MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! I do hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you did the others.
Warning: This is Yaoi (boyxboy)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto *mumbles to self*
Naruto stood there at the doorway, he looked down to the floor. God he felt guilty. He felt a hand pat his blonde locks and glanced up. Itachi smiled down at him. "Naruto, if you keep that face my little brother will go hard on himself for upsetting you. Cheer up and make it up to him, okay?"
The blonde smiled brightly. "Yeah, your right. Thanks, Itachi ni-san." He said before running into the living room and as Sasuke looked up in shock Naruto punched him. "Teme, you're an idiot!" He shouted at the still shocked raven, who was now holding his cheek, then smiled softly as he grabbed Sasuke, pulling his lover to him. As their noses touched the blonde sighed and wrapped his arms around the pale neck. "That was stupid and careless, you could have killed us you know. But at least I know what one of your weaknesses is now, right mister 'I love kitties'?" Naruto laughed as a red blush swept across pale cheeks.
"Tch, dobe…" Sasuke mumbled, he saw his mother leave the room from the corner of his eye, seeing a large smiled on her face as she kissed Itachi's, who was still standing at the entrance to the front room, cheek.
"You know, we have known each other for so long that I still don't know all of your weaknesses, why is that, Sasuke? Do you not trust me?" The blonde pouted cutely as he crawled onto the couch straddling his boyfriend's lap. This caused Sasuke's eye to twitch.
"I'm not telling you what your Christmas present is, Naruto." The raven said causing Naruto to puff out his cheeks.
"Fine, bastard, be that way. But I'm sleeping naked tonight and you aren't touching me, got it?" Sasuke's jaw dropped and his eye twitched at the blonde's words.
"You're going to let me sleep with you… no touching? At all?"
"Yep, you'll sleep right beside me and you will keep your hands to yourself or you won't get any for two months." Naruto said with a glare. "And don't think for a minute that I won't because I will make you wait that long." He smirked. "Besides I have my toys to play with to keep me satisfied until then, don't worry I'll let you watch but that's all you can do."
Sasuke's eyes widened before narrowing. "You can't do that, you know I won't cum like that."
"Oh, I know." Naruto's smirk turned into an evil grin. "It won't hurt you to use your hand to relive yourself, you know."
The pale raven glared as he spoke through clenched teeth. "You know I won't touch myself, Naruto." The blonde grinned wider before getting up and walking off.
"Yes, I do know. It will be fun, ne, Sasuke?"
Naruto's parents came in around noon, the blonde ran out to help as Sasuke lay on the couch moping. "Bastard, you better get your ass up and help me!" Naruto yelled from outside. The raven sighed as he sat up then mumbled to himself as he walked out to help with the luggage.
Itachi greeted the Uzumakis' as they walked in. Kushina was carrying her purse and Minato was had a small duffle bag. The older blonde looked back with a sympathetic look as Naruto kept piling bags, which most belonged to Kushina, into Sasuke's arms. The younger blonde smirked as he grabbed the last bag, which was the lightest, and shut the trunk before walking up to the house. "Naruto, why did you give Sasuke-kun all those bags to carry? He could hurt his back." Minato said with worry evident in his voice but his son simply walked inside with a small glance over his shoulder.
Looking up at his father with an innocent look. "But dad, he asked to carry all the luggage. Who am I to say no." Naruto said then walked away, farther into the house. Minato and Itachi looked at each other before sighing. Poor Sasuke. Both thought as they watched the young raven struggle with all the heavy bags.
Once Sasuke was inside he went to drop the luggage but Naruto told him to take it upstairs and into the guest room his parents were going to stay. The raven sighed before slowly making his way up the stairs, nearly to the top he stopped with a jolt as his back gave a loud pop. A soft pained groan slipped past pale lips and Minato, who had been trailing behind Sasuke quickly rushed to the raven's aid. "Sasuke-kun, are you okay?"
"Y-yeah, just fine." He gritted out, taking a deep breath the young Uchiha continued up the last few stairs and down the hall.
Sasuke sat at the kitchen table hunched over in pain, his head laying on the cool surface. "Naruto, why did you make Sasuke-kun carry all those bags? Now look at him, his back is hurt and it's your fault for being so vindictive." The blonde's mother scolded him.
