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The Long Way Home

Part 16

The New Toy

Chapter 1/3

If only people really knew.

For years he'd watched as people practically threw themselves at Sasuke. Otherwise perfectly sane and rational people would make fools of themselves in front of him just to try and catch his attention and win some sort of positive acknowledgment. It was usually girls hoping for a date or something like that and for the most part Naruto could not understand the attraction. Fine, Sasuke seemed outwardly cool, talented and looked nice, but he felt that the outward stuff shouldn't be enough.

People should be attracted to smiles and genuine niceness rather than scowls and uncaring meanness. Sasuke was cold toward people, he rarely if ever smiled at strangers without being dared to do it or he wanted something from them and even then it was with a certain amount of disdain in his eyes. How could someone like that make people swoon? Was looks really enough to want to get so close to a person that you'd do and say almost anything your normally sane mind would never allow you to?

Well yes, apparently.

Except for him. He had the distinction of being Sasuke's friend. Possibly Sasuke's only real friend and that allowed him access to a Sasuke rarely seen by other people. And sure, Sasuke would never be the prince of charm or a wellspring of caring compassion no matter what, but he did have the capacity to be nice on occasion and even somewhat protective too when the need arose.

And Naruto was starting to suspect that these traits, rare as they sometimes were, had started to become easier for Sasuke to show as time went on. But still, it had taken a time for Naruto to see these things in Sasuke and he knew that buried beneath all of the surface disinterest and outward coldness was someone worth being close to. Finding those traits had taken him years though and wasn't something just any person on the street could be aware of with a single glance.

That buried stuff was what drew Naruto to him and it sure hadn't had anything to do with how he looked. Actually if anything, the attention he got and Sasuke's own confidence concerning his looks annoyed him more than anything.

Except for moments like this, that is.

Now he could kind of understand why people might lose their common sense over Sasuke without having any idea of what kind of a bastard he could sometimes be. Because right now he could appreciate how lust could make you too overwhelmed to keep your common sense.

Naruto threw his head back and bit down onto his already damaged bottom lip out of habit. It was a bad habit since it hurt badly and he never gave himself a chance for it to heal properly before he did it to himself again, but it had the intended effect of stopping him from thrusting forward too quickly out of reflex or worse, coming too soon.

"Sasuke," Naruto ground out, his body almost shaking with the effort of holding back, "If you move like that one more time you can finish yourself off," he threatened in a low growl.

Sasuke answered by rolling his hips back against him one more time making Naruto have to grab said hips to forcefully stop him.

It wasn't even the sensation it was causing to his cock that was too much, though that was pretty forefront, but watching the tensed muscles move under sweat glazed rosy skin of his back and shoulders plus the almost supple way his body moved made Naruto squeeze his eyes shut and groan in frustration. Right now the only part of him not wanting to slam into him till he finished was concern for his friend, which was being slowly eroded by Sasuke teasing the ever-living fuck out of him.

Frankly Sasuke felt, looked and sounded amazing in moments like this. The tight warmth surrounding his hardness, the hot sweaty skin under his hands and those quiet little groans... holy fuck.

And okay, sex was still a relatively new thing for him and maybe he only felt so overwhelmed purely because it was simply an amazing feeling to do something like this at all. But in all honestly, despite Sasuke's own inexperience, roughness and demanding nature he seemed to get into the pleasure groove and use it to his advantage in a way that often left Naruto in awe.

"If you don't move more it might be welcome alternative," Sasuke told him, his mouth slightly muffled from his face being buried into his own arm lying against the dirt beneath him.

"Don't be impatient, I don't want it to hurt."

"Take me being impatient as a sign that it doesn't hurt and to fucking move already!"

So Naruto followed the advice, easing himself the rest of the way in. Sasuke tensed for a moment beneath him but when he began to push back against him this time, Naruto took the hint.

He had been happy to realise that he had been right when he told Sasuke it would get easier. The first few times had been a little haphazard still, but lately he'd noticed a marked change in the proceedings. The second time they'd done it, despite Sasuke admitting that it had felt good the first time, he'd still been pretty edgy about being entered again.

