This whole author note is dedicated to the nice guest that took the time to write so much feedback for me! First of all, thank you so much for the detailed feedback I was beyond overwhelmed (in a good way) when I read it. You called it ranting but any ranting of this type is accepted here lol.
As someone that is currently going through uncomfortable, emotionally raw visits to a therapist I can attest that you are correct, sometimes we tend to come into our stories or fanfic as a way of escapism, looking for sort of an easier way out sometimes (It's all rainbows and roses when we read certain fanfics until we blur those lines of what is fiction and what is reality) But I'm getting way too dark here. I'm trying a lot of new things with my characters, and I am hoping to portray a bit of a healthier love story. We'll see if I can achieve it!
When I re-read the old stories, I realized that there is so much potential that I didn't tap into! But you might be right I might be better off just diving into new stories.
Also, I super appreciate the AO3 referral, I went in there hoping to set up an account but apparently, you need an invite of some sort and it takes like two weeks for it to be sent out…but as soon as they deem me worthy and over the age for 13 or something I shall post my stories there as well Lol
I will not speak to your suspicions about Gaara…because you will have to read to find out! But I love everything you had to say about the situation 😉
Rating: M (Smut bunnies got a little, kinky, just a tiny bit)
Disclaimer: Characters do not belong to me, they belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
No Strings Attached
Chapter 5: Honeymoon Phase
Three more months into their relationship and Naruto was finding that Sasuke was like a drug, he just wanted more. It made him feel greedy because Sasuke gave him plenty.
It was almost hard to believe that all in all he'd now known Sasuke for more than half a year. Naruto remembered when he first met the raven, he'd been so smug Naruto was almost sure he'd find Sasuke to be a self-centered asshole. And yes, Sasuke could be a self-centered asshole, but he wasn't with Naruto. Naruto was different, all Sasuke wanted was to make Naruto smile, blush…moan. It was this devotion Sasuke had towards him that mostly kept Naruto grounded when he'd start unraveling. Because how could things be this perfect? It was like he had gotten used to the pain, to running on half empty, being full felt wrong. Like it couldn't be real like something had to go wrong.
That's when Naruto's imagination became Naruto's worst enemy. Thinking about all the pretty nurses, interns, and all the other patients, that much like he had done himself, could be throwing themselves at Sasuke.
He's with you.
He wants you.
Naruto turned on the bed a couple of times before he sat up annoyed. He grabbed his phone; it was two in the morning. He needed to fall asleep if he wanted to function the next day.
He got off the bed and made his way to the kitchen putting the kettle on and grabbing the sleepy time tea from the pantry. Sasuke had been scoring surgery after surgery. Really even though he was exhausted he sounded elated on the phone. Naruto was happy for him, but Sasuke's success at the hospital would leave him so exhausted he'd pretty much been living in the on-call room for the last week.
Naruto was fine during the day while he was at work, nights were a little different, his mind would wander more than he'd like, and he would miss the raven's heat next to him in bed, his arm around his waist, and his even breathing.
He took his teacup and sat on the couch fiddling with his phone.
I miss you he texted Sasuke.
Sasuke pretty much stumbled into the on-call room his muscles ached, and his eyes burned. He let his body fall on the bottom bunk.
"You need to go home" Hinata poked her head down from the top bunk.
"You're still here" Sasuke muttered at her.
"Yeah, but I'm actually on call, you're just being a surgery whore" Sasuke chuckled.
"Is that jealousy I detect on your tone?" Sasuke told Hinata.
"I get plenty of OR time myself" She huffed. Sasuke's eyelashes were fluttering closed as he felt his phone vibrate next to him on his pillow.
I miss you
Sasuke dialed and after a few rings Naruto picked up "What are you still doing awake" Sasuke chastised.
"I can't sleep" Sasuke could clearly see the pout that was probably on Naruto's pretty lips "It's your fault, I get too cold by myself"
"Well, you better bundle up until I get back, or buy a heater" Naruto chuckled.
"You sound tired"
"I am"
"I won't keep you then, get some rest"
"Naruto"
"Mmm?"
