Love & Truth

28. Entwined Heartbeats, Unbidden Tears

(Third Person's POV)

When Naruto woke up he knew immediately that something had happened, especially considering he woke up naked, wrapped in Sasuke's arms and sore in significant places.

Once his head cleared a bit from the haze of sleepiness it began to supply him with images and sensations of the previous night.

The kisses, the tears… the touches, the racing heartbeats… the heat of bodies being joined over and over…

Naruto was not sure whether he really wanted to remember that, not being sure how this whole relationship was deemed to end. His mind however did not have a mercy and replayed him how the previous night went.

You promised me… you promised me not to leave again… yet you did…" Naruto cried only to be silenced with kisses seconds later.

I'm so sorry… please forgive me…" Sasuke soothed his lover slowly easing the tension in the body under him, kissing the blonde's tears away gently. „I'm never going to leave you again…"

Never?" Blue eyes shone with hesitation.

Never. Not ever…"

The blonde eased up a bit and let himself be caressed skilfully.

Promise?"

Promise." The raven smiled, sealing the deal with a kiss.

Hearing that the blue eyes filled with absolute trust and the blonde let himself fall into the sweet trap of the onyx eyes which gazed at him.

Naruto was soon shirtless, hair mussed up, moaning as Sasuke sucked on his nipple, and roamed his skilled hands along the curves of the blonde's slender body. These motions earned Sasuke even more pleasurable sounds coming from his partner.

Don't stop..." Naruto said breathlessly, looking up to meet the heated gaze that held every intention to listen to that pleading.

Naruto knew somewhere deep in his alcohol-numbed mind, that they should not continue any further. Even Sasuke realized it subconsciously. Neither of them had meant to end up repeating their very earliest history together, but the heat was simply too much. Both of the two just wanted to finally reach the other, to show just how much he longed for him and showing it through the body seemed as the most appealable idea at the moment. They yearned for each other.

Sasuke moved up to nibble gently on Naruto's earlobe.

I missed you… so much…" He whispered in the blonde's ear. Now, if you don't mind…" He tugged at the blonde's shorts, as Naruto's pants were out of the picture for a few minutes already.

Naruto did not stop Sasuke, nor did he reply however. He only reached his hand out also, to tug at Sasuke's shirt, showing his displeasure with Sasuke being still almost fully clothed. Sasuke only smiled at the motion. He loved his dobe's pouting face.

Shedding his clothes Sasuke still did not end with the gentle caresses he adored the slender body under him with. He had resolved to make an effort to pleasure the blonde thoroughly.

Once he lubricated his fingers with his saliva, the raven slid his fingers, one after another, inside his petite lover's entrance. Naruto did not miss the smirk that appeared on Sasuke's face as he plunged his fingers into that hot and willing place, earning him moans of pleasure, which his lover breathed out in rasps.

Deeming his partner prepared enough, Sasuke took Naruto's legs and put them on his shoulders, positioning himself.

It was not even their first night, yet it as easily could have been. The couple was reeking of nervousness at that split moment. It soon passed however, as Sasuke could not stand to wait any longer and, while engaging Naruto's mouth in series of kisses, started thrusting gently into his blonde.

Naruto gasped, squirming underneath the raven, at the feeling of penetration as it was not something he felt in the near past. It has been quite a long time actually.

Sasuke pushed slowly, feeling the faint trembling of the body under him. Finally he was fully sheated and he could only moan at the delicious tightness which he craved for.

Once Naruto gave him a nod Sasuke began to thrust in and out of the blonde, holding his hips still. That action had been met with approval, the legs of the blonde wrapping themselves around the raven's waist.

The two indulged themselves in the friction, the speed increasing, the thrusts becoming harder. They both felt as if they were to lose their minds to the feeling of it, the feeling of being so close to each other. The feeling of being held by the only person you were meant to be with. It felt simply intoxicating.

Sasuke thrusted into Naruto whilst he intertwined their tongues in a life-searing battle in which neither cared who'd win. They only wanted to explore each other's mouths hungrily.

Naruto felt if he was never going to have enough. He could feel the pure desire which ignited fires of lust in him. Fires which he had thought to be locked somewhere deep in his mind… and at that very night those fires broke free in their full force. The blonde only wanted more and more and more of the raven... to be devoured by the man he loved more than anything completely.

