For all those who actually read this... I'm very sorry it took so long. I'm just now possitively sure that my school's trying to kill me. lol

Anyway, I just decided to kill myself and write another chapter in time for my bestfriend's birthday. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEI! So this chapter is dedicated to you, Dei (Pandoa).

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I just use the characters. But It's a good thing I don't own them… imagine what I'd do. Ku ku ku ku ku ku

On to the story...


Chapter 7

(Animal instincts)

[October 7th]

After a while of sitting and waiting for Naruto to come back down stairs, the Uchiha got annoyed. It's been almost an hour and a half since Naruto left to go take a shower. 'How long does it take to bathe?'

Sasuke angrily got up and marched up the stairs to the bathroom. He swung the bedroom door open and was forced to stop and stare at the most ridiculous thing he had ever seen in his life. What the hell was Naruto doing?

"Naruto, what the hell are you doing?" At the sound of his name, Naruto spun around to face Sasuke.

"Sasuke… do you have any more cotton T-shirts?" Naruto asked from the bed that now looked like a big nest of towels and sheet comforters… oh and T-shirts.

"No… what are you doing?" Sasuke repeated slowly closing the door and walking over to their bed.

"I'm making a bed for us that's more comfortable. Doesn't it look more comfortable?" Naruto cutely asked as he sat down in the middle of the nest.

"Um… it looks like it'll take a lot of work to keep clean." Stopping at the bed, he patted the area in front of Naruto's legs.

"Yes… but since it's the both of us, we can keep it clean together." The blonde stated cheekily though it turned into a pout when he realized that Sasuke didn't answer his question. "Sasuke… doesn't it look comfy?"

Sasuke looked up at his cute blonde and felt guilty. It looked like the blonde put so much effort into making this nest and he just stood there finding problems with it and not acknowledging the blonde's effort. "Um… it looks very comfy, Naruto… actually I think I'll rest in it now."

"Really?"

"Of course." Sasuke climbed onto the bed and pull Naruto towards him. At this Naruto happily curled into his boyfriend's hold, wrapping his arms around Sasuke's waist.

Waking up three hours later made Sasuke confirm the comfort of the nest, plus Naruto never moved from his side. Naruto was still clinging to him as if his life depended on it, this made Sasuke smirk.

He continued to watch the blonde… which was his favourite pass time activity. After a few more minutes of staring at the blonde Sasuke decided the he needed to go prepare lunch for them to eat. He unwrapped the blonde's arms but they soon clung unto him again when he tried to get up.

"Narutooo… I need to go get food for us."

"Iie… stay with me." Sasuke noticed that the blonde was becoming so attached to him, it was unbelievable. Sasuke sighed and lay back down, though he was a bit surprised when Naruto climbed on top of him.

'I guess he's trying to prevent me from leaving.'

Sasuke woke up again twenty-five minutes later. He realized that Naruto was still sleeping on top of him and drooling on his shirt.

"Ew, Naruto… I don't know whether this is cute or just plain gross." Sasuke turned his head and looked over to they're alarm clock. It was 3:36 p.m. 'Damn, that late already?'

"Mmm… Sasuke…"

"Naruto…wake up."

"Nnn… Nooo."

"Why not?"

"I don't want Sas'ke to leave as yet." Naruto mumbled a couple other things that Sasuke couldn't make out. "Don't leave me."

"I won't leave you, Naruto." Sasuke claimed nuzzling Naruto's soft blonde hair. "I'm just going to make some food for us." Sasuke waited for a response but none came. He sighed. A very small snore was Naruto's response. Translation: I'm sleeping so don't try to wake me up.

Sasuke took this as a chance. He slowly, very slowly eased Naruto off of him and slid from beneath the blonde. After standing up, he looked back at Naruto who never seemed to notice the slight change. He crept out of the room and made his way downstairs to the kitchen. He knew he made plans to carry Naruto for Ramen, but it seems like they would have to go another day.


