Notes:
And... here we are, the very last, but not least, chapter (is it a chapter?). Enjoy this epilogue/teaser/whatever the fuck this is, either way, it'll give you a taste of what's to come in book 2 :)
Oh, also. beware of baby language...? For those of you who're struggling to follow Kyo, the general rule of thumb is replacing all the w's with r's (he's trying his best, okay? Damn those r sounds!).br /
Ex: Pwettyyy = prettyyy. For the other words, I'ma just add a paranthesis with the translations.
Ah! And some good ol' smut to wrap things up nicely hehe. Again, didn't really indicate where the sex begins cos narusasu puts a whole other meaning to smut. Yeah. That's my excuse. sorrynotsorry.
That said, for those of you who wanna skip the smut, feel free to fast-forward to the scene break indicated by the two dots ( .. ) in the middle of the page.
Two years later...
In which everyone gets a happy ending. Maybe. Probably. Who the fuck knows.
"Aunty pwettyyy!"
Sakura glances down to find a black-haired toddler looking up at her as he grabs her gown.
"Up! Up!" He lifts his hands up to her, and she picks him up, settling him on her hip.
"Why, you're quite handsome yourself, Kyo-chan!" Sakura smooths out his clothes and tickles him, making him giggle.
"Aw, isn't your Aunty Ino pretty, too?" Ino leans toward him, poking his cheek.
Kyo bats her hand away and bunches his eyebrows at Ino, his lips puckered in a cute baby scowl. Sakura has to admit that it reminds her of Sasuke's lofty expressions when they were little. Kyo's expression then melts into a grin, one reminiscent of Naruto's own shit-eating grin. "Yea!"
Ino clutches her chest. "Did you really have to think so hard about it, though? You've made me sad, Kyo-chan."
Kyo begins to look worried. "No sad!" He glances at Sakura, then back at Ino. "I—I sowwy…" He bites his bottom lip.
"Shh, Aunty Ino is just playing with you," Sakura reassures him, patting his back. She briefly wonders how Sasuke's ever able to scold him when Kyo has such a cute face. She knows Naruto sure as hell can't discipline him.
Speaking of… "Where's your Mama and Papa?"
Kyo points, pushing his lips out in a pout that threatens to burst her heart into a million little pieces. Sakura looks to where he's pointing and frowns. "Where…"
Ino starts laughing. "There, behind the curtains!"
In the very corner of the hall, tucked away in an alcove, Sakura spots a couple of intertwined shadows. She wouldn't have noticed it had Ino not pointed it out for her.
"At… our… wedding?!"
Sakura starts to stomp toward them when Ino stops her. "Hey, let them have their fun. They did sit through the entire ceremony. It was so boring. Besides, you might regret what you see."
Sakura whirls around. "How could you call our own wedding ceremony boring?"
"What? That priest was just going on and on. Right, Kyo-chan?"
Kyo isn't paying attention though, and he wriggles in Sakura's arms. "Wei-wei!" he yells right into her ear, looking straight at something behind her. She winces, his voice ringing in her ears. Kyo wriggles more aggressively, pushing against Sakura. "Down! Down! Wei-wei here!"
The hell is he talking about? Sakura looks to where he's pointing and finds little Reina with Temari and Gaara. Temari sports a little baby bump that Reina's curiously touching. Kyo struggles and Sakura puts him down before he can cause her ears more pain. As soon as his feet touch the ground, Kyo runs immediately to the blonde-haired little girl and barrels into her for a hug.
Ino watches the two toddlers with a fond smile on her face, one that Sakura can't take her eyes off of.
Sakura takes Ino's hand. "Hey… look at me?"
Ino laughs again and leans forward for a kiss.
Sakura takes the invitation with delight and becomes slightly disappointed when Ino pulls away.
Ino raises her eyebrows. "Just a minute ago you were grumbling about Naruto and Sasuke about doing the exact same thing we're doing."
Sakura shrugs. "Well, it's our wedding party. We should be the ones celebrating." Really, Ino looks irresistible in her white and lavender gown, with her platinum blond hair done up in an elegant bun. "We're supposed to be enjoying this the most."
Ino eyes sparkle with delight as she cups Sakura's cheek. "Wait till tonight, hun. Then we'll celebrate as much as we want. Tsubaki's spending the night with a friend, so we'll have the house all to ourselves!"
That doesn't really help. Now she's stuck thinking about all the things they can be doing, unable to actually do them right now. "But…"
"Mom!" A panicked cry interrupts Sakura.
Tsubaki runs up to them, red-faced and breathless. "Mom, have you seen Kyo-chan? I was watching him, and I just looked away for one second and he disappeared—" She spots something and suddenly turns pale.
Sakura follows her gaze and sees Sasuke emerging from the shadows with a scowl.
"S-S-S-Sasuke-san's gonna kill me!" Tsubaki squeaks, clutching her head with both hands and pacing back and forth. "Ohhh no ohh nonononono—"
"Hey!" Ino crouches down to be eye-level with the red-head. "It's alright! Look, he's right there."
Upon finally seeing Kyo, safe in Gaara's arms, Tsubaki groans, slumping over. "I'm so tired…" She looks back up at Ino and Sakura. "Is family supposed to be so tiring?" she asks, almost desperately.
Sakura chuckles. "If you're talking about Kyo-chan, then… I'm afraid so."
Tsubaki leans on a table, looking at Kyo, her eyes… dimming. "But still… I'll miss him—well—I'll miss them all when they leave."
"Oh?" Ino also leans back on the table. "Sasuke, too?"
Tsubaki makes a face. "Just a… little. Not as much as Naru-nee and Kyo-chan, though."
Sakura tries to chuckle, but it doesn't get past her throat. Her gaze moves to Sasuke and Naruto as they talk with Gaara and Temari. Little Kyo is now in Sasuke's arms, his round black eyes staring adoringly at his dad, but even that doesn't warm her heart as much as it would have usually.
.
.
Sasuke grumbles as Naruto pulls away from the kiss. Her breathlessness and pink cheeks only entice him further and he presses his body against hers, letting her know just how much he wanted her.
He slips his hand between the long slit in her red dress that shows off her gorgeous thighs. His hand snakes inside and cups her crotch, massaging her through her panties. He whispers, "I want to make you scream, Naru."
He smirks at the way Naruto struggles to remove his hand, but he allows it. It's her loss.
"What are you, a sex addict?"
"No…" Sasuke lifts her chin, eyes boring into hers. "I'm just addicted to you."
Naruto opens her mouth, but no sound comes out. She closes it back and then opens it again. Her cheeks become dusted with pink.
Sasuke runs an internal victory lap. Flirting with her when she least expects it never gets old.
Finally, she finds her voice. "K-Keep it in your pants, ya horndog. Not here. Besides…" She regains her composure and grabs his shoulders, pressing her own body against him as she stands on her tiptoes. She licks his earlobe, her breath tickling his ear, and he gets goosebumps all over his body.
Naruto murmurs, "At home… I'll scream your name as loudly as you want, Sasuke, and you will fuck me until I've squeezed out every—single—drop—out of you. And then, I'll—"
Sasuke clamps her mouth shut with his hand. "Enough," he says, his voice cracking. "E-Enough."
Naruto gives him a bright, innocent smile, patting his cheek lightly. "There's a good boy!"
"Leave." Sasuke pushes her away, slapping her ass for good measure for putting him in the state he's in right now.
Naruto glances down at his growing problem. She strokes it, her feather-like touch only making it worse, and he shudders.
