Naruto
When I woke up in the morning I felt terrible. In more ways than one. Well one of the reasons is because I had a small cold but I also felt like I sort of...failed Gaara. Thats one way to put it. Because I lied to him and yet he didn't really get mad at me. Could it hurt him a little to yell at me or something? I mean he says he understands the reason why but it doesn't solve the fact that I did hide something from him for months. The last thing that made me feel terrible was that Gaara was not in bed with me but in fact he seemed to be up and making breakfast judging by the sounds I heard. The door was left open probably for that reason so I knew that he didn't leave. He just got up to make breakfast. Slowly getting up, I wiped my eyes and walked to the bathroom. After I flushed and and washed my hands I sneezed into my pajama sleeve. As soon as that was done I walked into the kitchen where Gaara finished making breakfast and had just set it on the table. He gave me a smile.
"Morning."
"Morning." I responded back, "Thanks for making breakfast." I told him and he shrugged. "Anything for you." he said simply as he handed me a napkin to wipe my nose. I only blushed and took it, "I should pick up some tissues today..." He spoke in thought as I sat down in front of the breakfast he created.
"I love you." I told the red head when he sat down.
"I love you too. Are you in any pain?"
"A little." I said softly.
"Ill get you some medicine for that. Plus we need something for that cold..." He spoke again and he stood up to go get it but I stopped him by grabbing his sleeve.
"Please...just eat. Okay?" As much as I love him and as much as I like how he loves me enough to care for me he should at least eat before he starts worrying about me...right?
Gaara
I stared at him for a moment. Putting his necessities first was my first priority, but he seemed to not be in a mood for me to make him worry about me either. I made myself a plate and slowly began to eat, watching him, trying to access just how sick he was.
"Am I going to school today?" Naruto asked me. I thought for a second.
"Do you want to? Do you feel up for it? If you want to take a personal health day, its completely fine with me."
"I-I don't want to go to school, but I don't want to stay here alone while you go out shopping." Naruto said, wiping his nose again on the napkin.
"I'm going to work after I go shopping." I stated.
"Then I'll come with you. I can relax on the couch, it's better this way because you can keep an eye on me so you wont be worried and I can stay with you."
"Alright fine." I said. Naruto finished eating and we got ready to go to the store, I bought soft tissues and some cold medication. I'll get Tsunade to prescribe Naruto more pain meds after we get to the hospital in about fifteen minutes
Naruto
"Whats wrong with him? How come hes not in school and why does he look like death?" Sai tried to whisper but I only rolled my eyes while I turned on the couch so I could now face them.
"I can hear you." I spoke not so nicely. Colds...never gave me the best personality in the world.
"He doesn't look like death. And saying he looks like death wont make him feel better." Gaara spoke taking a quick look at me. I just sighed as I looked at my phone. Shikamaru and Hinata kept on texting me, asking me where I was and if I was okay. Supposedly theres something around school that I got beat up and possibly killed. Most likely someone from school saw them hurting me but didn't do anything to help me. I put my phone away again after responding.
"Anyway he just caught a cold." He responded while working on some womans shoulder blades. I took a deep breath before I sneezed and took out my phone, again. I needed something to keep my mind off things so I was going to write.
"Hey kid you okay?" I looked up to see Deidara. I only gave him a blank stare and then went back to write, "Come on I'm trying to be nice! I said sorry like ten billion times why can't you forgive me already? Gaara has."
"I might be small and maybe a bit weak but I am stubborn. And Gaara knows this so I still can't really trust you yet." I replied while typing into my phone. But my nose was so stuffy that it was somewhat raspy sounding.
"Its true." Gaara spoke while smiling."
"But I'm being nice here."
"Your boyfriend isn't..." I muttered to myself. Sasori didn't do anything to me but hes still one of...them, "Gaara? can I take more cold medication?"
"You can. Its about the time anyway." Slowly getting up, as to not cause pain, I walked slowly over to the bag of medication in Gaara's area. I took some cold stuff but also some pain medication.
