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sasuke was listening to a pre-recording of a new music piece he was creating. he hummed lowly to it, the soft melody of the piano reminded him of a certain blonde boy. in fact; he created the music notes to fit the personality of the boy. a structure of sweet harmony with a dash of loudness, the perfect combination to either soothe the listener or… put the listener into a deeper, better mood. he turned his head slightly to the right. he paused his music as his teacher’s voice grew in volume. he stole a quick glance at the boy sitting across the classroom.

naruto uzumaki. the artist of the school. the loud blond was only quiet when focused on art. whether it be: pencil, pen, paint, charcoal, pastels, you name it, he used it.

his eyes went back to the front. not wanting anyone to notice the quick glance he stole. in that fraction of a second, he had already memorized everything about his outer appearance. the spiky blond hair that dropped slightly over his blue eyes, his whiskered cheek that had a faint blush due to the heat in the classroom, his tongue out in the corner of his mouth as he sketched mindlessly. sasuke felt ashamed, but thrilled. his heart was always hammering against his chest when his eyes would land on naruto. did he know why? no. not one bit, but it wasn’t a secret that his heart knew what he wanted, but his mind was too oblivious. his voice to shy to say it out loud. it was an inner battle.

naruto, sweet naruto, had looked up from the simple sketch he had drawn out across his assignment. a small coat of blush dusted his lightly tanned face, this time, not from the heat. it was a simple pencil outline of a male in his class. his eyes scanned the paper, he perfectly drawn their famous deadpan look. he perfectly drawn the lips to look fuller, yet thin, a combination to make them look soft, even on the paper. he perfectly drawn the few pieces of hair that were always sticking up, making it contrast his face and look. sticking like a true model. that sketch was drawn from memory, and yet, the male stood out more on his paper than the words that left instructions. he scratched behind his head, embarrassed that he would need a new paper.

but instead of asking; his eyes couldn’t help but secretly wander to the other side of the room. quickly focusing back on his sketch. in that single second, maybe less, he had memorized the way sasuke was sitting. his cheeks flushed more, he felt unnatural. he shouldn’t be stealing glances at a male.

sasuke sat up straighter. he had felt eyes on him for a split second and it disappeared. he shrugged it off as his fingers began to tap his desk in a light manner. he was creating tunes inside his head, thinking about it over and over again. changing whatever he felt was wrong. his mind was creating a new masterpiece, and the tunes and beats of his music would perfectly correspond with the artist.

his bright personality would correspond with his more perplexed on. naruto was the sun that shined bright on anyone, he was the light to lead the way through a tunnel. sasuke was the tunnel. he was the moon that couldn’t make much light. together… well, together they could be the perfect couple, the power couple.

they were missing puzzle pieces that would only fit together.

they would need each other. but they did not know that just yet.

they were parallels that weren’t meant to cross paths. so alike, so different.

sasuke peeked again, wanting to see more of what naruto was wearing. he already knew he would be sketching something, but he wanted to see if his outfit had changed over the years. sasuke looked a bit longer than intentional, thus, making their sensei call on him.

“mr.uchiha, i rather you pay attention in my class and focus on the reading assignment. you don’t need to be looking at a student across the room.” their sensei -kakashi- had called out.

sasuke quickly looked away from naruto. he noticed the blue eyed male perk up at sasuke’s name. sasuke’s pale face showed a visible blush of embarrassment. he hated being called on, hated being called out.

his head was lowered to his desk, he quickly took one last glance at naruto, but this time they had made eye contact. naruto’s eyes widened as he quickly looked away, both had felt their hearts beating rapidly. if they were next to each other, they would feel that their hearts were in sync. pounding against the barrier -called a chest- at a constant rhythm, the same rhythm.

sasuke shook his head, placing a hand over his chest. he simply smiled, a small smile to his face. naruto saw that, he quickly erased the lips he had first sketched. going based off of memory once more, he began to draw the outline of the smile he saw for only a moment. hoping it would come out great.

sasuke took one more cheesy glance, seeing naruto fastly scribbling down on his paper. wondering what the blonde was drawing, wondering what was more important than their assignment.

he played his music again and picked his pencil up, finally starting the assignment before class would end. he turned the music up, biting his bottom lip as he felt something was off about the music. yet, his finger could not reach it, the missing piece was just slipping through his fingers at an alarming rate. he shook his head and went to answer the first question, he would deal with that obstacle later.

but, he forgot about one more obstacle: naruto uzumaki.

sasuke’s mind had gone back to naruto’s clothing. naruto was wearing light orange cargo pants. he had a loose black t-shirt on, hanging just below the waist band of his cargo pants. he had white air forces on. it was practically the same three colors everyday: white, black and orange. but each day was still a different outfit. naruto was beyond creative in dressing himself, it was the artist in him.

sasuke looked at his outfit before going back to his paper. he was wearing a black wife-beater, a button up maroon shirt over it, leaving the buttons open. showing his undershirt. he had black dr.martens on as well.

even their clothes corresponded like the moon and sun.

they were opposites. they were parallels that would never cross paths. at least, that’s what they thought.

before either one of them could steal another glance at each other. before either one could hope they weren’t caught, the bell had rung. the quiet school was filled with seats scrapping against the floor, filled with the voices of kids finally talking to their friends, filled with the sound of people packing their things away to head to their next class.

sasuke and naruto both quickly stood up, naruto stuffing his papers in, crumbling them in the process. sasuke neatly putting them up in a folder. they didn’t bother looking at each other again, there would be another chance tomorrow.

instead, naruto headed to the art room and sasuke headed to the music room. both had an off period, both spending it in their comfort places, spending it in their second home, their nature.

both ready to pour out their feelings on to a sheet of paper. one for music; one for drawing. one for auditory; one for visual.

they weren’t ready to see each other again the next day, but maybe, just maybe, they would see each other a fraction sooner.

but even then, they probably wouldn’t be ready. they each wanted to ignore their hearts and desires, they wanted nothing from each other.

but in the end, we all know what’s bound to happen. try to force something away and it comes right back to you. such a shame that soon they won’t be parallels, but perpendiculars when finally crossing paths.

but in this story; you’ll never know if once they cross paths, everything goes away and they become parallels again or if when crossing paths, they stay together.

Chapter Text

sasuke had walked into the music room, quietly closing the door. he went to the piano and set the music sheet on the stand. he skimmed over it. his fingers delicately playing across the keys on the piano.

everything fit into piece, the music filling the room. playing his feelings, playing what his heart beats for and his mind thinks of. it was only his voice who couldn’t say.

he stopped playing and looked at the piano. his heart beating for a blonde boy.

“you’re in here again?”

sasuke looked at the door to see suigetsu leaning on it, shaking his head.

“yes,” he began, “it’s my new masterpiece but there’s some type of missing piece to it. it needs to be perfect.” he mumbled the last sentence.

suigetsu got off the doorway and walked over to sasuke’s way, looking past his shoulder. his eyes scanning the music. suigetsu clicked his tongue.

“maybe it would sound better off of a piano. you also play the guitar, try it out.”

sasuke shrugged and got up. leaving the sheet of music on the piano stand. he went to the back corner of the room and picked up the acoustic guitar. he tuned it and made sure it was on the right notes before strumming the strings by memory.

the guitar perfectly described what he was feeling. the notes began to blend in, it felt natural for this song to be on a guitar. it felt natural for him to play it.

the music had described what his heart and mind were feeling towards naruto but his voice could not say.

his fingers strummed against the cords, delicately making the sound produce in loudness. it started off quiet, hard for an ear to hear, then it gradually got louder by the second. his fingers glided over it in a soft touch, but it felt that his heart was the one that was truly playing.

he rested for a bit, tapping his foot and tapping his fingers on the base of the guitar. keeping up a beat of rhythm to make sure he starts at the right time so it doesn’t seem scattered or unprepared.

when the second came to play again, his eyes closed. his fingers played the song in his head, this time started off loudly before going quieter. the memory of the sheet flashed in his mind, but he dismissed it, not needing it.

his fingers moved fast, it was like the guitar couldn’t keep up with his movements. it looked like he didn’t know what he was doing but when listening, all you could hear was the perfect song. it was beautiful, it strummed in perfect harmony. there was nothing wrong.

memories of what naruto looked like when he glanced at him flashed, he smiled a bit. once the notes began to get quieter he fully stopped playing, opening his eyes.

a true music prodigy.

he turned his head, seeing suigetsu with wide eyes.

“wow…” he finally said, “that was amazing.”

sasuke nodded, “thanks.” he looked at the guitar and held onto it tightly.

“it seems that you went off the music. added more to it, the notes on the piano were different.”

sasuke nodded again, “yeah it felt right. i want to turn it into a song, you know? have words that describe what i’m feeling when i play. but nothing comes to mind, all i can do is hum along. i have no inspiration on what to say.”

suigetsu looked at him, feeling? what? he thought. but shrugged it off noticing that sasuke was acting weird.

sasuke put up the guitar on its stand in the corner. clicking his tongue. shaking his head, feeling frustrated.

“i just want it to be perfect,” sasuke mumbled, “before i have to preform it in a few months.”

“it’s already perfect.”

“but it’s not done. it just felt natural to play. like it has been a part of me all this time.” sasuke blushed a bit, saying it out loud was weird.

that was his way of confessing. but it was only to himself.

suigetsu studied the way sasuke tapped his thigh with his fingers. “is it about someone?” he asked, seeing sasuke stopped tapping his fingers. “it is.” he smirked.

“yeah…” he looked away from suigetsu’s eyes, “it is.”

“really?!”

sasuke nodded, still looking away, “but we are polar opposites. we weren’t meant to cross paths or met. we are parallels.”

suigetsu raised a brow, who ever this person was had a huge affect on him. who could make him smile? who could make him feel that way?

“well, any girl -or guy-“ sasuke blushed more at that but still looked away, “would be lucky to have you. in fact, they would be lucky for you to even think about them.” suigetsu stated.

sasuke faced him, “you think?”

suigetsu nodded, “mhm, now, who’s the lucky lady? or guy?” suigetsu wrapped an arm around sasuke’s shoulders.

sasuke looked at the ground, rubbing his chin. debating on telling him or not. suigetsu has always been there for him, even if they did fight a lot. he sighed, he looked at suigetsu.

“naruto…”

“uzumaki? the loud blonde?”

sasuke nodded, “that’s the one.”

“you’re right. you guys are parallels. he’s too bright for you.”

sasuke scoffed and shoved his arm away. grabbing his bag and slinging it over his back, “thanks.” he rolled his eyes.

suigetsu followed him as sasuke slammed the door. he was pissed at that response.

deep down he knew they could never work, but hearing someone else say it hurt more than it should’ve.

he was lost in thought that he had bumped into someone, falling. he scowled at his clothes before looking up and glaring.

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at the same time sasuke headed to the music room, naruto headed to the art room.

he set his bag down and went to the back. grabbing a canvas, a pallet, paint, a pencil and a sharpie. he set everything up, giving him room to work.

he bit the eraser part of his pencil, “what to sketch? what to paint?” he mumbled to himself, letting the wood of the pencil touch his lips. his mind went to the perfect masterpiece, he blushed a bit, “no matter what it’s always him.” he mumbled.

he closed his eyes, finding a memory that would make the canvas perfect. finding one that he saw and would vividly remember and never forget.

this person was laughing, his eyes closed and he seemed relaxed. his friend had fallen before and then got up and slipped again off of a wet floor sign. that was imprinted on naruto’s mind.

he began to sketch the outline of it on the canvas. erasing every extra line or mistake he saw, he wanted this to be perfect. he was so focused on the sketch in front of him, his mind ignored the sound of a door opening and closing.

“you seem to always be drawing him.” a female voice said, taking a seat next to him.

he jumped and bit and turned, grinning, “yep. he’s a masterpiece, sakura. his complexion is something worth painting. and as an artist it’s my job to pick it out and capture it. and i think, this is my favorite so far.”

saying it out loud felt weird for him. unnatural. it was a mini confession to himself hearing his voice say it instead of his mind.

sakura looked him, “are you sure it’s not because you like him? and what if you finish it and don’t like it? you shouldn’t say it’s your favorite just yet.”

naruto quickly looked away. squeezing paint onto his pallet. using red, brown, black, purple and maroon.

“of course not,” he said starting with purple, “it’s just a nice thing to draw over and over again.” ignoring her last statement.

she deadpanned at him, smacking the back of his head. ignoring his whining, “seriously? are you convincing me or yourself?”

he didn’t say anything for a bit as he began to mix the maroon and purple a bit to form a shade darker, “myself…” he finally said.

he shivered at that.

“so you like him.” she stated this time.

he continued to paint, not taking his eyes off the portrait in front of him. the strokes of the brush were perfect. it didn’t leave marks or clumps, it was smooth.

he simply nodded, “yeah… yeah i do.” he mumbled, admitting it out loud for the first time.

sakura had to lean closer to hear to that, he mumbled it so quietly it was almost as if he didn’t speak. which was odd for him.

but when she heard it, she squealed.

“oh m god! that’s so cute!”

it was quiet for awhile, sakura watched as he painted. it was calming and relaxing. he truly was an artist.

he sat back, the paint brush touching his cheek. he felt a cool sensation and pulled it away, looking at him.

“aw man,” he whined, “i got paint on my cheek!”

but he ignored it, putting the paint brush down as he grabbed the sharpie. biting the cap of it and pulling it off with his teeth. he leaned and sign it with his signature. he pulled back and took the cap out of his mouth and putting it back on the sharpie.

“yep, this is my favorite by far.” he grinned widely. “i want to enter this into the contest for the prize.”

“sasuke truly is a masterpiece.” sakura said, “you portrayed him well.” and then she patted his head, “besides, you can’t just enter him without consent. what if he doesn’t want that.”

naruto nodded, gathering his things, “i suppose you’re right.” he left the portrait in the back to dry. including an open container of paints.

“yeah, he’s imperfect perfect.”

“imperfect perfect?”

“mhm, no one is truly perfect. but him… oh he’s different.” he walked out the door with sakura behind him, “he’s just so perfect that it’s too good to be true. there has to be something wrong, but i can’t pick it out. so, he’s imperfect perfect.”

sakura gave a closed eyed laugh, “even your words are like art.”

he looked at her way as they both continued to walk, he gave a closed eyed grin.

and since he had his eyes closed, he didn’t see where he was going. he bumped into someone. falling down, getting paint on him and the ground.

he quickly looked up to apologize, but his voice caught in his throat at the glare he was receiving. he noticed there was paint on him as well.

naruto scrambled up and gathered his things, bowing his head, “i’m so sorry sasuke! i wasn’t looking.”

when he looked back up at sasuke who’s expression was neutral. the glare had vanished.

“it’s alright naruto,” he got up and touched the paint on his clothes, studying it, “i wasn’t paying attention either.”

“i feel bad for getting paint on you though.”

sasuke shook it off, “don’t worry about it. i think it looks better.”

suigetsu was caught off guard about how sasuke seemed relaxed. like nothing had happened.

“i apologize as well,” naruto’s heart began to beat against his chest, not used to hearing an apology from a uchiha, “i wasn’t looking either. we both were at fault.”

naruto opened his mouth to say something, but sasuke beat him to it.

“are you doing anything after school?” he surprised himself by asked.

naruto shook his head no.

“would you like to walk home together?”

naruto went deeply red, as well as sasuke.

“he would love to!” sakura said, “now, i apologize, but we must be off.” she began to push naruto away, waving bye to them.

once out of earshot she squealed, “see?! you guys were meant to be! maybe you can find new inspiration for your art contest or ask him for permission.”

“maybe…”

sasuke had looked at their retreating figures. suigetsu nudged his shoulder, smirking.

“maybe now you can get your inspiration for your song.”

sasuke nodded, faintly going red, “maybe…” he whispered.

in that moment they weren’t physically parallels anymore. they had crossed paths, they had met, but their personalities were still parallels.

Chapter Text

the school day finally ended. naruto took a deep breath, holding it before he finally released it.

“maybe he forgot?” he said out loud.

“who forgot?”

naruto jumped, turning his head and saw his teacher, kakashi sensei, looking at him weirdly. his one showing eye judging the blonde.

“s-sensei!” naruto’s face shaded a darker red, “it’s nothing really.”

kakashi looked at him, and then he shrugged, “just make sure you get your assignment done. it was odd not hearing you talk to avoid it. oh- and this time, since you love to doodle, do you mind doing like a little comic piece?”

naruto’s lips turned into an excited grin, “of course!” he raised his voice, “i would love to do that!”

kakashi nodded, beckoning him to go. the day was over, why was he still in his seat. kakashi just wanted to go home. naruto got up and waved ‘goodbye’ and took his leave. his feet taking him to the front of the school. for a split second he forgot why he was nervous before. why he was spaced out. that was until he saw the man himself who made his heart thump against his chest. who made his heart do tiny little flips every second. there sasuke was, his sleeves rolled up as he leaned against a tree, looking down at his phone. naruto stopped for a second, processing that they would have to speak to each other. he finally started walking, his light footsteps caught sasuke’s attention.

sasuke had smiled, relieved that he showed.

“i thought maybe you forgot,” he rubbed the back of his neck, “or stood me up.” his eyes glancing away, nervously.

naruto looked at him with a shocked expression. THE sasuke uchiha was nervous, THE sasuke uchiha was blushing a tad bit on his pale face.

