Hey everyone! I' back again with another update! This one was actually longer than normal.I know, I'm surprised too!

Anyways, without further ado, here' the next chapter of Muted Love!

"W-what did you say?" Naruto asked once the shock overcame him.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. 'I asked if you wanted to go out with me.'

"Like a date?"

There was a loud smack as Sasuke hit his forehead. He rolled his eyes before looking at the blonde. 'Yeah, moron, like a date.'

Naruto studied him carefully before looking up at the ceiling in thought. "Hm." He scrunched up his nose and gave a playfully disgusted face towards the raven. "I don't know. I heard you can be a real jerk. I don't know if I want to be with that type of guy."

Sasuke studied him carefully and Naruto tried his best to keep a straight face. Sasuke smirked as he saw the corner of Naruto's mouth twitching. 'I know you're messing with me. Just admit you want me.'

The blonde laughed out loud. "Whatever you say, bastard."

Sasuke stood up from the bed and looked expectantly at the blonde. 'Come on.'

Naruto looked up at him in confusion. "Where are we going?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and held out his hand for the blonde to take. 'On a date. Obviously.'

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "But like, where?"

'It's a surprise.' Sasuke signed with a smirk. 'Go get ready.'

"Yeah, yeah." Naruto mumbled to himself, standing up.

He walked into his room and decided to dress a little nicer than the orange hoodie and jeans he had on. He pulled out a black T-shirt and then a dark grey button up that was decorated with white stars along with a pair of black skinny jeans and his favorite orange converse.

He left his bedroom and knocked on Sasuke's door from the hallway. "I'm ready!"

Sasuke came out a minute later, dressed in a dark blue tank hoodie, and a long sleeved black shirt underneath. He was also wearing Greg cargo shorts along with a pair of black vans. He leaned against his door frame and looked the blonde up and down. 'Looking good.'

Naruto blushed and scratched at his cheek nervously. "You're not too bad yourself."

'Let's go, I'll drive.' Sasuke stepped out and closed his door behind him, heading for the stairs.

"Wait, you can drive?!" Naruto exclaimed quickly following behind him. "Since when?!"

They reached the bottom of the and Sasuke turned to him, rolling his eyes. 'Since I was sixteen. I'm a mute, not disabled.' He made his way to the garage, Naruto hot on his trail.

"What if you get pulled over?!"

'Just don't get pulled over.'

Naruto sucked his teeth. They reached the car and he climbed in the passenger seat. "No for real! What would you do?"

'Just start signing.' Sasuke turned on the car and backed out of the driveway, beginning the drive.

Naruto casually looked out the window. Every now and then he'd glance at the raven, his gaze focused on the road.

It wasn't a long drive and before Naruto knew it, Sasuke pulled into a parking lot of what looked like an old abandoned warehouse. He nervously sat in the car while Sasuke climbed out of the driver's seat.

'You coming?' Sasuke asked as he opened Naruto's door, raising an eyebrow at the fact that Naruto still had his seatbelt on.

"I don't know, this seems sketchy as fuck for a first date." Naruto commented looking out at the building. "Are you gonna like, torture me or something? Some extreme fifty shades of gray deal?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes before reaching in and unbuckling his seatbelt. 'Don't be ridiculous, Naruto. Let's go.'

He skeptically got out of the car and followed behind Sasuke into the building.

Once inside, Naruto was surprised at the interior.

The entrance was painted a darker blue, the sound of techno music filling the small room. There was a desk situated in the back corner of the room where a blonde man was casually leaning against, a magazine in his hands.

"Ah, Sasuke!" He glanced up and smiled, he stood up straight, his ponytail swaying with the movement. "It's been awhile hasn't it, un?"

Sasuke nodded with a smirk and gently nudged Naruto with his elbow. 'This is my date, Naruto.'

The blonde was silent for a moment, staring at Sasuke before smiling brightly. "A date, huh? Nice to meet you, Naruto!" He walked out from behind the desk and held out his hand for him to shake.

"Nice to meet you too, uh?" He trailed off, not catching the man's name.

"Deidara." He smiled brightly.

"So what is this place?" Naruto asked, noticing the art on the walls. It was different than any museum he's ever been too. The paintings seemed to be more alternative in style.

"This is Akatsuki!" He threw his arms up. "An interactive art studio and gallery, un!" He walked back to the desk and pulled out a brochure and waved them over. "I'm surprised Sasuke never mentioned any of this before, he use to come here a lot."

Naruto shrugged as he reached the desk, Sasuke standing beside him. "He's not much of a talker."

Deidara stared at the smaller blonde before laughing loudly, scaring him. "That's pretty funny! I think I'm going to like you, un."

Sasuke rolled his eyes before impatiently tapping on the opened brochure.

"Yeah yeah, little Uchiha! Calm down." He snickered. "Anyways, a lot of our artists actually create their work here and then display them, un. Each of our artists bring something unique and out of the ordinary and a lot of guests can interact with their art or create some of their own depending on the artist. For example, I mostly work on sculptures, clay to be more specific. But my work also is temporary, un."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Temporary? How so?"

