Naruto and the boys performed their last concert before heading home to rest before the next album.
"Hey man you get any writing done?" Kiba asked flipping through a magazine with an article about them.
"Um not really but I got a friend to help me" Naruto answered packing his bags, he'd finally get to sleep in his own bed again, it made him excited and nervous. He hadn't slept in that bed without Sakura before...it would be different for sure.
"What friend?" Kiba asked not believing him.
"You know him..." Naruto trailed off.
"Who dickless?" Sai popped his head out from his bunk above Naruto.
"Just a guy ok." Naruto answered the annoying friend.
"Wait a second." Shikamaru thought for a moment."You mean that kid from the other night, the one who asked you about your writing process or whatever."
"Yeah, that guy" Naruto said nervously.
"You're fucking shitting me man." Kiba sat up quickly hitting his head on the top of his bunk. "ow fuck. THAT GUY?!" Kiba asked.
"Yeah him." Naruto sat on his bed.
"I hate that guy." Kiba looked at him with disgust.
"You don't even know him, he's actually a pretty chill guy, he's a writer and he's pretty good. He even let me read some of his work."
"Oh yeah? Sing it for us." Kiba dared him.
"But it was something he wrote for class not us."
"I want to see how 'pretty good' he is, he's a dick and he probably can't write for shit." Kiba huffed.
"Fine!" Naruto looked around for his guitar and remembered Sasuke's lyrics. He strummed a couple of cords until he found what would fit the song.
Slow down, the world isn't watching us break down
It's safe to say we are alone now, we're alone now
Not a whisper, the only noise is the receiver
I'm counting the seconds until you break the silence
So please just break the silence
The whispers turn to shouting
The shouting turns to tears
My* tears turn into laughter
And it takes away our fears
So you see, this world doesn't matter to me
I'll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can't take my eyes off of you
And I'm longing, for words to describe how I'm feeling
I'm feeling inspired
My world just flip turned upside down
It turns around, say what's that sound
It's my heart beat, it's getting much louder
My heart beat, is stronger than ever
I'm feeling so alive, I'm feeling so alive
My whispers turn to shouting
The shouting turns to tears
My* tears turn into laughter
And it takes away our fears
So you see, this world doesn't matter to me
I'll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can't take my eyes off of you
I'm finally waking up, a twist in my story
It's time I open up, and let your love right through me
I'm finally waking up, a twist in my story
It's time I open up, and let your love right through me
That's what you get
When you see your life in someone else's eyes
That's what you get, that's what you get
So you see, this world doesn't matter to me
I'll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can't take my eyes off of you
This world doesn't matter to me
I'll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can't take my eyes off of you
"There? Is that good enough for your highness?" Naruto asked sarcastically.
"He's still a dick." Kiba went back to reading his magazine.
"He's a dick with heart." Shikamaru admitted.
"I think he's gay." Sai said.
"What why would you think he's gay?" Naruto questioned.
"He seemed gay, and that song? It's about a guy." Sai explained.
"You're wrong, he's a little less masculine than most guys but he's the artsy writer type so it works for him, he had a girlfriend he told me he just went through a break up." Naruto told him.
"Did he tell you anything about her? Did he even say it was a her?" Sai challenged.
"No, but he totally isn't gay, I thought you were gay when I first met you and now I know you aren't, so you shouldn't judge people Sai." Naruto said.
"Whatever don't blame me when he tries to kiss you." Sai tease in his monotone voice.
"What?! What makes you think he'll kiss me?!" Naruto challenged.
"What? I thought you were sure he wasn't gay?"
"Yeah but what makes you think that?"
"You're the guy people fall for, the romantic type, he doesn't know you have no dick yet. Once he does he'll be un-gay for you."
"Shut up Sai." Naruto kicked the top of his bunk, but Sai got him thinking he really knew nothing about Sasuke. They should hang out or something to get to know one another. Naruto brought out his phone and text the new number he had entered
Hey wanna hang out saturday? -N
Want to is two words. You call yourself a writer?-S
Haha. Fine. Do you want to hang out Saturday?-N
I can't I have a stupid social dinner my professor is making me attend. I owe him a favor. I'm sorry, we will have to reschedule.-S
No probs. Sunday then?-N
Problem...not probs... and fine, assuming I survive the dinner from hell. -S
That bad? -N
You have no idea.-S
Sorry to hear that. If you're (not UR lol) still alive I'll see you Sunday afternoon. You have my address. Godspeed.-N
Sasuke laughed at the text.
