Chapter 26 – Whispers in the dark

In the black Porsche, on their way back home from Itachi's apartment, Sasuke admitted that he had been eavesdropping on Naruto's conversation with his brother. Well it made sense since he was a vampire and his hearing was superior. Naruto had suspected it.

"I hope that project works out for them," he finished and Naruto smiled.

"Course it's gonna work out. It's my idea."

"So modest."

"Always."

Sasuke chuckled, and then there was a moment of silence. He kept sending glances at Naruto as though trying to figure something out.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"When Anko told us about the music video, you seemed a little… worried, or nervous, I don't know… What was that all about?"

"I didn't think anyone noticed," he said.

"I'm probably the only one. Well, what's up, tell me."

Naruto switched off the radio, keeping his eyes on the road as he drove in the warm, calm night.

"I'm worried other vampires are gonna freak out."

"But you knew all along that was a risk, no?" Sasuke asked. "Tell me what's really on your mind."

Naruto simply couldn't hide anything from him.

"Deidara told me there was a rumor going on. About our band. They know about me. They suspect Kiba. They don't seem to know about you though and I really don't want that to happen…"

Sasuke sighed, "They really just need to all shut up and let us have our fun damn it."

"It's not that simple…" Naruto shrugged helplessly. "We're not supposed to expose ourselves to humans carelessly. That's like, the number one unwritten rule."

"Well I don't care," the raven shrugged, glancing at him through raven bangs, "I mean it's worth the risk. And if they come let them come. We'll kick their asses."

Naruto couldn't help but smile. "Okay. We'll do that."

…

Two days later, the four band mates found themselves in a studio to film their first music video. It wasn't very complex. They were doing it in front of a green screen, and the background would be added later. The producer and Anko assured them that it wouldn't take more than one day of filming.

The team of stylists had done their job and now they looked stylish as ever.

Sasuke was clad in a thin black suit with the jacket left open revealing a white t-shirt and his long silver chain. His long hair was different. The hairdresser had applied some paste to make it looked textured and stylishly messy. He also had eyeliner.

Naruto wanted to throw the guitars away, bend him over the drums and totally ravish him… But he repressed his urges. He himself wore an all black outfit; skinny jeans, tank top, stylish slim jacket left open. Unlike Sasuke, his blond locks were sleek and soft. They had sort of switched hairstyles it seemed. They locked eyes and exchanged a knowing smile. They would so have sex as soon as this stupid video was finished. Maybe if there was a break they could sneak out somewhere…

Kiba had an outfit similar to Sasuke's, except his suit was white with thin black lines. As for Shikamaru he wore blue jeans with a black long sleeve shirt and his hair was down and straight.

So the process was simple enough; they played the album version of the song while the band was filmed performing it simultaneously. There were cameras everywhere, filming from every possible angle. They did the song repeatedly for a few hours. At some point they did take a break but Naruto unfortunately couldn't sneak out with Sasuke.

Instead the producer and Anko met up with them to take a look at the footage they had so far. They explained that the background would be a city and it would look like they were playing from a sky scraper. There would be a lot of zoom in of each band member, and also of course of the band together. The images would skip from one to the other really quickly.

The team working at the studio encouraged the four young men to be a little crazy and do whatever they wanted as they filmed them performing the song one last time. Naruto smirked. If they wanted crazy, he would give them crazy.

As he sang he couldn't do much, but when it was just the instrumental part he started jumping all over the place while playing guitar. Kiba immediately started doing the same. They were so full of energy that it was contagious. Shikamaru smiled and threw his head back and forth, his hair going everywhere as if he were a metal band drummer. Naruto smiled and returned to his mike to sing the chorus. Sasuke came to stand right next to him as he played like the guitar god that he was.

Right after the last line of the chorus Naruto leaned to the side and kissed him. It was brief because they couldn't exactly make out and play guitar at once. But Sasuke's lips twitched into a small smile as he threw him a heated glance. Mm… how he had grown, his little Sasuke. Not so shy anymore, was he?

They played back to back and Sasuke rubbed his butt against Naruto's teasingly. Naruto bit his lip… and then he decided fuck it. He pulled away only so that he could swing his guitar to his back. Turning around he took Sasuke's arm and kissed him passionately. Sasuke's guitar now the only obstacle between them, Naruto leaned as close as possible. He licked his lip then battled with his tongue as they made out intensely in front of everyone. The music stopped.

"Okay guys," Anko sighed, "that's a little bit too crazy."

