Well here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long; had stuff dealing with… school. My mom thinks I'm too young to go to University so she's letting me go to Pre- Uni. What a waste of time, seriously. Well, at least I'll be able to see some of my friends again… unfortunately not all of them.
I hope you enjoy this Chapter; it took a really long time to write. ^_^
Chapter 6
(Why can't I?)
[October 7th]
"SASUKE, YOU ASSHOLE, UNTIE ME FROM THIS BED NOW!" Naruto screamed; he was tied to the bed… nude.
"No, not until you promise me you're not going to sneak out of the house to sleep outside." Sasuke demanded with his arms crossed, glaring at the blonde.
"Sasukee… I'm not gonna leave you… that was just a slip of the tongue, I do want to sleep with you, so please untie me…" Naruto whined writhing on the bed and trying to free himself.
"No, not until you promise me." Sasuke said stepping closer to the bed.
"I promise okay, I promise, I promise I'll sleep with you- now that you that you mention it… we haven't done it in a long time- Not that it's bothering me 'cause it's not." Naruto said desperately trying to change the subject and lightening Sasuke's mood.
"Naruto, stop trying to change the subject, it won't work with me." Sasuke informed walking up to the tied up blonde that was pouting at his loss of his disgraceful attempt at trying to change the subject.
"I promise; I won't leave you, Sasuke. Please untie me, please?" Naruto pleaded with a pout on his lips.
Sasuke sighed and untied the blonde. "I just don't want you to go out there and something bad happens to you, that's all." 'Also… the fact that I'm going to feel very lonely without you.' Was the afterthought in his head.
"Sasuke, I can take care of myself… you don't have to watch over me all the time." Naruto stated annoyed at the fact that Sasuke was being such a mother hen/bastard. Naruto flexed his wrists and rubbed them from the aching and redness that the rope caused.
"Wow Naruto, your bruise is gone." Sasuke said tilting Naruto's head towards him by his chin.
"Really, it's gone?" Naruto questioned jumping off the bed and sprinting to the bathroom to look in the mirror.
"You know Naruto… you sleep really dead; I mean that was the only reason for how I got to put the rope around your wrists… it was easy because you sleep like a log." Sasuke said entering the bathroom and standing behind the naked blonde, who was still inspecting his face in the mirror.
"I don't sleep like a log!" Naruto argued feeling very offended, turning around to stare up at Sasuke with a cute pout.
"You're right you don't sleep like a log…" Sasuke began, smirking at the cheeky smile Naruto gave him.
"That's right." Naruto said nodding his head and crossing his arms.
"You sleep like an angel… that sleeps like a log." Naruto's arms fell limp at his sides and his jaw fell slack from disbelief. Sasuke snickered at this and watched as Naruto playfully punched him on the arm.
"You're not nice."
"Who says I'm nice." Sasuke stated as he pulled the naked blonde towards him allowing the blonde to rest his head on his chest while he encircled his arms around Naruto's waist.
"Sasuke… what are we gonna do today?" Naruto inquired looking up into Sasuke's face.
"I don't know, Naruto." Sasuke muttered sliding his hands lower to Naruto's hips.
"Sasuke…"
"Hn?"
"You can use all the hot water this morning again, okay… it's not like I'm gonna use it anyway." Naruto said, mumbling the last part.
"Okay…" Sasuke said lowering his hands again.
"Oh… and Sasuke?"
"Hn?"
"Don't you dare touch my ass." Naruto said sternly, pulling Sasuke's arms from around him and walking out of the bathroom swaying his hips; sure that Sasuke was watching his butt… which he was.
Sasuke groaned at the fact that he lost his 'Molest Naruto' time.
'There goes my chance of being intimate with Naruto for the rest of the day.' He thought as he started to get ready for the day ahead.
"What do you want for breakfast, Sasuke?" Naruto shouted from the kitchen to a Sasuke who was seated in the living room reading the book Tsunade gave him.
He had only two chapters left and he knew almost everything about the Kyuubi and what was going to happen to Naruto in a few days. He was now prepared for anything. One of the things he learnt was that during the heat, he's to be dominant, possessive and protective or he might lose Naruto because the Kyuubi doesn't find him worthy to become the 'alpha ' in the relationship. Kyuubi might even go looking for another mate if Sasuke does not live up to his expectations as an Uchiha or make him the 'bitch', and Sasuke's never going to let that happen to him. Oh yeah… Naruto is also gonna want to be by himself… he's not going to want anyone near him or else he'll rip them to shreds. How is Sasuke going to keep his title as the 'alpha ' and protect his uke if the said uke doesn't want anyone near him. Damn!
