A/N: Gahs! I am so tired. I now officially hate my best friend's neighborhood. Those damned hills are a fucking mile high!!!! . But I digress… Sorry to go postal on you guys so early in the story. ^__^' I didn't go to bed until really late last night and I had to wake up early. Grrr. So anyways, enough of my bitchiness, =] and with the actually interesting stuff =D Haha It seems like I'm always complaining about something in my A/Ns. Aww, now I kinda feel bad for making you guys listen to my ramblings and constant complaining. ^___^' Sorry!

Warning: language, boy love, Naruto meanness, some OOC, and Sasuke sadness

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR MIDNIGHT SECERTARY

"Talking"

"Thinking"

??? – Scene/Time Change

=O

Avoidance…

Sasuke hated going back to work right after the Christmas and New Year holidays because work always seemed to pile even higher than when it did before the long holiday. Sasuke felt like his brain was going to deflate from the overload of data he had to deal with. Honestly, Sasuke was amazed he hasn't had to be rushed to the E.R. because of his head spontaneously exploding.

"Director Uzumaki. There are three more unattended problems that you need to look into," Sasuke reported as he dropped an impressive pile of files onto the annoyed blond's desk. "And this file needs to be sent by fax first thing in the morning, and if you would sign here and here please. Then I can go deposit it these files right now."

"Uchiha… Isn't it time for you to go home?" Naruto asked, cigarette in hand.

"I'll go as soon as you cooperate, Director," The raven answered, smiling politely.

"Really?" Naruto pushed out of his large seat and sat on the sturdy oak desk and leaned dangerously close to Sasuke, causing the secretary to lean away slightly. "So if I don't cooperate, you'll stay with me the whole night?"

Sasuke stared at Naruto blankly before smiling politely again. "If you don't cooperate, then you may end up in the hospital with no memory as to how or why you're there. A complete and utter mystery."

"You're really scary." Naruto smirked as he sat back down in his seat, defeated. "Calm and composed as usual. Ever since then, I can't scratch your mask of a perfect secretary. It's just no fun if I can't tease you anymore." The blond pouted.

"Of course…" Sasuke sighed and deliberately turned away from the pouting blond. "By 'then' he means that incident. How could I…"

Flashback…

The kiss felt too hot to be real and Sasuke couldn't remember how to breathe, and he could feel himself responding and arching into the searing touches against his better judgment. Unfortunately, the thing that humans need to do to survive… uh… breathing…yea… breathing Became an issue and Naruto pulled away from a flustered Sasuke. Naruto gently touched Sasuke's crimson cheek before sitting up and abruptly turning away.

"You can go home," the blond suddenly said without even looking at Sasuke.

Sasuke looked towards Naruto's turned figure, the words not really making any sense in his currently hazy and unfocused mind.

"This time I drank to much blood. You have to rest and recover."

This time Sasuke had no problems understanding Naruto's words. The raven looked at the turned blond a little shocked before his face suddenly ignited as his mind started to clear and the ability to think clearly returned.

"I understand. You have to rest too. Excuse me," Sasuke then grabbed his coat and bolted out of the hotel room.

Naruto sat immobile as Sasuke shut the door behind him, a vacant look across his tanned face.

"What have I done?!" Sasuke panicked as he ran down the hallway and nearly turning a working maid into road kill. "What was that kiss? That had to be just one of his 'meals'! I already know he's a vampire, so there's no need for him to pretend to love me, to lure me… The director heard a hymn at the Christmas party and became weak. It was an emergency and all I did was offer him first-aid blood. Kissing is merely to increase the quality of blood. So he didn't need to kiss me after he finished drinking. And I…"

Sasuke could feel his heart pounding and trying to escape his chest. He was mildly surprised that the organ hadn't already broken a rib or two. Sasuke hastily escaped the hotel and looked around frantically for a cab since the limo was rightfully Naruto's.

"I…Returned the kiss! I… I even sought after him!" Sasuke's panic level rose dramatically and he was half expecting himself to fall over dead from a heart attack.

Seeing a bright yellow cab driving close, Sasuke waved his arm enthusiastically in the air and was relieved when the cab pulled to a stop in front of him.

"Where to sir?" the cab driver asked as Sasuke quickly shuffled into the cab.

