Boiling over.
"H-hey!" Naruto answers his phone, still trying to catch his breath.
"Hey dobe." Sasuke answers after a moment, having noticed the hoarseness of his friends voice. "I thought I might as well call… you… Eh…. Are you okay? You sound out of breath." Naruto hears him ask over the phone and his cheeks get instantly redder. "Am I interrupting something?" Sasuke asks when Naruto doesn't answer immediately, suspicion dawning on him, putting two and two together.
"Ah. Eh no! I w-was just…"Naruto swallows hard and clears his throat, trying to prevent his free hand, which seems to have a will on its own at hearing his crushes voice, from going to the bulge in his pants which doesn't seem as willing to shrink down again as much as he wants to. "I had to run up the stairs to get your call in time. Ghehe…"
"Uhhuhh…. Sure…" Sasuke says sarcastically and smirks.
"I-It is!" Naruto's cheeks couldn't get redder. He doesn't want Sasuke to get the wrong impression of him, that he is right is beside the point.
"Hey, what a guy does in his spare time is up to him. I'm a guy too. Can totally understand that." Sasuke remarks matter-of-factly. Yet he can't help the next sentence. "And we both know I know as no other how much of a pervert you can be."
"Wah-! T-t-t-t-that's-! I-I'm not!" Naruto stammers as he feels as if he can't get enough air.
"That said." Sasuke continues, ignoring Naruto's stammering and dismissing it as if he had said nothing at all. "Want me to leave you to finish your business or…"
"I- Grr…. You bastard. Making fun of me…" Naruto growls.
"Hardly." The raven denies but even Naruto can hear the smirk in that simple, single word. "Anyway. Tomorrow. After school. I could tutor you. If you still wish that of course." Naruto sighs, hoping to mask it as annoyance though it's mainly out of relief.
"Yes I still want that. Could use all the help I can get." He says softly though he speaks more pointedly as he continues. "But not here. My parents are coming home tomorrow."
"I see. That's good. At least you won't be alone at home anymore then." Sasuke says and Naruto raises a brow at that, wondering if Sasuke meant more with that sentence than he lets on to. "Guess I'll see you after school tomorrow then."
"Yeah. Ah!" Naruto says quickly before his crush can hang up. "You do intend to come to school tomorrow? Is your head okay?"
"Hn. Don't worry about it dobe. I'll be fine." Sasuke assures him and shortly after that they both hang up and Naruto sighs.
"Guess I might as well take a shower and call it a night early." He mumbles to himself as he gets up to take a shower. He might as well finish what he had started earlier, the thought of what might happen tomorrow on his mind.
Sasuke sighs after hanging up with Naruto. His heart beats fast and there are two reasons for that. Tomorrow he will come to my place again. He will be here again. Just the two of us… Sasuke thinks, swallowing and he shakes his head as he sternly reminds himself that he won't do anything improper with his blonde tomorrow, for he is determent to take it slow. He sighs again before picking his phone up again. The second reason his heart beats fast in anticipation. Today he is to call his brother.
"Little brother." Itachi answers his phone.
"Nii-san." Sasuke replies formally. "H-how are things… In Japan?"
"Warm. But good reservations make it bearable. The newly build settlement of our company and the terms for a contract of cooperation with the rival company is going well."
"That's good. I know that when it comes down to negotiating for our company, there is no one better to get the best out of any terms. You got a name for that you know. Even among our own company." Sasuke smirks, proudly.
"Ah, well. I do not intend anyone any harm. But life would be… more comfortable if they decide to be on my side." The brothers share a knowing, sadistic smirk.
Sasuke knows full well how scary his brother can be, though Itachi never showed it to him. Any who dare to cross him or pose a threat to what belongs to him, will quickly find out that the Uchiha's are not to be trifled with. Having to lead the company at such a young age, Itachi had to show often who was the boss now. Plenty had tried to take advantage of such a young head of the company, but Itachi would show no mercy to those who had intended to use him. Having such power comes with great responsibilities, burdens but also privileges.
"How are things going on your side of the world?" Itachi asks.
"Not much special." Sasuke shrugs. "Probably got a slight concussion. Didn't go to school today but I will tomorrow."
"I'm only gone for a day and you manage to get yourself hurt." Itachi sighs. "What happened?"
