Disclaimers: Naruto isn't mine. This is purely a fanfic using someone else's characters.

Warnings: This story includes strong language, violence, angst, references to suicide/ suicide attempts, sexual content (yaoi of course), & referenced/ depicted child abuse.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Chapter 14: Like a Melody

"If you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

-J.R.R. Tolkien

- - -

Sasuke managed to get the intoxicated blonde home, up the stairs, and into the bathroom. He gently set him down on the counter, turning around quickly to brace him up.

"Nnnn.." Naruto groaned, brows furrowed.

"I know." Sasuke handed him his toothbrush, watching with amusement as the blonde half-assed it, eyes closed, swaying to the side.

"God, you're such a mess." He gently plucked the toothbrush from his slackened fingers and leaned down to gaze into the blonde's drunken face. "Open your mouth, Naruto."

He didn't mean for it to sound so suggestive, but as soon as he said it that's all he could think. It made it ten times worse when Naruto immediately did what he told him to. Sasuke forced back all of the thoughts that those parted lips inspired and pushed the toothbrush inside.

"I.. need you to open wider" he said, his voice husky.

Stop. Don't fucking get ahead of yourself.

Naruto did as he was told, and Sasuke tried to do the same. He gently grasped the blonde's chin, holding him steady as he brushed his teeth… thrusting the stick deeper inside..

Seriously, fucking STOP.

He helped the blonde lean over to spit, quickly took care of his own teeth, then pulled him down off the counter. "Can you walk?"

"Nnn.. stahpp 'ske.. I'm.. I can do it." Naruto stumbled forward and Sasuke grabbed his elbow to steady him. "No! I'm doin' it.." Naruto pushed his way out of the bathroom and his legs gave out.

Sasuke reached out and grabbed his waist, yanking him back against him. "Jesus Christ, Naruto.." The last thing he needed was Naruto falling on his wrist and fucking it up even more than he already had.

He scooped up the blonde, ignoring his weak slurred protests, and carried him down the hall and into his bedroom. He carefully lowered him down on the bed and moved to step away, but Naruto wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled him back down.

Sasuke stared at him with wide obsidian eyes. "Naruto.. what are you doing?"

Blue eyes slowly blinked into focus, gazing up at him with so much trust.. so much..

"Don't go, 'ske."

A pained look shot across the raven's face. He gently pushed back disheveled honey-colored locks to see the face of his friend.. and of someone who had been so much more. "I'm not going anywhere, Naruto."

He moved to stand up again, and again Naruto pulled him back down. Sasuke slammed his hand down on the mattress to keep himself from falling on top of him, though he was tempted. And he was starting to wonder if that's what the blonde wanted too.

"Naruto, I'm trying not to-"

"Do you think you could ever stop thinking about him?" Naruto asked quietly.

Sasuke swallowed back the tears rising in his throat. He grabbed the hand around the back of his neck and tried to disentangle himself from it, but Naruto held on. Sasuke needed to get away. He didn't want to talk about this.. couldn't talk about this. "Naruto, stop."

"What if I wanted you to kiss me?"

Sasuke froze. His eyes shot over to stare into those wide, honest blues. "What..?" he breathed.

"Maybe I.. want to" Naruto said slowly, cautiously, "but I don't want you to pretend I'm someone else.."

Sasuke shook his head. "No. Naruto, you're drunk. You don't know what you're saying."

"Yes. I do." He pulled harder and Sasuke dropped down to his forearm, his face inches from Naruto's. "And I want to know." Deep azure eyes flickered across his face, seeing the concern and desire fighting for control. Knowing which one he wanted to win.

"I want you to kiss me" he breathed, "but only me."

Tears filled Sasuke's eyes and he quickly blinked them away, fighting to regain control. He wasn't sure he could. He grabbed Naruto's forearms and pulled them up and over his head. He pushed them back onto the mattress, above Naruto's head, as he knelt above him, straddling him.

Blue eyes stared up at him, waiting.

I shouldn't be doing this, Sasuke thought.

He knew he shouldn't. That he shouldn't just go with what Naruto was saying now. They had both been drinking, and he still thought of another blonde constantly- it wasn't fair to Naruto to do anything. It wasn't. But it didn't stop his fingers from slipping down Naruto's arms, sinking in his hair as he slowly lowered his body.

"If you don't like it" he said softly, his face dipping lower, eyes locked onto his mouth, "tell me to stop."

Then, with Naruto's name and face circling in his mind, grounding him in the moment, Sasuke kissed him.

He could feel Naruto freeze up at first, but the warmth radiating from Sasuke's soft lips and burning core seemed to warm him up quickly. Sasuke could feel Naruto's hand on the back of his head, forcing him closer, his body arching as he fought to feel more of him.

A pained growl slipped from Sasuke's lips as he pressed their bodies flush. He was trying to move slow, to not scare him, but it was fucking hard. He wanted to lose himself in Naruto, fully, completely, irrevocably. To just let go of everything that wasn't Naruto and the feelings coursing through his body as he touched him. Sasuke could already feel himself sinking, and if he didn't hold on to some semblance of reality, he might not have the sense to stop.

He pulled back for air, and gazed down at Naruto's flushed cheeks, tousled golden mane, and kiss-swollen lips. Half-lidded blues, heavy with desire and booze, looked up at him- a look that he felt in his knees. Sasuke leaned in again and kissed the first scar on Naruto's right cheek, then the second, the third, before switching to the left. He pulled back the collar of his shirt and kissed the scar across his collarbone, then leaned back to look at his face once more. "Beautiful" he murmured.

Naruto shook his head. "You don't really think that" he whispered.

