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Prompt #15: Rockstar/Idol AU (-)
Warnings: Angst, past relationship, hopeful ending.
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Everywhere he went, he saw him.
In magazine covers, in newspaper articles, in advertisements, in random TV shows… His face could be found in any place, every place.
Same eyes, same features, same hair… All those characteristics Sasuke used to know were still there, and he wished time had done his job and made him forget. Or, well, not forget. He didn’t want to forget, not when Naruto had given him so much, once upon a time. What he did want, however, was to move on.
Naruto and Sasuke had grown up together all the way from elementary school until they graduated from high school. They’d been rivals, friends, and even dated for a couple of years up until Jiraiya, Naruto’s godfather and legal tutor had decided to move across the world and taken Naruto with him.
It had been hard to say goodbye. They were young, and in love, so they optimistically thought long distance would work for them. And it did, until it didn’t. But that was another story, one not really worth telling.
Naruto had always been interested in music. Back in high school, he learned to play the guitar, and the harmonica. He’d written a couple of songs, ones that he’d only shown Sasuke and others that he’d kept to himself. So when Sasuke started watching him appear on the news, some years after they had separated, he’d been surprised, but not so much at the same time.
Naruto had always been talented, it just made sense for him to make a career out of what he loved the most: music.
He’d thought of calling him tons of times, but always decided against it. It had been too long, Naruto had probably moved on already and remembered him as nothing more than a high school crush. Even though they had been best friends first.
What would Sasuke say, if he was brave enough to press the call button? Would Naruto even answer? Did his number still work, or had he changed it already?
There were no answers to those questions, there would probably never be.
So now, he was everywhere, but nowhere at the same time. Sasuke could see his face in any place, could hear people talk about him, he’d even heard some rumors, like with every rising new star. He’d heard Naruto had dated a bit, but no relationship lasted long. There were also rumors about him being a fuckboy, but that just didn’t fit his personality. Well, at least not Naruto’s 16 year-old personality. It’s not like Sasuke really knew him anymore.
Naruto left seven years ago, their relationship had ended a couple of months later, and Sasuke still couldn’t just let it go. Sasuke shouldn’t miss him anymore, he should have found someone else, but… He couldn’t.
Maybe he’d have to live with it. Maybe Naruto had been it for him and he hadn’t realized it on time. Maybe, just maybe, they should have tried harder.
That was his way of thinking until that fateful day he entered his usual convenience store and heard Naruto’s voice. The TV was showing his latest interview about his newest album.
“Everybody’s talking about your newest album! All your new songs are spectacular, but the one the public is asking the most about is I think I’ll be Loving You Forever. It’s not common for you to write love songs. Could it be that there was a special someone on your mind when you wrote that song?” Sasuke heard the reporter’s voice and his eyes were drawn to the screen immediately, his heart aching when the camera man pointed at Naruto’s direction this time.
Naruto laughed animatedly, looking comfortable on camera. “You guys think too much into things sometimes.”
“It’s just, after the release of First Love, your first love song, ironically, a couple of years ago, your fans have been theorizing who you could be possibly talking about. You’ve never been in an official relationship, at least not publicly, so people talk.”
“Well, yeah. There used to be someone, many years ago. Not anymore, though.”
“Many years ago?” the reporter asked, surprised. “And you’re still writing songs about this person? Could it be that this country’s favorite bachelor has actually been in love with someone for years?”
Naruto scratched his neck, showing the camera a sheepish grin. “It was all a long time ago, they’ve probably moved on already.”
“Haven’t you tried to contact them?”
“No, not really. I’ve thought of it many times, though. I wonder if they’re okay, or if they think of me sometimes…” Naruto’s voice was soft, and it seemed like he wore his heart on his sleeve, and Sasuke couldn’t stop boring his eyes into the ones projected by the screen.
“Do you think they’re watching you right now?”
“Huh… I don-”
“If they were, what message would you send them? Right here, right now.”
Naruto seemed out of words for a minute, and then he looked straight at the camera with a sparkle of determination in his eyes.
“Hey, bastard. I dunno if you’re watching this, but… I just wanna let you know you’re still my most precious person. It doesn’t matter how many years go by, you’ll always be my one and only.”