Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters therein- they all belong to Masashi Kishimoto. However, this story is entirely my own.


Sasuke POV

Three short weeks have passed since we left Konoha, and every day is so different with Naruto.

We were close before... but never like this. We've grown so close in the last few weeks. It's so easy to open up with him. He makes me wonder why I ever held back with personal relationships...

I wouldn't go as far to say that we are close as brothers, because that term just doesn't fit for us, somehow. I can honestly say he is my best friend though, for better or worse.

At this point I'm certain that we need each other, and how we lived our lives separately before this point confounds me.

I can't really see us going back to Konoha and resuming our different lives where we only see each other on occasion, between solo missions and living in our separate, respective homes. If I'm being honest, I really enjoy his company.

This rivalry and close bond keeps pushing us to do our best in all endeavors and I know he has my back just as I have his. He has my full pride and support, for the guy he is now, and the leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves that he will someday be, no doubt.

I never expected to honestly have a relationship where there were no boundaries.. ours is so honest and open. The first healthy relationship I've ever had. We talk about everything under the sun without feeling out of place together, and everything I dare him to do, he does without hesitation before getting payback in unusually sly ways. 'Naruto is fun to be around, and does wonders for my stress levels.' I smile softly to myself, content about the way things are going.

In an effort to keep his spirit up and stay true to the mission, I've been as diligent as a shinobi can be when it comes to gathering intel.

For whatever reason, I've found that I desperately want to make Naruto smile with the news that we have a lead or that we have actually found decedents of his people- and it's paying off.

"Oi!"

The blonde dobe I've been traveling with glanced up from some of the ancestry scrolls he had traded from a old man who had seen much but spoke only in riddles.

Naruto beamed at me, acknowledging my return to Touga Inn.

He is my precious person.

"You're not going to believe this," I thump large map of a nondescript island town onto the low table and look at him expectantly.

"You're tired of these Inns and you want to find a hut in the middle of nowhere instead...?"

I sigh at his density.

"No, idiot! I'm pretty sure that I've found surviving Uzumaki clan members," I point to the map and describe a route between that location and our own. "They live just out here, in Getsugakure."

Literally swept off my feet and spun around before I can catch the movement with my sharingan, Naruto winds himself around me and whoops in joy.

It brings a vindicated smirk to my face that he is so pleased, and I feel thoroughly satisfied in the results.

"You mean it? Sasuke, this is great news!" He chatters in my ear.

Hugging him back for just a moment, I put some distance between us to start planning the safest route by looking into different modes of transportation. I don't want to ruin the journey with needless battles in someone else's country.

"Currently, we are visiting the Kaguya islands. If we move north, past Kirigakure, there are several reputable Inns and hot springs we can use as a stopover. It's going to be a long trip by sea before we reach Getsugakure..."

I glance over and see my dobe daydreaming out the window with a silly grin on his face, whisker marks pulled taut and just a hint of teeth showing.

'He looks his best like this. Youthful and happy...'

Naruto POV

"Damn it, Sasuke! It's taking forever to get there as it is, let's skip the stop-over and just board a ship headed to Getsuga-wherever already."

'I'm desperate here!' I think, growling internally.

"Hn. I want to go to the hot springs first. I've only gotten to visit them twice," the bastard gave me his most innocent look as he said it too, which made me feel like shit for trying to cut it out of our agenda.

I've been on pins and needles for the last four days.

Whereas before this ordeal; we had sufficient time to ourselves as we took on different roles in finding Uzumaki clan survivors, and that led us to spending enough time apart- these last few days while traveling in a wagon together, we've had to share the same sleeping quarters and small spaces. We've been up each others asses day in and day out. My head is swarming with his masculine scent. Listening to him breathe in his sleep at night makes me want to kiss those lips... and wake him up to do more than that. I'm going crazy here.

It's so embarrassing when each time our shoulders or arms bump, my blushing becomes more intense. As Sas is slightly older, you'd think he would be more adept at noticing these things... but he just seems genuinely exited about the mission and has been a touch distracted since we left the islands.

'It's totally cute actually..'

On another note: Sasuke has taken to sleeping in nothing but a pair of underwear because it gets so hot at night, (due to sharing such a small sleeping space). His half naked form that shouldn't be an issue has been keeping me up long into the evening feeling awkward since when one of us turns over, we are practically spooning... and I'm constantly fighting a boner because he looks so damn good.

