Sasuke looked back at Naruto's sleeping form. He wanted to slide back into bed, and holy Naruto close, kissing him all over. But, he could only stay a few days, and needed to leave. He still had more to fix.

Naruto stirred , muttering something in his sleep. Sasuke smiled, and took his time to finish getting ready. He grabbed his sword off the table and attached it to his hip.

"Mmm, Sasuke," Sasuke froze, before slowly turning to Naruto. He was still asleep, but he was moving. "Right there. Feels so good." Sasuke felt a familiar heat pool below his stomach. Naruto was dreaming about him. Like that. Letting out those little moans. Sasuke wanted to climb on top of him, wake him up, do things that would make Naruto's thoughts solely of him.. But he was already running late. He also wanted something for Naruto look forward to for next time.

He made his way back to the bed, and pushed back Naruto's bedhead., kissing his cheek. Naruto slowly started to open his eyes, and turned to look at Sasuke.

"Morning, loser." Sasuked said.

"Idiot." Naruto groaned out. He pulled Sasuke down to his lips, giving him a quick kiss.

"Were you dreaming about me?" Naruto's cheeks turned pink, and glanced away from Sasuke.

"No."

"You were saying my name, practically moaning." The pink extended to Naruto's ears.

"If you like, I can say your name like that." Naruto's eyes grew wide. Sasuke smirked, and kissed Naruto's neck.

"Naruto." He moaned between kisses. Naruto's hands moved to the back of Sasuke's head, running his fingers through Sasuke's hair. Sasuke moved back to Naruto's lips, giving him another deep kiss, before separating.

"I'm leaving today."

Sasuke removed himself from Naruto, and walked towards the door. It was a couple of seconds before he heard Naruto let out a very loud "Gah!" followed by a bang as he fell from the bed to the floor.

"You can't just leave me hanging like this!" Sasuke opened the door and glance back at Naruto.

"Something to look forward to next time."

Sasuke smirked, and closed the door behind him. He knew what Naruto was going to do next, and leaned back against the railing right by the door. Several banging sounds came from the apartment, before the door was slammed open by Naruto, who only stopped because he saw Sasuke in front of him.

"Don't do that!" Naruto's crossing his arms, nearly pouting.

"I knew you'd come after me." Sasuke took a step forward and wrapped his arm around Naruto's waist, pulling him close.

"When are you coming back?" Naruto asked as he placed his arms around Sasuke's neck. His irritation dissolved the second Sasuke's arm brushed against his lower back.

"It's going to be a little longer this time. I'm going further out.."

Naruto brushed Sasuke's hair to the side, showing off his rinnegan.. Then kissed him, deep and slow. Sasuke didn't need his eyes to memorize every time Naruto kissed him. Naruto broke the kiss, his lips just centimeters away. Sasuke could still feel his breath on his lips.

"Come back soon." Sasuke nodded, and gave Naruto one final kiss.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Snow fell down around him as the hawk landed on Sasuke's shoulder, and dropped a scroll into his hand. He gave it a pet on the head, and a small treat. It gave him a small affectionate nip in thanks. Sasuke opened the scroll, seeing Naruto's messy handwriting made him smile.

Sasuke,

If this got to you before you left, then that means you were waiting for my response, which you say you don't do, but you still like to occasionally hide your feelings so I'll live. Anyways, I'm going on a mission soon, so we'll be out of contact for a bit. Something about secrecy and giving away out position stops us from sending anything outside of mission reports. Which is upsetting since, I'm not going to be able to tease you. I'll probably be gone by the time you get it, so don't bother rushing home to see me off.

When you do get back, I want to-

Sasuke had to skip over part of the letter. It was definitely something he shouldn't be reading on a rooftop in the middle of the day. He sometimes forgot the things that Naruto could think of.

If that's going to make you come back to me sooner. Or it could just keep you up at night. :)

Sasuke had to stop himself from covering his face and screaming.

Please hurry back. But not too soon, or you'll miss me. I hope you always miss me. Not like you'll never see me again. More that you miss me when you're gone. I miss you. I love you. Which doesn't sound like you. You literally memorize everything. I love you. Okay, last time. I love you, you loser.

