly, why was it him that had to go through this? Why couldn't he just live normally, well as normally as a vampire could, with the rest of his family?

Sasuke stayed in that position for a while before he began to feel as though he was going insane. He rolled down his window and felt immediately calmer after the soft evening winds flew into the car and tousled his mane.

Closing his eyes, he listened to the world around him. He waited patiently as it passed him by second by second, soaking in every sound. Soon enough, he heard footsteps. Not the calm footsteps of his family but the frantic footsteps of a person in need, a person on the run.

Turning to look out of the rear window of the car, he watched as a figure weaved its way through the parked cars in the lot of the hotel they were in front of. They wanted to lose someone or something but weren't doing a very good job of it.

Their footsteps slowed the closer they got to Sasuke's car and the more tired they got until eventually they tripped. Sasuke, intrigued by the transpiring events, opened the car door and, in no more than 2 seconds, picked up the mystery runner and took them back to the car.

It was a man, Sasuke deciphered from the back of his messy blond hair and trembling broad shoulders. "Are you ok?" He asked as he kept a tentative hand on the man's shoulder, ready to pull back in case he didn't approve of the touch.

The man, however, reacted positively by leaning into his touch. Feeling encouraged, Sasuke slid closer and rubbed the man's arm with his other hand.

Eventually he found his voice, "y-yeah, I'm fine, just a bit tired." He laughed dryly and the Uchiha smiled despite the man not being able to see it. There was something about this man that made Sasuke feel weird, it wasn't his blood but his scent smelled different to other humans.

"Why were they chasing you?" Sasuke asked curiously as he leant a bit closer to get a better whiff.

The man shrugged, grief showing clearly in his actions, "because of my brother." Not wanting to pry further into the life of this man that he had just met, Sasuke let it go.

The Uchiha covered the man's mouth before he could open it to speak again. In an instant he began to struggle, "Shh," he whispered in his ear in hopes to calm him, "they're coming."

Footsteps could be heard outside and the blond quietened down much to Sasuke's relief. The chasers stopped near the car, there were three of them, all with their hoods up and out of breath.

Sasuke hoped they didn't look in their direction since the window was still down and they were in plain sight. He put an arm around the blond's chest and pulled him back against his own; he then slowly lowered them till he was lying on the car seat and the man was lying on top of him.

The group of guys outside seemed confused at the man's disappearance but decided he wasn't worth the effort and headed back in the direction they came from. Sasuke sighed in relief before releasing the man but the other didn't sit up.

The Uchiha noticed that he was trembling. Scared that he was crying, Sasuke grabbed his cheeks and turned his face around. "Are-are you ok?" He asked as he cautiously wiped away the falling tears with his thumbs.

"Yeah." He sighed out and bent his head. Sasuke shivered, his voice sounded so different now that he could see the mouth it was coming from.

"I cannot thank you enough for saving me, I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

"Nice to meet you Naruto," he placed a finger under the blond's chin to lift his head up, and his eyes finally opened. Sasuke saw beautiful, bright, blue orbs and was immediately entranced in them, "the name's Sasuke U-"

"Uchiha…" Sasuke's eyebrows rose and Naruto slapped his hand over his mouth.

"How do you know my family?" Now suspicious, Sasuke leaned closer with an intimidating sneer. Naruto shrunk with fear and shook his head frantically, his hand still over his mouth.

Getting irritated, Sasuke ripped the hand away from his mouth, "answer me!"

Naruto moved even further back till he was pressed up against the door and his legs became a barrier between them. Tears welled up in his eyes as he became frozen with fear, "I can't, I can't, I-I can't, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Naruto's breaths came out in short spurts as he continued to apologise. Sasuke felt bad but didn't relent, he needed answers, "I won't hurt you Naruto." He used a softer approach this time as he closed the gap between them once more, "I just want you to give me a few answers ok?"

He put a reassuring hand on Naruto's chest and applied pressure softly to try and stabilise his breathing. Eventually, he calmed down enough to nod slowly as he put his hands on Sasuke's shoulders to steady himself.

The Uchiha felt a shock run through him at the touch but decided to ignore it in favour of getting answers. "Naruto, do you, in any way, want to harm me or my family?"

As he waited for an answer, Sasuke discretely slid his hand a little higher up on Naruto's chest to feel for his heartbeat, "not you no! You've been nothing but nice to me, all I want is answers." Steady, not a lie.

