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After Naruto had his shower and put on some pajama pants and a t-shirt, he wandered into the guest room, where Sasuke was reading quietly on the bed while Itachi checked some e-mails.

"Some party this is," he said, putting his hands on the doorframe.

"That was a long shower," replied Sasuke, looking up from his book. "We thought you might've fallen down and hit your head."

"And you didn't think to come check on me?"

"It's not as if you would've gone anywhere," said Sasuke, setting the book aside. "Well, you got your wish. The both of us are here."

Naruto took a step into the room, stretching his arms above his head.

Itachi turned the chair toward him. "Yes, Sasuke tells me that you want us to all get in bed together, Naruto? I had no idea you felt that way about me."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "You're both annoying." He crawled onto the bed. He had to go over Sasuke because he refused to move, so he made sure to dig a knee into his thigh as he rolled over him and toward the wall.

"Very graceful," complimented Itachi.

Sasuke grabbed the bowl sitting on the side table and handed it to him. "Here's your popcorn, punk."

"Why you gotta be so mean to me, Sasuke?" He snatched the bowl and started shoveling it into his face. "Itachi, do you want any? You like the caramel corn, right?"

"I do," he said and, half turning toward him, opened his mouth. Naruto threw it to him, and he caught it easily.

"Impressed," said Naruto.

"I can do that, too, you know," Sasuke said.

"But you don't like caramel popcorn," Naruto said, patting him on the leg. "So, are ya gonna miss us when you go back to Seattle?" he asked Itachi.

"I'll miss you, of course," Itachi replied. "You'll have to come and visit soon. I think you'll find it better now that circumstances are different. I can show you around. I make a much better tour guide than my brother."

"I dunno. Sasuke showed me some pretty interesting places while we were there," said Naruto.

Sasuke regarded him coolly. "For the most part, I thought I was well behaved."

Naruto made a face, but didn't say anything. Itachi simply chuckled quietly to himself.

"What?" asked Sasuke. "I thought you had a good time?"

"I did, yeah, but do you even remember half of what happened that night we went to the club?"

Sasuke smirked. "Vaguely. Some parts were more memorable than others. Like how you almost got into a brawl with your stalker."

"He was fuckin' weird. I was ready to rip his head off," said Naruto, throwing a piece of popcorn at Sasuke for no reason.

"I wasn't very happy about that either, but it wasn't as if I felt too inclined to stop."

"Yeah, but he was watchin', and he was so creepy when he tried to pick me up while you were gone."

"What can I tell you? When you go to a gay club, there's going to be a bit of drama from time to time. I've seen worse."

Naruto pouted. "Well, I can tell ya this much. If I was to see him again, I'd probably punch his lights out."

Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "It's okay, Naruto."

"I remember him," Itachi said suddenly. "He's the one you mentioned you went to high school with, correct?"

"Why would you remember him?" asked Sasuke.

"I had people watching over you, obviously," Itachi replied. "I used to see your one teacher at that bar my friends and I used to go to on our breaks. Kakashi, I believe, was his name. He'd tell me all about what you were up to. In detail."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "That's fairly creepy, on both your parts. Kakashi, huh? I haven't thought about that man in a long time."

"Gross, you didn't have a crush on him, did you?" Naruto asked.

"Hm." Sasuke crossed his arms. "I do remember thinking he was an attractive older man, but, no. He was obviously straight and very much a pervert."

"So he's a lot like your current boyfriend then?" commented Itachi, and Naruto set down the bowl of popcorn to go after him for it, but just as he was starting to crawl over the lower half of Sasuke's body, his boyfriend grabbed his arm and pulled him down.

Grumbling at being thwarted, Naruto rested his head on Sasuke's lap.

"Don't worry," Sasuke said to him. "You're nothing like him. He was always late to class and enjoyed embarrassing his students as much as possible. I'm surprised he was given a license to teach. I tried to skip out of it as much as possible."

"Haha. Yeah, but you probably wanked thinkin' about him at least once or twice, though?"

