Chapter 4

Posted on September 20th, 2021

Sasuke wakes up with a kink in his neck. He was so exhausted last night that he fell asleep in Itachi's car. Sasuke vaguely remembers Itachi jerking him gently to wake him up and crashing in Itachi's guest bedroom. Waking up in an apartment not his own, Sauske wishes he had just asked Itachi to drive him home. Now Sasuke is momentarily annoyed that he doesn't have any of his stuff here. Sasuke grabs for his phone and groans when he sees the battery is almost drained.

Sasuke realizes that the smell of food woke him up. It's pretty early, right before six. Itachi must have gotten up for his shift. Sasuke stretches and realizes that he is wearing just his boxers and undershirt. He looks around for his socks and scrubs but only sees his backpack neatly resting against the wall. The young Uchiha pushes himself up and goes out into the common area.

"Ahh, good morning, little brother." Itachi greets elegantly as he serves up eggs in a plate from the pan. Sasuke feels a little annoyed at how dexterous Itachi is at any time of the day. "I was just going to go in there and wake you up for breakfast. I made eggs and toast. Do you want tea or coffee?"

Sasuke makes his way to the bar stall and sits down. He gestures toward the teapot and Itachi reaches for a cup to serve his little brother some tea.

"You never eat breakfast though," Sasuke remarks.

"Aah, that's right. But I need to make sure my little brother is prepared for the day. I'll gladly sit and have a cup of tea with you."

Sasuke rubs his eyes. "I need to go home and get ready. All my stuff is there."

"Nonsense. Have breakfast and shower here. What? Don't glare at me like that, I have all the stuff a guy could possibly need. Do you have some special beauty cream at home you can't go without?" Sasuke scoffs.

"What happened to the rest of my clothes?"

"I washed your socks and scrubs, they're drying now and will be ready for you in time. There's some of your own clothes and underwear left in the bedroom drawers from when you used to live here. Also, here is a charger that should work with your phone and I also made you a sandwich for lunch today."

"Don't you sound like a caring mother." Sasuke is sarcastic but feels grateful as he sips on the tea Itachi offered him.

Instead of rebutting, Itachi smiles at Sasuke. "I was happy to take care of you when you were little, Otouto, and that hasn't changed. I really wish you had stayed to live with me here after you graduated but I've accepted that you wanted your own space. I do miss having you around though, Sasuke."

Sasuke sighs. "Okay, I'll stay for breakfast."

Itachi perks up at that and makes Sasuke a plate. Sasuke wouldn't admit it but he misses spending more time with his brother and living with him. They had lived together after their parents' death. They had moved out of the Uchiha manor because it was too painful for them and had moved into Itachi's apartment. Itachi had managed to get through med school while taking care of his little brother and making sure he in turn passed through high school okay. Sasuke had eventually wanted his own space not because he didn't like spending time with his brother but because he felt he was too dependent on Itachi and in order to improve himself and his abilities, he needed to put some space between them. Sasuke also wanted to give Itachi some space as Itachi seemed preoccupied with making sure Sauske was okay.

Itachi makes his way to the stool across from Sasuke and regards him calmly, sipping on his tea.

"Is there anything you'd like to talk about, Sasuke?"

Sauske can't help but feel Itachi is getting at something with that question but really doesn't feel like talking about anything significant so early in the morning. He knows he has some thinking and unpacking to do over the weekend, but it's been a busy week now and it's only the middle of it.

"No, not really. I barely remember anything from the conversation at dinner last night."

"You seemed very distracted."

"I was just tired."

"Med school exhausting you?"

"No, it's fine. I don't want to talk about it."

Itachi decides he shouldn't press anything right now. He is interested in speaking to Sasuke about his interest in the man from yesterday – wants to guide him to unpack his feelings but knows that wouldn't take him anywhere right now when Sasuke is already irritated. Sasuke's emotional intelligence growth as if had been put on reverse since their family tragedy happened. Itachi had been in his teens at the time so he hadn't been as scarred by it as Sasuke who was at a very delicate age when it had happened, and it showed.

Sasuke puts on his scrubs after he showers. The scrubs are warm from the drier and relax Sasuke' shoulders without Sauske even realizing they were stiff. He had found another undershirt and underwear in the drawers in his old room. His chest tightens realizing that Itachi had kept everything the way it was since he had moved out, even the sheets and covers. It could be that the older Uchiha was very busy at work and didn't care about redecorating the room. But what Itachi had said this morning at breakfast directed Sasuke to thinking that Itachi more so liked to keep Sasuke's old room the same so Sasuke would feel at home and sleep over more often. Maybe he would come over for the weekend soon.

