A/N: Yeah, it's been a while. I'm sorry. I have no one-shot muses anymore, I swear. This one just kind of slapped me across the face the other day. It's very, very, very raw and un-beta'd because I fail at life...kind of.
For this one, it's AU! Remember that, peeps. AU! They're about 18/19 and in college and in seperate apartments. XD
One-Shot #72
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"Please enjoy the music while your party is reached."
Sasuke sighed and tapped his long, pale fingers against his cell phone. Of all the things his hyperactive friend would have got for his phone a ring back tone should not have been one of them. Since beginning the service, Naruto had changed the song played while the caller waits for him to pick up at least six times, and the song choices get wilder as they go.
He waited, impatiently, while the song prepared to play. Bracing himself for the latest music craze Naruto was into this week to play, Sasuke began tapping his toes in place of his fingers.
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brother's can't deny
When a girl walks in with an
Itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Feeling as though he was about to gnaw off his own ears, Sasuke nearly let out a cry of joy when the music ended and Naruto's voice filled the void.
"Yo, yo, Emo-Boy!"
"Idiot, I'm going to maim you if you don't change that damn song!"
He heard Naruto force back a giggle. "Well, hello to you too, 'suke!"
"I'm serious, moron." Sasuke walked over to his couch and flopped down on it. "I hate that song."
"Well, what song would you rather me put up there, oh so amazing one?" Naruto asked, lying back on his bed and scratching his stomach lazily. He'd just got out of class and was pretty bored at the moment. Besides that, he had been waiting for Sasuke to call. He hadn't spoken to him in a few days, with mid-terms and all, and he really missed his stoic best friend. "Something dark and emo…like you?"
"I'm not emo, asshole."
"Could have fooled me, 'suke. You're always yelling at me for something or another. You'd think that, after a while, you'd let me have whatever song I want."
Sasuke snorted, but chose not to respond. Instead, he had a different thought. "Hey, usuratonkachi, how did you know it was me calling? You're front screen doesn't work on your phone, remember?"
"The ring tone." Naruto said, stretching his lean body until he felt his muscles pull. "Besides, I didn't break my front screen. Kiba spilled soda on it."
"I have my own ring tone on your phone?" Sasuke asked, sort of surprised. Ring back tones were one thing, but having a special ring tone just for his best friend…was that normal? Was Sasuke really that important to him?
"Yeah, sure." Naruto shrugged, even though Sasuke couldn't see it. "It's our song."
Sasuke paused, trying to think of what 'their song' was. "Which song?"
"Tell you what, 'suke. I'll come over to go swimming and you can see what ring tone is yours, deal?"
"Ye-yeah, sure Naruto." Sasuke flipped his phone closed and began searching his house for his iPod. If anything would have 'their song' on it, it would be his iPod, which Naruto fills with song seventy percent of the time anyway.
Twenty minutes, and about 200 songs later, Sasuke still had know idea which song Naruto would choose. Could it be a special one about their friendship, or an emotional song about when Sasuke left him to try a private school for a whole semester back in high school? Or was it something different, something more intimate?
It wasn't like Sasuke didn't know Naruto was gay, even if Naruto himself didn't say anything about it. Sasuke just knew it on intuition, just by knowing his best friend like he did. The Uchiha wasn't bothered by it, even if Naruto was interested in him. Hell, he'd thought about it a lot and was surprised at how happy he'd felt just at the thought it could be true.
Naruto let himself in the house, which was filled with the sounds of Sasuke flipping through music on his iPod. Naruto smirked and made his way toward the sound of Sasuke criticizing every song that came on.
"Hey, 'suke!" Naruto called, forcing Sasuke's attention away from the music.
"Naruto, tell me which song it is!" Sasuke made a diver for Naruto's phone, which the blonde happily turned over. But not without a smirk crossing his face.
"Fine, dude, but I'm swimming." As he made his way toward Sasuke's back deck, Naruto could hear the beeping of Sasuke pushing the buttons and going through his phone. He barely made it to the pool stairs when Sasuke found the right file.
You!
I wanna take you to a gay bar
I wanna take you to a gay bar
Gay bar
Gay bar
Whoa!
The pale teen just stared at the screen, blinking slowly. Naruto turned to gauge the reaction, only to see it blank. That only had one conclusion: Sasuke Uchiha was pissed off. Before the teen could even open his mouth, Naruto flashed Sasuke his bright smile and jumped into the pool.
"You're an asshole!" He heard Sasuke yell from beneath the water. When Naruto surfaced, he felt a beach ball smack into his head. "And I thought you'd be serious about this! I thought you'd pick a real song about us!"
"It is a real song, 'suke." Naruto said, smiling.
"Yeah," Sasuke glared. "But not about us."
As Sasuke stormed off into the house, pouting as usual, Naruto climbed out of the pool and reached for his phone. A few quick adjustments and the real ring tone assigned to Sasuke was back where it belonged.
Later that night, when Naruto had long since crashed on Sasuke's couch, drooling as usual, Sasuke began playing with Naruto's phone again. This time when he looked under his assigned ring tones, a different song was assigned to him. One he didn't recognize at first.
And I try but I'm not convincing
Your lips they pout and twist and
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need, just keep me guessing, please?
A smile found its way on Sasuke's lips before he knew it as he shut the phone. "Much better, Naruto. Much better."
Song #1: "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
Song #2: "Gay Bar" by Electric Six
Song #3: "The Tension and the Terror" by Straylight Run
Um...other than that, nothing much else to say. Love ya!
