Hi :)
So, this story's been on my dA for... 10 months. I'm revamping it now so I can put it on here ^^ it's pretty popular on there so I hope everyone likes it on here.
Enjoy.
Genre: Shounen-AI/yaoi
Pairings: Sasunaru, Sasusaku, Gaanaru
Rating: T
Disclaimer: not mine. Characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi, the story idea and plot is mine.
Sasuke looked up at the clear blue sky as he opened the front door of his house, today was… nice, not like the stoic raven cared much for the weather, or any of the twittering, happy wildlife… especially the birds, he detested them. "I'm leaving," he called into his home and heard hurried foot steps approach him, and he wondered himself why he didn't move.
"Have a good day at work Sasuke!" a bubble gum pink haired girl said with a sweet smile as she kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Bye Sakura," he replied, his face still passive as he left the house, taking out his keys to his black BMW as he went, and slipping his ring finger though the hole, the metal key ring clinking off of the silver ring as he did.
He opened his car door and sat inside, closing the door and leaning his head back with a sigh before putting the keys in the ignition, the car roaring to life in the early morning as he drove down the long roads towards the Uchiha Company building.
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Meanwhile
The blond yawned widely, his eyes watering with the action, and he went to rub them sleepily as the train wobbled and he lost balance in his sleepy daze and stumbled, clinging to the loose plastic hoop hanging from the rail above his head with the rest of the business men and women who joined him in the carriage, seeming much more expert at this kind of travel than he was, not to mention they looked considerably more awake. His tired and bored eyes gazed up at the cloudless morning sky, the shocking blue only reflected by his own eyes, rivalling the natural beauty of the sky, and he smiled, thankful that the weather was on his side today.
His nerves hadn't kicked in yet and he was grateful for that but he wasn't sure how long it would last, he could only ignore the impending worry so much before he finally started twitching with nerves, but today it seemed to be holding off, and he was revelling in the thought that by some magical force he would never be nervous for something like this again… that is… until he approached the front of the large building- the thing towering so high he almost cricked his neck- and the nervous butterflies finally kicked in as he stared at the rotating door.
The blond sighed. 'Great,' honestly he would have rather have been nervous earlier, at least at home he wouldn't have looked like an idiot by wanting to throw up in the middle of introductions. The blond stood there still staring at the door with a forlorn expression before he was abruptly barged into on his right side and stumbled, "s-sorry," he said to a raven haired man who had walked past him, the man barely acknowledging his existence as he replied with a short 'hn' and continued through the doors.
The blond stared at the others back as he walked and scowled 'ungrateful bastard,' he though before taking a deep, determined breath, straightening up, and walking through the rotating door towards the receptionist, sitting behind a completely round desk. The girl had brown haire tied into two buns high on her head, and she looked up at the blond with large brown eyes, and in his opinion, she seemed quite pretty. "Good morning, can I help you?" she asked with a smile, his telephone headpiece bobbing next to her mouth as she chewed on some gum.
"Yes, I'm starting work here from today, I was wondering if you could tell me which floor I could find Itachi Uchiha on" he inquired, smiling warmly, her attitude seemed to calm his nerves slightly.
"Of course, just go up to the 21st floor and the receptionist will take you from there, and I know the elevator looks a little daunting, but I wouldn't recommend the stairs, I don't think anyone's dared to try that, and his meeting's probably going to start soon." She said with a small giggle.
"Thank you," he grinned before walking towards the crowded elevator and squeezing himself in before pressing the button labelled '21' which lit up a long with the array of other numbers before the doors slid shut.
"W-welcome to Uchiha advertising, c-can I help you?" the blond smiled at the stuttering young woman, her long, bluish hair hanging over her slender shoulders as she looked at him bashfully.
"I'm here to see Itachi, I'm the new assistant," he said and the girl nodded.
"C-come with me please," she said quietly, leading the blond towards a large conference room, enclosed in mostly glass he noticed, though each pane had metal blinds covering them, all of them open for the time being.
"Excuse me, I-Itachi sir, the new assistant is here," the young woman said and the blond looked over at the male she was addressing; he had long raven hair and coal coloured eyes, two marks lay under his eyes, making it looked like he hadn't slept in weeks.
"Ah yes, thank you Hinata," Itachi smiled at her and the girl, Hinata nodded before leaving. "Ok everyone I'd like to introduce out newest member of the team and Sasuke's new assistant," he said, beckoning the blond towards him as the rest of the room stared at him. "This is Naruto Uzumaki," Itachi announced to the rest of the table who greeted the blond with curt nods and waves, Naruto returning the gestures. "Sasuke usually arrives late to meetings so I'll introduce you when he gets here," Itachi said to the blond who nodded to the raven haired man before the door swung open and another, younger looking raven walked into the room and towards one of the two vacant seats remaining in the room. "Ah! Sasuke, speak of the devil!" Itachi greeted and the blonde's eyes immediately widened 'its that bastard from this morning, I have to work for him!?'
