Happy Thursday my darlings!
First post of 2023?! Hope you all enjoyed yourselves over the holidays.
You know...it's not even funny how long this is getting ? why am I like this? I'm having a lot of mixed feelings because for once it' snot that I'm completely blocked but that I have too many ideas and I'm having trouble picking which ones to go with so I keep writing, deleting, and re-writing ? help~ so much riding on this one since so many of you love it too ?
Also umm you all...we're over 300 kudos ? first time I hit so many with an ongoing story, so as always thank you so much for all the support and love ?
Ah, also I got help coming up with this chapter title and the next, well more like someone else came up with it after I ranted about where I thought the story should go to them lol. You know who you are thanks, darling ?
Oh! just a heads up I took the liberty of rearranging the Uchiha family~ hope they're fun to read!
Rating: M (Explicit):
Disclaimer: They are not mine ok? Any characters portrayed in this fic belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I just use my writing powers to right his wrongs...mainly the fact that he never made Sasuke and Naru Canon.
Falling Hard
Chapter 6: Flirting with Disaster
"I'm sorry you agreed to what? —And what's this? Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" Ino asked as he manhandled his hoody to get a better look at the trail of hickies.
"You've been begging me to get laid all semester long, why do you look so outraged?" he asked, moving out of her reach.
"Darling, there is a difference between a one-night stand, and being fuck buddies" She walked around his living room while she rambled "This is more akin to being told not to touch a hot stove and purposedly putting your hand on it again"
"Ok, now you're just being a little overdrama—"
she interrupted him as she continued "If you're fuckbuddies there is upwards of an eighty percent chance you catch feelings, ask anyone he's sleeping with if they don't hold on to the idea that maybe it could be more, ask—" she stopped herself, taking a breath.
Naruto knew what she was about to say though… ask 'Nata…
She groaned loudly running her hand through her blonde hair, and then walked over and tipped the blonde's face up "I'm sorry Naru, it's just, you already have feelings for him, I'm not sure you should do this with him of all people"
"Ok, listen I know how this is going to sound"
"Don't you say it"
"It just—it feels so good "
"You're spiraling"
"And I don't mean just the sex, being with him–"
"Don't you dare say it"
"I think it could be different between us"
"You fuckin said it" she groaned as he let herself fall on the couch a little resigned for her friend.
He dropped down next to Ino on the couch and dropped his head on her shoulder "Ino…you really think he would have stuck it up by me all these months just to get laid…and he didn't go all alpha rut on me…he was so nice…and if I'm being honest he was the one with the self-control" he blushed towards the end.
She closed her eyes and took a small breath and frowned, her eyes snapping back open "wow—you reek of him"
He huffed " Ino"
She had plenty of open relationships or one-night stands herself and didn't feel the need to scent them that badly…the only times when she'd wanted to scent her partner the way Sasuke had done to Naru was when…she liked them, liked them. But should she even mention that and raise Naru's hopes? What if the raven really was spitting game at her friend to get him in bed?
"I should stay"
"No, you won't, you'll be going home–just as you planned, and you'll hook up with your high school frenemy and then you'll be back after the break and tell me all about it, and I'll tell you all about how whatever this is between Sasuke and I played out," Naruto said from his spot on her shoulder.
"Like I'd wait to talk to you until I'm back, I'm messaging every day—and expecting a reply" The blonde smiled at her "So alpha of you" she lifted her face a bit…Naruto and she weren't an item, but she was the closest alpha to him, and since Naru didn't have someone it was up to her to look out for him.
"Like you don't break hearts," the blonde said playfully trying to lighten the mood.
"That's exactly why I'm concerned" she muttered, but then her grimace grew into a playful smirk, suddenly feeling like an insider by thinking more closely about the fact that not only had Sasuke heavily scented the blonde, but he'd visibly marked him. Hinata had never gotten to stay anywhere near as long with Sasuke after they fucked—from previous talks they'd had Sasuke would either go to Hinata's or they'd just end up messing about around campus but the raven had never taken her back to his place.
She should let this play it out—watch Naru beat all the other omegas around campus and finally…possibly…tie down the untamable alpha?
"So I must know before I go, was he as good as everyone says he is?"
