AN: Hey Ya'll! Another chappie this is indeed! LOVE all your supportive comments and compliments! I get some really cool and sweet reviews! I don't usually answer them all, but I am a busy bear and I want you all to know that I read each and every single one and LOVE them all! They are like, a hug form each of you… Sweet jesus Im chatty today ;) Onward!
Song: "Your Love is a Lie" by Simple Plan… now, I usually pick a song that fits with a chappie, listen to it during the reading, I find it adds to the experience *smirks* Well then, enjoy!
Sasuke had indeed passed.
Iruka called Naruto himself to give the good news. It was something the blonde was not entirely surprised about. Even less so was Sasuke himself, who simply shrugged and continued typing away, completely into whatever he was doing.
Naruto eyed him from the bar he was sitting at. Sasuke was sprawled on the couch, looking comfortable and moody in one. The blonde smiled, he didn't know anyone who could pull that off.
He was pouring over a book and sipping hot cocoa. The TV was on but the voice was muted. The colorful images flitted against the screen and Naruto followed them with his eyes. Book forgotten.
He had had a really rough couple of days. The incident left him completely shaken up and he had started babbling to Sasuke. He shouldn't have, the line between his job and private life was getting blurred. He had to cut that short.
When he had come in and found Sasuke and Sakura making merry, his world only got darker. It seemed that he was too far gone into his shitty business to be able to partake in whatever they did.
Yet he didn't know much about Sasuke, apart from what he learned from the short time they lived together, he didn't know much of anything about his past. Sasuke either didn't remember, or wanted to keep it hidden.
He was quite aware also, of the depression pills he used. He saw Sasuke notice they were important to him, yet the raven hadn't actually confronted him about them. He was grateful for that, not wanting to explain himself, or reveal what was really going on with his nerves, which were now in strips. He supposed he took too many, and turned too quickly to them, but he was beyond the point of caring.
His phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out, flipping it open.
"Mhmmm, allright then, we are in…. yes, no problem at all, why not?...Ill let you right in."
He closed the phone and Sasuke's eye caught his.
"They're here to drop off your furniture." Naruto explained. "The company is downstairs.
Sasuke nodded and got up, not looking as happy as Naruto would have liked. He shuffled over to their… Naruto's room and emerged a moment later with all the bags his stuff was in. He was quiet.
Naruto leaned on the wall right beside him, the mood wasn't tense, but there was something bothering him. "Hey, everything allright?" He nudged him with an elbow.
Sasuke looked to him slowly, making direct eyecontact, at point blank range, Naruto had clear access to Sasuke's eyes in HD. How was it possible to have black eyes that were so very very black. He had always thought that there was no such thing as a black eye. That they were just very very dark brown. Nope, this was onyx indeed, no flecks of anything else in them. He didn't notice how hard he was glaring at Sasuke, because he received a gentle poke to his stomach.
"Quit it." Sasuke sighed, leaning too, on the wall, his request irritated sounding.
"I was just wondering…" Well, that sounded stupid even to himself. "Your eyes are black." He finished lamely, groaning inwardly at the cheesiness of it all.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him. "You're sharp today." He smirked.
"I mean, I always thought black eyes didn't exist, that they were just very dark brown." Naruto tried to explain his stupidity but could not fix what inevitably became his lowest point of conversation… ever.
They had slowly slid to the floor, sitting beside each other in the dark part of the corridor. The sunny bedroom provided only a streak of light where the open door faced the hall. Besides that, it was pleasantly dim.
Sasuke looked at him from the side, "that had to be the lamest conversation starter yet." His hand found itself into his hair, elbow resting on knee. He moved swiftly, sliding into the lighted part and sitting cross legged facing a startled Naruto.
He waved him over, "you wanted to see no?" he just sat there, expectant, measuring up the blonde before him.
Naruto's voice caught in his throat and he coughed awkwardly. "well, yes, but that's… that's…"
"We've crossed the point of awkward," Sasuke drawled. "Pretty much when I went awol and broke your ribs. Now, get over here if ya want to see."
Naruto crawled over, unable to resist a better look. He was still on his knees, hands oustretched, before Sasuke. He was fully aware he looked like an idiot.
