Ahhh, writers block. What better thing could befall an author such as me -.-'. Hmm, but hopefully this chapter meets your expectations.
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Chapter five
Sasuke snuggled into the warmth beside him, lips slightly parted, face relaxed. Suigetsu looked down at him and began biting his lip. He stole his friend's first kiss. He had kissed his friend, and he didn't feel repulsed. He just felt nervous. What if this meant nothing to little Sasuke? What if friends were all they were?
But Sasuke had come to him. He had crawled in to his lap and clutched to him. Even in the heat of summer. Sasuke must have feel something.
"Suigetsu?" Kabuto called from the door. Suigetsu looked around, eyes widening in fear. He tried to pry Sasuke's small hands from his tee-shirt but failed miserably. It just resulted in the smaller boy clinging closer to him.
"Come in," he called, not at all sure that it was the right thing to do. Kabuto opened the door and quickly closed it. He didn't seem at all phased by the state his brother was in.
"So, care to explain?" the thirteen year old asked. Suigetsu sighed. Kabuto leaned against the wall and Suigetsu tried to get comfortable with the body still pressed to him.
"No."
"Come off it, Suigetsu," Kabuto sighed exasperatedly. "You can't do this with him. You don't know how."
"And you do?" Suigetsu bit back. Kabuto glared.
"Yes, I do. Do you know how much trouble you'll be in when Orochimaru finds out? He might not be the worst person in the world, but he's a homophobe."
"And how do you know?"
"I'm the oldest here and I've been with him longer. He refuses to treat homosexual patients, which isn't that bad considering most of Suna is straight, but that's not the issue. You have to send him home and never speak with him again." He said this with a glint in his eyes that made Suigetsu afraid to say no.
"I didn't do anything," he pleaded. Kabuto snickered.
"Yeah, kissing him was nothing. Sure he'd be happy to hear that." Sarcasm dripped from every word. Suigetsu pouted.
"You saw?"
"Of course. I was watching because I knew you would do something stupid like this!"
"Stupid? It's not stupid!"
"You're ten! It's not a lifelong commitment; he can't be your life long commitment, because he's only eight!" Kabuto exclaimed, angrily, yet softly. He didn't want to wake Sasuke. However, Suigetsu just had to be difficult.
Suigetsu felt Sasuke shift in his arms and the pale lids flutter open. A small smile graced the young boy's lips. His hands came up to rub his eyes.
Suigetsu was frozen. Sasuke sat up and stretched, yelping when he set his eyes on Kabuto.
"Why are you in here Kabuto-senpai?" he pouted. Kabuto sneered.
"Suigetsu will tell you that," and then he left. Sasuke looked from the door to Suigetsu, a small blush on his cheeks.
"Why was he here?" he asked softly. Suigetsu shrugged.
"No reason," he replied, "he just wanted to see if I'd permanently scarred you yet." he laughed and Sasuke could tell it was only half hearted. However, he nodded, just because Suigetsu didn't want to talk about it.
"Now, are you up for breakfast?" Suigetsu smiled. And Sasuke nodded because it was all he could do.
-~*~-
Breakfast was a similar affair to dinner the previous night. However, Sasuke noticed that Kabuto kept glaring at Suigetsu. That confused him, though not really.
Of course glaring at someone meant that you were angry with them. However, why was Kabuto angry with Suigetsu? He thought on this while Suigetsu helped.... Tayuya was her name, with the dishes and cleaning up. Sasuke came to the conclusion that it must have been about why Kabuto was in Suigetsu's room that morning. However, that still didn't give him a reason.
Then it struck him as he put away the last plate. He was the reason. Obviously Kabuto didn't glare and get angry for no reason every meal (as he was quite content last night), and the only difference was
This morning was Sasuke. So he must be the reason. However, that still left him with a why?
Sasuke scowled at the cupboard door. His answers only seemed to lead to more questions. Following Suigetsu up the stairs, still deep in thought he tried to think of a reason Kabuto would be angry with him.
If it was because he was staying over, he hid it well the night before. Maybe it was because he had slept with Suigetsu (A/N: okay, now, I rephrased that a few times and that was the most coherent thing I could come up with ^_^ I'm terrible), but didn't those twins sleep together as well?
His brow furrowed in irritation. It was directed mostly at himself because he couldn't come up with an answer.
