Ok, so here is the second chapter.
I feel like is very poorly writen but I would really apreciate some constructive criticism
O and yeah I don own anything blah, blah, blah, blah...
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"That your eyes are blue"- said Sasuke and took one more step.
"You just realize this?"- replied Naruto with a tone of restrained anger and tried to step back only to find that the wall seemed to be closer that he thought it to be: -"We've known each other for years and you just suddenly realize that my eyes are blue!?"- Naruto was getting all worked up, but it was more due to the fact that the stupid wall didn't seem to give way to his weight and disappeared so he could restore the very much needed distance now that he came to grasp the fact that there was only 4 steps between him and Sasuke.
"Of course I knew your eyes were blue dead last, is just that I never really notice how… blue they were"- he said and took one more step towards Naruto, staring intently into Naruto's eyes. Why was it that he seemingly had failed to notice how different were Naruto's eyes?
'Three steps, three steps, three steps…'- chanted Naruto in his head like a mantra as he couldn't help but notice how dangerously close were their lips.
"It must be the way the light hits your face"- said Sasuke and yet another step; now there were only two steps left and Naruto started wondering if Sasuke was doing this on purpose or if he truly was that stupid as to not realize what he was doing to him and his sanity.
"Or maybe is the…"- but Sasuke didn't manage to end his sentence as he took one more step, Naruto shoved him hard and almost made him lose his balance, in more ways than one.
"What's wrong with you!?"- yelled Sasuke stabilizing his fall.
"Personal space"- muttered Naruto as he moved away from the raven: -"You were the one that made that rule, remember?"- as he said it he turned to gaze at Sasuke and their ayes looked for the briefest of moments, then the moment was gone and Naruto had turned away again and started walking: -"I'm taking a shower"- he announced and headed towards his own bedroom.
Sasuke attempted to take a few steps to the direction Naruto had marched towards, but as he stared at the shut close door he desisted from the idea.
Snorting angry at whatever, he allowed himself to sprawl back on the very same comfortable armchair in Naruto's living room that he had be occupied.
It was true; he had indeed established that rule between the two of them a few years ago, actually when they first meet.
'Why did I impose that rule?'- He wondered to himself… He looked out of the window and caught a glimpse of something red that he couldn't quite discern what was it, but somehow made him think of Naruto… Yeah… now he remembered why he did it…
He quickly stood up from the armchair as if stroked by a lightning and made his way to the computer; it was on stand-by, but he was pretty sure he could figure the password out. Naruto's playlist was still playing and he could hear the voice of Suga Shikao but couldn't quite discern what was being said.
He tried various options for the password; he tried with "yaoi", then with several names of his favorite animes, but to no avail.
He observed his own reflection on the black screen and tried to put a name to the expression that was plastered in his features; was it anger? Frustration? Doubt? Or maybe that expression was trying to covey how much he was restraining himself of running to that bathroom, open the door and watch Naruto in all the splendor of his nakedness?
Grumbling angry at himself and his lack of self-control he stood up again and started pacing around the small apartment, and it didn't take long until he realized that the room seemed to be smaller than he thought it to be the first time he came there.
He abruptly stopped his pacing as his mind provided some of the scenes of his "first time" in the apartment. Absorbed in his memories of the past he realized that, no matter how much he tried to pretend that nothing had happened it didn't lessen the fact that it did.
Another song on Naruto's playlist started echoing throw the apartment, but Sasuke wasn't paying that much attention. He vaguely recognized it as one of Naruto's favorites songs.
"We're just like old friends. We just can't pretend that lovers make amends…"- he then realized the lyrics of Smashing Pumpkins were playing on the background; trying no to listen to intently for the sound of the shower running he tried to focus instead on the song: -"So far, I still know who you are, but now I wonder who I was…"- without realizing it he mumbled the words of the song along with the singer.
He suddenly came to a halt and looked around him as if looking for the answer to an unasked question: -"Strangers when we meet, strangers on the street, lovers while we sleep"- he briefly wondered why he was singing along. Since when do Uchihas sing along?
Shaking his head, as if that action could scare away whatever it was that he wanted to scare away, he tried to make himself stop singing along and schooled his expressions to a straight face.
And as the reminiscence of it all started coming back, he decided not to stop it, because, what would be the point? It would come back at him at some point, and with vengeful force, so what better time than now.
The memories were, metaphorical and literately speaking, right there; and so where the couch and the coffee table he had tripped with that night and so was the bookcase they had ran into as they had stumble throw the apartment to get to Naruto's room, were he very likely was very much, and Oh God thank you for it, naked and…
"No!!"- screamed Sasuke and started banging his head against the nearest wall trying to get those thoughts out of his head.
"No what?"- he heard a voice asking from behind him and startled he turned back to face directly those blue eyes that he had just notice how blue they were.
"Nothing, really… I just…"- and was Sasuke stuttering? But he couldn't quite finish his sentence because Naruto started walking towards him, wet blond hair barely touching his shoulders dripping water as he went.
Sasuke noted, without being very conscious about it, how a drop of water fell from one of Naruto's bangs to his exposed shoulder and descended throw his chest to his abdomen and…
'No staring Uchiha'- he told himself as he reminded himself to keep his eyes on the blue ones.
As Naruto passed by him hardly touching him, but touching him nonetheless, he could smell that scent that he had come to associate with the blond.
