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The Long Way Home
Part 11
Awakening
Chapter 3/5
After getting the medicine Sasuke carried Naruto from the doctor's office and went off in search of somewhere to stay. Unsurprisingly he had one choice only but the place looked clean and well cared for even though it seemed expensive due to lack of competition. The manager eyed him warily as he asked for a room with an unconscious man draped over his shoulder but still took his money all the same.
"He's asleep," Sasuke told the manager shortly. He had to say something, he didn't want the manager to think anything nefarious was going on that might draw unwanted attention.
"Rough trip?" the manager asked nervously.
"Very. And long," Sasuke replied pointedly.
"Well be rest assured that your friend will sleep well in our establishment. Will that just be the one night?"
Sasuke thought about that. "Two, for now."
A staff member preceded him to the room and laid out a futon for Naruto. When he had left, Sasuke laid Naruto down gently and stripped him down to his shorts. Whatever deep sleep Naruto was in he hadn't stirred once since he'd collapsed on the road.
He was hot to touch so Sasuke fetched a bowl of water and a towel and set about rinsing the cool water over Naruto's body in an attempt to get his temperature down as the doctor has suggested. It seemed to work. After a few passes with the cloth Naruto had stopped sweating and his skin, though still a little flushed, wasn't nearly as red as it had been before. His breathing seemed a lot easier too and Sasuke finally felt himself relax a little.
Carrying Naruto around had been draining, a lot more than he'd expected, but he didn't want to sleep right now. However his own body seemed to have other ideas. He had bent his head down to listen to the still strong heartbeat in Naruto's chest, letting his head rest there for just a moment. He fell asleep quickly and almost without realising, with his head still on Naruto's chest.
Sasuke awoke to the sensation of fingers sliding languidly through his hair and he yawned widely against the skin pressed up against his face. Of course when he realised that he'd fallen asleep on Naruto, he sat up fast, dislodging the hand from his head and blinking rapidly in the near darkness of the room.
"Naruto?" he asked the darkness.
"Yeah Sasuke. What happened?"
Slowly he was starting to be able to make things out in the darkened room. He saw the outline of Naruto's face and reached out his hand to feel the skin of Naruto's cheek. It felt warm but not hot.
"You collapsed moron. I had to carry you here."
"Sorry Sasuke. Um, thanks though. I the heat must've finally got to me."
"You fucking liar," Sasuke swore. "It was the headaches. I took you to a doctor while you were out of it. He said you probably hadn't been sleeping properly or drinking enough water. You idiot, how can you not even look after yourself? Are you that reliant on your chakra in everything you do that you can't even last a couple of months without overdoing it?"
Sasuke had expected that to start a fight, it generally would. He would welcome such a thing right now because if Naruto felt well enough to argue with him it couldn't be that bad. But Sasuke was disappointed.
"I guess not."
Sasuke rolled and flopped onto his back on the futon next to Naruto. He was still tired but he didn't bother setting up his own bed. Soon enough he'd have to go out and try and find them some food anyway.
"How's your head?"
"Fine."
"Don't lie!" Sasuke exclaimed exasperated.
"It aches. But it's not so bad, I promise. It's just dull right now."
"If it gets worse, tell me. I have medicine for you."
He felt Naruto shift closer till he felt Naruto's hair tickle his shoulder. "You got medicine for me? Ne Sasuke, you weren't worried about me, were you?"
"No dobe," Sasuke told him shortly. "You were fucking heavy. I don't want to have to carry you again."
Naruto shifted again, moving over him till he was braced up by his hands over Sasuke, his knee in between Sasuke's splayed legs.
"Now who's lying?" Naruto asked in a teasing tone. "You were worried, you can admit it."
"Shut up Naruto. Get off me, you should be resting."
"I told you I feel okay."
Naruto shifted his weight up so he could touch his lips briefly to Sasuke's forehead. This also had the effect to pressing his leg into Sasuke's groin at the same time.
"You missed my lips," Sasuke pointed out stupidly. Usually it was his lips or cheek that caught Naruto's light friendly little kisses, not his forehead.
He could just make out Naruto's grin. "I wasn't aiming for your lips. Did you want me to?"
