Candy Coated Drugs
Part III
A familiar Aroma (Theme # 11- Gardenia)
It had been almost a week since Naruto had been taken prisoner by the Uchiha. He was miles away from Konoha, and missing the familiarity quite painfully. His normal loudness was interrupted by longs bouts of silence and staring out into the beyond. As much as Itachi liked the silence, it was somewhat unnerving to have the routinely obnoxoius boy so quiet. He sighed as he watched Naruto lay on his side on the floor using his jacket as a pillow. Finally he walked over, picked naruto up and carried the sleeping boy to the bed. He stirred and latched onto the pillow, but did not awaken. Itachi felt a tiny smile brush his lips at Naruto's cute antics.
When Naruto first awoke the next morning his senses were assaulted by the sweet fragrance of Gardenia. For a minute he thought he was back in Konoha inhaling the familiar scent of the Yamanaka flower shop. After his eyes adjusted he realized he was in the same small hotel room with the elder Uchiha. Immediately his defenses went up, until he noticed that Itachi was still asleep. His eyes drew over the sleeping form hunched over the small table in the room. Shiny ebon locks spilled freely over Itachi's shoulders. Naruto moved toward the table as if hypnotically drawn to the texture. As he got closer he realized that the sweet smell of flowers came from Itachi.
"So soft...." he murmured while idly touching the black strands.
Itachi's hand shot out and closed harshly around Naruto's wrist startling the boy from his trance. His eyes widened in panic as sharingan ones gazed cooly at him. The firm grip lessened as he was pulled closer. The blonde shut his eyes awaiting his impending doom for touching Itachi while he was asleep.
"Yours is much softer." Itachi's rich voice stated quietly
Itachi's fingers deftly stroked through Naruto's sungold locks every so often tugging lightly. He burried his nose in the soft nest of blonde and inhaled. Naruto blushed when he realized what Itachi was doing. Was he still asleep? It was then that Naruto realized his hand was free. His eyes fell to Itachi and examined his odd behavior. He decided that the unusual attraction to his hair indicated that Itachi was indeed still asleep.
"It smells sweet....and innocent....everything I can never be...."
Naruto started at the quiet admission. "Why is that?" he questioned out of extreme curiosity.
Itachi said nothing for the longest time. He just sat stroking Naruto's unruly spikes. "A family like the Uchiha allows no innocence..."
Naruto turned his head slightly trying to see Itachi's expression. The normally emotionless voice had sounded sad and almost broken. Blue met Crimson and for an eternity they just stared deep into each other's souls.
"Sweet Gardenia...pure, white Gardenia...."
Naruto was about to question what Itachi meant, but received no chance as his lips were taken almost desperately in a kiss. He jolted in surprise, but for now he supposed he could allow it. Cautiously he let his arms fall around Itachi's shoulders as he shyly returned the affection he was being showered with.
A/N: These are drabbles from the 30_kisses community on live journal. I wrote these quite a while back, but never got around to posting them. They are meant to be a short snippet of a longer story. I hope you enjoy them. EVen though I'm no longer active in the community, I do plan on finishing out the themes.
Also, if you happen to be one of my readers for Marked or Scrap, just know that I have nice Christmas present for you in updates on both in the next couple of weeks. SOrry guys, gotta finish finals first and then They will be posted.
