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More Than Meets The Eye	By : Lanie12777 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1179 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, nor do I make any money from this story. I also do not own the movie 'Abducted', that is owned by Lifetime.

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AN: So here’s chapter 2 of the re-write, hope you guys like it! This is already up at ffnet, and I will post the other chapters already completed here daily (so far I have five done), and then updates will be either monthly or maybe even every two weeks depending on how fast I finish each chapter. *Can’t promise that though as I do have three other fics I’m working on as well.*
And special thanks to Vitty Rose for reading over the chapter for me and helping me with it. *hugs*

Chapter 2
Naruto waited patiently for his dinner to heat up in the microwave. He'd decided to just reheat some leftovers since Orochimaru had said he wouldn't be eating with him. The house was completely silent except for the low hum of the microwave as his food was heated and rotated. Blue eyes unconsciously followed the plate revolving in the small oven as he frowned to himself.
The ding of the microwave sounded, and Naruto pulled out his plate and set it on the countertop of the large island in the middle of the kitchen. The counters were all black granite, dark mahogany wood for the cabinets a nice contrast. All the appliances were stainless steel, top of the line brands. Orochimaru wanted only the best.
Setting his warm plate on the center island, Naruto pulled out a bar stool to sit on while he ate. He managed a few bites before pushing the plate away and sighing softly. His conversation with Sakura replayed in his mind over and over again. Why did he stay? He wasn't happy, and he knew Orochimaru wasn't either. Naruto wasn't stupid, he knew about his husband and Kabuto having an affair. What was bothering him more was the glaring fact that he wasn't that angry or upset about it. He knew it was only a matter of time before he asked for a divorce, and he shuddered at the thought of having to tell Orochimaru that; his husband was not one to accept failure lightly or gracefully. And asking for a divorce was pretty much admitting your marriage had failed.
Dumping the remainder of his uneaten food in the garbage, Naruto rinsed the plate off before setting it in the dishwasher and leaving the room. He shut the light off, then made his way upstairs to his empty bedroom with the en suite bathroom attached. He decided to take a quick shower before turning in for the night, knowing it could be hours before Orochimaru got home.
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Abruptly woken from a sound sleep, Naruto rolled over and reached his hand out to the other side of the bed for his husband(a habit he’d not seemed to break out of), but encountered only empty space. He lifted his head groggily, peering at the clock on the bedside table. It was only a little after 2 a.m., and Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen. Getting out of bed and pulling on a robe and his slippers, Naruto silently trekked downstairs to the living room, finding his husband asleep on the couch. He walked over to him and placed the file splayed on his lap onto the coffee table, then covered him with the afghan that was folded on the back of the couch.
Bending down to retrieve more papers from the floor, Naruto saw a flash of silver on the rug. Reaching for it, he picked up what he now saw was a cufflink, recognizing it as Kabuto's. He placed it on the table on top of a file, a bit angry and annoyed that the assistant's cufflink was forgotten and left on the floor, almost taunting him. He gave Orochimaru one last look before going back to bed, not bothering to wake him.
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Sasuke stepped off the bus that had brought him to the farm along with a dozen other prisoners early the next morning. He nodded towards the guard standing outside the bus who called his name. "My name's Kiba," the guard introduced himself, his wild brown hair sticking up in places. His dark brown eyes had a kind look in them, and his skin was lightly tanned; he had strange red triangle-shaped tattoos on his cheeks, which looked almost like fangs.
A huge dog trailed beside him. "This is Akamaru," Kiba told Sasuke when he noticed the raven eyeing the huge canine. Walking behind the brunette, Sasuke took in his surroundings silently. "So is there anything you're good at? What did you do before prison?" Kiba suddenly asked, looking down at his clipboard.
"I was a mechanic," Sasuke answered, earning a grin from Kiba who replied, "Great! We can use another mechanic around, there's a lot of things that need fixing or repairing here. Can you do home repairs as well?" Sasuke nodded, following behind the guard and his dog as he was led to a large tool shed across the yard.