"What's so funny, who's that?" A voice asked him from the other room.
"Nothing, a friend. So are you going with me tomorrow or what Suigetsu?" Sasuke asked looking serious.
"Why do you need me to go so badly again?" He asked sitting on the couch lazily.
"I've told you Orochimaru is obsessed with me right?" Suigetsu nodded. "He invited me to this dinner knowing I'd come alone and if you don't come he might molest me and you'll feel really bad."
Sasuke looked over at the other man who closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"You really are more trouble than your worth sometimes." He said.
"So you'll go?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, on one condition." He said.
"Seriously?" Sasuke put his head on the back of the couch. "Not this again."
"Please just take me back. I've been a dick before but I promise I've changed, Sass.
"Don't call me that." Sasuke said irritated. "I said we could be friends when we broke up. Now you're taking advantage of that."
"Who's taking advantage of who?" He smirked.
"Whom," Sasuke whispered not looking at him.
"Fuck Sasuke! You know I hate when you do that!" Suigetsu got up and went back into the kitchen to get another glass of water. When he came back into the room Sasuke looked defeated.
"Please Sui?" Sasuke gave him his best begging face, the one he knew he couldn't say no to.
"Fine. Just promise me you'll think about US, ok?" He asked sitting back down, he tucked a strand of hair behind Sasuke's ear. "You look good by the way. Happy." He said.
"I kind of have a new job." Sasuke said
"Oh? Doing more ghost writing?" Suigetsu asked mildly interested.
"Yeah, song writing." Sasuke leaned away from Suigetsu's fingers in his hair.
"Song writing? You don't write songs." He said.
"I do now, I've changed since we broke up." Sasuke said.
"HA. That's ironic, the rocker boy's poety writing ex-boo is a songwriter now. People might think I turned you. Have you written a song about me?" Suigetsu asked taking a sip of water.
"No, of course not." He lied.
"Hm sure Sass" He laughed.
"Stop calling me that" Sasuke pouted.
"So who's this new friend? Anyone I should be worried about stealing my Babe"
"Pff please he's as straight as they come, and I'm not yours, you lost that privilege."
"And I'll fight like hell to have it back" Suigetsu whispered into Sasuke's ear making him shiver.
"I have to go, wear something nice, and I mean NICE." Sasuke said pointing at him seriously before heading out the door. He had to stoop so low as to come crawling to his ex for help with his perverted professor...it was going to be a long weekend.
SATURDAY
Sasuke stood waiting for Suigetsu to answer the door, it was cold and he hated waiting. The door opened and Sasuke's jaw dropped, Suigetsu, who normally rocked skinny ripped jeans and a beat up and an old beat up rocker Tee was wearing: black slacks, a white button up shirt with a black vest over it, and a fedora which normally Sasuke referred to as his douchey hat but tonight made him look like a dignified artist.
"Nice enough for you?" He asked watching Sasuke blink a few times until he was back to reality.
"Too nice, you look like you're trying too hard." Sasuke looked at his own black slacks and black long sleeved shirt.
"You said NICE, I did nice. Oh jeez look at you, you never bring a jacket do you?" Suigetsu laughed and placed the coat he was carrying over Sasuke's shoulders.
When the got to Orochimaru's house Sasuke panicked.
"What's wrong?" Suigetsu asked.
"I just want to make it through tonight" He answered honestly knocking.
"Hello Sasuke-who is this?" Professor Orochimaru looked at them suspiciously.
"I'm Suigetsu, his boyfriend." Sasuke went to correct him by saying friend when Suigetsu placed a kiss on Sasuke's lips shushing him.
"Yes." Sasuke said looking at him with a blush.
"Oh my, well welcome." Orochumaru was not pleased, he was hoping to get the Uchihua drunk off wine until he would insist he not go home. Unsatisfied with the stranger he left to attend to other guests.
"I didn't mean it." Sasuke said not looking at Suigetsu who took the coat off his shoulders and hung it up.
"I know." He said leading them to the food table. "But you will." He poured them both a glass of wine and sat together on the couch where they conversed with other writers, artists, and academics. Suigetsu held up surprisingly well considering he was a high school drop out in a local band. He picked up a few things hanging with the nerdy college writer next to him. Suigetsu smiled at the way Sasuke lit up when talking about writing with others who read similar books and understood his lingo. He'd get Sasuke back. For sure.