“what?!” naruto clamped a hand over his mouth from his loud response, “sorry…” he laughed a bit, “i couldn’t forget. it has been on my mind all day.”

“i’ve been on your mind all day?” sasuke teased.

naruto’s tanned face grew a cherry red. it was very visible. sasuke smirked at the reaction, watching as naruto looked away. a hand over his chest, clutching his shirt that was right on top of his heart. he felt the speed it was going, it was pounding against the palm of his hand, he wanted it calm.

“that's not what i meant, and you know it.” naruto pointed a finger at him, “i can walk by myself, you know?”

sasuke lifted his hands up briefly in a defensive pose, “alright alright, i surrender. let’s walk home now. shall we be off?”

naruto nodded in agreement. he turned as sasuke got off the tree and stood next to him. naruto had his signature grin, sasuke had his signature deadpan expression.

they were parallels and anyone could see that.

“wait!” a female voice yelled at them.

they turned to see sakura running at them full speed, holding an object. naruto narrowed his eyes, trying to get a good look at what exactly she was holding.

“you don’t want to forget this, naruto!” she hit the back of his head when he was in range, “don’t you know that they’ll throw it away if it’s left over night. you did say this was your favorite!” she scolded.

naruto quickly snatched it out of her hands, hiding it behind his back. he shook his head, thankful she didn’t get the chance to show sasuke what exactly naruto did.

“thank you sakura, you may go now.” he smiled.

sakura smirked, her teal eyes giving a teasing look, “of course. don’t mind me, enjoy your walk naruto!” she walked past him, “call me later and tell me everything!” she whispered and skipped away.

naruto turned to see sasuke already looking at him, he smiled gently, “sorry. she gets a bit excited.”

he nodded, “may i see your art?”

naruto gave a strained smiled as his whole body felt on fire from that question. he showed the color red. usually when someone asked, he had no problem showing off. no problem letting people know his skills, even if he did sketch, draw, paint, design something like sasuke. he took every chance he got to show off. liking the reactions he received.

sasuke snapped his fingers in front of naruto’s blank face, startling the poor blonde.

“you spaced out on me.” sasuke blinked, “i just asked a question.”

naruto looked at him, “and i don’t want to answer that question.”

sasuke’s lips -that were pressed into a thin line- turned downwards into a small frown.

"don't get me wrong!" naruto quickly said, explaining himself, "it's not done and i'm just a tad bit nervous."

"oh, yes i understand." sasuke said, starting to walk as naruto walked as well.

at first, it was silent. the only sound was the canvas hitting the back of his legs.

"i apologize for asking so suddenly." sasuke began to say, "we've never actually had a proper conversation."

their hearts were echoing in their ears. praying that the other couldn't hear.

"it's alright. i like this little walk so far."

"that's good." sasuke said, smiling a bit to himself.

they made light conversation as the walk continued. for a few minutes they had forgotten they were supposed to be going home. their company was all they really wanted -needed. the loneliness they had felt was briefly going away.

they stopped at naruto's apartment first. his home was closer than sasuke's.

naruto stopped walking, sasuke took a few steps before looking behind him. a confused expression. naruto looked up at the sky, tiny clouds forming small hearts as the bigger clouds continued to move without a second thought. naruto looked back at sasuke, he gave a wide smile.

"well, this is my stop." he pointed his thumb at the third floor of the apartment complex, "sorry to cut the walk short. it interrupted our conversation."

sasuke's eyes followed the line of sight, going right past naruto's thumb. a hand rubbing his chin.

"that's quite alright. i wouldn't expect you to continue to walk along side me when your home is right here."

even with those reassuring words, naruto felt guilty for halting their conversation. they were beginning to bond too. naurto then glanced around, noticing that sasuke still had not taken his eyes off the small door that led to his small apartment. naruto shifted from one foot to another, gripping on the canvas with a bit more force.

"yeah... it's not much-"

"it's lovely." sasuke said, "no need to try and justify yourself. i'll see you tomorrow, art boy."

naruto blushed a bit, coughing to hide it, "yeah. see ya, musical chairs."

sasuke was amused, he had given a cringing nickname by accident. hoping it didn't affect naruto, and he was glad to receive a nickname just as cringy. it warmed his heart.

he made sure naruto had safely gone in his apartment before taking his leave. he pivoted on his heel and left, making his way home.

naruto had shut his door quicker than he intended. he leaned against the door, his heart not giving him a break to pull himself together. he looked at his masterpiece, a smile etching on his face as he thought about where to put it. he never really kept the other sasuke arts, but he really enjoyed this one. he hoped he didn't sound too creepy, in fact he hoped it wasn't creepy at all. he was an artist that recognized good art.

he walked to his room, deciding that he would hang it above the mirror on his dresser. he felt that placing it there would've been perfect, so he did. he stepped off the stool he keeps in his room and looked up. happy with himself on how the artwork tied his room together. like his room was missing a very important piece, and that was sasuke.

his blush only intensified as his heart picked its rate up, he felt like he was running a marathon. he jumped face first onto his bed, huffing into the pillow and letting his bizarre feelings out into the world. letting it hear his cry.

he took his other pillow and shoved it over his head. deciding he would take a nap, eat dinner and then call sakura. he did not want to deal with her fan girling just yet. then he would stay up late and do the assignments he didn't do at school. the usual plan.

with sasuke- he slowly walked home.

his face relaxed as he kicked small pebbles in his way. he tapped his thigh with his index finger. humming the melody of the song he had written. hoping this would help him with the words unspoken. but sadly, it didn't.

he shook his head and clutched his heart. his eardrums playing his thumping heart on repeat like a new song that had just come out.

"what are you doing to me, naruto?" he asked himself, his voice hushed.

he stopped in front of his house. it was much larger compared to naruto's itty bitty apartment, but sasuke hadn't cared for that. he walked in, thankful it was unlocked -because of his older brother itachi- he had left his key in his room.

"i'm home, big brother!" sasuke shouted.

itachi appeared from behind the frame that created their kitchen. he was wiping his hands dry with a kitchen towel. he smiled the most gentlest smile.

"welcome home sasuke, you took longer than usual." he took note, "is there a reason? how as school?"

"school was good." he made a tiny smile, itachi catching it right away. then catching the blush on his pale face, "i was doing something. that's why i was later, nothing more. don't worry about it."

"is it perhaps that boy... naruto? i believe was his name. you always told me about those secret quick glances. oh! and your little music time, your songs are about him. right?"

sasuke looked away, only making itachi confirm his thoughts.

"that's splendid, have you talked to him yet?"

sasuke covered his mouth, only able to nod. afraid his voice might give away how happy he truly was.

"i'm going to do homework." sasuke quickly said, running up the stairs to get to his room.

itachi chuckled, "alright. i'll let you know when dinner is ready."

sasuke flopped on his bed instead. cooling his face through the cold pillow case. cursing himself that he tells itachi everything.

Chapter Text

it had been a few weeks since sasuke had first asked naruto to go on that walk. since then, they would communicate through their eyes during class.

sasuke had glanced at naruto, keeping his eyes trained on him. he watched as naruto stopped moving his pencil and looked up. today, naruto didn't have his usual spikey hair. it was flat. he was wearing an orange shirt, black pants, a black coat over his shirt and white vans. naruto looked around the classroom, fiddling with his black coat as he finally looked at sasuke.

naruto grinned, waving a tad bit as they maintained eye contact. although, both were still a bit fluster at looking at each other, they ignored it and continued to look. naruto's eyes looked sasuke up and down.

sasuke was wearing a thin white cotton shirt, tucked in slightly in his black-ripped jeans. he had his famous dr.martens on -which by the way, still had paint on them. he had an over coat but it was hanging on his desk chair, he wore a black beanie as well. pieces of his hair falling on his forehead, the rest tucked into his hat. he had a small silver necklace on, the shape of it was a fox.

sasuke adjusted his position, feeling a bit open as naruto still had not taken his eyes off of the uchiha. naruto blinked and snapped out of it, feeling a bit overwhelmed as he continued to stare at him. his eyes widened as he looked at sasuke's face, he tilted his head when he saw sasuke had a bit of a red hue. it only darkened as he saw the look naruto gave him, his flat hair had swiftly moved and it only made sasuke's heart jolt.

"mr.uzumaki, mr.uchiha, i ask that you pay attention in my class. please don't not get behind."

both boys straightened their backs, looking at kakashi-sensei.

"yes sir." they both said, bowing their heads.

sasuke's silky voice clashing with naruto's bubbly one. sasuke spoke like he had honey going down his throat, naruto spoke like he just drank water. you could clearly tell which voice belonged to who, but both had smooth voices from different tones.

even their voices were parallels.

the rest of the class period, they kept their eyes to the front. every now and then they would give side glances. each time their heart would race, each time they would immediately look away once caught. both had it whipped for one another.

"you all may start packing up. class is about to end, don't forget friday we will be presenting our english presentations. i hope you all picked out a topic and if not, remember you have time and you can have a partner."

naruto had paled a bit, sasuke took note. he licked the inside of his cheek and smirked, grabbing his bag and walking to the blue-eyed boy.

"hey naruto," he began, standing in front of his desk. "would you like to be partners? i know it's a bit sudden, but i have an idea on how we can get a passing grade."

naruto looked at him with hopefully eyes. slowly, they narrowed as he give a small glare. sasuke had raised a brow at his sudden mood change.

"are you saying i can't pass on my own?"

sasuke blinked at him. he lightly put his hands on naruto's desk, thinking about what he just said. naruto had took note of the few silver rings he had on his middle fingers and ring fingers.

sasuke shook his head violently, "no not at all! i just wanted to be your partner, that's it."

the bell rang, indicating it was time for the next class. in this case, their off period.

naruto stood up and slung his bag of his shoulder. he grinned at sasuke.

"i was just messing with you!" he laughed, "of course i'll be your partner."

"cool. my place?" he brushed off the teasing.

naruto nodded as he walked into the music room with sasuke. sasuke grabbed the guitar, sitting on the paino stool as naruto took his spot across sasuke.

"have you added some lyrics to your song yet?"

sasuke nodded his head, "but i won't be sharing it yet until i preform it."

naruto pouted, "why not?" he whined, "i could give feedback."

sasuke only smiled, "it's a surprise mi querido.”

naruto looked at him confused. he titled his head again, his blond hair falling over his eyes. on instinct sasuke reached over and pushed naruto's soft hair behind his ears. sasuke retreated his hand and covered his face. he wouldn't apologize for doing that, he didn't need to.

naruto did the same. he felt warm and fuzzy inside.

"what does that mean?" he finally asked, glancing at sasuke.

sasuke began to strum the guitar, "you'll have to figure that one out on your own."

naruto pouted. at that moment sasuke looked up and softened his face. he had such a loving gaze on his face, but naruto was too oblivious to notice. he put his feet on his chair, leaning his chin on his knees, watching as sasuke played.

sasuke was playing something different today, he saw the confusion on naruto's face. he chuckled quietly.

"i thought maybe you would want to hear something different today."

naruto smiled and got his phone out. he turned his body and lifted his arms up. getting a view of him -now- sitting with his legs crossed over each other. getting the view of sasuke having one leg in a triangle formation tucked under his other leg that was dangling over and touching the floor.

"sasuke look up."

sasuke did, seeing naruto giving a peace sign. he continued to play as he gave a simple closed eye smile. once he snapped the photo, naruto saw they both had a small noticeable blush. he made that his lock screen. he then sent it to sasuke and turned back around to face sasuke.

"what's the song you're playing?"

sasuke looked into his eyes, "nuestra canción." he laughed a bit as naruto looked more confused. he came to his favorite part, it reminding him of the boy in front of him, he softly sang the spanish words.

"mientras reías, el sol acarició mi corazón.

con flores te llevaste mi tristeza.

con colores dibujaste la nobleza de la mano.

a tu lado creció nuestra ilusión."

naruto had kept his eyes on sasuke's lips. sinking in every word he had just sung. he had no clue as to what it meant, but sasuke's angelic voice made it known that it was beautiful. the song had pulled on naruto's heartstrings, his love for music had grown.

he clapped gently. he quickly pulled his sketch book, rushing to grab his pencil. he started with a simple outline, going over the simple details of sasuke holding the guitar and singing those beautiful words softly. it was like he had a reason behind those words. sasuke had only sung for him, it was too quiet for anyone else to hear. and that thought alone had made naruto jittery, his heart beated faster. he smiled as he finished the outline and added more details.

"what are you sketching?" sasuke asked.

he remembered how last time he asked, he said 'drawing' instead and naruto went a small rant on how sketching and drawing were two different things. sasuke hadn't really listened when that happened, he was more focused on the person who was telling him. on who that bubbly voice had belonged to.

naruto looked up, he put his feet down, he took a deep breath and turned the sketch around.

"i know... it's weird. but i couldn't help but sketch this moment. i can throw it away if you want. i haven't finished it yet.. so no big deal."

"i like it." he simply said, he didn't see the way naruto lit up, he was too focused on the sketch, "you should finish it."

he nodded his head, "i will!" he turned the detailed artwork towards him and continued to work on it.

“sasuke, what does flores mean?”

he laughed and got up, putting the guitar back on its stand. “flowers.” he said, “but i’m not giving you another translation.”

“that’s okay! flowers will do.”

sasuke tilted his head, he walked over towards naruto. going behind him and peeking his head over naruto’s head. his chin rested on top of naruto’s head.

naruto’s entire face was red, luckily his hair today covered his red ears. he continued to add onto another one of his masterpieces, acting as if sasuke was not on top of his head.

there sasuke was on the paper. eyes gently closed, his mouth parted slightly as little music notes made a path. the notes made a line -almost like a stem- and more music notes made the shape of an orchid. that was also beautifully detailed. he moves his eyes more around the sheet of paper, he had perfectly sketched the way sasuke sat, the way he held the guitar so delicately. everything about that simple work was breathtaking and detailed. it was like he had taken a photo instead.

"wow..." sasuke muttered, naruto felt the amazement in is voice, feeling proud of himself, "i knew you were amazing. but god... no one told me that i should be prepared to be speechless."

sasuke lifted his chin up when he felt naruto moving. naurto looked up, his eyes were big and sasuke wanted to get lost in them. he wanted to swim in the ocean he was seeing.

"you think so?" he asked.

sasuke looked at his lips and back to his eyes, "yeah. i do." he whispered.

naruto looked at his lips. they had been in the same classes for years, and neither had the courage to talk to one another. look at them now, showing their interest, getting closer. it's been a few weeks and everyday they spent as much time as they could with each other.

sasuke began to lean down, naruto began to push his head up more. wanting to meet in the middle.

the door bursted open and they pulled apart quickly. sasuke's blush more noticeable since he had pale skin.

"sup bro!" suigetsu said, "next class is about to start. you've lost track of time."

sakura pushed suigetsu aside and walked in.

"come on naruto!" she smiled, "we need to get to chemistry."

he nodded and looked at sasuke. once making eye contact naruto's blush became visible as well. sakura and suigetsu could not read the room, they weren't focused on them.

"see you after school?" naruto asked, not sure if it still applied.

he nodded, adjusting his beanie, "y-yea." he internally cursed himself for stuttering, "see you after school."

naruto gave a brief wave before walking towards sakura. both of them leaving, once naruto was fully gone to where he couldn't see sasuke, he shoved her arm. pouting.

she rolled her eyes, "sorry to interrupt your time with your boyfriend."

he squeaked, "he's not my boyfriend. but maybe you could've waited a few more seconds."

"then you would've been late for chemistry with orochimaru-sensei."

"i had chemistry already. you just interrupted it."

she stopped and grabbed his shoulders, shaking him back and forth, "did you guys kiss?!"

he frowned, "almost. but then you and suigetsu barged in. maybe it was just caught in the moment though, i don't think he likes me."

she smacked his head and continued to walk. ignoring his whining, "idiot." she called him.

sasuke was walking next to suigetsu. both were silent, suigetsu knew not to ask. he could tell sasuke was in a sour mood.

"sorry man, didn't mean to disrupt you lovebirds."

pink was the color that took over sasuke's face. "shut up."

"still confessing to him with your song?"

sasuke nodded, tapping his index finger on his thigh, "i hope he feels the same."

"you guys almost kissed, he defiently feels the same."

they walked into their calculus class.

he was waiting for the clock to strike 3:40pm so he could wait for naruto up front. but, he still had two more classes after this.

each minute felt like hours to the two. they both just wanted to see each other. it was the last class of the day, history for naruto and earth science for sasuke.

sasuke had sakura and suigetsu in that class, naruto really only had shikamaru in that class. once the final bell rang, naruto sprung up, shoving his papers in his bag and sped walk to the front. shikamaru looked at him confusedly but shrugged his shoulders and yawned.

sasuke was stopped by sakura, "so i hear you're going to confess to naruto by a song."

he glared at suigetsu, but he nodded his head, "speaking of which; he's probably waiting for me out front, i should go." he quickly left.

seeing naruto waiting by a tree, he jogged over to him and began to walk past him. naruto began to walk next to him.

Chapter Text

“itachi, i’m home!” sasuke called out, letting naruto in as he locked the front door behind them.

both taking their shoes off, leaving it neatly by the door.

itachi came out from a little entry way that leads to the living room. he gave a gentle smile to the two boys.

“good afternoon sasuke, how was school?”

