...As you look around, all you see is the chapter lying finished on the table, no trace of Lawlie anywhere. The place is dusty and un-used, but there are the faint lines of footprints in the dust on the floor, the only proof of it ever being used at all. Nobody has been here for quite some time now. Outside the window, you can see the faint outline of a plane flying up and taking off into a raging blizzard...
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'Vanilla Twilight' by Owl City
Sasuke POV
We drove along the back way to the amusement park, the sun starting it's ever-so-slow descent. As I turned onto the lane that led to the docks of the town's edge of the ocean beaches, I glanced over at Naruto. He was bouncing in his seat, biting his lip excitedly. I smiled at him gently, love radiating from me. But he must've sensed something, because he turned to look at me curiously, having no clue that I'd just nearly had a heart-attack, hiding my face from his probing gaze.
His starlight blue eyes struck mine and I held back a gasp. I couldn't help it. Every time he looked at me like that...it took my breath away. I let myself smile, holding back the enormous amount of affection and replacing it with contentment. He looked uneasy, but quickly hid it or rejected it, shaking his golden head before grinning back at me.
I did not blush. Besides. Any blush that mayhave occurred wouldn't have been seen anyways. Not that I blushed. Cause I didn't. Really. Anyways, Neji and Gaara were facing opposite ways now, but through my hind mirror, I could clearly see the linked hands between them. Looking closer in the side views, I saw the small, soft smiles each of them had of their faces. I couldn't help it. I was jealous. So jealous.
Glancing back at the happy teen next to me, I sighed lightly, shaking my head.
So when we pulled into the gravel parking lot of the beach's docking station, I stopped and turned the car off after pulling into a slot, and waited for everyone to empty out. I cleared my throat and beckoned to Neji and Gaara. They came over, glancing to the blonde, who was currently debating whether to take the leftover snacks with us. I sighed, and stepped closer to them both.
"Okay. We're going to 'lose you guys by accident' once inside. That way-"
Neji cut me off, "That way we can all have what we want," he looks over at the redhead, who blushes and looks away bashfully, hesitantly taking the Hyuuga's hand.
I smirked and nodded, walking back over to Naruto. Once he'd officially decided to leave behind the gummy worms, we all set off for the entrance, taking a moment to look down into the beach. The amusement park was settled on top of the huge dock, you see, and the water gently lapped at the wooden posts blow. Seagulls lazily drifted here and there, their calls echoing over the surface of the swishing waves.
I sighed, stepping in time a few feet behind the twirling blonde. As we went in, the lady at the ticket booth freaked me out considerably. Once Naruto had gone in, she'd apparently watched me gaze after him, affection clear in my eyes.
As I'd given her the four tickets, she'd somehow gotten next to me, and whispered, "What a catch! He's like sunshine itself, that un'! But thick as molasses in winter! You'll have a hard time if you go tha' roundabout way, dearie. Best just confess."
I swear, I nearly fell off the edge of the dock backing up from her. She just smiled, a snaggletooth hanging from her lip, and waved cheerily. I sighed and said nothing, wondering if I was really that obvious.
Apparently so. Maybe I would tell him...
"Sasuke!" I turned to the little blonde who had backtracked to me and was excitedly going in circles in place. I smirked and snorted, sighing and shaking my head. He stopped, pouting at me and grabbing my arm to pull me along.
"Dobe! Let me go!"
He tugged me from one stall to the next, making me play with him in each one. We even played darts. Not that I minded, since I got to see him beaming at me and giggling. But when we reached the 'Dress up Barn', I drew the line.
"You can go and dress up like a moron, and I will be perfectly happy taking a picture with you in your little outfit, whatever it is. But I will notparticipate in the stupidness, okay?"
He pouted, but nodded and waited to see where I would sit and wait before heading to the 'Barn'. Notice the 'thingies'. It wasn't actually a barn. It was a tent. Not a small tent, I'll say, but a big one. But it wasn't a barn. Would so much money be lost if they called it a 'Dress Up Tent'? I think a little honesty would go...a long...ways. Dammit. Stuck my foot in my mouth again...