When the night was over Suigetsu walked a very tipsy Sasuke to his place where Sasuke's car was parked.
"I can't let you drive home Babe" He said as Sasuke leaned his head on Sui's shoulder listening to the heart beat.
"I'm tired." He said in a cute little voice.
"I know, sleep in my bed." He lead Sasuke to the room where he plopped him on the bed.
"Nooo. I'll sleep on the couch." He tried to get up but Suigetsu pushed him down.
"You're staying here" he took off Sasuke's shoes and socks.
"I have a secret" he said bringing his finger to his lips. "I did write about you"
"You did?" Suigetsu unbuckled his belt and slid off his pants, Sasuke pushed him away when he tried to help take his shirt off.
"Was it a good song?" he asked mildly amused as he watch Sasuke try to take off his shirt.
"My new boss thinks so." Sasuke giggled. "This could be it for me, I could finally make enough to live as a writer. I can live my dream" Sasuke said curling into the pillow.
"Do you think I could be part of that dream?" Suigetsu crawled into the bed next to him.
"hm." Sasuke mummered falling asleep. Suigetsu smiled and fell asleep next to the boy.
The next morning Sasuke woke to his phone ringing so loudly that his head buzzed. His hand shot out to the nightstand where his phone sat.
"mm what?" He asked groggy.
"Are you still coming over today? It's 12:30" He heard the voice of Naruto Uzumaki
"Yeah. Just let me get ready and I'll be there in an hour. Sorry." He said horsely.
"k, see you soon" Naruto said too fucking cheery for his taste. Sasuke hung up the phone and tossed it on the floor whining.
"You sound like shit." Suigetsu said from the other side of the bed. Sasuke looked at the boy in bewilderment then at himself.
"The fuck Suigetsu? Why am I half naked?" Sasuke yelled jumping out of the bed.
"We didn't have sex calm you roll" Suigetsu said sitting up. "You were too drunk to drive home so you crashed here." He watched Sasuke pull his pants up and look at him curiously.
"We better not have or I'll fucking cut your dick off." Sasuke said walking to the bathroom.
"Why do you still have my spare toothbrush?" He asked.
"I kept it for you. I knew you'd be back" He said with a smirk on his face.
"Your little whores better not have used it." He said putting on the toothpaste, he didn't have time to stop at his place and get ready, and he smelled like wine. "I don't want to catch herpes"
"Nobody has used it and if you want a spare change of clothes I have a shirt and pants of yours somewhere" Suigetsu got up and picked some clothes out of the closet.
"Why didn't you give me these back!" He grabbed the clothes from his hand and put them on the sink.
"I told you, I knew you'd come back. I kept them for you." Sasuke slammed the door in his face and stripped down to take a shower. When he got out Suigetsu was in the kitchen with a bowel of cereal.
"Shit, I am so hungover. And I'm supposed to go to Naruto's."
"Naruto? You don't mean Naruto Uzumaki?" Suigetsu asked shocked.
"He's my new boss" Sasuke grabbed his keys from the table getting ready to leave, he didn't have to explain himself to him.
"You're working for that poser?" Suigetsu laughed.
"What makes him a poser?" Sasuke turned around.
"He's a boy band, bad ass wanna be. Boy Bands aren't real musicians." Suigetsu said.
"He's a nice guy, and he IS a real musician, he cares about his lyrics." Sasuke defended him.
"Then why is he getting you to write them?" Suigetsu asked.
"Because he's too heartbroken to write, Jesus you are so judgmental of people" Sasuke walked over to the door pulling on his shoes.
"What a fucking pussy, real musicians write through their heart break, they take the pain and write some real shit. That's what I did." He was standing in the doorway watching Sasuke.
"You wrote a song about our break up?" He looked at him annoyed. "You don't get to write about your painful breakup when you're the cause of it" Sasuke opened the door.
"Well I'd like to hear your song sometime" He replied.
"I told you I didn't write one about you" Sasuke bluffed.
"That's not what you said last night, you also said you missed me" Sasuke looked at Suigetsu, how drunk did he get last night jesus did he really say that?
"I'm calling bullshit I didn't say that"
"Ok maybe not about missing me but you did say you wrote a song about me. I would like to hear it. I bet it's all about how much you love and miss me" He laughed.
"I hope my poser boss makes it famous, that'll kill you won't it." Sasuke gave a single pissed off HA walking out the door, slamming it. He really couldn't stand him sometimes.
