The Color Red
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. In this chapter, the actual relationship really starts sorta lol. Anyway please enjoy.
Chapter Ten
Kissing was an extremely enjoyable experience, Gina decided. She really should have attempted it sooner. She was realistic enough to realize that she really didn't know if it was just the act of kissing itself, the fact that she was him kissing her, or both that made her heart race.
Did it really matter at this moment? No, she answered her unvoiced question. It felt good. It was clearly consensual, why not indulge in this whim? It wasn't like one could get pregnant merely from kissing and she doubted anyone would believe him if he told them.
"You know, I think it would be worth becoming a Kage just to get one of these chairs." Sasuke pants into her ear, nibbling on it.
"There are certain perks that come with the title, ye-s." She admits breathlessly.
Oh yes, she also learned that spinning chairs were fun. Well she'd always known that. It was by far her favorite piece of furniture in her office. But a spinning chair + kissing Sasuke = A whole lot of fun.
She found herself both dizzy from all the spinning and the passion of his kisses. But it was a delirious, joyful dizziness. The kind of pure exhilaration that only a small child could achieve from spinning around really fast in circles, for no reason other than the simple pleasure such an activity provided.
"Any other perks?" He asks.
"Yes, but none that I feel inclined to tell you about at this moment." She taunts him.
"Oh really? How about now?" He says and kisses the pale column of her throat, biting down lightly.
"That isn't fighting fair." She lets out a contented sigh and leans back against him, wanting to feel more of his touch.
"Former S Class Criminal, remember? I don't care about fair." He smirks and licks the bite mark soothingly.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Sasuke had discovered that Gina appeared to have a bit of a biting fetish. She liked being bitten. That's when she moaned the loudest, with the possible exception of when he got daring enough to caress her clothed breasts. She definitely liked that as well.
"Right. I should have taken that into consideration." She concedes.
He was a little surprised to discover how sensitive her neck was though. He smirks, Sasuke would have to remember that for later. He was memorized by the sounds she made.
Gina for such a quiet person, was rather vocal once touched. Moans, sighs, pants, growls, and even a whimper or two. The whimpers were particularly intriguing. That was far more submissive than he would have expected from her.
"Exactly. So are you going to tell me?" He asks again.
"Possibly at some point in the future, I may give it some consideration." She answers.
"I don't think you could have possibly covered your ass any better there. That was impressive." Sasuke says and his eyes dance with amusement.
"Thank you. I do try." She replies with a smile.
"You succeed. So how do you want to do this?" He says and kisses her shoulder, which had become exposed awhile ago from all the sliding around.
"I think what we are doing right now is quite enjoyable. I see no reason to change." She says and tilts her head back just enough to kiss him.
"I meant about telling everyone or did you prefer to keep it a secret?" He asks and returns her kiss.
"I think we should keep it a secret until we know that this relationship will last long enough for it to be worth mentioning to them. Three months seems like an acceptable timetable." She offers.
"Three months?" The last Uchiha asks skeptically.
"We would be lucky to see each other more than 3 or 5 times in that period. It more or less would take a week to see each other for a day. It's a three day journey in either direction and that's not counting the return trip." She reasons.
"True. Three months then. Unlike the loser, I can keep a secret that long." He says with a smirk.
"Sasuke that was cruel." Gina says and shakes her head.
"But accurate." He protests.
"I can't argue with that assessment. But it was still cruel." She gives a small snort of amusement.
"Maybe a little." He concedes with a shrug.
"Then we are agreement? If things are still going well in three months we'll go public with our relationship?" She inquires.
"It's not ideal. But it is a logical choice." Sasuke says with a nod.
"Good. Now where were we?" She asks and turns around, so she was facing him, while sitting in his lap, on that chair.
"You were whimpering." Sasuke states.
"I do not whimper!" She protests.
"Yes, you do and I like it." He tells her.
"Uchiha, I do not fucking whimper!" Gina argues.
"It was a noise that sounded suspiciously like one then." He taunts her smugly.
Gina was about to explain why Kazekages certainly do not whimper, when the door flew open. She jumped off Sasuke's lap as if she had been burnt. Thankfully, Iruka was too busy looking at his papers to have noticed.
