A/N: bold italics - memories/flashbacks
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"If I told you, then they wouldn't be secrets anymore, would they Quinn?"
Beck McKaye - "Whistler"
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xxxChapter 8: Viewsxxx
Naruto groaned at the sunlight hitting his face, lifting a hand to block out the nuisance, when he felt something shift in his hair.
"Nhn...what?" His nose scrunched up in annoyance as he reached up, running a hand through his hair until it bumped into something. He frowned and touched the object, noting that it was slim and warm, and there was more than one.
Naruto sighed and brought his hands to his eyes, fisting the sleep out of them and blinking groggily. His head was throbbing. Reaching up again, he grabbed the thing, bringing it down to his face only to find himself looking at a pale hand.
Naruto's eyes snapped to the side, widening at Sasuke's sleeping face. He dropped the hand. "Wh-what the hell?" He whispered. What the hell was Sasuke doing in his bed? He abruptly sat up, and then regretted it. A searing pain sliced through his head, making him hiss as his hands flew up to cradle it. "Fuck!" His eyes shut tightly with the quiet curse.
Naruto gasped when he was suddenly shoved back on the bed, the throbbing in his head refusing to recede as something curled around his throat, constricting it.
He coughed as the pressure tightened, slowly squeezing the air out of his lungs and digging nails into his skin. Blue eyes opened hesitantly, met with the sight of amused gold ones.
The man smiled slowly, revealing a row of white teeth that, if looked at closely, could resemble the sinister fangs of a snake. "It's not very manner like to keep your guests waiting, Naruto."
Naruto coughed again, his eyes going impossibly wide from shock. He reached up and wrapped both hands around the man's wrist, whose own hand held steady around his neck. "Oro...Orochi..." was all he could gasp out.
"Ahh, you remember me, I'm touched."
Naruto swore his heart stopped momentarily. Orochimaru was...here? Orochimaru was still free? Alive?
Saliva pooled in his mouth as Orochimaru squeezed harder. "What...are you..."
"Doing here? Ah, well, you see, I was chatting with my..."friend", if you will, when he let it slip that his troublesome otouto had become very attached to a gorgeous blond named Naruto. Why, my heart jumped at the sound of your name, and of course, I just had to come and see you Naruto, it has been such a long time. And my my, how much you've grown!"
Orochimaru squeezed even harder, making Naruto's breath ragged. "You've turned into quite a delicious sight over the years. Not that you weren't attractive before, but age has done nothing but kindness for you. And you must tell me," he lifted a finger and ran it along the tremulous boy's cheek. "Where did these curious marks come from? I'm sure you didn't have them before the…" he licked his lips and smiled, a sadistic gleam in the slit of his eyes, "incident."
A barrage of painful memories rushed forward and swam uninvited through Naruto's mind at that sentence.
What's wrong with her?
You're parents are dead kid, I'm sorry.
We have a lot in common.
I don't trust him, it's like a rat working for a snake.
Come live with me.
Don't go.
He's dead.
No!
They left him to die.
He can't be!
I'm sorry.
Never again...
A horrible feeling of emptiness spread to every nerve in his body, and out of anger, he rammed a knee up into Orochimaru's stomach, but it was pinned down by the man's leg as he climbed on the bed. "Now Naruto, you don't want to get violent with someone who clearly has the advantage here. I've already taken one person who was precious to you, what makes you think I won't do it again?"
"I'll kill you!" Naruto choked out in a hoarse but stern yell, which resulted in the other man switching his hand from throat to mouth.
Orochimaru chuckled and leaned down, his long black hair falling over his shoulder and brushing against Naruto's face. "That's a very serious threat." He whispered mockingly. "But honestly Naruto, I don't think you could hurt a fly."
Naruto felt a slight pressure building up behind his eyes, his vision blurred. This man should be dead! Or at least rotting in prison for all the things he's done! What the hell were the fucking cops doing? Orochimaru should have been caught years ago!
