Seeing I already blabbed to much on the last chapter, I should just let you read this one without any stallings.
8
Sasuke's task had doubled after that incident. He woke up from 4 in the morning only to stop late at night.
Not only did he felt tired, he also felt unease ever since someone else had known his secret. Sure, Kyu was a kindhearted and compassionate boy if somewhat featherbrained on the surface, but it was clear to anyone who observed him that he was harboring what he considered a delicious secret. It worried Sasuke, who feared that the boy might not be able to keep his mouth shut for long and confide in someone.
There was another worry, one that Sasuke hadn't foreseen. Having taken Kyu in his confidence, albeit involuntarily, he had gained a friend who was fanatically hero-worshipping him. A pirate's brother, raised on the most notorious isle in the open sea, taken in by a merchant to escape a horrible fate – he was the very epitome of adventure to Kyu.
From the first morning after his discovery Kyu contrived to spend as much time as he could around Sasuke. He pressed him for details that Sasuke was loath to give him. Quite contrary to the glamorous portrait Kyu painted in his head, Sasuke's life in Hell's Peak Island was of ugliness, loneliness and the constant fear of discovery. The only thing worth living was Itachi and Gaara.
No, his past was one he cared not to discuss at any length with anyone, regardless how much he came to like Kyu. Kyu became almost Sasuke's shadow; tailing him almost everywhere and Naruto, Haku, and most of the crewmen, noticed it.
Everyone thought they looked adorable together. Well, everyone except Naruto of course.
Sasuke's icy composure was tested when Naruto had taken him aside and sternly warned him not 'to get any notions' about his brother. He and Kyu laughed about it afterward, but it was enough to warn Kyu that they were spending too much time together, and that they would have to be more discreet to avoid difficult questions by Naruto in the future.
It was a few days later when Naruto told him that they were but a few days away from landfall, Kyu approached Sasuke. The boy's eyes were twinkling, face etched with exaggerating delight – it was an expression Sasuke was coming to recognize and dread, for it meant that Kyu had a scheme planned out in his mind.
"Sasuke," he said as he stood in the doorway of Naruto's cabin.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed warily. "What mischief have you come up with this time?"
Kyu covered his mouth, mocking a scandalous look. "Mischief? Me? I would never!"
Sasuke smirked, "Cut the cheap act! I spent enough time with you to know that something's cooking in that usually empty head of yours!"
"Guilty. Hey, I'm not an airhead," Kyu grinned then he pouted as the Sasuke's last words registered. "I've just thought up something exciting apart from some others."
Sasuke groaned. Most of Kyu's ideas seemed to put him in more danger of exposure.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked wearily.
Kyu sank to a chair. His hand running through his hair, something he always did when he felt anxious and excited.
"I was thinking, Sasuke," He leaned forward.
Sasuke rolled his eyes. When the blonde boy started to think it usually meant you have to run to the hills and hide. Since there was no hill in the open sea…he'll just have to hear this through and hopefully he won't get persuaded to do anything stupid.
"If you were raised as a girl, I don't imagine you had much opportunity to put off your disguise and simply be a boy for a time."
"Try never," Sasuke muttered. "It would be dangerous."
"Well…we're far away from Hell's Peak and I was wondering," he said softly. "Whether you might like to try it."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about you!" God, the boy was still seventeen, where was his spirit of enthusiasm? "I'm talking about letting the real Sasuke out, if only for a short in secret."
"You're talking about me getting killed when Naruto finds out!"
"He won't find out!" Kyu persisted. "And even if he did, he'd hardly kill you. Oh, he might shout and bluster but that's all. And it wouldn't even be anger, more like embarrassment, really."
Sasuke stared at his friend as if he was crazy. Didn't he know that Naruto was only nice with him, that he was always careful around him?
"It's stupid, Kyu! Another few days and we'll make landfall. Once we dock, I'll disappear, go somewhere, and do something. Then if you want to, you can tell Naruto. But only after I'm far away."
Kyu slumped, pouting in disappointment. "You're not even curious?"
"No!" Sasuke lied. Of course he was curious but he'll be damned if he joined Kyu's foolish idea.
Kyu's great blue eyes were immediately awash with tears. "Oh! You're so mean sometimes, Sasuke! You won't even listen to my plan!"
"Bloody hell! I don't know who's crazier: you with your crazy schemes or me, who going along with it."