The light did something extraordinary to the usually extraordinary looks Sasuke possessed. The pale skin took on a warm glow, the sun dancing around the small scars that littered his arms. They were usually invisible, now they protruded slightly as the hungry eyes looked on. Sauske's hair looked soft, it was thick and glistening. His fingers twithed to move and touch it. His eyes were obscured from the light by his bangs. He had to see those clearer.
He copied Sasuke in his position. The raven was sitting peacefully, unabashed by the intense scrutiny of the sapphire gaze.
xXx
Naruto looked nervous, he looked like a little boy looks like when he finds an injured bird in the park. Twitching to touch, scared to hurt and curious all in one.
Their eyes met, and the long, tapered digits found their way into his hair, sweeping it from his face, not letting go, holding in place. "there." Naruto sighed, "Much better." He smiled.
His head was tilted slightly, lips slightly apart. Sasuke noted all that as Naruto gouged holes in him with his gaze. "They really are…" he mumbled to himself. "whaddaya know."
xXx
Naruto didn't meant to run a thumb over the pale cheek, but his hand was position perfectly, it moved on its own accord. He swept over the soft flesh and smiled when a slight blush graced the pale space. Sasuke involuntarily leaned his face further into his hand and his eyes fluttered and closed. One hand slowly took hold of his wrist, freezing it in place. Not that the blonde would have moved, he didn't think he was able to.
"Sasuke…" his voice seemed even hoarse to himself, "Sasuke we can't…"
"Shhhhhhh….." the raven brushed his lips over the palm, "you're ruining the moment." He opened his eyes and they both burst out laughing. Naruto got up swiftly, holding out his hand to Sasuke, who took it. They were chuckling loudly, a bit too hot, too breathless and desperately determined to laugh of whatever that had been.
They were standing in the doorway, a broad grin on Naruto, a slight one on Sasuke. "Really though man, those are cool, never seen something like that."
"Naruto, shut up." Saskue chuckled. "Do you have any idea how that sounds? What if I started to go on about how wonderful your eyes are?"
"You think so?" Naruto grinned, "I wouldn't mind one bit, spill."
"You're crazy" Sasuke sighed and made his way into the bedroom. Followed closely by the blonde. "Come on man, just play along" Naruto chuckled, rounding on Sasuke who reached the bed and threw himself onto it, huffing.
He flopped beside the raven, head on arm, laughing. He poked at a rib, and his hand was slapped away. "You need to be less nippy Kit!" He joked.
Sasuke turned to him with a growl, "I'm am not a fucking Kit!" he pushed Naruto down. He leaned over the blonde. "I don't know what to call yours, they have too many colors." He declared, throwing his arms up. "Its like, they're blue, but not really, they have different blues in them, and then there's like, a bit of green here and there, and its all weird because sometimes they turn a bit greener and they sparkle. You know? Like, I dunno, not diamonds, but something, and I can't really name it idiot because there's no real way for them, they're… special… There you fucking have it, I sound almost as stupid as you did!" He yelped in embarrassment and turned furiously to his side, facing the window. Not seeing that Naruto stopped moving and was staring intently at him, surprised.
Naruto had never had anyone say that about him. He was stunnd by the simple sweetness of sasuke's words.
He scoothced over right up to Saskue, who was still stubbornly turned from him. "Come now," he crooned, reaching over and attempting to turn Sasuke to face him. "That was sweet."
"I don't wanna be sweet Naruto, I don't know what's going on here, but I, for one, am fucking confused still by this whole, relatively new to me situation, so if you will please…"
His words were cut by aruto's finger. He was leaning right over him, his face centimeters away from Sasule's own.
"Shhhhh… you'll ruin the mood." He husked out. His warm breath catching Sasuke and making his head reel.
Slowly, oh so slowly, Sasuke moved up, closer to that mouth, intent to finally end this and capture the pale pink lips.
Naruto, for his part, wasn't moving away. His eyes fixed on sasuke's lips, which he licked quickly, nervously. Sasuke could almost feel him.
The doorbell rand and with a curse Naruto was up and out. Conversating rather loudly in the hall with a crew of about five dudes hulking around what looked through the door like heavy furniture. Sasuke didn't bother getting up, he flung his arm over his eyes and groaned. What that fuck was all that eye shit about? How could he get caught so off guard, and goaded into acting like an idiot? Never. Fuckin. Again.