He awoke hours later alone in bed with sunlight streaking in through the windows. With a sigh, he sat up and glanced around the sleeping space. Sakura wasn't there, so he stood up and pulled the sleeping Yukata that he'd never bothered with the night before around his body and stepped out into the living space of the rented room. He scanned the space that had been tidied up after their activities the night before and finally spotted his wife standing on the veranda leaning against the railing with the breeze blowing through her hair. He crossed to her quickly and wrapped his arm around her waist pulling her against his chest.
"Good morning darling." She said leaning back against him.
"Good morning Tsuma." He replied pressing a kiss to her cheek.
"How did you sleep?" she asked reaching back to touch the edge of his jaw with her fingertips.
"Better." He replied. "How long have you been up?"
"Long enough to order breakfast." She replied. "It should be here any minute. I was going to wake you up when it arrived."
A knock sounded at the door and she smiled. "Speaking of breakfast." She said pressing a kiss to his cheek before pulling away to answer the door.
She took the pair of trays and thanked the staff member before carrying them to the table. Sasuke joined her there and they started into their meals.
"Is there any place you want to go today?" she asked him.
He shook his head. It wasn't that there weren't things in the village that interested him, it was simply that there was nothing that was interesting enough to make him want to seek it out. Besides, this trip was for Sakura even if she didn't like it that way. He knew damn well that as soon as he returned to the village, Kakashi would start sending him on missions and because of his special abilities, they were more likely to be long term ones. Sakura, being director of the hospital and chief medical advisor to The Hokage wouldn't be able to go with him often. So for now, he just wanted to spend time with her doing what she wanted, even if her interests were different from his own.
She sighed. "Of course." She muttered. "I heard there's a butterfly garden here not far from the inn." She said picking up a piece of fish with her chopsticks. "Would you mind going there?"
An Uchiha going to a butterfly garden? It was almost laughable but when he saw that hopeful but resigned look in her eye, he couldn't deny her. How bad could it be really? It wasn't as though many people had recognized them here either.
"A butterfly garden huh?" he said picking at his rice. "Where did you hear about that?"
"Shino actually." she replied. "He was with Hinata when I mentioned that we'd planned on coming here for our honeymoon. He told me that there was a butterfly garden here that his mother had loved and suggested I go check it out."
Sasuke cocked a brow at that. "Shino's mother? I don't think I've ever heard him speak about her much."
Sakura nodded. "That was the first time I'd heard of her too. Hinata said that he hardly ever talks about her but from what she's heard, she was a rarity among the Aburame clan. While most of them specialize in beetles, she breed and raised butterflies and moths."
"Butterflies and moths?" Sasuke repeated.
Sakura nodded. "Apparently, her moths were able to spread poison dust with their wings that was extremely toxic. Her butterflies however were very beautiful but strong. It was said she could manipulate them in a similar manner that the others used their beetles. I heard one person mention that it looked similar to when Konan would turn herself into paper butterflies."
"How interesting." Sasuke replied. "A truly unique ability."
She nodded. "It's a shame she wasn't able to pass it on. From what I understand, she died while carrying her second child from a sudden illness. Neither her, nor the baby girl survived."
Sasuke nodded a fuzzy image of a girl with ink colored hair and a wide forehead briefly flashing to the forefront of his mind before he lost it again.
"Anyway, are you sure you don't mind going?" she asked.
"It's fine Sakura." He assured her.
Her face lit up and she beamed at him. "Alright!" she said before her smile turned a touch wicked. "Should I wear that red dress again?"
He cocked a brow at that, she thought she could tease him and get away with it? Well he could fire right back. "Only if you're ok with me bending you over and taking you in the middle of the garden." He replied feeling an immense swelling of amusement, pride, and lust when she blushed crimson and looked away from him.
"Alright, I'll start getting ready to go then." She replied pulling at her hair nervously as she stood.
He smirked as he watched her dash away. She was seriously, so cute. The way she acted like a timid kitten around him when most of the time she sauntered around like a lioness. It was so satisfying.
