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Torrid	By : KageKitsuneXXX Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 4665 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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A/N: All I did was mention Neji once! The maelstrom ensuing was awesome. I can't wait for more. Enjoy and tell me what you think. Thanks for the great response.
Right now, Naruto wanted to be anywhere but here. He shook his head as he wondered how the people he knew could get him into such ridiculous situations. As he entered the elevator that would take him to Hyuuga Neji’s office, he contemplated possible plans of escape. Before he could formulate a good one, the elevator doors opened; and before he could simply turn tail and run, a very efficient secretary had already ushered him into the spacious corner office.
Neji was just as Tsunade described him, and exactly what Naruto would have expected anyway. He was tall, pale and serious; with the intense and distinctive eyes that were the Hyuuga trademark. Naruto marvelled how hair that long could be so neat- not a single strand daring to fall out of place. Neji’s persona was definitely meant to be intimidating; but for some reason, it was the thing that finally put Naruto at ease. He was familiar with Neji’s type. Naruto knew it like the back of his hand.
They said their obligatory greetings and bowed, Neji offering Naruto a seat as they prepared to get down to business.
“It’s nice to finally meet you, Naruto-san. Tsunade-sama spoke of you frequently during our negotiations.”
Neji spoke coolly as he laid out the mountain of papers before Naruto, who for his part started to pale at both the idea of Tsunade talking about him and the extensive paperwork piling up. Just what part of this was supposed to be ‘strictly ceremonial’ again?
“She did?”
“Yes, and amused us with pictures and stories of your teenage years. It was a quite a treat.”
The deadpan manner with which Neji spoke indicated it had been anything but. Naruto was going to kill that woman. She had adopted him when he was thirteen, and for the first time, he was relieved it hadn’t been sooner. At least there were no embarrassing baby pictures floating about. At least, he hoped not- he didn’t dare ask.
“Once again, we wish to thank Tsunade-sama for the opportunity she has given us to partner and invest in her company. Hyuuga Corps is confident that both parties will benefit immensely from this arrangement.”
“Yeah, sure…”
This was not Naruto’s thing. He had no idea what to say. The whole wide world of corporate wrangling and big business went right over his head and he certainly didn’t miss it. Whenever Sasuke would come to him ranting about some random deal gone wrong or some office issue, he’d just smile and nod until Sasuke wore himself out. That was the plan for this meeting as well.
“All the areas requiring your signature have been highlighted. May we offer you some refreshment?”
Naruto was tempted to look for the power cord which was plugged into Neji, but guessed it would be rude. A man that robotic had to be running off something. Then again, he was probably solar powered- the Hyuugas were a very practical and advanced clan. Naruto simply nodded as he pretended to read the documents. As far as he could work out from the first few paragraphs, he was promising them his firstborn providing that they spun all his straw into gold. Sounded like a fair trade to him. Deciding that whatever it was wasn’t worth the impending aneurysm, Naruto started signing.
Neji looked over Naruto thoroughly as the younger man grew absorbed into his assignment. He had certainly had a growth spurt since those pictures Tsunade-hime carried about. The blond wasn’t his type- not in the slightest. Neji preferred his lovers to be calm, collected, dispassionate and adverse to bouts of hyperactivity. He liked to see his own personality reflected as much as possible. That way he avoided any potentially messy break-ups. Based on what Tsunade had been gushing about during the negotiations, and the little that Neji had observed so far, the blond would be his polar opposite.
At that moment, Naruto flipped over a page, wrinkled his nose and narrowed his eyes to slits. He then shrugged and signed at the ‘X’, apparently agreeing to join the Hyuuga Clan on their next quest for the Holy Grail.
Neji had to smile to himself. Naruto was clearly not the brightest crayon in the box either; at least as far as business was concerned. But the man was beautiful, there was no denying that. The wild golden hair, the blue eyes and tanned skin- Naruto was a Sun god, simply put. If there was one thing a Hyuuga could appreciate, it was a good sun reference.
Sensing that he was being stared at, Naruto looked up and raised a questioning eyebrow at Neji.