Sasuke put a hand on Naruto's head as he gazed down at him. "Did you ever think about your teachers that way?"

"Not really. Maybe only one, but I don't remember thinkin' about her while I was doin' that. However, I did think of my friend's older sister on occasion, but then I'd feel weird about it and when I'd see her afterward, I swear she knew. But if she did, she woulda absolutely killed me."

"Wait, who was this?" asked Itachi, shutting his laptop to give them his full attention.

"Was this Gaara's older sister?" Sasuke started to pet his head. "What was her name again?"

"Temari. She told me I was cute once, too, but by then, I wasn't really single, I guess. Heh."

"I'm anxious to meet Gaara one day," Sasuke admitted.

"That'd be weird. I wonder what he'd think? He's... I dunno where he is. Last I heard he was in Australia building houses for the Peacecorps? I have no idea. I miss him, though."

"He's not anything like Kiba, is he?"

"No. He's really not. I think... you'd be sorta surprised. I guess he's a bit like Suigetsu? Except he doesn't say stuff for the shock value. Although, he can be really blunt. I think that's one of his better qualities."

"He sounds interesting," said Itachi. "But can you really imagine Sasuke being around more potential rivals?"

Naruto laughed even though the thought of it actually made him incredibly uneasy. Sasuke didn't say anything, and Naruto kept his head in his boyfriend's lap. Sasuke's fingers, however, continued to run through his hair.

"I guess I'd be more worried," said Naruto, "If I didn't think it'd be fuckin' hilarious to see the two of them interact. They'd either end up really likin' each other a lot or hatin' each other's guts. Hm. Although, the shit Gaara has on me... do I really want him to run into Sasuke? Maybe not."

"What more could there be that you haven't already told me?" Sasuke asked.

"Stuff I mighta been unconscious for?"

"That's reassuring. Kiba always seems to think your Gaara had a thing for you."

"No. He was... a really good friend. Really loyal. He was possessive, I guess, but not in a too creepy way. It was just... we went through some stuff at the same time, and there was a point in high school where I basically lived at his house and got to know his siblings pretty well, and they were like a second family. But then when we all went to college, they sort of moved away, and I never much heard from him. I'm not even sure if he ever even got a cell phone. That was the sorta guy he was."

"Well, I can't see you befriending people who weren't worthy of you," said Itachi. "Eventually Sasuke will get tired of worrying over everyone who comes to appreciate your sparkling wit."

"You guys make me sound like I'm some sort of a jealous monster," said Sasuke. "Look at him," he poked at Naruto, who was curled up at his side like a cat. "Do you think I'm really worried about this one leaving me?"

Naruto wore a small smile as he rubbed his cheek against Sasuke's leg.

"He looks like an octopus," said Itachi. "I don't know if I've ever seen you so affectionate, Naruto. I might have to cuddle you, too."

Naruto raised his head from Sasuke's lap. "You can. If you think Sasuke won't kill you first."

"Do you think I have to answer to my younger brother?" Itachi walked to the other side of the bed. He climbed onto it, taking the spot closest to the wall. Like Sasuke, he sat with his back to the headboard.

Naruto closed his eyes. "Feels warm now."

"Don't tell me this excites you," Sasuke said, tracing the shell of his ear.

"Feels nice, though. Two of my favorite people in bed with me. Odd that both are guys. Who would've guessed?" Naruto rolled to his back, brushing against both brothers as he folded his arms under his head. He looked up at Sasuke - who was smirking and probably reading his mind because he always knew what Naruto was thinking. Itachi's expression wasn't much different except there was always such a calm about him. He might be better off never knowing exactly what went on inside his head.

"God, you two look so much alike it's freakin' me out," he said, and went to cover his eyes with his forearm.

"Just try not to get confused during the night and get into my bed with me," Itachi told him.

Naruto chuckled. "I'll try to control myself."

"You better," said Sasuke, nudging him with an elbow.