"Naruto."
She grins cheekily, withdrawing her hand. Sasuke doesn't know whether to feel relieved or disappointed.
"You're not allowed to do anything with that, by the way." She smooths out his shirt, readjusting his tie. "Only I'm supposed to touch it. If you do, you won't get any of this," she says, gesturing to herself.
She then turns and hightails it before he can do anything, and he is left shuddering behind the curtains, trying to take deep breaths and think of anything—please, just anything—to calm his stupid body down. Part of him is so tempted to just relieve himself and see what she'll do about it.
He finally gets his wits about and, letting out a shaky breath, emerges from the curtain, tired and frustrated.
His frustration only grows when he spots Naruto heading toward Gaara. What makes it worse is that Gaara is carrying Kyo. His son.
What the fuck?
How dare he.
No, Sasuke isn't jealous of Gaara.
Not at all.
Why should he be? He's Naruto's husband, not Gaara. He's the father of her child, not Gaara. He's the one who warms her bed. Every. Single. Night. (Okay, maybe not every night, but still.) It's him, and not Gaara, that's what counts.
So, no. Sasuke isn't bothered at all by how Naruto runs and all but tackles Gaara into a hug.
If anything, Sasuke takes some satisfaction from the fact that the child Gaara is carrying has Sasuke's hair, Sasuke's eyes, Sasuke's skin, and looks nothing like Gaara.
Sasuke takes a lot of satisfaction from the fact that, when he nears Naruto and Gaara, Kyo spots him and extends his arms toward him, crying out, "Papa!"
Sasuke has to force himself not to grin stupidly as he takes Kyo from Gaara, but he's never felt prouder.
As expected of my son.
Kyo wraps his small hands around Sasuke's neck. "Papa, Kyo hungy."
Sasuke gives him a look. "I just saw you sneaking in all those snacks at the table."
"Looks like he inherited your stomach, Naruto," Gaara remarks, chuckling behind his fist.
Sasuke throws Gaara a dirty look.
Naruto ruffles Kyo's hair. "That's my boy, alright."
"Papa!" Kyo claps his hands against Sasuke's cheeks and bounces. "Food! Food! Food!"
…There are times Sasuke wonders if Kyo is his son at all. Sometimes it feels like the only evidence that Kyo is his son is his looks. And even then, with his rounder features, Kyo looks more like a boy version of Naruto, the only difference being the coloring.
"Papaaaa!"
"Okay, okay, let's go." Though he's reluctant to leave Gaara and Naruto alone, Sasuke heads for the refreshments table after sending Gaara another glare.
It's not that he doesn't trust Naruto. He just doesn't trust Gaara.
"Papa no like Uncoo Gaawa (Uncle Gaara)?"
Sasuke pauses, feeling a little embarrassed despite himself. His own son has noticed it.
How apparent was I?
"Ah—well, it's not like that…" Sasuke smiles awkwardly and hands over an onigiri to Kyo, hoping it will preoccupy him. It works, and he helps himself to one too. Kyo asks for another rice ball, and Sasuke feeds it to him, wondering where it all goes in that tiny body of his. Bits of rice stick all over Kyo's face and Sasuke attempts to wipe them away, but the toddler pushes his hand away in annoyance.
"Uncoo Gaawa nice, why Papa no like?" Kyo eventually asks.
Really, how does Sasuke expect Kyo to forget about it when both his parents are so infamously stubborn?
"Ohhh? Is that twue? Papa no like Uncoo Gaawa?" Naruto comes to stand beside him, a little wobbly on her feet.
Kyo nods vigorously. "Papa scawy face!"
"Papa does have some really scawy faces, doesn't he? You know, Kyo-chan? When Papa was little, he would always do scawy faces."
Kyo looks wide-eyed at Sasuke and then back at Naruto. "Papa littoo (little)?"
Naruto nods gravely. "Yeah! Papa was vewy littoo."
"No! Papa awways (always) big! Mama lie!" Kyo points an accusatory finger at her. "Lie bad!"
"Aww, Mama never lies! Mama promises! Papa really was vewy littoo!" She hovers her hand somewhere next to her knees. "This littoo!"
Sasuke decides enough is enough. "Papa does not appreciate being talked about as if he isn't here."
"Awww, don't be like that! You—" Naruto, in trying to playfully shove Sasuke, trips over herself. "Wooooaaah!" She catches herself at the last second, clinging onto his shirt.
Sasuke resists the temptation to move out of her way and let her fall. "How much did you drink, dobe?"
"Certainly more than you!" Naruto pulls on his sleeve, grinning like a goof. "Come drink with us!"
Sasuke looks over to where Kiba, Sakura, Ino, Lee, Ten Ten, and a lot of other guests are partying it out playing drinking games.
"I'll pass," he says bluntly. "One of us needs to keep a level head."
Naruto gazes at him with her puppy eyes. "Come on, just a little?"
Sasuke avoids her gaze. "Who'll take care of Kyo if we're both drunk?"
"But that's what that's for." Naruto points to the playpen set up at the far end of the hall. It already has a few toddlers playing in it as a couple of adults watched over them. She then aims her dangerous eyes back at him.
Sasuke pointedly ignores her. "Not happening, dobe. Just don't drink too much."
"Fine…" Naruto finally lets go of him. She trudges back to the group after giving Sasuke one more forlorn look.
He rolls his eyes.
Once again, he finds himself idly wondering why he can't have made life easier for himself and married someone less… tiring… instead. Perhaps someone like… Hinata? He spots the graceful woman across the hall, flushing as some random person he doesn't recognize flirts with her.
Hinata's never crossed boundaries and draped herself all over Sasuke, unlike all the other fangirls. She's poised and gentle, having been raised in a noble clan like Sasuke. Speaking of which, it'll be fun to spar with her, test her Byakugan against his Sharingan.
Boisterous laughter brings Sasuke's attention back to Naruto as she gloats over whoever she's just beaten, and he finds himself smiling automatically.
Hinata can never capture his attention the way Naruto does. She may be annoying as fuck sometimes with her constant chattering, and with Kyo inheriting basically everything from Naruto, it makes for a very… loud household, from dawn till dusk. It has Sasuke practically praying for some time alone just to stay sane.
…But he really can't have it any other way. Naruto and Kyo make his life that much more… richer. Life would simply be meaninglesswithout them.
"Papa down! Down!" Kyo, finished with his rice ball, wriggles in Sasuke's arms. "Down! I pway (play)!" he says, pointing to the little playpen.
"Hold on." Sasuke grabs a tissue and attempts to wipe all the bits of rice stuck around his mouth. Kyo tries to bat his hands away, but Sasuke, long used to the little boy's evasive tactics, maneuvers around his protesting arms.
Kyo almost jumps out of Sasuke's arms as soon as he could and runs, yelling and waving his arms to get the attention of his other friends.
Sasuke snorts, long past wondering how Kyo still has all that energy when it's so close to his bedtime.
And thus, Sasuke finds himself without his two precious ones, and he orders a cocktail (what, he said he needs to be level-headed, not sober). Naruto and Kyo are way too… energetic for him sometimes and damn does it make the quiet time just that much more valuable. Yes, he loves them both more than his own life (and quite honestly more than anyone else's), but he also loves his peace and quiet when he can get it.
So, he takes the chance and sips on his drink, watching Naruto from afar. He eyes the way her red dress accentuates her every curve, the slit down the one side of her dress giving him an alluring view of her thighs, the way it teases him, only giving him a peek of her legs, leaving the rest to his imagination.
