Author's note: Many, many, many apologies for taking so damn long with this update. I never intended to make you all wait for so long. You would think that writing this story would be easy given that I have the blueprints in the form of the original story, but for some reason this might be one of the most difficult stories I have written so far. Still that is no excuse for taking so long. I also realise this part isn't that long, but I wanted to give you something after all these months of not updating this story. Again, I'm sorry for taking so long with this.

Thanks to the following reviewers: kiralacus0518; KitsuneJen; Richon; 666snoopy; Nightstalker100; SehunsBae37; Zastron

Warnings: Minor time skips; implied mature content

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Kishimoto owns it.

I hope you'll like it!

Chapter 14: Adjusting Part 3

Sasuke was no stranger to sharing dinner with Naruto's parents. Some weeks he ate dinner at Naruto's place more often than he ate at home, so joining them at the dinner table tonight wasn't that out of the ordinary. The reason for it, the whole meeting his boyfriend's parents officially, was not exactly an everyday reasoning, though.

There was no reason to feel so nervous about it, not when he knew Kushina and Minato already, yet his stomach was twisting itself in knots a bit when he took place at the dinner table that evening.

"How was work, dad?" Naruto asked curiously, pouring juice in both his and Sasuke's glass.

"Calm for once," Minato snorted and nodded in thanks at his wife when she handed him the salad bowl. "There were no accidents or people acting like idiots, so I managed to catch up on my paperwork."

"Bah, paperwork," Kushina grimaced and sat down. "That's one part of the job I'm not looking forward to when I start again."

"I know," Minato smiled amused. "Our previous boss had to bribe you at times to actually do it."

"The bribe was worth it, though," she sighed before turning her attention to Sasuke. "How have classes been?"

"Quiet with Naruto gone," Sasuke said lightly.

It earnt him an affronted gasp from Naruto and a smack to his arm while Kushina snickered and even Minato smiled.

"I can imagine that," Kushina joked.

"Ma!" Naruto whined. "Not you too!"

She chuckled and quickly ruffled through his hair. "Ah, you know I love you, sweetheart. But people definitely never have to wonder whether you're present or not." Her eyes glittered.

"Dad!" Naruto turned towards his dad in search of support, but didn't find any as Minato was also grinning.

"Sorry, Naruto," he said, sounding at least genuinely apologetic, "but you can be rather rambunctious at times."

Naruto huffed, stabbing at his salad. "So much for being loving parents," he snarked.

As they continued talking and exchanging light-hearted jabs, Sasuke became increasingly aware of the speculative glances Kushina and Minato would throw at him every once in a while.

Minato was the one who decided it was time to stop beating around the bush. During a lull in the conversation he looked at Sasuke and said, "I want you to know that both Kushina and I approve of your relationship with our son."

"Oh god, here's the embarrassing part," Naruto groaned.

"That's our right as your parents, sweetheart," Kushina smirked.

"And we know we can trust you to never hurt our son," Minato continued; the threat subtle but clear as he looked Sasuke straight into his eyes.

"Of course we can," Kushina smiled, pecking her husband's cheeks. "Sasuke-kun would never purposefully try to hurt Naruto, I'm sure."

"Definitely not," Sasuke confirmed immediately and not even because they were subtly threatening him. There was not a single cell in his body that thought of ever harming Naruto.

"Good, because you will not like what we would do," Minato said brusquely even as Naruto whined and told him to cut it off.

Privately, while Minato certainly was not one to be trifled with, Sasuke thought he had more to fear from Kushina, given her rather fiery temper.

The sweet smile she offered him said it all.

Their relationship took a turn after Naruto's heat.

It wasn't a bad turn, far from it. After Naruto's heat, subtle tension formed between them, increasing every time they kissed. That tension had their touches linger longer and longer, made them more reluctant to part than before. That had Naruto kissing him hungrily, had blue eyes turning heated; those flames of desire stealing Sasuke's breath every time he saw them. His Omega's fingers would trace paths across his skin, branding him with his touch; touch which lingered long after they had separated.

The tension followed them in the dark underneath the blankets when they pressed tightly against each other, their shirts rucking up, letting their bare stomachs touch. Their breath would hitch when their naked skin would touch for the first time each time and their hips would stutter as they bucked against each other; their hands fumbling underneath the cover of the sheets.

Sasuke's whole body would sing with every caress of Naruto's fingers as they mapped out patterns across his chest, his stomach and his back that only Naruto knew. Likewise Naruto's body responded wonderfully to Sasuke's own touch. He shivered when Sasuke's fingers slipped teasingly across his stomach and breathy noises left him whenever Sasuke paid attention to his nipples. He would flick his thumbs over them until they turned into hard pebbles, rubbing them teasingly until Naruto would squeeze his thighs around Sasuke's legs, keeping him tracked within his embrace as they kissed over and over again; their mouths just as hungry as their touches were.