He hadn't said anything but he'd been a little tense and wary despite being the one to instigate it. Of course that wasn't really a shock. If Sasuke felt on edge about something or even had the slightest fear, Naruto had noticed that he would never openly shy away from what had him rattled.

In fact Sasuke seemed to go out of his way to show just how much whatever it was didn't bother him even if it was a lie, which was pretty rich for a guy who insisted he didn't care what other people thought of him. Still, showing a certain amount of fearlessness might not have just been about appearances either. The person Sasuke always seemed most interested in proving things to was himself, with other people as a far second.

For instance, Naruto still did not know for sure whether Sasuke was actually claustrophobic. Well he knew that if he was, it wasn't a particularly severe phobia because Sasuke did not immediately freak out in enclosed spaces the way a lot of other claustrophobic people understandably might. But he obviously really didn't like closed in dark spaces either. However you had to be a familiar spectator of Sasuke's moods to really figure that he was having a bad reaction at all.

When in an enclosed place, he got agitated the longer it went on to a greater or lesser degree depending on the circumstances, though for the most part seemed to keep control of himself through sheer force of will. This brute determination Sasuke showed in situations like that was a reoccurring theme for Sasuke who seemed to rather force himself to endure certain things without cracking just to prove to himself that he could do it. And while Naruto wasn't too thrilled with the idea that Sasuke might view sex in the same way, he was also kind of grateful that Sasuke wouldn't be put off either and give it a chance.

Even if he had the feeling that Sasuke was only making himself endure because he was sort of the one who'd pushed the sex issue in the first place.

And besides, Sasuke himself had admitted that their first time hadn't been bad so now it was just up to him to try and make it no ordeal at all. He hadn't been in Sasuke's position to be so pained and he also couldn't rely on Sasuke speaking up if it ever got too much again due to Sasuke's usual determination to overcome obstacles. So if Sasuke was willing to keep going yet not be vocal about pain, Naruto had to figure a lot of stuff out for himself. Plus for Naruto it had only ever felt amazing and he sure as hell didn't want it to stop now that it had started.

Thankfully Naruto being more aware of what he was doing since the first time had allowed him to hold back a lot more and make it better not only the second time but each time since. Plus realising there was no such thing as using too much lubrication had certainly made things go a lot more smoothly so to speak.

The first time he had used a great deal of oil on Sasuke but nothing on himself, which probably hadn't helped. Now they had so much of the stuff between them Naruto could feel the excess trickling down making more of a mess, but at least it made things a lot easier as well which was certainly a plus.

And after a little more practice, more oil and a lot more caution, Sasuke had really started to join in. He might have moved a little before, but once everything was slicked and stretched to satisfaction he would move back against Naruto, undulating like he almost couldn't get enough. Which was a nice thought if it were remotely true but more than likely it was a combination of frustration at the slow pace or the want to tease Naruto that compelled him to do it.

But still, it was a positive sign that things were certainly getting better but now that Sasuke was starting to learn things for himself about how to make things feel better, it was becoming more of an issue for Naruto instead.

So the ordeal seemed to be over for Sasuke after just that first time but it was really just the beginning of Naruto's own ordeal. The first time Sasuke had started really joining in with determination, Naruto had lasted mere seconds afterwards leaving him in breathless shock with a very annoyed Uchiha who hadn't yet finished.

He was a little more used to the sensation now, but it still meant he ended up almost chewing through his own lip every time they did it just so he could last longer than Sasuke. It would be just like Sasuke to be the one controlling things even when he had a dick shoved balls deep up his ass.

If nothing else Sasuke's determination was breathtaking on its own with results like this and genuinely worth being admired. But mainly, if only people knew what Sasuke looked like right now, the way he acted, moved and sounded, a lot more people would throw themselves at him, that was for sure.

So maybe there was a little bit to all that outward stuff after all.

"I hate that oil," Sasuke muttered sitting in the low stream while Naruto sat on a smooth rock on the bank behind him, rubbing shampoo through his hair later that night.

Sasuke had tossed him the bottle earlier and now Naruto was just going through the motions without paying a lot of attention to what he was doing. He felt tired and lethargic after their latest round of exercise and his mind had already half switched off. He blinked a few times as though waking up at the sound of Sasuke's irate voice however.

"Better than nothing I guess."