He shifted a frantic glance to the phone by his bed... If he could move fast enough, then there was a chance he could reach it and...
Orochimaru followed his gaze and let out a cold laugh. "I do hope you're not planning on calling the police, Naruto." He reached behind him and into his pocket, pulling out a knife and placing it right over Sasuke's throat. "That is unless, you want something rather unpleasant to befall your pretty friend."
Naruto's eyes widened and he rapidly shook his head from side to side in a quiet beg.
Orochimaru smiled. "I must say, I knew the Uchiha was a sight to see," he flicked his eyes over to the sleeping teen, "but he is much more beautiful in person, almost as pretty as your friend was, wouldn't you agree?"
Naruto could hear his heartbeat thudding in his ears as he stared helplessly at Sasuke's still figure, breathing harshly as he glanced at the poised knife. Why was Sasuke still asleep? Surely he'd be aware of the movement and voices around him... But he supposed it was better that he wasn't awake; he couldn't allow Orochimaru to see how much Sasuke affected him.
"Oh my," the man smirked with malice, "you've allowed yourself to develop feelings for this boy, haven't you?"
Naruto's eyes darkened, but he didn't move.
Orochimaru let out a laugh that racked his body with shivers of foreboding. "Well I certainly hope that won't be a problem, because your presence does seem to cause quite a bit of trouble for those you hold dear to you."
Those words were and uncomfortable tightness that gripped Naruto's chest, and he grew anxious as Sasuke remained sleeping.
Blood drained from Naruto's face.
"What did you do to him?!" He muffled angrily through the hand on his mouth, making the elder male smile.
"I wanted to be sure that he wouldn't wake up during our conversation, don't worry, he's still alive."
Naruto felt his muscles relax a bit, but tense again at Orochimaru's snicker.
"You really care for this boy. I thought you would have learned your lesson the first time around, but I suppose that can't be helped." He directed Naruto's attention to the knife, grinning with sinister intentions.
"Life is such a contradictory thing, isn't it Naruto? It's so powerful, gives you the opportunity, the freedom to choose whoever you want to be, do whatever you want to do." He glanced at the Uchiha. "You can become bright, successful and adored by everyone, like Sasuke here." He switched back to Naruto. "Or you can be weak, pathetic, useless, and shunned, more like you. It's all a matter of choice."
Naruto growled beneath the hand on his mouth. He suddenly jerked upward, intent on fighting Orochimaru, but their position left him at a disadvantage, as Orochimaru quickly pressed down harder so his elbows trapped Naruto's arms against his body.
Naruto glared so hatefully at him that his eyes seemed to have taken on a reddish tint. Yet be obeyed silently and remained still, knowing that if he moved to much, Sasuke would be paying for it with his life.
Orochimaru's lips curled as he continued to speak. "But at the same time, life is such a fragile thing. Think about it, just one swipe of this blade against that beautiful pale throat, and this boy's bright future will be lost to the shadows of death. People will cry for him, they will remember how talented, loved and adored he was, his memory will be cherished for years to come. However," he lifted the knife and ran it along his abnormally long tongue, this time placing it against Naruto's neck.
"If it were your throat that was to be cut, it would be a different story altogether. Less than a handful would cry for you, and those that do will eventually let your memory fade away into oblivion. Even those you gave a good fuck to, they won't even remember the hue of your eyes. But even though one would be remembered and one would be forgotten, you'd both die just the same. And that's the beauty of it."
Naruto's anger had not let up, but tears collected at the corner of his eyes. He allowed himself to believe that every word to reach his ears rang with sincerity... He knew it was true, but it hurt to be told.
Orochimaru chuckled and pressed the blade against the tan throat, not enough to kill, just hard enough to draw blood, and Naruto continued to cry silently as he felt a drop of the liquid slide down his neck.
