The Long Way Home
Part 11
Awakening
Chapter 1/5
Sasuke woke up.
Then he moaned.
Or he would have if a tongue hadn't forced its way into his mouth the moment he had tried to.
He felt a hand against him on the outside of his pants, somewhat clumsily but aggressively rubbing, coaxing him into hardness and a body half on top of him draping that side in warmth.
Must be Monday.
They hadn't really talked about it. That was a good thing. Talking would lead to stupid questions that would probably be left unanswered and then this, whatever it was, would probably stop. Sasuke didn't really want that. Except he just didn't understand why.
If he had to be completely honest with himself, this was something that had been occupying his thoughts all too often lately. He blamed boredom mostly. Well maybe boredom wasn't the right word. Stumbling across everything new and different in this country kept them both on their toes enough to ease true boredom. It was a boredom of a different sort. Perhaps a type of restlessness.
He was used to being focussed, obsessing over a single overriding issue that shadowed everything else in his day to day life. But that life was so far away from him now, literally, and he'd meant what he'd said to Naruto, it was good in a way not to have to think about it for a change. He was so removed from his own issues now that his brain felt more relaxed than it had since he could remember. But having nothing dire to obsess over had done weird things to his mind and his body. His only distraction, his only constant now, was Naruto. And recently he'd realised that his brain had just switched over to something else and latched onto that one constant more than he cared to admit.
At first Naruto had made him jumpy. Basically because Naruto was being so familiar with this long lost friend of his that in all honesty he should hardly know anymore. It had been almost five years since they had spent more than ten relatively civil minutes around each other previous to this little trip and Naruto had taken very little time syncing himself back in to Sasuke's life. It was like Naruto had never forgotten what Sasuke was like and all Naruto had to do was adjust a little from their time spent apart and then it was like he'd never been away from him. And curiously Sasuke had done the same without realising it. Naruto was still the same Naruto in many ways but all he had to do was adjust to some maturity and now he knew him again. Perhaps even better than before. It had seemed so natural but hardly comforting. After all it had been difficult for him to adjust to Naruto when they were younger, doing it a second time had almost tested his patience to the limit. But he'd gotten past it in the end.
And that weird cheek kissing thing he'd picked up in Adessa, Sasuke hadn't known how to react to that. Naruto had just done it in his single-mindedly innocent want to show Sasuke he was appreciated. And it had been an innocent thing, Sasuke had known it moments later when he'd processed why Naruto had done such a thing. Amaya had kissed him like that, had told him it was a gratitude custom and Naruto had thought it had felt really nice to feel that gratitude. So not being able to thank Sasuke in words he'd just copied the gesture with the intention of making it feel nice for Sasuke too. Of course the moron probably hadn't realised Amaya had just used the gesture as an excuse to get away with kissing a guy she liked in public in a socially acceptable manner for Adessa. But whatever, Naruto had just taken her at her word and repeated the gesture with the best intentions at heart.
But then it never stopped him from doing it every time as a way to negate having to actually say 'thank you' to Sasuke. Partly because Naruto seemed to like throwing Sasuke off like that, partly because he got a less venomous reaction than when he did actually say 'thank you' in words and also partly because such a little innocent thing was nothing compared to what they'd had to do for Morio. And fine, the thing with Morio was at Sasuke's insistence but it only seemed to exacerbate matters.
Until that point, Sasuke had to admit, he'd sort of gotten used to Naruto's proximity. By that point they had more or less lived in each other's pockets, sleeping next to each other, treating each other's wounds plus the occasional brush of lips on cheek. So Sasuke hadn't really thought that the pretend seduction was going to be a big deal. And while it had been difficult to do, it hadn't been till afterwards that he'd realised how comparatively easy it was to do with Naruto than with anyone else he could think of. He'd wondered, even with his desperation to leave the country, whether he might have even pushed for the ruse had he been trapped in that situation with anyone else. But he had to admit in the end it had hardly even caused a hiccup with him. At least not at the time.