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As it turned out, the butterfly garden was far more interesting than he'd anticipated. The variety of the insects was astounding as were the plants that supported them. He was surprised when a butterfly with black wings, electric blue veins and a red eye shaped spots landed on his shoulder. Sakura turned and smiled at him with a red and pink butterfly perched on her outstretched finger.
He smiled back watched as the two insects took off from their perches and circled one another before drifting off to another part of the garden together.
"Aren't they pretty?" she said pointing to a massive orange butterfly with a wingspan that was wider than his hand flitting around.
He nodded. They were indeed pretty. There was a time in his life where he never would have given such a creature a second look. Now, he watched with mild interest as it floated around the garden several others following it through the flower filled space. They reminded him a little of the girl that used to hover around his brother. Izumi he thought her name was. She was a pretty thing with a gentle soul, far too gentle to be a shinobi. Perhaps that was why his brother had been so drawn to her. He wondered if Itachi had killed her as well or if he'd left that task to Obito. Regardless, he could only imagine how devastating it must have been for his brother to condemn her to death. He glanced at Sakura, her blush hair dancing in the sunlight, her green eyes sparkling as she caught a lavender butterfly on her finger, her lips turning up into a smile as she held her prize out to him. He knew that he'd never be able to do the same thing his brother had. Not to her.
"Beautiful." He said moving closer to her.
She laid her finger on his shoulder encouraging the creature to perch there instead and smiled when it obliged.
"It really is lovely here." She said reaching out to touch a honey suckle flower. "Even so, I'm ready to leave if you are. Maybe we can get some lunch before heading to a book store?"
He nodded and walked with her to the exit shooing the insect perched on his shoulder away before stepping through the netting.
"So what do you want for lunch?" She asked. "I picked our activity so you can choose where we eat."
He sighed. "I don't really care. You can choose."
"Please?" she begged tugging on his sleeve.
"I really don't mind." He protested. "You choose." Sakura blinked and then burst out laughing. "Is something funny?" he asked mildly irritated.
"I'm sorry." She said taking a steadying breath. "I just remembered something Temari told me a little while ago. She said 'Two people who truly love each other can do anything…. Except choose where to eat.'" Sakura snickered. "I knew that with Shikamaru's lazy attitude and Temari's relatively easy going nature that they would have trouble making decisions like that, but I never imagined that we'd have the same problem as well."
Sasuke nearly rolled his eye. "I suppose Naruto and Hinata don't have that problem."
"How much do you want to bet that they go to Ichiraku every single time it's his turn to choose?" Sakura asked walking through the streets.
The dark haired man chuckled and stopped in front of a restaurant that offered bento style lunches and sushi.
"Does this work?" he asked motioning to it.
She smiled and nodded. "Of course. It's perfect." She said walking with him inside. "See? I knew you could choose." She said with a wink.
After lunch, the pair stopped at a book store. He nearly chuckled at how excited Sakura was when she found a book written on cultivating medicinal herbs and another listing medicinal plants and where to find them.
She nearly danced through the shelves her fingers skimming over the book spines as she went. Her eyes lit up as she touched one and pulled it off the shelf.
"Look Sasuke!" she exclaimed as quietly as she could coming up to him. "They have my book here." She said holding out the medical journal about child psychology and pointing to her name on the cover.
"I see." He said reaching out to trace her name. "I never knew you'd had one published by yourself."
Sakura beamed at him and touched the hard cover. "I wasn't going to but Gaara, Kakashi, Lady Tsunade, and Lord A encouraged me too. It's hard to say no with a group like that pushing you."
"I can imagine." He replied. "It just means that they value and respect your work, as they should."
She blushed and smiled warmly at him. "Thank you Sasuke. That means a lot to me." She said.
"I simply spoke the truth." He replied.
"I know. That's why it means so much." She replied with a smile before her gaze was captured by a botany book. "Oh! I haven't seen this one before." She said reaching for the thick volume.
He'd watched other women fawn over clothes and jewelry the same way she fawned over medical journals and shuriken. He knew that he was a lucky man in that respect. Material things didn't matter much to her. Knowledge did.