Deidara gave him a smirk. "It explodes."

Naruto's eyes widened. "E-explodes?!"

He nodded. "Yeah, pretty cool, ain't it?"

"How does it explode?"

'We can check out his stuff later.' Sasuke signed impatiently. He reached for Naruto's hand and tried to walk away when Deidara spoke again.

"You know, Itachi use to come here too, un."

Naruto stopped in his tracks, pulling Sasuke back. He turned to face Deidara, his eyes wide in shock. "Itachi?! Like, Sasuke's older brother, Itachi?!"

Deidara nodded with a smirk. "He was one of the original artists. He stopped coming once this one went off the deep end and tried to kill himself."

Sasuke glared at the taller blonde as Naruto just stared at him in fascination. "What's his art style?" He asked excitedly.

Deidara's smirk grew wider. "I'll let you find out on your own, un. It's a special one, alright." The smirk left his face to be replaced with a bright smile. "Have fun you two!" He waved them off and went back to his magazine.

Sasuke quickly grabbed the blonde's hand before he could ask anymore questions.

"I didn't know Itachi was an artist!" Naruto awed. "That's so cool, how come you or him never mentioned it before?"

'It's something that he doesn't really like to remember.' Sasuke commented with a shrug of his shoulders. They entered into a hallway and Sasuke led them to the first door on the left. 'This is my gallery and studio.'

Naruto stared in amazement at the work before him.

The wall was littered with canvas of different sizes. Most pieces were abstract, not a painting of something in particular. The colors were mostly dark, swirled together in a sinister pattern. Naruto stopped at one piece in particular.

It was a small one, the edges white and in the center, a large circular gray mass of swirls and scribbles with what appeared to be two dark red eyes in the middle. He looked at the title of the painting, 'Inner Demon'.

"This is amazing, Sasuke." He walked along the walls of the rest of the room. "I can honestly feel the emotions behind these paintings."

'Thank you.' Sasuke replied, proud that Naruto loved his art. 'Follow me.'

He led him to a door, pulling out a key and unlocking it. 'Most people keep their studios open so guests can see them work but I like doing it in private.'

Naruto followed after Sasuke to see his studio. The room was surprisingly messy, paint supplies and canvas' strewn throughout the room. "Pretty messy in here."

Sasuke shrugged. 'I like it that way.' He walked over to an easel where he placed an empty canvas onto. 'I want to start a new piece so I'll probably be coming here more often.'

"Really? What are you thinking of painting?" Naruto asked curiously.

Sasuke gave him a smirk. 'That's a surprise, you'll see it eventually.'

Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "You do know I have to be here with you."

'In the building, sure. But not the same room.'

Naruto sighed. "Okay fine, have your secrets."

Sasuke took his hand and led him back out of the room, locking the door behind him. 'Now we can see Deidara's work.'

Sasuke led them out of his gallery and to the door directly across the hall. As soon as he opened the door, a loud bang erupted from the room causing Naruto to jump back in fright.

"W-what the hell was that?" Naruto asked as Sasuke casually stepped into the room. "Sasuke, wait!" Another bang came from the room and Naruto 'eeped' before quickly following after the raven.

The room they entered was a tan color, one wall painted to look like a backdrop of a desert. Against that wall stood about six or seven statues, Naruto noted. About thirty feet away from them stood a metal railing that was about four feet, a yellow and black strip of flooring running alongside of it.

"What's that for?" Naruto asked, pointing to the floor.

'Hold on. Keep your eyes on that wall.' Sasuke walked past him back to the door. Naruto gave him a quick glance before keeping his focus on the statues.

The door opened and closed and Naruto once again gave a quick glance only to see that Sasuke left. He furrowed his eyebrows before looking back over at the wall.

The door opened and with a loud bang occurred and Naruto watched in awe as one of the statues in the middle exploded.

"Holy shit." Naruto remarked, too shocked to say anything else.

Sasuke walked up to him and stood next to him.

"He really wasn't kidding, was he?" Naruto finally asked after staring at the empty space for some time.

Sasuke shook his head before nodding his head towards an open door. 'Want to check out his studio?'

Naruto tentatively nodded before following the raven.

The room was large and had a grey-green coloring. There was a large kiln in the corner of the room along with a table and a stool. There looked to be a work in progress in the middle of the room, standing at only a foot tall and covered by a white, wet cloth.

"Is this his latest piece?" Naruto asked, nervously stepping towards it.

'You can touch it, it's harmless in here.' Sasuke replied, taking the cloth off to reveal what looked like the bottom half of some type of bird. 'Yeah it looks like it.'

Naruto touched the clay, very gently. "So it can explode after its heated?"

Sasuke shook his head. 'No, the statues on their own don't explode. He has to rig them up. They explode when someone pushes down on the outside door handle.'

Naruto looked shocked. "S-so it really has nothing to do with his clay?!"

