Title: The Unexpected
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke
Word Count: 531 words
Rating: R

Summary: Orochimaru saw everything.

A/N: All my WIPs will be updated within the next few weeks, believe it!

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He waved his outstretched palm in an overtly exaggerated gesture. "… time is an instrument, ceaselessly moving developing, transforming, shaping, and furthering all beings in accord to their true natures. I know what you are thinking. Can one truly escape their nature?" There was a pregnant pause. "The answer to the question is no. Not even I can escape my inherit nature. I am merely a creature no longer bound by this mortal body, venturing to further my knowledge of the unknown and with your help I shall."

Orochimaru clasped his hands together behind his back and stepped closer. "There is no need to look at me like that. You came to me for power and so I shall deliver, though," he chuckled softly, the sound reverberating around the small enclosed space, "I am not sure if this is what you were expecting."

A muffled groan of pain signaled the lingering attention of his "guest". He wiped the sweat from the brow that had grown pale and sickly looking over the last several days of treatment but he did not worry. The boy was strong. "Not just yet. Kabuto still has many more experiments to perform before you can rest."

There was an imperceptible flinch as a wad of blood and mucus was spat onto his hand. His eyes glowed ominously and his lips tightened into a thin white line, irritated.

With a practiced ease he pulled a small white cloth from his pants, wiping away the excrements. "I find you ire unnecessary. It has been weeks since you made your decision and I find you display of childishness…" He could not find the word to cover the range of his distaste. He waved the handkerchief in the air superfluously. "There are no words to describe my rancor. Does this amuse you?" Orochimaru asked, with an air born of one feeling supremely exasperated.

Sasuke sent him an intense glare, which would have definitely been more scathing if the boy had not been half delirious with pain and medication.

He sighed rather excessively, making a small hissing noise as he exhaled. "I think you need some time to yourself to come to terms with your unique situation. Maybe I should give you more time with Kabuto." He asked stated rhetorically enjoying the way the boy's whole body tensed before consciously relaxing. Had he learned nothing?

Orochimaru saw everything.

He glided his palm slowly against the pallid, cold skin. "Why do you fight me? Haven't I shown you how courteous I can be when you just," he stretched his inhuman tongue out of his mouth, licking the small bead of sweat that had begun to teeter on the edge of his jaw. Orochimaru took no small amount of pleasure in making him flinch, "cooperate?"

Sasuke shoulders slumped resigned to the situation. He bared his throat in submission, quietly.

Orochimaru thought it too much to hope, had he finally broken his fiery stallion? His fingertips bruised the naked flesh of Sasuke's thighs, reveling in the surrender. He caught his breath softly and reluctantly removed his hands. Not yet, it definitely was not the time to take him, but it would be. Soon. Very soon.