“Please pay particular attention to article 37, paragraph 3; and say if everything is to your liking. We endeavour for the complete satisfaction of both parties.” Neji covered his blank assessment of Naruto smoothly.
“Yeah…sure” Naruto squinted at the paragraph in question, which seemed to state that in case of an emergency, he would trade his kingdom for a horse. Made sense to him, horses were very helpful creatures…
Neji bit back another smile and continued to look Naruto over. Definitely not his type and it would be wisest not to bother. Naruto wet his lower lip slowly in consternation at another paragraph and Neji found himself reconsidering. What was life without those moments in the sun?
After what felt like an eternity, and a severe case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Naruto stood to leave, managing to escape this ordeal relatively unscathed. He was almost to the door and to sweet, sweet freedom, when Neji’s voice stopped him.
“Naruto-san, there was one other thing that we wanted to discuss with Tsunade-sama. It’s very minor, but it would be good if we could clear it up quickly. Since she is unavailable and she has named you as her proxy, the onus falls on you.”
Naruto’s heart sank into his shoes. He was going to kill that woman. He wasn’t even sure where an ‘onus’ should be located. He turned back to face Neji.
“Um, yeah…sure”
“Unfortunately, I have appointments booked solid for the rest of the day…” Neji casually flipped through his blank appointment book, which was only on his desk for show. “Perhaps we could meet after work instead. There’s this curry shop that a friend of mine has been wanting me to try.”
“You mean the one on the outskirts? The Curry Shop of Life?”
“You’ve heard of it? Perfect- shall we meet there, say 8 o’clock?”
Naruto nodded miserably. There was no way he would be able to get in contact with Tsunade before then and he knew he wouldn’t have a clue how to deal with whatever issue Neji presented. Still, he’d just have to bluff his way through it.
Neji smirked and shook his head as Naruto closed the door behind him. Definitely not the brightest crayon.
*******
Neji was going to murder Lee the next time he saw him. The ‘Curry Shop of Life’ was nothing more than a large, wooden hut in the middle of nowhere, almost completely surrounded by woods. He had to park at least half a mile away in a clearing and walk up the path to the restaurant. He could only imagine what Naruto thought of him when he suggested this place. He huffed in frustration as he started up the dark path through the woods, fully planning to kill Lee until he died from it. About a quarter of the way in, he found Naruto waiting, leaning idly against one of the trees along the desolate path.
“I figured I’d wait for you. You look expensive and I wouldn’t want you to get jumped or anything. It’s kind of lonely out here.”
It took an effort for Neji not to redden with embarrassment. “I have to apologise to you. When this place was being described to me, there was no mention at all of how…rural it was.”
Naruto looked genuinely amused.
“Don’t worry about it. It’s a perfect place for the tawdry, clandestine meeting, right?” At Neji’s surprised look, Naruto shrugged. “I figured it out while I was heading down in the elevator. I know I should have picked it up immediately, but sometimes I take a little longer than I should to figure things out. No Hyuuga would do business in a Curry Shop, and what better place not to be seen by any of your colleagues.”
“I didn’t ask you to come here to hide you. I chose this place in the continued spirit of trying something new.”
Now it was Naruto’s turn to look surprised as he tried to figure out just where this was going. “Something new?”
“You’re not my type.” Neji cringed at the wrong way his words came out, hence his relief when Naruto actually burst out laughing.
“Really? Why doesn’t that surprise me? It’s ironic though, since you’re definitely mine.”
Neji straightened a bit, curiosity thoroughly piqued. Naruto finally smiled then, slow and sexy; and Neji’s physical response to it was immediate and shocking. This was such a bad idea already, but Neji found himself rooted to the spot.
“I am?”
“Oh yeah, totally. You have the whole tall, pale intense thing going on. Then there’s the aloof, ice-prince thing, and the not entirely misplaced sense of entitlement and superiority. I bet you took all the advanced courses in school too.”
“I may have skipped a couple grades.” Neji responded automatically, finding himself mesmerized by the being in front of him.
“Of course you did, and I bet you’re just chockfull of daddy-issues too, huh?”
“Apart from being alarmingly specific, my kind sounds pretty unbearable.”
