Disclaimer: All of my previous disclaimers still apply, of course: I don't own, I make no money, I do this for entertainment. Blah, blah, blah.

Warnings: Lemon. Seme!Sasuke. Violence. Drug references. Fluff (I'm a damn sucker for it).

A/N: *dodges thrown fruit* Gomen, gomen. I know I'm stupidly late with this update. I'm having a little bit of writer's block with this story, you see, and at the same time, the plot bunnies are restless. I have started a SasuNaru one-shot that will be posted for Sasuke's birthday (so you will have to wait for that one. Teehee.), and Everything You Want is giving me just a little bit of trouble, because I'm having to do some filler-type stuff so this chapter is long enough for my liking. So please, if this chapter seems a little stilted, don't hesitate to let me know. I crave your feedback like it's a drug.

Mood Music: Naruto/Sasuke's song "Hot" by Avril Lavigne (I know a lot of people hate her and all, but this song is just so Naruto and Sasuke for this story). Neji's song: "My Happy Ending" also by Avril Lavigne (hah... Yeah, I've been on a little bit of an Avril kick, if you couldn't tell... *rubs back of head sheepishly*). Onward!

-OoOoOoO-

Their new front yard was a flurry of activity as Naruto and Sasuke pulled into the driveway in their respective cars. The movers, Minato, Deidara, and-surprisingly enough-Itachi were all unloading the moving van and scattering the couple's various belongings all over the plush lawn. Naruto and Sasuke made their way to the front door. Sasuke went to put the key in the lock and paused. He turned to Naruto and held the key out to him.

"You should do the honors," he said to a slightly befuddled Naruto, then shrugged. "I've already seen it. You've only seen pictures. So here."

Sasuke thrust the key into Naruto's open palm, who just looked down at the key in his hand and stared at it. This was really happening, wasn't it? Naruto looked back up at Sasuke, who was watching him with an amused look. He glanced past Sasuke, toward the front yard, where both his father and Deidara were also watching him. His dad was flashing him a grin and a thumbs-up, while Deidara was chanting "Do it! Do it!" over and over again. He looked back at Sasuke and took his hand.

"Let's do it together, teme," Naruto offered, and Sasuke's lips turned up in a small little half smile.

Naruto put the key in the lock, and together, they turned the key, unlocking the door to their new home. Sasuke turned the knob and pushed the door open, stepping aside to allow Naruto entry. He grinned and scooped Sasuke up, carrying him bridal-style over the threshold. He had clearly taken his lover by surprise, and his indignant cries of, "Put me the fuck down, dobe! I'm a man, goddammit! Not some blushing bride!" went ignored.

A chorus of laughs and cheers were heard from the front yard, and once they were safely inside, Naruto gently put Sasuke down, dodging a well-aimed punch flying toward his face. The Uchiha pride, again, was something of legend, and Naruto obviously just bruised it. He used the momentum of Sasuke's punch against him, catching the raven's wrist in his hand and swinging him around until his back connected with the wall. Naruto pressed his body against Sasuke's, easing the angry Uchiha's legs open with his knee. Naruto kissed him then, coercing his mouth open with his tongue, and he was pleased to feel the beginnings of an erection pressing into his thigh.

"What do you say we, uh, christen our new bedroom?" Naruto asked softly, lightly nibbling Sasuke's sensitive ear lobe and earning a shiver of appreciation in return.

Just as Sasuke opened his mouth to respond, presumably to agree that christening the bedroom was, actually, a glorious idea, the bane of Naruto's very existence stepped into the still-open doorway. Itachi looked from Naruto to Sasuke and back again, and raised a cool eyebrow.

"What?" Sasuke snapped at last, breaking the tense silence. "What do you want, aniki? Can't you see I'm a little busy here?"

"I can indeed, otouto," Itachi said gently. "It's just that we need to start getting your things inside now ("I'm trying to get something inside, too," Naruto mumbled under his breath.). It looks like rain."

"Then do it," Sasuke said slowly, as if he were talking to a small child. "Just don't come upstairs."

With that said, Sasuke pushed himself off the wall and dragged Naruto by the wrist toward the staircase leading to the second floor. Naruto couldn't believe his luck. He'd been sure Itachi's arrival in the doorway had crushed his chances of getting laid, but that didn't seem to be the case. Naruto had no idea where this new devil-may-care attitude regarding public displays of affection-and sex-came from, but Naruto wasn't about to question it at a time like this. He loved this spontaneous side of Sasuke. However, all thoughts of sponteneity came to a screeching halt when Naruto pushed open the bedroom door Sasuke indicated.

