Hello my FF peeps,

I do realize I've been mentioning this one on the Gateway Series but it wasn't updated here yet, so here we go catching you up! At least you get a couple of chapters in one go ;) after that you'll have to wait~

Original note: So I know it's not the weekend anymore...but you know what happened? I was all hyped about posting this then went and re-edited the thing like four different times, like the absolute obsessive mess I am.

you know what else I did? Made it way longer than it was meant to be already lol, because I can't just write a damn short story damn it!

But for real, I'm so excited for you all to read this! I know I always say the same thing but...I mean, I know we have real similar taste because you're still here even after I went unhinged on Unrequited Love lol.

Warning: Listen...yes Sasuke is married, yes...cheating will ensue and I have very strong feelings on the subject but apparently none of that matters when it comes to uniting Naruto and Sasuke ok? Also...this is probably not for Sakura lovers. Al,so what are morals? What is professionalism? We don't know those words here lol. Well Naruto does try...

Rating: M (Explicit) If you're new here, I hope you like things such as: Spice, Lemonade, filth, things sometimes get out of control...

Disclaimer: They are not mine ok? Any characters portrayed in this fic (except for Miki) belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I just use my writing powers to right his wrongs...mainly the fact that he never made Sasuke and Naru Canon.

The Help

Chapter 1: Guilty Pleasure

Naruto pulled up to the modern house, it was all dark and windows and just sleek. He was a little nervous, he wasn't sure he wanted to do this…He'd looked the couple up when the job agency forwarded the job post his way, and felt warm and jittery as he laid eyes on Sasuke Uchiha.

It was a bad idea right…to try and get a live-in job working for a man that made you want to cream your pants—especially when said man was married and looking for a nanny. The pay however…the pay made him do a double take.

He figured he was always underestimated, people always thought women were better caretakers so they might not even call him, why not leave it up to destiny? Submit the application, he'd either be called or he wouldn't.

Well now it was too late to think that those had been some stupid critical thinking skills.

He walked up and hit the Ring doorbell "Be right there" came out of the speaker after about a minute or so the double doors opened and his eyes fell on the stunning woman.

Beautiful light pink hair, long, all the way down to her waist, she was wearing a long sage maxi dress, that made her own big green eyes stand to attention.

"Naruto right?" She smiled pleasantly at him and the blonde "That's me" He returned the smile "Very nice to meet you Mrs. Uchiha"

She moved aside so the blonde could step inside and Naruto looked up and his eyes fell on the tall handsome man and he stumbled a bit, he hoped he wasn't being too obvious as he averted his eyes.

The man was ridiculously fit, his hair as dark as his eyes, wearing fitted slacks and a fitted white polo shirt, despite the simple outfit Naruto still felt like someone had dropped a gallon of soda and mentos inside his stomach. The pictures did this man no justice.

He'd been walking next to a pale looking woman with black long hair, she was curvy, and the dress she'd chosen fell in all the right places, even if it wasn't particularly short or cut at the bust, Naruto might have advised her to wear something different if she was here for an interview…judging by the guarded look Mrs. Uchiha was throwing her.

"Thank you for coming by Hinata, we'll be calling with our final decision sometime by the end of the weekend" Sakura said

Hinata threw the couple a blinding smile and said her goodbyes as Sasuke closed the door and turned towards Sakura and Naruto "Sasuke Uchiha, nice to meet you Naruto" He extended his hand and Naruto shook it quickly before he let go, not sure what to do with the shots of electricity he felt when he touched the raven "the pleasure is all mine"

"Shall we?" Sakura asked as she started walking down the hallway and soon enough they were all in the sitting room.

"So Naruto, we've looked at your resume but can you walk us through" Sasuke began, and Naruto felt like his eyes could melt him.

"Yes of course, but before I answer that question, could I ask one of my own?" Sasuke was amused by the blonde wanting to ask his own questions at a job interview.

"Go ahead" He nodded.

"I read the job description, but could you tell me what your expectations are for my position? That way I could let you know how my previous experience and education might help me accomplish that"

Sasuke smirked, he hadn't said 'for the position' but he'd said 'for my position' he didn't know what to expect when Naruto's application came through. But it surely hadn't been expecting a witty, blue eyed, caramel to arrive at his door.