The man dropped his head and licked the trail of blood, savoring the metallic bitterness as he dragged the wet muscle up to the other's ear. "It was nice to see you again, Naruto. I do hope you're careful about how your presence affects Sasuke. As for myself, I have more interest in the older Uchiha. We've reached an agreement of sorts for when he inherits the company. Hopefully, by himself. Sasuke should awaken soon, by the way." He got off the bed and strode to the door, leaving Naruto to lie still as the dead. The only sign of life: the slow rising and falling of his chest.
"Oh, and Naruto-kun, it would be wise to keep this little meeting of ours a secret, or I'm afraid your innocent new friend will be the one to pay the price." He left with a horribly satisfied smile across his ghost like face.
Naruto's head was spinning, hardly being able to grasp what had just happened.
'As for myself, I have more interest in the older Uchiha...'
Why was Orochimaru making deals with Sasuke's brother...? He groaned and wiped furiously at the tears on his face, hating himself for being so weak in front of that sick monster.
Should I tell Sasuke?...No... I shouldn't... Would he want to know? But Orochimaru threatened to...agh!
It was all so fucking frustrating!
Naruto sniffed and looked at Sasuke, flicking his eyes all over the other's features. He flinched when Sasuke shifted and moaned quietly, eyes fluttering behind closed lids. The sight made Naruto's heart swell. 'This is all your fault...I've let myself...no...' He looked at the ceiling, "...You stupid bastard."
"Well good morning to you too."
Naruto started violently at the sound of Sasuke's groggy voice, making that searing pain rush back full force through his head, his hands clamped over his skull with a loud groan.
Sasuke smiled and propped his head up on an elbow, resting his cheek on a fist. "Hangover?"
"Shut up..."
Sasuke laughed and lifted a finger, running it down Naruto's cheek and brushing his thumb across pink lips, his eyes falling half-lidded. "What did I do to make you upset now? I can't be that much of a bastard when I'm sleeping, can I?"
Naruto felt heat pool in his face. Why was Sasuke touching him like that? He wrenched his head to the side, lips tingling from the contact of Sasuke's skin. "B-be quiet you ass."
"Hey..." Oblivion eyes narrowed and Sasuke grabbed the boy's chin in his fingers, tilting it upwards. "Naruto, what happened to your neck?"
Naruto gasped. The cut! He clasped a hand over the still wet wound. "N-nothing, don't worry about it."
"You're bleeding."
"I'm aware of that!"
Sasuke frowned. He placed an arm on the other side of the tan body and bent it so his weight rested on his forearms, making their chests parallel and their faces inches apart. "What happened?" He whispered.
Naruto's jaw went slack, he could feel the heat radiating off the other's body, the warmth and concern over his face. Sasuke was too close, and that was meant in more ways than one. "It's...it's nothing."
"You're a terrible liar."
"I – I just cut myself."
"On your bed?"
"Sasuke, drop it, it's nothing, I'm fine."
"Could've fooled me."
"I...I just have a headache, you know, the hangover, I need some aspirin or something." Well...it was true.
Sasuke contemplated it for a moment before allowing Naruto to get off the bed, watching as the he walked to the kitchen and opened a cabinet, pulling out a glass and a box of pills.
The silence was thick and uncomfortable as Naruto filled the cup with water and shook out two caplets; he glanced at Sasuke. "Sooo...why are you on my bed?"
Sasuke tilted his head and smiled, messy bangs falling sideways over his face. "Well, to be frank, you forced me to lay down with you, saying you didn't want to be alone."
Naruto's heart skipped a beat. He swallowed the medicine, slamming the glass down and wiping an arm across his mouth. "Did I?"
"Yeah."
"Hm... What else did I do? Kiba's told me I'm pretty damn funny when I'm drunk."
It was strange, how he could act so normal after what had happened earlier with Orochimaru. But then again, he preferred to forget it had happened at all, and he decided he wasn't going to risk endangering Sasuke's life by telling him about the meet. So he would do his best to ignore the memory, even though it fizzled around the edges of his mind like a burning afterthought.
