To cfox: Not quite there yet, but almost XD

Standard disclaimer applies. Some OOCness in this chapter. Lime-ish towards the end. Unbeta-ed

Chapter 13: Shattered Heart

"Sasuke?" Naruto carefully called when he reached the Uchiha residence. As much as yesterday's event was hurtful, he couldn't just abandon the man. Especially when it was true that Sasuke needed him.

"Sasuke? Where are you?" Naruto tried again, stepping into the house. Something caught his eyes. "Sasuke!" He ran towards the unmoving man, shocked to see the messy state he was in. "Fuck! What the hell happened?!" he checked for any injuries, and when he found none except for the burning on the man's forehead, Naruto breathed a relief sigh.

"Can you hear me, Sasuke?" Naruto was getting panicked at the lack of response that he got from the other man. Hell, he didn't even look like he was breathing!

"Come on, Sasuke… Look at me!" He whispered desperately, wanting the dull grey gaze fell on him. Then, what seemed like miracle, the pale cold fingers twitched.

"Na… ruto?" the whisper was more like a broken chord. But it was a response nonetheless. Respond is good, Naruto breathed in relief.

"Yes. Yes, it's me. I'm here, Sasuke," Naruto rubbed the cold hands, trying to warm it up. Sasuke's eyes were suddenly closed and he groaned painfully, pearls of tears started to fall down. "I'm sorry!" he muttered over and over again, like it was a mantra to make everything turned out okay again.

"Shhhh… Shhh, it's okay now…. I'm here…. Shhh… Don't cry, Sasuke…" Naruto's panic came back as he tried to comfort the other man. What the hell has happened?! What the fuck made Sasuke broken like this?! The surge of protectiveness startled him; it was much more powerful than whatever feeling of protectiveness that he had on the man in the past.

Naruto picked the slumped man, trying to get him to stand up and send him into his room. The fact that Sasuke was taller made him think that it was going to be hard. It was, when he tried to pull Sasuke to stand and the man was slouched heavily on the sofa. He seemed to have lost every will to move, only repeating those apologies like a broken record.

"Come on, Sasuke… help me out here… I'm going to take you to your room. And I can't do it if you don't help me… Friends help each other, Sasuke, so come… help me out here…" That seemed to do the trick. Once Sasuke had stood up though, Naruto realized he was lighter than what he should be. The blond slung one pale arm across his shoulder and placed his on the man's torso, supporting him.

The broken man was still crying softly, like a child who had lost a toy. "Shhh… Don't cry, Sasuke… I'm here… Shhhh" He wiped the tears away, but it came more and more as the man apologized more.

"I forgive you now… So don't cry anymore, okay? Shhh…." It broke his heart to see Sasuke like this. Even when his father died, Sasuke wasn't broken like this. All he wanted to do now was to hug the man and cried together, sharing the tears and burden. But someone, one of them has to be strong for the other, especially when one was broken like this… broken like the glass had shattered and it was impossible to glue it all together.

Naruto placed him onto the bed, pulling the blanket up till it covered the man's shoulder. He tucked it in and was ready to go out to take a glass of water for Sasuke. That was when his wrist was gripped so tight, Naruto almost winced.

But the expression on Sasuke's face made him bit his lips. "Please…" Sasuke croaked. "Please don't leave me… Naruto… I'm sorry… Please don't go!" the plea broke all his restraints. His own warm tears fell down and instantly he climbed onto bed, next to Sasuke. He hugged the man and the man replied by hugging him back, desperately clinging to make sure Naruto was by his side and was very much alive and breathing.

They stayed like that until Sasuke cried himself to sleep, still apologizing and pleading for Naruto not to let him go. Naruto kissed the tears away, smoothing the shiny black locks and whispered sweet nothing, reassuring that he has forgiven the raven-haired and promising him that he wouldn't go anywhere, wouldn't leave him.

The blond too, fell asleep like that.

000

When Naruto didn't call Iruka back and didn't pick his phone up, Iruka was getting more and more worried. Sae had fall asleep on the sofa, giving in to the tiredness that consumed all his energy. Finally, Iruka made the decision to send Sae to Kiba's and look for Naruto and Sasuke.

