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Yes.
Yes!
YES!
Sasuke listened to the woman scream out in bliss as the headboard slammed against the wall separating the two apartments. Over and over again, he heard Naruto gasp in pleasure, Sasuke tried to ignore the strange woma's noise and just focus on the sounds Naruto made. It was oddly soothing to listen to him in that state. Sasuke had had a bad day. He had bruises all along his porcelain flesh. He tried not think about it and focus on the blonde's hitched breathing. A part of him, a part that he didn't want to admit, had been looking forward to speaking to Naruto through their walls when he got home from a day like this one but when he finally stumbled back into his apartment all he could hear was Naruto banging some slut.
After a while, Naruto and the strange woman fell silent. Sasuke assumed they had both fallen asleep but then Naruto spoke in a hushed whisper,
"Sasuke? Are you awake?"
"Yes," Sasuke said clearly.
"Oh. I'm so sorry about all the noise. I didn't know how to tell her to be quiet because the walls are thin and I regularly have midnight talks with my homosexual neighbour."
Sasuke actually laughed at this, "It's fine."
"You enjoyed it?" Naruto laughed.
"No!" Sasuke exclaimed to suddenly, "I'm gay, remember?"
"Doesn't mean you couldn't just pretend it was two guys here," Naruto teased.
"Ugh, no. Her voice was way too high pitched for that."
Naruto guffawed, "She's a very nice girl."
"Yeah, I'm sure her tits will agree with you."
"Don't be mean, Sasuke," Naruto said.
"I'm not mean!"
"Yes, you really are."
Sasuke rolled his eyes, "I just didn't think that you were into that sort of thing."
Naruto snorted, "Wait, are you talking about girls?"
"No," Sasuke snapped, "I mean one night stands."
"You know, it's funny how you keep on having all these assumptions of me and I keep on proving you wrong."
"I'll admit it, you're a really surprising guy." Sasuke said.
"Damn right."
There was silence for a moment before Naruto asked, "What about you? Don't you ever get lucky?"
"You've forgotten what I do for a living again, dobe."
"Oh," Naruto said awkwardly.
There was silence again.
"What's it like?" Naruto asked.
"What? Being a whore?" Sasuke snapped.
Naruto swallowed, "Yeah."
Sasuke clenched his hand into a fist, "It's sort of like homework."
Genuinely surprised, Naruto exclaimed, "What?"
"It's something you just have to get through and it's easy just not to do it but if you don't then something worse she going to happen down the road so I grit my teeth and I get through it."
Naruto didn't say anything for a long time, "I'm sorry you have to do it."
"No. really, it's okay but that's why I can't do the whole one night stand thing."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke sighed, "Because if I want to actually have sex for fun or love or whatever it has to be with someone… someone real because I have meaningless sex all the time and for it to actually have any sort of impact from me it has to be for love."
There was silent before Naruto suddenly burst out into laughter.
"I had no idea you were so mushy!" Naruto said between fits of laughter.
"Shut up dobe!" Sasuke shouted, "You'll wake up your fuck buddy."
Naruto fell silent, "Sorry."
"Whatever. I was just saying that sex doesn't equal fun or love for me, just money."
"Sorry, Sasuke."
"Stop apologising, dobe!"
"Why do you keep on calling me dobe?"
Sasuke flushed slightly, "Because that's what you are, Dobe."
"Whatever, Teme."
Sasuke smiled slightly to himself, "I'm going to sleep. Try not to be so loud. You snore."
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do. Now go to sleep."
Naruto mumbled incoherently and instantly fell asleep. Sasuke lay awake for hours, just listening to the other man's breathing.
Xxx
The next day, Sasuke bumped into Naruto in the laundry room. Sasuke scowled and ignored him as usual expect this time, Naruto seemed to take offense.
"Why do you only talk to him through the walls?"
"Hn," Sasuke grunted in answer.
"Come on, Sasuke. Aren't we friends?"
Sasuke scowled, "I don't have friends."
"Yes you do," Naruto laughed lightly, "I'm your friend, Sasuke, wherever you like it or not."
Sasuke turned around to glare at Naruto, "It's not a good idea to try and worm your way into my life."
"I'm already in your life Sasuke. You tell me everything."
Sasuke didn't look away, "Not everything."
"Well, still, we share, don't we? And that's what friends do therefore, we're friends."
Sasuke scowled, "Dobe."
Naruto chuckled, "I see. The walls between us aren't just literal are they? How ironic."
Sasuke looked away as Naruto walked closer to him. Hesitatingly, Naruto put his hand on Sasuke's pale cheek. He glanced at the other man.
"You know," Naruto said, "You make me want to try out men."
Sasuke smirked and closed the distance between, pressing their chest together. He teased Naruto, hovering his lips just above Naruto's and making the other man lean forward, as if in hypnosis, in order to kiss him. Their lips moulded softly together and Naruto gasped slightly when he felt the tip of Sasuke's tongue clash with his own.
Abruptly, Sasuke stepped back, "That'll be a fifty."
Naruto frowned, "What are you talking about?"
"Naruto, you keep on forgetting what I am. I'm not your friend. I'm a worthless fucking whore."
"You don't really believe that, do you?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke looked at him with distaste, "Don't you see? You can't fight your way into my life. It doesn't work like that. Let's just keep doing what we've been doing."
Naruto pursed his lips, looked down then glared right at Sasuke again, "Because, despite everything you say about yourself, you still need someone to talk to."
Sasuke didn't say anything as Naruto shoved past him as he stormed from the room. He ran his hand through his raven locks.
As Naruto walked to his apartment, he still felt dizzy from the kiss. He had never had a kiss like that before. Sasuke's touch burnt like ice. There was something about him that just made you want him more. Naruto had never even considered men until he saw Sasuke. He wasn't gay; he wasn't even bi-sexual. He just wanted… Sasuke.
Naruto frowned. What the hell was going on?
Xxx
That night, Naruto couldn't sleep. He stayed awake until the early hours of the morning and he could tell that Sasuke was also awake, just beyond their conjoined wall, because he could hear his uneven breathing.
Finally, Naruto uttered, "Sasuke? Are you there?"
Sasuke seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "Yeah."
"Are you mad at me?" Naruto asked hesitantly, not sure why.
Sasuke remained silent for a while then said, "No. You just… you just don't understand."
"You're right. I don't understand but you don't understand either."
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.
"Never mind."
There was silence again.
"Hey, Sasuke, um, that kiss…" Naruto started but Sasuke interrupted him.
"I know," He said, "Don't worry. You're not gay. It's what I do. I sell love and it's easy for me to make someone think that they're falling for me."
Naruto opened and closed his mouth several times before he said, "Doesn't that ever backfire on you?"
"Nope," Sasuke answered nonchalantly.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot. You can't love."
Sasuke frowned, "I never said that."
"Goodnight, Sasuke."
Sasuke glared at the wall until he finally sighed and said, "Goodnight Naruto."
AN: I expanded on Sasuke's whole prostitution thing, I don't why, it just happened. I have a lot of fun writing the dialog through the walls but I promise there will be more face to face action in the next chapters. Please review, its great motivation.