“good.” was his short reply.

itachi looked to naruto, studying the blonde male. naruto shifted a bit, slightly going behind sasuke as to not be under itachi’s stare. itachi raised his brows at his action, before finally letting it click that he made the poor boy uncomfortable.

he laughed briefly, “forgive my staring.” he turned back to sasuke, his eyebrows relaxing as he wiggled them a bit, “is this the boy you’re so fasc-“

“we have a project to do, it’s due in a few days, please leave us be. thanks.”

itachi coughed to cover up a laugh. he said no more and left the room. sasuke turned back around to look at naruto, he was looking around. his blue eyes filled with a sense of joy and wonder.

“come on, naruto.” he grabbed the tanned hand, “we have a project to do. we don’t want to make kakashi-sensei mad.” he tugged naruto with him. “if we finish tonight, we can present tomorrow and be done with it.”

naruto stumbled a bit, but said nothing. letting sasuke ‘drag’ him to wherever he was taking him. ignoring the lingering fiery touch sasuke was leaving. he wanted to intertwine their hands together, but composed himself. he had no clue if the uchiha felt the same towards him. and he was ‘okay’ with not knowing.

sasuke pushed opened a door, pulling naruto in. sasuke saw the briefest moment of naruto’s eyes darting around. before landing back on sasuke. he gave a grin.

“is this your room?”

sasuke nodded, “i’ll get another chair, just go ahead and take a seat at the desk.”

naruto nodded and sat down on the chair. his eyes staying on sasuke as he left the room.

once sasuke closed the door, he covered his face. he felt naruto’s eyes on him, felt his gaze. he shivered. he felt a sense of pride and embarrassment knowing naruto watched him. he liked it, but didn’t say.

he walked down a few steps, going to the office room itachi uses when he has important papers due for his boss. he picked it up with ease, holding it as he closed the office door and began to walk back to his room. he stopped in the middle of the hallway, he turned his head to see itachi behind him, arms crossed and one finger tapping his bicep.

“is that my chair?”

sasuke smirked, “i believe it’s our chair. i use it too. anyways, i need a place to sit, naruto is using mine.”

“why didn’t you ask?”

he shrugged and continued to walk, he heard faint laughter and a slight mumble that sounded something like, “why not share a chair? or sit on his lap?” his face was red, but he ignored it. not wanting to give itachi the satisfaction of a reaction.

he opened his door, his face going a darker shade. you could visibly see it red.

there naruto was, flat on his stomach on sasuke’s bed. kicking his feet in the air as he was flipping through something. naruto perked up at the sound of the door, his hair swaying a bit. he blinked at sasuke, who blinked back. his blush going darker as naruto tilted his head, his hair cascading over his eyes a bit.

such an innocent look.

“i didn’t know you smiled.” naruto said, showing him the picture he was looking at. sasuke was a baby in that, crawling to itachi as he gave a one-tooth smile. “well, then again, i didn’t know there were pictures of you.”

sasuke put the chair down quickly, grabbing the scrap book.

“you… you dobe! you can’t just go snooping.”

naruto whined a bit, sitting up as he got closed to sasuke.

“i wasn’t done! there was still so much to see! you were a cute baby.”

cute? he thinks i’m- no… he thinks baby me is cute.

“hey! give that back naruto!”

naruto was back to holding onto the scrap book. flipping through and seeing many pictures of sasuke, sasuke and itachi, his parents, all that cutesy stuff. he looked at sasuke as he was speed walking around the room.

“no.” he stuck his tongue out, continuing to look through it, “it’s your fault for leaving me alone.”

“m-my fault?!” he began chasing after naruto, following him over his bed, his in-room bathroom, everywhere as he couldn’t reach naruto, “you were the one snooping! if you wanted to see more of my stuff all you had to do was ask.”

naruto stopped in front of sasuke’s bed, causing him to collide with him. naruto fell back on the bed, sasuke on top as they made eye contact. not aware -yet- about the position they were in.

“can i look at your adorable baby photos?” he smiled, his features going softer, “you can’t really say no. i’ve seen most of them.”

before sasuke responded, naruto started laughing. god, the sound was music to sasuke’s ears. such a stunning sound.

luckily, he had the hearing to notice the beautiful sounds. to hear the best type of music.

he was so lost in hearing the laughter, he started to laugh himself. it was quiet, barely a sound. yet, naruto still heard it.

he looked at sasuke, seeing his eyes gentle closed. the small noise was breathtaking.

it was art.

he was still laughing himself, but much quieter. he wanted to make sure he could still hear sasuke. he noticed sasuke turn his head a bit, covering his mouth to hide his laughter. but naruto could still hear it, he was listening for it. focusing on it so it wouldn’t disappear.

they still hadn’t noticed their position.

sasuke ended up leaning his head on naruto’s shoulder. causing naruto to laugh a bit more, liking the feeling. his scrap book long forgotten on the bed.

naruto’s hands were gently around sasuke’s waist as they laughed. sasuke was gently gripping naruto’s shirt. they had no clue why they were still laughing, but they were.

naruto noticed sasuke’s breathing, feeling the air tickle the crook of his neck. he stopped laughing and began to realize their position. he saw the sasuke’s body shaking a bit from hiding his laughter.

his face turned red, it being visible on his tanned face, but he ignored it. eyes glancing to sasuke, then to his wall, then back to sasuke. repeating that action.

sasuke finally stopped, realizing naruto stopped long ago. he opened his eyes, not knowing how he ended up laying on naruto’s shoulder. his blush more visible on his pale skin.

they didn’t move yet, they didn’t know how to react.

will he shove me away? will he want different partners?

that’s what they both thought. but nothing came. they continued to stay that way.

maintaining the eye contact.

“you should laugh more.” naruto pointed out, “i like your laugh.”

sasuke blinked at him, sitting up a bit. running fingers through his hair, a gentle smile on his face.

“you should mind your business more.” he teased.

naruto laughed and sat up as well, “well maybe if you weren’t so mysterious i wouldn’t have to snoop.”

“that’s your reasoning?”

“yes, in fact, it is.” he grinned.

they didn’t acknowledge the fact they were practically cuddling. but they didn’t ignore it either.

“dobe…” sasuke mumbled, causing naruto’s grin to widened, “let’s work on the project.”

naruto nodded, “i’ll pick two artists and you pick two musicians. sound good?”

yes, anything sounds good when you say it. such an angelic melody voice you have. “yeah, whatever. use that tiny brain of yours.”

“it’s not tiny!“ he huffed and sat in the desk chair. watching as sasuke grabbed the other chair, pulling it next to him, “i’ll do michalangelo and rembrandt.”

“i’ll do harry houdini and beethoven.”

and they began to work silently, every now and then asking each other if they should add this to it. or that to it. they worked for a few hours, no breaks. they stopped for dinner and then continued to work on it, they would finish it. they couldn’t stop, they were in their working zone.

they were passionately expressing what they loved. what they did. they would pass his class, pass this assignment. and it was over something they loved. they were beyond thrilled to share it.

art and music. music and art. art is music. music is art.

they sat back and sighed, it was finished. sasuke looked out the window, darkness had taken the sky. the moon was up and the stars were scattered.

it was like a giant canvas. naruto found it beautiful to look at, his eyes staying out the window. leaning his head on sasuke’s desk, sasuke looked at him. naruto was beautiful.

naruto glanced at sasuke. already seeing those onyx eyes on him. a tired smile reached his face, making his eyes squint.

the light. the sun. naruto was stunning.

the darkness. the moon. sasuke was breathtaking.

“would you like to stay here tonight?” sasuke quietly asked, looking away to hide his blush, “it’s late and i don’t want you walking out in the dark. you can shower here, you can borrow some of my clothes and use my bed. i’ll find somewhere else-“

“i would like that.” naruto said, cutting off sasuke’s ramble, “i really need a shower!”

~~

“in conclusion-“ they both said.

“beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of western music. his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music.” sasuke looked out into the classroom, making eye contact with certain people before continuing. “harry houdini began to top the list as well. in his time that is. the golden standard whose name recognition all other magicians strive for, the world famous hungarian escape artist and magician, harry houdini. he was truly extraordinary.”

he turned to naruto, noticing him rubbing the back of his neck. naruto opened his mouth to speak.

“michelangelo was a triple threat: he painted, sculpted, and an architect. he even could do poetry so that adds on to his skills. though he bounced between florence, bologna and venice, his greatest commissions were for the medici popes in rome. aside from the aforementioned sistine ceiling, st. peter's basilica and pietà, there was his tomb for pope julian II and the design for the laurentian library at at san lorenzo's church.” he glanced at sasuke who nodded his head subtly. he began to fiddle with the bottom of the dark purple t-shirt he was wearing. “rembrandt was one of the greatest artist in history. this dutch master is responsible for masterworks such as the night watch and doctor nicolaes tulp's demonstration of the anatomy of the arm. but he is particularly know for portraits in which he demonstrated an uncanny ability to evoke the innermost thoughts of his subjects -including himself- through the play of facial expression and the fall of light across the sitter’s features.”

the class clapped. kakashi praised their well thought out project. making it seem they spent days on it, but in reality, a few hours.

even though they had wowed the class with everything, there was still questions. but not about the project, about those two.

sasuke was giving naruto a soft expression, that was rarely seen.

naruto was wearing a dark purple shirt, along with his plant ripped jean pants he wore the day prior. his shoes looked a bit big, but they were black to match his outfit.

it was unusual to see him in different colors, he looked almost identical to sasuke. they were almost matching.

but naruto needed new clothes to wear, but he didn’t mind the color purple.

especially since he found out that night sasuke’s favorite color was in fact -not black or grey- but purple. his second favorite color being orange. (for obvious reasons).

even their favorite colors were parallels. sasuke liked the darker colors, naruto liked the brighter colors.

orange. purple. purple and orange. orange and purple. purple. orange.

a nice contrast.

“still hanging out over the weekend?” sasuke asked, looking at naruto like he was the last person in the room, in the world.

naruto returned his look, their gazes matching, “yep! can’t wait!”

“i can’t wait to see your art show next week.” sasuke commented, tugging at the piece of his back hair.

naruto closed his eyes and gave him a smile. “i’ll be in the front row at your performance, count on it.” he gave a thumbs up.

“i will.”

then they walked out the class, this time, heading to the art room.

Chapter Text

friday after noon, naruto was just packing his things and heading to their special tree. there he saw sasuke already leaning against the bark, looking up at the leaves slightly blowing in the wind.

naruto stopped for a bit, smiling gently at the sight. sasuke looked peaceful, calm, looked like he was in a trance of some sort. naruto bit the inside of his cheek, his eyes looking at him up and down. glancing at everything about him. he finally began to walk again, his feet softly hitting the ground, sasuke hadn’t realized naruto was walking towards him until he was right in front of him. this caused sasuke to tilt his head directly in front of him, looking directly into naruto’s eyes.

“you ready?” sasuke gently smiled, “i felt like i was waiting for ages.”

naruto pursed his lips, blinking rapidly at him. he was giving such a dumb expression, his face practically saying. ‘it’s not my fault you get here so fast.’

they began their content walk. the atmosphere was comfortable, the only sound was the slight breeze passing through their ears. their steps were even silent. their bodies were close.

a little too close.

the back of their hands brushed, and continued to do so with every step. not a word was said about it, not a repulsive act was made. they didn’t step away, they didn’t pull their hands back. but what they did do was continue to have it like that. they never fully held hands, never fully intertwined their fingers together.

because they had no idea.

no idea of how the other felt.

“hey, naruto…” sasuke broke the silence. naruto hummed in response, looking straight ahead. sasuke looked at their hands, feeling the smoothness of naruto’s tanned hand touching to his pale hand. he quickly looked away before he could intertwin their fingers. “i was wondering if we go to your apartment this time.”

naruto looked at him, his eyes a bit wide in confusion.

“why would you want that? wouldn’t you much rather go to your place.”

sasuke shrugged, “i was hoping to see what it’s like at your place. if you’re not comfortable with me going, you are welcome to say no and we can go to my house instead. i was just hoping for something a bit… different?”

“hm, alright. but if you see a mess, my fox did it.”

“you have a fox?”

“no.” naruto smiled widely, “i wish though. that would be cool.”

sasuke’s mouth twitched into a smile. he was amused at naruto’s excuse of not cleaning. it was a change of pace for him. he liked being around naruto, he liked to feel the happiness radiate off of naruto, he liked to feel the energy that pulls him in.

naruto had him wrapped around his fingers, and he didn’t mind. not a single bit.

they arrived in front of the building, naruto had stopped and looked up at where his apartment window was. from there you could see how dirty it was, how he needed to clean it. how he needed to basically deep clean everything, he was never home enough to even think about keeping it tidy. besides, he was a naturally messy person.

“naruto?” sasuke questioned, scratching his cheek as the blonde did not respond, “uzumaki? hello?” he waved his hand in front of naruto’s face.

naruto flinched a bit, shaking his head as he looked at sasuke. he could see wrinkles on sasuke’s forehead, worry and confusion written all in his dark eyes.

“did i space out? sorry, i didn’t mean to.”

“that’s alright, no need to apologize. i was just getting worried that you were only coming here for my sake. we can always go to my place.”

“no, no, i’m fine.” naruto laughed, “i’m just embarrassed that’s all. i don’t clean much, i’m never home to do so.”

“why’s that?”

“i have to pay the rent some how.”

sasuke narrowed his eyes. not liking the idea of naruto living alone and paying alone. he didn’t like that naruto didn’t have the time to worry about everyday things. he couldn’t help but think the worse, questions building up in his mind. he hoped that naruto at least takes care of himself.

“well!” naruto grabbed sasuke’s wrist, tugging him as he lead the way to the stairs, “my apartment isn’t going to hang out with itself.”

sasuke looked at naruto’s hand, he could feel that piece of skin on fire. naruto had such an affect on sasuke it was almost too much. sasuke covered his mouth, his eyes not taking them off of naruto’s hand, it was amazing he made it up the stairs without any interruptions.

naruto finally stopped pulling sasuke around, but he didn’t let go of him. they stood in front of a rundown green door. naruto took his backpack off, opening up the middle pocket as he took his key out, he put the key in and unlocked it. this time, putting the key in his pocket so he could put it on the small table right next to the door. he put his hand on the knob, his mind blanked.

he never cared if sakura had seen his messy apartment, but now, he felt self conscious about it. his heart beating rapidly. he turned to sasuke.

“make fun of it, and i’m kicking you out.”

sasuke held his hands up, “would never dream of it.” he smirked.

naruto turned the knob and pushed it open, naruto was surprised. his apartment looked squeaky clean, well, his living room at least.

“so… you’re a liar?”

sasuke quietly laughed to himself to see naruto jump at that. turning to him with his mouth dropped.

“no! i thought it was messy!”’

they walked in, naruto closing the door behind him.

“we can watch a movie or something.” naruto said, “i’ll get snacks and drinks. you go ahead and sit on the couch.”

sasuke nodded as he put his stuff down by the door, taking his shoes off. naruto doing the same as he walked to the kitchen, finding a sticky note on the fridge. he grabbed it off the fridge and read it.

had a feeling you guys would hang here
so i skipped class for this
only thing i didn’t clean were the windows i hate cleaning windows
what would you do without me? ;)
-xoxo sakura

naruto smiled, folding the sticky note and putting it in his pocket. later he would put it in the box underneath his bed, that was full of little notes from sakura, letting him know she was there for him.

he cooked some popcorn, grabbed some chips and two water bottles. once the popcorn was done he put it in a bowl, grabbing the chips and putting the edge of the bag in his mouth as he held both water bottles in one hand and the bowl in the other. he walked to the living room, setting the snacks and drinks down on the little coffee table in front of the couch.

he rubbed the back of his neck, sheepishly, “sorry. this is all i have for snacks and drinks.”

sasuke took his eyes off the tv. his search for a movie on halt as he looked at naruto. not even glancing at the items.

“it’s perfect, no need to apologize.”

naruto gave a genuine smile at that, sitting next to sasuke.

he scrolled across an old animation movie called monster house.

“oh, i haven’t seen this movie in a long time. it’s one of my favorites.” sasuke said out loud.

“put it on, i’ve never seen it.”

so, sasuke did. without hesitation. naruto grabbed the blanket that was on top of the couch, wrapping it around himself. he looked at sasuke as the movie began to start.

“if you get cold, let me know. i only have this blanket, so we’ll have to share.”

and sasuke almost blurted out that he was freezing, but maintained it. he would say it later, he didn’t want to seem too suspicious.

the movie carried on, naruto did not take his eyes off the screen. he wanted to know why it was such a good movie, why sasuke had enjoyed it.

sasuke did not take his eyes off of naruto. he had forgotten about the movie he enjoyed, forgotten why it was such a good movie. because all he needed to enjoy his time was naruto.

eventually the popcorn and chips were gone, their drinks were finished , and sasuke was cuddled up next to naruto as they shared the blanket. naruto -at some point- rested his head on sasuke’s shoulder. when the house began to come alive and eat things, he hid his face in sasuke’s shoulder. peeking one eye open since he was engrossed in the movie.

he wasn’t scared, but he thought it would be a good excuse to be closer to sasuke.

sasuke had his arm wrapped around naruto’s waist, rubbing his thumb over naruto’s black shirt.

they both could stay like this forever.

at the end of the movie, when everything was okay. naruto rubbed his cheek into sasuke. humming softly.

