A/N: The good thing about being at school but having no classes because it's the last week and more than half of your grade is absent, is that you can bludge all day. :-) I told you I'd get this chapter published ASAP! (I was meaning to get this published yesterday but I was sick and sort of spent the day playing video games because my brain was fried.)
To WarFlower: Haha, you read my mind! (Sort of xD) I'm planning in having an action scene soon, with some rescuing skills of course! ^^
To Killua17: The poor guy has got some serious procrastinating to do. Though, I sort of am planning to make him be all sinister and say he never did say he'd give Sakura a chance, just like Theia Pallas pointed out. Maybe piss off Naruto a little bit, I don't know. :P
To Theia Pallas: True! But although Sasuke may be innocent, he's not very innocent when it comes to girls! Or, in this case, boys dressed as girls. Horny bastard.
Thanks to everyone else for following, favouriting and reviewing! I'm still so shocked people are reading this, but it means the world to me! So thanks. C:
Everything, despite what happened prior, seemed perfect at the moment. The temperature had dropped since they've last been outside, but the warmth both Sasuke and Naruto radiated kept each other at a steady temperature. And, so, the two stood there on the cement footpath, simply just holding each other in the cold night all before Sasuke broke the silence, whilst Naruto broke the hug.
"What time do you have to be home, Naruko?"
"Oh, um…," Naruto didn't have an answer, really, seeing as Jiraiya wasn't as stern as a parent. But, he pulled his phone out and checked the time. 7:16pm. He could stay out as long as he liked, but then he thought about whether or not Sasuke had a curfew. He probably did, because of his brother. Plus, it would be good to be back not too late, so he can get up in the morning tomorrow and do some work. "Well, I have a few hours. I have to be back at 11pm."
"Lucky," Sasuke mumbled, sounding a little envious or even disappointed. "Itachi wants me back by 10."
"Wow, harsh."
"You're telling me."
Naruto paused for a moment, before he smiled gently at the male before him and spoke up once more, "Since you have to be back at 10, why don't we hang at yours before I have to go?" he asked, noticing Sasuke's facial expression pick up as if he was honestly considering the proposition. "At least we can be together for a little while longer."
"Are you even allowed over at a boy's house at night?" Sasuke asked, although not very seriously seeing as he had a small curve to his lips. "I do not want to be lectured by your guardian by letting you into my bedroom."
"Are you even allowed to have girls over, at night, in your bedroom?" Naruto replied to the question with his own, smirking the slightest as if he were teasing or even testing the other. "My 'guardian' doesn't really care what I do."
"That is a good and bad thing in itself," Sasuke said, "Lots of freedom. I envy you."
"Yeah, but as you know, I'm not really the party type, so it doesn't really matter even if I had freedom or not. I choose to spend my time doing other things."
"Like…?"
"Other things. It's a secret."
"Let me guess, charming your way into boy's bedrooms and stealing a kiss or two?"
"What? No! Sasuke, where'd you even get that idea from? I've never kissed a boy in my life."
Sasuke laughed then, and Naruto suddenly remembered that he was a teenager and that by saying he hadn't kissed anyone, that was pretty lame. Luckily, the Uchiha's laugh didn't seem tormenting, as if he was teasing Naruto, but instead it seemed… he didn't know. He didn't know what it seemed like, it just didn't seem mean, that's all – which was pleasant, in all honesty.
"Really? I would have never guessed," Sasuke replied, regaining Naruto's attention as a smile was left upon his beautiful, beautiful face, "But, yeah, sure. That sounds like a plan. How about we catch a movie and then come back to my place?"
Naruto nodded, before saying, "Only if it's not some cheesy romance movie, then sure."
That comment caused yet another laugh from Sasuke, and really… it was like music to Naruto's ears. It was such a beautiful sound – too bad the Uchiha wasn't so lively anywhere else. Then again, that sort of made the blond melt on the inside at the realisation he was the one making Sasuke laugh and seem more human. That was terrifying as well as wonderful.
"This is why I like you, Naruko," Sasuke suddenly said, reaching a hand up to cup the other's cheek. He caressed it gently, and the blond was left standing there, staring back at Sasuke, with his knees almost shaking. He honestly thought he was about to be kissed, but he wasn't when the raven lowered his hand to instead interlock his fingers with Naruto's. "Let's watch a horror movie instead, yeah?"
