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Second Time's the Charm	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 657 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor make profit of it. Kishimoto owns it.

Chapter List
- 1-Second Time's the Charm
- 1
Author's note: First oneshot of the new year! Technically it's no longer the first day of the new year where I live, but whatever. Got inspired by something my sister told me tonight and I wanted to write about a tattooed Naruto, so voilà! More updates to follow soon, I promise, I just got a bit excited about this idea ^^;
Warnings: Sasuke's pov; Alternate universe; established slash; references to mature content; tattooed Naruto; bisexual Naruto; tattoo artist Naruto; smidgen of angst
I hope you'll like this!
Second Time's the Charm
Finished with my last client! Omw to home :x
Sasuke shook his head at the ridiculous emoji attached to the text, but replied back, I'll meet you soon.
When he put his phone back in his pocket and looked up, he was met with amused dark eyes. "Your boyfriend?" Mother guessed; a faint smile lingering around her lips.
Refusing to do something as ridiculous as blushing about it, he nodded. "Yeah, he finished work. He's going to be home soon. I'm going to spend the weekend at his place."
"How long have you been seeing him now?" she asked interested, sipping from her tea. "Hasn't it already been three months?"
"Three months in two weeks, yes," he confirmed.
To think he would never have even met Naruto if Karin hadn't insisted on dragging him with her to a new club. Sasuke was definitely not a club goer. The music was shit and too loud, the people there often too drunk and unable to keep their hands or their mouths to themselves. Spending a night in noisy club with shit drinks and people smelling like sweat and a fuck ton of perfume wasn't exactly his idea of a fun night, but during that evening Suigetsu had had to take up another shift and Jugo had been visiting family abroad.
While Karin was more than capable of taking care of herself – she would kick everyone's arses, no ifs or buts about it – she also hadn't wanted to visit the club alone and in her words "Your glare is enough to keep the creeps away, Sasuke-kun."
So he had given in and had joined her on the premise that he would only be doing this once and next time she could go back to dragging Suigetsu along with her. He had planned to just sit in a corner and drink something while waiting for Karin to finish dancing, but that plan had been shot to hell approximately one hour after they had arrived. He had been looking around, bored out of his skull, ignoring the meaningful glances thrown at him from women, when he had caught bright blue eyes from across the dancefloor. There had been something about those eyes and that shy smile the blond man had thrown him that had captured Sasuke's interest and he'd abandoned his seat before he had even realised what he was doing.
Another hour later and Karin had given him her gracious permission to leave the club early – together with the handsome blond man, who'd introduced himself as Naruto. They had ended up at Naruto's apartment, because his place had been closer to the club and even whilst captivated by his pretty looks, Sasuke hadn't wanted to deal with kicking out the man of his own apartment should things go south.
Things hadn't gone south. Far from it even. The sex had been absolutely mind blowing, Naruto showing off just how incredibly flexible he was with how wide he could spread his legs, and the morning afterwards had been spent mapping out every single tattoo that decorated Naruto's skin. He had quite a few of them, which made sense considering he was a tattoo artist. There was a golden lightning bolt on his right shoulder which he had got to honour his dad, whose nickname at his job as a firefighter was the Yellow Flash because he was so fast apparently. The odd combination of a red habanero pepper with a larkspur flower acting as its background on his other shoulder was an ode to his mum; the flower referring to her birth month, the pepper to the nickname she'd received as a child because of her fiery temper and her red hair.
The kanji for love was underneath his left ear; a tattoo he shared with his best friend Gaara, who was also a tattoo artist but who had the same tattoo on his forehead. There was a story there that Naruto hadn't been willing to divulge just yet, stating that it was more Gaara's story to be told than his. An intricate spiral design was tattooed around his bellybutton – a tattoo Sasuke had grown quite fond of because Naruto was quite sensitive there – and a large red golden fox with nine tails spread out covered up most of his back.
Sasuke himself had never considered tattoos before, but they looked absolutely amazing on Naruto and his boyfriend was incredibly talented. Sasuke had spent a couple of Saturday afternoons in the tattoo shop when he had off from his own work, watching Naruto unleash his magic on his clients' bodies.
What had initially started out as just a way to have fun and a distraction from his demanding job had turned into actual dating when Naruto had asked him out on a windy evening at the end of September. They might not have followed the usual order of getting to know each other, but that didn't matter to them. Almost three months later they were still happy together and had even tentatively started discussing living together somewhere in the upcoming new year.