“you know, that was a good movie.” he yawned, closing his eyes as he fell asleep.

sasuke didn’t have the courage to move, he didn’t want to.

“aw, that’s so cute!”

sasuke jumped a bit, looking at naruto, hoping he was still asleep. he sighed when he realized he was. he then turned to see naruto’s friend, sakura.

she gave a closed eye smile, “naruto didn’t respond, so i came to check up on him. guess i didn’t need to since you were here.” her voice was hushed and smooth.

sasuke looked at her, “what exactly are you to him?” he asked carefully.

she gave him a knowing look, “best friends. besides, i have a girlfriend. her name’s ino. you should take him to bed. his neck will start to hurt from that position.”

he nodded, slowly taking off the blanket. naruto shifted in his sleep, wrapping his arms around sasuke. a very visible blush coated his face.

he carefully wrapped his arms around him. one on his lower back, the other under his knees. naruto’s head rested on sasuke’s shoulder blade, he lifted naruto up a bit, getting a better grip on him. he looked at sakura who was already leading the way to his room.

he arrived at his room, setting him down gently on his bed. pulling the covers over him so he didn’t randomly wake up cold. he looked at naruto, his hand moving on its own as he slowly ran his fingers through the spiky blonde hair. a smile reaching his face.

he stood up and looked around his room, he saw a small desk and a dresser, there stood a mirror over the dresser. and above the mirror… was a painting of him.

“that was the painting i gave naruto on your first walk home together.” sakura said, “he wanted to show that at the art contest, but realized he didn’t have permission.”

sasuke looked at her, “was this the favorite painting he’s always talking about?” she nodded, her hands behind her back as she studied sasuke. he slowly reached up, his finger tips skimming the painting, feeling the roughness of the canvas. he smiled, this time it was bigger than before. “it’s stunning.” he said, “he should enter it.”

“then tell him that.”

“i won’t be able to tell him that in person!” he whispered-shouted.

she grinned, going to his desk, grabbing a sticky note and a pen. handing it to him.

“write it down and stick it on his mirror.”

he slowly reached for it, hoping his handwriting was good.

i think this painting is my favorite as well…
it would surely win an art contest.
-sasuke.

then he stuck it on the mirror, nodding to sakura as they walked out. he gave one final glance to naruto before gently closing his door.

“alright, well, now that i know he’s okay. i’m going back to ino. oh! when you guys get together we should go on a double date!” she then turned and left before a response.

sasuke covered his face, his ears burning red. sakura’s words stuck in his mind. he gathered his things and left naruto’s apartment, making sure he opened the door, locking it from the inside before stepping out and closing the door. he turned the knob slowly -to not wake naruto and freak him out- making sure it was locked, satisfied that it was.

he then walked back home. the blonde on his mind.

and he was in the blonde’s dreams.

Chapter Text

naruto kept squeezing his fist. he walked in circles as his anxiety sky rocketed. sakura sighed at her best friend.

“i’m sure he’ll be here.” sakura commented reassuringly, “he wouldn’t miss this for the world.”

naruto stopped walking but continued to mess with his fist. leaving marks on his fingernails in his palms.

“how do you know that?” he asked, “not too long ago i saw that sticky note. embarrassment was the nicest word i can use to describe that moment. imagine just walking into someone’s room to see a painting of yourself? what if he thinks i’m creepy? what if he only wrote that to make me feel better from being caught red handed?”

sakura grinned, “last sentence does sound creepy.” naruto’s face dropped, sakura squeaked, “sorry! but if he found it creepy he wouldn’t have continued to talk to you. besides, he will be here! sasuke wouldn’t want to disappoint you.”

naruto blinked in confusion, not sure on what she meant. sasuke didn’t care for him. he didn’t care for anyone, why would the musician be disappointed?

but before he got to verbally ask his thoughts, a bit of yelling was heard.

“i’m telling you i’m supposed to be back here!” naruto perked up at the familiar smooth voice.

“sorry sir, but unless you are with a contestant, i can not allow you to enter. you’ll have to wait in the audience.”

“see,” sakura smiled, “he would make it. now i’m going to go and find ino in the audi-“

“kay, see ya!“ he cut her off, running to the backstage door. a big, goofy grin on his face.

sakura shook her head in amusement, smiling to herself. she walked the opposite way, hoping to find ino quickly.

“if you don’t let me back here, i’ll-“

“sasuke!” naruto practically yelled.

he pushed back the security guard, jumping in sasuke’s arms. the said male ungraciously caught him. he stumbled back a bit but managed to keep his feet planted to the ground. a noticeable blush on his face as his arms were securely wrapped around naruto’s waist. feeling the blonde’s arms around his neck as he snuggled into his shoulder. sasuke’s blush deepening.

“hello, naruto. sorry that i’m late.”

naruto pulled back, his arms still around the pale male’s neck, “you’re right on time.”

he finally let go of sasuke, much to both of their dismay’s. naruto turned to the security guard, a sheepish grin on his face. an embarrassment blush on his face.

“sorry for earlier. i was just impatiently waiting on his arrival.”

“i don’t get paid enough for this.” he mumbled and walked away.

naruto laughed, grabbing sasuke’s hand and pulling him to follow behind.

“i got you a front row back stage seat.”

“for me? you’re too kind, naruto.”

a simple compliment that should’ve meant nothing to anyone meant so much to naruto. he grew shy, waving it off as there was no way sasuke truly meant it.

there was a few seats in a row, some were already sitting and watching, but there was one empty chair. confusion raised in dark haired male.

“each contestant gets one guest to the back. that spot is yours, and it’s the perfect spot to see everything. so you better be cheering for me.”

sasuke have a soft, smile, “i always will.”

without thinking naruto gave a quick kiss to sasuke’s cheek and ran off to his spot.

sasuke’s eyes widened from the action, once more blushing from something naruto did. first the hug and now a simple kiss -that probably didn’t mean anything- can make the expressionless boy flustered.

sasuke’s right hand slowly lifted to his cheek. touching the skin that felt like fire from the tanned male’s lip.

sasuke had it bad.

“oh… i can die happily now.” sasuke mumbled, finally walking to his spot.

he took a seat next to a dirty blond girl with four spiky pig tails for a hairstyle. she had a proud smile on her face as she watched a redhead up on stage, showing off a very detailed painting of a sand raccoon with blue markings. it was truly beautiful, sasuke was pleased. but he knew naruto’s painting was better, naruto was always better. he was the best in sasuke’s eyes.

after about another 20 people, it was naruto’s turn. and he seemed to be the last person in the contest. And sasuke knew it was worth the wait.

a simple blush on his cheeks as he couldn’t stop thinking about that kiss on his cheek. he liked the inside of his mouth, his lips felt lonely and jealous of his cheek. he wanted a kiss from the blond, even if it was quick and simple. even if it was worse than the kiss on the cheek.

either way, butterflies was the only thing sasuke would be able to describe those moments.

“naruto, would you like to describe your inspiration?”

naruto nodded, taking the mic as his face was a bit red.

“this was inspired by someone that gives me this sense of calm. he has this beauty that no one else can compare to him. to me, he’s the definition of art.”

“the definition of art?” he mumbled, his shoulders slumped in relaxation. he was content with naruto’s words. falling deeper for the male.

“he sure has a way with words.” the female next to him said, leaning close to his ear, “that painting of you looks good.”

sasuke turned to face her, “thank you.” he simply said.

she smiled, “temari.”

“sasuke.”

and that was the end of their conversation.

“now will every contestant come to the stage. the winner will be announced shortly.”

sasuke watched as the blonde anxiously tapped his thigh. he worked so hard on his painting and there was so many other people who had done better.

sasuke rubbed the back of his neck, taking a deep breath, “no matter what, your painting is the best, naruto!”

naruto snapped his eyes over -along with a few others- the blond smiled. a sense of clam washed over, no matter what, he has the best painting.

the announcer came back on stage, opening an envelope. a gentle smile spread across his face. “the winner today is-“

~~

naruto picked at his ramen. a frown on his lips. he brought the noodles up with his chopsticks letting them fall. sasuke watched with a worried look.

he reached over and grabbed his hands, “naruto… are you okay?”

“i worked hard…” he said, tears slowly filling his eyes, “and i got second? that’s worse than last place. it means i’m right there, able to win, but i’m still not good enough.”

sasuke got out of his chair, walking to naruto, going behind him. he wrapped his arms around naruto’s shoulders, giving a behind hug.

“you’re still the best. those judges were blind. you worked hard. believe me, you should’ve won. now, finish your ramen and we can do whatever you want.”

naruto nodded, his mood going up. he scarfed his food down. sasuke smiled at him.

“i want a sleepover, at your house.”

“as you wish.”

Chapter Text

sasuke had naruto’s hand in his grasped. their fingers holding onto each other. their heartbeats in sync as they felt their sink heating up from the touch they had.

naruto adjusted the bag he packed for the night. squeezing sasuke’s hand a bit.

sasuke began to wiggle his fingers as each finger tapped the tan skin he was holding. his pale cheeks flushed from everything that’s happened tonight.

he watched naruto show a painting of him, he was saved a spot from the blond male. he gave naruto a behind hug for comfort, he’s holding his hang. and now? they’re about to spend the night with each other.

sasuke had movies planned, snacks they could eat, blankets they could share. anything naruto wanted, he would give him. naruto was not going to have a bad experience.

they stepped onto sasuke’s front porch, sasuke let go of his hand to grab his key and unlock the door. immediately his hand felt cold. a frown creased his lips when he no longer felt naruto’s clutch. he opened the door and turned to face naruto, his blue eyes looking up from his phone to see sasuke holding the door for him.

“after you.” the onyx male said.

naruto had a faint red blush, “thank you. you’re so kind.” he walked in.

“only to you.” sasuke mumbled. he closed the door behind him and looked around his mansion. “big brother! i’m home!” when he got no response he shrugged, “must be a late night.”

“come on!” naruto grabbed sasuke’s hand again.

he forcefully made sasuke follow him. the male lightly laughed at that.

“where are you taking me?” he asked.

“to the living room.”

“the living room is the other way.” sasuke slapped a hand over his mouth to hide the laugh. he bit his palm when he noticed naruto’s ears red from embarrassment.

naruto turned them around, walking the other direction. after a few know-it-all comments from sasuke, naruto found the living room. and he was very proud to have found it, ignoring the pale male that he helped.

because to naruto, he didn’t.

“is there anything you want?” sasuke asked. “i can make some popcorn, chips, get some candy… maybe even pork ramen.” each food he said, the brighter naruto’s eyes got.

so sasuke made all of it. while the ramen and popcorn was cooking, he grabbed the chips and candy putting it on the floor in front of naruto. he was scrolling through every possible platform to find a show or a movie to watch. sasuke smiled at the sight and went back to the kitchen. he saw the ramen and popcorn ready.

he put them serving bowls and began walking to naruto.

“yeah, i’m at sasuke’s.” he was silent for a bit, “sakura!” he whined, “stop worrying about me and have your little girls night with ino.” he nodded his head, “mhm, see ya!” he hung up and turned to sasuke, giving a giant closed eye smile. “just sakura’s nightly check up. let me help you with those!”

he got out of the blanket and and stood up. walking to the slightly taller male. he helped take some of the load off of sasuke, the pale male gave a fond expression.

“naruto, i’m here to make you feel better. you don’t need to help.”

“well,” he cocked his head before squatting and setting things down as he waited for sasuke to join his side, “helping makes me feel better. now i found this really cool show! and i’m so glad they put it back onto netflix, but it’d avatar the last airbender.”

sasuke set the rest of the food down. “excellent choice.” he said.

naruto perked up at that, throwing the blanket over sasuke’s back. they were slightly hunched over as they pigged out on every ounce of food laid out.

they upper bodies parallel to the ground as their eyes were casted up to the tv. naruto had started it all the way from the beginning. saying the intro word from word, mouth full of pork ramen. sasuke was amused and fell even deeper.

his eyes darting to naruto every now and then, but he watched the show as well. naruto picked it out, he wasn’t just going to not watch it.

throughout each episode they watched all you could hear was naruto saying every line. most would’ve found it annoying, but there were only three people who didn’t mind it.

ino and sakura. they both would participate and sometimes they acted as if they were a character.

and now: sasuke, who only focused on naruto’s voice.

when naruto stopped talking he looked over, expecting him to be asleep but was shocked to see the blond looking at him. all the food in front of them gone, they acted as if sasuke hadn’t taken him out to dinner.

“hey sasuke.” naruto’s voice sounded serious and his face was blank as if he was just about to tell his deepest darkest secret.

sasuke gulped a bit. feeling the back of his neck sweat. not out of fear. “yes, naruto?” he was nervous.

please confess. wait- no! i’m going to confess first he better not confess.

“do you have nail polish?”

sasuke was taken back by that. he picked at his perfectly manicured nails a bit, “uh, yes. why do you ask?”

“well, i remembered a few years ago you used to wear black nail polish. you stopped not too long ago, but i was hoping you still had some. i want to paint your nails.”

“as you wish.” sasuke didn’t hesitate.

he left for a brief moment, bringing out three different colored black’s. when he walked back out he heard naruto once more saying the lines. but he looked like he was about to cry because the episode was ‘zuko’s past’ and that always made naruto sad.

sasuke patted his head, catching the blonde’s attention. he held up his hand and in between his fingers were the nail polishes naruto wanted.

“there’s three different kinds of blacks. i didn’t know which kind you wanted, so i grabbed them all.”

naruto snatched all out of sasuke’s hand. his grin back. “they all look the same to me!”

a tick mark grew, “they are not the same! the one in between your index and middle finger is the darkest, the one in between your middle and ring finger is more or a greenish black and the one in between your ring finger and pinkie is the lightest black.”

“then i’ll do the darkest! you’re a bit brooding.”

sasuke mocked him and sat down. pouting.

but the pout disappeared as naruto grabbed one of his hands. he shook the nail polish, the swish filling their ears. the tv was now a background noise.

he opened the bottle of nail polish, gently stroking the small brush on sasuke’s nails. sasuke was silent as he straightened up. he took a shaky breath as naruto handled him with care.

and since he was silent, naruto began saying the lines again. once more, sasuke smiled.

“don’t mess it up. let it dry.” he said as he grabbed sasuke’s other hand, painting that other one.

sasuke looked at his hand, bending his nails a bit. he felt like a girl getting fake nails as he couldn’t help but feel giddy over them.

he stopped looking at them as naruto grabbed both hands, blowing on them a bit. then he began to put the second coat on them, he was now humming instead. every now and then watching avatar the last airbender and putting his two sense in. saying he would’ve done this instead.

sasuke could only laugh.

naruto finally finished sasuke’s nails. blowing on them over and over again, helping the dry faster.

sasuke grew tired, he saw naruto’s head lowered, realizing that he was only hunched over because he was inspecting sasuke’s nails. sasuke leaned down and rested his forehead in naruto’s hair, yawning.

“someone’s tired.” naruto laughed, thanking that you couldn’t see his blush.

sasuke hummed, “i’m pretty relaxed right now.”

“we can sleep, once your nails are fully dried. so we have to watch at least two more episodes.”

sasuke sat up, letting naruto sit up too. sasuke smirked a bit, knowing this was an excuse just to watch a few more episodes.

naruto leaned his head on sasuke’s shoulder, yawning as well. which caused sasuke to yawn again. naruto quickly texted sakura that he would be falling asleep and not to worry.

sasuke grabbed a pillow from the couch and laid back, taking naruto with him. naruto laid on sasuke, his head on the male’s chest as he listened to his heart beat.

it was beating rapidly, but to naruto it was soothing. he began to close his eyes.

“you can’t sleep until two episodes are up.” naruto mumbled, turning his head and nuzzling into sasuke’s chest and instantly falling asleep.

“what the fuck…” he mumbled. “you can sleep, but i can’t?”

but he still watched two more episodes. and he was so tired he fell asleep without turning the tv off.

~~

“you can go home now.” sakura said to itachi, “they fell asleep.”

itachi sighed and got up from the table. “thank god. this diner’s about to close. stupid little brother being in love.”

Chapter Text

naruto was sitting in class, wearing one of sasuke's dark purple shirts again. although, it didn't look like it belonged with the rest of his outfit. he wore white cargo pants with very bright orange high top converses. many people would think he was getting ready for halloween, but he liked the shirt. it smelled like the musician, and he enjoyed having a comforting smell, especially after getting second place. which he was still highly upset, he deserved to be in first place.

sasuke glanced at naruto, a frown creased the perfect pale face. he could see something stirring inside of naruto's brain, and it wasn't an art idea. he knew that his eyebrows furrowed together meant that he was upset about something, if he were brainstorming, naruto would be biting the end of his pencil or pen.

the bell rung, pulling both of the boys out of their very different thoughts. sasuke neatly packed his things, and naruto stuffing whatever was on his desk into his bag.

once more; they proved to be opposites, and once more; they proved how parallel they are.

and just this once, they both wished that they continued to cross paths.

"naruto," kakashi caught the blonde's attention. "may i see you for just a moment?"

naruto nodded. he looked at sasuke, the onyx male gave a gentle smile.

"i'll be in the music room." he then left the two.

kakashi glanced between the door sasuke just left and naruto. a thought passed the white haired male's brain, and a teasing smile peeked beneath his mask.