Sasuke closes his eyes, imagining slipping inside her dress, eating her out, his head between two powerful thighs that can easily take him out—
He feels the blood rushing down to his groin and he suddenly straightens up and opens his eyes wide, realizing if he goes down this line of thought, he's going to end up in another… painful situation. He turns around quickly and faces the bar, hiding behind the table, taking a couple of breaths.
Once he calms himself down, he switches his attention to Kyo and watches him play instead. The little boy chatters away excitedly, most of his words making absolutely no sense, but the other kids group around him, excited by him as though he's a dose of caffeine.
Kyo's only joined the daycare a couple of weeks ago, yet he's already adapted and made friends quickly, considering how the first three or four days Kyo had bawled as if he thought his parents were abandoning him. Sasuke had to drag Naruto from the daycare center, half to tears herself as if she also thought she'd never see her baby boy again.
Sasuke has to admit though, it hurt him, too, hearing Kyo cry so desperately for him, hearing the pain and confusion in the baby's voice. The mission he went on that day was not a particularly difficult one, but he'd still managed to get himself wounded because those cries had kept haunting him.
Although, after a week of Naruto making it a point to pick Kyo up an hour earlier than she's supposed to, he got used to it quickly, assured that his parents were not going to abandon him after all. With that, he was able to set his sights on something other than his parents: all the other little humans who look just like him and have the same interests as him. And eventually, Kyo started looking forward to daycare, having already made friends with half of them.
It worries Sasuke. With their plans of leaving Konoha… postponed… for lack of a better word, Kyo's going to become more and more attached to this place, and it's going to make leaving more difficult.
It also makes Sasuke feel sort of… sad. As much as he tries to convince himself that it's a good thing that Kyo's becoming more independent, a part of him is still… sad… that his baby Kyo doesn't need him as much as he used to before. His son is growing up… too quickly and sometimes he finds himself longing for those times when all Kyo needed was for Sasuke to simply pay attention to him.
"I know that look." A lazy voice drifts into Sasuke's ears as Shikamaru joins him with a yawn, holding a beer.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow.
Shikamaru nods to the playpen. "Thinking about having a second one?"
As if their household isn't wild enough already. Sasuke barely gets any time for himself, as is, and if the second one also ends up being another mini Naruto he will lose his mind.
Sasuke takes another sip of his drink. "What gives you that idea?"
"Temari had a similar expression." Shikamaru cocks his head. "Honestly, I'm surprised Naruto's not been knocked up twice over already with the way you two are." He gestures towards the alcove Sasuke and Naruto had come out of earlier, smiling lightly.
"That how your wife got pregnant?" Sasuke asks dryly, nodding toward Temari.
"Hey now, we were actually trying for a second kid. Temari's one of three, so she's wanted Reina to have a sibling, and I've always wanted a boy and a girl."
"What if this one's not a boy?"
Shikamaru groans, slumping against the bar table. "Well then, I'd be screwed, wouldn't I? Three girls against little old me."
Sasuke eyes him. "You'll be fine. I have a boy and I still feel ganged up on most days. I don't think it'd have been any different had Kyo been born a girl."
It would have been different had Kyo been born with my temperament rather than the dobe's.
"Yeah… I know… but still, I'm hoping it's a boy. I even have a name for him—Shikadai—in the small chance that that would somehow tilt the odds in my favor."
Sasuke snorts and raises his glass. "Well… for what it's worth, here's to you."
"Heh." Shikamaru clinks his glass with Sasuke's. "Here's to peaceful days."
Sasuke drinks, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath as the pleasant buzz in his head start to lull him.
After a long moment, Shikamaru breaks the comfortable silence. "On a serious note, though… are you ever planning on having a second one?"
Sasuke keeps his eyes closed for a moment longer before opening them. "No. We don't want a repeat of what happened when Kyo was born." He really doesn't think he can take seeing Naruto struggle through another pregnancy like that either.
"That's fair. But…" Shikamaru looks at him as though he's trying to solve a puzzle. "I was somewhat… under the impression that you'd be someone who'd want more children. Didn't you want to revive the Uchiha clan or something like that?"
Sasuke breathes out heavily. "When I said I wanted to revive my clan, I was young, and I didn't know the whole truth. But… after everything, I just think… the Uchiha name carries a lot of… weight… and it's shadowed by a history of tragedy and trauma, and I… don't want Kyo to bear that weight just because he has my blood. I'm… inclined to let the name… die… with me."
Moreover, prejudice against the Uchiha can only have grown thanks to Obito and Madara, leaving very few people with a favorable opinion of the clan, and he sure as fuck doesn't want Kyo to suffer from that just because he had the misfortune of being born to Sasuke.
"And… what if he activates the Sharingan?"
Sasuke's heart clenches. He hopes Kyo won't activate it. If only so he doesn't have to go through the pain and loss that's associated with the power. The fact that Kyo also has Asura's chakra from Naruto makes it possible for him to activate the Rinnegan as well, and that thought… honestly terrifies him. Considering the world they live in, Sasuke might not be able to prevent Kyo from gaining the Sharingan, but he sure as fuck isn't going to let Kyo unlock the Mangekyou.
Sasuke breathes out heavily. "I… don't know. I'm still going to teach Kyo everything when he's old enough and… he still has Uchiha as his middle name, so… I'm going to leave it up to him if he decides to reclaim it or not, but the cycle of violence will end with me."
Shikamaru raises his glass again. "To peace, then."
"Hn." Sasuke clinks his glass again with Shikamaru's and finishes the rest of his cocktail before asking under his breath, "Do you have any updates on the… island case?"
Shikamaru's lips flatten into a grim line and he gestures to the entrance. Sasuke follows, his stomach sinking.
It's been a year since they put in the request for approval to leave Konoha permanently. Unfortunately, the Fire daimyo did not like the idea of losing two of his most powerful… weapons… in his military, and he's doing everything in his power to prevent that from happening.
The daimyo went so far as to reinstate Konoha's former councilors, Homura and Koharu back in their seats, citing their lifelong contributions to the Land of Fire far outweigh their offenses, just so they can keep a closer eye on Naruto and Sasuke. And since then, the council has been coming up with all sorts of excuses to keep them in Konoha.
Outside, Sasuke finds Shikamaru around the corner of the building, leaning on the wall, drawing on a cigarette.
Sasuke stops in front of him. "Well?"
Shikamaru lets out a big breath, big puffs of smoke escaping his mouth. "Well… Lord Sixth is trying his best to convince the higher-ups, but… it's been going in circles for the past four months. At this point, I think it's best if you two…" He looks around furtively, and his voice grows even less audible that Sasuke has to strain to listen. "…Escape, instead."
Sasuke activates his Sharingan and gives their surroundings an additional look over. He nods for Shikamaru to continue.
"The sooner you leave, the better. Ideally, within this week, so they don't have too much time to prepare."
"I was… afraid of that. But with Kyo… it'll be hard to leave undercover. A week is going to be too short for us, too. And…" Sasuke stares at a spot on the wall behind Shikamaru. "And…"
"You two will be defecting Konoha, and become rogue-nin," Shikamaru finishes his thought.
Sasuke purses his lips. "I don't care for myself, but Naruto… she'll be hunted, too, and I… I'm not comfortable with that."
"And what does Naruto think?"
Sasuke grimaces. "She said it might be our only option at this point."