"Went out with some co-workers. Passed by an alley where these thugs tried to rape someone. I don't think they appreciated it much that I stepped in to stop them from doing so."
"You should be more careful little brother. I understand you wanted to help. You could never stand by for injustice even as a child. The amount of stray or wounded animals you brought home..." Sasuke knows Itachi shakes his head. "To many to count. We would have needed to buy a bigger house, and that says something."
Sasuke chuckles shortly at that, remembering all the stray cats, dogs, birds, rabbits and even a young deer once, that he had brought home to get them healed, checked on or to ask if he could keep them. The last was never allowed though. Their parents to often away from home, as was Itachi and he himself was too young. "Taking care of a pet, keeping it, does not require a few days or weeks. That animal will depend on you for many years and it can't be put back into the wild if you suddenly don't have the time for it anymore." His mother had sternly warned him. Since their death he no longer brought wounded animals back home, nor would he ask if they could keep a stray. Itachi was busy enough as it was and he himself wasn't in such a good place for a long time. Any wounded animals he found he did bring to the vet or an animal shelter.
"You did go to the doctor right?" Itachi asks, bringing Sasuke back to the now.
"Eh." He says. "I guess I could go to the school nurse tomorrow."
"Do so, little brother." Itachi replies sternly. "And promise me you will be more careful."
"I promise." Sasuke replies with a sigh. Shortly after that they say their goodbye's and end their call.
"Ghmmm…." Naruto groans for what feels like the thousandth time. "You know…" he says as he looks up from the calculation he was working on. "I know I'm attractive and all but…" Sasuke raises a brow as he looks up from his work. "You staring at me is kinda distracting." The blonde groans.
"It's the deal we made dobe." Sasuke answers as he looks at his paper again. "I'd help you with your math, you help me. I could use some more practice on proportions and this way we help each other at the same time. No time wasted." Sasuke remarks smartly and he silently pets himself on the shoulder again to have found such a convenient bargain that lets him stare at his best friend all day unashamed. "Just pretend I'm not here."
"Easy for you to say…" Naruto grumbles under his breath. It's the entire reason I am really here after all… With repugnance he turns to the teasing numbers again that seem to laugh in his face as they dance around and point at him with forked sticks.
Sasuke softly chuckles to himself. He looks up again to his blonde. Watches the frown between the eyes that seem to send hatred at the paper in front of him as if he wishes to burn a hole in it with his stare. He looks at the color of his eyes, darker bleu now thanks to his bowed head and leaning slightly forward which keeps the light from making them sky blue. The flow of his jaw and the slight lines on each cheek. The bright, nearly yellow, blonde, soft hair and the way the bangs fall gently over his forehead, like the hanging branches of a weeping willow, nearly touching the slightly lighter colored lines of his eyebrows. He notices now the nearly invisible eyelashes as his crush looks down. There is the line of his nose which reminds him of the times Naruto had adorably scrunched it unconsciously, like a rabbit. The thought instantly reminds him of the fox costume while at the same time his eyes go to the blonde's delicious lips. He can feel his heart beating faster at the memory of how his dobe had looked and how delicious those lips had tasted each time they touched his. The thought of how the treasure that hides behind his lips tasted is nearly suffocating him, wanting to taste and explore that cave again. The thought instantly leads him to the time Naruto had done something else for him with his mouth than kissing… That's it! Enough perverted thoughts or he will find out what I'm thinking! Sasuke closes his sketchbook and quickly stands up, turning around.
"Want something to drink?" He asks over his shoulder to the blonde who, apparently, had just managed to solve a calculation.
"Yeah. Some lemonade, if you got that." Naruto answers as he sighs contently while stretching and leaning back.
"Of course." Sasuke replies and walks to the kitchen to get just that.
"Ahhh…" Naruto sighs in relief as he has downed half the glass Sasuke had brought him. "All those numbers are making my head spin." Sasuke chuckles softly at that.
"Thinking alone makes your head spin I bet." The raven answers.
"T-teme!" Naruto growls at which Sasuke smirks before he closes his eyes to drink the rest of his glass. That is when Naruto's eyes twinkle mischievously as he sees his chance.
"I'd say, I now do have the right to see what is in this!" He proclaims as he quickly snatches the sketchbook that lied in front of its owner on the table.
"Damn it dobe, give it back!" Sasuke says, leaning over the low table as he tries to snatch it back, but being not fast enough as Naruto has quickly pulled it out of his reach.