"Brother, how is it that you can arrive to work on time but not come to a meeting when asked?" 'Brother!?' Naruto thought as he watched the younger raven man take his seat, could this get any worse?
"I despise these pointless meetings Itachi you know that. I think sometimes you just call them to piss me off." The low voice rang through Naruto's ears, making the hairs stand on the back of his neck as Itachi smirked at his younger brother before remembering the blond standing idly beside him, still somewhat gawking in Sasuke's direction.
"By the way Sasuke this is Naruto, he'll be your new assistant," Itachi informed the other raven, and it registered to Naruto that this must have been the first time Sasuke had been told about this. Not like he seemed surprised by the news.
"I don't need him." Was the blunt reply from Sasuke, Itachi had always been like this, forcing new fetcher dogs onto him that he despised. He didn't need someone asking him if he needed anything every second of the day. Id he needed some kind of servant he would have stayed with his parents.
"Well tough, he's working for us and you'll just have to live with it." Itachi said triumphantly before turning to the blond so Sasuke couldn't retaliate. "Naruto, you can take your seat now."
Naruto snapped his head towards the man and nodded before taking his seat beside his new boss without saying a word. "Let us begin the meeting then!" Itachi announced with an enthusiastic clap of his hands, and all eyes turned towards him.
Naruto could say one thing. At least his nerves were gone.
*****
"Excuse me Naruto," the blond turned around to see a tall, red haired man approach him as the meeting ended and he smiled at the man before the redhead stopped in front of him. "My name's Gaara," the redhead introduced himself, extending his hand out to Naruto who shook it.
"Nice to meet you Gaara," the blond smiled, having no need to introduce himself since Itachi had done that for him.
"Today's your first day so I just thought I'd offer you help if you need me, first days can be tough and it's best if you settle in quickly," the redhead stated, giving a small, shy smile and Naruto's grinned happily.
"Thanks I'll be sure to remember that," he answered, making the other mans cheeks tinge pink slightly.
"Ok well good luck today, you'll probably need it." Gaara glancing back at the raven haired man and glared slightly before walking away a few paces but stopping again and turning back to Naruto, "oh and if today's a little stressful for you, a few of my colleagues and I are going out for a drink after work if you'd care to join us."
"Really?" the blond asked enthusiastically, "sounds great! I'll see you later Gaara," the blond said and the redhead nodded before turning and walking away, Naruto walking into the room where his boss was still sitting at his chair, his face passive though Naruto thought he seemed somewhat unhappy.
"So you actually mustered up the courage to walk into the building," Sasuke said to the approaching blond and smirked. "You should have just turned and left, I have no need for you," he said monotonously and Naruto glared, ready to answer back when he was interrupted.
"Now now, no need to be like that little brother," Itachi's voice came from the other side of the room, and Sasuke scoffed at him. "Naruto if you have any problems with Sasuke just let me know, I have ways of dealing with my little brother," the older raven smirked evilly and Naruto nodded, sure the older man would keep his word. "Well I'm sure we all have work to be getting on with," Itachi said signalling for the other two to leave the room and Naruto waited as Sasuke got up and left the room, the blond walking reluctantly beside his new boss. The thought made him cringe.
The two finally arrived at the large office at the very end of a long line of box cubicles, and Naruto took his seat at his desk near two large, wooden doors and looked at the notes which had been left for him stuck to different parts of the desk and computer. He took out a large planner and started jotting down all of the important information on the notes and turned to Sasuke as the other man opened the door to his office. "Sasuke, you have a meeting with the photographers at three, do you need me to notify you closer to the time?" he asked, trying to be somewhat professional, though the response he received only being a small 'hn' before the doors closed and left the blond alone in the large room to pout. "I'll take that as a yes then," Naruto said quietly to himself and sighed, starting his paper work. It would be a long day.
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Sasuke sat idly at his desk looking at nothing and particular, still contemplating the point of this new assistant of his 'I don't need a babysitter' he thought to himself bitterly, cursing his brother for the surprise attack before the intercom beeped and he heard Naruto's voice, "Sasuke your brother's on line one," the raven heard Naruto sigh as he released the button and smirked, apparently the blond had thought the same thing he was thinking; why the hell would Itachi ring down 30 minutes after a meeting? Of course Sasuke knew why. Itachi always did this. He picked up the phone and placed it against his ear.
"So brother, how's it going?" Sasuke heard Itachi's happy voice and sighed much like Naruto had.
