She woke up and pushed a few of her red bangs from her face allowing her to have clear vision, she had woken up like she had the last few days – ever since he came to her in fact, sprawled across the blondes chest still holding him from the night before, this however was the first time she'd ever woke up first, usually she'd wake up to see his smiling face as he stroked her red mane, today though she wasn't awoken by that warm feeling – instead she woke up naturally.
She was pressed against his chest and the two were close, one of his arms hung loosely around her back, she'd never really had a good look at the blonde, sure she'd stolen a view examining glances when he wasn't looking, but nothing obvious – she feared how he'd react and Tayuya didn't take teasing too well either.
She inched up his body until her head was at the same level as her own, and she looked over his sleeping face, it was peaceful and there was a still a smile pressed over it, Tayuya seeing it couldn't help to smile herself and added a shake of her head as she wondered how he could be so happy, even when he was sleeping.
His whiskers stood out from the rest of his slightly tanned skin, they gave him a distinguished look that Tayuya could really describe, his skin even through all his battles looked well cared for and soft, she even stole a quick glance at his lips noticing that they weren't cracked like she had expected, they looked inviting to say the least before Tayuya looked back up to sweep a few of the blonde locks from his forehead gently, her finger softly stroking his head as she moved them.
The blonde let out a content sigh and stirred a little, Tayuya stopping immediately of course, but as his arm gently moved down her back while in his sleep, she found herself stroking at his cheek with her index finger, flowing in a curved path down his face, she pulled her finger away after seeing he hadn't stirred she found herself using the side of her index finger to stroke his whiskers softly.
She looked down at his sleeping face while she was doing so and noticed he was emitting a soft purring sound showing he was enjoying the stroking of his whiskers, his arm slipped even looser as he seemed to slip into a deeper sleep, Tayuya blinked and her nose was millimetres from touching his, she could feel his breath on her lips as he purred as she was still stroking his whiskers.
Tayuya felt the heat rising in her cheeks and a blush came about her face, the girl frowned almost instantly, and closed her eyes, trying to shut down the blush it had worked until she opened her eyes, and was even closer than before as his nose twitched from the soft touch, she closed her eyes again and done something that she would never of even thought of doing – though she didn't exactly feel herself at this moment in time.
Her eyes opened as she pulled away – blush decorating her face her lips made a quiet noise as they changed back into their normal position, she looked down at his now moist lips, she'd kissed him, sudden thoughts of control swept back into her mind as she couldn't understand why she had done what she had done, he wasn't even awake, and even worse than that – she thought, he had two girlfriends back in Konoha…and he was soon to be a double married man.
She was dragged from her thoughts – literally as the arm around her, after feeling the kiss tightened – she looked at his eyes to see that they were closed and he was still presumed to be sleeping, the blonde rolled onto his side dragging the red head with him as he held on to her with care, now they were even closer, her chest pressed against his once again, and his nose almost touching hers as he happily slept. But then he stirred slightly making the red head panic.
A sudden frown and look of hurt came about his sleeping pose and his body twisted a little.
"Ta...yuu…ya…" he murmured out in his sleep which suddenly gained the girls attention in a matter of milliseconds. "It's not my fault I kissed you…" he stuttered out, leaving Tayuya wide-eyed, did he know about what she did?
"I…couldn't help it…" he murmured again making the girl smirk without knowing it.
"You're just so beautiful." He said with less of a sleepy tone about it but still enough to assure the girl that he was in fact asleep, said girl's face was now matching the shade of her hair as she blushed a deep red.
'He called me…beautiful…' she thought the blush still evident on her face she nuzzled into his chest with some force as if she was trying to hide herself, suddenly she heard a stir and the boy let out a yawn and she felt him twist as he looked around, she heard a content sigh, and suddenly like the previous days she'd been with him – almost like it was instinct she relaxed as she felt the fingers combing through her hair carefully.
She shuddered and pressed up to his chest a little more as he let out a chuckle, she heard him let out noises just louder than whispers, it was calling her name, basically for her to wake up, she decided though – it was prime time for Tayuya Revenge.
"N-Naru...to-k-kun?" she stuttered out as she pretended to stir and wiggled against his chest looking as if she was clinging to more sleep, the boy looked down at her a little shocked by her actions
"D-Do..you really think… that … I'm beautiful?" she muttered relaxing into his arm a little, now Naruto's open blue eyes widened as he felt a blush across his face and found himself now stroking her stroking the side of her face down to her chin with thumb.
Tayuya let out a surprised few breaths as she didn't expect the contact, but soon found she was enjoying it. "How could I not?" he said letting out a soft chuckle at the thought of answering a sleeping Tayuya's question, it almost seemed like it was still part of his dream, as he kissed her softly on her forehead.
