Chapter 4

"What the hell are you doing?"

Sasuke was worried because Itachi and Naruto were both waiting at a red light, cars side by side, and now the idiot was making his engine roar loudly.

"I want to race him!" Naruto answered with a wide grin.

"Naruto"

His eyes snapped towards Sasuke at the tone of voice he used.

"You can't win against my brother."

Naruto's grin widened even more "is that a challenge?"

Sasuke didn't have time to answer as Naruto looked back at the road and the light turned green, and all he could hear was the sound of car engines. Both cars were manual and both drivers were experienced. Sasuke was shocked that Naruto actually kept up with Itachi. They were going at a crazy speed, but Naruto seemed used to it. Sasuke glanced in the other car and saw Sakura panicking and Itachi had to slow down.

Naruto also slowed down a little, but he was still going faster so they passed the black car.

"I win!" Naruto announced with a smirk.

"I didn't know you were such a good driver."

"Well there are a lot of things you don't know about me."

Sasuke raised a brow "You don't know anything about me either."

"Tell me about you then."

Sasuke blinked and looked at the window, he hadn't expected this.

"Where are we going anyway?" he asked, avoiding the question.

Naruto shrugged "I don't know. Where do you want to go?"

Sasuke tried to think of something, but nothing came to his mind really.

"Or I could just keep driving." Naruto suggested.

"That sounds kind of boring."

The blond looked at him with sparkling blue eyes "What! No it's not! I love driving! It's just so much freedom, and sometimes I don't really care where I'm going, and I just keep driving, you know?"

Sasuke smiled, amused "Like a road trip?"

"Yeah!"

"I never did that."

Naruto smiled back "Well let's do it then."

Sasuke thought he was kidding, but before he could protest, Naruto took the nearest highway entrance.

"A road trip isn't a road trip without..." Naruto said while keeping his eyes on the road and fumbling through his mess at the same time.

Sasuke frowned "What?"

"Good music!" he said triumphantly with a cd in his hands.

He put it in the cd player and Sasuke soon recognized a familiar metal music. He couldn't help but laugh at the coincidence.

Naruto frowned, misunderstanding his reaction "Oh sorry, you don't like it?"

Sasuke shook his head "It's my favourite band."

Naruto smiled, he seemed surprised but happy. They were quiet for a little while after that, just enjoying the music. Sasuke was feeling good, he didn't have any worries or stress, and he was just relaxed. He liked watching Naruto as he was driving. His profile was beautiful. Actually, Sasuke thought everything was beautiful about this guy. Naruto suddenly caught him staring and blushed a little, but he didn't make any comments, instead he lowered the music.

"So you never actually told me about you. Who are you, Uchiha Sasuke? Tell me everything."

Sasuke rolled his eyes "Everything? That's a little exaggerated."

"I just thought it sounded cool when I said it."

"Well, what do you want to know?"

"I don't know..." Naruto thought about it for a few seconds, then his eyes lit up "oh since you know my birthday already, you should tell me when's yours!"

"It's July 23rd."

"Oh..." Naruto seemed disappointed. "That's in a lot of time."

Sasuke laughed "So what?"

"Well you gave me a gift so I guess I feel like I should give you one too."

"Don't worry about it. So, my turn to ask a question. How many boyfriends, or girlfriends, did you have and were they all as crazy as that weird dude last night?"

"No!" Naruto laughed "Sai was the only one actually. Unfortunately, I should say..."

"How long were you guys together?"

"About four months, then he cheated on me and we broke up. One month later he begged me to take him back, so I decided to give him a second chance. Bad idea..." Naruto's eyes darkened.

"What happened?"

"Nothing really, it's just that it wasn't the same anymore. I don't think I loved him, or even wanted to be with him anymore. It just didn't work out, so I broke up, well, a few weeks ago."

"And he's not taking it well?"

"Not really..."

Naruto just stayed quiet after that, looking at the road and lost in his thoughts. Sasuke felt somewhat jealous knowing that Naruto was probably thinking about another guy right now. He looked out the window, realizing he didn't even know where they were going. He didn't really care, he was glad to be able to spend some time alone with Naruto, even if he had only known him the day before. He just felt good with him.