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"Did you find everything you were looking for?" He asked her glancing at the bag slipped over her shoulder that held the three books she'd purchased.
She nodded and stopped at a flower shop her eyes falling on a group of pink blooms. As she stooped to touch them, a whistling breeze whipped past her hair and a boy with long brown hair rushed along with it giggling.
She straightened her eyes wide as her gaze followed the boy down the street until he disappeared. A small smiled touched her lips as a little girl wearing a white apron approached her.
"Do you want those flowers miss?" she asked.
"Just two." She said pulling a coin from her pocket and handing it to the girl before picking a pair from the container.
"What's so special about those?" Sasuke asked looking at the blooms, they looked a little familiar.
"They reminded me of Yota." She replied.
"Yota?" he echoed having never heard the name.
Sakura nodded and then smirked. "Sasuke, when we were in the academy do you remember finding a bunch of flowers in stuck to your school bag?"
His mismatched eyes widened. "Yes. I got home and Itachi asked me if I'd grabbed the wrong bag. My mother laughed telling me that I must have a secret admirer while she picked the flowers off of it. I always thought that it was probably Ino who had done it but I didn't have any proof so I just pretended it never happened."
Sakura snickered. "It wasn't Ino, it was Yota. He was a little boy we found alone in the middle of the woods. He had the ability to control the weather and we were worried he'd get into trouble if he went into the village so we built him a treehouse and visited him there. Ino brought those flowers with her one day telling us about how she'd tried to give them to you but you ignored her. She left them with Yota and the next day he slipped onto the school grounds and put them all over your bag." Her grin broadened. "We saw you walk away with them stuck to your bag. Chouji said. 'That was pretty funny. Sasuke always acts to cool, but he looked like a flower garden!'." A peal of giggles left her lips at the memory. "We laughed until we couldn't breathe."
Sasuke blushed. "It wasn't that funny." He grumbled.
"It was and you know it." She replied ramming him lightly with her shoulder. "Mr. Cool as Ice Uchiha walked home with a bunch of pink flowers stuck to his school bag and didn't even notice until he got home."
His eyes narrowed slightly and he reached out to give a section of her hair a light tug. "Says the girl with bubble gum colored hair I caught staring at me more times than I can count."
She blushed and stuck her tongue out at him. "All girls stare at the boys they like." She protested before her eyes drifted to the sky. "Anyway, Yota's ability to control the weather was usually based on his emotions. When he was sad it rained, when he was angry, lightning struck, when he sang and danced it snowed." She tucked her hair behind her ear. "He called me forehead and made it snow for me when we first met." Her face fell. "It turns out that he was one of Orochimaru's test subjects. He was one of the first people he used his reanimation jutsu on. He was captured by the ANBU and we tried to save him but we were just a bunch of kids. We made it as far as the river but when he tried to cross it, we were swept away. Yota saved us, then erased our memories of him before he was sealed away by Orochimaru again. We met him during the war, he was one of Kabuto's 'pawns' as he called them. It was heartbreaking to fight him when all I could see was the little boy who sang and danced to make it snow for me because he was so happy to see me."
Sasuke reached out and took her hand giving it a gentle squeeze before he released it again. "You have that effect on most people. It's one of the qualities that make you such a good healer. I'm sure he treasured that time he spent with you and the others just like you do."
She smiled before her gaze suddenly snapped to the end of the street where a plaza was situated at the middle of town. Her eyes brightened and her smile widened as she grabbed his hand.
"I think I know this group!" she exclaimed pulling him down the street to where a large crowd was gathered in the central square. "Yes!" she squealed as they stopped near the edge where a group of four men and one women were standing on a stage. "They're a group from The Land of Waterfalls! They do all of their numbers acapella. "She closed her eyes and sighed happily. "I didn't know they were scheduled to be here. I love this song! Ino used to tease me saying it should have been my theme song during the war."
Sasuke blinked a little confused by her enthusiasm but focused on the lyrics the group was singing.
"My name is. No! My sign is. No! My number is. No! You need to let it go! All my ladies listen up, if that boy ain't givin' up. Lick your lips and swing your hips girl all you gotta say is. My name is no!"