"Yes, you were very entertaining actually. Tiring, but entertaining. First, you tried coaxing me into drinking. Then, you proclaimed that I was your property and wrote this on my hand." He lifted his hand and showed it to Naruto.
Naruto squinted and raised a brow. "Nrto?"
"The abbreviation... Or as you so profoundly named it, the 'abbremaliation'."
"Uh...yeah, I do tend to get...creative." The younger boy laughed.
"Oh it gets better. After announcing that you 'owned' me, you wanted me to dance with you."
Naruto frowned and opened up another cabinet, pulling out a box of bandages. "Did we dance?"
"Please, I wasn't going to handle your wasted ass on a dance floor, but you really didn't seem to care."
Naruto ripped the paper off the band-aid and looked up. "What do you mean?"
"After I refused to dance with you, you got pissed and stood on the bar counter, then began stripping for the world to see."
"No way! I stripped in public?"
"Oh yes, you got to pulling down your zipper before I got you out of there and took you to the car... Do you want help with that?" Sasuke sat up on the bed, swinging his legs over the edge so his feet touched the cool floor.
Naruto shook his head. "No, I got it, keep going. Is there anything I should be horribly ashamed or embarrassed about?"
"Hn, the car ride was very...interesting. You asked me if I was angry, and then decided it would be wise to lie down on my lap while I was driving. Which by the way wasn't very wise at all, I almost crashed twice."
Naruto snorted and tilted his head; he wet his fingers under the faucet and ran them along his neck until he felt the sting of the cut. He flinched and quickly placed the bandage over the wound, then looked back at Sasuke, who was watching him intently. He blushed. "I'm still listening."
Sasuke continued to stare for a few seconds before opening his mouth, he wanted Naruto's full attention for this next part. "I think you started babbling, saying something about me making you break a promise you made to yourself." Sasuke jumped when the sound of shattering glass reached his ears, and looked at Naruto's pale face.
He stood but Naruto raised a hand. "No no, it's okay, it slipped, I got it."
Like he was buying that crap. "What's wrong with you Naruto?"
Naruto crouched down to pick up the shards of broken glass, avoiding Sasuke's eyes. "Nothing, Sasuke, really, keep talking." Naruto had actually said that? He was that drunk? 'Fuck, way to go Uzumaki.' Hopefully Sasuke would forget that little slip up.
Sasuke frowned and sat down slowly. Something was obviously wrong with Naruto, but if the blond didn't want to talk about, then Sasuke couldn't force him to. He'd have to wait.
"When we got here, I took you out of the car and led you to the apartment, but halfway there, you jumped to the ground and threw up." He heard Naruto laugh and the fragments clink in the garbage. He smiled. "I really didn't know what to do with you, so I picked you up, brought you inside and dropped you on the bed." He purposely left out the part with his erection from Naruto's behavior; there was no way he was crushing his dignity by revealing that.
He lifted his eyes to find Naruto walking towards him, the earlier shock erased from his features.
Naruto grinned and sat beside him on the bed. "Is that all?"
Sasuke chuckled. "Hardly, I stripped us down to our boxers and you ran a finger up my chest and told me I was very 'purty'."
Naruto turned red enough to make a tomato jealous. "I did?"
"Yeah... You also felt the need to share your knowledge about farm animals with me."
The boy groaned and stuck his face in his hands.
"You assuredly told me that the cow goes moo, but I think you were a bit confused, because then you said that the horse meows. When I tried to correct you, you accused me of lying. I figured that I wasn't going to accomplish anything by talking to you, so I laid down on the futon." Sasuke paused to chuckle before continuing.
"Not two seconds later, you yelled for me, asking where I was like a scared little kid. I got up and you hugged me, saying you thought I left. I pointed to the floor and told you I was right here, and then you said you didn't want me on the floor, that you wanted me in bed, with you. That's when you took the liberty of pulling me down yourself, and that's how I woke up on your bed."
Naruto stayed quiet for a few moments with a light blush, before the corner of his lip twitched up into a half smile. "I'm sorry I was so much trouble."