“Unbelievable unbearable,” Naruto agreed, nodding sagely, “and totally essential. What can I say; I like what I like…”
The kiss caught them both off-guard. Neji didn’t know what happened in the space between listening to Naruto break down his existence, and reaching for him. It did matter anyway, because he was pushing Naruto back against the tree, feeling the warm, dry lips against his and revelling in the heat spiralling through him. When Neji finally realized what he was doing, he pulled back, feeling dazed and flustered.
“And that’s another thing about my type,” Naruto continued seamlessly, as if unaware that Neji had just assaulted him, “you guys just go straight for gold, don’t you? What is it with you overachievers and skipping all the preliminaries?”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that. I don’t know what came over me.”
Naruto shrugged lightly and started his musing. “It’s not your fault. There’s something hardwired into my DNA that tells people to do inappropriate things to me in forests.”
“What?”
“Look Neji, you seem to be a nice guy; and you’re hot and everything, but I’m…involved.”
Neji recognised the ‘shut down’ speech, but was far more intrigued by the interesting pause. “Are you? You don’t seem to be very sure about that.”
Naruto sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets, trying to frame his thoughts carefully. “It’s complicated.”
“So you’re unavailable because of a complicated involvement?”
“Yeah, pretty much.”
“Ah…” Neji looked at Naruto for a moment; still tingly from the kiss and far too amused by brush off to be dejected. “Care to elaborate?”
“Not really.”
“Fair enough. Well since we are here, we might as well eat; or doesn’t your complicated involvement allow for that?”
Naruto watched Neji with deep suspicion, rightly guessing that his polite attempt to derail Neji’s licentious intentions was being summarily ignored.
“Why are you looking at me like that? It’s just food. A man’s got to eat right?”
*******
“So Hiashi-sama is okay with you being…”
“Gay? I’ve never discussed it with him. My personal affairs are none of my uncle’s concern.”
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the thinly-veiled hostility. “You clansmen always fascinate me.”
“So being a part of a clan helps my allure?”
Naruto couldn’t help but smile at Neji’s question was they sat at one of the wooden benches in the curry shop. Neji was clearly attempting his version of flirting and it was all Naruto could do not to laugh. The man was clearly more suited to cool business deals than romance, and clearly had little experience with being rejected after a proposition, whether inside the boardroom or out.
“Well, if you had let me finished before you tried to deflower me in the woods, I would have told you that being a Clansman in one of the hottest things about you.” If Naruto was being completely honest with himself, he’d admit that he wasn’t exactly doing his best in warding Neji off; but it had been a rough year, he needed the distraction, even if just for a little while.
“Really?”
“Yeah, I’m serious. When I was in college, one of my psych-grad friends said I was attracted to the structure, discipline and deep sense of belonging that was a very much a part of a Clan upbringing. My attraction stemmed from the fact that I was trying to compensate for all those things being missing from my own life. At least I think that’s what she said. At the time, I was drunk and pissed off at my boyfr- at a friend of mine.”
Neji blinked at the honest and stark revelations that seemed to tumble out of Naruto one second and dry up the next. In a few sentences, he had found out more about the younger man than he had about anyone but a couple close friends. Naruto immediately switched again, brushing aside the naked moment as if it was nothing and started commenting on the quality of the food.
There was some damage there, serious damage; he could see it even as Naruto purposely tried to lighten the mood after the unexpectedly heavy disclosure. Neji knew it was probably in both their best interests if he walked away after this. Unfortunately, in that one moment, it was the closest he had ever felt to anyone.
“Ask her to make your order extra mild…”
“Excuse me?”
“Your curry, tell her to make it mild. She makes it hot…really hot.”
“I can handle a little heat.” Neji replied smugly, taking the warning as a challenge.
“Heh, see you are trying to be all flirty and double entendre-making. I’m not challenging you; I’m trying to save your tongue!”
Before Naruto could expound his point further, the small wrinkled owner of the shop appeared beside them. Still taking Naruto’s words as a challenge, Neji simply ordered the special, as is. Naruto rolled his eyes at him before ordering some of her mildest curry. Before long, she was placing two steaming plates of food before them.
