Gaikokujin
:a whole new world:
Chapter Fourteen
Author: shutupandsing
Rating: M
Summary: Backpacking through Southeast Asia with thirteen other strangers wasn't Sasuke's idea of a stress-reliever. Especially after meeting one jaded Westerner who can't seem to accept his own culture. NaruSasuNaru, AU.
Comments: Why hello? Am I late? I think I might be. :) Anywho, this chapter is probably the reason the rating is the way it is. You guys thought I'd never get to it, huh? That being said, it's probably pretty short as well. Oh well, win some, lose some. Read and review!
Mood Song: Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Day 15
Bangkok, Thailand
Sasuke felt like praying. After four days of non-stop, pouring rain, the sky had finally let up and gave them relief. Those four days were spent in the royals' house; holed away in their own little sanctuaries to wait out the weather.
Four days with Naruto alone. If they weren't chewing each other out about something, they were pushed against the nearest stable object and kissing each other's brains out. Not that they didn't enjoy that part. Oh no.
Yet Sasuke was always left with a distinctive empty feeling as he forced his body to stop every time he felt he was taking it too far. Naruto wasn't ready for that certain physical boundary to be crossed, Sasuke knew this. So when Naruto's cute little noises started to become full-out moans of pleasure, Sasuke drew back and kissed him chastely.
It was driving him crazy. What he wouldn't do for Naruto to be ready so he could jump the poor blonde man. He knew it was only a matter of time before Naruto gave the go-ahead.
The whole household was agitated from their extensive stay inside and at the first chance, they all scattered out the door.
"What should we do? It's too wet out to do a lot of sight-seeing," Naruto informed as Sasuke was slipping on his shoes. It was ridiculously humid once they got down to the center part of town and sloshing through dirty rainwater that was at least calf-high wasn't doing much to relieve the discomfort.
"It's almost as if it'd be better if we stayed inside," Sasuke grumbled, weaving through the standstill of cars that were backed up at the light three blocks away. On a higher ledge next to them, three scantily-dressed women perched, cooing to them like pigeons.
"Hey, the traffic take up long time. Come inside and rest while you wait," the shorter, plumper one offered in broken English.
The other two smiled dizzily at Sasuke and Naruto, reaching out their hands in an invitation to pull them onto the small porch. Sasuke took a few steps forward before he felt a tugging on the back of his shirt.
"Sasuke! They're whores," Naruto whispered in a hiss, pulling backwards on his shirt.
"If the traffic is going to be this congested, we're never going to get to our destination, now are we? Besides, us two guys can't handle three skin-&-bones girls?"
Naruto glanced warily at the three women, grimacing as one scratched a scaly patch on her stomach, her lime green sarong slung dangerously low on her thin hips. Sighing, he allowed himself to be pulled up as well. At once, the three women crowded around them and navigated them into the darkened building.
It smelt like alcohol and the musty scent of sweat and perfume, but the two men were led forward towards a battered tan couch and told to sit.
"Are you thirsty?" one of them asked, stooping low to face them. Her smile contained a mangle of yellowed teeth; a perk of a lifetime of smoking. After the three dispersed around them, going about their normal routine, Naruto shuddered audibly next to him.
"That's it. If there was ever a reason to quit nicotine before, I just saw a better one."
"Be nice," Sasuke had to reprimand him as the woman came back with two Colas.
The room they were in was dingy and dark and they soon realized they weren't the only hapless men in there. Quite a few lingered around the nearby bar and some were shadowed in corners, sitting alone on plastic chairs.
Sasuke had to bite back a gasp as one woman drifted to one of the corners and effortlessly straddled one of the men. Her long skirt covered their bodies but it was becoming painfully obvious what they were doing. He blushed quietly to himself, an action that didn't go unnoticed by Naruto.
"Uh, so how long are we going to stay here?" he bit out finally, admitting defeat.
Naruto's low chuckle was cut off abruptly as one of the skinnier women before suddenly approached them, climbing onto Naruto's lap.
"Hey baby, wanna have some fun?" she purred languidly into his ear, rolling her hips forward in one swift move. Naruto made an intelligible noise before scooting towards Sasuke, trying to remove the wayward woman.
"No, no, that's alright. I'm fine. Been walking all day, y'know and just don't have any fun left in me. I'll be sure to come back some other time to see you though."