So-I watched for him, and eventually got bored and fell into a semi-sleep. Who takes that long to play dress up?
"Sasuke? Sasuke! TEME!" I sat so far up I fell over, landing in a tumble at the blonde's feet. I growled at them and stared. Small, petite over-grown paws were in front of me. I blinked, and looked up, slowly processing what was in front of me.
There were over-large paws hanging over his hands too, with a fuzzy orange and red belly. He had a hood on that huge floppy fox-ears were attached to, and when I took a second to look behind him, still in somewhat of a daze, I saw a big, limp fox tail that was just short of dragging on the ground. (I was still sitting on my ass beside the bench) I just stared up and him, a slow smile coming to my face.
He was blushing fire and a little scowl was decorating his face. His cheeks were puffed up, his mouth puckered, and his 'whisker' marks were standing out even more than the fake ones beside them. He was so...CUTE!
I leapt up and grabbed him, racing over and stuffing us both into one of the photo booths. He cried out, struggling to get away, but I just laughed and sat him down on my lap. Then, telling him to smile, I put my head on his shoulder, taking the picture. He complained and writhed, sitting next to me instead, and threatened to string me up but my 'chicken butt' if I ever did that again.
Chicken Butt?
So we took nearly thirty pictures, and once, when he put his head on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around my own, I was so surprised I looked down with love and awe.
Flash!
CRAP. CRAP. CRAP. Now I'd have to go through thirty-odd pictures, find that particular one, and hide it.
Naruto POV
Okay, so apparently, you don't get to choose which outfit you wind up in. When I went into that tent, I swear something hit me over my head!
I was stone cold. When I woke up-with a throbbing head ache-I was back outside, a little girl standing over me with a lollipop, pigtails sticking out. I groaned, sitting up, and gasped at the 'get-up' I was in. Looking venomously at the tent, I felt my eyes pop outta my head and roll away.
~Note left on closed tent flaps: Closed.~
Looking back down when I felt something crinkle, I gasped, felt my eyes then pop back in and roll into my skull and I flopped back down onto the dirt.
~Note left on my paw: Keep the costume, since we took your clothes! Chu~~
I admit it. There, in the middle of the street, I threw a rip-roarin' fit! I must have stomped and cursed in every language know to man or beast or ancient gummy-bear civilization.
So when I was done with my little fit, I noticed that Sasuke was sleeping on the bench, laying down like some hobo. Yes, a hobo. Some jerk had given him a half-eaten thing of nachos. REALLY?
So I threw the chips away not caring where they landed, and not really caring. I shook him.
"Sasuke? Sasuke!" Okay, so I lost my temper. "TEME!"
He jerked awake so fast it scared me, and flew off the bench, landing in a dark heap by in front of me. I could tell when he noticed by his silence, and the slow way he looked up at me.
His raven bangs fell around his pale, perfect face, and his obsidian eyes were huge with shock. I just sat there, giving him what I thought was a very impressive glare. He just jumped up, a little smile on his face, and yanked me to a strange black box. Hoping it wasn't what I suspected, I was pulled into the black curtains that covered the entrance, and stared, at a bright room with a camera.
AWW HELL NO!
Struggling, I managed to get half-out, when he pulled me back down onto his lap, against his hard-but-still-warm chest. I could feel his breath on my cheek when he leaned forward to press the 'take the picture' button. His wiry arms were laced around my waist, and he was unbelievably close to me. A blush like crimson purple was on my face, and I glanced at the direction I felt him in. My own 'paws' were curled around one of his hands, gripping it like iron. I pressed back self-consciously into the hollow of his body, cuddling subtly to him.
Flash!