Itachi drops off Sasuke in front of his building before heading to his shift in the hospital. Sasuke feels surprisingly okay after his shower and breakfast, like he is ready for the day. He recognizes a tension in his shoulders, and it isn't because of the upcoming assignment. He knows he has all the material down and wouldn't have any problem with the presented scenarios today, even if they were getting gradually harder. What came to mind though, was the blonde man. Would he be there today too? It seemed like him and his fellow actors were contracted to be there for the whole week.

Sasuke walks in and sure enough, all of the actors are already there including Naruto. Everyone was in small clusters chatting among themselves, some of them holding cups of coffee. Sasuke watches as Naruto is happily chatting away with his fellow actors and some students when he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. The blond reads whatever message is on the screen and makes a beeline to the door. Something makes Sasuke follow him with the stealth and elegance typical for Uchihas.

Sasuke stays hidden behind the corner when he sees the other man meet up with a man with red hair in the hallway. He seems to be their age, maybe a couple years older. There is a vibe around him that lures you in and his green eyes are focused on the blond immediately. Sasuke recognizes that the man is very good looking – fit and his undercut and slicked back hair give him an edge. He also seems to like ripped jeans like Naruto - he is wearing grey ripped jeans and a black cotton shirt. He's holding two cups and hands the blond one, leaning against the frame of the door calmly, his green eyes watching Naruto open the cup and chime happily.

"Hot chocolate with extra extra whipping cream, your favourite," the man says in a velvety voice and Sasuke doesn't like at all how his complete attention seems to be on Naruto and how they're alone in a hallway. Sasuke thinks he'll gag at watching Naruto gulp down the overly sweet drink happily, he was never a fan of sweets.

"Thank you, Gaara." Naruto says and Sasuke thinks he recognizes that name. Didn't that one dude mention it the very first day?...

"You're welcome. I'm heading to rehearsal. You're going to be here all day?"

"Yeah, I promised Tsunade-baa-chan. It's actually not bad, some of the students are very entertaining to watch."

Sasuke wonders what exactly he means and if he means Sasuke. Sasuke suddenly wants Naruto to tell that red-haired dude about him. Hiding from where he is behind the corner, Sasuke watches in dread as the guy reaches up and moves a longer ruffled strand of golden hair away from his forehead. Sasuke grips the corner of the wall where he's standing. The redhead is leaning casually against the wall and they seem very familiar with each other, comfortable in each other's presence. Sasuke has a sense that the guy is probably very quiet and keeps to himself. Sasuke can respect that.

The man's eyes linger on the blond's face and Sasuke is dreading that a kiss would follow when Tsunade walks by in the hallway and Sasuke almost jumps thinking that she had seen him spying on the pair.

"Good morning, gakis. Not to ruin the fun but I'm going to need Naruto, we're about to start."

The redhead nods calmly at Tsunade and directs his gaze to Naruto again who is assuring Tsunade that he'll be right there.

"I'll see you later!" He calls out to the redhead as he gives him a small smile and walks away. That's the last thing Sasuke sees before he scrambles to get back in the room before he's caught spying.

Sasuke makes a turn down the other hall so they don't see him going into the room right before they do. He waits for them to walk in and then he walks in after them as if he'd gone to the restroom. Sasuke looks around – nobody looks suspicious. Naruto is happily gulping his hot chocolate and is back in his friend circle where he picks up on the conversation easily.

Tsunade gives her little spiel again and everyone draws a number. As if it was Sasuke's luck to draw in the starting numbers. Naruto would be his second to last for the day.

Again, the day passes slowly. Sasuke wonders if the red-haired guy will come back to take Naruto to lunch. Sasuke wants to see if maybe he could spend some time with the blond during their break, but the other actors snatch him away before Sasuke has the chance to say anything.

Sasuke is eating the sandwich Itachi prepared for him when he hears giggles from a few tables away. He glanced up and sees his classmate Suigetsu and several other guys looking down at Suigetsu's phone and giggling. The guy with orange hair – Juugo? - is sitting on the side with his arms crossed and a frown on his face, saying something but none of the others seem to be listening. Sasuke would have just gone back to eating and not bothered – but then he when he hears Naruto's name being thrown with some inappropriate comments.

