Sasuke awoke that morning to birds chirping. He hated birds. But alas, the happily chirping birds were not what awoke him, It was a soft and gentle lick on his lips that roused him form his peaceful sleep. Sasuke awoke groggily, he had been having a rather vivid dream which shifted from him and Naruto cuddling on the couch (yeah the raven knew he was going soft…) to the night he was rescued. He quickly shook off those depressing thoughts and tried to pay mind to the bouncing ball of blond energy currently situated on his lap.
Naruto was bouncing for joy, not because of the night he had spent with Sasuke, but because he was starved! It felt like he hadn't eaten in forever, and he needed food to refuel him. He was at the moment trying to devise a plan to get Sasuke to pay for said meal… This was going to be tricky.
With a devilish grin Naruto tapped the raven on the nose. "Ne, Sasuke, do you know what I want to do right now?" Sasuke merely blinked. He could think of a few things that the blond could do right now, and after the night before, Sasuke wasn't exactly sure he had got his fill. "What's that?" the Uchiha wisped out seductively. Naruto was completely un-phased by the raven's innuendo and screamed as loud as he could…"Breakfast! Let's go! Hold on I have to change. And you should too, you kind of smell funny." Naruto wrinkled his nose and shot up off his black haired companion. As the blond ball of lightening ran towards his room, he spared a glance back into his den and saw an unexpected sight, Sasuke sat on his couch with none other than a very confused look on his face. Naruto could only smirk knowing he finally had something…someone.
Unfortunately for the blond the happiness he had garnered himself wasn't meant to last.
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Sasuke sat back against the couch. "Did he just insult me? God he's like a little kid. Those faces he makes are just… what's the word… cute? Oh God, there's that word again. I really am going soft, what the hell am I going to do? Well what can you do? After last night I just don't know what to think. All this time, I had made myself believe the only reason I even wasted the time of day on Naruto was simply because it was fun to torment him, but could I have just been dodging the truth like Sakura said? What if I really do love him? Would he still love me if he knew the truth, the fact that I froze… when he needed me most." Sasuke was thrown back into that night.
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Naruto ran down the halls of a darkened mansion, furiously willing his tired limbs to keep moving. He made a quick turn behind him and realized his companions were no longer with him. He had left them in the dense forest which had shrouded the mansion.
There was an ambush and they urged Naruto to move along without them, they would take care of things outside and rejoin him when possible. Having seen his opportunity present itself, the young man rushed into a relatively unsecured compound. The Intel he had said that the Uchiha's resting quarters were located somewhere on the third floor, but nothing seemed right, the complex was only on story tall.
Naruto looked to his right and his left and finally noticed the winding staircase which undoubtedly led downstairs. He bolted for the staircase paying little heed to how many steps he was flying down. As he ran Naruto could hear the faint sounds of laughing growing louder and louder. He finally reached the third floor and again was on the hunt. As Naruto ran he failed to notice the decadent walls with priceless works of art, light fixtures from villages across the globe. Who knew the snake would have such a refined taste?
Naruto finally located the sound, he crept along the north wall in the hallway he found himself. Two doors ahead of him stood large gothic styled oak doors, they were both emblazoned with symbols of a forgotten language, and reeked of the snakes decorating tenacity, however, they were slightly ajar. Naruto slid across the wall patiently craning his neck to try and get a better grasp at the conversation which seemed to be taking place within the room.
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Sasuke was kneeling, teeth grinding tightly, mouth clenched shut. He knew what death felt like, he experienced it every night. Every night he knelt before his surrogate lord, waiting for his newest test. It hadn't been like this in the beginning, when he first arrived Sasuke had been treated with respect and dignity, never did he lift a finger, nor was he ever ordered to accomplish anything. He was left to seethe and be alone with his new 'master' to learn the ways of death and destruction. Now granted Sasuke didn't have such grandiose plans like the snake, no, he had a single mission, and once it was accomplished all of his time spent in the mansion would be merely a means to an end.
However, as the months went by, the atmosphere around the mansion had changed. It began when Orochimaru had become increasingly aggressive during Sasuke's training sessions. He would hit harder, faster and more accurately. Sasuke had naturally assumed that since the snake's run in with the third had left him slightly disabled, he would be no match for the Uchiha, but Sasuke had underestimated the legendary Sanin, a mistake he was still paying for.
Bound and accosted on the floor, Sasuke had learned not to move during their 'sessions' it would only make the whole ordeal go on longer, and lend to the satisfaction the snake would gain. "Sasuke-kun, why do you look at me with those eyes? They are filled with not only hatred, but something far more powerful. An emotion I can honestly admit I have never felt for another, love. You came to me in your moment of need, almost without hesitation. I say almost because I watched you before you had ever been privy to my name. I knew your every step, your every conversation, your every thought. Who was it that you cared for? Your apathetic parents, the ones who barely recognized your existence? No. Your brother, the one who you held equally as much contempt as admiration. No, too cliché. Then who?"
Sasuke didn't move, he made no attempt to answer, but he couldn't escape his own thoughts. Before he knew it a flash of gold filled his eyes and he remembered a soft childish laugh. It seemed so far away, yet so vivid. He had heard it so many times before but had never appreciated it. He would never admit this but the only thing he missed was that smile.