"you two seem quite close."

a blush coated naruto's face, "so what?" he asked a bit in hostility. he couldn't deny anything because it felt morally wrong to do that. his feelings only grew for the male he only glanced at.

"nothing, nothing." he laughed briefly, "you've seem distracted lately."

he shrugged, "i'm still upset about being second, nothing too special."

"ah, alright, but if you ever have anything else on your mind. i am here, naruto."

"thank you kakashi-sensei." the teacher nodded and naruto took his leave.

he walked to the music room, a giant smile on his face. he couldn't wait to hear what sasuke would be singing to him today. the closer he got, the more he could hear the music delicately playing across the hall. it was stunning.

the notes were different, it seemed that sasuke wanted to keep him on his toes and give him something else to paint. he stopped in front of the door when he heard sasuke's soft voice. he pressed his ear to the door.

"wise man say,
only fools rush in...
but i can't help... falling in love with you.
shall i stay?
would it be a sin
if i can't help falling in love with you?"

"what are you doing?" naruto jumped and turned to his pink haired friend.

"sh, sakura. he's singing a beautiful song." a frown creased his lips, "it seems he's fallen in love."

sakura rolled her eyes at the dense blond. she opened the door and shoved naruto in. giving him a simple wink and shutting the door in his face. the music stopped, naruto stiffly turned his head and made eye contact with sasuke.

his pale face looked a little flushed, but naruto didn't want to press. he didn't want to hear sasuke he was singing that song for someone else.

"so," sasuke said a bit awkwardly, turning his full body to naruto. "are you excited for tonight?"

naruto tilted his head, his spiky blond hair tilting the same way. almost covering his eyes.

"i don't know, did we have something planned?" he teased a bit, licking his lips a taunting smile on his face.

the sadness he felt earlier vanished when sasuke talked directly to him. whether it was just his talking voice or he got his message out through music.

"don't mess with me right now, naruto."

naruto stuck his tongue out at sasuke, the dark haired male laughed quietly at that.

"yeah," he finally said, "i can't wait to watch you preform."

"i can't wait for you to hear it."

they both smiled, the bell rang once more. they frowned that their daily hangout was cut so short, but naruto speaking to kakashi didn't help it.

"come on, i'll walk you to your next class."

naruto smiled and grabbed sasuke's hand. pulling him out the music room door.

"wait, hold on i need my bag." sasuke said, naruto let his hand go as sasuke went back in for a bit.

naruto glanced at his hand, wiggling his fingers as he still felt the fire that sasuke left behind. he turned away from his hand when he heard sasuke walking out. he grabbed his hand again and the two couldn't stop smiling.

when they arrived at his classroom, they stood by it. looking at each other as their other classmates didn't bother to spare them a second thought as they walked in.

"thank you for leading me to your class." sasuke joked.

naruto gave a slight grin, "sorry. i was just excited."

sasuke slowly cupped naruto's face. the tanned male stiffened at the touch. slowly he felt comfort and relaxed into the touch. sasuke slowly grazed his thumb over naruto's cheek, they never broke eye contact.

"i'll see you tonight?" sasuke asked, he would be leaving the rest of the day to practice and get ready. he just wanted to see naruto longer.

"yeah, i'll see you."

sasuke released his touch. giving him one last smile before he walked away.

~~

naruto sat in the front row next to sakura who was holding hands with ino. there was a piano in the middle of the stage and he couldn't wait for sasuke to preform. and when the lights dimmed dark, and one single light turned on, facing the piano as sasuke was now sitting on the seat.

his fingers delicately played the song he had been practicing over and over again in front of naruto. and when he opened his mouth, the lyrics imprinted on naruto's mind.

"i look at you,
and my world revolves around the bright blue eyed sun.
i'll never leave you, mi amor.
i was never much of a swimmer,
but swimming in your eyes
makes my heart sing out.
you brought me sunshine
when i only saw rain.
i look at you,
and my world revolves around the spiky blond hair
that dances delicately
in between my fingers.
eres mi para siempre."

he looked at naruto, the lyrics stopped but the music kept going.

"what do you say, naruto? will you be my forever?" he held his hand out, playing the piano with one hand.

naruto stood up from his spot, not caring who was watching. not caring who felt heartbroken that the good looking male only had eyes for a loud blonde.

when he got up on the stage, he looked down at sasuke's hand, without a second thought he grabbed it, intertwining their fingers.

"yes, i will."

Chapter Text

sasuke told naruto to not dress up. he knew naruto wasn't the type to be over the top fancy and a first date at a classy restaurant? not his cup of tea.

naruto was in front of his mirror, putting a white button up shirt to his chest, then moving his arms as a regular old orange t-shirt. he pursed his lips, going back and forth between the two shirts. he wanted to match his black pants. he wanted to know which looked better. should he go with his usual look? or switch it up?

"damn it! why is it so hard?"

he picked up his phone, calling a number. he put the clothes down and patiently walked back and forth in his small apartment bedroom as he waited for the person he called to answer. and when he heard the click on the other end, indicating that the phone was answered.

"hello?" a female voice answered, but it wasn't sakura.

"ino?" naruto asked. he heard her hum a yes. "uh, i hope i didn't interrupt anything. do you mind if i face time you guys? i'm having a major wardrobe crisis." jesus, i sound like a girl.

"of course!" she giggled. "happy to help!"

naruto took the phone away from his face and clicked the facetime button. ino answered it, in the background he saw sakura putting on a shirt. he blushed and turned his face away.

"you could've waited until you both were decent!" he shouted at them.

he heard sakura's laugh, "chill out, you only saw my back. and i'm wearing a bra. besides, we have somewhere to be, we wouldn't have been doing much anyways."

somewhere to be? naruto shrugged, i'll worry about that later.

"still!" he finally looked back at the camera. he saw that the two girls were super closed to the phone. faces smushed together, their faces taking up the entire phone screen.

"so?" they wiggled their eyebrows, "what's up?" they asked.

he set his phone down on his desk. propping it up and walking back to the two shirts.

"which should i go with?" he asked, looking back at the camera.

they looked intently. they glanced at each other, humming. they put him on mute as they talked about everything. finding a solution to the shirt he was going to be wearing. they looked at each other, their mouths coming to a halt. they nodded to each other, turning and unmuting the phone.

"orange." ino said.

"i guarantee sasuke will be wearing his usual purple color."

naruto smiled brightly, thanking them and they hung up. he wanted them to have their alone time, after all, when they pulled apart to talk he noticed markings on their necks. he stuck his tongue out in disgust, he did not want to imagine his best friend and her girlfriend.

he hummed and put the orange shirt on. he smoothed it down, getting gel to flatten his hair a bit. he smiled when his hair was down, but then his efforts went to waste. his hair sprung up to his usual spiky hair.

"welp, guess it stays like this." he shrugged, putting on black converse.

he heard a knock. he straightened, a big smile on his face, his heart beating rapidly. he ran to his door, taking a deep breath and calmly opening the door. there sasuke stood, hands behind his back. a small blush on his face as they were practically wearing the same outfit. the only difference was sasuke's shirt was a dark purple that really made his pale skin stand out. naruto blushed as well. he locked his apartment door, maintaining eye contact with sasuke.

they had a lot in common.

it seemed they were no longer parallels.

sasuke brought his hands out, naruto looked into sasuke's palms. there in his soft looking hands, he saw a fox necklace. what was weird about it though, it had nine tails on it.

"i- uh, i didn't want to give you flowers. i didn't know what you would like. so i called sakura, she said you liked foxes. and i went around town looking for something fox related, but everything seemed... basic. and when i landed my eyes on this necklace, it felt right. it felt like... you." he finished off, his pale face going slightly red at it.

naruto didn't know what to say. he never really received anything from anyone before, and this was one of the greatest things he's ever seen.

"can you put it on me?" naruto finally asked, smiling.

sasuke perked at that and watched as naruto turned around. he put his hands over naruto's face, the fox necklace landing on naruto's chest. sasuke took the chain behind naruto and clipped it. naruto looked down, touching the pendant fox, grinning ear to ear. he turned around, his bubbly expression made sasuke soft. the male slowly let a smile form.

naruto grabbed sasuke's hand, pulling him down the stairs. sasuke sighed in content. when they reached the bottom, naruto scratched his cheek, turning to sasuke with a sheepish grin.

"so, would you like to take the lead now? i have no clue to where we are going."

sasuke nodded his head, removing their clasped hands in order to fully intertwine their fingers together. naruto leaned his head on sasuke's shoulders, his footsteps matching the slightly taller male'e footsteps. their movements in sync as naruto was practically following the male but staying next to him.

the atmosphere was quiet, but very comfortable and content.

sasuke stopped walking by a pier, water beneath it, forming in a small lake. down at the wooden deck naruto saw a picnic set up. he grew excited, removing his hand from sasuke's and skidding down the small hill to get to the wooden deck. sasuke watched fondly, asking himself how in the world naruto liked him?

"c'mon sasuke!" sasuke was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw naruto already on the deck. he was waving him down. "the food looks great, i'm going to eat all the food without you."

sasuke laughed a bit, walking down the hill. hands loosely hanging out of his front pockets, his pace slower and more graceful than the blond. when he reached the deck he sat next to the blond.

they began to eat, naruto complimenting on how good the food was. sasuke looked away with a blush, he knew naruto didn't know, but it still felt nice to be complimented. he spent a few hours cooking and had asked sakura and ino to set it up as he went to pick up naruto.

he watched as naruto happily ate the food, and when sasuke shared his dessert with him, the content look brought sasuke a sense of pure joy. he stuck the fork into the small cake he made and gave that piece to naruto again. he put his hand under the fork as naruto savored the taste. when he slowly took the fork out, he saw naruto's smile. but then he almost laughed, on his cheek was a few crumbs from the dessert. how did he manage to do that? there was no possible answer to it.

sasuke put the fork down, lifting his thumb up and wiping the crumbs away. bringing his thumb to his mouth as he licked the cake off of it, making sure he was looking at naruto the entire time. when vulnerability struck naruto's features, he quickly looked away, hiding his face in his hands.

"i could've done that myself!" naruto said in embarrassment.

sasuke let out a chuckle, "yeah, i know." he said.

naruto looked out in the water, looking at his reflection. he pulled his knees to his chest as he was untying his converses. sasuke watched with a confused expression. naruto took off his socks, rolling up his black pants and scooted closer to the edge of the deck. he dipped his feet in the cool water, a shiver went up but he smiled.

he heard a slight splash and looked to his right. sasuke had done the same thing, his socks tucked into his shoes neatly as he kicked his feet back in the water. naruto looked at his socks, scattered next to his shoes.

hm, we truly are parallels. but we crossed paths, so now we aren't. naruto thought, liking the idea of him and sasuke continuing to stay on the same path.

"hey, sasuke." the male hummed, looking at the blond, "i really like you. i just wanted to let you know that, especially if you get mad at me."

sasuke raised a brow, ignoring the confession since they both knew they liked each other. "i like you too." he felt he needed to say that, even though he was still confused. "why would i get mad at you?" his question was answered when naruto shoved him into the water.

when the uchiha resurfaced, his hair flattened down over his eyes. he put his hands under his hair and lifting it up, seeing the uzumaki laughing at him. instead of getting mad, sasuke swam to naruto with a smirk. his hands grabbed naruto's waist, pulling him into the water as well. when naruto resurfaced, it was sasuke's turn to laugh.

so naruto splashed him, and they went back in forth in splashing each other. laughing in perfect harmony at the joy and fun they were having. sasuke ended up pulling naruto closer to him, their chest touching. their laughing died down, they stared into each other's eyes.

"your eyes... they remind me of the ocean." sasuke whispered.

naruto wanted nothing more than to kiss sasuke, but held himself back. he felt it wasn't the right time.

"your eyes..." naruto began, hands cupping behind sasuke's neck. he gave a closed eyed smile, "remind me of the midnight sky. it's beautiful and captivating."

sasuke sighed through his nose, "you just had to one up me, huh?"

naruto gave a cheeky grin, pulling away from sasuke beginning to swim back to the deck. "i'm always better."

sasuke shook his head and followed shortly.

they got out of the water, sasuke told naruto he would clean this later. he wanted to make sure naruto got home in a certain amount of time so he didn't get sick from the water and wind mixing.

when they stopped in front of naruto's apartment door, they looked at each other. sasuke put his hand on the wall, fingers tapping against it. water slightly dripping down in front of the apartment.

"did you have fun?" sasuke asked, his pride almost faltering.

just the thought of naruto not enjoying himself made him upset. the thought of naruto not wanting to have another date with him and still be his forever made him sick to his stomach.

"i did." naruto said, his blue eyes looked a bit bigger when he was looking up at sasuke.

sasuke then looked at his lips, biting his own lip. he contemplated on leaning in. was it the right time? was naruto ready? did he want to kiss him?

sasuke was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt naruto pat his chest, skimming upwards as his tanned hand cupped the pale cheek. so sasuke began to lean down. earlier, naruto thought it wouldn't be the right moment but his heart throbbed to feel sasuke's lips on his. his heart throbbed to be near the male. and because of this, he began to tilt his head upwards, getting ready to kiss him.

but they were interrupted.

"how was the date?!" ino interrupted them, sakura walking next to her.

"ino, you couldn't wait until after they kissed?" sakura asked her.

they both pulled away, blushing from being caught. the moment was ruined and passed.

"what? it didn't feel right to kiss in front of a door. they should find a better place to share their first kiss."

sasuke scratched his cheek, looking at naruto. "would you like to do this again, sometime?" naruto quickly nodded his head yes. sasuke relaxed, "i'll text you more details. your friends are starting to creep me out with their staring."

he kissed naruto's forehead and walked away. he passed the two girls, stopping slightly. he turned and gave naruto a final wave and disappeared down the stairs. naruto looked at his two friends. when naruto unlocked his apartment door, taking off his shoes as his clothes were still damp. they followed, waiting for naruto to change before he finally walked to the couch.

the two girls squealed, waiting for the details.

both smiled thinking about each other. happy to know they were no longer parallels.

Chapter Text

it was a double date.

sasuke had originally planned it for just him and naruto, he would take him wherever the blond wanted to go. then at the end of the night, when he would drop naruto off at his apartment, he planned to ask him to officially be his boyfriend.

but, when he opened the door, there stood sakura and ino, a guilty looking naruto behind them. he scratched his cheek, a blush coating his tanned face.

"sorry, sasuke," he began to apologize, "they wouldn't leave."

sasuke put on a smile for the blond, stepping out of the way as the two girls giggled and began to walk in front of them. he closed the door behind naruto, he patiently waited for naruto to lock his door before grabbing his hand and intertwining their fingers.

the two girls in front had their arms linked, faces close as they laughed at whatever they were talking about.

sasuke looked at naruto, his eyes going up and down. he was wearing a pair of sasuke's purple cargo pants. he blushed that the blond liked wearing his clothes, he would happily give him more. naruto wore one of his white shirts and the nine tailed fox necklace over the shirt for everyone to see. sasuke squeezed his hand and pulled naruto closer, both giving shy smiles to one another.

sasuke wore his purple ripped jeans along with a white shirt too. and both were wearing matching evo t200 shoes that sasuke had bought both them.

they planned their outfit for today, naruto really wanted to match with sasuke and the male had no disagreements or complaints. if naruto wanted it, he got it.

they've been on a few more dates, they've hugged and held hands and even cuddled. but they never kissed on the lips. they would kiss each other's cheek or forehead or the back of their hands/wrist, anywhere but the lips. the two realized it wasn't the right moment.

they stopped in front of the outlet mall, sasuke let a small smile show as he felt naruto's energy radiate around him.

he was brighter than the sun. and sasuke basked in his warmth.

the two girls immediately separated, leaving the two boys. sasuke was confused, he thought it was a double date.

"c'mon sasuke, teme, hurry before they realize we aren't following them."

sasuke chuckled, letting naruto drag him to whatever store he wanted. he felt a very strong feeling towards naruto and he couldn't wait to be able to verbally express it. he couldn't wait to put a word to that feeling.

"ooh- let's go in here!" naruto pulled him into the store so fast he didn't even get to read what the store was named.

sasuke sighed through his nose, content washing over him. he kept his eyes on naruto as the male ignored every look and he ignored every whisper.

