Pulse

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything affiliated, please do not sue. If two men together in a non platonic way upsets you, do not continue to read.

A/N: Thank you to all of you who have reviewed my story, you have all made me smile. Oh yes, and special thanks to Redwitch05 for finding out who sang “Get down, make love”. The song Sasuke sings is “Sleep Together” by Garbage, and the song Neiji sings is “Two for Tragedy” by Nightwish.

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Sasuke has invited me to go to a karaoke bar with him and a few of our mutual friends. Later on tonight, Aki and I are meeting….today is going to be very busy. I smile contentedly to myself, almost tempted to skip down the street.

Ever since Tuesday night Sasuke has been acting a little weird around me. When I hugged him goodbye, he shivered, only it was not cold, perhaps he’s sick.

I grin and whoop loudly, causing a few little kids to scatter out of my way. I really could care less if they think I’m crazy, I haven’t been this happy in years, and I’m not going to let a little thing like propriety stand in the way of expressing myself.

There is a down side to all this though, I have also never been this confused. I mean after I let that whole obsession with Sakura (Gods, what was I thinking) go, it was always Sasuke who filled my fantasies. Now I have two people that reside in my dreams, one I can touch, and one I can’t. I slow down for a moment, as something occurs to me. Can I really touch Aki? Surely, I can touch him in the literal sense, but what do we really know about each other. I shake my head vigorously, no, I refuse to let my conscious start on that again, I am happy, happy as a fucking butterfly in spring.

But…I want more.

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The mirror I am looking into reflects a devious smile back at me, curving on my face in a bad imitation of sweetness. Tonight, I will see if my suspicions about Naruto are true, or if he and Blue are just body twins. I do not want to be overt in my intentions, but I will hint heavily, and if he gets a certain look in his eyes, then I will know.

Today I have invited him to go sing karaoke with myself and a few friends. He seemed shocked when I asked him, I am not really the karaoke type, but for this I’m willing to sing a little. I will stop at nothing to see if I am right.

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I greet Sasuke at his door, he certainly doesn’t look sick….no, he doesn’t look sick at all. Fighting the urge to drool like a lovesick puppy, I grin at him and ask. “So, do you know what you’re going to sing?”

He smirks slightly and then shakes his head. “You’ll see when we get there.”

For a brief moment he stares into my eyes, holding my gaze. “You know, your eyes are very blue, Naruto, has anyone ever told you that.”

My breathe catches, I could swear he was hitting on me if I didn’t know him better. I shake my head. “No, most people don’t really care to tell me stuff like that.”

He glances at me, and says plainly. “They should.”

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We walk in comfortable silence until we get to the karaoke place. Neiji, Sakura, Kiba (and Akamaru), Shikamaru, Shino, and Hinata are there already, we exchange greetings and then walk inside.

We all quickly situate ourselves in a room, before the afternoon crowd gets here and snaps up all of them. Everyone I invited is here, and looking either happy or extremely nervous at the prospect of singing in front of their peers. Soon enough though, someone gets the guts to sing first, and hops up on the singing platform. I am not surprised to see that it is Kiba, Akamaru standing at his side. I smile, I think they are going to sing a duet.

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Kiba has launched into a song that involves no small amount of barking and howling. Everyone is looking cheered, except for Neiji, but he has been like that for a while now, I haven’t got a clue what is wrong with him. Knowing Neiji, he would not be too keen on telling us either.

By the end of Kiba’s performance, most of us are howling along with him. As he reaches the stirring ending of his mad dance, he jumps through the air, landing right on Shino’s lap.

I have never seen such a shade of brilliant crimson red. Kiba grins and gives him a wet kiss on the side of his face, “C’mon bug man, don’t be so uptight, you’ll ruin the party!”

Leave it to Kiba to break the ice. Shino is sputtering, and most of us are laughing, when Sasuke takes the stage.

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I pick up the microphone, pulse pounding in my veins. Here goes nothing. The song was originally sung by a woman, but this is karaoke, so that really does not matter.

“I got you crawling up a mountain
Hanging round my neck
I got you twisted round my finger
Crawling round my legs

The emptiness
The craziness
Satisfy this hungriness

Darling
How would it feel?

If we sleep together
Will you like me better”

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I swallow, hard. He’s looking right at me, his eyes heavy lidded. As he moves to the next line, his hips sway and slowly undulate. That kind of seductive grace should be outlawed, or at least put to good use. I stare at him, nearly gaping, his voice dips a little lower, shivering down my spine in innuendo.