"Lady Kazekage, thank you for inviting me to your village. It is an honor to help the Sand with it's Academy Program. I have recommended some changes and made comments on the current programs and laid it out in this report." He states and hands it to her.
"That was very thoughtful and thorough of you. The honor is all ours. We hope to continue this most beneficial relationship into the future." She says diplomatically and adjusts the sleeve of her Kage robes.
"Oh it's no trouble at all. I do hope you find the recommendations useful. Lady Kazekage, is something wrong with your neck?" He asks in concern.
Damn Sasuke! Damn him! He must have given her hickeys. Gggrrr how was she supposed to explain this one?
"I'm afraid that a scarf I wore in the Snow Country was too tight and left a few minor bruises." She offers.
Sasuke gives her a look like, Really? That's what you are going with? Have you ever even been to the Snow Country? The red head gives him a look that promised pain if Sasuke said anything.
"Oh well I understand visiting the Snow Country would be pretty traumatic for someone used to a desert climate. But still you shouldn't tie your scarf so tightly." He says.
"I'll remember that next time. I shall look at your reports immediately. I truly appreciate all the effort you put forth to present them so swiftly." She continues, diplomatically.
Sasuke was impressed. She was speaking as if they hadn't just been making out for the past half hour or so. Fast recovery time.
"Of course. Oh hello, Sasuke. I didn't mean to interrupt." Iruka says good naturedly.
"It's alright. I was just asking Gina, where I should stay for the night." Sasuke supplies.
"Ah of course. Well good night to both of you. No need to rush. I shall be here for a few days." Iruka tells her.
"Of course. Thank you." Gina says and sighs in relief once he left.
"A scarf? Seriously? That's what you came up with?" He taunts her.
"Yes! I didn't exactly have a lot of notice. I had to come up with something. I could hardly tell him the truth!" She says.
"Thank God the man probably has never gotten laid once in his life. He probably doesn't even know what hickeys are. He's like a damn priest." Sasuke states.
"Sasuke, you are horrible sometimes." Gina says and shakes her head in amusement.
"Maybe. But I'm the horrible person that can make you whimper." He says smugly and disappears in a swirl of flames.
"What did I get myself into?" Gina asks and looks upwards as if she sincerely expected the Heavens to grant her some sort of answer to her question.
The next day, proved amusing for Gina. She tries not to laugh at Sasuke while they were out in the desert. He'd asked her publicly if she wanted to train. It gave them an excuse to sneak off. He was currently applying suntan lotion. Lots of it. She didn't know why but for some reason, she found that downright hysterical.
"I suppose your skin really isn't suited to a desert climate." She says, biting her lower lip hard to keep from laughing.
"Not really. I'll adapt. It'll just take some time. It's like you and the Snow Country." He says with a smirk.
"You are never going to let me live that down, are you?" She asks.
"Never." He admits and walks over, kissing her forehead.
"And what would you have come up with?" Gina asks.
"I would have knocked his ass out so hard, that he'd think he imagined it." Sasuke answers.
"And how would you have explained knocking him out?" She inquires.
"I'd think of something." The last Uchiha assures her.
"For a genius that was a sorry excuse for a plan." She states and couldn't hold back her laughter anymore.
"Says the scarf woman." Sasuke counters.
"I had to come up with something!" She says, flailing, and Sasuke pounced.
"I know. I just like seeing your reaction." Sasuke tells her.
"Hmpf!" She grumbles.
"I got you something." He continues.
"You got me a present?" She asks, sounding shocked.
"I guess you could call it that. Naruto told me how much you love strawberries. But they cost too much to import to eat regularly." He states.
"That was surprisingly sweet of you." She says with a smile.
"Don't tell anyone. I have a reputation to protect." The other ninja warns her.
"Of course. Sasuke?" She asks once they were eating the sensual treats.
"Yeah?" He replies.
"What…should we call each other? We aren't lovers. But boyfriend and girlfriend feels so…" She trails off.
"Lame." He supplies helpfully.
"Exactly, like something Genin or Academy students would say." She continues.
"We'll just say lovers. We will be soon enough." He tells her, causing the red head to choke on her strawberry.