Naruto let out a deep breath, as he tightened his grip on Sasuke's hand. He almost lost himself there.
"Sure," he eventually replied. "Just don't get too scared and make me hold you."
"I think that'll be you, sweetheart."
After sharing yet another playful laugh, the two made their way to the large shopping mall that wasn't too far away – pretty close by, actually. As usual on a weekend night, there were teenagers and adults alike crowding the place – still shopping before the shops would close, whilst most simply browsed what movie they wanted to watch. Naruto and Sasuke was a part of the couples that was looking for a movie to watch. So, hand in hand, the two took the elevator and made their way to the top floor – which still wasn't high and only the third floor – where the large movie theatres were. It seemed even more crowded in there.
"What's the time?" Sasuke asked, in which Naruto retrieved his phone from the pocket of his skirt, checking it and replying with, "7:38pm."
"The next horror movie starts at a quarter to 8, if you want to watch that."
"Sure! You get the tickets, I'll get the snacks," Naruto said, smiling brightly, before departing from Sasuke and getting into the line adjacent from the line to get movie tickets. He didn't have to wait long, thankfully, and so when he got to the counter, he simply ordered a large popcorn and a large Coco-Cola. Just as he paid, however, Sasuke called him over – in which he went with the snacks.
"They need your ID," Sasuke said, the woman behind the counter smiling gently and not looking like one of those employees that hated their job or anyone they had to serve. "They needed mine too. It's a new policy…?"
"Yep! The manager made it compulsory after he got in trouble with some kids' parents when they watched a movie too inappropriate for their age. The company was almost sued," the employee added on.
"Oh, well, uh…," Naruto stammered, before placing the snacks upon the counter. He reached into his bag that hung down by his hips lazily, taking that girly purse that Jiraiya gave him, only opening it to find his real ID in there. He had assumed he wouldn't really need to use this purse, and so he had his real ID in there just in case of an emergency. He couldn't find his fake one, though. In fact, he didn't even retrieve one. "I… it's not here, I must have left it at home."
"Well, I'm sorry then, I can't let you in."
Sasuke intervened here, "You got your school ID done though, right? Would that be fine?"
"That should be fine, any ID is all that's required," the employee replied, allowing Naruto to sigh in relief. And, so, the blond dug through 'his' purse once more, and was eventually able to find the school ID. After showing it to the employee, she allowed Sasuke to make the transaction and then gave him the two tickets.
"Thanks," Sasuke said softly as he took the tickets, going to hold the large popcorn whilst Naruto held the drink. The blond watched from afar, when the employee said to enjoy the movie, and he almost felt like he was seeing a new Sasuke. Well, maybe not a new Sasuke, just a more polite one. Surely, the Uchiha was rude a lot of the times and always replied with "hn" when thanked or given something, but in public he had manners. It seemed really mature of him, actually – changing and suppressing his usual attitude to not come off as rude as a consumer. It was sort of… cute, according to Naruto, actually.
However, he suddenly remembered where he was and mentally slapped himself, before catching up to the raven who didn't hesitate to leave him behind in his daydream. The two, silently, made their way into the theatre where their movie would be, and surprisingly, the place wasn't packed. It had a few couples here and there, but it was practically just the whole theatre to Naruto and Sasuke.
"Want to sit at the back?"
"I don't know, is that the best place to sit?"
Sasuke paused, turning to face Naruto with a curious look on his face, before continuing, "Don't you have a favourite spot to sit in a theatre? Most prefer the back because you don't have to raise your head so much."
"Well, no, I don't have a favourite spot, thank you very much," Naruto replied, taking a sip from the large Coca-Cola he was holding. "I… I don't go to theatres."
"You… what?" Sasuke asked, as if clarifying he had heard right. "Are you telling me that you're a teenage girl who, surprisingly is able to make friends very easily, doesn't go to the movie theatres?"