But doing such a thing put other things in a new light for Naruto. He'd not made a huge habit out of the cheek kiss before, but afterwards it became a daily experience. He most probably did it to annoy Sasuke, but he was comfortable enough with Sasuke to not think twice about the gesture. He'd even gone so far in the box on their border trip to kiss him properly. And sure, it wasn't a first. Their lips had been glued for almost the entire time at Morio's but in the box they weren't putting on a show. Naruto had just done it because Sasuke had seemed uncomfortable with the degree of touching when sharing the water and he'd apparently wanted to test the boundaries and figure out just what about it was pissing Sasuke off.
Truthfully Sasuke wasn't getting pissed off. Well not entirely. Just like Naruto had said, it had been comfortable in a way that Sasuke hadn't found pleasant at the time and so he had ended up getting annoyed and confused instead.
He didn't know how Naruto seemed to do it, but he had acted like tongue kissing Sasuke while they'd been slowly baked alive in a metal box while illegally crossing the national border had been nothing but an innocent fact finding event. And really that's probably all it had been to him. Thanks to Morio this was not new territory for either of them and so Naruto had just figured that such a thing was okay now.
Unfortunately for Sasuke, his brain just didn't work that way. The more he travelled with Naruto, the more relaxed around him he became, the more aware he was that he'd never felt so relaxed around anyone else, ever. Nothing seemed too much, nothing became too close and his brain had started to respond to that. He was unused to the sensation though and whenever Naruto got close, whenever he brushed his lips against his cheek or neck, Sasuke started to enjoy it. Too much actually.
Initially he'd wanted it to stop, he hadn't liked that foreign feeling at all. Enjoying another's touch and presence was a little too much for him. So he'd pretended to ignore the feeling, keep it casual just like Naruto did. But then they'd gotten horribly drunk and Sasuke had lost his resistance.
And it had felt really good.
The trick at the time had been to make Naruto believe it was nothing major. Keep it casual, don't read into it. Sasuke sure didn't want the temptation again and Naruto didn't need to analyse things and start asking uncomfortable questions.
And so it had gone on, same as before except for one small change. Sasuke no longer really enforced his want for Naruto not to touch him anymore. Why bother, it was comfortable, it felt good.
Little did he know what that would end up doing to him in the end. With his brain finally accepting this new change in the relationship, his body had begun to get into the act. On some level he'd just assumed their groping had been a drunken glitch. It was one thing to enjoy someone touching your hair or getting used to the occasional hug, it was another thing entirely to really begin to want it. That was about the time Naruto had mentioned the masturbation thing.
Sasuke's interaction with people his own age was pretty limited from the age of thirteen up. He didn't know what amount of self gratification was considered 'normal' if anything really was. It wasn't like he never got the urge, but he didn't get it often, he hadn't been lying about that. He got the impression though that he was a little unusual in this way. It wouldn't surprise him. Naruto had accused him at one point of having the sexual appetite of a cabbage when they'd discussed it before and Sasuke couldn't disagree. He had to admit that his lifestyle thus far didn't really leave much room for personal physical or emotional needs. Too much pent up rage and aggression would probably do that to a person. But the rage had lessened a lot recently and now it seemed like a lifetime of adolescent cravings had kicked in leaving him at a bewildering loss instead. And definitely feeling a lot more restless than a cabbage.
Frustration, they had decided, was what was really to blame for what was happening now. This was probably true. But after a lifetime of general disinterest in all things sexual, close and affectionate made him wonder if the who mattered as well. Not that he believed he was developing some tender bond, no way. But the fact that it was Naruto who had made him feel comfortable, who'd worked him up into this frustrated state must have had something to do with it as well.
He didn't really care to dwell on that though. Whatever it was it felt good, comfortable and who cared about anything else in the end? Naruto sure didn't seem to care. He might have seemed startled as all hell when Sasuke had grabbed him the first time but in less than three seconds he'd been moaning into Sasuke's ear and the sound alone, knowing he was responsible, knowing that what he was doing wasn't unwanted was enough to make him excited too. And then the touch had been reciprocated and that was that.