"Didn't figure you for the shy type." He states in amusement.
"Your certainty borders on arrogance." She replies.
"Maybe, but it's still accurate." He says and kisses her heatedly, pushing her down onto the sand.
Gina had to admit privately, that he had a point. She'd never really given much thought to intimacy. But now that she knew what kissing and caressing felt like, she was curious. Still she shouldn't allow him to get a big head.
The red head kisses back and runs her fingers through his hair. She hears Sasuke groan into the kiss and then lightly bites his tongue as a stop gesture. Sasuke blinks, pulling away.
"You bit me!" He says.
"I nipped you. Besides, you bit me before." She says.
"Well yeah. Tease." Sasuke concedes.
"I can't have your ego getting any larger than it already is. Lest you no longer be able to fit through the door to my office." She taunts him.
"I might have deserved that one." He admits.
"There was no might involved." She informs him.
A few days pass. Gina worked with Iruka on the Academy changes. Normally, this work would have held her full attention. It was important to the future of her village and she genuinely was the type of ninja who preferred to be doing something productive. But it was very difficult to concentrate.
"You're becoming quite clever at making up excuses." She says with a smile leaning back against Sasuke, who had just walked into her office, placing a paper bag on her desk.
"Thanks." He whispers hotly into her ear and nips lightly, his hands sliding underneath the top of her robes to give her a shoulder rub and…when he thought he could get away with it a little lower.
"You have no idea how good that feels." She sighs in contentment and closes her eyes in bliss.
"Carrying that gourd on you all the time has to be murder on your back." Sasuke observes.
"I'm used to it. I didn't even notice any tension until you first gave me a massage." She admits.
"I thought I was tightly wound. But damn. I can feel how tightly coiled your muscles are and I'm barely touching you." He continues.
"Mmm at the rate you are going, one would think you were going to become a medic." She states in amusement.
"I don't have the patience. Besides, you are the only woman that I'm interested in giving a VERY thorough physical to." He says in that silky voice of his.
Gina had thought that Sasuke's voice was silky before they were together. But now…apparently there was a second voice. Temari might have referred to it as a Bedroom Voice, if she was aware of their relationship. Which she wasn't for the moment, a fact that Gina was very grateful for. Bedroom voice made the red head shiver and her body react in ways she barely understood.
"Good. I admit that I would…have a rather strong urge to Sand Coffin any other woman you gave that offer to." She says.
"I like it when you get jealous." Sasuke says.
He knew that it was probably wrong. But he found it erotic when she showed how possessive she could be. Did he think she would actually do it? That she would actually kill someone if he hit on them?
Probably not…she was as Kage. That wouldn't be easy to explain. Then again, she'd probably make sure there wasn't anything left to find. That's what he would do in that situation.
"Your Sharingan is on. You actually find that thought erotic?" She asks.
"How the Hell do you know my Sharingan is on? Your back is towards me." He questions.
"There's a slight change in your chakra pattern whenever you activate it." She answers.
"Oh. Never noticed." He says.
"It's very faint. I'm just…accustomed to you. So I notice changes." She answers.
"I think that might be the most romantic thing you've said to me so far." He taunts her.
"Don't get used to it." She says.
"That's alright. I prefer your whimpers anyway." He says and bites her neck, drawing one from her.
"Just don't tell anyone. It'd be bad for my reputation." She says mockingly.
"I won't." Sasuke promises.
"So what was your excuse for coming to my office today?" She asks.
"Told them that Temari mentioned you forgot to pack a lunch." Sasuke says.
' "I'm a bit concerned that my guards are actually buying all these excuses." She muses.
"Yeah. You should probably replace them. But…then the smarter ones would notice something was going on." He says.
"Tradeoffs." She agrees.
"Kankuro is coming." He says and pulls the collar of her robes up to hide the hickeys, moving to the other side of the office, and leaning against the wall.
"You are getting rather good at sensing my siblings' chakra." She muses.
"I have to. You are the one that came up with the three month rule. If they find out, there is no way it's staying a secret that long." He reasons.
"Good point." She concedes.
