CHAPTER 3! so yeah, i'm gonna be super busy for the next week so i won't update for a while, sorry.
"Sasuke, hurry up." Kakashi shouted angrily up the stairs.
"Alright, alright." Sasuke shouted back as he stomped down the stairs. It was the night of the ball. Sasuke hadn't been allowed outside since the other day when he met Naruto. He really wanted to see the blonde man again but Kakashi wasn't letting him out at all. He had been angry for those days and now he had to go to a ball he didn't even want to go to. Kakashi smiled softly when he saw Sasuke.
"You look beautiful, Saya." He said. Sasuke rolled his eyes. Sasuke wore a velvet blue dress with black lace trim. It was quite fancy compared to the dresses Saya normally wore. "Here." He said as he pinned her hair up with a black lace rose. "It is a pity you're not a girl, you are quite beautiful." He commented. Sasuke glared and put his mask on.
"Shut up." He snapped but Kakashi could see the blush hidden under Sasuke's half mask.
"Let's leave, the carriage is waiting." Kakashi smiled and took Saya's hand leading her out the door. Sasuke grimaced as they pulled up to the large mansion the ball was being held in.
"Who's ball is this anyway?" He asked.
"The royal family is holding this ball. Although I doubt anyone from the Namekaze family will show up." Kakashi explained.
"So why do we have to go? If it's for the royal family then there's just gonna be a bunch of stuck up rich idiots. What do a banker and his 'daughter' have to do with this?" Sasuke sighed. Kakashi sighed as well.
"Please behave yourself tonight, Saya." He pleaded.
"Of course, father." Sasuke sighed. The carriage doors were opened and they got out. Kakashi glared at Saya letting her know if she didn't behave there would be serious consequences.
Damn you old man. Sasuke glared back as Saya forced a smile.
"Saya. You look beautiful as always. Even with your mask on I could recognize your beauty anywhere." Jiraiya smiled as Saya and Kakashi entered the ballroom.
Just great. I have to spend my whole night with this guy? Sasuke sighed.
"You flatter me, Jiraiya." Saya blushed sweetly.
"Would you do me the honor of dancing with me?" Jiraiya asked.
As if you lech. Sasuke growled.
"I'm sorry, Jiraiya, but if you dance with Saya I'm sure your wife would get jealous." Kakashi smiled as he pulled Saya just out of Jiraiya's reach.
"Thank you." Sasuke whispered to Kakashi.
"Just because he's a friend doesn't mean that I'll let him lay his hands on my precious daughter." Kakashi smiled back.
"Kakashi." A woman called.
"Anko." Kakashi smiled at her. "I'm going to talk with Anko. Behave, okay?" He told Saya.
"Of course." Sasuke rolled his eyes. Kakashi left to go speak with the woman and Sasuke was left alone. He couldn't recognize half the people in the room because of their masks, he was never good with faces anyway. He slowly moved to the edge of the room, feeling somewhat claustrophobic standing in the crowd. A few men had come up to ask to dance, but Saya kindly refused while Sasuke thought of horrible things to do to them. Sasuke saw a man making his way through the crowd towards him. He growled and prepared himself to decline yet another potential suitor.
"Saya." Sasuke gasped softly trying to keep his excitement down when he recognized Naruto's voice.
"Naruto." He smiled.
"I waited at the lake for you, I thought I would never get to see you again." Naruto smiled. "Would you like to dance?"
"Yes. I would love to." Sasuke nodded and let Naruto take his hand. Naruto wrapped one arm around Sasuke's waist and pulled him close. Sasuke couldn't help his blush.
"You look beautiful tonight, by the way." Naruto commented. Sasuke blushed deeply.
"Thank you. You look nice as well." He said softly. Naruto laughed and smiled brightly.
"Thank you. I was really worried I'd never get to see you again, you know." Naruto said.
"I'm glad that I got to see you here." Sasuke smiled.