"You son of a bitch," Naruto chuckled, realization hitting him like a freight train as he surveyed the room. "You had this planned."

"Maybe a little," Sasuke admitted, closing and locking the bedroom door. He bent down and picked up one of the many rose petals strewn about the room. "Although I specifically remember telling Itachi and Deidara no rose petals."

They stood back and admired the prepared room together. There was a makeshift bed of pillows and blankets in the center of the room, and candles littered the floor (they weren't real candles, Naruto noticed; just small, flickering lights fashioned to look like candles). To top it off, there were literally thousands of rose petals scattered all over the room. Naruto had a feeling the reason Sasuke had specified no rose petals was because he wasn't looking forward to cleaning them up later. Naruto picked one up, not expected to feel the silky, smooth texture that indicated they were real.

"This is all very romantic," Naruto said at last. "But why?"

Sasuke shrugged inelegantly.

"It's our first time in our new home," he explained. "Our new life begins today. I just wanted everything to be perfect."

"Sasuke," Naruto said quietly, stroking his lover's cheek with the back of his hand, "I don't need candles and rose petals, or even a makeshift bed for this to be perfect. Making love to you is always perfect."

Sasuke kissed him, slow and passionate, groaning quietly as their tongues met. It hadn't taken Naruto and Sasuke long to find their rhythm in the bedroom. They melded together wonderfully, almost becoming one person in the throes of passion. What Naruto had said was true; making love to Sasuke was perfect, in every way, shape, and form. Right now was going to be no different. Naruto gently laid Sauske down on the pillows and blankets, moving the new, unopened bottle of lube off the pillow underneath Sasuke's head.

"Ow," Sasuke grumbled, reaching under his back and producing a pair of black cat ears. "Oh, ha ha, Itachi. Very funny."

He tossed the ears aside and turned his attention back to removing Naruto's clothes. Naruto, on the other hand, couldn't be dissuaded so easily.

"Now, now, teme," Naruto said after allowing Sasuke to take his shirt off. "Let's reconsider the ears. They could be fun."

Sasuke shot him a nasty glare before removing his own shirt. Naruto picked the cat ears up off the floor and slid them onto Sasuke's head, grinning at the immediate effect the simple toy had on his body. Sasuke glared once more and moved to take the cat ears off his head, but Naruto stopped him.

"C'mon, Sasuke. Keep them on. Just this once?"

"Why?" Sasuke asked suspiciously.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"I... I kinda like 'em," he confessed quietly. "They're, uh, pretty sexy, actually."

Sasuke sighed, and finally conceded, straightening the ears on top of his head.

"Fine," he said. "You're a sick bastard, dobe. You better not tell a soul about this."

"Just between us," Naruto assured him with a grin.

This was going to be fun.

-OoOoOoO-

An hour and a half later, all of Sasuke's previous embarrassment about the ears was gone. He'd completely forgotten they were even there, honestly. When Naruto finally finished (he really did have the stamina of a god), they put their pants back on, neither of them bothering with a shirt, and made their way back downstairs to where everyone was surely waiting for them. Just as Sasuke stepped down on the final step, Naruto spoke.

"Oh, shit!" he said, quietly panicked. "Sasuke, maybe you should-"

His thoughts were interrupted by Deidara's uproarious peals of laughter, Minato's shocked look of disbelief, and Itachi's condescending smirk; all of which reminded Sasuke...

"I'm still wearing the ears, aren't I?"

Deidara was now doubled over in hysterical laughter, while Naruto was chuckling quietly behind Sasuke. Naruto reached up and took the cat ears off Sasuke's head, thankfully putting an end to his embarrassment. He tossed them to the top of the staircase, clearly determined to keep them, and probably hoping they'd live to be worn another day. Sasuke wanted them to disappear forever.

Deidara was still fucking laughing, and Sasuke wanted to hit him. He settled instead for being snarky and snide, not wanting to permanently maim his brother's lover.

"Yes, Deidara," he muttered. "Ha ha fucking ha. This is all very amusing. Uchiha Sasuke put on cat ears to please his lover. I'm sure you've done things just as embarrassing for Itachi. As a matter of fact, I know you have. Need I remind you of the leather skirt and thigh-high boots I caught you wearing when Itachi was in college?"

That stopped Deidara's manic laughter.

"Hey, don't knock the skirt and boots till you try it, un," Deidara scolded. "I still have that stuff, and it never fails to put 'Tachi in a better mood. The man may be a freak-"

"Excuse me?" Itachi protested.

