Hi. Welcome to chapter 2. -ding- Like I said, a familiar face in a surprising role. Tee. He really amuses me in this story so far. Sadly, I have no idea where else to take him. Hope you enjoy.
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"Have I ever told you how cute you are when soaking wet?" The man observed, giggling a little.
Sasuke glared bloody death into his eye. He did NOT want to deal with playful jibes tonight. "Let me in, you sick... rgh." The boy grunted. Great, no adjectives and now no nouns.
"Now, now." The man cooed, moving aside. "That's no way to address an elder. Especially one as hospitable as myself."
Sasuke ignored him and moved directly to the closet in which there were towels. Some would think it odd for an artist to know the complete layout of his label representative's home. However, Sasuke was no ordinary artist, and this label rep was no ordinary label rep. His name was Kakashi. He was also VP to the record company that Bohemianism was signed to. He was ALSO on a first-name basis with Sasuke.
Kakashi looked at the boy endearingly through his one uncovered eye. The other was obstructed by a patch meant to mask some kind of 'battle scar'. Sasuke had seen it several times. "Hungry?" he asked, moving into the living room.
Sasuke followed while grunting in the negative and, rather, just got to the point. "I punched him out today."
"You punched him out." Kakashi restated, offering the boy a seat across from him on the sofa. "Excellent."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the sarcasm. "God, a little sympathy too much to ask for?" He muttered. "The idiot almost TOLD everyone!"
"Hm. Well wouldn't it seem that he is just as embarrassed and clandestine as you about the whole thing?" He didn't wait for an answer. "Maybe what he did was his own way of... dealing. What DID he say, exactly?"
"I don't remember." Sasuke answered truthfully, staring distractedly through the wall behind Kakashi's head. As soon as his fist connected with Naruto's jaw... all was lost.
"I swear, you kids... When I was your age, the hardest part was coming out to your parents, not your own... lover. For chrissakes" He added as an afterthought.
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"Yes." Naruto stated. "But I suppose in order for it to be morally right to reveal that to you, I should say- so am I." The blond said in all confidence.
The heterosexual duo gaped, waiting for Naruto to crack a grin and tell them he was joking. Neither of them believed it. Their Mr. Perfect, god's gift, womanizing, don juan lead singer had it bad for boys. Not only that, their ragingly stupid, exorbitantly loud and annoying drummer did too! Kiba wondered what any guy would want from Naruto; he talked so damn much, more than any annoying woman would even talk.
Ino on the other hand, finally got it. THAT was why Sasuke never submitted to her advances! Revelation! "For real? Naruto..." She stated incredulously.
He nodded, serious look still affixed.
"Wow." She whispered. "How-?"
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"He is NOT my lover." Sasuke snarled. That was the last possible thing he could stand to be teased about.
"Mm-hmm." The older man agreed, half-heartedly, and leaned forward, toward the boy, like he was going to say something important. "Then, what exactly have you come here to cry at me for?"
Sasuke grinned a little, appreciative of his companion's harsh opinion. "I just need a little slap on the ass, like always."
"Aha, a service," Kakashi said, with a flourish. "That I am always happy to provide for you." He finished, smiling.
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"How did you find out?" Ino asked.
"Huh? Me?" Naruto stuttered, finally sitting up to properly face his audience. "Well I guess I ALWAYS was, I just-"
"No no no, about Sasuke! When did he tell you?" Ino interrupted, inching closer to her fellow blond in anticipation.
"Oh." Naruto stated, a little put out. "The jerk didn't TELL me, per-say. We both kind of... guessed it. At the same time. After... we accidently made out with each other." The boy confessed, blushing.
Two jaws hit the floor simultaneously. What was going on?? Just twenty minutes ago Ino and Kiba belonged to a normal, functioning, STRAIGHT quartet. Now, twenty minutes later they were nearly outnumbered! Ino eyed Kiba suspiciously for a moment, but then thought better and focused her attention elsewhere.
"How do you ACCIDENTLY make out with someone??!" Ino shrieked.
"Iunno. Ever been drunk?" Kiba tossed out.
"You're not helping." she tossed out at Kiba. Then she refocused her attention. "Naruto??"
"I- I don't know either! It just happened and neither of us knew how! Therefore, it was an accident!" Naruto explained.