Sasuke smiled and leaned back on his hands, "Well, you weren't boring, I'll give you that much." he glanced at Naruto to see his shoulders shaking in a fit of chuckles, and felt smiles bubble up in his own throat.
The room was suddenly filled with a loud outburst of laughter from both boys. Laughing stupidly and without reason to the point where sides were gripped and tears were shed.
It quieted down, leaving them in a heavy, awkward silence that pressed in on them.
Sasuke couldn't even remember the last time he had laughed like that, let alone for no reason. He looked at the boy, who was staring at nothing in particular in front of him. "...Naruto."
Blue eyes flicked up to regard him silently.
"You...all those things you said to me last night...did you mean them?"
Naruto dropped his eyes, suddenly finding the floor to be something quite interesting to look at. "...I was drunk." he murmured back.
"People do tend to be more sincere in that state sometimes."
Naruto glanced to the side, moving his head so his bangs shadowed his face. "Well sometimes they just say stupid stuff that doesn't mean anything."
Those words sent a numbing pain a flow through Sasuke's veins, and his mouth pulled at the corners in a deep frown. "Oh...I see." Honestly, what was he expecting? He'd allowed Naruto's drunken stupidity to cloud his senses and trick him into thinking that the blond might have emotions similar to his own simmering inside of him too... How stupid.
Naruto felt a tight pain choke at his heart. "...You're a friend Sasuke, a good one...but nothing more." Naruto rolled his tongue over his teeth awkwardly. He had never really liked lying. 'No...I haven't broken it...he's just a friend.' He let out a shaky breath, "Let's go to school."
Sasuke didn't even look at him. "Right." 'Friend...something more...it's just a step away.'
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Naruto sighed and blew a bang out of his face while sitting on a step of the stairwell. He tugged and fiddled with his shoelace and looked up at Sasuke. "It's weird that Kiba and Gaara aren't here yet, the bell's gonna ring soon."
Sasuke shrugged. "Yeah...they must've died." He smirked.
Naruto gasped and kicked him. "Sasuke you ass! Don't say things like that!" He paused when an annoying beeping sound caught his ears.
Sasuke raised a brow as he watched Naruto look around for the source of the noise, moving his head from side to side like a blind person with a "Where's Waldo?" book.
"What the hell is that?"
"You can't seriously be that stupid."
"What?"
"It's your phone, baka."
"My... oh yeah!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell that was vibrating with noise. He grinned sheepishly. "Forgot I had one."
"Hn."
Naruto flipped the phone open and pressed it to his ear. "Hello? ...Oh hey Kiba! Where are you? ...Huh? Why not? ...Oh, I'm sorry, is she okay? ...Uh-huh...no, just Sasuke...so he's not coming either? ...Yeah, I guess so..." His eyes suddenly bugged out, "What? You – you! Just shut the hell up! That's not true! There's school! ...Because I was DRUNK last night and he brought me home !...NO WE DID NOT!..." His mouth dropped open. "Fuck you dog face!" He hung up.
Sasuke blinked. "What happened?"
"NOTHING!" Naruto blurted out before blushing and taking a deep breath. "They're not coming. Kiba's sister is sick so he's taking care of her, and Kankuro needed help with the shop today so he asked Gaara to stay."
Sasuke shivered, Gaara with a tattoo needle was a frightening thought. "So wait a minute...it's just you and me?"
Naruto smiled. "Uh-huh."
The bell rang.
Naruto sniffed and stood up. "Well, see you in chem Sasuke." He turned to walk away but stopped when something tugged at his wrist, he looked back with a groan. "Nhn, what is it now?" He stared at the other boy, who was standing now, a smirk on his pretty face.
"We're not going to class today, Naruto."
"Huh? But we skipped yesterday."
"So?"
"I have a test today."
"And?" Sasuke didn't care if they failed for not coming to class today. There was no way he was going to waste an entire day alone with Naruto, he'd have to be downright stupid to pass up such an opportunity.