"Hey, I had to model for this. I have a right to see the results teme!" Naruto grins as he starts to open it on which Sasuke quickly stands up to get to him.
"Not without my permission." He says as he tries to take the book from Naruto's hands who, again, just keeps it out of his reach.
"Ghehe." Naruto tries to get up and crawl away from his pursuer, but as his ankles are grabbed he falls forward and while Sasuke tries to get past him he tries to push the raven back with one hand while with the other he tries to keep the sketchbook out of reach. As Sasuke has nearly reached the book and Naruto notices how he is losing, the blonde slides the sketchbook entirely out of reach and, to Sasuke's surprise, flips the raven over to straddle him while pinning his hands down. "Hah!" Naruto grins triumphantly, both of them being out of breath from wrestling each other just now. They stare at one another for some time, slowly their quickened breath turning to that of excitement instead of a result from the exercise. Sasuke can feel his cheeks get redder, his thoughts going back to perverted imaginings and his will to keep his mind of being conscious of what parts of their bodies are touching right now, not wanting to notice how his member starts to awaken, not to speak of what he might feel of the other's. He quickly tries to remove his hands from the grip that pins them down, he nearly succeeds doing so, but Naruto reacts quickly and uses his body weight to keep them down. "Nah-ah. I don't think so teme." The blonde grins evilly at which Sasuke growls.
"Let. Me. Go." He says pointedly.
"Uhm… Nope." Naruto says, feigning indecision for a moment. "I don't think so. Not unless you give me permission to look through your sketchbook." The blonde grins. I think I actually don't mind having Sasuke under me. Naruto registers silently to himself. Maybe I can get him to beg-!
Before Naruto can finish that thought, the raven suddenly reaches up with his upper body and head, as far as possible, to bite Naruto's shirt and pull him down with him, causing Naruto to lie flat against him. The blonde has only a short moment to register that his raven actually is turned on by him, before he is flipped over. He has to blink a couple of times before he realizes that, indeed, he does lie on his back now with his crush hovering above him, sitting between his legs, hands entwined with his.
"You…"Sasuke says threateningly with the darkest glare Naruto has seen him give him, as the raven leans closer and closer. Naruto swallows, out of fear as well as anticipation as he feels how Sasuke's face slowly closes the gap between them. Naruto can feel his body tremble while also feeling his instincts warning him about danger. It's exhilarating. Naruto thinks as his breath hitches and he feels like lying as still as possible while at the same time wanting to grind against this dangerous, dominant, sexy crush above him. He can't help the soft gasp and the shiver down his spine as he feels the ravens breath against his ear. "You really dared to think you could control me…?" Sounds the threatening question and Naruto could swear the tenor of that husky voice could make him come right then and there. He closes his eyes, trying to take a deeper breath, steadying himself to grind against his raven. He feels the sadistic smirk from the guy whose face is still so close against his and his heart beats faster in enjoyment as he sees it as conformation that his seme wants this too. Two hands move slowly from his hands towards his chest, sliding down slowly towards his stomach and Naruto can hardly wait for them to go even lower. For those hands to undo his pants and he promises himself that as soon as Sasuke starts with that he will kiss the raven full force.
But then again, he should have known better. He should have known his sadistic crush wouldn't make it this easy. If he even feels the same way.
Naruto can't help the laughter as Sasuke's hands have reached his sides and start to tickle him.
"Mh- N-n- Ghahaha! S-Sa- T-teme! Pff! Ghhahah- S-stop! Tghehe-!" Naruto laughs and Sasuke just grins at that.
"If you promise me you won't touch my sketchbooks without my permission." He remarks triumphantly with a sadistic smirk.
"N-no- I- J-just stop… F-f-or a m-minute!" Naruto manages to say between his laughter until he finally catches Sasuke's teasing hands and he takes a minute to catch his breath before he speaks on. "I really gotta go to the toilet…" At the unbelieving look his bully sends him Naruto quickly continues with a sly smirk. "It will be your problem If I wet my pants because of you. Wouldn't want to be you when you explain to your brother how you had this 'accident' that stained the carpet."
"Hn." Sasuke grunts and he sighs before moving away and letting Naruto go. He is quite sure that his brother would give him a pack of diapers as one of his presents next if he were to tell him that indeed. He would never hear the end of it. "But you're not touching my sketchbook again." He says, moving to take his book protectively in his arms again.