"-but he's my freak. I just honestly didn't think you'd go for the ears, un. It was a last-minute practical joke on my part when 'Tachi and I were setting up the room. They sure did look cute, though."

Deidara's giggles started up again, and Sasuke was just about to hit him, when...

"Uh, guys?" Minato began. "I hate to break this up, because it's all extremely amusing, and revealing, but isn't that...?"

Everyone's eyes followed Minato's out the front window. Four jaws simultaneously dropped. The tell-tale red Mustang sat directly outside on the street in front of the house, and the owner was slowly getting out of the car, setting an enormous, half-drank bottle of some sort of alcohol on the hood; vodka, from the looks of it.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me," Naruto mumbled.

"Is he really that desperate?" Deidara asked.

"How did he even...?" Itachi wondered.

"I have an idea," Sasuke snorted. "Naruto hasn't deleted him off his Facebook friends list yet, and he happened to mention the move last night when he was online. When one of his friends from high school asked about it, Naruto told him-"

"I told him we were moving in across from Itachi," Naruto finished for him. "Why does that matter?"

"Because, Naruto," Itachi answered. "Neji has access to Uchiha Corp. employee files. My address is in those files."

"Definitely desperate," Deidara confirmed.

"That's it," Sasuke said. "I'm fed up. I'm taking care of this once and for all."

"Be nice, teme," Naruto warned. "Neji has obviously been drinking."

"Don't care," Sasuke spat. "I'm done being nice. It clearly doesn't work with him."

Sasuke stormed out the front door and approached Neji, who was still standing next to his car, taking a long drink from his bottle.

"This is stalking, you know," Sasuke said, trying to be as nice as possible, for Naruto's sake.

"Just-hic-just let me see him," Neji pleaded, slurring his words.

"No."

"But," Neji stammered, "but I haven't seen him since the break-up."

"That's kinda the point," came Naruto's voice from behind Sasuke.

"Naruto..." Neji breathed.

"See, when we broke up," Naruto continued, "it was supposed to be a clean break. You can't be doing this, Neji. It's ridiculous."

"I just want to talk to you real quick," Neji slurred. "Wait, Naruto, are those bite marks?"

"Yup," Sasuke smirked. "He tastes good."

"Sasuke," Naruto snapped. "Go inside. I'll handle this."

"Make sure it sticks this time, dobe," Sasuke sighed, and walked away.

Sasuke watched from the doorway as Naruto berated Neji. He was probably angry about the drinking, if the way Naruto was gesturing to the half-empty bottle in Neji's grasp was any indication. His suspicions were confirmed when he saw Naruto pry the bottle out of Neji's grip and pour the contents on the street.

"You're going to get yourself killed, Neji!" he heard Naruto shout. "If the drinking and driving doesn't do it, Sasuke probably will!"

"I don't care anymore!" came Neji's slurred reply. "Without you, I have nothing to live for! I love you, Naruto! And for awhile, you loved me, too!"

The kiss took everyone by surprise.

Neji just... grabbed Naruto, and before the blond got his bearings, Neji was kissing him. Well, Naruto was right about one thing: Sasuke was going to kill him. For real this time. Jealous boyfriend mode activated immediately, and Sasuke had closed the distance between himself and the warring ex-lovers before he even realized he was moving. He grabbed Neji by the most accessible part of his body, which happened to be his hair, and yanked him back, succeeding in dislodging the bastard's lips from Naruto's. He glared daggers into the Hyuuga's unfocused eyes, and before he could stop himself, spun the man around and slammed his face into the hood of his car, hard.

He was only able to do it twice more before he felt hands-he wasn't sure how many-pulling him off of Neji. Sasuke struggled against the hands, screaming obscenities, threatening castration, and wanting nothing more than to beat this drunken asshole to within an inch of his life.

Grudgingly, Sasuke allowed his brother, Deidara, and Minato to drag him back up the driveway and into the house.

"I hope I broke your nose, you son of a bitch!" Sasuke shouted over his shoulder as Itachi shoved him inside.

"God, Sasuke," Itachi said, exasperated. "Do you have to be so violent all the time?"

"I've been wanting to do that for months," Sasuke replied. He was starting to feel better already. "Why did you guys stop me?"

"We thought you were going to kill him," Minato explained.

"I was."

"Well then it's a good thing we stopped you, un," Deidara remarked. "I really don't think Naruto wants you to spend the rest of your life in prison, with him only being able to talk to you through a wall of glass!"