"Actually," the producer cleared his throat, "we might use it. Provocative sells."

"Heh, true enough," their manager said.

Naruto laughed as he pulled away from the guitarist. After that, in a mutual decision, the team decided they had enough images to make a good video. In the back room while they were getting changed Kiba suggested that they should go out in a club to celebrate.

"I mean come on we just did a freakin' music video," he smiled before putting on his t-shirt, "how awesome is that?"

"I hope they really use the kiss," Shikamaru said, "most of our fans are girls and they love that shit. I swear. Ino's always typing yaoi or J-pop singers acting gay or whatever on youtube and looking up whatever comes up."

Naruto was finished getting dressed. He chuckled as he grabbed a very sexy and still shirtless Sasuke, "I'm pretty sure they won't love it as much as I do." He kissed Sasuke and it wasn't long before the raven responded quite fiercely, wrapping his arms around Naruto's lean body.

Kiba sighed dramatically, "Stop being so horny all the time. Control your dicks for crissake. So how about that party tonight?"

"I'm in," Shikamaru said, "I'm gonna invite Ino."

"Yeah I'm definitely bringing Hinata," Kiba said, "what about you guys? Oh would you stop making out already?"

One of the stylists knocked on the changing room's door, "Are you guys done? We need to pack up the material…"

Sasuke tried to free himself from Naruto but the latter struggled to keep him close playfully.

"Tsk, seriously," Shikamaru shook his head in disbelief. He picked up all the clothes they had worn for the video and opened the door to give them back.

In Naruto's arms, Sasuke was still struggling. "I need to get dressed…"

"But I like you like this…" Naruto teased, kissing his neck.

Suddenly Kiba surprised them, grabbing Sasuke and yanking him away from Naruto. He was a newborn and not as strong as them, but still strong enough to do such a thing apparently. Naruto pouted as Sasuke was finally able to put his blue tank top back on.

"So do you guys wanna go out tonight or not?" Kiba asked.

"Yeah sure," Naruto said, "I'll text you later."

"Kay. Hey do you wanna drive me to Hinata's place?" he asked as he put his hoodie on. It was warm outside but Kiba was fragile to the sun and needed to protect himself properly.

"No," Naruto smiled at Sasuke. He couldn't wait much longer… The raven chuckled and glanced away.

"I hate you guys," Kiba said then walked out the room, "come on Shika we'll just take the damn bus."

Naruto and Sasuke followed them outside but they went to his car. Naruto unlocked it and opened the passenger door for Sasuke, who rolled his eyes at his gentlemanly attempt. Naruto chuckled and grabbed his arm before he could sit. For a moment he just took in the sight of his pale skin contrasting with his dark gray eyes circled with black, his full pale lips, and of course his sexy, unnaturally crazy black hair…

He breathed, "God I want you so bad right now…"

Sasuke responded to his tone by letting out an imperceptible moan and crashing their lips together. Apparently Naruto wasn't the only one… That damn car door between them was annoying. Without breaking the kiss, Naruto stepped around it and closer to his lover. He pushed him inside so that Sasuke was sitting and Naruto placed his knee on the seat between his legs while keeping his other foot on the concrete.

Sasuke wrapped his arms around him clutching at his t-shirt desperately as if he wanted to rip it off. He moaned through the kiss as Naruto's tongue attacked his. The blond smirked and finally broke for air.

"I love you," he breathed against his now slightly bruised lips.

"Stop randomly saying that it's annoying I feel pressured to say it back."

"Say it back then," Naruto teased as he caressed the exposed soft skin in between his low rise jeans and tank top.

Sasuke teased back, "No."

Naruto couldn't help but laugh softly. From the corner of his eye he noticed that some people were staring. Maybe it was best to take things home now... He pulled away from Sasuke, closed the door and went to the other side. He started the car, put it to drive and exited the parking.

…

The club was normal, very much straight, which would probably be a problem. Sasuke was leaning against the bar counter casually. He wore converse shoes, black skinny jeans, a silver chain belt and a white and black striped t-shirt. His hair was its usual sleek now since they had taken a shower earlier. Beside him stood Kiba, who had his hand placed firmly at Hinata's waist. Shikamaru and Ino were also standing nearby respectively sipping a beer and juice cocktail. Naruto was barely noticing all this though because he was focusing all his efforts on not molesting Sasuke.

"Come on guys let's go dancing," Ino suggested, smiling. She dragged a reluctant Shikamaru to the dance floor.