Another thing was that two days before Naruto's birthday, the blonde is going to get… how should he say this… hmm… f**king horny. Yea… that's the word; horny. Sasuke knows that, those two days will be hard times and long struggles to refrain himself from taking advantage of the blonde… being taken advantage of.
Just because of this Sasuke's been seeing the bathroom and his left hand pretty often and he didn't like that. (A/N: Yes I made Sasuke left-handed.)
Sasuke was quickly brought from his deep thinking to a very pissed off blonde.
"How long do expect me to frickin' stand here and wait for you decide when to answer my damn question?" Naruto shouted with his hands on his hips and his right foot tapping on the floor impatiently.
"I was reading thi-" Sasuke began then realized that he almost told Naruto what he was reading; so he hid the book.
"What is that you're reading?" Naruto questioned tilting his head to the side in a cute manner; quite the opposite from a couple of seconds ago.
"Um… nothing-"
"Uchiha Sasuke, don't you dare lie to me… I'll know."
Sasuke gulped at this; he had to do something about this. He slowly pushed the book in the side of the couch and stood up in front of the blonde and held his shoulder. 'Damn! He's starting to sound like such a woman…' "Naruto… do you want some help in the kitchen?" Sasuke questioned hoping that he might be able to change the subject again.
"You think you can get me with that… it won't work," Naruto said sternly, looking up at Sasuke with a glare. "Don't try to change the subject." Naruto shrugged off Sasuke's hands and stepped behind him, fishing through the couch. Sasuke stood there and just glared at the wall behind the love seat. What the hell is he going to say to the blonde now!
'Oh! I know what to do… just tell the truth. `I found out you could get pregnant and since I still wanna revive the Uchiha clan I got a book about it and am reading it… you know I always thought you'd be a great mother for my children.` Yeah that would so work.' Sasuke thought sarcastically, still staring at the wall… until Naruto won back his attention.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS YOU'RE READING?" Naruto screamed in anger, waving the book in Sasuke's face.
"Uh… well… Tsunade gave it to me to read." Sasuke explained, whispering the last part. Looking straight at Naruto, Sasuke stepped forward to lessen the distance between them. He placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder again but this time Naruto didn't push Sasuke's hand away. He just stood there with one of his hands on his hips and the other still holding the book.
"This book is about Kyuubi… why would she give you a book about Kyuubi to read?" Naruto questioned dropping both hands to his side and staring at the floor.
"Well… she wanted me to learn more things about Kyuubi and that heat thin-" Sasuke felt stupid. He couldn't believe it… here he was getting Naruto upset and trying to find a bloody good excuse to tell Naruto why exactly he had that book, when he really could just tell the truth… well maybe not all of it- but at least it'll get Naruto off his back.
"Hmm I'm waiting for you to finish, ya know, Sasuke?" Naruto said irritably with his head tilted to one side and a perfectly arched brow.
"Oh… Naruto remember you have that heat thing to deal with- I mean we know nothing about it really, so I was just reading this book about it that Tsunade gave me… that's all." Sasuke said assuredly sliding his hand from Naruto's shoulder to his waist.
"Hmm… so you're reading this to see what's going to happen to me?"
"Exactly… that's why I don't know why you were getting all upset over this." Sasuke whispered pulling Naruto flush against his chest. "… Besides I just wanna make sure nothing bad happens to you… is that so wrong?" He mumbled in Naruto's ear huskily before he gently nipped the blonde's ear lobe.
"Nnn… Sasukee… gomenasai… I just thought you were hiding something -Nngh-from me and I felt really sad then anger took over… -Nnn- please forgive me…" Naruto begged as he tilted his head to give Sasuke more room as the raven moved down the blonde boy's perfectly sun kissed neck to his collarbone.
"Do you think I should just let you get away with it or should I punish you for doubting me?" Sasuke said with a smirk coming face to face with the blonde. Sasuke used this moment to skillfully maneuver the book from Naruto's grasp and dropped it to the floor and kicked it under the love seat.
