Chapter Ten: 'I Do'


In his life, Naruto had had many amazing mornings.

All his birthday and Christmas mornings as a kid were some great examples. When your parents were as awesome and loving as Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, any special day you had was gonna be amazing. And even many of the birthday and Christmases when he'd been an adult, hangovers and all, had been equally great.

He'd had good starts to his mornings when he'd been on trips with his friends, there was one particular camping trip where he'd woken up with the dawn and he and Lee, who had been about to take his morning run, watched the sunrise together in comfortable silence. He still remembered that morning fondly.

Then there'd been the more adult mornings where he'd woken up with a beautiful, naked or mostly naked woman in his arms. The best of those normally starting with him being woken up with some kind of sex.

But nothing, and he meant nothing, beat how the morning of Shikamaru and Temari's wedding started. All the naked beautiful women and the perfect sunrises or Christmas and birthday mornings combined could hold a candle to it.

Because this morning started with Sakura in his arms and her entire, thoroughly loved, naked body pressed into his.

Best morning of his fucking life.

And yes, the morning could probably count as one of the beautiful, naked women mornings but … it wasn't the same. Even the mornings he'd had where said naked woman were his former girlfriends, didn't measure up to this morning. There was no comparison to be made that wouldn't be found wanting.

Because this morning, included Sakura.

Which, in his eyes, always made everything better.

Meals with Sakura were tastier, jokes with her were funnier, hugs were warmer and kisses were sweeter. Life was just more worth living with Sakura Haruno in it.

And the sex, God above.

Sakura sighed contently as he placed a soft kiss against the back of her neck before nestling his face into her hair and breathing in her scent, her body moving against his and making his morning erection quiver as it was rubbed by her ass.

He resisted the urge to cup her breasts and start massaging them, because he was allowed to now thank merciful God, but there would be time for that later. A whole lot of that. They had years to catch up on after all.

But as Sakura shifted in his close grip, he wasn't kidding about how much her body was pressed into his, he couldn't bring himself to wake her. Even for more of what they'd spent hours doing last night.

Honestly, he should probably try and get some more sleep himself. They'd only actually finished making love a few hours ago. He didn't dare to disentangle from Sakura to check the time but given the time of year and the new day sun coming in through the windows …

Because in the heat of last night they'd never taken enough time to pause and draw the curtains.

They'd had much more pressing things to do.

Like each other, he chuckled to himself.

But yeah, going by the sun, it was still really early morning and the pair of them could do with as much sleep as they could get. They were gonna need to be well-rested to get through the endless teasing that was coming their way once their friends put two and two together and realised they hadn't seen either Naruto or Sakura since early evening.

While he suspected not everyone would figure out that both Naruto and Sakura had disappeared after the rehearsal meal and not come back, enough of them would and the gossip would get round to the rest of their friends and they were all going to be so smug.

Especially Ino.

Thank God they'd at least get a reprieve until the reception. Today was after all, Shika and Temari's day, and the majority of people's attention would be on the future Mr and Mrs Nara. Even Ino would be more focused on them until the reception.

Though, as he tried to think on how best to handle the possibility that Ino might go crazy and cheer about him and Sakura finally getting together … he couldn't bring himself to worry about it while he was wrapped around Sakura.

Even though they hadn't nailed down anything about them last night, he felt more than secure in their relationship. They'd need to talk about it, and soon, but right now he was too focused on how soft Sakura's skin was and wrapped up in remembering the sheer amount of times they'd made love last night.

And while there'd been a couple of times last night when they could have talked … They hadn't been able to keep their hands off of each other long enough. Something he felt was perfectly forgivable given they'd been waiting for last night for a decade and then some. Something else that was forgivable if you asked him was that while they definitely needed to talk … he didn't think he'd be able to focus on anything other than making Sakura feel good for like … a month.

Naruto had always enjoyed his partners being vocal but even the slightest intake from Sakura had set him ablaze with lust and desire. And when she'd moaned … daaaaaamn.

It had been all he could do to keep the lovemaking sweet and tender the entire time and not just take her when she moaned for him like that.

He'd wanted their first night to be romantic and loving. He didn't want Sakura to think he was just overcome with lust for her and that was what was driving his feelings for her, there'd be plenty of time for that kind of sex later, this first weekend … he had every intention of making every moment they had sweeter than honey.

He'd nearly managed to prioritise his attention on talking by focusing on keeping himself gentle too, but then Sakura's breasts were in his hands again and she had been making eager, needy noises when he'd started playing with her nipples …

Hey, if you were a boob guy and your brand new that night girlfriend who you'd wanted to be with since you were a teenager was letting you touch her sculpted perfection in the shape of breasts … would you have the power to stop yourself?

Especially when she was naked in front of you and you discovered that she loved having her nipples played with? That she loved you playing with them specifically?

Yeah, he thought as much.

The only reason he wasn't massaging her breasts right now was because he wouldn't stop at that and he would wake her up, and he wanted to savour this moment just a bit longer.

But then Sakura made a soft groan and wiggled against him and he couldn't resist kissing her neck gently. It was intoxicating and he had to swallow a needy growl so he didn't wake her up. But just like yesterday morning, her peach of an ass was shoved right against his hard member, and it was very hard not to thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of it.

Maybe he could convince her into morning sex with it being so early?

He ran his fingers over her tummy, earning a sleepy giggle as he hit a ticklish spot. He smiled instinctively, burying his face into her neck and breathing her in again, a content sigh flowing into her skin as he pressed his lips to the crook of her neck.

No, he'd let her sleep, their alarms would go off soon and he could run a quickie by her when they'd rested some more. And after they'd had the hopefully brief and happy conversation about how she was his girlfriend now and he was her boyfriend.

Because now he was thinking on it, while he was too much of a perv when it came to Sakura, he had more faith in Sakura's ability to marshal her need for him and make sure they talked about what everything meant.

Meanwhile he was still arguing with himself over the merits of waking Sakura up with his tongue in her. So yeah, hopefully Sakura would have more self-control than him.

Though in his defence, right now he just wanted to lie there with his girlfriend, the girlfriend he'd always wanted, in his arms and doze.

After the stress and uncertainty of the last few days he honestly felt he deserved to savour the moment. He'd wanted exactly this for so long, no matter how much he might have said otherwise … he'd never felt lighter in his entire life than he did right now.

He placed a soft kiss just below her left shoulder, where her cherry blossom tattoo still was, the pretty pink and black lines as stunning as the woman they were emblazoned on.

His lips trailed the tattoo, happy little noises coming from his girlfriend, and he was never gonna get sick of calling Sakura that by the way, and he nuzzled into her back, before kissing back up to her neck and burying his face in the crook yet again.

Heaven, he was in heaven.

Naked in bed with the woman he loved, who loved him too.

Fuck, she loved him. And not in the way that they'd always pretended it was. She didn't just love him, she was in love with him.

He could have fucking sung.