"Lies." She pouted childishly, still straddling his legs. "You're not from around here, I know that. But fine, if you don't want it, you won't get it." With that, she haughtily removed herself and stalked across the room, moments before performing the same routine on another man.
"Can we leave this brothel...now?" Sasuke asked impatiently, already halfway to the door. "I apologize for making us having to wait here for the shortest amount of time."
It was only till they were out in the bright light of day that Sasuke noticed that Naruto was acting a bit funny and walking weird. The man's hand never strayed very far from his front.
"Oh my god, you're hard." Sasuke whispered furiously, pointing a finger down at Naruto's predicament.
"Thank you Captain Obvious, and for your information, I'm doing everything in my willpower to not be. Thinking about Barbara Streisand doesn't seem to be working very well at the moment."
"You found that tramp attractive?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes dangerously. "No, but my dick did. Now shut up, unless you're going to help me out with this problem."
Once the words were said, it was clear there was going to be no taking them back. They walked quietly for another block before Sasuke cleared his throat.
"Are you wanting me to help you?"
"Uh...well, not unless you're comfortable with that. I was just blowing steam. Y'know, not enough blood and oxygen getting to my brain just at this moment." Naruto had the most delightful cherry red complexion, one that Sasuke couldn't pass up.
"Come on," he muttered gruffly, taking the nearest side street and leading them into the back alleys and away from the tall commercial establishments. Glancing around to make sure there wasn't anyone in sight, Sasuke guided Naruto backwards into an empty hollow doorway.
He then immediately attached his mouth to the smooth tan collarbone before him, trailing a steady hand down the front of Naruto's shirt.
"Sasuke, I didn't mean here out in public!" Naruto hissed, catching Sasuke by the wrist before he could undo the button on his pants.
"Look around Naruto, this isn't public. There isn't anyone out here. Now do you want me to help you or not? It's my job as your boyfriend." Sasuke's tone softened as he saw the apprehensive look in Naruto's eyes. "Let me help you."
Before the blonde man could think up another excuse, Sasuke deftly unbuttoned the other's pants and pulled down the fly, coaxing Naruto's half-hard penis out of his boxers. He spit into his palm before running it down over Naruto's length, relishing in the slight way that the man swayed on his feet at Sasuke's touch.
"See, isn't so bad, is it? Our bodies work the same. Never trust a woman to know what a man really likes right off the bat."
"Your talking is really ruining it for me though."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes, applying pressure at the base. "Dickhead."
"Says the guy with his hand on mine," Naruto shuddered out, slamming a hand onto the wall next to him. Sasuke grinned cattily, stroking the other man till he was pulsating in his grasp.
"Are we feeling better then?"
"Sasuke.." Naruto warned dangerously, glaring up at the other.
"Alright, alright. I'll finish this up I suppose." He steadily kept at it, alternating light and hard pressure till finally Naruto's mouth opened in a loud pant and he came into Sasuke's hand.
"I'm better than Barbara Streisand, babe." Naruto glared menacingly, but the effect was lost with his pants around his thighs and his flaccid penis in the breeze. Sasuke just smiled cheekily in return.
The congestion around the city was slowly thinning out, allowing the two to make their way to their original destination. Naruto was quiet the whole journey, pensively gazing at anything but Sasuke. It was unnerving. Maybe he had taken it too far too quick; forced Naruto into a situation he wasn't quite ready for.
Cautiously, he placed a hand on the small of the other's back as they approached their next tourist site. Jim Thompson's house loomed above them like the massive relic it was. At the sight of the pair of tall wooden bungalows, Naruto seemed to perk up a bit much to Sasuke's relief.
A tall man rushed forward, shaking their hands in a hurried manner. "Come, come, explore the wonderful house of the famous Jimmy Thompson! Man bring much wealth to Bangkok through his silk-weaving. Very fine, very fine. Come! Come!"
Naruto suppressed a laugh at the strange man and motioned for Sasuke to go first. The inside of the house was unsurprisingly cool; that seemed to be the norm in Thailand. Humid outside, refreshing inside. It made Sasuke wonder why no one chose to stay indoors for their whole life.
The inside was typical of a museum. Old stuff surrounded by more old stuff, free of dust and you couldn't touch it without getting your palms smacked. Sasuke felt like one of the characters in an old cartoon he watched. His hands flat at his sides and waddling in between the rooms, doing his part and cooing at the artifacts of yet another dead man.