Naruto didn't even realize when the book was taken from his hands. All he could think about was the talented tongue that was in his mouth feeding him nothing but pleasure. Sasuke slowly explored the blonde's hot wet cavern running his tongue over Naruto's teeth and swiping it across the roof of the blonde's mouth, causing the blonde to emit a rather throaty moan. Sasuke hesitantly broke away from Naruto, stopping an inch away from the blonde's face.
"What do you think I should do for your punishment?" Sasuke panted out as he closely watched the blonde try to control his hard breathing.
"S-Sasuke… please don't punish me… I didn't mean to say that… I just didn't like the fact that you were hiding stuff from me… I won't do it again…okay?" Naruto begged in a very uncharacteristic voice which he cursed himself intently, for sounding so weak in front of the Uchiha Bastard.
Sasuke smirked when he saw Naruto silently curse himself apparently for sounding so weak a couple seconds ago. He then chuckled and straightened himself looking down at Naruto from his tall physique. "You didn't answer the question, Dobe." Sasuke drawled with amusement etching into his voice. Sasuke saw Naruto bristle and looked off to the side at his statement with the unnecessary insult at the end. It just made his smirk widen.
"… Fine… what about no Ramen for a week?" Naruto asked looking back up at Sasuke.
"… What benefit would I receive from that?" Sasuke stated crossing his arms across his chest looking intently at the blonde.
"I-I… Nothing."
"Exactly… and you expect me to just allow that… I think not. When I give out punishments… they must be well deserved." Sasuke said turning around and walking to the stairs with precise and calculated strides. He then stopped before taking the first step up the stairs and slightly tilted his towards Naruto who was still standing in front of the love seat staring after him. Sasuke smirked at him then spoke in a very soft and seductive tone. "I don't think I wanna give you the punishment now though…maybe later when we have the whole day to ourselves and filled with undying energy." He chuckled then climbed the stairs to their bedroom.
When he saw that Sasuke was out hearing range, Naruto plopped himself on the couch releasing an exasperated sigh. "Geez, Can Sasuke be any more of a bastard… and why did he just sound like Gai-sensei?" He mumbled to himself running a hand through his silky blonde hair. He heaved himself up off the couch and returned to the kitchen so he could finish their breakfast clad in only his boxers.
Sasuke sat at the edge of their bed thinking with his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.
'Damnit… that was close. Only three days left and Naruto seem to be slightly insane with the heat; sometimes he's like a PMSing woman, Damnit… or worse… Iruka in a 'Mother-hen' mode. The good thing about thing now is that; the hot weather is holding up since its getting closer to winter. That might help Naruto a bit.' He sighed and looked up to the wall across the room from him. He heaved himself up off the bed and walked over to his drawer and took out a grey sweater and threw it on over his black wife-beater. 'Damn… this cold is getting to me.' Sasuke thought as he walked back out of the bedroom.
"S-Sasuke! Come down to the table, breakfast is ready!" Sasuke heard Naruto shout from downstairs and he climbed down the stairs.
When Sasuke arrived in the kitchen, Naruto was already seated and eating his omelet and an origini with coffee. Sasuke walked over to the table and sat down across from Naruto. For Naruto the air was slightly awkward while for Sasuke, he was just eating then leaving.
"S-So Sasuke… how was… your sleep?" Naruto asked to try and break the unbearable silence.
"It was okay… I guess… How was yours?" He said putting his fork down and looking up at Naruto with a smirk. Sasuke was well aware of the fact that Naruto felt uncomfortable being around him because of what happened earlier that morning; a few minutes ago.
"Um… well… it was good…" Naruto said with a forced smile. Sasuke looked at Naruto with a frown then went back to eating.
"Naruto… would you want to go out later to get some ramen?" Sasuke asked in hope of totally crushing the awkward- bug that insisted in making things difficult for him.
"YESSSSS! I would love that!" Naruto screamed throwing his hands in the air with a broad smile stretched across his face.
Sasuke smiled at this; a very small smile I might add. He then got up from the table and stacked up his and Naruto's plates and carried them to the kitchen. During this time Naruto just leaned back against the chair and waited for Sasuke to come back. When Sasuke came back he turned his chair around, sitting on it and resting his arm on the back of the chair, staring at Naruto.
Naruto stared back at Sasuke expecting him to say something.
"What?"
"Nothing."
They sat there for a couple more seconds staring at each other; not saying anything. Naruto began to fidget and look around the breakfast room. His eyes locked with Sasuke's for a brief moment and he snapped.