Sasuke recited his address and was thankful that the cab driver wasn't one of those I-have-to-talk-the-entire-drive-just-to-fill-the-silence-even-if-the-passenger-doesn't-talk-back drivers. Sasuke really needed the silence. As soon as the cab stopped in front of Sasuke's drive way, Sasuke handed the man the money and nearly tripped trying to get of the cab as quickly as possible. The raven was glad to find the house empty and quickly changed out of the suit that Naruto had bought specifically for him. Sasuke didn't want to see anything that reminded him of the blond director. He was just happy that right after the party, all company employees had two weeks off for Christmas and New Years. But Sasuke still couldn't help the constant worry that seemed to follow him everywhere. Seriously, Itachi thought he was going to get shot at any moment because of his little brother's constant fidgeting and nervousness. Itachi even changed all the locks on the doors… You can imagine Itachi's anger when he discovered the true reason for his little brother's constant nervous actions. Let's just say: Sasuke now knows how to pick locks maybe a little too well and he is definitely no longer scared of freezing to death...

End of Flashback…

Sasuke started to reorganize around the director's office as the thoughts of that night started to wander into his mind. But Sasuke had dealt with his worried feeling over his vacation. (With some very good motivation provided generously from his loving Aniki) Sasuke decided that the whole incident was just one great big misunderstanding.

"We have a relationship of mutual trust. But undoubtedly, I've seemed to have developed some affection for the director. It isn't a bad thing to feel a little affection for your superior, right? But this is not about sex, and definitely not about love. It just happened because he was touching me like that. It was the Christmas cheer and the atmosphere of the place that made me confused and imagine things." Sasuke reasoned with himself as he arranged a bouquet of flowers that Naruto had received from one of the connected companies. Or was it one of Naruto's "meals"?

"He is… Well, himself. He confused me for one of his usual partners, and forgot it was me and so he didn't stop. It was nothing but a big misunderstanding between us. It doesn't count for anything."

"Why don't you get smaller glasses at least," Naruto commented as he stepped behind Sasuke and started to mess around with the secretary's coke-bottle glasses.

"KYA!!!!" Sasuke screamed from the shock of being touched.

"Ahh… Just when I was thinking such things he…" Sasuke turned to see Naruto's slightly shocked expression and couldn't help the small blush from forming.

Naruto grinned foxily and moved to touch with Sasuke's glasses again. "You had turned into such a beauty for the party, y'know." Naruto started to remove Sasuke's obnoxiously large glasses.

"But… I can't work properly without my glasses…" Sasuke answered trying to move out of the blond's reach.

"But you don't look that feminine without your glasses. You just worry too much."

"Director…"

"Come on, take them off," Naruto's grin widened when he finally had the glasses in his possession.

After loosing his glasses, Sasuke looked off to the side and refused to look Naruto in the eye, mostly due to the embarrassment of the situation. Naruto looked at Sasuke's pretty face and could feel the shock work its way up again. Naruto then cleared his throat, handing Sasuke his glasses back, and turned away sharply. Sasuke looked up confused at the blond's sudden movement.

"Uchiha…"

"Yes sir?" Sasuke responded putting back on his glasses.

"Is there anyone you can call for a 'meal' right now?" Naruto asked, walking away.

Sasuke watched Naruto a little shocked, but remembering his place, quickly found his scheduler and flipped to the appropriate page. "Ah… Yes sir. Neji-san, Sakura-san, and Ino-san have had sufficient time to rest since your last meeting, but… I think two of them are out of time at the moment."

"Fine, I got it," Naruto answered as he found his coat and put it on.

"Are you going out?" Sasuke asked as Naruto made a bee-line for the door.

"Make reservations for some restaurant and call me when it's done. I won't be back for the rest of the day."

"Understood," Sasuke answered quietly and wondered why his chest suddenly felt so tight as the door slammed loudly behind the leaving blond.

"Why am I hurting..?"

???

Naruto angrily stomped out of the building, barely acknowledging the people that greeted him as he stomped passed them. His teeth unconsciously clenched as the exited finally appeared…

???

"Director." Sasuke called as he finally found the blond. "About these documents…"

The rest of the words melted away as Naruto carefully examined Sasuke's pale features. The blond could feel a familiar dryness in his throat as Sasuke continued his explanation of the documents. Looking up, Sasuke noticed the Director's bronze skin paler than usual.