Neji hated to admit it, but he was starting to feel nervous. He wasn’t fond of spicy food to begin with, and the curry before him was already making his eyes water. And what was with that super shiny red colour?! Naruto wasn’t even eating, opting to just stare at him in breathless anticipation. There was no backing out of it now. Swallowing convulsively, Neji picked up a spoon.
“Itadakimasu…” Neji muttered before spooning up a generous helping of his meal and shoving it into his mouth.
Neji chewed thoughtfully. It wasn’t bad…it was hot, yes, but not unbearably so. Naruto was clearly exaggerating. He shot a triumphant look at his companion who looked more confused than disappointed.
Then it happened.
It was as if someone struck a match in Neji’s throat, the flame quickly spreading along his tongue and up to his palate. In an instant, his mouth had been replaced with a towering inferno.
Naruto watched with amazement as Neji swallowed his curry without any ill effect. ‘Well I’ll be damned; I guess some people do like it hot!’ He was about to concede to Neji’s obvious curry superiority and start his own meal when he saw the man start to colour rapidly. A red rash seemed to spread all over Neji’s features and beads of sweat dotted his forehead. Naruto was no doctor, but he was pretty sure the veins around Neji’s eyes weren’t supposed to stand out like that. Before Naruto could shove a glass of water into the burning man’s hand, Neji gasped and unceremoniously keeled over.
“Oh dear sweet dango, the curry killed him.” Naruto was quickly on his knees, trying to revive the fainted man. “Don’t go into the light, Neji! Don’t go into the light!”
*******
Neji sat on the park bench trying to eat his green-tea ice cream with as much dignity as he could muster up. At least, he thought it was green-tea ice cream. He had no clue on account of the fact that all his taste buds had been burnt clean off in a vicious curry attack. Honestly, if the woman was so decrepit and clearly half-deranged, he’d sue. This was all a sign. Since Naruto had blown into his office, it had been one humiliation after another. The heavens were speaking to him: choose common sense over hormones and leave blond idiots to their own devices. The newest bane of his existence was sitting quietly beside him, trying desperately to control the twitching of his lips as he ate his chocolate-mint ice cream. Neji was steadfastly ignoring him.
“So…you haven’t said anything since we left to curry house. Are you okay?”
Naruto stifled his laughter and Neji kept licking his ice cream, continuing to pointedly ignore him.
“Look, you scared the crap out of me back there. I still don’t know what happened. So if you don’t open your mouth and convince me that you’re fine, I will literally drag you, by your hair, to the nearest hospital. So I’ll ask again, Neji, are you okay?”
“Yed, I’m juth fine…”
“I’m sorry, um, what was that?”
Neji straightened his spine and, summoning as much cold dignity as he could, attempted to will away his newly acquired lisp.
Neji tried. Neji failed.
“I thaid I’m fine!”
There was no stopping Naruto then. He burst out laughing so hard, he dropped his ice cream cone. He doubled over laughing as Neji whipped around, heaping all the cold fury of the Hyuuga Clan upon the blond head. A more sensitive soul would have withered up and blown away, but Naruto just howled more. It felt good to laugh; he honestly couldn’t remember the last time he had. Neji stood stiffly and started walking away. Naruto ran after him and screeched to halt in front of him, trying valiantly to stop laughing.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m not laughing at you. It’s just…it’s been a weird night and a weird couple of months and…I’m sorry.”
Neji couldn’t meet his eyes, feeling that the balance of power had shifted too far to Naruto’s end in a relationship that hadn’t even started yet. This had to be one of the most upsetting days of his life, which is saying a lot considering he had a swastika tattooed into the center of his forehead. Naruto smiled at Neji’s obvious difficulty with handling embarrassment. It was actually endearing. He knew it was best to leave him alone.
“It was nice meeting you, Hyuuga Neji.”
Neji didn’t respond, still focusing on some point off to Naruto’s left.
“Get well soon.” Naruto yelled out breezily as he walked away, leaving Neji frozen to the spot.
If only things weren’t so complicated.
*******
Naruto was still grinning about the very strange day he had just experienced as he walked into his apartment. The smile faded as he rounded the corner to find Sasuke seated at the kitchen counter.
