Naruto bent his neck from side to side before shaking his hands breathing deeply a couple of times. He was ready. Gaara, stood next to him, took his hand gently in his and tugged him close, pressing their foreheads together. They stared intensely at each other for a few seconds before letting matching smiles break out on their faces, and Gaara leaned an inch closer to peck his lover on the lips. He pulled away after and helped Naruto slip his headband over his eyes while rubbing his thumb over Naruto's hand in a calming gesture. He was ready, they both knew it. As Gaara noticed the backstage director give him the signal, he lead Naruto gently out on stage, smirking at the deafening applause of the audience. Naruto had a shy smile of his own at the sound, and the red-head could see him start to tense with nerves. Once Naruto was in place, Gaara leaned close to Naruto's ear, ignoring the whooping coming from the audience, and whispered to his lover.
"Focus on your song, you know you can sing, there's no way you're singing badly, so stop stressing."
Naruto let out a shaky laugh and nodded quickly, thanking Gaara under his breath. He blushed bright red when he got another peck to the lips in response, and suddenly Gaara was gone. He bit his lip hard at the sounds coming from the audience once more and laughed nervously. It was only when the noise had died down that the judges started speaking to him.
Sakura was the first to speak.
"So, Naruto, are you prepared for this performance? I see Gaara helped you calm down."
Naruto chuckles shyly, he didn't have to see her to know she was smirking, he could hear it in her voice.
"Yeah, i'm ready."
"I thought you said he was your best friend. Do you kiss all your friends on the mouth."
And that was obviously Sasuke. The blond frowned though, surprised at the harshness of the comment. He shook his head quickly and mumbled into his microphone.
"No, Gaara and i are more now."
He frowned harder at the snort from Sasuke.
"What, you have a problem with me having Gaara as a boyfriend?"
He ignored the 'ooh's coming from the crowd, feeling slightly pissed.
"Now now, no need to bicker you two, we're here to listen to you sing Naruto, so go ahead and sing for us."
Naruto nodded to the third voice and thanked Kiba in his head for having stopped Sasuke's response. He could only imagine what would have come out of the snob's mouth.
He took a deep breath as he heard the music filter in from the speakers in the room, closing his eyes behind the headband, not caring how useless it was.
As his part came up, he opened his mouth and let the words pour out of his mouth softly, before picking up in strength as the song went on.
Que dira mon père
J'en ai marre de faire semblant
Que dira ma mère
M'aimera-t-elle toujours autant
Je ne suis pas mieux qu'un autre
Je n'suis pas pire non plus
J'ai le droit de vivre heureux
J'ai le droit aussi
Le droit de l'aimer lui
J'ai le droit d'être amoureux
Que diront les gens
Il plaindront mes pauvres parents
Que dire à ces gens
Qui me trouvent trop différent
Je ne suis pas mieux qu'un autre
Je n'suis pas pire non plus
J'ai le droit de vivre heureux
J'ai le droit aussi
Le droit de l'aimer lui
J'ai le droit d'être amoureux
Tant pis si ça choque
Je ne veux plus avoir peur
Un homme est un homme
Peu importe où va son cœur
J'ai le droit aussi
Le droit d'être avec lui
J'ai le droit de vivre heureux
J'ai le droit aussi
Le droit de l'aimer lui
J'ai le droit d'être amoureux
J'ai le droit de vivre heureux
Que dira mon père
Que dira ma mère
Que diront les gens
J'ai le droit aussi
J'ai le droit aussi
J'ai le droit aussi
Naruto slowly stopped swaying, unaware that he had started during the song, and smiled wide as the room filled with loud applause. He waited for the room to quiet down, wondering what the judges could say about his performance and hoping he practiced enough. Once the room was semi-quiet, he heard Sakura clear her throat and speak first.
"Naruto, that was amazing! I'm not sure what exactly you were saying through that song, considering i don't speak french, but i can just tell with how you sang that it was heartfelt. Simply amazing."
Naruto could feel himself blush at the compliment, smiling even wider.
He heard Kiba speak next, just as awed as Sakura had been.
"I agree 100% with Sakura, that was incredible, i could feel the emotion through your voice."
He was practically interupted though, by none other that Sasuke. That guy is seriously a killjoy, and as soon as he spoke Naruto's smile dropped.
"Alright then, you can go now."
He nodded brusquely, before heading blindly backstage, running into Gaara who took his arm and pulled him along, growling, as Naruto heard the boos from the crowd. He sighed softly and let Gaara lead him along until the headband was pulled off and he blinked at the lights assaulting his eyes. He saw his lover in front of him and smiled softly as he took in the wrinkled brow and pursed lips.
"I'ts ok, he's a bit of an ass, some people just are and we can't do anything about it."
Gaara regarded him thoughtfully, but seemed appeased after a minute, smiling in turn and leaning close to murmur inches away from his lips.
"You did amazing out there."
Naruto blushed suddenly and chuckled softly, tentatively linking their hands together in thanks. The redhead smiled a bit wider at the action and turned away, leading Naruto further backstage. A second later they were both attacked by Takeru, the toddler latching onto both their legs. He hopped up and down, babbling incoherently with his arms in the air, the universal sign for 'pick me up' clear to both. Naruto bent down and grabed his son, before throwing his in the air, though not too high, and the response he got was a series of squeals, shouts and giggles. He smiled wide at the sounds and tossed him up a few more times before tucking him in his arms and on his hip.
"Now, boys, should we go get something to fill this monster's tummy?" He asked as he pinched and tickled Takeru's pudgy stomach. He got a yes from Gaara and more giggles from the tiny blonde and took it as a yes as well. All three of them then headed for the cafeteria for lunch, but all Naruto could think was how perfect his life was at that moment, but there would be, without a doubt, something to ruin it soon.
Hey guys, i'm kinda back. I've been having a hard time with all my stories, but i'm not giving up, promise.
So here's another (short sorry) chapter, to give you some hope i guess.
Please Review, i really appreciate it!
BTW, the song in this is "J'ai le droit aussi" by Calogero, i recommend listening, it's really good
-HidingBehindMyMask