"What the fuck is your problem, Sasuke?" Naruto demanded as he walked back in the house. "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes!" Sasuke shouted back. "That bastard didn't even get half of what he deserved! He had no right to be kissing you, Naruto! Especially not here, in our driveway! I should have fucking killed him like I had originally planned."

"Killed him?" Naruto yelled. "That's a little over-dramatic, don't you think?"

"You're mine, dobe," Sasuke growled. "Anyone who tries to take you away from me deserves to get their ass kicked. And Hyuuga Neji deserves so much more than that."

"You have to get over your insecurities, Sasuke," Naruto said, almost pleading. "I chose you. Not him. I love you. Not him."

"But you did," Sasuke reminded him. "You did love him."

"Sasuke, stop! Just fucking stop, already! Neji and I are over," Naruto assured him. "No more violence, teme. Promise me."

"Is he gone?"

"He's gone," Naruto said. "Probably to the hospital. I think you did break his nose."

"Good."

"Now promise me."

Sasuke sighed.

"No more violence," he promised.

"Thank you," Naruto breathed, kissing Sasuke's forehead. "Now let's get all this furniture in its rightful place."

-OoOoOoO-

At long last, with the Neji debacle behind them, their new house was finally starting to look like home. Naruto looked on as Itachi and Sasuke shared an uncharacteristic moment of brotherly affection.

"Congratulations, otouto," Itachi said quietly. "I'm proud of you."

"Thanks, nii-san," Sasuke replied. "It feels good to know that life is finally on the right track."

"Dei," Itachi called over his shoulder, "run over to the house and get Sasuke and Naruto's housewarming gift, will you?"

"Sure, 'Tachi," Deidara grinned, and headed out the front door.

Minato had taken his leave about ten minutes prior; evidently there had been some kind of emergency at Hokage. Deidara walked back in the house shortly after leaving, carrying a bottle of expensive champaign and four champaign flutes.

"Time to celebrate, un!" Deidara sing-songed.

Itachi popped open the bottle of champaign and poured each of them a glass.

"A toast," Naruto said, raising his glass, "to new beginnings."

"To new beginnings," everyone chimed in unison.

By the time the group finished the bottle of champaign, both Sasuke and Deidara had pleasantly flushed cheeks and hazy eyes. It never failed to amaze Naruto just how much of a lightweight Sasuke had become since graduating college, considering most of their free time during their college years were spent trying to out-drink one another. You'd never guess it from the way Sasuke was now, but the thin, dark-haired man used to be able to drink Naruto under the table. Naruto noticed him trying to subtly inch closer to him on the couch, so he threw his arm around Sasuke's shoulders and plastered him to his side. He turned his head to Sasuke and kissed his cheek. Sasuke leaned over to whisper something in his ear, so Naruto leaned in to him, only to be shocked by what he barely heard Sasuke whisper:

"I want to top."

"You want to what?" Naruto shrieked, looking at Sasuke incredulously. He'd honestly never thought Sasuke would want this; he was such a flaming bottom it was almost unbelievable.

Sasuke poked him hard in the ribs.

"You heard me, dobe," Sasuke smirked, then he repeated, louder, so they all heard, "I want to top. Tonight. I've never done it before, and I want my first time to be with you."

Naruto gulped, awaiting their guests' reactions to this declaration.

"It's not a bad idea, actually," Itachi said at last, swirling the last of his champaign in his glass. "A lot of gay couples switch positions all the time, and it's definitely-if nothing else-a learning experience. Knowing what your partner feels on a regular basis gives you quite a bit of insight on how to satisfy them more efficiently."

"Have you guys ever switched?" Naruto asked, suddenly curious.

"Once," Deidara answered. "It's not likely to happen again."

"Let me guess," Sasuke said, rolling his eyes. "Itachi didn't like being bottom."

"Quite the contrary, actually," Itachi smirked. "I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and wouldn't mind at all if it happened more often. Dei, on the other hand, wasn't particularly fond of being top."

"Why not?" Sasuke asked, directing his question to Deidara.

"I just wasn't completely comfortable," Deidara explained, shrugging. "I didn't like being dominant like that. I prefer giving the reins to 'Tachi and letting him be in control."

"See, that's where you and I differ, Deidara," Sasuke said thoughtfully. "I'm not exactly the submissive type, and I have control issues-"

"Yeah, you do," Naruto cut in.

"-so I think I would enjoy switching every once in a while," Sasuke continued. "I mean, yes, I can dominate as uke, but it would be so much easier to dominate as seme. So what do you say, Naruto? Can I make you scream for once?"

Naruto snorted into his glass.

"You can try," he chuckled, giving Sasuke a seductive look.