Sasuke wanted to tell him to stop being like this, lay down and rest like he was supposed to. But Naruto's greatly improved mood probably bought on by the imagined evidence of Sasuke caring for him seemed to have put him in a good mood.
"I don't want you to start your weird little kisses in other new places. It's bad enough as it is."
But Naruto annoyingly saw through this and knew just how to press his buttons.
"Okay well, I wont kiss you anymore if you don't like it."
Before Naruto could move off him, Sasuke reached up and pulled his head down with a hand on the back of his neck till their lips met rather forcefully.
Naruto 'mmmm'ed into Sasuke's mouth as he opened his mouth and Sauke's tongue pressed in. The half of his body Naruto was lying against felt warm, almost too warm but he was annoyed that he couldn't feel that hot skin against his own because of his shirt. Naruto's leg rubbed against his groin then causing him to break the kiss and groan softly against Naruto's lips.
Naruto moved down to lick and bite at Sasuke's throat, his hand picking at the ties on Sasuke's shirt in an effort to get it open. He managed it quickly enough and then his palm was free to roam roughly over half a naked chest before his fingers found a nipple and he squeezed it between two fingers Because of Naruto's inexperience and because he was used to being rough it actually hurt but Sasuke didn't mind the pain so much. Strangely it still felt pretty good.
Normally by now they would be fighting for leverage and dominance over one another. Normally Sasuke wouldn't allow Naruto such free reign without trying to gain power over the situation himself but the pain reminded him how rough they were with each other and Sasuke knew that he'd exhaust or hurt Naruto in his somewhat fragile state.
Well perhaps not too fragile as it turned out because right now Naruto was worrying at the ties on his pants which meant that tonight he was after something a little more than just making out and light groping.
Well so much for allowing Naruto to do what he wanted. Sasuke grabbed his wrist and rolled them both till their positions were reversed.
"I wondered when you were gonna join in," Naruto said with a smile.
"I'm not joining in, I'm stopping you," Sasuke clarified. "You're pushing yourself again when you should be resting."
"Is it weird that you being all concerned makes me hornier?"
"Yes! This is not concern for your well being, I told you I don't want to have to haul your ass around and I don't want to waste money on expensive medicine just because you can't do the simplest things like getting some fucking rest!"
"Ah c'mon teme, I'm fine! Just a little bit more."
If he wasn't completely hard already, Naruto pleading with him for release sure finished the job.
Despite his words he ached and Naruto seemed to be doing his very best to rub up against him while not being able to touch him with his hands trapped the way they were.
"No, you'll overexert yourself."
"No I wont. Look Sasuke I promise I wont do much. I'll lay quiet and still, I wont fight against you."
"Wow, that sounds exciting," Sasuke said sarcastically.
But that wasn't entirely correct. There was something really compelling about Naruto giving up and submitting so easily to him. I made him wonder how much he could do.
"Please Sasuke, it'll make me feel better, not worse."
Of course Naruto often remarked that his head felt a little better after he'd come. Some of the few times he'd seen Naruto go to sleep before him was actually after doing their frustration relief thing.
So that's when Sasuke sat up, nodded and Naruto beamed at him. Hands now free, Naruto went to reach for Sasuke's pants again, but he batted them away.
"Quiet and passive, remember?" Sasuke reminded him.
Naruto looked a little sheepish. "Did I really say that?"
"You did."
"Damnit."
But his protests only lasted one more minute after Sasuke had relieved Naruto of his shorts and crawled up between his legs to hover over him.
"But your pants..."
That was the last protest because Sasuke kissed him after that, cutting him off.
Because Naruto had promised not to be aggressive, Sasuke found himself taking his time. It was nice in a way and very different to what he was used to by now. He licked and sucked and Naruto's lips, massaged them with his own, opened his mouth so their tongues could slide against one another with languid, slow movements.
He hadn't realised it till now but his lower body had been rubbing firmly up against his captive below him most of the time unconsciously mirroring the movements of his tongue. He liked the effect it seemed to have on Naruto though because his companion was almost whimpering beneath him in an attempt to keep his promise despite the insistent teasing.