"can you try this on?" naruto held up a pink shirt to sasuke's chest and torso, pursing his lips. "yeah, this seems your size."

sasuke grimaced, "is this a joke?"

naruto gave him a teasing smile, "depends on how the color looks on you."

sasuke sighed, unlatching his fingers from naruto's fingers and grabbing the pink shirt. "there's no way pink will look good against my skin tone." he mumbled.

he went to the dressing room, holding the shirt to his chest in front of the mirror. this had to be some sick joke naruto was playing on him.

he took off his white shirt and put the pink shirt on, turning slightly to see that it looked even brighter than it did on the back.

he sighed and opened the dressing room, when he stepped out he saw naruto wearing the same pink shirt.

and suddenly, the color didn't matter to sasuke. suddenly he didn't care how bright it was against his pale skin.

naruto walked closer, turning and pulling out his phone. he took a video as his back was pressed against sasuke's chest, he zoomed in on himself, sticking his tongue out before zooming out. tilting the camera up as he zoomed in on sasuke's face, he held a blank look. so, naruto zoomed out and looked up at sasuke, his hair tickling sasuke's exposed neck. sasuke looked down, making eye contact with his bright blue eyes, and he smiled.

naruto gave a closed eyes smile before turning and giving a quick kiss to his cheek.

that's when he ended the video.

naruto stepped back and looked at sasuke, "that shade of pink does suit you. i was just trying to see how many colors you could wear. didn't expect that."

they went back into the respective changing rooms and changed back into their white shirts.

naruto was all for matching clothes, but he didn't want to spend too much as he had a low paying job and used most of his money for rent.

sasuke reluctantly agreed to get the pink shirt, only because naruto complimented him and because naruto just wanted a different color in their wardrobe.

as they waited in line, they looked at the types of shirts and pants they got. one of naruto's favorite was a white shirt with black words sowed into the right shoulder saying sun for him. and a black a shirt with white words sowed into the right shoulder saying moon for sasuke. they also got gray sweatpants, jeans and cargo pants to go with the many different shirts they had.

when they stopped in front, naruto went to say they were paying separate, but sasuke covered his mouth and pulled out his card. letting the lady scan all the clothing items, he almost pulled his hand back when naruto licked it, but he focused on trying to ignore the blond for once.

naruto pulled his card out, trying to pay but sasuke's hand pushed in the way, he took his card and swiped it -it was faster than inserting it- and he paid for everything.

sasuke even held every bag, telling naruto it was okay that he didn't.

"you paid though, let me help!" he whined.

sasuke leaned down, kissing the crown of his head.

"you just relax, i'll pay for everything and anything."

"you don't have to."

"so? i want to. let me spoil you. if we date i'm going to spoil you."

naruto blushed at his words, wrapping his arms around sasuke's neck. hugging him as he hid his face.

"only if i get to spoil you too."

sasuke smiled, "sure." he wrapped his hands around naruto's back, the bags hanging loosely.

"there you two are!" they turned to see ino and sakura speed walking to them. holding a lot of bags too.

the two pulled apart slightly, keeping their arms around each other.

"we should leave and go get lunch. maybe go somewhere afterwards."

naruto smiled brightly and nodded, "how does that sound, sasuke?" he turned to the male.

sasuke looked at him, "anything for you."

they firstly stopped by naruto's apartment, dropping off every bag, they would come back and get whatever they bought right after they finished the day out together.

they walked to a ramen shop, each getting on the stool and ordering. they all talked and laughed as they glanced at the food being prepared in front of them.

sasuke didn't mind their company, he was happy naruto was happy. they began to bond, so he wasn't complaining.

once each bowl was set in front, they halted their conversation, said their thanks and began slurping their ramen. naruto began to talk with his mouth full to sasuke, before sasuke could scold him, sakura beat him to it.

she smacked the back of naruto's head, causing the blond to whine. sasuke started laughing so hard, he began to cough a bit on the noodles that he already had in his mouth.

"i'm glad my misery brings you joy." naruto mumbled, crossing his arms and huffing.

"anything about you brings me joy." sasuke responded without thinking.

they both blushed, naruto from his words and sasuke because he didn't mean to say it. he covered his mouth and turned away, his red skin more visible since he was the palest.

the two girls giggled.

"who knew you were smooth." ino said.

sakura rolled her eyes, "you act the same way, ino, don't act like you're better."

ino playfully shoved sakura away, crossing her arms and huffing. sakura threw her arms over her girlfriend, rubbing her nose in her neck. giving a light kiss afterwards.

"gross." naruto stuck his tongue out.

both girls rolled their eyes at him, but in the end, they all laughed.

they finished their ramen, sakura paid for ino and her since ino paid for their shopping. naruto paid for him and sasuke since sasuke paid for their shopping.

they each held hands with their respective partners. the girls in front as the two boys were behind them, giving a few feet distance. far enough to not hear their conversation, but close enough to step in if someone were to come.

they walked to park that wrapped around a lake. a pathway circled it as they walked on the side walk of it. the two female had their free hand out and lifted up as they acted like they were balancing on a beam with their hands intertwined.

sasuke and naruto swung their intertwined hands together, keeping their eyes forward as they talked. every now and then stealing glances at each other and smiling.

after some time, all four walked down the dirt, sitting in front of the lake, taking their socks and shoes off and dipping their feet in. sakura and ino kept their fingers intertwined. sasuke had his hand over naruto's hand, their pinkies latched slightly.

naruto leaned his head on sasuke's shoulder, sasuke leaned his head on the blonde's head. both smiling to the world.

"naruto?" sasuke asked in a hushed tone, not wanting to ruin their content atmosphere. the blond hummed, closing his eyes and feeling the warmth of the sun on his tanned skin. "will you officially be mine? i know you said you would be my forever, but i never properly asked if you wanted to be my boyfriend. so will officially be mine?" he repeated the question.

naruto shifted a bit, his cheek now on sasuke's shoulder, sasuke felt naruto latch his pinky more onto the male.

"i thought you'd never ask."

the two girls next to them squealed. "and here i thought my precious naruto would be single forever." sakura teased.

"i thought they would continue to steal glances at each other during class. never even meet." ino put her input in.

the boys hummed, not caring that they ruined the moment.

"yeah." sasuke said. "i'm glad too."

"yeah, it seems we're no longer parallels." naruto said.

Chapter Text

sasuke had received a text from his beloved blond boyfriend. naruto wanted him to come over because he missed him, sasuke chuckled quietly when reading the message, he had saw the blond just yesterday when walking him home after their classes.

of course, they had to sneak glances at each other, they just couldn't help themselves. 

nonetheless, sasuke just slipped on his usual doc martens, smiling as there was still paint chips all over the tips of his shoes. he had black ripped jeans on and the shirt he just recently bought at the mall with naruto a few weeks ago. the black shirt with moon sowed in white. it was naruto's idea for him to wear that outfit. he grabbed a coat, taking note that it was a bit chilly and the sky darkened over with grey clouds.

sasuke was more than fine with the sun disappearing, he easily burned with his pale skin. and besides, the only sun he really needed was naruto and his beautiful smile. his smile was contagious. 

sasuke hummed to himself as he finally left his home, shouting out a 'goodbye' to his older brother, closing the door behind him and leaving. he walked to naruto's house, his feet tapping the pavement as he was in a good mood. the mere thought of his boyfriend set his heart beating rapidly. 

he was in love. he knew he was. but it wasn't the right moment to say it. their feelings could be parallel still. they may have crossed paths and fell for each other, but who's to say that naruto will love him back? what if he needs more time? they haven't even kissed, so how could naruto truly know his feelings? 

so, sasuke settled for what they had. it would savor every moment. he fell for the blond and he fell hard. he tripped into the trap of love, but it came so easily when thinking of the blond. 

"sasuke! you've finally made it!"

sasuke blinked, coming back into reality. he saw the very smile he fell in love with. there naruto stood, outside his shabby apartment with the brightest smile. 

who needed the sun when someone like naruto was on this earth? 

"i hope i didn't keep you waiting for too long." sasuke said, giving a soft smile.

naruto wrapped his arms around sasuke, trapping him into a hug. sasuke didn't hesitate to hug him back. it didn't matter if naruto doesn't love him -yet- all that mattered to sasuke was the blond staying in his life. all that mattered to sasuke is that they would continue to cross paths instead of becoming parallels again. 

"come on!" naruto laughed, "we have a date planned."

sasuke was confused, they didn't plan anything for today. he slowly began to internally panic. trying to keep a cool exterior, as he began to think back to their many conversations. he even tried slowing them down in his head to see if he could catch the blond talking about a date. or, what if when they were face timing and sasuke went blank and just lovingly looked at naruto through the camera and not catch a single thing the male said. it's happened before, so he wouldn't put it past himself to accidentally ignore the eager blond. 

"we had a date?"

sasuke tensed up, freezing on the spot as he let that question slip out of his mouth. after all, he was just over thinking it and he managed to let a terrible question slip out. naruto will for sure get mad at him, he knows it. he would be mad if they planned a date -that he knows about- and naruto would forget about it or not remember.

naruto laugh, closing his eyes, "right, sorry." he rubbed the back of his neck bashfully, "i planned a date, and i wanted to surprise you with it, but it seems i got too excited and ruined the surprise."

sasuke sighed with relief. he didn't forget.

"that's alright, i'll just act surprised. besides, i think it's cute you planned a date. i'm truly thankful for you."

naruto kissed sasuke's cheek, hiding the forming blush that coated his face with small amounts of affection. knowing sasuke would get flustered and naruto wouldn't be teased for letting a small bit of words make a big impact on his heart. 

he loved sasuke. but how could he be sure that sasuke loved him back? what if their feelings were still parallel and sasuke needed more time before he could feel like he's loved naruto? they haven't even had a first kiss yet, sasuke can't love him back, right?

as naruto closed the door behind him, going to lock it, the wind blew a bit harder. it caused naruto to shiver, even with his coat on. he turned his head, jumping slightly when thunder struck out. he pouted, his planned date with sasuke, that sasuke WASN'T supposed to know about but found out anyways because naruto can't stay quiet, was ruined. the rain came fast and it came pelting. droplets trickled down the apartment complex, hitting the railings, the mist of the rain touched their faces and the cool water made them shiver in sync.

"i suppose we should get inside," sasuke suggested, "it just got colder."

"maybe it's just your personality that made the air colder." sasuke glared at his boyfriend, naruto jumped slightly. "ah! i'm sorry! it slipped out, i wasn't thinking."

sasuke smacked the back of naruto's head and grumbled to himself. naruto held his head and whined, following sasuke into the apartment. they went into the living room, sasuke shook his head a bit at the mess, but ignored it, he would suffer through it if it meant being close to naruto.

"listen, i know it's a mess. but give me a break! i didn't expect you to come in today."

"i wasn't going to say anything."

"but you were thinking something rude in your mind, huh?!"

"if you checked the weather app, you would've probably seen it was about to rain."

"did you check it?" sasuke was quiet, "exactly, teme." 

instead of snapping back and calling naruto an idiot or a knuckle head, he crossed his arms, turning his head and pouting. he did not come over for naruto to insult him. was he mad? no. did he want hugs and cuddles? yes.

"aw," naruto cooed at his slightly taller boyfriend, wrapping his arms around his neck and rubbing his cheek in sasuke's shoulders, "c'mon, cheer up. you're the best boyfriend ever."

"i know." sasuke hugged him back, kissing his cheek.

they put their foreheads together and laughed, smiling brightly right after. they pulled back a bit, sighing and sinking into the couch as they cuddled. they decided to put on a movie, watching it and hoping the rain would be done by the time the movie ended. but they could only dream.

they were safe and warm in the homey apartment, and when the movie ended, they looked out the window to see the rain still  pouring. but it was softer than it was before.

naruto looked at sasuke, then back at the window.

he stood up rather quickly, startling the pale male. sasuke looked into naruto's eyes and saw a certain glint in them. naruto grabbed sasuke's hand pulling him upwards. sasuke raised a brow at his unusual action.

"let's go dancing in the rain!" sasuke looked outside, already feeling cold, but when he looked back at naruto to see him with puppy dog eyes, lips pouted and his eyes sparkling at the idea of dancing in the rain, he couldn't say no. "please." he pursed his lips into a pout.

that was the cheery on top.

sasuke nodded and let naruto drag him out the apartment door and down the stairs. they stood in the parking lot, already soaked from only being out for a few seconds. the rain shielding their eyesight a bit, but as long as they could still see each other and feel each other, they were fine. 

their shoes splashed in the water, their socks soaking wet, they grimaced and then ignored the feeling. they held onto each other as they moved around the parking lot, laughing loudly as the rain drowned their noise out. with no music it just seemed like they were just slipping and trying to find shelter.

but to them, they knew. they knew they were dancing.

and they only mattered to each other. 

sasuke spun naruto out, then pulled him back in, hooking his arm under naruto's knees for spinning them in a circle. they continued to laugh as naruto held onto sasuke's wet clothing. their hair flattening out and covering their eyes, water splashing around them.

when sasuke finally put naruto down, they began running in the rain. keeping their hands latched together, their footsteps echoing in the cold air. but they were warm and happy. content with the life they were living together. 

when they stepped onto the grass just across naruto's apartment, they stepped in mud and slipped. they both landed on the ground with an 'oopmf' as they sat on the ground. they slowly looked at each other, bursting out into laughter. the rain no longer affecting them as they saw the eyes they longed to see everyday.

sasuke reached up to naruto's face, pushing back some of his blond strands. the hair no longer sticking to his tanned face as it was pushed behind his ear. his hand slowly went down to naruto's cheek, his palm pressed against it as his thumb rubbed over his skin before going to naruto's lips. skimming over those soft lips. sasuke licked his own lips, biting his bottom one slightly, he couldn't control it anymore.

he began to lean in, naruto leaning in as well. his hands on sasuke's thighs, his breathing stopped when they were centimeters apart. and then, it happened.

their lips finally touched. the kiss was long for a first kiss, but short to where it wasn't too much for their first kiss. their lips fit perfectly as they savored the innocent moment. they savored the smooth lips that were connecting them together. they pulled away, going back in and kissing again. but this time, it was a light peck. both had blushes and both were thankful for the dark sky covering them and the rain giving them a shield. 

"c'mon, let's go back inside before we get sick." sasuke said, getting up first and attempting to wipe some of the mud off.

he held his hand out, naruto grabbed it and together they walked to the apartment. their shoulders were touching, their smiles never leaving. and even with the cold air, they were warm.

naruto couldn't wait to tell sakura about their moment. he knew she would be happy for him.

sasuke couldn't wait to tell suigetsu about their moment. he knew he would be happy for him.

Chapter Text

they've been dating for almost a year. they craved each other in the most innocent ways. they needed to be near each other, they needed to talk to each other. after their first kiss, it opened doors for them and their relationship. it felt right to kiss, it felt beautiful, and it felt like it belonged. they belonged with each other, which is why both were up really late with the thought of the other.

it was supposed to be a beautiful day for a date. the weather was going to be fair, the morning breeze was going to be a bit cool, but nothing a thin coat couldn't fix. sasuke and naruto had the whole day planned, but they both were going to be very exhausted when morning time comes around.

at this very moment, it was midnight. nine hours before their set date meet up.

sasuke was sitting in his kitchen, ignoring his brother coming home late from a meet up with his friends. also ignoring itachi's wishes for him to go to bed. sasuke had waved it off, he knew he couldn't go to sleep, not until he finished his project. not until he was satisfied. not until he knew naruto was going to love it.

sasuke wasn't as artistic as naruto, but he'd be damned if he didn't try. he had scissors, glue, colorful paper, tissue paper, markers... okay, so he went a bit overboard on the supplies. but he rather be safe than sorry.

sasuke's tongue poked out as he used purple, black, white an orange mainly. luckily for him, naruto loved halloween so their favorite colors together was his favorite holiday, which, sasuke deemed it would be is favorite holiday as well. sasuke wasn't too keen on holiday's, he didn't care for them, he would shrug them off and stay indoors, but with naruto the male would do anything for halloween.

sasuke shook his head, "i'm getting distracted. no time to dwell on the memories when there is so many more to make." he nodded his head at his comment, his tongue poked out in the corner of his mouth again.

he carefully drew butterflies, erasing every detail before redrawing it until he thought it was okay to give to an artist. although, it was still poorly drawn compared to whatever naruto could whip up with chalk. sasuke sighed, leaning back in his chair, lovingly dreaming about his blond boyfriend.

sasuke felt a flick in the middle of his forehead, he snapped out of his thoughts his hands going over the red dot. his lips pursed into a pout, a glare evident as it was directed towards his older brother.

itachi lowered his fingers, "if you want to finish this before the next time you see naruto, better stop spacing out. it's almost one in the morning, little brother."

sasuke looked at the time, eyes widening as he leaned back forward. he picked up his materials, immediately working as itachi left with a glass of water. his tongue once more poked out once more as he had major focus. he began cutting the butterflies he drew out. using the internet for steps if he got stuck.

sasuke managed to get every butterfly he wanted. he used some of the tissue paper to scrunch it together and glue tiny pieces of it onto the butterflies wings. using dark blue, gray, red and yellow to decorate the purple, black, orange, and white butterflies. the simple colors to make dots on the wings really made everything stand out, sasuke was proud of himself. he knew naruto would like it, it looked greeat.

but naruto would've taken a poorly drawn stick figure from sasuke, it wouldn't matter, as long as it was from the onyx male.

sasuke got up, leaving his supplies and butterflies on the table as he quickly went upstairs and ran to his room. he wasn't being very quiet, the tired yell from itachi made it known. he had woken up the beast, but decided to ignore it and get what he was looking for.

he reached in his drawer, pulling out paint brushes he bought a few days ago. he bought them for this special occasion. he hated that he procrastinated what he wanted to do for his lovely boyfriend, who deserved the world.

he quickly went downstairs, opening the package of paintbrushes. he grabbed each paintbrush, using tape and glue and whatever he could to make sure the paintbrushes were glued together. having them overlap and cross over as he used them as stems. the butterflies were the petals of the bouquet. he carefully glued the butterflies to the brush part of the artistic tool. throughout this entire time, his tongue never stopped being poked out, his teeth gently biting down on the muscle as a gentle smile was on his face.

he carefully brought it up closer to him. once everything stayed together he walked to his room, putting the butterfly paintbrush bouquet on his desk. he went to his bed, crawling in it and not caring for how he was dressed. it was around two in the morning, he was too tired to change in his pajamas.

midnight around that time, naruto was also up. sakura left his apartment to go to ino's, wanting to sleep at her girlfriend's house. she was overly excited with what naruto wanted to do, squealing the entire time as he had a bashful look, a faint blush on his face as he wanted sakura's opinion on his choice of making sasuke happy.

she was more than happy to bring the supplies, right after naruto venmo her some money. she didn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't enough, he works way too much and all his savings go towards his rent and food.

she was more than happy that sasuke helps him out, naruto hates it when sasuke pays for things, but sasuke lets him pay for the little things. sasuke doesn't pay for everything, after they had a minor argument in the past because sasuke wanted to pay his rent, they finally calmed down and talked about it rationally. so, sasuke pays every now and then or helps split his rent. that was what they resolved, because they both were stubborn and had to meet in the middle.

naruto grinned thinking about that argument. he was more than happy that sasuke saw it through his eyes. sasuke wanted to help him with his problems and help him face them, naruto knew he couldn't allow sasuke to fix his problems or try to fix them.

they had a healthy relationship.

naruto slurped some of the pork ramen he made, the juices of it dripping on his chin. he quickly wiped it away before it could drop onto all the supplies he had. he needed to make sure they stayed in perfect conditioned so he had time to work on it.

naruto used gray, purple and black as the main colors. he made different types of music notes, cutting them perfectly with no effort on it. he made half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and two beamed eighth notes. after looking them up online and drawing each note a few times, he was able to cut them out without having to look it up or draw it. his artistic hand was quick to pick up on the movements and shapes.

earlier that day, naruto had went to a music store, going behind the building and seeing many broken wooden chips from instruments that had been broken. he picked up the tiny pieces of it, knowing he was going to glue them on the notes he was going to make. he then proceeded to go into the store, looking on the racks and seeing guitar strings. he bought many packs, not knowing how much he was going to use.

and here he was, using all of the guitar strings and sticking them together. he slurped some more of his ramen, using one of the strings to tie around the rest of the guitar strings. he made a simple bow with the one string. smiling and using the back of his wrist to wipe the ramen from his chin.

the thickness of the strings was sturdy he glued the music notes to the strings. also cutting some of the guitar strings and tying it inside the a small hole on each music note in order to make sure it stayed on. his fingers skimmed over the wooden chips of the instruments he picked up, frowning as he didn't know what type of instrument it came from. but shrugged it off as his music note bouquet was finished.

he smiled brightly, hoping that sasuke would love it. he leaned back in his chair, grabbing the bowl of ramen and slurping the last little bit that was left. his mind filled with sasuke.

god, they were so happy.