Naruto pouted. "Sorry." He said almost inaudible as he looked away with a huff. Kushina glared, hands on her hips. She opened her mouth to say more only to be interrupted by her husband as he walked into the kitchen were everyone else had gathered.
"Well, since everyone is here…" The man said as walked over to the counter, he put a large casserole dish down. Opening it he continued. "I think we should all sit down for a little lunch, don't you think? I made-" At the 'I made' statement everyone scattered, running to go and hide away from the 'evil dish of doom'. Minato turned around with a large smiled that turned into a small frown before smiling again. "Ah, Sasuke-kun! Here you go, have some of my Chicken Seaweed casserole." He said as he plopped a dish down in front of the distressed raven.
Sasuke tried to get up when everyone else left, he really did, but as he made to stand his back gave loud crack causing the raven to stiffen before falling back into his chair. Now here he was face to face with his worst enemy. Minato's cooking. Onyx eyes looked up at the older blonde, who was beaming down at him, then quickly darted around as if to find someone who would help him. No one. He gulped looking back down at the… what the hell was this again? This was crazy! Someone had to save him, he looked back up, hopeful.
"Sasuke-kun?" The man asked with a frown. Damn.
That night found Sasuke hunched over the toilet, he groaned. First his back and now his stomach, what else was going to happen? Sighing, the raven lightly shook his head, he didn't want to know but damned if things didn't happen in threes. He stilled, body going ridged. Sasuke felt his stomach churn, foul acids rising up his throat, his eyes pricked with unstoppable tears as he empted his stomach once again for the ninth time that night.
There was no point in going to bed, not that he could get up anyway, damned back. So he fell asleep where he sat, arm cushioning his head that hang over the porcelain seat. This was where he woke up as well. The raven groaned as he moved slowly into an upright position, Sasuke winced at the kink in his neck and the pop in his lower back.
After a few minutes of struggling to get up he walked out of the bathroom rubbing his back and neck. Pausing he saw that Naruto was no longer in the room and a note lay on one of the pillows.
Sasuke,
We all went out for breakfast and to catch an early movie.
I know how you hate mornings, and on top of not getting
much sleep last night, I decided to let you sleep. We'll be
back by lunch so don't worry.
Love, Naruto
Sasuke smiled softly, he grabbed his jacket from the computer chair over in the corner and pulled out his wallet. Folding the letter up neatly he placed it inside his billfold before putting it away. He stopped just before pulling his hand out of the pocket and grabbed the small box taking it out as he walked over to the bed. He glanced at the time before sitting down. Almost noon, they should be back soon. Tossing his jacket to the foot of the bed he stared at the item in his hands.
He swallowed dryly, every time he thought about it his heart would race and his hands would shake. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, the raven closed his eyes. "Okay, two more days. Just two more…t-two days…? Okay, calm down Sasuke…take a deep breath and…" The raven took in a shaky breath then rubbed one of his sweaty palms on his jeans then the other making sure to not drop the small box. "I can do this, all I have to say is… what if he doesn't want to? M-maybe it's to soon or what if we go through with it and he decides he doesn't want to be 'tied down' and-"
Sasuke was on the verge of having an anxiety attack when the bedroom door opened causing him to freak out even more as he rushed to hide the box under the pillow. "Sasuke?" Naruto asked as he walked in, he frowned at the look on his boyfriend's face as the raven fidgeted leaning against the headboard. "Is everything okay? I heard you freaking out as I came up the stairs, what's going on?"
"O-oh that, ahahaha… it's was nothing really… um I was just thinking about how I hope your dad doesn't fix anything else, you know? I-I really don't want to be sick for the rest of our stay." He stumbled out causing the blonde to laugh.
"Guess you're right, that would be bad. I mean you were in the bathroom all night puking your guts out, I'm just glad I was able to get away, hahaha." Naruto giggled as he walked towards the bed, he crawled on and straddled Sasuke's lap. The blonde kissed his boyfriend's pale lips then pulled back with a smile. "Come on, Sasuke-teme, let's go down and get you something to eat."
