Welcoming the New Year 3

[There is a mention of panic attacks in this chapter]

Note: Going through a depressive episode sucks but you all have motivated me to try and push forward. I didn't go over this chapter too much, so there might be more mistakes and might not be as good but I wanted to give you all something. xx

Uchi Gang Gang

Da bomb: It's new years eve bitchessss (＾▽＾)

Curly: Oh shit, its your time to shine (✯◡✯)

Tobi: do u have ur stuff?

Da bomb: Fuck yea

Cutie: Is Naru coming Ducky?

Ducky: Can we please drop the name

Tobi: nope!

Cutie: I guess it's better than cutie patootie

Da bomb: ;)

Ducky: Yeah he's coming and he's bringing his brother and a friend

Curly: Is he cute? (¬‿¬ )

Ducky: He's way over your league

Tobi: what about mine? (⌒‿⌒)

Ducky: You're not even in the same plane of existence

Tobi: wow

Ducky: Are you guys wearing matching outfits again?

Cutie: Unfortunately

Da bomb: wtf we look amazing (ﾉ´ з `)ノ

Curly: should we add Naru to the group chat

Ducky: NO

Tobi: do itt

Ducky: You don't even have his number

Da bomb: But I do ;)

Ducky: Again, NO

Da bomb: ok ok not yet

Curly: What time do we have to be there?

Tobi: ur not invited

Sasuke put the phone down and finished cleaning the house. He liked having it spotless before the start of the new year. He'd been doing it since he was little with his mom, and the habit stuck to him.

Naruto had mentioned that he'd promised his friend Haku they would spend New Year's Eve together, but it was before they started dating so Sasuke invited him too.

Holy shit. They were dating.

They hadn't seen each other since that night, though they did video chat. Would this count as a date? New years would be a nice date. Maybe it did? He reflected on everything that'd happened these past few months while he scrubbed the dishes.

Before he met Naruto, he thought he had everything he wanted, and he was convinced he didn't want a relationship. They seemed like so much work. All the one night stands he didn't give a shit about. The rut's he spent with Karin and other's when she'd suggested adding another girl since he wouldn't knot anyone to help with his frustration.

He'd done his fair share of things. But he was concerned. Really fucking concerned. How long would it take for Naruto to find out? What if Karin or someone else decide to go into details? Tell Naruto everything. How the hell would he explain to Naruto that it didn't mean anything? He couldn't use the I'm an alpha excuse. That's who he used to be. Someone showed interest and he was bored? Fuck someone. He was pissed off or annoyed? Fuck someone.

Sasuke was sexually frustrated. He was used to fucking often. Yet he learned once he met Naruto that he wasn't satisfied by anyone else. All he had now was his hand and a fleshlight. He wondered about Naruto's previous partners and it stung to think he had any. He was so fucking hypocritical, but he would get this wave of possessiveness.

He needed to calm his thoughts about this before he lost his mind.

Naruto stared at the ceiling in thought. Tonight, he'd see Sasuke in person since they started dating. He eyed the fabric of his canopy and wondered where things would go from here on out.

There were only two endings to this. They stay together for life or they break up. There was no third or fourth option. That's how it was in relationships and it was fucking scary. Naruto wondered if he got too swept up in everything. If it was too soon.

He was set aside that night by Deidara, who told him about how they'd never met anyone Sasuke liked because he never did. Deidara told him that maybe because Sasuke grew up so loved and spoiled by his family that he didn't feel like he was missing anything else. Naruto could see how that Deidara thought of that possibility.

But there was something Naruto needed to work on. That he needed to accept. He would have to tell Sasuke one day about his past. The incident that changed everything. He'd have to tell him about Neji and his minimal sexual experience. How could he compare to Sasuke's? He wished he wasn't hung up on it, but he was. He wasn't ashamed of his body. He was okay with touching himself. It was letting someone else do it. After Neji thought that the best way to ground him from a panic attack was to get him to have sex. He knew that what Neji did was fucked up. That sex was supposed to be different. But him and Sasuke were two extremes. Him with barely any and Sasuke with so fucking much.

Sasuke was an alpha. They tended to have more sex than single omegas and he probably had needs. Relationships were more than sex. But he knew it was a topic that would one day be addressed. It had to be. Would he be able to touch Sasuke and not think about others? Fuck, he hated how good his imagination was.