Sakura felt so much better now that she spoke with her mentor and her best friend. Now she needed to go and apologize to Naruto for her rude behaviour. She felt a little nervous too. 'I mean I hit Naruto… would he even want to talk to me again… he even spoke to me like Sasuke does before this incident. He sounded so much like Sasuke. Maybe they're hanging around each other too much. Well… let me hurry.'

Before she knew it, she was standing in front of the Uchiha-Uzumaki Manor door. She swallowed nervously and wiped her sweaty palms on the front of her skirt, then raised her hand slowly to knock on the door lightly.

-KNOCK KNOCK!-

"Who the hell is that?" Sasuke whispered placing the dinner on the table. He turned around and looked at the kitchen clock. 4:53 p.m.

Sasuke slowly made his way to the door and almost growled when the person knocked again. 'If they ever wake Naruto up, I'm gonna…' Sasuke's thoughts were cut short by the person standing in front of him. He narrowed his eyes to a glare and started to close the door again.

"N-No, Sasuke-kun! Please don't close the door." Sakura begged throwing her hands together to create a dramatic effect.

"And why not?" Sasuke muttered darkly, his glare intensifying.

Sakura has never been so afraid in her life. Sasuke looked just about ready to skin her alive and dip her in salt. She shuddered at the thought and unsteadily stepped forward. "I just came to apologize to you and Naruto for the way I behaved yesterday."

"Really… well come back anoth-"

"SASUKE?"

Sasuke turned around swiftly to catch a flying Naruto who was teary eyed and looked like he was ready to start crying. "Naruto… what's wrong?"

"You left me…"

"What…?"

Flashback

Naruto woke with a big yawn, stretching every part of his body. He looked down and realized that some time during his nap, he must have taken off all his clothes… or should he say boxers.

"Sasuke… wake up." The blonde mumbled rubbing the sleep from his eyes with one hand and feeling around the bed-nest with the other to locate his mate. 'Mate…?' When he didn't feel Sasuke he opened his eyes to look around. "Sasuke…?" Naruto then realized that Sasuke was not nowhere in the room. He started to panic. Would Sasuke really leave him? He wouldn't, would he? 'No, he said he would never leave me… but he's not here now.' Quickly Naruto clambered out of the bed and ran through the bedroom door and down the stairs. "Sasuke…" Running through the living room and not spotting the raven, Naruto ran to the kitchen. Not finding Sasuke there either, with teary eyes, he ran back to the living room and stopped when he heard talking. 'The front door.' Naruto quickly made his way to the front door. Upon seeing the back of his boyfriend's head, he shouted Sasuke's name and leapt towards him. "SASUKE?"

Sasuke caught him easily, as expected of the raven. "Naruto… what's wrong?"

"You left me…"

"What…?"

"You left me…" The blonde repeated, looking up at Sasuke with accusing eyes. Sasuke at this moment felt very guilty yet pissed at the same time. Guilty at Naruto and even more pissed off Sakura. "You said you wouldn't leave me but you did… you left me all alone. I was so scared that you were gone."

"I'm sor-"

"You can't leave me, Sasuke!" Naruto had this desperate look on his face as he clutched unto Sasuke like he was his only life line.

"Naruto, calm down! I'm sorry! I just left to get us some food… we never had lunch so I had decided to make dinner. Please forgive me."Sasuke looked down into the blonde's eyes in search of forgiveness.

"Food…? Sasuke got food for us…? Sasuke's such a good mate. I forgive you." The blonde wrapped his arms around the older male and smile sweetly up at him. Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto and brought the blonde closer to him. Sasuke smiled and really looked at his blonde, in doing this he realized that Naruto was completely… naked… and in front of Sakura. Sasuke looked over the blonde's shoulder to his ass and found it there all perky and tempting. Slowly, he brought his left hand down to the blonde's hips. Reaching lower… almost there…

"Naruto…?"