Predicably this move had sparked a new round of touching that Sasuke didn't even pretend to dislike anymore. It was like something inside him had awoken and wanted to be fed ravenously every few days or so.
Things would seem just like before for a few days then one of them would get the urge and grab the other and they would spend the next few frenzied moments struggling with each other and hopefully lasting long enough to get their hands into each other pants.
The first time, in the hotel room across from the mirror had been two weeks ago. The last time had been Friday. But three days was usually pushing it nowadays so he wasn't shocked that Naruto was a little eager this morning.
He also wasn't shocked that Naruto was being so openly aggressive about it either. Shyness from actions didn't seem to be a factor when you were horny and had a willing partner three steps away all the time. Neither of them gave an inch no matter who started what and half the time a mere ten minute tousle would result in bruises from fingers, teeth and the surrounding landscape.
He wasn't sure when exactly it had started as a competitive game to see who took control. Actually he wasn't sure if it had ever been anything but that really. But Sasuke had to admit to liking it. He didn't think he could do the tender thing because that's not what this was about when it came down to it. This was just a quirk in their previous relationship with each other. Well that's how Naruto put it once and Sasuke hadn't minded the sound of that. It was just something more, extra, on top of dealing with each other on the trip home so he decided not to be overly guarded about it.
With a frustrated grunt, Sasuke got his foot beneath him and rolled them till he was the one lying over the other, blinking in the morning light and trying to focus while an ever persistent hand kept right on working on him.
"You could at least let me wake up first, dobe," Sasuke muttered.
"Why?"
Sasuke offered up a half smile at the response. "Because it's better manners not to molest a sleeping person."
"Right," Naruto replied unbelievingly. "'Cause you're all about good manners, huh?"
Naruto pushed at Sasuke with his free hand with surprising strength, forcing Sasuke back onto his ass. Naruto followed him back, onto his own knees, not once letting go.
Not appreciating the treatment, Sasuke leaned in to Naruto's exposed throat and nipped at the skin enough to hurt.
"Fucking ow."
Sasuke figured he deserved it.
Plus doing this had the added bonus of distracting him too. He hadn't been kidding when he said they were lucky to even get skin contact with one another before things would be over. Naruto had mentioned before that it seemed embarrassing but Sasuke couldn't exactly work out why. It was probably some stupid social expectation to last longer that he couldn't have cared less about. He'd rather think of it as being efficient. In all reality it probably had more to do with them being sexually deprived for so long but Sasuke was hardly complaining.
But it was one thing to be efficient and totally another to be the only one finishing. He wouldn't stop till he was sure the other person was nearly there or done before him. It was a strange sort of matter of pride and also part of the competitive atmosphere he supposed. Either way it helped distract him enough to focus on what he wasn't doing rather than what Naruto was doing to him.
Naruto generally only wore his shorts when he slept, even when they slept outside like they had last night on the really humid nights, so Sasuke had little trouble getting his hand in the other's pants and closing his fingers around the hot engorged hardness he found therein. He felt a certain smug satisfaction when he felt Naruto's throat vibrate underneath his lips when a sort of groan/sigh escaped him.
Why this reaction never failed to please him was also a mystery. He felt that he shouldn't care about the level of Naruto's pleasure at what he did but for some reason the more ardent the sounds, the more self-satisfied he felt. He supposed he liked knowing he was good at something, no matter the something. He'd never thought previously he'd been a overt show off but he had to admit to liking the feeling of being skilful at most things he tried. Besides he might not have taken every opportunity to show off to any old person but with Naruto he'd always taken a special kind of dark glee when he had a chance to show Naruto up. And of course the better Naruto became at something himself, the more motivated Sasuke became to be even better still.
