Part 22: Hearts desire
Finally! Sasuke thinks as he hears the doorbell. He had been waiting in the living room for what felt like hours. It is half past eight already and at some point the raven had started to believe that his blond wouldn't show up anymore. "About time." He says as he opens the door for the blond who sheepishly grins while scratching the back of his head.
"Y-yeah, sorry. I didn't know what to wear…" He apologetically explains and Sasuke can't say he wouldn't have guessed it.
"Uh… Dobe, it's not a masquerade party you know…" Sasuke answers while looking the blond over. Though he sure does look hot in this getup. He thinks.
"T-Teme!" Naruto pouts as he blushes madly, arms folded in front of his chest and looking away. He'd had so much trouble finding something fitting to wear. He had no idea what kind of club they were gonna go to. What if there was a dress code? He had seen plenty of movies where there was this, often rich, club where the lady's would pick their most beautiful ball dresses for and men would come in suits. Yet other clubs had, like, a gothic look. Or it could have been in al kind of colors or something. Or even something sexy… He didn't want to take the risk and decided to bet on the suits, meaning he picked the old suit he had worn to the wedding of Konan and Yahiko, finding this rather ironic in a way. It was the reason he had gotten to Sasuke's place so late. He had even wondered whether he should still be going considering the raven might have already left or would be mad at him.
Sasuke can't help his laughing though, finding this pouting Naruto in suit nothing short of adorable while it causes Naruto to only feel more stupid for choosing the suit instead of just casual.
"Come in you usuratonkachi. I'm sure some of my clothes would fit you." Sasuke says, holding the door open for the red, yellow and blue idiot that had stolen his heart.
"Shut it Teme..! I told you I have never been to something like a club before…" Naruto grumbles while passing Sasuke by, who closes the door behind him with a chuckle.
"I know. That's why it was a good idea to meet up at my place first instead of meeting there." Sasuke replies and he can't hide the grin at his next sentence. "Had Suigetsu seen you like this, I swear, you would never have heard the end of it for the rest of the year." Stepping past him and turning around, Sasuke leans in a little closer, pointing his finger on the blonds chest.
"S-shut it." Naruto blushes in so much as embarrassment as the fact that Sasuke is so close and touching him. "W-what made you suddenly ask me to join anyway?" He asks as a diversion, circling past Sasuke to go to the raven's bedroom, knowing the way by heart.
"Hmm. It's been a long time since I went with them. School and stuff getting in the way." Sasuke shrugs while they step into his room. "And you're one of us now... Eh. Choose whatever you like." The raven gestures at his closet, holding one door of it open, and the blond curiously takes a look at all the clothing his friend has to offer. He quickly looks back to look Sasuke over for the clothes he is wearing, having not done so before. Seeing his crush look at him like that, Sasuke can't stop the traitorous red color from creeping up his face. He clears his throat before he says; "Just something casual would do."
"Ah, eh.. U-uhn." Naruto nods in agreement and his face turns red as well as he realizes what he had been doing and seeing Sasuke's cheeks all red to. He focuses on skipping through Sasuke's clothes for a bit, hiding his face in the closet.
"I-I didn't really expect you to actually have a suit. You didn't rent it, right?" Sasuke asks, more so to end the uncomfortable silence.
"Nah. I didn't rent it." Naruto replies, having found a short-sleeved hoody and a black jeans. "I went to this wedding with my parents from some friends of them. Apparently they had a kid recently and well, due to circumstances they could really use some help so my parents aren't home for a few days." Naruto explains as he has taken of the Colbert and is now struggling with the tie.