"Almost anything would be better than nothing," Sasuke groused. "Doesn't mean we should use it. I somehow doubt it was intended use of that stuff."

"We could always get some proper lube," Naruto told him while muffling a yawn.

After that, Sasuke went curiously quiet for a few moments.

"What?"

"C'mon Sasuke, I'm not stupid."

But then he realised this was perhaps a concept that Sasuke had not even thought of himself. Which actually turned out to be not as surprising as Naruto had initially thought. He could never imagine Sasuke being in a situation to learn about stuff like this either by hearing stories or checking out the odd bits of porn, none of it. It wasn't as though Sasuke was particularly prudish, he was very private but that wasn't the same thing.

However Naruto was getting the strong impression that even being interested in anything vaguely sexual was a new concept for Sasuke and so he just wouldn't have had a lot of reason before and therefore just simply hadn't put a lot of thought into either.

Sasuke bent forward, rinsing his hair free of suds before sitting back against the rock Naruto was sitting on, his hair streaming water and making a 'hn' sound.

"Is the oil really that bad?" Naruto asked curiously carding his fingers through the wet strands hoping that it not remaining plastered to Sasuke's head meant it would dry out quicker. It would save him from later bitching and worth the extra effort.

It was kind of a stupid question though, he realised as he worked. The oil wasn't necessarily bad but it wasn't enough either. Naruto could tell it wasn't thick enough and tended to get a little warm with too much friction. Which was actually pleasant at first, but soon grew a little uncomfortable.

"If it were just oil I'm sure it would be fine, but since it's intended for use in the bath who knows what else is in it. I would rather an alternative."

"You weren't bitching at the time. Any of the times."

Sasuke got up onto his knees and turned around giving Naruto an unimpressed look, intentionally leaning into him in order to invade his personal space. Naruto recognised it as Sasuke trying to be intimidating but it failed to rile him at all.

"Well how about next time you get fucked with bath oil and see how you feel afterwards."

Alright, so maybe Sasuke's challenging tone did make him a little nervous.

"I get it okay, no more oil. Geez Sasuke, just say what you mean next time."

Sasuke frowned at him. "I just did."

"Besides, I thought you liked it."

"I do," he replied a little guardedly this time.

"You know you've got a bad way of getting your point across. All you gotta say is that although you love the mind blowing sex you'd rather hold off for the moment till we get something better to use.

Otherwise it just sounds like you hate all of it."

"That wasn't..." Sasuke began before shaking his head slightly and retaking his seat, his back to Naruto. "Never mind. Talking to you is making my head ache."

Naruto wasn't sure if he had won that argument or not but wasn't awake enough to really care and decided to change the subject instead.

"You know, your hair is really getting longer."

"Smooth, dobe," Sasuke remarked catching on to the change.

"But I mean it. It's grown more than two inches longer since we left Adessa."

"So? Your hair is growing too, that's what hair does, moron."

Naruto reached up and felt his own hair as though to compare the difference. And sure, his hair was slightly longer than he usually let it grow, but it didn't feel like a huge difference.

"Yeah but yours was longer to begin with," Naruto countered combing Sasuke's hair back with his fingers till it met in at the back of his head in a very small ponytail. The parts framing his face wouldn't reach but Naruto managed to get most of Sasuke's hair into the tightly held bunch. He looked at his work critically. "Hey that kinda looks cool."

"Uh huh," Sasuke replied disbelievingly. "Like I'm going to take fashion advice from you."

"Since when do you care about being fashionable anyway? Kinda goes against your whole 'don't care' attitude. I bet it would feel cooler too, you know for the weather and everything."

"You're right," Sasuke agreed, "I don't care. Especially what you think. Just let my hair go."

"Might work as a good disguise too," Naruto went on. "You have a pretty distinctive hair cut. People might be all like, 'oh no, sorry Mr Hunter, haven't seen anyone with black hair that sticks out at the back like a duck's ass.'"

"And then they can follow that up with, 'but I have seen one person that fits the description exactly otherwise but for his hair being in a stupid ponytail. Why yes, he was also traveling with a moronic looking companion with bright blond hair too. What a coincidence.'"

