Family: Be Real

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Give me what I want, I wanna leave me behind

Tell me how to free my body, find peace of mind

This is getting good, I'm feeling like I'm alive

Show me who I am, I'll leave my world all behind


November rolls in with brisk winds and even brisker rains, dampening the leaves that had already fallen to the ground. Missions pick up the pace to be completed before the winter snows begin to settle in. Naruto finds himself being sent on mission after mission. Once or twice, an Anbu file has found its way onto his dresser in Sasuke's house. Every time, it's been slipped into the wastebasket before Sasuke can see.

The house isn't really "theirs" yet. Mostly because with them in separate rooms still and both of them being so busy, there hasn't been much time to actually live. Naruto's been chomping at the bit to get some alone time with Sasuke, but it was rare to even see him in the mornings anymore. The days Naruto wasn't on mission were spent working off excess energy at the training fields.

Not much is said about their kind-of adoption/partnership/marriage. There isn't much to be said. Ino is opting to wait for the warmer months to arrive once again before she moves in with them officially. It helped that Ino's parents, while more relaxed than Sakura's parents on the matter, had deemed it unfit for an unmarried woman to live with two men. She settled for haunting their house at least three times a week, to Sasuke's chagrin and Naruto's delight.

Sakura is hanging around between missions and long days at the hospital, carefully beneath the radar of her ever vigilant parents. Both being civilians, they had expected their daughter to marry the normal way, a belief that most of the ninja community scoffed at. Being that the normal trend of ninjas was that the stranger they were, the more powerful they were; setting up an essential "walk-in family" was not deemed strange. Naruto and Sasuke had both nearly breached Sannin level with Sakura right behind them. That they were still sane was a small and very welcomed blessing.

Normal civilians, hidden from most of their own ninjas' culture, chose to ignore the unexpected quirks of their fighting force. Unless one of those ninja happened to be part of the family, in which case, they were to stay completely and painfully "normal."

Sakura had decided to keep her decision hidden until she turned eighteen.

Naruto scratches his head when a drop of water trickles down behind his ear. It's the last day of his surveillance mission, and he is more than ready for Shikamaru to show up so he can go home. He's cold, he's wet, and he's tired. His bed seems very enticing right about now.

The week-long mission had been a pleasant reprieve of the chaos that has been uprooted since his and Sasuke's letters had been sent out. This "family" idea is hard enough to get used to without Ino's parents (her mother, namely) breathing down his neck to see if he is up to par.

Secretly, he dreads the day Iruka finds out about this whole plan. Who knew what levels his maternal nature would take him to? Fear of castration was also a relevant issue.

Tsunade at least had been positive. She had practically encouraged him in her half drunk, nonsensical way. Naruto hadn't seen her act this young in years and it's refreshing. And while Kakashi had also been accepting, Naruto always snickers when he remembers his reaction.

"So.. Me'n Sasuke are starting a family."

Kakashi's eyes slid over to Naruto quickly, not at all surprised. He nods and looks back at his little red book of porn. "Good, good." He hums.

Naruto slurps some more of his ramen. "We asked some girls too. Ino and Sakura said yes." He adds, trying to be nonchalant, not sure if his giddiness leaked through.

At this, Kakashi looks mildly startled in that bland Kakashi-way of his. "Oh?"

Naruto grins, leans back on his stool. "Yeah, Ino's parents were weird at first, but Sasuke got them to agree. They want a weird wedding type party thing though, and to name Ino's first two kids. We haven't even gotten to that part! Though Ino does have nice-"

"Please." Kakashi cuts him off, proceeding to bury his nose back into his beloved book. "Spare me the details of your private life."

Naruto blinks at him owlishly, before bursting out laughing. Kakashi just rolls his eye, muttering about "things he didn't need to know about his innocent students."

A hand taps his shoulder and Naruto nearly jumps out of his skin. He turns to find a somewhat soggy looking Shikamaru eyeing him lazily. "You weren't even paying attention, were you?" He says dryly. Naruto grins at him, arching his back with his arms outstretched above him.

"Nope!" He grins cheerily. Shikamaru sighs and sits down in the seat Naruto has recently vacated.

