The Perfectionist and the Painter

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"Sasuke-kun?"

"What?!" I asked a little to aggravated. I am so frustrated right now. I can’t believe how I’ve been acting around Sai. I have been je..je.. I’ve been jealous there I finally said it. And I’ve been acting the part all day.

"I am sorry Sasuke-kun I’ll leave you to do your homework," Sai said then left the kitchen. I didn't mean to snap at Sai, it's just so confusing I am not sure how to go about this whole situation I mean I do really like him. Even with all the power I can't help, but be attracted to him. He's so different from anybody I have ever met. I can tell that he's holding something back, but he wont let it out. He's gotten me to open up. It doesn't seem fair. Now that I think about it what do I really know about him. I don't even know anything about his family other than his parents names. I am going to have to get him to tell me something about himself tonight. My parents are going to be gone tonight. I make up my mind to get Sai to tell me something about himself tonight. With my task in mind I finish my homework within minutes. Of course I check to make sure that it's right and course it is. I might be acting a little different, but that doesn't mean that I am going to neglect everything that has to do with school. Before I go see Sai I take a much needed shower. I feel so much better and refreshed to have taken a shower. I go to Sai's room and knock on the door. He doesn't answer and I am starting to feel agitated. I give it one more try, I knock a little harder than before. And still I get nothing. What's up with that?

I cautiously open the door to find Sai sleeping on his bed looking so peaceful. It reminded me of when he slept in my bed. I flushed at the memory. I still can't believe that we slept in the same bed. I lean down to get a better look at his face. He looks so different when he's awake. It reminds me of some one carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. Now that he's sleeping his face is so relaxed. I almost have the urge to kiss for some unknown reason. I take the risk as soon as I am inch to his face I see his eyes start to open slowly. I try to make a get away unfortunately I am caught red lipped I guess you can say other than red handed.

"Sasuke-kun? What are you doing in my room?" Sai sits up in the bed and rubs his eyes making him look like a child that just woke up from a nap.

"I was just seeing if you were done with your homework nothing more." I reply, I get the feeling that he doesn't believe any thing that I have told him.

"Are you sure it wasn't just to kiss me?" Sai says with a smirk. I am already starting to feel frustrated because he's so right. I am still wondering what's with this guy sometimes. I don't think I'll ever know.

"Of course..." I paused to see his reaction. He didn't do anything out of the ordinary. He just looked at me not expecting anything so it would seem. "Not. I had no intention of doing that. I was just seeing why you wouldn't answer the door when I knocked earlier and then I found you sleeping. Is that such a crime." I huffed from my rant. Why I am feeling so flustered. Sai got up from the bed and walked slowly toward me. I had the urge to gulp, but I didn't. I stood my ground expecting him to do something. I stood there and... he walked right passed. Talk about a waste of anticipation.

"Sasuke-kun I know that you didn't come in here for any of the reasons you stated now just tell me."

"See that's it!"

"What's it?" Sai questions looking a bit baffled.

"I am talking about how I always share things and you never do. I want to know more about you and you wont tell me anything. You claim that you like me and that you want to get to know the real me, but it doesn't seem fair when you get to know stuff about me and I am kept in the dark about you." Sai's lips turned up into small smile and I noticed for the first time how luscious his lips looked to kiss. I want to explore more of what we can do. Okay definitely not the time to be thinking of such things clear mind of all thoughts.

"Sasuke-kun if you wanted to know why didn't you just ask?" Sai finished putting his art supplies away and faced me with a strange twinkle in his eye.

"You mean you would have told me?"

"Yeah of course. What do you want to know?"

"Well...now that I have the opportunity I am not sure what to ask." I say a little lamely.

"First off I am adopted. My biological parents passed away when I was really young and the parents I have now adopted me when I was about 5 or 6. I don't really remember anything before that other than friend that I had in the orphanage. He was like a brother to me, but we got separated when I was adopted and I haven’t seen him since. I have this booklet that I drew of me and him see." Sai pulled out a little booklet of drawing from when he was 5. He got it from under his pillow. It seems to mean so much to him. He opened the pages delicately making sure not to harm any of the pages or the drawings. It was like a flip book it showed two little boys holding hands at the end of the book. In the beginning it showed them making their ways to each other. The sad thing was that the little boy that was like Sai’s brother didn't have a face. When I asked about why he didn’t have a face Sai said that he doesn't remember what he looked liked. And for all he know’s he could have bumped to him on the street and wouldn’t have known it. Sai hung his head in sadness at the memory of a lost friend and parents. My heart went out to him. In a way he reminded me of Naruto.

I do not what caused me to do this, but I didn't it any way. I wrapped my arm around Sai and held him sort of close. He leaned in to my shoulder and he let out a content sigh. It feels really good to have another’s body next me. I wanted to actually try hugging Sai, but that thought left my mind when I heard the garage door open. My parents were home. I was mad with the lousy timing everything seemed to be under. I moved away from Sai. I felt a heart pang when I saw the look on his face when I moved away from him. I shouldn't be feeling pangs, but I am. And this whole being emotional thing is really weird. I don’t think that I’ll ever get use to this.

"I have to go down stairs to see how the dinner went for my parents," I supply the lame excuse for me leaving. Sai just nodded and picked up his beloved booklet and hid it under his pillow again. I was about to say something else, but my mother calling me stopped me. I cursed under my breathe an headed down stairs. I looked at Sai one last time then I left. Feeling anger welling up from being interrupted. I was finally getting some where with Sai. I got him to share some major things with me. Now how the hell I am suppose to get him to open again? Then it hit me, he said that he would tell me if I just asked. It's worth a shot. I still felt really mad. I finally had sometime alone with him with nothing weird going on. Other than the fact that I practically hugged him. I would call it a half hug. I made it down stairs. I composed myself before entering my parents study. I knocked softly. My dad gave me permission to enter. I enter to see that my parents are at their desks typing at their computers.