While Sasuke was very obviously making fun of him, Naruto didn't think his point was entirely invalid. They had been on the road for almost two weeks since Sasuke's capture and so far they hadn't seen any signs of pursuit. Sasuke seemed to think it would take some time for the Hunters to regroup and go after them but both of them realised that it was probably only a matter of time.

At first they had been very aware of this and traveled for as long as they could before exhaustion made them stop. but as the days wore on they had gotten a little more relaxed and spent less and less time racing onwards and more time sleeping, feeding themselves and of course, having more sex. Their routine was almost back to normal now but it was always in the back of their minds that they might not be completely safe till they were over the border into the next country.

"Oooo, I could dye my hair," Naruto suggested with an edge of excitement. "I always wondered what I'd look like with red hair."

He couldn't help it, the thought of disguising himself in such a way kind of had an appeal right now. He might have preferred not to have the Hunters after them at all, but he wasn't so pessimistic not to find the idea of being all cloak and dagger at least a little thrilling.

"I'll save you the effort and say; stupid."

Naruto frowned at the back of Sasuke's head as he let the wet black strands slide from his fingers.

"You know if I didn't know for a fact firsthand that you already had, I'd say that you really needed to get laid."

Upon coming across the next town the pair of them had stood in the road and stared at the distant rooftops with mixed feelings.

Towns had used to mean stocking up on supplies, getting a good night's sleep or two and a proper wash. Now they held a lot of possible dangers. What if the local law enforcement had somehow been pre-warned? What if the Hunters decided to check all the towns between the last town and the border instead of hunting for them in the wilderness? Lots of 'what ifs' that didn't sit well with either of them.

This led to a short discussion about the pros and cons of entering the town. They needed to restock so shopping was a must, but that didn't mean they had to corner themselves in a strange Inn for the night. Or so Naruto argued. Sasuke however was a little less swayed.

Sasuke wasn't too proud to admit that the last two weeks had been pretty full on. Being a hair's breadth from death was probably mostly to blame for his current exhaustion. Even after slowing their travelling down they had still been occupied with covering their tracks and it was a lot of work over such an extended period of time. Not to mention a still healing leg wound lately being aggravated by traveling and... other things... Of course sex wasn't exactly an unwelcome exhaustion truth be told.

He knew deep down that now was really not the time to spend their nights being so distracted by each other. He knew this. But the problem was that he couldn't stop himself. And he would have liked to blame Naruto but really couldn't with a straight face. He was as much to blame, even starting things of his own volition just as much as Naruto did.

And Naruto had been right, every time it got better which only served to fuel the desire even more. So although he couldn't think of a stupider thing to be doing while being tracked by a probably very angry band of professional hunters, he'd still find himself kissing Naruto till he finally shut up and letting things take the intended course from there.

And everything from the Hunters to the introduction of regular sex into their relationship had slowly turned his mind to mush. Even taking his turn on guard duty for half the night, something they had started doing since the escape, had become difficult for his exhausted mind to stay awake for and he longed for a hot bath and a warm bed with actual covers and pillows like he'd never craved in his life before.

Of course then his traitorous head also whispered to him how much nicer it might be to have sex in an actual soft bed which completely betrayed the idea of getting much sleep anyway.

"We should stay," Sasuke concluded.

"You really think that's such a good idea?" Naruto asked dubiously.

"What's the big difference if we get caught in a town or on the road?" Sasuke pointed out. "The results are still the same except we will be freshly washed and perhaps had a decent rest. If the Hunters could forewarn upcoming towns of their fugitive I think we would have been in more trouble by now."

"Yeah but we haven't been in any towns since then," Naruto replied. "We skirted the last one 'cause we were worried about the same thing, what's so different now?"

"A town on alert might post some guards at the entry at least. The last town we saw had nothing and I don't see anyone on the road now. Seeing both towns so relaxed means we are probably safe for now. Besides, we can't live on fish forever dobe."

"Sure we can. I'd rather do that than you get caught again."

"We have a large head-start on the Hunters. Local guards don't exactly scare me and I.."

Sasuke trailed off not really knowing how to say that he merely just wanted some proper comfort for the night. His overworked brain just seemed to give up.

"Sasuke, are you okay?"

"Fine."

Naruto just shrugged like it didn't bother him and forced a smile.