Hence why Sasuke would be spending the weekend at Naruto's place: as some sort of practice for when they would actually take the next step.
"Three months is quite a while," Mother mused aloud and Sasuke narrowed his eyes, growing suspicious.
His suspicions were proven correct when she continued, "Why not invite him over? Your father and I would love to get to know him better."
"You've met him before," Sasuke reminded her, referring to the couple of times Naruto had shown up at his apartment to pick him up for a date when Sasuke's parents had been visiting.
She raised an eyebrow, wholly unimpressed. "Getting to actually know him involves talking to him for longer than a minute, darling."
"Are we really going to do this whole meeting the parents shtick?" he sighed. "I'm not a student anymore, mother."
"No, but that doesn't mean we don't want to get to know your boyfriend better," she insisted and tilted her head to the left. "How about this: to make it less official, why not bring him to the New Year's party?"
"One, how is that less official? Practically the entire family will be attending it!" he protested, scowling at her. "And two, this is just your way of trying to get me to attend the party. You know I don't like parties, mother. Least of all when some family members insist on being stupid."
"Obito-kun has matured," she remarked amused. "I'm sure Izumi-chan will keep an eye on him. And it's exactly because everyone will be there that this won't be so official. More people to meet, less pressure to keep talking with the same ones!"
"You just want me to attend the party," he grumbled, not amused at all. He loathed those family parties where he had to deal with everyone. Obito always tried to pull a stupid prank, Izumi would get pissed off, grandfather would start talking about how in his days this kind of crap wouldn't be tolerated … It was a mess each damn year. Especially when some of his cousins ended up drunk.
She smiled. "Well, it'd be nice to have the whole family together," she admitted and brushed a piece of her hair behind her ear. "If it makes you feel better, I'll be calling Itachi soon to tell him to introduce his partner as well during the party."
Interest piqued, Sasuke asked, "So they finally made it official?"
"Yes, yesterday – or well, he told me about it yesterday," she corrected herself. "So you won't be the only one bringing your partner to meet us, how does that sound? Better?"
"Not really, but you're not going to let this go either," he sighed, shaking his head.
She smiled again and patted his hand. "Glad we reached an understanding."
It wasn't an understanding, not really, but at least Itachi would be forced to bring his partner as well. Shared misery and all that.
"How was the visit with your mum?" Naruto greeted him when he opened the door, smiling already.
Sasuke stepped inside, eager to escape the cold. The weather report mentioned snow arriving sometime this weekend and he was glad he was spending the whole two days at Naruto's place. If it would snow as badly as predicted, he at least wouldn't have to try driving through it.
"It was fine, I ended up staying there for a few hours," Sasuke replied and their mouths met in a kiss. "It's been a little while since I last visited her instead of just hearing her on the phone, so that was nice."
"Yeah? I'm glad to hear that," Naruto grinned and waited until Sasuke had removed his shoes, his gloves, scarf and coat before he grabbed his hand and tugged him deeper into the apartment, leading him to the living room.
"How was work at the shop?" Sasuke inquired. "Did Gaara get that problem resolved with that one customer? The one who complained about the price or what was it again?"
"Yeah, that douchebag." Naruto rolled his eyes and huffed. He plopped down on the couch, pulling Sasuke down with him. "God, he was such a dick, thinking he could lowball us. A good tattoo costs money, but that's something that that jerk apparently didn't get. 'It's just putting some ink on skin, how hard can that be?'," he mimicked the client in a high pitched voice.
Sasuke snorted, settling down in the corner of the couch so that Naruto could snuggle up against him. "I bet Gaara ripped him a new one."
He had talked with Naruto's friend enough times by now to know that the red haired man was not someone you could try to mess around with. Karin might kick your arse, but Gaara would absolutely destroy you without even an inch of remorse.
Naruto laughed, pushing open Sasuke's legs so he could lie between them, bracing his back against Sasuke's chest. He happily gripped Sasuke's wrists when he wrapped his arms around his waist. "Oh man, you can bet! It was such a glorious sight, it's a pity I didn't have my phone near me because I would have filmed that; that shit was golden," he chortled. "Gaara telling the guy that if it was that easy, he should 'fucking do it himself then' was the most polite phrase he used in his entire dressing down, damn. Man, by the time Gaara was finished with him, the guy looked ready to piss himself. We won't be seeing him again, but that's not exactly a loss."
