Chapter 10: Arbutus
Naruto woke up with something warm surrounding him. Kage must have cuddled with him again. He did that when the nightmares got bad. But kage didn't smell as good as this warmth did, sandalwood and sage. Kage didn't hold him either. It took a few minutes for Naruto's brain to wake up enough to realize Gaara was holding him in his bed. It took all of two seconds after he realized this for him to all but fall out of bed in surprise. Or at least almost fall out of bed. Gaara caught him before he could go anywhere. "Naruto, it's just me. I moved you to bed after you fell asleep. You had a nightmare and kage said being held helped"
"Gaara, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have fallen asleep on you like that. You could have just left me there on the couch. Oh fuck I have to get to TI.. fuck my senpai are going to kill me. Kage, why did you wake me up? I should have been there by now. Fuck." Naruto was running around the room trying to gather everything he needed for the day. Weapons, clothes, change of clothes for after TI decided to make him the test subject..
"Naruto stop, Tsunade gave you a week off. She sent Kakashi here to let you know." Gaara could see the tension leave Naruto as he dropped everything he was holding onto the floor. All expression leaving his face as he realized Gaara must have said something about his emotional state. "Naruto, you need time to heal. It's not healthy to push yourself like this. You barely got any sleep at all." Gaara pulled him back down to bed and into his arms. "Sleep I'll still be here when you wake up"
Gaara did what any good friend would do while he held his sleeping friend. He used his sand to clean. He started in the bedroom at first picking up the weapons and clothes Naruto had left on the floor. Then when looking around the room he saw that Naruto hadn't done laundry in a while. As a good friend he had to do it for him. So he had his sand pick up the laundry and start washing it. Then his sand discovered that the bathroom needed to be cleaned so he had it start on that. This continued on until Gaara had dragged his sand all over the apartment to meet his cleanliness needs. Kage smartly kept his mouth shut and stayed out of the way of the roving sand.
Naruto woke to a much cleaner apartment with Gaara still holding him while reading a book. "How long was I asleep for?" Gaara simply handed Naruto some soup he found in the fridge and pointed at the window that showed it was dark outside. "I'm sorry for sleeping so long. I haven't been sleeping well. I get nightmares every night sometimes multiple times a night."
"About the girl? Naruto it was an order there was nothing you could do. If you didn't kill her your partner would have and I doubt he would have been as caring about it"
"It's not just her Gaara, it's the villagers, Sasuke, and everything Gaara. I'm dirty, you shouldn't be near me anymore. I just cause pain and death. Sometimes I wonder why I'm even alive. If kurama didn't heal me they would have killed me as a child. Sometimes I wish they did…." Naruto mumbled the last part, tears running down his face but Gaara understood what he was trying to say.
"Naruto, you are my best friend. I'm glad kurama healed you, I'm glad you survived, and I'm glad that you are in this world. You saved me. You showed me how to live." Gaara turned Naruto's face towards him and kissed him gently on the lips. "You deserve love just as much as I do. I had you and Peony to show me that. Now let me show you."
Naruto let himself be guided into another kiss letting his hands move to Gaara's hair. Gaara kissed him gently, his lips, his face, his tears. Gaara's hands gently undid the ties holding Naruto's hair back, playing with the golden strands as he held Naruto tightly. "Gaara my hands are covered in blood"
"So are mine." Gaara deepened the kiss after that, inviting Naruto's tongue to play with his. Biting his lips and his neck before pulling Naruto's tank top off. Gaara took a moment to look at his friend before kissing his way down to his seal. "You aren't a monster Naruto, just as you said I wasn't."
At this point Naruto was alternating between crying and gasping as Garra got more bold, licking his abs and hips. When Gaara went to pull off his shorts Naruto stopped him. "I'm a guy, Gaara. I don't want to turn you off I can go shower and prep myself"
"No!" Gaara pulled down Naruto's shorts exposing his orange lace panties and fishnets fully. Naruto expected Gaara to be turned off. He couldn't be more wrong. Gaara practically growled in approval. He leaned down to lick the wet spot on Naruto's panties. "You're so hard for me. This could never turn me off." Gaara proceeded to pull down Naruto's panties exposing his leaking dick. Naruto again tried to hide himself from Gaara. "Naruto, I know you are a man. This isn't going to turn me off. Feel what you do to me." Gaara grabbed Naruto's hand, dragging it to his aching cock. "I'm so hard Naruto, this is what kissing you does to me." Gaara groaned as he used Naruto's hand to rub his dick.