"I guess it's my turn to ask questions again." Naruto said breaking the silence.

"If you want."

"What's your favourite colour?" he asked with a smile, his bad mood seemed all gone.

"What kind of a lame question is that?"

"Just answer it."

"Blue I guess..."

"Cool! I like orange."

"Okay..."

"What's your favourite animal?"

"Hmm... a hawk, you?" Sasuke asked, playing along.

"A fox! What's your favourite food?"

"I feel like I'm being interviewed for a teen girl's magazine..." Sasuke muttered "well I like sushi, what about you?"

"Miso ramen! What's your favourite..."

"Naruto" he interrupted the endless flow of stupid questions. "Do you want to pull in here?"

He pointed towards a rest area on the side of the road. Naruto nodded and parked his car there.

"Did you need to use the restroom?"

Sasuke shook his head "No I just wanted to stop."

"But we were going on a road trip!"

Sasuke checked his cell "Technically, we're Sunday now. You do realize there's school tomorrow? This isn't exactly a good time to go on a road trip."

Sasuke got out of the car and Naruto did the same, but he looked disappointed.

"Come on, let's just take a walk." Sasuke suggested.

Naruto's smile returned as he nodded and followed him. They walked quietly on the leaf covered grass, it was a little bit cold but not uncomfortable. They passed a little restaurant where a few people (mostly truck drivers) were eating. When they got to the trees, it got darker. It was a little scary, but at the same time very intimate. Sasuke liked the calm and quiet of the night, and he didn't mind the silence. But he noticed Naruto seemed uneasy, like he wanted to say something but it just wouldn't come out.

"What's on your mind?" Sasuke asked softly.

Naruto blushed and looked away "I... Sasuke, last night was amazing."

Sasuke smiled "Yeah it was." On a whim, he took Naruto's hand.

But the blond quickly removed his hand.

Sasuke frowned "What's wrong?"

"I told you about my ex..." he started.

Sasuke sighed; whatever Naruto was about to say after that, he knew it couldn't be good.

Naruto took a deep breath "I don't think I want another relationship."

He knew it was stupid, but Sasuke was hurt by these words; he didn't show it at all though.

"That's okay. Besides, I barely know you. No offense, but it's not like I was about to ask you to be my boyfriend right now."

Naruto laughed softly "I guess I was overreacting. But what about your brother? Isn't he going a bit fast with Sakura?"

Sasuke thought about it before giving his answer "Itachi and I are different. He's always been looking for a beautiful and smart girl, nice but with a strong personality. Oh and she has to be fawning over him of course."

The blond smiled "Yeah, you just described my Sakura perfectly well."

"So he found his perfect girl" Sasuke went on "I guess he doesn't see the point in waiting."

"And how are you so different than him?" Naruto asked teasingly, but it was a serious question.

"You're not the only one with a fucked up ex. My only relationship screwed me up I guess. Now I don't even know what I want anymore."

He could see that Naruto was curious.

"What was so fucked up about it?"

Sasuke chuckled "That is a long story."

Naruto just shrugged "So what? We have time."

"I was like Itachi before" he started, sighing. "I met this guy named Haku, and it went way too fast. But I didn't care because I thought this was how it was supposed to be. He was smart, he looked nice, well, at the beginning at least..."

"What do you mean?"

"At some point he started cross dressing. He got hair extensions and wore dresses and skirts."

"What? At school?"

Sasuke shook his head "No, we have a uniform so he couldn't. But outside of school, he looked so much like a girl that my family thought I was straight and had a girlfriend."

"You were right. That is fucked up..."

"Yeah, the worst thing is, I never told them the truth. Well, only to my mother."

"What happened? You broke up?"

Sasuke nodded "He didn't take it well. He threatened me of killing me if I didn't take him back." He looked at Naruto "You know, I never actually told this story to anyone."

"Well, I know we don't know each other that much. But you can tell me anything" Naruto smiled.

They were quiet and thoughtful for a moment. Sasuke enjoyed Naruto's presence and he felt like they could really understand each other. Maybe it was early to tell, but even if he had said he didn't want a relationship, Sasuke felt like he wanted to try and make him change his mind... But for now, he was just glad to be able to spend a nice evening together.