Why hello. It's been quite a while hasn't it? Well, warning first is that I have not send this to anyone else to read because I feel like I'm really late on the submission date. So yes there will be loads and loads of grammatical errors. I've seen the green lines but I ignored them and I know I will get the fourth 'fix your grammar' review within this week. If I'm lucky (which actually means I'm really unlucky) I might even get the fifth, sixth and so on reviews on grammar by this week as well.
So, since I did cut this in a hurry this chapter to me is quite...fascinating. Okay maybe a bit exaggeration but still, it's just a 2k word chapter and might not even satisfy anyone who read this story diligently. Hm, maybe I used that word wrong... *shrug* Oh yeah, I'm answering some reviews. ^-^
SolitaryLightning = You ask waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many questions (no I'm not angry it anything, ecstatic actually) and sorry i can only answer the first half. Screen Wedding ain't real. Its my imagination and purely fictional (please don't do it in real life, it's kinda horrible if you don't have my views. Trust me if a wedding like this ever existed no one would find it nice. Besides, our world ain't that happy with homosexuals especially same sex marriage and of course I'm a hypocrite as well.) Nightmares? *insert giggle here* No way I'm telling...yet. ;D And I'm not even gonna say a word about the other parts coz I won't tell. Hihi.
everyone else and loyal readers = Know this well, I love you! xDDD
Right, onwards!
Disclaimer : UCHIHA! Where the hell did you hide my-ehem, I mean Kishimoto-sensei's Naruto! Sasuke : With said person old lady *scoff*
Warning : MxM / SasuNaru (I wanna read Naruto again but I just can't!) / I'm not confident for a yaoi scene just yet. Maybe later...
"I want to go out," Naruto demanded to a stoic raven who was his so called husband.
"No," Sasuke replied to his overly active and equally angry blond spouse.
"Teme, we've been stuck in here for a week already! I want to go out!" Naruto's tone raised a few notes.
"No, dobe," Sasuke said. Honestly, he was just doing it to see Naruto's expression.
"If you won't take me then I'll go with Kakashi!" Naruto shouted.
Now, Sasuke's twitching eyes had not been twitching for a week since they left the Uchiha Complex. At Naruto's mention that he'd go out with someone he had no affection to, Kakashi being one as well, the corner of his eye twitched once again. That annoyed him as well as the dobe's mention of leaving with his former mentor.
"No," he repeated once more but this time he was glaring as well. Naruto almost backed away but he was almost used to the glare now. He'd see it every time he asks for something from the raven but each time the scary effect seems to lessen. Now, Naruto was almost completely immune to it. Naruto scowled.
"I will do it if you won't take me Sasuke," Naruto said. It was against his principle to rely on others, especially someone as evil as Sasuke, but he didn't know anything about the country their honeymoon was taking place at. Of course living in Konoha his whole life and being shaped into a good wife did not help his navigation skills. Heck, he couldn't even find his way back to their room from the toilet! Turns out he took a wrong turn, and the wrong staircase which led to going through the wrong archway and he ended up at the opposite side of the building.
Kakashi had been shouted at by an angry Sasuke for a whole hour when Naruto was nowhere to be found. Kakashi was still laughing about it.
"Do whatever you want dobe," Sasuke said in annoyance and his eyes still twitching and he turned to his side.
"Teme," Naruto whined. Sasuke's face hardened. No response from the bastard. Naruto pouted and stomped out of the room.
"Some husband he is. Go to hell with that vow. Promising to look after me but what does he do? He turns away when I ask for something. Stupid teme!" Naruto grumbled as he sort through the items set for dinner. That was the first thing he had asked. He wanted to cook while they were on their honeymoon. He had asked for that at Kakashi the first day they set foot on the foreign country. Sasuke had been lounging in their bedroom reading a very thick book.
Naruto may had threatened to go out with the silver haired pervert, Naruto was reminded of his great uncle Jiraiya by that man, but secretly he hoped that Sasuke would want to spend some time with him. Ever since they got there, Sasuke had been intent on evading him. He was sure he didn't do anything to offend Sasuke. The night they had reached the Uchiha Complex, they had gone straight to bed and the next morning they were on the boat headed towards Whirlpool Country. They were on the very luxurious boat for three days before they reached Whirlpool and they were at their honeymoon house, or mansion, right after. A week after, they were still there.
"Stupid bastard," Naruto chopped the onions with all the strength he could muster.
"Sasuke-san being a jerk again?" A voice spoke behind him. Naruto looked around and recognized the other as one of the people in Kakashi's bodyguard team.
"Hey Sai," Naruto greeted stonily. Honestly, the guy was much like Sasuke except that he was creepier! His smile was…perverted. Otherwise he was a good guy to hang out with.