The next ten or so minutes were spent alternatively grabbing at each other, rolling around, biting, kissing and groping until the pair were left sweaty and breathless lying next to each other in a thick carpet of dead leaves. At some point a sharp stone had worked itself into the back of Sasuke's shoulder before he'd eventually won the upper hand, so to speak, at the end of their tousle and the skin there felt hot and tender. He was pretty sure Naruto had slammed him into the ground hard enough at one point to embed the stone into his skin but he was too worn out by a mere ten minute wrestle to sit up and pull it out.
Lying about half a meter off to his side Naruto groaned in pain.
"I think you dislocated my shoulder," he accused.
"No I didn't, stop being a baby."
With more groaning Naruto pushed himself up in a sitting position and rolled his shoulder with a wince.
"Fine, you didn't, but you seemed like you were trying to. I definitely swallowed some dirt."
Sasuke couldn't really disagree with that. He might have gotten the upper hand later on but only because he'd finished first. Naruto had worked him up a fair bit beforehand so it was hardly a surprise. But the small bruise to his ego had made him flip Naruto over onto his knees, wrenched his arm around behind his body to hold him still and with Naruto's face pressed into the leaf litter he'd finished him off too. It must have hurt but the pain can't have been greater than the pleasure of being roughly jerked to completion with Sasuke's free hand.
"You really aren't a morning person, are you?" Naruto questioned looking down at him.
"Most people that wake me up without good reason get hurt," Sasuke admitted. "Be thankful that it wasn't all I did."
Naruto grinned. "Didn't say it wasn't worth it."
"I'm not so sure," Sasuke admitted.
That caused Naruto to lose his smile. "Whaddaya mean?"
"It means that we lose half the morning now washing our one set of clothes because they're now dirty and then waiting for them to dry."
Almost every time they ended up working off their frustrations it was abrupt and generally while still clothed in one way or another. Bodily fluid and dirt were the major factors that dirtied their clothing and it usually meant washing up before being able to move on again. At least in the heat things dried fairly quickly but walking around in wet clothes in the humidity was uncomfortable to say the least and washing clothes first thing in the morning was a great waste of time.
"Oh," Naruto responded a little crestfallen. "I didn't think about that."
"That doesn't shock me."
"You could have said 'no'," Naruto pointed out hotly.
Which was annoyingly true. But he hadn't, he hadn't even thought about the delay until now. And honestly even if he had he doubted he would have said 'no'.
"You were… distracting me."
"Um, okay. No more mornings then."
He hadn't expected Naruto to cede to the point so quickly and it took him a little off guard. It even annoyed him a little that he'd won before they'd even argued about it. And he realised after some careful thinking that it was because for once he might not have wanted to win. Waking up like that had been somewhat exciting in a way that Sasuke found really unexpected. He liked control, he liked the powerful feeling of being in control. But he was finding lately he also liked the unexpected almost as much.
"I didn't say that."
"Oh?"
"Maybe we should just try to keep our clothes a bit cleaner, that's all."
Naruto's expression was almost comical as he tried to work that one out. It was sort of unbelieving half smile laced with something close to fear.
"What, like get naked or something?"
Naruto was trying to make it sound a little like a joke but Sasuke could tell he was just trying to figure things out.
"That would be the obvious solution."
Weirdly a little more fear crept into his features at that and Sasuke couldn't work out why.
"But that's… I mean, it's just that… Look isn't that a little…"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him. "What's the big deal?"
"It's not like we're, I mean…"
"For fuck's sake, get out a whole sentence before you start a new one!" Sasuke snapped. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were nervous."
Naruto took a deep calming breath. "Maybe you don't know any better."
Apparently Naruto really was nervous and it was something Sasuke couldn't understand.
"I've spent more time around you naked than anyone else I've ever met," Sasuke pointed out sardonically. "I'd be pretty surprised if the same weren't true for you as well. We bathe together almost every night and the thought of being naked in front of me now is somehow making you nervous? There is something seriously wrong with your head."