Sasuke smirked but once again shook his head.

"That liar! See what happens when you trick Naruto Uzumaki!" He shook his fist at the empty room before turning to look at Sasuke. "Alright, show me the next artist!"

Sasuke nodded before leading him back out of the room and to another door further down the hallway.

'This is Kisame's gallery. He's Itachi's best friend.' Sasuke stopped in front of a door and held it open for Naruto to go through.

The room was dark and got even darker once Sasuke let the door close behind him. "Shit, I can't see a thing."

Instantly a light turned on and Naruto shut his eyes tightly, the sudden light blinding him. "What the hell?! You trying to blind me?!" He peeked one eye open to glare at the smirking raven.

'Look around you.' Sasuke gestured to the room.

Naruto slowly opened the other eye and stared in awe.

The wall was covered in glittery scales in different designs. The light hitting them causing then to reflect to the ground. There was also a couple sculpture pieces hanging from the ceiling.

"This is beautiful." Naruto walked up to the wall and carefully touched it.

'They're fish scales.'

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?!"

Sasuke nodded and gestured his head to where Naruto assumed was Kisame's studio. He opened the door for the blonde, and they stepped in.

"Hey there, little Uchiha." The two of then looked to see a tall man standing next to a large sized aquarium.

The aquarium took up one section of the room. There was a large station where it looked like the fish would be descaled. There was also a large table in the middle of the room and a small area in a corner where there was a fridge and a stove with a cabinet above it.

"And who is this?" The man came up to Naruto who jumped, not being aware of the man's presence. The man was tall and had dark skin, his hair dyed a dark blue. His features were distinct, making Naruto think of a shark. He was wearing a white tank top and black cargo shorts.

'My date.'

Kisame stared at Sasuke. The raven rolled his eyes before gesturing to Naruto.

"Oh, uh, he said 'my date'." Naruto responded for him.

"Oh! I knew you swung that way, Sasuke." Kisame smiled a toothy grin, showing off his pointed teeth. "The name's Kisame!" He held out his hand for the blonde to shake.

"Naruto." He looked around the room again after shaking the man's hand. "So uh, how does this all work."

"Glad you asked, blondie!" Kisame clapped his hands together. "First we start off with the fish." He walked over to the large aquarium. "I catch all these fish myself, I use to be a marine biologist. So I kept a lot of my diving gear and do it in my spare time. I mostly catch the colorful ones."

Naruto stared into the fish tank and was surprised to see the multitude of colorful fish.

"I also breed and sell em. You wanna buy?" Kisame smirked at the blonde and Naruto turned to look at Sasuke who was shaking his head with a bored look.

"Uh, no?"

Kisame sighed in disappointment. "Well, once I have an idea in mind, I pick some fish, descale 'em and cook 'em up!" He gave another toothy grin. "I save the scales in special containers in the fridge for future pieces."

Naruto looked at the man, slightly horrified and turned to see Sasuke peering into the window of the oven to see what Kisame was cooking.

"Take a look. These are blue scales." Naruto turned to look at Kisame again who had a large plastic container filled with blue scales.

"Woah!" He hurriedly made his way to the fridge to get a closer look. "This is actually really pretty."

"See? It's beautiful art!" Kisame took out a scale and held it out for Naruto to take.

"Doesn't it get expensive always buying new fish?" Naruto asked, feeling the smooth scale in his finger.

Kisame shrugged, putting the container away. "I actually try to breed the fish in here so I don't have to dish out an arm and a leg."

Sasuke walked over to them and looked at Kisame curiously. 'When's the food done?'

Kisame stared at the raven before looking at Naruto expectantly.

"He asked when the food would be done."

Kisame gave Sasuke a glare. "You greedy ass! You're always after my food! Never appreciate my art! At least I do something creative unlike your dull ass who just sits around with a pencil and twirling it around some fucking paper like every other Picasso out there!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Kisame's tirade while Naruto looked shocked. 'We'll come back later.' He grabbed the blonde's hand and began to guide him back towards the hallway.

"Uh, see you later Kisame!" Naruto called out. Kisame waved them away, grumbling to himself.

"He was a character." Naruto commented as they reached the hallway.

'Yeah, but he's right about the originality thing. His art is beautiful.'

Naruto frowned. "But that doesn't mean he's right about your art."

Sasuke gave him a smirk. 'I didn't say he was right that.' He led them across the hall and stopped in front of the door. 'This is my brother's studio.' He looked away nervously. 'I have to warn you, its not pretty and he hasn't been here in years. I'm not sure what his latest work is.'

Naruto laughed nervously. "You make him sound like he's crazy."

Sasuke shrugged. 'Ready?'

Naruto gulped audibly before nodding. It was now or never.

So, how did you guys like it? I originally wasn't going to split the date up into two parts but life is getting a little hecic for me right now so I wanted you guys to have something. And hey, at least it was longer, right? Lol

As always if you liked it please favorite and review!

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