Suddenly she lost her act completely as her eyes snapped open, her chocolate brown eyes now able to see his chin in some detail, seeing it was only around an inch away from her eyes, a blush was yet again attacking her cheeks. Naruto suddenly jerked back seeing that she had suddenly woke up, all she could do was let out a giggle.
"I heard you dreaming about me asshole." She stated in a soft tone, Naruto was now the one to blush heavily "S-So then…?" he asked she nodded "Awake the whole time." He immediately started to scratch his head thinking of a defence "By the way. Who said you could kiss me?" she snarled throwing up her old guard.
The blonde let out a sigh and almost quoted his dream "I couldn't help it… you're just so beautiful." She closed her eyes shut hoping that he wasn't looking at her as she turned a tomato like shade suddenly they opened as Naruto's arm was now no longer around her.
"Huh." He stated a little confused; she looked up to see him patting his own lips with the hand that he had removed from her person. "Why are my lips wet? …" he asked a little confused, and then suddenly an evil smile that looked all too smug dressed his face.
'Oh shit.' Was all Tayuya thought, surely now she was going to have the piss taken out of her, after all she had teased him about his dream, even if she secretly liked being called beautiful she didn't intend to show him, she didn't want him thinking she was some hussy, but at the same time even after only knowing him such a short time – she couldn't wait until it was time for the two to call it a day, where she could clutch to him and be held.
Her eyes widened as there was a soft press against her lips and arms had wrapped around her, after the gentle push had left her, embarrassment took over and turned to anger as she didn't know how to deal with the emotion "What the hell was that!" she barked at the blonde secretly hoping he didn't take anything negative from it.
He sniggered at the red head before a grin lightened his face " Revenge of course Tayuya-chan" he said with heavy tone on chan, immediately showing that he knew all about what she'd done, she was taken back to say the least "Wh-What are you talking about! R-Revenge for what?" she did her best but it only added to his favour, giving her away completely.
"Shhhh…it's okay Tayuya…it's only us here remember." He said cupping her chin and making her eyes meet his. "Don't fucking 'Shhhh' me you prick! Fucking go ahead! Make fun of me! This is what I fucking get for even thinking about dropping my guard!" she barked at him at point blank range as she freed herself from his hand.
She went to roll away to face away from him when felt two strong arms hug her tightly holding her in place, she wriggled and squirmed but soon realised she wasn't going anywhere and she let out a pissed off growl. He pushed his thumb under chin, pushing her face to face him.
"Tayuya, I'm not going to make fun of you…" she frowned at him thinking that he was only trying to calm her down "…Why would I make fun of someone…someone…that I love?" she felt a warm chill speed down her spine as he frown fell along with her jaw as her mouth hung open and she gasped.
The blonde just pushed her head over his shoulder as his was over hers, his grip no longer vice tight, now it was around her waist holding her with affection "Wh-What did you say?" she managed to throw out over his shoulder.
"I love you Tayuya-chan." He stated before nuzzling into her neck it was a tense moment for the blonde, he really didn't have a clue on how she would react but only hoped she didn't get angry with him. Tayuya let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in and let out a broken up chuckle as warm droplets fell from her face and attacked Naruto's previously dry skin, he pulled back to look at her.
"Tayuya-chan?" he asked as she sniffed trying to pull back the tears she let out another chuckled and brought a smile on her face as she looked into his blue eyes that showed affection, her watery chocolate orbs hoped that what she was seeing and hearing was real, and not that she would suddenly awaken to him stroking her red mane.
Suddenly she hugged him around the waist tightly and slid her head below his chin and held onto him, threatening to never let go of the boy, he let out a chuckled and gave her a squeeze, she hadn't felt like this before, when he said those words, a warmth exploded and she felt a fuzzy feeling in her stomach as happiness took over her previous rage and embarrassment.
She felt the fingers once again combing her hair, the feeling that she had grown to love, she relaxed against his neck and felt his other hand caressing her back, she felt safe for the first time ever, she felt as though nothing could take this away from her, suddenly the chin withdrew from atop of her head and she felt him kiss her forehead softly. She gave the boy a squeeze showing her thanks.
His head rested on her shoulder, his lips close to her ears.
"You don't mind do you?" he whispered quietly, she yet again shuddered from his actions and he felt her shake her head as her hair tickled his neck as she shook, they stayed there a while, wrapped up in one another, just the two of them like the rest of the world was excluded from this meeting, thoughts filled her mind as she thought of what might of happened if she really did kill him when he chased after Sasuke, giving her a pained look across her face.