By this point Naruto understood who the voices belonged too and was trying to hold out a few minutes longer while Sakura and Kakashi could catch up. He needed to make sure his timing was perfect.
The snake almost pranced around the Uchiha. He leaned down behind Sasuke's body and gently rubbed a small circle in the small of Sasuke's back. Sasuke repressed a scowl. The snake did this every evening, trying to wear down the raven, take his reason to live, take anything and everything that Sasuke had to offer, and he was winning. Orochimaru ran his sickly white fingers through Sasuke's hair. He then reached from behind the raven and began to undo the clasps which held Sasuke's robes on. Within a flash the snake had completed the task, having had much practice.
Naruto watched through the small opening in the doors he hid behind, he watched as his friend and teammate had his robes slowly removed from his body. Every inch lower that the snakes hands went Naruto had to suppress more and more his urge to enter the hall. He watched Sasuke's body slump forward, it almost seemed as though he was used to this. Lower and Lower went the snakes hands until they were lost inside of Sasuke's loose pants. Naruto didn't need to see the Uchiha's face to know he was scowling. Naruto's veins began to course with venom as he watched his friend being touched like this, obviously not against his will, but that wasn't the point. What Naruto couldn't see was the smirk which was on Orochimaru's face. He had heard the blond walk up to the room and was going to make sure he gave his new guest a brilliant show.
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Sasuke awoke from his daydreaming at the entrance of the blond. "Ready Teme?" Naruto asked with an air of giddiness about him. "Remember you said you were going to take me to breakfast?" Sasuke could only cock his head to the side and mutter "But you never said I… wait what" Sasuke was almost pissed at how easily the blond could interrupt his line of thinking, but in the same sense saddened by it, the blond was the only one that could make him lose his cool, what would everyone think?
"Yeah, I guess I'm ready. Can I borrow some clothes?" Sasuke almost cringed, in the last week he had worn more of the blonds clothes then he had his own. Naruto simply smiled and ran to his room to get something for the teme to wear. He returned with a black tight fitting T and some loose khaki pants. He tossed them at the Uchiha and busied himself cleaning up.
Naruto was amazed when Sasuke started changing in his living room (Naruto always had been rather shy about his body) he watched the raven out of the corner of his eye. Sasuke's body was flawless, and though Naruto had seen it before, he couldn't help but be amazed by the perfection. He ran his eyes up and down Sasuke's body, trying to take in every little detail "Nice ass" Naruto stated inwardly, or so he thought "Thanks, your not too bad yourself" was the reply that came from Sasuke. Naruto blushed deeply in embarrassment but wasn't about to take back his words. Sasuke started with his shirt, then moved on to his pants. He knew he couldn't ask the blond for any underwear (god knows if he ever did laundry) and his pride stated that he could not wear the same pair two days in a row, so he went without, elegantly stepping out of his boxers and into his borrowed pants. Meanwhile the blond was to stop choking on the water he had been drinking when he got a glimpse of the Uchiha's naked white ass. Sasuke smirked knowing what he did to the blond, and reveled in having that kind of power over the idiot. Just to Torture Naruto, Sasuke tantalizing slow pulled the pants to just below his hips to show just the barest hint of his bottom, he would make the blond wait for that…
Once Sasuke was finished dressing, and Naruto had finally calmed down a bit, they headed for the door and had a very quiet yet nice breakfast at a stall just outside the blond's apartment.
When they had finished eating they walked around the village just quietly thinking in their own separate worlds when suddenly Naruto popped the question Sasuke knew was going to come about sooner or later. "Ne, Sasuke-kun" Naruto blushed at the affection he had unconsciously added to his friends name, this blush also slightly seeped onto the Uchiha's face as well. "This probably isn't the right time to ask, but I've been wanting to since last night. Do you like me?" the blond practically stuttered out the words. Sasuke on the other hand thought about the question seriously. "What do I think, I mean it's clear to me now that I feel something for the idiot, but can I really call it love, I mean I've never been attracted to someone, so I don't know, but then if I've never felt this way about someone else, what else could it possibly be" Sasuke's inner monologue was stressing the blond out "Oh go, he's trying to figure out a way to say last night was an accident and it never should have happened. What was I thinking? Thinking that he could possibly like me, he's an Uchiha for crying out loud, they don't like anyone, especially people of the same sex, there's no way…" Naruto trailed off in though and Sasuke could see the inner conflict. He decided to answer the blond the only way he knew would suffice, he kissed him.
Now no one was more surprised than Naruto, but Sasuke saw his answer as a way to calm the blond, but not commit to anything just yet. He still didn't know exactly what he felt and needed some time to think the situation over. Maybe he could ask someone for some advice. Definitely not Sakura, he couldn't help but cringe at the very thought of what the pink haired girl would say or do when and if he ever asked her. Kakashi would have to suffice.
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A/N Well I know I'm a lot later than I said I would be, and I have no excuse, so there I guess? Anyway this chapter was a lot shorter than it should be but I just wanted to put something up for you guys. If anyone notices mistakes please let me know so I can fix them. Well that's all for now. Review and make me work harder. Ja.
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