Naruto soon found himself moaning, screaming Sasuke's name, seeing sparks, tossing his head back, moving just so he could have more of that great feeling. He was greedy for the pleasure and the way Sasuke moved inside him was giving him plenty of it.

Seeing the perfect creature Naruto was in his eyes writhe so sweetly under him, Sasuke pulled the warm body even closer. He was turned on more than he ever thought was possible. Hearing his dobe's voice, from which the lust, the need and the love almost seeped visibly, was turning him on to the borders of possibilities. He thrusted harder and faster, rubbing Naruto's erection with his hand. He was determined to pleasure his delectable lover as much as he could, to give him as much as he could and in moment's time his efforts paid off. Sasuke knew as much as Naruto squeezed around his erection arching his back in ecstasy as he reached his climax. That feeling alone was enough to bring the raven to the completion also as he emptied himself into the blonde, letting the heat spread throughout the slender body under him.

The pair stayed still for few seconds that felt like eternity, gazing into each other's eyes. Then, as if on silent agreement, they brought their lips together again seeking each other fervently. They did not want to part just yet...and so they didn't.

The raven took his time to show Naruto just how much he missed their closeness, showering his whole body with kisses, leaving a mark on the tanned skin every now and then as if marking his property. As far as Naruto was concerned, he would not mind being called that if Sasuke asked him to.

The blonde let himself fall into the ultimate bliss of his beloved's heat, clinging onto Sasuke who was in a way his missing lifeline.

The night still was not nearing its end.

The lovers did not want to end the moment and so they engaged themselves in each other until they were too exhausted to continue, falling asleep in each other's arms.

At the moment the night's memories dawned at him fully, Naruto was glad that it was his room that they ended up in, that it was still black outside when he woke up and that Sasuke was quite a heavy sleeper when in trusted surroundings, which the Uchiha complex surely was for him. Little did he know that it had more to do with him being near than with the complex as a whole.

Thanks to that the raven did not wake up when the blonde cleaned them both with a wet towel.

He did not wake up when he was being carried through the mansion, to his own room.

He did not wake up even when Yori woke up and started crying loudly and was then lulled by his mother back to sleep, before he had the chance to wake up his brother.

Sasuke did not wake up even when Naruto cleaned all the traces of their last night's activities which were scattered around the house.

The blonde was pretty sure that the raven would not remember the night anyway. He thought that maybe it was better that way.

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(Naruto's POV)

'It was not supposed to be like this.' I thought to myself as I prepared breakfast for teme to eat once he wakes up, just as I did every morning I lived in the mansion, now and before.

'And what was it supposed to be like?' I heard Kyuubi ask in my mind, as if it was the most common thing in the world for the fox to mess into my thoughts.

'You know… I was really glad when you decided to talk to me once again, but as of the present moment I'd really like to be with my thoughts alone.'

For once the fox decided not to argue and shut up quickly. It was indescribable how thankful was I for it at that one time out of all.

As I was occupied by me inner conversation with Kyuubi I nearly missed the soft squeaks of the wood, which came with someone coming closer. Since Makoto and Yori would hardly be able to do that and anyone with bad intentions would evade the sound I did not even need to guess whose steps it were that were coming closer.

Right at the time I turned around with the prepared food I saw teme standing in the door frame, looking around sleepily.

„Good morning." I smiled at him softly as I placed the food on the table, evading teme's eyes that were studying me curiously.

„Good morning?" He replied back, obviously taken aback by the simple greeting. It was then that I realized how long it was since I actually greeted him like this. Our interactions as of later were more coincidental than planned, even more so as I tried to avoid him as often as possible. I could not bear to look at him, knowing that he must think of me as a burden… as a secondary package that had to come along with the Uchiha heirs… at least the children were too small to understand what was going on at the moment. It would be even more painful to try to explain the situation to two innocent children. In the current situation I only had to deal with my own feelings.

„Did you sleep well?" I asked after a while. I still hoped somewhere deep in my mind – somewhere where Kyuubi would not dare to look – that maybe Sasuke did remember something. This hope however disappeared only a few seconds later, with the words that came from teme's mouth.

„Not really, my head hurts like hell… not to mention that I don't remember a thing from after yesterday's dinner."

'That was after I left…' I realized as a side thought… what heaved on my heart more, however, was the content of the whole sentence Sasuke just said.

'He does not remember…'

It must have been then when I admitted to myself that maybe our relationship is really beyond any possible repairs. And the realization hit me as a ton of bricks, if not more destroying.