One month later, just one day after Naruto had finished his heat, they saw each other completely naked for the first time.

It was a quiet evening, one spent at Sasuke's home for once. Naruto would stay the night as both his parents had the night shift and they had felt more reassured knowing there would be an adult looking over the two boys – even if that adult turned out to be Kakashi. Sasuke wasn't entirely certain whether Kakashi could be considered a responsible adult, but he wasn't about to refuse a chance to have Naruto sleeping over at his place either.

This would be the first time that Naruto would be sleeping at Sasuke's home since they had begun their routine of spending the night together. Sasuke had warned Kakashi to actually behave and be normal for once, but of course that had been asking too much.

"And make sure not to do anything I wouldn't do," Kakashi continued his ridiculous commentary, way too amused with his own stupid jokes.

He yelped when Sasuke threw the remote at his head. "Shut up before I decide that your precious porn looks better in the bin!" he threatened and grabbed Naruto's hand.

"You're far too cruel, Sasuke," Kakashi pouted, sinking lower in his armchair.

At least that made him shut up and Sasuke made use of his momentary silence to pull Naruto upstairs. There he watched Naruto look around, taking in how his bedroom looked like. He tried to consider it from an objective point of view. In comparison with Naruto's bedroom, his own was rather sober, he acknowledged, but he had never been one for too many knickknacks. There was his bed with the nightstand next to it; a wardrobe, his desk with his chair and his bookcase. The bookcase was the only part that didn't look that sober. It was filled to the brim with his books, save for the shelf in the middle. That one remained barren of books on purpose. The only items present were two pictures which took up the central spot. One picture depicted his parents on their wedding day, dressed in beautiful wedding robes. Mother was smiling lovingly as she was held in father's arms; her sweet smile radiating even in picture form.

The other picture was of a younger him with his arms wrapped around Itachi's neck as he smiled at the camera. Itachi, wearing his long hair in a ponytail even at that young age, had his arms securely wrapped around Sasuke's body like always, preventing him from falling down. That photo had been taken in their garden, Sasuke remembered, and he had jumped onto Itachi's back when he had noticed his aunt carrying the camera. Just a couple of years before everything would go to shit.

Naruto lingered in front of the photo of Sasuke's parents, studying his mother. "Your mum was very beautiful," he remarked.

Sasuke came to stand behind him and closed his arms around his waist from behind, pressing himself against his back. He bent his head and kissed a spot underneath Naruto's ear softly. "Thanks. She would have loved you, you know?"

There was not a single doubt in Sasuke's mind that mother would have adored Naruto. She had been excited to set up Itachi with Deidara and Sasuke could easily imagine her trying to do the same thing between him and Naruto. Even if she hadn't been a good mother who wanted her sons to be happy, Naruto was just one of those people who were liked wherever they went. No doubt he would have find a way to wrap every single member of Sasuke's family around his finger.

"Yeah?" Naruto twisted around in his embrace and pecked his nose. "I'm glad to hear that; she sounded like an amazing woman."

"She was," Sasuke agreed and leant down, kissing Naruto deeply while he rested his hands on the Omega's lower back. "You smell amazing, did you know that?"

His scent was especially strong around the time of his heat and Sasuke couldn't stop himself from inhaling deeply again, letting the scent settle within him.

Naruto smiled pleased, coking his head to the right which gave Sasuke more space to nuzzle his neck. "You might have mentioned it once or twice," he said breathlessly.

He moaned quietly when Sasuke kissed his neck, nipping carefully at his skin. That sound, quiet as it was, heated the flames of desire within Sasuke's belly and when he kissed Naruto next, their kiss was deeper, rougher, had him swallowing Naruto's whimper. They stood there kissing for a while before they stumbled over to Sasuke's bed, pulling off their shirts on the way there. They got into the bed and shared kisses for a while, the contact between their lips almost languidly if not for the teeth occasionally grazing the other one's mouth and nipping teasingly.

Then Sasuke pulled back for a moment, bracing his hands on either side of Naruto's head. He looked down, met heated blue eyes and the dam finally broke, unleashing their full desire for the first time.

They held each other's gaze as they rid themselves of the rest of their clothes. Their pyjama trousers, underwear and socks were flung through the air, landing on the floor carelessly. Some items might have even landed underneath the bed, but Sasuke couldn't find it in him to care about that.

