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Hey there guys… you miss me? I had to spend
a little time in the province with my family, and you wouldn’t believe how many
freak ideas I got. And bruises too. My Uncle Al says I bruise like a peach. He
should know, he did it. Now everyone’s looking at me like I was the victim of
sexual assault. As if.
I got a million ideas, but I never got
around to writing them until I got back to the city. Curses.
Anyway, I’m babbling
again…
Here you go. Hope you
haven’t left me by now.
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Fireworks
~*~*~*~*~
“God, Naruto, would you
slow down?”
It was festival time in
Konoha, the annual celebration of the harvest and the last hurrah before the
winter snow. This year’s festival had a circus troupe, and there were supposed
to be fireworks as well, so even though the sunset was painting it’s red colors
over the sky, people were still crowding in the streets. That meant children.
Children made noise, especially if equipped with sparklers, drums, whistles and
all the other paraphernalia that doting parents bought their offspring at times
like this.
It was getting on
Sasuke’s nerves.
And that wasn’t all. He
usually stayed in this time of year. He had better sense than to come out here,
into the ever-moving river of sticky, sweaty, irritating people. Or at least,
he thought he did. But all it took for him to leave his safe, tranquil
sanctuary was a pair of pleading blue eyes.
He really should have
known better, He had been dragged from one end of the fair to the other and
back again, and pressed into getting on every cursed ride, most of them
heart-pounding, intestine-twisting, vomit-inducing roller coasters. Every kind
of food stall they passed was left significantly richer. They had met their
match in the blue eyes, and Sasuke kept getting weighed down with free stuff. But
it never really mattered how much they gave anyway, since the big blue eyes had
a big mouth to boot.
“Naruto, slow down!”
The blond tugged at his
arm impatiently. “But there’s so much to see!”
“We’ve already seen
everything.” The put-upon ANBU said, struggling against the vice-like grip.
He was treated to a
superior glare, like he was a bug stupid enough to smear itself all over an
incoming windshield. “Then there’s so much to see again.”
“Usuratonkachi.” He
grumbled hitting the blond head.
“Sasuke-bastard.” The
smaller shinobi said automatically. “Besides, there’s fireworks tonight. Don’t
you want to see them?”
“You can’t see the
rooftops for all the streamers, and everyone is going to the river to watch it.
We won’t get close enough.”
“Yes, we will.” The blond
flashed his trademark grin and puffed out his chest. “Just leave it to me.”
Sasuke took one look at
him and did a swift about-turn. “I’m leaving.”
“No! Wait a second!”
“I’m not staying for any
hare-brained scheme that you’ve hatched up in that moron brain of yours.”
“I wasn’t planning
anything!” wailed the blond, chasing after him and tugging again on his arm.
“Liar.”
“I wasn’t, honestly!”
Sensing that his partner wouldn’t change his mind, he decided to pull out all
the stops. Clinging desperately to the immovable arm, he turned his face up to
the impassive one, widened his tearful eyes and sniffled. “Please don’t
go…”
C-cute.
It was like an adorable
puppy staring helplessly at you through the window of a pet shop. It was
impossible not to give it what it wanted. Anything less than absolute
compliance was downright inhuman. Such was the power of the blue eyes.
“Fine, fine. Just stop
looking at me like that, and tell me we aren’t on the damn rides all over
again.”
The blond beamed and the
tears disappeared like magic. “Sure. But you have to promise to buy me five
things from the fair.”
“One.”
“Three.”
“Two.”
“Okay.” Looking quickly
around them for prying eyes, Naruto stood on tiptoe to brush his lips against
his lover’s to seal the promise. “Deal.”
The brunette blinked and
looked down at the pleased face. Teasingly, he bent down to press his own kiss
to the blond’s lips. “Deal. What do you want?”
“You.” The jounin said, a
semi-serious expression on his face.
“Not yet.” A rare smile
graced the pale pink lips. “Maybe later.”
Naruto’s expression
melted away into a dazzling smile. He turned away and, grabbing his lover’s
arm, dived back into the throng. Sasuke had to go through another half-hour of
people breaching his personal space before the blond decided on one gift: a
pair of simple silver studs. It was another hour before he got the second gift:
a set of beautifully crafted kunai. He nearly used them on the blond because of
how expensive they were, but he decided that since he had promised to buy them,
it was probably more prudent to leave his lover alive to use them.
Before he knew it they
were out of the fair and walking away from the crowd. The sun had already set,
leaving a dark sky filled with shining stars. They shone on the surface of the
river, where the fireworks would be held and people were already gathering
there. But they were heading away form it. Naruto was leading him down a path
he’d never seen before, and they were getting farther and farther away.
“Where are we going?”