Naruto smacked the raven's hand "You wanted basic ass pepperoni and cheese, eat that and leave my supreme alone"
"I'm sorry who bought the pizza?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow reaching for the slice again.
"And who told you to get a full supreme and just to take off the extras?" Naruto muttered still fighting him off.
"You're being a little brat"
"Am not"
"You picked the food"
"You asked!"
"And the show"
"You're the one that crashed on my couch potato marathon"
"Like you didn't want me here" Sasuke''s arm surrounded his waist and pulled him over his lap, slice of pizza forgotten.
"You like the show," the blonde replied.
"The farting donkey was a little weird, and what kind of name is "
"I think it suits him! And I like the narrating and now we have to rewind the last 5 minutes because you're distracting me"
"Might as well make the rewind worth it" he dropped his face on the blonde's shoulder and inhaled, humming.
Naruto literally melted into the man, despite the amount of touching that had taken place the last couple of days his heart was still threatening to beat out of his chest.
He'd still panic in the middle of the night sometimes thinking that he was making a mistake, that he was fooling himself into believing his relationship with Sasuke would be any different than what he'd seen play over and over for the last two years.
You'd think it was a cautionary tale, and here he was taking everything he said he wouldn't do and throwing it out the window. But…it's like he couldn't physically say no to the man, it felt wrong. He felt a sort of peacefulness when Sasuke was there and the way Sasuke loved to smell him and how he'd let out calm and content pheromones the moment they were in the same room didn't go unnoticed...
It sounded like he'd never been in a serious relationship so maybe he just didn't know what something more serious looked like, felt like, and maybe he could tough it out if it meant Sasuke could see the difference?
Oooooor like Ino said he was way over his head and the raven would set him aside once winter break was over.
"Baby boy?" He looked up "Sorry what?"
"I lost you for a second there, should I be concerned you're sitting on my lap and your head is still elsewhere?" he said only half joking.
The blonde laughed "Afraid you're losing your touch?"
"Am I?" His voice dropped an octave, and his hand had slithered under the Naru's shirt ghosting his fingers over his belly.
"H–Hey!" the blonde shrieked as he squirmed on his, and with seamless movements, he had the blonde pinned under him in seconds. His hands cupped the tan cheeks, Naruto couldn't help but lean up asking for the raven's lips.
Sasuke's phone started ringing and the raven resisted the urge to groan as he felt around for the device on the couch, he turned the caller ID and stilled on top of the blonde before he slid his finger across the phone to ignore the call.
"Everything ok?" Naruto asked underneath him. Sasuke placed the phone next to them trying to ignore the buzzing and his hands were back on him pushing his sweatshirt up.
But then the phone started ringing again and he quite literally groaned, trying to ignore it for a few seconds before he reached out for it again "sorry" he muttered as he sat on the couch. The blonde pushed the sweatshirt back down and sat up, crossing his legs and looking at the upset raven as he answered the call and put the phone up to his ear.
" What?"
"Hanging up on mom? Real mature Sasuke"
"I already said I wasn't going"
"You already skipped Christmas"
Yes, he'd skipped Christmas and hadn't regretted it one bit. Instead of listening to his dad's snide remarks and probably opening a gift meant to be more of an insult rather than a gift he'd stayed in and cooked with Naru then they'd watched TV for all of thirty minutes before he'd ended up throwing his baby boy over his shoulder taking him to the bedroom. He'd taken him so many times they'd slept until past noon.
.Ever.
"You know what's going to happen if I go, no need to ruin the evening for everyone else"
" Sasuke— for mom " Sasuke closed his eyes and his head hit the couch, Naruto squirmed in place as he caught some of the conversation, feeling every bit as much frustration as the raven seemed to be feeling.
"Fine"
"Call her back"
" Fine ," He said a second time before he ended the call his forearm falling over his eyes as he took a couple of breaths not wanting to look as upset as he was.
On the other hand, Naruto just felt the need to make it better, he hated to see the raven upset "You want me to go with?" Sasuke's face shot in his direction eyes a bit surprised, and he covered his mouth "Umm sorry–that's stupid forget I said anything" That's New Year's dinner why would he offer himself up to accompany the raven to something like that?