Naruto was caressing her back in circle motions while the two were hugged up when suddenly he heard a tare, he pulled back and looked at Tayuya almost asking she knew what it was, he looked to see a piece of fabric in his hands and he let out a sigh.
"Well? What was it?" she inquired, the blonde just held the piece of her shirt in front of her, before saying "Tayuya-chan you're going to have change clothes, you can't wear those anymore." She put a finger to her lips "Oh sure I'll go get some, oh wait! I don't have any!" she mocked; Naruto sighed and untangled himself from her hold.
He pulled out a scroll and pushed chakra into it, revealing a pair of baggy black pants that tightened towards the bottom of the legs, and a black shirt with a large red swirl on the front of it, though it looked to be too big for the girl, but it was better than the rags she was wearing Naruto thought.
He pulled the blanket back from her and she eased into a sitting position, she could manage that now and her legs were slowly getting better, soon she would be able to at least crawl around, though most of the time Naruto carried her around other than when they did her leg 'training' exercise with the clone.
He passed her the clothes and went to walk out of the cave. "Where are you going asshole!" she barked with a blush when he looked back at her with a confused look "W-Well… I need help…" she said weakly just loud enough for him to hear, he just nodded with a smile and came over to brush his hand down her face. "Anything you like Tayuya-hime." He chuckled as she now sported a red tint at her new nickname.
She lifted up her arms as he pulled the rags from her, and was about to replace them when he saw her looking down at her body with distaste, he put the shirt on his lap and confronted her on the matter. "What's wrong Tayuya-hime?" he asked softly, as she still was looking down at herself with a frown, that's all it took for Naruto to understand. As his hands were now resting either side of her body stroking up and down as he peered into her eyes. "You're beautiful." He stated as she looked up and smiled before looking down again.
He moved his arms down from her sides and began rubbing her stomach with one arm wrapped around her pulling her close, her head was on his shoulder looking up at him, and he leaned down and planted a kiss on her neck moving up to her ear. "I love you Tayuya-hime." He whispered and felt her body shudder. He gave her a grin and guessed she would be more comfortable with a shirt on, and he dressed her in the black t-shirt, the bottom of it going past her waist and looked more like a short dress, thankfully that would make the next part a little easier on the red head.
He instructed for her to remove the rags around her legs, after he pulled of her sandals he had turned around while she took of the rags surrounding her legs, after she was done the shirt Naruto had dressed her in covered her almost like a small dress as Naruto carefully pulled the pants up her legs, he lifted up the t-shirt and made sure the pants were pulled up properly, he then went about putting her sandals, when he was done he turned and smiled to her.
"Does that feel better?" he asked only to receive a nod, and he placed a kiss on her forehead before taking her in his arms. "Tayuya-hime…" he said gaining her attention "What's up?" she turned with some curiosity in her eyes, she'd never heard Naruto use a sadden tone like that before.
"W-well… I'll have to go back to Konoha soon … and I want you to come back with me." He said in a soft tone, hugging her tighter.
She shook her head once and then again in anger as tears barrelled down her face and she turned back to him "So that's all this is? You're just trying to get me to go back to that shithole so you fuckers can interrogate me! "She shrieked at him "Tayuya…" he said weakly before being interrupted "I fucking believed you! Can you believe that? I actually believed that someone loved me!" she screeched as her voice went higher as she cried. "Tayuya!" he demanded, her eyes suddenly widened as he bellowed out her name.
"I'm not going back there with you; now leave me the fuck alone!" she said trying to wriggle from his arms, Naruto frowned and gritted his teeth "Why the hell won't you just listen to me?" he shouted gaining her attention once again, his face fell along with the tears strolling down his face.
"I told you I love you!" he said pulling her against his chest, she couldn't help but nuzzle against him.
"Then why…why do you want me to go back and get interrogated? ..." she almost whispered against him, he began stroking her hair to comfort her as she eased into it he told her simply.
"What would they interrogate you for? Orochimaru is dead; you've been living in a cave for four years." He said with a weak chuckle she stared up at him "W-What… they won't interrogate me? …Then why…?" she asked in confusion of what the meaning of her going to Konoha would possibly be. "I want you to come live with me of course." He giggled at the idea of her finally calm again.
A smile now donned Tayuya's face and she hugged Naruto will all her strength and even went as far as to attack his lips with her own causing him to fall backwards and she went with him and she was now laid atop of him looking down as her red locks fell against his face, she moved in and stole another kiss from his soft lips.
"When can we leave…?" she asked happily.
Authors Notes: This one is rather short I know, but I wanted to keep as just interaction between Naruto and Tayuya and the next chapter will involve the two going back to Konoha.
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