Chapter III
Clumsy
What He Said
For Hatake Sasuke, life was a big puzzle that he had to solve and analyze every day. He had never witnessed a relationship begin, but the night he was supposed to be set up with Naruto, he witnessed the start of one. However, it still confused him. He had to wonder if each of them started with one party coming to talk to the other, and just hit it off. It was all just so strange to his mind that he still could not believe that in the time that had passed, Naruto was now getting married to that same male. While, he, Hatake Sasuke, could not understand, even if he was at a young age of nineteen, did not even comprehend how a simple relationship between two people begun.
Why has Naruto not gotten tired of Kyuubi? On the other hand, Kyuubi gotten tired with Naruto, what made them want to get married? What made them stay in the relationship they were in now. What made them fall in love? Was it time, or was it at first sight from the very minute they seemed destine to meet? He did not understand. Everything else in the world could be so simple, English had a format, math had its formulas, and science had its experiments and theories. Maybe it was just him, he was just not able to comprehend his emotions, or even able to say anything.
He did have a lot to say.
However, he was always so silent. He remembered once, his father telling him 'Sasuke, you'll always be my child who has potential and talent, but would never say what he needs to say. You are the one that has so much to say, and you should' yeah, right.
In two years, so much had changed, and as for Sasuke, well nothing really had. Sakura and Sai, were not married but she was pregnant having found out three days ago and still going to school, plus she was engaged. Shikamaru and Ino had moved away, but returned just for Naruto's wedding. Neji and Gaara were now working under prestigious company names that were lead under their family name and engaged. Him? He knew where he was going, he had his work, but his personal life, or more like his lack of love life felt like it had not changed in the slightest.
He had just followed his goals, but felt as though he accomplished nothing.
Maybe it was something that you understood as you got older, Sakura was twenty-five, Naruto twenty-seven, and Kyuubi was thirty, and so on. On the other hand, maybe it was something else….
Now, here he sat, watching as they asked the two newlyweds to go to the dance floor for their first dance as husband and husband. Both newlyweds had smiles on their faces and looked incredible, as the lights dimmed and the attention was drawn to them. Sasuke was not even sure why he was here, or why Naruto had even invited him. It was not as if they were best friends, maybe it had something to do with Sakura. She was always involved with making his life miserable. She should just give up now, he was never going to change. He after all, was doomed to be lonely for the rest of his life.
He drank from his wine, and gracefully got up to get some more. His eyes took in all his surroundings as he quietly made his way to the small bar. The ballroom where the reception party was being held was luxurious. There were chandeliers all over, the place was golden, the tables were long and white, and the bar was the best part of it. Besides the dim lighting and the odd music pulsing through the room, everything else was breathtaking. Sasuke got near a stool, and the barkeep looked at him. He then just sat down, and said nothing, did not even ask for anything when he found a crystal glass of fine golden liquid presented before him.
"I didn't ask for this," He said.
"I know, the gentleman over there did. He also said to give you this" Sasuke raised an eyebrow and the barkeep went on with his business. He read the small rectangular paper, and then looked over to the male the barkeep had pointed out. He was sexy, his eyes a dark rich color slanted in such a way that they were looking at him. Almost eating him alive, making his swallow thickly. The man had pale skin, long raven hair, and lines that ran across his eyes to his cheeks. It was not a disfigurement; it just added something more to his charisma. He was the most amazing being Sasuke had ever seen.
Sasuke licked his dry lips and looked at the note again 'Come join me' simple and as charming as that. No one had just decided to buy him a drink before, or even asked him to join them. He was not sure what he was going to do. Before he could think about it, his hand was lifting the cup from the table to his lips and he was rising from his chair. Walking all the way around to meet up with the male that had bought him the drink, as he was drawn to him like a moth to a flame.
That man had made the first move to get his attention after all. People usually were to scare to even approach him, or ask him to come. He wanted to know him, Sasuke figured. After all, the person just seemed so nice, and for once, he wonders if he would be able to talk to someone. He sat down and looked at him.
