30 kisses -Red
Candy Coated Drugs
Part IV
A Ruby Burn (30 kisses theme 19-red)
Naruto was not unaware of the feelings he seemed to have developed over the short period of time being with Itachi. There were things he had learned about the supposed murderer that he would've never thought possible. Things that made him almost endearing. He had recently found out a few of the things that the elder Uchiha liked: dango, white flowers, gazing at the constellations, koi ponds, and calligraphy; and didn't like: sake, dead grass, greedy people, and daikon radish. Of all the things Naruto had picked up on, perhaps the most important was that Itachi abhored the color red. It struck him as odd to know such a fact. Itachi hated the hue of blood, roses, and precious stones. He had said it was the color of greedy, stupid people lusting after material things.
Naruto watched from the bed as Itachi ran the comb through his hair. He was facing the mirror, but his eyes were shut tightly. His hand moved the comb methodically through his dark locks as if he did this ritually. Finally the curiosity inside Naruto spilled out like and rain cloud busting open.
"Why aren't ya looking at your reflection?"
"I hate my reflection. My eyes are the reminder of the avarice of my clan." Itachi turned to the blonde only then opening his eyes. "Red is the color of all things evil in this world....myself included."
"That's not true! Red isn't evil. Red is also the color of courage and...." Naruto's voice softened a bit, " courage and love..."
Itachi laughed, a soft but true laugh and one that Naruto had not believed him to have. His face almost seemed to glow. "You amuse me with your optimism." The blonde could tell the phrase was not meant in a condescending manner. " Tell me then, Naruto, what is love to you? What is it that makes it red?"
The small blonde sat stumped for a minute. Many thoughts rushed through his head, thoughts that all made sense but he could not find the words to say them. "It's like fire. Like it burns inside you spreading until it just boils over." He paused trying to justify his answer to himself, "Like fire that eats you up, how you feel and when you want some one. It's like that kind of red. The color of burning, but not bad...it's hard to explain." He finally gave up in annoyance and turned on his side to face the window.
Itachi was beside him suddenly. He started at the baritone murmur next to his ear. "Burning like how I desire you?" His tongue flicked out just barely skimming the fox-boy's ear. "Or is it burning like how your face feels when I kiss you?"
Naruto gulped and turned slowly to face the dark-haired man his blush creeping down his neck and over the tips of his ears. Ruby eyes were the last things he saw before he was kissed breathless. His lungs burned with an ache for air while the rest of his body was engulfed in fires of yearning.
A/N: These are drabbles from the 30_kisses community on live journal. I wrote these quite a while back, but never got around to posting them. They are meant to be a short snippet of a longer story. I hope you enjoy them. EVen though I'm no longer active in the community, I do plan on finishing out the themes.
Also, if you happen to be one of my readers for Marked or Scrap, just know that I have nice Christmas present for you in updates on both in the next couple of weeks. SOrry guys, gotta finish finals first and then They will be posted.