"I love you" Naruto felt butterflies. Every time Sasuke said the words it felt like the first time Naruto had heard them. Gosh, he was smitten.
"I love you too"
"Get a room already" Hinata cut in.
"I am in a room" Sasuke replied to Hinata sarcastically.
"Is someone else there?" Naruto asked.
"Hinata is also in the on-call room" Sasuke knew right away Naruto wouldn't like that.
"Mmmm"
"On the top bunk Naruto"
"I didn't say anything" Naruto muttered into the phone. But he'd seen Hinata at the club with Sasuke, he was allowed to have feelings about that just like Sasuke was allowed to have feelings about Gaara.
"You're really going to have to make up for leaving me all by my lonesome, and for sleeping in the same room with her"
"Top bunk Naruto" Sasuke muttered again "You're going to have to show me who's boss when I get home then, put me in my place" Naruto felt something stir inside of him on the other side of the phone.
Hinata was blushing, if only it were actually her, he was talking to…she was feeling all sorts of hot listening to Sasuke.
"Oh, I can think of a few things I could do to you," Naruto said seductively
And all of a sudden, Sasuke really wished he'd been alone in the on-call room so he could jerk himself off to Naruto's voice.
"But I'll guess you'll have to find some time to visit first" Sasuke laughed into the phone, yep still a succubus.
"Goodnight, Dr. Uchiha"
Sasuke smiled amused, "Good night love"
The next day Naruto walked into the apartment and noticed Sasuke's wallet and keys on the kitchen Island. He smiled, Sasuke was home, he didn't hear any noise, so he poked his head into the room and spotted Sasuke completely passed out on the bed.
He didn't even budge as Naruto opened the door, he was dead to the world. Naruto bit his lip as his eyes slid through Sasuke's handsome face. He felt like he'd won some sort of lottery.
He closed the door quietly and made his way out the door again. Figuring Sasuke had maybe managed to shower before he hit the bed and hadn't even bothered to eat. Naruto put in an order at their favorite Asian restaurant and waited for the order to come out. He walked back into the apartment and pulled a tray from one of the cabinets and laid the food out.
He made his way back into the room and put the tray down on his side of the bed and sat. Sasuke felt the movement on the bed and blinked sleepily at Naruto.
"Hi, there" Naruto smiled at Sasuke "You hungry?" Sasuke's eyes slid to the tray in front of Naruto.
And his arm abandoned the blanket to nudge Naruto towards him "Are you going to be dessert?" He muttered against Naruto's lips.
"It all depends on whether you are up to the task" Naruto smiled against Sasuke's lips as he sat back on the bed and grabbed the remote for the T.V which was mounted to the wall in front of the bed "Therefore, food first!" He finished explaining. And Sasuke chuckled as he sat up on the bed and got comfortable.
"Anything you want to watch?" Naruto asked Sasuke shook his head and Naruto played Thor Ragnarok on Disney +
Sasuke gave him a look as Naruto handed him chopsticks. "What?"
"I know what you're doing"
"What am I doing?" Naruto asked innocently.
"You just want to stare at Loki" Naruto giggled.
"It's platonic babe" Sasuke leaned in to steal another kiss as he grabbed the chopsticks from Naruto.
Once they were both done eating Naruto got out of the bed briefly to return the tray to the kitchen and to slip out of his clothes before he slipped back into bed with Sasuke. Scooting closer as Sasuke's arm slid around his shoulder and Naruto's head rested on Sasuke's chest as they continue to watch the movie.
Settling into a comfortable silence as Sasuke's hand slid up and down Naruto's arm. Naruto hummed, content at being physically close to Sasuke, who didn't get to finish the movie as he fell back asleep. Sasuke slid down the bed nudging Naruto to re-arrange himself almost on top of him. Naruto ended up using Sasuke's chest as a pillow as he did manage to get through the movie before Sasuke's even breaths lulled him to sleep.
The next day Naruto woke up extra early before work, because while a quiet night in was very satisfying, he also needed to get Sasuke back for leaving him all by himself for so long. And he sort of just needed to feel the raven.
