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Summary: Sasuke always finds Naruto beaten half to death and drags him home to screw him senselessly. But after he finds out what kind of trouble Naruto is in, he struggles to protect the blonde without letting either of their emotions get in the way. SasuNaruSasu
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto or any of the characters. But the plot rightfully belongs to me.
Pairings: SasuNaruSasu, SasuSaku
Warning: Very Mature: coarse language, male sex, violence and mild drugs. Please don’t read if you can’t handle these.
Money, Sex and Comfort
Chapter 10: Forgive, Forget and Love Again
The next day, Saturday, Sakura woke up late into the afternoon and glanced around her room. She rose from her bed and slowly dressed in comfortable clothes. She made herself a small lunch, ate it quietly, and left her empty home to catch a taxi on the main road. She had received the address at school from her teacher who’d asked her to visit Naruto to see how he was coping, but when she’d arrived home she’d buried it in the bottom of her underwear drawer and forgotten about it. Now, with Sasuke’s words still fresh in her mind, she felt anxious to see Naruto and wanted to set things right between them. Even if she was still very mad at him.
She cringed when the taxi halted in front one of the ugliest buildings she’d ever seen. Her stomach churned and she payed the man her bill. Getting out of the car, she hurriedly ran into the building, not liking the looks she was receiving from a bunch of boys across the street. Glancing down at the address in her had again she ran up the flight of stairs and stood out of breath before a door that would have seen better days.
She waited til she regained her breath and hesitantly lifted of hand, knuckles brushing lightly against the wooden surface. She sighed deeply and rapped against the door. There was silence on the other side and Sakura was about to lose face and run away when quick steps from inside hurried to the door and three locks were undone – Sakura expected a surprised face since Naruto’s door had no peak holes.
When the door finally opened, her breath caught in her throat when the sight of the taller boy stunned her. She’d forgotten how lovely he was up close.
Naruto stared dumbfounded, “Sakura…” he said in awe.
She smiled helplessly at his voice, all hatred and resentment melting away, “I came,” she breathed.
Naruto smiled brightly, “Thank you.” He genuinely meant it.
Her brief smile faded as she studied his face. He looked really tired and worn out; he had a bandage wrapped messily around his upper arm and wore a tank top revealing another bandage from underneath on his chest.
She frowned sadly and forced a smile. “Did you bandage that yourself? It’s really badly done.” She informed and pushed passed him into his new home.
Naruto noticed her expression had been the same as Sasuke when he’d entered, but she soon recovered and turned back to Naruto apologetically.
“It’s very different.” She replied. Naruto forced a grin and shrugged.
Awkward silence filled the atmosphere and Sakura fisted her hands tightly, resisting the urge to fidget and show weakness.
Naruto spoke first. “Sakura, I’m really sorry. For every wrong I did to you and for making you angry.” He apologised, “I swear I never meant any of it, and I-----”
Sakura was quick to shut him up by running to him and swinging her arms around his waist. At his hiss on pain, she loosened her grip considerably, but still held him. He quickly hugged her back.
“I’m sorry, too.” She whispered. They held the hug for a bit longer until Sakura remembered his injuries. She laughed stupidly, pulling away. “Oh, silly me. I almost forgot.” She made a motion to pull the tank top off of him but stopped when Naruto gripped onto her wrists.
He grin nervously, “I’d rather you not; it’s not a very pretty sight.”
Sakura’s smile faded and she gently urged Naruto to let go. She prepared herself for the worst and lifted the fabric. She held in her gasp, thankful for her trained medical mind, as she eyed the blood soaked bandage and the biggest bruise she’d ever seen in her life on his stomach. His chest was also wrapped up tightly, and there were several smaller stitched wounds from surgery that Naruto hadn’t bothered to patch up. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. Frowned slightly, she opened her eyes again and gently removed the bandage over his chest, “This should’ve stopped bleeding a long time ago.”
Naruto scratched his neck nervously, “Well, you see, I kinda accidentally fell out of bed this morning, and I think the stitches broke. I’m not sure.”
Sakura looked up worriedly. “Is--- is your ribcage broken anywhere?” She asked and Naruto nodded slowly, indicating with his fingers that three bones were broken, “Are they hurting at all?”
“A little.” He whispered.
She gave him a suspicious look, her eyes laced with worry. “Why did you fall out of bed?”
Naruto smiled sheepishly, “Nightmare.” Sakura stared into his deep, azure eyes and said nothing for a while.
She then ordered for him to sit on the couch and asked where his bandages were. When she retrieved them from the bathroom, she sat beside him and cleaned the wound for him. He watched her skilled hands as they moved around the wound, checking for infection and patting at bleeding flesh.
“The stitches aren’t broken, thankfully, but you need to be more careful with this. …How…” she trailed off, not sure whether she should finish her sentence. She could guess already how it’d happened judging by the size and length of the cut. Naruto had most certainly been sliced with a blade of some sort.