"Whatever." He waves his hand and Naruto grins, happy to be released so quickly. Without waiting for Shikamaru to say anything else, he flits off into the damp trees.

Really, the mission isn't far from home… only half a day's worth of travel. Granted, Naruto probably travels faster than most people, but still. Even with the rain trying to mat his hair to his scalp and wet leaves sticking themselves to his cheeks, he enjoys the smell of leaf loam and wet grass in the evening air.


Sitting on the couch in his and Sasuke's living room is both the best and worst thing that Naruto has done all week. Best, because it is so warm and fluffy, soft enough to sink into, and long enough to stretch out on. After the hard chairs in Tsunade's office, it felt like heaven.

It was the worst, because the minute Naruto sat down, the doorbell rang.

Naruto sighs, his hand running over his face to push his still damp bangs away from his face. Grunting, he rolls himself off of the couch, grumbling the whole way to the door and pulling it open with a strangled "What?"

The sight stops him. Because before him is a very angry, very wet, very motherly man. Who just so happens to be wearing a look that clearly says "Once I kill you, I will bring you back, string you up by your toenails and kill you again."

Naruto's worst nightmare has been confirmed: Iruka had officially found out.


All in all, Iruka took it very well.

Initially, there had been some screaming. Well, maybe more than some, but it was better than blowing the house up. Sure, the table was broken, and it would be hard to explain to Sasuke why, but Iruka hadn't strangled him.

Naruto nurses his broken nose with the bag of broccoli he found tucked away in the back of the freezer. After the scolding he had received (and the broken nose), Iruka had managed to calm down enough to request an invitation to the impending Yamanaka funded party, and even congratulate him! And as reluctant as those congratulations had been, they were there, and that meant more that the world to Naruto.

Sasuke walks in, paperwork clutched to his chest and the hood of his jacket pulled over his face. He spares a look at Naruto. "Oh. You're back."

Naruto waves half-heartedly from his reclined position on the (still heavenly) couch. Sasuke nods, shakes himself off and proceeds to the kitchen.

"... What happened to the table?"


"Goddammit."

Naruto shakes the pen he is holding, peering down its length as if trying to see the reason why it stopped working. Sasuke sighs beside him and holds out his own pen. Naruto looks at it as if it were alien. "What the hell am I supposed to do with that?"

Another sigh. "You write, moron." Sasuke quips. Naruto hides his embarrassment and takes the pen from him, tapping it against his jaw as he stares at the mission report. He glances over at Sasuke who it intensely focused on whatever paperwork Tsunade had given him this time, fingers deftly twirling his new pen absentmindedly.

Naruto lunges, not caring that his jaw bumps Sasuke's forehead roughly, his arms wrapping around the other boy in a bear hug. "Sasuke..." He whines.

Sasuke's hand plants itself on Naruto's cheek, pushing and squishing Naruto's face up unattractively. His knee comes up, tries to press itself into Naruto's stomach. "I am not doing your work for you." He hisses out. Naruto makes a kissy face.

"But I thought you loved me!" He says in mock outrage, swinging his kissy face to and fro. Sasuke gets a wild-eyed look, pretty face stretching in different ways that his usual mask. He tries to shove Naruto away, but Naruto has the advantage of weight on his side and is slowly pressing Sasuke back into the sofa with him.

"Get off me, idiot!" Sasuke growls and narrowly evades Naruto's lips again. He does not however, evade the hand that snakes its way beneath his waistline and grips his junk. Sasuke jerks, startled, and Naruto uses the opportunity to lean close enough to press his lips to Sasuke's.

Sasuke growls again, hands becoming insistent, but mouth trapped by Naruto's. He bites Naruto's lip when the other boy tries to shove his tongue inside. Naruto's hand comes up, calloused thumb pressing harshly against the curse mark on Sasuke's shoulder and Sasuke gives a loud gasp, melting almost instantaneously. Naruto grins, pressing their bodies flat together. Point for sensitive seals.

