It's snowing. I'm really starting to panic about my homework. I just couldn't help finish writing this chapter today. Gah.
This chapter contains a little bit of everything I suppose. Hope you like:)
As for the Sasunaru... I didn't get any suggestions:( So I'll just write a Narusasu then? Hmm...
Chapter nineteen: Feel better?
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Naruto found himself, for the second time in as many days, hesitating outside Sharingan Corporation's moderately impressive building. Yesterday Kakashi hadn't said more than that his job title was 'General assistant', which could mean basically anything. He'd told Sasuke it would mostly involve sorting papers and fetching coffee though, and he prayed silently to himself that that was all it was. His gut feeling told him otherwise however. As it was his head was still reeling a bit from all the craziness what with him suddenly being broke and stuff, so he figured that whatever his job was it would at least prove distracting during the hours Sasuke's presence couldn't ease his hurt feelings.
Walking inside he was greeted by the receptionist he hadn't had time to acknowledge yesterday, and he nodded in response as he walked past her towards the elevator. He stared dully at himself in the mirror inside it, noting the faint dark circles underneath his eyes. He hadn't slept much last night, and neither had Sasuke. He felt bad for keeping his boyfriend awake, especially since they didn't do much besides being quiet and try to sleep, but he couldn't help the way he had twisted and turned even if it bothered Sasuke. They'd tried talking, really they had, but the words just wouldn't come.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, tugging absentmindedly on a knot in it, loosening it up with his fingers. He'd reached Kakahis's office door and knocked on it, opening it when he heard a 'Come in!', too lost in thought to hear the muffled 'No, don-".
Slamming the door shut on the scene in front of him he groaned and hit his head on it.
"What the hell is wrong with you Kakashi!? I'm not coming in 'til you're all cleaned up again!"
A few minutes later the door was opened by a creepily smiling Kakashi, who seemed completely ignorant to the fact that he'd just let Naruto walk in on a scene that definitely should have been private.
"God damn it guys, two old men doing the dirty is not what I want to see first thing in the morning" he complained as he walked in, checking the area for any suspicious items.
"We weren't doing the dirty, it was just a blowjob!" Obito defended. "And I resent being called old by a teenager!"
He glared at Naruto from his seat on Kakashi's desk. Too bad for him that glaring wasn't something he'd inherited from his Uchiha lineage. Naruto waved him off, then realized what he'd just called him.
"Hey! I'm not a teenager, I'm twenty-one dammit!"
"Eeh?! Really? Where did the time go?" Obito said, confusedly trying to count the years on his fingers.
Seriously, that guy could rival himself when it came to being absent-minded sometimes.
"So Naruto, seems like you're five minutes late" Kakashi suddenly said, walking up to Obito patting his thigh. Just a tad bit too high up for comfort.
"Ha, if you guys could control your hormones for a few seconds I would have been perfectly on time" Naruto muttered, but Kakashi ignored him and went behind his desk to sit in his chair.
The silver-haired man picked up a book and started reading, and Naruto remembered how irritated he'd been in the beginning before he realized Kakashi didn't even do it to aggravate him, it was just a habit. Weirdo.
"Hmm, Obito could you give me the sheet with Naruto's job assignment on?"
Obito scooted closer to a pile of papers on the desk, seriously who had so many papers in this day and age with computers? He flipped through them before making a content sound and handing it over to Kakashi.
"Bondage, then visiting the police station, some more bondage…"
Naruto pretended he didn't squeak in indignation.
"Oops sorry wrong paper" Obito laughed and snatched it back, ruffling through the papers again and checking another one more closely before handing it to his boyfriend. Naruto realized he had no idea if they'd gone further than simply being boyfriends, thinking they should have seeing as how long they'd been together.
"Aah yes, here are some suggestions, you can do them any order you like, but I would appreciate if you did the first one first."
He held the paper out and Naruto reluctantly went forwards to take it from him. He kept his eyes on his boss as he retraced his steps to a safe distance. What, he'd gotten groped before and it hadn't been pleasant. Then he lowered his eyes to the sheet in his hands and read.