“It’s a secret.” The
blond said, not pausing. There was barely a trail and still they were going
deeper into the forest. Every once in a while, Naruto would stop and sniff the
air, then he would continue, like he was following a path only he could see. In
the darkness, the gleam of his eyes were as bright as the moon and Sasuke could
see the hint of fang indenting the full lower lip. The forest was Naruto’s true home and he could see the pleasure
in the vulpine face as the simple breeze caressed it, bringing all the scents of
nature with it. He smiled and squeezed the captured hand in his own. He was the
only person to see the blond this way, the only one trusted enough to be shown
this true self.
They had stopped without
him noticing, and now the subject of his thoughts was looking at him.
“Sasuke is smiling.” The
blond said, reaching out to cup his cheek while grinning. “Did I have anything
to do with it?”
“Don’t flatter yourself.”
He replied, turning slightly to kiss the warm palm before he scanned their
surroundings. They were still in the forest, but in front of them rose a tower
he had never seen before. It looked old but stable, even though it had been
grown over by ivy. He tilted his head back to see to the top. It breached the
forest canopy and stood a foot of two taller than the highest treetop. It would
be perfect to see the fireworks from. “Where are we?”
“I’ll tell you on the
roof.” The blond disappeared with a wink.
When he appeared, Naruto
was already dragging a blanket out of his ever-present knapsack. He helped spread
it out on the tiled, then took another blanket out to put around them. The
blond sat back in his arms and leaned his head back against his shoulder.
“So where are we?”
“One of my hideouts.” He
could feel Sasuke’s hand on the zipper of his jacket, pulling it down. “I
wanted to show it to you.”
“Hn.” The dark-haired
shinobi took off the black jacket and folded it away. “Why do you always wear
this, dobe? It’s too hot for it.”
“You bought it for me. I
like wearing it.”
“Hn.” He murmured again,
feeling the downy strands of golden hair against his lips.
“I almost forgot the
earrings.” One tan hand dove into a pocket. Reverentially, he took them out of
their packet and turned them over in his fingers. They were simple globes with
a miniscule etching of a bird in flight on them. He took off his old hoops and
put the new one in. Then he turned to his lover and slipped the other one into
the unfilled piercing in the shell of his ear, up near the tip. “You look good
with it on.”
“You made me get it
pierced.” The brunette said, raising an eyebrow at the unexpected gift. He
pulled Naruto closer to tongue the new earring.
“That tickles.”
“Why did you give me your
present?” he said softly.
“Don’t be so surprised.
You’re getting half the kunai too. I could see the look in your eyes when I
asked for them.”
“Why?” he asked again.
“You don’t have to. I bought them for you.”
“Because I want to
share.” The blond answered. He looked back at him and smiled. “I like sharing
everything with you.”
“Dobe.” Sasuke brought
their lips together for a slow, sweet kiss.
A far away boom signaled
the end of the festival, and incidentally, the end of the kiss. They both
looked up into the brilliantly lit sky. The sparkling colors rained down like
shooting stars and crazy spirals danced through the sky.
“Close your mouth before
you catch a fly. I assure you, it doesn’t taste like ramen.”
Naruto hit him playfully
on the arm. “It’s beautiful. I can’t help but stare.”
“Neither can I.” He said,
nuzzling the nape of his neck.
“You aren’t looking.”
“I wasn’t talking about
the fireworks.”
The blond blushed. His
hand found his lover’s and held on tight. Amidst the pops and screams of the
sizzling fireworks, he whispered, “Na, Sasuke…are you happy with this?”
“What’s this?”
“This.” His other hand
folded over the one on his stomach and pressed down a little. “Us.”
“Yes.” The answer came
without hesitation. “Why?”
“Nothing.” A pair of soft
lips brushed over his jaw. “I just wanted to ask.”
“Hn. I’ve got a question
too then.”
“What is it?” The blue
eyes looked up into his, lit by the myriad of colors gracing the sky.
“Do you think this’ll
last?” He kissed the turned-up nose and winked, the seriousness of the question
diffused.
“Stupid Sasuke.” Naruto
said, turning back to look at the sky. “Of course it will. As long as the night
and as bright as the fireworks.”
“As bright as the
fireworks, huh?” The brunette said, finally looking at the display. Rainbows of
color splashed across their faces as the grand finale began. “That’s as long as
forever then.”
“Yup. As long as
forever.”
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- - - Author’s Notes - - - -
Was
it angsty? Sorry…can’t stop myself…I’m an angst-loving person. I love torturing
people mentally. I need help, yeah?
To Alana-StarSugarCat and
Illusions of a Fox, please, be my guests. Just promise me I get to see them,
ok? Oh, and just some extra info: the reason the arms are extended are that
when you put them together, they’re actually holding hands. (Is a complete and
utter sap)
Sorviball – no
problem…just as long as I don’t run out of ideas. And the tattoo is located on
his back, same position as Sasuke’s.
MultifacetedTune – so
embarrassing…just after you said I was punctual…how many fics do I owe you guys
by now? (still take the chocolates and eats them secretly, because she’s been a
good girl and posted, yes she has.) Anymore ideas for me?
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