Sasuke leaned in again, his lips brushing lightly against Naruto's. "Yes" he breathed, "I do. You are beautiful, Naruto Uzumaki."

Blue eyes widened and a single tear slipped free as he closed the distance between them.

- - -

"Refill?" Kakashi asked with a sly grin, a bottle of red swirling in his hand.

"Are you trying to get me drunk?"

The silver fox raised an eyebrow. "Do I really need to try? I feel like you manage that so perfectly all on your own."

Iruka grabbed a pillow and chucked it at his impudent boyfriend. "Jerk. Fine, bring the wine. But I need something to eat if I'm going to keep drinking."

"Right, right, right.." Kakashi muttered, wandering back into the kitchen. He grabbed a box of crackers and a couple waters before returning to his bedroom. He paused in the doorway to take in the view.

His sweet Iruka was still trying to figure out how to use the projector, mumbling to himself in the process. A pair of dark boxer briefs held every tempting part of him in their tight grasp, while one of Kakashi's t-shirts hid his smooth lean chest. His mess of chestnut-brown hair hung low, finally free from the ponytail he seemed to prefer.

Iruka paused, feeling his eyes on him, and looked over quirking a brow. Kakashi eyed the dark freckles sprinkled across his cheeks, the scar that sliced across the bridge of his nose, and the blush that began to cover all of it.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Iruka asked suspiciously.

"Because I adore you."

Iruka laughed. "God, you're charming."

Kakashi grinned back and finally walked in. He went to hand Iruka the crackers, but jerked it back when he tried to reach for it. "Ah ah- pay the toll."

"Kakashi-"

"My sweet dolphin, I can't change the rules just because you're sleeping with the conductor."

Iruka rolled his eyes, knelt up on the bed and kissed him. "Conductor?"

Kakashi shrugged. "Sounded right at the time."

Iruka laughed and claimed his prize before settling back on the bed. He watched as the silver fox moved over to his side to fill the wine glass on the side table, before bringing it over to his own. His eyes traveled across his muscular form and dipped down to a pair of boxers hanging dangerously low on his hips. Iruka licked his lips.

"Iruka?"

"Hm?"

Kakashi smiled. "Distracted by something? I've been calling for you for a while."

The brunette snapped out of the spell Kakashi's wicked waist seemed to put him under, and refocused on his smirking face instead. "What did I miss?"

The grin widened. "Just checking to see if you got the movie set up."

"That projector was made by demons."

"I'll take that as a no." Kakashi crawled over to the end of the bed, pressed one button, and looked pointedly back at his boyfriend.

"Don't give me that look. We both know you're not with me for my brains."

Kakashi laughed. "Dolphins are very smart, darling. But I have to admit, I was first tempted by this.." He leaned down and kissed Iruka's ankle, watching a shiver pass through him. He crawled up a little higher, "and this.." He kissed his inner thigh and a moan slipped from his brunette- music to his ears. He crawled higher, pushing Iruka's shirt up along the way. "And this.." he murmured- kissing his stomach, his chest.

"And I definitely can't forget about this."

Iruka gasped as his tongue teased his nipple before finding that spot on his neck he found last night. Unable to stand the teasing for a moment longer, he grabbed his silver fox and smashed their lips together.

Their tongues met as they thrust forward, grinding their hardening lengths together. A spark of friction pulsed through them, and they both moaned into the kiss- sinking deeper and deeper..

Kakashi pulled back and kissed his way down his jawline. "God.. I want you so bad.." he groaned.

Iruka gasped. He could feel Kakashi's words, his voice, echo through his entire body- filling his mind and fluttering in his stomach. He arched his back, moving his hard want against Kakashi's, straining for more. "You.. you don't have to ask" he breathed. He grabbed his boyfriend's hand and pulled it down, sliding it under his boxers, cupping it around his ass.

Kakashi seemed surprised, which excited Iruka even more. He leaned close, bringing his lips to Kakashi's ear as he brought his fingers closer to his entrance.

"It's already yours."

Something deep down inside of Kakashi, something primal, was triggered with those three beautiful words. And it was that feral side of him that reacted to it. With a fierce growl, Kakashi ripped away the rest of their clothes, and pulled his brunette close, eager to reclaim what clearly belonged to him.

- - -

"I told you.." Sasuke said, fighting back the lust brewing inside him, "to tell me to stop."

"But I-" Naruto raised his eyes, staring up at the raven with the same want that Sasuke always seemed to look at him with, "it- it feels so.. so good."

Sasuke dropped his head down and groaned against his neck as jolts of pleasure rushed through him. He had gone too far- right? Their shirts were shoved up, bare chests pressed close. He could feel Naruto's excitement against him, just as hard as his, and he was very tempted to remove the last of their barriers. Naruto was so.. receptive to him. He didn't know if he was caught up in the way it felt, if he really likes Sasuke, or if he was drunker than he seemed, but not knowing made this feel wrong.

"I shouldn't be doing this."

Sasuke sat up, pulling away from Naruto, but the blonde grabbed his hips- halting his retreat. "I want you to stay."

"If you still feel this way in the morning" he breathed, his body shaking with the effort it took not to fuck him then and there, "then I will."

Blue eyes widened. "No, wait. Not yet-"

Sasuke grabbed him and kissed him deeply as he pressed his core firmly against him, grinding his very obvious want against Naruto's. Then he shoved away from him, adjusting his clothes. "I.. I'll be right back" he said, huskily, before moving into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. In the dark, with the faint glow of a nightlight, Sasuke thrust into his hand imagining that Naruto was on the other end of it.

And Naruto, pulsing with newfound desire, found himself doing the same.

Author Note:

Anyone else enjoying Kakashi & Iruka? Because I fucking love them as a couple and they are so fun to write like this.