"I agree." Shikamaru takes another long draw from his cigarette, glancing at Sasuke. "Look, you have Kakashi on your side. As we speak, he's working on a plan to smuggle you two out. We can't stop them from pursuing you, so the best we can do is give you a head start and stall them for as long as possible. In the meantime, talk to your contacts at Uzushio. See how they can protect you on their end."
He gives Sasuke a solid pat on the shoulder. "I'll do my best, yeah? I'm the Hokage's aide for a reason." He winks and puts out his cigarette, lifting himself off the wall. "And Naruto's like a sister to me. There's no way I'm going to let anyone hurt her if I can help it."
Sasuke isn't able to do anything more than a strained smile, his mind racing.
Shikamaru moves to head back toward the reception hall. "We uh… better head back before anyone notices we've been gone for too long."
Sasuke follows Shikamaru back to the bar, and orders another drink. That first cocktail has done nothing to ease his nerves.
He thought the idea of becoming a criminal would deter Naruto, but the more Konoha tries to tighten its chains around her neck, the less she wants to stay, the sooner she wants to leave.
Sasuke itches to leave, too, and with Kyo reaching the age where he'll start making friends, they need to—
"Sasukeeee!" A weight attaches itself to Sasuke's side, interrupting his thoughts. Naruto presses her breasts into his arm and looks at him seductively—well, he assumes it's meant to be seductive—but her drunken state makes her look more comical than anything else. "You're so haandsomme! There's no way you're single, are you?"
Looking at her hopeful expression, Sasuke groans internally. How much more did she drink?
"I'm… afraid not," he answers her anyway, curious about her reaction.
Naruto's face falls. "Why… Shas…'ke…?" she asks shakily, her eyes close to tears. "I… I thought… you… loved… me…"
Sasuke almost needs to remind himself that this is a wasted Naruto talking because damn those blue eyes of hers are so powerful he almost feels guilty. Before he can say anything, though, she spots Shikamaru and scrunches her face.
She narrows her eyes. "Are you the sonuvabish who thinks you can… have him?" Glaring at him, she presses herself closer to Sasuke, lifting her leg and curling it around him, her knee getting dangerously close to a certain area.
"I… love him more than… you. He's… shupposhed… to be with… me," she drawls. "Me."
Kami help me. Sasuke tries to pry her off him, but she clings on tighter.
"He's all yours, Naruto." Shikamaru backs away with his hands up, looking like he's about to burst out laughing any second.
"Hmph! That's what I… thought." Naruto glares after him until he's a distance away.
"Dobe, let go of me," Sasuke says, twisting himself out of her hold. "I can smell the alcohol on you."
Naruto snuggles back into him, feeling his chest and stomach. "Mmm, nice… muscles… you have here…" Her voice is rough.
Sasuke grimaces. Why can't she have been this needy back when they were perfectly hidden from everyone?
He then catches the bartender staring at Naruto's bare leg, still wrapped around Sasuke.
"Where do you think you're looking?"
The bartender—who's quite young, Sasuke reallizes—snaps his head back up and pales to the point he looks almost sickly. "Uh-uhm- sor—"
"Get me a glass of water."
"Y-Y-Yes, sir!" he squeaks.
Making an annoyed sound, Sasuke goes back to maneuvering Naruto into a chair and tries to make her drink the water when the bartender comes back. Much to his relief, she drinks it willingly enough. She gives him another goofy smile.
"Temeee, you're a good bastard, you know that?"
"And you're drunk."
"Then you should get drunk, too." Naruto pushes her bottom lip out. She gets off her chair and attaches herself to his side again, looking up at him from underneath her eyelashes, her lips slightly open. Once again, she curls her damned leg around him and grinds against him. "Please…" She moans, her eyes sliding close as she tries to reach his lips. "Sasuke…?"
The way she says his name makes the tips of his ears burn, and it's all he can do to force down the blush that threatens to take over his face. Those… sounds… are supposed to be reserved only for his ears, not anyone else's, and especially not the bartender behind them who's as red as the roses decorating the hall.
Sasuke glares daggers at him. "Bring me more water and something light for her to eat."
"Y-Yes, sir!" The bartender scrambles.
Sasuke turns his attention back to the main problem at hand and attempts to gently push her away and put some space between them. "Naruto, sit."
"Bastard's a meany," she mumbles.
And this is why Sasuke doesn't drink much. He's not too fond of drinking anyway, not liking how it dulled his senses. Being drunk only makes him more paranoid.
Sasuke rubs his forehead, heaving a sigh. He's been wanting to leave early, but it looks like that's going to have to wait. He gets Naruto to eat the food the bartender brings them. As he does, he notices Kyo rubbing his eyes. There's another toddler next to him that's already passed out, and Kyo looks like he's going to join him soon.
Fuck.
He glares at Naruto, but she makes no notice of it as she eats.
"Hey," Sasuke calls the bartender. "Make sure she stays here. Know that I have my eye on you."
"O-Of course, sir!" The bartender stands straight up and salutes. "Yes, sir!"
Sasuke gives him a long look. He has to admit, the way the bartender sweat under his stare amuses Sasuke.
He makes his way to Kyo.
Kyo yawns and lifts his arms. "Papa…"
Sasuke lifts him up. "Hey, sleepyhead."
Kyo encircles his arms around Sasuke, burrowing his head into the crook of Sasuke's neck. Sasuke smiles and shifts the boy into a more comfortable position, kissing the top of his head. He heads back to Naruto, feeling a lot less tense.
Luckily for him, the Kyuubi's chakra eats away at the alcohol quicker than normal, and Naruto's… more or less sober not long after. She leaves to bid goodbye to everyone but she returns quite quickly before he can really lose his patience.
"Come on, Sas," she says, curling her arm around his waist and leading him toward the exit, "let's get your grouchy ass back home."
"About time," he mutters. They've been here since morning and it's way past Kyo's bedtime. "And language, Naruto."
Kyo sits up in Sasuke arm. "Home?" he asks, wide awake once again.
"Home!" Naruto tells him. "It's naptime for Papa!"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitches just as Kyo starts wriggling in his arms.
"What is it?" Sasuke asks.
Kyo grunts, wriggling more vigorously.
"Use your words, Kyo."
"Down!" Kyo pushes against Sasuke's chest. "Wei-wei!"
Sasuke looks at Naruto. Wha…?
She snickers. "He means Reina. He wants to say bye."
"Down! Down! Down!" Kyo kicks him, way too close to a certain area for Sasuke's liking and he quickly puts the toddler down.
"Don't run!" he calls out when Kyo takes off running to where Reina's being carried by Gaara. Sasuke wonders how a boy who's just been about to go to sleep is now bouncing around as he gives everyone an enthusiastic goodbye, beaming when Gaara says something to him and ruffles his hair.
Naruto looks at Sasuke with that expression she gets when she's bursting to ask something.
Despite knowing he's going to regret it, he asks, "What?"
Naruto doesn't even hesitate. "Seriously, I've always felt something weird between you and Gaara."
…He should have known.
Kyo saves him from answering when he comes running back toward them.
"Slow do—" Sasuke's heart jumps to his throat when Kyo trips and falls.
Then he gets back up as if nothing happened and keeps running towards them, jumping into Naruto's arms when he gets close enough.
Sasuke shakes his head. Truly her kid.
Naruto laughs, picking Kyo up and kissing his cheek. "Yosh! Ready to go home?"
"Yeah!" Kyo exclaims, bouncing in her arms and giving her a sloppy kiss back.
Sasuke wraps his arm around his little family as they—finally—head back home.
.
.
