TRUST
Chapter 2: Protective Shade
"Alright, knowing Kakashi he's probably gone to go read you know what. I think we're free to leave."
Sasuke snorted as they began to make their way out of the market,
"He still reads those fucking things?"
"Every damn day…" Naruto sighed slowly.
Sasuke watched him and twitched uncomfortably. He gave Naruto's jacket a slight tug,
"Soooo? Where are we going? You still haven't even given me a clue."
Naruto grinned,
"I'm happy to say, that today we're going 'out'!"
Sasuke froze,
"Say wha? Naruto you don't mean that literally do you?"
Naruto stared at him bewildered for a second. Then started laughing as he slowly understood what Sasuke was talking about.
"No no, we're not leaving the village…pfft…you thinks I'm nuts? You'd get ripped to little bloody pieces!"
Sasuke grimaced,
"Well, way to talk about my death with such enthusiasm!"
Naruto laughed loudly. But it was no sooner after his laugh had they entered a small cluster of trees near the west edge of the village.
Sasuke shook his head,
"What is this!" he exclaimed, his voice full of excitement.
Naruto leaned against one of trees,
"I found it a few days back." He said happily, hands in his pockets, "It turns out the forest outside Konoha has found a way to creep inside a bit. And when I saw all these trees so close together, I thought of you. I mean you hadn't been in a real forest for 8 months so I thought you'd like it."
Sasuke looked at Naruto as if he was a saint. He immediately jumped up into the trees, Naruto could hear him sighing.
"You are an angel." He whispered from the trees above.
Naruto smiled,
"Happy to help. Oh and sorry about the whole 'bloody pieces' thing, I was just teasing you." He stopped walking and looked back up at the trees. "Still…you and I both know you could escape from here anytime you wanted."
"Not true…" a coy voice returned.
"What do you mean?"
Sasuke returned to the ground gracefully; he turned his head,
"Well…you're here aren't you?"
"HA!" Naruto laughed again, "You're too good of a fighter…I'll never beat you."
Sasuke's face mouth curled,
"That's not what I mean…"
Naruto was confused. He began turning around as he asked,
"Then what do you- eh!"
Sasuke was facing him, smiling that smile. But once their eyes met, both their faces stiffened immediately. It's hard to explain how they were staring at each other; you'd expect a couple to fall into each other's arms right away, but with these boys it was different. It didn't seem like anything romantic, they were looking at each other like you would look at an enemy before you entered a battle; it was a 'stare-down' as if to see who the bigger 'man' was. They looked at each other with these tense faces for awhile but their expressions and bodies gradually relaxed as the time past. Their minds swam in the eyes of the one that was in front of them; Naruto in Sasuke's black pools and Sasuke in Naruto's blue. Naruto held his arms out towards the brunette.
"C'mere…"
Sasuke embraced him and they held each other for what seemed like forever.
-A little while later-
Naruto was sitting against a large tree, eyelids closed while Sasuke was lying on the forest floor with his head resting on Naruto's lap.
"How come I never tan?"
"What?" the blonde asked as his eyes opened slowly.
Sasuke took Naruto's hand and intertwined it with his own as he held it up to the sunlight to show their comparison,
"I mean I get just as much sun, right?"
Naruto laughed running his free hand through Sasuke's hair.
"I don't think the Uchiha are well known for their tans…"
The was a uncomfortable pause as Sasuke brought his hand down in a solemn fashion,
"Guess we weren't were we?"
Naruto blushed violently having realized what he just said,
"Sasuke…I…I'm sorry. It wasn't my place to speak about your family-"
"It's fine…I just miss them a lot."
"Yeah," Naruto agreed, "I miss my parents too…"
They were silent. For a moment both of them reflected on the memories they held of their parents.
Naruto suddenly jumped at the sound of Sasuke's loud laughter.
"Wh-What are you laughing about!"
Sasuke covered his face with a hand,
"What would they say if they could see us now?"
Naruto pondered that question for a moment and then joined in Sasuke's laughter. After a little while their laughter died and the calm silence returned.
"Naruto?"