Well, he'd said before Juugo and Suitgetsu would go with him…but it wasn't the same, he wasn't sleeping with them. He stood up from the couch, grabbing his empty cup and Sasuke's
"You want more water–I'll get you more water"
The raven reached out grabbing the blonde's wrist "You would?" Naruto looked down, shifting in place "Umm if you want me to, but you don't have to say yes just because I offered it's just—you look upset"
"You don't know what you're getting yourself into," he said with a small smile, at the thought that Naru wanted to come with just to make things better for him…"Dinner is a Warzone"
"I handle you just fine don't I?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him "Do you now?" he smirked before he reached over for the blonde pulling him back down and tickling him.
"Hey–Sas-Stop!" He let out between giggles, gasping for air "I'll kick you I swear" he finally formulated and the raven was right there again, hovering over him and leaning down to kiss him "Thank you" he muttered at last.
Naruto was pacing about the sidewalk, nerves taking over a bit, it's not like Sasuke was going to introduce him as his boyfriend…he'd just be introduced as a friend, not like he was meeting the raven's family in an official capacity.
It was just…in the span of two weeks, Naruto was either at Sasuke's or Sasuke was at his apartment, a day or two at a time because the raven would always drag him back and ask him to stay…Sasuke hadn't been interested in calling anyone else over or seeing anybody else.
He felt…cautiously hopeful…they just needed to work on Sasuke's weird aversion to officially dating.
But, easier said than done over winter break right? With his friends gone for the break, he guessed that most of the 'temptation' or 'opportunities' weren't present. The real test would be when school started up again in January.
"Baby boy!" He looked up from where he'd been pacing to see Sasuke had pulled up to the curve and he grabbed his small backpack and hopped in the car "You sure I should be bringing a change of clothes, maybe I should just uber back—"
"You put on blockers?" Naruto looked up to see the frown on the raven's face, he looked visibly upset.
"Uh-yeah well, I wasn't sure, um since you smell like me"
"So?" Sasuke asked still confused.
"Your family would ask Sasuke…if you bring an omega home smelling like you, you can't just introduce me as a friend"
Sasuke's eyes widened a bit as realization hit him and he reached over for the blonde's hand squeezing it "I'm an absolute ass" he'd just been upset at the thought that he wouldn't have Naru's smell to ground him.
His thick head hadn't even thought about Naruto's position, it wasn't so much his family asking about whether they were involved or not, but if he said no Naru's image in front of his family in front of the alphas present...
"It's just–" the blonde blushed "you smell like me, but they uh-won't know it's me if they can't smell me" they'd spend so much time together that it was impossible for their scents not to mingle.
"No I'm being stupid, I was just thinking about myself, I'm sorry" he muttered feeling some unknown emotion settle at the pit of his stomach. He didn't want to go home, he wanted to turn around and just go back to Naruto's, he just wanted the blonde to lay on his lap while they watched TV.
"Trying to say my presence isn't enough?" Naruto asked playfully, not really taking offense to the little outburst, he knew exactly why the blockers had upset the raven, but he also had to look out for himself he didn't want to expose himself to other alphas thinking they could expect the same he was giving Sasuke.
"Naru sweetheart, promise me you'll be careful"
"When am I not careful mom"
"I'm not just saying this because I'm your mom but you sweetie, you're good-looking, smart and you attract alphas like a magnet" she moved some hair out of his face and gave him a warm smile before she got serious "Some people don't understand what 'no' means hon, Alphas can be such hot heads and University can get—"
"I know that already mom" he interrupted her "stop fussing, I'll be ok"
"Of course it is baby," Sasuke said bringing him back from his memory, reaching for his hand and squeezing.
Naruto didn't want to ask if Sasuke would introduce him as a friend…it'd be nice even if he said they were friends but he had intentions…but he couldn't get his hopes up like that. Coming wasn't about him anyway…tonight was about Sasuke. He was hoping Sasuke's family would like him, if they did maybe that could help soften the experience for the raven.
"So…warzone you said"
"I can't even prepare you," Sasuke said with a small groan "Just know dad will probably say the most inappropriate things"
"You say the most inappropriate things all the time" the blonde replied a small hue of pink settling on his face.
