The next day Naruto set up in his scheduled sound room at the hall, placing his music sheets on the stand, before pulling out his flute and gently putting it together. His fingers familiar with the instrument, knowing every twist and turn to take to place the head, the body and foot of the sleek silver instrument. He grabbed his soft cloth and began gently rubbing at the keys. He sighed loudly while he rubbed softly all around the flute.

"You've been sighing a lot the past few minutes," a voice called out through the room.

Naruto straightened up, his hands froze when he tilted his head slightly. "I know that voice," he called out, a hint of mirth in his voice. He placed his flute down gently on the velvet pad on the table before turning around and giving a wide grin to the visitor. "Gaara! Holy!" Naruto quickly ran up to the red head and glomped him, bouncing him between his arms while giggling.

"Geez...ugh...Naruto," Gaara grumbled out with a small smile on his face. He returned the hug awkwardly, giving Naruto a few pats on his back.

Naruto pulled back, keeping his hands on the man's shoulders though, his eyes wide with excitement. "What!? What brings you by! I didn't expect to see you here! Of all places!" He pulled the redhead in for another bone crushing hug.

"Hn! Mmmph, N-Naru-" Gaara called out, his face smooched into Naruto's neck. "-ood -oo see…" he mumbled out.

Naruto giggled a bit more before finally releasing the redhead. He gave a friendly slap on the man's shoulder before inviting him to come in and sit. "Seriously, what brings you here? Not that I'm not happy to see yah!" Naruto rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish grin as they two walked to the chair.

Gaara took a seat on the chair and watched Naruto go back to his flute, polishing it up. A familiar routine he was used to seeing Naruto do. "I had some work come up in this city, and I knew you were playing." He crossed his arms. "I do pay attention to where you are at Naruto," he chuckled. "And of course it helps when Iruka won't stop going on and on about how proud he is of you and what you have accomplished." His teal eyes were soft looking up at the blond.

Naruto's cheeks flushed red from the praise. Iruka-sensei was his long time music instructor and friend of the family. Iruka had stepped up when Naruto's world came crashing down when he lost his parents and who knows where Naruto would have ended up if it hadn't been for Iruka-sensei. Naruto's heart clenched slightly, he hadn't seen Iruka for several months, sure they talked on the phone, but it wasn't the same. How he missed the man. "H-how is he, Iruka-sensei, how is he really?" Naruto whispered out.

"He's good. The students at the music school keep him busy," Gaara nodded. Naruto responded with a nod that showed he accepted that answer. Gaara then smirked, "so...what's with the sighs hmm?" Naruto rolled his eyes but couldn't stop the smile sneaking up on his lips. "Come on now, spill," Gaara prodded.

Naruto continued to polish his flute, his eyes looked up as he recalled. "I've met someone," his voice sounded dreamy. Gaara's brows rose in surprise. "He's a musician, oh! He's playing here actually, this weekend. I've heard him practice and he's amazing, but he's kind of an asshole," Naruto chuckled out. "But his older brother is cool."

"A musician? Naruto…" Gaara growled out.

"Yeah, yeah, I know I swore off artists, but this guy-well, he seems really frigid, like he has a stick up his ass, he's not an egotistical asshole, but-he's an enigma that sparked something in me."

Gaara watched as Naruto got this far away look in his eyes as he explained this musician. "This enigma got a name?" he cut into Naruto's daydream.

"Oh, yeah, Sasuke." Naruto grinned brightly. Gaara just grunted out a response. "Are you sticking around for a bit? I gotta get warming up…"

"I need to get back to work, but I've got tickets for your final performance." Gaara got up and Naruto glomped him again, leaving Gaara stumbling backwards. Gaara chuckled deeply as he patted his long time friend on the back gently, "text me if you want to have dinner or something. Then we can talk more." Naruto nodded enthusiastically when he released his friend from the hug.