His arms wrapped a little tighter around her soft body and he left soft little kisses over her neck and shoulder. Her creamy skin getting heated the more affection he peppered it with.

'Mmm,' Sakura hummed in her sleep. Bringing Naruto's lips to a stop just over her pulse as he froze. 'That's nice. More of that please.'

Guess he hadn't been careful enough not to wake her up.

His bad.

She shifted some more and a groan eked past his lips as the pinkette's ass rubbed against him and she looked over her shoulder to meet his apologetic gaze.

And she stole his breath away. Just flat took it away, snatching it from him like she was doing it with her dextrous fingers as opposed to her captivating eyes.

'Hi,' she said sleepily, softly, and arched to kiss him slowly on the lips.

She smiled and turned to face him, his arms loosening without him having to tell them to give her more space. She wasted no time in closing the distance between their lips again, collapsing against his chest and holding him in a long, poignant kiss.

It stayed closed mouthed, but was sweeter for it and Sakura let out a little sigh of approval as she broke the kiss and lay her head against his chest.

'God I've waited years to be able to do that when I woke up in the morning,' she giggled, her arms wrapped around him and she pulled herself against him even more. Her supple breasts pressing into him wonderfully and she placed soft little kisses over his chest and up to his neck.

'Worth the wait?' Naruto asked, kissing the top of her head and rubbing her back in slow, soothing circles.

'Mhmm,' she sighed, her own fingers tracing patterns over his back muscles and everywhere her fingers went he felt tension and stiffness leave. It was blissful. 'Definitely worth the wait, and so were you.'

'Flatterer,' he muttered, kissing her forehead softly when she looked up at him. 'Sorry for waking you Sakura-chan.'

She shrugged and her eyes drifted downwards with a decidedly amused flicker. 'I'm sure you'll find a way to make it up to me.'

He chuckled and tried not to stare at Sakura's breasts. Yes, he may be allowed but that didn't mean he could stare at her chest over listening to what she was saying.

'I don't think you're actually all that upset,' he said back, letting his fingers stroke down her back to rest around her waist, the softness of her skin rivalling the bedding they were tucked under, but far more enjoyable to touch. Especially when he caught the shiver of pleasure go through Sakura's expression. 'Huh Sakura-chan?'

He cupped her ass and squeezed, earning more shivers of pleasure from the woman. She rolled her eyes at him when his palm didn't leave, instead kept squeezing and rubbing the glorious peachy goodness.

'You know, for a boob guy, you certainly love playing with my ass,' she said, her fingers stroking along his jaw. 'Have you been misleading me with all your 'boob guy' claims?'

'To be fair,' Naruto said, taking her lips in a gentle kiss. 'Your breasts are kinda pressed into my chest, so I can't really get at them right now, and secondly, have you seen your ass?'

Sakura snorted and blushed prettily, her fingers still tracing along his jaw and lips, he kissed her finger as the pad went over his mouth and she blushed some more.

'Besides,' Naruto continued, his hand coming to a stop over her ass and he smiled lovingly. 'I think when it comes down to it, I'm not a boob guy or an ass guy, I'm a 'Sakura Haruno' guy.'

He'd always loved making Sakura blush, it used to give his hopelessly in love with her self the little lift it needed to see it, the fact that even after hours of the best sex of his life and them finally being a couple … he could still make the pretty pinkette blush darker than her hair was something that gave him life.

'You're so corny Naruto,' Sakura said with a shy smile. 'But you need to stop hitting on me, it's not fair.'

He raised an eyebrow and frowned. 'How's it not fair?'

'Cos,' she said, pulling his head down gently, their lips meeting in tender kiss, her tongue slipping between his open lips to dance across his. She broke the kiss, her hand already tickling down his side and trying to move between where there hips were pressed together. 'I can't think straight enough to return fire with your hard dick rubbing against me. It's distracting.'

He almost pulled away to let her get at where she clearly wanted to, so much for having to convince Sakura into a quickie, God he hoped her readiness for morning sex was something that'd stick around, he'd always loved starting his day like this.

But, Sakura had been a bit of a tease over the last couple days, to his benefit for sure, but well, now he knew what was going on … she'd admitted to literally planning on jumping him all weekend last night … well, he wanted to have a little fun himself.

'Are you saying you don't like when I distract you Sakura-chan?' He swallowed the little groan he earned from her as he started to play with her ass again, squeezing and rubbing it enthusiastically. 'Or is it just you who's allowed to distract people with her body?'

'Yes,' Sakura said blatantly, her fingers still trying to force between their bodies and the way her body moved against him nearly made him cave.

God above, having her breasts rubbing against his bare skin was so much better than he'd ever imagined. The feel of her hard nipples grazing him only making the whole experience hotter. And him harder.

But not yet. Just a little more teasing. She definitely deserved it. Speaking of things she deserved …

Sakura's fingers were making headway, having gotten used to his kneading of her ass and it was just as she made a little huff of victory, her fingers grazing the very tip of his dick, that he acted.

He brought his hand down on her glorious ass in a hearty spank that jutted Sakura's whole body up against him, rubbing along his shaft as the woman let out a surprised gasp.

Naruto held his breath for a second … he wasn't actually sure how Sakura felt about spanking and while he didn't think she'd have a problem with it, he couldn't be sure.

She stared at him, expression unreadable and her fingers stopped in place between their hips. 'You spanked me.'

… Well, he may as well go for it now he supposed.

'You've been being a bad girl.' His tone much too shaky to be sexy but he powered on anyway. 'Bad girls get spanked.'

He finally stopped holding his breath as Sakura's face split into a slow, sultry smirk. 'Uh huh,' she said, her fingers slipping out from between their bodies and coming up to cup his face gently.

She crawled up his body, sending shudders of approval through his entire being as she climbed up him, until her lips were at his neck, she turned his head to the side and in a long, slow lick, ran her tongue up his neck to flick off at his chin.

'Oh Naruto,' she said lowly, her eyes afire with desire and amusement. 'You have no idea how bad a girl I can be.'

Holy fucking shit she was so goddamn hot!

Naruto's mouth fell open. 'Uh, um, well, um, heh …'

Sakura giggled, her head falling onto his chest as her whole body shook against him tantalisingly. 'Oh your face, oh Naruto I'm sorry but you're so cute when you're flustered.'

He blushed and poked her in the side gently, her head coming back up so he could see her barely contained giggles, she literally had to put her hand up to her mouth.

'Hey, don't laugh at me,' he grumbled, squeezing her hip lightly as she settled into his side. 'How was I meant to prepare for … that?'

'Don't,' she said salaciously, propping herself up on his chest so she could grin at him. 'It's way too fun to watch you flounder when I come onto you.'

'Mean,' he mumbled, turning his face away from her, his hand resting at her lower back.

'Hey,' Sakura said sweetly, moving up to kiss his neck and nibble along his shoulder. 'Hey, don't be grumpy.' She kissed his cheek, stroking over his shoulders and chest with reverent touches.