"What happened to your jaw?" Iruka asked as he saw the blue bruise. Kiba shrugged it off by saying nothing, so Iruka let it go.

"I'll come and pick him up again when I have made sure everything is alright." Hinata looked worried for Naruto too, but Iruka smiled in reassurance.

The teacher noticed how dark the house was. His heart thumped eratically at the thought that the two was somewhat hurt inside. Damn it! He should have brought Kiba along! Iruka called for the two as he stepped inside; grimacing at how the lights were not switched on. He flicked the lights on as he walked in further.

When he reached the master bedroom though, what he saw almost made him smile. But as he looked and walked closer, he saw the tear stains and Iruka worried for the worst.

"Naruto?" he whispered carefully.

The blue eyes were suddenly opened, peering into his own dark brown eyes. "Iruka-sensei?" Naruto whispered back, careful not to wake the man who was still clinging to him. When Naruto moved, the hold tightened. Naruto knew he couldn't get out of the grips soon, so he looked back to Iruka, "I'm sorry sensei. Sasuke's not feeling well and I'm going to take care of him for a few days. If you can do us a favour and look after Sae in the meanwhile, I'll be thankful. I'm sure Sasuke will too."

"Is he alright? Is he sick?" Iruka whispered worriedly, on his knees to speak softly with Naruto at the bed's side.

"I… I'm not sure… He's burning up a bit, but other than that, he's quite alright I guess, physically. Mentally, I'm not so sure. But I don't think I want Sae to look at him like this. It will freak him out… Just tell him that I'll look after his Otousan and until then, he has nothing to worry about…"

Iruka stood to think about that. He finally agreed. "I'll go and grab Sae's uniforms and books." Naruto nodded. "Call me if you need anything, Naruto. Call me to tell about Sasuke's progress too. Sae might ask when he can come home."

"Okay… I'll keep in touch."

"Good. Take care, Naruto."

"Thanks, sensei…"

Iruka went back to Kiba's place to pick Sae up. The little child was awake and now was playing with Akamaru. When he saw Iruka, he quickly ran to the teacher and asked him if his Otousan was okay. Iruka told Sae what Naruto told him.

"So I cannot go home, yet?" Sae asked, a bit disappointed, a bit worried for his Otousan.

Iruka kneeled. "Your Father is a bit sick right now, and Naruto-san is looking after him really carefully. When he's a bit well, I promise you can go home, okay?"

Sae looked like he was about to cry, but the child put on a brave face, took in a large breathe in and smiled a little. "Okay…"

"Good boy… Now, in the mean time, you'll come and stay with me, okay? We can go to school together tomorrow."

Black eyes eyed the large big dog. "Can I stay here instead, Iruka-sensei? I want to play with Akamaru…"

Iruka looked torn. Kiba saw this and offered to let them take Akamaru back with them.

"Thank you, Kiba."

"It's okay, Iruka. Sae needs Akamaru more. Keep him as long as you want. I'll send some of his food tomorrow. Is… Sasuke really okay?"

Iruka shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Naruto will keep us up on that. Let's just hope everything is alright with them." Kiba nodded. Something's telling him that it had something to do with him.

"When is Hana going back to the city?" Iruka asked then.

"Tomorrow."

"I think, maybe she should go and live with Moegi or something. It will be the town's talk if she lives with only you in the house."

"Yeah… that was what I was thinking too. I'll go and talk to Moegi tomorrow."

000

It was only later that night when Naruto could wriggle himself out without waking or alerting the sleeping Uchiha. He stretched his limbs and yawned widely. Then, he went to check all the doors locked and switched on some lights. Naruto decided to take a shower before making some sandwich for supper.

Naruto went back into Sasuke's room, bringing a plate of sandwich and a glass of milk and another glass of water. He really didn't want to wake the fragile man up but looking at his current condition, he had a good guess that Sasuke hadn't eaten anything since he became like this.

"Sasuke," he shook the broad shoulder gently. "Sasuke, wake up…" he whispered.

The pale man stirred and groaned, but refused to open his eyes.

"Wake up, Sasuke… you need to eat something. Then you can go back to sleep…"

"Don't… leave…" the words shot into Naruto's heart like a sharp arrow.

