Chapter 2~ Birthday
Conversing with dad like this makes me feel like we're about to commit bank robbery. But it's similar to that isn't it? I looked at him as he whispered, afraid to be caught.
"So you know what to do right kiddo?" he asked. I chuckled and nodded. "Good, I just want this to be..."
"I know I know. You want it to be perfect for her. I get it. I've been practicing so it will be perfect. You just get out there and be her stud muffin okay?" I said assuringly. I squeezed his arm and he flashed me his dazzling smile before leaving the men's room to go sit with Kushina. I took Naruto's hand and gave him the tambourine.
"We really doing this nii-san?" he asked with a tilted head. I smiled at him and picked up my guitar.
"Most definitely. You wanna make sure mommy has a good birthday right?" that got him excited. I pulled him onto the little stage in the restaurant. "You remember the beat?" I asked him. He giggled and hit the tambourine to the right beat. I nodded and waited for us to be introduced.
"Ladies and gentleman, these boys would like to have your attention." The Head waiter guy or whatever the hell he is said. "There is a very special woman in the crowd tonight named Kushina Namikaze, and today is her birthday. So her sons and have decided to sing for her. Please give a big hand for Sasuke Uchiha accompanied by his little brother Naruto." The man adjusted the microphone for me and people clapped. Naruto started on the tambourine immediately and people laughed. I smiled and just let him.
"Kushina, this first song is from Dad, just for you." I said. I started to play and Naruto giggled as he did his part. Kushina had tears in her eyes.
"I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy. I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need. I love you more with every breath truly, madly, deeply, do. I will be strong I will be faithful 'cause I'm counting on a new beginning, a reason for living, a deeper meaning. Yeah."
People awed and made other happy adoring noises as Naruto struggled to sing with me even though he didn't know that words. He tugged my pant leg. He always remembered better when I was staring at him.
"And I wanna stand with you on a mountain. I wanna bathe with you in the sea. I wanna lay like this forever, until the sky falls down on me." We sang together, the microphone picking up his voice too. Kushina cried harder, mumbling something that I couldn't hear.
"And when the stars are shinin' brightly in the velvet sky, I'll make a wish, send it to heaven, then make you want to cry the tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty that we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of the highest powers and lonely hours."
Naruto echoed it at the perfect moment, even if it was an accident.
"The tears devour you. And I wanna stand with you on a mountain. I wanna bathe with you in the sea. I wanna lay like this forever, until the sky falls down on me." I took a breath and continued when it was time. "Oh, can't you see it baby? You don't have to close your eyes, 'cause it's standing right before you. All that you need with surely come. Oh-ho, yeaaah." She looked up at us, all the thanks in the world.
"I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy. I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need. I love you more with every breath truly madly deeply do. Mmm mmm."
Naruto wanted this one so I held the microphone for him. "I want to stand with you on a mountain. I wanna bathe with you in the sea. I want to lay like this forever, until the sky falls down on me. I want to stand with you on a mountain, I want to bathe with you in the sea. I want to live like this forever, until the sky falls down on me." He said with a big blush.
I finished up the song for him and he ran to Kushina's side to wish her happy birthday. I smiled and went after him to take him away. Let the grownups have their time.
"Happy birthday Kushina." I said as I lifted Naruto in my arms. I carried him out. "You know... you're getting a bit heavy for this." I told him with an annoyed grunt. He giggled.
"I'll never be too heavy for you to carry me nii-san." He said with his big smile. I sighed and put him on my lap on my bike before heading home. "Will you sing for me on my birthday nii-san?" he asked quietly, his head resting on my shoulder.
"Of course. I'll sing about how special you are and how much I love you." I told him. He giggled and wrapped his arms around me. I ignored the fluttering in my heart and the flips of my stomach.
"I love you too nii-san." He said. "I'll always love nii-san." He smiled happily. I took him home and tucked him in my bed with me. He cuddled his little orange beanie baby fox. "Goodnight Kyuubi, goodnight nii-san." He told us both. I kissed the doll then him.
"Good night Kyuubi, good night Naruto." I said with a smile. He held the doll up and moved it like it was talking.
"Goodnight Naru-chan, goodnight Sasu-kun." He said in a different voice. I smiled and laid down with my arms around him.
"I will never let you fall. I'll stand up with you forever. I'll be there for you through it all. Even if saving you sends me to heaven." I whispered as he drifted off to sleep.
I simply stared at Dad as he talked. Didn't this same situation happen like... 13 days ago? Something like that. But this time, we talked about my present.
"So Naruto doesn't know?" he asked. I shook my head. "Good, then he can't tell Kushina." He said quietly. We situated ourselves in the car and went to the same old tattoo parlor run by a group of young men named Akatsuki who all looked like they should be in jail rather than working in bars and body art parlors, and many of them should.
"Hey Deidara! I got another one for you!" I said. He rushed over to look at the tattoo I was getting.
"Beautiful, un!" he said with a bright smile. "Go take off your shirt and lay on the table." He said as he finished piercing this very young girl's ears. Her hair was bubblegum pink and she looked like she was about the same age as Naruto. She stared at me. "So guess what the word around the bar is Sasuke." Deidara called to me. I pulled off my shirt and hopped on the table, laying on my stomach so he could get to my back.
"I don't like guessing." I said boredly. He chuckled.
"People are saying that if we wanna keep our business, we oughta bring you in to sing. So not only are you an amazing artist, but you're a rock star now too, yeah?" He grinned. "So how about it? Next Monday, you wanna sing in our little bar?" I looked at Dad to see him give me a shrug. He had a face that said, "It's your career. Do what you want."
"I'd love to." I told him with a smirk. "I'll set up a list of dates that I can sing for you. I have to correspond with my calendar first though."
"Oh, look at mister big shot over there." Deidara teased. He finished with the girl. "Can you believe how full of himself he is?" he asked her. She giggled and nodded.
"He's so handsome, he has a right to be." She said in a squeak of a voice. I smirked at Deidara.
"Shut up Uchiha." He snorted. "You're all finished honey, hm. And tell your old man that this one's on mister big shot over there." He pointed to me. She gave me a twinkling look of awe. I shrugged and gave a curt nod. She squealed and ran off excitedly. I waited for Deidara to hurry up with the tattoo. It's a present for Naruto kinda, and a thing for me as well. The drawing itself is for him. The tattoo part is for me.
By the time we were done, I was numb from the back of my neck to the base of my spine. But it was a satisfactory numbness, like the kind a gay guy gets when he's been thouroughly butt-fucked. Certain thoughts cross my mind and a small groan leaves my lips. Why would I have to think about unruly blond hair and crystalline blue eyes at a time like this?
"Holy fuck, little Sasuke's a masochist!" Deidara says when he realizes how turned on I am. I swipe at him. "Nu-uh. Now then, pay up and get lost." I sighed and wrote him a check for myself and the girl before leaving. I climbed into the car with Dad. He stared at my back.
"Jesus Christ, it's bleeding everywhere. But fuck is it cool looking." He said. I chuckled and leaned forward. I patted his knee.
"Let's go home dad." I said. He laughed with me and drove us home. I pulled my shirt back on and went inside. Naruto tackled me.
"Happy birthday again nii-san!" he yelled. I smiled and lifted him before taking him to bed.
"Let's go to sleep Naruto. It's late." I said with a small smile. He nodded and cuddled into my chest on the bed. He's my angel.
"When I see your smile, tears roll down my face. And now that I'm strong I have figured out how this world turns cold and breaks through my soul. I know I'll find, deep inside me, I can be the one." I whispered, kissing his forehead. He smiled and yawned lazily before falling asleep. I watched him sleep.