"I guess you're right. I could do with some other food and a hot bath. I suppose we can't stay away from every town between here and the border."

Well Naruto had changed his tune pretty quickly, a little too quickly actually which told Sasuke that Naruto might have caught onto his pure need to relax for a little while. He hated being so obvious about it but was strangely unmoved by whatever weakness that might show. He just wasn't in the mood to care.

This town, if you could call it one didn't have much in the way of stores. It seemed to mainly have the basics and not much else and Sasuke held out little hope of getting too many much needed supplies, but he was more than willing to try.

So while Naruto went off to find them somewhere to stay for the night, Sasuke went into what passed for the general store. After taking a quick glance around he approached the counter.

"What can I do for you?" A bored looking middle-aged woman asked from behind the counter. Sasuke assumed she had heard or sensed him walk up because she didn't lift her eyes up from the book she was reading to look at him.

"I need soap, trail provisions and lubricant."

The prospect of a sale finally got her attention and she looked up at Sasuke, almost did a double take and looked him over again a little more carefully this time. To judge from the appreciative eye, she seemed to like what she saw and Sasuke had to stop himself from rolling his eyes.

"You're not from around here," she practically purred.

"No," Sasuke replied shortly.

"Well we don't have any preserved food here, but the soap is just over there," She motioned pointing to a shelf opposite.

Sasuke got the replacement soap and came back to the counter expectantly.

"Was there something else?" She asked leaning far too far over the counter for Sasuke's comfort.

"Lubricant," he repeated.

"Mechanical?"

"Personal."

The woman had obviously not heard him properly the first time and at first blinked at him in surprise before realisation seemed to sink in and she smiled a tad lecherously.

"Well, isn't that a little self promotion right there," she drawled before fetching a clear bottle off a high self just near her counter.

It took Sasuke a moment but eventually he realised she was implying something about his erm, size. He decided to let it go. Talking to this woman had already become more painful than he wanted. He was in no way embarrassed to buy such things, but this woman was getting very tiresome to talk to.

"Two bottles."

"Wow, we do have a party planned, don't we? My name is-"

"Sasuke, what the fuck is taking so long?"

Thankfully Naruto chose that moment to enter the store in search of him just as the woman was bagging his items. The woman looked back and forth between them for a few moments, then grinned, took Sasuke's money and handed him his bag. She gave him a wink and waggled her eyebrows at him. Sasuke did roll his eyes this time, took the bag and grabbed Naruto's arm on the way out.

"What was up with her?" Naruto asked as they walked away. Apparently he'd seen the look the woman had been giving them.

"A lot," Sasuke muttered.

After getting something to eat they returned to the Inn where Sasuke upended the bag he'd bought with him from the shop to find not only the things he'd asked for but a small book as well.

"What's all this?" Naruto asked coming around to sit on the bed next to where Sasuke had dumped the supplies.

He picked up one of the bottles and turned it over in his hands before his eyes widened dramatically.

"Holy shit." Then he looked down at the second bottle. Then back up at Sasuke. "Just what the fuck are you planning tonight?"

Sasuke ignored him and picked up the book curiously. The cover was plain and white so he flipped it open. What he saw almost made him drop it again.

"What is it?" Naruto asked curiously.

"That shopkeeper is a real pervert."

Frowning, Naruto grabbed the book out of Sasuke hands and flipped through it. Both his eyebrows rose as he looked through the contents.

"You didn't buy this?" Naruto asked, his eyes never leaving the book's pages.

"Of course not."

Naruto turned the book on its side to get a better look or understanding of a particular picture and made a low whistle.

"Wow. How'd she know you'd be interested in guy on guy porn?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because I bought lube and then you blunder in bellowing my name perhaps," Sasuke replied sarcastically.

At least Naruto had the decency to turn a little pink. "Oh." Then his eyes turned back to the book.

"Stop looking at that. They aren't photos, they're just drawings."

"Yeah I know, but for some reason I can't put it down. Hey, check this out, I bet I can do that."

Despite his utter disgust over the whole matter Sasuke quickly sat down next to Naruto and peered at the picture indicated. It made him bite his lip softly.

"Which picture?"

"Either."