He chuckled. "Was it really that bad?" he asked.
She laughed even as she swayed her body gently to the beat of the song. "I received on average about five love confessions a day during the war. Granted I understand that most of them were half teasing jokes made by desperate men in pain trying to distract themselves but they still happened." She shook her head. "One man, a ninja from The Hidden Stone Village was the most serious. Kakogan was his name. Even with a broken arm, he managed to write out a letter for me. He looked absolutely heartbroken when I turned him down. When he asked me why, I answered him honestly. I told him that I was already in love with someone else. He told me that he understood and that whomever I loved was lucky and must have been a great man." Her face fell a little. "Anyway, somehow someone in the information unit heard about it and so when I was interviewed the next day to explain my finding about the white Zetsus and all they did was ask about my love life…" she scratched her cheek a nervous gesture he recognized from their childhood. "I busted the table."
He chuckled. "I can imagine it." He said before reaching out to grab her hand. "Thank you."
Sakura beamed at him, her smile as radiant as the sun. "Of course." She replied giving his fingers a light squeeze. The song changed and she dragged him further into the square. "I love this song!" she exclaimed.
"Do you love every song?" he asked with a little sigh.
She smiled. "Most of them." She replied. "But I think I love this one the most right now." She said with a wink.
"What lights up the empty heart? Keep calling out until the light reaches. Falling through the cracks. Falling down into the darkness. I will never let go of your hands. Tell me the story of your life. I'm still on the way. I will never give you up!"
His eyes widened and his heart stuttered in his chest. The words, even the melody struck a chord in him and he strained his ears to listen more intently.
"Can't hold back the emotion, those ordinary days of love. When I turn to the nostalgic wind I hear your voice every time. The underdog wanders around it's better to take the long way than simply escaping. Who can you trust if you can't even trust yourself? Hold your hand up to the light."
Sakura's face was turned up towards the sun her cherry blossom colored hair dancing in the summer breeze as she sang along softly with the singer.
"Falling through the clouds. Falling into darkness. I will never let go of your hands. Tell me what is on your mind. Follow the everlasting dream. We will never give up. Even if the answerless life discourages us. Don't give it up! Keep it up! Turn it upside down! Even if we are far apart, our hearts are connected. Let's live together! Together."
His throat was tightening the longer he listened. His heart raced and ached at the same time.
"Always up with full energy. Proceeding for that very top. The place you're looking for is always waiting for you. Our lives are a winding road. It's better to take the long way than simply escaping. Even if you make a mistake the efforts aren't futile. Don't hesitate and proceeded. Hold your hand up to the sky! Falling through the cracks. Falling into darkness. I will never let go of your hands. Tell me the story of your life. I'm still on the way. I will never give you up! Always getting discouraged by the answerless life, but, don't give it up! Keep it up! Turn it upside down! Even if we are far apart, our hearts are connected. Let's live together! Together!"
He felt tears gathering in his eyes and tried to blink them away even as his grip on Sakura's hand shifted and he laced their fingers together.
"Hold up your hand to the light. Shining through the clouds. Falling down into darkness. I will never let go of your hands. Tell me what is on your mind. Follow the everlasting dream. We will never give up. Even if the answerless life discourages us. Don't give it up! Keep it up! Turn it upside down! Even if we are far apart, our hearts are connected. Let's live together! Together! Let's live together!"
The faces of Kakashi, Itachi, Naruto and Sakura moved to the forefront of his mind and emotions gushed up like a geyser within him prompted by the words of the song. Gratitude, peace, hope, and love crashed over him in a massive wave.
"Sasuke? Why are you crying?" Sakura asked her fingers brushing the tears from his eyes.
He didn't have a voice to answer her with. His throat was too tight and he knew he'd sob like a child if he let a single sound out. Instead, he leaned down and hugged her tightly tucking his face into her neck.