"A cold is an explanation for looking shitty but that doesn't explain why his face twists in pain when he moves." The black headed male said and I just chose to ignore him while I walked back to the couch and sat on it.
Gaara:
"Just shut up Sai... do you even know what you put me through yesterday?" I said annoyed. I saw Naruto's ears perk up in curiosity, I never got to tell him.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, like every Monday, you came in shit-faced drunk. but I had a costumer so I couldn't party with you and Deidara, and good thing I was sober, because if I wasn't, you'd be sporting a tattoo of a unicorn on your ass!" I said. Naruto looked at me weirdly, and Sai raised an eye brow.
"Is that supposed to be a threat?"
"No, thats what you asked me for. and if I was drunk, I would have asked questions second. Now that I think back on it, I should have humored you, you might not have gotten drunk ever again, and in my opinion, I could use a laugh. plus you'd deserve it... try keeping a girlfriend with a rainbow unicorn on your butt." I ranted. I was too bored to do much else today, so apart from harping on Sai, all I was doing was playing with the new henna kit and making the design on my hand wrist and arm up to my elbow before Deidara asked me not to waste it. I said I'd pay for it, but he wouldn't hear of it.
"I did not want a unicorn on my butt."
"next time I wont hold back."
"oh yeah? I'll wake up with what? a leprechaun on my chest?" Sai battered.
"No, I'll do Pinocchio around your dick and when you get horny his nose will grow!" I said enthusiastically.
"pfft... thats pretty awesome." he said trying to get me on edge.
"daffy duck mowing your pubes?"
"I shave."
"How about, a picture of Cinderella with one glass slipper, and foot prints leading into your asshole, then I'll take a Barbie shoe and shove it up your ass for your next boyfriend to find." I said threateningly.
"lame. You'd look really manly in toys'r'us buying a Cinderella doll for one slipper." Sai shrugged it off.
"I'll Peirce your nipples..."
"oh! ow! harsh man, harsh!" Sai said grabbing his chest protectively. "give you a Jacob's ladder..." I said rolling my eyes. he covered his dick, so he looked feminine with one hand there and the other guarding his nipples. "that auta teach you-"
"Shut up Gaara." Sai said walking away to go bug Deidara. "Naruto how are you feeling?" I asked.
"I'm doing ok, the pain meds should kick in any second now."
"These are really strong, you'll probably feel high when they kick in."
"High?" Naruto asked.
"Everything goes really slow or really fast, depending on how you feel. I get really chill, but It's not the same for everyone. If I guess by your personality, you might be one who gets really giggly. Sai's like that." I stated.
Naruto:
"Great." I rolled my eyes. No way did I want to do anything stupid even if I had a feeling that I might just end up doing that.
"Don't worry you wont look stupid." He told me as if he was reading my mind, "You would just act cute and maybe hyper."
"Oh." I said softly while I started to play with the fabric of my shirt. There was one string that I just wanted to pull out but didn't want to pull it in fear that it would rip more of the shirt. I sniffled a bit and then moved a bit more on the couch. The pain was pretty much just some numbness while I watched Gaara with half lidded eyes. I didn't know what Gaara meant about being high. but he said I'd be giggly and I just couldn't see that at all. But Gaara seriously did know me so I guess I can't really doubt him. I was drifting off into space when I saw Sai trip while he walked after Deidara. And then I cracked. I don't know why but I started laughing. And I mean it was only him tripping and hes tripped a few times today but I couldn't help it.
"Told you Naru." Gaara looked at me while I hid my face in the arm rest, my face red as I started to control my breathing.
"I know, your always right." I looked at him with one eye. Damn I was hot now... but thats just a symptom of the damn cold. Hopefully I'll be good enough tomorrow. I remember the old times when I would be stuck at home when I had a cold and all I got to do was watch soap operas about someones evil twin cousin form the next dimension. What if Gaara and I had our own soap opera? Oh! Or what if we had our own sitcom! This caused me to giggle again which caused Gaara to look at me oddly.