Naruto rolled to his other side to face Itachi.

"Are you turning your back on me, Naruto?" Sasuke asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I thought you said you weren't gonna be a jealous monster." Naruto dragged himself up to sit against the headboard.

"I'm not jealous of Itachi," said Sasuke. "You aren't his type anyway."

"What is your type?" Naruto asked Itachi. "I'm not sure even I know. Have we ever even talked about women before?"

"I don't believe I have a type, Naruto. But, if I did, I'm sure she'd be a lot like you. Free-spirited and... feisty."

Naruto smiled goofily.

"You don't have to look so happy about that," grumbled Sasuke. "And you," he said to Itachi. "Don't say things like that to my boyfriend. Besides, I've never known any woman you've been with to be even remotely like Naruto."

"I know," said Itachi. He sighed regretfully.

Flattered, Naruto laughed and leaned his head on Itachi's shoulder.

"Don't I feel like the third wheel," said Sasuke. "Should I leave you two alone?"

Without moving too far from Itachi's shoulder, Naruto grabbed for Sasuke's wrist and tugged him over so that his head was now leaning on Naruto's shoulder.

"We're like a family," he said. "Itachi's the older brother, and Sasuke's the... uh... other older brother I have sex with."

"Wonderful," said Itachi.

Sasuke snickered and grabbed hold of Naruto's hand. "You about ready for bed?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah."

"Did you get all the bonding in that you wanted?" Sasuke asked.

"It'll have to do. At least we have tomorrow, and I'll go with you to the airport."

Itachi ruffled his hair. "Yeah. I'm not leaving yet. It does make me... oddly happy. That you're worried about it."

Naruto started to get off the bed, moving Sasuke along with him, too. "Night then. Let's make breakfast tomorrow, yeah?"

"Of course. Anything you want," Itachi said.

Sasuke gave his hand a tug as they both crawled out of Itachi's bed.

"Night, Itachi," said Sasuke.

"Goodnight, Sasuke. Take care of my Naruto."

Naruto chuckled, and Sasuke stopped again in the doorway to regard his older brother.

"Don't worry," he said. "I'll see he's worn out before he goes to bed."

"Sasuke!" Naruto punched him in the arm.

"Good luck with that," Itachi said, not sounding convinced. "I've seen this guy on several cans of Red Bull. You'd have to go a few rounds to really wear him out, I'm sure."

After that comment, Naruto made his departure, and as soon as he was out of the bedroom, Ollie came running from the kitchen. Ignoring Naruto, he went through the small crack in the door to hang out with the brothers. Naruto left them to talk as he entered the bedroom. He flung his shirt on the desk chair and got into bed. He checked his phone. There was a message from Kiba he could answer tomorrow. While he was waiting for Sasuke, he picked out a book from the shelf, but before he started to read it, he rummaged through the side table for a pair of Sasuke's reading glasses he'd only seen him wear maybe three times ever. He put them on and tried to read the print, but it was all very blurry.

Sasuke finally came into the bedroom and, gently, shut the door behind him. He took one look at Naruto.

"Those... suit you," he said.

"I don't get how you can see anything with these?"

"Do you even know how glasses work?" Sasuke asked as he took his shirt off, too. He folded it and set it atop the dresser before getting on the bed, coming to Naruto on hands and knees.

"You must not either since you never wear them." He took the glasses off and handed them to Sasuke. "Will you put them on?"

Sasuke took them begrudgingly. He studied them a moment before slipping them on. "There. How's that?"

Naruto started to grin. "You look... studious."

Sasuke came toward him on hands and knees. "Does this do something for you?"

"You look good in everything you wear," said Naruto. "But yeah. You look hot."

Sasuke eyed him a second before replying, "...Thank you."

Naruto smirked. "Sure."

Sasuke crawled on top of him and straddled his waist. He was biting his bottom lip and, very decidedly - but slowly - moved to kiss Naruto's left cheek. Then he kissed the other. Naruto sighed as Sasuke began to kiss down the side of his throat.