'I'll be your bad little girl all night long tonight if you want,' she murmured against his cheek, using the grip she had on his shoulder to pull him over until he was on his side facing her.

'Sakura-chan,' he grumbled playfully, her hands dipping down to his waist as he let her pull him. 'Don't tease.'

'How am I meant to earn more lovely spanking though?' she whispered before capturing his lips in a long, slow kiss.

'That was okay?' he asked, his hands moving back over her hip to go to her breast, his fingers worrying her nipple until the pinkette moaned into the kiss. 'Was worried you might not like it …'

Her fingers found his tip and tickled enough to make him hiss. 'Loved it, but then again, if you're a 'Sakura Haruno' guy, let's just call me a 'Naruto Uzumaki' girl. Pretty sure I'd love anything you'd do to me.'

He laughed and lowered himself so he could kiss over her breast, Sakura's groan of approval as his lips took over from his fingers only egging him on further. 'Who's corny now?'

'Don't know what you're talking about,' Sakura gasped into his hair, her fingers having had to give up on stroking him as his body dipped low enough so he could suck her nipple. 'Mmm, Naruto.'

He flicked her nipple back and forth with his tongue and sucked again, his other hand trailing down her smooth skin to between her thighs, the pads of his fingers seeking out Sakura's clit through her already soaked pubic hair.

'How long until we have to start getting ready?' he murmured into her breast, kissing along the curve and nibbling lovingly.

'I don't care,' Sakura breathed, her arms wrapping around his head as he found her bundle of nerves and rubbed it in a circle til she moaned loudly. 'Oh fuck, Naruto.'

'Me neither,' he murmured back, feeling Sakura laugh breathily into his head and relishing how everything he did to her living aphrodisiac of a body made her moans vibrate through his skull.

Her hips ground slowly against his hand as his palm cupped her clit and his finger tickled along her pussy lips, losing herself in his touch again.

Thank God Sakura didn't care about other plans, he didn't think he'd have been able to keep it quick anyway.

Especially not with how she moaned his name when his finger slipped into her while he was sucking her nipple.


Sakura smiled into the mattress as she came round slowly, the gentle press of Naruto's lips over her back as he lay half on top of her, her new favourite way to wake up.

'Sakura-chan,' he murmured sexily, sending shivers down her spine all the way to her already curling toes as his hand glided down her side and his fingers stroked the curve of her breast before dancing down to her waist and over her ass. 'Wake up, I wanna love you more.'

'Mmmm,' she moaned and stretched out beneath him, giggling as his fingers trailed back up her side and he made a very unsubtle attempt to cup her breast even though she was pleasantly squashed chest first into the mattress. Making it very difficult for him to get at them. Especially when she pressed herself further in just to be playfully mean.

Teasing him had proved very effective at getting more of his electric touches, and every time his bare skin was against hers, it was like she was being struck by lightning in the best way.

He huffed a disapproving breath into her back and let his palm rest against her side and she tried not to melt as he placed more kisses over her skin.

God, it was better than she could have ever imagined.

She wondered, as his fingers kept stroking at the side of her breast and his lips sought out her pulse, if she frustrated him enough by playing hard to get, if he'd just use his strength to flip her on her back and take what he wanted from her.

He'd been so desperately sweet and tender last night, every single time had been gentle and all about relief and making love and it had been perfect. Even when he'd woken her up a little while ago and they'd started touching each other it had been loving, as natural and right as she could have ever imagined them being.

But she hadn't just imagined what making love with Naruto would be. No, as much as it lived up to her expectations and then shattered them, she hadn't just wondered how loving his touches could be. She'd lost endless hours to imagining what it would be like to be fucked by him too.

How rough could he be? Was there a way to push past the sweetheart he'd always been to her and how he'd acted last night and earlier this morning? To bring out the passion and need she'd seen flicker behind his eyes when she'd rode him the first time, or what she'd felt in the grip of his fingers around her hips and ass when he'd lost himself in the moment this morning.

The spank and dirty talk earlier was the final hint she'd needed to know he could be rough too and it cemented the thought in her head that all her fantasies about him could be possible. Handcuffs, teasing, taking. Naruto had it all in his mind and she wanted it. All of it.

She wanted to have every side of him, like she was going to give him every side of her. She'd happily be the loving, supportive girlfriend who'd be his biggest cheerleader in public and then would break his bed while bouncing on his dick and then kept going til the mattress wore out once they got home. And by God, if she had to tease and push and play hard to get to get the side of him that would leave her lost in how good his dick felt in her … she would. And she would reap all the benefits of a Naruto who didn't just want to, but needed to fuck her.

Absently, she wondered how all the sex with Naruto had actually made her hornier than she'd been all weekend while still making her want to purr in pure satisfaction. Because she swore she wasn't this bad before last night. But his fingers were trailing up and down her spine and his kisses were getting slower and more pointed and Sakura shivered some more and she stopped caring.

Entertaining thoughts and making him work for his second round of morning sex were getting equally harder as his fingers dragged over her ass and delved between her legs. Damn sexy boyfriend, with his talented sexy fingers that were seductively stroking her inner thigh.

'Sakura-chan,' he murmured into her ear as his hand drifted back to her side and she melted into his touch fully, lifting her stomach from the mattress so he could slip his hand beneath her. She felt his victorious smile into her skin and bit down her own smile as his hand rose up her chest.

Oh Godddddd.

She'd get her rougher fun later, right now she just wanted him to touch her however the fuck he pleased. He was her boyfriend now, he was more than allowed to do whatever he wanted to her as long as he kept touching her. And besides, he wasn't the only one in their relationship who could seduce the other just by touching, she'd make her boyfriend so horny later that she wouldn't even have to ask for her him to take her.

She hadn't been kidding when she'd offered to be his naughty little girl later. Something told her, she was going to be shattering all kinds of opinions Naruto had on how innocent she was later. She couldn't wait to show him just what he was in store for.

He wouldn't be thinking sweetly enough to check his urges when she was done with him. The idea made her tingle all the way from her nipples to her clit … though that could just be because that was where his fingers were headed right now …

He was making her so wet that she wriggled reflexively against him, his hard dick gliding along her ass and lower back, the groans he let out into her ear only making her wetter and enhancing the pleasure from his dedicated fingers.

So yeah, for now she'd just lose herself in the equally heavenly soft lovemaking he'd gifted her with already. Wasn't like it was gonna get old like … ever.

BUT! A little voice shouted somewhere back in the recesses of her orgasm riddled brain.

They needed to talk about what this all meant. She was pretty sure she knew but … God, he was rolling her over now, slowly and delicately, and his lips were glancing over her collarbones and travelling lower as his fingers danced back down her stomach, tickling at her waist enticingly.

Lower, her mind purred as his fingers trailed over her waist, his lips capturing hers and snaking down her neck, suckling her skin in hungry little nibbles that drove her wild. Her body grinding on its own against his touch, directing him where she wanted him to go.