"Hm?"
"You wanna come over tonight?"
Naruto smiled,
"Sorry; Tsunade's got a small assignment for me tonight."
"Well then…best make good use of the time we have now…"
30 seconds later Naruto's tongue was exploring the wonders of Sasuke's mouth as they lay together on the forest floor, shirtless. After their lips parted Sasuke slid his face down to the blonde's neck and began to suck and bite at it playfully. Naruto moaned quietly to Sasuke's delight. The brunette allowed Naruto to trace the outline of his beautifully thin but muscled body as he clung to it with loving force. It was a pleasurable cycle for both of them. But soon it began to get a bit faster and forceful; they started battling over control by pushing each other roughly against trees and the forest floor. Sasuke won in the end as his managed to pin his lover to the ground; Naruto continued to fight him for awhile but eventually gave up as he let the Uchiha's tongue entrance to his mouth.
15 minutes later they were sitting against the same tree as before while Sasuke gently massaged Naruto's bare shoulders.
"I'm sorry…was I too rough?"
"That's not it; it's just that I keep running out of excuses for the bruising on my chest and neck." Naruto explained. "Everyone thinks I have some secret girlfriend…"
"Well you do!"
"HA! Hardly!"
Sasuke lowered his face next to Naruto's and kissed his cheek,
"Just call me your girlfriend for now…at least until…"
"Until what?"
"…Never mind…"
Naruto sighed,
"Sasuke…we've been through this…telling people about…us is too great a risk."
"I know," He replied, "but is this how it's always going to be? Running away to forests and alleys just so that we can love each other?"
Naruto put his face in his hands,
"I don't know…"
"Don't you think people will eventually find out why you come over to my home as often as you do?"
"It's not like we have sex every time I'm there…"
"Naruto…" Sasuke said gently, "…do you think that matters to them?"
Naruto sighed heavily; he knew Sasuke was right.
"Then we should leave…"
"Naruto, you know I can't go-"
"When you're released from your penalties…" Naruto interrupted, "…we'll leave this place together."
Sasuke's eyes grew wide; his punishments and penalties were far from over. He still had 5 whole years before he could even leave Konoha for a minute let alone a lifetime.
"You'd wait that long?" he asked quietly as his massaging stopped.
Naruto took hold of Sasuke's hand on him shoulder,
"I'd wait forever…"
Sasuke's bent his tear stained face forward and rested it on the back on Naruto's neck.
Suddenly they both heard the sound of moving feet.
"Fuck…" muttered Naruto.
They both jumped up and quickly returned the clothing to their backs just as Sakura entered the clearing.
Naruto smiled despite being interrupted. He was always happy to see her.
"Sakura-chan!" he chimed.
"Oh!" she was surprised to see them. "Naruto…Sasuke-kun…what are you guys doing here?"
There was a hint of suspicion in her voice. Naruto's smile disappeared and was replaced with panic.
"Nothing really…Naruto told me he wanted to spar and we managed to find this nice area." Sasuke looked around at the trees as he spoke; pretending that he was seriously interested in what surrounded them. "This was a good place to practice forest combat considering I can't leave. So we decided to give it a shot."
"Oh, that's cool." She answered happily.
Naruto's smile returned. He could always count on Sasuke to come up with a convincing lie to cover their butts.
Sakura shook her head,
"Right, I almost forgot my whole reason for coming here." She turned to Naruto, "Iruka wants to see you Naruto…something about a broken window?"
"Oh shit!" Naruto shouted, "I got to go! I'll see you guys later!" He gave a wave and vanished into the trees leaving Sakura and Sasuke alone.
Sasuke sighed to himself and looked over at Sakura,
"Are you hungry?" he asked her.
Sakura beamed and nodded her head. Sasuke smiled slightly,
"Come on; let's go grab something to eat."
He began to make his way towards the exit as Sakura happily walked beside him.
END Chapter 2
-I'm really happy with how this chapter turned out.
Chapter 3 will be added in a bit so check back soon. And give me some reviews guys! I've only got a few on the intro. I wanna hear your thoughts and opinions!