"What?" I asked him.
"Are you really okay?"
"Yeah, totally fine...except I'm feeling hot." I told him
Gaara:
"That means the drugs should be working..." I said.
"I guess, I don't feel too much pain..." He poked at a bruise, and then started laughing.
"Naru, don't do that!" I said.
"But it hurts haha..."
"Naru, stop..."
"Ok fine." He giggled once more, then proceeded to open his phone but he seemed to have forgotten what he was writing, (which happens a lot when your high) and closed his phone, looking around as if in a daze. Like he was trying to figure out where he was, but he knew perfectly well.
"Just relax Naruto." I said calmingly. "You don't want to do much when your medically high, you could hurt yourself easily because your already injured." I think Tsunade had us pick up something too strong, unless this some mean kind of prank. That or shes just trying to get Naruto high to forget his worries. I debated. I caught Naruto staring at me, he seemed to concentrate for a while, then he cracked a smile, started to giggle slowly, and then he couldn't control himself. "Naru, whats so funny?" I asked. He had to calm down before he answered, he opened his mouth to do just that, his face twisted in confusion and then he said.
"I forgot." a few seconds staring at me more, he started laughing again.
"What is it?" I asked, a smile on my face.
"I remembered!" he cracked up.
"Remembered what sweety?"
"You!" I must have missed the joke.
"And what is so funny about me?" I asked.
"You bit me." I just stared at him. "Not now!... just... before... its... haha... its funny to think about... Gaara biting people. Haha."
"Did you over dose?"
"No... I don't think so?"
"I think so..." I checked the bottle. "How many did you take?"
"Two..." he smiled. "two... two... thats fun to say. two. two. two." He laughed between each 'two'.
"Naru, how much do you weigh? I think you were supposed to take one... OMFG." I whined. "Sai Naru is so high he could be a danger to himself!" As I said this Deidara entered the room, holding hands with Sasori, but my brain was elsewhere. I guess school must be out.
"Whats going on?" Deidara asked.
"Naruto took one too many pain meds and its made him high as a kite. he's flying." I said.
"Weee." Naruto giggled at his joke. "Hey I know you!" He pointed to Sasori with a finger.
"Uhhh... Hi." Sasori said uncomfortable. "Thats so weird."
"Well he wouldn't be acting weird if he didn't have to take pain pills, who's fault is that?" I snapped at Sasori.
"Sorry Gaara. I'm not going to risk my life for some... kid."
"Pfft" I said looking away from him and stared at my Naruto. "I'm just afraid hes gonna hurt himself. I mean, what if he tries to stand up?"
"You do this..." Sai answered my question, walked over to Naruto, then picked him up and onto his feet carefully.
"Sai don't move him!" I said protectively moving closer, but Sai poked him in the side, and Naruto started to lean to the couch and fell over onto it.
"ow!" My blond said laughing.
"See?" Sai said.
"You could have hurt him!" I said punching Sai on the shoulder. I didn't mean to do it hard but Sai was soon rubbing a newly forming bruise.
Naruto
"You didn't have to punch so hard!" Sai said whie rubbing his arm. Sai got a boo boo! and he looked so fucking hilarious!
"Gaara do that again!" I said happily before I started to giggle without control again.
"Do what?" He looked at me.
"Hurt him!" I laughed and smiled innocently, "Or better yet hurt Deidara!"
"I said I was sorry!" He said frustrated.
"I still hate...you." I pointed my finger at him and started giggling hard into my arm, "Can't really say hate though. more like horribly dislike! I'm starting to get better though!" I said.
"Naru...calm down." He said while putting his arms onto my shoulders.
"Aye captain." I told him while he gently pushed me so I was laying on the couch. Except I automatically felt hot, "Gaara, can I take off my shirt?" I looked him straight in the eyes and I could see worry in them though I giggled softly.
