Sasuke buried his face into the warm soft neck. His fingers gripped desperately into the coarse, blond hair and his hips snapped forward into the tight heat. He leaned forward pressing weight into the hand gripping the hair forcing the face of his lover into the pillow to muffle those sounds of pleasure. His free hand dug into the other's hip pulling him back roughly to meet each intense thrust. Oh, it was good. His body shook as he felt of the tightening within heralding the blissful onslaught of his impending orgasm. He released the hip and reached around grasping for the hardness bobbing beneath the other's thighs. He growled in response to the shivering of the body beneath him and the clenching of the quivering ass that hugged his rod. He pulled back on that hair bringing the head up to hear the scream ricochet off the walls and overpower his own deep groan. He bonelessly collapsed into the body beneath him, his own hips molding to the strong yet supple buttocks. They panted together in unison allowing this brief moment of togetherness. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the stillness is broken by a heart rending sob. Sasuke nuzzles his face into those sunshine strands kissing them reverently while his cries wracked his body. He wrapped his arms around the body holding on as tightly as he could. The other laid still allowing this moment of vulnerability as his very own eyes dripped tears of remorse. They had been mourning for a year yet the pain was still as fresh as the day it had happened. The blond wanted to turn and comfort his companion but Sasuke held him still, only shifting enough to spoon his lover from behind. The sobs quieted to soft hiccups yet still the raven didn't let the hair slip from his fingers.
"It's not your fault, Sasuke." The blond said consolingly. "It's time you've made your peace with it." He waited with baited breath for the raven to respond but wouldn't have been surprised to receive only silence. He couldn't help but feel disappointed when Sasuke moved away from him, swinging his legs over the side of the bed and sitting with his back to the other. The blond heard Sasuke shuffle around in his discarded pants fishing out his smokes and a lighter. Sasuke lit the cancer stick and savored a long, deep puff.
"I will never make peace with what happened. Plus it wasn't entirely my fault. If you hadn't fucked up things would have been different." He replied, his voice void and lifeless. The blond closed his eyes in pain at the truth of the statement. The death of their comrade was indeed his own fault. One moment of recklessness; one moment of weakness and a fellow shinobi was struck down. He watched as the trap was sprung and his friend was riddled with needles. He watched as his friend fell to his knees with a look of surprise before falling to the ground. He watched as his friend writhed in pain as the poison in those needles went straight to his heart and he watched that last agonized breath leave his cold body. He sat up on his side of the bed and felt very aware of his nakedness. He pulled the sheet up and around his shoulders ignoring the pungent smell of their sex. He didn't mind when he heard the door knob turn and a large furry white dog lumbered in slowly in a pace that seemed as melancholy as he felt. Akamaru totally ignored Sasuke and approached the blond before laying his large head on the sheet covered lap. The blond distractedly petted the dog until a soft whine cause him to meet the doe eyed gaze. He gave his furry friend a soft, sad smile.
"I will never forgive myself boy. And obviously the teme won't either." As soon as the sentence left his mouth a blow to the back of his head made his vision blur. Akamaru growled a bark of warning at the raven.
"Don't you ever call me that again. That was Naruto's name for me. You don't have the right, Kiba."
Akamaru's fur stood up on his back and he bared his fangs snarling at his master's attacker.
"Akamaru, don't. It's okay boy." Kiba reached up to pet his offended dog while reaching with his other hand to pet his own. He knew that was going to be sore for a while but he deserved it. Akamaru snorted at the raven dismissively and licked Kiba's face lovingly. He didn't understand why his human mated with the man. He didn't understand why the man didn't love his human as much as he did. All he knew was that he hated that man. He could smell evil all over him. When the one that smelled like Ramen and fox fur was still here things were different. Everything smelled as it should have been. The evil man was with the ramen fox, but he wasn't evil then. His own human was content with his life and Akamaru was doing all he could to make him happy. But then everything changed. One day his human came home covered in blood and tears. Whenever he mentioned the Ramen Foxes name he would cry. Nothing Akamaru did could console his human. Not even offering him his prized bone he buried in the yard. Everyone missed the "Naruto" as they called him, but his human reeked of guilt and despair beyond any other. Then the raven started slinking around. He would just pop up every once in a while at first. Then things began to deteriorate. They began getting intimate. The scent of his human reeked of the raven's and Akamaru hated it. Then Kiba changed his hair suddenly. One night Akamaru almost didn't recognize him and nearly attacked him. It was all a mess and everyone was miserable. Akamaru was forced from his musing when a lamp crashed next to him.
"Get that mutt out of here, you know I'm allergic." Sasuke ordered crossly. Kiba gave his companion a loving pet
"Go on boy. Get some sleep. I will play with you tomorrow, I promise." Kiba said with a yawn. The tone of his voice told Akamaru that he was lying but nonetheless he licked his masters hand and obediently sulked out after gifting the Uchiha with a heavy glare. Kiba waited until his pup left before burying his face into his hands. He felt those black eyes burning into his back and he felt the hatred toward himself that mirrored his own. They said that misery loved company and Kiba begged to differ. He felt the bed dip as Sasuke crawled toward him across the bed. Strong hands encircled him bringing him into a muscled chest. Sasuke shushed him softly bringing Kiba's face into his neck and petting his hair, the only thing about the dog boy that he liked.
"Shh… shh… it's okay. Everything is going to be okay. This is the way it has to be. It's the way Naruto would want it." He cooed. Kiba melted against the Uchiha as a sickening feeling sat heavy in his belly. He knew that was a lie. Naruto was a creature of hope and joy even when all odds were against him. He was one to never say die. Even though Kiba did all he could to placate the man he wronged in causing his lover's death, there was nothing to dull the pain; nothing but the promise of ending it. As Sasuke held him and pulled him to lay down beside him Kiba was able to smile. He thought about the empty pill bottle in the bathroom cabinet. He thought about how Naruto pushed him out of the way of those poisoned needles. But what gave him the most solace was how empty and alone Sasuke would feel when the raven woke the next morning and his artificial blond didn't.
"Shh… everything is going to be okay, Dobe." Sasuke whispered. Kiba had long since grown accustomed to being called as such. "We are together and no one will come between us." Kiba felt a loving kiss alight his forehead and allowed his eyes to drift shut. He forgot to take out those blue contacts again but tonight it wasn't gonna matter.