"I'm not going to leave you," he promised, almost fiercely. "But you have to open your eyes and eat something."

After a while, Sasuke nodded weakly, agreeing on Naruto's insistence. Naruto helped him up to the bathroom to wash his face first and when he got Sasuke onto the bed, the man looked more tired than before. Seeing at how energy-less Sasuke was, Naruto fed him, assisted him in drinking the milk and water. He gave the man a couple of paracetamol tablets for the slight burn on his forehead. The man took it without any question or resistence.

Just as before, when Naruto was about to go out to send the dishes into the kitchen, Sasuke grabbed his wrist, pleading him to not to leave him.

"I'm not going anywhere, okay?" he whispered, rubbing the pale hand on his wrist. "I'll just go and send these into the kitchen, but I'll come back. I'm not leaving, I promise." With that as reassurance, Naruto tucked Sasuke into bed again.

He came back when his work outside the room was done and took his place next to Sasuke on the bed again. This time, Sasuke oddly snuggled up, almost childishly to him and pressed his face into Naruto's chest, taking in all the warmth the blond could offer. Naruto smiled a little, amused, shocked and a little sad. He wrapped his arms around the pale man and kissed atop the black crown gently.

"Sleep well…"

Next morning was not any better. The burning was no longer there but Sasuke still looked dazed and almost like a child everytime he thought Naruto was leaving him. By evening however, the man had gone quiet; too calm that it almost scared Naruto. Perhaps he realized that Naruto was indeed not going anywhere as he promised.

During dinner, Naruto had succeeded in getting Sasuke out of the room to eat at the dining table. The man however was quiet as a clam, and only nodded or shaking a 'no' at Naruto's questions.

The blond called Iruka, saying Sasuke looked better today. But he still asked Iruka to look after Sae for tomorrow and depending on the progress tomorrow, he'd let Iruka know if Sae could come home.

Sasuke was still awake when he got into the room. Naruto carefully took his place and lay down, propping his elbow to turn and look at the man. Sasuke didn't move this time, lying flat on his back, eyes blinking as if thinking of something.

"You want to tell me anything?" Naruto tried. He wasn't sure if he should take Sasuke into his arms tonight.

"No…" the other unexpectedly whispered back. Okay, that's good… he's talking back now… Naruto thanked the God for this.

"Okay… Sleep tight, alright? I'll be right next to you…" Naruto closed his eyes but he opened it when he felt something grabbed his hands. Sasuke was still flat on his back, but his hand had found Naruto's and he laced their hands together.

Naruto squeezed back, whispering 'Good night' lovingly. He had to restraint himself from kissing the other's forehead though.

The next morning, Naruto was preparing breakfast when he heard heavy footsteps and saw Sasuke in the kitchen, eyes trailing on him even though the man couldn't see. Naruto smiled. Sasuke seemed to look a lot better today.

"You're feeling better?" he asked Sasuke.

Sasuke nodded. "I feel… icky though…" Sasuke looked like he was sniffing himself, which made Naruto laughed out loud. When he saw Sasuke smiled a little, Naruto assured himself that everything would be okay now.

"Go and get a shower. I'll make breakfast."

Naruto had just finished making a pot of tea when the taller man came in and took his seat. "Tea?" he asked gingerly.

Sasuke nodded. They ate in silence, Naruto not knowing what to say and Sasuke not knowing if he should explain. He was quite sure Naruto wanted to know what had happened, but he himself wasn't sure; every little thing that Naruto told him at Kiba's place, Kiba's accusation, Sae's silent requests and his own thoughts were all jumbled up.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?" Naruto offered at last.

Sasuke shook his head. "I… need some time to think…"

"Okay… But I'll be here if you need me, okay?"

It was when Naruto sent Sasuke back to his room that the other asked about Sae. "I asked Iruka-sensei to look after him for a few days, I hope you don't mind." Sasuke shook his head at this. "Do you want Sae to come home tonight?"

"I… would like to go and see him first…"

"Okay… Do you want to go now?"

"If you don't mind."

"It's alright. I'm free now."

Naruto was hoping it was Iruka-sensei's session in Sae's class when they arrived at the school compound. The lucky lady was on his side indeed. The teacher excused himself when he saw the blond, mistaking it with an emergency and shot a worry glance at Sae.