"Any other time I would love that but your sick so no." I frowned at him and pouted when I looked around to see that Sai was still staring at me like he was waiting for me to do something else while Deidara and Sasori kept staring at me awkwardly. I started to laugh again when I thought about how much of a girl Deidara actually looks like. with his long hair.
"Gaara?" I giggled.
"Hm?"
"If I grew my hair long would it look like Deidara's? Would I lose every inch of my manliness?" I showed this by flexing my arms to get...barley anything.
"I don't think so. Not unless you dressed up like a school girl."
"Do you want me to dress up like a school girl?" I looked at him with a dead serious face until I couldn't hold it and started to laugh again. I had to bite into my fist to stop. "Or what about a pole dance? Haku wants to teach us that stuff but the school board says no. Yet Anko was the one to suggest it. But she also told Haku he should teach us how to lap dance or something. I don't know what that means but Anko is a pervert so I don't think it would be just siting on a lap because I always do that with you!" I smiled at him and giggled again. Then I looked around the room. I swear there are butterflies! Wait...no those are just dots. Like those colors you see when staring into a light to long. "You know what else Haku says?"
"H-Huh what?" Gaara said and I turned my head to stare at him.
"He told me he wants to teach me some dance moves for the dance... Are we going to that?"
"I think you invited me."
"I did? Was that before or after I got beat up?" I asked him.
"I don't know Naru but please...relax. Get some sleep, to sleep off this high. Your saying random things." He gently pushed me back down on the couch and I curled up while he pet my tail gently, "If you sleep you will feel better alright?"
"Uh huh... I love you Gaara. Thanks for caring for me!" I told him and leaned up and kissed his cheek before I, legit, blacked out into sleep. I was exhausted for some unknown reason.
Gaara:
"He's adorable!" Deidara crooned.
"That was kinda scary." Sai said unsure of what Deidara was talking about.
"It was kinda both, but I'm only scared for him." I said petting his tail.
Sai had a friend who wanted a piercing come in, Sai was specialized in piercings so I couldn't do it anyway. Deidara and Sasori sat at one of the couches across from us. "So hows it been?" Deidara asked.
"Not good, since Naruto got beat up at school yesterday. He wants me to go to his school dance with him, which I'm sure will be embarrassing for him, and Christmas is coming up, I wanted to plan a party." I let some of my stress ooze onto Deidara much like when I came in to get my love tattoo that day. This was normal.
"A Christmas party eh? I'm invited right?" He asked with a devious smile.
"Sure and you can bring Sasori too, but no funny business, this is more stressful for Naru than it is for me." I said, trying not to look at Sasori right now, my anger would flare.
"Look man, I'm sorry for not stopping them. I should have said something. Made up a lie and say someone was coming or something. Anything was better than what I did. I mean, any friend of Deidara's is a friend of mine ." Sasori said.
"Can I ask you something?" I asked Sasori. He nodded. "Can I ask you to keep an eye on Naruto during school? I mean, if anything happens let me know, because I don't want Naruto getting hurt, and I have a bad feeling hes not going to tell me if something like this happens again or if he does, it might be too late. You know?" I asked Sasori.
"Yeah. I will. Oh and um... " Sasori looked around to make sure Sai was busy. "I told Deidara... about us... like what we are." I rolled my eyes.
"Why? Planning on getting married?' I teased.
"Well... maybe." I saw him blush. I rolled my eyes again.
"Ok it's time for me to clock out, see you all tomorrow." I picked up Naruto bridal style in my arms and brought him to my car where I drove him home, hoping he'd wake up for supper.
Naruto:
Fuck...was all I could think when I snuggled into what I think is blankets. Only because my chest is hurting and now my throat is to. Well more than usual. I mean I know I have a cold but my throat shouldn't be hurting it should be dry. So what happened? Was I screaming for my life or something? I flinched as I rolled over what I think is my bed, I just didn't want to open my eyes. But when did I get here? The last thing I remember was being at Gaara's work. I probably just fell asleep or something and Gaara brought me home. Which is most likely a good thing seeing as I might not have caused Gaara trouble if I was sleeping. I whined when I smelled something being cooking, again probably Gaara, and I opened my eyes. Weird thing was there was no light coming into the room except for the door meaning it was most likely night or getting close to it.