I felt how tears threatened to come and so I quickly decided that it was time for me to leave the room. I excused myself quickly and as calmly as I was able to manage I walked out of the kitchen.

I walked mechanically down the corridors, until I saw the familiar door that lead to my room.

I opened them, seeing the room which had orange as its dominant colour. It was at times like these, however, that I would be calmer if Sasuke did not know me as well as to decorate a room good enough for me to not change pretty much a thing.

I even thought for a moment that maybe sleeping in some other room in the complex would be better, but I dismissed the thought quickly… it would be impolite of me to simply occupy another room out of whim, as painful as it was.

I stepped into the brightly coloured room, closing the door behind me.

Only when I was sure that the door was closed, hoping that teme would not hear me, did I break down in tears.

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(Sasuke's POV)

'Why did he leave so suddenly? I asked myself as I watched the quickly retreating dobe. There certainly was not everything right with the way he left.

Worried, I went after him, making effort to be quiet. When I however saw him being engrossed in thoughts I realized that the caution was most probably unnecessary. It however still did not mean that I would cease to continue to advance so.

I walked after Naruto slowly, stopping at the corner when I saw him stand before his own room, door wide open. His expression looked so hurt that I could almost feel the pain from it myself.

Once dobe closed the door behind himself I came closer to the room. When I did so, I could hear the unmistakable sound of dobe's crying. I so wanted to open the door and soothe him, to hold him in my arms, but I felt somehow that I was not in a place to do so. That going into the room in that very moment was not a good idea.

'Why is it not though? Did something happen yesterday? Damn, I'm not going to drink so much ever again…' I've sworn to myself, while the seal demon in my head only laughed, apparently amused greatly.

'You should have thought of that sooner.' He sneered.

'What happened?' I asked back. I should have known better though, than to think that the idiot would help me.

'Not telling… I'll consider being nice and supplying you with the last night's memories… but I don't think you'll need them… You'll probably get to know what happened anyway… Quite soon as to say.'

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(Third Person's POV)

In the days which followed the fateful night, Sasuke only grew more frustrated.

If before Naruto only seemed to be trying to get away from the raven before, then after the night he seemed to outright refuse any contact with Sasuke which, needless to say, pained the raven a great deal. He even went as far as to go and search for the boy, but the blonde somehow managed to keep the number of their encounters to the very minimum. Only letting the two of them meet when needed inevitably.

And like that the days went on...

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(Iruka's POV)

'There's something going on...' I knew that immediately once I saw the way Naruto looked when I saw him walking down the main street of Konoha.

He walked in the shadowy part of the street, looking around, as if he waited that someone will sneak on him and try to kill him. He really looked like that... He must have been painfully aware of the stares that the people around the village measured him with. 'Humans can be awful creatures when they want.' I frowned, seeing the villagers.

At least the boy was not in the fragile state of lost memories anymore... there certainly seemed to be something new going on though. And I vaguely remembered that it seemed like that since the engagement party held by Inuzukas and Hyuugas. That was almost a month back.

'Whar happened that day?'

Once I had enough of seeing the depression on the boy, who was as dear to me as a son would be, I decided to go and talk to him.

„Ahem... Naruto?" I said softly, once I approached the boy, who turned around at the sound of my voice.

„Iruka-sensei..." He smiled weakly. Only on the closer look could I see how weary, worn out even, he seemed. Even the smile seemed to be forced. And that was a thing to mention as Naruto was quite good at hiding negative emotions.

„What's the matter, Naruto?" I asked, thinking that dancing around the reason would not be a good choice in this matter.

„Nothing..." Naruto replied silently. I knew however, that it was a lie when he said that, even if I were only to judge so from the flash of pain that appeared on his face for a split second.

„Don't lie to me... You know it won't work anyway." I sighed, as I turned the direction of our walk to one of the less frequented streets.

„It's just that..."

As Naruto stopped himself I noticed that he rubbed his left hand, unconsciously. It reminded me that he and Uchiha had been engaged.

'Does it have something to do with that? Or with Sasuke himself?' I shook my head sighing.

„You two still did not talk it out?" I asked after a while. Seeing how Naruto averted his gaze to look at the ground I knew it was worse than that. „You two did not talk at all?"

When Naruto shook his head I was torn between slapping Naruto on the head now, or go and find the Uchiha to do the same... It would probably be the best if I did so to both.