"How was your dinner?" I ask not feeling like being here.

"It was good and we found out that we have to go out of town for about a week so we can draw up a contract with our clients from tonight." I was about to the let my jaw drop when I stopped it. I don't think that my parents would appreciate that.

"We leave in the morning and Sai of course will be staying until his mother and father come back in two weeks. I don't think that it will take a week to take everything that needs to be done, so we might be back before then, but are just making sure that we give our selves enough time to do everything that needs to be done." My father finished with looking at me expectantly. "I trust that you two will be fine on your own and we will leave you enough money for what ever you need, but if you need it you have your credit card to use. If the time arises to use it."

"We will be fine and thank you for leaving us some money." I felt extremely excited at the idea of having the house to myself, well almost all to myself. There was still Sai, but the thought didn't disturb me as much as I thought that it would. Go figure! I actually want to be alone with him for more than a short time. "I will take good care of the house too." I add just in case they thought that I wouldn't be responsible like a certain brother that is gone from the house. I am glad that my brother isn't going to be here because when my parents use to go on business trips they use to leave me with Itachi and that was incredibly uncomfortable. At least I have Sai now. I never thought that I would think something like that.

"We know that you will be responsible Sasuke. Just like your brother." My dad said with a slight smile at the mention of my brother. I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from saying something about not wanting to be compared to my brother any more. A copper like taste entered my mouth from blood being drawn from biting myself so hard. I winced slightly from the pain and my mother caught it cross my face before I could rein in my emotions.

"Sasuke are you okay you look like your in pain," My mother was about to get up from her seat, but I put up my hands up to make her think that I was okay.

"Don't worry mom I am fine. I am going to go up to my room and work on some homework that I have to check." My mom didn't look convinced, but she let it go with out another word.

I left the room feeling wound up. For one minute I was happy, but now I feel sad and mad at the same time. I go to my room and close the door behind me. I fall heavily on my bed not thinking about anything. Then after a while I thought that I should probably tell Sai about my parents and I got up from bed and went to Sai's room for the second time tonight. I got to his door and I found it open. I knocked as I walked in. I saw Sai had his back turned to me. He is staring at one if his paintings. He appears to be thinking very hard about it. I don't announce that I am there. I would have hoped that the knock would have let him know. I just watched him and the painting. I let my eye’s wander to the painting and my breath is literally stolen from my body at the sheer beauty in front of me. I looked at a self portrait of Sai. The painting revealed so much that the painter didn't bare to the world. It was simply amazing and I thought the stuff I saw at his art shows was good, they are nothing compared to this. I watched Sai a little more then he put down his paint brush and turned to me.

"Hi Sasuke-kun wow you have visited my room two times in one day. I take that as good sign."

"I came by to tell you that my parents are going on a business trip and are going to be gone for about a week or so." Sai's face fell a little. There's that annoying pang again from that look.

"Oh, thank you for telling me. Could you close the door when you leave I am going to finish my painting and then I am going to go to bed." I let pure instinct lead me by this point or other wise I would have never have done what I am about to do. As Sai turned around I grabbed him by his upper arm and spun him so that he was facing. I gently grabbed his face and kissed him. All I got was shock for about a second or two then Sai responded with much enthuisiam. He swept his tongue across my lips. Then it hit me what I was... no what we were doing, but then I thought what the hell? I am liking this more than I thought that I would to my surpise. I still hesitated before letting Sai sneek his tongue in my mouth. I did another thing that I thoguht I would never do... I moaned. I could feel Sai's lips lift into a smirk from the sound. I didn't mind right now though. I concentrated on the sensations flowing through my body. It was such a new experience, but I didn't let Sai have control. I let my tongue rove into his mouth. His mouth tasted of mint. That's a new taste. I felt his hands start feeling my body. That's when I pulled away breathing hard trying to catch my breath. Sai's face was flushed and he was panting as well. We just looked at each other I don't think that either us could comprehend what just happened.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sai whispered like he was around a skittish animal that would take off if he raised his voice.

"Yeah?"

"What just happened?"

"I kissed you. Wait! What do you mean what just happened?! I thought you liked me." I asked a little confused by his reaction.

"No Sasuke-kun I am more happy than you'll ever know. It was just so unexpected. I am wasn't sure how you were going to react as soon as we parted. I didn't mean to get so grabby, well actually I can't apologize for that because it felt damn good. And your body Sasuke-kun is, it's hard to put into to words how it felt to finally be able to touch you." I stood there frozen from Sai's words. They made me feel happy. But I tried not to let it show, but I think that he could tell."Are you going to give us a chance Sasuke-kun?" Sai looked so hopeful, but...

"Sai I think that we should get to know each other a little more before we go any further with anything." I was obviously mentioning physically and relationship wise.

"Okay, I still have two weeks to get you to fall in love with me and we will be a lone for a week." Sai smirked and his eyes sparkled with an unspoken plan. "I better finish this up Sasuke-kun it's due tomorrow and I have to go to bed early." Sai waved goodnight and I turned around to leave then before I entered the hall I said.

"Sai let me be the first to see the finished product of your painting. I think that it's my favorite out all your works." I didn't turn around to see his reaction I walked out of the room and I went to my computer to read some e-mail. It looks like I got one from Naruto. I was about to read it when I suddenly felt sleep trying to take over my body. I left the e-mail for tomorrow and I went to bed feeling exhilarated.