A/N: This is a one-shot until further notice. This is somewhat a song-fic.
Italics are thoughts italics and dashes, like so -egad!- are the song being sung. Oi!
Summary:(AU) Naruto is just walking back home from eating ramen when he starts to sing a song that just came to him. Someone hears him and follows him home. What will happen when that someone finds himself face-to-face with Naruto? IMPLIED SLASH! Meaning gay, or yaoi, as you all probably know by now...
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto(:cries:) or this song, Can You Keep a Secret by Utada Hikaru. (Such a pretty song... :sighs:)
Can You Keep a Secret?
Naruto was happily licking his salty lips, tasting the lingering ramen that was left in his mouth. He smiled happily, just liking the thought of being outside where no one could see him and scorn him. He looked at the slowly setting sun, relishing in its warmth as he stood at the edge of town. Blinking out of his dazed moment, he turned back towards the town, sighing as he took a real good look at the town called Konoha.
He loved this town, even if the people there weren't as "nice", "welcoming" and "townspeople"-ish as most travelers dubbed them. Atleast not to him. They hated him with a passion, but Naruto just wanted to protect them from all that was deeply wrong. Being Hokage could get him to that point.
Grinning, he skipped to the town, his sad mood gone for the moment. He slowed down when getting closer to the lights of the town and he simply went into the shadows and watched as two little kids whispered something to each other.
Secrets... Naruto thought sourly, his bad mood coming back as he slunk back towards his apartment through the shadows. Everyone has at least one... I just wish mine weren't so hard to keep up..Heh, even Sasuke has secrets. I wish he'd just open up once in awhile. He's so hard to read..Ugh, I really need to stop thinking. Suddenly, Naruto was singing to a song he didn't know, his thoughts instantly blanking out.
-Chikazukitai yo kimi no risou ni
(I want to get closer to your ideals)
otonashiku narenai
(I can't keep quiet)
Can you keep a secret?-
Sasuke was heading on his way back home when he heard a beautiful voice singing softly nearby and he couldn't help but see who it was. Blonde hair came into view and Sasuke frowned. He never knew the blonde to do something that could take his breath away. Dang, his thoughts were straying into something he already titled "Never to Be Examined" area. They were his feelings for the teen in front of him, his body's reactions to Naruto, everything he did around the dobe!
But, throw it all to naraku, he had a beautiful voice and Sasuke couldn't help but feel the tingling sensation that started at the base of his back and traveled pleasantly up his back. Then the blonde started off again singing lightly to the wind again.
-Hit it off like this
Hit if off like this, oh baby ...
Hit it off like this
Hit if off like this, oh baby ...-
Naruto liked what he was singing. It had a nice beat to it where he could sway his hips gently and bob his head slowly.
-Koko kara zutto okutteru angou
(you still can't decode)
kimi wa mada kaidoku dekitenai come on
(the signals that I've been giving you from here)-
Sasuke felt his eyes bulge as he watches Naruto dance, his hips swaying with the song he was singing. Sasuke thought he'd die at that moment or turn away from embarrassment. He did neither, he just stayed transfixed on the sight before him, letting his black eyes take in something he might never see or hear him this way again.
-Tsutaeyou yame yo wo
(I'll start to say it...)
konomama kakusou
(but then stop. I'll just hide it.)
nigekire nakunaru made
(until I can't run away anymore)
shinjiyou dame da yo
(I believe him...no I can't)
mada utagae sou da mono
(I may still be suspicious of him)-
Naruto was completely oblivious of the dark-haired ninja following him and didn't even notice some of the villagers stop in awe and watch him. He was too content to notice, but the town was gossiping about it already. Some of his fellow classmates and friends saw him and all stopped at how magnificent he sounded. Sasuke stood out of the way, smiling slightly as Naruto paid no attention to anything around him. He wasn't really heading directly to his apartment either, like he usually did. He was kind of just meandering around, not really getting to his destination, but still heading that way.
-Chikazukitai yo kimi no risou ni
(I want to get closer to your ideals)
otonashiku narenai can you keep a secret ?
(I can't keep quiet. Can you keep a secret?)
kanashikunai yo kimi ga iru kara
(Now that you're here, I'm not sad.)
Can you keep a secret ?
Can you keep a secret ?-
Naruto blinked after he finished the chorus and realized what he was saying. It was like this song was trying to tell him that he couldn't keep his secrets any longer... Strange... Naruto thought finally seeing the people who were watching him intently as if he was a prized possession instead of the fear of Konoha. But he didn't care what they saw, he just let his mind click off again and sang in his beautiful voice.
-Chikazukenai yo kimi no risou ni
(I want to get closer to your ideals.)
sugu ni wa kawarenai can you keep a secret ?
(I won't change right away. Can you keep a secret?)
kanashikunaru to kimi wo yoru kara
(Now that you're here, I'm not sad.)
