Day 16
Colors are born from the feelings deep within your heart
Colors are what paint your cheeks when you blush, and they are the ones that give that look in your eye when you see the one you love. Maybe it is because our heart can beat in so many different rhythms that it makes hard for us to understand why we feel what we feel. It's like a dream when I can see the sun rice in the irises of your eyes
When you bring together what is day, and what is night
Chase away loneliness and bring back life to the yearning of twin hearts.
Chapter 16
And It Feels Like Forever
The cool wind caressed the skin of heated bodies, as they moved over the crowded area. All of them murmuring and filling the empty cavity of the dance floor with color, was a sight Sasuke could hardly keep. Since his birthday party had started, all he had wondered when his brother was going to show up and perhaps surprise him. The surge of anticipation swelled in his chest, and he felt like he could not contain himself. The sun had long set, giving the moon its chance to shine and despite not having slept in nearly twenty four-maybe more hours, Sasuke found himself wide awake and bulging with energy.
Walking around alone seemed pointless to Sasuke, but people he barely knew kept pulling at him and wanting to talk to him. They all seemed to have something to tell him, something to advice him, or a curiosity about him to scratch. He had even had an interesting chat with his cousin Obito and his boyfriend Kakashi. Kakashi had mentioned he was a daytime teacher, but then reminded him that from now on, there was not going to be a division between day and night. The whole length would blur into just one long moment where you just lived. The man had gone as far to mention that the start of the day came with the sunrise, and the end came when the moon was out, but that the moon was always out even if we could not see it.
Sasuke had remarked about moonless nights.
The man had said that it did not matter, at the end; Sasuke was going to have to start sleeping during the night.
Sasuke had not seen it before through his excitement, or perhaps he had not been ready to acknowledge it, but he was about to leave the world of darkness. He was about to wake up to the sun instead of the moon, and for a fleeting second he wondered if he was going to miss it all. Would he miss the cool breezes, the silence, the passion in dark corners, and everything that made the night both beautiful and dangerous? For a moment, he thought yes, and then no, but then that he would want to share the night with Itachi. If he ever got the chance, then he was.
"Having fun, Sasuke?" Sasuke looked to his left, and smiled when he saw his friend Kimimaro, standing next to his boyfriend, Juugo.
"Not really," Sasuke answered in return.
"The anticipation must be killing you" Kimimaro turned to look at Juugo. Kimimaro and Juugo had known each other, for a fleeting second when they were young, but everything changed as their families grew apart. Their mothers used to be great friends, and when it was time, Juugo had been the one to search for his other half. Bumping into Kimimaro something had clicked into him mind, but he knew what it was like. The anticipation that twisted itself in your stomach, nearly chocking your gut was excruciating. It made all of your nerves become completely alerted and hyperactive to everything. That intense feeling could only be tampered down with the presence of your other half.
"It truly is" Sasuke looked back into the crowd "I keep wondering when he's going to show up"
"Soon, let's hope" Kimimaro said and Sasuke nodded.
"I wish you good luck Sasuke," Juugo genuinely said with a smile. "This moment is really special, believe me" His hand tightened in Kimimaro's.
"Thanks Juugo" The three chatted for a bit longer before they were rudely interrupted by the red head known as Kyuubi.
"Nice party Sasuke" He commented.
"What are you doing here Kyuubi?" Kimimaro asked as he eyed the male.
"Followed my cousin" He pointed to Uzumaki Naruto, whom was happily chatting away with another male and a female with pink hair. "Do you know who that guy is? He keeps making subtle passes to my Naruto"
"That's Hyuuga Neji," Juugo answered, knowing the male since they had shared a class together before. "He does always seem to be crushing on Naruto"
"That bastard, I should break his fingers, no snap his head right off his shoulders!" Kyuubi was not only known for his temper, but also for coming through with his threats. They all watched as the Hyuuga made a bold move to place his arm around the blonde's shoulders. This of course, seemed to make Naruto uncomfortable as he tried to shrug off the arm, but it seemed to not work. The boy smiled at Neji, seeming to ask him to remove it but Neji only gave him a reluctant look of hurt. Of course, in the end the pink haired girl moved in and he removed his arm from the blond.