Some hour or so later, Naruto grabbed a towel and a bottle of water from his bag and wiped his face. Taking a long drink of water, he sat on the floor of the sound room, his arms stretched out behind him, his head fell back and eyes closed. He had gone through all his sets, as per usual, focusing on more of the trickerer areas. His stomach made a rumbling noise and Naruto realized he practiced well over lunch, though he got here a little later since he needed a bit more sleep. His thoughts immediately went back to the night before.

~flashback~

"See something you like...dobe?"

Naruto just continued to gaze at the dark eyes, a soft flush of pink across the milky skin cheeks, red lips glossy and puffy, "huh...yeah, maybe I do …"

Black eyes widened slightly, flickering between the two blue eyes and Naruto didn't miss that subtle movement.

"Ah...well, you-ah well, I kinda," Naruto stuttered out, feeling incredibly stupid suddenly. What was he thinking? He had a few drinks with this incredibly, sexy adonis, who played his instrument with such a strong aura of intensity towards the music that the melody practically made him feel as if he was wrapped in a warm safe cocoon, and had such amazing lips, was an awesome kisser-

"I like you Sasuke," Naruto just blurted out. "I-I know we just met, but -umm, I would-wait no, umm would you-shit why is this so hard." Naruto could feel his tongue suddenly not working, his lips became numb and his face was most likely red.

Lips against his shut him up suddenly and brought his mind to a halt.

"Don't hurt yourself," Sasuke chuckled deeply when he pulled back from the firm kiss. "I'd like to take you to dinner," his voice was smug.

~end flashback~

Naruto sighed again, his lips curling into a smile at the memory. They shared some light kisses and petting after the hot sexy blowjobs, before Sasuke went to his own room after exchanging numbers of course. Speaking of phone, he pulled it out of his pocket, turning the sound back on and checking the messages. Almost immediately it let out a shrill of a ring, scaring Naruto to almost dropping it. He quickly flipped it up the right way and rolled his eyes. It was his agent.

"Hmm?" he answered, sounding bored.

"Uzumaki-san! How are you? Did you sleep well? Are you hungry? Cause I could bring you something…" the voice trilled through the speaker.

"Good, yes and yes. Anything else?" Naruto answered slightly annoyed.

"Okay, I'll be right over with some food and some news about the duet!"

Naruto clenched his teeth. "I told you, I refuse to do a duet," he hissed out.

"We'll talk about it more later Uzumaki-san!"

The phone clicked dead on the other line and Naruto gave a disgruntled 'tsk' noise when his agent had cut him off. God that little man could get on his nerves. He finished off his water and got back up to his bag, pulling out his notebook. He was hit with a brief sense of sadness when he was reminded that his one piece was still missing and he never did find the missing sheets. 'Stupid stupid stupid!' He belittled himself as he opened the notebook, looking at the notes and melody that he could remember by heart. Well, he couldn't dwell on it, he could only keep going forward. His stomach made a loud noise once again and Naruto decided to go find a vending machine and get a granola bar or something to hold him until his agent got there with food.

Ripping open the wrapper, Naruto took the two bites of the small granola bar while walking back down a long corridor. He had to go on a scouting mission to find an actual vending machine, therefore he got to see a little more of the hall than before. Turning a corner, a melody hit his ears and he decided to follow the sound. As he got closer, he was certain he knew the musician behind the violin sounds. His heart fluttered excitedly as he quickened his step to find Sasuke.

He found the raven in one of the sound rooms and peeked through the window. Sasuke was playing a classical piece, but his body movement was hypnotising. Naruto watched those legs and ass gently swing, the movement of his arm as it maneuvered the bow over the violin strings, Naruto found himself being wrapped in that warm place again. He felt safe, warm and at peace. He closed his eyes and let the sounds envelope him.

When the music stopped, blue eyes opened lazily, Naruto found himself fighting for self awareness. He didn't want to leave the sheltered area within the music that Sasuke played. When he finally focused on his surroundings, he met black orbs starting right back at him, with a small smile played on those red lips. Naruto immediately felt his cheeks heat up and grinned at the other. Sasuke nodded his head for Naruto to come in, which Naruto happily did.