"What do you mean 'surprisingly'?! And, well, no! I never went as a kid!" Naruto replied, before moving past Sasuke and through the row of seats until reaching the back, taking a seat at the far most corner – as if he were trying to get away from all the other moviegoers – in which Sasuke followed, sitting beside him and still looking at him with that sort of "really?" look. So, after Naruto placed the drink in the cup holder, he pouted and continued on, "Oh, come on, don't give me that look. I didn't get to do normal kid things. If it puts you at ease, I did go to the movies with Sakura-chan and the others a while ago for the first time. Happy?"
"Happy that I'm with you, yes, but not because you indulged me," Sasuke replied, causing Naruto to heat up a little in embarrassment with such blunt words. "I'm just a little taken back that you've never really been to movie theatres."
"I've just… never gotten the chance to, really."
"Why not?" Sasuke asked.
"Busy," Naruto replied, turning to face the large screen, as Sasuke continued to look at him gently, "Just... busy."
"…Busy with what?"
Naruto stayed silent, curving his lips a little, before he shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth to speak, "I didn't have a father, a mother. I didn't get to do stuff like this. Or go to the park on weekends. Or do what children with parents do. When they died shortly after my birth, I was on my own, but a man that had been living next door supported me."
"What was his name?"
"It's been 8 years since I've last seen him. But his name was Iruka," Naruto reminisced, leaning back into the comfort of his seat as a small smile made its way upon his lips. "Iruka Umino, if I recall his full name."
"Iruka Umino…," Sasuke said gently, as if he was thinking. Suddenly, it hit him. "Iruka-sensei. Naruko, are you talking about Iruka-sensei?"
"Iruka-sensei? You know him? Is he your teacher or something?"
"No—well, in elementary school, he was. He's a partner of Kakashi-sensei's."
"Let me guess, not a business partner?"
"What…? No, like, they're dating. Iruka-sensei often comes around near the end of school when he has free time just to see Kakashi-sensei. They're an ideal couple, when you think about it."
"Does… Does Iruka-sensei live near-by? I thought I was never going to see him again!"
"But now you have the chance to," Sasuke said gently, just as the movie began to start. However, the two didn't even focus on what was happening on the big screen, but rather they focused on themselves. "I'm sure he'll be glad to see you, Naruko."
Naruko… shit.
"Why don't you talk to Kakashi-sensei about him or something? Arrange a meet up of sorts?"
"No," Naruto abruptly said, suddenly growing less excited. He couldn't confront Iruka-sensei as Naruko. He wouldn't recognise him. That was the problem. And he couldn't just pop out of nowhere as Naruto, it'd seem too strange and suspicious. "No, that's okay. I don't want to bother those two; I bet they're busy with work."
"That's rather selfless of you," Sasuke observed, reaching a hand up to place over Naruto's, who's was upon the arm rest. "What's with the sudden change of mood?"
"Nothing," Naruto replied, although Sasuke knew otherwise. However, neither two decided to speak of the matter anymore, and simply decided to focus on the horror movie that awaited them.
"It wasn't even that scary, Naru-chan."
"Naru-chan? Okay, I admit, you calling me Naru-chan is ten times scarier than when the vampire-zombie thing gorged that guy's eyes out."
"Hn, exactly," Sasuke said, smirking as he wrapped his arms around Naruto's shoulder and pulled him in close, his lips almost against the other's cheek. "I'm much scarier."
"You're more alluring than scary, though," Naruto replied, having completely lost his filter throughout the movie whenever he and Sasuke flirted if the blond wasn't grabbing onto him almost scared shitless. Well, the blond had to admit, he wasn't actually really scared of that stuff. He's seen things a teenager shouldn't ever have to see at his age, he just acted like a scared school girl so… well, Sasuke would hold him. Naruto felt drunk at this stage, though, like he wasn't even controlling his actions or words – not thinking about the consequences, or Sakura. "Plus, maybe I like scary things."
"But you like alluring things more, hm?"
"Of course, who do you take me for?"
Sasuke chuckled gently, as the two finally arrived at the Uchiha's front door to his house after taking a cab home, just to avoid the streets since it had been getting a little late. The taller male was the one to lead the other in, turning on the lights and removing his shoes – Naruto having done the same.