"You want me to catalogue all the sex scenes in all the yaoi you've published so far?" he asked, disbelief written all over his face. This was too ridiculous to even feel embarrassed for.
Kakashi smiled at him, and so did Obito.
"Ooh, that sounds like a great job, I'd love doing that instead!" Obito said.
Naruto gave him a look.
"I thought your job was being Kakashi's personal sex toy."
Instead of being mad the dark-haired man sporting a conspicuously ruffled appearance grinned wide.
"Oh no, that I do for free."
Naruto gave up. There was just no reasoning with these two.
~Line breaker~
"…keeping it secret from his brother?"
"I know, it's preposterous! Although, it seems like he has Mrs. Uchiha against him now too."
"Hmm, we really should…"
Sasuke froze, listening to the two men's conversation as they passed by the elevator's closing doors. He was on his way down to his own floor after a short meeting with his brother, and the two old board members didn't seem to have noticed him as they walked by, headed towards the conference room where the board meetings were usually held. There was going to be one in just ten minutes, but Itachi had told Sasuke he wasn't needed. As always Sasuke had breathed a sigh of relief at hearing that, those meetings were so stiff and boring and he had to suffer through constant disapproving glances and cleverly disguised jabs. Now though, as he descended for a few seconds, he wondered if there was something he was missing. It's true that Itachi had been relieving him of his duty more often than not lately, but Sasuke had been acting either very difficult because of his patience running thin with Sakura, or because of his patience running thin from being withheld from his blond sexy boyfriend. He really hadn't thought more of it than a nice gesture from his brother. The fragment of conversation he'd overheard though…
He walked slowly back to his office, deep in thought as he sorted through his things in order to go home for the day. Maybe it was just something about the recent financial troubles they'd been in? Usually if Itachi didn't tell him something it was because it wasn't important, but the way those men had talked it sounded like it had been very important in fact, and it also sounded like something Itachi wanted to do against the others' wishes. He felt a bit put out that his brother hadn't asked for his support. He'd give it whatever the deal was, if not only because he'd do anything for his brother then because all those irritating geezers grated on his nerves. He tried to push those thoughts away as he drove home, but the more he tried to the worse it got. Sasuke wasn't a paranoid person, but if Itachi was in trouble then he wanted to help, not be kept in the dark like a child.
He couldn't help the frown on his face as he turned the key in the lock, feeling pretty out of spirits as he entered the hallway and took off his shoes, even forgetting the 'I'm home' he'd grown so fond of saying. He slouched on his way to the bedroom, feeling the lack of sleep finally getting to him, but stopped dead in his tracks when his eyes fell on the bed.
A startled Naruto looked up from the manga he'd been reading, but it wasn't the manga that had caught Sasuke's attention. No, it was the hand around the erect dick that had stopped moving in surprise when Sasuke walked in.
"Sasuke? I didn't hear you" Naruto said, his look of surprise turning slowly into embarrassment as he noticed the way Sasuke looked at him. "Umm, weren't you going to work late tonight?"
"It is late" Sasuke mumbled. "Just not as late as planned."
"Oh" Naruto said, at a loss for how to continue. Well, of course he could continue with something leading up to sex, but seeing Sasuke kind of killed the mood. Not because he didn't want Sasuke anymore or something equally insane like that; it was just that seeing Sasuke reminded him of all the things he wanted to talk to him about.
Sasuke noticed the lack of response his heated gaze got and frowned instead, looking closer at Naruto. He walked over to the bed, sitting on the edge and taking the book from Naruto's hand.
"What's going on?" he asked with a hint of concern in his voice.
Naruto sighed.
"Well, I had to catalogue illustrated, and pretty graphic too, sex scenes the whole day so I built up some tension" he explained.
"Hn. Don't mind me then" Sasuke said, crossing his legs on top of the bed and raising an eyebrow at the shirtless blond.
Said blond rolled his eyes.
"Fine, get me off first" he said, not explaining what would come after, but he didn't have to. Sasuke understood.