Did I disturb you? Sorry if I did, I just couldn't resis-" Naruto's voice was nervous, his hand immediately went up and rubbed the back of his neck.

"No, I was just finishing that piece and then I was going to text you to confirm a time for our date tonight," Sasuke responded to calm the blond. Naruto was damn adorable when he blushed in shyness and he wondered if Naruto knew he chewed on his bottom lip a lot when he was nervous or thinking, like right now. Sasuke took the few steps between them to close the distance. He grabbed Naruto's belt loops and jerked him in close, causing the blond to gasp at the sudden movement. Sasuke quickly pulled Naruto's bottom lip into his mouth, suckling lightly while pulling it back with his lips and teeth. He could feel Naruto's breath shudder and a small whimper escaped the blond month.

Sasuke pulled his head back, gently releasing the plump peach lip and he gazed into those sea blue eyes, "quit nibbling on your lip...that's my job." Naruto's body quivered against his.

"Ah fuck Sas…" Naruto whined out. "You should be illegal sounding like that," Naruto purred out as he pulled in Sasuke for an open mouthed kiss. Sasuke responded and the two tongues twirled in a dance. Naruto's groin slid against the raven and he moaned through his nose. Sasuke's hands grabbed his ass and squeezed, causing Naruto to thrust his heated bulge harder against the man.

Sasuke pulled back suddenly, his lips glossy from the kiss, his breathing heavy, his eyes blown with lust. "Je-zuz fuck Naru…" he whipered out huskily. He shifted his now hard cock in his pants. "You think I should be illegal?" He snorted out with a laugh.

Naruto shifted his own heated hardon in his pants and smoothed out his shirt. His whole body was tingling with want and he took a deep shuddering breath, trying to calm his heart. His eyes lifted to look at Sasuke, "you started it," his voice was gruff and low, but his eyes twinkled with amusement.

Sasuke lifted a brow at the challenge. "Hn, dobe…" Sasuke straightened his shirt as well, a chuckle on his lips. "I'll pick you up at 7 for dinner and then afterwards I'm taking you out."

"Where?" Naruto's eye lightened up suddenly with curiosity.

"Hn, surprise. Be ready dobe," Sasuke pulled on Naruto's collar, giving him a chaste kiss. Naruto's eyes fluttered closed at the gentleness. "Now I need to finish my set." Sasuke let Naruto go and stepped over to his violin.

Naruto nodded his head enthusiastically. "See you tonight Sasuke." He nodded firmly, trying to act cool and suave, but his heart fluttering around knew better. With a smile on his face, he left the room.

Itachi came into the room a few minutes later, putting some food on the small table, as quietly as possible while Sasuke continued through a melody. He had come by earlier and witnessed the small scene between his otouto and the blond, that left him grinning. He gave the two their privacy, coming back a little while later.

When Sasuke stopped, he grabbed a towel and wiped his face. Grabbing a bottle of water, he sat at the table and grabbed at the food. "Thanks niisan for the food." He gave a nod.

"Nice to see you so romantic otouto," he started out, keeping his voice neutral. "Glad to see you have it in you." He gave a little smirk.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Itachi, saying nothing as he chewed his food. Itachi just chuckled.

==intermission==

Later that evening, Sasuke showed up at Naruto's hotel door promptly at 7pm. Naruto's eyes took in the appreciative sight of Sasuke in a leather jacket, button up dark shirt and dark slacks, complete with italian shoes. His black hair was swept to the side, framing his eyes and face that gave him a mysterious sexy look.

"Damn Sasuke, you look amazing," Naruto unconsciously licked his lips. His body quickened in excitement at the sight, had Naruto briefly wondering when he had ever felt this excited for a date.