Naruto didn't look like he particularly disagreed. "It's just easier when I don't have time to think about it," Naruto explained. "Getting naked just sounds really… I don't know, prepared."
Apparently Sasuke wasn't the only one that got off on the spontaneity aspect of what they did. But with Naruto, Sasuke was beginning to suspect that Naruto was only as bold as he was because he treated what they did the same way he treated most fights. Do before think and strategy only where necessary.
"Moron."
"I'm not being a moron, teme!"
"Scared then."
"No way!"
"Whatever. The next time you're horny and frustrated I doubt you'll find taking off clothes to be that great an issue," Sasuke predicted.
"Look I'm sorry about the morning groping okay?" Naruto said putting a hand up to his head like it pained him. "I just needed some relief."
Sasuke watched him with narrow eyes. "Another headache?"
Naruto took his hand away from his head but was still squinting a little in the morning light.
"It went away after we fooled around but like always you know just what to say to make it hurt again."
"Drink some water. Then wash the clothes."
"What!? Why me?"
"Because you started it."
As Sasuke suspected it took at least an hour for their clothes to dry out but it did give him the time to have a wash himself as well. Afterwards Sasuke took a moment to study his maps while Naruto lay in a boneless heap on the riverbank where he spent the remaining half hour apparently dozing. Just how Naruto could need a nap first thing in the morning even after their exercise was beyond him. But at least the dobe was quiet while Sasuke concentrated and by mid-morning they were back on the road.
Sasuke found over the next few days how wrong his prediction had been about Naruto's distaste for being prepared. As usual normal travelling behaviour settled over the pair but two days passed, then three and Naruto had showed little sign that he wanted to relieve any building frustrations. And there was a subtle shift in general atmosphere too that took Sasuke a couple of days to feel. It wasn't exactly stand offish, but it was certainly a feeling of space between them. Naruto still talked, joked, argued and acted mostly like his usual self. But small little hints of actual touching was missing from their day to day lives. Sasuke hadn't even realised it till he'd actually begun to sort of miss it. He refused to believe he missed it in a longing sort of way, more that he just began to notice it was missing because he'd become used to it.
No cheek kissing, no shoulder bumping, no casual touch on the arm even. Even bathing Naruto spent the minimum amount of time doing before getting out of the river and getting dressed.
It was one such night on their fifth night without touching that Sasuke actually snapped. Naruto had bathed while Sasuke had been hunting. He'd had no luck hunting and Naruto acted like it was no big deal that he'd already bathed before Sasuke had gotten back. Therefore having disappointment mounting after disappointment Sasuke stood over Naruto with his arms folded as the other lay on his blankets and glared down at him.
"Take of your clothes," he ordered.
Naruto looked up at him surprised. "What?"
"I hate repeating myself."
Seeing the look on Sasuke's face, Naruto looked decidedly scared.
"Why?"
Sasuke glared at him some more until it seemed as though he had to answer because Naruto wasn't going to budge.
"Because if you don't I will take them off you."
"I don't get a say in this?"
"No."
"Hey, that's…!"
Sasuke didn't mind being mean to get his point across. There was something going on here that he didn't understand and it was bugging him. For once he related to the reason why Naruto had kissed him in the metal box during the border crossing. Something was bugging him and not knowing what that was, was bugging Sasuke in turn. And to find out he was going to do something physical about it because it sure beat talking.
But instead of giving into temptation and stripping the blond where he lay, he undid his own shirt, shrugged it off his shoulders and started working at the tie on his pants. Naruto watched him with wide eyes and then Sasuke started to get a small indication of what at least part of the problem was. Naruto was actually being self-conscious. Which was completely stupid. He'd already seen him on multiple occasions naked. Almost every night in fact. But they'd never done anything more than kiss while completely naked. Having your body exposed during bath time was a little different than having it exposed during naked fun time. Well he supposed it must be for Naruto anyway. Sasuke couldn't care less.