Naruto and Sakura had never given up on him. They'd held on tightly with both hands desperately dragging him out of the darkness and into the light. They even went so far as to sink into the darkness with him in order to save him. He was so lucky to have them. He was living a relatively peaceful life; newly married to the most incredible woman he'd ever met all because of their determination to save him from himself. Like the song said, "Even if we are far apart, our hearts are connected." He felt it too. Deep in his heart he could feel an unbreakable bond connecting him to Sakura, Naruto and even Itachi in the next world. Never again would he take their bonds or feelings for granted. He would treasure them forever.
"Sasuke?" Sakura questioned gently her arms wrapped around his waist. "What's wrong?"
He still didn't trust his voice but had regained some of his composure. He straightened enough to look at her face. It was so beautiful. Her creamy skin, plump pink lips, soot colored lashes framing her lovely jade eyes, the light blush dusting her cheeks. Why someone as precious as her had chosen someone as tainted as himself he'd never truly understand but he would treasure her and their feelings forever.
He tipped her chin up with a gentle press of his fingertips and laid his lips on hers. He loved her. He was so deeply in love with her it astounded him. He'd never known he was capable of feeling anything so strong and warm. It was as deep as the hatred he'd once felt for those who had betrayed his clan but infinitely warmer.
Her arms twined around his neck and she rose up on her toes kissing him back with a passion and devotion that matched his own. His fingers slid along her jaw to tangle in her hair as he shifted his head deepening the contact, sliding his mouth intimately against hers. Her heart was thundering in her chest, he could feel it from where their bodies were pressed together. He was so happy to be alive. It had been years since he'd felt such a thing. Not since that terrible night where his life had been changed forever by the Uchiha massacre. Sakura sighed against his mouth and he felt like a king.
It was the sharp wolf whistle and a shout of "Get some son!" from an enthusiastic observer that pulled him from his Sakura induced haze.
He pulled away from her, and searched the crowd for the one responsible for running his moment. A man with bright orange hair grinned at him and gave him the thumbs up even as he shot the creep his finest death glare but soon found that they were the center of attention.
Sakura had always been the one to talk their team out of most of their messes before and she didn't disappoint this time either.
"Sorry! We're newlyweds." She explained blushing as she leaned against him.
"Congratulations!" the lead singer called out over the microphone. "Aren't you Sakura Haruno? The War Hero?" he asked.
She nodded. "It's Sakura Uchiha now." She called out.
He grinned. "Excellent! The Snake Charmer and The Slug Queen tied the knot!" he looked at his fellow musicians and nodded. "Let's celebrate with a love song for the newly married Neo Sannin!" he said before tapping out a beat and then singing a slow song that Sasuke hadn't heard before.
"This is my love song to you. Let every woman know I'm yours. So you can fall asleep each night babe and know I'm dreaming of you more. You're always hoping that we make it, you always want to keep my gaze. But you're the only one I see love, and that's the one thing that won't change. I will never stop tryin'. I will never stop watching as you leave. I will never stop losing my breath every time I see you looking back at me. And I will never stop holding your hand, I will never stop opening your door. I will never stop choosing you babe, I will never get used to you."
"I see why you like this group so much." He whispered to Sakura as he took her hand.
"And with this love song to you. It's not a momentary phase. You are my life. I don't deserve you, but you love me just the same. And as the mirror says we're older, I will not look the other way. You are my life, my love, my only and that's the one thing that won't change. I will never stop tryin'. I will never stop watching as you leave. I will never stop losing my breath every time I see you looking back at me and I will never stop holding your hand. I will never stop opening your door. I will never stop choosing you babe. I will never get used to you. You still get my heart racing. You still get my heart racing for you. You still get my heart racing. You still get my heart racing for you. I will never stop trying. I will never stop watching as you leave. I will never stop losing my breath every time I see you looking back at me. And I will never stop holding your hand. I will never stop opening your door. I will never stop choosing you babe, I will never get used to you."
Sasuke smiled and leaned down laying his lips against her ear. "I couldn't have said it better myself." He whispered enjoying the blush that feathered across her cheeks and the bridge of her nose.
She hugged him lightly and he returned her embrace earning several whoops and cheers from the crowd as they clapped.
"Best of luck to you two!" the lead singer called out with a grin before moving on to the next song.