"What the hell is it?" The blonde shouted in anger at the smirking teen across from him.
"I said it's 'nothing.'" Sasuke said with a slight shrug of his shoulders looking out the window by his right.
"It must be something if you're smirking like that, Sasuke-teme." Naruto whined with a pout on his lips glaring at Sasuke. "Tell me what it was."
"…Well… I was just thinking…"
The blonde Hokage rest the small sake bottle back on her desk after she took a sip. She sighed. Damnit things were going to get complicated for her very soon… she just knew it. She sighed again and spun her chair around to stare through the window down at the village; a place she cared about so dearly.
There's was a knock at the door and she slumped in the chair for a few seconds before straightening up, spinning the chair around and told the person to come in.
"Come in."
The door opened to a very… frustrated Sakura. She slammed the door after she entered and threw herself into a couch Tsunade had in her office.
"What is it Sakura… I know you didn't come here to just throw yourself in my couch. Something must be wrong." Tsunade started with her head resting on her intertwined fingers.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"… well I guess there's nothing to talk about… you may leave now." Even after she said that Sakura didn't move to get out of the room… or off the couch for a matter of fact, she just sat there staring out of space.
"Tsunade-sama… Naruto and Sasuke are a couple… can you believe that?" Sakura questioned still not looking in her direction.
"Ahh… well, it's not that surprising… they always seemed too close."
"You knew too, didn't you… you knew Naruto and Sasuke were together, didn't you?" Sakura shouted, anger rising as she forcefully stood up and marched over to the Hokage.
"Yes, I did. But I was asked not to tell anyone of their relationship." Tsunade stated simply, looking straight at Sakura.
"I can't believe they didn't want to tell me though… why wouldn't they?" Sakura croaked on the verge of tears again.
"Sakura, aren't you dating Lee?" Questioned a very confused blonde Hokage.
"Stop asking me about him already!"
"What are you talking about? This is the first time I'm asking you this question." Tsunade mumbled with a tint of irritation. 'This girl is in denial.'
"Everyone keeps asking me about him… I know I'm dating him…. It's just… I can't forget about Sasuke."
"Well Sakura, you're going to have to forget about him because liking Sasuke won't help your current relationship. It'll only sever it."
"I know… I really like Lee-kun… but… Sasuke-kun has been my crush since I was six-"
"Exactly, Sasuke is exactly that, your crush. He doesn't like you back, you've got to accept that… but Lee loves you… a lot, don't let a stupid crush like Sasuke ruin the love someone else will share with you." Tsunade lectured to her past student in a very disappointed voice.
"I guess you're right… though it might take me some time to get over the pain of rejection and betrayal."
"Sakura, It's not Rejection or Betrayal… it's Obsession and Denial." The blonde Hokage swiftly corrected.
"Excuse me?"
"Sakura… Sasuke fell in love… just with someone who is not you… and you can't accept the fact that, that person is not you; it was Naruto, who you thought was always in love with you. But you see, Naruto accepted the fact that you will never like him like that and moved on."
"Hmph!"
"See… in this situation… Naruto can't be called the 'dead last'. This time… it's you."
"Tsunade-sama…" Sakura slowly said, obviously offended. She furrowed her brows, crossed her arms and stormed out of the office without another word.
Tsunade flinched slightly as the door was slammed and it seemed to shake all the walls of her office. She released an exasperated sigh and slumped back in her chair. The blonde woman then reached for her small bottle of sake and drank it all in one gulp.
"Shizune!"
"Shizune!"
Rushed footsteps were heard soon after approaching the door. The door flew open and Shizune hurried in.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" She forced out in labored breaths.
"I'm gonna need three more bottles of sake," Tsunade said with a broad smile, "please?"
"NANI?"
"Stupid Tsunade-sama…" Sakura mumbled as she made her way home. "Why did she have to say something like that-?"
"Forehead- girl!"
"Why the hell am I hearing Ino-pig's voice right now?"
"Forehead-girl, didn't you hear me calling you?" Ino said slapping her hand on Sakura's shoulder.
"Oh sorry… I thought I was hearing things."
"Hmm…really… are you okay? I know something's up so tell, now." Ino kindly commanded noticing her friend's confused yet angry expression.
"It's nothing."
"Right. That's why you look like you found out that Sasuke is dating someone else other than you." The blonde stated matter-of-factly.