"Sasuke...are you sure? I mean, I don't have a problem with going today, and I know how much you hate missing school."
Sasuke shrugged and pulled Naruto closer. "So I'm being spontaneous today. What's wrong? You afraid of getting in trouble, oh wild one?"
Naruto's cheeks puffed out in irritation. "I am not afraid!"
"Great, so what's the problem?"
"Nothing asshole! I'm not afraid! We're going to Aeon!" He huffed in annoyance and yanked on the other's arm.
Sasuke smirked. Sometimes, it was just too easy.
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"Why do you always insist on me buying you ice cream whenever we come here?"
"You don't like ice-cream?"
"No, it's not that, but...look, I don't know, can't you just get a cookie or something?" Didn't Naruto have any idea how...erotic he looked while eating ice cream?
Naruto pouted. "But I don't want cookies...I want ice cream."
Sasuke looked away from the pout. "Just...can you get something else? Something that's not...creamy?" He blushed lightly at the images that word produced.
"But why?"
Sasuke groaned. "Please?"
"Hmmm..." Naruto contemplated and glanced to the side. He spotted something and smiled. "Fine." He grabbed Sasuke's wrist and led him to an ice cream machine. "Give me a dollar."
"Dobe, I said no ice cream."
"Nooo, you said nothing creamy, popsicles aren't creamy Sasuke." He sing-songed.
Sasuke snorted and pulled out a dollar from his wallet. Naruto made a grab for it, but it was raised over Sasuke's head. The boy frowned and reached up for the bill, gripping the other's shoulder and pressing up against him. "Damn it teme! Give it to me!" Damn the fucking jerk for being two inches taller than him!
Sasuke smiled and leaned down to Naruto's face. Making sure to keep the dollar out of his reach, he breathed into his mouth. A stream of warm, sweet breath. "Nothing white either...okay?" He whispered softly.
Too bad Naruto was a bit too distracted to even notice Sasuke's seductive ways. He nodded with enthusiasm and Sasuke gave him the dollar. "Hahaha! Popsicle!" He turned around and shoved the bill in the machine, several times, before it stayed, and punched in the necessary code to get his precious treat.
Sasuke stared impassively as the cold pop fell out of its place and Naruto pulled it out from the bottom, clumsily unwrapping the paper.
'Hn...popsicle, nothing bad about-' His eyes went wide. '...Shit...' Sasuke groaned and closed his eyes, tangling one hand through his hair.
Naruto gave him a confused look and pulled his treat extremely, tantalizingly slow, out of his mouth with an innocent frown. "What's wrong with you?" He grinned, "It's cramps isn't it? Your time of the month?"
Sasuke ignored the insult; he was enraptured with watching the damn Popsicle sliding in and out of the boy's pouty pink lips, the slipping and slurping sounds that he swore the other was making on purpose. Then Naruto did something that almost made Sasuke's legs give up on the spot:
He slid the whole thing into his mouth. Every trace of the red cherry flavored Popsicle disappeared between those delectable lips.
And Sasuke lost it.
He quickly jerked the treat out of Naruto's sinful mouth and launched it halfway across the mall, vaguely hearing some woman scream about her new perm.
Naruto stared dumbfounded at his now empty hand, then looked up at Sasuke with an angry scowl. "What the hell man?! I was fucking eating that!"
"You can't eat ice cream in front of me anymore!"
"The hell is your problem? You fucking threw the damn thing!"
"Just shut up and let's go!"
"Oh fuck no! You better go buy me something else to eat!"
"What!" Sasuke hollered. "What do you want to eat that's not ice cream?"
"Hmmm...ramen!"
Sasuke thought for a moment. 'Ramen...noodles...slurping...' "No, no ramen."
"Why not?!"
"Pick something else."
"Since when are you in charge of what get shoved down my esophagus?!"