Kyo gradually falls asleep on Naruto's shoulder, his soft snores the only thing she can hear in the moonlit night. As the cool night air makes the buzz in her head slowly fade away, she thinks back to that interaction with Gaara. She's thought she's simply been imagining it over the years, given how Sasuke and Gaara would always brush it off whenever she asked.
But now… Kyo has also noticed it. Which means it's not just her imagination.
"Ne… Sasuke?"
"Hm?"
"I… I know it's stupid but… I still wanna know. What's going on between you and Gaara? You're both important to me, so I want to know if I can help… In any way."
Sasuke tightens his grip on her shoulder. He takes a long while to answer.
"It's not important."
"So, there is something going on between you two?"
"No, there isn't."
"That just sounds like there is."
Sasuke stares ahead. "It doesn't matter, Naruto. So, drop it."
His voice takes on a finality that tells her he isn't going to budge. And he only calls her Naruto when he's serious. Otherwise, it'd be dobe or usuratonkachi or Naru or idiot or moron or loser—
It occurs to her suddenly how basically all of his nicknames for her are insults.
How come he doesn't call me sweet nicknames like other couples? Something like honey or dear—
Never mind. Naruto represses a shudder. The idea of Sasuke calling her… honey… feels…
Nope. Nope. Idiot is fine.
"Dobe."
Yeah. Much better.
"Dobe."
"Oh." Naruto realizes Sasuke's actually calling her and it's not just her thoughts. "Sorry—what were you saying?"
Sasuke's expression looks oddly stiff as if he's trying to stop himself from laughing. Naruto narrows her eyes.
"What, bastard?"
"What were you thinking about?"
"Nothing much…" Naruto tilts her head, watching for his reaction, and adds, "…Honey."
Sasuke looks at her skeptically. "It didn't look—" His eyes widen, before looking at her as if she's just done the most absurd thing ever. "What—did you just say?"
Naruto has to stop herself from bursting out laughing to avoid waking Kyo up. She settles for a snicker instead.
That was priceless!
Despite her efforts, Kyo grumbles awake, lifting his head and whining. Naruto shushes him, patting him until he goes back to sleep.
"…Mind telling me what that was about?" Sasuke asks, one of his eyes twitching.
"I just realized you don't really call me honey, or sweetheart, or whatever else couples usually call each other, like, ya know, how Sakura and Ino call each other dear and stuff? But then when I imagined you saying it, and it sounded so weird, so then I wondered how you'd react if I called you honey."
Sasuke looks rather disturbed. "The fact that I understood all that… depresses me."
Naruto pokes his side, hard. "Bastard."
He stops and looks at her.
She stops as well. "What? Do I have something on my face?"
"Honey."
"…Huh?"
Sasuke lets out a noisy breath. Then he composes himself. "I love you… my dear—" He cuts himself off, his nose wrinkling like he's smelled something bad.
Naruto snickers, softer this time. "It's weird, right?"
"…Yeah."
"Yeah." She snuggles into him. "I like us just the way we are."
Sasuke pulls her closer to him, kissing the top of her head. "Mm."
Naruto smiles contentedly. They start walking again, and it's only when they're almost home that she remembers what they were talking about earlier. She glances at him, curiosity still gnawing at her.
"I know… Gaara's never really liked you. He… well… I think he didn't like the way you treated me back… when… you know. I thought you probably picked up on that, and that's why you didn't like him either… but… now I get the feeling that it's something more."
She's nothing if she gives up easily, after all.
"Is that so," he says flatly.
"Seriously, what is going on?"
"What does it matter to you?"
Naruto huffs. "Whatever, bastard."
She racks her brain to find some other way to make him talk, working on a plan. They reach home by that time and she changes Kyo into his pajamas before tucking him into bed.
Naruto then makes her way to their bedroom and finds Sasuke half-naked as he takes of his shirt. He straightens up when he senses her.
She turns around, gathering all her hair to the front. "Unzip me."
A rustle of movement, a tug, the sound of a zipper as he unzips her. The dress falls of easily, but she catches it, holding it up to her chest as she turns around.
Naruto takes a step back, and then another. Sasuke watches her the way he does when they spar. Not giving him a chance to prepare, she jumps onto him, wrapping her arms and legs around him. He staggers back but doesn't fall, instead, he hooks his hand under her knee, a soft smile on his face.
She kisses his nose. "Heyyy, honey."
He grimaces.
Naruto laughs and kisses his cheek. "I love you."
Sasuke softens up and sits down on the bed, his hand moving up her outer thigh. "Hey, sweetheart."
This time Naruto leans back, unnerved. "Let's stop."
Sasuke's lips twitch and he leans forward, pecking her lips. Pulling her to him, he kisses her, cupping the nape of her neck. When they pull apart, he moves on to her jaw without pause, brushing his lips along her chin. She leans her head back, exposing her neck, and he kisses her down the length of her neck.
When he tries to pull down her dress, she stops him. "Slow down."
She pushes him back and lies down on top of him, folding her arms on his chest and propping her head on them. She gazes at him, admiring the way his pale skin gives way to petal-pink cheeks, his slightly-parted, wet lips softening his otherwise sharp features. She traces the long-healed scars on his face.
He… really is… breathtaking.
Naruto had never really paid much attention to his looks back when they were younger. She'd always been focused more on training than anything else. As such, the only thing that attracted her to him was how good he was at everything. Back then, the only thing she felt when she looked at him was envy. He was her rival before he was anything else to her.
Now, though… he's everything.
She breaks out of her reverie when she feels a hand on her waist, trying to pull dress. She grabs his hand, stopping him from undressing her again. "What do you think you're doing?"
"You have too many clothes on."
A slow smile curves her lips and she moves Sasuke's hand away. "Let me."
She stands up and pulls her dress, slow as a caterpillar, noticing how his eyes are trained on her hands. She smirks at his hungry expression, taking her time as she slowly pulls her dress down, past her boobs, past her stomach, her bellybutton, until finally her dress lies crumpled by her feet. She crawls back onto Sasuke and straddles him.
She moves to unhook her bra, and then pauses. When she unfurls her hands, leaving her bra on, Sasuke scrunches his lips. He lifts his hand, but Naruto catches it and pins it to the bed. She leans forward, pressing her boobs against his chest, planting her elbows on the bed on either side of his head, faces only centimeters apart.
"I'm in charge today," she whispers.
Something hard presses against her groin. "Sounds like you don't have a problem with that," she remarks lightly.
Sasuke thrusts up, grinding against her. "Then get on with it."
Naruto sits up. "And for that, you lose five points."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means…" Naruto moves her hair so it hides her boobs. "You just lost some privileges."
"Woe is me." Sasuke slides his hand up her thigh. "Whatever shall I do to make it up to you, Your Majesty?"
Naruto's hands fall to his waist to undo his belt. "Strip."
She gets off him and he scootches up to the middle of the bed. While he takes his clothes off, she meditates, gathering nature energy.
Orange eyes with horizontal pupils blink open to find Sasuke completely naked, looking at her curiously.
She crawls over him and kisses him, slipping her tongue into his mouth. He gives resistance but stands no chance when she pushes into him, tilting her head and deepening the kiss.
Sasuke once again tries to brush his hand up her leg, squeezing her thigh, but she takes the offending hand and pins it above his head, holding his wrist in an iron grip.
Everything is heightened in sage mode. His lips, his mouth, his sounds, the feel of his body against hers, it all makes the hair all over her body stand up on its end, fueling the fire within her.