The raven sighed in content, he loved sweet moments like this with his blonde. Though he was slightly disappointed as his lover's warm body left his own. Letting Naruto help him up, he groaned slightly as his lower back gave yet another pop. God, he hoped it would feel better in before Christmas day. And with that he followed his blonde angel down stairs.
Time skip (Christmas eve night)
Everyone minus Sasuke was having a good time laughing downstairs, the younger raven was up in his and Naruto's room getting ready to go down to the front room. He smiled slightly at the laughter before focusing his thoughts back to the small item in his hand. Tomorrow morning he would be up early along with the others and that's when he would ask his blonde.
Sasuke faintly heard the doorbell in the background as his thoughts remained on how not to mess things up by becoming a bumbling idiot in front of the others as he asked 'the question'. He sighed, sliding the small box between the mattress and the box spring. Chuckling slightly he recalled just yesterday he walked in on his little lover searching through his belongings, hoping to find the raven's gift to him. Sasuke had stood at the door as Naruto groaned in frustration before looking under the pillows then in Sasuke's bedside drawer.
The raven shook his head with a small laugh as he remembered the look his boyfriend had on his face as he was discovered snooping. He sighed yet again then headed down the stair case, pausing at the silence Sasuke frowned. Hearing a low murmur of someone talking, yet not quite hearing what was said or by who, the raven continued down. He stopped before turning the corner so that he could listen in on how may be there but alas silence ring through the room once again.
How could Naruto be so silent? He wondered as he decided to round the corner. "Naru-" The words caught in Sasuke's throat as his eyes met the dark cold eyes of his father. He opened his mouth only to snap it shut, letting his face become blank. Not even his onyx eyes showed emotion and his hands that had tightened into fist upon entering loosened.
Naruto didn't like to see his lover's face so blank like that, it hurt to know that Sasuke was hiding his emotions. Surely that couldn't be good to keep your feelings locked up without showing anything that was on your mind. Blue eyes glanced over to his parents, who were sitting next to him, seeing that his father had a frown as he watched Fugaku. His mother was glancing between his boyfriend and the raven's father with a worried look plastered to her face as did Sasuke's mother.
As the youngest Uchiha turned to leave Mikoto jumped up making her way to her son. "Sasuke, dear, please wait." She said, her voice desperate. The young man stopped without turning back, waiting for a good reason to stay to spill from his mother's lips. "I… I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner, but Sasuke please just…listen to your father, he wishes to speak to you." Mikoto pleaded.
"I have nothing to listen to." The pale raven paused before continuing, still not turning back towards his mother. "Besides, that man is not my father. Or have you forgotten, mother?" It wasn't really a question for Sasuke didn't stay to hear an answer as he left making his way back upstairs.
Naruto jumped up mumbling to his parents as he excused himself. He ran pass Sasuke's mother also mumbling an 'please, excuse me' but a stern voice stopped him. "Naruto." The blonde's body stiffened before glancing back at his lover's father with icy blue eyes.
"Please refrain from calling to me so informally, Uchiha-san. Also I have other, important, things to do than to speak with you." Naruto said then turned and ran up the stairs after his raven haired boyfriend leaving a stunned Fugaku behind.
When Naruto entered the bedroom Sasuke was standing by the window staring out at the snow covered yard. "Sasuke…?" The raven stiffened a little before relaxing his muscles once again. The blonde walked over to his lover, wrapping his arms around the pale man's waist and burying his tanned face into his boyfriend's back. "Come on, Sasuke, let's go to bed early tonight, m'kay?" Naruto mumbled into Sasuke's back, he felt the raven gently pull at his arms and let his pale lover turn in his grasp.
The Uchiha smiled softly at his blonde then leaned down kissing pink lips tenderly. "Then let us go to bed, love." Naruto practically purred at the velvety voice of his boyfriend. He loved it when Sasuke was sweat and gentle, not that he didn't like to rile his lover up, he also liked the raven when he was a bit angry because than Sasuke would become sadistic. He liked sadistic Sasuke too. "Dobe, before we go to bed I want a blow job." The pale raven said with a smirk.
Naruto's eye twitched, Evil, sexy bastard.
Christmas day!