"Okay," Deidara said slowly. "'Tachi, it's time to leave."

"So it would seem," Itachi agreed. "I'll come by tomorrow, otouto. I'll be looking forward to hearing your insight on this little matter first thing. Have fun, you two. And, Naruto, a little word of advice: it will be much more pleasant if you just relax and let go."

Itachi and Deidara stood together and made their way to the front door. Naruto heard the door close, and they were finally alone. Naruto and Sasuke sat in the living room a while longer. Sasuke seemed to have something to say, but he looked almost unsure of how to say it.

"Just say it," Naruto commanded. "Don't worry about how it sounds."

-OoOoOoO-

"Just say it. Don't worry about how it sounds."

True, Sasuke wanted to ask Naruto something, but he didn't want to sound presumptuous, and he almost didn't want to hear the answer.

"Have you... ever done this before?"

Naruto scoffed.

"Do you really think I would let anyone who isn't you touch me like that?" he asked. "No, Sasuke, I've never done this before."

"So you and Neji never...?" Sasuke trailed off.

"No," Naruto assured him. "I had a dream about it-once-while we were on vacation, but it never actually happened."

Well that was a relief. Sasuke wasn't sure if he would have been able to handle it if Naruto had already given himself to Neji like that. Naruto had always been apprehensive about being bottom. Sasuke vividly remembered their first conversation about it. Naruto had been with Fumioki for about a year, and he had broached the subject. Naruto had told him he'd think about it, then came to Sasuke, panicked.

-OoOoOoO-

*Flashback

"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted, darting over to Sasuke's table outside the main campus. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Studying," Sasuke answered simply. "What do you want, dobe?"

"Well, uhm, I have a slight problem," Naruto told him. "Fumioki wants to top."

Sasuke raised a cool eyebrow at his best friend.

"So?" he said. "Why is that a problem?"

"I'm scared," Naruto confessed. "I don't know if I want to do it."

"Do you trust him?"

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Why does that matter?" he asked. "If your sexual history is anything to go by, trust isn't necessarily a pre-requisite for letting someone stick their dick in your ass."

"Maybe not for me," Sasuke smirked, "but for you, trust does matter. Just like, if I were to ever top, it would have to be with someone I trusted. So, I ask again: Do you trust Fumioki?"

Naruto thought about it for awhile.

"I trust him," he said at length, "but I'm not sure if I trust him enough."

"Why are you so scared?" Sasuke wanted to know. "Yeah, it hurts the first couple of times, but the pain goes away pretty fast. And I'm pretty sure that breaking your arm when you jump off the roof of your house hurts worse anyway."

"Shut up, teme," Naruto laughed. "I was 16 when I did that. And if I remember correctly, the only reason I jumped in the first place was because I somehow let my bastard best friend convince me I could fly."

"Well, you shouldn't have let Kiba give you four hits of LSD," Sasuke quipped. "Anyway, dobe, go for it. You'll enjoy it. I promise."

"I just don't know if I'm ready for that yet, Sasuke," Naruto sighed. "I mean, I just lost my virginity a year ago, and I'm only now starting to get my groove when it comes to sex, ya know? I don't know if I can handle adding another element already."

"So what you're really concerned about," Sasuke guessed, smirking, "is that you'll like it too much."

"No!" Naruto shouted, his face going beet red. "I'm... I'm concerned that I won't like it at all. And that Fumioki will really enjoy being top, and that he'll want to do it more often, and if I tell him no I won't get sex at all, and then he'll break up with me, and I really like him, and if he-"

"Naruto," Sasuke interrupted. "You're rambling. Shut up. If you're not ready, tell him. He'll understand."

Naruto just nodded.

-OoOoOoO-

Fumioki had understood. As far as Sasuke knew, he hadn't brought it up again.

"Do you trust me, dobe?"

Naruto's eyes narrowed in confusion, and he cocked his head to the side before answering.

"Of course."

"Do you trust me enough?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto appeared to be deep in thought, then a smile of understanding flashed across his face.

"You're the only person I trust enough, teme," Naruto smiled. "Ever since our first conversation about this, back in college, I knew that if I were to ever bottom, it would have to be with you. You said you've never done this before. Was that true?"

"Yes," Sasuke admitted.

"Good," Naruto said as he placed his empty champaign flute on the coffee table. "Then this will be a first for both of us."

Sasuke followed suit and set his glass down, and before he knew it, they were kissing. It was the kind of kiss Sasuke now lived for; the kind he felt all the way to his toes. It was getting difficult to concentrate now, and Sasuke wasn't sure of it was the alcohol or the anticipation that caused it. This was really about to happen, Sasuke realized, and his heart skipped a beat.