It was a smell akin to vanilla and chocolate and water and sun and…
"…Blue…"- and only when the words had already left his lips did he realize he had said them; the whisper had been so subtle, so soft that for a moment Naruto thought he had imagined it, but when he turned to Sasuke and found an expression of utter surprise -'And God isn't that gorgeous?'- in the raven's face he knew he hadn't been imagining things, he had indeed said it, and with such a husky voice.
And when their looks crashed something weird happened to Sasuke, an inexplicable and very vivid flood of memories came to him…
The night he had met Naruto by the fountain…
His lips as he blew away the seeds from the dandelion… Why did he wanted so much to kiss the blond?...
The glass barely touching his lips as he took another swing of his vodka…
The feelings of his hand roaming across Naruto's lower back as he held him and helped him walk staggering and regretting that last vodka shot…
'What's your name?'- asked the blond…
'I like how you smell… is kinda like vanilla'- said Sasuke…
The coffee table that made them trip over… Blessed coffee table that made Naruto hold onto Sasuke more tightly in order not to fall… Or was it the alcohol?
'Where's your room?'- he heard himself ask him…
He felt as if watching a flashback in a movie of exactly the same things he didn't wanted to be thinking about right now.
'Is all because of that natural scent of his'- Sasuke thought looking away, having this weird feeling that if Naruto saw his eyes he would see the flashback replying in his own eyes.
"What were you yelling about a moment ago eh?"- asked Naruto understanding that if he decided to venture into Sasuke's memories he would step into dangerous territory because this seemed to be one of those things the raven haired wouldn't want to discuss and so he let it be, because he had his own.
"Nothing…"- murmured Sasuke sighing and only then he realized that he had been holding his breath.
Naruto kept on silently staring at him, it wasn't every day that he could allow himself the privilege of openly ogle the Uchiha. He let his eyes wonder over the well form neck line noticing the tension on the muscles of the chiseled neck, admire that twitch on Sasuke's inferior lip that appeared when he was at a loss of words and that black leather necklace with a gold crucifix…
'You smell like cigarette'- said Naruto as he kissed the raven's neck…
The feeling of the cold wall against his bare back, but he was hot and sweaty…
'I want you closer… closer'- said the blond as he drew him closer pulling him by that black leather necklace with a gold crucifix…
His fingers as he absent mindedly played with the crucifix as he enjoyed the memories of the recent physical activity…
'Your hands are cold'- said Sasuke… -'I like it'- he mumble as he dived for Naruto's neck…
Naruto was vaguely aware of the background music still playing, but then one of the lines reach his ears and he allowed all of the memories finally sink in.
The intros of the electric guitar echoed throw the reigning silence of the apartment and the raspy voice of the singer was heard afterwards as the two of them kept on looking at each other.
"Look what you done, look what you done. Love is the drug that makes you feel sexual…"- and as the lyrics filtered between the two, words unuttered were spoken without their permission: -"…I can see the shame written on your face.
We were lovers when you knew my name…"- Naruto opened his mouth, but no sound came out and Sasuke tried not to stare too intently to those parted soft pink lips.
"Is already 4:30. Have you eaten yet?"- asked Naruto trying to restart and trying to change the subject fearing his thoughts might led him he didn't wanted to go.
"No…"- muttered Sasuke fearing held the blonds' gaze might brake his already weakened self control.
"I'll fix us something"- said Naruto and started walking to the kitchen, but Sasuke's voice stop him mid track.
"Do you still have it?"- asked Sasuke and he finally made eye contact.
The blond knew immediately what he was talking about, but decided to pretend like he didn't; it was always easier to pretend and avoid than to confront and explain.
"What are you talking about?"- said Naruto and looked away fearing Sasuke might notice the lie in his eyes.
"About the drawing…"- said Sasuke and Naruto heard and saw the seriousness in his eyes and voice and that alone sent chills down his spine.
"Yes…"- he heard himself answer.
"Where is it?"- asked Sasuke. There was something in his voice, something that Naruto couldn't quite name, but was there nonetheless, and it made the conversation seemed all the most important.
"Somewhere around…"- Naruto said and quickly turned around trying to hide his face from Sasuke's.
"Somewhere around?!"- said Sasuke, Naruto could clearly hear the restrained anger in Sasuke's voice: -"That's how you care for the things I give you? You know what? I won't give anything else if that is how you handle the things I give you…"- but the raven haired got stopped on his tirade as Naruto took his hand and led him to his room.
When they stepped into the room Sasuke had this suffocating feeling of flashback coming back to him.
"The bed is still where I remember it to be…"- whispered Sasuke without being conscious about it.
Naruto, still holding him by the hand, lead him to the mirror sitting next to his bed and next to it, framed, was the very same drawing Sasuke had given him a while ago.
He drew near to it; almost not recognize it as his own making.
It was Naruto and it was him and it was… so many things, so many memories and that vanilla scent that kept on hunting him and filling him and taking him places he wasn't sure he was ready to go to.
He heard as if being played far away in the distance, one of the songs from Naruto's playlist…
"setsunasa no kagiri made dakishimete mo
itsumade mo hitotsu ni wa narenakute…"
"It was in this wall, wasn't it?"- asked Sasuke more to himself than anyone else, but it was the blond who answered.
"…yasashisa yori fukai basho de
fureau no wa itami dake
futari wo musunde kudasai…"
"Yes… it was in this wall"- said Naruto and he could feel that something, somewhere was beginning to fall apart…
"…bokura wa mou yume wo minai
tomadoi nagara te wo totte
zankoku na yoake no hou he
arukidasu…"
TBC…