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Naruto was in the sitting room of the farmhouse, adjacent to the large living room, Sakura seated next to him. He'd called her over to let her know of his final decision to end his marriage to Orochimaru.
"Ok, so I'm here, what is it you wanted to tell me?" she asked as she sipped at her glass of ice tea.
Not looking her in the eye, Naruto stared at the floor as he began. "I-I've decided to ask Orochimaru for a divorce." A shrill shriek had him cringing, his ears ringing slightly.
"It's about time!" Laughter caused him to look up sharply.
"You know, it's not exactly something to celebrate."
Sakura's gleeful grin melted almost immediately into a look of contrition at Naruto’s small scowl. "You're right, I'm sorry Naruto. But you have to admit, it's past time for you to finally break out of this dead relationship. I mean, you told me you're not in love with him anymore."
When Naruto just sat quietly, Sakura blanched at her thoughtless words.
"I know," he finally said, his voice almost subdued, "but it doesn't make it any easier. I really tried to make this work, I just don't understand what happened with us. We were happy, at least I thought we were. But everything changed, and he stopped talking to me, stopped touching me, everything just stopped."
Naruto sighed, leaning back against the couch's cushions. "I gave up everything to please him. He wanted to wait on adopting kids, so I did. I stopped volunteering at the center to help him with his career, and to make sure I was always there when he needed me for his endless charity functions or business parties or those damned publicity photos. But it seems nothing I did was good enough; my clothing wasn't appropriate attire for his lifestyle, I talked too loud, my behavior embarrassed him," Sakura cursed mentally at that, wanting to get her hands on Orochimaru for beating Naruto down so drastically.
"And I know about his affair with Kabuto," he continued. Sakura started in surprise; she had no idea that Naruto knew his husband was sleeping with his assistant, though she’d had her suspicions about the two for a while. "I found his cufflink on the floor of Orochimaru's private study early this morning," he pulled out the small piece of round silver and set it on the coffee table. “He’s not even trying to hiding it. It’s almost like he’s flaunting it in my face.” He knew everyone thought he was oblivious to his husband's infidelity, but he'd actually known for a while now.
"I'm just so tired." He glanced as Sakura, his eyes searching hers as if to gauge her reaction to his confession. "And I want to live my own life now, do what I want to do and not worry whether or not I'm making someone else angry or disappointed. Is that so wrong?"
"No Naruto, it's not." Sakura's tone was firm as she smiled. "You should do exactly what you want instead of being Orochimaru's trophy 'wife'."
Naruto's nose wrinkled in mock annoyance. "Hey, don't call me the wife!"
Sakura giggled lightly, the somber mood broken for the moment. "Well if the shoe fits…" She smirked at his grimace.
A sudden noise from the kitchen had them both jumping. "What was that?"
Remembering the order Orochimaru had called in for the kitchen sink to be fixed, Naruto smiled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Oh I forgot, the sink was leaking so Orochimaru had Kiba send one of the inmates to fix it today."
Green eyes gleamed. "Really? So there's a prison inmate in there right now?" Naruto didn't like the look in her eyes at the moment.
"Yeah…"
Jumping up, Sakura grabbed one of Naruto's wrists and pulled him up with her. "Come on, I wanna see if he's hot!"
Naruto gawked at his friend for several seconds. "What? Are you nuts? You're getting married in less than a month, and you wanna check out another guy? Should I tell Lee about your little fetish for prison men?"
Scoffing, Sakura threw a grin over her shoulder at Naruto. "I never said anything about the guy being for me; you on the other hand need some serious eye candy, and I know there are some real hotties in the yard out there."
Trying to stifle his laugh and failing, Naruto followed her into the kitchen. He knew she'd never cheat on Lee; she was only doing this to try to cheer him up.
Sakura stopped in her tracks at the sight of a nicely muscled male body lying under the sink. Naruto fidgeted around the refrigerator as he tried to avoid staring at Sasuke. The raven was fixing one of the pipes, which had been leaking water all over the floor. Gesturing to Naruto, who took a glass out of the cupboard and handed it to her, she went to the sink and ran some water in the glass, purposefully moving the glass out of the way for a moment and making sure the man underneath got a slight drenching.