"You're not trying to murder us at dinner are you?" Sai gestured at the mashed and pulpy mass that was once a whole onion.
"Damn, I chopped too much," Naruto's attention diverted back to the mass. He sighed. "It's still good. I can use it," Naruto said. Sai took a chair on the counter behind Naruto and smiled as Naruto did his work.
"How is your husband?" Sai asked.
"Annoying and bastardly as always," Naruto said as he tossed the pulpy mass into the boiling oil. The oil hissed and sweet aroma of fried onion filled the kitchen. Naruto was soothed at once. "That is so good," Naruto moaned. Sai chuckled behind him.
"Only you can feel like that just from frying onions," Sai chuckled.
"My mom is worse than me. If you don't have my concentration you'd run out of the kitchen the moment she got a knife in her hands," Naruto said giggling at one of the memories of his mother in the kitchen.
"You mean she's even sexier?" Sai purred. That was one more thing Naruto find utterly scary about Sai. He was too open. Not that Naruto minded much after a week. Naruto even played along now.
"You think I'm sexy?" Naruto joked.
"Anyone who heard you would want to jump you," Sai had a perverted face now.
"Aww, too bad I'm married. I'm reserved for Sasuke only," Naruto said pushing Sai off his seat. Both boys laughed. Oh yeah, Sai was the same age as Naruto. That made them friendlier.
"He sure is cold to you though," Sai said once he was back on his chair. Naruto fell silent. He took a minute to figure out a reply. He couldn't find any to defend Sasuke so he sighed.
"Yeah, he is," Naruto said.
"Did something happen before you got here?" Sai probed further.
"I asked him to take me out but he was being bitchy and told me no," Naruto summed up the story.
"That's it? I passed a very evil Sasuke-san before I got here," Sai said. It was no secret that Sasuke didn't like Sai. It was all because he was friends with Naruto. Also, Sai was gay and out of Naruto's knowledge had taken quite a liking to the blond. Sasuke knew that but since Naruto had told him that Sai was his only friend he decided to just watch from afar.
Sai knew Sasuke was jealous at how he can make Naruto smile and laugh. He also knew that Sasuke knew that he had a little liking to the blond. Honestly, he only liked Naruto as a friend. Sasuke was over reacting, and that made him even more gleeful. He cut that thought and looked at the guilty expression Naruto wore. He raised an eyebrow in question.
"Well, I might have mentioned Kakashi," Naruto said as he slowly added the fried meat slices into the sizzling chili paste which was already added with sugar, salt, vinegar and soy sauce.
"No wonder he was upset. He said no again?" Sai asked.
"Yes," Naruto said exasperatedly. "I thought he'd give in when I saw his eye twitching but he didn't! Even Kakashi doesn't bother him," Naruto stirred the bubbling paste. Sai looked away full of thought.
"Why don't you mention me next?" Sai suggested. Naruto's ear perked at the suggestion.
That could work, he thought. Stupid teme absolutely hates Sai, he contemplated. He'd get so angry that he'd kick Sai's ass out of the mansion and then hunt for me. Hehe, he knows I'll go look for Sai. Hehe, it's a good plan. Then he'll be forced to take me out and I will be out! Yes! It's a foolproof plan! Ha!
"You know, though you are unbearably adorable you still scare me when you are doing an internal monolog," Sai distracted him with a chuckle. Naruto stuck his tongue out and then turned back to his almost too dry meat, chili paste. Making sure that it wasn't over dry he checked and smiled to himself. It was to die for if he may say so himself.
"You're right. He'd fall my prey if I mention you Sai," Naruto grinned ever so fox like. Danger alert. Sai smiled as well.
"I'm sure he will," Sai smiled as he did.
And thus it was dinner time. There weren't as many people as at their wedding but there was still company there. Kakashi were their bodyguard so he had a team assigned to him to look after the newlyweds. The team only consisted of three personnel. Kakashi as the head and Sai and creepy guy named Shino. Honestly, the group just spells weirdness at first sight. Who wears a high collared coat in the middle of summer?
For the past seven days, Naruto had been cooking and had made sure that they all ate together. Sasuke was not so used to eating with servants, though Kakashi is not actually one. Still, it was a change he was not to fond off especially since company made Naruto talk. Wait, he talks even if it was only Sasuke around. Never mind.
So Naruto talked and talked but he kept stealing looks at Sai discreetly, which Sasuke did not miss, and smirking every time Sasuke looked away. Not that Sasuke missed the smirk. He saw each and every one of them for he had perfected the art of looking without looking! Doesn't make sense but he's not your everyday guy. He's an Uchiha for crying out loud! They have abilities no mortal can comprehend, not that they are not mortals but you get the idea.
