I do not own Naruto.
Kakashi woke to Naruto twitching and moaning in his sleep. Not good moans.
He knew better than to startle the boy awake.
He didn't know what to do, though. Kakashi hadn't been on this side of a nightmare.
"Naruto?"
The nightmare continued.
Kakashi rubbed Naruto's arm, hoping that that was a safe, non-threatening gesture.
Naruto moaned, and shuddered, and curled in on himself, thankfully toward Kakashi.
He squeezed Naruto's arm.
No luck.
After some internal debate, Kakashi summoned Big.
The nightmare faded in the face of Rottweiler cuddles.
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This time when Kakashi woke, it was to find Naruto straddling his chest.
"Morning, Kashi."
"Yo."
"Big's gone to pick up breakfast."
"Not ramen?"
His prince sighed theatrically. "I don't always eat ramen; you know?"
"I appreciate your sacrifice."
Naruto lit up with a foxy grin. "Do you have any plans for today?"
"Read. Sleep. Maybe go for a run."
Some of the delight dropped away. "Sounds nice." The boy perked back up. "After breakfast, though, right?"
Kakashi looped a hand around Naruto's neck and pulled him down for a kiss. He meant to clarify that of course he would be spending the day with Naruto, but the boy's eagerness didn't let him catch the breath required.
Finally, he flipped them over and stopped Naruto with a sharp nip to the ear.
He pulled back. "What do you want to do today, Naruto?"
The boy squirmed and blushed and looked away. "I dunno. I'll figure something out."
Kakashi ran a hand through Naruto's hair, tugging lightly. "Want to, not plan to."
He nearly lost his self-control when Naruto looked up at him through his lashes.
"Um. I thought- I mean; it'd be nice to visit the Forest of Death? Been awhile 'cause of the mission. So there with, um. The Pack. And." His eyes skittered away.
Kakashi bent down and whispered in Naruto's ear, "How could I refuse an offer like that?"
The boy startled, lining them up perfectly for just a moment. "Really? I mean, you don't have to. You've been stuck with me for weeks, you know?"
"What have I done to make you think I would ever want to leave you?" It hurt. Kakashi had been so pleased to spend time with Naruto, and he had thought his prince had felt the same.
"Nothing! Nothing, Kashi, I swear, I didn't mean it like that, sorry, I-"
Kakashi cut him off with another kiss. Naruto was rather desperate in his responses, trying to apologize.
Kakashi broke away and trailed his lips up Naruto's face.
"Sorry, Kashi, I didn't-"
"It's okay, Naruto. Hush. It's okay."
The way the boy's fingers were twisting into the cloth on Kakashi's thighs indicated that something was very much not okay, but Kakashi felt that a few more moments would help calm his prince down. What had happened to the confident Naruto who had given orders so easily and well away from Konoha?
"Better?"
Naruto wriggled and said nothing.
"I'm yours, my little prince. I'm not going anywhere."
"I know, Kashi," Naruto assured him, still sounding too frantic.
"I'm not mad, Naruto. But you don't seem to 'know'."
"No, I do! I do, I-"
Kakashi had to cut him off again. This time Naruto let himself be relaxed.
"You know I won't leave, but you don't quite believe it, hm?"
Naruto admitted, quietly, "Y- Yeah."
Kakashi wondered whether the boy could see the parallels with how Kakashi had felt about Sai.
He cupped Naruto's face, stroking his thumb over the boy's cheek.
It was cute, how Naruto's eyes would flick up to look at Kakashi, then skitter away shyly.
Cute, but his prince had no need to be shy. Not in front of Kakashi. But Naruto had had weeks to reinforce his assurances. Kakashi didn't know how soon their next mission would be, and obviously being responsive on missions wasn't enough to assuage Naruto's doubts anyway.
"Naruto."
"Y-Yeah?"
"I'm yours."
"Yeah."
"You're mine, too."
"Yes."
"Good." Kakashi slowly lowered himself to rest most of his weight on the boy. He kissed the crook of Naruto's neck. "I'll do anything you want, Naruto." He kissed the same place. "What do you want?" Let his teeth graze the skin.
Yes, he was leading Naruto.
But he was sure this would help.
"K-Kakashi."
"Anything you want, my prince," he answered, speaking against the boy's neck.
"Mark me?"
Just what Kakashi himself had asked for. Perfect.
"Is that what you want?"
"Yes."
"The Fox will heal it away."
"Please."
"A mark? We talked about those. You're sure?"
"Yes, Kashi, I want it, please. Please. Ah!"
It felt good to sink his teeth into his prince's neck. Kakashi would have been satisfied with just the bite. Just something for Naruto to remember. But his prince wanted a mark.
Kakashi swirled some chakra into his teeth. It seemed the thing to do, though he'd never experimented.
He didn't mean to bite deeper, but Naruto bucked, and they touched in just the right way-
Kakashi's name spilled from Naruto's mouth, moaned long and low.
His teeth were still piercing skin. The taste of iron coated his mouth. Kakashi ran his hand down to Naruto's hip and massaged his thumb into the crease between hip and thigh.
Naruto's head twisted, stretching his neck and tearing the skin.
The growl and sharp jerk back was entirely instinctive.
The sweet yelp Naruto responded with made Kakashi grind down.
Naruto squeaked and his legs drew up to bracket Kakashi's.
Kakashi was going to have to let go sometime.
He really didn't want to.
Kakashi licked the wound as he withdrew, pressing his tongue against the cuts to aggravate them further.
The amount of blood worried him slightly.
That his prince seemed both unconcerned and incredibly turned on reassured him.
The bite healed as Kakashi watched, but before it could close completely Naruto grabbed Kakashi's head and brought him closer.