"Which explains why you are allowed to go out so late despite tomorrow being a school day." Sasuke says, at which Naruto nods while still struggling with his tie. "Here. Let me do it." Sasuke says as he moves Naruto's hands away. They both have a blush on their cheeks by now, realizing how close they stand to each other as well as the fact that Sasuke is pretty much helping his uke to undress. Sasuke can't help but remember the times he did undress his dobe, the last time they stood so close, the last time he kissed that beautifully tanned and delicious neck, while at the same time being intensely aware of the fact that Naruto is now blushing as madly as him. His fingers stumble in the attempt to get the knot, the result of Naruto's fumbling with it earlier, looser. Naruto at his turn can't believe they are standing so close and he is awfully aware of Sasuke's breath so close to his, noticing the minty smell. I wonder… Years from now… Would he ever get to untie my tie again? I bet a suit would make him look incredibly hot and irresistible… A wedding with him..? Naruto's face turns a ten degrees hotter as he imagines what a wedding with Sasuke would be like and he can't help the small sound as a surprise at the thought. The sound is enough to make Sasuke look up from what he was doing, having the knot nearly loose, and he would soon find that that was a big mistake. Both their faces are flustered, their bodies remember what it was to be together, standing so close was only possible because they didn't look at each other. But now they do. Sasuke holds the tie tighter, nearly pulling Naruto closer. They both hear their heart beating, or was it the heart of the other they hear? They have yearned for each other so long, wished for the others touch so desperately that it would hurt. Those black eyes sinking away in blue, mesmerizing ocean while the blue ones get pulled in by the never ending intenseness of the ravens black orbs…
They are only inches apart from each other, when Sasuke suddenly pulls away with a jump, pulling his phone from his pants and he sighs deeply before picking the buzzing thing up.
"What do you want Suigetsu?" Sasuke asks annoyed, turning his back to Naruto who hesitatingly finishes untying his tie himself.
"Well hello to you to, sunshine." Suigetsu replies sarcastically. "What I want is that you get your ass over here. The party is starting, man! And I aint not gonna wait for you guys to show up much longer. There are chicks here and damn… I am so not gonna miss out on any of them for you. Which, by the way, happened to often already, mister good looks…"
"None of that Is my fault." Sasuke sighs. "We're on our way. See ya in twenty minutes or so." Sasuke ignores Suigetsu's further protests and complaints as he hangs up and puts his phone away. When he turns around he find that Naruto has changed his clothes and Sasuke takes his time to look his dobe over.
"W-well? Will this do?" Naruto asks, fumbling with a part of the short sleeved hoody. "Sorry for taking so long and leaving everyone to wait for me…"
"Hn. Don't worry about it." Sasuke says, walking around his dobe and putting the hoodie more straight. Damn, it's so hard to hold back. I'd wanna curse Suigetsu for interrupting, but I know it's probably for the best that he did interfere… Or we probably wouldn't have gone out tonight at all…
When they reach the club they find Jugo and Karin waiting for them outside. Suigetsu stands near the entrance, talking with a blond haired girl. Loud music comes from inside the club and Naruto feast his eyes at the type of life he could have had but never knew.
"Heya, Sasuke. Looking good." Karin says as she swings an arm around the boy she complimented though said boy shrugs her off, noting the smell of alcohol which she seemingly had quite a bit of.
"Been a while Karin." He says.
"Sure has been! Don't tell me.. S-Sasuke, you have missed me?" Karin invades Sasuke's personal space again and said raven rolls his eyes, causing them to fall on his blonde friend.
"You two haven't met yet. Karin this is Naruto. Naruto.." Sasuke takes a step back so he no longer stands between the two who shake hands at being introduced to each other.
"You two seem rather close. Sasuke normally doesn't take to strangers that much." Karin notes and Naruto's face turns instantly red, not knowing how to react out of fear that the redhead had found out about him and Sasuke.
"What? You guys didn't know?" Sasuke interrupts. "We're classmates."
"Whaaat?!" Is Karins reaction, catching Suigetsu's attention while even Jugo raises a brow at that news. "Ghaha. What, so you are a high-schooler too then?" Karin giggles. "My, are you even allowed to get into this club then?"