~~

by morning, both felt like zombies. but they meet up at the park anyways. sasuke a few minutes early like usual and naruto a few minutes late as usual. so, it was a shock to them both to see that they both looked like death. their eyes holding dark circles beneath their light and dark eyes.

not only that, but they didn't hug like usual. both had their hands behind their backs, so it was obvious they both were hiding something.

"are you tired, mi quierdo?" sasuke asked, frowning as he looked closer at naruto.

naruto giggled, giving a big smile. "i'm fine!"

"i have something for you!" they both said, naruto's voice a bit louder and energetic compared to his brooding boyfriend.

both of their faces flushed a slight tint of pink. not only did they say something at the same time, but it was something they were giving each other. so, at the same time they pulled whatever they were holding behind their backs to their front. they were both flustered, not knowing what to say for a bit. then, naruto broke the silence.

"oh my god! you stole my idea. did you go into my brain?"

sasuke looked at him in disbelief, but then they both broke out into laughs. they exchanged the bouquet's they made, talking about how long it took them, where they got their supplies and everything they did to make sure it was perfect. it was beautiful on how they both did so much and spent so much time on making sure it was perfect for the one they fell for, only to have them both being content with something simple.

but nothing was ever simple with them. they were going to make sure they deserved the world. no, they were going to make sure they each got the universe, because that's what they deserved.

"naruto?" sasuke quietly asked, latching their hands as they were walking.

the blond hummed, looking at his boyfriend. his blue eyes wide in delight, letting the onyx male know he was listening. sasuke almost lost his train of thought looking into naruto's eyes. the ocean blue that he drowned in. the big, radiant smile that was brighter than the sun. that big, radiant smile that shine a light so bright, that was all sasuke needed in order to see in the dark.

naruto was all he needed.

"naruto..." he said once more, squeezing his hand as they stopped walking. he looked at his free hand, his fingers on the smooth guitar strings of his music note bouquet. "naruto..." it seemed all he could say was the blond's name.

naruto tilted his head, his blond spiky hair falling in between his eyes. "what is it, sasuke?" his scratchy voice held a bit of concern.

sasuke's features softened, "naruto," his voice more firm. he gained his confidence just hearing naruto's voice. "i've fallen so deeply for you. i love you and i'm in love with you."

naruto's faces went into shock. sasuke could see every detail of his shock and process. the blond was repeating each word he just heard, hoping he didn't hear it wrong. sasuke saw that familiar smile stretch across his face. his blue eyes scrunched as they crinkled from how big and wide his blinding smile was. that was the first time sasuke admitted it out loud.

"oh, sasuke..." he stepped closer, pecking his lips. keeping his lips to slightly touch sasuke's, but not in a full kiss. "my heart beats rapidly just being near you or even thinking about you, but it's the calmest it's ever been with you. i love you and i'm so in love with you as well." that was the first time naruto admitted it out loud.

"there's no one else but you." they both said, both giggling and latching their pinkies to fulfill the promise they made.

they continued to walk, their pinkies latching as they swung their hands together. their free hand holding onto their bouquet's, holding it dear to their hearts.

they would never be parallels again, they've crossed their paths and they belonged on the same path.

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it was their third year of college. naruto and sasuke were going strong, their smiles were always wide. it was like sasuke's personality did a 180 and changed from his brooding dull life to a more upbeat one. it changed more into a happier tone as his life felt like a song itself.

naruto was majoring in art, hoping his paintings or pastels would be put in museum's. sasuke was majoring in music, groaning as it was kicking his ass. but, he was working hard to be able to write songs for famous singers or be up on a stage singing in front of people, having naruto right by his side.

"i'm telling you, sakura, this place is so boring!" naruto whined over the phone, hearing his best friend sigh.

"naruto, you called me for this? i'm with ino, go find sasuke."

"how dare you move across the world with your girlfriend? what if i needed you more?" a smile overcame his face as sakura called him a knucklehead. "i'm kidding. i just wanted to hear your voice. it's been awhile."

"well, ino and i will be back during christmas."

"great! double date!" naruto laughed, squeaking when he felt a new presence behind him.

sasuke walked behind him, his arms snaking themselves around naruto's torso. his fingers gingerly rubbing the cloth and putting a slight pressure so naruto could feel his pale fingers massaging him. he kissed naruto's temple and then his cheek, resting his chin on the male's shoulder.

"hey there, mi querido."

"gotta go sakura!" naruto giggled, sakura could only imagine the wide smile on the blond's face. after all, his tone of voice quickly changed, so she knew sasuke was right there. "sasuke's here." that confirmed her thoughts.

she breathlessly laughed, bidding her goodbyes and they hung up.

naruto pocketed his phone, turning around and wrapping his arms around sasuke's neck. they gave matching smiles, pearly white teeth and everything showing. naruto puckered his lips a bit, sasuke's smile turned into a smirk when he knew what naruto wanted. he leaned closer, their lips touching for only a brief moment. when they pulled away, they leaned back in and kissed again. they did it for a couple more times before sasuke got out of naruto's hold, laughing at the blond's pouting figure.

he grabbed naruto's hand, their fingers fitting perfectly. it was as if they were made for each other, their bodies were always in sync. their minds and soul. it was like they were born for the soul purpose of each other, at least, that was what they thought. and they were beyond happy either way.

"let's skip." sasuke said, "you only have one class today, but i'm done. and i know you're not trying to sit through three hours of a nagging professor."

"alright, you convinced me, let's go!"

naruto was leading the way, laughing loudly as the hold on sasuke's hand tightened. sasuke chuckled at his boyfriend, his onyx eyes were no longer dull. they held a certain shine in them, especially around naruto.

god, sasuke was so in love. he had such a tender love for naruto, the real type of love. it was solid and it only grew by the seconds, even if they weren't near each other, their love would only grow stronger. they were bonded, they were soulmates, they were just meant to be.

"hey, teme," sasuke scowled a bit at that nickname. here he was calling naruto all those chessy couple nicknames and naruto teased him a lot by calling him 'teme.' the smirk that naruto threw at sasuke said many words. "i have no idea where we are going." he stopped walking, hugging sasuke and leaning down and putting his chin on sasuke's chest. pouting when the dark haired male wasn't looking at him. "i'm sorry my music, i promise i won't call you teme."

sasuke's ears flushed red, it being very noticeable on his pale skin. he patted naruto's head, his fingers slipping in the blond's hair. feeling the slight gel in it for having his hair spiked up. he finally turned his head and looked down at naruto, his heart beating rapidly. the male's bright blue eyes shined very bright. the sun reflected in the sparkle that danced in his iris' and pupil's.

even with all this time, naruto still had the same affect he has on him from all those years.

"sasuke~" naruto whined, "you spaced out on me and i want your attention."

sasuke smirked, the palm of his right hand pressed against naruto's back. he pushed the blond closer, his other hand still on naruto's head, playing with the gelled strands.

"you want my attention? oh, how cute."

naruto wasn't embarrassed by those words. sure, usually he got flustered and would hide himself in his hands or in sasuke's shoulder. he just couldn't help but eagerly nod his head at that question. sasuke softened his gaze, he just couldn't help himself.

this was naruto he was talking about, how could he not open his heart up?

"follow me, my art." sasuke led the way, keeping their hands latched as the warmth engulfed them.

naruto giggled at the nickname. it may have been weird to most who would hear, but to them, it was beautiful and only something they could hear.

sasuke led them to the pier, they skidded down the hill. naruto slipped and landed on his ass, sasuke cackled instead of help him up, when naruto began to whine calling him a rude teme, then -and only then- did sasuke help him up. they finished getting to the dock that was built a bit over the lake.

naruto stared at it, a gentle smile crinkling his face as his eyes squinted. the sun reflecting off of his tanned skin, making it even brighter and smoother. it was even glowing -at least in sasuke's eyes- it was a breathtaking sight to him.

"how nostalgic." naruto chuckled quietly, not want to disturb their serene and gentle atmosphere. naruto turned towards sasuke, his hand squeezing sasuke's hand. "i didn't take you for someone to reminisce in the memories. you like to live in the moment."

"that is true." he pulled naruto closer, "but in this moment, i feel as if it's required."

naruto gave a confused expression. but he was intrigued on what was going on, why sasuke wanted to look at the past. he wondered if something happened to trigger this sentiment that came so uncharacteristic from his grumpy boyfriend. sasuke couldn't help but coo at naruto's expression, but he cherished ever moment with naruto. imprinting it on his mind and he just couldn't help but smile at him every second of the day, even when he wasn't looking.

"remember our first date?" sasuke asked, seeing the way naruto's face lit up even more.

"how could i forget?" naruto kissed sasuke's lips, having them linger a bit. "it was the day my life started. and it began with you, so i want it to end with you." he mumbled against sasuke's lips, before kissing them again and pulling back a bit.

naruto was captivated. the orange hues of the sun outlined sasuke was such a masterpiece in naruto's eyes. he truly saw the beauty that most didn't see, he truly saw the beauty that was plastered on his sleeve. naruto was so in love and he would continue to be in love. they both would.

"my life started that day too." sasuke looked at the sky. "can you believe it all started with a glance?" a smile quirked up as he tilted his eyes down to glance at his boyfriend. naruto flashed him the brightest smile. "i'd never thought we would ever talk, to be fair. until that faithful day when we bumped into each other. you got paint all over my doc martens." naruto blushed with embarrassment, looking down at the ground as sasuke chuckled. but the blond gasped a bit, sasuke was wearing those very same doc martens, he knew it was the same from the memory, only because splotches of paint were splattered against the toe parts of it. sasuke hadn't worn those shoes in awhile, naruto thought he got rid of them. "my heart leapt right out of my chest upon making eye contact with you. and every second it still does."

"sasuke..." those simple words and the slight trip down memory lane made naruto a bit emotional. tears surfacing as he had a feeling to where this was going. "you have no idea how much i love you. i'm so in love with you, i can't help but see our future."

sasuke smiled, "remember our first date?" he asked the same question. this time, naruto was more confused. "remember when you confessed to me and pushed me into the lake?" naruto shrunk a bit in sasuke's teasing stare. his eyes filled with mischief. "so, don't be mad." he smirked.

"huh? why would-" his questions were cut off as sasuke pushed him in the lake.

naruto resurfaced, his spiky hair flattened around his face. it was as if they switched positions, naruto pushed his hair out of his eyes as sasuke laughed loudly. his smile bright, a tear leaving his eye as he wiped it.

"sasuke! you ruined the moment." he kicked his feet, pouting.

sasuke chuckled, he felt so free with naruto. and he wanted to continue to feel free.

"naruto." sasuke said, his eyes holding eye contact. sasuke got on one knee once naruto swam closer to the dock. sasuke leaned down, their lips very close. "naruto." he said again, it feeling just like their first 'i love you' all those years ago. "oh, naruto." he said one last time, pushing the wet strands out of his face. those big blue eyes looking at him with such admiration and love. "marry me."

naruto inhaled sharply, "repeat." he wanted to hear it again.

sasuke smiled, pulling out a ring. "i've loved you from the very first glance. i've loved you before we crossed paths. naruto, we were always parallels, and then we weren't. just knowing we had a special moment made feel on cloud nine, just hearing you say you love me can make me die happy. so i'm asking if we can continue to have those special moments, i want to continue to feel on cloud nine. i love you, i love you, i love you. i love you so much. so naruto," he grabbed naruto's finger and began to slip on the ring, "make me the happiest man to ever live and the happiest man in the universe. and will you marry me?"

once the ring was secure, naruto looked at it. he was smiling, but he hadn't answered his question yet. he grabbed sasuke's hand, looking up at the pale male.

"sasuke?" the male cocked a brow at that. his heart beating rapidly.

"yes, naruto?" his tone of voice breathless and anticipation.

naruto grinned, causing sasuke to clutch his heart. but his eyes widened, naruto had yanked him in the lake with him. when sasuke resurfaced, gasping slightly for air, naruto laughed. but he wrapped his arms around sasuke's neck, his legs wrapping around sasuke's torso. sasuke had his hands under naruto's ass, keeping them floating as he kicked his feet back and forth.

"yes, sasuke." he kissed sasuke. they both sighed into the kiss. "yes, i'll marry you." he pulled away, naruto buried his head in sasuke's wet shoulder. "yes, yes, yes. a thousand times yes."

sasuke chuckled, kissing his cheek. they stayed in the water for a bit longer. they just held onto each other tightly, not wanting to let go. finally, they got out, their shoes and socks sloshing together as they went to their shared apartment. it took sasuke a bit to get naruto to move out of his old apartment, he was afraid sasuke would use his riches to pay for everything, so they talked about it and they both were paying rent.

as soon as they took a warm shower together, changing into matching sweats. naruto was so keen on matching practically all the time. naruto immediately face timed saskura, the pink haired female picked up on the second ring. once she got ino to look at the phone, naruto looked at sasuke, a big grin spreading as sasuke gave a small smile.

he turned to the camera, lifting his hand, showing the ring. they girls squealed, they were so happy for them. sakura somewhat knew, though, sasuke had called her to get her approval. she was the most important person in naruto's life, he wanted her to give her blessing and be supportive. he wanted naruto happy, and having sakura there and having a smile on her face would do just that.

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sasuke and naruto already graduated college. walking on a stage and receiving a diploma was such a great accomplishment, especially for naruto. sasuke couldn't count how many times he saw naruto frowning because he just couldn't understand what was going on, or how some of his friends would tease him from how 'stupid' he was.

naruto was just better at other things, especially if it was anything related to art. over the years naruto entered more competitions and each year he won. he used the prize money to pay for his rent, claiming sasuke no longer needed to that.

and now it's official.

naruto and sasuke live together, their wedding still months away. they wanted it to happen after they at least graduated and had their lives settled slightly. it also gave them more time to plan and prepare for future people. it was rather exciting just thinking about it.

the two couldn't stop smiling at the single thought of crawling into the same bed for the rest of their lives.

sasuke smiled just thinking about it. he couldn't help but radiate the same bright glow naruto would radiate. sasuke closed his eyes just thinking about the day he asked naruto to live with him.

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"naruto..." sasuke slightly knocked on the blonde's apartment door. he had a key, but he wanted to let naruto he was coming in. "i have something to ask!"

he heard the blond humming, the exact same song sasuke used to confess to naruto. a noticeable blush coated sasuke's face, after all these years, naruto would continue to hum or sing that song. he loved hearing naruto sing his song -as in naruto's song, he named it after the blond- and when he would catch his fiance singing it, naruto would quickly stutter and hide any evidence he was singing. claiming it wasn't as pretty as sasuke's voice, but by god did it sound better in sasuke's ears.

he walked to naruto's room, seeing him make another painting. the canvas was lit up in colors, whether it were separate or mixed, sasuke look at it all day. he noticed some paint on naruto's cheek, his footsteps quiet as he wiped the paint off the tanned cheek.

of course, that startled naruto.

