parallels

music reaches the ears:

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."

~eres mi para simpre: you're my forever.
mi amor: my love.