"Who's the girl?"
"Hm, that's Haruno Sakura, Naruto's childhood crush and old crush. She's just a good friend to him though" Kyuubi nodded his head at that, he had heard of her before. He guessed she wasn't so bad, as long as she knew that Naruto was off limits to her.
"I see, I see, I see" Kyuubi shook his head. "I hate them both!"
They all watched Kyuubi throw his tantrum.
Naruto was glad when Sakura intervened and stepped between him and Neji. At first he thought it was because she noticed that the Hyuuga was bothering him, but knew differently when she decided to ask him a question. "Hey Naruto, who is that" She said, discreetly pointing at the boy he had seen here last time he was invited by Obito and Itachi. Naruto's attention was shifted though when he saw Kyuubi there as well and his heart gave a little leap. For a moment, he wondered why his cousin was there, but the next Sakura was snapping her fingers in front of his face. "Hello, Naruto"
"Huh, what?" he snapped his head over to her, only to see her annoyed look.
"Who's the guy?" She asked, "The one with raven hair and…such deep black eyes. He sort of looks like Itachi, only…cuter" Sakura's eyes seemed to praise the boy. Naruto knew that Itachi was handsome and everyone knew, but Sasuke was cute compared to his brother, as in smaller, younger, and physically attractive. Almost like a cute little mini Itachi.
"Well, he's Itachi's younger brother, Sasuke…"
"Ah! So he's the birthday boy, and you know him" Sakura turned wide pleading eyes to him "Introduce him to me! I want to get to know him…I think I'm falling for him already"
"You're kidding right?" Naruto asked, a grin spreading his face "He's Itachi's-"
"Little brother, I know, I know, but I don't think he'll mind" Sakura waved a hand in front of his face.
"No, Sakura, what I mean is that he's a night dweller. Itachi's other half, his soon to be mate, Itachi is going to be with him as lovers. They are going to reunite tonight" At least, that was what Naruto had understood when Obito talked to him and made him stay up all night. He blinked when he saw the pale look on Sakura's face. Wondering if he said something he wrong, he looked over to Neji, whom also looked shocked by what he had said. Swallowing hard, he tried to laugh it all off, but it was not going to be that simple once he had already said the words. After a while of inner panicking, Naruto was glad when Sakura snapped out of her stupor and regarded him.
"What do you mean Naruto?" Her words sounded dry. "Night dweller?" She questioned, always having believed that night dwellers were just a myth.
"Yeah" Naruto said, "I know it sounds crazy, but it's all true. See that guy there with the red hair, that's my cousin, Kyuubi and my other half" For a moment, it looked like Sakura was letting the information sink in before she shook her head.
"Yeah yeah, stop messing around Naruto" She laughed, lightly "now come on, you are going to introduce me" Neji watched them go as Naruto complained about going, looking incredibly nervous but what was said did not escape him.
'That man…Kyuubi, is Naruto's other half?' he wondered to himself 'Then what am I?'
"Oh my damn, they are coming over here," Kyuubi said in a panicking tone "Do I look good, do I smell bad? You guys!" Kyuubi's preening was cut short when Sakura reached then, with a reluctant Naruto beside her. The blond male looked like he was blushing and looking down trying to avoid making eye contact with them. They had all seen when Sakura pointed their way and then seemed to talk with Naruto for a minute or two before she was dragging him over here.
"Hello gentlemen" She greeted, a smile on her face. She then glared and elbowed Naruto to get him to look up.
"Um, hey there, Sasuke, do you remember me?" Naruto seemed to give off a forced laugh at the prospect that Sasuke might deny not knowing him. However, even though he thought Sasuke was cool, for right now, he wished Sasuke would reject knowing him. He knew for a fact how obsessive Sakura could be, especially when mixed in with Ino.
"Yes, Uzumaki Naruto" Sasuke answered and then slyly gestured to Kyuubi "Your cousin can't stop talking about you" this made Kyuubi blush and turn a disbelieving look to Sasuke. Sasuke and Kimimaro both smirked at the bewilder red head.