Naruto was at a loss for words "Gaara, I.." Gaara cut him off by kissing him and inviting his tongue out to play. He made Naruto whimper when he used his free hand to grab Naruto's dick and start rubbing the tip. Gaara pulled away from the kiss to watch Naruto. Legs still covered by black fishnets and his cock leaking down onto his panties.
"You are so sexy right now Naruto. Look at you so hard for me and already leaking." Gaara growled out his voice rough and deeper than normal. He let go of Naruto's hand to run his now free hand up Naruto starting at his legs and ending in a gentle caress pushing hair out of his face. "Let me make love to you, Naruto."
Naruto froze at this pushing Gaara away he didn't deserve this and what about Peony… Gaara said he loved her. "Gaara you can't. I don't deserve love and what about your girlfriend." Gaara didn't let him finish pulling him back into a gentle kiss. Holding him close with both his arms.
"You deserve the world Naruto. I love you, as a friend, a brother in arms, a lover whatever you need me to be. I love Peony too. She knows I'm here, knows how important you are to me. Let me give this to you. You showed me I deserved love and could have it freely as the person I am. Let me show you the same." Tears began to run down Naruto's face as he looked into Gaara's eyes. Gaara pulled Naruto back into a soft slow kiss as his hands fully undressed them both.
When they were both undressed Gaara pushed Naruto back down onto his back. He began to kiss his way down Naruto's body before ending at his dick surrounded by short neatly trimmed blond curls. Gaara grabbed the lube he had his sand find, pouring some over his fingers. "Is this ok Naruto?" Naruto, still crying a little, nodded, unable to find words at the moment. Gaara kissed the blond's thigh as his fingers rubbed Naruto's entrance. The redhead pushed one finger inside watching Naruto's face the whole time. He moved the finger in and out slowly stretching Naruto out before adding another while watching for signs of discomfort.
"Gaara I have played down there before, please I want…" Naruto didn't get to finish his sentence; he was cut off when he tossed his head back and moaned. Gaara had hit his prostate and once he did Naruto couldn't talk anymore. Especially when Gaara decided to lick and suck the blond's cock as he pushed a third finger in to join the other two. "Ohhh Gaara… Please… Need… You… Fuck!"
Gaara looked up at the blond, Hair splayed around his head, one hand clutching the sheet, the other by his mouth to try to muffle his sounds, and his blue eyes glazed over in pleasure. Gaara pulled his fingers out moving into position making sure Naruto's eyes focused on him before starting to slowly push inside. "I love you. You could never be dirty." Gaara pulled Naruto into another kiss when he was fully inside. He gave Naruto time to adjust and when he saw the blond was ready started a slow pace with his hips. He kept it slow, kissing Naruto's face, lips, tears, and the eyelids covering his beautiful blue eyes. Gaara kept this pace up till Naruto threw his head back, mouth open in a silent scream. Then he picked his pace up, starting to thrust harder and faster in that same spot. Gaara grabbed the blond's hand that went up to try and muffle the sexy noises that came out of Naruto's mouth. "Let me hear you, so sexy love," Gaara growled using his other hand to start rubbing Naruto's cock in time with his thrusts.
"Gaara, I Love you!! dattebayo!!" Gaara just growled again at this, picking up his pace. "I'm gonna cum, Gaara!" Naruto squeezed the redhead's hand as he came, the white fluid ending up on his stomach and Gaara's hand. Gaara followed him soon after cumming inside, filling Naruto with his warm spend. Naruto tried to stay awake but his eyes were already starting to close. He fought sleep harder when he felt Gaara pull out and start to get up. "Don't go."
"I don't like wet sand" Gaara then grabbed a wet washcloth and cleaned them both up before he returned to bed. "I'm not going anywhere." as soon as Naruto was asleep in his arms Gaara kissed his forehead again. "I love you, my princess of the night."
Arbutus- you are the only one I love