"Err…So what are we now?" Naruto asked sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, he wanted to know what he was in this love-hate relationship.
"Lovers…we are lovers," Sasuke replied simply, drawing Naruto in for another kiss.
They were kissing passionately, oblivious to their surroundings until…
"Yo…we hate to interrupt this very entertaining show, but we need to get to work," Kakashi drawled as catcalls and whistles came from the others.
"Ah…the power of blooming love between youths can overcome anything." The voice of a man dressed in full green body suit declared as he posed dramatically with a thumb-up and a twinkle of his perfect white teeth.
Sasuke looked weirdly at the man as if thinking that he must have had gone crazy.
Naruto blushed as he saw what must be the entire singing crew of the Christmas CD in the recording, he flushed an even brighter red as Kakashi mentioned something about boys growing up and the necessity of satisfying their sexual needs with each other. Embarrassed he buried his face in Sasuke's shirt, muttering intelligible words.
It took Sasuke's famous death glare to cease the noise in the recording room.
"By the way, let me introduce the members of Anbu to Sasuke. I don't think you all know each other yet." Kakashi pointed to three mid-thirties people, two males and a female. "This is Gai, Asuma and their vocalist Kurenai. The one over there beside Naruto with a pissed off look is Uchiha Sasuke."
Sasuke muttered under his breath random death threats as Kakashi smirked, testing the patience of Sasuke. He always like to annoy Sasuke, even breaking a leg was worth the look on Sasuke's face when he showed the stoic man the photos he developed from the film.
Jiraiya clapped his hands nervously to call for attention, asking the people to make their way towards another recording room, this time more spacious and with a transparent glass. They were each handed a stapled stack of lyrics, clearly written were everyone parts. After studying the papers for fifteen minutes, the group headed towards the recording area.
The recording was fun, rarely would they have the chance to sing together as one big group, in fact, it was the first time 'NINS' participated in anything like this. Everyone were singing with their souls and sort of mingled around, smiling at each other, there was this really Christmas magic in the air and interwoven in the music.
Soon it was all over, to soon in their opinions as they filed out of the studio, giggling and laughing all the way, even Sasuke was wearing a smile on his face, or maybe it was because he had his hand in Naruto's pant during the recording.
"Alright everyone, let's head over to the TV studio for some photo shoots and the filming of the MTV. Naruto, Sasuke, Iruka and Kakashi, we still have to have your couple shoots taken, so the rest of you have to wait around two hours, use the time to grab a bite," Jiraiya explained as he exited the studio swiftly, it was already noon, 1pm, hopefully they can finished before 10pm.
Naruto and Sasuke were each munching on sandwiches as they watched Iruka and Kakashi taking their couple shoots. They had started with normal winter clothing and it was obvious they were uncomfortable under the strong lightings, and now Kakashi was wearing an elf suit riding on Iruka-Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
Soon they were called over and introduced to Hinata and TenTen, the photographers, then TenTen was arranging the set while Hinata grabbed a set of costumes. Like before, TenTen took them with original clothing then Sasuke in a leather Santa Claus suit holding a sack containing a present clad Naruto. After a few shoots of different sets of clothing and backdrop, they were allowed to go. They were nice people, though Sasuke frowned when Naruto gave a friendly pat on Hinata's shoulder and she blushed, stuttering even worst and seemingly more shy if possible.
After an hour and forty-five minutes, the photo shoots were done and they were heading towards the filming studio, Sasuke holding Naruto's hand while Kakashi wrapped an arm around Iruka's waist. Sasuke wanted to be more intimate but dismissed that idea, afraid that blond may feel uncomfortable and further more, Naruto was too hyper active to keep a tight hold on.
As they stepped into the studio they were overwhelmed by the amazing setting. It was depicting the inside of an English country style house with a few large panels of glass forming a right-angled trapezium shaped. The area of the trapezium was a ledge with many comfy cushions and outside of the window was a breathtaking snow scene which seemed real enough as the snow making machine let the snow fell slowly, increasing the realistic degree of the backdrop. The house itself was fashioned mainly in wood, a large fire place blazing away merrily in the center of the wall and a huge Christmas tree with twinkling fairy lights at the side of the room.
The others were already sitting on the red and green rug in the middle of a room and Gai was holding a weirdly shaped present. Jiraiya introduced the director and his assistant, Shino and Kiba respectively. The four of them quickly joined the others on the rug as Kiba came and arranged their sitting position and also brief them about the makings of the MTV and the various change of scenes.
There were mainly four scenes, the first is the landscape outside where they are to play snow ball fights, however as this would get them wet, this was to be filmed last. Followed by the fireplace scene as they sipped hot chocolate then the game scene where they threw the weirdly shaped present to each other and ending in the game when the interval of the music came. Iruka and Kakashi were supposed to make a grab for the present nearing the interval, then falling over each other sealing their lips in an 'accidental' kiss. The Christmas tree was the last scene in the MTV, couples holding each other as they took the presents labeled with their names from under the tree and unwrapped them. Kiba had added that they were really gifts that were chosen to fit each characters, thus they could really opened the gifts instead of faking the actions.