"Yes, He praises you highly Naruto"
"Shut up the both of you!" Kyuubi lightly hissed. Of course, Naruto was pleased to hear this if the blush across his cheeks had anything to say about that. Then he received another sharp jab from Sakura's elbow to his ribs and decided that he might as well introduce her now. As reluctant as he was about introducing her, he guessed he had no choice now without looking foolish.
"Ah," Naruto forced a large smile on his face "I would like to introduce you to my friend, Haruno Sakura" This caused all of them to turn to look at Sakura, and she took a step back.
"We know who she is," They all said.
"Anyways" Kimiimaro interjected again "You and your cousin are going to soon be together as well, why don't the two of you hang out tonight?" he asked, knowing there was no better way for them to spend the night then to get to know each other. Judging by the fact that Naruto was able to be here tonight, he had reached his time not too long ago without realizing it, just as he did not realize it. It would seem as if Kyuubi was shy in the department that mattered most, and that came in regards to his other half.
Sakura puffed her cheeks, knowing that she was being ignored on purpose. "So" she said loudly, causing everyone to look at her "Sasuke, it's your birthday, how old are you going to be now?"
"Twenty" Sasuke responded, although he felt sure that his mother had mentioned his age. He was also sure that she set up everything so it was obvious that he was turning twenty. Sakura's eyes seemed to go wide.
"So young" she said in awe, after all, she was twenty-two now. Even so, she could not keep her green eyes from roaming over Sasuke's perfect features. The tone of his skin was inviting, and it was only made that more enticing by the contrasting color of his hair and eyes. He really was like Itachi, but Itachi's skin was not this pale. Sasuke was different from his brother, a lot more interesting in her opinion. She blinked though when the sight of Sasuke was cut off when Kimimaro looped his arm around Sasuke's and pulled him along.
"Why don't we go eat Sasuke, I'm starving"
"Sure"
Sakura would have followed them, she even moved to call out to them if she could join them but felt intimidated when a tall orange haired male followed. She knew him as Juugo and knew the male had a mean temper when provoked. She settled back, and then saw that Naruto and the red head Naruto had claimed is his cousin were staring at each other. "So, your parents let you out for the night, it seems. How are you liking it so far little cousin"
"I…uh" Naruto's jaw seemed to be working, and a blush crossed his tanned cheeks. Sakura felt like hitting Naruto over the head and calling him an idiot for making such a fool of himself in front of his own cousin, but the look on Kyuubi's face stopped her. The man was looking at Naruto as if he was the most adorable thing in the world. A strange fondness that seemed to shine through his slanted orange eyes as he looked at Naruto, like nothing else mattered in the world. Probably nothing else mattered to him and this made Sakura feel a weird sting in her heart. She was envious, and she wanted someone to look at her in that way. She wanted someone to treasure her the way Kyuubi seemed to be treasuring Naruto right now. "The night is fun" Naruto finally managed, with a cute lop sided smile.
"Would you like to hang out with me tonight?" Kyuubi softly asked, offering his hand for Naruto to take. He was well aware that he could be rejected, but make no mistakes, he was clear in his claim. Naruto stared at the hand, for the split amount of a second, before his own hand shot out to take hold of it.
"Yes, I'd love to" He said, forgetting all about the fact that he had come here with his friends. Sakura watched them leave, but it then realized that she was all alone. Looking back to where they had once been, Neji was gone.
"Crap…What am I going to do all on my own?" She asked herself. Not knowing what to do with herself, Sakura sought out to flirt with anyone that would pay attention to her. She soon found herself in a conversation with an interesting male named Sai. Talking with him, everything else seemed to fade and nothing mattered. She could not remember the last time she laughed so much, and when he looked at her in a certain way, she felt her heart flutter and her cheeks heat up. The feeling was dizzy and giddy, but whatever it was, she liked it.
Neji felt like he had just had Naruto stolen from right under him.
He had decided to walk around and stalk them, but watching them both smile at each other, made him feel sick. He was not sure why he felt so hostile, but he did and that made him cross his arms in defiance. Why was he even here? Oh, yes, because he felt like he was losing Naruto and he did not want to leave him out of his sight. Guess it was not going the way he pictured it all to go. Naruto was never going to see him as nothing more than a friend. Scowling he took a glass of wine from a passing server and leaned against a wall, simply glaring at the people who were swaying on the dance floor. He kept low profile, near the stairs. "Hey Neji" Neji looked up to see who had called him.