"Honestly this is a bit of a unique situation" Sakura said next to Sasuke, Naruto thought he perceived some–anger? Or was it annoyance "This is a temporary live in position, the main idea is that you would help take care of four year old Miki for the next eight months to a year, but I was also hoping you could help with meals and house chores as well"

Only for the next eight months? Naruto though, a little confused. It must have shown on his face because Sasuke leaned forward "Miki is my niece, we will be taking care of her while my brother is away for work" This time Naruto did catch Sakura rolling her eyes, it didn't look like she was too happy about whatever their situation was.

"Well, I worked at my university's pre-school while I was working towards my Family Studies degree. I get along great with kids and would hope to help Miki feel welcome and at ease here. I did attach some references from previous jobs I've held" He said as he looked at Sasuke

Then his gaze shifted to Sakura "Mrs. Uchiha I did take some culinary art classes while I worked towards my degree and would be happy to help with the chores"

"Even as a live-in there are hours right? Sorry we are not very familiar with how it works"

Naruto smiled at Sasuke "It would depend on your schedule as a family, what time I would need to be up to be prepping lunch for Miki, and breakfast for the family if that's a meal you have at home, and to prepare Miki for pre-school if she attends. I am willing to be very flexible to fit your schedule as needed. I would only ask to have one day completely off throughout the week, usually it's a Saturday or a Sunday"

The questions continued and Naruto felt good, he'd been a mess of jitters the whole time but he didn't think the feeling had actually externalized.

Sasuke liked Naruto, he liked his answers, that the blonde had specifically addressed that he wanted to make Miki feel welcome, that he'd been willing to be flexible and looked very confident in his skills.

He also didn't mind looking at Naruto, he was pretty, with sky blue eyes, and a beautiful smile, he felt almost wired when he shook his hand. That alone should have been enough not to hire him, not if he was still interested in fixing his marriage, but he couldn't help himself, he wanted to see him again...

Sakura also liked him, but it had much more to do with the fact that she didn't want a live-in nanny that was a woman. She'd be damned if she welcomed another younger woman into her house so they could try and steal her husband; just because Itachi had thought it prudent to take on an undercover assignment even though he had a child he was responsible for.

Like it wasn't enough that their marriage was already falling apart at the seams she now had to bring a child into her home, not even one of her own, but someone else's child. Sasuke loved his niece, she didn't need him doting on the little brat instead of trying to reconnect with her.

Somewhere between their dating and even marriage however it seemed that Sakura had failed to ask her husband about his sexual preferences.

She had never seen Sasuke leer at men, and he'd been dating and fucking her, so it never crossed her mind that her husband might not discriminate between genders, and that right there is where she had made a grave, grave mistake when she happily agreed with Sasuke that they should hire Naruto.

The blonde hung up the phone and burrowed his face on his pillow letting out the squeal that had been dying to leave his lips as he spoke with Sasuke on the phone.

They'd picked him.

Now he only needed to buy a chastity belt or take a vow of celibacy so he could keep the liquid lust that he already felt for his now new, ridiculously hot, married, boss.

They asked him to move in even though Miki wouldn't be arriving until the end of the week.

Naruto had been in the kitchen grabbing a glass of water when the door opened and Sakura came barding in, but she went the opposite way towards the stairs, Sasuke trailing behind her.

"Can't believe we are having this fucking argument again" Sasuke said as he trailed behind her.

"I don't know Sasuke forgive me for looking out for our marriage, for thinking that maybe right now we shouldn't be taking care of someone else's child"

"What should we be doing then?"

Naruto opened his mouth to let them know he was there, but then he turned to the French doors that led to the pool area in the yard and he thought maybe he should just sneak out and pretend he wasn't here at all.

"You, should be wooing me, Sasuke, making me feel like you still love me "

Naruto stopped halfway out through the door, feeling the inner conflict of wanting to hear the rest of the argument but knowing it was private.

"Well then would you like to give up your club subscription? The vacation house in Hawaii? What's going to give Sakura because all I do is work hard so you can have the things you want, your little shopping sprees–You can't complain I don't make time for you when I'm using that time so you can keep the life you think you should have"

"No you don't get to do that Sasuke, I know you make enough, even if you worked less you would still make enough, it's that you can't even be bothered to try"

"What do you do Sakura?" Sasuke asked, Naruto could hear the tension in his voice, he could also hear Sakura's small sobs.