"You should take those off," Naruto told him suddenly.

"Ah, yes," said Sasuke, "The dream." He removed them and put them back where they belonged in the side table. As he did, he also pulled out a condom and some lube.

Naruto leaned over to pick up the condom and put it back in the drawer.

"No?" Sasuke asked gruffly.

Naruto shook his head. "Just not on the face."

Sasuke laughed, placing a hand on his chest. "I'll do my best."

Naruto put his arms around him. "Well, even if you did, that's okay, too. Wouldn't be the first time."

"We'll play it by ear," Sasuke murmured. "But for now, roll onto your stomach." He got up so that Naruto could do as he was asked.

Sasuke made a seat out of his butt and started to massage his shoulders and back for a long while. So long, in fact, that Naruto was relaxed enough he could've fallen asleep. Every once in a while, he let out a groan. It felt so good! Sasuke gave the best massages. He shifted onto Naruto's thighs as he did Naruto's lower back, his hips, and then - dragging Naruto's pajama pants down further, dug the heels of his hands into the muscles near the top of his ass.

"I think I know where this is headed," Naruto spoke against his arm, groaning again as Sasuke kneaded the muscles.

"Of course. If I get you into a relaxed state, I can take advantage of you."

"You can take advantage of me anyway," he said.

"Can I?" Sasuke's weight lifted from his legs, and he tugged Naruto's pants down even more. Naruto felt a light nip of Sasuke's teeth on one cheek. Then he gave it a playful smack. "You've got such a great ass."

"I work out," Naruto replied cheekily.

Sasuke's hands were on him - squeezing and massaging until he hooked his fingers around Naruto's hip and pulled him to his knees. Naruto fell forward onto his elbows. He had his forehead pressed to the pillow while his lips touched the sheets.

Grinding against him from behind, Sasuke ran his hands over Naruto's back, the front of his thighs, his stomach and chest, before he folded his body over Naruto's completely and wrapped an arm around his waist. He kissed Naruto's shoulders and his back. Naruto pushed against him every once in a while. Teasingly. But when Sasuke slipped a hand into his pants to touch him, to cup him over his briefs, Naruto felt his body temperature spike. Sasuke continued to lavish kisses on him as he rubbed more firmly. He pushed his ass up against Sasuke, resting his forehead on the sheets as his senses focused solely on him - his touch, his smell, the sound of his breathing. It reminded him of earlier today, when he'd lay across the bed, set the phone up to record a video, and jerked himself off thinking about things just like this.

"You're being quieter than usual," Sasuke observed. "Are you too tired for this already?"

"Does it feel like I'm tired?" His body was already reacting to Sasuke's touches.

"No," said Sasuke.

He removed his hand from between Naruto's legs but only so that he could pull the pants and underwear down to Naruto's knees, exposing the rest of his ass. Again, he reached between Naruto's legs to palm him. He kissed his thighs, licked them, and moved his mouth up his body until he was doing the same to Naruto's ass. Sasuke squeezed one of his cheeks, spreading him, and when his tongue started to lick around his hole, Naruto let out an unexpected gasp.

"You don't have to do any work tonight," Sasuke whispered to him. "Relax. Let me take care of you."

Naruto didn't fight him on it. Every time Sasuke squeezed and spread him, he pushed his tongue in, and it had taken some time, but he could never hate this. In fact, it drove him nuts. Maybe it was he had no control, or maybe it was because he couldn't see everything in this position, but just the thought of his Sasuke doing thatto him... shit, he was already getting really hard and panting and Sasuke's strokes were so steady. His hands knew Naruto's body so well it was just...

"Sasuke," he breathed a warning, but Sasuke kept on, and the feeling of his tongue wriggling and probing inside of him - ah, he was gonna...Naruto shifted forward, trying to escape the tongue.

Chuckling, Sasuke loosened his grip and he got to his knees behind Naruto. He was hard, too, as he rubbed against Naruto's ass and caressed his back.