"Something happened with Sasuke?"

"No. He looks better, but he said he wants to talk to Sae though. Can you excuse Sae for a few minutes?"

"Sure."

It only took Iruka seconds to get Sae. "Is Otousan okay?"

"Yeah. He'd like to see you. He's in the music room. Come, I'll take you there."

As they were walking towards the music room, they heard a beautiful song was played. Naruto reminisced at how Sasuke used to play piano to vent out his unspoken emotion. Looks like that didn't change.

"Otousan?" Sasuke stopped playing at that, turning as Sae walked slowly to him. Sasuke signalled the boy to come closer and the child quickly ran into his Father's arms, hugging him tightly.

"I'll leave you two alone, okay?" Naruto said and went to wait at the end of the corridor. Times like this made him feel like a stranger intruding the happy buble that was all Uchiha household.

Maybe Sasuke was right afterall?

Somehow, that thought was more hurtful than Sasuke's words before.

In the music room, Sasuke hugged his son back. "Are you okay, Otousan?" the child whispered in his ear.

"I'm okay…"

Sae let go and Sasuke picked him up to sit him on his laps. The boy caressed his Father's ivory soft skin, to check for no more tear stains. "You looked so sad, Otousan…" he whispered, afraid that it was true and he had no power to help him. "I didn't know how to make you not sad anymore…" he added quickly.

"I'm sorry I made you worry, young man… But I'm okay now. Otousan's not sad anymore…" Sasuke traced his own hand on the boy's soft skin and black hair. The other hand rubbed Sae's back reassuringly.

"Did Naruto-san comfort you?"

"Mmm…" Sasuke nodded, feeling Sae laced his hands on his neck.

"Sae… Otousan want to know… What do you really want?"

"Eh? I want Otousan to be happy!" Sae grinned. That made Sasuke chuckled. "Put that aside, what do you really want?" Sasuke tried again.

"Mmm… I don't know… You gave me everything. I just want you to be happy."

"What about Naruto-san? You didn't want him to go right?"

"I like Naruto-san… But… But I love you, Otousan… If Naruto-san can make you happy, I will want Naruto-san to stay with us forever!"

Sasuke chuckled again. "What about you? Will you be happy if Naruto-san comes into our lives?"

Sae nodded vigorously, as though that act could be seen by his father. "Un! He makes me happy too! I would like him to stay with us… If you don't mind, Otousan…" Sae leaned in and shyly whispered into his Father's ear, "Can he be Sae's 'Mommy'?"

Sasuke froze at that. He quickly brought his mind at the current event and tried to let his gaze fall into Sae's black orbs deeply. "Do you want that?" he asked carefully. Sae bit his lips. Sometimes when he looked at the other kids who had mothers waiting for them after school, he felt somewhat painful in his chest. But he had never voiced it out to his father, knowing the older male wasn't close to anyone in particular.

Until Naruto came that is.

When Naruto came and lived with them, he felt like his family was complete. Naruto sent him to school and then waited for him at the gate when the school was over. Naruto would cook with them and helped him to set up the table for dinner. Naruto listened to his daily activities and helped him with his homeworks. He also told him a lot of stories and tales and Sae always fell asleep hearing those voice lulling him down.

He told these to Sasuke and waited for his father's reply. He saw his father swallowed and he thought that Sasuke didn't like what he's hearing, so he quickly added, "But if Otousan don't want it, I don't mind. Otousan is enough for me!"

Sasuke almost cursed himself for his stupidity. Kiba was right all along. He felt sick for being such a bastard. He was selfish after all, huh? That made him no better than Itachi! Sasuke was mad. But he was mad at himself. All this while, he thought he was doing the best for Sae but he was only thinking about himself when making a decision that involved Naruto.

He didn't ask what Sae thought at all.

"I'm sorry, Sae…" Sasuke hugged the boy tightly. Fuck, he felt like an idiot!

"Otousan…"

"I'll talk to Naruto, okay? And we will discuss about this… You don't have to worry anymore about me being sad. I promise I'll make you happy."

Sae didn't quite understand it, but his gut told him that maybe Naruto-san will live with them after this. This thought alone made him happy.