“If we come together
We'd go down forever
If we sleep together
Will I like you better
If we come together
Prove it now or never”

The song speeds up a bit, and I have a moment to catch my breath. The way he was dancing, it was as if Aki was standing right in front of me. I gasp quietly under my breath as his eyes lock with mine, if there are other people in this room, I have forgotten about them. Aki has that effect on me too…

“Make me a pretty person
Make me feel like I belong
Make me hard and make me happy
Make me beautiful

The emptiness
The craziness
Satisfy this hungriness

Darling
How would it feel ?

If we sleep together
Will you like me better
If we come together
We'd go down forever
If we sleep together
Will I like you better
If we come together
Prove it now or never…”

His voice, it is Aki’s voice, sex and mystery held together by a thread of whispered lust. There was no mistaking it, none at all. My heart speeds up with a little thrill. It may just be wishful thinking, but what do I do now? What if he is Aki, where do I go from there?

His song draws to a close, and he sits back down, to the sound of Kiba wolf whistling at him. I shoot a glare at Kiba, that is MY Uchiha. Wait a minute, what am I thinking? I stop myself, and go back to normal. Firstly, Kiba is already involved, and secondly, Sasuke is not mine. I just happened to be in his field of vision while he sang to me. I sigh as he reprises his spot next to me.

I swallow again, is he….is he pressing his leg against me more than he should? I look over at him, but he looks like his normal self. Ooooh man, singing karaoke has never been such an exercise in restraint.

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Naruto is shifting beside me, and still looking rather flushed. I saw something like hope dawn in his eyes as I was singing. I am now almost completely certain that I am right about Blue. The only thing that is left is this evening. I do not know what is going to happen with us. I am hoping though, hoping for a good outcome.

I am going to move onto further contemplation, when Neiji stuns us all, getting out of his seat, and grabbing the microphone. I know I invited him, but, no one thought he would sing, least of all him.

Then, he blows us all away, I really have no idea where it came from.

“Sleep Eden sleep
My fallen son
Slumber in peace

Cease the pain
Life’s just in vain
For us to gain
Nothing but all the same

No healing hand
For your disease
Drinking scorn like water
Cascading with my tears

Beneath the candle bed
Two saddened angels - in heaven, in death

Now let us lie
Sad we lived sad we die
Even in your pride
I never blamed you

A mother’s love
Is a sacrifice
Together sleeping
Keeping it all

No sympathy
No eternity
One light for each undeserved tear

Beneath the candle bed
Two souls with everything yet to be said”

He sits down, the room is silent, I know it was only a song, but it seemed like more. There was such emotion in his voice, like his heart was breaking. I do not know who he was singing to, but it was definatly not to one of us.

The silence stretches on, as Neiji continues to look down, refusing to look up at any of us. Finally, thank the gods, Kiba gets back up on stage, launching into a loud rendition of “Who let the Dogs out”.

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We are all saying goodbye, standing outside under an awning. I have to say, I had a lot of fun. Everyone ended up singing, though, Neiji shocked us all. All in all, it was a success, now if I could just get the image of Sasuke gyrating to that song out of my head.

Afterwards, Sasuke and I walk together, each of us silent. I am trying to think of what to say to him, when he turns and looks at me. “Did you enjoy yourself?” He asks, and a million x-rated images go through my mind. I blink, where the hell did that come from? It is like Kakashi is broadcasting into my brain.

I nod. “Yeah, I did, I wonder what’s up with Neiji though, he seems…down.”

He looks pensive, and responds. “I don’t know, but it sounds like something relationship oriented, and he is not exactly forthcoming with that sort of thing.”

“You’ve had a conversation with Neiji…about relationships?” Sasuke nods, and murmurs. “All I know is that he is having a hard time with someone, though, I don’t know who. I have my suspicions, but he will not confirm anything.”

We talk a little while longer, and then, out of nowhere, Sasuke kisses me. I’m shocked, but I don’t want him to feel discouraged, so I shake myself out of my surprise.

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He kisses me back, his lips warm and smooth against mine, instantly, I know I want more. However, restraint is key, if I am to keep my advantage. I pull back, before the kiss can become any deeper, and smile at Naruto. He looks stunned, his eyes are wide as he stares at me. “Sasuke wha…” I don’t let him finish his question, saying, before he can get anything else out “Maybe I will see you later”.

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He’s gone in an instant, leaving me there on the sidewalk like a blonde fish. Then, I realize fully what’s just happened. Sasuke just kissed me, me, Uzumaki Naruto. Oh, hell yes.

I run down the street, right up to a group of academy students and Genin, and yell. “Take that you little bastards!!” For a moment, I relish their looks of utter shock (Despite the fact they have no clue what I‘m so happy about). Then I am off, running to my house, to get ready for tonight.


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A/N: I hope you enjoyed it, the next chapter is going to be very....shall we say, fun. *nods*
Thanks again to all my reviewers, it means a lot to me.