"Thanks for the drink" He said.
"No problem," the stranger answered.
Sasuke fiddled with the card that was given to him and turned it around. The name of the male was there, and the name of a company that he seemed to run. It looked like he was in a business of the entertainment, interesting.
"Who are you, really?" Sasuke asks.
"My card says productions, but in reality I just work in the main business company working over the contracts and other paper work. My name is Uchiha Itachi" Itachi said, a slow and gentle smile crossing his lips that stunned Sasuke "It can be a tedious job, but it has its perks "
"Sounds cool, you must be that same guy from the long line of Uchiha's who always do great things, I wouldn't doubt it that you are great in everything you do. I'm Hatake Sasuke by the way" Itachi smirked and Sasuke tilted his head at an angle, his eyes narrowing. There was something about this man he felt he had to figure out, but so far, he couldn't. Itachi had him curious. "You didn't have to buy me a drink"
"I wanted your attention"
Sasuke could have blushed, but all he felt like doing was smirking at the male that showed such great interest in him. It had to be a joke; there was no one for the life of them that would simply be interested in him. Or just want to talk to him, but this man seemed to be, and it was curious "You don't even know who I am, why would you want to get to know me?"
"You don't know me either and you still came to talk to me," Itachi countered.
"True" Sasuke said, looked at the card in his hand again and then placed it on the counter in front of him. "Maybe, I just liked what I saw, when I saw you" He could have blushed, but he did not he really was not trying to be modest. It was always in his nature to be rude. It was always in his nature to be skeptical, even though the heart in his chest fluttered every time it heard Itachi's voice. It had to be the drinks or maybe Itachi had drugged him.
"I can relate, so tell me a little about you" Sasuke looked over at Itachi. He then looked forward again and called the barkeep again.
"I would like some Hennessey on ice," Sasuke said. The drink was served and Sasuke started to swallow it down, relishing on the warmth it brought to him even when the drink was cool at his lips. He had to think straight, "Itachi" He said, almost breathless after he finished his drink "What would you like to know; there is really nothing about me that would be pleasant to know"
"Try me" Itachi said, "I'll listen to anything you have to say"
The fleeting thought entered Sasuke's mind that Itachi must just be trying to get him into bed, but at the moment he really didn't care. Either that or he was not thinking at all, either way he would blame it all on Itachi, his voice, or his good looks and that one drink. "Anything?"
"Anything" Itachi nodded. He sipped his drink and Sasuke smiled, leaning forward over the table.
"Alright then," Sasuke took a deep breath and knew what he was going to say was ridiculous; it would make Itachi get up and leave him alone. He did not care; at least he got to talk to him for a bit "my parents divorced the moment I was born. Mom got me and the child support money, but when dad married his male lover, she decided to give me to a foster care, somewhere where she could track me down if she needed to." Sasuke absently stared at his own hand as he traced his finger over the crystal glass. "I don't remember any of it; all I know is that I didn't grow up with my biological parents who kept fighting to get me back. It was when I was five years old that I was taken away from them completely and then adopted by my dad's friend and his lover….well husband
"I never asked why I didn't have a normal mom and dad, I just went along with life going to school and getting ahead of the game. Heh, even now I am much younger than any of my friends, but they do not need to know that I practically skipped over middle school to high school and started college at the same time during the summer. That by the time I was actually at the university all I had to do was work towards my career, I graduated with my masters" Sasuke shrugged.
"Sound rough" Itachi commented "I went through the same thing, but neither parent had to push me, I was just a born genius and much was expected of me" Sasuke turned to him and smiled. Itachi reached out and brushed a bang out of Sasuke's face, and Sasuke looked away again. He felt like he had to hide his eyes, and face from Itachi since he made him feel so many things he had not felt before. Itachi simply watched him, not saying anymore. Both had expected uneasiness, but there was none, and Sasuke just continued with his story.