The fact that I'm attracted to Sasuke, who seems to have no idea, leaves a perpetual spike of guilt in my gut. He doesn't deserve to have a regular nobody take advantage of his trust like this. It's not that I regret loving him for who he is; I wouldn't change that if I could..

But still. Damn this raging erection that keeps me cranky and hiding from curious eyes to take care of it in the mornings.

Since we are going to be on this trip a little longer, I'll hold out until we can make it to the hot springs and then I'll find someone interested in a few hours of stress-management.

I'm just a teen, after all. I have hormones on overdrive keeping me horny a lot of the time, cut me some slack, yeah?

'I guess if I'm being honest, I don't really expect Sasuke to walk up to me and kiss my worries away. Making up for all the years I've secretly been crazy about him... so knowing where we stand in our relationship- I'll keep it to myself and find another solution.'

'It's probably always going to be this way, until Sasuke does find someone and breaks my heart. At that point, I shouldn't have any more notions of "us" to entertain and my likely depression will drive away these damned hormones that set me off.'

"Are you alright, Dobe?"

None other than the guy himself drops from atop the wall I'm resting against to look me over and try to figure me out.

"I'm perfectly fine, Sasuke," I smile, putting my lunch away.

He frowns deeply, slipping his hands into his pockets.

"You were nearly in tears. Don't lie to me, Naruto." He glares me down with his sharingan until I feel like cowering under his gaze.

I sigh deeply and shake my head at him. (I think he's getting his stubborn streak from yours truly).

"There's a lot on my mind sometimes. But it isn't a big deal. I'm totally fine, Sas."

I step forward to evade his inquisitioning but strong hands latch onto my shoulders and pull me face to face with the caring guy in front of me.

Anguished, his grip tightened on me and he dropped his gaze, "... Why, Naruto?"

I laid my hands over his, but before I could actually speak or even think of a response, he continued on.

"You seem to trust Ino and Kiba so much more than me. Sometimes I think we are so close, and then I'll find you pulling back. Often hiding something from me, but saying you're fine or even redirecting the line of conversation so that I'll be forced to drop it."

His anger made a comeback then, "Damn it, you Uzumaki brat! I want you to trust and rely on me... I want you to choose me over them, because I was here for you first."

His searching gaze met my own shocked one as he whispered, "You were mine first. You're my best friend, Naruto. You're all I have. Please, let me be there for you."

Having trouble speaking around the wet lump in my throat, I do my best to reassure him.

"Sasuke, it makes me incredibly happy to know that you care so much. We've been through a lot together.. and I haven't forgotten any of that. You need to understand that I do need you, and I damn sure will be relying on you as my most important person."I paused to let that sink in.

'Because at the end of the day Sasuke.. you're all that matters to me. Forever.'

"However, I do have an issue that I cannot discuss with you, it has nothing to do with any lack of faith in you. It's just the nature of the issue itself. I believe I told you once before.. and this is all I'm going to say about it.. but you aren't able help me with this."

The irony of why he was miffed was not lost on me. 'I put other people first, before him? If he only knew...'

Chalking his possessive side up to the Uchiha blood in his veins; I put a little more emphasis on the end, hoping that he would suck it up and leave it be.

Sasuke looked somewhat baffled before his lips quirked upwards and he grabbed my face, making me freeze as he leaned in close and searched my features for any evidence of tears still waiting to be shed.

'Your hands so feel wonderful against my cheeks.'

Satisfied with what he saw, he grumbled lightheartedly, "There's just no besting you, is there?"

He removed his hands and stepped back, shaking one finger in my face as he went. "You may keep this one, singular issue to yourself. After that, I expect you to come talk to me. I promise, if you let all your problems sit on your shoulders in such a manner, they'll weigh you down until you lose yourself. Trust me on that."

Annoyed endlessly because I thought he sounded like a wanna-be big brother, I grimace.

With a click of his tongue, he reminded me of the time of departure. I scurried off to stuff my scrolls back into my packs before we caught our ride to the hot springs resort.

The first establishment we went to was the closest. It was a communal hotspring for men and women to mingle together. Sasuke said he didn't care because he hadn't wanted to come here for the locals, but in the end I dragged him off to another place where the genders were separated. The last thing I wanted to see were a thousand naked girls trying to molest Sasuke in front of me.

He wholeheartedly agreed.

Although, it would be a bit funny to see his exasperation as he fought them all off while preserving his modesty. Man, does he have more than enough to not need to worry about modesty and still keep his bragging rights...