"You used to like spoiling me, but now that I'm used to it all you do is throw it on my face" She answered softly

"I just—Sakura, I don't know who you are anymore. Because you're not the person I married" the silence was deafening for a few seconds, before the stilettos rang against the stairs, followed by a door in the house being slammed.

Naruto finished sneaking outside and plopped down on one of the pool chairs, feeling so guilty that he'd been fantasizing non-stop about the raven. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have the person he married asking him who he was, to have grown apart so much that you didn't recognize each other anymore.

Sasuke smelled breakfast, for a second he was fooled into believing that maybe Sakura was making breakfast as a peace offering after last night's argument. But as he turned into the kitchen he stopped on his tracks as he spotted the blonde, he was wearing casual clothes and a cooking apron as he moved about the kitchen humming, he stood there just watching him, waiting to see how long it would take him to realize that he was there.

When the blonde turned around to place the French press by the breakfast bar he jumped "Holyshityouscaredme" He said in a rush as a blush tinted his cheeks "Mr. Uchiha I'm so sorry" He fumbled with the coffee "You startled me–also I promise I won't be cussing in front of the little one" He added "Can I get you some coffee?" He asked at last and Sasuke laughed, as he pulled a chair.

Naruto fidgeted for a bit "Will Mrs. Uchiha join you?" He asked

"Doubtful" Sasuke said, whenever she threw a fit it was always his fault, it was always something he did. It was about him not loving her enough, about him not trying hard enough.

But she had stopped trying first, it had all become about what Sasuke could buy for her, bigger house, name brands, a new car each year. When they went out with friends at some point he felt like she paraded him like an object. This is my catch, mine is better than yours…he didn't feel any warmth coming from her anymore, he felt…lonely.

"But I'd like the company," He added, nudging the blonde to join him.

"Umm you sure Mr. Uchiha?'' Sasuke resisted the urge to roll his eyes at the overly polite blonde who had just cussed. Which told him it was most likely just Naruto trying to be professional.

"How old are you?" He asked, Naruto tilted his head to the side as he placed his plate and coffee next to the raven and plopped down, moving a bit so he could face the raven.

"25" Naruto answered

"Well, I'm barely 28, so you make me feel like an old man every time you address me as Mr. Uchiha"

Naruto spit some of the coffee he'd been drinking back into the mug "Sorry" He mumbled

"Umm–Sir?" He tried and Sasuke didn't expect the wave of tingles that ran through his body as the blonde's sweet voice addressed him as such.

"Try again," Sasuke said, enjoying how the pink on Naruto's cheek turned red, and how he subconsciously started biting his lower lip.

The way Sasuke was looking at him was making him want to squirm in his chair "Young Sir?" Sasuke laughed and shook his head "Really?"

"I don't know what you want me to say" Naruto mumbled as he moved his eggs about his plate.

"Just Sasuke is fine" Naruto opened his mouth but then the "Babe?" Came through as Sakura walked into the kitchen.

"Good Morning, Mrs. Uchiha" Naruto said as he stood, feeling like he'd been caught red handed doing something wrong because he'd just been thinking about how even Sasuke's laugh was sultry.

"I have your green shake ready to mix if you are ready for breakfast"

"Yes please" She plopped down where Naruto had been sitting and moved his plate out of the way, leaning over giving Sasuke a kiss on the lips "I'm sorry about last night" She said softly but Naruto could still hear her before he turned the blender on.

Miki had been staying with her grandparents and she ran out of the car and over to Sasuke, who gave her a big hug and then carried her up in his arms. She was a little doll Naruto though, pale as Sasuke, midnight black hair cut to her chin, and her bangs fell over he big amber eyes. If he didn't know any better he'd actually believe she was Sasuke's

"Is daddy back?" She asked as he looked at Sasuke then turned her face to look around at everyone else "No Miki, dad's not here yet, but you're going to stay with us while he works" Sasuke said softly. Miki understood and you could see that she was a little upset, she probably missed her dad already.

When everyone had settled in the living room inside and Naruto had been introduced to Sasuke's parents he fell on his hunches where Sasuke was sitting so he could get eye level with the little girl who refused to leave Sasuke's lap.

"Hi Miki, I'm Naruto, I'm here to help take care of you, it looks like you're tired already, you want me to show you your room?" They had arrived late afternoon and her little amber eyes had been fluttering as she sat on Sasuke's lap.