"Director?" Sasuke questioned and shocked Naruto out of his thoughts.

"I'll take care of it," Naruto answered and turned to face the window he again. "Now, leave."

"But sir…"

"I SAID LEAVE." Naruto nearly shouted and caused Sasuke to back away a little.

Over the course of the next few weeks, Naruto continued to avoid Sasuke as much as possible. As soon as Sasuke walked into a room Naruto would leave. If Sasuke walked into the blond's office, Naruto would listen quietly to Sasuke's reports; most of the time with his chair turned in the opposite direction so he didn't have to look at Sasuke, and then would tell the raven to leave. Or more commonly, Naruto would just come into the company for the first two hours and then would quickly leave, not returning for the rest of the day. Even the blond's nightly shifts dwindled down to almost nothing.

Sasuke sighed as he sat down at his desk and glanced at the clock. Naruto was almost 45 minutes late. Sasuke moved his mouse around and was surprised to find an email from the director. Sasuke clicked the link and read the email feeling his heart sink more and more as he read each word.

"He'll be at a meeting outside the company today and then will go home without coming here. Why is he avoiding me? I haven't seen his face in nearly a week now. When he is here, he's in meetings and all I see is his back. When the meetings end, he disappears somewhere outside of the building. He hasn't come into the office for a week now. I'm sure he has a lot of meetings, but surely not that many… " Sasuke sighed as he flopped tiredly into his seat.

Sasuke could feel his sadness cause his mind to detach itself from his surroundings, but the sudden sound of the phone pulled him out of his musings. Sasuke then glanced around his desk to see the numerous files, notes, and binders and suddenly he felt his energy return. Sasuke then quickly picked up the phone and got back to work, because even if Naruto wasn't around Sasuke still had a lot of work to do.

"Now I can put all of those piles of documents lying around in order. Great." Sasuke mused to himself happily as he carried a pile of random documents back to his desk. But Sasuke felt ridiculous for almost skipping to his desk and sighed, feeling a little defeated and lonely.

He set the pile down and looked around the almost empty office.

"What is wrong with me? No matter what I do… It's never enough…"

???

The bed creaked and hit the wall dangerously hard. Mews and moans from the body under Naruto seemed to piss him off more and more. When the pink haired woman finally passed out from the lack of stamina and loss of blood, Naruto pushed himself off the bed and angrily wiped the escaping blood from his lips. Naruto looked around for his boxers and then put the obnoxiously bright, orange underwear on. The frustrated blond then walked over to the nightstand beside the bed and was irritated to find that his pack of cigarettes was missing. After finding the pack under the bed, Naruto light one and could feel himself calm a little as the smoke entered his lungs. He paced around the room and brushed his hand through his bright blond hair out of agitation.

Tried of pacing, Naruto walked over to the wall-to-wall window in the room and watched the flashing lights of the city he knew so well. Looking back at the unconscious pink haired woman and her pleased expression, Naruto could feel himself become annoyed and aggravated again; and wait… Was the disgust manifesting as well? Looking back out the window angrily, Naruto decided he didn't like this feeling very much. Or at all actually.

As the city lights continued to shimmer brightly below, Naruto suddenly wondered what a certain secretary was doing at the moment… And then felt even more irritated the moment that thought crossed his mind. Naruto looked down at the busy sidewalk and couldn't help chuckling.

"Since when has jumping out a 10 story window looked so appealing?"

Naruto sighed and decided he really needed to lay off the anger-induced-vodka drinks. (*)

TBC…

(*) – My friend and I were talking about her vodka mishap. Seriously if you're taking a shot of vodka don't try spitting it out because it'll probably backfire on you, you'll cough, and you'll get a nice dose of vodka burning and coming out of your nose… XD

And remember kiddies: Drinking UNDERAGE IS BAD!!!!! Don't do it =D No, seriously, DON'T!

So, enough of my PDA :)

Poor Naruto and Sasuke's relationship going backwards. T___T But what's a good love story without some problems and angst? =D

They're like rabid plot piglets (or bunnies. Whichever you prefer). Everywhere and Unavoidable. XD

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