Love,

Naruto

P.S.

I lied. I love you!

Naruto was right, Sasuke had everytime that Naruto had told him he loved him committed to memory. Both in writing and when Naruto spoke it. He loved being reminded that it was true. That Naruto loved him. It shouldn't be that special, but it was. Sasuke was in love with Naruto and Naruto loved him back.

He rolled the scroll back up and placed it in his bag, next to Naruto's other letters. He jumped down from the roof into a back alley. He made his way out, and into the busy streets. He'd originally only stopped here for some supplies, but it wouldn't be safe to travel with the snow storm brewing.

There were few people out. Although the citizens were used to the cold and snow, none of them wanted to risk being out in the storm. Those that were out barely glanced his way. He knew that there were people all over that didn't agree with Konoha for pardening him from his crimes during the war, so he had to be careful in certain places. Mostly in smaller countries, but he didn't want to risk it in the larger countries either.

There was a little restaurant up ahead,he could get some food to go. He was close when he stopped.

Less than ten feet away, Naruto walked out of the building. Sasuke ducked behind the building to his right. He didn't expect Naruto's mission to take him this far out. He peeked from behind the building. Naruto was dressed in winter clothing, all bundled up. It was adorable.

"You can't eat Ramen the entire time were here." He saw Ino walk out behind Naruto.

"There's nothing stopping me." Naruto replied, as he scarfed down some ramen.

"Me. I'm stopping you," she replied. "This is your last time eating it. I swear all that salt is going to kill you."

"Then I'll die doing what I love: Eating Ramen." Sasuke could practically hear Ino's eye roll.

"Come on. We're going back to the daimyo's house. It's freezing."

Ino pulled on Naruto's arm as she walked. He kept his fork in his mouth, as he was pulled along, before shaking free of her grasp so that he could walk freely. Sasuke watched as Naruto slurped more of the ramen, but when they were at the alley he was hiding in, Naruto stopped. Sasuke knew that he only had to look to the side to see Sasuke, so he quickly jumped to the roof and hid before Naruto could see him. He didn't want Naruto risking his mission by having open contact with him. Especially if it involved the Daimyo.

"What is it Naruto?" He heard Ino say.

"I thought I saw something." There was a moment of silence. "It's nothing." He heard Naruto's footsteps in the snow, followed by Ino's.

Night fell over the city. The daimyo's house was giving off a completely warm glow. There were very few guards, the time of peace putting even the more powerful people at ease. He could see Naruto in one of the rooms, completely alone.

Sasuke had followed Naruto and Ino from the rooftops. While Ino had let her guard down, Naruto had kept his senses alert. He could easily sense that someone was following him. Looking over his shoulder every few seconds. Sasuke should have found a way to talk to him without drawing attention. He really shouldn't be stalking his boyfriend in place neither were familiar with. Could he even call Naruto his boyfriend?

He watched Naruto turn out the lights, leaving the fireplace ablaze. Sasuke watched the guards rotate and hopped quickly over the wall and onto the balcony. He mentally prepared himself for an attack. Despite past experience, Naruto wasn't an idiot.

The door slid open easily. Naruto wasn't in front of him. He was about to look to his side, when he was punched in the face. He staggered,thrown off balance. He was suddenly pressed against the wall, a kunai at his throat. There was a slight crash as several things fell off the nightstand that got caught between them.

"You've been following me," Naruto said, teeth gritted and voice deep. "What do you want?"

Sasuke took a moment to adjust his other eye to the dark, but his rinnegan was able to pick out the details in the dark immediately. Naruto had barely put an inch of space between them. Sasuke couldn't see the beautiful blue eyes, but he could see Naruto's furrowed brow, and clenched jaw. His hair had become more of a mess than usual somehow, more all over the place.

"Let me go, loser," Naruto moved his face back and eyes became wide. "Otherwise this is going to become embarrassing." Naruto dropped the kunai.

"Sasuke." Naruto pulled back completely. "What are you doing?"

"I saw you earlier. You're on a mission, I didn't want to ruin it for you."

"And yet breaking into the daimyo's place seemed like a good idea."