"Gaara?" I said as I got out of bed and walked into the kitchen.
"Your awake? Good." He turned his head to look at me and smiled in relief.
"Was I really asleep for that long?"
"Not that it was bad you just seemed to...knock out."
"And you didn't run to Tsunade in fear?" I giggled and he rolled his eyes.
"No I have...some confidence in myself."
"Gaara?" I said when he placed a plate in front of me and then he put one in front of his seat and sat down.
"Hm?"
"Was I screaming or something?" I asked him. I might of did it in my sleep.
"No...but you were giggling and laughing hysterically after you took one too many pain pills." He told me and I could only blush, "It's okay you didn't do anything stupid...you looked like you were having fun." He joked and I just tried to eat the food in front of me.
"I'm going to school tomorrow...right?" I asked him. I was feeling better enough, for the cold part, but my bruises were still dark and it still hurt.
Gaara:
"You can if you feel up to it."
"I do, besides I feel like I missed a lot." Naruto looked down, but I caught a bit of fear in his eyes before he lowered them.
"You have nothing to worry about. I have Itachi and his gang backed against a wall. they wont be a problem." I hope. Naruto just stared at me for a while, like trying to concentrate, his eyes semi squinted, narrowed. "What?" I asked innocently.
"How do you do that?'"
"Do what?" I said leaning back from his eyes, for once so focused. It scared me.
"Read my mind?" He asked seriously. I laughed, one shaky laugh then continued a bit easier.
"Hon, your just sooo easy to read. 90% of the way people communicate say is through body language. You just have to know what to look for... and I'll tell you a secret, I'm a beast at poker." I winked at him, something I never thought I would find myself doing. Such a stupid action, and no one ever knows what it means. Naruto looked confused, but raised an eye brow at my wink.
"Really?' he asked, talking about my wink.
"Shut up and eat. Don't make me spoon feed you." I joked.
"You wouldn't!"
"I'd tie you to a chair..."
"Where is his going?" Naruto asked, joking about the sexuality of my suggestion.
"In the bed room." I smirked, his eyes got wide. "I'm kidding!" I said holding my hands up in surrender, then putting them back on the table after he shook his head as if to get out a thought, and continued eating. "Unless... you wanted me to be serious."
"Gaara!" Naruto shouted, nearly choking on his food.
"I'm... just... putting it out there..." My fingers occupied with the hem of my shirt and I looked up at the wall and not at Naruto. when I looked back I noticed him watching me and wondered if he took in any of the tips I gave him about body language, or if he was just frozen in shock.
Naruto:
Am I seriously THAT predictable?...Then again I probably am otherwise Gaara wouldn't know every single little thing I'm thinking. And when he started talking about it's because of my actions it just made me think that I probably do act out most of my emotions or what I'm thinking especially with my ears and tail. Now... about Gaara's problem. Well I guess its not really a... problem. More about how its my problem. Gaara's kink is bondage and I can just tell that HE wants to use it. And I do want to help some of his fantasies...even if were not having sex yet. Could THAT be the way that I could say sorry to him? For lying and stuff? Even if I'm...not that okay with it. I mean just the thought about being trapped brought back bad memories of when bullies would tie me up and use me as a punching bag. So it bothers me even if I know Gaara can't hurt me...or more like wouldn't hurt me or wouldn't 'try' to hurt me on purpose. I'll try bondage for him...even of won't go all the way, not yet... if that makes sense. Well I guess not now since I'm still in some pain.
"Naruto?"
"Hm?"
"You were staring into space." He laughed, nervously "And your face is red."
"S-Sorry. I was...thinking."
"Really? Can I ask what?"