Red lips smirked up a smile, black eyes roved across the blond. "You are not to bad looking yourself." Naruto had a soft leather brown jacket, a deep blue polo shirt and brown slacks. He had converse shoes that accentuated the look, making Naruto look professional but fun. His eyes were highlighted by the blue in the shirt, which also brought out the pink pouty lips. Sasuke felt something rise up inside him, wanting to claim the blond as his own here and now, fuck dinner.

The two ended up in a restaurant that was similar to the one they first went to with Itachi. It was near central park, and just as private so they could enjoy a quiet conversation. Sasuke told of his time playing in Japan, his studies and how Itachi was managing his career.

"Mhm, that makes sense why Itachi is with you." Naruto nodded as he took more bites of his meal.

"I saw you playing the other day," Sasuke decided to test the waters. Naruto hadn't shared much about his work at Geffen Hall, and after Sasuke saw him practicing, the haunting melody he was playing, Sasuke had been curious since then. He figured Naruto had his reasons, but he wanted to know more about the blond. Naruto stopped chewing and his eyes lifted, and Sasuke, as always, was in awe of the blueness of those eyes.

Naruto then swallowed, dabbing his lips. "Oh," was all he said, his eyes dropping to his dinner plate, his fork pushing food about.

"Are you alright?" Sasuke asked gently.

Naruto lifted his face, giving a forced smile. "Yeah. I'm fine." Naruto looked to the side, his hand moving to his chin, scratching at it.

"Hn," Sasuke gave a simple response, sensing the blond's tension. He wasn't one to pry.

"It's just, umm…" Naruto suddenly leaned forward on the table, closer to Sasuke and he looked about, as if seeing if anyone was listening. "Have you ever felt-or wondered, if you should continue playing?" Naruto whispered out and he worried at his bottom lip.

"Of course. Comes with the territory don't you think?" Sasuke shrugged.

Naruto straightened up. "Yeah but, it's been at a point that I can't seem to really feel the music anymore," he sighed out.

"Could be in a rut," Sasuke suggested.

Naruto leaned back and across the room, focusing on the window. "Yeah, maybe."

Sensing Naruto's heavy heart, he decided to deter the conversation away from music, "shall we continue our date?" He nodded his head to the door, while putting down his utensils and napkin. His black eyes twinkled.

Naruto smiled, thankful for the change in tune and put his napkin down. "What's next?"

Sasuke stood and held his hand out towards Naruto. "Come, let me show you."

Sasuke led Naruto down the sidewalk, heading for central park. He came to a stop by a horse drawn carriage, where the man in the top hat held open the small door. "Reservation for two, Uchiha," Sasuke informed the man. The top hatted man bowed with a smile and continued to hold the door open.

"Sasuke!" Naruto was bouncing on his heels, looking between Sasuke, the carriage and back again. "We - us, here? In the park? Really?" Naruto was bubbling at the mouth suddenly, the excitement shone in his eyes.

Sasuke nodded and made his way up into the carriage and Naruto bounded in behind him. "This is awesome!" Naruto exclaimed and Sasuke just nodded and made himself comfortable beside the blond.

After an hour of the relaxing ride through central park, the carriage let the two off at an outdoor market that was buzzing with activity. There were strung lights all around, that give an inviting glow between all the venues. Naruto's head was turning in every direction, pointing and dragging Sasuke to every booth to check out the wares.

After picking up some souvenirs, the two strolled back to their hotel, stopping in Naruto's room to drop off his treasures. "Hey Sasuke, did you want-" Naruto was cut off as he was turned around and hot lips pressed against his. He let out a quiet moan of pleasure as he responded to the kiss, wrapping his arms around the raven's shoulders. Their bodies pressed into each other, feeling the heat of the other and Sasuke's hands roamed every inch of the blond.

Sasuke pulled back first, his lips glossy and swollen from the kiss, panting lightly and running his fingers through blond locks. His eyes glinted in amusement at the equally breathy blond before him. "You were saying?" he smirked out.

Naruto examined the dark lust blown eyes before him, the light flush across Sasuke's cheeks. "Hah… I was wondering if you wanted a drink?" Naruto chuckled out breathlessly.