She shook her head "I'm hungry"

"Are you?" His eyes fell on her pretty green dress stamped with flowers "I cut some fruit, so you could have it as a snack, I cut it to look like flowers–you want to see?" She nodded and after hesitating for a second she extended her arms to Naruto, who smiled brightly at her grabbing her from Sasuke's lap.

"What do you like to do before bedtime?" He asked as he got up and started making his way out of the living area "I like stories"

"Do you? Uncle Sasuke and Aunty Sakura helped make your room all pretty and there is a whole bookshelf with stories in there" Naruto's voice eventually subsided.

Sasuke smiled after the blonde, and then almost rolled his eyes at the reference that Sakura had anything to do with setting up Miki's room. She wasn't the least bit interested, and had sat there looking annoyed as Sasuke explained Mikis' likes and dislikes to the blonde when they had given him the card to go shopping to set up the room.

"I was a little worried when you said you hired a man, but he's such a darling! Little Miki went with him, no fuss!" Mikoto said from her seat.

Sakura bit her lip, maybe she should have tried to hold the brat for a little while, come across a little more motherly in front of everyone…

Naruto was staring at the studio door, Sasuke mostly worked from the little studio house adjacent to the main house, sometimes he was out by the office main office, but mostly he was at home.

The blonde did notice the raven would get so lost in his work that he would barely step out of the studio until the afternoon, not having any meals throughout and after a whole month of feeling like there was no way that it was healthy for the raven to work so much without breaks, he'd finally walked over to the studio to ask the raven if he maybe would like for him to bring him something to eat or snack on.

He didn't know what Sakura did all day, but she'd be up at about 9 then leave, and not come back until Sasuke was about to be off work, sometimes she'd arrive with a multitude of bags of new clothes and asked Naruto to put them away before Sasuke was done with work. He couldn't even begin to understand why she needed more clothes. Naruto didn't want to be that person, but the more he observed the more he stopped feeling bad for Sakura for the fight he'd overheard that first day.

She could try and join Sasuke on breaks throughout the day but she didn't…instead she was off shopping, training, or at the Spa. Even if Miki wasn't hers she could try to spend some time with the little dollface…and learn to mask her distaste at having her around a little more. Little ones could always tell…

Naruto finally found his resolve and knocked on the ravens studio door "Yeah?" the blonde opened the door and poked his head inside "Hi" He said–great he'd mustered up the courage to knock but now he was at a loss for words

Sasuke looked up from the blueprints he'd been working on "Are you hungry?" Naruto asked at last and the raven seemed confused "It's just, I don't ever see you come out, you have breakfast with Miki in the morning before I take her to pre-school but that's pretty much it…I was thinking you must get hungry, would you like for me to bring you a snack, or lunch?" A small smile settled on the raven's lips.

"Only if you'll be joining me" Naruto blushed at the request, if Sakura wasn't joining for breakfast, Sasuke always asked him to sit with him and Miki, it was Naruto's favorite part of the day. His guilty pleasure was thinking that Sasuke was flirting with him…the raven was probably just being polite.

Sasuke did it on purpose now, he liked how everything in him stirred as the blush settled on the blonde's cheeks, he liked the way he fluttered his lashes and looked away embarrassed. It made him wonder what kind of sounds would come out of those pretty lips when he was taken care of…

At first he'd thought this was just a little game, a harmless crush that made his days a little brighter, that he'd never actually touch him. He was finding that he did not have as much self control as he gave himself credit for…

Sasuke had just come back from a run. He had walked into the bathroom while pulling his shirt over his head but stopped before he jumped when he noticed there were no towels.

He made his way down to the laundry, maybe Naruto had washed and hadn't had time to put them away before he had to drop Miki off. He walked into the laundry room to see the blonde on his tiptoes as he reached up trying to grab a new detergent bag from a shelf.

His eyes trailed the curve of Naruto's ass and how his current position had his shirt riding up, exposing some of the caramel skin on his lower back " Almost" he muttered his fingers grazing the detergent bag.

Sasuke couldn't help himself, he wanted to feel him , so he stepped in quietly and Naruto turned startled and as he felt a hard muscled body flush against his own.