"I'm surprised your father left you alone in this room full of men. Even with a mask on, you're still the most beautiful girl in this room." Naruto smiled. Sasuke blushed.
"Surprisingly you're the first man I agreed to dance with." He smirked.
"I feel honored." Naruto smiled back. Sasuke laughed softly.
"You should be." He smiled. Naruto laughed. They stopped talking after that and just danced. Sasuke couldn't help but stare at Naruto. Naruto really was handsome. Sasuke had never found anyone attractive before, he never wanted to be with anyone before but Sasuke really liked Naruto. He liked dancing with Naruto, he liked having Naruto's strong arm around him and being held close to his warm body. Sasuke found himself loving the feeling of being surrounded by Naruto's warmth. Sasuke smiled and let his head rest on Naruto's shoulder as they danced. He hadn't realized how much bigger Naruto was than him until then. Sasuke was smaller than most of the boys in the village, it was good because he was supposed to be a girl, but Naruto was bigger than most of the boys Sasuke was use to seeing.
"Saya, are you okay?" Naruto asked with concern. Sasuke blinked and realized he was gripping tightly to Naruto.
"I'm fine." Sasuke smiled. He felt slightly embarrassed and didn't want to tell Naruto that he was clinging to him because he didn't want the dance to end. Unfortunately for him, the dance ended shortly after that.
"Thanks for the dance." Naruto smiled.
"I wouldn't mind another one." Sasuke said quickly. Naruto smiled.
"Promise you'll come meet me tomorrow and I'll dance with you again." He said. Sasuke blinked.
"I can't promise that, my father probably wouldn't let me go out tomorrow." Sasuke shook his head.
"Then sneak out." Naruto told him. Sasuke blinked.
"I'm not going to sneak out. If my father caught me sneaking out he'd put bars on my windows and lock me in my room for the next year." Sasuke shook his head.
"Then I can't dance with you." Naruto told him.
"You're already are dancing with me, dobe. You might as well keep dancing with me." Sasuke scoffed. Naruto laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He smiled.
"Too bad for you, you're just going to have to keep dancing with me now." Sasuke smirked.
"That's just unfortunate, isn't it?" Naruto smirked as well. Sasuke blushed.
"Saya." Neji called.
Shit why does Neji have to come ruin my night? Sasuke sighed.
"Neji, how are you this evening?" Saya smiled.
"I was wondering if you would be so kind as to allow a dance with me?" Neji asked. Sasuke knew Naruto was about to agree when Saya tightened her grip on Naruto and politely shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Neji. I've promised the next dance to this gentleman and then I have to go find my father." She said sweetly. Neji frowned slightly and nodded.
"I see. Well, hopefully by the end of the night." He said before walking off.
"Why didn't you want to dance with him?" Naruto asked.
"Because he's a self absorbed jackass." Sasuke scoffed. Naruto laughed softly and Sasuke realized what he had said.
"I never expected that kind of language from such a lovely girl." Naruto smiled.
"It's true though. I can't stand that pompous attitude of his." Sasuke huffed. Naruto laughed.
"Then I guess I'll have to dance with you all night." He said.
"I wouldn't mind." Sasuke blushed. Naruto smiled and they continued dancing all night.
"Thank you for dancing with me." Naruto smiled at the end of the night.
"It was my pleasure." Sasuke smiled back.
"What do I have to do to get you to visit me tomorrow?" He asked softly. Sasuke blushed.
"Just show up, I'll be there." He smiled. Naruto kissed his hand and bowed.
"I'll be waiting." He smiled before walking away. Sasuke blushed deeply.
"Who was that?" Kakashi asked walking up to Sasuke.
"No one." Sasuke said shaking his head.
"You danced with him all night, he must be someone." Kakashi smiled.
"Did I?" Sasuke asked innocently.
"Who was he then?" Kakashi smiled.
"Just a guy. He's not from this village so you don't know him." Sasuke shrugged.
"Just be careful, Sas-Saya." Kakashi sighed.