Sasuke blew an exasperated sigh. "As much as I would like to, I have to check in with Itachi, and go over some sets, with only a couple days left, I really should practice…" He then placed his lips again on Naruto's pink ones, softly giving kisses of apology.

Naruto responded equally and hummed out in agreement. "Yeah, makes sense, I should do the same." He laid a kiss on the corner of Sasuke's mouth. "Thank you for tonight." He gave a broad smile.

"See you tomorrow," Sasuke whispered, giving one last kiss on the pink lips before heading out the door.

Naruto just sighed out happily and flopped on his hotel bed with a grin on his face.

==x00x00x00x00x00x==

Naruto was sweating as he pushed through all his sets with a vigor. He was so distracted the past couple days, he was now disciplining himself to get caught up. Not that he didn't mind the distraction, his mind would often bring up the past evenings that he had spent with Sasuke. There was just something about the man that just clicked and made him feel whole. If he dares to say that.

The day pushed by, with his agent coming in briefly to go over his schedule and talk about the duet. The executive director insisted on the duet to be on the last day, and Naruto was livid. He had expressed his annoyance about doing a duet, refusing to do so, yet his agent seemed to be ignoring him.

"But Uzumaki-san, it's in the contract, you agreed-" the smaller man contested.

"Like I give a fuck!" Naruto roared out, his patience was now at the end of its rope. Pushing himself through his day was exhausting enough, but to listen to his agent disregard his feelings about duets, was just enough to put him over the edge.

"Calm down Uzumaki-san, it's only for the one...and you need to meet with Uchiha-san to go over the piece-"

"Stop...stop talking right there," Naruto held his hand up and the chubby little agent snapped his mouth closed. "Who?" Naruto tilted his ear.

"Uchiha-san," the man whispered out, as he looked at his papers on his clipboard for clarification.

Naruto stood up quickly, pulled out his wallet and he pulled out a bent up card, his eyes skimmed it and then he let out a breathy raspberry. Running his hand through his hair, he slipped the card back into his wallet, strode for the exit and whipped open the sound room door and left. His agent looked on, his mouth gaped open, not understanding what just happened.

Naruto walked down several corridors, not even looking at the rooms he passed, since he knew where he was headed. The tunes of the familiar instrument hit his ears and Naruto let the notes invade his senses, feeling the overwhelming emotions hit him deep. He hesitated outside the door, as he watched Sasuke practice one of his many sets. The man was still just as gorgeous as ever, as he played through his song, his body moving with the serene song. Naruto waited for him to be finished before going into the room.

Sasuke glanced behind him when he heard the door open, his lips curled up to a smile and his eyes were warm immediately when he saw blue eyes coming towards him. "Naruto, how is it-umph..." He couldn't finish speaking since his lips were suddenly assaulted with the blond's pink ones. Sasuke was shocked but definitely not going to deny such a delicious dish that was presented.

Naruto pulled away first, his eyes were wide and gleaming with excitement as he looked over the smooth milky skin. "I just found out we are scheduled to duet, did you?...why didn't you?...I can't…." Naruto was a mess of excitement, confusion and he wasn't finding his words at all. He brought both of his hands up to his head and just squeezed his head to try and settled his mind.

Sasuke looked at Naruto, confusion on his face. "What? When did you hear this? Are you-are you Uzumaki then?"

Naruto stopped and looked up at the raven. "Uh...yeah, duh. Naruto Uzumaki, that's me." Naruto gave a returned confused look.

"You never told me your last name... dobe," Sasuke snorted out with a smirk.

Naruto's eyes widened. "Holy shit! You're right! Ah-ha-ha-ha! Shit thats-so-so funny!" Naruto couldn't help but laugh as he realized that yes, he never did give his last name in all their meetings, and Sasuke had never asked. His head fell back, his eyes watered slightly while his shoulders bounced with laughter.