"Oh, hello Obito, what are you up to?"
"I was about to ask you the same, well, I am going up stairs to see if my aunt is ready to let her prisoner lose" Obito rolled his eyes. Neji arched an eyebrow in confusion to the male's statement.
"Pardon, your mother has someone looked up?"
"It's an expression, but yes, she won't let Itachi out" Obito looked over his shoulder and pointed to Sasuke who was at a table eating with his friend Kimimaro, and the strange new addition he had no idea who he was. "Itachi and Sasuke are getting reunited today" Neji followed the gaze and his eyes fell on Sasuke. The boy is a beauty, he thought to himself. "He's Itachi's younger brother and-"
"Yes, I heard about him, is it true, about him being a night dweller?"
"Yes and so am I. Why don't you join the party?" Obito smirked "You look just as bored as Gaara does" With that, Obito turned to climb the stairs leaving a perplexed Neji behind. He did not mention where, and who Gaara was, but he was sure that would get Neji's attention. Also, he was no match maker, he was not sure if the two were meant for each other, but at that moment he really thought both could keep each other company. Placing that out of his thoughts, he reached Itachi's bedroom to find Mikoto and Itachi there. Itachi was sitting on his bed, with Sasuke's present clutched in his arms, Mikoto was talking nonstop about how handsome he looked, and he would look so much better if he tried something else on. Obito rolled his eyes and smiled at Itachi when his cousin gave him a kill me now look.
"Aunty, Sasuke's getting bored, when are you going to let Itachi out"
"Soon" She said, a smile crossing her lips.
"You sure about that, other people are becoming highly interested in Sasuke, in more ways than one" this caused Mikoto's eyes to widen and Itachi to stand up.
"Oh no, my poor Sasuke" She said, and rushed out of the room, pushing Obito out of her way "Mommy is coming!" She yelled, as she ran down the stairs in search for her 'little pumpkin'. Obito felt a little sorry for Sasuke always getting his mother's top attention since she had raised him practically herself.
"Well, that was fun"
Itachi walked over to him "Is Sasuke alright?"
"Yeah, don't worry" Obito said, trying to calm down Itachi before he too rush out of there. "Anyways, I got her out of the way so you could sneak out, you better make it good" He said as he turned and walked out of the room. "Sasuke really is starting to wonder if we were joking with him about you guys being able to date now. Might as well ease his mind and go out there for him, or whatever you decide to do" Itachi nodded his head as he watched Obito leave.
He waited a minute or so before he followed, and walked out of the room. He could have gone down the stairs and directly to the party, but there was more than one way to get down to the party and he wanted to surprise his little brother. He wanted to make a different kind of interest, so Itachi went his own way with plans forming in his head.
It was time.
Sasuke was sitting with Kimimaro and Juugo as they talked about random things when his mother decided to come rushing down the stairs. She startled everyone to stare at her, and move away from her as she walked over to him and pulled him to his feet. "Oww, mom that hurts, what's your deal anyways?" He asked as she took him away from everyone.
"Nothing dear, just making sure no one tries to flirt with you"
"No one was flirting with me," He muttered as they came to stand beside the open glass sliding doors that lead to the outside. His mom rolled her eyes but then as she got a front view of everyone, the dancing bodies, and everything her eyes settled on her husband.
"Is that your father starting a food fight with your cousins?" She asked eyes slightly incredulous. "Let me go talk to them, you stay here" She said firmly before once more trying to cut through all the bodies that were around the open area. People had turned their attention to the Uchiha patriarch about to start a food fight with both his nephews. Of course, it only became that much more dramatic when the Matriarch cut in, and had food slammed into her face, by her husband. This caused a tense silence to occur. Sasuke had flinched, and the thought of 'Father is a dead man' crossed his thoughts, but was surprised when his mother grabbed a plate full of food and threatened his father.