"I'm not drunk enough yet…" the drummer whined.

Kiba laughed and went after them with Hinata. Sasuke locked eyes with Naruto, smiling playfully.

"I'm not sure we should go. I feel like you won't be able to keep your hands to yourself."

"I can control myself," Naruto replied.

"Even after all these years of being alive Naruto, you are still a terrible liar."

Indeed he was.

As they started dancing Naruto leaned dangerously close to the raven. It didn't help that the damn music was slow hip hop beats and so suggestive. All the couples around them were rubbing against each other so why couldn't Naruto do the same with his sexy boyfriend? It wasn't fair.

They were so close now that their hips touched. Naruto's breathing picked up slightly and he placed his hand on Sasuke's hip.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sasuke asked.

"I don't care."

He slid his hand across his back, and a few fingers found their way under his shirt. As they rolled their hips to the slow rhythm of the music Sasuke also raised his arms to place them around Naruto.

"I just can't resist you," Naruto whispered in his ear.

"I know."

He laughed and held him tighter, breathing in his sweet scent and enjoying the soft raven hair brushing against his face.

When the music changed to something more catchy and fast they pulled away slightly. Naruto let his body move without giving it much thought and Sasuke checked him out. He smirked. But he was doing some checking out of his own of course. They couldn't stay apart for much longer.

Again they started dancing really close. His boyfriend's sexy body moving against him was driving Naruto crazy. He couldn't help himself. So he kissed him and grinded his hips at once. Sasuke moaned loudly but no one else heard because the music was so loud. Naruto smiled through the kiss.

Of course, some people were staring. This was no gay club after all. Their friends didn't mind but a few strangers looked annoyed. On a whim Naruto decided to do something about that.

Pulling away from Sasuke, he grabbed some dude's arm and looked directly in his eyes.

"You're totally okay with me and my boyfriend dancing together. Actually you think it's pretty damn cool."

Naruto did this with a few more people around them. Then he started dancing and making out with Sasuke again. Now everyone surrounding them smiled and even cheered a little, and Sasuke burst out laughing.

"Ah man this is rich. Curing homophobia with vampire brainwashing."

"I'm awesome like that," Naruto replied before capturing his lips in another kiss.

They danced for about an hour. Shikamaru and Ino were getting a little bit drunk which was a funny sight. Not that Naruto was really looking at anyone but his boyfriend.

"You know what I feel like?" he asked him at some point, his voice husky as he spoke against his neck.

"I have a pretty good idea…" Sasuke chuckled as he ran his hands all over him, never interrupting the dance.

"Mm yeah there's that… no but I wanna go back home and have a pool party instead. What do you think?"

"So it's finally ready huh? Yeah sure let's go fuck in the pool," Sasuke said teasingly.

Naruto chuckled and went to ask the others what they thought of the idea. They all agreed to it so the six friends made their way outside.

"I don't have my bathing suit though!" Ino suddenly exclaimed.

"Skinny dipping!" Shikamaru shouted. Apparently he was "drunk enough" now.

They parted on the sidewalk; Shikamaru, Ino and Kiba going with Hinata to her car and of course Sasuke going with Naruto.

As Naruto drove, his hand wandered to Sasuke's thigh.

"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?" Naruto glanced at him and smiled as his hand rubbed his clothed erection.

But suddenly Sasuke grabbed the wheel to keep the car on the road.

"Just concentrate on driving you freakin' idiot," he chuckled.

"Sorry," Naruto said sheepishly, "guess I'll have to wait a little…"

Naruto regretted inviting the others over because well, they couldn't really do anything. Not in the pool anyway.

The six friends were soon enjoying the heated water in this slightly fresh night. They weren't skinny dipping; but close. Since Hinata and Ino didn't have their bathing suits they kept only their underwear. The guys had either swimming trunks or boxers – Naruto and Sasuke were in that second category. They just hadn't bothered going inside to get changed.

While Shikamaru and Ino, still quite drunk, were having fun chasing each other around and Kiba and Hinata were kissing in the corner of the pool, Naruto sat on the ledge with his legs in the water, looking at Sasuke swim gracefully. His pale body was very beautiful in the soft moonlight.

Eventually he swam over to Naruto and sat next to him, looking at the others. He brushed the wet raven hair out of his eyes.

"It feels different now," he observed softly, "the water… Just like the wind. It's like…" he looked away thoughtfully, "neither warm or cold, it just can't hurt me. If I were still human, I'd be shivering right now, probably."