"I know." Sasuke snapped. "Let's just go home." He sighed.
"Yeah." Kakashi nodded. They left the party and made it back to the house.
"I'm going to bed." Sasuke mumbled as he went up to his room. He pulled off his clothes and laid down in his bed. He was exhausted but happy. He couldn't wait to see Naruto again. The next day didn't come fast enough for Sasuke. He put on his best dress and ran downstairs.
"What are you all dressed up for?" Kakashi asked.
"Father, may I please go out today? One of my favorite author's newest books comes out today and I wanted to get it and go read at the lake." Sasuke smiled. Kakashi looked at her.
"If you want a book so badly I can just ask Jiraiya to pick it up on his way over for lunch." He said.
"Father, you know that perverted geezer would just bring his pornography." Sasuke huffed. Kakashi looked skeptical.
"What is going on?" He asked.
"I just want to go to the bookstore and go read at the lake." Sasuke snapped in annoyance. "Besides, I don't really want to be around for lunch if the lecher is going to be here as well." He added.
"Fine. Be back by one." Kakashi sighed. Sasuke smiled.
"Thank you, father." He smiled as he ran out of the house. He cut through the nearest alley into the forest so that he wouldn't have to talk to anyone and could get to the lake faster.
"You made it, huh?" Naruto smiled when Sasuke ran up to him. Sasuke smiled brightly and caught his breath.
"Yeah, But I have to be back by one." He said.
"That gives us plenty of time." Naruto smiled. Sasuke blushed deeply.
"What should we do then?" He asked softly.
"I don't know. What do you like to do?" Naruto asked.
"I mostly read." He said softly.
"Read?" He laughed.
"You know I don't get out that much." Sasuke snapped.
"I know, but it's kind of a dumb pastime." Naruto smiled.
"Then what would you suggest we do, dumbass?" Sasuke glared at him.
"Why don't we just talk?" Naruto smiled. Sasuke blinked.
"About what?" He asked.
"Well, how old are you? What's your favorite color? What's your favorite food? Stuff like that?" Naruto asked.
"Um, I'm 16. I don't have a favorite color. I like tomatoes. I mean I don't really do much. What about you?" He asked. Naruto laughed.
"Okay. I'm 19, almost 20. I love orange but I don't wear it much because my parents think it's tacky. I love ramen, but my parents say it's unhealthy. Basically I don't get out much either because I also have fairly overbearing parents, that's why I'm usually on the run from Iruka." Naruto smiled. Sasuke laughed softly. "Come on, Saya, you must have more interesting stories or something?"
"Not really. My father's a banker and he's a huge fan of Jiraiya-san's books. Unfortunately they're close friends so I have to see that perverted old man quite often." He sighed. Naruto laughed.
"I know Jiraiya as well. He's very perverse I'm surprised he hasn't tried to do anything to you." He smiled. Sasuke scoffed.
"What makes you think he hasn't? That perverted old man is lucky I have to be nice to him otherwise he would be missing a few fingers as well as another appendage." Sasuke huffed as Naruto laughed
"I'm sure there are many women who would agree with you." He nodded. Sasuke smiled and blushed.
"Well, I'm just glad I've met you. You're different from most of the boys I've met." He smiled. Naruto blushed.
"I get told I'm different a lot, but usually they don't mean it in a good way." He said softly.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, sometimes I feel that people don't like me very much." He answered.
"I find that hard to believe." Sasuke said.
"And why is that?" Naruto laughed.
"Because I don't like anybody and I like you." Sasuke answered with a smile. Naruto laughed and Sasuke blushed.
"You like me, huh?" He smiled.
"Well, I did dance with you last night. I think that's enough proof of how much I like you." Sasuke smiled back.
"I'm flattered but I think you might be the only person who thinks that." He smiled.
"Is that such a bad thing?" Sasuke asked softly. Naruto looked at him. "Sorry, that was a stupid thing to say." He blushed deeply.