The kiss soon became heated, and Sasuke pushed Naruto back on the couch, leaving a fiery trail of kisses down his neck. He bit down lightly on Naruto's collarbone, earning him a small sigh from the blond.

"Louder," Sasuke ordered. "I want to hear you."

He latched on to Naruto's collarbone again, slightly harder this time, and heard a soft moan escape Naruto's lips. Obviously, the dobe was trying to be quiet, just to tease him, so Sasuke rolled his hips against Naruto's in just the right way, and that did the trick.

"Sa-Sasuke," Naruto whimpered.

"Come on," Sasuke breathed. "We're like a couple of teenagers dry-humping on the couch. Bedroom."

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Sasuke. Naruto's eyes were heavily lidded, and the deepest, most beautiful shade of blue Sasuke had ever seen. He reached his hand out and Naruto took it. He pulled Naruto to his feet and into another deep kiss. They moved across the living room and down the hall as one, stopping at the foot of the stairs to break for air. Sasuke smirked at his lover and pulled him up the stairs. They paused again at the bedroom door, and Naruto pinned Sasuke against it, grinding their hips together as they resumed kissing.

"Mmm, Sasuke," Naruto breathed, breaking their kiss once again. "I want this so bad. I want you so bad."

"Oh, God," Sasuke breathed in return, biting Naruto's collarbone again. "You'll have me, dobe. You'll have all of me."

Naruto opened the bedroom door and they stumbled inside. Sasuke pushed Naruto across the room and shoved him onto the bed. He hurried out of his jeans, and Sasuke caught sight of Naruto's erection, suddenly mildly disappointed that it wouldn't be inside him tonight. It's fine, he consoled himself. This will be different, but different doesn't necessarily mean bad. Sasuke shimmied out of his own jeans and slowly approached the bed, watching the way Naruto's eyes took in every inch of him. And soon, it wouldn't be only his eyes that were taking in every inch of him. The thought made him shudder and bite his bottom lip in anticipation.

Sasuke climbed up on the bed, placing one hand on either side of Naruto's shoulders, and just hovered over him for a moment. Naruto seemed to be getting impatient, though, spreading his legs further apart and repeatedly glancing down at Sasuke's hardened length. Naruto turned and opened the bedside drawer, producing a bottle of lubricant and handing it to Sasuke. Sasuke sat back and took a few minutes to really admire the way Naruto was spread out for him, ready for the taking.

"Oh, I am going to love this," Sasuke observed out loud, and Naruto chuckled nervously.

"I hope I do, too," the blond gulped.

"You will," Sasuke assured him as he popped open the cap of the lube and coated his fingers. He looked at Naruto as he positioned one finger at the tight ring of muscles of his anus. Naruto closed his eyes and nodded, and Sasuke slowly tried to push his finger inside, meeting with more resistance than necessary. "Relax," he instructed gently.

Naruto let out a big breath, and Sasuke felt his muscles relax. He was able to push the first finger inside, and he was pleasantly surprised at just how tight Naruto was. Yeah, he was definitely going to love this. He worked his finger around, stretching Naruto enough to add the second finger, which slowly joined the first. Naruto whined quietly and squeezed his eyes shut.

"I know it's uncomfortable," Sasuke said in a hushed voice, "but when I find it, the discomfort will go away."

He scissored his fingers, and Naruto let out a very quiet moan. Sasuke searched for that spot in Naruto that he was very well acquainted with in his own body. Sasuke curled his fingers, and Naruto cried out, his previously deflated erection springing back to life.

"Found it," Sasuke said smugly. He massaged that same spot again, and watched as Naruto's eyes rolled into the back of his head. Naruto was definitely starting to relax more now, and he seemed to be enjoying himself. "Just don't go all blushing uke on me, dobe."

Naruto laughed breathlessly.

"Not-hhngg-not likely," Naruto managed. "Oh, God, Sasuke, there!"

Naruto's back arched off the bed as Sasuke added the third finger. His breaths were coming in short pants now, and Sasuke could see a few beads of sweat forming on his forehead. After a few more minutes of lazy fingering, Sasuke decided Naruto was probably well enough prepared.

"Are you ready, Naruto?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Naruto returned, and Sasuke removed his fingers, replacing them with his dripping erection.