Naruto couldn't will his hands to stay still though and often Sasuke felt them against his sides, moving down in an attempt to touch him intimately. And after a while Sasuke got sick of murmuring at him to stop it and solved the problem by pinning Naruto's wrists above his head with force this time. Occasionally Naruto would push against the restraint but it was an unconscious reaction on his part and didn't push with any kind of real determination.
Sasuke vaguely wondered how far he could drive the teasing before Naruto went nuts and attacked him. He sucked Naruto's tongue out of his mouth before releasing it and sliding his own tongue against it. Sasuke enjoyed the feel for a moment longer before he decided that as much fun as it was to tease Naruto, he was frustrating himself into the bargain as well.
So after giving Naruto's bottom lip one last harsh nip he scooted down Naruto's body, releasing his wrists and moved his hands down to grip slender tan hips instead. He sat crossed legged in between Naruto's spread legs, those legs resting against his knees and leant forward.
And stopped.
He'd never had such an opportunity like this before. Naruto's golden skin was spread out in front of him like a banquet waiting to be consumed except Sasuke wasn't quite sure what to try first. Well okay, he'd seen Naruto like this before but this was the first time he didn't expect Naruto to suddenly grab him and try to take over.
So far their interactions had been pretty limited to whatever they could grope while aggressively trying to one up the other. Sasuke had barely even thought about what he might do if he was able to do whatever he wanted. But then there was a rather obvious choice standing up waiting to be noticed. And after all it was only because of Naruto's ramblings the other day that even made him think about doing it at all.
Of course presented with the opportunity, right in front of his face in fact, Sasuke hesitated.
Honestly, he didn't really know what he was doing. Sure he had a good idea of what would feel nice, but he'd never given or received this so he bit his lip for a moment in thought and tried to think up a good battle strategy. It probably didn't help the fact that he had never been so up close and personal with a man's cock before. He knew from past experience that Naruto wasn't any bigger than he was but up close it looked huge and strangely a little bit daunting.
It's just skin, Sasuke repeated to himself what Naruto had said yesterday. But it wasn't and he really couldn't tell himself otherwise right now, hence the hesitation.
Meanwhile Naruto was just coming out of his lust filled brain haze to realise just where Sasuke was.
"Sasuke, what are-?"
Sasuke cut him off by licking once across the head and Naruto was forced to turn his question into an exclamation instead.
"Ah!"
The reaction made Sasuke bolder and he leant forward to run his tongue up the shaft from base to tip only to finish the move off by wrapping his lips around the head and sucking it into his mouth.
Sasuke tasted pre-cum on his tongue and heard Naruto gasp and groan which only caused him to ache even more himself. He hadn't really thought how he was going to relieve himself doing this.
After his diatribe to Naruto about resting and relaxing he could hardly turn around and ask to be finished off as well. So after experimenting a little more with Naruto, tasting him and hearing him moan some more he reached down and undid his pants, freeing himself and taking his achingly hard length into his own hand.
Doing this was better than he would have imagined. Not that he really had. But if he had he wasn't sure if he might have thought of it as something he wanted to try. Really in theory it all seemed pretty gross. This was a dick, a lot more than 'just skin', it wasn't something a sane person should want anywhere near their mouth.
But in reality, when presented with the opportunity he'd felt compelled to taste. Perhaps it was a heat of the moment thing but he was enjoying this a lot more than he thought he would. Of course the feeling of pleasuring himself at the same time added an edge to it all that was unexpected but he was hardly complaining.
Well at least one of them wasn't.
He heard Naruto hiss, "Gah Sasuke, teeth!"
Crap, he really should have been paying more attention. It had probably just been a scrape but Sasuke could well imagine it hurt all the same. But oh well, he let the heavy shaft rest gently against his bottom teeth for a moment as though daring Naruto to complain again before continuing, careful this time not to get too carried away.
He focussed his tongue on areas where hands and fingers felt nice on him, swirled his tongue around and generally sucked otherwise. And if Naruto's reactions were anything to go by he was doing pretty well until the point when he heard actual words come out of Naruto's mouth.
"Sasuke, s-stop."
By Naruto's desperate tone he figured it wasn't the first time Naruto had probably said this. So he slid his mouth slowly from around the hardness, sucking up the entire length as he went causing Naruto's back to arch and his hands to bunch into the bedding violently on either side of him.