"Oh shut it Karin." Suigetsu says, leaning with one arm on Naruto's shoulder. "If there is one they should not allow to enter, it would be your drunken head."
"Suigetsu you jerk! Don't you tell me what to do!" Karin flares in anger and Sasuke pinches his nose bridge in annoyance as Karin knocks Suigetsu on the head, who tries to avoid it while taunting Karin even more.
"Eh… Are they always like this?" Naruto asks sheepishly of no one in particular and Jugo and Sasuke sigh in sync.
Shortly after that they enter the club called Akatsuki. It's a casual club with a lot of rock songs and a few pop. The dancefloor is filled with dancing people while the ones that don't feel like dancing stand at the side with drinks in their hand. Jugo is one of the types that rather stands at the side with a drink, watching and talking and not so much dancing. Usually Sasuke joins him though that would change with the passing time and amount of alcohol he has had. Once he's had enough he does get on the dancefloor to, letting the sweet notes of music take control of him, moving to their rhythm, though often Suigetsu or Karin are the once who have to drag him there first.
At first they all stand at the side, talking and taking in the atmosphere and alcohol, which combination causes them to be soon in the same mood as everyone else there. It's no surprise that soon enough Suigetsu and Karin had managed to pull Naruto on the dancefloor. Naruto had looked questioningly and unsure at Sasuke, but the raven shook his head. He was not ready yet. Not to mention that the raven wouldn't waste a chance to be able to look at his blonde, dancing no less, without having to be afraid of getting caught doing it. After a few songs, however, Jugo had noticed the longing look and the small smile around the Uchiha's lips as he watches Naruto dance.
"Gimme that." Naruto says out of breath as he takes Sasuke's glass and drinks it's content in one go after having danced multiple numbers. "Uhwahah… Damn! I love this! I didn't know going out could be so much fun." The blond gleams as his eyes sparkle with enjoyment and excitement and Sasuke chuckles lowly at that.
"Sure looks like you're having a good time." He replies. Sasuke just loves to see his blond shine so brightly. Every movement, every word just everything about him shows joy. Happiness… Sasuke thinks. This is what happiness looks like. What my happiness looks like…
"Come on!" Naruto takes Sasuke's hand, pulling him on the dancefloor and the raven lets him, smiling softly.
"I swear I never thought I'd ever get to see you dance!" Naruto shouts after a bit in Sasuke's ear so he can be heard, despite the music. Sasuke just smirks and shrugs as that while he keeps in rhythm with the music. Naruto can't help the laugh as Sasuke tries to mirror his movements and the sound is so much more beautiful than any music Sasuke has ever heard.
Naruto suddenly stumbles however, falling over someone's foot, which causes him to fall against Sasuke. The raven stumbles for a bit, expediently stepping on the heel of the dancer behind him.
"Sorry." The raven mouthed over his shoulder while holding Naruto straight up by his arms. When Sasuke looks back again he looks his blond straight in his eyes, being so close to each other. They both breathe quickly from all the dancing, but it's no big step to change that reason when their bodies are so close to each other. Damn it.. What am I doing?! Sasuke thinks. I should stop this. I should not be holding him like this… Just. Let. Go. But his body won't seem to listen, it doesn't seem even capable of moving away from his destined other half.
It gets even worse when Naruto leans more towards him, bringing his face closer and closer to his. Sasuke's breath hitches and he closes his eyes in anticipation as their faces keep getting closer and he feels incapable of moving even an inch. The heat is nearly unbearable and the loud beating of his heart is surely loud enough to be heard even over the loud music, which he can no longer hear. His mouth runs dry as he feels Naruto's breath on his face and he swallows hard to get rid of the lump in his throat, which instead seems to settle in his abdomen. He vividly hopes Naruto doesn't notice how sweaty his hands have become. Was this really happening?
"Sasuke."
