Philosophy of Love

It was about nine at night and the stars were burning bright in the sky. The moon gazed down softly at the two youths that lay on the soft grass in a comfortable silence, occasionally glancing at one another and quickly looking away.

“You know…” Sasuke started looking at Sky. The other boy looked at the slightly bigger boy curiously. “This is the most fun I’ve had in a long time…but I have to get going…Work tomorrow.” Sasuke silently got up and patted himself off. Sky followed suit and looked at the raven haired boy.

“So…Can we…I don’t know…do this again sometime…?” Sky stuttered around his words, scratching the back of his neck while blushing a bit. Sasuke looked at the younger boy with an arched eyebrow. He smirked when he thought of a moment he saw on TVs. that was sure make Sky think of him all night. Digging into his pocket he pulled out a pen and grabbed Sky’s hand and scribbled something on his palm.

“Call me whenever you want to do something.” He then mustered up the sexiest smirk he could before turning and walking away. Sky suddenly felt numb as he looked at the phone number written on his palm…a goofy smile formed on his face as he looked at Sasuke’s retreating form.

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Sasuke quietly entered his condo he shared with Naruto. Naruto was sitting on the couch reading a book, wearing his reading glasses making him look older. Looking up from the book the blond smiled at Sasuke as he neared him. “Hey Sasu! Where were you all day?” Naruto asked tilting his head. Sasuke shrugged.

“Making a friend.”

“Oh? That’s good.” Naruto beamed.

“What about you?” Sasuke took a seat next to Naruto.

“Nothing really…I was kinda bored without you here.”

“Where’s Kohl?” Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the thought of the older man. Naruto sighed.

“He’s out of town…he wont be back for two days.” He frowned. “Oh…Sasuke would you like to go eat out for dinner? A friend told me about this restaurant that serves late and has great ice cream.” Sasuke looked at the blond for a moment before agreeing.

“We’ll take my car.” He got up and made his way over to the door, Naruto following closely behind him.

“So…Who was this new friend you made?” Naruto asked curiously.

“Why? Jealous?” Sasuke smirked

“No!” The blond denied making Sasuke’s smirk grow. “Let’s just hurry! It’s not very good for you to eat too late.”

“Never stopped you before.”

“Hey!”

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“So that’s the second date then?” A woman in her early twenties, long blond hair tied into a pony-tail asked her younger friend sitting across from her. Her cloudy blue eyes fixed in his facial expressions.

“It wasn’t a date Ino! ...But yeah, that’s the second time we met.” Ino giggled before returning to her salad.

“You know…they say that when you meet a person three times by coincidence you’re bonded by a red thread?”

“Huh?”

“It’s an old tale. That when you meet a person by chance three times your souls are bonded which means that its fate for you to be close.” She winked at him. He scoffed at her.

“Destiny can kiss my ass.” He picked up a French fry drenched in ketchup and shoved it into his mouth.

“Deny it all you want Lil’ cuz…You’ve got a soul mate.” She shoved her now empty plate away and looked at the pastry shelves forlornly. “I wish I wasn’t on a diet…I could go for some chocolate…”

“Ino, you’re as thin as a twig anyway, just order it.” Sky said shoving his now empty plate to the side. The door to the restaurant opened and a tall dark haired man caught Sky’s eye.

‘No way…No fucking way.’ His jaw nearly dropped when he confirmed it…It was Sasuke. “Ino!” Sky whispered. She tore her eyes away from the cakes and looked at her cousin. “That’s the guy.” He discreetly pointed over to Sasuke.

“The tall one? Are you serious…I know that guy!” S he stood up from her seat and waved frantically over to Sasuke who was now talking to Naruto. “Sasuke! Over here.”

“Ino! Stop!” Sky blushed and tried to hide himself behind the specials menu. Sasuke looked over to where his name was being called for and spotted on of Naruto’s friends, Ino.

“Ino!” Naruto called out, heading for their booth.

‘Great’ Sasuke followed him to the blond.

“Hey Naruto!” Ino pulled Naruto into a hug. Sasuke walked past them and sat in the booth across from whoever was behind the menu. Ino quickly took a seat next to Sasuke leaving Naruto next to Sky. “Sorry about my cousin…He’s not usually this shy…” She said as she snatched the menu from Sky’s hands.

“Ino!” He glared at her.

“Hi! My name is Naruto.” Naruto offered a hand to Sky.

“Sky.” They shook hands.

“And that’s Sasuke.” Sasuke’s eyes never left Sky.

“Sasuke aren’t you going to introduce yourself?” Ino looked at Sky. Sky, suddenly feeling very small started to shrink into his chair. Sasuke leaned on his elbows and smirked at Sky who blushed a little and sunk further.

“We’ve met.”

“Really!?” Naruto asked with a smile on his face. When he didn’t get an answer he looked at Sky then to Sasuke and back…his smile slowly falling from his face.

All this didn’t go unnoticed by Ino…or the couple in the other booth.