Following his lead as we walk to the next hot spring resort, I'm daydreaming about what Sasuke looks like with a hard on (since I've still never seen it even after all our time together!).

Said raven grabs me by the scruff of the neck and hauls me back to the entrance, telling me to pay attention to my surroundings because we'd already arrived.

I pay our way in and narrowly dodge a towel smack to my round ass from an older man who reminds me of Sakura's weird looking dad. This effectively reminds me that I am totally into finding someone for a quick hookup for the night.

The older dude gets a thorough scolding from Sasuke for being a lecherous ass and I quietly snigger around the corner from them at the action.

Sasuke POV

The pervert that tried to hit Naruto on the backside finally left before I had to use my sharingan and we got to change out of our clothes.

Choosing the empty bin beside Naruto, I place my discarded garments inside and watch as he does the same. I can understand Naruto's appeal, even to that older guy with no manners.

He's totally ripped, that's what people look for in guys, right? But there is more to the dobe than that. Every movement and expression he makes is genuine, and these days he is quick to smile- making his blue eyes shine like nothing you've ever seen. Those whisker marks on his cheeks look decent with his tan complexion, which I was surprised to find out was natural the first time I saw him nude.

'The lucky bastard.'

Compared to him, I'm just average; lean and tall with a slight muscle definition that tells of practiced swordsmanship.

"You gonna stare me down until you scare me off or what?"

"Hn. You're taking forever to get into the water, hurry up or next time it'll be my towel across your ass, Usuratonkachi."

At that, he stops dead in his tracks. I purposely glance at his shapely rear and back into his shocked eyes to goad him into moving forward.

"... Eep." When nothing actually came out of his mouth and his blush didn't seem to be going away, I stepped forward. I wrap my arm around his shoulders and guide him into the water.

"Damn, Naruto. You didn't have to make it so weird."

The hot water was amazing on my tired and cramped back. The second we submerged our lower halves, Naruto decided to go completely under and soak his hair.

Knowing he was going to come up and shake the water droplets all over me, I snatch up his own towel and half unfold it as a shield.

"AWWW, man. Sasuke, you really suck! You got my towel all wet," he cried, using his little boy voice to make me laugh.

"I'm just looking out for number one," I shrug, leaning back with my eyes closed.

"You're lucky it isn't very sanitary here, or I would totally spit water on your face," He grumbled under his breath.

After awhile of nearly dozing off, I regained full consciousness when I heard Naruto's voice a distance away laughing at something someone had said. I opened one eye and peaked out to see if it was anyone we knew, but the purple haired kid seemed to be just a random local, about the same age as the two of us.

I groaned in annoyance, 'I really don't want to spend the evening getting to know a stranger that I'm never going to see again. I hope Naruto doesn't bring him over here.'

I froze.

Apparently there had been two guys he was talking to, and the taller brunette is moving behind my blonde to rub his shoulders.

"Does he think I can't see him, messing around in the same spring as me!," I growl. "Who the hell do they think they are? You can't just go around touching any guy you want to and call it game! Who knows where those filthy people have been... or with who!"

The longer I watched, the angrier I got.

I know it's totally irrational, his sex life is none of my business- but when Naruto actually leaned into the body behind him as his shoulders were being massaged and then the guy in front of him slid closer sending an intimate smile at the blonde idiot, I snapped.

Moving quickly, with long, angry strides, I was in front of them in no time.

I ground my teeth together. Refusing to call these feelings jealousy.

"What the hell do you think you're doing," I spit out, keeping my eyes only on Naruto.

Looking like he got caught doing something he would've rather kept private- funny place for that, really- his words got stuck in his throat.

"Uh, I... Uh. We weren't really doing anything Sasuke."

"Bullshit, you're letting them put their hands all over you!" I hollered at him, making him jump.

He looked shaken when I demanded that he answer me.

"What right do you have to get upset with what I do and who I'm involved with, Sasuke? On what authority are you coming over here to pick a fight and ruin something consensual that has nothing to do with you?"

"Are you serious, you idiot? You don't know where these people have been or what they're like. Why would you agree to something like this!?"

Both of the guys who were previously advancing on Naruto made eye contact and nodded.

Standing from the water, they get a sympathetic look from Naruto and then the pair dissappear into the resort.

"Because I've been tense for the last month and this is how I like to relax, okay?" He gestured two the door his previous companions escaped behind.

"I'm not like Shikamaru, I can't just gaze at the clouds and let all my stress melt away. Also, you have to actually have a safe place to spar where you can be assured that no bystanders will be affected or hurt if you want to relieve stress that way."