"Let's go back to our room." He whispered in her ear.
Being out and about was fine, but he wanted her attention on him and him alone now. He was an Uchiha after all, they had a tendency for being greedy bastards. He was no exception. Sakura was his wife and he intended to have her all to himself for the rest of the day and long into the night.
She nodded and in a flash they were gone from the crowd leaving nothing but a few swirling leaves in their wake.
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They arrived in their room and Sakura sighed and stretched. "I want a shower." She said kneeling beside her bag to find a change of clothes. "It was hot in that butterfly garden." She straightened and smirked at her husband. "Care to join me?" she asked.
He studied her for a moment. The playful glint in her eye told him that she was teasing but she'd offered and he was going to take her up on it.
"Sure. Just give me a minute." He said.
The widening of her eyes and scarlet blush that slithered up her neck to her cheeks told him that he'd been right. She never expected him to take her offer seriously.
"Right. Ok. Take your time." She muttered before she stumbled into bathroom
He smirked and followed her a few minutes later and he took in the sight before him. Sakura stood surrounded by a billowing cloud of steam her back to him as she scrubbed her fingers through her blush colored locks. Her hip was popped and she was singing softly either oblivious to his presence or trying to distract herself from it.
"Love me like you do. Love love love me like you do. Touch me like you do. Touch, touch, touch me like you do. What are you waiting for?" she sang softly turning to rinse out the shampoo out of her hair.
Her eyes widened when she spotted him and she blushed, her jade eyes dropping to the floor before she closed her eyes and moved further under the stream of water. Sasuke smirked at her shyness and then let his clothes drop to the floor. He laid them on the sink next to her dirty clothes and slipped inside wrapping his arm around her waist. Her eyes flew open and he switched their positions letting the hot water run over his head and shoulders.
"You definitely like your water hot." He commented wincing at the heat.
"That's a little surprising coming from a fire breathing, lightning conjuring, ninja warrior." She said grabbing the soap he preferred. She poured it into her hands, rubbing them together to make a handful of suds.
"That's probably why I prefer cooler showers." He replied his breath hitching a little when she slid her soapy hands of his chest and shoulders.
She shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I don't possess either of those natures."
His eyes widened when it occurred to him that he didn't have a clue what her dominant chakra nature was let alone if she had more than one. Granted, he'd never honestly needed to know, but he should have figured it out by now.
"What natures do you possess?" he asked.
Her lips turned up into a smile as she worked her hands over his abdomen and over his thighs. "My dominant nature is Earth but I possess Water as well." She replied smirking when his length hardened as her hands slid over his flank.
"Interesting." He remarked as she turned him and slipped her hands over his back. "Have you learned any jutsu utilizing them?" She didn't use element based attacks like most ninja did, however, every jounin had to know some, at least that was his impression.
"I know a few." She replied. "My arsenal is probably laughable compared to yours though."
"Probably." He replied shuddering with pleasure when she slipped her arms around him and stroked a hand over his length. "When we get home, we'll spar and you can show me your puny arsenal." He teased.
"It's only puny because my fists are usually more than enough to take down any enemy." She replied squeezing his length lightly. "I had to learn the other jutsu as a formality for my advancement from Chunin to Jounin; because not even being the new slug queen and saving the world wasn't enough to convince the geezers that I'd earned my rank."
He grunted at the sensation and tipped his head back. "Those damn elders." He grumbled before turning and sealing his mouth to hers. His tongue slipped out to battle with hers and he groaned when her body pressed against his own, her skin sliding easily over his. "Do you want to have steamy shower sex with me Sakura?" he asked his lips against her ear as her hands slid down over the defined ridges of his back.
She chuckled. "What a naughty suggestion, Sasuke Uchiha." She murmured. "Actually, I had something a little different in mind."
His eyes widened when she slowly sank to her knees in front of him her lips and hands moving from his chest, to his abdomen until she was face to face with his erection. Her tongue swept out to slide over her lips in anticipation and his heart jumped even as he reached down to push her away.
"Sakura, get off the floor. You don't have to do this." He told her firmly.