"Not everyone agreed with the Kakashi's decision to let me go free. It's better I saw you alone."

"Under the cover of night? Are you trying to be sexy and mysterious?"

"No. It leaves less of risk of being discovered."

"You know you were more flirty last time I saw you."

Sasuke grabbed Naruto around the hip and pulled him close. Naruto's face turned completely red.

"If you wanted to be flirty, you shouldn't have pulled away."

"Just shut up and kiss me."

"Gladly." Sasuke leaned into kiss him.

"Naruto!" Naruto pulled back from Sasuke's lips at Ino's voice coming through the wall. "I heard something crash. Are you alright?"

The door cracked open, and Naruto practically jumped out of Sasuke's arm. Ino turned on the light, and paused as she saw Sasuke and Naruto. Naruto put a finger to his lips. She gave a small nod and closed the door behind her, before running over.

"Sasuke! What are you doing here?" She had a very large smile on her face. Sasuke had expected her to hug him, like she did when they were younger. But let out a relieved sigh when she didn't.

"I was in town."

"So that racket was you?" Sasuke glanced over as Naruto's ears became red.

"He snuck up on me! I thought he was an assassin or something!" Naruto lifted his hands and moved them back in forth.

"You're so defensive Naruto. You act like I'm going to punch you for hurting Sasuke." He deflated. "I'm not twelve anymore."

"You can still punch him. He can take it." Naruto's eyes and mouth became wide.

"You are a traitor!"

"You're so overdramatic Naruto. Come on Sasuke" She grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him by the fire. "I want to hear all about what you've been doing since you left."

Sasuke was suddenly pulled down next to her. He looked back at Naruto, who was walking over. A small smirk was on his lips Bastard, Sasuke thought, teasing was his move.

"It's so thick." Ino said as she trudged through the snow. Ino and Naruto had finished a trade agreement with the Daimyo, and had met Sasuke at the gate as when they were leaving. The snow storm had stopped, and Sasuke was now going to leave on his own journey. "Are you sure you won't come back to Konoha?"

"I still have my own mission to finish." Sasuke replied.

He glanced over at Naruto, who wasn't looking at him. The snow seemed more interesting as he made small patterns with his foot.

"Well, don't be a stranger." She gave him a bright smile. "Let's go Naruto."

"I actually need to talk to Naruto." Naruto looked up and stared at Sasuke, while Ino tilted her head to the side. Her brows furrowed as she tried to read his face.

"Go on ahead." Naruto said. "I won't be long."

"Are you sure?" Naruto nodded. "Alright. If you're not caught up in a few hours I'm sending a search party.."

"I'm not going to kill him."

"You never know." She gave them both a wave, and a wink. "See you in a bit Naruto. Come home soon, Sasuke."

"See ya." Naruto said, as Sasuke nodded. She hopped into the tree's and quickly took off. Naruto turned to Sasuke. "What is it that you wanted to ta-mmpf!"

Sasuke pushed Naruto against the tree and kissed him, easily slipping his tongue in Naruto's mouth, who pulled him close and sliding his own tongue along Sasuke's. They broke the kiss, Naruto eyes were glassy and half closed. Sasuke nearly swooned..

"I've been wanting to do that since I saw you." He was playing with the edges of Naruto's jacket.

"I figured."

"You also can't write me such a raunchy letter, and expect me to do nothing about it the next time I saw you." The red on Naruto's cheeks began to spread in a way that had nothing to do with the cold.

"I-um." Naruto stuttered. Sasuke ran his hand through Naruto's hair.

"I still haven't checked out of my room. We have time." He leaned in for another kiss, but Naruto placed his hands on Sasuke's shoulders, stopping him from pressing his body completely against Naruto. A smirk on his face.

"I have to go." And he side stepped Sasuke. Sasuke blinked rapidly. What just happened?

"What?"

"I have to get back to Konoha."

"What about-" Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck, and pulled him close. His lips were right by Sasuke's ear.

"Think of it as a something to look forward to for next time." Sasuke's cheeks became heated.

"I deserve that."

Naruto chuckled and gave him a quick kiss.

"I love you."

"I love you too."