„You should talk." I said simply after a while.

„Easier said then done."

„Why?" I asked, there was something in Naruto's look that I could not decode and I had quite a good idea that it was what weighed on his mind the most. I decided not to talk about that though. I was sure that he would become quiet completely if I did ask.

„I... I just don't want to burden him." He said sadly looking at his hands, which he gripped together until his knuckles turned white.

„I don't want to mess into other's things, but... I think that if you two don't talk it would burden his mind more..."

That being said Naruto's eyes widened and then he hung his head. It seemed cruel to cause him to look like that, but it was needed.

„Talk to him, okay?" I said, placing my head on his shoulder, putting a slight pressure on it until he looked at me back. „Okay?"

„Okay..."

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(Third Person's POV)

It took Naruto quite some time to gather the courage to bring himself to even think about talking to the raven. He was so worried about it that his system protested every time he tried to stomach anything.

Even after more than a week of preparing however, he could not bring himself to actually face Sasuke and so he thought of a certain scenery... a scenery that he always sought when he wanted some peace of mind... a scenery he always thought was beautiful.

There however needed to be a mediator to bring Sasuke there without actually talking to the man himself.

That seemed to not be a problem though... after all there was a demonic mediator that seemed quite willing to help Naruto, if that was to mean that the blonde will finally feel better.

The fox did not relish in the boy's pain, quite opposite, it hurt with him.

That is why it decided to contact the other overly willing demon who was needed for the special connection to be formed. The demon had more that enough of his sulking host also.

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„Sasuke-... -teme..." Naruto was able to breathe out only, once he's seen the raven-haired man who appeared next to him in a whirlwind of flowers.

The man seemed shocked when he appeared. He did not see the scenery for quite some time, after all.

„Naruto..."

The two stood face to face, neither speaking, neither moving... they stood like that for what seemed like eternity, the nervousness tying their tongues, the fear weakening their limbs... and so they only looked at each other... until the raven was first to break the stillness. He did so by wrapping his arms around the blonde.

„I'm so sorry." He whispered into the crook of Naruto's neck over and over.

The blonde seemed too stunned to move for a second then however he pulled away from Sasuke gently which left the raven looking at him hurt.

„What are you sorry for?" Naruto whispered, he somehow knew that the raven's memories of the night have not returned... if it was then he would be the one who would have to beg for forgiveness.

„For everything... I..."

Naruto looked at Sasuke sadly, it was not often that the raven was at loss of words and it surely did not make him feel better that he seemed to have that problem because of him.

„I should have told you the truth when you woke up... the whole truth... When I realized what an idiot I was to hide it from you it was too late to actually try and tell you..."

„Do you have an idea how I felt?" Naruto whispered, trying to keep his tears at bay. The thing that hurt him the most was that he was doing the very same thing to the raven at the moment. Hiding what should be told.

„I partly do... not to the extent, but partly yes... Because I know that you're hiding something from me also."

The two fell in silence once again. Neither knew how to get from the point they got their relationship in.

„This was a bad idea." Naruto muttered once his nerves threatened to give out. He could feel how the tears are coming. He hung his head, letting his bangs fall over his eyes to shield the view of the raven. Like that he turned around and was about to leave, until he felt a hand gripping his wrist.

„Don't go..." Sasuke insisted, the intention of not wanting to let Naruto go until they came to a decision of some sort clearly seen in his onyx eyes.

„Let me go..." Naruto pleaded in response only as he tried to get his hand out of the grip.

The two went on like this, Sasuke proceeding, Naruto shying away from him, tears falling unbidden by the time... they went like this, until Sasuke pulled on Naruto's wrist slightly and they both fell down on the grass that surrounded the ever-blooming Sakura tree...

...right next to a young Sakura sprout.


Done~

Okay, time for a decision people, should it be a singleton this time? Or another set of twins? (not both boys definitely)... I'll choose according to your reviews (^^)

Also, talking about choosing, I really need you to vote on the POLL, It's another SasuNaru against SebaCiel on the first place fighting each other so far. (they'll both AU most probably)

Anyway I hope you liked the chapter, I also hope that it's a satisfying one after the long wait. (^^)

Also.. I am saying it now, so you are not surprised later... I plan on ending the story on chapter 30 which most probably will be an epilogue of sort... that means only two more chapters... Huh... (O.O)

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