It becomes overwhelming, giving her a heady rush that makes her almost forget her objective, and she gives him one last kiss before she lifts herself up and takes a good look at him. His eyes are dark with lust, his lips swollen and bruised, his face pink, his dark hair tousled.
Stunning.
She brushes her hands across his chest, awed by the way moonlight glances off his downy skin. It makes him look like a mirage as if he might just disappear if she looks at him for too long.
She lazily teases his nipple, and he squirms beneath her. He's… too enticing, and she can feel her own heartbeat race, pumping hot blood throughout her body. She decides to make this quick.
"Tell me about Gaara."
Naruto regrets her words the moment it leaves her stupid mouth.
Like a light being switched off, his face darkens. His eyes tell a different story, though. Has Naruto not known him so well, she won't have noticed it. But she does. His eyes are flickering light bulbs that grow dimmer with each flicker until they go out completely. He struggles to free his hand.
"Wait-wait-wait, listen. I mean, tell me what's going on between you and Gaara," she amends, cursing herself for her clumsiness.
Sasuke's expression clears, and for a long time, he just stares at her. His jaw sets in that stubborn manner that Kyo manages to copy to a T sometimes. Of all the things he chooses to learn from his father.
"No."
Stupid fucking Uchihas.
Kurama chooses that moment to point out that Uzumakis are also infuriatingly stubborn, and it's not just Sasuke who's passed down his stubbornness.
Whatever. The perv can go shut his mouth.
The hell is he doing awake, anyway? She quickly influences her seal to knock him out.
Naruto then leans down and traces a finger from Sasuke's temple down to his lips. She places a light kiss on his lips but pulls away before he can fully kiss her back. She places another light kiss on his jaw, licking down his jawline and neck, and bites down on the spot between his neck and shoulders. She enjoys the shudder she feels running down his body.
She pulls back, smiling smugly when she sees frustration on his face.
This is fun.
A look of realization flashes across his face only an instant before he struggles even more beneath her. But she's ready and tightens her grip on him.
Sasuke scowls. "Funny how you need to depend on sage mode to simply hold me down."
"Oh?"
His scowl turns into a smirk. "You're pathetic."
Naruto smirks back. "If you think that's why I'm using sage mode, you're wrong." She deactivates the mode, and at that moment, Sasuke tries to escape her grip, to no avail.
"See?" She smiles triumphantly and slowly grinds against him.
He grimaces and arcs his back, moaning. "Fuck—Naru—Why—do you want to know so badly?"
Oh, I am definitely enjoying this.
"I can ask the same of you. Why are you being so difficult about this?"
Sasuke looks away, and Naruto swears his expression mirrors that of Kyo's when his playtime is over.
"Well then." Keeping his hand pinned by his side, she uses her other hand to unhook her bra. She sits up and removes it, but keeps her breasts hidden by her hair.
His eyes are trained solely on her chest as if he's trying to move her hair just by glaring alone.
Slipping her hand under her hair, she cups her own boob. "I guess I'll just have to take care of myself, then, if you're not gonna help."
She feels herself, squeezing her nipples. His eyes follow her hand as it slowly moves from her boobs, down her stomach, and into her panties. She looks up, moaning softly as she fingers herself.
Sasuke's face morphs into a look of utter desperation. He struggles even more underneath her, but she has gravity on her side, and he has no leverage.
"Well, will you tell me?" she breathes, leaning forward.
Sasuke shudders, looking away from her. "I… do you really need to know this now?"
"Yes. Or you won't have any of this" –Naruto gestures toward her body– "tonight."
Unfortunately, Sasuke catches onto her bluff. "Sure."
Naruto almost groans. Kami-sama, why does he have to be so stubborn?
Wait a sec. She sits up and leers at him as an idea pops into her head. Sasuke stops moving, watching her warily.
She makes a familiar hand seal.
Sasuke turns pale when he recognizes it. "Wait—Naru—no—!"
"Harem no jutsu!"
Three clones appear around Sasuke, all in varied states of undress.
"Ne, Sasuke-kun," Clone number 1 croons into his ear, letting her breath wash over him. "Tell us and we will—"
"—ride you all… night… long…" Clone number 2 finishes Clone 1's sentence, dropping her voice several octaves. "Sa-su-ke…"
Sasuke groans, squinting his eyes shut and leaning away. It does nothing, though. She can feel his arousal, harder than ever. She rolls her hips, enjoying his strained moan, enjoying the friction against her clit.
Clone number 3 strokes a finger down his chest and plays with a nipple, whispering, "Won't you give us what we want, dear husband of ours?"
While her clones occupy him, Naruto shifts backward. Sasuke jerks when she slowly licks up his dripping erection.
"Naru—" Sasuke looks up at the ceiling, breathing heavily, looking almost like he's about to cry. Naruto almost laughs.
"You only need to answer me, Sasuke. I'll even throw in anal."
Sasuke glares at her, jaws clenched. It isn't very effective considering how evident the desire on his face was. Or how his member seems to pulsate when she slips it into her mouth again, twirling her tongue over the head before closing her mouth over him and sucking hard.
"Fuck!" Sasuke throws his head back. "Naruto!"
Naruto smirks, sitting back up, trying really hard to not show her delight. "You're just making this unnecessarily difficult for yourself."
Sasuke's face suddenly changes. His lips curl into a slow smirk that puts Naruto instantly on the defensive.
That's when she hears a deep sigh, and a murmur of, "Sasuke… ohhh… right… there…"
Naruto snaps her head in the direction of the sound and finds Clone 2 with her face twisted in pleasure as Sasuke fingers her.
"Hey!" Naruto barks. "You were supposed to be holding his hand down!"
Clone 2 doesn't pay attention, in the middle of getting off as she was.
In the meantime, Clone 1 leans down, running her hand up his chest before cupping his cheek and kissing him deeply. The deep moan that it elicits from Sasuke is one that makes Naruto feel rather…
Annoyed.
No, furious.
She gets both clones off him and punches them out of existence. Naruto stiffens as a stream of sensations floods into her, and a small moan escapes her lips, the memories of her clones leaving her aching.
Damn, his fingers are something else.
Sasuke is left blinking, staring stunned at the spot where her clones disappeared. "Did you… just get… jealous… of your clones?"
Naruto folds her arms. "You have a problem with that?"
"Hah! No…" Sasuke turns his intense eyes back on her, the lust in them overwhelming. His throat bobs. "No, that was… hot."
Naruto's frown turns into a grin, and she gestures for her third clone to come closer and whispers in her ear. She then kisses her, getting goosebumps and feeling somewhat proud when her clone moans. She briefly wonders what it means if she is actually feeling somewhat disappointed when she lets go of her clone's plump lips.
Either way, Naruto gets off Sasuke while her clone settles behind her.
Sasuke watches them, looking both wary… and excited.
Clone 3 starts by brushing her hand down Naruto's arms, leaving goosebumps in its trail. The clone then moves her hands around her stomach. Naruto draws a sharp breath when the clone pokes a finger into her belly button. She twitches when the clone wiggles her finger, sharp tingles bursting forth from her belly button down to her groin.
She stops the hand, gasping. "Stop."
Sasuke flashes his teeth, looking almost… feral. He looks ready to pounce, but he's holding himself back. Which is… sort of surprising.
He's curious, Naruto realizes, smiling inwardly.
Clone 3 hugs Naruto from behind, resting her head on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Naru-chan," the clone whispers, running her hands up her stomach to her boobs, still hidden by her hair.