"Hey, are you coming?" Suigetsu called from his door. Sasuke was staring at the wall at the top of the stairs. Out of his thoughts, he ran to Suigetsu.
"So what are we gonna do today?" Sasuke asked with a small smile. It faltered when Suigetsu didn't look at him.
"Are you okay with sleeping here and all?" Suigetsu asked softly. Sasuke, brows creased in confusion nodded.
"So, you still wanna see my secret spot?" Suigetsu flashed a smile and Sasuke nodded dumbly. All of these mood changes were beginning to make his head hurt.
-~*~-
Sasuke stared gapingly at the scene before him. It was beautiful. Suigetsu's spot was right at the end of the orchard and very well hidden in the trees and bushes that were at the back of the property. It was shady (because of the trees) and that resulted in the grass growing. You could hear the call of mother earth through the birds and small animals that came to this spot.
"So, you like it?" Suigetsu smiled, sharp teeth a pearly white. Sasuke could do nothing but nod, in awe of the raw natural beauty this place possessed.
"I like to come here a lot. It's nice and peaceful," he sighed, "and it belongs to me. No one else knows about it." he sank down underneath the tree and stared up at the canopy. Sasuke sat down in front of him, watching him carefully.
He looked really happy to be there and Sasuke was bubbling with golden happiness that he, not anyone else, knew of Suigetsu's special place.
"Thanks for showing me," he smiled softly. Suigetsu nodded.
"I thought you might like it. You and your friends seem like the type to like nature," his lips quirked upwards.
Sasuke was about to reply when a rabbit, a small one, hopped out of the bushes and settled beside Suigetsu. It didn't seem to phase the silver/white/lilac haired boy. Sasuke just stared entranced at the scene and was only snapped out of it when the bunny hopped away.
"Haha, this is there spot, so they like it here too," Suigetsu laughed at the wondrous look on Sasuke's face. The same face he had ogled the night before. Those slightly parted lips that he had kissed. His stomach flipped.
"Um, Sasuke-kun, could you come here for a moment," he waved his hands to get Sasuke to come and sit with him.
Sasuke looked at him and noticed his face looked kind of darker. He couldn't help but feel apprehensive and nervous. The butterflies were back as he slowly crawled to sit beside his friend. It was the feeling he got when Suigetsu was changing.
Suigetsu sat up and turned to face Sasuke. The Uchiha was too cute. He placed his hand on Sasuke's cheek, noticing the pink blush bon those pale cheeks. The pale eyeslids fluttered and then closed as Suigetsu's fingers began gently stroking those warm cheeks.
Breathing in deeply, Suigetsu leant in closer, feeling the breaths of his younger companion on his face, making his own cheeks colour. He scanned Sasuke's face and found the most adorable relaxed expression gracing his beautiful features.
He leant in closer until he was just millimeters from kissing those pink lips. His heart was beating so fast he felt as if it would burst forth from his chest. Continuing stroking Sasuke's smooth cheek he let his own lips cover the younger boys, eyes open to monitor any reaction.
Suigetsu moved his lips slowly against Sasuke's, getting no response at first. The relaxed expression was gone and replaced with one of confusion and then it softened as Sasuke moved against him.
The eight year old had no idea what was going on. One moment Suigetsu was stroking his cheek with his fingers and then he was kissing him. It was confusing, but not sickening. It felt.... for lack of a better word, warm. The kiss sent tingles through his body, filling him with warmth.
He pressed back tentatively, unsure of what to do, but Suigetsu hadn't pulled away so he assumed he was doing it right,
He heard a moan and was surprised to find himself pressed back against the grassy floor of the ... ground. He whimpered as Suigetsu lay on top of him, but soon became used to it.
Suigetsu's arm was placed under Sasuke's back, holding him off the forest floor a bit and his other hand continued to stroke the Uchiha's cheek. He opened his mouth and pressed his tongue against Sasuke's lip. That's when Sasuke's small hands, placed in between them, pushed at his chest, forcing him away.
Their lips disconnected and Sasuke looked up with wide eyes, breathing heavily, pupils dilated. Suigetsu looked down at the flushed face and pink lips of his friend. Inside he was worried. Why did Sasuke push him away?
Then it occurred to him. Sasuke couldn't breathe and kiss at the same time. It was probably his first kiss, bar last night, and he hadn't quite got the hang of it.