Can you keep a secret ?
or konomama secret ?
(or forever a secret like this?)
Hit it off like this,
Hit it off like this, oh baby.
Hit it off like this,
Hit it off like this, oh baby.
Hit it off like this,
Hit it off like this, oh baby.
Hit it off like this,
Hit it off like this, oh baby.-
By now many people were following Naruto, who didn't seem to see any of them. Sasuke scowled darkly at them all, thinking I found him first! Which resulted in his mind going into the file, "Never to be Examined". Oh well... he thought before he let himself have emotions again, let him self swirl into the music of Naruto.
-Soba ni itemo too mawashi na yogen sagashiteru
(Even if I'm close to you, I still try to find a roundabout expression)
meikyuu iri sasetaku nai nara
(If you want to understand it,)
Won't you come on? -
Sasuke could care less that he was with people, which he normally would have avoided at all costs and quickly dissappeared away from.
But this was a moment in history because Sasuke actually enjoyed "being around people", if it meant he could still see and hear the blonde, he was enjoying himself. But this Naruto was the one Sasuke had always seen when faced with problems that seemed to high, but Naruto never backed down.
Never.
So what was he doing now?
-Kasuka na mono oto
(A slight sound)
ottekuru Movin' Shadow
(the moving shadow that chases me.)
furikire na kunaru kage
(The shadow that I can't get rid of.)
sukoshi no bouken to
(I probably have...)
kizutsuku yuuki mo aru desho
(a bit of taste for adventure and a frail courage.)-
Naruto could hear people behind him, but he was only really aware of one.
One that had always seemed to look out for him, even if he shut him out other times.
The one that he thought he could tell anything to, and he might even prove it.
The one that made him want to keep going, to be Hokage, to let the past be the past.
"Sasuke..." Naruto said softly with a million emotions behind it before he was lifted into the song again.
-Chikazukitai yo kimi no risou ni
(I want to get closer to your ideals)
otonashiku narenai can you keep a secret ?
(I can't keep quiet. Can you keep a secret?)
kanashikunai yo kimi ga iru kara
(Now that you're here, I'm not sad.)
Can you keep a secret ?
Can you keep a secret ?-
Did Sasuke just hear Naruto right?
Did he just hear the blonde say his name with some feeling behind it other than hate?
Sasuke could tell that the people were dispersing as Naruto was getting closer to his house. Sasuke just kept following, his steps light like the music that swept around Naruto and himself. He never thought he could be this light-hearted, but man, did it feel good. If he could just stya with the blonde... Sasuke stopped as Naruto began singing again.
-Chikazukenai yo kimi no risou ni
(I can't get closer to your ideals.)
ato ni wa modorenai Can You Keep a Secret ?
(After this, I can't go back to you. Can you keep a secret?)
oshaberi janai to shoumei shite yo
(Prove to me that you won't speak.)
Can you keep a secret ?
or konomama secret ?-
(Or forever a secret like this?)
Naruto felt more than saw the people return to their night work as he continued his way into the dirtier part of the town. His blue eyes sparkled as he felt the familiar chakra nearby. Sasuke... I don't know what I feel for you, but I know I'll always care about your opinion...I'll always want to know what you're thinking. I think I've always cared for you... Naruto sighed, shaking his head. He'd never like me like that... I mean, come on... Naruto pushed his thoughts away again, letting the song take over his senses. He was almost to his door now.
-Ima made zutto himitsu ni shiteta
(This whole time I've kept a secret.)
dare nimo iwanaide
(Don't tell anyone.)
Can You Keep a Secret?
kanashikunai yo kimi ga iru kara
(Now that you're here, I'm not sad.)
Can you keep a secret ?
Can you keep a secret ?
kizutsukenai to yakusoku shitemo
(Promise me that you won't hurt me.)dare nimo wakaranai
(No one understands.)
Can you keep a secret ?
kanashikunai yo kimi ga iru kara
(Now that you're here, I won't be sad.)
Can you keep a secret ?
or konomama secret?
(Or forever a secret like this?)-
Naruto knew he had to do something between himself and Sasuke before he lost his courage. Turning around, he saw Sasuke, blinking slowly at him with a thoughtful expression on his face. No one else was around, just a comfortable silence that had to be broken.
"Oi, Sasuke...I-I..." Sasuke focused on the blonde in front of him and smiled. A real genuine smile that made Naruto feel like he just brightened the world 50 percent more. He opened his mouth to say something else when a pale finger pressed against his lip, effectively silencing him.
"Shh, dobe, don't say a thing. I can keep a secret..."
Fin
Yes! That was a fun one-shot. I didn't really know if I should let it end there, but I liked it and I hope you liked it too! If you want me to continue, then review nice and long! -
Have a nice day/night (depending!)
Luna