"Were there other clients in the shop when that happened?" Sasuke questioned curiously.
"Yeah, but shit was entertaining enough for them that they just laughed. They ended up giving us an even higher tip than usual actually, saying that we deserved it for putting up with such bullshit," Naruto answered brightly. "They didn't have to do that, but it's appreciated. Thankfully our actual clients do realise just how much work and time is put in inking a tattoo. Sometimes we just get an arsehole who thinks he knows better."
Sasuke hummed, caressing the sliver of bare skin that was revealed when Naruto's sweater rucked up a bit. If the sweater would move up a bit higher, the edges of his tattoo would be visible.
"Your parents still on holiday?" Sasuke asked, knocking their feet together.
"Yeah, but they'll be back this Monday. I got a call from dad today; I'll be visiting them next Tuesday," Naruto said. "My godfather might visit too, but he wasn't sure yet. Think he's going to make the gazillionth attempt at asking out baa-chan."
"Isn't she always rejecting him?" Sasuke had only met Tsunade, Naruto's grandaunt but he always referred to her as baa-chan, a handful of times but he had heard a lot of stories already about how she kept rejecting Jiraiya, Naruto's godfather. At this point it seemed more like some sort of running joke between them, but Sasuke couldn't really tell.
"Yeah, though he insists that one of these days she'll recognise how much of a catch he is." Naruto rolled his eyes. "Told him he should stop ogling other women then."
"That can help," Sasuke agreed.
"But well, Ero-sennin won't listen, so." Naruto shrugged.
The odd nickname was apparently a reference to Jiraiya being a porn author. Naruto had quite a lot of nicknames for most people he knew.
"You've got any plans for New Year's?" Sasuke asked casually, slipping his hands underneath Naruto's sweater this time, resting them on his warm stomach. Muscles contracted briefly underneath his touch before they relaxed once more.
"Hm, going to the temple with my parents and Gaara. You as well if you want to?" Naruto looked up at him, questioningly. "Unless you've got plans with your parents, of course. We can meet later then or so."
"No, sounds good to me," Sasuke said. Mother and father would be paying the temple a very early visit anyways, because they would spend the rest of the day organising the party, so it worked out to visit the temple with Naruto instead.
"About that," he continued and nuzzled the hollow underneath Naruto's ear, "mother and father want to meet you."
"They already did," Naruto said confused. "I've met them a couple of times before at your place, remember?"
"Yes, but she means actually meeting them for longer than a minute," Sasuke said. "She won't call it this, but it's basically the whole officially meeting the parents." He rolled his eyes. "She's inviting us to the New Year's party. We'll be stuck with the entire family then, but on the other hand that means we'll be able to talk to several people and we don't have to be there for hours on end."
Well, he would probably leave most of the talking to Naruto, because Naruto was good at that. It was one of the reasons why Karin thought it was hilarious that they had ended up together because they were opposites in a lot of ways. Naruto being quite the chatterbox for example while Sasuke could easily remain quiet for days on end if need be.
"So, you ready to meet them? I promise I won't leave you alone," he added teasingly, because that many people gathered together might even be a tad overwhelming for Naruto.
When Naruto remained silent instead of instantly agreeing, Sasuke frowned and sat up, forcing the blond to sit up as well. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked concerned. "I thought you might like a party." More than he would either way.
"Well, do I have to meet your parents now already? We haven't been together for that long so far to have the whole official meeting thing, don't you think?" Naruto hedged, laughing oddly and waving his hand haphazardly through the air.
"We'll be together for three months in two weeks," Sasuke said bemused. "I'd say that's pretty long already considering I'm serious about you."
"I'm serious about you too, but still, three months isn't that long, you know," Naruto tried to reason, which only made alarm bells start going off.
"You were the one insisting on celebrating our one month together, but you think three months isn't long enough to meet my parents?" Sasuke demanded perplexed, but he was growing irritated as well. "What the hell, Naruto? Where's the logic in that?"
"Look, I'm just saying that three months in the grand scheme of things," Naruto started but Sasuke cut him off sharply.
"Oh cut the fucking crap, will you? Grand scheme of things, really?" Sasuke sneered and got off the couch, putting distance between them. "What, you'll look at apartments together with me and I can fuck you stupid as much as I want, but meeting my parents officially is going too far? Are you kidding me? If you're not actually serious about us, then fucking be honest with me instead of - "
"IT'S NOT THAT!" Naruto interrupted loudly, shooting up from the couch as well.