God, lower Naruto, please!

He seemed to finally hear her mind begging and his fingers started to drift back down over her sex, filtering through the damp pink curls until he was millimetres from her throbbing heat.

Wait! We need to talk first! A shrill part of her mind screamed lamely. The pleasure vibrating through its voice robbing it of any authority. We can't just keep having amazing sex and not talk about what it all means!

Shut up! A much stronger and lustier part of her growled back. We can talk later, besides his lips have much better things to do to us than talk …

Sakura couldn't help but agree but as Naruto's devoted kisses dripped lower until he was running his dextrous tongue over her collarbones, his fingers still teasing around her sex but not actually touching it … a shock of clarity hit her and … and she needed to know.

Because what if the reason the sex was never-ending was because he didn't want to talk about them? What they were now … what if he was just distracting her to keep her in his bed longer …

He sighed happily into her skin, his eyes radiant in their half-liddedness as he smiled up at her and murmured how beautiful she was over and over again. 'Fuck I love you,' he whispered reverently going back to his kissing and touching.

Fuck her insecurities then, goody, more touching and kissing and … oh God his fingers were at her lips … yuuuuuuuuuuuuuum.

But no, surety or not, she needed to ask now, they couldn't just keep having mind-blowing sex without asking the question, even if the answers were obvious. She needed to know, then they could go back to more yumminess.

'Naruto,' she said, though it came out as more of a moan as his lips reach the top of her breast, his first kiss stopping just north of her already hardened nipple. She daren't acknowledge where his fingers were though … she'd lose all resolve.

'Yeah Sakura-chan?' he asked, stopping immediately, his eyes a heady mixture of lust and love that she could drink in until she was drunk on it. 'You okay?'

'Never better,' she gasped and he grinned, going back to kissing, his lips taking her nipple and sucking lightly so that she had to grab at his hair with both hands to hold him still.

And because it felt so good she needed to cling to something. Not because he'd just run his Heaven sent fingers over her pussy lips and now all she wanted was them in her.

The blond grinned foxily at her, his lips still around her nipple, before letting it pop out and smiling up at her from her chest. His fingers mercifully coming up to stroke just below her collarbone and leaving a pleasant tingling over her skin.

'We, heh,' she giggled at the silliness of what she was about to say with his lips literally millimetres from her breast. 'Need to talk. You know … about stuff and what it means?'

His fingers stopped and she could have cried. She hadn't told him to stop touching her damn it!

Damn her and her needing obvious answers to unimportant questions.

But she did need them. If any part of her brain could smash through the ecstasy of yet more sex with Naruto … well then she must really need the answers to her questions.

Thankfully for her libido and heart, mostly her heart, honest, Naruto's fingers only stopped for a moment before they went up to cup her cheek and the rest of him soon followed until his lips were taking hers in a soft kiss.

'Yeah,' he said kindly as he moved in the bed next to her, sitting up on what she supposed was his side of the bed. 'Guess we kinda sped past what us finally sleeping together means for us last night huh?'

'And earlier. And right now,' she said, the little kernel of dread that had been building in her stomach dissipating as she scooched up in the bed so she was sat next to him, leaning her arm against his. 'Not that I'm complaining but well … you know?'

He slipped his arm around her, like he'd known she needed him to hold her right now, like he knew that despite her almost certainty that the conversation about what they were now was going to be happy, brief and followed by them being an official couple, there was still a little bit of her that was scared it wasn't.

Which she knew was stupid, they'd told each other they'd loved each other last night. That big dramatic blowout and the coming together … anyone else wouldn't need clarification of where they stood.

But she did.

And Naruto knew that, because he was fucking perfect and she loved him so damn much. He pressed a slow, purposeful kiss against her forehead and she melted just a little more as her arms reached out to wrap around his bare chest, burying her face in his neck and breathing in his scent.

He smelled of sex and her and it made happy butterflies flutter in her stomach.

'You need to know what this means,' he said quietly, resting his forehead against the top of her head. 'Right?'

She closed her eyes and savoured the feel of his lips pressed into her forehead and sighed deeply. 'I know it's silly –'

'It's not silly,' he interrupted, his hand rubbing up and down her back reassuringly, little kisses peppering her forehead as he spoke. 'You need to know, I get that. So let me tell you where I think we stand, then you tell me where you think we stand, and let's see if we match up kay?'

That kernel of dread came back just a little but was gone by the time Naruto took one of her hands and lifted it to his lips, palm first and smiled brilliantly at her, bathing her in warmth and love so unguardedly it left her speechless.

All she could do was meet his gaze as he lifted her chin so she could look him in the eye. His warm fingers cradling her jaw like she was made of precious jewels.

'I think, Sakura-chan, that I love you more than I've ever loved anyone or anything and that if you'll have me … I'd love to be your boyfriend starting right now. I want you to be my girlfriend and I want to be that obnoxiously in love couple that makes all their friends roll their eyes but they don't care cus fuck those guys, we're in love.'

Her tummy fluttered again, the butterflies almost applauding with every word that came from his beautiful mouth. Her cheeks reddened and she failed to swallow her beaming smile. She lifted his fingers to her mouth and kissed them delicately and then placed his palm against her cheek, rubbing against it as she held it with both hands.

'I want that too,' she murmured, blinking away the tell-tale burning at her eyes as she placed quick kisses over his palm and knuckles. 'I want that so much. I want to be your girlfriend, I want you to be my boyfriend and I want to spend every day I have loving you and making you feel as loved as you make me feel. And I'm sorry if I hurt you by needing to ask so bluntly, I just …'

'Shhhh,' Naruto soothed as he pulled her into a blissfully warm hug, every inch of his skin emanating the love he felt for her and she wanted it to envelope her and to lose herself in it as he held her and she let her stupid tears fall against his bare chest. 'You didn't hurt me, you needed to know. It's one thing to think, it's another to know, yeah?'

She sniffled and pulled back to look at his welcoming and understanding blue eyes, eyes that were so captivating she didn't think she would ever stop being in love with them. 'Yeah, so we're a couple? We're actually, finally, a couple?'

He chuckled and the vibrations through his chest rumbled through her pleasantly as she nestled into the hug he'd wrapped her in without her really noticing.

'Yeah,' he said, kissing her hair. He laughed again. 'And we're gonna get so much stick for it. I think we should keep it just between us until after the ceremony today.' Naruto kissed her tenderly and smiled. 'What do you think?'

Sakura chewed her lip and made a show of rocking her head side to side to make it look like she was really thinking about it. But she was just doing it to make Naruto laugh, because she liked making him laugh, it was one of her favourite sounds. Her boyfriend's laugh.

Her boyfriend!

She could have squealed. She probably would if she kept thinking about it instead of answering Naruto's question.

'Probably for the best yeah, Pig's gonna be insufferable and today is meant to be about Shika and Temari. We can tell everyone when we're ready.' Sakura glanced over at her phone, her probably dead phone. She'd never put it on charge last night. She shuddered at all the messages she was probably going to be bombarded with when it got switched on.