"Now, go back to your class. Iruka-sensei will be mad if I steal you for too long." He lifted Sae and put him down on the floor again.

"Otousan?" Sae asked as he stood in front of his father. "Hmm?

"I can stay at Iruka-sensei's house again tonight. So that way you can have more time to discuss with Naruto-san… Kiba-jiji lends Akamaru to us and I'd like to play with him again…"

"Okay… But you are welcome home at any time, okay?"

"Okay… I'll be home tomorrow! Iruka-sensei had cool anime and I haven't finished watching them with sensei yet… But I'll come home before dinner, I promise."

"Sure, young man… Have fun with Akamaru…"

"Bye, Otousan!"

Naruto took the kid back to his class and he quietly slipped into the music room to hear and watch Sasuke played song after song on the piano.

000

"Do you want to go home or shall we go out for lunch?" Naruto asked as he buckled Sasuke up on the front seat.

"We can eat out, I guess."

"Okay. Have anything specific?" Sasuke shook his head at this.

"You seemed quiet. Want to tell me if anything's bothering you?" Naruto asked later after they had placed their order.

"Just thinking."

"Alright. I'll be here if you need to ask for an opinion." Sasuke nodded at this. They ate in silence. That was bothering Naruto- a lot. He had wanted to know what Sasuke and Sae were discussing in the music room, but he's quite sure it was none of his business.

"Is Sae coming home tonight?" Naruto settled for that at the moment.

"No. He wants to play with Akamaru and watch the anime Iruka played for him."

Naruto chuckled lightly. "Looks like the black box has a good use after all…"

"Perhaps… Maybe I was too strict on Sae…"

Naruto looked up; stunned. Somehow, Sasuke was not… Sasuke.

"You don't have to bring Hinata around?"

"What? Oh, no… I'll let Kiba handles that. He's more than willing to take the job off me at the moment. I have a feeling there's a chemistry in between them, you know?" Naruto wriggled his eyebrow playfully and when he saw no reaction from Sasuke except for nodding, he felt like smacking himself for forgetting that Sasuke couldn't see. Naruto shook his head and mellowed down. "Do you want to discuss anything, Sasuke?" he asked after a moment.

Sasuke ignored the question. Instead he asked one of his own to Naruto. "You don't have to do anything else?"

"No. Sasuke, what's going on? You're scaring me."

"I- We'll discuss it at home, I guess…"

The journey back home was another silence. Though he knew Sasuke was normally silent, it was not this kind of silence. It was bugging him and as seconds ticked, Naruto got more and more nervous. He thought things over and over and now he came to a conclusion. Maybe he could discuss that with Sasuke when he was ready for a discussion.

He assisted the blind man to the living room, onto his chair. "Would you like a glass of water or something?"

"That will be nice."

Okay… He was being polite… Had he made the decision yet? Was this what all was about?

Naruto took the seat opposite Sasuke, placing the glasses of water on the table in between them. He felt like now was the time, before he lost all his courage. "Sasuke… I'd just like to apologize for what I've said to you on Sunday. I should have not been that selfish. I realize now it's not easy to trust someone again, especially when I broke a big promise and left 10 years in question. But I would still want us to work, so if you don't want to move in with me into the city, I'll buy a house and move here."

"What will you do as a job?"

"Uh… I haven't thought about that yet… Maybe I can work with Kiba, or be a free lence photographer. My sensei was a noted photographer and my work as a model exposed me to photographing, in a way. 'Sides, it was one of my many silly ambitions when I was younger, right? Why not make it real?"

"You mean, you would quit your modelling and acting?"

"I… did talk to my friends before I came here… that I was thinking of retiring from modelling… And probably just take small minor roles when the time permits in acting. I can do a lot of other stuff I guess. The money I earned in the past would last me good 10 more years, I guess."

"So, you want to waste all your talents away?" Sasuke looked at him guiltily.

"No… that's not what I mean. Sasuke, I meant every word I said on Sunday. I really want to make this- us work out… Money is not everything, Sasuke…"

"I can't let you do that, Naruto…"

"What?"

"I'm not going to take you away from your life now. You have good friends and fans and who am I to take that away…?"