And so, he made his way under the covers, as he climbed on top of Sasuke; who stirred and placed his hands on Naruto's waist.
"Morning Sunshine" Sasuke mumbled; eyes still closed.
"Good morning"
"A good morning it is" Sasuke's eyes were open now, scanning the very much naked blonde on top of him. He made an attempt to flip their position on the bed, but Naruto wouldn't budge.
"Nope, not today" He whispered as he leaned down to kiss Sasuke, his hands softly caressing their way up Sasuke's sides, then removing his hands from his waist, pulling them over Sasuke's head. Naruto produced a tie from under the covers and tied Sasuke's wrists together.
"I believe you told me I'd have to show you who was boss," Naruto told Sasuke as he leaned down to place a kiss on the raven's lips "I'm about to do that right now" Naruto murmured as his lips took the ravens. His hips swirling rubbing against Sasuke's now hard member. Sasuke groaned against Naruto's lips, sucking Naruto's lower lip into his mouth.
"Naruto…" He whispered against the blonde's lips. His eyes met Naruto's, and he knew, he knew he was about to do very wicked things to him.
Naruto smiled sweetly as he kissed his way down Sasuke's chest down to his navel, his teeth scraping the sensitive skin. His hands playing with the waistband of his underwear, teasing.
Sasuke wanted to look, but he could only feel, Naruto pulled his underwear down and Sasuke's dick sprung out seeking Naruto's attention, attention Naruto couldn't deny, as his pretty lips took in most of the member in one swift motion, Sasuke grounding his head against the pillow relishing the heat from Naruto's mouth. And his tongue? His tongue was just wicked, outlining every vein. The sounds coming out of Naruto's mouth made Sasuke struggle against his bindings. He wanted to touch him, push his head further down, he wanted to thoroughly fuck Naruto's mouth and then take him from behind.
But all he could do was lift his hips further up so Naruto would take more. He did, he took more and hummed around Sasuke's dick before his hands pushed Sasuke's hips back into the bed. A loud pop left his mouth as he allowed Sasuke's member to fall out and he replaced his mouth with his hand.
"God, Naruto, you better get on top of me soon" Sasuke muttered as he bucked his hips.
Naruto settled on top of Sasuke, letting Sasuke's member rub against his hole but not letting it in, he was lubed and ready and Sasuke could feel it. He needed to bury himself in Naruto. But Naruto hadn't yet teased him enough.
"Stop playing games and ride me already" Sasuke let out, his voice husky.
"And if I don't, are you going to make me?"
"Damn right I will" Sasuke replied, his eyes promising Naruto punishment for playing with him like this.
Finally, having brought the raven near the edge multiple times he lined his member against his entrance and slowly pushed in. Sasuke's eyes couldn't leave the sight of Naruto's arched body as he took him in. Naruto was sliding up and down, his head thrown back in pleasure and his mouth uttered Sasuke's name over and over.
Getting close to his release he bent down, his eyes full of lust, as he undid the tie from Sasuke's wrists. Sasuke's hands instantly returned to Naruto's hips and pushed Naruto down against him harder and faster.
"Yes, yes, yes, baby, harder" Naruto mumbled as he let his body fall on Sasuke's his body had become jelly.
"That's it Naruto, come for me" Sasuke whispered as he sucked in Naruto's earlobe and bucked up one last time before both of them felt their orgasm wash over them.
Naruto was breathing hard, rubbing his face against Sasuke, satiated and content.
"You're more than encouraged to wake me up like that every day, minus the tie" Sasuke muttered against Naruto's blonde hair.
Naruto laughed "Afraid of giving up a little power?" He asked and Sasuke smirked because Naruto had to know that he already had all the power.
"I liked this just fine, but" He flipped their bodies on the bed, towering over Naruto "I like to see you right here most, to look at your face while you beg me for more"
And just like that, Naruto was ready to go again.
Sasuke sat in the break room, his eyes scanning the letter that had been left in his inbox.
Well…how was he going to go about this with Naruto? He'd really kind of fucked up this time.
"Hadn't seen a troubled look on your face for a while" Sasuke looked up to see Sakura walking up to the fridge to grab her sub. She took a seat across from him.