Sauske smiled up at him dazedly.
"Is this a secret too?" Sasuke asked softly. Suigetsu nodded.
"Can we do that next time I come over too?" Suigetsu was shocked by the innocent question.
"Ah...." Sasuke's eyes filled with tears, "yes, no, don't cry...it's just...do you know what we did?" he asked, harsher than he would have liked. Sauske sniffled then nodded.
"We kissed." he replied as though he was answering a question in Maths.
"But, do you know... have you ever seen people kiss?"
"Yes, mum and dad do it all the time and so do Temari-senpai and Hayate-senpai," Sauske smiled, "and sometimes, when mum and dad have gone to bed and I'm sneaking down for a glass of water, I go past Kakashi-san and Obito-nii-san's room and I see them kissing too. But they did other stuff as well," Sasuke's brow creased in confusion.
"I don't know what they were doing because it was dark but they weren't dressed and they were making weird noises....hmmm, like what Shisui-nii-san did when I saw him," more confusion, "mas-ter-bait-ing two weeks ago," Sasuke finished with a smile.
Suigetsu almost fell on top of Sasuke. It was so unreal. His friend had no problem kissing him and he knew what it was.
Ha, Kabuto, you're wrong, he thought happily.
Sauske coughed a little.
"Um, can we kiss again?" he asked and Suigetsu resisted the urge to 'awww, so kawaii! ^_^'. His friend was so innocent and cute. It was hard to resist.
So, once again, their lips met. Just soft chaste kisses that made them feel all bubbly inside.
-~*~-
It was four when they got back, lips red and puffy with cheeks stained pink.
"Where have you boys been?" Orochimaru asked from his chair on the back porch. Currently, Kidomaru, Kimimaro, Kabuto, Juugo and Jirobo were helping tend the orchard. They all took it in turns to help out. Sakon, Ukon, Karin, Tayuya and himself would work in it tomorrow.
"Uh, we were at the back of the garden. I was showing him around the bush," Suigetsu smiled pleasantly. Orochimaru nodded
"Are you enjoying it here Sasuke-kun?" he asked the smaller boy. Sasuke nodded. "Not having too many problems?" A head shake, "That's good." Sasuke smiled softly in response.
Suigetsu grabbed the Uchiha's hand and pulled them both up to the bedroom. He didn't miss Orochimaru's hiss of annoyance, but he did miss Kabuto's worried glance over at Kimimaro.
The older chrome haired boy looked over at the pale, sickly boy as he watered. Kimimaro was always so sick and it made his heart ache. No matter what anyone did, Kimimaro was getting worse.
Knocked out of his thoughts by the sound of Orochimaru going inside, he ushered his younger brother over to him.
Kimimaro looked at him with the biggest, brightest emerald eyes and he melted. He was so pretty. Kabuto looked around and saw that no one was watching and dragged Kimimaro behind one of the trees to kiss him.
Kimimaro tasted to pain and the worry in that kiss and knew it was for him. He gently stroked through the clothes and soothed the teen.
"I worry so much about you," he murmured, pressing his forehead to his young 'lovers'. Kimimaro smiled softly.
"I don't mean to make you worry," he replied softly.
Kabuto placed a gentle kiss on his forehead and pulled them out from behind the tree, grateful to see nothing had changed. He pushed them both back to work, just in time as Orochimaru walked out a second later with a book.
He missed the coal black eyes watching him from the window.
TBC
Ha, to be continued!. I know it's short, but I don't want to mix messages in chapters. This one is 'Orochimaru doesn't like gays' the next will be 'you're son's a gay: 10 ways to build a bridge and get over it' lol. Nah, not really.
Hmmm, I hope you liked it and I hope to have the next one up soon. Sorry for the wait, I'm getting a bit busy.
Yeah, I know it seems like Kabuto and Suigetsu are taking advantage of Kimimaro and Sasuke, but, it's sort of like that. Remember, three of them are kids and don't know any better. Gods, I feel like I'm a horrible person for writing this T.T It's horrible!
Anyway, ja ne yo, minna-san.
end note: My last two reviewers pulled me out of my self inflicted funk and gave me the motivation to write this. So, whoever you are who wrote your reviews in between the 12th and the 17th, this is dedicated to you. Enjoy.