Crap. Now I was going to have to get to the pictures first and take this particular one away before he found it. After we were done, we got out, only to be nearly run-over by this huge fat lady in a floral outfit. I froze, and felt the raven beside me tense to shout. I slapped my paw over his mouth, and 'shh-ed' him, pointing, my hand shaking, to the woman's fingers. It was the same woman from the beach!
I gasped and tugged him away, grabbing the rows of photos hurriedly and stuffing them inside the suit, reassured that they wouldn't fall out, what with there being no openings. Yanking him with me, I quickly had us behind one of the booths, packed into on of the cracks, as she waddled past. She turned for a moment, and Sasuke wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to me, my back against his bodyand his breath blowing down my neck, she squinted, and leaned closer, making me scooch nearer, pressing myself desperately against the raven behind me (A:N-Yes, that was me teasing you...*nosebleed*).
So when she shrugged and went past, I let out a sigh and sank against Sasuke, letting his body support my own.
"Baka..." I heard something odd in his voice as he grabbed me and pulled me back up. Something close to tenderness.
Sighing and going back out of the crevice, we stretched, walking back around to the front of the booth. We began to play at the rides, twirling in a teacup slowly until I went insane and spun it with all my might. He was groaning constantly and me watching Sasuke getting paler, yellow, blue, then green, and finally a sickly orange. Very peculiar colors for him. I was laughing as he raced to the bathroom, staggering and slapping a hand over his mouth.
"Dobe...I'm gonna..ergh!" I grimaced and pulledaway from the doorway. He came swaying out a few moments later, and I held out the sprite I'd gone and gotten him. He grunted, taking it with a nod and sipped it, before taking a gulp and sighing.
"Hn," he murmured, glancing at me. I stared back at him. We erupted into chuckles, before we kept walking, going to the water log ride next. I waited for him to finish grumbling about the long line before pushing him into the first available log and jumped in after him, rolling my eyes at his complaints that I would tip the 'boat'. We rolled up and then splashed back down, the water spraying us. I snorted and giggled, wiping the water from my face. Yep, my shirt and pants were soaked already.
I glanced over and blinked before bursting into helpless laughs, clutching my sides. We splashed bacak down again and another wave washed over us. I spit and cough water out, still laughing at Sasuke. He was glaring at nothing, eyes flatlined, with a twitch in one of his eyelids. I patted his sopping spikes, pausing to marvel at it's softness, threading my fingers through it, before patting it again, leaning against him and reassuring him, "It'll be okay. We can go on the ferris wheel and get dry."
Three...
Two...
One...
"Fuck. No."
I chuckled and nodded, agreeing. Then, as we went up again, I heard him mutter something about damn fucking log rides. Rolling my eyes, I grinned as more water spurted all over us. He spat and grumbled, but smiled warmly at me through the corner of his eyes, thinking I couldn't see him. It made me warm and fuzzy inside that he would put up with something so obviously horrible to him just because I liked it.
"Dobe."
I rolled my eyes again and sighed, smiling over at him sincerly and enjoying the stunned experssion, a flicker of something reaching me before he masked it. I sighed again, and asked gently, "Jeees?"
He just shook his head and smirked, looking away. I didn't miss the happiness there. He thought I did...but I didn't...
Sasuke POV
[Time skip a few hours]
"Sasuke!" I swivled my head to look over at the most gigantic roller coaster I have ever seen in my life. It had swirls and turns and dips and barrel rolls. The people on the long cart riding it were like ants, and their tiny screamsjust barely reached me. DAMN IT WAS HUGE!
WAIT. I swallowed, hoping he wasn't going to say-
"CAN WE GO? PLEASE! AS OUR LAST RIDE?" I sighed, and went over to the eager teen, looking up again.
God, it's even more huge up close.
But...he wanted to go...
"AAAWWW FUUUUUUCCKKKKK!" I screamed as the machine roared down the tracks.