It was Sasuke…a shirtless Sasuke to boot, and his bodily functions were confused, trying to figure out if the blood needed to go north or south.

The raven was now caging him in against the washer, one arm fell on the washer next to Naruto and the other was reaching over for the detergent, but the motion had him flush against the blonde.

"Here" He said, placing the detergent next to the blonde.

Naruto was fucking re-booting, how—what—he was just going to pretend like he wasn't blanketing him with his smoking-hot-half-naked-body?!

"Looked like you were struggling" He said in that deep voice of his, and Naruto had to move because his blood had chosen to go south and he'd die if Sasuke felt him get hard against him.

He stepped sideways and out of the raven's personal space as he tucked a strand of hair behind his ear "Thanks" his voice struggled the whole way out and he was sure Sasuke could hear how flustered he was.

"I was going to jump in the shower but noticed there were no towels" Sasuke said

"Oh, they're in the dryer they have about 15 minutes left"

"Can you bring one up when they're done?"

Naruto's mouth was slightly open "To the bathroom?" His eyes shooting to the floor.

"To the room, I can just step out and grab it when I'm done with my shower" Sasuke smirked as the color on the blonde's cheek got darker.

Naruto almost smacked himself–of course to the room, what are you supposed to walk in the bathroom while he's showering? He chastised himself.

"Ye-Yeah of course" He said.

Sasuke gave him a thanks and walked back upstairs, plenty pleased with himself by the reaction he'd elicited.

Naruto was…absolutely fucking adorable, and he should feel guilty that he felt that. He should feel ashamed, but he couldn't.

Not when he overheard the blonde reading bedtime stories to Miki, not when he would bring him lunch and would sit with him not just making small talk but talking to him…Not when he'd catch Naruto's eyes lingering on him, his lips, his body and it made him want to lift him on the kitchen counter and completely ravage him…

So he left the bathroom door ajar on purpose, he wanted to believe Naruto wouldn't be able to help himself from looking inside when he came by to drop off the towel…He took the rest of his clothes off and jumped in the hot shower as he closed his eyes and remembered how he felt pure electricity as his body fell over the blondes. His shaft rested on the blonde's ass for a few seconds before Naruto turned startled.

Sasuke let his head hit the tile as he gripped the base of his erection, before he started pumping himself, what would Naruto have done if he'd hunched over to kiss him, if he'd turned him back around and pushed his hard erection against his perfectly round ass.

Shit seconds hadn't been nearly enough. Sasuke was playing a dangerous game here…first the talking, then the fantasizing, and now he'd actually touched him…he should just talk to Sakura, this wasn't normal...One thing was to fantasize but Sasuke wanted to do so much more and that should speak volumes about what a joke his marriage had become.

Naruto walked in and over to the bed to drop off the towel like Sasuke had asked, still reeling from the laundry room incident and stopped on his tracks as he walked by the bathroom.

His mouth went dry as his eyes fell on the very naked, very wet, very turned on raven. His dark hair sticking to his face, his body leaning against the tile as his hand furiously pumped his very well endowed member.

Naruto was hard in seconds, gripping the towels he'd been there to drop off, he needed to look away, this was a complete violation of Sasuke's privacy, this was wrong.

He was going to get his ass fired, he thought as he palmed his erection through his pants, he wanted to…he wanted to touch himself at the same time Sasuke was touching himself…he wanted to imagine it was Sasuke touching him…his eyes locked on how Sasuke was giving his head a swipe and biting his lower lip.

Was this…because of what had happened downstairs? Was Sasuke' turned on because of him?

He could hear the stilettos coming up the stairs and that snapped him out of his trance as he dropped the towels by the bed and quickly walked out of the Master bedroom scurrying to his own down the hall.

He left his door slightly open as he leaned as he leaned against the wall, he heard Sakura's voice trail in "Oh, wow, hi there handsome, you need some help with that?"

And he as the words hit his ears he closed the door scrunching his eyes closed, he didn't know what to do with the nauseating amount of jealousy that settled on his belly.

Now, now...don't come for me...you know we gotta built up some tension before I can give you the goods ;) Can't wait to hear your thoughts! Do we love it? Do we hate it? Do we want more~

I think...I don't want to have you wait too long, so I'll try to update soon~ either Thursday or Friday since I'm updating After Gateway on Wednesday, we'll see~

Till next time my lovelies,

Chio~