AN: Not much to say here… busy as f u c k….. so Ill let you enjoy ^_^

Sasuke walked into the shower and let the water just run over him. It had been too long since he enjoyed this pleasure. He sighed in contentment as the warm strands hit him gently. He couldn't turn the water onto the heat he really wanted because his stitches throbbed slightly still.

He hunted around for soap and shampoo and upon finding it, he proceeded to lather himself gently, wincing from time to time at a pull that his ministrations caused on the wound.

XXxxXX

Naruto got a text from Sakura almost as soon as he started to wash the dishes. There were few, so he didn't find it useful to turn on the machine. He had his cell beside him and visible at all times. So when the thing buzzed, all he had to do was glance over to see.

Don't let him shower alone…stitches

"fuck" he cursed to himself as he jumped around drying his hands on a towel and grabbing the cell as an afterthought.

He walked briskly into the bathroom, assaulted by the heavy steam that billowed out to greet him.

"Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"You ok in there?"

"Shouldn't I be?"

Naruto walked right in and poked at the closed curtains to let Sasuke know he was there.

His head poked out, hair messy around his face. Eyes questioning.

"Turn around." Naruto instructed, already pulling the curtains back a bit. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in question. Naruto felt like an idiot, but Sakura was right, there was no way he should have sent him in here alone.

"Your stitches are too fresh, you cant wash alone without risk of them splitting and besides…" he added when he saw the stifled amusement in the black eyes; "doctors orders.. I promise that when these heal all the way, you'll never have to deal with me here again."

Sasuke sighed deeply and closing his eyes, turned around slowly. "It's ok, my body is yours remember?"

Naruto's mind backtracked to the hospital room conversation he had had with him earlier.

"I want not just your body…for this to work, you need to trust me completely, you need to listen, obey and give your life to me."

Naruto bit his lower lip… right… he had said that…shit.

"Don't take everything I say seriously baka." He mumbled a she took the sponge and began to lather it absentmindedly.

"So what you said doesn't stand?" Sasuke questioned him, turning his face to him slightly.

"it does… but not the way you put it just now… I don't own you Sasuke… not like that."

"but you do… in a way."

Naruto though about this for a bit, putting the sponge to the pale shoulder as he begun scrubbing gently. There was some truth to this, Sasuke gave his word to obey, but what he wanted wasn't for the kit to think that he was some slave.

"you overthink things kit." He mumbled more to himself than to him, but his utterance was heard nonetheless. Sasuke cupped his hand and gathered some water in it, he than splashed it in the general direction of Naruto's face. The trick worked, as he heard sputtering behind him.

"Ass."

"why yes, that is a human body part."

Naruto inched his face to get a better look at Sasuke, he had his eyes closed and the long hair was plastered to his face, he looked contempt, not even noticing that Naruto was there, enjoying the scrub he was getting.

"You're such a cat."

"that has nothing to do with our last conversation… you had no good comeback." Sasuke noted in a slightly irritated voice, not bothering to open his eyes to glare. Naruto chuckled.

Things got quiet after that, Naruto concentrating on scrubbing Sasuke clean and Sasuke almost purring in enjoyment.

He had his hands out in front of him, spanned on the wall opposite, holding himself up a bit. Naruto watched the soap travel down the back and curve to fit his spine in rivulets. Sasuke was lean, sleek and just now, spread out before him as he was, completely unashamed.

Naruto felt himself grow hard again, and quickly looked away, trying his damnest to not think of the feastable morsel set out before him. He held the sponge steady and began to work on the legs, kneading the taut muscles and watching them ripple beneath the pale skin.

He had no idea what he was doing, finding himself treading small circles on his skin, knowing he was taking too long, but wanting to prolong the contact in any way. Shopping be damned, he could do that anyday.

He looked up from is crouching position, only to look right into Sasuke's eyes. The raven decided to look down just as he was looking up. Their eyes caught, held and Sasuke felt compelled to say something.

"Thank you for doing this for me… its not like you had to…" he trailed off, uncertain of what else he should say.

"its no problem kit," Naruto shrugged, glad to have something to concentrate on. He got up and slipped his arm around Sasuke, lathering his chest and running the sponge gently around the scar, which he could see from where he stood, avoiding looking further down.

Sasuke hissed quietly as he worked, and Naruto jumped a bit, taking his hand off quickly. Sasuke grabbed it and placed the soapy hand back on his skin.

"its ok.. I'm a big boy… it's just a bit sore, but that's understandable."

"I know but I don't like the idea of you hurting because of me."

Sasuke laughed at that, shaking his head. "Naruto, do you know how many times I've been hurt like this?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Well… maybe not as badly as this but… trust me, badly enough to not be pleasant."

"I'm not arguing you here," Naruto nodded as he continued his tirade now to Sasuke's pectoral muscles and upper arms.