"I don't feel like a genius" Sasuke said "I just always felt like I never belonged almost as if the older students found out that a little kid was beating a teen in brains they became jealous and tried to bring you down a peg or two." Sasuke scoffed "it got to the point that I wanted to kill myself, maybe not, I was not sure what I wanted" Itachi listened as Sasuke spilled his life to him, every detail and showing the pain behind this beauty's innocence. At the same time enjoying all the little gestures and face expressions Sasuke made when saying a particular thing, he was just so cute. "I had always wanted to be successful; you know please my parents and everyone around me. For once do something right, to finally understand, but I don't know anymore."
Itachi finished his drink "do you and your father have a good relationship"
"He gives me everything I could ever ask for, if that is what you are referring to. I am nothing but a spoil child" This was more than enough, he was saying too much, but he found himself just continuing telling Itachi everything. He was telling this stranger everything and he did not want to stop, it felt like finally something was being lifted of his shoulders "As for my mother, the last time I saw her she yelled at me that I was not worth anything, she was so angry. She hated me more than life itself, that is what she told me, and that was suppose to make me grateful that I was alive"
"Sasuke"
"I'm an only child; I have no real purpose in life. I could have done drugs, I could have done so many things and yet all I ever did was stay quiet. I felt like a coward, and it was my entire fault, everything from the begging of my birth is my entire fault…I" he trailed off.
"Hey, I'm still listening, what was your fault"
Sasuke glanced at Itachi and without pausing, he just spat out all he wanted to say, "Mother had gotten another boyfriend, she loved that man but he would try to molest me. Tough luck with that, he never got to do anything of that kind but he did try to touch me. Then my little sister was born, she was just a god damned new born, and I was there. I was scared, I was eight years old and in the closet, crying my damned eyes out while that man my mom claimed to love molested her, a new born and then even was desperate enough he penetrated her"
"What" Itachi said, moving closer to Sasuke instead of farther away like he should have. But he didn't want to. Instead, he wanted to pull Sasuke into his embrace.
"He killed her, the damned bastard killed her and I didn't do a damned thing to save her"
"You were scared and a child, your mom should have had more care"
"She never listened!" Sasuke nearly snapped, but out of the corner of his eye, he wondered if people were watching him and listening. Right now, he did not care "and I was not supposed to be scared! I was born a boy; I should have more courage than that!"
"Sasuke, what happened?" Itachi asked.
"Mom went to jail; he got away, what more was going to happen with the crappy law enforcements we are doomed to live with!" Sasuke hissed. "They still haven't found him, not that I care what is going on anymore. I just have lead such a boring life. Kept from everything" Sasuke shook his head, tears starting to form at the edge of his eyes "I just want to forget now and move on…" He shrugged and glanced at Itachi "I left home and decided to apply to a university again, that is where I met Sakura and the others. Other than that I've been hiding from my father all this time"
"Are you happy where you are at now?" Itachi asked, feeling like he wanted to help this lost boy. He was lost, Sasuke's eyes shone with all the confusion. Something told him Sasuke had already faced all of this, but never really had a chance to just tell another person about his pain, all the things he had seen. Things a child should have never had to go through.
"No…not really" Sasuke said.
"Why is that?"
"I don't know" He glared at Itachi. "Well, I regret some things I did"
"And what is that?"
"I had sex with this one guy, but I had no feelings for him and it was so meaningless…" Sasuke shrugged "that was the first and the last, but I felt as though a part of me had been taken, you know" Itachi scoffed and leaned forward into Sasuke.