Sasuke nodded. "Take off your pants."

Okay, so maybe he could put off sleep just a little while longer...

The next morning the pair of them had woken up to the sound of pouring rain. The intention had been to stay one night, recoup, have a little fun and leave the following morning. But the morning had worn on without sign that the torrential downpour was going to let up anytime soon and managed to convince themselves that perhaps leaving could wait till the following day. After all, they'd been safe so far, what was one more night going to hurt?

That had been two days ago now.

Even though they'd managed to steer the Hunters in the opposite direction, staying was not exactly smart. Sasuke knew this, he knew they were wasting time and perhaps putting themselves in danger by remaining in the one place for too long but the problem remained that he just could not will himself to move on right now.

Oh it was still kind of drizzling outside, but it was becoming more of an excuse the longer they lingered and he knew it. And all it took to turn his usually intelligent mind to stupidity driven mush was a comfortable bed, hot running water whenever he wanted it and copious amounts of lube.

Wonderful, brilliant, thick, slick lubricant.

He hadn't realised how much of a difference the latter could make during sex. Having a proper means of lubrication made the all the difference. Time and practice had made the act feel better, but lube made it feel easy too. Actually it had almost made it too good at first and the first round of sex had been mere minutes with Naruto in a heap next to him, red faced with embarrassment.

"Uh, let's just forget that happened again," he'd muttered.

But Sasuke could understand, he had been able to feel the relative ease Naruto had pushed into him compared to the first few times so it was no wonder the sensations had been a little more intense than usual. He also hadn't felt the usual sting and had in fact skipped anything more than the slightest pain altogether leaving him only with the pleasure.

But after that first trial, things had gone even smoother until mostly all they were doing was screwing, bathing, eating and screwing some more. Three nights had passed while they'd been more or less holed up in their room but no matter what his usually careful mind was screaming at him, he could not will himself to move on. And he wasn't alone.

Whenever Sasuke bought up the idea of moving on as he was doing now, all he got was a groan followed by an unhappy expression. Which was a bit of a surprise since Naruto had been the more wary of the two of them to even come into the town in the first place. Well at least it was mildly gratifying to not be the only one whose mind had checked out as a result of pleasure.

"You were the one that said we were probably safe for now," Naruto reminded him. "Besides you saw the shitty weather so, what's the hurry?"

Sasuke was lying on his back watching the shadows flicker across the ceiling and the breeze coming in through the open window moved the curtains across the dim light of the streetlamps outside.

"The rain has been light for the past few hours. I think it's safe to say the weather has done all it is going to do."

"Just 'cause it's not hard raining now doesn't mean it won't later."

"We obviously haven't been traveling in the same country as each other," Sasuke told the ceiling in annoyance. "The rains come, soak us for a few days without respite then stops and we resume being baked underneath the sun for another week or two. It only ever changes with the occasional storm which pelts us with rain for a few hours instead of days."

"Maybe you're right," Naruto allowed after a moment but he seemed reluctant to admit it.

Naruto lay somewhere off to his left, still naked and recovering from their last round of sex and apparently happy just to keep things as they had been for the past few days.

"I wanted a rest and we've had it. More or less. We still have to assume that these people who make their living hunting people down are still after us. I'm not sure how long our anti tracking precautions will work for. Frankly, I'm surprised it worked in the first place since they are professional trackers."

"You're always so negative," Naruto accused. "I bet they don't get much of a chance to hunt down people who know how to cover their tracks much."

Which was probably at least true. They were both ninja and generally ninja were the ones who ambushed other people, not the other way around. These Hunters might be professional trackers, but Sasuke was a professional at staying lost when he wanted to.

"C'mon Sasuke, I think we're okay for now. I know I was against it at first but after actually getting a chance to relax I realised I needed some time off after everything that's happened as well."

"You mean you want to spend every day and night fucking. That's not exactly high relaxation."

"It is to me. Aren't you having fun anymore?"

He was, that was kind of the problem. He almost didn't care if the Hunters did hunt them down, so long as they gave them a few more days of fun in the meantime. But Sasuke realised how careless this was. He knew that without the distraction there was no way he'd leave himself this vulnerable otherwise.

"We have to leave tomorrow, do not tempt me otherwise."