Kakashi took the invitation and bit the boy again.
"Kakashi. Yes."
The wounds closed, but twin silver crescents remained, stark against Naruto's tanned skin.
Big bravely interrupted, and Kakashi watched Naruto's new scars fade to tracey lines as they ate.
Naruto touched the mark every time one of his hands was unoccupied.
Kakashi drew him back to the bed and spent a good hour nipping at Naruto's chest and arms, lighting up the boy's body with reminders of what Kakashi had put on his neck. Even if none of the new marks stayed for more than a minute.
Then Kakashi rolled them so that Naruto was once again straddling his chest.
"What do you want to do today, my prince?"
Naruto touched his mark. "Run through the Forest with you and our Packs. And then visit the Tower while you take your midday nap - old man. And then both of us back here for dinner."
"So kind of you to factor in my poor, abused body."
"Whose body had been abused all morning, again?"
Kakashi waved his point away. "How about a change of venue? Training Field 18?"
Naruto's eyebrows rose. "You think the Packs will enjoy that?"
"Pakkun's been getting nostalgic."
"Even your dog's an old man."
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Their Packs had been dismissed in favor of a one-on-one spar.
Their team would have been terrified of the ferocity with which the pair went at each other.
Their training field had been blown up, ground to dust, and flattened.
Kakashi had accepted a handicap of no replacement techniques, while Naruto was limited to ten shadow clones at a time.
Neither of them remained strictly within the rules, but hey, they were ninja.
Kakashi eventually took Naruto out with a few well-timed earthen walls, and slammed the boy to the ground, kunai to his throat.
"That last throw was sloppy."
"Yeah, but my in-air recovery was great."
Neither moved. Their adrenaline was still pumping.
They'd never kissed in public before. Even the semi-public of an out-of-the-way training ground.
Kakashi pulled his kunai away. He wouldn't initiate anything, no matter how thoughts of doing so were spinning through his head. He wanted to. But did his prince want to? If someone caught them, the rumors would be everywhere. Everyone would know he belonged to Naruto. Well. Most non-ANBU would likely mistake it for the other way around.
The pair slowly fell from their adrenaline high, eyes still locked.
Naruto unzipped his jacket, just enough to show the mark.
It was incredibly hot.
Kakashi wondered just what the boy was thinking.
"Shirt off, Kashi. Mask, too."
Suddenly his heart was pounding again. A kiss was one thing. Baring his face where someone might see? His prince wouldn't ask him to that, certainly?
Naruto's steady look said he would and he was.
Kakashi rose to his knees. He hesitated a moment more before quickly stripping off his shirt and attached mask.
He shivered despite the sun.
Naruto pulled Kakashi back down, one thumb positioned under his jaw to keep Kakashi's head tilted up.
Kakashi braced himself on his forearms as Naruto began to suck at his neck.
A few times the boy stopped and tested his teeth against Kakashi's skin. Looking for the right angle, maybe.
His prince's incisors were fox-sharp, but never pierced.
Naruto drew away and laid back against the ground. "Kakashi?"
Kakashi had to take a breath and center himself before responding. "Naruto."
"Do you still want me to bite?" Naruto sounded idly curious. Confident. A bit teasing.
Kakashi shuddered and bucked against the boy beneath him. "Yes. Kami, yes."
Naruto hummed and kissed Kakashi's neck, drawing a moan and another jerk.
Did his prince want him to beg? Kakashi found himself reluctant. In the heat of the moment, or for something small. But for a mark that proved his prince wanted him?
Naruto laid those doubts to rest, pulling Kakashi down to kiss his lips. "I had a thought. Would you rather have it on your wrist? I know you don't like looking beneath your mask."
Oh. Oh. Of course his prince was only thinking of Kakashi. The boy had even phrased it so that it was about Kakashi seeing the mark, not showing it off. Though Kakashi would be pleased to have it somewhere he could show off. Then again, Naruto wasn't showing off his. Maybe these were just for them? Kakashi didn't want to choose for the wrong reason.
He enjoyed kissing Naruto while he thought it over.
"Wrist," he eventually answered. To be shared or not, Kakashi wanted to be able to see the mark easily himself. And touch it. Seeing his prince idly touch his own mark had become excessively distracting during team training.
"Guess you didn't need the shirt off after all, hm?" Naruto remarked. Then held Kakashi in place before he could reach over to pull his mask back on.
Kakashi shivered again. "Naru?"
"You don't need it right now. I won't let anyone see you."
Kakashi reluctantly nodded. He didn't how Naruto could possibly ensure such a thing without Kakashi having noticed, but he didn't doubt that steady voice.
Naruto released his hold on Kakashi's neck and wedged his hand under Kakashi's left, forcing the glove off and twining their fingers together.
He brought the back of Kakashi's hand up to his face and kissed it, holding Kakashi's gaze as he did.
Then Naruto changed his grip, turning Kakashi's hand to offer the inside of his wrist.
Baring his face risked only his privacy.
Baring his neck risked only his life.
Baring all the delicate tendons in his wrist risked everything that made Kakashi useful. That kept him truly alive.
His prince bit down.
Kakashi's breath hitched at the pain, at the feel of those long incisors slipping beneath his skin.
He felt hot chakra run through Naruto's teeth, just on the edge of searing his skin or attacking Kakashi's own chakra.
Then he was released, and Naruto licked his handiwork sweetly. "Don't pick at it too much. Your skin doesn't scar as nice as mine."
Kakashi just stared at the bloody marks in wonder. His ANBU tattoo had bound him to the village, but this.
His prince seemed quite happy to be kissed senseless.