Karin had offered more times than he could count to perform oral sex on him. Other women had done the same over the years. It always struck him as such a cheap act. There was absolutely no reason for Sakura to be on her knees doing such a thing to him like a common prostitute would. She was so much better than that. She was worth so much more than that.
"Sasuke." She murmured drawing his attention to her face. "I want to do this. Please let me." She slid her hands up his thighs and clutched lightly at his hips. "Let me please you."
"Sakura I- fuck!" He hissed when her lips sank over the head of his throbbing shaft.
It felt good. So damn good, but he didn't want her on her knees like this. She was his wife not some desperate street walker. It was disgraceful.
"Sakura!" he gasped grabbing her hair lightly. "Wait!" his eyes rolled back in his head as she sucked him deep. "Damn." He groaned.
She removed her lips with a light pop and stroked him with her hand. "Sasuke, I want to do this. Just relax. I know you like it." She said smirking at him with a knowing gleam in her eyes.
"Do whatever you want." He muttered already too overwhelmed by the pleasurable sensation to fight her.
"With pleasure." She replied before her lips descended over his length again.
"Shit!" he hissed his fingers tightening in her hair. "Sakura." He groaned his head tipping back as she sucked and licked and nipped at his throbbing erection. He panted and moaned guiding her head lightly, his heart thundering in his chest. "Sakura. I'm close." He warned her. She only sucked him deeper and he released inside her mouth with a shout.
He leaned against the wall panting and studied Sakura closely as she rose to her feet and stepped under the shower stream opening her mouth and letting the water fill it.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
She nodded but tapped her throat.
"Is it sore?" he probed.
She nodded and added a sheepish smile and shrug before stepping out of the shower. "I have something for this." She whispered, her voice quiet and hoarse. "Don't worry." She said quickly toweling off her body. She wrapped a towel around her and walked out of the warm room.
He sighed and quickly washed his hair. She'd been absolutely phenomenal and part of him was worried about that. He knew he shouldn't have been, but there was little reason for her exceptional skill. The act hadn't been cheap looking or feeling either. Sakura had looked lovely kneeling there her eyes closed as she worked him to release.
With a sigh, he shut the water off and quickly toweled off. He pulled on a black long sleeved tunic and matching pants before walking back into the living room. Sakura was seated at the table, with a packet of medicine in her hands. She tossed it back, and then chased it down with freshly brewed tea that smelled of citrus and honey.
"Do you want some?" she asked him motioning to the tea pot. "It's for sore throats but I think it tastes good any time."
"Sure." He said sitting down across from her.
She poured him a cup and he took it sipping the contents slowly. It was a little sweeter than what he preferred but the tartness from the lemon was enough for him to decide that he'd finish it anyway.
Sakura studied him over the rim of her own cup as she sipped and then put it down with a sigh. "Out with it." She said firmly. "What's bothering you?"
He blinked and then looked down at his cup trying to figure out how to put what he was feeling into words. Lying to her wouldn't do any good and he honestly wanted to know. How could he ask her why she was so good at oral sex without coming across as accusatory or crude?
"Was it… Was it bad?" she asked her tone dejected. "Did I do it wrong?"
His eyes shot up and widened. "No." he replied. "Just the opposite. It was great."
She breathed a sigh of relief. "What a relief. I guess that hellish experience was worth it after all."
His face paled at that. Dear Gods, had she been forced to learn that skill under the worst circumstances? If she had, he'd hunt down the bastards responsible and burn them to ash after torturing them for hours on end.
"What are you talking about?" he demanded. "Did something happen? Were you… Were you forced to…" he couldn't even get the words out and the thought of her on her knees in front of anyone else like that made him sick.