"Even if you're not," Naruto said, tone slightly teasing, "can I still do this?" He reached out and took him in his arms softly, sliding his hands on his smooth and wet skin.

"Yeah…" Sasuke whispered. His hair was dripping on Naruto's shoulder.

"We never really talked about this… I mean I never actually asked you..." he was very hesitant. He just didn't know how to put this. "Well are you happy with your decision? You don't have any regrets?" He glanced at Sasuke, searching his eyes.

"No."

"No you're not happy? Or no you don't have any regrets?"

Sasuke chuckled and nudged him, "You're such an idiot, so worried about me all the time."

"Well excuse me…" he started but Sasuke cut him.

"I'm fine, Naruto. I don't have any regrets. I chose this. I wanted this."

"And this is still what you want?"

"Yes! And just a quick question. What the hell would you tell me if I said no, huh?" he asked teasingly, "Oh well too bad? Cause we both know there's no going back."

Naruto glanced away. He did have a very good point there.

"You're such an idiot sometimes!" he laughed and pushed him in the water. But last minute Naruto grabbed his arm so he dragged him in the water as well.

From the corner of his eye Naruto noticed that the girls were getting out of the pool and hurrying back to the house.

"Shikamaru!" Ino exclaimed, and the brunet followed her. Kiba was the last one to get out of the water.

"We're gonna have a foursome!" he exclaimed, then laughed, "Just kidding. You guys have fun."

"Oh we will!" Naruto shouted and Kiba growled a little in annoyance before walking away.

"I think he meant it to be rhetorical," Sasuke chuckled.

Naruto shrugged as he took in the sight of his boyfriend, raven hair all wet and messy and eyes so full of desire revealing that they were both thinking the exact same things.

They practically launched at each other and they started making out passionately, soft wet lips demanding always more. Naruto's hands slid down Sasuke's tattooed back tracing the pattern of the wings and ended up in the crook of his lower back, bringing him closer. Their growing erections rubbed through the wet, uncomfortable boxers and Naruto smirked as he pulled away softly.

"Let's take those off, shall we?"

As he said this he proceeded to take off the unwanted piece of clothing and Sasuke did the same. After throwing them away next to the pool they pressed their bodies desperately close again, clashing their lips in one more heated kiss. Naruto's heart was beating fast and he felt like he was on fire. He wanted him so badly right now.

So he turned him around and moved closer to the ledge. Sasuke took the hint and jolted back his hips, leaning on the slippery border with both arms. Glancing behind his shoulders he threw a heated dark glance at Naruto through some wet bangs.

"What're you waiting for?" he said huskily and Naruto grabbed his thin hips. Sasuke smirked, "Come on, Naruto, just... fuck me.. hard…"

"God I think I could come just by listening to your dirty talk…" Naruto whispered, his voice almost trembling from anticipation.

"I know, that's why I do it. Your reactions are just so cute." He teased.

Naruto smiled, unfazed, and very quickly slid inside him. Sasuke screamed and arched his back, almost losing his hold on the ledge. Naruto wrapped a single arm around his waist securely and continued fucking him aggressively.

"Fuck… Fuck… Don't stop…" Sasuke moaned.

Naruto smirked and leaned closer to whisper, "Who's cute now, I wonder."

"Ah just… shut up don't… don't slow down…"

He chuckled but he obliged, pulling back only to intensify his thrusts even more. This felt so damn good. Every time it was even more passionate.

"Sasuke…" he whispered, leaning a little closer while slowing his pace despite the other's earlier protest, "if you stay with me forever, I'll never get tired of you. Never."

"You can't promise that," Sasuke frowned slightly as he glanced behind his shoulder.

Naruto kissed his lips softly. "Yeah I can. I know… somehow, I know I'll always love you. You can trust me on this."

Sasuke made a moan of protest as he reached back with his arm to grab Naruto's thigh. "Stop getting emotional on me now. Don't you dare stop…"

"I wasn't gonna," Naruto chuckled and pulled away again to finish making love to him.

In the afterglow they lay down in the grass together, on a single towel side by side. They were naked but they didn't care. They weren't cold. Sasuke was on his back looking at the sky in fascination while Naruto looked at his beautiful profile fondly.

"This is amazing," Sasuke whispered, throwing his arm behind his head. "I can see so many stars it's fucking beautiful."

Naruto turned on his side, leaning on his folded arm. With his other hand he trailed his fingers lightly across Sasuke's pale chest, feeling his heartbeat pumping the supernatural blood.

