Another thing I'm horrible at: writing smut.

Y'all gotta excuse me for this one.

But enjoy this chapter.

PRESENCE

The night felt like it was endless. Sasuke didn't complain. He quite liked it because he took his sweet merry time with her. Hearing her breath echoing the room every time he thrusts into her was thrilling. Sometimes he'd receive gentle moans, knowing full well that deep inside her, she was conflicted. But her chakra and her body spoke differently.

Sometimes our mind is powerful, but when fate decides otherwise, who are we to go against it? Sasuke likes predestination when it serves him the world, though. Otherwise free will should reign as the highest ethic for the basis of everything. As of now, being locked with the Hyūga heiress was certainly predestined, which he didn't mind.

And yet, something about her reactions to his touch, made him feel like he was a man. Like his being had meaning and that was to complete her. The Uchiha hated the fact that he was indeed drawn to her, so much so that he would exert pain onto her skin with some spanking on her rear. He was angry that she had a hold of him and was beginning to possess his heart.

The freakiest thing about all this was that she enjoyed that pain.

How amusing.

Hyūga Hinata was a masochist.

And Uchiha Sasuke was a sadist.

Fate, perhaps?

Sasuke wrapped his hand around her neck to pull her head back as she was on all fours, his member still hard and still inside of her. He wanted to have a good look on her face; her countenance flustered with her orgasm's afterglow.

The Heiress was helpless under his power, and he could feel her chakra leaving her body by looking at how her gaze was fazing. It didn't worry Sasuke because once he felt himself receiving hers, he could distinctly notice that some of his was transferred into her as well. And for the first time ever, whatever emptiness he felt within himself, disappeared.

He released his grip on her, and Hinata laid flat on her back. Her collar was still intact around her neck, and the leash now scattered around her. Cold sweat trickled down from her forehead while she was panting, desperate for more air in her lungs. Her hazy eyes kept their gaze on his red oculars, as Sasuke scanned the unison of their chakras with sharingan.

Still on his knees, he would lower his body to meet her face with his, and for a split second he felt all the more compelled to kiss her. It was as if a kiss was the requirement to seal the first chakra unison. Before he even did so, much to his surprise, Hinata pressed her lips against his. They were affectionate and loving… a type of kiss only lovers would exchange.

She was too beautiful, too magnificent, too fragile for someone so dark, rough, and twisted as he was. Would he ever be able to acquire forever with this girl, 'till death do they part?

Sasuke felt his inner man laugh.

That's why when the so-called 'purpose' is completed, we'll forget each other.

However, it wouldn't hurt to enjoy her more, since he had to.

Gently, he stood to pick her up from the floor. She looked exhausted after being fucked senselessly for hours by the Uchiha, that she rested her head against his chest. He would have walked naked towards his bedroom but it wouldn't be the wisest thing now, would it?

Suigetsu entered the basement, opening the door wide with a tablet in his hand. It looked like he was writing his report while he did his research. "Hey, boss, so, I found some more accounts on the cycles," he'd say, finally lifting his eyes to see Sasuke, only to realize that him and Hinata were both nude, "Oh, shit, I'm sorry—"

"Just—what's that you found?" Sasuke interrupted the sidekick's sentence, annoyed but not ashamed of his nudity.

The white-haired man was one odd person. He continued to study his tablet like everything was back to normal. "Okay, so, keep in mind that the next chakra unison cycle will be next month before she goes with even worse symptoms that can potentially kill her. And we're en route to the Akatsuki base tomorrow. What's your plan?"

Sasuke glanced at the woman in his arms. She was not asleep, but not exactly fully awake either. It looked like the unison process was eating up her energy fast.

"She's got to at least sleep for a good 10 hours. Shall we leave once she wakes?" Suigetsu asked.

"Hn. Leave an hour after dawn, and I will catch up with you guys."

"Noted. Also, how was it? How do you… feel?"

"Stronger." The Uchiha responded, walking toward the door. "It's obvious I took most of her chakra, that's why she's in a trance."

Suigetsu quickly noted down what Sasuke had said as a report. "No one's on the first floor, so you're good to sneak into your room. I'll…" the white-haired glanced at the clothes scattered on the floor, some of which looked destroyed. "...find a way to get the heiress new fabrics."

"Yeah, you do that." Sasuke said, and he left the basement to head towards his bedroom.

After Suigetsu lost sight of the Uchiha, he sighed, "How am I ever gonna get clothes for her at this hour?"

Birds were singing beautifully when the clock struck 9 AM. Sasuke saw how Hinata moved in her slumber, finally fluttering her eyes open. She looked like she had the best sleep ever in her life. When the girl sat up, she placed a hand on her forehead, as if testing her migraine.

Sasuke sat on his chair where his desk was, examining the heiress. She finally found her gaze on the Uchiha, and her cheeks flushed a deep red.

He knew exactly what she was thinking.

She couldn't believe they actually had sex.

"How do you feel?"

"R-Rested."

"Good."

Hinata noticed that she was wearing a kimono instead of her own clothes. "Where are my—"

"I ripped them apart. You won't need them anymore."

"So I'm supposed to travel back home with only t-this?"

"With an additional outer, to keep you warm."

Hinata nodded. Sasuke could see she felt embarrassed as she recollected her memories of their love-making the night prior.

"I'm leaving now. You're free to go. And I will see you again next month, east of here."

Hinata stared at the man, and it seemed like she had gotten used to him ordering her around. If it were up to him, he'd fuck her again. But time was of the essence.

Sasuke stood from his seat to walk over to the lady, placing a necklace around her neck with a teardrop pendant hanging on the silver string. It had a bright red glow to it, signifying some of his chakra.

"The closer you are to me, the brighter its light will be."

Hinata touched the pendant before glancing back at the man in front of him. "One month from now?" she asked as assurance.

"Come and find me."

After that short conversation, Sasuke left Hinata alone in the house, and just as he said; the further away he was, the more the pendant lost its shine.

It wasn't like it was painful to be away from her. Rather, he felt a sense of incompletion creeping back into his being. Loneliness could be the right word, and dreadfulness. The chakra unison was amazing and it served him well, however, a certain emotion was felt in his heart, and he wasn't ready to identify it yet.

He'd rather ignore it than having to forget it in the future.