"Sakura." Naruto said stepping from Sasuke.

'Damnit. That bitch, I was almost there.' Sasuke let his arms fall back at his sides and turned to the pinkette.

'Frickin' bitch! Sasuke almost touch my ass… and you had to ruin it. I've been trying to let him touch me for so long and you just had to come ruin it when he finally attempts to.' Naruto came out of his thoughts when he turned to Sakura and her face which looked like she just saw a naked blue thief run pass her with the moon. She was also looking somewhere on his body that was not his face… much lower. Naruto blushed. For a split second there he forgot that he was naked. He quickly turned and hid behind Sasuke who was looking rather amused by his situation. "Yes, Sakura?" The blonde squeaked, peeking over Sasuke's shoulder with his hands on the older male's said shoulder. Sakura's face still hadn't lost the heavy blush that fell on it after seeing Naruto's little person. She swiftly looked up to the blonde and stuttered out an excuse for her appearance.

"Um… N-Naruto… I came h-here to ap-apologize for what I d-did yesterday. I'm t-terribly sorry f-for the way I t-treated you. I am also s-sorry for h-hit-hitting y-you. Will you for- forgive m-me? Please?" At this point in time, if Sakura worried the bottom of her skirt anymore… the whole thing would just turn to shreds.

"I forgive you, Sakura. You're like a sister to me; I can't hate you." Naruto said this with a pleasant smile, pushing Sasuke forward and towards Sakura. Sasuke glared at the girl when he realized just what the blonde was planning to do. He sighed and gave in, stepping forward, though his glare never let up. Naruto push his hands under Sasuke's arms and pull Sakura towards him; hugging her. The girl squeaked and slowly wrapped her arms around the Uchiha and the naked blonde. Sasuke on the other hand just stood there with his arms floating by his side, glaring at nothing in particular.

"I still haven't forgiven you." Sasuke droned looking down at his team mate who by his words stepped back and moved closer to the front door which was right behind her.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke."

"Sasuke… accept the poor girl's apology quickly so you can come snuggle naked in the bed with me." Naruto said cheekily with a sudden look of perversion on his face.

"Okay, I forgive you." With that he push the girl out the door and slam the said door closed, but not without turning the lock. He turned around suddenly to find Naruto… not there. 'Where the hell did he go?'

"Sasuke? Did you really cook this all by yourself?"

"Stupid, dobe." The Uchiha grumbled all the way to the kitchen while thinking up ways he could kill the pink bitch.

After dinner Sasuke found himself treading behind the blonde who was heading to the bathroom to take a quick cold shower to relieve himself of some of the heat. Fortunately or unfortunately- any way you want to look at it- the blonde wanted Sasuke to be there all so. The Uchiha was so flipping cold already and the blonde wanted to bring him under the ice cold water of the shower. That would just kill everything… including mini Sasuke that sprouted his head somewhere between Naruto eating naked at the dining table and Naruto slurping noodles naked at the dining table. Oh wait… that's the same thing.

"Naruto… I really don't need to cool down… how about I go to the nest and wait for you?" The raven suggested. Many who if in Sasuke's position would probably… jump in joy at being able to shower with their mate… but not Sasuke… he'd rather wait till another time.

"No, Sasuke… you can't leave me alone. What if some other male come and try to take me away from you? If you're not there I'll leave with them willingly just to spite you." The blonde stated pulling on the older male's hand.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Do you really want someone to take me away from you…?" After saying this, the blonde stopped to turn to the man standing behind him. "Look, if this is the way you're going to behave, you can just forget about it, Uchiha." Naruto let go of the ravenette's hand and continued on his way… but not before saying: "I need someone who'll protect me with their life and not only think about themselves… if you won't do the job… I'll find someone else who is willing to be my mate."

