30kisses18- "say ahh"

Candy Coated Drugs

Part VII

Entrancing

Itachi knew it was dangerous, but he indulged Naruto's fancy anyway. Naruto had never gone to a fall festival because of the hurt and loneliness he felt. He could not say no to Naruto though when shiny blue eyes met his in a pleading manner. Needless to say Itachi found himself in a small shop that specialized in women's Kimono and festival garb. Naruto had promised to meet him back at that very spot once he'd found proper clothing. Itachi frowned at the thought of being a woman, but it was safer since no one would be looking for a couple. Itachi's eyes fell on a beautiful red silk as he was playing his plan out in his head.

"That'd look wonderful on you dear." a soft voice came from his right. "My eyes may be old, but I know when a color looks good on someone."

"I hate red." He said in a quiet manner successfully concealing his masculinty to the elder woman. "I want...orange.."

She smiled at him, "Shame, that red would've done justice to your beauty. You know that orange is just a shade of red." She stated while sifting through her products.

"But he likes orange..." Itachi hadn't meant to say it, but it came out.

The old woman just smiled to herself and bustled about picking up items. She handed a parcel to Itachi and shoved him into a small dressing area. "See if that'll fit his fancy."

He unwrapped the package to find a beautiful kimono that was in a more modern style that fell around the shoulders. The color was an intense sunset orange and the sleeves and hem lines had pure white, dancing foxes. He smiled to himself and changed into the costume. When he emerged from behind the dressing screens the woman gasped at his beauty.

"Please let me style your hair and paint your make-up." She pleaded while adjusting the sleeves to show off more of his creamy skin.

He wasn't keen on people touching him, but he allowed her to anyway. Her attention to detail was astonishing, he had to admit. She had pulled his hair up into a high ponytail and then plaited it and twisted it into a bun and adorned with with beads and hair sticks. Her nimble, experienced hands weaved orange, blue, and silver beads into his bangs and ear tails and then followed with tiny white flowers. His lips were painted in a pale lavendar and his eyes shaded with shimmery dusk colors.

"Nee nee! Ita--" Naruto busted into the shop and stopped short while gazing at Itachi. "You're beautiful..." He stuttered while blushing and turning away.

The woman smiled as Itachi stood and turned to pay her. She shook her head and handed him a parcel with his clothing and shoes. Itachi briefly thought she reminded him oh how he thought his family was before he found out the truth of the clan. They bowed as they turned to leave. As enthralled as he could tell Naruto was with his appearance, his eyes couldn't help but linger on the boy. Naruto had chosen a black Kimono with vibrant vermillion flames licking at the sleeves. He had some way manage to tame his blonde spikes down and had a wooden fox mask resting against the side of his head. Naruto must have noticed how Itachi was looking at him so he turned and grinned.

"A~n? I look good?"

Itachi nodded and despite being quite taller he delicately rested his hand on Naruto's arm. Naruto blushed and looked down. When he looked back up, Itachi had bent his knees and was leaning slightly forward. He blushed even darker realizing that Itachi was going to play his date for the entire evening which meant any kisses he wanted from the taller boy, he'd have to initiate sighed in slight embarassment, but stood on his toes and kissed Itachi chastely on the lips before turning around quickly and holding his arm out again for his "date".

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.