'Does this mean we have to not act like a couple until we're back in the room tonight then?' Naruto said, his voice dropping an octave or two and making her skin tingle when his lips found her neck again.

She whined happily and cradled his cheek as he kept kissing up to her ear. 'I mean … they've been saying we act like a couple for like, ever, anyway, as long as you don't walk about grabbing my ass all the time, we'll probably keep them fooled.'

'So what you're saying is,' Naruto murmured, guiding her back down onto the mattress back first. 'I should get all the touching of your glorious body I need out of my system right now?'

God he was so sexy, how had he kept this kind of sexiness from her all these years? She wanted to have a word with the sexiness police, they'd been slacking on the job of documenting Naruto Uzumaki's off the charts sexiness.

'We have to meet the others to get ready for the ceremony,' she muttered as he slid between her legs, his lips returning to the exact spot on her breast they'd been on before they stopped to talk. His fingers already back at her clit, making her eyes drift shut as he started to rub it in a circle. 'Naruto,' she moaned gently.

'So I should stop?' he whispered as he kissed her nipple, running his tongue over the bud teasingly before sucking on it lightly.

'No,' she breathed, her fingers meshing with his hair, pleasure leaking into the rest of her body from where he touched her. 'Just don't make us late.'

He chuckled against her breast, tickling the heated flesh with his breath, her open mouth turning upwards slightly.

He peered up at her with those delectable blues and winked. 'Yes ma'am.'

Then he fell upon her again, his mouth trailing down her stomach as his fingers teased at her clit generously, her mind exploding as she clung at his slowly descending head. She almost came as he went from flicking the bundle of nerves to rubbing it in a slow circle, his lips kissing down her waist. The half-hearted worries about being late to the ceremony being chased away with every stroke and kiss until she was barely aware of anything other than Naruto's fingers, lips and tongue.

And then his lips replaced his fingers and Sakura's brain shorted out entirely as his tongue lapped at her. The final worry had fled and in its place was only one word, over and over again:

More.


Sakura had never felt as light as she did right now in her entire life.

She was skipping down the corridor, the bag containing her bridesmaid dress slung over her arm bouncing as she made her way to Temari's bridal suite, and if any of her friends caught her they'd know why she was so happy.

And her and Naruto's agreement not to let the cat out of the bag until at least after Shikamaru and Temari had left the reception because they were 'tired', would go up in smoke and that was the last thing she wanted.

While she was in no way, shape or form, embarrassed about being Naruto's girlfriend, frankly she wanted to scream it from the highest mountain and tell every single person on the planet about it. But she also wanted to keep it between them for just a little longer, she wanted to savour the first secret they shared as a couple, it was just theirs right now and that's how she wanted it to be for as long as possible.

So she forced herself to walk normally, to not let her extreme happiness manifest in out of character giddiness. Smiling was fine, being in a good mood would be entirely okay. Skipping and whistling would be all the giveaway Ino would need to rumble her.

They were all going to speculate about where she and Naruto had gone last night, Shikamaru was the only one who probably knew exactly when she'd left, and he wouldn't have told anyone. He was good like that, a secret you told Shikamaru stayed with Shikamaru.

So while he'd definitely know she and Naruto were a couple the second he clapped eyes on Naruto, he wouldn't tell anyone. Not his soon to be wife or even Ino. Who had a knack at pestering things out of people like it was an Olympic sport and she was pushing for the gold medal.

But Shikamaru could keep a secret. Like the time he'd stumbled into Naruto's apartment, when he was Naruto's roommate, on Valentine's Day, to find her and Naruto cuddled on the sofa watching a rom com and admittedly looking very couply.

Something they did every Valentine's Day, even when they were seeing other people they'd pick a day around Valentine's Day, and had by some miracle managed to keep it secret from everyone they knew. They'd even managed to keep their roommates in the dark for years.

So when he'd found them like that he'd thought they'd finally got together and didn't even ask either of them about it for a week. And when he did ask and found out he was wrong, he still hadn't told a living soul. Because they'd asked him not to, because it would ruin it, Ino would give her no end of shit for it and even Gaara might have had some things to say to Naruto.

But given how Ino had never teased her about it, or used it prove the point that her and Naruto were clearly a couple, which now she looked back on it … Ino might have been onto something given all their little traditions and in-jokes and well anyway … it was safe to say Shikamaru had kept his word.

So no one else definitely knew yet and she wanted to keep it that way.

Speaking of Ino though, Sakura had actually been worried that she was going to be bombarded with messages when she'd finally turned her phone on. The blonde would probably want to check in on her, especially considering the long, desperate crying she'd done on her yesterday after her halted attempt at making her move on Naruto.

She was actually relieved that had happened now … for all the pain she'd gone through yesterday afternoon and early evening … she didn't actually think she'd change her and Naruto's first time for the world. There was something so very them about it exploding into a fight and confession followed by near endless lovemaking.

The fact that they had condoms left over for later amazed Sakura and a little bashful about how right Ino had been on guessing the sheer amount of contraceptives they'd need if they'd gotten together.

Not that running out would have stopped them … she was on the pill after all. If they did run out tonight she was sure she could reassure Naruto enough to keep going …

She allowed herself a dirty little chuckle at how she could do that but she had to stomp down on any of that kind of thinking right now. Or she'd start skipping again.

So yeah, non-X-rated thoughts.

She'd been certain her phone would blow up with texts, missed calls and any other form of messages from Ino. The others too for sure, but she'd expected her phone to damn near explode when she turned it on because of the blonde woman.

But when she'd come out of the shower she'd insisted Naruto let her take alone, because no matter what he said, there was no way them showering together would have been anywhere near as fast as it needed to be, her phone alerts had actually been fewer than expected.

She'd had a couple missed calls from the girls, a 'you okay hun?' text from all of them. Even Karui, who she wasn't that close to, had text her asking if she was alright, but nothing to the extremes she'd been expecting. And nothing from Ino.

Not a damn thing.

Maybe she was wrong and Shikamaru had cracked and told all of them that she'd gone after Naruto. The idea had sent her on a merry little spiral of worry that she was still distracted when Naruto had come out of his own, much quicker, shower.

Thankfully, she'd had the forethought to dress before picking up her phone, if she'd still been in a towel or even just her underwear when Naruto had come out … well round three of morning sex would probably have happened.

And then she'd have needed another shower and they'd have definitely been late.

She'd run the idea that Shikamaru had blabbed by him, after telling him that Shikamaru basically knew they were together now of course, and Naruto shrugged it off simply.

'Shika wouldn't tell them anything,' Naruto had said, leaning over the bed to kiss her gently. His certainty that their secret was at least safe with Shikamaru putting her concerns about that to bed.

Him continuing to strip out of his towel and get changed in front of her made her forget entirely that anything other than his naked, wet body existed as she watched him hungrily.