"First of all, I'm surprised you even knew what that word was. Second, I'm surprised that you actually used it correctly, and third, if you don't pick something else, I'm not buying you anything!"
"Agh! Why are you so fucking difficult?!"
"Why are you so fucking oblivious?!"
"Why are we yelling?!"
"How should I know?!"
"Ah!" Naruto slapped a hand over Sasuke's mouth, which earned a light glare of disapproval from the boy. "Look, we'll eat later okay? Jesus, just...just calm down, alright?"
Sasuke muffled something before shoving him off. "I'm not the only one who needs to calm down here!"
"Okay! Okay!" Naruto sighed and placed his hands on his hips, smiling lopsided at Sasuke. "See? Calm."
Sasuke was panting, but just barely, trying very hard to calm himself down. Getting into a heated quarrel with Naruto had sent his hormones into overdrive. He was this close to tackling the boy to the floor and ravishing him senseless, and he didn't think he would have cared who saw. He placed a hand over his heart in a vain attempt to quell the pounding muscle. "Alright...okay, I'm fine."
"Good, now please, calmly explain to me why the hell you threw my – hey look!"
It was at times like this that Sasuke had to thank God for Naruto's short attention span, because he had no clue how to answer that question that nearly spilled out of the blond's mouth, 'Yeah, sorry about throwing your popsicle Naruto, you see, it's phallic imagery was giving me extremely impure thoughts that included you being fucked on the glass window display of the nearest store.'
He didn't think so.
Now Naruto was inside some sunglasses store, checking himself out in front of a mirror with a pair of shades on. Sasuke made sure his heart was calm, face impassive, and that nothing was...'sticking out' before he entered the store with him.
"Hey hey! Sasuke! I look good in these huh?"
"Hn" Sasuke reached out and pulled the shades off, replacing them on his face instead with a smirk. "But I think I look better."
Naruto frowned. "Nu-uh! Go find your own!"
Sasuke smiled and wrapped an arm around Naruto's shoulder, bringing their faces mere centimeters apart. "You don't think I look good in these?"
Naruto blushed. Okay, so Sasuke looked good, so what? The bastard looked good in just about anything anyway!
Sasuke snorted and pulled the shades off, handing them back to Naruto. "Do you want them?"
"Uh...well, yeah, I guess so."
"Alright, c'mon." Sasuke turned to walk to the cash register, when he heard the other boy laughing softly, he turned back. "Something funny? Do you want them or not?"
"Oh, I want them all right."
"So what's the hold up?"
"You're not paying for them."
"...And I suppose you plan on paying?"
"Nope."
"So you're not getting them?"
"Yes I am."
Sasuke thought for a second, untangling the blonde's yarn of words. He frowned. "You're stealing it?"
"Nope."
"Oh..."
"You are."
"...Come again?"
"Oh yeah baby," Naruto teased as he pointed a finger at Sasuke, "you're gonna take 'em."
Sasuke flushed at what Naruto had called him and frowned. "What makes you think I'm going to steal?"
"C'mon Sasuke! You've never stolen something before?"
"No, and I'm not about to start. Why am I going to steal something when I have more than enough money to pay for it? That's stupid, I could get arrested."
"Not for petty things, they just give you a slap on the wrist and send you on your merry way."
"I'm assuming this is from experience?"
Naruto grinned and pushed the shades into a pale hand, leaning up to Sasuke and gazing at him in a seductive manner. "C'mon now...if you really want them for me, you'll take them. Do it and it'll prove that you've really pulled that stick out, once and for all."
Sasuke felt his pulse speed up a bit. He'd do it if it made Naruto think more of him (though he had no idea how that worked out. Think more of a person for stealing?) but he was still unsure, he'd never stolen anything before, never needed to. "I don't know..."
"Money won't be there forever Sasuke. What would happen if one day, all your money disappeared? What about then?"
"Hn..."
Naruto smirked. "Plus, it's exciting, it'll give you a rush." He took the shades and slipped them into the other's pocket. "Try it."