"If you do any more of that I'm gonna spray across the sheets already," he told Sasuke.

"That's quite the image. It makes for a great visual. I feel like I got to see it somewhere recently."

"Heh." Naruto tried to get up onto all fours but Sasuke put a hand on him, keeping him in place.

"Maybe we should watch it together?" Sasuke suggested, running a finger over his crack.

"Maybe we should," Naruto agreed. He reached for his phone, amused when Sasuke held onto his hip as he moved to get it. He searched through the videos and handed it over. Sasuke took it from him and set it near the foot of the bed.

"Alright, pants off," he told Naruto and started to pull them down faster than Naruto could get out of them. "Sit here." He pointed at a spot in the middle of the bed. Naruto, obediently complied, watching with some amusement as Sasuke got up to turn the lights off and take his own pants off. He came back to the bed, fussed with the volume, and then hit play on the video. It wasn't a very long video, but it went on for at least five minutes.

As it began, Sasuke sat behind him, his legs on either side of Naruto's except then he hooked his feet around Naruto's ankles, keeping his legs spread. Earlier, Naruto had set the phone up in the same place and lay about where they were now so that the screen showed just about everything. Most of the shot consisted of his hand and cock, his stomach and the lower part of his face - except toward the end, where he'd started to sink a bit lower into the pillows propped up behind him.

A minute of the video had elapsed when Sasuke settled his chin on Naruto's shoulder to watch it with him. He heard a click from behind, and then Sasuke's slick hand reached for his erection. Following the same rhythm Naruto'd used on the video, Sasuke began to pump him, mirroring the movements perfectly.

"This is slightly different than watching porn during sex," Naruto breathed.

"You're right. It's better," Sasuke said before biting his ear. "I could watch this all day." He spread Naruto's legs further apart, making them bend at the knees. He slipped his other hand lower to cup and massage his balls. "Want to tell me what you were thinking about that you made such a face...right there?"

Naruto watched himself on the video, remembering. "I was just...ah... thinkin' about the way you look at me when you suck me off."

"How do I look at you?" Sasuke asked, voice a low, sexy whisper in his ear.

Naruto was having a hard time focusing with Sasuke's hands on him. "...Like you'd do anything."

"I would do anything for you," Sasuke told him, giving him a light squeeze. "I would do anything and everything to get you off." His strokes became faster when Naruto's strokes on the video quickened. He kissed Naruto's shoulder. "Anything to make you feel good."

"Sasuke," he all but whimpered, trying to rock into that tight fist while his boyfriend's strong legs kept him too spread apart to be able to move his hips much.

"Were you thinking about my mouth on you?" he asked Naruto. "Were you thinking about my hands... or were you thinking about something else?"

Naruto groaned, his head falling against Sasuke's shoulder. "I was thinkin' about last night. How good you felt."

Sasuke sucked at his throat before asking, lips pressed to his neck, "Do you like to fuck me, Naruto? Does it feel good to fuck me?"

"Y-yes," he answered in a strained voice.

"Does this feel good, too?" Sasuke leaned into him, pushing him forward so that they could both watch his hand at work. He was leaking a little and it was sticking between Sasuke's fingers. "It must, right? Look at that. I bet if I keep this up, you'll come right in my hand."

"I..." He looked up just in time to catch himself coming on the video. Sasuke was watching it, too.

"Fuck," growled Sasuke.

He bit Naruto's shoulder and let go of his cock, moving from behind him. Naruto, having been relying on his support fell backward onto the bed, his head on the pillows as he tried to catch his breath. He heard another click and then Sasuke was above him on all fours. He pushed Naruto's legs to the side.

Naruto pressed his palm to Sasuke's cheek as he dribbled some extra lube onto Naruto's erection and pumped him once or twice before applying some to his crack. He latched onto Naruto's nipple and sucked at it while sliding in a finger. He didn't wait very long before putting in a second. Sasuke moved to his other nipple and, gazing at Naruto, took it between his teeth.

