AN: YOU peoples are awesome!!!! Thanks for the review… aaaaaand here's another chappie!
Sasuke looked like Naruto had just spoken a different language, The blonde had pulled out a pair of skates and held them out to the raven.
"try these on." He said quietly.
Sasuke looked into those eyes and saw something flicker in them. He did not want to skate, he wanted to sit there on the edge of that lake and draw the most intriguing person that he had ever met. Not to mention, he wasn't at all too sure that this was a good idea.
Naruto was after all, a professional, and he didn't want to bruise his ego any more than the Blonde finding out he was hiding behind the bushes did.
But those eyes did something to him, they were sad yet apprehensive, waiting for the ravens reply. Sasuke couldn't put his finger on it, but it seemed that his answer would have dramatic consequences.
He mentally slapped himself, this was just an offer to be polite, his thoughts wondered.
And yet he found himself walking towards the armchair, not really knowing why, he sat in it and studied the golden god.
"You know what you remind me of?" he suddenly asked
The cerulean orbs were on him in an instant. "What?" Naruto cocked his head to the side slightly.
Sasuke scolded himself once again, he hadn't meant to say that out loud. But with these eyes on him, boring into him, it was impossible to control what he thought and what came out.
He broke the eye contact, shivering. "Never mind" he chuckled.
"That's not nice kitten." Naruto drawled coming closer to the chair and resting one bent leg on the armrest.
"First you spy on me, which by the way, you need more practice in. Then you don't answer my question and finally you throw out one of your own without answering that either." The blonde moved away from the chair only to kneel in front a disgruntled Sasuke. Who didn't miss the strange action but didn't want to comment. The raven was very curious what Naruto was driving at.
"I wasn't spying on you Uzumaki" Sasuke replied, his eyes stormy with repressed rage, face impassive.
Sasuke propped his elbow on the armrest as he continued to glare at the blonde.
"I was merely observing a subject in motion. You skate very well, not to mention this place…" Sasuke trailed off as he swept his hand over the room, "is quite impressive, is this your doing?"
Sasuke was very proud of his usually stoic and unruffled demeanor. And how well he could control his emotions. Which was the only reason why he didn't make a sound as Naruto slowly took his left leg and proceeded to take off one shoe.
Sasuke tried and failed to suppress a shudder as the strong hands squeezed and massaged his calves, Naruto seemed not to notice the heated glare that was being sent his way. He was looking at the leg he was working on, keeping his eyes concentrated on the limb as his digits slowly moved downwards, towards the ankle that received the same lavish amount of attention as his calf did.
"wha… what are you doing…? Sasuke whispered taking great pains not to close his eyes and moan.
"What does it look like?" Naruto deadpanned.
"Im warming you up, since you never skated, I don't want you to be sore the next day."
"Why should you care?" Sasuke asked
Naruto shrugged, the raven's thoughts were shattered as the blonde took his foot and started rubbing the sole with strong, deep, sensuous movements.
He looked at Sasuke with that shadow in his eyes again… that look would scorch the very soul, but Sasuke had a good defense… his expressionless mask.
Only then did Naruto began putting on the skate, and after it was tied up, he took the other leg and started the entire process anew.
Sasuke just sat there, hands clasped in front of his face, eyes staring at this strange creature from behind a curtain of bangs that successfully covered his eyes, which were now the only indication that inside he was boiling with a mixture of emotions that he couldn't, or rather, didn't want to name.
Torturous moments later, the other skate was in place and tied.
Only then did the cerulean eyes seek out his again.
"you still didn't answer any of my questions." Sasuke pointed out.
"Neither did you." Naruto retorted as he got up. "come on," he held out his hand to Sasuke.
But the proud raven ignored it, instead, he stood up and walked over to the door himself. Walking in skates wasn't hard, he only hoped it would be similar on the ice.
Naruto chuckled to himself at the defiance filled eyes that walked right past him to the door.
The Uchiha was so proud, but the pride would have to be put away for now.
Naruto knew well how different everything felt on the ice. Which is why he loved it, everything was faster and more precise, the wind slipped by, and the experience was addicting, freeing and Naruto very much wanted to be free.
The problem was that he always had to return to reality afterwards.
He had spotted the raven sitting in the window of the coffee shop right away. He had been so immersed in something he was working on that he didn't notice Naruto stop and take his time looking at the peaceful, content expression that had settled on the proud face of the young Uchiha.
He had felt someone following him a moment after he again resumed walking, and by instinct he knew it to be the Raven.
His heightened senses gave him many advantages, a better vision, day or night, heightened hearing, smell and touch, even his taste was better than that of a human.
And on ice his excellent sense of balance helped out too.
Naruto knew that Sasuke was standing in the thicket watching, but he let it go for some time.
Now he inwardly grinned at how the raven would fair on the slippery ice.
It was a test of the ravens character, would he rather bruise his pride asking for help, or falling?
This was going to be interesting. Naruto didn't know why the raven roiled up any emotions in him at all. No one had ever achieved that, but form the moment his eyes met the onyx pools, so defiant, sad and distant, he knew that he was different.
Truth was, he was drawn to the raven by forces he didn't know existed.
Naruto was proud, and never had he kneeled in front of anyone, the battles he had been in and won, not even for a second had anyone been able to force him to do that.
Yet with this man it felt natural for him to do so… The reward was the shiver and spike in the ravens breathing that only he was able to detect.
Now, as he stepped on ice and faced off the onyx, he felt a delicious shiver run down his spine. This was going to be very entertaining.
He held out his hand once more, saying nothing.
A pale hand was slowly placed in his…
AN: originally, this was supposed to be filled with more stuff… which had to be added to the next chapter because I realized that this one was pretty darn long! Lolz… its killing me too tho! :p cheers!