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Sasuke was pretty sure that this is what heaven felt like. Those pale lips were trapped beneath his own, and they were so soft, they tasted so good. Sasuke didn't think he could live without this feeling. Gaara's lips were like an addictive substance. Once you got your first taste you were hooked. It would become a habit, not matter how detrimental to your health. The high that you experienced was well worth the shortening of your life, or in this case the inevitable punch in the face. Sasuke was going to savor this moment though; he was going to push his luck. With his lips firmly locked to Gaara's still part way open mouth, and his hand still gripping Gaara's collar, Sasuke took a chance, opened his own mouth and pushed his tongue in Gaara's open mouth. The red head jerked in surprise, and seemed to snap out of his daze. Sasuke's tongue was running along all sides of Gaara's mouth and trying to coax the other into participating in this kiss. Gaara's hands came up to Sasuke's shoulders and Sasuke knew that this was the end. He clenched his eyes close, not wanting to see the rejection that was sure to happen, but was astonished when Gaara's tongue came to meet his.
Gaara didn't know what to do. One: he'd only been kissed once really, and that was just a while ago by Naruto. Two: was that Sasuke's tongue in his mouth! Jerked out of his brain's sluggish state, the only thing Gaara found himself capable of doing was to grasp the other boy's bare shoulders and return the kiss.
Sasuke decided he could die now and be happy. That wasn't too much to ask, was it? Unless he could get more of Gaara, to be something more to Gaara, to have all of Gaara. Once again pushing his luck, Sasuke brought a hand up from the water and brought it to Gaara's face. Caressing the silky skin that he had just known would be that soft, Sasuke ran his hand down Gaara's face and throat. Taking a chance, he ran his hand down Gaara's chest and under the hem of his shirt.
Gaara's eyes snapped open, he had no idea when they had closed or when he had tightened his hold on Sasuke's shoulders, but he could feel Sasuke's hand snaking its way down his chest and then felt the incredibly cool, calloused hand on his bare stomach. Gaara broke the kiss and quickly backed away from Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes weren't really seeing, that much Gaara could tell, Sasuke's eyes were filled with lust and maybe something more. It scared Gaara. His hand came shakily up to his mouth and just felt his slightly swollen lips. He could taste Sasuke in his mouth. He could still feel Sasuke's hand on his abdomen. What had the raven haired boy done to him?
Sasuke couldn't focus. His senses had been overwhelmed by a simple kiss. He could still feel Gaara's lips, his hesitant tongue and the soft yet firm skin of his stomach. Sasuke knew he would be able to still feel Gaara kissing him, gripping his shoulders, and the feel of his skin on his hand. Sasuke groaned, now was not a good time to think about this.
Gaara blushed darkly at Sasuke's groan. Quickly turning his head away from the other boy, Gaara decided now would be a good time to leave, while he still had some shame.
"I'm going to leave you alone now…" Gaara said, not looking at Sasuke as he stood and turned to the door. "Everything you will need is right by you. The towels are on the sink. If you need to get the water hotter, feel free to turn up the hot water, the left tap."
Before Sasuke could even ask him a question, he was gone. Sasuke sighed and hung his head before reaching out for the hot water tap.
"I really screwed up… I think," Sasuke said. He furrowed his brow in thought. "Or maybe all of that was a good sign?"
Sasuke took the time to think about it, it wasn't as if he had to be anywhere or do anything. Besides, he was still freezing. He needed this hot bath. Turning the hot water up all the way, and opening the drain to let out some of the water in the tub, Sasuke waited until the whole tub was steaming before turning off the hot water. Sighing in content, Sasuke laid back to think about everything.
Gaara wasn't even close to his first. His first was something that he didn't really like to remember. He didn't like to think about how many people he had been involved with either, but that was a different reason entirely. Sasuke shuddered, a memory pushing the wall he had built around everything unpleasant that had happened in the last three years.
It had been the middle of winter, the first year he was off with Orochimaru. They had left nearly three months ago, and Sasuke had finally adjusted to the city and his new teacher. There was something unsettling about the man, Sasuke had thought it had something to do with his obsession with snakes at the time, but Sasuke had never dwelled upon it. Sasuke had just wanted to get away, and learn. Orochimaru was the opportunity that fate had presented him with. Orochimaru was smart, and was moving to New York and had told Sasuke that he could come with. Sasuke had known that Orochimaru was connected to his brother, but he didn't know how.