“Finally, I thought you’d never get home.”
“What are you doing here Sasuke? It’s after ten! You can’t just come over here whenever you feel like, what did you tell Sakura?”
“I didn’t tell her anything. She had an emergency at the lab, so I came over after she left. You know how her emergencies can go, she’ll probably be mopping up until morning, so relax.”
Naruto sighed and relaxed slightly.
“So where were you?”
“Out.” Naruto responded tersely, an indication to Sasuke to drop the subject.
“I bought you dinner.” Sasuke offered ingenuously, indicating the bags of takeout behind him.
“You bought me breakfast; I already ate.”
Sasuke reached out then, grabbing Naruto’s shirt and pulling him close until Naruto was standing over him. “So it’s breakfast then. I wasn’t hungry anyway.”
Standing between his legs and looking down at Sasuke, Naruto could already feel the entire day blurring, fading into the background, almost as if it had never happened, as though he was just awakening. He reached up automatically, stroking the face of the still-seated man. He bent forward slightly, ghosting his lips over Sasuke’s, causing the fine hairs on the back of Sasuke’s neck to rise with the sexual tension.
“You smell good,” Naruto whispered against Sasuke’s cheek, feeling the man’s body respond to his. “You showered already?”
Sasuke nodded mutely, moving to unbutton Naruto’s shirt and inadvertently distracting the blond with the flash of his gold ring. Naruto abruptly pulled away, leaving Sasuke momentarily bereft.
“I haven’t, and I need a shower. I stink of curry.” Naruto moved away, pulling off his shirt as he headed for the bathroom, leaving a stunned man in his kitchen.
Sasuke expelled a breath of frustration. He hated when Naruto did that, just got him worked up and left. He bit the inside of his cheek as he went to pack away the food into Naruto’s fridge.
*******
Naruto stood and left the cool water pour over him. He closed his eyes and tried to sort out the jumble in his head. He wondered if it was always going to be this difficult, this hard to sort through. As painful as the dilemma was, he had to wonder what it would mean for his soul, his spirit, the day it was no longer a crisis of conscience for him. He remained motionless as he heard the shower screen slide open and Sasuke step in. Maybe he was just kidding himself. After all, wasn’t it only a dilemma if you didn’t know what the outcome would be?
Sasuke stood for a minute in the shower, watching the rivulets of water run down Naruto’s body. He really was beautiful, always had been. It had been the first coherent thought Sasuke had ever had about Naruto, appreciating it even then when they were small children. The feelings had changed, matured and expanded; the meaning was a little different, but it was still the truth. The man was beautiful and, more importantly, Naruto belonged to him. He moved then, pressing his pale body against the length of the tanned one, appreciating the contrast and loving the feel. He gently bit Naruto’s shoulder and ran his hands down the ridges of the hard stomach.
“I thought you said you showered already.” Naruto asked softly, gasping as Sasuke slid his hand along the length of his already full erection.
“Hmm, there’s no law against being too clean, is there?”
It was only a dilemma when there was a choice in the outcome; and Naruto already knew how this tale would go. In a moment he would turn around and pin Sasuke to the shower wall, tasting him and feeling him until they were both far gone over the edge. Soon he would bury himself in Sasuke’s body, forgetting everyone and everything until they both surfaced again. Then all he would be left with was the swirled feelings of satisfaction, regret and longing; until the next time Sasuke needed him again.
He groaned, each sound of his name from Sasuke’s lips bringing him to another undiscovered high. He gripped the slim hips tightly, driving faster and harder into his lover until they both exploded, sagging against the wet walls as the water poured over them. Naruto panted, resting his head on Sasuke’s shoulder as sanity slowly returned.
It was one thing to be too clean; but what do you when you can never get clean enough?
TBC

A/N: To clarify the swastika reference, the seal on Neji's forehead in the manga and the Japanese release of the anime contain the shape of a swastika- which is actually a fairly common religious symbol. I was trying to allude to any embarrassment Neji may have felt throughout his life if he encountered anyone who was only aware of the symbol's use in Nazi Germany. The American release of the anime censored the seal to show an 'X' instead of the original symbol.
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