Naruto swallowed the tightening in his throat. He looked at Sasuke helplessly. There were going in circles again and they would still end up on the same place. Haven't the last two days changed anything at all?! What about Sasuke's pleas, asking him not to leave?! Were those lies too?!

"This is going no where, is it?" Naruto sighed in defeat. "I'm going to take some fresh air; I'll be back soon…" Without waiting for Sasuke's reply or even looking at him, Naruto ran out of the house; not hearing Sasuke cursed colourfully to himself.

Great! He was pushing Naruto away again!

Somebody, shoot me please!

When Naruto came back to the house, it was around 4 o'clock. Okay, so maybe he needed more time than he thought. Cloud watching was more distracting and time-consuming than he had assumed before. Maybe Shikamaru was right afterall- that it was so entertaining that you tend to forget the whole world even existed.

It was when Naruto noticed the house looked so eery silent that he panicked, remembering what had happened two days ago.

Please, please God, don't let anything break him anymore!

But when he saw the man was sleeping on his bed, Naruto sighed in relief. He walked closer, to watch that aristocratic feature soften in sleep, as though nothing worried them. But when he saw the long black lashes were wet, Naruto cursed himself. Sasuke had cried again.

Naruto kneeled and sat on the floor, resting his head in his crossing arms at the edge of the bed. He could hear the gentle, calm breathing of the Uchiha. One would never think that Sasuke was a fragile mass at the moment.

He himself was confused. What the hell was Sasuke trying to tell him?

Was he wanted in the Uchiha's life or not?

Why can't they just speak English?!

Blue eyes opened slowly. Naruto blinked. He didn't even realize it that he fell asleep! He rubbed his eyes slowly and when he heard the different breathing pattern coming from above him, Naruto was aware that Sasuke was no longer asleep.

Naruto made no move to stand up or sit on the bed, instead, he trailed his gaze onto the person who was flat on his bed, dull grey eyes were opened and blinking at times.

"Sasuke…?" Naruto whispered.

"I'm sorry…" Deep but soft voice was heard. Naruto didn't know what to reply. Sasuke had never been a willing person when it came to apologizing, but that was all pretty much he's been doing in the past almost 36 hours.

Sasuke turned on his side, facing away from Naruto.

"I'm no different from him, right?" Sasuke whispered in a defeated tone. "I am a coward… a selfish arrogant bastard who only thinks about himself… Just like him, Itachi… I don't know why you still want me, Naruto… Honestly I don't. I've hurt you many many times and yet you still come back."

Naruto kneel to see Sasuke had curled himself and buried his face into the pillow, shoulders shaking slightly. He sat onto the bed, taking Sasuke's shoulder to turn him around to face him. "Sasuke… Stop this. Talk to me!" He pulled the face free from the hands that were shielding it. Wet dull grey clashed with azure sky.

"Kiba was right," Sasuke started, which made Naruto startled. Kiba talked to Sasuke? When?! "I'm just like him!" he spat, but it was directed towards himself. "I'm just like him…" a lone tear fell down again.

"You are nothing like him, you hear me?!" Naruto defended fiercely. "You are not, Sasuke!" Naruto leaned in, forehead touching the paler one. "You are still the same arrogant bastard that I fell in love back then…"

When Sasuke didn't reply or lashed out on him at that, Naruto let a small smile on his lips. That was a good sign, wasn't it?

"This new you after 10 years is still the same; still the same person who made me fall head over heels all over again… Your affection towards Sae only charmed me more into loving you more, Sasuke… So, in no way you are like Itachi!"

Sasuke swallowed visibly. "But I am selfish-"

"You are afraid!" Naruto cut and corrected him. "God, Sasuke! I have just realized just how scared you must be when I demanded to be let into your life again… You did back then and then look at what I did to you… I was the one who broke you… I was the one who hurt you the most and now when you had built a defence around you, I wanted you to let me in and leave you vulnerable for another hurting! I am the one who should apologize, Sasuke, not you! God, I'm so sorry!!" Every breathed word fanned on the other's face and lips, awakening something in Sasuke.

Every breath out warmed tanned face and pink lips; awakening something in Naruto's stomach and shivers shot up his spine.

