Disclaimers: Naruto is someone else's, this is purely a fanfic using someone else's characters.

Warnings: This story includes strong language, violence, angst, hopefully some decent jokes, and (of course) beautiful SasuNaru love.


Chapter 23: Pain and Pleasure

"A kiss is like a fight with mouths."

-Kristen Schaal

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The next morning was.. a little awkward. At least for Naruto. Sasuke, on the other hand, seemed to be on top of the freaking world. So much so, in fact, that he kept humming to himself while he moved around in the kitchen making coffee.

Sasuke Uchiha.

Humming.

Naruto shook his head at the absurdity of it all as he shuffled past him and dropped down into a chair in the living room. He glanced over at the weirdly energized Uchiha, envious of how light and content he was.

Meanwhile, Naruto was feeling unbelievably selfconscious and honestly- a little mortified. He kept thinking about the things he moaned.. how he grabbed Sasuke and thrust into his mouth like that..

"Uhhh.." he groaned, dropping his head in his hands. That's just so.. so embarrassing!! I completely lost all self-control and just-

He could still feel Sasuke's soft hair wrapped around his fists, his hot tight mouth as he-

Naruto's eyes shot open. Stop!! For the love of GOD- just stop thinking about it!

Not to mention what he was like when he exchanged the favor..

Naruto roughly ran his fingers through his hair, pushing away the images as they popped up in his head, or at least trying to. He could picture himself crawling over to Sasuke's lap, keeping his eyes averted, face bright red. Too shy to meet his gaze..

Stop thinking..

And when he nervously licked Sasuke's neck before he finally had to just admit that he didn't really know what he was doing...

Ok, seriously. Why are you doing this to yourself?!

And how, despite the unrelenting lust that must have been rushing through him, Sasuke had guided him slowly, gently.. never making him feel bad for being unsure.

Even after Naruto had selfishly indulged, Sasuke had been the one to..

"Dammit.." He wished he had the sense to slow down with him, to take his time, to-

I don't freaking know!!

To just fucking do better!

He had never been with a guy before, and he had never really enjoyed anything with a girl. Naruto sighed. He was ashamed by how inexperienced he was. Something he really didn't want Sasuke to know, and now that it was blindingly obvious he was having a hard time meeting his gaze.

"Naruto.."

He blinked his eyes back into focus and realized Sasuke was standing right in front of him. Naruto's eyes widened and he leapt to his feet, his heart pounding violently in his chest.

"Dammit, Teme! Wear a bell- you scared the shit out of me!"

"You've been pretty spacey all morning." Sasuke took a step towards him, grinning slyly.

Naruto didn't trust it.

The raven moved closer and Naruto shifted on his feet, not yet knowing if he wanted to back away from Sasuke's advances.. or meet him half way.

Obsidian eyes gleamed with knowing. "Got something on your mind, Naruto?"

"Just- eh.." he gave in to his nerves and took an unsteady step back, "just trying to umm-" he took another step back, "place that song you keep humming."

"Right.."

Naruto licked his lips nervously and Sasuke's eyes tracked every movement. "Sasuke.."

"Hmm?" He reached out and ran his fingers through soft blonde locks.

"About.. umm- about yesterday.."

Sasuke brought his mouth close to his ear, watching blue eyes widen as he breathed softly against him. He smirked. "You're not usually nervous around me, Naruto.."

"I'm n-" Naruto started, but his breath caught in his throat as Sasuke licked along his ear.

The Uchiha smirked, immense pleasure rushing through his body when the blonde shuddered against him.

"It's.. kind of a turn on."

That seemed to snap him out of it.

Naruto jerked his face away and slammed his hands against Sasuke's chest, pushing him away. "Back off, you damn perv!"

Sasuke straightened and moved towards him again. "You don't have to play this game anymore, you know.." His eyes flashed with amusement. "I know what you like."

Naruto grabbed a book off the table and chucked it at him, then another, then a vase, and a chair- anything that wasn't bolted down that he could use to ward off the horny bastard stalking towards him.

"Are you freaking listening to me, Teme!? I said-"

Sasuke shifted out of view and just as suddenly appeared in front of Naruto. The blonde stumbled back against the wall, and Sasuke's hand slammed down against it, locking him in place.

"Oh, I know what you said, Naruto."

Then, in his best imitation of the blonde, he replied- "'Back off, Sasuke'.. 'Shut up, Sasuke'..."

Naruto looked away. "Stop. This isn't-"

"'That feels good, Sasuke'.. 'Please don't stop, Sasuke'.." He glanced over. "Sound familiar?"

He didn't even see it coming.

Naruto- eyes filled with humiliation and rage- shoved Sasuke back and punched him across the face, knocking him to his knees.

"Fuck you!" he screamed, before tearing away from the Uchiha and rushing out of the room.

"Ahh- dammit.. I was only-" he looked up in time to see him run out the door. Obsidian eyes filled with horror. No..

"Naruto, wait!!"

A scream tore from his throat, matching the one coming from outside. Sasuke grabbed his head as a sharp pain pierced through it, bringing him to the brink of unconsciousness.

"Nnnn!!" He clenched his teeth together against the onslaught of pain rushing through him, trying to keep his mind alert.