The drive to Naruto's was filled thoughts about how the past 24 hours had gone and if he was willing to let Suigetsu back into his heart.
When he got to Naruto's his jaw dropped, his mansion was huge. Sasuke drove through the gates. When his car pulled into the driveway Naruto came walking out in casual jeans and an orange shirt.
"Nice to see you made it through your dinner." Naruto laughed and looked at Sasuke, he was wearing black skinny jeans and a blank band shirt and blank shoes and big dark sunglasses. He looked less like a writer and more of an emo band geek.
"Nice threads" Naruto said pointing at him.
"Sorry, they were the only clothes I had left at my friends house. I had to crash there. I drank too much to go home." Sasuke told him following him into the house.
"Oh, we'll I'm glad your alive" He laughed. The two boys walked into the living room where Naruto sat on the couch. Sasuke looked around the room, Naruto had signed guitars and posters of musicians all over hung up on his walls and a piano sitting in the room it was a music lovers dream home everything scream a musician lives here.
"Nice place" Sasuke said. "So, what would you like to do, work?" Sasuke asked.
"Thanks. Actually I wanted to hang out, I realized I don't know much about you, I was thinking we get to know each other..." he was Sasuke look at him skeptically. "I just think it'd be easier to write music together if we understand each other a little more." He explained, really he wanted to know about Sasuke. He was strange and mysterious and Naruto couldn't help but feel a pull towards him, his sign from the universe that Sasuke could help him over his slump.
"What do you want to know" Sasuke said awkwardly, sitting on the couch across from Naruto. He didn't look at Naruto, he didn't like talking about himself or his life but Naruto was the boss and he'd do what he wanted if he wanted to keep this job.
"Favorite color? Food? Band?"
"Blue. Tomatoes. I like the Sand Dunes"
"Nice made you want to write?"
"I read this book once and it made me feel all these emotions, they were just words but they made me cry and laugh and occasionally want to throw the book out the window I wanted to express myself and touch people the way I was." He explained lighting up talking about that memory.
"And poetry?"
"I was a dark kid with a lot of emotion, poetry got me through a lot of tough times." He said.
"Do your parents like your writing?"
"My parents... they had other plans for me." Was all Sasuke said.
"What are they like? Do you have siblings?" Naruto asked looking at how Sasuke tensed up a little.
"They're fine I suppose. My mom is a stay at home house wife, my dad is the captain of the police force, and my older brother is a cop." He answered.
"Wow, that's exciting. Two cops in the family is pretty interesting. Did you ever want to be a cop?" He asked.
"My dad wanted me to, he wanted both his sons on the force." He looked at his hands awkwardly.
"Were they disappointed you wanted be a writer?"
"You could say that. My parents no longer speak to me, or support me financially. I talk to my brother a lot but that's it." He explained.
"Oh... sorry to hear that." Naruto said he thought maybe this wasn't the best idea.
"It's fine. What else do you want to know." Sasuke asked wanting to change the subject.
"Um...your girlfriend?" Naruto asked, Sasuke gave him a confused look.
"Girlfriend?..." He asked.
"The one you broke up with...the one you wrote the song about." Naruto said.
"OH that. No. I had a boyfriend." Sasuke explained, he was prepared for the worst, if Naruto wanted to fire him that was fine but he wasn't about to lie to the guy about his sexual preference.
"Oh. So you're gay... that's chill" He said trying not to sound surprised, he hated when Sai was right about things.
"Yup." Sasuke looked at him and tried to guess what he was really thinking, chill? He had to be imagining it.
"Well the guys liked your song you wrote about him." He said.
"You played it?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, they wanted to make sure you were a good enough lyric writer, Kiba tried talking a bunch of shit but he shut up when he heard it. It was really good."
"Oh, well that's good." Sasuke looked away.
"So what happened?" He asked.
"With what?" Sasuke replied.
"With your boyfriend? Your song seemed like you loved him" Naruto asked.
"I did but he cheated on me when he was on the road touring with his band, one day I drove hours to see him because we had been fighting about the distance, him not calling enough, and other shit. I show up at his trailer and he's banging some groupie trash. I found out there were others, lots of others. Needless to say I ended it right there."
"Wow, that sucks. So he's a musician?"
"Yeah he's in this band called Heibi"
"Hey I've heard them, I actually like their stuff" Naruto said pointing to the poster he had at the top of the staircase that Sasuke hadn't seen.
