Naruto was so tired. So fucking tired. It felt as if he was tethering on the brink of awakeness and sleep, his feet slipping off the edge, and because gravity was unrelenting—there was only one correct answer to which way he would—should fall.
But, like trying to mop the ocean, Naruto fought the mind-numbing tug. To be fair, he felt like he was pushing a theoretical boulder up a hill using a fucking fork, but let it be known that he was trying.
Beneath him, Sasuke shifted his hand ghosting across his shoulders. Naruto blinked away the darkness from the corner of his eyes, then blinked again just for good measure.
He was so comfortable, cuddled up with Sasuke on the couch, a blanket thrown over them both concluding in the most perfect body temperature. The TV played a movie, an action maybe? Or a drama might be more accurate. Naruto squinted, focusing on what the actors were doing—saying, and like white noise, it reached him in a low static-like hum.
"Go to bed," Sasuke said. Not unkindly, more like stating a fact, like the sun was hot or some shit.
"No," Naruto replied stubbornly. Less stubborn and with more of a whine, he added; "it's movie night."
"It's also past midnight, and you have been falling asleep for the past ten minutes. We can finish the movie tomorrow." Sasuke said.
That was a logical solution to the current problem, but Naruto was anything but logical. He shook his head before nuzzling into the soft, warm and so delicious spot between Sasuke's neck and shoulder. Slowly and without his knowledge, his lids slipped over his eyes, darkening the world around him and, like someone flicking a switch, Naruto jumped, opening his eyes with a start.
The actor on TV was still talking to the same person. He was safe.
Sasuke let out a long, drawn, mournful sigh.
Okay, so maybe not as safe as he first thought.
"I'm going to go to bed," Sasuke said, reaching across their bodies for the remote.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"I'm tired."
"What a load of shit," Naruto said, his voice slurring slightly. He knew what Sasuke was doing; upping his fucking loveable factor, that's what. He fumbled to intercept the reaching hand and failed, epically.
Sasuke paused the movie, pulling away, or trying to pull away as Naruto clung to his arm like a koala. "Come on, idiot. Let's go."
"No."
"You're just going to fall asleep, and I'm not carrying your heavy ass to bed."
Narutos' bottom lip dropped slightly but he didn't relent. "No." In his fogged mind, that was a pretty safe answer, and the one-worded reply came out a lot less blurry than his earlier sentence.
"Naruto," Sasuke said, his tone edging on what sounded like an annoyance.
"Sasuke," Naruto replied, trying to replicate the same tone. Another fail under the belt.
"Fine. Let me go." Rather than waiting for the action, Sasuke pulled his appendage free. Narutos' hands fluttered after him like butterfly as Sasuke stood up and disappeared down the hall.
Naruto only had a few short moments to contemplate the situation he found himself in. Sasuke threw something soft, heavy and thick over the back of the couch, successfully smothering Naruto as he blustered from the onslaught of…blankets and pillows? He raised his head to question what Sasuke was doing, but it became clear when the next time Sasuke reentered the room he was dragging the mattress out of their spare room.
Silently, he kicked the couch with more force than was absolutely necessary and Naruto jumped up to move the couch backwards to make room for their new sleeping arrangements in front of the TV. Together, they made their makeshift bed, settling their bedding and pillows in their ritual placements.
Naruto stripped off his top, leaving just his PJ bottoms hanging off his hips and jumped like a child onto the mattress, kicking the blankets back as he waited for Sasuke to join him. If there were tears in his eyes from how fucking amazing his husband was, well he would blame it on being tired.
The movie resumed as they cuddled up in the centre of the bed, Sasuke on his back with Naruto resting his head on Sasukes' chest, listening to the relaxed beating on his lover's heart.
"Thank you, Sasuke," Naruto said, placing a kiss on the flawless skin.
Sasukes' lips found purchase on the top of his head, his breath tickling his hairs. "Go to sleep."
"Mm, okay."