"Yatta!" Kyu jumped up cheerfully, the tears disappeared as quickly as they came. "I always knew that would work. Hooked, pulled and sinker." Kyu thought.
"Okay, what's the plan?"
"You'll come to my cabin tonight. We'll dress you in one of Haku's clothes – I'd let you have one of mine, but I'm taller than you. Haku's would fit you perfectly."
"Fine," the raven-haired boy sighed. "But I won't promise you anything."
"Hooray!" Kyu whooped, then clapped his hand over his mouth at Sasuke's hissed 'shhh' "You won't regret it Sasuke," he promised. "I'll wait for you tonight."
"It might not be possible tonight," Sasuke warned him. "Sometimes Naruto is restless at night and he'll take a stroll. What? I hear him sometimes passing my cabin."
I'll still wait for you. You'll be glad you did this, I know you will!"
Buoyantly happy with his success, Kyu skipped from the cabin, humming. Sasuke stared after him, his brain still unable to believe he just resigned himself into something foolhardy.
Taking care in not making any noise, Sasuke slipped from his cabin and tiptoed towards Kyu's.
Kyu's cabin was at the opposite end of the companionway. Apparently Kyu had been watching out for Sasuke; before he could even raise his hand to knock on the door, he was pulled inside.
"Finally," Kyu cried. "I thought you'd never come."
"I almost didn't," Sasuke admitted. "I'm still not sure I should."
"Nonsense. Come here now."
He took Sasuke to the wide curtain berth. On the ruffled coverlet lay two shirts, one short, two leather pants, and one what looked like a short-legged leotard. Each of the clothing had something in common. They're all tight.
"These are Haku's?" Sasuke asked as he eyed the clothes. He had never seen Haku in anything except his plain, modest clothes.
"Surprising, isn't it?" Kyu looked breathless. "He showed it to me once. He put them in a trunk in his cabin." Kyu pointed in the direction of the storage room that was remodelized as Haku's room for the journey. "I snuck it here this morning when he wasn't around."
"Why doesn't he wear them?"
"I don't know. It has something to do with his past. I suspect there's some broken romance he refused to speak of. He keeps the clothes as mementos, I suppose."
"Won't he be angry if he found out that we're taking it?"
"Oh, no you don't. I know what you're trying to do." Kyu said sternly.
"You do?" Sasuke asked innocently.
"You're trying to stall the inevitable. You're not going off that easily. Besides we're not taking it, we're merely borrowing it."
"You can't blame me for trying," Sasuke shrugged.
"Now, take off your clothes."
"No!"
"How modest of you," Kyu shook his head in pity. "I said take it off so take it off!"
"And I said no so I won't!"
"We could do this the easy way or we could do it the hard way. Either way you're going to take your clothes off."
"Make me!" Sasuke sneered.
"Shouldn't have said that!" Then he pounced on Sasuke. The two struggled on the floor. "Shout all you like!" Kyu said when Sasuke opened his mouth to scream. "Aniki had set up a sound-proof wall. No one's going to hear you even if you yell bloody murder." Within seconds Sasuke was left in nothing but his bikinibriefs (A/N: It would be obvious if he wore boxers, wouldn't it?)
Kyu stood up and gave a low whistle, which made Sasuke blushed.
"Now, be a good boy and wear those dress I brought for you or you won't go out of this room with any clothes on," Kyu grinned devilishly.
Fuming, Sasuke held out one of the leather pants. His expression contorted in displeasure. "Are you sure this'll fit me?"
"Just put them on. The suspense is killing me."
"I hope it'll kill you fast enough for me not to wear these clothes and get the hell out of here faster." He put one leg slowly ion, then the other.
"Oh, for heaven's sake," Kyu said exasperatedly. He took a step forward.
"No, I can handle it…ugghhh!" Sasuke took a sharp breath in as Kyu pulled the pants upwards. "Too…tight!"
(A/N: What did you guys think it the preview was about? If you're thinking what I thinkyou were thinking...SHAME on you! They didn't call it a teaser for nothing.)
Before Sasuke got the chance to get himself comfortable, Kyu shoved a black shirt over his head. Sasuke found himself being fit into a creation for all its beauty and pricey material, felt nothing less than one of the most brutal torture ever concocted by man.
Sasuke stared with chagrin at the blatant display of his figure under the tight clothing. The clothes were tight that there was little else left for the imagination. Deprived of their loose clothing, his body, particularly his …crotch, seemed far too large for his delicate frame. He was still having difficulty in breathing in the tight outfit.