"Mmm." Naruto hums as the clone squeezes her nipples, rolling it between two fingers, squirming from the small but sharp stings of pleasure.
She decides not to think too much about the fact that it's her clone making her feel this way and just sits back, enjoying watching Sasuke. His eyes are riveted to her, his hand twitching before he closes it into a fist.
Clone 3 peeks out from behind Naruto. "You're showing an awful lot of restraint, today."
Sasuke lifts up a corner of his lips. "Hn."
"Hn." Clone 3 holds Naruto's shoulders, massaging them, before finally moving her hair out of the way.
But Sasuke only gets a second to appreciate her boobs before her clone cover them again with her hands. She squeezes her boobs, pushing them together, pressing her fingers into her boobs, and moving them in circles.
"Mmm." Naruto leans back against her clone, resting her head back on her shoulder, letting herself loose.
Once the clone's played with them enough, she moves on down, slipping one of her hands into her panties.
"Your… wife is quite wet, ya'know," Clone 3 remarks, increasing pressure on her clit as she does so. Naruto jerks, an audible moan escaping her lips. Her clone's other hand goes back to her boob. "How does it feel to know that she's wet because of me, and not you?"
Naruto herself can no longer pay attention to anything but the way her clone is touching her and she closes her eyes, sighing. Damn, she should do this more often. It's way better than just masturbating. Why didn't she think of this before?
Her clone takes her hand out of her panties and suddenly pushes Naruto, hard, and she falls on all fours. Clone 3 removes Naruto's panties with unexpected roughness and grabs a bottle of lube.
"Wait—what are—oh!"
Naruto takes in a sharp breath when she feels a lube-covered finger pushing its way into her ass.
Her clone… has gone rogue.
Not that she's complaining. She squints her eyes shut, moaning through pressed lips as she feels the finger pushing in and out of her. Her head takes on a fuzzy feeling as her clone opens her up, stretching her.
"Am I even needed at this point?" Sasuke asks.
To be really honest, she's kind of forgotten about him. She can't care to answer because her clone inserts a second digit and scissors them inside her. Leaving her ass to the clone, she pleasures her abandoned vagina. The one arm that supports her trembles, and she drops to her elbow.
When the third finger enters her ass, Naruto arches her back, burying her head in the bed. "Awhhhh, fuck!"
Then, several things happen at once. The fingers inside her ass disappear suddenly, and she hears the telltale sound of her clone being dispelled. Then she feels fingers—much bigger than her clone's—pushing into her, and she whimpers out loud, burying her head back into the sheets.
"FUCK!" she yells into the bed. "Teme, you fucking asshole!"
"Sorry." Sasuke eases up on her, pulling his fingers out and adding more lube before he pushes back in. "But yes, I'd be happy to fuck your asshole," he says matter-of-factly. "You didn't have to ask."
Naruto sends him a dirty look before burying her head back into her forearms, groaning as he slowly inserts a third finger.
To be really honest, she's sort of surprised he didn't intervene much earlier.
Sasuke twists his fingers in and out of her.
"God… daaamn…"
"You ready?" he asks after a few minutes, his voice soft like the bed they're on.
She nods and grips the sheets as he positions himself behind her. She feels him slowly entering her, and she bites her lips to keep herself from whimpering out loud. It doesn't stop a soft hum from escaping her closed lips.
"G-Gods, Naru—" Sasuke grips her hip tightly and pushes further in until he's fully sheathed.
They both breathe heavily as they wait for her to adjust. When she gives him the go-ahead, he pulls out almost completely before pushing in again, and though he starts out slow, her eyes still water.
Sasuke drapes himself over her, wrapping his arm around her stomach and brushing his lips along her back as he moves. She grips his hand and moves in time with him, and it still hurts, gods, it hurts, but it hurts in a good way, the pain giving way to pleasure.
She gasps, squinting her watery eyes shut, gripping the sheets beneath her as he moves, his dick hitting her deeper with each thrust. She feels his quick breaths on her neck and it's not enough, she wants to see him, touch him.
"S-Sas—I—"
Sasuke slows down. "Hm?"
Though he's slowed, he still moves, and each thrust makes her lose that much grip on her senses. "I want—hah—to see—hah—you."
Sasuke withdraws, and the loss of him is excruciating. Filled with a sense of urgency, she pushes him down and crawls on top of him, wasting no time grabbing more lube and covering him with the stuff. As soon as she's done, she sits down on him, and he moans at the sudden tightness around him.
Naruto does not—cannot—wait and smashes her lips against his, moaning into his mouth, swallowing his own moan, pressing every inch of her against him.
Sasuke kisses her back with equal fervor.
Sasuke slips a hand between them to finger her clit, rubbing faster and faster in time with their movements, and she's left with no choice but to let go of his lips, out of breath and moaning loudly with no restraint. She grips his shoulder tight as she moves, and she's positive that's going to leave a large bruise.
There is a frenzy to their movements, an urgency to their sounds. Every single time with him is heightened, unforgettable. What they feel for each other is too much for it to be contained in gentle movements and soft kisses.
Her eyes water from the burn, but the warmth of his body, the softness of his hair, and the sweetness of his mouth, turn that burn into something out of this world. She takes it all in until she cannot anymore and gasps for air, only allowing an inch between their faces with a thread of saliva connecting their lips.
"Naru…" He cups her face, his thumb collecting a stray tear from her eyes. His gaze is locked on her, and she feels as if he's trying to suck her in until all of her is gone. She can stare into these eyes forever and she'll die happy. As the sounds of their lovemaking reach a crescendo, she lets herself loose.
"Sasuke…"
..
Naruto lies in bliss, staring at the ceiling, sweating profusely, and unable to move a muscle.
Except for her mouth, of course. Because she's just realized something.
"Sasuke… you distracted me!"
"What?"
"Gaara!"
His face immediately turns sour. "You distracted yourself."
"Whatever! Tell meeeee!"
Sasuke exhales deeply, rubbing his forehead. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"
"You know me!" she chirps.
"Well then." Sasuke turns on his side with unexpected enthusiasm and snakes his arm around her, his hand running up and down her side. It finally stops at her ass and squeezes a cheek. "You'll owe me."
Naruto makes a face, very much feeling her ass burning now that she's down from her high. "I gave you my ass, that not enough for you?"
Sasuke leans back and stares at her open-mouthed. "How could I ever get enough of you?" Without warning, he buries his head into the crook of her neck, tickling her sides.
"Stop, stop, stoooopp!" Naruto struggles underneath him, laughing and gasping. Her stomach starts hurting and she finally pushes him off, panting heavily.
"You were the one who said you'd ride me all night long," Sasuke reminds her.
"That was my clone. Not me."
"The clone came from you. She's still you."
"How about I create a clone for you right now and you can go fuck her all night long in the other bedroom? She's the one who promised you that, after all."
"Weren't you the one who got jealous of your clone kissing me? Now you're fine with me fucking your clone?"
"I realized the experience all come back to me, anyway." Naruto lifts an eyebrow. "I can really poof up a clone if you actually wanna."
Sasuke makes a face. "No. Not the same."
"Well, that turns your entire argument out the door, yeah? You're saying I owe you for something my clone said, but you don't wanna fuck my clone cos it's not the same?"
Sasuke sniffs. "Why do you have to be smart at the most inconvenient of times?"
Naruto smiles triumphantly.
Sasuke only gazes at her, his eyes seemingly burrowing into her very soul.
She closes her eyes, taking a deep breath. "Okay. Okay. Just one more round, okay? I have a mission tomorrow and I'll need to at least be able to walk."
