Some of you have asked for a few more intimate moments...enjoy!
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Sasuke returned to an empty home. It definitely wasn't what he was expecting. All he wanted to do right now, as late as it was, was to decompress and spend some downtime with Sakura. Although he had recently seen her here and there, and had even spent last night physically in the same room, it had been since before the start of the wedding since they were actually able to spend any quality time with one another.
Sasuke showered, changed, and sat down on one of Sakura's chairs that she kept in the apartment. It felt good just to have nowhere to be and nothing to do…for the next half-day or so. He was still on the hook for his new mission and he had to have all the prep work done for the reconvening scheduled to happen in a few days. As much as he wanted a whole day to himself, he knew that there were eleven shinobi out there whose futures were literally in the palms of his hands. Sasuke knew it might not necessarily work out for all of them, but it was his responsibility to give his all to each and every one of the eleven he was charged with to try to let them go in the direction of their choosing.
Sasuke picked up a pamphlet on the small table next to the chair and perused it. It only took about five seconds before he decided that that was it. There was no sense in sitting here by himself any longer; he was going to go find Sakura and not waste any more time.
Dressed in his casual clothes, he slipped on a pair of sandals and left the apartment once again. His first instinct took him in the direction of the hospital.
In no time at all, he had arrived. He walked through the front door and approached the front desk and talked with a young greeter who seemed to have no idea whatsoever who he was.
"Can I help you, sir?" asked the person behind the desk.
"Yes. I am looking for Sakura Haruno. Is she here?" asked Sasuke.
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir, I cannot divulge…," the greeter had started. Another, older woman had approached the desk from the back room and had heard the start of the exchange.
"Aisa, it's fine," the older woman interrupted. She turned and smiled at Sasuke. "I actually just saw her in the break room on the second floor, Uchiha-san."
"Thank you," he replied in kind.
He found the nearest stairs and made his way to where he knew the break room was, right next to the main medical station where all the medical shinobi and their assistants would congregate and get their assignments while they were working.
He peeked inside expecting to find Sakura talking with a fellow medical shinobi or perhaps getting a bite to eat even at this late hour. Instead, he found her sitting slouched at a table with her head buried in her arms, sleeping.
Sasuke couldn't help but let out a slight smile at her beautiful sleeping form. Sakura was a hard worker and he knew that she had been very stressed as of late which would most likely push her to work even harder. Shinobi and people in general deal with stress in many different ways…Sakura's coping mechanism was to bury herself in her responsibilities and work. He wouldn't have been surprised if this wasn't even an assigned shift for her. Yet here she was.
"Sakura," he knelt down and whispered gently stroking her back.
She stirred, but only slightly.
"Sakura," he said a bit louder.
She opened her eyes and looked at him. "Sasuke? Is everything ok?" Her voice was still groggy.
"Yeah," he answered. "C'mon, let's go home."
"Hm," was the only thing she replied before burying her head in her arms again.
Somehow Sasuke was able to manipulate her so that she was on his back piggyback-style and he marched with her that way back down the stairs, past the front desk and all the way back to her place. Sakura remained asleep the entire time. She must have really been exhausted.
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When she woke up the next morning, Sakura was in her own bed inside her own home and next to her was a sight for sore eyes….Sasuke. She thought for a few seconds about how she just barely remembered him coming to get her from the hospital last night.
She was careful not to wake him as she turned to face him so she could watch him sleep. She hadn't felt this content in a while. The realization that she could concentrate on him and nothing else…his face, his breathing, his slight movements as he slept…made her very happy.
His breathing changed ever so slightly. Then his eyes slowly opened to look directly into hers. He didn't say anything at first. For a few seconds, there was a comfortable pause as they both just enjoyed being together and looking at each other.
"Good morning," he finally said, grabbing her hand with both of his hands and pulling her fingers to his mouth so he could kiss them.
"Good morning," she smiled and returned the greeting.
"It's kind of nice to just lie here with you," he said.