Kyu noticed and whistled again. "You looked so damn fuck-able right now!"
Sasuke almost choked, his face red. He started to turn away in embarrassment
"Hey, I'm not kidding! You look hot! If you ever wear that back into town I'm sure the girls would orgaz-ed themselves on the spot."
"Orgaz-ed?"
"You know, 'orgasm'."
"Oh, right," Sasuke nodded as if he knew what the damn thing means.
"Oh! My! God! You don't know what an orgasm is?" Kyu stared as if Sasuke had committed a great sin.
"Should I? What is it anyway?"
Kyu rubbed his chin, trying hard to form the words. "An orgasm," he began. "Is the thing that happened when you climaxed or peaked."
"Climaxed? Peaked?" Sasuke was getting annoyed, "Would you mind speaking in some language that I could understand."
"A climaxed is…when you reach the highest point of…pleasure when you have sex or masturbate!" the blonde boy explained exasperatedly. There, he has to know that.
"Mastur-bed?"
Kyu's eyes were in danger of popping out of their sockets.
"You don't know what a masturbation is?" Kyu sputtered. "You mean you never…did it? Surely you must know!"
"Do what? Know what?" His patience was starting to abandon him.
"Haven't you had an erection before?"
"Erect what? If you're not going to stop asking me these stupid question and stare as if I'm crazy I'm going out!" Sasuke threatened.
Kyu held out his hand. "Wait! Okay. I'm just shocked. That's all." Kyu shook his head. Is it possible to be that innocent? "I'm surprise someone your age doesn't know about this. The next thing you'll tell me is that you don't even know what sex is. You do know what sex is right?"
"Of course." Sasuke flustered, the topic was getting to be too personal for comfort. Little did he know they were already well into it. "Gaara once said that it's when two people come together and make a lot of noise. Oh, and when they kiss each other senseless."
Kyu smacked himself on the head. "Seriously, nobody ever made a pass to you? Nobody who had made you had a hard-on?"
"Hard-on?"
"Never mind that! Just answer the first question."
"No one," Sasuke sighed. "I think they were too scared of my brother. Except maybe Gaara and snake man."
"You poor soul," Kyu shook his head in sympathy but his eyes lit with sudden deviltry. "Do you want to know?"
"Yes!" Sasuke said at once, not knowing what he's putting himself into.
"Never mind."He turned away."You may very well hit me."
"I promise I won't!" Sasuke pulled Kyu on the sleeves like a kid deprived of a treat. Secretly, Kyu smiled like a cat that just cornered a mouse.
"Fine, here sit beside me."
Sasuke complied.
"Now close your eyes."
Sasuke obeyed. Then they reopened in alarm as Kyu's lips touched his.
"What the hell are you doing? You never said anything about kissing!"
"Do you want to know or not?" Kyu asked. "This is only to speed things up."
Sasuke grumbled but remained seated.
"Good boy. Where were we? Oh yes, the kiss."
Kyu resumed the kiss. He nibbled on Sasuke's lower lips waiting for an invitation. When there was no response he spoke again, "Uh, Sasuke. I'll need you to open your mouth for me."
Sasuke shook his head.
Kyu sighed, and then he poked Sasuke on the side. The said boy gasped, giving Kyu the chance to slip his tongue in.
Sasuke was about to clamp his teeth on Kyu's tongue but he changed his mind as Kyu delved deeper into his mouth. Kyu took Sasuke's tongue into his own mouth before biting it and sucking on it. Sasuke savor the new sensation he was feeling. Before he knew it, he was reciprocating, his tongue mimicking Kyu's earlier moves.
Then the kiss ended, both boys panting; breathless.
"Not bad! Was that you're first?"
Sasuke just nodded before taking Kyu on the lips again, but this time he was leading. Sasuke ran his fingers into Kyu's head, pulling him closer for more contact. Kyu's hand roamed on the raven-haired chest and back, going lower. Then Kyu broke the kiss to wander to Sasuke's neck. It was all so new for Sasuke. His body was on autopilot; his brain was numb barely registering anything.
The room was getting hot for Sasuke and if he was not mistaken, the cloth he was wearing was beginning to shrink. Kyu took hold of one of Sasuke's hand and guide it over the said boy's groin onto something hard.
"And that my dear Sasuke-chan is what we called an erection."
Kyu proceeded further into the subject of masturbation.