Which is why when he let his pants drop, he glared at Naruto expectantly. Thankfully Naruto got the message. He sat up to pull his shirt over his head slowly then laid back down to undo the buttons on his pants. Sasuke watched closely as pants were drawn down and set aside by extremely reluctant hands. He knelt down, grabbed Naruto's legs and dragged him roughly down till he could kneel between them.
"Hey!"
"Shut up and stop looking at me like I'm about to kill you."
"No offence Sasuke, but the look you're giving me, it's hard to think you aren't."
Because this was the first time total nakedness had been involved Sasuke became aware of a few things. Firstly that perhaps efficiency may not be all there was to this. He wondered what else he might do to the body in front of him to make him moan and give him that feeling of satisfaction. Experimentally he moved one of his hands to grip Naruto's naked waist and stroke his thumb over the skin near his groin. He'd meant it as a relaxing move but Naruto tensed quite noticeably.
Sasuke ignored it. He wasn't a person that could reassure people with words. He figured that sooner or later Naruto would either get used to it or he wouldn't.
Meanwhile Sasuke used his eyes. While it was true they'd seen each other naked a lot, he hadn't had Naruto laid out in front of him like this free to be touched as Sasuke pleased or until Naruto hit him. Which was an odd turn on in itself. Naruto wasn't a submissive person and the only reason he was acting even slightly that way now was because Sasuke had him off guard. The moment his confidence started to return Sasuke figured he'd be on his own back before he could blink.
But for now, Sasuke trailed his fingers over the twitching muscles on Naruto's stomach and down till he could run feather-light touches over Naruto's length.
This caused a sharp indrawn breath and Sasuke gave him a pleased smile.
"Complain about being naked again," Sasuke challenged him.
Naruto looked up at him now with a certain hint of anger to his blue eyes. "So that's what this is all about? You getting sick of getting your clothes dirty?"
"Partially," Sasuke admitted. "Also partially because I don't get what the problem is."
Now Naruto was frowning at him too. But Sasuke knew there was no way he was going to get him to admit that he was embarrassed. And he didn't really care to either. He wasn't much good at reassurance for the sake of making someone feel better. And what would he say anyway, that Naruto had nothing to be embarrassed about? He tried something like that before when they'd been trying to get into the Saito mansion and Naruto had been sure he wouldn't be accepted. It wasn't like Naruto to be self-conscious and he wondered if he was only that way around him. Sasuke would have to be deaf, dumb, blind and stupid as well not to know how he himself appeared to other people. And he supposed it was entirely possible that Naruto felt inferior next to him. But Sasuke knew it was something left over from childhood that probably made him react this way. He was so used to Sasuke being the better looking one he had no idea how much things could change in a few years. A lot in Sasuke's own estimation. But what he also remembered from Lady Saito's was that even after being repeatedly reassured, Naruto would never believe him until some dumb girl came up and told him. Figured.
So why bother? If reassurance didn't do it perhaps sensation could.
"Plus," Sasuke continued. "Better access, so stop scowling."
Sasuke leant over him then, just intending to touch their lips together but he was totally unprepared for the sensation. And he realised a stunned moment later that this was because it was the first time they'd been pressed up against each other both fully aroused and completely naked.
First thing he noticed was that Naruto's skin felt incredibly hot. Hotter than usual actually. That naked skin against his own erection caused him to groan into Naruto's mouth instead of kissing it like he had intended.
"Fuck," Naruto hissed before adding, "Okay I give, this is better."
And that was the point where, as Sasuke had predicted, Naruto stopped being submissive. He reached up and grabbed Sasuke's sides roughly and rolled them. Sasuke painfully felt twigs snap beneath his back as they rolled causing him to hiss and fight the urge to hit the grinning dobe in the face before Naruto quite suddenly ducked his head down and kissed him instead. Sasuke had to settle for biting Naruto's lip in retaliation but it only made Naruto stop kissing him and move down to safer kissing areas instead.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke ground out as he felt lips first against his jaw and then his throat.