"I was just thinking the very same thing," she replied. "Though, I am kind of surprised you have nowhere to be right now. Aren't you in the middle of some crisis or something?" she asked. "That's the way it has seemed lately. Just two days ago I was so worried that you were going to…."
"I'm not going anywhere," he replied. "You never have to worry about that again, got that?"
"Y-yes," Sakura replied. "I was just so scared, Sasuke. I love you so much. I finally let myself fall in deep with you and I just couldn't stand it if you were gone from the village again."
"I'm sorry I worried you so much," said Sasuke. He propped himself on one arm so he could talk to her better. "You'll never guess what happened to me yesterday."
Sakura sat up. "What?" she asked noting Sasuke now seemed to be more eager and excited than worried or unhappy. "You were supposed to go to a meeting or something, right? You practically ran out the door yesterday morning."
"The Hokage called me to a meeting," he replied. "I am now in charge of the homeless shinobi."
"Homeless shinobi?" she repeated.
"The shinobi who were essentially captured or held by the Leaf for some reason during the last war, but there was no village for them to return them to. Most of them were determined to have skills that could be very detrimental to the Leaf should they ever decide to use them against us again," explained Sasuke.
"So shinobi with no village?" Sakura asked, to clarify.
"I guess technically some might have a village, but there was absolutely no desire whatsoever to go back to that village. That's where Suigetsu fits in," said Sasuke.
"Suigetsu? You mean that water-based jutsu guy that you used to team with? The one you just ran into again?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah, of the eleven shinobi I'm dealing with, three are my ex-teammates from before the war ended," said Sasuke. "In a way, I'm very happy because I feel like these three are the last people I need to make amends with for my actions after I left the village."
"So what's the plan then?" asked Sakura.
"I've got about a day and a half left to finalize the plan," explained Sasuke. "I worked late last night to get most of the framework in place. I'm going to utilize the Koshosuru twins in my training as well."
"That'll make them happy. They really seem to like you…and after all you've done for them, who could blame them?" asked Sakura.
"The eleven will be moved to an inn near the Hokage tower and most of my work will be done there," said Sasuke.
"What do you have to do?" asked Sakura.
"To be honest, I think that will depend on the individual," said Sasuke. "It's an important mission. I think the Hokage is trying to show me she really does trust me despite her need to be paranoid for the sake of the village. If not for this mission, some of those shinobi may have been locked up for who knows how long. And who knows where they truly will want to be when all is said and done."
"So they get to choose where they go?" asked Sakura.
"I'm making the final decision if the Leaf can trust them enough to let them go where they want. I'm sure some may want to stay here…others may not want to be shinobi anymore. I'm sure some will be hostile no matter what we do so they may end up locked up despite my best efforts."
"That would be sad," noted Sakura.
"I'll do my best," said Sasuke. "Tsunade said I had the perfect background for this…earning a village's trust back and all that."
"I think she hit he nail squarely on the head," agreed Sakura. "You were pretty much public enemy #1 for a while there and now look where you are. If you can pull that off, these guys should be no big deal."
Sasuke flopped his head back down onto the pillow and closed his eyes.
"So don't you need to get going or something?" asked Sakura.
"I decided to take a few hours for myself this morning," he replied. "You have to admit it's been pretty stressful these last couple of days."
"I have done studies as a medical shinobi and found that by taking a break like you are, you actually are more effective at your job as a shinobi," said Sakura. "Not many people have the talent to…"
"Can we stop talking about work?" Sasuke interrupted. Sakura stopped talking dead in her tracks and looked into his eyes once more. She could tell he wasn't upset at all, he just genuinely didn't want to spend all their time alone talking about that type of stuff when it had been so long since they had...
"So what do you want to do then?" she asked.
She barely go that out of her mouth before his lips were on hers. It was a gentle kiss, but Sakura could tell this was the type of kiss that would definitely lead somewhere.
"Oh," she remarked. Sakura eased back down onto the bed and leaned into him once again.
The second kiss was longer and more passionate than the first. Sasuke's arms eventually made it around Sakura's body and he squeezed her such that she could feel his need to be close to her right now.