Sasuke moved and pulled the blond back against his chest, causing crystal blue eyes to meet his eyes with surprise. "Looks like we have a couple late night practices coming up," he whispered out huskily and suggestively. Naruto shivered as he nodded his head in agreement.

==intermission==

After dinner, the pair decided to meet in Naruto's hotel suite to discuss what they could go over together. Both were familiar with several dozen classical sets, but they wanted to find the one that would work well with flute and violin. After much discussion, the pair settled on one and made plans to meet the next day to go over together.

Sasuke was now planting kisses on the back of Naruto's neck, enjoying all the noises that were escaping Naruto's lips. The goose bumps raised along the blond's neck line and Sasuke breathed a soft breath down the blond's back. Naruto shivered involuntarily and leaned back against the raven. Naruto was currently sitting on Sasuke's lap on one of the arm chairs in his hotel room. Naruto was going over some papers when Sasuke pulled the blond back into his lap.

Papers now on the floor, Naruto lifted his arms while Sasuke slipped his shirt up over his head. Sasuke's long slender fingers rubbed the blond's chest, touching, pinching and twirling the rose coloured nipples, that caused the blond to hiss out and drop his head onto Sasuke's shoulder. "You make the most perfect sounds, fucking music to my ears," Sasuke whispered out.

"F-fuck Sasuke," Naruto breathed out. His hands clenched the armchair's arms, as those red lips touched his neck, finger and nails trailed his chest and teased his nipples. His cock was long past getting hard, it was as hard as a fucking brick and Sasuked conintued to tease.

"I want to taste every part of you, feel your heat, what do you want Naru…?" Sasuke purred out.

Naruto quickly turned, straddling the raven, his lips finding full red ones, his hands grasping hold of the thick black hair and his rock hard groin grinding against the other. "Fuck Sasuke, I want-I want," Naruto breathed out, his lips nipping and kissing all over Sasuke's red ones.

Sasuke ran his hands beneath the blond's slacks, rubbing the sensual ass with his hands, rocking the blond into his painful erection. Naruto's lips all over his neck, touching those sensitive areas, causing shocks of pleasure to head straight to his cock. "Breath dobe," he whispered out. "Tell me what you want."

Naruto's hands found Sasuke's bulge, giving a squeeze and a rub before undoing the buttons, his intentions clear. Freeing the heated organ, Naruto gave it several strokes, smearing the precome over the head and Sasuke's black eyes looked up at him, heavy with lust. Naruto licked his lips at the sight before moving to free his own dick, freeing it quickly and squeezing it together with Sasuke's. Sasuke's head fell back, his eyes closed and he released a deep guttural moan. Naruto's hand stroked his and Sasuke's cock together while he licked a trail up Sasuke's neck.

Sasuke's fingers found Naruto's entrance, and he pressed lightly against it while Naruto stroked their cocks. A tremor went through Naruto's body when Sasuke teased the entrance, and Sasuke could barely hold himself back. But he held back, not knowing what Naruto's thoughts were on their possible next step.

"Fuck Sasuke, don't tease! Fucking touch me," Naruto moaned out while he shuddered at the touch, his face still in Sasuke's neck, his hand still squeezing their cocks together.

Sasuke pushed into the tight heat, his mind hit with an onslaught of desire and possession as the blond's breath stuttered out with the intrusion and his back arched.

"Ah shit yesss…" Naruto breathed out and began to rock his hips on Sasuke's fingers.

Sasuke managed to open his eyes and could see the sheen of sweat on Naruto's body, his firm chest and perky nipples. He was chewing on the bottom lip of his again, his eyes closed and a look of pleasure on his face. Sasuke pushed another finger in and began to move them about gently but firmly. Watching Naruto's body quiver more and rock his hips, with his hand around both their cocks, stroking them in time with his thrusts, Sasuke wasn't going to last.