Naruto presses again and Sasuke keens. There's an immediate rise in his pants and Naruto shifts to accomodate the change. Sasuke's eyes open to glare and Naruto quickly plants his mouth over the seal and lets his tongue rasp across it. Sasuke shudders heavily, fists clenching in the back of Naruto's shirt. Naruto lets the hand that's cupping Sasuke's junk massage gently, loving the reactions he gets from Sasuke that are so different from his usual quiet self.

Sasuke writhes on a particular stroke and his jaw bumps Naruto's where he is still laving at the curse mark. Naruto lets his teeth scrape over the seal. Sasuke's nails dig into his back painfully and Naruto feels his hips roll automatically, trapping his hand into stillness. He bites down, right in the center, and Sasuke's back arches, mouth agape, black eyes wide open in an sharp shout.

Naruto wipes his now sticky hand on the side of his pants, watching Sasuke's face as he comes down from the high. Sasuke's mouth is parted, and he licks his lips slowly, eyes wide and staring at nothing in particular and pale skin flushed on his cheeks and over the bridge of his nose. His eyebrows furrow as he looks down at Naruto who stares right back.

There's a strangled choke from the doorway and Naruto and Sasuke both look over to see Ino frozen in her spot, a hairbrush dragged halfway through her long blonde and wet hair, her already lip-glossed lips parted in a surprised "o."

"Hey, Ino!" Naruto says, giving a small wave. "Sasuke won't help me with my paperwork. You wanna help?"

Sasuke splutters and Naruto is kicked unceremoniously to the floor, landing with a thump on the thin carpet. Ino blinks like an owl, unable to push words past her peach lips. Sasuke pulls his pants up, swearing the whole time and storms past her down the hall. Naruto laughs loudly.

"Hey, at least you know the shower's free!"

Sasuke holds up the middle finger. "Fuck you."

"Love you too, sugar!" Naruto cackles. Ino blinks at him, then at Sasuke's receding and stormy back, then back at Naruto. "Next time invite me?"


Just as the November days are twisting into the snowy blizzards of December, Sakura winds up on their doorstep, looking sheepish and downcast, her pillow under one arm and her suitcase under the other. Her eyes pretty jade eyes are red and slightly puffy, her small, thin shoulders hunched in against the weather and making her frame seem smaller than Naruto knows it to be. She gives a quiet grin at Naruto, who's opened the door for her.

"Got a place to stay?"

Naruto pulls her into a hug and Sasuke lays a complacent hand on her shoulder. When Ino arrives the next morning to see a tired Sakura and her suitcase, She pulls the girl towards her and they cry together.

After that, nothing else really needed to be said.

NaruSasu smut. Because it's beautiful. This is, of course, the light version. You want the full, you PM me, I PM it back. That's how it goes.

Plus, lotsa people asking me for lemons. Truth is, I'm scared to put lemons up on FF. I know quite a few of my favorite lemon authors on here got their accounts cancelled because of their lemons... I don't want to be one of those authors.

If you didn't get it, italic is a flashback, or memory. Just a blip.

More anonymous reviews sent. I love you guys, but I'm better at explaining stuff in PMs whereas in the Authors notes, they get rushed and confusing.

Question was this time: I'm expecting Lemons and what are Hinata's and Kiba's situations.

Well, Hinata's situation will be explained around chapters 6 and 7 (around the time she'll be featuring in the fic). It's all about the way her clan works and since she is supposed to be the heir, it'll be about how they have decided they don't want her etc, etc... I don't want to give away too much too early. Point is, she'll become Family, which is the goal.

Kiba... well, the family is kind of like being settled in a "family" but you can do it and be with anyone you want. No restrictions. Kiba takes that sometimes to "have some fun." Mainly with the girls but eventually, with the boys too. He gets dragged in eventually, but why is going to be a surprise XDD.

Lemons. As I said before, I won't put explicit lemons on FF, I'm afraid of what they'll do if they find out... I have general ones already planned and written, and hardcore ones on my desktop. GET AN ACCOUNT AND I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU THROUGH A PM.


Song of the Chapter: Tucan - KidsOf88

Words: 2,496

Betas: The Deterginator and my friend Raven who I don't know her account on here...