Looking at me and seeming quite defeated, he scrubbed his face and implored, "What did you honestly expect of me, Sasuke?"

"...I know that you rely on your friends when you have needs, you Usuratonkatchi! Ino, Gaara, and Kiba..."

I step forward into his space, because I am still very upset at what I just witnessed.

I fumed, motioning with my hands all the while. "I want you to come to me. I thought we agreed that you would let me be there for you if you needed anything! We don't need anyone else if we've got each other. There could never be anyone else who would ever understand you as well as me... Dammit! I'm here for you, Naruto!"

Skeptical, he reprimanded me. "You selfish prick. Do you realize what you're saying right now? I just tried to get laid and you're saying you wanted to be my... my partner? What exactly is it that you're trying to tell me?"

The reality of the situation caught up to me and I slowly scratched the back of my head, looking to the side and displaying an involuntary crimson blush.

"Uh, well I've never done anything like that before but if you thought you needed to, I would be able to do that too.. It's not a big deal..."

Naruto POV

Though clearly embarrassed, he tried to steel himself and sound unphased.

My nose opened the floodgates and I literally fell backwards into the water at his statement.

'Sasuke would be willing to try having sex with me if I wanted it?'

"Oi, What the hell!" Sasuke crowed at me.

I stand up and wipe the water from my eyes, "You dumbass! Sex with you is not just, 'No big deal', and you're still a virgin to boot! That's just fucked up for you to make yourself into an offering like that! Don't do that for anyone, Sasuke. Look, I'm not here to take advantage of you. I care about you, but 'using you' is not what I'm looking for."

'Does that mean that he's looking for more than that? Could he be willing to be mine, first and foremost?'

'I want a relationship with you. I want to make love to you and hear you cry out your feelings for me as you release. I want to know that if we went that far, there would be mutual feelings involved and that you would look upon it as neither a one night stand nor a regret.'

"Am I not good enough?" He deadpanned.

I watch him with a heavy heart, but I don't speak a word of my thoughts to him.

Breathing in sharply, I make it a point to change that line of thinking. "I thought you were straight, Sasuke. Was I wrong?"

The bastard had the balls to actually laugh at me as I said that.

"You have to find someone you're attracted to before you know what the hell you are, Dobe."

'Ouch.'

Figures that he would be this way. However, it really did hurt to hear out loud in words that he didn't find me attractive enough to know if he was gay or not.

"You practically volunteered to sleep with me even though you just said that you don't find me appealing. That's really smooth, Sasuke," I snark.

He immediately replied, "Technically speaking, we sleep together all the time."

"Teme," I growl, "We are not intimate so don't go around saying things like that..."

'It feels like you're mocking me.'

"Honestly, Naruto. To speak quite bluntly, the only person I'd be remotely attracted to would be you, because we have a strong relationship to back that up. It would only make sense." He put his right hand on his jutted out hip and cocked an eyebrow at me.

I stared at him, dumbfounded. Not missing the fact that his speech was rhetorical, rather than a confession of feelings ('which don't exist, Naruto!').

Sasuke took a moment as if to think, before nodding.

Apparently he'd come to a decision.

"Don't pick anyone else over me anymore; not your friends in Konoha and damn sure not random people in the towns you cross on your trips when we are together." He pokes his finger into my chest lightly to emphasize his words.

"Sasuke..." I take a step back and fist my hand over my heart, which feels like it's falling to pieces inside of me, unbeknownst to anyone else.

He asked, genuinely curious, "Why have you never tried to be intimate with me?"

My beloved's question hit me in the chest like a well aimed shurikan.

'How do I respond to that?' 'Because you've never seemed interested?' 'Because if you were, it wouldn't be out of love for me. And since I am unconditionally in love with you that would hurt so much...?'

My eyes wide and mouth agape like a fish out of water, I stutter and struggle to come up with an explanation.

Deciding I just can't tell him what he wants to know, my shoulders sag and I stride past him out of the pool.

Wrapping an extra dry towel around my hips, I mutter, "It doesn't matter. The moment is gone anyways, Sasuke, so leave it alone. I'm going to sleep..."

I lay on the floor that night while leaving Sasuke to take the bed, tossing and turning until it was reasonable he was sleeping.

Feeling endlessly terrible for the situation I'd put myself into, I eventually stepped outside to get some fresh air.