He took a peek at the time and decided he needed to start getting ready to head over to Sasuke's parent's home.

Naruto, Gaara and Haku pulled into the Uchiha's driveway and the latter stared in wonder at the home.

The blonde grinned as he pointed to the lake, "It's it so awesome?"

"It's fantastic!"

Gaara nodded when he saw the scenery, "For real."

They marched up to the entrance and rang the doorbell. Shisui pulled the door open with a big shit-eating grin.

"Naru!" The curly haired alpha was wearing a festive hat and a matching sweater that would look ridiculous on most people, but Naruto thought he looked cool. He was quickly learning Shisui had a very interesting style.

Shisui led them in to the family room where everyone was gathered, talking and drinking champagne.

Sasuke strolled over quickly when he noticed Naruto and planted a kiss on his forehead. "Why didn't you message me? I would've gotten you."

The blonde huffed in amusement, "From the driveway? There's literally no danger."

"You could've slipped."

"There's no snow on the driveway and – "

"Let me have this." Sasuke definitely did not pout.

"Yes, next time I will let you know." He rolled his eyes but pecked the pale man's cheek.

Sasuke introduced himself officially to Haku and welcomed them. He motioned for them to sit on the couches and went to get them drinks.

Naruto gave the Uchiha family a large grin as his guests greeted them, "This is Haku, and that's Gaara, my brother."

Shisui leaned forward and ran a hand through his hair, not flexing, as he spoke, "Please to meet you both, I'm Shisui. The handsome face of the Uchiha family. Over there is the ugly ass Obito. He doesn't matter. We forget he exists."

"Shut the hell up Shisui." Itachi pushed the curly haired man to the side holding a hyper Riku on his chest, "I'm Itachi, Sasuke's brother and this is my son, Riku."

"Hello! What a gorgeous baby boy." Haku chirped in greeting with a peaceful smile as he swooned over the baby.

"My mate Deidara is over there with our other son, Reo." Deidara cheekily waved while fussing over Reo's outfit and his hair as the boy had a perfect scowl on his face.

"Hiiii Riku." Naruto pressed on the baby's cheeks and cackled when the baby let out a squeal of laughter. Riku threw himself to Naruto's arms, startling him, and pressed a chubby hand on the tan cheek. The omega kissed the hand and turned to Itachi, "Where are your parents?"

"They're outside somewhere."

Sasuke handed them their drinks as he gazed at Naruto holding Riku against his chest. His nephew was babbling, and the blonde was listening intently like he actually knew what the hell he was saying.

Obito leaned forward with a flirty smile and spoke to Haku, "So how do you know Naru?"

"We've been friends for a long time and work at the bookstore together." He smoothed down his pale green shirt, slightly nervous at having the alpha smile at him.

"You're gonna scare him dumbass. You look fucking creepy." Shisui drawled from the lounge chair next to Obito.

For the next few of hours, they mingled and got to know each other. Surprisingly Gaara got along well with Shisui, though their personalities were the complete opposite. Haku eventually warmed up to Obito once he stopped looking creepy and got to know the playful Uchiha. They gave the new guests a tour around the house, as they were equally as mesmerized as Naruto.

As it got closer to midnight, and the Uchiha parents joined them outside, Naruto turned to Sasuke in question.

"So how do we celebrate the countdown?"

"Deidara plans a fireworks extravaganza for us, so at midnight we go closer to the lake. Don't tell him I said this but it's pretty badass."

"That's so fucking cool!"

And it was. The pop of colors in the sky filled the blue eyes in awe. Sasuke thought fireworks were okay but seeing the way the blonde reacted made him appreciate them now. The countdown hit and at midnight Naruto boldly kissed Sasuke with a smile on his face.

Naruto and Sasuke returned to the brunette's home after the celebration finished. Gaara had decided to take Haku home and Naruto made the decision to spend the night. He hadn't planned on spending the night but after the fireworks and the celebration, he found himself wanting to spend more time with Sasuke. They were snuggled on the couch watching videos of the celebration's around the world with Tomato in Naruto's lap enjoying the treatment.