Back to Sasuke, he was yet again annoyed and his ire was blazing. All of which he had no idea why. A vein was almost visibly popping on his forehead, under his bangs, and his eyes were trained at his food at all times. He did not want to talk to anyone, not that it was out of the norm or anything. The world would be at end if he actually spoke during lunch. Okay so that was a bit over the top but you get the point.
Now see here, Naruto is an attentive boy. He can tell how a person is like just by spending a few hours with him and he had spent more than just hours with Sasuke. He had actually seen the fire called jealousy raging in his eyes every time he was with someone else. He was sure that even Sasuke didn't know about it. So he used it to his advantage. He knew Sasuke was very possessive even though he didn't really want the item, or person, in his possession.
And boy does Naruto plan to make him jealous. And Sai was involved.
"Sai, got any plans tomorrow?" Naruto began another conversation after the one he ended with Kakashi. Sai feigned puzzled. Inside, he was smirking when he saw Sasuke froze when Naruto addressed him.
"Not really, Naruto-kun. Why do you ask?" Sai asked in the most sensual way he could muster. He was supposed to try and flirt anyway.
"Really? That's great. Then you can take me out?" Naruto said cheerfully. Much to Sai's amusement Sasuke's actions became a tad bit animated. Mind you if Itachi was there he'd smile just a tiny bit. Sai feigned surprise.
"Why me? Why won't you go out with Sasuke-san?" He asked. Naruto pouted.
"Ignore him. He told me I can do whatever I want," Naruto huffed, "didn't you teme?" he added the last part with sweet venom in his tone.
"Hn," Sasuke said. Naruto was shocked inside. He had thought that asking Sai to take him out would rile Sasuke and make him take Naruto out. Seemed like the plan backfired. Naruto tried not to show it but he felt hurt.
Unknown to them, Kakashi was chuckling quietly.
Now, he wasn't laughing at Naruto even though he knew what the blond was trying to do. He was laughing at Sasuke's reaction. To Naruto the reaction might have meant a no but Kakashi knew better. If Sasuke really won't do anything then he wouldn't react in any way. Just then he said 'hn'. Which meant Sasuke was indeed bothered by what Naruto was doing. If Kakashi didn't knew Sasuke so well he would have thought what Naruto was thinking.
Indeed Kakashi did know Sasuke better but not good enough. Right then, Kakashi knew that Sasuke would at least consider doing what Naruto wanted. That is a feat only a handful of people have mastered. And by a handful I meant five only. Oh wait, Naruto just achieved that too. That makes the grand total of six. Whoop!
Not that he knew.
So Naruto was, well, sulking at the back yard. Not that he'd admit it but he really was sulking. He was kicking the rocks muttering curses at the bastard and trying very hard not to cry. Somehow, he felt awful. Not as in awful that he did something. This was more like, 'I didn't do anything wrong so why the hell am I feeling awful?' You probably don't understand but let's move on.
"Stupid teme, damn bastard, jerk, asshole, dumbass…that's probably me but who the hell cares!" Naruto shouts with his hands on the air and finally descending on his golden locks and messing it up big time. He was really upset. "Bastard," he proceeded to kick the innocent rocks which had misfortune to be in the route of his incoming feet. "Asshole," he ruined one potted plant, he paused feeling guilty for a second but his ire was bigger, and he proceeded to ruin something else just for the sake of venting.
"He's supposed to take care of me! Not the other way around," Naruto finally managed to say a complete sentence once he sat down on a grassless patch of earth under a very thick tree. A tear finally fell from his eye. Absentmindedly, he dried it off but more followed after. He finally got why he was feeling bad.
He was alone.
His family was back in Konoha but he won't be allowed to be with them till Sasuke allows it. Sasuke, that name brought more tears to his eyes. Maybe he had hoped, wished, that his husband would at least acknowledge him. Ever since he was brought to the Uchiha Complex and then to their honeymoon mansion, Sasuke had not as much as look at him in the eye. He didn't say anything to Naruto except that Naruto was annoying and to go away, and hn.
Naruto had tried hard not to let that get at him but at that very moment, he felt as if he had no one to rely on. He was all alone. He felt hurt. No one was there to comfort him. Heck, no one could comfort him except his mother and father but they weren't there. Oh how Naruto wished that they were there with him.
"Okaa-san," he sobbed quietly under the tree. He buried his head in his knees. Kaa-san, tou-san, nii-san, Naruto screamed inside his head. I feel so lonely, he thought as more sobs tumbled out from his mouth, muffled by his jeans.
Sasuke doesn't care about me, this thought rang over and over again.
So...just telling, I'm not gonna be updating for a while coz I am not confident at all with what I wrote even in this chapter and I bet you guys can see it. Probably because I haven't been reading any single book for the past 3 months. It might probably months before I update again...I need my inner confidence real fast because I feel like letting you readers down by not typing the next part. Wait for me okay.
RnR please!
Love you.