But apparently, he'd said the wrong thing because Naruto moved over towards him, crawling up to plant his hands on either side of Sasuke's head and resting his too warm skin against Sasuke's. He bent his head down close and watched Sasuke with a large smile on his face.

"Sounds like a challenge to me."

"It wasn't meant to be," Sasuke told him with a frown. "Not even you're too stupid to realise how dangerous it is staying in the one place for too long."

"I told you you're being too negative. And I like this, staying here with you. Besides, you make it sound like I could tempt you."

That had been exactly what Sasuke had meant. If Naruto kept reducing his mind to unthinking mush, there was no way he'd work up the urge to move on ever.

Naruto managed to crawl over him, up between his legs and plant a kiss on him before he could even think of replying though. Not that Naruto seemed to want or expect an answer and in fact seemed more interested in the challenge.

Sasuke bit him lightly on the lip as a warning and tasted a little blood before Naruto hissed and drew away. He'd forgotten about Naruto's little habit and had most probably just reopened the previous bite.

Naruto sucked his bottom lip into his mouth and gave Sasuke a questioning look.

"You can't want to do it again so soon."

"Why not? Might take a few minutes to get warmed up but I'm game," he finished with a grin.

One day Naruto was going to make some girl very happy and possibly unable to walk for a week. His stamina was astonishing, his recovery time had to be record and what he probably still lacked in technique he made up for in pure enthusiasm alone.

"Because some of us might like some actual sleep occasionally," Sasuke told him in slight annoyance as Naruto leaned in to attack his neck.

Naruto did not respond to him, which was probably a good thing since his mouth was now gently sucking that spot below his ear while roaming fingers pushed into his body without much warning at all. In all likelihood Sasuke wouldn't have been able to mount much of a protest right now anyway.

Everything still felt slick and a little loose which only made it worse to voice his token protests anyway. He felt no pain and it wouldn't take much for him to be open and ready. He even started to feel himself stiffen again despite it having been possibly only fifteen minutes since finishing the last round.

Well if nothing else this would probably prove to be one of their shorter stints with little foreplay needed or even really wanted and Sasuke helped things along by groping for the bottle of lube on the bed beside him.

He one-handedly managed to get a decent amount into his hand and reached in between their bodies to coat Naruto's already hard erection. Naruto groaned into his neck before moving back to kiss his lips roughly. Sasuke forced his own tongue deeply into Naruto mouth, swirling it around Naruto's tongue before moving his hands up to push at Naruto's shoulders indicating that he was ready for Naruto to let him move into position.

But Naruto didn't budge except to remove his fingers and move slightly downwards. Sasuke felt Naruto prod at him and immediately tensed, grabbing a handful of hair and forcefully pulling Naruto's lips away from his.

"Ow, what?"

"What are you doing?"

Naruto gave him a strange look. "Uh, I kinda thought that was obvious."

"We're not having sex like this," Sasuke told him bluntly.

"Why not? You were happy enough to tease the fuck out of me once like this, what's the difference?"

Good question. Why the fuck should he care if they did it like this? It's just sex, it shouldn't be less weird if they did it face to face, right? They'd done a lot of other things face to face, why not this? But something about actually seeing Naruto's face or him being able to see Sasuke's as he thrust inside him really made him uncomfortable for some reason.

Not that he had a chance to answer the question this time either since impatient Naruto took the opportunity to push inside him making his head snap back and him to suck in a quick breath. He'd been a little agitated which had the unfortunate side effect of tensing his muscles and making that sting a bit.

But Naruto seemed to have sensed the slight resistance and was holding himself from pushing in entirely for the time being. Instead he chose to attack Sasuke's exposed throat. After a little while, he felt a hand grip his leg, lifting slightly and opening him up even more allowing Naruto to slide a little further in.

Sasuke let go of Naruto's hair and gripped the pillow by his head instead. He was starting to realise one of the other reasons why he might not like this position. With Naruto holding his leg like that there was little room or leverage for him to move much. It almost felt like Naruto had him pinned, like he was in total control and that was a position Sasuke had not been in thus far.

Naruto raised his head to look at him then and Sasuke saw huge pupils dominating a ring of blue framed in a flushed face holding an incredibly lust filled expression.