Before Sasuke knows it, he is on his feet and snatches Suigetsu's phone away. He looks down at the screen and sees provoking pictures of Naruto. He keeps scrolling. The pictures are of him with ripped jeans, their rim hanging low on his hips, and a t-shirt lifted up and held in his teeth showing off perfect abs and a V. He's holding a skateboard. The next picture is of him again with his back to the camera and no top this time and the skateboard over his shoulder. The pictures were obviously professionally made - he must have participated in a photoshoot meant to have a street vibe while looking steamy and sexy and Sasuke couldn't think right now how good the outcome of the photoshoot looked. A lot of actors were also models. Sasuke glances at the name in the search bar – Naruto Uzumaki. He files that away for later.

Suigetsu stands up and gets in Sasuke's face.

"Give me my phone back."

"No. You can't be looking at those pictures here."

"Says who?"

"Fuck off. You're at school looking at porn." Sasuke is glaring at the shorter man.

Suigetsu snatches his phone away from Sasuke's hand. He glances up at Sasuke and at his stern gaze, he closes the browser with the pictures.

"It's not porn. The guy's a model and we're simply looking at his model pictures. He's not nude or anything." Suigetsu smiles and his sharp tooth shows. "And even if he was, who would really mind?"

Sasuke frowns at him. Suigetsu turns around to walk back to where he was sitting, most of the other guys had dispersed when Sauske had shot them a menacing glare.

"Oh come on," Suigetsu raises a hand to gesture in a dismissive manner. "Don't go telling me it's disrespectful. Guy's hot – all the girls are talking about him and even I can see that and I'm as straight as an arrow. He is a model that made hot pictures and he knows exactly how they look. We're flattering him by appreciating the photoshoot." He sits and levels Sauske with a challenging gaze. "You don't seriously think it isn't noticeable how you look at him?"

Sasuke holds his gaze. He reevaluates Suigetsu right then and there. It is quite annoying for Sasuke to be called out – it made him feel slightly uncomfortable. However, Suigetsu's observation and how freely he was speaking to Sasuke make the young Uchiha suddenly respect Suigetsu more.

Then Suigetsu changes the topic to school stuff for next week. He asks Sasuke if he is prepared for the test next week and offers to quiz each other. Sasuke doesn't think he needs the help but finds himself not resisting it. Suigetsu introduces Sasuke to the guy with orange hair and the girl with red hair. The girl is making Sasuke a little uncomfortable with the way she's looking at him, but he finds he doesn't mind being distracted by the conversation with them for a few minutes during lunch. It draws his mind away from a certain blond. Sasuke, surprisingly, finds himself not minding the company.

When Sauske walks into his scenario with Naruto, his examiner walks in with him so they are not able to have their usual exchange where they take blows at each other. The scenarios were indeed getting harder and Naruto's gaze lingers on Sasuke for a moment worried that he won't guess correctly when Sasuke of course comes right back with the correct answer like a true Uchiha. Sasuke catches a gleam in the blue eyes at that and a small smile on the blond's lips, as if he was proud of him. Sasuke is immediately directed to his next scenario and doesn't have the opportunity to talk to Naruto.

Sasuke hopes that he can get a moment with the man – he doesn't know why he wants that but he does – but as soon as the last round of scenarios are over, all of the actors pack their bags really quickly and go out before Tsunade even speaks to say good night. Sasuke overhears some of them talking about getting to their rehearsal on time. Sasuke follows Naruto with his eyes as he almost runs out the door with the rest of the actors.

"You should ask him out," Suigetsu provides with a husky voice from over Sasuke's shoulder. Somehow, Sasuke is not even bothered that his interest in the man is obvious to the other male. "A guy that fine won't stay single forever."

Sasuke has never asked anyone out. Dozens of people have asked him out, but he has never been in that position.

"I'm not sure he's single," Sasuke says as he watches the door close and directs his attention to Tsunade who is speaking now. Suigetsu glances at the door, then at Sasuke, and then also directs his attention to Tsunade.

Sasuke can't stop thinking about what he saw earlier and what that "see you later" between the blond and the redhead may entail. And Sasuke doesn't like the taste that rises in his mouth at the thought of that.

Sasuke makes it home and gets down to studying. He eats a small meal and a few tomatoes while watching his lectures. Itachi texts him to invite him to dinner during the weekend. Sasuke's first thought is that he needs the weekend to himself and to study but remembers his own desire to spend more time with Itachi. So, he agrees.

Around 11pm, Sasuke finds himself dozing off over his textbooks. He gets ready for bed but finds himself unable to fall asleep, plagued by thoughts of the blond man. Against his better judgment, he reaches for his phone and looks up the name he saw earlier – Uzumaki Naruto. He finds some of the man's social media, his bio on some acting sites. Turns out he is a student at the college of arts at his university and attends the acting program there which is a highly esteemed program. Sasuke feels like a jerk for thinking that he was a dredge of society picking up a gig at the college of medicine because he wasn't able to score anything better. Seems like he is a part of an acting troupe called the Akatsuki which are very highly esteemed. Sasuke looks at Akatsuki pictures and recognizes almost all the actors he's been seeing at his college for the last few days. He digs deeper, and in older pictures of the troupe he recognizes the red-haired man he saw today. His name – Subaku Gaara.