My footfalls fell quietly. To anyone else, I probably looked like the epitome of content. However, stretched out on the stone by the water, I was roiling with emotions. My strongest urge was to cry.

It felt like I was so close, and yet so far from the relationship I dreamed about with Sasuke. Finally! We were closer than we had ever been... but I'd also been slapped in the face with the hard truth. Sasuke doesn't love me. I'm just a friend that he feels obligated to keep in line and look out for.

Sasuke POV

I lay in bed pretending to sleep as Naruto finally ceases rolling around on the floor in favor of abandoning the room altogether.

I don't even know what happened today. 'I guess I just can't stand the idea of losing Naruto to someone else. He is my best friend after all.'

Frowning, my thoughts take a different path. 'That doesn't mean that I can stop him from having relationships with other people, though. Does it?'

I pull the sheets around me tighter, not enjoying the feelings churning in my middle at this line of thought. I remember the night I overheard Naruto and Ino; the night my best friend claimed to be in love with someone.

I was shell shocked.

I didn't know how to feel, so I buried that knowledge until I had some plan to talk to him about it. I still cant imagine him pining away over a hopeless romance. However, seeing Naruto with those men today.. That almost hurt as much as it came as a surprise.

I want Naruto to myself.

If I could find out who his interest is, maybe eventually I could steal him away. I don't ever want to see the day where he needs someone else. He told me once when we were younger that I am one of his most precious people, but to be brutally honest, Naruto is my most and only precious person...'

'I don't have the right to stop him from loving people. I do know that... But why won't he tell me about it when he even told Ino? Is that what he has been hiding lately?

What the hell do I mean to him?

What exactly do I even want from him?

I'm acting like an obsessive Uchiha defending a mate for Kami's sake.'

'Ugh,' I pull at my hair in confusion, irritated. 'I really did ask him to come to me for his physical needs today, didn't I?'

That makes my cheeks burn as I swallow hard. 'So what? Apparently his unrequited love interest is a lost cause anyways. If he can do it with others, than he can do it with me. It's a simple thing right? But he did say it was a big deal... Well, anyways you should choose the people who matter the most for that stuff. I can't believe he would go to just anyone for that! It wouldn't have even been so weird if he had wanted to experiment with me in the first place, dammit.'

I think back to all the times I had seen his naked body and the way he got almost shy when we had a reason to be disrobed together, be it bathing or swimming. 'Come to think of it, Naruto doesn't act like he gives a shit at all when he's naked with anyone else... he's totally confident. I've seen proof of the difference firsthand. What the hell,' I mentally count the times I've caught him acting nervous... and it only happens when he knows I'm around that I've seen.

"That asshole!"

I sit up in bed, fuming as the first thought I have is that he claims to be my best friend but that he isn't completely comfortable with me at all. But that night at the falls, when he offered me comfort as I was on the verge of breaking down... He really does care about me, right?

It clicked.

How Naruto can get so shy at the most odd of times, how he disappears around daybreak when we sleep together instead of chancing that I'd see his- "Holy fucking shit."

'How did he word it earlier, exactly?'

He yelled, ' "You dumbass! Sex with you is not just, 'No big deal', and you're still a virgin to boot! That's just fucked up for you to make yourself into an offering like that! Don't do that for anyone, Sasuke. Look, I'm not here to take advantage of you. I care about you, but 'using you' is not what I'm looking for." '

'Does that mean that he's looking for more than that? Could he be willing to be mine, first and foremost?'

If that's possible, then why would he try to hook up with someone else if he was interested in me? Was he that horny?... Am I crazy?

...Or maybe being around the guy you like takes a lot of self control and if you think he isn't interested back you gotta blow your load somehow regardless...'

Daydreaming to myself about what would have happened if Naruto came and confronted me about what he wanted, I'm blushing again.

Soon, my heart plummeted into my stomach. 'Oh my god. No. No! Sasuke... You dumbass!'

"Fuck!" I roared.

'And I told him to his face that I wasn't attracted to him...' I want to use Chidori on myself. 'How can I be so fucking dense?'

The look in my teammate's eyes as I said, "You have to find someone you're attracted to before you know what the hell you are, Dobe." 'No... Dammit. That's not what I meant at all, and the way his face fell when those words left my mouth... you'd have thought someone took away his rights to become Hokage or something. I didn't know the weight of what I was saying at the time, or I would have actually taken a minute to think logically and be serious and honest about my sexuality!'

'He's probably out there right now, hurt because I'm so stupid!'

"Dammit," I punched the mattress and flopped back down.