Naruto was screaming beside me, his hands in the air, eyes wide with excitement. I felt like puking. I really shouldn't have let him talk me into getting onto this deathtrap. But...then I'd remembered the ferris wheel incident and caved. Of course. I knew it hadn't been the memory, but rather the puppy-faced blonde begging me to come with him.
When the tracks slowed and it crested another hill, I took the opportunity to take a breath for the inevitable scream.
Sure enough, as my stomach dropped out from beneath me, and Naruto giggled and threw his hands up again, another yell was ripped from my lips and I shrieked loudly along with the rest of the roller snake filled with people.
Neji and Gaara were supposed to be ditching us as we rode, and going somewhere else to spend time together and leave me to ponder my predicament. I knew that both of them were hoping I'd decide to admit to the little teen next to me that I loved him. But I was still nervous.
So as the ride came to a halt and my hands came unfrozen from the bar blocking my death, I moved them stiffly to my side, and waited for Naruto to get off.
"Can we go again?"
Ha! I'm so sick I can't see your puppy-dog eyes!
I groaned and muttered, "No way in fuck," and sat down heavily on the bench, holding back the vomit. There was no way I way going to show how horrible that experience had been for me when he'd enjoyed it so much. I swallowed, winced at the acidic sensation, and got up, swaying slightly before straightening up gently, careful not to jolt my nauscous stomach.
"Are you alright?" his voice sounded close, but the world was spinning, so I nodded and bit back another groan at the added motion. Taking a deep breath subtly, I moved forward and held gently onto the counter of a stand next to me, and I'm surprised it wasn't broken into dust by my white-knuckled grip.
He was watching me secretly, I learned later, and smiling, appreciating what I was trying to do.
Naruto POV
He was standing, and I had to pull back from the dive I started as he swayed deeply. He straightened with obvious effort. He kept heaving his chest. I hadn't meant to make him sick. I felt a pinch of guilt. I hadn't really thought about the look on his face since I 'd looked at the roller coaster. It had been one of sacrifice but also a mysterious other emotion I had yet to place.
It had come up several times lately, but whenever I would look over and spot it, it would be quickly erased. When I'd looked in the car at it, the look had startled me it was so powerful, but when turning to look closer, it had vanished, and been replaced by a mask. Again, at the log ride earlier, it had only been a flicker...but it had been there. I frowned, confused and sad that Sasuke felt he couldn't be honest with me.
When he tried to take a step, I bit my tongue to keep in the shout of warning as he began to sway heavily again, about to fall. From that moment until I saw his eyes refocus, I know I aged fourty years.
I'm not sure why I cared so much. It's not like he was going to die from a six foot drop (that's about how tall Sasuke is), right? I just didn't want him to get hurt because of me.
"My back hurts," I murmured, further proof of my aging. He gave an odd look, and I retreated a little, letting off my nerves to heave a sigh. He wasn't harmed and I could rest easy.
But the look on his face somehow got me going, as we left the park, and saw Neji and Gaara waiting for us out by Sasuke's car.
I started to laugh and clutched my sides, unable to stem the noise. The people around us drowned me out though, because I wasn't loud like usual, but soft and baffling, it seemed, to the raven next to me. But soon, another emotion took place in his eyes, and I gasped, quitting the laughing quickly at it's appearance.
He looked at me with such wonder and amazement, with pure kindness and caring for a split second, it took my breath away from me and left my chest aching. Just in that moment, a thought with dreadful and wonderful power took hold of me, and I wanted to kiss him.
Oh no...
...You finish reading it and smile, [enter random fangirl/guy reaction], and put it back down, looking around once more before writing down your review and putting it on the table next to the stack of papers. You notice something written faintly on the surface of the table, and you have to light a match to read it, having spent a long time reading the latest chapter and the ephmerial light from the still blowing snow outside isn't bright enough...
~Note on the Table::
I'm sorry I couldn't talk as myself, but I had to get onto a plane. Please review my story. I'll hopefully be back soon.
Lawlie-