.::WARNING::. – BOY X BOY – SasuNaru Pairing! Future SEX SCENES!

DISCLAIMER - I don't own the characters introduced all rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

SEXUAL THEMES – BAD LANGUAGE – EMOTIONAL ABUSE

Future EXPLICIT. 18+ YAOI. Not appropriate for younger audiences.

Defying Gravity

Chapter Three – First Steps

Naruto lay awake for hours. He kept playing scenarios through his head of how he could handle this situation. He thought about back to when he was 16, so full of life and so much confidence in himself. Now he just felt like all the life had been sucked out of him. He stared at the bedroom door which was illuminated by the moon through the blinds. It's easy right? I could just get up and walk straight out of that door and disappear. As much as he thought that, he just couldn't find the courage to do that.

Weekends were the worst. It meant he had to spend time with Gaara, and he just wasn't in the mood, not after how bad things were starting to get. His boyfriend had never laid a finger on him in the past so Naruto was confused as to what changed?

"I think we should go on vacation" Gaara said as he left the bed.

"Vacation? Why?"

"Might help us relieve some tension"

"I don't think tension is the problem here" Naruto responded not liking the idea of being away with him.

"We're going and that's final" he said as he slammed the bedroom door. The blonde couldn't take this anymore. He didn't want to be controlled. This was his life and he's wasted too much of it already acting like a lapdog. Relationships weren't supposed to be like this and he felt if it continues, he won't be able to cope anymore. Naruto looked through the draws to find his passport. He can't go on vacation if they couldn't find this right? He put it in his pocket, hoping to find a way to either dispose of it, or put it in a safe place.

Walking out of the room, he felt like he was treading on eggshells. The blonde thought it would be best to keep him sweet for a while before he gets angry at the face that he won't be able to find his passport.

"I'm sorry, Naruto" Gaara blurted out, taking the blonde by surprise.

"You're… sorry?"

"I know I've been a bit full on lately, I don't mean to be a bastard. I just love you and want the best for you"

"By taking everything I love away from me?"

"How have I done that?!" Gaara shouted aggressively.

"I have no life here, Gaara. You've taken everything away from me and left it so all I have is you! Is that what you've always wanted? A boyfriend who you can have all to yourself and control every aspect of his life? Because if that's so then congratulations. You've got it"

"What did you even have for me to take away? I've given you everything! Don't be so ungrateful"

"My friends! My social life, my hobbies… my dreams…" the blonde responded, almost weeping. He'd never really said these things out loud before especially not to Gaara. Ever since he started to abuse physically, it brought all of the emotional abuse to light. Had he really been that blind to it all?

"Your friends were assholes; they would've left you anyways. I did you a favour"

"How can you say that? I loved them!"

"You love me!"

"I hate you!"

Gaara looked at the blonde who was now looking to the floor. He hated him? Gaara felt angry. How could he hate him?

"I'm going for a walk. When I get back I expect you to be calmed down"

Naruto stared at the door which Gaara slammed yet again on his way out, causing his jacket to fall off the hook. When he went to pick it up, the application form which the stranger gave him fell out of the inside. Naruto had totally forgotten about that, and Gaara could've found it at any time. He opened up the application curious as to whether or not it would be a good idea to apply. As he was flicking through the pages, a card fell out onto the floor.

"Sasuke… Uchiha?" it was a business card with that guy's name and number on it. He sat at the kitchen table and just stared at the form. Should I or shouldn't i? He sat there for at least 10 minutes playing that through his head over and over. Even if he wanted to apply he wouldn't know the first thing about how to fill this damn thing out. His eyes then glanced over to the business card. Perhaps he could ask Sasuke for advice; he did say he could call him.

"Sasuke, are we still going to that art show tonight?" Karin asked as she sipped loudly on her coffee.

"As far as I know, why?"

"Are we taking dates? There's this guy I reaaaaally want to ask out but he's so… sophisticated and cultured and I'm…-"

"-Not?" Sasuke said, laughing slightly.

"Hey!" Karin pouted, flicking Sasuke on the head.

"Cut it out! I was joking, Jeeze" Sasuke wasn't sure if it was a good idea for Karin to bring a date. Suigetsu was still madly in love with her and it would be a pain to hear him complain the entire night about how much of a jerk this guy will be or how she's too good for any of the assholes she dates.

"I'm going to invite him!" she said, excitedly typing out her text. With that, Sasuke felt his phone buzz in his pocket. It was a text message from an unknown number.

Hey Sasuke, it's Naruto. The guy from yesterday? And the day before… anyways, I was erm, wondering if it would be cool to meet up? I uh… was thinking about taking your advice and applying for that job thing and if it's alright… well, you don't have to if you don't want to don't worry! Erm, anyways if it's okay I'd like your, help? Err yeah that's it I think, feel free to say no, erm yeah thanks!

"Cute" Sasuke said, smiling at the text message. This guy's cute way of being nervous was just as adorable through a text message.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Karin asked, looking up from her phone.

"No, nothing" the raven replied still smiling at his phone.

"Ooookaaaaay…" She said as she stood up looking over his shoulder. "Who is texting you to make you smile like that?"

"Hey! Don't do that, it's rude" the raven said feeling embarrassed and flushed, holding his phone to his chest.

Karin laughed at her friend's embarrassment. "Okay, okay ill stop! I need to go shopping for tonight, are you coming?"

"Actually… I'm going to stick around here for a bit"

"Alright see you tonight!" Karin said, excitedly running out of the coffee shop.

Sasuke typed out his reply to Naruto, feeling happy that the blonde had actually contacted him so soon.

Hey gorgeous! I'm happy you decided to text. Of course, I'd love to help. Are you free now? I'm at the coffee shop, usual place. I'll be here for another 30 minutes if you can get here.

Sasuke was trying to play it cool but he was never really any good at that. He knew fine well that he would most probably wait longer than 30 minutes for him to show up.

Naruto was smiling like an idiot. No one had called him gorgeous in such a long time, and he felt like a fool for smiling at something so trivial but it really made him feel good. He also felt bad for going behind Gaara's back but to be honest, he really needed this relationship to end if he was going to have any chance of getting even a glimpse of his life back. Baby steps, he thought. He had to start somewhere so he did. He grabbed his coat and put on his shoes, stuffed the application form in his bag and headed to the coffee shop. This is the first step.

To be continued.