That didn't mean Sasuke wasn't going to grab the opportunity for a good show. He took the hand that had previously held the book in his, bringing it up to his mouth and pressing a kiss to the underside of the tan wrist.
"I wouldn't want to interfere, you seemed to have such a good rhythm going" he smirked.
Slowly a smile formed on Naruto's lips, just a quirk of his lips that eventually turned seductive as he started working on his neglected lower parts again. He leaned comfortably into the mattress, rubbing his tip and enjoying Sasuke's eyes on him. He'd already been going for a while, but the sudden interruption had caused him to soften a little so now he stroked himself hard again, bucking into his hand slightly. Then Sasuke put one of his fingers in his mouth and started sucking on it, his tongue swirling over it, and Naruto could easily imagine it around his length instead, the memories causing his breathing to speed up. When Sasuke closed his eyes and moaned Naruto groaned in sync, his hand moving faster as he felt that familiar coil in his lower belly.
Sasuke opened his eyes again to half-mast and the lust in them had Naruto shivering in arousal. The real deal was so much better than pictures. Another finger engulfed in that wet heat and Naruto felt himself driven towards the edge, all the pent up sexual frustration from a day of reading porn helping to reach it faster. The raven moaned again and let his other hand trace the inside of Naruto's still jeans-clad thigh, and with a satisfied half-groan half-sigh Naruto released. He let the orgasm lazily roll through his body, eyes still on Sasuke who was smirking as he let go of his fingers.
"Feel better?"
Naruto snorted.
"Compared to what?" he answered, and Sasuke instantly turned serious.
He gave a light squeeze to the thigh he still held as Naruto wiped his hand on the side of his pants. Naruto seemed to find great interest in doing that, avoiding Sasuke's questioning eyes. Sasuke leaned forwards over Naruto, tilting his head up with one hand and forcing their eyes to meet. The look in those blue orbs was sad, even though he tried to hide it, and Sasuke wanted to make them happy again. He put his forehead against Naruto's and the blond clenched his eyes shut, biting his lip against the sudden wave of emotion threatening to spill out. Somehow Sasuke sensed his hesitation; just like yesterday wanting to talk but the words just piling up behind his lips.
"Hey" he whispered against his lips. "Remember that role-play thing we did?"
Naruto nodded, a small relaxation in his tense jaw the only indication that he was thankful for the distraction.
"Well, isn't there anything like that you'd like to do?"
Naruto opened his eyes just enough to peer up at Sasuke through his eyelashes.
"Most of my fantasies involve topping" he said, wanting it to sound teasing but hearing it come out more serious.
Sasuke huffed but lifted his other hand to trace the scars on Naruto's cheek, forcing him to close his eyes again because the look in the dark ones was too deep and understanding. He felt a mouth softly pressed against his own, just a second before it pulled back and he felt instantly cold.
"I'll be back in a sec" he heard Sasuke murmur, and then he also heard the door to the closet opening.
Too tired to feel curious Naruto simply lay on the bed, his limbs feeling heavy like lead and his mind too full of thoughts. When Sasuke came back again the bed dipped down as he kneeled beside him, and then Naruto felt something smooth laid down across his face, the room suddenly appearing dark as it covered his eyes. He allowed Sasuke to raise his head up and wrap the fabric around it, tying it together in a loose knot over his left ear.
"Do I want to know how expensive this scarf is?" Naruto mumbled, and Sasuke snorted.
Then he felt a mouth against his cheek, warm breath fanning it as Sasuke whispered first playfully, then serious.
"Hn, I forget. It's my favorite though."
The mouth disappeared and was replaced by fingers instead, feather light touches tracing his cheeks, forehead and nose, then smoothing out his eyebrows. Naruto sighed and felt himself relax as Sasuke rubbed circles on his temples underneath the scarf. Just like Saturday night he allowed himself to let go, only this time it was a conscious decision. He felt two warm palms against his cheeks, the thumbs caressing his cheekbones before they too were replaced by fingers massaging him. When had his jaw gotten so tense? Sasuke's fingertips pressed into the underside of the bones, then around his ears, and his facial muscles actually physically hurt.