Naruto had apparently been completely oblivious to being stared at like a piece of meat though, and had carried on talking as he dried off and dressed. 'Besides, if he had said anything to any of the girls, my phone would be exploding too. I turned it on while you were showering and other than a couple texts asking if I was okay and one from my mom confirming what time they all needed to be at the reception, my phone was certainly unexploded.'

Which was true and it had been enough to keep her mind from deviating much further from the happy little buzz of being in their hotel room together as a new couple. It had been lovely and everything she'd thought it would be. Which was to say exactly the same as before only now they'd also kiss and have sex as well.

And she honestly was kind of relieved. There'd been a bit of worry that sex would change their perfect dynamic but all it was going to do was make it even better apparently. Which was absolutely fucking spectacular if you asked Sakura.

Though now that she could just act on the urge to mount him whenever she pleased … it was probably a good thing he'd pointed out the time shortly after putting on his clothes.

So, after a little bit of kissing … which she'd freely admit would have turned into more if he hadn't stopped her from pulling him down onto the bed again … she'd gathered up all the things she was going to need for the wedding day bridesmaid breakfast she'd made her way to the door.

Only for Naruto to smack her on the ass and wink as she'd spun around on him.

Which of course meant she'd had to shove him up against the wall and kiss his smug face off until he was panting for breath when she pulled away. Because obviously she had to do that you understand.

Then she'd winked, blown him another kiss and been back out the door before he could stop her again.

Sakura had a sneaking suspicion she was going to find out just how rough her new boyfriend could be without anywhere near as much seducing as she'd thought if a bit of hard kissing was all it took to get that look from him as she'd swayed out the door.

Yummy.

Which was why she'd been skipping.

And why she was almost skipping again as she approached the ornate door that was so obviously to the bridal suite it didn't need the golden letters embossed on the frosted glass above said door.

Sakura smiled softly as she heard the laughter and talking on the other side of the door. Guess she was late to the party after all. Oh well, given she could still feel Naruto's handprint on her ass … she'd live with being late.

She edged the door open and the volume doubled and she was greeted with a very pretty, very white and pink room with all of Temari's bridesmaids gathered around a clump of tables and plush armchairs.

'Oh, there you are Forehead,' Ino said exasperatedly. Hinata, Karui and Tenten waving at her as they gestured at one of two empty armchairs. 'What took you so long? We were about to send someone to come get you.'

Sakura blushed at what that person would have interrupted and tried not to let Ino's bluntness trick her into explaining why she was actually late.

'Sorry, Naruto was taking forever in the shower, have you ordered food yet?' Sakura said artfully as she pushed the door shut and forced herself not to skip again as she thought of Naruto's face when she'd left. 'Where's Temari?'

'Through there,' Hinata gestured at the door that must have led to the bedroom. 'She's just on the phone with her mother, they're just having a bit of difficulty finding the Deer Cottage, and her father won't ask for directions.'

'Fucking Rasa. I've had to text Gaara while Temari speaks to her mom, she's apparently really worried they won't make it on time,' Ino said darkly as she tucked away her own phone and shoved a trolley that had assorted breakfast stuffs on trays, from behind the armchairs. 'You'd think his little girl getting married would beat back his need to control everything.'

The gathered women grumbled and Sakura started to load up a plate with food. They'd left her quite a bit and someone had made sure there were a couple hash browns too. Probably Ino, she too knew Sakura's love for them.

'But enough about stupid men,' Tenten said, earning a couple chuckles from the gathered women. 'You okay Saks? You seemed to disappear last night. Everything alright?'

Sakura's stomach dropped as the other women all peered at her, curiosity mingled with worry on three of their beautiful faces. She suddenly felt very loved by her friends, but she suddenly wished they didn't love her quite so much.

'She's fine,' Ino said with a roll of her eyes, waving her hand dismissively at the other ladies. 'I told you, Shikamaru told me he'd found her falling asleep in her chair after the meal and told her to go to bed. It's why I didn't bother her. That's right Sakura, yeah?'

The pinkette stared at Ino's expectant look and her stomach climbed back up to where it should be and she made a mental note to thank Shikamaru profusely for covering for her. He'd told Ino the only lie the blonde could possibly buy. That she'd been so tired from the day that she'd needed to go to bed early.

Because Ino knew how easily Sakura could fall asleep anywhere and he'd used that for their benefit. Goddamn, he really was a genius.

'Yeah,' Sakura said slowly. And then more confidently she nodded and turned to the other sceptical looking women. 'I was so worn out from all that 'Adult Adventure Park' stuff yesterday guys, I barely made it through the meal!'

Ino snorted and smirked at a suddenly quiet and blushing Tenten. Which was weird.

'Not as tired as someone else after their own adult adventure huh Ten?' Ino needled the brunette who seemed suddenly very occupied by the remainder of her breakfast. 'Where did you say you found Tenten and her husband Karui dear?'

The dark-skinned woman matched Ino's smirk with a grin of her own and winked at Sakura. 'I don't think it matters where I found them … rather what I found them doing … tell us Tenten, what you gonna tell your coach when he suggests going there for another team building day and he finds out you're banned?'

'Shut up, we got caught up on the adrenaline and for the first time in weeks, we're not on parent duty, we got carried away okay?' Tenten growled defensively before jabbing a finger at each of the two grinning women. 'You wait, when your kid is suddenly in your bedroom at three a.m. and you have to explain why Mommy and Daddy are naked wrestling. Then you can judge me for taking any chance.'

Karui seemed mollified, blushing slightly even as she caught sight of Hinata who was nodding sagely. But Ino wasn't so easily dissuaded, and only smiled innocently at the still blushing brunette.

'Well if you don't think we're in a place to judge you Tenten,' Ino said smoothly, smirking and raising her eyebrows at the other woman expectantly. 'What have you got to hide?'

'Eat me blondie,' Tenten fired back, glowering at the blonde. 'I'm not Sakura pretending she isn't in love with Naruto. I married my cop and he will help me bury your body.'

Sakura frowned as both Karui and Hinata smiled at the dig about her and Naruto and while Hinata smiled at her apologetically when she caught her looking, the other woman just shrugged.

Which … after an heavy internal sigh, she supposed was fair. Tenten hadn't been wrong, but it was more complicated than just pretending. And them being mostly right didn't mean she couldn't be grumpy about it. She had good reasons to be in denial and scared of ruining everything. They could all eat her.

'Neji's not a cop,' Ino said, her smile still radiating innocence. 'Or is that you referring to him as a someone you … copped off with?'

'Fuck off,' Tenten groused, her slight smile breaking the aggression behind the words. 'He was a cop when I married him, not my fault he got pulled into a government agency after. Point stands.'

Ino snorted and shook her head before shooting Sakura a 'can you believe this bitch?' look. Sakura found herself grinning back and simply shrugged.