Sasuke was a bit taken aback at first, but then sneered, crossing his arms. "Then what is it, huh? Please tell me what's so damn horrifying about meeting my parents!"
He knew father could be a tad intimidating, but the older man had been nothing but pleasant the last time he'd met Naruto.
"Look, it's just …" A noise of frustration escaped Naruto and he rubbed his hands briskly over his face, turning around for a short moment.
For a little while nothing but their harsh breathing cut through the silence, interspaced with the occasional car driving past.
Then Naruto turned around again and he looked tired all of a sudden. "I think that ... I won't – fit in your family. They're not – I'm not on their, your, level."
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked, completely perplexed now. Level, what level?
"Look, I might not be as smart as you, but I can recognise the differences between us, all right?" Naruto suddenly snapped agitatedly. "You and your family are like, two levels above me, and I don't fit in that kind of world. I don't know shit about politics or shares or the stock market or, or any of the things posh people like to talk about, okay?"
He started pacing back and forth, biting down on his nails. "The last thing I want is to embarrass you and if I go with you to the party then, - "
"Embarrass me, are you out of your mind?" Sasuke stared at him in disbelief. "Why the hell would you embarrass me? What's all this bullshit about them being too posh for you, what are you on about? When have I ever given you the idea that - "
"I did the whole meeting the parents thing before, okay, and it ended up as one big mess because I was too stupid to remember her advice!"
"Her advice?" Sasuke was officially lost now. "Whose advice? What are you talking about?"
Naruto was abusing his lower lip so hard, it turned bloodless; the imprint of his teeth left behind when he opened his mouth. "My ex-girlfriend. She – she kind of had the same upbringing as you, grew up in a similar classy neighbourhood, parents being really successful and she had the whole thing going for her, okay?" he started rambling, which did absolutely nothing to clear up Sasuke's confusion.
"She really liked me, I know she did, but her parents were like, really traditional, you know, and she knew they wouldn't approve me like I am." Naruto waved awkwardly at himself. "They didn't exactly want their only daughter to end up with a tattoo artist of all people, least of all someone who has tattoos of his own, and she kept trying to push off the meeting thing as long as she could, but eventually her parents demanded to meet me. She bought me this ugly turtleneck that was apparently in fashion back then to hide this tattoo," he pointed to the love kanji in his neck, "and she schooled me in what I should say, how I should answer all their questions, kind of preparing me for everything."
Sasuke started to get an awful feeling about this.
"And I tried to remember everything she'd told me, tried to behave like she'd instructed, but dinner was just a nightmare," Naruto groaned and hid his face in his hands. "They had all these fancy cutlery and so many different dishes and they kept asking questions … I was really trying my best, but then her dad started talking shit about Gaara and our tattoo shop. He'd driven past it, I don't know, I don't remember how we landed on the shop, and I tried to ignore his comments, but he pissed me off, okay? How he was talking shit about Gaara even though he'd never even met him, but because he'd seen Gaara leaving the shop, had seen him with his tattoos, he'd decided that that meant that Gaara was scum."
The chuckle that left him was both hollow and dry. "So I blew up on them. Told them to stop talking shit about people they didn't even know and that ninety-nine percent of the people in our town were a lot better than they are. Took off that ugly turtleneck and showed them some of my own tattoos and well … It was a mess," he concluded morosely. "My ex broke up with me that same night, saying that if I couldn't even do something as simple as pretending to be a decent guy, she no longer wanted to be with me."
His shoulders slumped down and he sagged down into the couch again, his hands dangling between his legs. "I embarrassed her terribly that evening and I swore I would never get into that kind of a relationship again. But then I met you and you made it really hard to stay away." He laughed incredulously, shaking his head. "Like, I actually love you, you know? And maybe three months is too soon to say that, I don't know, I just know that I love you and I don't want to embarrass you in front of your parents and your whole family, but that's exactly what's going to happen because I'm just a tattoo artist and I don't know shit about - "
He stopped abruptly when Sasuke closed the distance between them and grasped his chin, pulling him into a rough kiss. Blue eyes widened and stared at him when he pulled away, Naruto's mouth parting in shock.
"Wha-"
"First of all, I love you too," Sasuke stated and kept grasping Naruto's chin to ensure that he wouldn't look away. "So I'm glad we're on the same page. Second of all, you're not going to embarrass me, you idiot!"