But it was this memory from the bleak of mid-winter that surfaced in Sasuke's mind. It was the first time he had gone to a bar, never mind that he was only 14. Orochimaru had said that it would be a good experience for Sasuke and that Sasuke was mentally 21. And so the snake-obsessed man had taken his young, new prodigy out on the town.
Sasuke knew there was something suspicious about the whole endeavor once they had gotten into the club; Orochimaru had paid the doorman handsomely. This was not some regular club, of that Sasuke was sure. It made Sasuke self-conscious of what he was wearing: a black tank, tight black pants, and a leather collar. Sasuke didn't like wearing the collar, but Orochimaru had told him if he didn't wear it people would molest him, so like a good boy Sasuke let Orochimaru put the collar on him. In the club however, the collar seemed to attract more attention to him than if he didn't have one. Frantically searching the club for Orochimaru or Kabuto, Orochimaru's grad student teacher who was supposedly at the club as well, Sasuke found neither. Instead, a man found him.
Sasuke had looked up as a hand grabbed onto his collar. A man, with spiked green hair, a tattoo on his left cheek of some swirling pattern, and a spiked collar not unlike his own, tugged on poor Sasuke's collar. Struggling, Sasuke was pulled by the older and stronger man into a less lighted corner of the club.
"Stay here," the man growled to Sasuke as he tossed him onto a plain red couch. Sasuke scowled and tried to get away, only to be pulled back by another inhabitant of the couch. Sasuke batted the hands holding him back away and turned to face the corner. Sasuke's mouth hung open. Everyone in the corner had a collar on, some of them looking a little less appealing than the plain leather Sasuke wore.
"Wha?" Sasuke asked timidly. A nice looking woman with a kindly smile gestured for Sasuke to wait a moment so she could tell him.
"This is the corner where pets reside dearie," she said gently. Sasuke blink uncomprehendingly.
"Pets?" Sasuke asked. The woman looked taken aback. Frowning she moved and sat next to the confused boy.
"Yes hunny, pets. You're wearing a collar, surely someone put it on you," she said, wrapping and arm around Sasuke's shoulders. Sasuke nodded. "Then that is your owner."
Sasuke jumped up, clenching a fist. "He's not my owner! He's my teacher!"
The lady frowned again. "Then you have been deceived my boy. That collar around your neck, and the fact that you're in this club, all point to you being his personal pet, not his student."
Sasuke scowled, in a rage. "He said that if I didn't wear this collar I'd be molested."
"Well that's true enough," the woman said. Sasuke turned back to her, anger forgotten for a moment. "If you weren't wearing that collar you would be molested. If you have a collar on no one but who you belong to can touch you."
Sasuke blinked a few times then hung his head. "But I don't belong to anyone… I am my own person."
The lady's mouth quirked into something resembling a smile. "I used to believe that once, then I met my owner. Even though he goes out and comes home with other people and even though he treats me like crap, I stay with him. I don't think I can say I am my own person any more. I am his."
Sasuke frowned and sat next to the lady again. "But you could leave him."
"Nothing but my feelings is stopping me," she said. Sasuke frowned.
"But feelings are easy to ignore, easy to leave behind," Sasuke muttered, thinking back to blonde haired dobes and pink haired fan-friends. A pang went through his chest and Sasuke clutched at it.
"Feelings aren't that easy to ignore," the lady said, wrapping the sad boy in her arms. "You know what I'm talking about. You may try to leave them behind, but they are always there, always inhabiting your heart."
Sasuke staid silent. A shadow fell over them, and Sasuke looked up. Orochimaru.
"Come on Sasuke, we're leaving," he said, holding his hand out for the young boy. Sasuke turned and looked at his new friend.
"What's your name?" he asked. The lady quirked a smile.
"Pandora," she said.
"Pandora… you deserve better," Sasuke said as Orochimaru pulled him away. A smile lit onto Pandora's face and she waved goodbye to Sasuke.
