AN: Sorry for the delay gang, yesterday got hit by adult responsibilities. Don't worry, you're getting two stories today to make up for it.
Talk to you at the end.
Summary: Normally Sakura wouldn't complain when her gorgeous husband was suddenly naked and stood in front of her. Not when he'd just walked in through the front door though! Canon!AU.
Chapter Twenty Eight: NaruSaku - Why Are You Naked?
'Why are you naked?' Sakura asked Naruto as he shut the front door after himself. She tried her level best to keep her eyes from dipping down but it was difficult.
She was allowed to perv on him of course, the ring on her finger gave her full permission to ogle him whenever she damn well pleased. But she had a sneaking feeling that why he was naked was not something that should be encouraged by her being turned on.
It was bad enough he'd realised that walking around the house with his shirt off was enough to get her riled up. Man walked around shirtless for a month after he'd realised the effect that had on her.
Naruto looked down at himself and grinned. Completely nonplussed that he was stood in the middle of their living room, butt naked and covered in what she assumed were water droplets or sweat. A couple of them running fun paths down his six pack. His rippling six pack.
The way it moved as he caught his breath shot her back to last night and the way it looked …
She shook her head and forced herself to look up at his face where she found him looking at her knowingly.
Like the smug bastard was planning on her being so distracted by his sexiness that she didn't have time to be mad that he had probably done something stupid to get into his current state.
'Lee challenged me to a footrace across the village.' Naruto crossed his arms and grinned victoriously. 'I won.'
She sighed and looked skywards. Of course it was something to do with Lee. Even Sasuke didn't bring out this level of stupid in her husband. 'Okay, good for you but that doesn't answer why you're naked?!'
'Oh,' Naruto said with a sudden realisation, still doing nothing to cover himself. Which was all at once much appreciated and at the same most assuredly not. She was trying to be mad at him damn it. 'I had to take a shortcut and my clothes were getting caught on the tree branches. So I took them off.'
'Even your boxers?' Sakura asked as she rubbed at the bridge of her nose, doing her best not to imagine him stripping. It did things to her.
'No actually, they kinda disappeared when I tripped and fell off the waterfall,' Naruto frowned and scratched at the back of his head, his face scrunched up like he was trying to remember a long forgotten memory. 'I'm actually not sure where they are. I sent a clone looking for them, and to get my clothes but I'm not expecting him to find them.'
Sakura's head snapped up and she glared at him. 'So you're telling me, that not only did you run from the waterfall to wherever you and Lee decided this stupid contest would finish and then back home like that, but also there's a naked clone of you still out there?'
'Yup.' Naruto moved to relax onto the sofa and crossed his legs, his body flowing gracefully as he reclined, a smug smile filling his face. 'Lee's probably still running around too as a forfeit.'
God she hoped Lee hadn't decided he had to be naked too. That wasn't a mental image she needed and she was certain no one wanted to actually see it either. Chiselled physique or not, he was after all a ninja, seeing his face while he ran around naked … his dick probably flapping …
NO. No, she was not letting that image set into her mind, she'd never be able to look the man in the eye again.
'Naruto look at me,' Sakura peered at him, desperate to move her mind on, making him turn to zero in on her. A serious look on his previously nonchalant face. 'Please tell me you understand why it's a bad thing that you were running around the village naked?'
'Heh.' The blond had the decency to look at least a little sheepish as he finally, subconsciously covered himself and smiled weakly. 'Guess it wasn't my smartest idea huh?'
'No Naruto, it might not have been,' she said, frowning hard. Because he needed to understand what he'd done was wrong. Even if she could admit it was kind of funny. He didn't need to know that though. 'Please tell me at least you weren't seen? Especially if you want to ever be respected as a real choice to be Hokage?'
Naruto fully blushed this time and looked away. Damn it.
'I might have been seen when I cut through the training grounds?' Naruto said quietly, mostly into his hand. Before turning to face Sakura with the most earnest expression. 'It was only Ino and Sai though! So that shouldn't be a problem right?'
Sakura could already hear the comments Ino was going to make. She was never going to hear the end of this, it was going to be insufferable. Sai would probably have a few things to say too, he'd gotten much better at teasing people since he'd started dating Ino.
But she supposed, at least no one who wouldn't know to keep their mouths shut around mixed company had seen him.
Unless … Shit!
'Naruto, cancel the clone right now,' she said sharply.
'What?'
'Do it. Now.'
'Yes ma'am!' He put his fingers together and she watched the tell-tale sign of new information hitting Naruto's brain in real time. His face scrunched up cutely, like every time he had to think real hard. It was adorable.
And not helping.
'So?'
'We don't need to worry,' Naruto said, with palpable relief. 'The clone hadn't even gotten back to where people were before I dismissed him. No chance he was seen.'
That was something at least. Thank the gods Naruto didn't wear such distinctive clothes anymore. If someone found his black t-shirts in the street or something they'd just assume it had blown off a line somewhere.
Not that their hopefully future Hokage had stripped it off to win a fucking footrace.
'Sorry Sakura-chan, I didn't think …'
'Clearly,' Sakura growled and pointed in the direction of their bedroom. 'Go put some goddamn clothes on, you idiot. Then send a fully clothed clone to go recover your clothes before someone finds them.'
Naruto nodded fervently and whisked himself away to dress without another word.
Sakura just watched him as he went and shook her head.
He was such a dumbass. How did he ever expect to be taken seriously as Tsunade's successor if he kept pulling stupid shit like that?
Although …
It was funny And while thinking about Lee running naked wasn't at all appealing – Naruto?
Well.
And it wasn't like Naruto was the only highly respected ninja to do stupid or questionable stuff from time to time. Tsunade's terrible poker skills were almost as well-known as her medical prowess. Hell, Kakashi's book porn addiction was so famous it was in his bingo book entry and the village elders were still trying to get him to take over from Tsunade.
So she supposed Naruto could be forgiven … after he'd had long enough to realise he'd made a monumentally stupid decision.
A couple seconds should be long enough. He had seemed really apologetic and mortified when he'd actually understood what he'd done. And that's all she wanted from him right now.
Well, not all she wanted from him. Gods he really did look good naked and sweaty …
She waited maybe ten seconds before she was out of her chair and followed after him, the buttons of her shirt being undone as she went.
Hey, if your gorgeous moron of a husband showed up naked, sweaty and grinning … what would you do?
Exactly.
And going by how Naruto had actually been putting clothes on when she got to the room, well that just meant the lesson was learnt.
It wasn't the end of the world if his clothes were out there a little longer after all.
AN: So for those wondering, this could be the same universe as the previous two, if you were really set on it. But I don't think of it that way. But I hope you enjoyed it all the same!
See you in a little bit.