"Don't hold me responsible," Naruto told him as he pushed Sasuke's hair behind an ear, "If I don't last past you gettin' the tip in."

Sasuke smirked and, rising off of him - while his two fingers were still buried inside his ass - traveled up his body to place kisses at his jaw.

"Are you really that horny?" he teased Naruto and, knowing exactly where to touch him, rubbed the tips of his fingers against his prostate. He about went cross-eyed as his hips bucked up off of the bed.

"You fuckin' cheater," he growled.

"You feel really tight," Sasuke said. "Do you want another?"

"No," he replied, grinding down on the fingers. "Just go. M'really not gonna last - goddammit, do you have to rub right on it?"

Sasuke snickered as he slipped his fingers out and, taking hold of one of Naruto's ankles, got on his knees to align himself. He lifted Naruto's leg up high, the skin between his brows pinched tight. Sasuke placed a hand on his stomach as he pushed further in. Naruto watched his face as he did it and felt the muscles of his legs and stomach tighten as he tried to hold himself back.

"You're close," Sasuke murmured, having felt it, too. "Breathe. Don't come yet." He slid all the way inside, and that feeling of being full was enough to keep his orgasm at bay for another few minutes.

Naruto wrapped his legs around Sasuke once he'd let go of his ankle. Sasuke lay on top of him, his arms winding under Naruto's. As he moved with him, inside him, against him, Sasuke caught his lips in a kiss that involved a hell of a lot of their tongues. Between those kisses, he murmured all sorts of things to Naruto, things so sexy and hot and so charged with Sasuke's love and passion that it held him right at the brink as he struggled to prolong it -

"I'm right there," Sasuke said in his ear, "Do you want me to pull out?"

The heels of his feet dug into Sasuke's thighs, bringing them even closer. "No. Don't." He breathed heavy and hot into Sasuke's ear. "Fuck me. Make it feel good."

Sasuke lifted his body, hips rocking hard and fast - lips drawn together tightly with tension. There was that look on his face that always incited Naruto and, instantaneously, it felt like an explosion in his head as it hit -

"I'm coming," he groaned, louder than he'd meant to, barely needing to jerk himself off as his cum spurted between their bodies.

Sasuke gripped hard at his shoulder as his hips jerked only a few more times before Naruto felt the slightest sensation of something warm filling him. Sasuke came with a grunt, holding himself up with only one arm before slumping on top of him, breathing hard.

"Why...is it always so intense with you?" Sasuke's voice was low and muffled, his face buried in Naruto's neck.

"I'm still seein' spots," Naruto replied. "And I'm pretty sure my cock's gone numb."

Sasuke snorted, getting up on an elbow to look at him. He leaned in and kissed Naruto. Naruto's muscles squeezed around him. The body on top of his shuddered.

"I know this may not be the thing to say after that," said Sasuke. "But I love that you're the first man I've ever fucked without a condom."

Naruto grinned as he pat Sasuke's back, and then he laughed. "I dunno why, but I really love that you just said that."

"Why, because it's the kind of inappropriately-timed thing you'd usually say?"

"Yeah. Pretty much," said Naruto.

He groaned, stretched out his legs and then wrapped them around the backs of Sasuke's thighs again. He kissed Sasuke underneath his chin a few times as he ran his hands over the muscles of his back. He squeezed Sasuke's ass and rubbed that, too, giving it a smack.

Sasuke nudged his jaw, kissed his cheek and the side of his neck. He started to move his hips in small circles, and Naruto rocked with him, not ready to let go of that connection they had with Sasuke in him still.

"Can I tell you somethin' honestly?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke regarded him with a raised eyebrow. "Of course."

"I didn't always think, in the beginning I mean, that I'd ever... get used to this. Or, well, I guess I should say... that I'd want for you to be inside of me like this, like I'd always done to, er... women."