Their tongues entangled one another for only a minute or two before Sasuke broke the kiss and gently rolled Sakura onto her back. His mouth wandered towards her jawline and eventually to her earlobe. Sakura squealed at the sensation of him nibbling her ear – it was such a turn-on for her.
His hands made their way to down to her breasts, massaging them gently under her nightshirt. Then, in a flash, the nightshirt was gone.
Sasuke transitioned so that his mouth was soon on her breast, his tongue swirling around her raised nipple. His hands made their way down to her womanhood. When he finally found her nub, Sakura tensed and let out a long moan. He could tell just from the wetness he felt during his explorations that she was definitely aroused.
Sasuke already felt as if he was going to explode. It had been such a long time since they had been intimate with one another. Since they had become a couple and the love-making sessions happened more or less on a regular basis, he found that his body craved Sakura's touch when too much time elapsed between events.
Sakura pushed him back and turned to her side so that she could reach down and grab his member and given him some pleasure as well. She used her thumb to circle his tip followed by slow pumping of the shaft itself. Sasuke thought it was amazing and couldn't help but to let out frequent moans of his own. By now both of them were breathing heavily and moving with their partners hands as they continued to touch each other.
"Sakura, I don't think you should - ," Sasuke started to say.
"Shhhh," she replied in kind. "It's ok."
"But, Sakura…," Sasuke pleaded.
"We've got all morning, don't we?" she said smiling back at him.
He felt her speed up ever so slightly. She also tightened her grip. She had no intention of backing down; in fact, she was pressing forward with her own plan. Sasuke rammed his lips into hers once again until it was too late to hold back. He broke the kiss, tensed, and cried out when his juices spewed forth all over Sakura's hand. When it was finally over, he fell back onto the pillow to catch his breath. Sakura cuddled up next to him, letting him recover at his own pace. Nothing was said; there was just a comfortable silence between the two lovers.
Sakura eventually rose so that she could clean up a bit before returning once again to the bed where Sasuke still lied. As soon as she was under the blankets again, she immediately snuggled up to Sasuke and found his member once again with her hand. As she stroked, she gently teased his nipple with her lips. In no time at all, he was once again ready.
They had tried many positions before, but both of them still preferred the intimate missionary position. That way, they would look at each other and all their feelings seemed that much more intense.
Sasuke crawled between Sakura's legs and gently guided himself to her entrance. For some reason, this morning he felt more a need for gentleness than intensity.
Sakura closed her eyes as Sasuke gently entered. He felt...simply amazing. After a few gentle pushes, he propped her legs over his shoulders so that he could go deeper. She must have really felt his first thrust after doing that because she let out a moan.
Sasuke started pumping a bit faster and both lovers started to breathe a little more heavily as the sensations overtook their bodies. When he sensed her getting close, Sasuke decided to add a bit of extra stimulus by using his thumb on her as well. Sakura practically jumped up off the bed when he did that.
"Sasuke, I'm getting close," Sakura murmured.
He smiled back at her. "I can tell," he replied.
"How does it feel for you?" she asked.
"Amazing," he replied. "Can you hold on just a few more seconds?"
"Hm-mmm," she replied, closing her eyes to concentrate. She knew exactly why he asked. Nothing felt better than climaxing together.
No more words were needed; they could gage each other by the sounds and movements of the other person. Sakura let out a final telling, pleading moan and Sasuke sped up to end it all. Both bodies tensed and their eyes squeezed shut as they took in the ecstasy. Sasuke had released his load, but continued to gently move so that Sakura could enjoy her orgasm to the fullest. Soon enough, he collapsed on top of her, still breathing hard. Sakura wrapped both her arms and legs around him and hugged him tightly.
"I love you," she whispered.
"Me, too," he said lifting his head so he could see her. Then he pecked her on the lips.
Sasuke continued to look at her silently.
"What?" she giggled not knowing what to make of the sudden introspective.
"Marry me," he said lowly.
"What?" she said again, not so lightly this time. The smile left her face and she looked at him to make sure she heard what she just thought she heard.
"I said...marry me," he repeated.