"Well, of course, but that's not true. No one can take a part of you unless you give it." Sasuke felt heat rush to his face as Itachi's face was close him, heated breath to his ear. He moved his hands down to grip the side of his seat, and tried to listen to his fast beating heart. What was Itachi doing to him? Itachi smirked and pressed a kiss to Sasuke's cheek. "Let me buy you another drink"
Sasuke did not say anything, just watched Itachi call the barkeep again and drinks were brought to them. Sasuke knew he should not, that his limit of tolerance was over but he did not care. One look at Itachi's eyes, and he was drowning the contents in the crystal cup. Itachi watched him, feeling as though Sasuke had just told him a confession. Something in confidence, but he was not sure why Sasuke would come up to him and the first thing he wanted to say was about what a bad mother he had. Still, he could see no fault in Sasuke, even if he blamed himself, Itachi did not want him to.
He thought Sasuke was crazy, but perhaps it was he who was crazy for coming here and buying this boy a drink and still sitting here after what he had told him. It was hard to believe that Sasuke might be an adult; he never had a childhood it seemed. It was ironic, almost like saying everything to repulse someone from being interested in you. Itachi found it funny that he just wanted to know more about Sasuke, other than his past, he wanted to know what Sasuke liked to eat, and do. He should really get up and leave, but he found that hard to do.
Sasuke glanced up at him, his gaze curious and Itachi leaned in and pressed a kiss to those tempting lips. Sasuke did not fight him; he leaned into him, pressing his lips to his and deepened it. It was almost unreal. When Sasuke's lips parted and he was invited to explore that hot mouth, the taste was undeniably delicious.
And the little moan Sasuke released, it was so addicting.
"Alright everyone!" Sakura called out loudly from the front "I want to tell you all why this wedding was so grandiose! How it went from a crazy night in a club to a wedding in just two years. The world plays in such mysterious ways, to bring two people in this world in an almost crazy spiral. Seriously, you never know what will be dished out, so here is a toast, to the newlyweds and hopes that they are ready for what is to come in life for them. I love you both Naruto, Kyuubi!" People clapped at her speech.
People went back to what they were doing and Ino walked over to Sakura "That was the worst speech I ever heard"
"Oh shut up, you wouldn't have done any better!" Sakura snapped. "It was last minute anyways" She walked over to the others, with Ino.
"Thanks for the speech Sakura" Naruto said.
"No problem"
"I'm glad that you were all able to come" He said, and looked at his friends when he noticed one of them was missing "Hey, where's Sasuke?" He asked, "I thought I saw him"
"Yeah, he came with me" Sakura said, looking around "that's strange, he couldn't have left without me, I'm his ride"
"He'll turn up" Ino said, "He has to"
"Yeah, but" Sakura said, looking around in disdain.
"He's grown, let him be" Sai said, "Maybe he found himself someone"
"Doubt it, Sasuke never talks much less socializes with strangers" Naruto said with a grin "It's frustrating, but he's cool. Guess it's a part of him not to talk at all"
"He's just a kid right," Kyuubi said out of nowhere.
"No, he's old" Sakura said "Have you ever heard the way he talks, he talks as if he's been working all his life" Then she scoffed. She could remember the first time she met Sasuke in school a couple of years back. She had asked him where he had come from and he had said he had transferred from sound to Konoha University. He said that he had been working to get his PhD for a while now.
"I see" Kyuubi said, "I just assumed he was probably still a teen or something, he looks young" It reminded Kyuubi of someone else he knew and was close to him. In fact, had been his best man at the wedding.
Naruto shrugged "Maybe Sasuke's just one of those people that ages gracefully, man I remember the one time my teacher came into the classroom and she acted like she was a normal student! She talked with us and then suddenly got up and announced she was the teacher! I thought she was a student all the time" Naruto grinned at everyone that was now starring at him.
"Only you Naruto" Ino mocked, with a small chuckle.
"I don't know" Sakura said. It all sounded impossible to her. "I should really go and look for him though, who knows what he has gotten himself into"
"This is Sasuke" Ino scoffed "What kind of problems could he possibly cause"
"Troublesome" Everyone laughed.
That night, Sakura did not find Sasuke.
And that was because he had left with someone else, and that alone was crazy.
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