He had never once seen a childish display from her as she actually slammed it into his father's face, despite her lack of height where his father was concerned. People seemed to gasp. Sasuke watched as his cousin Shisui got a smirk on his face, a plate of food in his hand as well and he loudly, stated the following "FOOD FIGHT!" Sasuke had never seen people get such thrill from just two words to actually start grabbing food and throwing it around to the nearest person.
Sasuke's eyes widen when it seemed a piece of cake was coming his way but his wrist was grasped and he was pulled out into the outside cold air, and towards the garden. Inside, you could still hear the music playing, but despite that, you could hear the yells, laughter, and strangle shrills of the people fighting inside. In the next instant, none of that mattered when Sasuke saw who had pulled him out into the cold night. There, his brother was, beautifully dressed in a black button up shirt, and black jeans. His brother also had black shoes, and was holding a red and white colored box in front of him "Itachi" He murmured, his hands coming up to grab a hold of the box.
"It's a present for you" Itachi said just as softly "I hope you like it" Once Itachi knew that Sasuke had a secure hold on the box, he let it go, and moved his hand to brush some of Sasuke's hair behind his ear, just so he could see him better without his bangs covering his eyes.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked, curiosity sparking his eye and Itachi found that he was glad his brother seemed interested in it. Sasuke shook the box, but it did not seem to tell him anything about the contents inside of it. He glanced up at Itachi once more, and smiled "I'm glad you are here brother, for a moment I thought that you were not going to show up, the night is almost in the morning hours" Despite receiving a present, Sasuke was more happy that Itachi was here, and that was all that mattered to him. Itachi smiled, and nodded.
"I'm here, I wouldn't miss a chance to be with you" Itachi reached to caress Sasuke's cheek. "Open it" He told Sasuke and Sasuke blinked before looking at the box in his hands again and moving to do as he was told. He removed the ribbon, and even gently popped the lid open noticing briefly that Itachi had taken the time to actually neatly wrap his gift. Once he looked inside the box, he reached in and pulled out what was inside.
It was a bear.
A medium sized, stuffed brown bear with a soft green scarf and black glass eyes shone under the moon… Sasuke's eyes widen as he held a small recollection, about when he was young. He used to sleep with something soft that had been handed down to him by someone special. The box feel from his grasp as he held the bear close to him. There are many small things we take for granted. Things we sometimes forget to give meaning to, but they are the ones that should be treasure the most. And what he had treasured the most when he was not allowed to see his brother was the bear his brother had given to him. It could never be a full replacement, but it always was there to offer comfort.
Sasuke smiled, happiness shinning in his eyes "Thank you nii-san" He said, in an almost childish way. "Thank you so much, this is great"
Itachi felt happiness enter every cell in his body at the happy face of his baby brother "I'm glad you like it," he said. He knew that it was not much, but it was enough. "Um, do you want to talk around in the gardens for a while?" Itachi asked, glancing back inside to see that not only was the food fight still going on, the floors were sticky with food and people had now moved to hair pulling and rolling around in the food.
Sasuke, not knowing what was going on behind him, nodded his head and reached his hand out for Itachi to take. Itachi intertwined their fingers together and walked beside his younger brother, both of them feeling comfortable with each other. Even as the cool air made their skin pinch up with goose bumps, all the other did was snuggle to the other's side. After a moment of walking around the garden their mother had, build over the years, and naming a few flowers and talking about random things they finally came to a stop at a small bench. Both of them sat down, and cuddled with each other.
"That spider looks incredible" Sasuke said, when he looked up at the corner of a tree where the moon shined directly onto a silky spider web, and a transparent, almost glowing white spider stood at its center.
"Yeah, it does" Itachi agreed, and then turned to look at Sasuke. Sasuke raised an eyebrow when his brother looked at him, wondering if something was wrong. "Say, Sasuke, do you want to go out on a date with me tomorrow, in the afternoon?" Itachi asked, seeming nervous. For some reason this caused Sasuke to smirk as he looked away and rested his head on Itachi's shoulder, looking at their hands, and locked fingers.
"I think you know the obvious answer to your question nii-san" Sasuke said "Of course I'll go out with you" Itachi shook his head, a smile once more on his lips as he looked up at the dark, and starry night. Everything felt perfect now, somehow. And he was planning for it to forever stay that way.