Sasuke's phone chimed on the TV screen and it opened to the message thread.

This could not be happening.

There was a new year's message from Karin.

A message with a video of a very nude Karin and another girl with the words 'join us'.

The thread with the old messages that showed their sexual relationship.

Sasuke scrambled to find his phone.

Naruto sat frozen as he watched the video play a few seconds and it was a cold reality for him. That he'd been with a lot of people. He recognized the red head as the girl he saw on the alpha's lap. He was a fast reader and the TV had shown most of the messages between the pair.

And suddenly he didn't want to be there anymore. He needed to leave and go home. Where he was safe in his room. He realized Sasuke had been talking to him, but he just felt so detached.

He stood up and Sasuke looked at him with a startled expression and he was talking but Naruto couldn't quite make out what he was saying. It sounded like he was underwater.

But he didn't have his car. He couldn't call a drive service.

Not when he was leaving his body and he wasn't home but small rooms were safe.

He vaguely saw the blanket he liked, and he grabbed it then wrapped himself around it.

Small rooms. Closet. Bathroom.

His body went on autopilot. It would know where to go. He could just disappear for a bit.

Sasuke paced back and forth, ready to fucking explode at Karin. But it was his fault. He never told her anything because they didn't talk casually. All the messages on that thread were sexual and with locations to meet. He hadn't deleted the messages. They were pushed so far back into his phone. And he forgot. Because he'd been distracted by other things.

They'd been dating for a week.

A fucking week.

Was this his punishment for being an asshole to other's in the past?

He tried to calm himself down, knowing that in this moment he needed to soothe Naruto when he was ready. There wasn't anything he could do right now. He had to wait, and he hated waiting.

Naruto opened his eyes, but it was dark. And he felt warm. He saw light peeking from the bottom of a door and he sat up to feel around for the door handle. His vision was gently lit by the dimmed hallway light. Across the door he saw Sasuke look up alarmed.

"Naruto."

It took his brain a bit to reboot. To remind him what happened.

He was at Sasuke's house.

And he was in a…closet?

Because he saw –

The messages.

"Are you hungry?"

Naruto could see the worry in those dark eyes and he shook his head, his throat felt so dry.

"Water?"

The blonde nodded, not up for talking just yet.

Sasuke handed him a cold glass of water and he sipped it down. He stood up from where he was sitting and sat back down on the couch, still in a daze. The TV was off, and he couldn't see what time it was. His body felt exhausted. So fucking exhausted.

Sasuke was looking at him full of concern, "I'm sorry. I'm so fucking sorry."

Naruto looked away and drew Tomato's attention. He started petting her again, making sure to keep his gaze away from Sasuke's.

"Don't be. I know you've been with…a lot of…" he didn't know how to finish that sentence. Apparently, it was also threesomes and…maybe more.

"But you didn't deserve to see that. I blocked her. I deleted the whole thread. "

Naruto felt…drained and sad. But he couldn't explain to Sasuke exactly why. Because there were layers to this. "I know it's something I have to accept."

"You don't – "

"Please Sasuke, my brain is fuzzy."

The alpha nodded, "You're right. You're exhausted. Do you want me to take you home? I don't know if you'd want to stay.

"I'll sleep in the guest room."

He protested, "No, I'll sleep there you can take the bed."

"I don't want to." Naruto wasn't sure if being around the alpha's scent would make it better or worse.

Sasuke couldn't lie. That fucking stung.

Naruto followed Sasuke to the guest room a few doors down from his bedroom. It had a big bed and had big pillows and a thick duvet. It was great and Naruto was ready to drown in it.

He wrapped his body with the blanket from the couch and then under the duvet. It wasn't his nesting stuff, but it was a good substitute.

Tomato curled up next to Naruto and made no move to leave.

Sasuke watched the scene silently and tried to think of something that might help soothe the blonde. "Do you want hot chocolate?"

Naruto perked up a bit and nodded.

"Got it."

He quickly worked on it while he looked around, trying to think of something else. Pillow. There was a pillow that Naruto favored. He plucked it from the couch and held it while he carried the chocolate.

The omega was murmuring to Tomato and scratching her head. He was thankful that even if he couldn't do anything right now, she could. He set the things down and stood still waiting if he needed anything else.