Even though the filming was tedious, having to film each scene several times, it as fun. Especially the snow ball fight that really brought out the Christmas sprit in them. In Kakashi's opinion, this was not considered work as he was very happy and relaxed throughout the filming, however, that could not be said to be the same for Iruka as he was nervous and wary when would Kakashi groped his rear again.
When they were done, it was already 8pm, it should have taken longer if the MTV was filmed by another group as Shino and Kiba were well known for their work quality and efficiency. Though they were complete opposites of each other, one even more silent then Sasuke which was a feat while Kiba was even more active then Naruto if that was possible.
Jiraiya had let them off for a half-hour break, allowing them to have a quick lunch and toilet break before being guided to the digital design studio. Naruto ran ahead eagerly as he always like the room, lined with computers with art software and also drawing tables littered with sketches and photo shoots. Naruto flung the door open and was about to greet the usual people doing his band albums design when he noticed that they were replaced by people he had not seen for a very long time.
"Gaara and Lee! Why are you here? Why didn't you tell me you are coming back?" Naruto demanded as he latched himself onto the red head.
"Hi Naruto, we came back just three days ago when we were successful in convincing your superiors that we will do a wonderful job of designing this Christmas album, if we did fantastic work of this, we are going to be hired as professionals," Lee answered before spotting another guy in similar green suit as him.
"Gai-sensei, its good to see you again!"
"Lee, you are back from your designing school. You should have told me so that I can pick you up at the airport!"
"I want to give you a surprise Gai-sensei. Thank you for guiding me into design work even though I wanted to do singing instead. I realized that I am better in designing and I have come far!"
The others stood at the side watching the two similar green-jumper clad figures embraced each other tears streaming down their faces with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
Jiraiya chuckled at reunion before he introduced Gaara and Lee formally. Gaara and Lee were formal close friends and classmates of Naruto and thus Naruto was very affectionate with them, too affectionate in Sasuke's opinion, especially with Gaara.
They sat around a table as Gaara showed them various different design templates he had came up with and the special effects he would add in the MTV and the photo shoots. Hinata and TenTen had joined them half and hour later with the entire folder of photo shoots. Lee seemed to placed great emphasis on the group shoots as he claimed something about the importance of families during Christmas.
Currently, Naruto was nuzzling his face against Garaa's neck as he leaned over the red head shoulder gesturing at various things on the monitor screen as the red head wrapped an arm around the blond to support him.
Sasuke edged closer to the two, clearing his throat.
"Hey Gaara, do you have a ramen picture that I can add on my photo?" Naruto asked as he used his puppy eyes on Gaara. The red head smirked at the Uchiha.
3 (Damn that Gaara…)
"Naruto…" Sasuke muttered into Naruto's ear in a seductive voice that no fan girls or boys were bale to resist.
"Gaara, that is so cool, do you think you can add them here too?" Naruto pointed excitedly at a spot on the monitor.
2 (Sure, I am anti-social, but I want Naruto to notice me, not him…)
Sasuke placed a hand on Naruto's rear and squeezed firmly.
"I like this snowman better, he looks so funny, he looks like you Gaara, a pissed off look, ha ha." Naruto continued to talk with Gaara.
1 (Damn, this calls for drastic action…)
Sasuke suddenly grabbed Naruto and kissed him hard on the lips.
0
"Naruto is mine!" Sasuke stated fiercely, once he broke the kiss, at Gaara who was still smirking, holding Naruto possessively at his side.
Naruto smiled apologetically at Gaara before Sasuke pulled him to a corner and kiss him senseless, the Uchiha glaring at the infuriating red head from time to time.
Finally, after an hour and the half, they finished the discussion and Jiraiya decided they were done for the day. Sasuke was about to leave after Naruto when Gaara asked for a moment. Sasuke was about to insult Gaara for trying to steal the blond away from him when Gaara pulled a blushing Hinata to him and plant a kiss on her lips.
"Let me introduced you to my girlfriend, Hinata." Gaara smiled as he saw Sasuke's eyes widening in understanding.
Sasuke smiled and nodded as he left hurriedly after Naruto.
"Naruto I think you own me something by being so cozy with that friend of yours."
"What do you want me to do?"
"What do you think…?" Sasuke trailed off as he discreetly stroked the out line of the front of Naruto's pants.
"…a-alright." Naruto blushed before placing a hand naughtily on the front of Sasuke's pants too.
Gaara smiled at the couple from the shadows, glad that his friend had finally found happiness…now he had a blushing girlfriend to attend to.
A/N: Hi, everyone. So sorry for the late update. This is the longest chapter I have written. Hope you like it. Merry Christmas.
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