"What?" Sasuke asked irritated.
Naruto raised his head up to look at him and Sasuke could just imagine what he saw. Sasuke's flushed face, his wet lips inches away from a straining cock and beyond that Sasuke's hand moving against his own hardness.
Naruto groaned and let his head fall back at the sight. "If you keep going I'm gonna come."
This was probably supposed to be one of those things that should make this act gross. And sure in the harsh light of day Sasuke could've appreciated Naruto warning him before unloading into his mouth. However in the darkened room with a brain buzzing with arousal and his ears filled with the harsh panting of someone he'd managed to bring to the brink of orgasm with his mouth alone he was hard pressed to be turned off by the thought.
So Sasuke took Naruto's warning to heart and then completely ignored it. He knew what was going to happen now and the anticipation of it did weird things to push him closer to the edge as well. But that was nothing compare to the long groan from Naruto followed by a curt cry and then warmth was pumped into his mouth and over his tongue.
He had been expecting it but somehow it still took him off guard so that he had to carefully swallow so not to make a mess. Unfortunately he wasn't done with himself though but he stopped and sat up anyway, some part of him wanting to see the effects of his ministrations on the other teenager's face.
Naruto looked completely done in, his breathing was deep and ragged but when he opened his eyes to see Sasuke watching him he sat up slowly, to sit on his knees and wrapped his own hand around the one Sasuke had gripped around himself and encouraged the other hand to move again. Then he leant forward till their lips met. Surprisingly he still allowed Sasuke to lead, opening his mouth and letting Sasuke slip his tongue inside. Though when he did, Naruto's eyes opened wide in surprise.
Sasuke figured he'd just tasted himself on Sasuke's tongue. He didn't seem eager to reinitiate a kiss after that but he did lean his head forward till their foreheads touched, his eyes dropped closed again and his hand tightened around Sasuke's.
It didn't take long for Sasuke after that. He came over both their hands only minutes later and Naruto sighed deeply and let himself lay back again now thoroughly exhausted.
"Wow," Naruto breathed.
Sasuke used the towel he'd been using previously to cool Naruto off to clean his hand off before tossing it onto Naruto's bare chest as an invitation to use it to clean himself up too.
"See, good things happen to those who-"
"Lie back and take it?" Naruto finished for him with a smirk.
"I was going to say 'rest'."
"Well I can't promise I'll give you that sort of freedom again but you've definitely tempted me to. That was...wow."
"No doubt," Sasuke said with no little hint of modesty. "But it's not like you have a huge source of experience to draw from."
"Yeah, but I'm pretty sure I'd know if it was crap."
Sasuke got up and looked down at himself. "Great." He'd made a little bit of a mess after all. "I need to borrow your pants."
"Why?" Naruto asked watching as Sasuke stepped out of his own pants and put Naruto's on instead.
They were a little baggy but his shirt covered up the way the hung so low on his hips once he tied it up.
"We need food."
"Oh, I'm not that hungry."
"I don't care. I'll be back soon."
Sasuke didn't miss the small smile on Naruto's face as he left.
He should have taken a shower or something before he left but he was worried about getting food before shops shut for the night. The doctor had told Sasuke that Naruto needed to eat well for a few days so Sasuke bought expensive meat and a few cooked vegetable dishes before he headed back.
When he returned he found Naruto snoring loudly on his futon, legs akimbo and half out of the covers. He hadn't bothered to put any of his remaining clothes back on so Sasuke set the food down and spread the blanket over him properly deciding that the food should stay hot enough at least for the next fifteen minutes.
So he got undressed and took a shower, washed their clothes with some soap and hung them around the bathroom to dry.
Naruto was still asleep when he came back into the main room but Sasuke flicked the lights on anyway. As peaceful as Naruto was, it was better he eat something now than get more sleep.
Sasuke sat down next to him with the food and prodded him.
"Dobe, wake up."
This got no reaction other than a snort and then more snoring. So this time Sasuke took one of the meat sticks out of the bag and wafted the food under Naruto's nose.
This did the trick, Naruto woke up sniffing and blinking in the light. Sasuke held out the stick to him as he sat up and Naruto grinned at him.
"Thanks, I guess I'm pretty hungry after all."