'So are you gonna make me tell Sakura what you got caught doing to Neji in a public place or?' Ino said with a cheeky grin. She leant over the table to stage whisper at Sakura and despite the hypocrisy of it all … Sakura had to admit to preferring to be on this side of Ino's teasing of her friend and her man.

She wasn't perfect, don't judge her.

'So you see Forehead, while we were all off doing perfectly innocent things like water balloon fights,' Ino paused with a little smirk at Sakura that the pinkette promptly ignored. Her cheeks didn't though and that caused a couple of intrigued looks from the other women. 'And climbing over obstacles and playing puzzles … Tenten had Neji around the side of a storage hut …'

'We weren't around a storage hut!' Tenten snapped and blushed scarlet, smacking Ino on the arm and snarling at her. 'God you make it sound like I was sneaking around the back of the bike racks at school with a boy or something.'

'Fond memories,' Ino said, with a laugh. 'Don't go besmirching how I spent some of the most productive moments of my high school life.'

'Wait … really?' Karui said, staring unabashedly at the nonplussed blonde.

Sakura sometimes forgot that Karui hadn't gone to school with them, and wasn't privy to all of the honestly quite scandalous things Ino had got up to in her life. There was a reason why Ino was especially qualified as a psychotherapist who worked with people with sexual issues as a focus.

The woman had had a truly astronomic amount of sex and had never been shy about telling people about it. Sakura could assure you of that, and after years of living with her, she had audial proof too. Inconsiderate and lucky bitch. She'd have to make sure her and Naruto paid her back.

But if Karui thought Ino fooling around at school with her latest boy toy was as outrageous as it got … they were going to have to tell Karui about the two weeks Ino had spent with two particular men and one other woman on a desert island on the other side of Suna when she was twenty-two.

Even Naruto's grandpa's books couldn't touch Ino's sexual exploits.

'Oh sweet summer child,' Ino chuckled, reaching over to pat Karui's hand. 'A conversation for later. Tenten is sharing right now.'

Tenten grumbled and looked at each woman mulishly. Her eyes paused on Hinata longest and she shifted in her seat. 'Ino, come on, not in front of Hinata.'

At which the lavender-haired woman gave an almighty sigh and rolled her eyes in a way that was so jarring it was possibly too funny to really comprehend. Then Hinata outdid it and said: 'Oh please Tenten, it's just sex. And you've been married to my cousin for literal years. I'm hardly going to be offended while sat here with my third child stamping on my bladder. Do you suppose I just wished really hard for another baby?'

Tenten blushed crimson as Sakura, Karui and Ino burst into hysterics as Hinata play acted praying and staring at the ceiling beseechingly before rubbing her belly with a mock-happy shocked face .

'Well when you put it like that …' Tenten mumbled and brushed a stray hair out of her face. 'God fine, we waited for you guys to be suitably distracted and went back to our car and … well you know …'

'A classic,' Ino teased, earning more grins and laughs from the girls. 'Tell me did you play with his stick shift?'

Tenten snorted and pointed a finger at Ino as the other three women broke into fresh peals of laughter. 'Oh you wanna play? I can play blondie.'

Ino waggled her fingers at the brunette in a 'bring-it-on' gesture and grinned. 'Bring it.'

'Karui might have caught me and Neji in our car but how about we tell Sakura what the hotel staff caught you doing with Sai last night?' Tenten said with a naughty grin. Ino stopping her laughter to raise an eyebrow at the other woman.

This ought to be good, Sakura thought idly, increasingly grateful that it wasn't just here who'd been busying herself with some of the best kind of fun a person could have last night. She'd been feeling a bit salacious about all the sex she and Naruto had had. At least they'd stayed in their room.

For now.

'Oh, that?' Ino said with a dismissive wave. 'Please Tenten, that's tame.'

'What's tame?' Temari asked, appearing from the bedroom looking thoroughly stressed and in need of a stiff drink. 'Are we sharing raunchy stories without the bride on her wedding day? For shame.'

Temari smiled at Sakura when she noticed her and came behind her chair to give her a hug. 'You okay Sakura? We missed you last night. Shikamaru said you were exhausted? Did Naruto look after you okay?'

Sakura froze as Temari's arms looped around her shoulders in a warm hug from behind. She couldn't possibly know … no, her question was perfectly innocent, she was just adding hidden meaning to it because well, well because 'looking after her' was certainly one way of putting what Naruto had been doing to her all night.

And twice this morning.

God, she needed to stop or they'd rumble her.

'Naruto?' Sakura squeaked out, clearing her throat and sipping on some water when Temari unfolded from her to take her own seat.

'Yeah,' Temari said lightly. 'Shikamaru said he'd sent Naruto up to make sure you got to bed okay, said that was why you two weren't around very long for the drinks after the meal. You look okay now though. Guess Naruto took real good care of you huh?'

Oh Shikamaru thought he was funny did he? Sakura didn't miss the hidden smirk at the possible double entendre Temari had made but she did ignore them.

'Yeah,' Sakura said pointedly. Because fuck them, they weren't going to fluster her with euphemisms. She'd had more sex in the last twenty-four hours than she had in four years. And it had been good. And tonight more was coming.

They couldn't touch her today. Only Naruto could …

Anyway!

'Feeling much better thanks, is everything okay with your parents?' Sakura asked quickly. 'Ino said your dad is being … himself?'

Temari hummed grumpily. 'Yes, Dad is being very himself, but thankfully Gaara has offered to go guide them in, he's the only person Dad will deign to listen to nowadays. They're going to meet us at the temple for the ceremony.'

Sakura smiled, good, the last thing Temari needed was to be stressing about things on her wedding day. There was more than enough stuff to stress her out without adding Rasa's bullshit.

'Speaking of,' Ino said with a quick glance at the time. 'We should probably start getting you dolled up Temari, let's make you even prettier than you already are.'

Temari allowed herself to be pulled up from her chair and laughed as each of the women started playfully pushing her towards the ornate dressing table. The sandy haired woman laughing the whole way until she was sat on the stool in front of the mirror.

'Okay, okay, but what was tame? What's the gossip?'

'Oh,' Ino said nonchalantly. 'I fucked Sai in the sauna while you were all drinking in the bar.'

Sakura's eyebrows shot up to her hairline. 'You what?!'

Ino just winked as the rest of the girls giggled and teased Ino lightly. 'And I'll tell you what Forehead, those benches are real sturdy. I think I'd have broke Sai before I'd break those benches.'

Ino waggled her eyebrows at the blushing pinkette. Like the horny bitch knew that Sakura was already wondering what else about her sexy daydream from their first day here could be feasible amongst the steam.

And if Naruto would be up for it. He probably would.

She suddenly had an overbearing need to know every sexual thing Naruto had ever done, whether to prepare herself for his expectations of their sex life or to inform what they would be doing very soon.

'That is tame though,' Temari piped up around the glass of wine Hinata had fetched for her. 'It's not like the time me and Shikamaru went for a walk in the deer forest and found that really sturdy tree …'

Oohs went around the girls, even Hinata, as Temari continued her story and Sakura once again was thrown into fantasises about what sort of escapades she and Naruto could get up to in the future.