"Vampire sight," he smiled, "I remember being fascinated by it, too. Unfortunately most of the time I was too busy being thirsty…"

"Mm thirst doesn't bother me that much," Sasuke said quietly.

"That's good." As he ran his fingers down his lower abdomen the raven grabbed his hand and put it away, lacing their fingers instead.

"You're disturbing my contemplation," he said half-teasing.

"Well I'm contemplating you."

"Tsk, so fucking corny all the time."

"I know you secretly love it."

"I do not."

He tried to sit but Naruto pinned him down, looming over him. He lowered himself but stopped when their lips were just a mere inch apart.

Smiling teasingly, he said, "I'll stop being corny if you tell me why you were so sure about your decision."

"Why are you so insistent with that?" Sasuke replied, annoyed. He struggled to get away but Naruto gathered his strength to keep him down.

"I need to know. I need to be reassured once and for all."

Sasuke took a deep breath, glancing away. When he finally looked up into Naruto's eyes again he said firmly, "I never wanted a family, or a prestigious career. I'm the kind of person that… I do things on a whim sometimes. But I never have regrets. I do things I like. Drawing, guitar, writing songs… That's what drives me in life. And when I met you I realized that…" he blushed slightly and Naruto repressed a fond smile. The raven went on, "I needed… this, also. A relationship with a person that balances me out, you know?"

"What you're trying to say is that we're perfect for each other, right?" he smiled.

"Don't put words in my mouth," Sasuke struggled and Naruto laughed.

"Okay, sorry, sorry, keep going."

He sighed, "I chose to be with you, so I gave it a lot of thought cause I know that's just not a decision you can take on a whim. I really want to be like this. Besides I do need to be like this to protect myself. Being a human and dating a vampire can be kinda… dangerous. I probably wouldn't have survived very long."

"So you're happy?" Naruto held his breath.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Yes, for the last time, yes, I am."

Naruto felt warm and good, and so happy. And maybe he was being corny but what the hell; he really was head over heels for the guy. And he'd just needed some reassurance.

"Thank you," he whispered and kissed Sasuke softly. The smaller male finally relaxed in his hold and Naruto let go of his wrists.

"What for?" he breathed when they broke the kiss.

"Everything you said. I needed this."

Sasuke gave a slight shrug before lifting his face and kissing him again. He moaned through the kiss as a certain lower part of their body came in contact.

"You're hard again," the raven teased.

"Mm… so are you."

…

The red-head changed the car radio stations in annoyance. There was nothing good playing.

He turned to look at his sister, "Hey that vampire singer we killed two years ago was so much better than all this crap. Maybe we should've let him live for a couple more years so he could be just a little famous… You know, so they'd actually play his music at the radio."

"Gaara the light's green," she observed.

"Oh," he said and pressed on the gas.

"And you know we had to kill him. He wouldn't stop his ambitions otherwise." She sighed and crossed her legs, "He didn't even care if people found out that he was a vampire."

"I know, I know," he let out a short sigh, "we can't have that, can we? It's just such a shame… he was so cute…"

Temari ignored his ramblings. "What do you think about that video Sasori showed us?"

"Those Lust at first sight guys?" She nodded. "They weren't bad. Their video was a little simple but… That guitarist with the black hair was so cute."

She ran her fingers through curly blond locks as she looked out the window at downtown Osaka's busy night life.

"Do you think the rumors are true?"

"The singer is definitely a vamp. Probably kinda old. I don't know there was this overly self-confidence about him, and those eyes... and fluent movements… I don't know," he said again, "call it intuition."

She slowly turned to look at him again, "I think the rumors are true about the one with brown hair and tattoos. Those crimson eyes… they definitely didn't look like contacts. But I could be wrong. And I'm having suspicions about the other guitarist, too, actually…"

"I hope we don't have to kill that one though," Gaara tilted his head.

"I hope we don't have to kill any of them," Temari replied, "but Sasori will most definitely want to go to Tokyo to intervene. Possibly many vampires in the same music band, and they already have a video… This is bad."

The red-head sighed; she was right. Sasori was sort of the leader of their little group. Of course he'd want to check out that new suspicious band in Tokyo. Stopping them from becoming too famous was definitely a priority on their to-do list.

A/N:

Trouble incoming.

Gotta love Naruto's way to cure homophobia at the club, right? Wish he could have a little chat with some politicians...

Oh yeah and the title was after an awesome song by Skillet.