"Will you forgive me, Sasuke? Because I don't think I can forgive myself without your forgiveness… your real forgiveness…"

Sasuke's only answer was a throw of arms on Naruto's neck and hugging the blond tight. Naruto almost laughed in relief and hugged him back, just as tightly.

"I tried…" Sasuke whispered softly. "God! I tried to push you away but every time the feelings got stronger and stronger! I can't deny it anymore! It's all your faults for making me feel like this again!"

Naruto pulled back slightly, now completely lying next to Sasuke and kissed his cheeks, his forehead, his nose and down to claim the pink lips. Sasuke froze at first, but moments later, at Naruto's insistent seductive move with his lips, Sasuke kissed back.

When that happened, all logic was thrown away. They were taken back into the past where the world did not exist at all. It was just the two of them. Sasuke and Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke.

Passion filled and heightened as both moaned and groaned and automatically parted their lips at the same time. It has been 10 years, 10 long years since both found those pink lips again and now that the two pairs have found each other again, they could not stop; even if they wanted to.

Sasuke groaned, panted harshly as Naruto nipped his jaw, dropping butterfly kisses along and licking the sweats that had started to form on his necks. "Naruto…" passion-filled whisper was like cool balming air in his ears, despite the rising temperature. Naruto kissed more, licked more, and nipped more hearing the encouraging moans of one Uchiha Sasuke.

"Naruto!" Sasuke gasped as the man who had succeeded in worming his way into his heart again bit him hard at the junction of his neck and shoulderblade. The gasp excited the blond and he sucked the heated skin below him, making the paler man gasped more and involuntary moaning more.

It was getting more heated, hotter and and the temperature soared in the room They moved and rubbed their clothed-slick bodies together, trying to relieve the tension, the heat and the air that has started to suffocate them. Naruto returned to the sinful lips and claimed it like there was no tomorrow, thrusting his tongue in, mapping every curve, every crease, and every bump in Sasuke's hot cavern. Sasuke in return gave as much as he was given, lacing his hands into the same blond locks as he did 10 years ago.

Only when Naruto slipped his hand into his pants did Sasuke realized where the hand that wasn't thumbing and caressing his cheeks, jaw and neck went. The moment Naruto's hand touched the patch of black curls; Sasuke's eyes snapped opened- fear and something else were oddly evident in the dull grey orbs that usually held no emotion at all.

"Stop!" he suddenly gasped desperately. So into his world, Naruto mistook the desperate plea as passion-filled gasped. So he trailed his lips to the pale earlobes and thrust his tongue into the cavern there, licking and kissing the soft skin slowly, yet erotically.

"Please, Naruto! Stop this, please!" Mistaking another gasp as an encouragement, he lowered his hand more and grabbed the hardening mass under it.

Sasuke gasped again and again, making him swallowed whatever he wanted to say at the hand that was stroking him again and again. "Please…" this was when Naruto was aware that Sasuke was indeed talking rather than gasping his name. "Naruto, I -gasp- I haven't done this since-" It was cut by another moan.

"Shhh… it's okay… It's been a long time for me too…" Naruto smiled as he kissed the neck again and sucked on the skin hard.

Sasuke groaned, feeling himself loosing control more and more each passing second. "I mean- not since… Nghnnn... we did it back… Ahh!" Sasuke bucked his hips into the hand; all coherent thinking was gone from his now-dazed-mind.

Naruto however froze at this, unconsciously stopping whetever he was doing. He looked at Sasuke with widened eyes; the man below him no longer was in control of himself, surrendering everything into the passion and thrusted his hips again for more friction, growling a bit in frustration at the sudden stop.

"Not since we did it back… then?" the seconds that words left Naruto's mouth, Sasuke froze, eyes snapping opened at the realization of his own words. "Fuck!" he cursed himself at how stupid he was, slipping away like that. Naruto watched Sasuke's expression turning from shock, horror and then anger.

He bit his lips. What did Sasuke mean by that?

"Sasuke, if… you haven't had-did…" Naruto let an exasperated sigh at his disability to speak properly. All he wanted to know was-

"Then, how did you conceive Sae?!"

I've been waiting forever to produce this chapter- especially the last part! XD

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