Sasuke pushed forward as slowly as possible, hearing Naruto gasp when he breached him. "Relax," he repeated quietly. He pushed forward, sinking inside inch by inch, feeling every twitch of Naruto's body. And, God, it was so unbelievably tight. And it was so unbelievably hot. And it was so much better than Sasuke ever imagined it would be. He was only about half-way in, and he was already breathing heavier, and he couldn't take his eyes off of Naruto's face, watching it contort with that mix of pain and undeniable pleasure that Sasuke knew all too well.

"Sasu...ke..." Naruto's attempt at speech was almost funny.

"Shut up, dobe," Sasuke panted, trying to regain his composure, feeling slightly lightheaded from all the sensations he was feeling. "I'm-I'm trying to think. And will you stop clenching like that?"

"Just... please..." Naruto abandoned his attempts at speaking and took action instead, wrapping his legs around Sasuke's waist and forcing him the rest of the way inside. Their simultaneous cries pierced the silence of the room, and they just looked at each other for the longest time, neither of them wanting to move at all. "Go," Naruto urged. "Move. Move."

So Sasuke nodded and pulled back, rocking his hips forward and feeling so many different things all at once. Naruto was still unconsciously clenching down around him, and the friction was amazing, and it was still so tight, and so warm. Sasuke was trying so hard to not just let loose and pound Naruto into the mattress as hard as he could. He pulled almost all the way out again and snapped his hips forward, perhaps a little too sharply.

"Oh, fuck," Naruto moaned. "Fucking God, teme. Keep doing that. You're hitting it."

"Does it hurt?" Sasuke asked, repeating his previous movements and directly hitting Naruto's prostate again. Naruto moaned Sasuke's name before answering.

"Not anymore," he said breathlessly. "Enough talk. Harder."

Sasuke complied, giving in to his earlier temptation and letting loose. He thrust hard and fast into Naruto, his hands coming up to grip the headboard for leverage. Naruto was starting to sound like him now, moaning gibberish and trying to tell Sasuke what it was he wanted. Sasuke would have stopped for a second to try and decipher Naruto's gibberish, but he was too far gone with lust to even try.

"What?" he panted. "What do you want me to do?"

A string of unintelligible moans were punctuated with a whispered request of, "Ki-kiss me, tem-teme." Sasuke smiled as much as he could, and leant down to plant a chaste kiss on his blond's lips. The change in angle must have been nice for Naruto; he groaned loudly against the kiss and his back arched impossibly far off the bed. Oh, God, that new angle was perfectly all right with Sasuke, too. He felt the heat starting to coil in his gut, and he knew that if he didn't slow down, this would all be over way too fast. His thrusts slowed just the tiniest bit, and Sasuke ignored the whine of complaint from his lover.

"I want this to last," he explained, completely out of breath. "It won't if I keep going at that speed."

"Please," Naruto begged. "We can... we can do it again. I'm almost there too."

So Sasuke sped up his thrusts again. He went back to bracing his hands on the headboard, and he watched as Naruto's fingers curled around his weeping arousal and started to tug. Well that was certainly a welcome sight. Sasuke aimed his thrusts just right, and if the screams-that's right, screams-coming from Naruto's mouth were any indication, he was thrusting into his dobe's prostate with deadly accuracy.

It happened so fast... Naruto screamed Sasuke's name at the top of his lungs, coating both of them with hot, sticky release, and in the very same instant, Sasuke threw his head back with a similar cry of Naruto's name, filling him with his own essence. And then he collapsed. He was fucking exhausted, and he couldn't breathe quite right, and his heart felt like it would explode right out of his chest. And despite all that, he still found enough strength to lift himself up just enough to kiss Naruto with everything in him.

"I love you," he whispered between kisses. "I love you so goddamn much. You're so... Mmm... You're so fucking perfect. I don't know what I'd do without you," he confessed, kissing his way to Naruto's jaw, and down his neck, and nibbling his pulse. "Never leave me. Be mine, forever. Grow old with me, dobe. Will you? Do you love me that much?"

Sasuke wasn't sure what had come over him. This wasn't like him. He didn't talk this much. He didn't say these kinds of things. He knew it was way out of character for him, but he just didn't have it in him to care about being his usual, prickish self anymore. Naruto brought things out in him that would otherwise stay hidden forever. And Sasuke was okay with that. Naruto would be the one and only person in the world to ever see this side of him. Love, after all, makes a person crazy.

"I love you, too, Sasuke," Naruto chuckled. "So much. Of course I'll grow old with you. But... you gotta get off me first. I can't breathe."

Sasuke reluctantly rolled off of Naruto and on to the bed. Naruto immediately turned to him and buried his face in his chest.

"That was amazing, teme," came Naruto's muffled voice. "What did you think?"