How can I tell him that I know he has serious feelings for me if I can't even put into words how the hell I feel about him right now? That would be too cruel, and he would likely go back to the village, thinking I had rejected him.

'Do I want to reject him? He will always be my closest friend who means the most to me. Does that mean I want him romantically? I could probably honestly admit to loving him as a dear friend but his feelings are so much more advanced than my own. Ugh! This is all so new to me... hn.'

I lay in bed frustrated for the next few hours, overthinking until I can finally feel dawn encroaching. It gives me an opening to search for the blonde who is trying to hide secrets from me.

Naruto POV

"Naruto, baby. Come back to bed," A gorgeous man stepped out of the shadows, letting the silver moonlight dance on his perfectly sculpted face.

The other men in the bath drew up short in their conversations as this new daunting and alluring presence captivated them.

"Hmm. But I like it in here, Sas," I shift closer to the wall of the hot spring and rest my head on lengthy crossed arms.

A sinister look crosses my features as I stand up fully and toss my long hair out of my face. "If you want me to get out, you're gonna have to come in and make me do it," I slide my hands up my torso and pinch one of my pert nipples as he watches with bated breath.

I take two slow steps backward as he sucks his bottom lip in between his teeth and comes forward to meet me at the water's edge. The man is strong enough to pull me out of the water by my biceps, with just the smallest hint of help.

Sasuke's hands slip down to my waist, where his thumbs trace circles and dig into my hot flesh; he drags me closer until my nude, wet body is soaking his dark evening garb.

"You are being very naughty, Naruto."

"Am I now? Then should I bow to your every desire?"

I lean up and wrap my arms tightly around his neck, breathing my words against his warm lips. In response, he slides one foot behind my ankle to effectively topple my balance, dipping me into a quite literal bow.

"Actually, I think I rather like this a lot, my love." Sasuke's tongue darts out to trace the crease of my parted lips as my arms tighten around him.

Inhaling deeply through my nose as our wet appendages meet and stroke lovingly, I fleetingly think, 'Hell yes. This is exactly what I need, Sasuke. Don't you dare stop...'

I drag my lover down with me to the stone floor by the water. Kneeling, his knees spread on either side of my own, Sasuke pauses and pulls back from me.

Frustrated that he would end our tongue battle so soon, I follow him- my seeking mouth meeting his earlobe where I gently enclose my teeth around it and nip as his head is turned from me to the crowd of spectators avidly watching us.

I sigh loudly.

Sasuke grabs hold of my chin between his thumb and forefinger, tilting my head to the side. He leaned in to murmur against my ear in a voice too seductive for his own good, "Are you content with going so far in front of all these people? We can still go back to our room, if you'd like to..."

"Mmmmh, Sasuke. Let them watch," I ease my hand under the garment hanging from his shoulders and my fingertips dance down his porcelain chest until I reach the crimson belt of his thick obsidian robe settled at his waist.

I tug. Hard.

The material falls open and I finally catch sight of my prize standing tall and proud, on the verge of weeping as if to say, 'I agree with your choice to have an audience.'

Strong hands grab my face and bring me eye to eye with my most precious person.

"I love you so much, Nar."

I lean my forehead to his and our noses rub together in a sweet gesture.

"I love you more, baby," I respond smiling my hears swells in my chest until I can't breathe.

"Hm? I don't think I heard you," He whispers as his lips trail down to my neck, "Tell me again..."

He bites down on my pulse point, sending torrents of pleasure through my system from the intimate touch. With my lover lapping over the possessive mark he left, I can't help but mewl in appreciation.

"I love you so much, Sasuke..."

I lean in to press as much of my body against his as I am able and I ardently capture his lips as if to devour this gorgeous man. My hands wander higher to release his bangs from a clip and his hair is so soft, falling against my face like a gentle caress as his hands fist into my own. I can't put into words how much I love this man; something about him just calls out to my soul and begs the two of us to stay together. He makes my heart so full... my life so complete.

Withdrawing his tongue from my wet cavern, he places one hand on my shoulder and gently guides me to lay back while the other removes his robe entirely, this frees him to do what he really wants, which seems to be alternately kneading and kissing my thighs as well as the skin just behind my knees.

His smouldering gaze captures my own as he places sporadic kisses down my left inner thigh and up past my hip, successfully avoiding my aching manhood and drawing out a frustrated groan from me as I prop myself up on my elbows.

I cup one hand behind his head and pull him closer to me, never quite sated in my thirst for his kisses.