"And in all that time you're the only one who helped… you're the last person I'd ever say would hurt me…"

He trailed off the because he didn't know if he should continue. Naruto having finished his lather not took the showerhead and rinsed him off slowly, taking care to raise his arms a bit and washing underneath thoroughly.

"Stand still" he ordered as he stepped aside and opened the drawer that held shampoo.

"this sounds silly but, I there's three different ones in here… which one do you want? I have… orange, mint and… vanilla." He trailed off sounding stupid even to himself.

"Which one do you use?" Sasuke asked, turning his head in the direction naruto's voice was coming from.

"vanilla…"

"Ill have that…"

Naruto walked over, noticing that Sasuke was trying very hard to not look at him. He pooled a generous amount onto his hand and worked it into the thick hair. He realized right away that it was knotted, his fingers trailing in it getting stuck every once in a while. He tried to be gentle, working the knots out with his fingers gently, making sure not to pull hard. When he was satisfied with his work, he rinsed and repeated to lather again, now working in deeper and massaging Sasuke's scalp as well.

The kit for his part, mumbled something under his breath and Naruto looked over to see what was up. Sasuke was blushing slightly, eyes closed and the blonde was surprised that he would do so now, after him scrubbing every… well, almost every part of him clean.

"Is everything ok?" he asked tentatively, unsure.

"Mhmmmmmm" Sasuke purred, still refusing to turn to him.

Naruto decided to let it go. Finishing to rinse him off, he turned the water off and grabbed for the towel that was hanging on beside the tub. "wrap this around" he instructed Sasuke and went out onto the hall to grab another towel with which to dry him with.

The cold air of the hall hit him pleasantly, dissipating some of the dizzy headiness he felt within the confines of Sasuke's presence.

He pulled at a green towel and with prize in hand, he marched back inside, scolding his dick and begging it to "just please stay still."

Sasuke was already out, towel wrapped low on his hips, looking in the mirror like he'd never done before. He realized with a start that he looked like shit… no, he always knew he looked like shit but damn… it was worse than he thought. Hi once muscular body was thin, his skin deathly pale and there were bags under his eyes. His hair was long, past his shoulders and his lips, although now a bit wet, were showing signs of being dry and cracked.

Her looked at Naruto, reentering the bathroom, carrying a fluffy looking green thing under his arm.

"I look like shit." He stated out loud.. to himself mostly, but also to Naruto.

The blonde chuckled and came up behind him, spreading the towel and beginning to rub him down gently… once again. Sasuke trailed him with his eyes in the mirror. The blonde didn't look at him once, keeping his eyes on his skin instead, working and kneading his arms and legs with a small smile on his face.

When he finished, he did glance quickly into the mirror, and since Sasuke was still staring, their eyes met again.

"You look fine.' Naruto mumbled to him, taking the towel and working it into his hair. Sasuke sighed in annoyance.

"Don't bother Naru…"

They both stopped at his shortening, staring at each other in the mirror, Sasuke's eyes a bit wide. Naruto smiled.

"So you like vanilla?" Naruto teased him, his blue sparkling at him with devilish enjoyment.

Sasuke's white cheeks dusted a light pink again. "I like it…"

"Good, so do I."

XXxxXX

Sasuke couldn't get enough of the scent, when Naruto started massaging his scent into his head he almost swooned. It was like the blonde was putting a part of himself onto him… his essence… divine.

The pain in his side sharpened by a couple of degrees, and at least that kept him preoccupied while those slick hands were all over him. If that had not been the case, God knew what he might have done. It was certainly an erotic moment, and he was sure one he wouold keep revisiting in his dreams, hopefully without the knife-like jabs to his abdomen. It did afford however, the assurance of not doing or showing anything embarrassing to Naruto, a fact for which he was grateful.

Just now though, with the blonde drying his hair and staring in the mirror at him, he was at a loss of what to do. Never have those feelings surfaced for anyone before, and Sasuke wasn't sure what to make of them. Naruto was being friendly, helpful, brotherly… Hell, he had taken him in and he felt shamed because all he could think about was hot delectable he felt against his back as they slept, how extremely delicious his muscles looked as he worked on his hair, bunching and rippling beneath the velvety sheath and… he wouldn't think about anything more…. Seemed the pain wasn't helping as much as before.

Thus, he let himself be led to the adjoining room, where Naruto picked out a shirt and a pair of jeans for him. The pants needed to be belted, but the shirt, despite being naruto's wasn't as big as he thought it was going to be… he really needed to work on his physique… really.

Dressed, clean, and with a semi-hard on, he walked out of Naruto's…no their home, ready to face the world, not as an animal… but as Sasuke Uzumaki.

AN: OK! Tell me what Ya'll think? I have been getting quite the reviews for this… So I hope this means all is well!