"Everything ok with Naruto?" Sasuke nodded; everything was perfect. That was really the issue, everything was perfect as it was.
Sakura took the letter from his hands and scanned it. "But this is really good news! Congratulations!" But as she smiled up at him realization dawned on her.
"Oh shit"
"It's in Suna" Suna was around 3 hours away from Konoha.
"Have you told Naruto?" She asked Sasuke as he returned the letter to him, Sasuke shook his head "I didn't want to mention it until I knew it was for sure" He was almost sure he would get it though, so he should have talked to Naruto about it before. But he was afraid, this whole situation would only remind Naruto of Gaara, of Gaara leaving and leaving Naruto behind.
Sasuke caught on to the fact that Naruto was very insecure when it came to their relationship very early on. Naruto carried himself with confidence but inside he was always struggling. Sasuke understood though, Naruto had really put it all on the line for Gaara only to be disappointed and heartbroken time and time again. Even though this was a great opportunity, it was also a hurdle for their relationship. Naruto thrived on physical contact, on having Sasuke there.
"You should at least have given him a heads up" Sakura chastised knowingly. Naruto wouldn't take kindly to being left out of this decision, after all, him and Sasuke were now in a serious relationship.
"He gets to have a say," Sasuke told Sakura
"Does he? Really? if he tells you to stay, will you?" Sakura asked knowingly, Naruto had no say. This was happening whether he liked it or not, because Sasuke would be crazy to let go of such an opportunity.
"You got a letter too!" The pair turned to see Hinata walking into the room, a huge smile plastered on her face.
"I got top choice" Suna was top choice; their fellowship programs were the best. Great, so not only would Sasuke have to tell Naruto about the fellowship, but he would also have to tell him that Hinata was also going to be in Suna. "I have to figure out where I'll be staying, we could be roommates," she told Sasuke as she sat next to him. Not in a million years, Sasuke thought.
"I don't think that's an option" Sakura huffed from across Hinata "Not like you're his girlfriend calm down" Hinata raised her hands defensively. If Hinata knew Naruto, she'd realize Sakura was using much kinder words than the ones Naruto would be using.
Later that night Sasuke walked into Naruto's apartment placing his bag by the couch. Naruto technically jumped him, excited to have Sasuke over.
"Let's go out," Naruto said, and Sasuke dropped his head on Naruto's shoulder "I'm so tired"
"We can grab a hot cocoa and walk around the park for a little bit, yes?"
And how could Sasuke say no? So out they went, Sasuke tried to bring up the fellowship but couldn't bring himself to. He just wanted a couple more moments before they had to talk about the possibility of long distance.
So, he walked around the park holding Naruto's hand and listening to him talk about his week. Once they were back in the apartment Sasuke dragged them both into the shower and thoroughly attacked Naruto before they both knocked out on the bed.
The next day Naruto was actually up earlier than Sasuke and figured he should get started on breakfast as a little surprise for Sasuke. As he walked to the kitchen, he noticed they'd knocked Sasuke's bag off the couch in their rush to get to the shower the night prior.
He chuckled as he bent down to pick it up, noticing a letter that had fallen out. He hadn't meant to nose around, the letter was outside the envelope. The moment he turned the page his eyes drifted to the congratulations part of the letter.
Sasuke was being offered a surgical fellowship at Suna General.
"Naruto?" Naruto looked up to see Sasuke standing by his bedroom door.
"When where you going to talk to me about this?" Naruto asked, sounding more serious than Sasuke had ever heard him.
Whoops…hey in my defense it was a long chapter, and you got some nice smut before I had Naruto find that letter! What will happen to our two lovers now?
I just started working on another very short (crossing my fingers it will remain short) story, Naruto will start the story with a different love interest but of course, as always end up with our favorite raven. Do you have any preference for that first love interest? Gaara? Kiba? Sai? Someone else?
Also, a completely different project that's in its very beginning stages, if Sasuke was in a pop punk band…what would the name be? Maybe someone should just walk me through how to make a poll lol
Anyhow! Until next time my lovelies,
Chio~