The water had the desired effect, effectively soaking Sasuke's face and upper shoulders and causing him to jump out from under the sink.
"Sorry," Sakura smirked coyly as the guard assigned to watch Sasuke stood forward in concern, his stance signaling his readiness to step in and prevent Sasuke from any aggressive movement.
Naruto quickly reached to the towel rack beside the sink, retrieving a towel. Handing the slightly annoyed raven the dry material, Naruto glanced back at the guard to make sure he didn't aggravate the situation even more.
"I apologize for Sakura. She didn't know the drain was open," Naruto told the guard, hoping to pacify both him and Sasuke. He turned to again face the raven, giving him an apologetic smile.
Sasuke wiped his face, his demeanor calm once more as he eyed Naruto. "That's alright, no harm done," Sasuke said, his deep voice causing a frisson of awareness to creep up Naruto's spine.
Forcing his eyes to look away from the glittering droplets of water clinging to the strong curve of Sasuke's jaw, Naruto nervously chuckled and excused himself and Sakura, who gave a knowing look at the blonde's behavior. She couldn't really blame Naruto. Hell, if she weren't in love and engaged to Lee she'd be tempted to jump the sexy inmate herself! But judging from the way he'd looked at Naruto, she didn't think he'd be all that receptive to a woman's invitation. She gave a last, lingering glance at the Uchiha before muttering, "See ya!" and hurrying behind the blonde out of the room, both missing the slight smirk Sasuke sent them.
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Later that evening Naruto and Orochimaru sat at the large solid oak dining table in the middle of the dining room. The blonde had fixed his husband's plate before making his own, and had just sat down to eat. Since Naruto had learned to cook due to being on his own so much when he was a teenager after his parents’ deaths, he'd tried to perfect his culinary skills. Orochimaru preferred Naruto's meals to his usual hired caterers’, so Naruto prepared their food himself as often as he could.
They remained silent as they ate, Naruto not really feeling up to talking and Orochimaru too busy thinking about his upcoming race for mayor to bother with small talk. The only sound heard was the clink of silverware on the china plates.
After a couple more moments of silence, Naruto swallowed his bite of food and cleared his throat. It was now or never.
Taking a steadying breath, Naruto glanced at Orochimaru. He waited for his husband to meet his gaze, then began his little practiced speech. "I think we should get a divorce." At the sudden blank look, he continued.
"We don't talk anymore, hell we barely sleep in the same bed but when we do we never touch each other. I have things I still want to do with my life, and let's be honest, neither one of us is happy."
He stopped, his body freezing at the now furious gaze of Orochimaru.
"You want a what?" the older man snarled, pushing his plate away. Food flew onto the table from the ferocity of his shove.
"You pick now of all times to tell me this?! When I'm in the middle of planning my election? Are you trying to ruin this for me?"
Taken aback, Naruto didn't know what to say. He watched as Orochimaru seemed to calm down, sitting back in his chair and eyeing Naruto coolly.
"Fine. We need to talk about this rationally, like adults. I think at this point in time divorce is simply out of the question; what would my voters think? And I need you with me; I need your support behind me on this. I can't do this without you."
Naruto hid his sneer. Of course Orochimaru wouldn't want him to leave because he actually cared about their marriage; it was all about what the public would think. It was that attitude that made him more determined to get out. Just more proof they didn't belong together.
"Fine," he conceded. "I'll stay until after the election is over. But then I'm leaving. And you and Kabuto can have all the alone time you want with each other." He ignored the surprised look shot at him.
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes at the blonde. He had no idea Naruto knew about his affair with his assistant, this could be bad if Naruto fought him in court. Orochimaru wasn't rich, but he had managed to acquire a nice little nest egg. And he had no intention of sharing it.
No longer hungry, Naruto picked up his plate and left the dining room, carrying it to the kitchen sink. He missed the calculating stare following him as he walked. Orochimaru's mind was working overtime while watching Naruto exit the room, and a smug smirk soon fixed on his lips.
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