"Hey, Gina. Got Temari's transfer papers to release her to the Leaf. I still can't believe she's really moving. You know?" Kankuro asks, at first not noticing Sasuke.
"I know. I have the same feeling." She says and takes the papers, signing them quickly.
"Well she's happy. That's what matters. Uchiha? What are you doing in here?" Kankuro asks.
"She forgot her lunch." He says with a shrug.
"And you are what, watching her eat it?" He questions and raises an eyebrow.
"She has a habit of forgetting to eat, if someone doesn't remind her. She's rather…dedicated to her job." Sasuke states.
"Yeah. Usually I remind her. That's…surprisingly considerate of you. Anyway, you're heading back to the Leaf tomorrow, right? Would you mind giving Temari these papers?" He inquires.
"Sure. No problem." He answers.
Kankuro knew something was up. Something had to be. The Uchiha was agreeing to help him without making a smart mouthed comment. He was watching Gina eat, for God knows what reason. He doubted it was actually because he was worried she'd neglect her body's need for food.
He was in her office, almost every day for some minor reason or another. Yeah, something was going on. He didn't know what it was. But he'd figure it out eventually.
"Gina, where did your cactus plant go?" Kankuro asks conversationally.
"I got rid of it. It was becoming a concern. My visitors were worried they'd accidentally get pricked." She answers smoothly.
It was true. It was a concern. She just didn't feel the need to mention that she and Sasuke were the ones who were worried they'd get pricked. They tended to not be as aware of their surroundings when "making out." as Temari would have called it.
"Oh. Probably a good call. Well I'll let you get back to lunch." He says and Sasuke follows him, knowing if he didn't…it would look suspicious.
Later that night, they go to their training spot. She liked training with him at night. The red head enjoyed stargazing.
They did actually train. That was just who they were. Their training would have sent most people to the hospital, but to them it was fairly easy going. Still after every session they were bruised and battered.
"Sorry about that one." He says, kissing the mark from the Chunin Exams where he got her with the Chidori.
"It's alright. I like my scar. It reminds me of you." She says and kisses his cheek.
"Then I'm not sorry about it." He states.
"How soon do you think you can get back here?" She asks.
"You miss me already?" He asks with a smirk.
"Well more like I'm going to miss my shoulder rubs. But I suppose you could say that." She states in a sassy fashion.
"Don't know. Depends what sorts of missions he has. Thankfully, it's Naruto. He's completely oblivious. We can probably get through the whole three months without him wondering why I want to go to the Sand so much." He states smugly.
"Cruel, but accurate." She admits.
Sasuke nods his head and wraps his arms around the red head. Neither of them were particularly talkative. So most the time they expressed their affection in other ways. Kissing, caressing, biting, or even…cuddling. (Though both of them would die before admitting that publicly.)
"I'll miss you too." He says.
They were both damaged, he knew that. But somehow it worked. He didn't have to hold back with her. Well alright, he did a little bit. It wasn't like he was going to start unleashing Amaterasu, Susanoo, or use the Rinnegan against her. But other than that, she could take whatever he could dish out.
"Good." She states and lays her head on his chest.
Likewise, Gina had to control her sand's natural reactions. Which seemed…split when it came to Sasuke. Half the time her sand wanted to strangle him and the other half it seemed rather intent on frisking him. Sometimes both it tried to do both at once.
"Still can't believe your sand tried to do THAT." Sasuke states in amusement.
"I apologized for that." She says and he could see her blushing.
"You don't have to apologize. It would have been worth…investigating in private. But we were in public." He states.
"Not really. My sand was considerate enough to shove you into an alley way out of everyone else's view." She defends herself.
"And then it frisked me and tried to give me a sand job." He states.
"…I said I was sorry!" She blushes and buries her face further into his chest to hide her blush.
"I liked it that you couldn't control yourself. So you don't have to apologize for that one. I should probably go. I have to pack and it's an early start tomorrow." He says, gently sliding her off him, and getting up.
"You should." She says.
"I'll be back. Like I said, he's oblivious." He promises and heads off.
Little did either of them realize they were being watched. The Coyote and Cat ANBU looked at each other. Based off what they just saw, oh yeah he'd fall for it. This was going to be a lot easier than they thought.