I grind upward against his flushed member, desperately seeking friction when he opens his eyes to convey a clear, "No," in response.

Tiring of the wait, I flip our positions so that I am on top and I attempt to begin stretching my own entrance as I kneel over him.

Sasuke is having none of that.

Abruptly, he grips my hips with strong hands and forces me to bring the most private parts of myself in front of his face while I straddle his upper torso. His eyes shine with mirth as he kisses the tip of my head before sliding under and kissing my pucker, effectively showing me what he was really after.

Oh, Kami did that feel good!

"Sas, wait. I want to touch you too," I turn my position and lean down to capture one of his balls in my mouth while I fondle the other and he begins lapping at my hole, flattening his talented appendage.

The feeling of his tongue pushing in had me gasping. My back arched as all my attention was drawn to the exquisite feeling of his velvet appendage stroking my inner walls.

In one quick movement, I suck his length into my throat and my nose hits his pink sac as he jerks his hips up sharply, surprising me.

With each of Sasuke's moans, I burn a little hotter.

"Unnghh, Naruto!"

With doubled effort, my lover frantically starts to pump his tongue in and out of me, stretching my opening in the best way.

It isn't long before I feel his tongue migrate to my taint and then a finger breaches me, searching for my prostate in loving methodical strokes.

I speed up my ministrations on his cock and lift his hips slightly, sliding one strong arm under his rear to keep it in the air like I want. After laving my tongue across his slit the way he likes it, I nip the glans lightly before trailing my mouth from the head of his cock to lick a wet stripe down the underside of his shaft. I decide to give him a taste of what I'm feeling as I firmly stroke my tongue over his pink opening.

I wiggle my behind around on his face, making him laugh genuinely and slap my ass.

Looking over to the springs and the people lounging in the water, I meet several lustful and curious gazes with my own knowing look.

You can see it in their eyes; in the movements of their arms as they jerk themselves underwater while staring at us.

We excited one couple so intensely that they couldn't keep their hands off each other any more than we could, judging by the way the smaller one is spread out with one knee thrown over each arm of the man standing before him and being slammed onto his partner's hard dick. He bites down on one fist to contain his moans as he grips the larger man's neck for balance with the other.

I turn back to my lover, knowing so many people are going crazy for just a taste of him and thrilled that in this moment he is all mine.

"Mmm, baby you taste like honey," I give him my undivided attention then, pleased with the task of pleasuring this amazing man.

Slipping both his forefingers into my hole to hold me open to his hungry gaze, he responds quietly, "Yeah, I missed you pretty bad when you disappeared earlier... I used some of your lube to keep myself busy. You don't mind, right?

I slid my tongue inside him and sucked the remaining lube off of him.

"Mmm, not if it means I get to top.."

"Absolutely not," he spanked my ass harshly sending spikes of white hot desire to my cock, "You are going to submit and take your punishment for being a naughty boy, Naruto."

Smacking the other side of my ass as he lifted his face to torment me a bit more, I cry out. The pleasure is making me light headed.

"I want more, Sas."

"Oh, yeah?" He angled three fingers into me with one hard thrust, hitting my prostate perfectly and making me scream for the first time that evening.

"Oh, Kami," I sobbed, "I want your cock buried deep inside my ass, baby. Fuck me so hard you make all those men cum too."

My begging seemed to do the trick, because after a playful bite to my ass cheek, he obliged.

I crawled off him to stand to my full height before extending an arm to help my handsome lover up.

He launched himself at me, crashing his mouth against my own in a heated struggle for dominance as he guided me blindly back against the wall of the men's area. It was icy against my flushed and sweaty skin, making me hiss at the sharp contrast.

Sasuke bit down on my bottom lip and tugged softly as he rubbed circles against my sides where his fingers were splayed. Taking the initiative, I grabbed his buttocks firmly and pulled him up against me until both leaking erections were pressed between our abs, "You're mine," I growled. "I'm never sharing you with anyone, you got that?"

In an answering gesture, Sasuke ran his hands across my back and down to my thighs where he gripped them and helped me wrap my long legs around his waist with the wall supporting me.

"Pfft. As if I'd ever let anyone else as close to my heart as you are to me," the raven leaned in close and whispered those endearing words to me right before he sank his massive length into my tight opening.

"Fuuuuck..." He let out a deliciously low moan, causing the heat to surge in my belly as he kissed along my jawline.

I just gasped, unsure whether it was his confession or the hot cock up my ass that was overwhelming my senses with more pleasure.