"You say that now, but wait until we arrive at the party and - " Naruto started, eyes dimming, but the dark haired man cut him off again.
"So what if you don't know shit about the stock market? It's boring as hell anyways, don't bother with it," Sasuke said brusquely. "You're capable of something much more amazing: you create art. Do you know how many people can do that? Make it look like they're performing magic when they're inking someone? Naruto, you're the owner of your own shop. How many people can say they're the owner of a successful business?"
"Part owner actually," Naruto said, but Sasuke tsk'd and squished his cheeks together for a couple of seconds.
"You're still an owner, idiot," he snapped and Naruto closed his mouth quickly. "Your ex was the one embarrassing you. She should have been on your side. She knew you're a tattoo artist, she knew you had tattoos and it was beyond wrong that she tried to change you to meet some stupid ideal image that her parents had of their son-in-law. If she couldn't accept you as you are, then she didn't deserve you in the first place. End of story."
"I guess, but Sasuke, I really don't want your parents to hate me." Naruto stared at him helplessly. "I can cover up my tattoos, but I can't promise I won't say anything stupid and - "
"Then say something stupid," Sasuke said brusquely. "You think my family is filled with genius' only? My cousin Obito loves playing stupid pranks. Izumi tries to act mature, but she will beat the crap out of him if he misbehaves. We have to keep the wine away from one of my aunts, because she tends to run her mouth a lot when she has too much to drink. So what if you say something stupid or do something stupid? It won't measure up to the amount of stupid shit my cousins have pulled or said throughout the years, I promise you. My family isn't better than you, just because some of them deal with the stock market, Naruto. In the end, it's just a job like every other job."
Naruto blinked rapidly, but there was no stopping a couple of tears from trickling down his cheeks and his breath hitched audibly. Sasuke sighed softly and brushed them away gently.
"Don't worry about trying to be someone you think will appeal to them. Just be you, that's enough. All they care about is me being happy and you make me happy," he said quietly. "You won't have to hide your tattoos; my parents know you're a tattoo artist, they know you have tattoos. They might actually be offended if you try to hide them, because to them, that's just another form of art. I'm not saying you should walk around half naked because I prefer having the full sight to myself only," he added, making Naruto crack a watery smile, "but you don't have to hide or change a single thing about you. They're going to accept you just as you are, because you make me happy and that's all they care about."
Naruto took a shuddery breath, raising his hands to wipe away even more tears.
"Now, let's try this again, shall we?" Sasuke said softly. "You want to go with me to the New Year's party and meet my family?"
"Yeah, I'd love to," Naruto croaked out, sniffling.
Sasuke should find that a tad gross, perhaps, but well, he loved Naruto – even when he was an idiot sometimes. So he simply leant forwards and kissed him, paying no heed to the salty taste of his tears.
Just as Sasuke had predicted, mother and father were more than delighted to finally meet Naruto officially and get to know him better, even when surrounded by the rest of their family.
Obito in particular was quite happy to meet a co-prankster when he overheard Naruto casually mentioning a prank he had pulled when he was younger to some of Sasuke's younger cousins. If those two would join forces, hell on earth would truly be unleashed – something Obito realised judging by the devilish glint in his eyes – but for once Sasuke didn't care about his stupid pranks.
His boyfriend was happily chattering with his parents and his older brother, no longer nervous now that he was reassured that none of the Uchiha would kick him out for not being able to talk about politics or something inane like that. Sasuke would say that this was quite the successful first official meeting – even if he had to put up with Izumi bemoaning the fact that she was still single when even Sasuke had managed to land himself a guy!
The next meeting with his parents would definitely not be during a party, that was for sure. In fact, why not avoid parties all together in the future? Yes, that sounded like a much better plan.
Then Naruto turned around and smiled at him, tangling their fingers together, and Sasuke found that the party had become slightly more tolerable after all.
Maybe the occasional party wouldn't be so bad if Naruto was with him.
"Happy New Year," Naruto grinned, briefly resting their glasses with champaign together.
"Yeah," Sasuke smiled and kissed him. "Happy New Year."
The new year was off to a good start if you asked him.
The End
AN2: I like the idea of a tattooed Naruto, just saying. I hope this wasn't too awful! More updates will follow soon :) I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
I hope to see you all back in my future stories! Please stay safe and take care of yourselves!
Cuddles
Melissa
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