That got a smile out of him "Get your head out of the gutter, baby boy"
He laughed "Who'll be there?"
"Uncles, cousins, girlfriends, mates, my family's hosting this year"
He should have stayed home, yup. He shouldn't have opened his big mouth and offered. But the fact that the raven's usually well-masked pheromones were wavering reminded him why he'd offered in the first place. They pulled up to the Uchiha residence and his eyes widened a bit before he turned to the raven "We're very good lawyers" Sasuke said looking a bit smug.
"Not a lawyer yet," Naruto said playfully.
"You're supposed to save me not join them"
"Alright Obi-Wan calm down, just testing you a bit" he chuckled and after thinking for a minute he leaned over and kissed the raven's cheek. Sasuke looked over at the blushing blonde, in black chinos and a soft-looking white sweater, with a long black coat, and leaned over connecting his lips to his baby boys.
The smell of desire washed over the blonde and he squirmed " Sasuke , stop" he gasped as he broke the kiss squirming in his seat, praying to god the smell wouldn't make him slick.
" Later " Sasuke whispered by his ear before pulling back and balancing his pheromones calming himself "Who told you to look like that" he added with a smirk as he opened the door to the car.
"You mean who told me to look decent? What did you want me showing up in jeans and a hoody" The blonde rambled as he walked next to the raven up the steps to the house.
Sasuke didn't knock, he just walked in and the strong smell of mixed alpha pheromones hit Naruto so intensely it almost had him stumbling.
"Oh, hey—shit I forgot you've got a pretty keen nose, we're predominantly an alpha household except for mates the raven muttered, and suddenly he regretted bringing the blonde. It was like walking him into a den of fucking wolves. He thanked Naruto's more leveled head that he'd worn the blockers, Naru was his to smell.
"Sasuke darling!" Mikoto had been walking from the kitchen to the living room and spotted the pair by the door, she was on them so fast Naruto had to blink a couple of times.
"You look so skinny, are you eating? I keep telling you to drive over so I can feed you some proper meals" she said as she fussed about the raven.
"We cook at the apartment mom," Sasuke said as he leaned over and kissed his mother on the cheek before she turned over to the blonde, "Sasuke said he'd be bringing a friend" He could see her wheels were turning as she looked at him and resisted the urge to squirm in place.
"Naruto Uzumaki, thank you for having me Mrs. Uchiha" he reached out with his hand and Mikoto shook it offering him a smile.
"Please come in! Everyone is already filtering into the dining room" she didn't let go of his hand as she technically dragged him to the hallway and into the dining room.
He blinked a couple of times as he walked in, first at the long dining table, then at the mix of what had to be Uchiha features, beautiful midnight black hair, long, short, tied up…and those dark eyes. He turned over as he got a bit flustered–-boy the Uchiha blood ran thick.
"Nephew! We were wondering when you'd show!" A man with long wild dark hair said as he stood from the table and walked over pulling the raven into a bear hug.
"Uncle Madara" Sasuke muttered with a small smile "Thought you and uncle were out of the country"
"Well we do love surprises, consider our presence a present," the man said with a jolly smile, making Naruto smile a bit in return. Then another man, as tall as Madara but with long straight dark brown hair walked up to Sasuke and kissed his cheek.
"So good to see you godson" and he actually ruffled Sasuke's hair.
"Who's a present old man?" someone not much older than them hollered from the table, Madara turned "Shisui you disrespectful brat!" Naruto chuckled lightly—but the laugh died on his lips when he locked eyes with the man next to Shisui and he spotted yet another raven, his chin-length hair framing his handsome face, his eyes just as intense as Sasuke's.
"And you are?" The blonde snapped his eyes away from the raven and looked at Madara.
"Naruto will introduce himself to everyone after you all let him have a seat" Mikoto interrupted "Now everyone sit down so we can start dinner" with that the woman took the blondes coat and ushered them to sit, he instantly dropped on the chair next to Sasuke.
They ended up right across from Shisui, what could only be Sasuke's father was at the head of the table and the man made a face before he turned to Sasuke "If you're going to smell like your latest plaything you could at least do us the courtesy of wearing blockers"
Naruto sat there a little stunned, the man hadn't even bothered to welcome his son…and then to call him out like that with a table full of family members...His instant reaction was to reach under the table his hand reaching for Sasuke's. Choosing to ignore the whole plaything comment at the moment.