"Oh that's wonderful." He said sarcastically he hated that Naruto liked their music, despite them being good but at the same time he secretly loved that Naruto liked their music, if Suigetsu found out he'd die of hatred, Sasuke laughed internally.
"Which one was he?" Naruto asked.
"Suigetsu."
"That guys gay? I heard he screwed a bunch of chicks on tour and...oh...sorry" He said nervously.
"He's bisexual...and yes he did. That was the problem"
"Oh damn...well at least you're not with someone like that any more." Naruto said.
"Yeah well, he's hell bent on getting me back, he was pretty adament last night." Sasuke cringed remembering.
"Wait. you crashed at HIS house last night?" Naruto asked shocked.
"Yeah well, he was with me, I needed a favor so my professor wouldn't hit on me and he came, we got drunk and neither of us could drive me home."
"I could've picked you up, you don't want to let your guard down around someone like that, you could have gotten back together with him or he could've taken advantage of you." Naruto said wailing his arms around.
"Thanks for you concern but he knows not to try anything with me I'll cut him" Sasuke laughed.
"Ok but if you ever need a ride or something, call me instead." Naruto pleaded, Sasuke could feel the sincerity in his voice.
"Fine. But if you're going to make me talk about my ex, I want to hear about yours. Tell me about the ex that broke your writing." Sasuke said leaning back, he wanted to NOT talk about Suigetsu anymore, he had enough of him for one weekend.
"Oh. Sakura" Naruto looked out the front window. "She and I dated since we were 13 and she was my biggest fan, she supported my writing and music, she went to all our shows but when we hit it big and had girls everywhere she couldn't take it. She wanted a guy who wouldn't have girls trying to touch me or get with me. She couldn't take not knowing if I was cheating on her on tour." Naruto explained sadly.
"Wait a second...she left you because of what you MIGHT have done?" Sasuke asked unbelieving. Naruto nodded.
"That's crazy, I mean I had my doubts if he was or wasn't cheating but you have to have some faith in the person your with. 'I trust you until you give me a reason not to' you know?" Sasuke said.
"Yeah. I totally get you, well ever since the songs I write are shit and I can't write anything people want to get excited about." Naruto explained.
"Just because a song is about a break up doesn't mean it isn't something you can use. Writers use their pain all the time, write a break up song." Sasuke said. "It help you move on."
"Is that what you did?" Naruto asked.
"I wrote one, yeah." Sasuke answered.
"Can I see it?" He asked.
"I don't have it but I can play it for you." Sasuke pointed to the piano.
"You play?" Naruto asked following Sasuke to the piano.
"My parents were very refined, I learned a long time ago.I have a keyboard at my apartment so I wrote music to it" He explained sitting down. He thought of the words he had written to get him through his break up and how it made him feel.
You and me, we made a vow
For better or for worse
I can't believe you let me down
But the proof's in the way it hurts
For months on end I've had my doubts
Denying every tear
I wish this would be over now
But I know that I still need you here
You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done
But when you call me baby
I know I'm not the only one
You've been so unavailable
Now sadly I know why
Your heart is unobtainable
Even though Lord knows you kept mine
You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done
But when you call me baby
I know I'm not the only one
I have loved you for many years
Maybe I am just not enough
You've made me realize my deepest fear
By lying and tearing us up
You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done
But when you call me baby
I know I'm not the only one
You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done
But when you call me baby
I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not the only one
And I know...
I know I'm not the only one
"Wow. You're really good, I didn't even know you could sing." Naruto said excited.
"Thanks.I don't really sing but when you feel something you can really deliver it" He explained.
"Maybe that's what I need to do is write a break up song...maybe it will really help me move on." He said determined.
"It helped me" Sasuke said. "Now since we're on the subject lets get writing, you look inspired so let's use that." They got up and Naruto took him into his studio to work on lyrics, getting to know each other had really worked, they wrote and had a better understanding for each other. Naruto was grateful he had met Sasuke, maybe this album wouldn't suffer from his break up.
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OK chapter three is done! Surprise, it's a NaruSasu/SuiSasu my STP (second true pairing? LOL) I forgot to say in the first chapter that the song is It's gone be me by N sync. The first song in this chapter is Twist in my story my Secondhand serenade and the other is obviously Not the only one by Sam Smith. I wanted to add other songs than just boy bands so I'll throw in some random songs and maybe some rocker songs for Suigetsu.
On to the next chapter lol thank you for reviewing and reading
KUU~~~