"Itachi, he's been here an hour, its going as well as he told you."
"How did you know I'd been talking to him?" Itachi accused the younger raven who rolled his eyes.
"You do every time; do you really think this is going to end any differently either?" Sasuke asked.
"You won't be able to get rid of this one Sasuke I guarantee it," Sasuke could hear the smirk in his brothers' voice and he grimaced.
"Well we'll see about that," the young Uchiha bit and Itachi scoffed.
"Yes, we shall see brother," the older raven said before the line went dead and Sasuke placed the phone back on his desk with an exasperated sigh, cursing his brother once again.
The rest of the day was silent for the two men, Naruto only buzzed the intercom to let Sasuke know he was going for lunch and when the appointment was close, happy to leave the other alone instead of suffering Sasuke's obvious distaste for the assistant.
Finally Naruto finished work and walked towards the elevator, stretching along the way before he saw Gaara waiting beside the empty reception desk. Naruto smiled at the redhead man, picking p his pace slightly, the prospect of getting some alcohol in his system more than enough to pick up his mood, "hey Gaara, ready to go?" he asked and the man nodded, getting into the elevator with the blond.
"So how was your first day?" Gaara asked as they descended the emptying buildings, only a few noticeable lights shining on the various floors.
"Uneventful," Naruto replied with a tired laugh.
"Well you should get used to that, Sasuke's not really the sociable type, inside or outside of work," Gaara said as the elevator doors slid open at the ground floor and they made their way towards the redhead's car.
"So what's with this guy anyway?" Naruto asked Gaara as he sipped his drink, happy to be in the calm atmosphere of the bar.
"Who? Sasuke?" Naruto looked up at the newcomer and nodded, the man had short brown hair tied into a high ponytail and looked utterly bored with the whole scenario, though somewhat interested in the conversation.
"Yeah Shika, care to share?" Naruto asked as Shikamaru sat down with the two and shrugged.
"No one knows why he's like that, but in the past two years that I've worked there he's gotten rid of at least seven assistants," Shikamaru stated and Naruto's eyes widened slightly.
"Yeah and you're his next victim!" another man said walking over and sitting with the group. "Seriously Naruto he's never kept an assistant for more than a month for one reason or another, so if you want to keep your job you'll have to make sure he doesn't get you fired."
"Gee thanks for the confidence boost Kiba!" Naruto frowned looking down at the table.
"I don't understand how his wife stands him," Kiba said casually and Naruto's head shot up to look at him.
"He's married!?" Naruto asked, shock completely evident in his voice, married was the last thing he thought this guy was.
"Yes, to the most gorgeous girl in this city," a voice said and sighed dreamily.
"Lee, are you honestly still in love with that woman?" Kiba questioned.
Lee sighed again then frowned, "why did that damn Uchiha have to get her and not me?" the man said sadly.
Naruto thought over the information he'd just been told 'Sasuke's married? He looks incapable of falling in love how can he be married!?'
"Hey Naruto, do you need a ride home?" Gaara asked the blond who looked up and smiled.
"Thanks Gaara that would be great," the two men stood and said their goodbyes, the others agreeing they'd see them tomorrow, before leaving the bar and heading for the redhead's car.
"So Kiba's words haven't scared you off have they?" Gaara asked as the two boys drove towards the blonde's apartment. "About the assistant thing."
"Nope, just means I've got to crack that Uchiha's shell and get him to see I'm not there to baby-sit him like he seems to think," Naruto said with a determined expression and Gaara smiled at his enthusiasm.
"Well that's good" the redhead said, "I'm glad."
Naruto looked away from the redhead and blushed a little, "yeah me too," he said before the car stopped.
"I'll walk you to your door," Gaara said unbuckling his seat belt.
"You don't have to Gaara really," Naruto protested to the redhead not wanting to be any trouble, but Gaara was already opening his car door.
"Its fine Naruto, now come on," Gaara smiled as he got out of the car and waited for the blond before they walked up to Naruto's apartment.
"Thanks for inviting me tonight I had fun," Naruto smiled, turning to the redhead after opening his door.
"I'm glad" Gaara said as a short silence set over the two. "So I'll see you at work tomorrow?" he asked.
"Yeah sure," the blond smiled before he felt Gaara's lips on his cheek and his eyes widened, a blush spreading quickly over his face.
"Good night Naruto," the redhead said before he walked away from the blond and down the corridor. Naruto stood there after Gaara left, still a little shocked, before he finally walked into his apartment, collapsing on his bed for a well deserved nights sleep, today had been eventful… and exhausting.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed chapter one. Though I detest the couples I've introduced here there will be sasunaru, promise!
Review please and I'll revamp quicker.
Love Kit~