She finished patching it up and moved to his arm, dabbing antiseptic against the deep wound and readjusting the bandages. She smiled at her handy work and felt delighted that she’d relaxed a bit in Naruto’s presence.
“Thank you, Sakura.” Naruto whispered softly, smiling warmly at her.
Sakura began to nod, when she suddenly thought of the one question that’d plagued her mind for several months. “As payment, I’d like to ask one question.” She requested and Naruto slowly nodded. She breathed in deeply, “What made you fall in love with Sasuke?”
Naruto was taken aback and he hesitantly looked into her eyes.
She smiled, “It’s alright,” she assured, “I want to know.” She prepared herself for the worst.
Naruto stuttered at first. “U-uh, well,” He didn’t want to tell her Sasuke’d been cheating for a long time with him, “I-I’m not entirely sure; he’s a cold bastard who hardly acknowledges me. He treats me like shit and always wants something from me…” he paused when he saw the blank look Sakura was giving him.
“Naruto,” Sakura began, “Those aren’t reasons one should love a person.” She whispered sadly. She felt like she was losing Sasuke for an idiot who wasn’t even serious.
Naruto was quick to interject with her thoughts. “No! That’s not why I love him!” he assured, “It’s just----”
Sakura cut him off, “He has deep eyes that you can easily drown yourself in.” She said softly, “They light up whenever something he likes is in front of him, but he’s face will remain impassive.” She frowned, “He’ll smoke when something is bothering him, or when he wants to relax so he can gather his thoughts.” Her eyebrows cringed up slightly, “His lips curl ever slightly when he feels he’s accomplished something. He ---” Sakura’s voice broke as tears began to fill her eyes, “He has arms strong enough to hold you up whenever you feel weak in his presence.” She looked away from Naruto and smiled sadly. “He has good judgement, but he takes a long time to decide on things.” She finished off and rubbed at her eyes. She didn’t face Naruto again until there were no more tears. She forced a smile. “Even though he’s making us wait, he’ll choose what’s best for him only, regardless of how we feel.”
She stood from the couch, gathering the left over bandages and walked into the bathroom, leaving Naruto to sort out his feelings. He silently promised her that he’d look for all those behaviours in Sasuke the next time he saw him.
“But I get to hit you if he chooses you.” Sakura joked and Naruto laughed and agreed.
The next day, Naruto got up early and dressed casually. He strolled down the neighbourhood to the newsagency he knew was the closest and bought himself several job hunting newspapers. He spotted Shizune rushing passed to catch the bus and yelled out his greeting to her. She smiled back and hurriedly waved before picking up her pace and managed to be the last on the crowded bus.
Making his way back to his apartment, he fumbled through the papers and found one that interested him straight away. Before he could read it further, he bumped into someone, wincing in pain.
“Sorry---” he paused when he saw he’d run into Sasuke’s back. Upon seeing the boy who slowly turned around to him, he was reminded of the talk he had with Sakura the day before. His heart sped up. “What are you doing here?”
Sasuke turned to stare at Naruto a bit surprised; he hadn’t expected the blonde to be out of the house so early in the morning. When he caught a glimpse of what the boy was holding, he narrowed his eyes and glared up at Naruto. He took a puff of the cigarette he was holding.
“You’re still recovering; you shouldn’t be looking for a job.”
Naruto growled defensively, “If I don’t work, how am I supposed to feed myself?” The words felt foreign to Naruto, he hadn’t heard them since he was in the orphanage listening to his care taker ramble on.
Sasuke glared, “That doesn’t mean you have to look for one now.”
Naruto snorted disgusted. “What do you care, anyway?” Sasuke’s eyes widened slightly, much to Naruto’s surprise, and he struggled with his words.
“I---” he paused. He frowned and looked away from Naruto. “…nothing.” He muttered before walking away. Naruto watched him leave, feeling his heart ache and eyes drop in disappointment.
He opened the front door and slowly walked up the stairs. Sasuke hadn’t even told him why he’d come over; maybe he was fulfilling his obligation to come over everyday. Naruto hung his head in front of him, defeated.
He came to his door and unlocked the three locks. He entered and shut the door behind him, walking over to his coffee table to drop the newspapers. There was a loud banging at his door which startled the blonde and he hurriedly walked to the door.
He opened it to find Sasuke panting breathless, no longer holding a cigarette.
“I---!” the brunette said forcefully. Naruto stayed silent and waited. “I’m sorry!” he admitted.
Naruto’s heart flipped uncomfortably as he looked helplessly into Sasuke’s eyes. He found himself slowly drowning in those mahogany depths, just as Sakura had said.
“What for?” he asked desperately. Was Sasuke rejecting him?
Sasuke took a deep breath and said: “I have been a fucking asshole to you. And I’m sorry.”
Naruto stared incredulously at the slightly reddened boy at his door step and couldn’t help it when his eyebrow raised disbelievingly, a smile appearing on his lips. “What?” he asked slightly amused.