"Answers to what?" Naruto's mouth ran dry and he shook his head quickly, "I-I can't say."

He felt his heart tug at Sasuke's sigh. The first person being nice to him in years and Naruto was disappointing him.

"Ok then, do you know what the Uchiha clan are?"

"Vampires." Naruto's heart rate picked up and Sasuke guessed it was out of fear since that was the truth. Why wouldn't you be scared, a mythical creature was sitting right in front of you? It wasn't as if this was common knowledge either, only a select few humans knew of the existence of vampires and even less knew about the prestigious Uchiha clan. Those humans ended up being a long term food source or a 'mate' as romantics liked to call them.

"How did you find that out?" He was answered with another shake of the head and Sasuke held in yet another frustrated sigh. He knew Naruto wasn't doing this on purpose, he wanted to tell him but whether it was because he didn't trust Sasuke or there was something threatening him, he couldn't.

Sasuke felt as though he was going in circles.

"Last question. How did you know that I was an Uchiha?"

Naruto furrowed his eyebrows in confusing, "your eyes of course."

Internally, Sasuke cursed at himself for forgetting that he wasn't wearing his contacts, of course it was his eyes, nothing screamed vampire like blood red eyes do.

"I mean the red only lasted for a few seconds but it was a dead giveaway, Uchiha vampires are known for their-"

Sasuke froze, what did he just say?

Disregarding everything coming out of the blond's mouth, he grabbed his arms and pulled him closer till their breaths mingled. Sasuke looked straight into his now frightened eyes, "look closely Naruto, look closely at my eyes. What colour are they?"

Despite his confusion, Naruto searched Sasuke's eyes as thoroughly as he though necessary, "black, like pitch black. Probably the darkest colour I've ever seen, they're mesmerising."

Sasuke paused, they were black, finally. But instead of feeling happy, Sasuke was distraught, what had changed? Why now? He had tried no longer than 10 minutes ago and there was nothing than a flicker and a horrible headache.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, red, red, red, he wanted red. Opening his eyes, he looked up at Naruto's gasp and smirked at the obvious indication that his eyes had turned back to red.

Sasuke felt excitement, there were many things he needed to do at that very moment. "What time is it, Naruto?" The blond fumbled to get his phone out of his pocket, "oh, umm, almost half past."

Nodding, Sasuke rolled up the still open window and grabbed the car keys from underneath the armrest where his father had left them. He then opened the door on his side of the car and waiting for Naruto to slowly and cautiously join him and climb out.

"Why are we getting out?" Naruto asked as his head whipped from side to side to see if his pursuers had decided to come back for some reason.

Sasuke grabbed him by the cheeks, "stop it, I'll protect you. I'm a vampire remember, being super strong and fast are one of the perks."

The vampire ignored the heat that travelled from Naruto's cheeks to his hands; he had learnt a long time ago to curb his desire for warmth. "And we're going in there," he pointed towards the hotel the party was currently being held at, "to show them this." He then pointed to his own eyes that finally worked.

"You're going to show your family, with red eyes, that you also have red eyes?" Naruto asked dubiously as he let himself get drabbed by the arm.

Cursing softly, Sasuke stopped and grabbed at his hair before concentrating. Black, black, black, I want blac-

Pain immediately shot through his skull, even worse than the first time. The jolt was so painful it forced Sasuke to his knees. Naruto was by his side in a second and put steadying hands on his shoulders.

Almost instantly, the pounding stopped and the pain resided, "I guess I have to be touching you." Sasuke mumbled to himself.

"Are you ok?" Naruto had his arms out ready as Sasuke stood ready to catch the taller teen if he fell.

"I'm only going to say this once Naruto so listen closely." He ignored the question and held the other's hands in his. Sasuke had to be as sincere as possible; he couldn't let him leave, "I need you. My eyes… before I met you, my eyes were always red, but when I'm touching you, they turn black like they should've done years ago. If you leave me now, I don't think I'll ever be able to live a normal life. Will you go in there with me?"

Naruto, as if hypnotised by my hopefully now black eyes, nodded along with my words, "this is the first time anyone had ever said they needed me."