Sasuke was up before anyone else, mostly because of his nerves, he sat in the front room by the lit tree as he sipped on a cup of coffee. He knew that with coffee made his brother would be down soon and of course Deidara and Naruto would be up soon as well. Before his thoughts could finish his brother came down the stair well and headed straight for the coffee pot. Not long after the two blondes' raced down the stairs, so predictable, they were like children after all. Chuckling slightly, Sasuke watched as the two flopped down in front of the tree staring at the gifts impatiently.
Itachi grunted a good morning as he walked back into the living room with a large cup of precious caffeine. About fifteen minutes later, still with two squirming blondes', a bright eyed Kushina rushed down the stairs with a sleepy Minato dragging behind her. And about ten minutes after the loving couple came down so did the two Uchiha's mother. Sasuke mentally sighed in relief that Fugaku didn't come as well, he saw Itachi's questioning look towards their mother but she shook her head in a negative.
"Sasuke~e!" "Itachi~i!" Was whined at the same time causing the two raven's to look at their pouting lovers. After giving the go ahead Naruto and Deidara whooped as they dug into the gifts. A few laughs and a lot of 'alright!'s was shouted throughout the room as presents were opened.
After all the gifts were dished out Naruto glanced around, he blinked his big blue eyes before frowning. Sasuke watched his lover from the couch, he knew what the blonde was searching for. He didn't even notice his father entering the room as he focused on his lover. God he was nervous, he wasn't sure if he could work up the nerve to go through with it. But then those bright blues locked onto his dark ones questioningly. "Sasuke…?"
Everyone was staring now do to the blonde's inquiry. "Hn?" He asked though he already knew what was going to be asked. The raven fiddled with the small box in the pocket of his night pants, though it wasn't to obvious to the others.
Naruto's face fell a bit, opening has mouth to say something then closing it. "Nothing, never mind…" He said before getting up with a wide grin. "Who wants some hot coco? I'll go fix some up, okay!" As he went to step forward his wrist was caught by a pale hand.
"Dobe." Sasuke's heart was pounding so loud he wondered if he had said anything at all. Not good, to nervous… "Tch, don't be so upset. I can't believe you can get upset so easily over a gift."
That's when Naruto rounded on him, blue eyes fixing him with a glare that had everyone in the room shivering slightly. "Who the hell said I was upset, bastard? Now let go!"
"No."
Twitch. "I said, Let. Go."
"And I said, No."
"TEME!" A tanned fist collided with Sasuke's stomach causing the raven to fall to his knee. The pale hand still held firm even as Sasuke's other hand rubbed at his aching abdomen. Well damn, he might as well get it done and over with since he is in the right position. "Bastard!" Naruto raised his fist again ready to land another blow when the Uchiha mumbled something. He blinked. "What…?"
Sasuke took a deep breath and repeated what he said before a little louder. "Will you marry me, Naruto?" Onyx eyes searched shocked blue orbs as the blonde was left gapping at his boyfriend.
"I-I…what…?"
The young Uchiha swallowed the lump in his throat as he reached a shaky hand into his pocket. Taking another deep breath he pulled out the box, opening it and revealing a beautiful onyx and sapphire ring. The design was that of a Taijitu (1), the sapphire part of the symbol had a smaller onyx gem embedded in it, as the onyx had a sapphire in it. "You balance me, complete me… without you I would be lost, Naruto." Sasuke said softly as he once again looked up into those blue eyes. "So I ask that you… except these words that I speak. Marry me, Naruto?"
The blonde's eyes filled with tears but before any fell he puffed out his cheeks. "Bastard…" Sasuke blinked and Naruto continued with a wide smile. "Of course I will."
The raven smiled softly. "Hn. Merry Christmas, dobe." He said as he stood up.
"Merry Christmas, teme." Naruto said with a loving smile as he pulled his lover down for a passionate kiss.
(1) Taijitu is, if you haven't guessed, the term referring to the concept of the yin yang symbol. The English translation roughly means 'diagram of ultimate power'.
Anyway, so I hoped you liked it and sorry to cut it off here but if I wrote more I'd probably fall asleep and not get it done in time. Oh, and I will try to get up the last chapter for New Years… hopefully…-_-; Thanks for reading, now review! And Merry Christmas!