"I do this to myself when I'm stressed out" Sasuke mumbled as he scooted closer, his thigh warm against Naruto's side.
"It's nice" Naruto mumbled, and Sasuke leaned over to kiss his forehead lightly.
Naruto decided he liked it when Sasuke did that. He let his mind drift off, thinking about nothing in particular and focusing on the pressure from those caring fingers, meticulously going through every tension they could find, most of them a surprise to Naruto. Once Sasuke deemed Naruto's face relaxed enough he continued downwards, but now it was more caressing than massaging as he traced patterns on his neck. There was a small pause over his pulse, Sasuke counting the beats and making sure he was relaxed, and it made Naruto's throat constrict around the amount of pure care. Naruto had never gotten this much attention before by anyone, he was used to giving attention to others. He was always the center of attention during parties and gatherings and whatever, but that wasn't the same kind of attention. This kind, it was the kind that made you feel loved.
Sasuke let his hands trail all over Naruto's chest, fingers spread, and the movements were slow and thoughtful. Then he took a loose grip on Naruto's hips, tracing the hipbones first with his fingers, then with his tongue. Suddenly Naruto's heart beat sped up and his breath hitched, feeling Sasuke's tongue tracing the bone and then move across his stomach to trace the other. He knew the raven must have caught some of his cum on his way, and it made him feel warm all over thinking what it must have looked like. His hips were abandoned and instead Sasuke placed butterfly kisses up along the side of his stomach, continuing over his chest and then moving to the other side, pausing with his lips pressed right over his heart.
His entire body shivered and buzzed with emotion, all the bad ones gone and replaced by ones that were directed at Sasuke. He felt like he could die happy in this moment. He felt like he wanted to live forever just like this.
"Sasuke" he whispered, the sound so faint he almost didn't hear it himself.
"I know" Sasuke whispered back, breath warming his skin. "I know."
And to Naruto, those words were better than hearing an 'I love you'. He swallowed, the lump in his throat painful, his heart hammering against his ribs, but Sasuke simply stayed like that, and it was torture and bliss at the same time. He lifted shaky hands to comb through soft black hair, feeling Sasuke's lips press down harder for a second. Then he felt them leaving him as Sasuke moved over him, his body sinking down until it touched Naruto's. Since Sasuke came straight from work he still had his suit on, and Naruto wondered absentmindedly how much more often Sasuke had to visit the dry cleaner's nowadays. A hand was placed underneath his waist, the skin warm against the small of his back and he eagerly followed its gentle suggestion to push himself up against the body above him. Kisses were pressed along his jaw line and he let his hands slide down the pale neck to settle around the still clad shoulders. When he felt the other mouth searching for his he met it half-way, losing himself in the molding of their lips, it was soft and slow and he almost couldn't breathe anymore.
He tightened his hold on Sasuke's shoulders, raising his hips a little to better feel the hardness pressing down on him, hearing a quiet groan as he did so. Sasuke sat up suddenly, and judging by the movement and sounds he could hear he guessed that clothes were shed. His suspicions were proven correct when the raven got off him completely and pulled his pants down before taking off his own. Then Sasuke's body was on top of him again, their erections rubbing against each other slowly, a wet mouth sucking on the skin just below his ear. He placed one hand in Sasuke's hair, the other grabbing one of Sasuke's and holding it tight. They were moving slowly, goose bumps forming on Naruto's body when Sasuke moved their intertwined hands so he could lean on that forearm, his other hand tracing down his side and along his thigh. Naruto lost track of time and sense, there was only Sasuke's body sliding up and down his own, he was being kissed, his mouth, neck, face, chest, every kiss burnt into his memory. He was panting, his body sensitive and Sasuke taking advantage of that. A lick along the shell of his ear had him breaking out in shivers, a circular movement by Sasuke's hips had him groaning and bucking up. He never wanted it to end, all the sensations crashing through his body and mind like waves in slow-motion. He was floating, yet chained down to earth by the heat engulfing him. And he loved it. He loved him, Sasuke.