Leaning closer, Sasuke traced his lips up the tan skin, panting heavily as Naruto stroked them both. "Christ Naru, squeeze my cock hard, I want to feel you come with me," he growled out in Naruto's ear as he stroked Naruto's inner walls with his fingers. Naruto was quivering in his arms, groaning roughly as he moved his ass and fucked Sasuke's fingers, and Sasuke bit into Naruto's shoulder as his balls began to tighten. "Fucking hell, pull it Naruto, own my cock like your own, fuck! " Sasuke could feel the familiar coil begin to tighten.

"Sh-shit Sasuke, finger me hard Sas-push it hard, don't hold back, ahhh fucking christ, fuck me! " Naruto growled out, his head falling back and his hand pulling up on their cocks hard, which had Sasuke hiss with pleasure at the pain it created, causing his fingers to jab hard into Naruto's ass who in turn arched his back, his legs tightened as he tugged once more and his cock began spew out ropes of cum. Sasuke's teeth clamped harder on the blond's shoulder as his own cock began to spit out his own release while the blond's fingers tightened the tugged on his cock erratically. The two men shuddered in each other's arms as their orgasms released into Naruto's hand, his pulls and jerks slowing down, but milk still being squeezed out.

Sasuke planted soft kisses on Naruto's shoulder around the bite mark while Naruto's head rested on his shoulder, his heavy breaths echoing in his ear. Sasuke's head fell back on the chair, his eyes closed and his body tingling with aftershocks of his amazing orgasm. He brought up his clean hand and grabbed a handful of blond hair, giving Naruto a soft tug. Blue glazed eyes met his own, flushed cheeks and Sasuke guided those pink lips into his own, suckling the blond into a heated kiss.

Naruto released a hungry whine as he took his clean hand and laced his own fingers into the black thick hair. The two suckled and tasted each other, as if they were a fine delicacy, before Sasuke pulled back and rested his forehead on to the other. They stayed like for several breaths, just basking in each other's presence, both sated and full.

"Shower?" Sasuke whispered, eyes still closed, enjoying the heat from the blond who still was on his lap.

"Mhm," came the mumbled reply of said blond.

After a long hot shower, with many touches, kisses and bites, the two men made plans to meet in a sound room the next day to work on the duet of their choice. They would require some time to get used to each other's playing style, but shouldn't take too long to get the piece sounding harmonic between them.

Sasuke pulled on Naruto's shirt collar, pulling the blond in for a kiss before pulling on the blond's bottom lip between his teeth with a growl. "See you tomorrow for breakfast?"

Naruto's eyes rolled back in his head at the domineering action of the raven, his hands squeezing Sasuke's biceps hard, his toes curled into the carpet while he moaned out. "Of course, my treat," Naruto purred out and returned a wet full tongue kiss on red lips before Sasuke slipped out the door heading back to his own room. Once again, Naruto found himself starfished on his hotel bed with a large grin on his face.

==x00x00x00x00x00x==

Naruto wiped his brow as he played the final notes on his set. He bent over, hands on his knees, taking deep breaths before standing and grabbing a towel and bottle of water. His body felt good, his mind felt light and excited as he felt the pleasurable release of a job well done. He had almost forgotten what it felt like, having completed a set, a show, where everything just happened to go just right and the high he felt afterwards.

Wiping his brow with the towel, and taking a swig of water, he couldn't stop the smile on his face as he thought about the events over the past couple days right down to the breakfast they shared this morning. Tonight he was playing his first performance out of three days and he felt solid that he would nail it. Grabbing a granola bar from his bag he nibbled on it while relaxing his muscles for a bit.

A knock on the door surprised him and he smiled when he saw the familiar face on the other side of the door. Standing, he waved the man in, "Itachi-san! Good to see you!" Naruto beamed a smile at the man, becoming him to a chair. "What brings you by? Not that I'm not happy to see ya, but yah...ummm come in, have a seat," Naruto rubbed the back of his neck in nervousness. He didn't understand why he was suddenly so nervous, but he took a seat on the floor when Itachi took the chair.