They spent the next few moments eating in silence, Naruto even eating the cooked vegetables under Sasuke's careful glower. When they were done, Naruto lay back down with a contented sigh.
"How do you feel?" Sasuke asked reaching out to feel his forehead. Again he still felt warm but not very hot. But then Naruto always felt a bit warmer than the average person anyway.
"I feel good actually. After you left I drank heaps of water and the headache is gone. I haven't felt this good in days," he admitted.
"I knew you were suffering, but you didn't tell me how much. That was stupid."
"Yeah, yeah I know. Honestly, I didn't think it would get that bad. I'm surprised you aren't more pissed at me."
"You don't know how pissed I am. If you lie to me about something like this again a little headache will be the very least of your problems I promise you."
"Okay, okay, I get the message. Thanks for helping me anyway."
"And which help are you thanking me for exactly? The help of carrying you, the help of taking you to the doctors to make sure you weren't dying, the help of fetching you food or for blowing you so you'd finally try to rest for a while?"
"Um, all of it?" Naruto answered like he wasn't certain. "I didn't think you'd look after me like this."
Sasuke frowned. "Why not?"
"Well no offence but you're not exactly the most giving person in the world and you don't like me much most of the time to begin with. But you look after me when I need it and I guess it sort of surprises me when you do."
"So what, I can't look after you and dislike you at the same time?"
"Well apparently you can I guess," Naruto replied a little taken back.
Sasuke hadn't meant to start a fight for once. His annoyance from before was still eating at him and when he was annoyed he got angry and he took it out on everyone around him. He was aware of it but he still couldn't stop it. He wasn't honestly sure if he cared to if it got his point across faster.
"I don't hate you Naruto," Sasuke told him in a softer tone. "Well maybe sometimes," he amended for honesty's sake. "But that doesn't mean I wanted you to die on the road."
"You wanted to kill me once," Naruto reminded him.
"Not because I hated you. You were in my way. My hate for what you were protecting was stronger than anything else. I thought you'd realise that."
Apparently not because Naruto looked at him now with a certain amount of surprise on his face.
Though that could have been because Sasuke had shared. He hated sharing but not as much as Naruto seemed to hate not letting go of an issue. If he didn't want to have to keep talking about this, he'd have to offer something.
"Well you're not the most open book Sasuke," Naruto told him. "I can't read you like you seem to be able to read me."
"You'll learn," Sasuke told him surprising even himself. Naruto wasn't a hugely insightful person but he knew Sasuke better than anyone else knew him. If anyone could figure him out it would be Naruto. "I think you can be more perceptive than you realise."
Naruto seemed happy by the response because he smiled again. But then a huge yawn took over his face which made Sasuke smirk instead.
"I'll get the lights."
Sasuke got up and was about to take the other futon out of the cupboard when a nervous cough and a small voice behind him made him pause.
"Ne Sasuke, if you like you can...I mean there's plenty of room and I...only if you want to..."
This perplexing sentence took Sasuke a good few moments to sort out and fill in the blanks, but he eventually got there.
"Why?" he asked bluntly. He didn't know what else to say.
"Because it's comfortable?" Naruto tried.
"Try again."
Naruto took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Because I want you to."
Sasuke stared at him for a few moments longer trying to decide what he wanted to do. Apparently the silence and the scrutiny was getting to Naruto though.
"For fucks sake Sasuke you had my cock in you mouth a couple of hours ago, what's so weird about sleeping in the same bed?!"
This was a good point and Sasuke wondered why for some reason the idea of sleeping next to each other under the same blankets when they had an alternative seemed somehow more intimate than blowing him. So he shrugged like it wasn't a big deal and instead went and turned the lights off.
Their clothes were still drying in the bathroom so neither of them had a stitch to wear. Sasuke climbed under the blankets when Naruto shifted to make room for him. He still felt a little thankful though when Naruto didn't cuddle up to him. Naruto did however stretch an arm across his chest but the touch was pretty minimal really and didn't feel invasive in the least.
He reached up to place his own hand over the arm across his chest causing Naruto to flinch just a little as though he expected Sasuke to rip his arm away. But Sasuke merely smirked at the ceiling and let sleep take him.
TBC