"You knew too?" Sakura shouted stopping suddenly and pulling Ino back with her, grabbing both of her shoulders.
"Huh? What are you talking about-?"
"Don't give me that crap. You knew, didn't you? You knew that Naruto and Sasuke were dating… for three years now."
"… yes I did. When did you find out?" Ino answered with her eyes to the ground not wanting meet Sakura's.
" Yesterday…Why didn't you tell me… we're best friends?" Sakura questioned tightening her grip on Ino's shoulders while looking straight at the girls bowed head.
"I'm sorry Sakura… Sasuke-kun and Naruto asked me not to tell you."
"How come they were able to tell you but not me… you loved Sasuke too didn't you?" Sakura interrogated Ino bending slightly to see the girl's face.
"Sakura… I've grown out of love for Sasuke… when I realized he loved Naruto. I don't know if you've realized this … but whenever I see them together… they seem so happy, like nothing in the world could ever go wrong. That look… that look in Sasuke's eyes whenever he looks at Naruto… he seems so alive… his whole demeanor glows and his face lights up. He shows expressions when they're together. No one else can get Sasuke like that… no one… but Naruto. Sakura… you've got to get over Sasuke. That's what I had to do." Ino said finally having the courage to look up at her best friend with determination in her eyes, unintentionally forcing Sakura to agree with her.
"You're right Ino… I should give up on Sasuke… I have Lee after all." Sakura said with a giggle at the end.
Although Ino could see the unshed tears at Sakura's eyes, she knew they weren't bitter tears of hate and spite for Naruto and frustration and pity for herself but joy and acceptance for the love Sasuke will not return to her.
"Do you feel better now?"
"Yea… Thanks Ino." Sakura said solemnly wrapping her arms around Ino bringing her into a hug.
"You're welcome, Sakura." The blonde said hugging Sakura back.
"What?"
"I said that… 'I was thinking that you'd look cute swollen with my child'." Sasuke repeated with that same arrogant smirk on his face.
"WHAT!" Naruto screamed with his face turning into the most impressive shade of red.
"I'm not repeating it again… Uchihas don't repeat themselves." Sasuke replied crossing his arms still staring straight at the blushing blonde.
"What would make you think that, Sasuke?" Naruto murmured walking over to Sasuke, not even remembering when he stood up.
"I don't know… I guess that now since I'm thinking about children, I'd like to see you have my heir." Sasuke unfolded his arms and placed his hands on his knees leaning forward.
"But… I can't have children, Sasuke… I'm a boy." Naruto stated sounding somewhat confused and depressed pushing Sasuke's hands away to sit in his lap.
Sasuke welcomed the smaller boy in his lap, straddling him and wrapped his arms around the boy in a comforting hug pulling him against his chest.
"What if I could get you pregnant?" Sasuke pressed on resting his chin on the blonde boys shoulder.
"Don't be ridiculous, Sasuke… you can't get me pregnant." Turning to look at the older teen, Naruto loosened the hold around his waist.
"Naruto… I'm an Uchiha… everything about us is ridiculous. Just trust me when I say this… 'I can get you pregnant'." Sasuke said pulling the boy back into him while kissing down his neck from his racing pulse to his shoulders.
"How?" Was the simple question asked by the skeptical yet trusting blonde.
"You'll have to trust me… then you'll see when it happens… trust me." Sasuke begged more than stated.
Naruto understood this… 'Trust Sasuke' … he could do that. But still the knowledge Sasuke seem to have over him made him nervous and somewhat scared. Naruto nodded his head slowly.
"Sasuke, let go… I'm hot." Naruto said pushing Sasuke's arms from around him. Sasuke groaned from the loss but let the blonde go. "I should go and take a shower." Naruto got up from his most comfortable chair (Sasuke's lap) and headed up stairs to the showers.
Sasuke sighed… at least it worked out the way he wanted it to or else he wouldn't want to know what would have happened. He got really annoyed with himself, keeping secrets from Naruto. He won't admit that it was his conscience that was bothering him or the fact that he couldn't wait until Naruto's birthday came around. He smiled to himself. 'Three days left.' He couldn't wait.
Thank you my dear Beta for threatening me to update quicker. I'm a VERY slow typist; so she understands… but at the same time she couldn't give a shit if I could only type one word a day- she wanted it done and up. I respect her for that. Love you, Dei! 3
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