"You bite a lot. This is safer."
Sasuke hadn't really noticed but he supposed it was true. Not that he particularly cared because it was usually in retaliation.
"So? What's so great about kissing a neck? It's just skin."
"You do it to me," Naruto pointed out.
Sasuke realised what Naruto had left out of that sentence. It was true, sometimes when fooling around lips couldn't be reached with lips but at the same time all he really wanted to do was run his lips over whatever exposed skin he could find instead. He didn't really know why, it really was just skin after all. And sure, it was skin that tasted like another person but it was a strange compulsion he couldn't generally ignore. And sure, Naruto might suffer the same compulsion but that wasn't what he'd left unsaid. Sasuke was almost positive that Naruto had meant to add that when Sasuke did it to him it felt nice. He obviously wanted to cause the same feeling.
And truthfully, when Naruto ran his tongue up the side of his neck it felt very good. He must have made a sound because Naruto hesitated briefly before doing it again and sucking on the skin just below his ear.
These were the moments that Sasuke both hated and liked at the same time. It was the moment when his body just kind of did whatever the hell it wanted to without any input from his brain whatsoever. And what's worse was that when he got to these moments he sort of didn't care. Later he would feel annoyed, but right now thinking wasn't much of an option.
His hips ground up against the body above him of their own accord and he was sure he made a noise again. Thankfully the move made Naruto's mouth leave his neck as he groaned in response to Sasuke's movement.
"I think I found your weak spot," Naruto said breathlessly.
This news didn't soothe Sasuke one bit and he pushed at Naruto till they were back where they had started with Sasuke hovering above him, glaring down at him.
"Whatever, you're all one big weak spot."
"Yeah right I-"
But instead of arguing further Sasuke reached in between them wrapping his hand around both of them in the hopes of proving his point. All it did was make his eyes drop closed and a fluttering breath to escape him. Naruto dug his fingers into his side in that moment and the pain snapped Sasuke out of his moment long enough to start moving his hand.
When Sasuke finally pushed himself up and off Naruto he became very aware of a certain wetness against his belly. And not just his, Naruto was similarly covered and it made his brain freeze up just the tiniest at the realisation of just what it was. A combination of his and Naruto's fluids was even now was making's its warm way downwards on his skin and he wasn't quite sure how to feel about that. Getting it on his hands hadn't seemed like such a big deal before and whatever wasn't on hands generally got soaked up by layers of material. But there was only naked skin now and he wondered whether he should be a little grossed out by that.
He was too tired to care to be completely honest. Plus Naruto was still lying on his back completely blissed out with his eyes closed and apparently completely unaware of the small puddle of cum that had somehow managed to collect in his belly button.
Before Sasuke realised what he was doing he was on the verge of laughing. He wasn't sure exactly what was so funny about it he only knew that it was. It was probably due to feeling a little light headed in the after glow of what they'd just done but his almost laughing was enough to make Naruto open his eyes and give him a worried look.
"What?"
Sasuke couldn't actually speak and gestured instead. Naruto looked down at himself and made a face before letting his head drop back again.
"Gross."
He was definitely laughing now causing Naruto to look back up at him with a bemused sort of half smile.
"It's not that funny."
"Yes it is."
Naruto smiled a little broader but whether it was because he found it funny as well or because he was enjoying seeing Sasuke laugh, Sasuke wasn't sure. Either way it made Sasuke settle down and force himself to his feet.
"I need to wash off, I'd suggest you do the same."
Naruto looked down at himself again. "I'm half afraid to move."
Sasuke stopped himself from laughing again and helped Naruto to his feet so the pair of them could make their way down to the river.