He tried to crawl forward, but every movement was agonizing. He fell flat on his chest, and groaned as he pulled his body towards the door.

His vision was blurring- he could barely see his hands in front of him. Darkness was creeping in, yet remained horribly out of reach.

The only thing that kept him moving was the sound of Naruto's anguish from just beyond that door- and knowing that he was the cause of it.

He pulled himself closer to it, pushing his feet against the floor to propel him forward, moving faster as the symptoms began to fade.

"Na- Naruto.." he gasped.

He finally made it to the door and looked out to find his blonde, trembling with the effort of half crawling- half dragging his way back to him. "Na.. ru.."

Naruto looked up and met his gaze, deep blues filled with pain, and Sasuke's heart clenched tightly in his chest. This is my fault.. this is my fault.. this is my fault!!

Sasuke pushed forward, mentally screaming at his body for being so fucking slow and useless when his person needed him.

"'S- 'ske.."

He looked back up and watched as one crimson tear slipped free and fell down Naruto's face, a thin streak of blood sharp against his paling skin.

"Nnn- Naru.."

"I'm.. ahh- s-sorry.." Naruto breathed.

Sasuke cried out as he watched those tortured blue eyes roll back, and his body collapse.

"No.. no! Naruto!!" he screamed.

He scrambled over to him, dropping hard to his knees a few feet away. Ignoring the pain, he crawled the rest of the way and pulled Naruto close.

"Naruto! Naruto!! Please- wake up", he tapped his face, choking down the sob welling up inside. "Please, please, just wake up.."

Naruto stirred. "S'ke..?"

Bloodless tears ran down his face as Sasuke gazed down at him. "Naruto.." he breathed, cradling his head against his chest. "I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.."

A small tan hand reached up and paused in front of his face. Sasuke raised his head, and stared at it with confusion. "Wha-?"

Naruto flicked him on the forehead.

"Good.." he whispered.

Then he passed out.


Naruto woke up in bed very confused with a very clingy Sasuke Uchiha wrapped around him.

"What? What happened..?"

Sasuke perched himself up on an elbow. "You ran off- as usual."

Naruto rolled his eyes. "That doesn't sound like me.. oh, that's right. You were a jerk- as usual."

Dark eyes looked away. "I apologized for that."

"I don't mind hearing it twice."

"Naruto.. why do you just keep ignoring this curse? Don't you care about what happens to you..?"

Naruto gritted his teeth. "It wasn't intentional, Teme! The last curse wasn't like this!"

"And you managed to fuck that up all of the time too!" Sasuke shouted, pushing himself up.

"Dammit, Naruto- I'm trying to fucking protect you!"

Naruto sat up, glaring. "I don't need your freaking protection, you idiot!! I need you to not be a bastard!"

"That would be a lot easier if you didn't constantly torture yourself!"

"I told you! I didn't do it on purpose!!"

Sasuke eyed him for a moment, then grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of bed. "Fine. Then I guess we just need to make sure you don't do it again."

"What are you- hey!! Hey!"

Sasuke dragged Naruto out of the bedroom and down the hall to his own. His grip on Naruto's wrist tightened as the blonde struggled to pull away.

"Let go, Teme! Sasuke, wa-wait!"

He pushed the blonde inside and closed the door behind him. Naruto spun around and marched back up to him. "What the hell is your problem?"

Sasuke ignored the question, grabbed his arm, and dragged him over to his desk. He ripped open a few drawers, clearly searching for something.

Naruto stopped struggling and looked curiously at him. "If you just tell me what this is all about I can probably help."

"If I tell you, you'll just say no."

"I don't love the sound of that.."

"Where the hell did I-? Oh, here it is." Naruto watched with alarm as Sasuke pulled a long piece of rope from his dresser.

He looked from the rope, to Sasuke, then back to the rope.. then back to Sasuke.

"Are you insane?"

Sasuke calmly closed the drawer and turned to face him. "It'll be temporary, Naruto. I just need to make sure you don't get too far away while we look for answers."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Don't even think about it."

"Can you just not fight me on this? Be reasonable."

"Absolutely not."

Sasuke clenched his jaw. "I'll force you if I have to."

"Good fucking luck with that." Naruto suddenly yanked his arm free and shoved the raven, hard, sending him stumbling back. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Sasuke's bedroom filled with Narutos, all pissed, and all glaring at the Uchiha with the utmost rage and distrust. "Back off!" they yelled in unison.

"Naruto- come on."

"I said back off!!"

Sasuke's eyes darkened. "Don't you remember when I first had to reset the Hourglass Curse?"

Naruto's mind flashed to a similar fight in the woods. When he had tried to fight him off. When Sasuke had pinned him to the ground. When he had kissed him to stop the curse from tearing him apart..

He could still remember the rush of fear he felt as Sasuke lowered his face, terrified that he would be able to tell how much Naruto liked him, how badly he did want him to kiss him.

"That- that's not the same! I am NOT wearing a fucking leash.!"

Sasuke dropped his head, letting heavy raven-colored bangs cover his eyes. When his head shot back up again they were blood red.

"Yes. You are."

Naruto blinked and the Uchiha was gone. Panic bloomed in his chest. He remembered this trick.

"Fuck."