Just that one word, spoken so caringly by the one he had been dreaming about for weeks now, caused a shiver down his spine and Sasuke closes his eyes even tighter, noticing how their cheeks are touching as Naruto had spoken his name in his ear in order to be heard.
"I ah… Hate to interrupt this but. I kinda really need to go to the restroom so… eh-" Naruto sheepishly smiles as he backs away a bit to look at the raven who releases his breath.
"Ah, s-sure." He nods. But though he said the word, his body still refuses to budge even an inch, his mind still coming down to earth again.
"Sasuke? You do need to let me go for that.." Naruto looks concerned at the raven before him, noting the dazed state he is in. "Are you okay?" He asks, which snaps the raven out of it as he quickly releases the blond, his body finally being obedient to his working mind again.
"Y-yeah, sure. Just need something to drink I guess." He says and Naruto nods in understanding, leaving shortly after for the restrooms and Sasuke leaves to get something to drink.
Fuck… That… That was just too much… Sasuke thinks as he waits till he gets the bartenders attention. I really need to be more careful! Slow, damn it. I got to take it slow this time. Having gotten his coke he swallows half of it in one go, letting the sting cause tears in his eyes. He is about to walk towards where he had last seen Jugo standing, when he hears the most annoying voice ever. Oh god… Just what I needed… Damn it!
"Sasuke-kun!" Sounds the high pitched voice of his former dance partner. "It must be fate that we meet here." She says, catching Sasuke's hand.
"I doubt that." Sasuke replies gruffly, trying to casually pry his hand free from her grip.
"Oh, silly. Of course it is! The dancefloor is where we are meant to meet. It being here or anywhere else. We just work best when our bodies move together." Sakura bashes her eyes, now holding on to Sasuke's arm, pushing her breasts around it.
I'm gonna be sick..! Sasuke thinks, as he tries not to vomit right there and then at the thought of what she just described, and well did he know she was not talking about dancing at all. "Sakura, I told you I'm not interes-"
"Sorry? I'm sorry Sasuke, I can't hear you." Sakura says, gesturing at the loud music around them. "Let's dance! Let's show everyone how it is done!" She says as she tries to pull the raven to the dancefloor, but Sasuke refuses to move even an inch. That is, until his eyes catch the yellow, blonde mob of hair he knows so well, dancing on the dancefloor. And he is not alone.
When Naruto had come back from the restrooms, his eyes had immediately scanned the mob of people for his black-eyed crush and love of his life. He had been walking towards him, but halted when he saw who the raven was with. And he saw, how she clung on his arm. How they talked. How she looked at him. How Sasuke didn't shove her away, not even when she leaned up to speak into his ear. Or was it a kiss she was giving him? The anger that had flared from inside of him, shocked even himself and made him unable to act upon it. No, he didn't want to act on it. He didn't want to get hurt again. And it wasn't like he and Sasuke were still together. Naruto had sighed to get his composure back and decided to head to the dancefloor again, his eyes closed, dancing all his anger away.
Sasuke can't believe his eyes. Behind Naruto dances a dark-haired guy, so close to his blonde. He would make Naruto spin and when the blond didn't look, he'd make daring gestures with his hands. Touching him, lightly, shortly, making it look like coincidences. Sometimes nearly touching more intimate places of Naruto, who dances his heart out with eyes most of the time closed. When the stranger would get behind him, he'd make it seem as if Naruto was the one bumping accidently into him and Sasuke even catches one of his hands touching Naruto's hip or behind.
The music seems to fade away and even Sakura's voice seems to no longer reach him, which would be a blessing for sure. His breathing gets heavier, his nails dig into the palm of his hand has he has fisted them, gritting his teeth while his heartbeat quickened and he hardly notices the red mist clouding the corner of his eyes, threatening to take over his vision as suddenly his body is moving on its own; making its way to the crowd, to Naruto, and the dark-haired pervert that tries to steal his, and only his, beloved Naruto away…
To be continued…
Oh oh. What is Sasuke about to do?!
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