Barely a second after thinking that thought he released, taken by surprise he threw his head back and gasped loudly, his hands clutching Sasuke and his body trembling. Vaguely he felt Sasuke push harder into him, following after and shuddering against him. Still panting their lips found each other, the kiss deep as they let their orgasms slowly fade into a fainter hum of pleasure.
Sasuke released Naruto's lips, watching them glisten with saliva as his breathing calmed down. He wanted to say something, to tell Naruto that everything would be alright, tell him about the conversation he'd overheard, how much he'd missed Naruto's presence during the day. He lay down on his side, letting go of Naruto's hand and pushing off the light grey silk scarf covering his eyes. He was met with blue eyes glossed over by a pleasured haze, meeting his own dark ones tiredly, and instead of saying anything he pulled Naruto close against him. He rested his lips on top of his head and stroke his hair, taking pleasure in the fact that it calmed his most important person down, and slowly drifted him off to sleep.
~Line breaker~
He awoke to the smell of food assaulting his nostrils. He was still dead tired, but his stomach was protesting loudly and forcing him to get up. He glanced at the time, it was close to eleven. He hadn't slept very long. Yawning and rubbing sleep out of his eyes he searched for something to wear, finding Sasuke's grey sweat pants and putting them on, not bothering to find a shirt. Shuffling into the kitchen he found Sasuke standing by the stove, judging by the smell he was making bacon. His stomach growled louder.
"I thought you didn't like bacon" he mumbled tiredly, leaning his chin on the raven's shoulder.
Sasuke shrugged, making Naruto's head follow the movement.
"I found it in the fridge, it was the fastest I could think of."
'Found it' of course meaning Naruto had bought it without his knowledge.
"Is that spaghetti?" Naruto asked, leaning forwards to look into the boiling water. "Well this certainly isn't as healthy as usual."
"Maybe your bad influence is finally getting to me" Sasuke replied with a snort.
Naruto grinned and then pecked Sasuke's cheek.
"Best boyfriend in the world" he said and went over to sit in his chair, smiling at Sasuke's happy expression that he tried to hide.
Once the food was ready they both started eating eagerly. Sasuke hadn't had time to eat lunch and Naruto was pretty much always hungry, so for a while they were both quiet. Reaching the end of their meal though they both slowed down, chewing almost contemplatively.
"Thanks" Naruto said eventually. "For earlier."
Sasuke put his fork down and nodded.
"Feel better?"
"Well, I'm still beat but tomorrow, yeah probably." He gave Sasuke a small smile, then frowned. "You look like something's bothering you though."
Sasuke looked up, having unknowingly stared down at his empty plate.
"I guess…" he said. "It's just something I overheard today at work, it's probably nothing."
"But?" Naruto urged.
Sasuke rubbed his face tiredly before answering.
"It's just, sometimes I feel like my brother's hiding things from me, company things, and two board members walking by without seeing me pretty much confirmed that there's something going on right now that I have no clue about."
Naruto stretched his feet out under the table to hold them against Sasuke's.
"Is it bad?" he asked.
"I don't know" Sasuke sighed. "It could be. Yeah, maybe. I don't really know what to do about it."
"And you can't…"
"Ask my brother? If he's hiding it there's no way he's going to tell me now. I just don't like it when he acts like I can't handle the truth."
"Hmm" Naruto said, resting his chin in his palm. "Maybe he just doesn't want to burden you with anything. He's very protective."
Sasuke sighed again and leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his hair and grimacing.
"I know. But he's the wrong kind of protective."
He looked at Naruto, the blond meeting his gaze seriously. It felt good to get it off his chest, even if he wasn't any closer to a solution. He stood up, gathering up their plates and cutlery.
"I'll think about it later if something comes up I guess" he said and brought them over to the sink.
Naruto stood up too, helping him to clean up. He wondered what kind of stuff Itachi might be hiding from his brother, and he thought back to what Itachi had said the first time they met.
'I'll be leaving Sasuke in your hands then.'
Is this a cliffy? No, it's not. But there will be stuff in next chapter. Oh yes:p And you know I love hearing your thoughts and suggestions, and guesses as to what might happen. So many plot twists left... XD Love you all!