There is a strange feeling in Sasuke's chest when he looks up Gaara next and scrolls through his social media to see pictures of Naruto here and there. There is no description to the pictures and none of them are suggestive but there are tons of speculative comments underneath from his relatively large following. Sasuke almost dismisses the matter when he notices there is a separate page linked to his account – a page for the guy's photography.

Sasuke follows the link and sees the guy's photos. They are mostly of landscapes with a big amount of pictures of deserts and sand. But then Sasuke scrolls down and sees pictures of Naruto with a skateboard – the pictures Suigetsu and the others were looking at today.

Sasuke can't help himself but to open those pictures again now at the privacy of his home. They've got tens of thousands of likes and tons of comments but Sasuke can't notice that because he is mesmerized by the tattoo he notices on Naruto's lower belly. It has an intricate spiral design with tribal signs and the dark ink looks absolutely mesmerizing on his tan skin and flat abdomen. He looks edgy and hot and confident and has that rule-breaking air around him that Sasuke finds himself so drawn to. Sasuke's always stayed in between the lines and has always been perfect in societal norms. Now this tattooed and pierced man with his skateboard makes Sasuke shamefully hard in his pants.

Sasuke chews on his bottom lip and tries to ignore his body's traitorous reaction. He needs to go to sleep, he has to be up in just a few hours. It is weak, this reaction he has, and it is embarrassing. But one more glance at the picture of the blond on his knees with his tattoo showing and Sasuke slides his hand in his pajama pants only to find his dick hot and throbbing. Just looking at this picture of him summons all the memories of the man's husky voice and bright, challenging eyes and the warmth of his body. Sasuke gives himself a firm squeeze and whimpers at how satisfying it feels. Glancing from the phone to his huge erection, Sasuke spreads his legs more and takes out the hot cock to stroke it roughly. He spits on his hand and lubes up his length, slowly twisting the wrist and strokes himself. The hand holding his phone scrolls through the rest of Naruto's pictures and Sasuke's jaw drops open to let out small embarrassing groans, his body burning with arousal. He's never jerked off to pictures of some girl or guy he'd met before and he's flushed from how sinful and how good it feels.

"F-fuck," Sasuke moans into the pillow. Slender fingers are curled around his dick and grip tighter as dark hair sticks to his sweaty forehead. He lets the phone slide from his hand and he's jerking himself off with both hands now, occasionally fondling his full balls. He moans into the pillow and closes his eyes - he sees it perfectly now. Sees Naruto on his knees in front of him, giving smart comebacks with that loud mouth of his only for Sasuke to shut him up with his dick in his mouth. And the blond's on his knees, sucking him off, moaning around his dick trying to be a smartass.

"Nnghh..Naruto…" Sasuke moans again, louder than before, muffling himself into the pillow. He swallows trying to quench his dry throat and both hands are working fast and rough stroking his dick. Sasuke gives rough thrusts into his warm hands and the mattress as if thrusting into the blond's mouth and he cries out. He feels so close and an unbearable warmth and tingles are building up in his lower belly.

Sasuke grips his golden hair and he takes more of him down, and when his blue eyes look up at him in challenge, taunting him again, wanting to draw him, Sasuke's hips spasm and he spills into his hands. He thrusts in several more times until he rides out his orgasm and cum spills on the bedsheets. He breathes heavily, dark locks sticking to his eyes and forehead. His whole body is tingling and the screen of his phone is now dark, lying forgotten on the side. Sasuke hears his heartbeat loud in his ears as he rolls over to gulp for more air. He had just masturbated to a picture on his phone - now he was sweaty and his bedsheets were covered with cum.

And yet, he feels amazing. His balls feel much lighter. Glancing at some of the cum on his belly and on his hands, he sees and feels that it's very thick. He hadn't released in a while and that was a powerful orgasm, his balls feel so much lighter now. If he thought more about it, he risked getting hard again, so the young Uchiha gets up, takes off the dirty sheets and goes to shower again. Under the shower, he decides that the only way to deal with this is to get Naruto out of his system. He decides he'll ask him if he's single and ask him out tomorrow.

Later when Sasuke lies down on fresh bedding, his eyes close immediately and he is asleep before he knows it.