"So... you were drunk." Kiba offered again.
"Um well see... that's the thing..."
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"Agh! I didn't mean literally, you pervert!" Sasuke clutched his inflamed back end. Kakashi, always grabbing any opportunity to torture the boy, had caught him off guard and actually gave him a slap on the ass. From across his knee.
Sasuke struggled to remove himself from the man's lap fruitlessly. Kakashi was just far too amused by this to let him go.
"Goddamnit!" The boy struggled and cursed. Kakashi just giggled, leaned forward and planted his elbows in Sasuke's back, holding his face in his hands.
"You know I'm deaf to figures of speech, Sasuke. especially ones that involve your ass..." He drawled.
Sasuke's face burned at this. He hadn't exactly been intimate with the man, but neither of their intentions were exactly clear at this point. Of course Sasuke admired his boss. He was successful, intelligent, talented and... rather not bad-looking. In all the time they'd spent together, Sasuke really only considered him something of an older brother or father-figure.
Kakashi on the other hand...
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"We were completely. Sober." Naruto choked out, so red he was about to pop.
Ino nearly fainted. This was way too much information all at once. "All right, Naruto. SLOWLY. Explain what happened."
"Okay." Naruto began.
"It was late. You both remember that night. Sasuke was writing 'Night Vision' and all day I could not nail the solo. You guys went home- he made me stay. Eventually we both got sick of trying and got to... like, talking. He told me all about Pinkie and Lee and how they're getting along- Sasuke still talks to her sometimes- they're fine. Still together. But he's sad that he hasn't found someone else..."
Naruto paused- his voice had started to waiver.
"I asked him why didn't he just pick from his lines of groupies, and he said he didn't love them. He didn't LOVE them. I thought he didn't love HER. Well, I said something like... you need to find a different hobby, one that involved NICE girls... He just laughed, said I was one to talk. Then he kissed me."
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Yet another pseudo-cliffhanger. Well now you know. I think the simplest route would be to make this story SasuNaru, eh? By the way, if you're wondering about 'Pinkie' and Lee, read Hopeless Case. XD It's funny. Yay, I just got a wonderful idea how to do chapter 3 3 and it involves Ino's lazy-ass boyfriend...
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"Have I ever told you how cute you are when soaking wet?" The man observed, giggling a little.
Sasuke glared bloody death into his eye. He did NOT want to deal with playful jibes tonight. "Let me in, you sick... rgh." The boy grunted. Great, no adjectives and now no nouns.
"Now, now." The man cooed, moving aside. "That's no way to address an elder. Especially one as hospitable as myself."
Sasuke ignored him and moved directly to the closet in which there were towels. Some would think it odd for an artist to know the complete layout of his label representative's home. However, Sasuke was no ordinary artist, and this label rep was no ordinary label rep. His name was Kakashi. He was also VP to the record company that Bohemianism was signed to. He was ALSO on a first-name basis with Sasuke.
Kakashi looked at the boy endearingly through his one uncovered eye. The other was obstructed by a patch meant to mask some kind of 'battle scar'. Sasuke had seen it several times. "Hungry?" he asked, moving into the living room.
Sasuke followed while grunting in the negative and, rather, just got to the point. "I punched him out today."
"You punched him out." Kakashi restated, offering the boy a seat across from him on the sofa. "Excellent."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the sarcasm. "God, a little sympathy too much to ask for?" He muttered. "The idiot almost TOLD everyone!"
"Hm. Well wouldn't it seem that he is just as embarrassed and clandestine as you about the whole thing?" He didn't wait for an answer. "Maybe what he did was his own way of... dealing. What DID he say, exactly?"
"I don't remember." Sasuke answered truthfully, staring distractedly through the wall behind Kakashi's head. As soon as his fist connected with Naruto's jaw... all was lost.
"I swear, you kids... When I was your age, the hardest part was coming out to your parents, not your own... lover. For chrissakes" He added as an afterthought.
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"Yes." Naruto stated. "But I suppose in order for it to be morally right to reveal that to you, I should say- so am I." The blond said in all confidence.