Not when all he cared about was lying right underneath him, looking up at him with hooded eyes. Sasuke bent down, aligning their naked bodies and –

Shuddered when their groins brushed against each other, no barrier between them for the first time ever. Sasuke couldn't supress a tremble when he started moving, rocking his hips against Naruto's. Naruto mewled softly and his hands shot out to grab the Alpha's shoulders hard, digging his nails into the skin there. The slight sting only spurred Sasuke on even further and he moved quickly, bucking his hips; everything slippery and smooth and amazing.

Sasuke wanted to do this forever, wanted to feel Naruto's moans vibrate against his mouth, wanted to feel his thighs quiver around him as he rocked into him with more and more urgency, wanted to memorise every touch, every whimper, every kiss until he felt he could draw it from memory alone. But they were both too pent up, their desire grown too out of control, and Naruto gasped his name softly when he came, splashing between their bellies; his body shuddering and quivering with the force of his climax. The sight of him, the sounds he made, turned out to be too much for Sasuke and he came too, burying his face into Naruto's neck as he breathed harshly. He dug his nails into Naruto's thighs, feeling like his body was experiencing a personal mini earthquake as he spent himself between them; Naruto's exhausted puffs of breath ruffling part of his hair.

Sasuke raised his head after a while and their mouths found each other again in a soft kiss. They were exhausted but happy and they eventually found enough strength to get up and go into the bathroom to clean themselves with a wet washcloth. Naruto stifled his snickers as neither of them could resist exchanging quick kisses and pecks on the cheeks. Sasuke smiled in response and blue eyes widened with wonder. Their next kiss was slow, filled with the affection they held for each other, and they both ignored the washcloth falling onto the floor.

When they fell back in bed, limbs intimately tangled together, the only barrier separating them were their pyjama trousers.

Sleep did not take long at all to find them that night as they found it within each other's embrace.

Exams kept them busy for a couple of weeks and their time together was mainly spent studying, Sasuke helping Naruto out with his note reviewing. Sasuke never worried about his grades; he had a fairly easy time in all their classes and maintained consistently high scores through the year. To him the exams were basically nothing but a formality, another way to prove how well he knew the material. Exams had never stressed him out, but Naruto was a whole other matter. He could be found panicking alongside Inuzuka and Sasuke spent many afternoons calming down Naruto before he could get himself too worked up.

When their marks showed that they had passed all their exams, Naruto considered that to be a miracle – although Sasuke insisted it was his own doing and not the intervention of some hypothetical, benign, higher being. Naruto didn't argue with him about it for long, though, already far too happy he would start his last year in secondary soon.

To celebrate the end of the school year and their good marks, Naruto dragged Sasuke with him to eat barbecue at the restaurant of Akimichi's parents together with Inuzuka, Naruto, Akimichi himself and Hinata. Naruto being Naruto, he decided it was a smart idea to challenge Akimichi to an eating contest, ignoring all of Sasuke's warnings.

Needless to say, Naruto lost that particular contest spectacularly and spent the next day mostly clinging onto the toilet bowl as he bemoaned his own stupidity.

Sasuke exercised a lot of restraint and didn't once say "I told you so", though it was rather difficult to hold himself back when he had warned Naruto that challenging Akimichi to an eating contest was a stupid idea. Instead, he rubbed Naruto's back and brought him glasses of fresh cool water whenever Naruto's upset stomach drove him back into the bathroom and hanging over the toilet.

At least the lesson would hopefully stick this time.

They were nearing the end of their holiday before the new school year would start. They were lazing around in Naruto's bed; the scent of blooming flowers and the first real sunshine rays making them reluctant to get up. Their legs were tangled together and Naruto's head rested on Sasuke's chest. He was drawing slow circles on Sasuke's stomach through his shirt and the hypnotic movement had Sasuke closing his eyes, relaxing into the pillow.

"Say, Sasuke?"

"Hm?"

"My parents are going to be gone this weekend," Naruto began, shifting slightly. "They're going to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary in some sort of resort near the sea."

"Congratulations to them," Sasuke murmured and wondered idly where he and Naruto would be in twenty years.

"I can stay home alone on the condition that I only have you over. I also had to promise them that I would call them or Kakashi if something happens," Naruto went on.

"That's nice," Sasuke mumbled, starting to feel rather drowsy.

He opened his eyes when he felt Naruto sitting up and raised an eyebrow when Naruto bit down on his lower lip, looking down at Sasuke with a curious look on his face.

"What?"

Naruto smiled, both somehow mischievous and nervous, and as he fiddled with the hem of Sasuke's T-shirt, he suggested in a low voice, "We'll be home alone for the entire weekend – do you, you know – want to have sex with me? Then?"

Sasuke's brain flatlined.

AN2: Poor Sasuke; give the guy some warning next time, Naruto.

I will do my best to have the next chapter out a lot sooner than this one ^^; And it will normally be a lot longer as well. Once more I'm so sorry for taking so long with updating this one.

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