"No. I think it was really sweet." Naruto smiled. Sasuke smiled as he stared at Naruto.
"I like spending time with you, Naruto." He said softly.
"Me too, Saya." Naruto smiled. Sasuke bit his tongue when he almost corrected Naruto on his name.
"Naruto, do you like me?" He asked softly. Naruto blinked and laughed.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked.
"Well you said that you thought a lot of people didn't like you and I told you that I liked you." Sasuke blushed.
"But a lot of people like you." Naruto pointed out.
"But I'm only interested in whether you like me." Sasuke admitted. Naruto smiled brightly and nodded as he blushed.
"Yeah, I like you." He said. Sasuke smiled, for some reason he felt relieved to know Naruto liked him.
"Good." He smiled. "Um, Naruto," Sasuke started.
"Naruto-sama!" Iruka called from somewhere in the forest.
"Shit." Naruto said softly.
"You should probably go. I have to go soon anyway." Sasuke smiled softly. Naruto kissed Sasuke's cheek.
"Come back tomorrow?" He asked softly. Sasuke barely repressed a shiver as Naruto's warm breath tickled his neck.
"I'll try." Sasuke blushed deeply. Naruto smiled as he stood up.
"I'll wait forever." He said as he walked off. Sasuke blushed and smiled brightly. He went home with that huge smile plastered to his face.
"Saya, my darling, I was just leaving. How sad that I must leave without spending any time with you." Jiraiya frowned when Sasuke walked into the house.
"That is such a shame, Jiraiya." Saya smiled. Sasuke was too happy to even care about Jiraiya touching him.
"Okay, Jriaiya, I believe it is time for you to be leaving." Kakashi said pushing Jiriaya out the door.
"I will see you tomorrow, Kakashi." Jiraiya smiled as he left. Sasuke quickly headed up the stairs as Kakashi shut the front door.
"Sasuke." Kakashi said sternly.
"Yes." Sasuke winced, he'd almost escaped.
"Did you get your book?" He asked.
"Uh, no. When I got there I remembered that it comes out next week." Sasuke smiled innocently.
"Really? Because I called the bookstore and the owner said you hadn't shown up all day." Kakashi said looking at Sasuke.
"Well, I mean I didn't go in because I remembered and then I just went to the lake." Sasuke smiled. Kakashi gave him a stern look.
"Sasuke, what did you do today?" Kakashi asked.
"I just went to the lake." Sasuke shrugged.
"Sasuke." Kakashi pressed.
"I didn't do anything, father." Sasuke sighed.
"Please don't wander around so easily, Sasuke." Kakashi sighed.
"I'm just going to the lake. It's not like anyone's gonna find out I'm a guy just by me going to the lake." Sasuke huffed as he stormed up the stairs into his room.
"It's not just about that, Sasuke." Kakashi sighed as he followed Sasuke. "You know the reason you're disguised as a girl is because there are people after you."
"It's not like I'm running around and talking to strangers. I'm not an idiot, father." Sasuke shouted angrily.
"Sasuke, please don't get upset with me." Kakashi sighed.
"Then who should I get upset with? It's not my fault that some crazy homicidal wizard is after me. You're the paranoid one who doesn't let me out ever. What the hell am I supposed to do? It's not fair to keep me locked up in my room like some princess in a tower." Sasuke growled.
"Sasuke, calm down." Kakashi sighed. Sasuke huffed and turned to his book shelf, pulling off a book and sitting down at his desk. "Now you're just going to ignore me?"
"Unless you want me to keep yelling at you." Sasuke snapped. Kakashi sighed.
"How about tomorrow we go to the lake together?" He offered.
"You don't have to come with me. I'm fine going by myself." Sasuke snapped.
"You can go with me or you don't have to go at all." Kakashi said. Sasuke glared at him.
"That's not fair." He snapped.
"I'm letting you go outside, why are you complaining then?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke clenched his fists.
"Fine." He snapped.
REVIEW! once again, no update for about a week, sorry.