Sasuke frowned. It was strange, remembering that. Pandora… Sasuke couldn't help but wonder if she had escaped the life that she had been living and found someone new and better for her. Her words though… Sasuke brought a hand up out of the cooling water to rest on his chest above his heart. Feelings weren't to be ignored, and they can't be easily overcome.
Sasuke didn't want to get over his feelings for Gaara, of that he was sure. He wanted Gaara in more than just a sexual way. Sasuke wanted more than Gaara's body. Even though Sasuke wanted Gaara's body, and pretty badly at that, Sasuke wanted Gaara's mind, his presence, everything else about the red head more.
Sasuke had realized a long time ago; around the time he had bumped into Pandora that his life was only going to get darker. The three years he spent with Orochimaru hadn't proved otherwise. Sasuke's life started to snowball in the time he spent with Orochimaru. He became even more withdrawn, jaded, and self-destructive over the three years he had spent with the snake man. When Sasuke had come back to Konoha, he had seen how much he had changed, and how this place had staid the same. Naruto was the same, still a dobe who spoke and did whatever was on his mind, never thinking through things, never thinking of consequences, heck he probably still didn't think. Sakura was still a crazy stalker fan of his. She had matured a bit, that run-in in the nurse's office was proof enough of that, but otherwise she was the same. But something had changed in all this. There was something new in Konoha and it was making splashes.
Sasuke had gone into his German class that morning thinking that he'd know every person in there and that they'd all mob him and stare at him and scream. He hadn't anticipated Gaara.
Gaara… the red headed beauty that had caught his attention and kept it ever since Sasuke had first laid eyes on him. He had stared, but once he had realized he was staring he had turned away. No one had turned away from Sasuke. Sasuke could feel his life starting in a new direction. He had sat in front of this intriguing person and when he was told to find a partner he had turned around. For the first time he had been snubbed. Even Naruto, who had always claimed that he hated Sasuke, had never snubbed the raven haired boy. Sasuke wanted to be noticed by this cold boy. Sasuke wanted to be acknowledged by this boy. Sasuke wanted to do anything to have that boy asking him to be around. Sasuke's life once so shrouded in darkness now had a shaft of light.
Someone banged on the door and Sasuke snapped out of his reverie, splashing a little. The water was almost too cool to even be in now. The door opened and Gaara walked in just as Sasuke stood up.
"Are you coming out any time … soon…?" Gaara trailed off catching sight of a naked Sasuke standing, stunned in the tub. Gaara turned the color of his hair, dashed outside of the bathroom, slamming the door in his wake. Sasuke blinked, grinning ear to ear.
Sasuke's shaft of light had certainly gotten brighter.
wIthOUt A nAmE: Sasuke funny? Who knew. I'm glad you liked the last chapter, hope you enjoyed this one as well!
YINGYANGBLOSSOMS : Wow! I'm glad you liked last chapter so much! Hope this one is just as good!
Demonchildssister: ... lol, I can't help but love your review from last time. Nice and simple.
LETmeCRY: he he he... oh yeah, ya can't beat a nekkid pervy Uchiha... except maybe with a nekkid pervy Gaara. Thanks much for the review!
Brooklyn'sGurl: Woo! 's alright with the not reviewing, I understand but I must admit I was sad that you hadn't reviewed. I'm glad you're still around and reviewing! Glad you liked the last few chaps!
iaishounenai: Thank you so much for the nice review! I am the updating maniac, so I hope ya like this fresh off the press chapter.
Ninee Kisuragi: Ah yes, the intense descriptive detail of last chapter... I don't know why but I just wanted to describe really bad that chapter. Ah describing... It might have been a bit much, but it was so awkward I had to describe it, if only to torture poor Gaara. Mwa ha ha ha... I mean... And daddy dearest will show up, I'm pretty sure... eventually. Heh, it would have totally sucked if he had come in during last chapter. But anyway, thanks for the review!
Stakeh(who's really Property-of-Gaara) : Yup that'd be Sasuke for you. "I see it, I want it, I get it." Classic Sasuke. Thanks for the review!
the dancing dead: Oh yeah, madness is my forte. I'm glad you like the story! Thanks for the review!
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ShishouNekkyou: He he he... wow, I got a smexy for my chapter. Sweet. And this is a SasuGaa story, so Gaara will be with Sasuke in the end (whenever that is...) Thanks for the review!
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