Naruto lagged behind, seemingly deep in thought about something. Sasuke wouldn't have known this if he hasn't observed the man's eyebrows furrow in consternation every five seconds by thoughts that were apparently plaguing him. He wanted to ask what was wrong but their eccentric guide was far too busy trying his damndest to capture Sasuke's undying attention.
He suddenly felt Naruto move up behind him, breathing softly into his ear. "Let's lose the sideshow here. What do you say?"
While said sideshow had his back turned, blabbering on to some other tourists, Sasuke snuck away, following Naruto in the direction of Jimmy Thompson's bedroom. The entrance was roped off but Naruto cunningly stepped over, smiling devilishly at Sasuke while he pulled him in and shut the door.
"I don't know about you, but that guy was really getting on my nerves."
"Was that why you were so far off in la-la land back there?" Sasuke asked, taking in his surroundings, the deep mahogany four-poster bed not escaping his attention.
"Actually no. I was thinking about what happened between us in the alley across town."
Sasuke started, turning around to face Naruto.
"And well, I know you've been holding back for whatever reason. I can feel it in your body, Sasuke. When you're ready to cross that invisible line, I can feel everything inside you hold back. You're like a rubber band and rubber bands eventually do recoil back. I don't want to stress you on my account." Naruto sighed heavily out his nose, running a hand distractedly through his hair.
"I guess what I'm trying to say, and failing miserably, is that it's whatever Sasuke. Do what you want. I'm not some little virgin schoolgirl that's gonna squeal no at the very last second. I'm a grown man, one that you're in a relationship with. You shouldn't have to hold back."
Naruto paused, before glancing around and realizing he was pushed back on the bed, Sasuke looming over him. "Wait...how? when?"
"While, you were monologuing on about something poetic, I decided to take matters into my own hands. We're in a bedroom. And yeah, there's a house full of people, so what. Time to put these heavy wooden walls to use, right?"
Naruto's Adam's apple bobbed visibly as he swallowed his retort. As Sasuke maneuvered his body so that their hips aligned perfectly, Naruto wiggled unceremoniously beneath him.
"Is it too late to play the virgin schoolgirl card?"
Sasuke glared for effect and yanked up Naruto's shirt in one swift movement. "Take it like a man."
"A man lying down, that is," the other muttered under his breath, fanning his fingers out into Sasuke's dark tresses while the other applied suction with his mouth on Naruto's nipples.
"You know, that old man slept here. This is kind of naughty."
"Yeah, will you move your leg to the left a little bit?" Sasuke quipped back, raising his head from Naruto's chest.
"I love it when you talk dirty to me," came Naruto's reply, along with a complimentary eye-roll.
"God, shut up Naruto!"
The only reason Naruto was being mouthy, Sasuke knew, was because he was irritated that he wasn't being the dominant one in their relationship so far. It was a guy thing, really. Sasuke eventually abandoned Naruto's upper half and went straight for the goods.
He blew on the tip, enjoying the shudder that careened through Naruto's body and ended in is.
"You-You're not going to put your- OH GOD, YOU ARE! Sasuke! That's sick, even for you!"
Sasuke bit down lightly to prove his point and Naruto submerged into a half-literate state, growling and panting as Sasuke sucked him off to completion.
Sasuke rolled to Naruto's side, stretching out next to him. His head lolled when Naruto emitted a disgruntled sound.
"You always do that. Get me off, and just leave yourself."
"It's not important what I need--"
"And things like that! You can't keep talking like that, Sasuke. That you care more about me than yourself. After this trip ends, you and I both know we can't keep seeing each other. I'm going home, to Texas, and you're going home, too."
"I figured as much," Sasuke sighed, throwing an arm over his eyes to block out the sunlight coming in through the windows. "But until then, don't worry about me. If you choose to do something, I want it to be of your own accord, not because you need to repay me."
They lay in silence after that, broken only by the muffled sounds of tourists tramping through the house. Suddenly, Naruto broke out in soft giggles, spreading his arms out in an angel fashion over the bedspread.
"We are such creeps. People are going to come into this room, admire this bed, sit on it, run their hands over it and never realize that I just came on it."
Sasuke started, punching Naruto lightly in the shoulder. "I wasn't even thinking about that until you said something, asshole. Come on, we need to get out of here."
It was only when they were back out on the crowded roads of Bangkok did the both of them realize the irony in their situation. Who knows what old man Jimmy Thompson did in that bed before he died, either.