TBC
Notes: So I'm writing out a scene where I have Sasuke laughing over the fact that Naruto has gotten cum in his belly button and I have to pause and wonder if that's a particularly Sasuke reaction to it. I mean he's not much for hilarity right? And then I thought about it some more and had to wonder why this was the only question I had about the scene whatsoever and what the fuck has happened to my brain. I can't believe that I am debating whether it is okay for Sasuke to be laughing character wise when I even have a scene like this in the first place. Hahaha. OMFG. Sorry, it's the caffeine talking lol.
So, lots have happened for me and the boys. Those of you on Tumblr may or may not have gotten my message about my possible computer death and my laptop is still threatening me every time I boot it up but it soldiers on when it can. It has made writing a little difficult and tedious but now that I am well prepared I still should at least be able to get out the entirety of Part 11 out without too many hassles. I hope.
On that note while trying to prep Part 11 for posting I have added two extra chapters as well. This was only ever supposed to be two chapters long originally but now we have four. I suppose that's not such a bad thing but it did delay me somewhat as well. And yes WNL Halloween Special has also been taking up some much needed thinking time but I am confident that I can get that posted on time now as well for those interested. I'll just tack it onto the end of 'Living in the Now'.
Okay so onto the boys, I know this chapter was mostly Sasuke internal ramblings but I've had a lot of people wondering what was going through Sasuke's mind in the earlier parts but I didn't want to add it until we got to a point like this. So yeah, sorry for that if it got a little tedious.
So part 11 will not be big in action scenes and will mostly be dealing with a deepening sort of bond between them not only with friendly feelings but also physically as we bridge part 10's still slightly awkward touching moments to Part 12's slightly more suggestive moments. But yeah we'll also get into Naruto's growing headaches and a little tiny peek at overall story in chapter 4.
So yeah, till next week!
Dash.
Unsigned Reviews –
Guest – O.O you found my cookie weakness! Thanks so much, I really hope you like the latest chapter :)
Bunnyguest – Haha, Sasuke's new power to will touching fun time with the power of his eyes. Ah who could resist that expectant look haha. Well hopefully not Naruto lol. I love it that we've gotten to a point now where we can have scenes like this, methinks them not being able to keep their hands off each other will only get worse *grins*
Bk – Yeah, Sasuke definitely has some issues there but totally, Naruto being there sure seemed to help a lot :) And shove him up against a tree and kiss the breath out of him and more haha. Thanks!
Destiny MeLynn – *bites lip* I don't really know how to respond without giving too much away Destiny. So sorry, I wish I could say more…
Guest – lol I have a hard time sometimes making Sasuke embarrassed while attempting to keep him in character but I do like giving him those moments that's for sure *grins*
Derpette – Yay, the best chapters I think are the ones that can make you giggle :) Well I hope you had a good start to your day today and as I've said, death, zombie apocalypse etc will be the only thing that would make me stop updating for an entire year lol.
Lblue – Ah don't worry, busy I understand :)
Well the actual amount of writing for chapter 2 wasn't really less than usual but yeah, not a lot happened so I can see how it would seem like a short chapter. It was more or less one long scene which didn't help much and usually things are paced a little faster than this so I might have to watch that.
The main reason I haven't given too much away at this point is that this story is going to be very long (well for me) I can easily see this fic going for another twenty chapters plus so giving away too much plot at once is sort of counter-productive for what I want to achieve with this fic right now. I do want to stretch it out because I want them to be a little confused and vulnerable about it right now and I can't really say too much more now because of spoilers. But I will begin to slip things in as well go along I promise but admittedly I am saving the bulk of that till we get into the next country. But yeah, the plot isn't forgotten I promise, but I'm not ready for them to deal with it just yet. Thanks!
Guest – I almost gigglesnorted when you said they squabble like a married couple because of a scene I have done for them somewhere around Part 17 or so. I don't want to talk about the entire scene because of spoilers but let's just say someone witnesses them 'bickering like a married couple in front of a vegetable stall.' So don't worry it's not just you lol. This person will also think they are together together because of this little scene haha. Ah is it bad that I enjoy them fighting like that? *looks sheepish*
Sis – Thanks, I hope you enjoy it :)