"Damnit, that sounds like the Kyuubi talking." Sasuke mumble this right as Naruto turned from him and went to the bathroom alone, closing the door. Sasuke decided that he'd just go risk having his limbs fall off from the ice cold water than lose Naruto, so he climbed the rest of the stairs and headed to the bathroom.

After knocking on the door twice he opened it and stepped inside.

"Oh, so you finally decided to join me?" Came Naruto's voice from the tub he was lying in, with the water up to his chin.

"Yeah, I don't mind freezing my ass off for you and maybe losing a couple of limbs." Sasuke drawled stripping himself of his clothes and stepping into the tub behind the blonde when he sat forward to leave space for the ravenette. After slowly lowering himself into the water hissing every now and again from the cold, he pulled Naruto close to his chest nuzzling his nose into the blonde's nape. The blonde was so warm.

He dragged his lips from the blonde's hairline to his shoulders nipping along the column every now and then. He trailed his lips back the Naruto's neck and licked until he was licking the younger boy's Adam's apple. He nipped there going all the way up to the blonde's pulse, sucking softly making the blonde moan in need.

Naruto pushed his body closer to the boy behind him and leaned his head back to rest it on Sasuke's shoulder as he stared up at the ceiling enjoying the cool water and the small nipping and sucking along his neck. It made him moan thinking about what might happen if this should continue. He realized that every time he and Sasuke got a chance to have sex, something would come up or just ruin the moment. At first it never bothered him but now, he really thought maybe Sasuke didn't find his body worthy enough for them to engage in sexual activities with each other. Now it really bothered him. He thought that now since he was always naked, and Sasuke being the pervert he was, would constantly fuck him against any surface they were closest to at any time.

Naruto growled when felt Sasuke stop, and reached for the bubble bath soap instead, pouring a small amount into the tub and watching the water sud with a strawberry-kiwi scent wafting in the air.

"Mmm… Naru, you smell that? Nice, isn't it?" Sasuke said as he ran his hand down Naruto's chest to his pelvis and back up; not going any lower.

Naruto's breath hitched when he felt Sasuke's run really close to his member, but then felt like he would just rip the man to shreds for not grabbing unto his manhood; that was now dying from rejection.

"It would have been nicer if you just did me right here… we haven't done it in a while and I'm feeling very… deprived." With that Naruto grabbed the back of the ravenette's head and pulled him down into a heated make out session.

Naruto slowly spun around to straddle Sasuke's lap when the older boy's hand came up and gently pushed the blonde boy away. 'Damnit Naruto, You're not making it any easier for me… I can't have sex with you now.' Sasuke quickly stood up to step out of the tub when a very wet hand stopped him by grabbing his left leg.

"You don't love me anymore, do you Sasuke? I'm sorry if I'm not pretty enough for you… but you could have at least told me that didn't like me or my body anymore."

"Damnit, Naruto I do love you… it's just that I can't…" He broke off not really knowing what to say but he continued anyway. "I can't have sex with you Naruto… I just can't."

"Why not!"

"I just can't, Okay!"

"No! Not okay. You haven't had sex with me in a week… and with the way you were; we usually did it almost three times a day. You think I wouldn't have noticed you not touching me for a week? You really think I'm stupid, don't you Sasuke!" Naruto stood up abruptly causing some if the water to splash out of the tub and unto the tiled floor.

"Naruto… I don't think you're stupid. But the bottom line is: I'm not having sex with you today. Final."

"Really? Well, If you don't, I'm going to leave."

"Are you serious?"

"As a judge." With that Naruto stepped out of the bath tub, grabbed a towel and went into the room slamming the door close after entering.

"Well that's just swell." Sasuke snarled unplugging the tub and grabbing up a towel for himself. After putting on a robe, Sasuke almost jumped when he heard the front door slam. 'Naruto must have left. He didn't even give me a chance.' He sighed… 'What a good way to start his mating season.' Sasuke let out a bitter chuckle and left the bathroom to the bedroom to find clothes. 'It's going to be a long day.'


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