He was about to leave when Naruto held out his hand, "I'm not mad at you. I promise. It's just…something I have to work on."

"We. We'll work on it. I'll do anything I can."

Naruto nodded and gave him a small smile. Very small. But it was there.

"Can I – kiss you goodnight?"

Naruto paused for a second before agreeing. Sasuke leaned over and kissed every part of the omega's face. His forehead, cheeks, nose, chin, and finally his lips. Not too long to make him uncomfortable but long enough that it wasn't just a quick peck.

Sasuke walked out of the room with a defeated sigh. The night had gone so great and his past just came and shit on it.

In the morning Naruto was feeling a little better. He needed to work on accepting Sasuke's past and he couldn't dismiss all of Sasuke's efforts. He really had been trying to show him how much he wanted them to be together. He exited the room after refreshing himself and saw Sasuke in the kitchen, making breakfast and drinking coffee.

The alpha noticed him and smiled softly, not sure what would be the best way to go about this.

"Good morning." Naruto walked forward and gave him an easy smile. When he leaned forward to give him a kiss on the cheek the alpha wrapped him in a tight hug and deepened the kiss. He made sure to convey his adoration as much as he could.

"Morning."

The omega grabbed utensils to help serve their food, "What did you want to do today?"

Sasuke felt relieved. This was good…right? "I want us to create a nest room here."

Naruto's thoughts screeched to a halt, "I'm sorry, what?"

"I want you to have a nest room here." He placed his hands on the blonde's shoulders, "A room that's yours for when you need space or to feel safe."

"Really?" Holy fuck he did not expect this.

Sasuke nodded, "I don't really know what is needed, but I looked it up and it said soft things."

Naruto continued to gape in surprise, "Yeah…"

The alpha gave him a chaste kiss then returned to the food, "Then we'll go shopping."

"Okay."

"Good." He handed Naruto a plate of food, "Now eat."

After breakfast they got into Sasuke's SUV and headed to the shops. Naruto was still in disbelief that Sasuke wanted to do this for him, but he was also astonished that Sasuke wanted to do this for him.

They entered a shop and Naruto took his time running fingers through all the plush blankets his eyes landed on. He found it adorable that Sasuke wanted to keep holding his hand the entire time and kept close. "How many should I get?"

"How many you need to make it perfect."

At the end of the trip Naruto had picked out 5 different blankets and 8 pillows. He could've bought more but he wanted to start with those. When they got home, Tomato was waiting for them in excitement and followed behind as they walked to get their purchases in the nest room.

"Now they just need to be covered in your scent." Naruto turned his sparkling eyes to Sasuke and he was taken aback by the omega's gorgeousness.

"We'll nap on there."

Naruto crawled into the bed and held the blanket open, "I'm sleepy from all that walking."

Sasuke crawled in after him and hugged him against his chest. He smelled so damn good. He fought to keep his boner down at being so close to the omega.

Naruto felt the growing hardness against his ass and felt a flush spreading through his body. Sasuke was attractive, extremely so, and his scent was so damn alluring. He turned to face Sasuke and in a moment of boldness asked if he could scent him.

Sasuke looked at the blonde with wide eyes, "Yes. I just don't want to scare you with…" He vaguely gestured to his groin area.

"It's okay." Naruto snuggled forward and placed his head in the crook of his neck. He breathed the alpha's scent deeply and felt a rush of pheromones spread through him.

Sasuke shivered and placed his hand on the hip of the omega.

"You smell so good, Sas." Naruto ran his nose around Sasuke's neck and the alpha's dick strained in his pants.

"You do too." His raspy voice spread through Naruto's body and his skin broke into goosebumps.

The omega gave into temptation and ran his tongue over the scent gland and Sasuke moaned at the bluntness. He leaned back and pressed his mouth against the alpha's and he didn't waste any time in running his tongue through his lips.

After a couple of minutes of making out, Sasuke painfully pulled back. He wanted him so bad, but it was too soon, and he knew it. Naruto was gasping for breath and after pressing one more kiss on the omega's pink lips, he held him close.

"Time to nap."

Naruto laughed, "Okay, nap. Come on Tomato." Once she got on the bed, they cuddled up and fell into a comfortable slumber.