"Oh?" Sasuke brushes his finger around her belly button. "Won't Kurama heal you anyway?"
Naruto flicks his forehead. "One. Round. Non-negotiable. I need my sleep. Now, will you answer me or not?"
Sasuke makes a face very much like what Kyo makes whenever he's forced to eat his vegetables. And like with Kyo, Naruto finds herself reminding Sasuke of the desert he'll get if he eats his vegetables.
"You want me, don't you?"
Sasuke plops back on the bed, staring at the ceiling as he says, "I… just don't like him."
"No shit," Naruto deadpans.
"I don't like how he looks at you."
She stares at him blankly.
He covers his face with his hand. "You absolute idiot." His voice comes out muffled through his hand.
Naruto pokes his forehead. "Oi. Tell me."
After a moment, he uncovers his face and looks at her. His eyes are somewhat… guarded. "He… loves you, you know."
"Yeah… and I love him too… we're close friends—" Naruto jerks back. "Wait—are you jealous?"
"No." Sasuke huffs. "That's not what I meant. You love him like he's your brother. But he… he loves you. Not as a sister."
"You said this already. Wha—"
Then the news really hits her. "Wait, what?" She sits up. "The hell do you mean, he loves me not like a sister?!"
Sasuke rolls his eyes. "What else would I mean? He loves you, in the… uh… romantic… sense. I think he's always loved you." He looks away and says under his breath, "One would think he'd move on at this point, but no."
"No way. You're reading too much into things. You're being possessive."
"Trust me, I'm not," he says. "You can ask anyone, and they'll tell you the same."
Naruto shakes her head. "No, no, no, no, noo waaayyy."
"Why else do you think Gaara isn't exactly fond of me? You said so yourself—he didn't like the way I used to treat you—and for good reason."
"Cos he's a friend—?"
"Then how come all your other friends didn't act the same way towards me?"
"Cos—" She hesitates. "Cos… we're both… jinchuuriki… so… "
Naruto deflates, her excuse sounding flimsy even to her. "But then…" she says quietly. "Why would Gaara even… l-lo—" She gulps, feeling rather queasy. She sees him too much as a brother for her to feel anywhere near comfortable with the thought.
"Wh-Why would he like me… that way…?"
Sasuke sits up and traces his finger down her face, tucking her hair behind her ear. His eyes are suddenly… soft. "You… really don't know the… effect… you have on people, do you?"
Her breath stutters. Damn, he's hot.
"Wh-What…?"
Sasuke smiles and leans in closer. "Your eyes… they're… life-giving… and your smile… you're like the Sun, shining your light on everyone." He presses his lips against hers, a soft kiss that spreads warmth throughout her body, and embraces her. "I truly feel… lucky… that you chose to shine all that light on me."
Naruto hugs him back. "You're… home… to me, Sas… Of course, I'd choose you."
"Mm."
"You're everything to me."
Sasuke pulls away from her, gazing at her with piercing eyes.
The only warning Naruto gets is the barest hint of a smile, and then he pushes her, and she finds herself falling back into bed with a gasp. "Wh—"
She barely has time to get her bearings before he scoots down, spreading her legs and diving in, his tongue moving and twirling and doing all sorts of… things she didn't know were even possible.
"Fuck!" Naruto throws her head back, her mind clouding with intense pleasure as Sasuke devours her entire being.
"Sasuke!"
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-to be continued-
Author's Notes
And that's a wrap! Hope you all have enjoyed reading this rollercoaster ride as much as I've enjoyed writing it!
MAN does that feel satisfying.
On Updates:
Book 2 (tentatively named Unexpected Developments) will come out in a few months (if all goes well haha). I sort of have the story arc planned out, and I'm writing out the first draft right now, so we'll see how it goes!
I'm kinda experimenting with a different style of story-telling, a different genre, so it'll be different from this fic. It will still follow Sasuke, Naruto, and little Kyo, though! It'll just be a bit more action-oriented, and I'll be focusing more on Sasuke this time as he deals with his own traumas. I meant to also focus on Sasuke in this fic, but it just grew way too long, so I'm just gonna move it to Book 2 haha
That being said, if you'd like to see something in Book 2, feel free to suggest! I'll take suggestions if it interests me and fits with the overall story arc, and I'll let you know so I can credit you properly /
On the other hand, is there anything you think needs improving from this fic so I can write Book 2 better?
And between the wait, I might post some one-shots from the Unexpected universe (again, anything you interested in seeing?) The current one-shot I'm working on is what really happened between naru and sas that night when it all began.
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I am in a sort of bind.
There's another plot bunny running around in my head. It's an sns canon-divergence fic: What if, after Sasuke killed Itachi, Naruto found him instead of Tobi? It'd be a slow-burn where our idiotic boys will go through all sorts of twists and turns and obstacles, hurting each other because they're both traumatized and can't understand themselves, let alone others, but they're both trying their best, alright?
The bind is, I'm having trouble choosing which one to write first. What would yall prefer?
Either way, if you'd like, follow my profile so you can get notifications whenever I start posting again.
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And finally, thank you:
This is gonna sound super cliché, but I think that's because it's true: this fic seriously would not have happened if it weren't for everyone who read it. I love writing, but it's the readers who really pushed me to do my very best.
We all post fanfics cos we want people to read them. If it purely was for the love of writing, it'd just be sitting in our computers collecting metaphorical dust. We wanna share and we wanna know what people think of our works, and if they're enjoying them, and that's why comments mean so much. It's so rewarding cos it feels like all your work has paid off.
This fic wouldn't have been half as good if it weren't for the folks who took the time to comment, encouraging and motivating me to keep writing and to keep writing well. You all know who you are: thank you for existing and supporting me, it meant so, so, so, so, sooooo much! I wouldn't have spent so much time and effort on this fic if it weren't all of you, though. But, a special shoutout to Sarruto and Guest 2, who took the time to comment on most chapters. I could always count on one of you to leave a comment even if no one else does, and it's what pushed me to keep uploading. It's truly the readers that make the author, and it's cliché cos it's true.
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Replies
nosimphere0, Thank you so much for your words and for giving me that dose of serotonin, truly means a lot! Also, Sasuke has always had a rinnegan, it's just I haven't mentioned it often cos it was very relevant through most of the story. And yeah, I'm planning on releasing a few one-shots in the Unexpected universe, so you might get that dinner scene if inspiration hits me!
KassfromVenus, Thank you for your compliment, they mean so much to me. I love that you like with their new dream! I was tryna find a way for Naruto to relinquish her Hokage dream, but also keep her in character at the same time, so I'm glad the new dream gels well with you!
Sarruto, Long time no see! And yeah, Kyo's a... well, he can be a piece of work, but he can be cute when he wants to be. Lowkey I'm wondering if I should make Kyo a little manipulative, using his cuteness against his parents lolol
And omg, so happy you brought up the smut, low-key I spent the most time with that scene than any other part of the chapter so I'm glad to know that you thought it was emotional. My intent with that scene was not to gratify, but to solely focus on their relationship. And yee, I'll make sure they leave Konoha, one way or another! Cos I agree, Naru and Sas deserve so much more than Konoha. Honestly, Konoha can go burn in hell
Aight, I've talked enough. Bye, everyone!
...I didn't expect to feel this sad, though. Ugh. But wow. It's almost been a year. It's hard to believe.
Okay, it's time I really said bye. I'm stalling.
Hope to see you all again when I come back and hope you have a wonderful rest of the year!
Bye!