"sasuke? when'd you get here?"

sasuke chuckled, using the damp rag to wipe off the color or fog green off his thumb. he leaned down and kissed naruto's cheek.

"i just got here. what are you painting?"

"remember our first kiss?" sasuke hummed, nodding his head. "i'm recreating that scene from memory. i want to keep this and hang it next to my other masterpiece."

that exact same masterpiece sasuke saw -without permission- when he put naruto in his bed because he fell asleep. god, he loved that portrait of him, his pale skin complexion even looked brighter in naruto's room. naruto would continue to shine bright and bring the sun wherever he went.

"what if we both hung those two beautiful paintings over our bed?" sasuke asked.

naruto froze a bit, his blue eyes widening. sasuke could see the slightest bit of movement in his features as he registered what sasuke said. he could see his tanned skin glow bright with that pinkish tone that only ever showed when naruto was caught off guard.

"what'd... what'd you say?" he was a soft whisper, he wanted to know if he heard it right.

sasuke smirked, taking his empty hand in his. his thumb rubbing over the blond's knuckles, before he brought his hand up and kissed it.

"i love you naruto. always have, always will. i want to live together. we can get our own apartment or house, whatever size. we'll live where you want to. we'll split the rent, we'll go at your pace. what do you say, naruto? will you live with me?"

after the confirmation of what naruto did hear, the hand holding his paint brush dropped into the dirty water cup. he spun so fast he almost fell off his stool if not for sasuke catching him. there was a bright smile on his face.

"yes! i've been waiting! i just wanted to wait to see if it was okay to finally move in, just in case..."

"something could've happened and we wouldn't be together anymore?" naruto nodded, sasuke smiled, "that's why i waited till after you said yes to my proposal. sorry it took a bit to ask, we've been engaged for about three months."

"i could've waited longer!" naruto got out of sasuke's hold, going to his bathroom to wash his hands. "let's go apartment shopping!" he shouted through the faucet noise.

"alright!" sasuke responded.

naruto quickly came out and went to his nightstand. he put his engagement ring on, he always took it off when he painted, not wanting to get it dirty. he grabbed sasuke's hand, dragging him out of his apartment before locking it. sasuke loved how eager naruto was.

~~

"you ready, sasuke?" naruto walked into sasuke's private room.

sasuke tilted his head to the side, his black hair falling and framing his face. naruto pushed some of his hair back, leaning down and kissing his lips. sasuke smirked.

"of course. and today is the day the world will know about our engagement and marriage soon."

naruto grinned, pulling sasuke off the couch he was sitting on. sasuke reached and grabbed his guitar, laughing quietly as he followed naruto out of his private room. once they closed the door, they looked back at the star on the door reading 'sasuke uchiha' on it.

"i'm so proud of you, sasuke." naruto commented, blushing a bit when sasuke poked his cheek.

"and i'm proud of you, mi amor. your art is already in museum's." he kissed naruto's forehead, "i'll be back. i have to go now." he grabbed the microphone that goes over his head so he didn't have to hold it.

sasuke waved to his adorning fans. the girls screaming his name as they couldn't wait to hear him sing his songs. naruto stood at the side of the stage, arms crossed over as he leaned against a pillar. he smiled as the concert began.

he closed his eyes, nodding his head and humming to every song. it would spends hours a day or night listening to sasuke sing them or rewrite them until they felt him, naruto or the both of them.

"thank you so much everyone!" sweat trickled down sasuke's face, a smile graced his features. he chuckled when his fans wanted more, but that was all he planned. at least, to naruto's knowledge. "i have one more song to sing. and i would like to dedicate it to my fiance," he heard whines at those, knowing it was because many people thought he had no ties to anyone. he was waiting until naruto felt ready to tell the world. sasuke stuck his hand out and waved naruto over. the blond took a deep breath, his cheeks flushing when the fans seemed majorly happy that he was the one to walk on the stage. he grasped sasuke's hand, smiling when there were squeals. "naruto uzumaki, i love you. no words can express how i feel, so this song is dedicated to you."

this magic moment, so different and so new
but like any other until i kissed you
and then it happened
it took me by surprise
i knew that you felt it too by the look in your eyes

sweeter than wine
softer than the summer night
everything i want i have
whenever i hold you tight

this magic moment
while your lips are close to mine
would last forever
forever 'til the end of time (magic)

oh-oh-oh (magic)
oh-oh-oh (magic)
oh-oh-oh (magic)

sweeter than wine
softer than the summer night
everything i want i have
whenever i hold you tight

this magic moment
while your lips are close to mine would last forever
forever 'til the end of time (magic)

oh-oh-oh (magic)
magic moment (magic)
magic moment (magic)

magic moment, (magic)
oh-oh-oh, (magic)
oh-oh-oh, (magic)

once the song ended, naruto had to look away. he was head over heels for sasuke and his face showed it. each lyric sasuke sang, he never took his eyes off the male, each note his mouth made had naruto running laps in his mind. he felt like it was still their newly found affection each other in high school when they couldn't keep their hands off of each other. where they couldn't leave each other's side for too long without wanting to be right back in each other's arms.

"oh sasuke," he mumbled but the crowd could hear it as it bounced off of sasuke's microphone. "you're so cheesy, i love it." he looked at sasuke, his contagious smile spreading through everyone who was watching. "and i love you, even if you are stupid."

"stupid?! i just created a whole song for you. you're stupid."

naruto giggled, hugging sasuke and burrowing his head in his shoulder, hiding himself more when the crowd couldn't control their 'awes.'

"and here's to our future." sasuke kissed the crown of his head, "i'm so glad it started with a glance, i'm so glad we are no longer parallels."

and naruto couldn't agree more.

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sasuke was freaking out.

naruto and his lives began to settle and calm, their different path's merged back together. they never broke up, no, they couldn't. sasuke was just touring the world for awhile as naurto stayed back to finish out his art career and now he's a well known artist.

and finally, sasuke returned home to see naruto patiently waiting for him in their living room, a genuine smile on the blond's face. naruto was up quickly and he jumped into sasuke's arms. they held onto each other for a very long time, smiling until it hurt their faces, and even then, they continued to smile.

"i missed you dearly, my art." sasuke said, kissing naruto's temple.

"i missed you more, my music." naruto grinned, kissing sasuke's lips.

so, here they were now. in separate rooms as they changed into black suit's. in just less than an hour it would be their wedding and sasuke felt like he was on fire from his nerves.

"calm down, sasuke." sugietsu said, "i'm sure he won't yell 'hell no!' and run out the alter and leave you."

sasuke glared at that, "i wasn't thinking about that, but now i am!" he seethed through his clenched teeth.

sugietsu sweat dropped, nervously chuckling and apologizing for putting that thought into sasuke's mind.

"on a serious note, why are you nervous?"

sasuke blinked, why was he nervous? why was he freaking out? he had no reason to freak out, naruto loved him and he loved naruto. so there really wasn't any reason, not after everything they've been through.

sasuke sighed, smoothing out his hair with his palm. he had it gelled down for this special occasion, but it was worthless as his duckbutt hair sprung right back up.

"what if he realizes that i'm not what he thinks. once we are married and spend practically every waking moment together, then he'll see that maybe it wasn't worth being with me. he's just so... so... he's just like the sun. so radiant and bright, there's never a cold moment with him and i'm afraid he'll realize i'm not the moon that needs the sun to be there in order to go up. maybe he'll see that i'm this void of darkness that wraps around the sun just to be near it, the sun doesn't need darkness like it needs the moon."

"sasuke," sugeitsu squeezed his shoulder, "then be the galaxy that keeps the sun in place. be the darkness that allows the sun to shine but will always be there if needed. be the galaxy and stay near the sun and have its light reach you."

sasuke stared at his friend, grimacing at the words. it was kinda helpful and it did ease the male, but there was no way in hell he was going to admit it to someone like him. to someone obsessed with water and sharks... and the occasional sharp sword or sharp objects. someone like that gets way too cocky when given a compliment, so, sasuke thought it would be best to steer the conversation elsewhere.

"what if naruto realizes he's in love with sakura or something."

sugeitsu blinked rapidly at that comment. he was trying to wrap his head around what the -no longer- dark and broody male said. then, he laughed, it was quiet at first before it got louder and more teasing. then his laugh turned into a cackle.

"sasuke," he wiped a tear, smoothing down sasuke's suit and beginning to shove him out the door. "she's lesbian and he's gay. they are strictly platonic. now let's get to the alter before naruto."

sasuke said nothing, his heart beating rapidly out of his chest. there was already an audience, sitting wherever as they both knew the same people. sugeitsu was at the alter behind itachi who was sasuke's best man.

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naruto was pretty calm, he had a wide smile on his face. he smoothed down his black suit, humming lightly to a tune that sasuke was tinkering with in order to make it a song.

sakura smoothed out her red dress, it snugged her curves and body nicely. ino was in the same room, smoothing down her matching red dress, holding sakura's hand in hers.

"you're surprisingly calm." sakura noted, laughing as naruto tilted his head and blinked at her.

"why wouldn't i be?" his smiled widened, a light blush coating his cheek. "i'm marrying sasuke, the perfect person for me."

ino ran a few finger's through her platinum blond hair. "i just assumed you would be running around screaming bloody murder and one of us would have to calm you down and lift your spirits that this is the right decision."

naruto blinked, tugging a bit at his spiky blond hair. he didn't bother trying to make it stay down, he remembered in his high school day's that it was futile to even try.

"are you guys saying it isn't a right decision?" his eyes widened, "oh man, do you guys know something i don't know?"

sakura sighed, squeezing ino's hand before smacking the back of her head. she gave a side glance to her future wife, it was more of a warning glance to leave this to her.

she walked towards the blue eyed male, "naruto, honey," she smiled, hugging the male. "this is the right decision. we just got a text from sugeitsu that sasuke was freaking out over nothing and is ready for you. you guys are meant to be."

naruto gave a closed eyed smile, "we are, aren't we?" he laughed.

he hugged her back, after a few seconds they pulled away. they both smiled.

sakura put both of her hands on his shoulders, patting them and smoothing it down as she picked at any lent or fuzz she saw. she gave her sister like smile, easing the blond once more. he was back to being calm, knowing exactly who he was marrying and how the marriage was going to go.

they were linked, they were soulmates.

once they walked out of the changing room, sakura and ino both kissed naruto on the cheek and walked to where the wedding was being held. those two were going to stand up on the alter with naruto, sakura being his best woman.

naruto smiled up at iruka and kakashi, "i'm happy you guys agreed to walk me down."

"ah, you know us," iruka rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment, "you're like our son."

kakashi shrugged, giving a closed eyed smile behind his mask, "how could i miss this?"

then, they walked together. each step closer, naruto began to realize just how fast his heart was beating rapidly against his chest. he for sure knew that iruka and kakashi could hear it, that they knew just how excited and nervous he was. naruto literally looked like a kid on a sugar rush jumping off the wall's.

just the thought of marrying sasuke was overwhelming, but in a good way.

and then...

they were right in front of the ceremony room.

"ready?" iruka asked.

naruto smiled widely, "i've been ready." then the doors opened.

sasuke's expression softened as a light glossy look over came his black eyes. they were dull only a minute ago, his nerves and anxiety left his body upon seeing naruto and relief and love overcame his features. and light hit his eyes.

sasuke looked away, wiping a single tear before looking back at how close naruto was to being his for the rest of his life. sasuke stuck his hand out as naruto took it. iruka and kakashi took their seats in the front row, the entire room was filled joy and pride for the two.

"we are gathered here today in order to bring sasuke uchiha and naruto uzumaki in holy matrimony. if there are any objections speak now or forever hold your peace." at the mention of someone objecting it, both gave a side glare to the people in the crowd. daring someone to object, "no objections?" the priest smiled, "good." he then turned to sasuke, "do you, sasuke uchiha, take naruto uzumaki to be your lawfully wedded husband in sickness and in health? till death do you part."

"i do, but even death can't separate us."

he faced naruto, "do you, naruto uzumaki, take sasuke uchiha to be your lawfully wedded husband in sickness and in health? till death do you part."

"i do, but death sounds iffy." he gave a teasing grin at sasuke who looked fed up already, "i kid, i kid. there is nothing that will come between us."

"now the vows, sasuke?"

sasuke felt nervouse, his palms sweaty. he only ever spoke to naruto, his older brother, sugeitsu and occasionally sakura and ino. now he was having to speak in front of a crowd. he closed his eyes briefly, opening them and looking into those bright eyes that always calmed him. his heart felt at peace.

"from the moment you spilled your paint on my doc marten's was the moment i knew no matter what, i was going to love you. i always held this admiration for you, i couldn't take my eyes off of you. at first it was mere glances, it started with a glance and now it's ending in eye contact. you make my heart swell with peace, but you give it life and this exhilarating feeling. you make me a better person, you make me feel loved and joy, you are my sun and i hope i'm your moon... or galaxy," he smirked a bit at the light blush that got darker with each word, "by god naruto i'm so in love with you. your voice, your eyes, your smile, your personality, you, i'm just so in love with you. it's always been you."

"sasuke..." naruto mumbled, using his arm to cover his eyes as he sniffled a bit.

"now the vows, naruto?"

the blond sniffled again, using his other hand to wave him off, "give me a sec." sasuke chuckled, not focusing on the crowd that laughed with him. sakura patted his back. naruto dropped his arm, smiling wide as his eyes looked even brighter than they were before becuase of his happy tearful expression. "sasuke uchiha, i didn't know what was in store for us. i never thought we would actually talk. i was too nervous to do so, i guess we have to thank my clumsy ass and my open paint tubes for that. but now i know that it was meant to be, we were meant to cross paths. there will be no one but us. just you and me. everyday i look back and smile, all our memories bring me such joy and knowing i can create more with the person i love dearly and hold closest to my heart has me bouncing off the walls. now i get to wake up and create more with you? it's a paradise i never want to go away. this is our reality and i'm glad it's a reality with you. i love you so much and i'm in love with you, nothing will change that."

sasuke tried to hide his blushing face, he tried to hide how happy he felt from those words, but his pale skin turned against him. anyone from a mile away could see how flustered and happy he was.

"you may now kiss the-"

he didn't get to finish as sasuke and naruto grabbed each other's hands. they pulled each other close, their chests touching as they giggled. they let their hands go, wrapping them around each other and planting their lips on each other. it molded together and fit perfectly as their lips tasted and felt like heaven.

that kiss showed their love for each other, their promises for each other and just how far they would go for each other. this was their dream, their world, their reality. they were devoted to each other and it would continue to be like that for each second.

they pulled away, connecting their foreheads together. wide smiles as they didn't let each other go just yet.

"i've been wanting to do that since our eyes meet." naruto mumbled for sasuke to hear, smiling wide.

sasuke hummed, his smile small compared to naruto's but wider and bigger than his usual smile.

"it seems we are no longer parallels, and it's going to stay that way."

and those words were never truer. they crossed paths, they walked together and they will end on the same path side by side. why would they ever go back to being parallels?

"sasuke?" naruto pulled away, grabbing his hand as they walked down the aisle together. sasuke glanced squeezing his hand as they walked out of the room away from everyone. "i want kids."

"HUH?!"

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jace norman x male: reader is unbelievably quiet except when acting

kiribaku (my hero) (kirishima x bakugou): arranged marriage prince au

zosan (one piece) (sanji x zoro): neighbors that only interact through the backyard

marcholé (mariculous ladybug) (marinette x chloé): marinette mafia boss au

adrien agreste x oc male (miraculous ladybug): adrien feels compelled towards the closed off quiet oc

kyo x male (fruits basket): in a world where torhu denied kyo's true form

hatsuharu x male (fruits basket): in a world where rain was dying and asked m/n to stay by his side

hatori x male (fruits basket): they've known each other since high school and m/n was already in love with him.

kagekunikind (haikyuu) (kageyama x kunimi x kindachi) (they deserved better): kageyama was always sitting on a bridge every single night

luffy x male (one piece): reader was supposed to be dead present au

luffy x male (one piece) (yes another one): m/n is a merman trying to escape and seeks refuge on a ship

kakashi x male (naruto): they continued to cross paths

asano x oc male (assassination classroom): where the oc dropped to e-class on purpose because he was lazy ends up saving asano from some thugs rising curiosity

ichigo x oc male (bleach): where ichigo realizes his feelings too late when oc becomes a spirit but for some reason can't leave ichigo's side

jean x armin (attack on titan): in a world that's completely destroyed and you can only trust a few jean runs across a blond singing softly.

eddie munson x male oc (stranger things): it'll take place in the show, their story just a few years before season 4 (will still have season 4). just your normal jock oc with secrets and a 'freak'.

steve harrington (stranger things) x male: modern au where steve is a famous actor and m/n is his bodyguard.

billy x oc male (stranger things): modern college au. oc is a professor and a lifeguard at a pool, billy is the student.

jack x male reader (kickin it): reader is milton's half brother, one day he shows up and gets close with jack. (au where kim sticks with brody and everything about jack's and hers relationship is platonic, will take place way before the episode of brody popping up)

and maybe more! if you guys have ideas of other fanfics (gay ships or not) i'll be happy to write it! (i much rather keep male reader/oc if there are no gay ships requested). if you give me your own oc i will credit. i don't know which one i will do first, but i'm hoping you guys will help with that. :)