My frozen heart clenched at the thought of Naruto being abandoned or abused; all the more reason for him to stay with me. "This means we're a team now Naruto. All those things that you couldn't tell me in the car I want to hear them eventually, ok?"

He nodded along faster this time, "I was planning on telling you eventually! I mean, if we were still in contact by the time I was able to or if we-"

"Ok I get it." He said, cutting Naruto's ramblings short, "are my eyes black?"

He shot Sasuke a thumbs up before allowing him to take his tanned wrist into his paler hand again and lead him into the hotel. There was no one at reception which made it even easier to sneak into the so called high society party. Yes, Sasuke's parents were the ones hosting it but they had instructed security to not let him in if he tried to enter.

Climbing into the lift, Sasuke pressed the button for the 14th floor. Naruto whistled impressed, "rooftop party, huh, your family must be rich."

The Uchiha smirked proudly as he watched the world outside; he could see their car from there. He wondered if his family had watched him like he was watching the car.

The lift dinged as it arrived at its destination; Sasuke and Naruto go off and walked through the glass doors into the party that was in full swing. "Tell me if you spot them." Sasuke mumbled in the other's ear as his eyes wandered from head to head.

"How am I supposed to know what they look like?" Naruto whispered back as they moved further into the party and dodged people.

The raven rolled his eyes, "pale, dark hair, dark eyes, just like me."

Spotting the refreshment table, Sasuke moved over in that direction and grabbed a plate. He began piling it with food before shoving it into Naruto's open arms, "eat, you're too skinny." The blond looked beyond thankful before he began to slowly dig in and savour every bite. Sasuke had to stop himself from wondering what kind of life Naruto had been living because it obviously wasn't a good one.

He slid his hand from Naruto's wrist to his neck, making sure to never break contact in case his eyes turned back. Once again, he ignored Naruto's reaction to his touch and stored it in the back of his mind to think about later, now wasn't the time.

"Let's stay here, my brother is such a pig, sooner or later he'll show up to feed that monster he calls a stomach." Naruto snickered between bites and Sasuke smiled down at him gently.

"Pig, baby brother, is that the best you could do?" Sasuke tuned around but kept Naruto facing the other way and used his hand to push the blond's face into his shirt. Sasuke ignored how he shivered lightly at the quick breaths that he could feel ghost over his chest.

"If anyone's a pig, it's your little companion over there, what does he want to do, empty the whole table?" Sasuke didn't have to look at Naruto to know that he was embarrassed, it basically radiated off of him.

The younger Uchiha took a menacing step forward and growled, what right did he have to talk about Naruto like that? Naruto had saved him from living a life of killer headaches and irritating contacts, he was the saving grace he had always been asking for. No one would treat him like he was anything less than the best.

"That's enough of that Itachi, there's no need to be rude to Sasuke's guest. I'm surprised you forgot the first lesson of business, 'make allies, not enemies.'" Itachi had the decency to look ashamed for a brief moment as Mr and Mrs Uchiha stepped forward.

Fugaku's eyes moved from Itachi to Sasuke and narrowed, "I thought I told you not to come in Sasuke. You disobeyed my orders."

"No I didn't, you told me to change my eyes, I did." His family finally took notice of the fact that his eyes weren't his usual red and expressed well deserved shock.

"But how? You've been trying for years…" Mikoto finally spoke up. She released her husband's arm and took a few steps forward until she was standing in front of her youngest son, "no contacts?" She caressed his cheek softly as she stared into his deep black eyes.

He shook his head, "no contacts, just Naruto."

Sasuke brought attention to the blond who was briefly forgotten. Four pairs of black eyes bore into him and he smiled sheepishly, "hi."

Mikoto smiled back at him in a motherly fashion, "hello."

"What did this 'Naruto' do to you Sasuke?" Fugaku asked as he too took a step forward to observe the pair.

"Nothing, Father." Sasuke gave the blond's neck a reassuring squeeze, "it's just, when we touch, I have power over my eyes and I can change them easily. If I were to let go however, they would turn back to normal."

A snort erupted from Itachi's mouth, "so you didn't learn any self-control but rather found a pair of training wheels."

"Silence, Itachi!" Fugaku bellowed with a scowl, beckoning the gaze of fellow party goers.

Itachi looked as if he had swallowed a lemon and turned away in shame. Fugaku scouted the area thoughtfully, "we must talk about this, in private."


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