Body Heat

9 | kiss and tell

{sasuke}

Sasuke spent five minutes trying to figure out how to possibly manipulate Shisui into being cooperative. But failing that task - by Sasuke being not sober enough for it and Shisui being too sober for it - Sasuke decided to use what generally worked best with Naruto thus far.

A straightforward addressal.

"Shisui, do not tell Itachi."

That seemed to snap Naruto from whatever rabbit-hole he'd fallen into. "Yes, please don't!"

"Why not?" Shisui was smiling pretty wide, eyes crinkled in a friendly manner. "I'm sure he'd be happy for you two."

"Nu-uh, he'll be insufferable about it for sure!" Naruto declared while pointing accusingly at Shisui. The fact that he knew that, or at least could tell that by hypothesis, proved to Sasuke that the blond man was smarter than he was letting on most of the time. Or at least that he was an idiot savant, at best.

Sasuke turned around with a small smirk feeling a well of affection. He spied the litter of scattered love bites, all of them in relatively not-visible locations. Not-visible, that is, if Naruto's shirt were on. But of course, his shirt was hanging around his neck, pushed over the shoulder at some point to hang at his back like a hood without the cape.

Is that why Shisui's grinning all about the place? Sasuke couldn't remember when he'd done that. Fuck. This got way out of hand. He reached for the shirt, pulling it in front and down over Naruto's torso, trapping his arms in by his side. He'd wanted to talk, to get to know him. He hadn't expected the kiss to turn into an explosion.

Shisui made a clicking noise of disapproval - though the gaze in his eyes had been full of approval.

"That's not how bondage works, Sasuke." The grin he grinned was so charming and playful Sasuke almost didn't connect it to his next words. "I'd be happy to show you both the ropes sometime."

"Whoa, hey! Back the fuck up, new guy." Naruto snapped from his spot as he struggled quite entertainingly to pull his shirt on right. "We haven't even met yet."

Sasuke relaxed when Naruto's shirt began to do it's job just fine.

"Hey," Naruto snapped his fingers in front of Sasuke, "Mister Seventeen-Minutes-in-Heaven, introduce me to your...visitor?"

Sasuke resisted the urge to snicker at the newly assigned nickname and then threw a glare at his thoroughly-entertained cousin who was snickering shamelessly. "Shisui, this is Naruto - Itachi's new star as I'm sure you've heard from him. Naruto, this is Shisui - Itachi's old star and muse. Oh, and our cousin. He decided acting was getting boring and now he farms or something."

Naruto cackled in reply. "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." Shisui grinned in amusement when he saw Naruto's hands wander down over Sasuke's shoulders and down his chest. "Congratulations on hooking the first season. I heard that the test audience loved you. In fact, I came down to see you in action...however, this wasn't what I had in mind when I thought that."

Naruto laughed so hard he had to lean forward, his chest draping over Sasuke's upper back and shoulders. Sasuke immediately felt better about the rather risqué situation they'd been caught in, pleasantly surprised and reassured by the fact that Naruto hadn't reacted to Shisui's presence by pulling away and pretending nothing was happening.

He smiled at the familiarity the blond was showing him. He didn't know what changed but there had just been a massive shift between them - in the last few minutes, in fact, and it seemed it would be a shift he liked.

"I'm sure you'll enjoy any performance he puts up," Sasuke admitted. Throwing a questioning look at Naruto. How do you affect me the way you do?

Naruto threw a questioning look back this time. It said, can I help you?