"Yeah, yeah." Naruto says before sprinting of to the bathroom.
Sasuke watches him go and shakes his head before staring at the book in his hands again. Those hands that he had just shortly before touched his secret love with. Moving them over Naruto's body had felt so natural, like his hands remembered how to touch that delicious tanned skin. It had been so hard to pull away, to interrupt what they were doing. He enjoyed it. Sasuke thinks with a soft smile on his face. He wanted me too. I could see it in his eyes, hear it in his breath... Suddenly his hands get all blurry as the tears sting in his eyes. He puts his hands to them, trying his hardest to push them away, but finding that a surprisingly hard task. This is torture… I'm torturing us both… Sasuke sniffs trying to stop the tears from spilling, knowing that he won't be able to explain the red rimmed eyes to his friend. But I must! I must take it slow with him! I-I can't go back to how things were with him. I don't want a relationship built upon lust, damn it! H-how… Does he even feel- Sasuke quickly stands up, cutting that thought off as he turns towards the kitchen where he pushes his face under the cold water. Stop thinking about all that. It's not important right now. I should count myself lucky that I can draw him and watch him like this. He swallows some big gulps of the fresh water that clears his mind before he dries his face with a towel. Maybe Itachi was right after all… The tension between us is suffocating… Heartbreaking… If he doesn't feel the same way… He swallows hard at the thought, not succeeding in getting rid of the lump in his throat. Then he really is just a risk for me to fall back to former behavior… A constant reminder for painful memories of loss, heartbreak and of what could have been... Sasuke shakes his head, reminding himself Naruto could be back any moment. I must take it slow so he will fall for me. We Uchiha's always get what we want. We don't take no for an answer and we never give up. I will win his heart for me. I just need to find out how I could best do that… Still thinking Sasuke walks back to the living room where his eyes fall on his sketchbook at which they narrow. …No. There has to be another way… Though… Perhaps I could make something for him… A plan starts to form in the raven's head as a smirk covers his lips. He quickly walks up the stairs, getting some watercolors from his room. On his way back he halts in front of the hallway towards the bathroom where Naruto is. He sure is taking his time… Sasuke thinks as he tries to keep his mind off the possible reasons. Where that moans he had heard coming from in there? He briskly turns around to the living room when he recognized the temptation to go and listen at the door.
It's completely silent at the office with the exception of the sounds of typing, sketching, painting and other movements. Jugo, Suigetsu, Naruto and Sasuke are all concentrated on their own work like the Chinese glass painters of ages old. Or at least, so it seems.
Naruto can't keep his mind of the day before. Even the long day at school he couldn't stop thinking about the things that had happened. He had noticed the watercolors, finding it peculiar, but said nothing about it. He had agreed to the terms after all and Sasuke had kept his end of the bargain. He's not a bad teacher. The blonde thinks as he tries out different colors on his sketches. When he doesn't make me feel like an idiot that is. …Or when we don't do other stuff than studying… Remembering what had happened after taking the sketchbook makes his cheeks burn and all he can do about it is hope that nobody will notice. Yet, why did he stop? I could tell he wanted me too… Or is this some hard to get game he plays? Should I be more aggressive, more demanding in what I want from him? Remembering the husky voice that had spoken that threatening line, Naruto quickly decides that Sasuke still prefers to be the one in control. But… He wanted me too, so why stop? Naruto glances towards his seme, painting the huge painting on the canvas pasted to the wall. The image is really starting to look like something now. Maybe I should confess my feelings for him? Tell him how much I want to be with him. How I regret what I did back then on the bridge and how I dream of being with him forever… Perhaps he is waiting for an apology from me! It must be that. Unless he doesn't feel the same way about me and he doesn't want a 'friends with benefits' kind of relation… I guess that is kinda what we had before… Without the friendship part so much… Naruto sighs while at the same moment Suigetsu perks up.
"Oh, wow. Damn…" The white haired colleague says at which the others look up from their work. As he turns on the sound of his pc, so all now hear the voice from some reporter, he says; "Damn I really wouldn't want to live there." Whit a side-eyed glance to Naruto he adds; "No offence but, Japan just really seems to be struck by earthquakes too much. And no small one this one was either."
As soon as the line was spoken a pot with water falls to the ground at the other side of the room.
To be continued…
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