"Right," Sasuke said, his tone lacking any judgment, which Naruto found encouraging. "But you want it now? At least sometimes. It's not always just to make me happy."

Naruto's smile broadened. "I love when I don't ever have to explain what I mean to you."

"What's it like for you? It's not as if I can't relate. You know I prefer to top, but I have no complaints about when you top me. I think about it. I love it. It feels good. I've craved it..."

At that, Naruto's eyes became hooded, and he touched Sasuke's lips with his finger, tracing their shape. "Craved it," he repeated, liking this thought very much.

"Yes," Sasuke said. "Craved it. Craved you. Craved your body, your cock, your sex... everything. Sometimes, though... a lot of times, I just crave you. Naruto."

Naruto shifted beneath him, absorbing his words. "This sounds like a confession."

Sasuke cupped his cheek. "What? A confession that I adore you? That I need you. That I love you. That the thought of being without you scares the shit out of me?"

"Hey," Naruto said to him, putting a hand to his chest. "Don't jump to that. There's no reason for me to go. How can you say that right now? I'm under you, Sasuke. Your cock is up my ass and I have your cum leakin' down my crack, and you're worryin' about me bein' anywhere but right here?"

Sasuke tilted his head, gazing down at him seriously. "I can't keep you underneath me forever."

"I'd let you, though. If that's what would make you happy. But. I know you're more secure than that. I know you trust me and trust what we have. I need you to keep doin' that."

"I do," Sasuke leaned down to where their lips nearly touched. "I do trust you. I trust you more than I trust myself, but I think about - "

"Don't say you're still worried about her."

"But I am," Sasuke's voice went low and angry. "It drives me crazy to think about it. Even though I'm not worried. I keep thinking about the moment you'll walk in and see her for the first time in years, and you'll remember. Remember her and what the two of you had, and maybe even your body will remember her - "

"Sasuke," Naruto took hold of the sides of his face. "Shut the fuck up. I don't have to go. You could come with. There are a million things we could do to make this not a big deal, but you wanna make it difficult."

"I want to show you I trust you," Sasuke said firmly.

"Do you?" Naruto asked. "Do you wanna show me that or are you testin' me to see what happens if I'm tempted? Not that I'm sayin' I will be, 'cause I'm not. For reasons you may not have even thought of 'cause you're not me. You know me inside and out, more than anyone does. I don't have to tell you what I'm thinkin' because you know, but you don't know what I thought of her, what she was to me, what she did to me, how I felt back then, so if I need closure for all that shit that happened in the past, that doesn't mean I have any residual feelings for this woman. I know you know this."

"I know this," Sasuke replied and as he started to pull out finally, Naruto grabbed onto his hips to stop him. He pushed on him from behind so that he was back to being fully inside him again.

"Hey," said Naruto. "I love you. You. Sasuke. I love you. So fuckin' much that sometimes I think there's gotta be somethin' wrong with us that we both feel this way. That I can wake up and have you so much a part of my thoughts that it's the same as breathin' in and out. It's just there, and you'll always be there. A part of me, or my thoughts. Even. Even if you flip out on me at some point and try to run away - "

"I would never," Sasuke started to say, but Naruto hushed him.

"Even if you weren't here, I would never stop thinkin' about you. It would never go away, and should you leave me, I will either grow old and die alone or settle and forever think of you and wish it was you and long for these days we were together, and I'd never be the same again."

"Naruto," Sasuke said, sounding pained now. "Stop."

"Then understand. Understand that the thought of losin' you kills me as much as it kills you to think of me not with you."

"I want to," Sasuke said, showering both sides of his neck with kisses.

"Good," Naruto told him as he put a hand to the back of Sasuke's head and ran fingers through his hair. "That's all I want. Remember what I said when you brood over it in the next couple of days. Don't let me down, Sasuke. Please."

"I love you," Sasuke assured him, and Naruto sighed, gaze straying to the ceiling before he shut his eyes, hoping and wanting more than anything that Sasuke would remember this and believe in him.