The heterosexual duo gaped, waiting for Naruto to crack a grin and tell them he was joking. Neither of them believed it. Their Mr. Perfect, god's gift, womanizing, don juan lead singer had it bad for boys. Not only that, their ragingly stupid, exorbitantly loud and annoying drummer did too! Kiba wondered what any guy would want from Naruto; he talked so damn much, more than any annoying woman would even talk.
Ino on the other hand, finally got it. THAT was why Sasuke never submitted to her advances! Revelation! "For real? Naruto..." She stated incredulously.
He nodded, serious look still affixed.
"Wow." She whispered. "How-?"
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"He is NOT my lover." Sasuke snarled. That was the last possible thing he could stand to be teased about.
"Mm-hmm." The older man agreed, half-heartedly, and leaned forward, toward the boy, like he was going to say something important. "Then, what exactly have you come here to cry at me for?"
Sasuke grinned a little, appreciative of his companion's harsh opinion. "I just need a little slap on the ass, like always."
"Aha, a service," Kakashi said, with a flourish. "That I am always happy to provide for you." He finished, smiling.
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"How did you find out?" Ino asked.
"Huh? Me?" Naruto stuttered, finally sitting up to properly face his audience. "Well I guess I ALWAYS was, I just-"
"No no no, about Sasuke! When did he tell you?" Ino interrupted, inching closer to her fellow blond in anticipation.
"Oh." Naruto stated, a little put out. "The jerk didn't TELL me, per-say. We both kind of... guessed it. At the same time. After... we accidently made out with each other." The boy confessed, blushing.
Two jaws hit the floor simultaneously. What was going on?? Just twenty minutes ago Ino and Kiba belonged to a normal, functioning, STRAIGHT quartet. Now, twenty minutes later they were nearly outnumbered! Ino eyed Kiba suspiciously for a moment, but then thought better and focused her attention elsewhere.
"How do you ACCIDENTLY make out with someone??!" Ino shrieked.
"Iunno. Ever been drunk?" Kiba tossed out.
"You're not helping." she tossed out at Kiba. Then she refocused her attention. "Naruto??"
"I- I don't know either! It just happened and neither of us knew how! Therefore, it was an accident!" Naruto explained.
"So... you were drunk." Kiba offered again.
"Um well see... that's the thing..."
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"Agh! I didn't mean literally, you pervert!" Sasuke clutched his inflamed back end. Kakashi, always grabbing any opportunity to torture the boy, had caught him off guard and actually gave him a slap on the ass. From across his knee.
Sasuke struggled to remove himself from the man's lap fruitlessly. Kakashi was just far too amused by this to let him go.
"Goddamnit!" The boy struggled and cursed. Kakashi just giggled, leaned forward and planted his elbows in Sasuke's back, holding his face in his hands.
"You know I'm deaf to figures of speech, Sasuke. especially ones that involve your ass..." He drawled.
Sasuke's face burned at this. He hadn't exactly been intimate with the man, but neither of their intentions were exactly clear at this point. Of course Sasuke admired his boss. He was successful, intelligent, talented and... rather not bad-looking. In all the time they'd spent together, Sasuke really only considered him something of an older brother or father-figure.
Kakashi on the other hand...
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"We were completely. Sober." Naruto choked out, so red he was about to pop.
Ino nearly fainted. This was way too much information all at once. "All right, Naruto. SLOWLY. Explain what happened."
"Okay." Naruto began.
"It was late. You both remember that night. Sasuke was writing 'Night Vision' and all day I could not nail the solo. You guys went home- he made me stay. Eventually we both got sick of trying and got to... like, talking. He told me all about Pinkie and Lee and how they're getting along- Sasuke still talks to her sometimes- they're fine. Still together. But he's sad that he hasn't found someone else..."
Naruto paused- his voice had started to waiver.
"I asked him why didn't he just pick from his lines of groupies, and he said he didn't love them. He didn't LOVE them. I thought he didn't love HER. Well, I said something like... you need to find a different hobby, one that involved NICE girls... He just laughed, said I was one to talk. Then he kissed me."
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Yet another pseudo-cliffhanger. Well now you know. I think the simplest route would be to make this story SasuNaru, eh? By the way, if you're wondering about 'Pinkie' and Lee, read Hopeless Case. XD It's funny. Yay, I just got a wonderful idea how to do chapter 3 3 and it involves Ino's lazy-ass boyfriend...