Itachi gave a warm smile towards Naruto. "How are you doing Naruto-san? I hear you and my otouto are doing a duet?"

Naruto was all teeth in the smile that he gave. "Yes!" he coughed to clear his throat. "To be honest, I usually don't do duets, but when I learned it was Sasuke, heh...I couldn't say no."

Itachi hummed with a smile. "I'm so glad you two have gotten close ," he winked with a sly smile.

Naruto blushed as soon as he realized Itachi's underlining comment. Another knock at the door had Naruto turning to see another surprise at his sound room door. "Oh excuse me a moment Itachi-san," Naruto asked and headed up to the door. He waved at the person on the other side of the window and opened the door. "Gaara! Good to see you man!" Naruto pulled the redhead into a hug, patting the man's back happily ignoring the grumbling from the other. Naruto pulled away first, his blue eyes looking over the red haired man.

"Naru, I came to see if you wanted to get a bite to eat," Gaara gruffed out as he stepped into the room. "Unless you are in the middle-" he glanced to the side to see that someone else was in the room.

"Oh thanks Gaara, but I'm kind of in the middle-"

"Oh that's alright Naruto-san, I have to go see otouto and make sure he is keeping himself well hydrated," Itachi called out as he made his way out of the chair.

Green eyes took in the dark long haired man that floated towards them. Gaara stepped to the side to intercept the man. He took in the long silky black hair, the form fitting blazer and sharp black pants. His face was long, his skin was marble smooth, his cheekbones accenting his well defined jawline. Deep black eyes glittered slightly when they matched sea green and a smirk played on the man's lips. "Thank you sir, very much appreciated mister…?" Gaara quickly spoke out before the man could leave the room.

Itachi raised a fine brow at the man, the smirk curling up on the one side of his lip as his eyes took in the man before him. Deep fire red hair that just fell above his shoulders, round face with strong jaw and green eyes that were sharp and clear. "Itachi Uchiha," he gave a small bow towards the man. "And you are Sabaku-san."

Green eyes narrowed in suspicion towards the long dark haired man before him.

"Pleasure Sabaku-san," Itachi smiled lightly. "I have heard of you and your achievements in the developing market, and I must say, that move to exchange the oil reminisce with wooden strains was brilliant." Itachi gave an encouraging nod and folded his hands together before himself.

Gaara's head flicked back suddenly in surprise. "You? You have knowledge of those particular areas of fuels and recycling?" Gaara's voice sounded interested as he stepped closer to Itachi, his eyes focused fully on him.

"Why yes," he purred out. "I found your presentation just the other night most enlightening," his eyes gleamed back his hand fluttering out to express his enthusiasm.

"And was there anything else that may have intrigued your... interest during that talk?" Gaara folded his arms across his chest, a small hint of challenge in his voice.

Itachi licked his lips subtly before speaking, "well I must say…"

Naruto just stared at the two men. "Umm… well Gaara if you-"

"Did you want to get a coffee?" Gaara spoke out, cutting Naruto off as if not hearing him.

Itachi nodded and began to head for the door, opening it for the red head as he talked about the apparent gathering that he had attended where Gaara was the speaker. The two men didn't even glance at Naruto as they left the room, talking back and forth quietly. Naruto's mouth hung open and he scratched the back of his head. "Huh...well that was-something," he chuckled to himself as he went back to his flute.

He grabbed his phone and shot Sasuke a text.

Me:Wanna grab an early dinner? He waited for a bit, knowing that Sasuke probably wouldn't respond right away if he was busy with his practice.

Sasuke:Sure, pick me up at my room in an hour? I should be done by then.

Me:See you then! XD

He looked at his bag and decided to grab his notebook. Since he had already gone through his sets for the umpteenth time, he figured he would take a break and look at his notes since Sasuke still needed about an hour. He flicked through the notebook, turning to the pages that he had rewritten by heart. A pang of sadness went through his chest, realizing that his old notes were gone but he swallowed and started to play at what he had.