Sasuke Says {SasuNaru} - FastForward (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 9

Sasuke Says.

September 23rd, 18:24

Naruto cocked his head to the side while listening to the sounds coming from upstairs. Essyu had left a while ago after having tried to get him into the Stephen King book to make him his special rice.

While he was kind of excited, he would admit he missed the other's company. They'd both joked about the kissing quite a bit, but Naruto wondered if the other felt as weird as he did about the whole thing. After all, Essyu had been the one to continue to say it was all a bad idea.

Letting out a slow sigh, he leaned back against the wall and brought the walkie-talkie to his lips.

"Hey, Essyu. You almost done up there?"

There was a pause before the other replied.

"You know, you constantly asking if I'm done is only making me slower."

"I'm bored," Naruto whined, rolling around slightly. He couldn't roll much considering his restraints, but he rolled enough.

"I'm almost done, be patient." He could hear the smirk in the other's tone and just snorted.

"Hey, what's Ayuu up to? I haven't heard or seen him since this morning."

A longer pause here, and when Essyu replied, Naruto could tell his mouth was full. "He's still trying to catch up on work, so he'll be avoiding you for a while."

"Oh, good," Naruto said. "I like when he avoids me. Means less injuries for me."

"Yeah. You know, your face doesn't look too bad. I thought for sure that it would look really bad after the hit you got, but the bruise is actually kind of hot."

Naruto grinned and shook his head. "You think my injuries are hot?"

"You're hot, injuries just make you look rugged."

The blond laughed, knowing the other was smirking. For some reason, it didn't bother him anymore when Essyu called him hot. Probably because he knew the guy liked his personality, too, considering they'd talked about it. It was still weird that he felt so close to the kidnapper but it was also a bit of a relief.

Letting out another sigh, he smiled slightly while thinking of Essyu. It sucked that he would never know what he looked like, but he tried to imagine him.

Naruto liked to think they were opposites. Where he was dark and tanned, he imagined Essyu was pale. Well, he knew he was pale, really, considering his brief glimpse of the other, but he was fairly certain he was imagining him much paler than he truly was. He also already knew he had black eyes, which were the opposite of his own blue ones. And while he had blond hair, he liked to imagine the other's was black, or at least dark brown.

He didn't want to think it was brown because then he just pictured Kiba, and that was wrong. But he did wish he knew what he looked like barring the glimpse he'd gotten, though was positive he never would.

The door at the top of the stairs opened and Naruto turned to glance in its general direction.

"Rule Britannia, Scarecrow."

Naruto grinned. "Fuck Britannia."

A snort met his ears, Essyu descending the stairs. His speed was slowly increasing with each visit, which Naruto was happy about because it meant his back was hurting less. He doubted it had healed considerably in such a short amount of time, but at least it seemed to bother him less.

He felt a bowl press into his hands and grinned. "Your famous rice?"

"Indeed." He could hear the smirk. "Let me know if it's better than ramen."