"Itachi?" Sasuke called out, receiving no answer. Naruto waited quietly in the living room, looking around at the expensive furniture, as Sasuke went off somewhere, supposedly looking for his brother. After eyeing the photos that were hung up – of the Uchiha family when their parents were still around – Sasuke came back into the room. "I think he's out. Probably at Deidara's."
Deidara. Naruto immediately recognised that name. Itachi's lover and possible Akatsuki gang member. However, he couldn't act like he knew that.
"Deidara?" Naruto asked, turning around to face Sasuke, who was now by the large plasma screen television, browsing the movies they had.
"Mhm," the raven replied, holding up a movie titled "Looking For Alibrandi". Naruto immediately shook his head, recognising that title from a novel he had read a few years ago. "He's Itachi's boyfriend. He's annoying."
"What does he look like?" Naruto asked, just as Sasuke held up another movie titled "Paranormal Activity", "No way, another horror movie? I think not."
Sasuke laughed, continuing to browse, "Okay, scaredy cat," he joked. "He's blond. Blue eyes. Annoying."
"Sounds like me," Naruto replied, laughing the slightest as he made his way over to Sasuke, looking over the pile of movies to watch. "You have the same tastes as your brother, Sasuke."
"Well, when you think about it, I guess it really is an Uchiha thing to go after the blond's," Sasuke agreed, sharing a laugh with Naruto. He finally retrieved a movie titled "Psycho" and held it out to Naruto, "How about this? I don't know. You pick a movie."
"Do you have any Studio Ghibli movies? I adore those," Naruto then asked, in which Sasuke actually did have. So, the raven led him up into his bedroom, and upon entrance, the blond couldn't help but stare in awe. It was big. Almost twice the size as Naruto's room. It had posters of bands, sporting icons, and pop culture covering the walls, a double bed placed in the middle with a person television set with a gaming console corresponding to it, bookshelves filled with textbooks and some manga, and just… everything, really. It seemed extremely cosy and dark.
"Make yourself comfortable," Sasuke insisted, as Naruto made his way onto the bed – nervously, of course – and sat with his legs tightly shut together. "'Howl's Moving Castle?'"
"How about 'Spirited Away'?"
"Sure."
After Sasuke started the movie, he went and moved beside Naruto, where the two started out resting against the headboard. However, as they talked about small things upon themselves sometimes during the movie, they eventually moved so they were lying down. Naruto, who had gone all sleepy, in fact, was resting his head upon Sasuke's chest as the raven simply had his arm around him. It was about half-way through the movie, and only the Uchiha's eyes were upon the screen.
"Sasuke?" Naruto said quietly, surprising the raven when he realised the other truly was awake.
"Yeah?"
"Nothing," the blond replied. "Just seeing if you're still awake."
"I'm awake."
It was silent then, except for the sound of the television, until Naruto spoke up once more.
"Sasuke?"
"Yeah?"
"Would it really be okay if I just sleep the night?"
"I don't know, ask your uncle."
"Nah," Naruto smiled, before moving the slightest and using his arms to lever him up just so he could look at Sasuke. "I won't get in trouble. I think."
"You think? That's usually not a good thing."
"Speaking from personal experience?"
"Hn, yeah," Sasuke smirked, gazing into the other's eyes and almost being lost in the sea of blue, before he was brought back to reality. "But I think it's time to get you home; we're already late."
"Fine," Naruto replied, moving back into his initial position of being practically snuggled up against the other. "But after this."
"God, you're annoying," Sasuke joked, earning a laugh from Naruto, before he set his eyes on the second movie of the night once more. "But okay, after this then."
However, the two never did get Naruto back home that night. They had fallen asleep in each other's arms like that without even realising that they had been slipping away from consciousness. It only got colder that night, and with the window open so the wind would come in, Sasuke and Naruto were practically forced between fighting for the blanket and keeping close as much as they can, just so they wouldn't freeze to death. In the end, though, they had a good sleep.
But, Naruto regretted it as soon as he woke up.
A/N: Oh God, I just used random movie titles, okay? So do I have to disclaim them as well? If so, I do not own any of the movies mentioned in this chapter, wow. ;u;
I'm almost on holidays! (For two weeks because, ew, the Australia government) So that means I'll be able to write a lot more. Isn't that great? *-* I think it's great.
Anyways, thanks for reading!