Her eyes widened in understanding and she quickly waved her hands. "No no no!" she assured him. "It was nothing like that, honestly." She assured him. "At my bachelorette party, things got a little… Crazy." She admitted. "There was alcohol involved obviously, but someone brought up bedroom matters and the next thing I know, Temari's passing out bananas so that she can give lessons on how to properly please your husband." She turned red to her hairline and laid her forehead against the table. "I swear, I'm never getting drunk with them again. Even Hinata started giving me 'hints' and all I could think was, 'She knows because she'd done this to Naruto. Oblivious, carefree, grinning, the closest thing I've ever had to a brother, Naruto.'" She groaned again. "I wanted to die. Then Lady Tsunade got involved and gave me a 'Sex Med Kit' including this tea and the medicine I took earlier. Why an unmarried woman who is still head over heels for a man who died more than a decade ago was able to put something like that together I'll never know."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "Temari, and Hinata used a banana to teach you how to perform oral sex?" he asked a smirk playing at his lips.
"Gods it sounds even worse when you say it." She groaned blushing even darker covering her face with her hand. "But basically yes."
He blinked in surprise before he covered his mouth and started laughing. He had dirt on both Naruto and Shikamaru now and he'd relieved his conscience.
"Stop laughing!" she growled. "It was seriously the most awkward experience of my life! Even plastered the way I was I just wanted to just crawl under a rock and die. Especially when Ino started adding her own commentary wondering how long and wide you were. Talking about all the dirty daydreams she had about you." She groaned. "You know what? I'm going to go find that rock right now, please excuse me." She said standing and walking around the table, moving towards the door.
He extended his leg as she walked past him tripping her and caught her easily, pulling her into his lap even as she struggled her face covered by her hands.
"Let me go!" she grumbled. "I'm such a disgusting pervert."
He rolled his eyes and nosed her hair out of the way so that he could lay his lips on her shoulder.
"Did you have wet dreams about me Sakura?" he drawled his mouth leaving purple marks over her creamy skin.
"Shut it!" She snarled.
"Answer me." He demanded latching his teeth to the nape of her neck.
"Yes, damn you." She hissed. "Who else would I have them about?!"
"Good because I had them about you too." He whispered.
She stiffened in his arms and turned back to look at his face. "You're serious?" she asked.
He merely shifted her onto his shoulder and carried her into the sleeping space tossing her gently to the futon. Just like with everything else physical he'd done in his life so far, he was quickly developing both skill and stamina when it came to sex. He was definitely ready for another round.
"I'm serious." He said climbing over her catching the zipper of her top between his teeth and pulling it down. "I told you from the beginning that it has always been you Sakura." He retraced the same path her zipper had taken with his nose spreading it open as he made his way back up to her face. "It was always you naked and willing beneath me in my dreams. It was always you clawing my back and begging for more."
She blushed and turned her head. The move was so shy and submissive he couldn't help but quiver with increased need.
"For such a stoic man, you turned out to be quite the tease in the bedroom." She muttered.
He smirked and nuzzled her neck. "And I never imagined that the indomitable Sakura, with the strength of one hundred in her fists, was such a submissive little thing between the sheets." He purred pulling on her earlobe with his teeth.
Her eyes darkened even as her blush deepened. "I'm only like this with you." She confessed.
"Good." He replied moving down to take a rosy nibble in his mouth enjoying her gasp of pleasure and the way her body arched into his own.
He was quite proud that he was the only one that had such an effect on her. The only one that would ever have her this way. The taste of her skin was his alone. The moans, gasps, and mews of pleasure that tumbled from her lips were his alone. The way she looked at him, her eyes glassed over with pleasure and lust was for him alone. There was no way he'd ever give such things to another. He'd rip apart any man who tried to take them from him, take her from him. After all, he was a greedy, selfish, self-righteous Uchiha.
Author's Note: The first song is called 'Empty Heart' it's the full version of the song used in opening twenty of the Naruto series. Thus is doesn't rhyme since it's been translated from Japanese to English but it was so perfect I had to put it in. The second song is 'Never Stop' by Safety Suite. I thought it was also well suited to my little musical, fluff reprieve. Anyway, rate, review, favorite and so on if you see fit. Thank you for reading! Also, Dear Guest Reviewer; If you'd like a SasuSaku Fanfic that has less Naruto, more Team Taka, and sections of Sasuke treating his new wife like trash, there are thousands of stories on this site and I'm sure you'll be able to find one that suits your needs.