Both stayed there for a while before they decided to head back.
"Hey Itachi, do you suppose we could sleep in the same bed for the rest of the night?" Sasuke asked, a small yawn coming forth.
"I don't see why not, it is our room after all" Itachi responded, making a small blush appear on Sasuke's cheeks. "But, you know," Itachi said, stopping Sasuke just as the sight of light came to view that they were almost by the back entrance of the house again. The bright light seemed alive, and there was music still loudly playing from inside, but all he could focus was on Sasuke, and the fact that he had him there. He turned to look at Sasuke who was still holding onto his bear, and pulled him close. This of course seemed to puzzle Sasuke for a moment "I've been dying to try something since I first saw you that night, back on our parent's anniversary"
It's like I waited my whole life for this one night
It's gon' be me, you and the dance floor
'Cause we only got one night
Double your pleasure, double your fun
Sasuke felt his mouth go dry as he looked into Itachi's eyes and found that he could not look away "What?" he barely managed out before Itachi leaned in and he closed his eyes. The next instant, Itachi had closed the gap between them and locked their lips in a sweet kiss. Sasuke found himself eagerly kissing back, and pushing forward in a silent demand to deepen the kiss. Taking the hint that it was alright to kiss him, Itachi brought his free hand around Sasuke's waist and pulled him closer, before bring it up behind Sasuke's nape to press him closer. Sasuke on the other hand, brought pulled his hand out of Itachi's and brought it up to wrapped it around Itachi's neck, also kissing, deeper, harder, and more passionate.
Having his other hand freed from Sasuke's Itachi settled it around Sasuke's waist so their bodies were pressed together as both devour each other with lips, teeth, and tongue. When Sasuke's lips parted, Itachi pushed his tongue inside, slowly tasting and losing himself in his brother, who pushed against his tongue with how own and seemed to savor him as well. Both would only pull for a second to catch their breath before they were kissing again, with eager thirst they never knew they had.
And dance forever-ever-ever
Forever-ever-ever
Forever-ever-ever
Forever
(Forever)
Ever-ever-ever
Forever-ever-ever
Forever-ever-ever
Forever on the dance floor
Feels like were on another level
Feels like our love's intertwined
We can be two rebels
Breaking the rules, me and you, you and I
"Oh god" Mikoto murmured as she walked around the messed up place. Everyone had finally stopped the food fight when someone had ended up getting hurt. "Oh god, oh god, we just messed up Sasuke's birthday party! We ruined everything, everything I worked so hard for!" She dramatically dropped on her knees. Fugaku sighed, and walked over to her as everyone else seemed to be stuck on cleaning themselves and setting each other straight.
"You did well, my love, just look outside" He said, pointing outside. She narrowed her eyes at him and pushed his hand away.
"Don't try to sooth me, this is your fault as well" She huffed as she got back to her feet.
"Mikoto, trust me, you will want to look outside" This caused her to arch an eyebrow.
"Truly aunt, look outside!" Obito smiled big but turned to glare at Kakashi when the man licked his cheek. Deciding to humor them, she walked over to the glass sliding doors, where she was sure she had left Sasuke by, and was shocked to find both her boys outside, kissing each other hungrily.
"Oh" She let out the stunt gasp.
"I told you, you did good" Fugaku said, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her back inside to let his boy's some privacy "Now, we just have to deal with this mess" Mikoto groaned, this mess was going to be hell to clean up.
"Let's get started" she sighed "You are cleaning most of it" Fugaku sighed, throwing a brief glace to his children he decided to resume to his fate of cleaning.
It's a long way down, we so high off the ground
Sending for an angel to bring me your heart- Forever By Chris Brown
Like a feather light touch.
We are finally able to be together, and from here we can start to move forward and build a life all our own. We can begin here, but we can take it even further as we learn from each other and our desires…
DISCLAIMER: The Bold Italics are the lyrics to Chris Brown's song Forever. Owned by him. His, not mine.
Thank you all who read the last chapter and reviewed as well, and keep reading, I was suddenly sparked by inspiration once more and decided to update for you guys. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as i enjoyed writing it. Only a few chapters left form here now :) And this story will be coming to it's end. After such a long time. Ah well.
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