The man's sharp eyes fell on him next "And you are?" Mikoto who sat to the side of Sasuke's father looked between the two men looking flustered.
The blonde opted to offer everyone on the table a smile before he directed his stare at Fugaku "Very nice to meet you Mr. Uchiha, my name is Naruto, Sasuke and I go to the same University I appreciate him inviting me since my family was out for the holidays traveling"
"Sasuke can actually make more friends other than taller, piranha and strawberries?" Someone else said around the table
"Obito" The man Naruto had locked gazes with earlier said in a calm tone that sounded more like a warning.
"Strawberries don't count," Shisui said in a sing-song voice.
"Don't tell me you're not thinking the same thing 'tachi" Obito retorted.
"We'll she's the only one we know so, tell us the truth Sasuke, is K actually endgame?" Sishui asked
"She's doing law as well isn't she?" Mikoto asked
Naruto was so, so, so thankful for the blockers in that instant. Or else the whole table would be smelling undiluted jealousy as he looked down at his empty plate. He was the one here, not Karin.
It was the raven's turn to squeeze his hand—an apology he assumed.
"Sasuke can do better," he said without thinking—well shit, he wasn't being obvious at all huh.
"Oh, can he?" Obito asked with a smirk.
"Well with every single omega at school hoping for a chance I'd say so" he muttered softly.
"Must be exhausting losing game to him all the time" Shisui said, assuming Naruto was beta as Sasuke had. After all, an alpha was usually proud of advertising their secondary gender and why would any omega willingly cover his scent instead of looking for an alpha to claim him—he almost rolled his eyes.
"Sui!" Mikoto barked "This is not a topic for the dining table"
"Wouldn't be a subject of conversation if your son at least tried to hide it" Fugaku added with contempt. There really was no reason for the man to be so hostile, at least the cousins said it playfully…
"Ah my nephew is quite handsome Fugaku, what's he to do with all the pretty omega's that fight for his attention? We were all young once" Madara said from next to Sasuke and squeezed the raven's shoulder. Naruto could see Sasuke closing his eyes probably wishing they'd never come before he leaned over "Sorry Naru" he muttered quietly so only he could hear.
The food got passed around and other conversations filtered through the table, he was just glad it seemed like Sasuke wasn't the center of attention anymore.
Sasuke passed him the stuffing and he shook his head "No thanks"
"You don't like stuffing?" he asked.
"It's just—why is there pineapple in it" Sasuke actually smirked and Naruto sat up straight.
"Nu-hu! We're not going down the pineapple in pizza rabbit hole again, fruits don't belong in savory food"
"Tomato is a fruit, you eat spaghetti don't you?" Sasuke retorted.
"But we think of tomato as a vegetable, pineapple has always been a fruit, like, why are people mixing strawberries and lettuce for salad it makes no sense "
The raven was about to reply but then stopped looking at how serious Naru looked and couldn't help but laugh, holding in the desire to lean over and kiss the small pout on his lips as he looked at the stuffing on his plate no doubt mad dogging the pineapple.
Naruto looked up and noticed the table had gotten eerily quiet "What?" he asked.
"That's the most we've ever heard Sasu speak" Obito shoved a forkful of food into his mouth.
The blonde laughed "Maybe here, he talks plenty at school" he said.
"Of course, he'd be socializing instead of studying since we're footing the bill, I told you, you should have applied to the accelerated program and you'd be graduating already, Itachi's been having to do all the hard work since you've decided to take your sweet time"
The man tipped his glass at the mid-length-haired handsome raven and even his ice-cold eyes warmed. Naruto squirmed in his seat at how uncomfortable the difference was between how he treated Itachi and Sasuke. He'd seen Sasuke's grades, he'd gotten straight A's on a packed five-class schedule…what was he complaining about?
" Dad can you not, " Itachi said as he closed his eyes looking annoyed
"And I said I wouldn't rush through college just so you could complain about how I still didn't do well enough" The raven replied,
"What exactly did I do differently with you?" The older man asked as he shook his head and looked away from Sasuke.