After the wedding though, she still had to get through the wedding and reception first. Then she could run all the ideas running through her head past Naruto later tonight. They could discuss how adventurous they wanted to be together.

When they were alone.

In bed.


Naruto smiled softly when he saw her coming towards him in the back room of the temple he'd waited for her in.

It made her feel all gooey and when his eyes roved down the rest of her body and admired the way that the very pretty, very tasteful dress flattered her curves she could have done a little happy dance.

The kind she'd wanted to do whenever he looked her up and down like that when he didn't think she was looking. Before they were dating.

Which they were now doing. She had to keep pinching herself to convince herself it was true though honestly she'd rather he was pinching her. Well parts of her.

God, she needed to calm down. She blamed the girls and all their sex stories that had apparently become the main topic of conversation for the rest of their time preparing Temari.

And as ever, Hinata's stories had shocked them all. She'd have never considered the demure woman that kinky. Sure she knew there was a more adult side to her friend, you only had to watch her dancing when she was drunk to know that, but damn.

Even Karui, who'd been a bit more timid had a couple and Sakura kind of hoped the one Karui had told them about her time in a traditional hot spring while she'd been on holiday was with a previous boyfriend. She didn't know if she'd be able to look at Chouji otherwise.

And after a solid hour or two of stories that had left Sakura wishing she had more to share … well she was determined to make some as soon as physically possible. She was sure Naruto wouldn't complain.

For now she'd just settle for the look of utter shock on Karui's face as Ino had regaled them with her escapades from university and going by the way Chouji was pulled away by his wife when they'd all arrived at the temple and the happy look on both Mr and Mrs Akimichi's faces …

Sakura and Naruto weren't the only people whose sex lives were about to get even more interesting.

But right now her focus was on Naruto and his lovely smile and how good he looked in the black suit she remembered helping him pick out. It looked just as good on him as everything else he ever wore did, but the suit … it made him look dashing and sexy in a very specific way.

She had to stop her perverted brain from focussing on that though, she was in a temple and about to be surrounded by lots of people. She had to behave at least until she got him alone later tonight.

'Hi Sakura-chan,' he whispered, pulling her into a hug and glancing around the little antechamber. As if making doubly sure they were entirely alone. 'I know we're meant to be not being obvious but I've not kissed you in like three hours … can I?'

He was so sweet, asking if he could kiss her like that, it made that gooey feeling come back and overpower the raunchier thoughts he'd inspired the second she'd seen him standing alone in this little back room.

She lifted herself up on her tiptoes and captures his lips in a soft, reassuring smooch. Lighter than she wanted, harder than he'd expected given by how he was tasting his lips after the kiss and blushing down at her.

'I've missed kissing you too,' she murmured as she wrapped her arms around him and pressed into him, greedily taking up all the delicious warmth as he enveloped her in his powerful arms. 'You look so handsome Naruto.'

He blushed and captured her lips in a quick kiss, resting his forehead against hers, making her skin sing where he was touching her.

'And you look even more beautiful than ever,' he said, taking another quick peck of her lips. 'Is it wrong I wish we were back in the hotel room right now instead?'

Sakura sighed into his warmth happily and smacked his ass playfully. 'Yes, we're in a temple Naruto, don't be so perverted.'

He chuckled and hugged her a little tighter. 'Sorry Sakura-chan. I'll be good.'

'Good, one of us has to be,' she said quietly. She pulled his jacket sleeve down a little so his ear was by her mouth. 'Because if I thought we'd get away with it … I'd have you right here.'

She licked his ear and tingled at the whole body shiver that went through Naruto, relishing the one that ran through her when his eyes met hers with such intensity she briefly wondered if he was weighing up the pros and cons of the idea then and there.

Well that was giving her all kinds of tingles in the all the best places.

She stroked a finger down his cheek and then down over his jaw and turned on the spot back out to the main hall of the temple, adoring the way she could feel Naruto's eyes on her ass the entire time.

God he was making her feel so sexy … sexier than she'd felt in a very long time and gods above, she couldn't get enough of that feeling. Because it was hers, like he was hers and every naughty little thought he had, every possible desire he could ever have … would be hers to grant and manifest.

Lucky her.

She really needed to calm down though, she laughed to herself. There was still the ceremony to get through and the meal and then the reception they had to at least be at as long as Temari and Shikamaru.

Couldn't upstage the bride and groom by slinking off to fuck each other's brains out before them.

Wouldn't be proper.

But as she folded into a conversation with some of Shikamaru's extended family, she caught Naruto's eye as he came out of the room and the intensity simmering there … she knew something about herself that she'd never realised before.

Impropriety was her middle name.

Something she capitalised on while walking down the aisle on Naruto's arm as the ceremony started and she took the opportunity to squeeze Naruto's bicep in front of God and everyone. Which she'd never have been brazen enough to dare do before.

She honestly didn't know what had gotten into her over the last few days.

Heh, heh, heh her own mind giggled dirtily back at her.

Well okay, other than that, but it was like finally sleeping with Naruto had opened up this whole other side to her. An insatiably horny side. One that she was fully intent on exploring and enjoying with the sexy as hell blond man stood across from her on the groom's side of the dais. The sexy blond man she now called hers.

Yes, she'd had boyfriends before and nice ones too, not just jerks like Sasuke, but she'd never really been adventurous in the bedroom. Hell, she'd never even had sex somewhere that wasn't a bedroom or a shower. The kinkiest thing she'd ever done with a man was wear a blindfold during foreplay.

Which she was quite proud of honestly, she'd thought that was really hot and very sexy of her. But the things Naruto's eyes alone made her want to explore … God she should feel bad about thinking about these things in the middle of a sacred place during one of the most romantic events of a couple's life.

But all she could think about as Temari stepped out onto the aisle, looking absolutely stunning in the finest wedding dress the Mayor of Suna's money could provide, which the beautiful woman only made look better by wearing it, and on the arm of her brother Kankuro, looking very much like their father without his make-up, was how the blonde woman needed to hurry the hell up.

And the worst thing was, she wasn't sorry.

Not even a little bit.

But as she glanced over at Naruto, who seemed to know she was looking at him, he turned away from looking at the bride with a respectable amount of awe, and the tiniest of smirks twitched at his lips, Sakura knew one final thing.

She wasn't alone in being a bad friend right now.

Their eyes met one last time as Kankuro kissed his sister on the cheek and took his seat as Temari turned to a beaming Shikamaru.

Soon, his eyes promised sultrily. Very soon Sakura-chan.

It sent shivers from the top of her head to the tips of her toes and she could barely focus on the vows Shikamaru and Temari were sharing, which she was sure were very romantic and lovely.

Because all she could think about was how she hoped whoever had the suite next to them tonight had ear plugs.

They were going to need them.

She was such a bad friend.

Temari would forgive her.