Sasuke glanced at him uncertainly before looking at the exit, then back at Naruto. "If we get caught, you're taking the heat dobe."
Naruto smiled. "C'mon." He walked step by step with the Uchiha.
Sasuke felt his heart thrum with each stomp of his foot, increasing slowly as they reached the exit. It wasn't as if they were taking anything valuable, it was just a pair of shades (which made it all the more stupid). But it was still stealing, still something you could get on trouble for.
The moment they walked through the detectors was like slow motion, agonizingly slow, until a loud, repetitive beeping resounded through the store. Sasuke nearly spun around and shouted "It was an accident!" but didn't get the chance as he found himself being pulled by the wrist by a certain blond with an insane smile on his face. He took a chance and looked back, met with the sight of two mall cops hot on their trail. "Shit! Naruto we need to get out of here!"
"You think we're just running for the hell of it? The best part is losing them!" Naruto yelled as he shoved past shoppers with bulging bags and rounded a corner.
He abruptly stopped.
Sasuke gaped at him. "Why did we stop?!"
"Shh! Shut up!"
Naruto seemed to be looking around for something, and smiled when he found it. He dragged Sasuke to a small niche in the wall, squeezing in and putting a finger to his lips, silently telling him to keep quiet.
It was a very small space; Sasuke was actually a bit surprised that they fit. They were parallel to one another, pressed hard against each other, body heat mingling; they were practically taking air from each other's mouths.
Oh this was not good.
He felt Naruto press harder against him as the cops came into view, looking around with confused faces for the two boys.
The blond's hair was skimming over Sasuke's lips, and he couldn't stop himself, he grabbed the other's bronzed hip with one hand and pulled him as close as physically possible. God, it felt good. Then Naruto buried his face in his neck, tan hands gripping his shoulders. Sasuke didn't know if the other was returning his come on's or simply trying to make their hiding more effective, but either way, it didn't stop the blood from rushing straight to Sasuke's groin and pooling down there in a tight heap of sensation.
Naruto's eyes widened as he felt something hard dig into his pelvis, but he dismissed the thought when he felt a hot wind tickle his ear. "Naruto...how long...do we have to stay like this?"
Naruto looked up at the dark boy, whose eyes were hazy with some kind of emotion he couldn't really decipher right now. He pressed a palm over Sasuke's mouth. "Shhhh." Naruto labeled the hard thing down there (which for some reason was getting harder) as the shades in Sasuke's pocket.
Sasuke nodded at Naruto's command and shut his eyes, basking in the heated moment he knew would end all too soon for his liking. He groaned into the hand and placed his own palm on the small of the Naruto's back, pushing and pressing at it and increasing the already too close contact.
Naruto's thoughts were beginning to become cloudy as he watched the officers. He was very aware of Sasuke's hands and his own body, of Sasuke's warm breaths against his fingers, but decided not to give it much thought and let it flow. It would be over soon.
His prediction was affirmed when he saw the cops leave, and feeling that they were far enough, he detached himself from Sasuke and backed into the wall behind him as much as possible, suddenly feeling unbearably cold. He sighed and looked down the length of the other's body, finding a very surprising...surprise down south. "You're hard?!"
Sasuke smirked and placed two hands on either side of Naruto's head. "Like you said, it was a rush."
Naruto blushed as Sasuke's face came closer, filling up his view. "How are you going...to get rid of it?"
Sasuke tilted his head so his bangs fell sideways and brushed Naruto's face. "I could think of many ways to 'get rid of it'."
Naruto let out a shuddering breath, feeling an explosion of heat within himself that he found difficult to fight down. He placed a palm against Sasuke's chest and gave him a pleading, sorrowful look.
Sasuke got the quiet plea and frowned, backing up into his own wall with a small smile. "Just give me a minute it'll go away."
Naruto gave him a thankful nod and grinned. "Well, hurry." Naruto cocked his head, his fingers splaying out on his friend's chest.
"I wanna take you somewhere."