"I think we'll have to start flipping a coin from now on," Sasuke admitted. "It was incredible. I love it both ways. And I'm starting to realize that, with us, it doesn't matter what role we're playing during sex. We're perfect either way." He smirked as a thought occurred to him. "I knew I'd be able to make you scream."

"I didn't scream," Naruto grinned. They both knew he was lying through his teeth. "But you're right. Either way is perfect for us. Let's sleep for a little while," he suggested. "Then when we wake up, we can do it again."

"We should have a baby," Sasuke blurted out, taking himself by surprise.

"Uhm..." Naruto began. "Did you forget that we're both guys? That's not physically possible."

"Then let's adopt," Sasuke shrugged.

"Where did all this come from?" Naruto wondered, removing his face from Sasuke's chest and rolling to his back to stare up at the ceiling.

"I'm not really sure," Sasuke said thoughtfully, giving that same ceiling a lopsided frown. "It just popped into my head." He turned to look at Naruto. "Do you not want to?"

"No, I do!" Naruto said hastily. "It's a great idea. It's just not something I would expect you to want is all. I mean, this way, your mom gets the grandkids she's always wanted, and we'll be... I dunno... like, a legitimate family or something. I'm willing if you are."

"Good," Sasuke smiled. "I'll do some research on adoption agencies on Monday, and make some phone calls."

Naruto turned to him to flash him a blinding smile, and went back to snuggling Sasuke's chest.

"I'm going to sleep," he yawned. "Wake me up in a few hours. I'm definitely going to want you again, teme."

Sasuke turned and wrapped his arms tightly around Naruto's shoulders, and in no time, his dobe was fast asleep. As exhausted as Sasuke had been earlier, he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep now if his life depended on it. So he and Naruto were going to adopt a baby... Sasuke was going to be a father. The idea scared the hell out of him. He didn't know the first thing about raising kids. They were going to need a lot of help with this. Mikoto and Kushina were going to have to walk them through the whole parenting thing every step of the way. He tried to imagine what it would be like, starting a family with Naruto... He could see them at the neighborhood park, running around with this-for some reason-faceless and genderless child, and all three of them were laughing and having a hell of a time. He felt the tiniest traces of a smile turning his lips up at the side. A family... Sasuke, Naruto, and a son or daughter. This thought made Sasuke begin to consider what he would rather have: a son or a daughter? If he had to be honest with himself, although he had always generally found girls annoying, he wanted to raise a daughter. He could raise her to be graceful, and polite, and not... annoying, like all the girls he went to high school with. Having a son would be nice, too, Sasuke thought. It would certainly be easier, that's for sure. Sasuke knew about boys. He was a little boy at one point, after all. Well, whether they had a boy or girl, this was going to be... quite the experience.

A few hours later, as Naruto had requested, Sasuke gently woke him, licking and sucking at a pink nipple. Naruto awoke quickly, moaning quietly at the gentle ministrations on his now hardened bud. This was interesting. Sasuke daringly moved to the other nipple, giving it the same treatment and adding slight nibbles. Naruto was fully awake now, writhing under Sasuke's touch and growing more desperate as Sasuke continued caressing him.

"Oh, God. Again," Naruto pleaded. "Take me again."

Sasuke was more than happy to comply, slipping easily inside that tight passage that was now his and his alone. Their lovemaking was more gentle this time, slow and sensual, and completely intoxicating. Sasuke would never get tired of this, making love to Naruto, and whether he was top or bottom, their intimate times would forever be as wonderful and glorious as the first time. They were made for each other, destined lovers, and they both knew it now. Their past indiscretions no longer mattered; they found their happy ending.

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A/N: Sooooo, I just noticed how long this chapter was getting... I still have, let's see... Like, four more decently lengthy scenes before I can write the epilogue. So, it would appear you're in for ANOTHER chapter before the epilogue. I know, I know. I said I'd have this story done with two more chapters, including this one. Apparently, I'm not very good at determining the length of my stories. I said in my Author's Note up top that I have started a SasuNaru birthday fic. Well, I have also started writing a sequel to this story. I'm not going to give anything away, because there is still something in this story that has yet to be revealed regarding Neji. What I will say, however, is that the sequel focuses on a different pairing. I'm pretty excited about it, and the prologue is coming along beautifully (It's not as difficult to get in to Neji's head as I thought it would be). So be on the lookout for that. And, once again, I'm so so sorry this chapter took me so damn long to post. I was agonizing over the SasuNaru lemon for forever. I'm still not completely pleased with it... What did you think?