"Can we just eat?" Sasuke let out frustrated, he could start a fight, but Naru deserved better than to have to sit through that.
After the table fell silent again for a couple of minutes Itachi broke the silence"Sorry, bet you're thinking dinner at home alone might have been better," he said from across them and a couple of laughs filled the table, including Naruto's.
"Honestly my grandparents always end up fighting" Naruto offered hoping to lighten the mood around the table.
"Yeah?" Itachi asked,
"You know they fight over whose child got the best catch like my parents haven't been happily married for twenty years" he giggled. Honestly, he was glad according to his mom at first it was really tense since well, his dad did knock her up…an unmated, unmarried omega. It was nice that over the years they'd seen his parent's relationship and had eventually accepted his dad.
"What do your parents do?" Mikoto asked with a small smile
"They now own a small business back at home, it's the happiest I've seen them, they took a chance when I came to college"
"Of course, they had to make sure their baby was set up for success first, do you have any siblings?"
"What's their small business?" Fugaku asked and Sasuke stiffened next to him.
"I'm an only child, probably a good thing, apparently I have a bit of an attitude and don't like to share," He said lightheartedly.
"Naruto's parents sell local honey" Sasuke answered for the blonde.
"Mom also bakes bread sometimes to bring to the farmers market, they also got chickens so they added eggs to their produce" Naruto smiled as he remembered the last time he was home for the break–those damn chickens were a pain in the butt to put back in the coop.
"So farmers," Fugaku said unimpressed, and Naruto gripped the fork in his hand, reminding himself that he was here to prevent the fights not start them.
"For someone that always bugs me about manners, your's are shit," Sasuke said with a tone that made shivers run down his spine…and admittedly his heart did a little backflip at the fact that Sasuke had been taking shit from his dad most of the night but the moment he dragged him into it he snapped back faster than a viper.
Still so much for keeping the peace—the blonde thought as he saw Fugaku grow red.
"Do you all practice law?" Naruto blurted out before Sasuke's dad could reply and Mikoto actually threw him a grateful glance as Madara began answering his question, everyone on the table sort of banding together to diffuse the situation.
Somehow they managed not to step on any additional landmines over dinner, and for the remainder of the night, as everyone drank and talked, the raven just made sure to stay away from his dad, talking to his uncle and other family members or finding quiet corners to sneak small touches at the blonde here and there. Sasuke tried turning his mom down multiple times but she insisted they spend the night just as he predicted.
"I should drive Naruto home"
"Naruto can stay too–c'mon darling, you two have been drinking and you rarely ever come home anymore"
Sasuke looked past her and towards the living room "you know why"
She looked like she'd start crying and the raven let out a breath before he leaned forward kissing her forehead "Alright mom, We'll stay, just need to grab something from the car"
She nodded before she looked at Naruto "Don't let him leave and don't you leave either"
"I won't Mrs. Uchiha"
He followed Sasuke out taking a big breath of cold air—damn was the tension tight as a rope every time Fugaku and Sasuke crossed paths—before he knew it the raven was pushing him against the car and his lips were on his prying them open "Mphh–" he melted into Sasuke's taste, his hands running up his cashmere black sweater.
"You ok?" he asked softly as Sasuke's forehead fell on his shoulder.
"He's always such a fucking asshole" he muttered.
"Yeah, I can't really disagree" he replied without hesitation which caused the raven to raise his head before laughing, leaning down to place another small kiss on the blonde's lips "There's a shower in my room," he said softly, Naruto blushed "Your whole family is in the house"
"Won't be long before they're all passed out, they've all been drinking like its a race" the blonde snickered "You implying I shouldn't sleep in the guest room as is respectable"
"Not really implying but straight up asking," Sasuke said with a smirk.
Ten points to whoever guesses the show they were watching at the beginning lol.
Honestly...I wanted to post all of New Years' happenings in one go but...it got way out of control and it's too many damn pages~ That is to say...more to come...as soon as I make a choice on which direction I actually want to go because depending on that I might need to make a couple of changes to chapter 7.
What are we thinking so far though? Cannot wait to read all your predictions my darlings, maybe they'll help me finally make a decision lol.
Until the next one darlings?
Chio~