"I swear to you," He pulled out entirely for a moment to look into my eyes, "There will never be anyone else for me, but you." When he said the word 'never', he slammed me on his cock until he was completely sheathed within me.

I screamed.

"Sasuke!"

"Yeah, just like that..." he began rapidly pumping himself into me while I clung to his shoulders, blinded by the onslaught of pleasure as every thrust landed perfectly against my prostate.

Unintentionallyn, my nails dug into his shoulder blades, making him moan louder than before.

Possessive as ever, I close my lips around the skin of his neck and suck harshly until Sasuke's breathing becomes erratic and his grip on my thighs becomes bruising.

I release him with a wet 'pop' and admire the sizeable dark hickey adorning his throat.

"Mine," I whisper against his skin, between the abusing thrusts to my prostate.

Sasuke's thrusts become frantic as he leans away enough to snake a hand between us and fist my cock. I flex my thighs and keep up the pace in the absence of his supporting arm; effectively impaling myself on his rigid member as fast and as roughly as I am able to move.

So close to cumming myself, I moan in his ear begging him to fill me up with is hot seed.

"Show me what I do to you, Sasuke. Please cum," I whine as he tightens his thumb and index finger around the base of my dick, "Spill yourself inside me, Sasuke."

"Unnghh!"

He thrusts himself four more times hard as fuck inside me before exploding. I can his feel his cock pulse as he releases torrents of thick, hot liquid in my ass and I clench fiercely around his sensitive member as payback for cutting off my own orgasm with his hand.

He leans his head forward to rest against the crook of my neck, "You earned that when you left me alone in the room to take care of myself, Na-ru-to..."

Frustrated and pissed that I was being denied my climax, I disentangle my limbs from my lover but before I can jerk myself to completion, Sasuke's beautiful form kneels in front of me and takes me into his searing mouth.

He winks at me and with more energy than he should rightfully have, he bobs his head over my length, using a lean, pale hand with those gorgeous, long fingers I love so much to stroke what he couldn't reach with his mouth.

Feeling my orgasm approaching, I gather Sasuke's long raven hair in both hands and tilt his head slightly back while thrusting into his eager mouth. I watch as he loosens his jaw more and decide not to hold back.

Warning him before it hits, I slide one hand down to his shoulder and tap rapidly.

Unphased, Sasuke placed his hands on my thighs and presses forward, sliding my considerable length completely into his throat, where I finally release. Hard.

... Naruto?"

A hand gently shakes me awake. I open my eyes marginally for less than a second and see my most precious person crouched in front of me, making me smile wide.

"Hey, baby."

There is a pause, but then he tucks my bangs behind my ear before giving it a tug.

"Wake up dobe."

"Huh? Aaaah!"

I bolt upright and wince, my boxers are soaked. 'Fuck, It was just a wet dream.. Wait! Did I say anything about Sasuke while I was sleeping!?'

I scan his face, searching for any cracks in his demeanor that would lead me to think that he possibly found out he was in my dream, but I can see no indications that he knows anything. His eyes bore into mine quite intensely as I offer up a sheepish smile.

I sit up and stretch after the long night on a hardwood floor, heavily relieved that my secret was still mostly safe.

'As long as we don't have any more repeats of yesterday... holy hell that was a mess.'

"Is breakfast ready? I hope they have ramen...," I question him casually, as my stomach growls. Sasuke smiles, but says nothing more for the moment as we go inside together.

To be continued... xx


Authors note: Hello, everyone! Alright. So, Naruto is finally out of his asshole chrysalis now that he and Sasuke are speaking again. I realize he was harsh when he was pent up and looking for an outlet with Gaara, and personally I'm a huge fan of NaruGaa fluff; however, with his personality having been selfish and unforgiving unless it directly related to Sasuke at that point, I feel that it couldn't have turned out much differently. Naruto does acknowledge Gaara and their friendship and he absolutely does value the redhead; but when he was hormonal and wound up in the moment, he was just taking care of himself. That's not to say that he feels hateful towards his friends based on the way he took Gaara previously. After all, he is still just sixteen and hormonal. Also, he is only careful and gentle with Sasuke now, because the Uchiha is his weak spot and he's finally done being a raging thunderstorm with great legs. I'm aware there is going to be some hate for the different ways he treated both virgins.

Thanks for reading! Leave me a review and let me know what you like/ don't like and what you'd like to see possibly happen. I'd love to hear from you!

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Ja ne!~