"You mean you don't know?" I rolled my eyes and ate some more of the food in front of me.
"Your face is red. would you be thinking something perverted."
"N-No!"
"Awww my Naru is becoming a pervert!"
"No I'm not. Shut up." I said before I gulped down some milk.
"I love you." He whispered a soft grin on his face.
"I...love you too." I smiled back.
Gaara:
"Come on... Please tell me what you were thinking?" I asked quietly. It was eating me alive.
"N-no... it's... embarrassing."
"Come on, it's me, you don't need to be ashamed and I won't laugh." I coaxed.
"please Gaara... no. I... um..." I looked right into Narutos eyes with a look of understanding that said 'you can trust me'. he gulped. "Well... I was thinking... that maybe... I mean... that is if you want to, I'm in no hurry, well of course you want to, I mean... I'm not ready to go all the way... but I trust that you wont do that to me... and I know you wont hurt me... but..."
"Naru... calm down and take a deep breath. Now slowly, stop rushing the words, and tell me what you have to say. Ok?" He nodded, took a deep breath and let it out in a huff of air, then closed his eyes and breathed for a few moments.
"I was just thinking, that maybe, we could try out some... bondage... I mean like... not a lot, not anything... overwhelming, or painful..." Naruto shivered "But maybe something simple... not all the way either just like... something simple." He concluded miserably, not meeting my eyes, a sure sign he was regretting saying this out loud. His tail was twitching telling me he is nervous of my decision. I could tell by the flinching as he talked he was still in pain and the by the shiver that he would be reminded of past bullies if I didn't choose my words carefully.
"Ok." I said to him. He looked at me in the eyes, confusion written on his face. His ears were low showing he was not yet comfortable, I was still in deep waters.
"Ok what?" He whispered giving a small shiver.
"Ok for your idea. But we have plenty of time to discuss it, because you have to heal first. and I agree to all your conditions, nothing big, just something simple, you'll have veto power over it all. I wont do a thing without your permission, I wont hurt you and we wont go all the way, unless, by then you change your mind. Don't rule that possibility out, you may seem sure now but in the heat of the moment, you may change your mind. And at anytime you feel it's too much, well have a safe word, or a signal to let me know to stop and let you out. But you have to stay calm if you feel your gonna freak, it'll be harder for me to get you out if your struggling."
"Oh... Ok." He seemed taken aback by words... as if he expected me to pounce on him right now and take him by force. He acted like his suggestion would have given me permission to do so, but I knew better.
Naruto:
All my tense nature automatically relaxed seeing as how Gaara understood me and how he knew that if we did do anything he wouldn't do anything without me being okay with it. Pus since I was still in pain was something to through into the picture as well. I pushed the chair away from the table, flinching a bit, when I had finished my food. "Feel better?" He said slightly while he moved his seat out as well.
"I guess..."
"Wanna take a bath together before tomorrow?" He asked me.
"Actually, can we just go to bed? As much as I have slept today I'm still really tired and if I'm going to school tomorrow..."
"It was only a suggestion. No need to give a reason." The red head smiled at me as he slowly hugged me, probably trying not to hurt me. Again, another reason why I love him, "Just go in the room and change while I get you some medicine okay?" He said and kissed my cheek and I nodded. I walked into our bed room and stripped. Only to look down on my chest for a second to check the damage. My chest still has splotches of color as well as my upper arms. Sighing, I changed my shirt and slid on some pajamas right before Gaara came into the room with a glass of water and a pill.
"Since your going to bed this one will be okay."
"Should I have two?"
"No. Only 1." He warned me before I gulped it down. After that the red head did the same thing as I made my way to the bed, pulling back the blanket and getting in, waiting for Gaara to follow close behind. After setting the alarm he turned off the light and got into bed with me. "Night Naru..."
"Good night Gaara..." I spoke softly before I tried to get close to him as well as not hurting myself as he wrapped his arms around me. I love him was the last thing I thought before falling sleep feeling warm.