"I want to move so badly," Naruto told him in a low voice.

By now Sasuke was usually giving him either some sort of encouragement or still getting used to the full feeling inside him. Right now he was doing a little of the latter, but mostly not much of anything still undecided whether he wanted to continue this at all right now. But despite his ongoing turmoil his voice managed to respond for him without any further input from his brain.

"Then move."

So he did.

Naruto had gotten into the habit of starting out slow and steady without thrusting too far in and habit took over after his eyes dropped closed and Sasuke was spared having to look into them for any longer. The grip around his leg tightened and pushed higher before Naruto finally pushed in a deeper making Sasuke's own eyes drop closed.

His brain didn't like this, he couldn't move much either to join in or escape and that was freaking him out a little. He thought he might panic again, get that feeling like he had the first time that he was making some unstoppable mistake but the panic didn't surface this time. In fact it was about now that he realised his breath was hitching in a perfectly pleasurable way and his body was in fact moving to meet Naruto's thrusts as much as this position allowed him to.

So apparently his body decided that he did like it and that he wasn't going to freak out this time after all.

Naruto seemed to have his hands full and hadn't moved to touch his erection like he normally would but Sasuke didn't much care. He felt the occasional rub against Naruto's belly making him silently gasp each time he felt the contact and then Naruto angled himself a little better causing Sasuke's eyes to fly open and a strangled groan escape his lips.

"Finally," Naruto sighed softly.

He must have been trying to aim just right but Sasuke had hardly noticed at the time being a little too caught up himself. And even though with every thrust he could feel his body coil tighter for the impending release he had glimpsed for that moment when his eyes had opened, seeing Naruto's own open and watching him.

It was an unnerving sight and exactly what he hadn't wanted. It wasn't enough to completely put him off but it had made his heart thump in sudden alarm so much that he had jammed his eyes closed again quickly.

Afterwards when Naruto was finally worn out enough to sleep, Sasuke stayed awake for a little while at first staring at the ceiling and then turning his eyes toward the snoring figure of his companion. Naruto was lying on his side, face toward Sasuke, mouth open slightly and the bedclothes tucked up tightly under his chin.

You trust him too much, his traitorous brain told him. You could enjoy sex like that because even as restricted as you were you knew you could trust him.

Which was a stupid thought to have. If Naruto ever did anything he didn't like Sasuke could punch him and throw him off. The problem was that it was difficult to remember that when you felt so fucking vulnerable. He'd learnt by now that pleasure turned off the sensible, logical part of his brain for the most part and all he was left with was what he could feel.

This was why he'd panicked a little the first time and this was also why he had immediately not wanted to have sex in that position this time. Plus it made it feel a little too personal as well. Being able to actually see the other person's facial expressions so starkly without any of the usual censoring of feelings someone might usually employ in day to day life was a little bit too much of an overshare for Sasuke.

And this was not a good thing to realise. Naruto had told him before they'd started having sex that sex was on a whole different level to the mere frustration relief they usually did. Sasuke had scoffed at the notion at the time because he couldn't really see how much of a difference it would make. But Sasuke was beginning to realise that Naruto had been shockingly right.

This wasn't a mini battle for dominance or it wasn't a quick handjob to relieve tension. It was actually a lot more involving in a way that Sasuke hadn't been prepared for. And he didn't like how that made him feel. He needed some of that old aggression back, he needed to be able to watch Naruto's face succumb to pleasure from a position of smug accomplishment, not to share and certainly not to feel exposed like that.

And the mere fact that he had enjoyed it despite his apprehension really annoyed him.

Perhaps if he weren't the one always taking it he'd feel a little better about it. Perhaps. But so far subtle hints and not so subtle hints had failed to register with Naruto much and once they'd moved into foreplay Sasuke's brain generally went too blank to care about forcing the issue at all.

He got up and went to the bathroom, washed himself off as best he could without actually having a proper bath and came back into the room. He looked at the bed and his friend curled up underneath the sheets before deciding the get into the other so far unused bed instead and getting comfortable.

The bedsheets felt cool against his skin but he didn't let it bother him as he purposefully turned over putting his back to the snoring on the other side of the room and closed his eyes.

TBC