Sasuke glare, “You fucking heard me!” he spat.
Naruto glared back. “So? You expect me to accept it?”
“Damn it, Naruto! You know how hard it is for me!” Sasuke said exasperated. He took a deep breath to calm himself. “I am asking you… to please accept it.”
Naruto narrowed his eyes suspiciously. He could tell the Uchiha was on the verge of turning away and probably never showing his face again, but he couldn’t help tease the boy more. “You’re still a bastard, no matter what.” Naruto muttered.
Sasuke’s eyes widened involuntarily, and slowly, he nodded in confirmation. He sighed inaudibly and Naruto watched quite satisfied as the great Sasuke apologised once again and asked nicely for his forgiveness.
“I know,” Sasuke began, “I know I don’t deserve you.” He looked hopefully, almost desperately into Naruto’s calm eyes. “But please… please don’t say you don’t want to see me again. I…” he hesitated, “I honestly need you. I…” He sighed defeated, “Please…” he muttered, eyes lowering to the blonde’s wounded chest.
And as much as Naruto’s mind wanted Sasuke to leave looking as depressed as he did then, his weak heart protested to the bitter thoughts. He knew he’d never see him again if he left now, and he didn’t want that. He smiled while Sasuke wasn’t looking. He did love the bastard after all.
Naruto, after calming his racing heart, opened the door wider and grabbed the surprised Sasuke’s wrist, pulling him inside.
“I like it when you beg.” He muttered behind a smile and quickly covered his lips over Sasuke’s in a strong kiss. Sasuke muffled something of surprise against the blonde’s lips as Naruto closed the door and pinned the Uchiha against it, placing his hands on either side of Sasuke’s head and trapping him. Sasuke regained his senses and responded to the kiss, raising his hands to wrap gently around Naruto’s bandaged neck, pulling him closer. He ground his hips gently against the blonde’s, careful not to touch his bruise.
Naruto could feel his heart flutter as they continued to kiss hungrily, but deep down, he was slightly miffed at the idea that Sasuke had not just confessed his love to him; it was merely an apology, which meant Sakura and he were still waiting for Sasuke to pick whom he saw himself best with. But wasn’t this good enough?
Sasuke pulled away to breathe and Naruto caught a glimpse of the curl of his lips. He smiled warmly in return. Naruto’s smile turned into a very seductive one, attracting Sasuke’s attention.
Naruto stroked Sasuke’s chest lightly, eliciting a shiver from the other boy. “We haven’t blessed my apartment yet, Sasuke.” Naruto watched as Sasuke’s eyes light up and his face remained blank – Naruto held back a knowing smirk. He was learning new things thanks to Sakura.
Sasuke slowly smirked at Naruto. “That’s a very appealing idea.” He replied huskily.
Naruto kissed him and felt Sasuke’s hand grip onto his hips, felt them slide behind and cup his ass. Naruto stopped his hands from moving further, receiving a confused look from the Uchiha. Naruto chuckled deep in throat and leant in to suck on Sasuke’s lower lip, moving his hands back to his sides.
“Naruto?” Sasuke gasped breathlessly against the other’s lips. He felt a curious hand palm his groin softly and his hips bucked forward.
“I was thinking, Sasuke,” the blonde licked the man’s bottom lip before pulling away again, “this time, I can do the honours.”
Sasuke stopped himself from moaning as Naruto pushed his hips against the brunette’s and glared dangerously at Naruto. “What?!”
Naruto smirked, “I’m the one recovering, remember? If you stuck your dick inside me now my ribs will hurt like hell.” Naruto informed. Sasuke could feel Naruto’s very aroused cock rub against his thigh. He was sure his own was evident to Naruto. The blonde lent into Sasuke’s ear and said in a hoarse voice. “Let me be inside you,” and sucked on his earlobe.
Sasuke moaned but shook his head. “No, I don’t want it.”
Naruto rubbed his hips against Sasuke’s hips harder, ignoring the pain in his stomach, and smirked when he received an approving moan; he won this battle. He guided Sasuke to his bedroom and slowly lowered him onto the mattress as not to frighten him away.
Sasuke seized Naruto’s wrists before he could start anything. “If you’re going to fuck me, then suck me off first.” He said. Naruto smiled agreeing. He unbuckled Sasuke’s belt just as Sasuke unbuttoned his shirt. Naruto raised his eyes to spy as Sasuke began to rub his own chest. The blonde sniggered and tugged at Sasuke’s pants, making the other boy lift his hips to allow the fabric to slide off easily. Naruto fumbled with the boxers and heard Sasuke’s groan from above.
“Fuck… I waited a whole month for this.” Sasuke breathed disbelievingly.
Naruto chuckled, “Sorry to keep you waiting.” He took Sasuke’s erection in his hands and began to pump slowly. Sasuke almost froze in pleasure, mouth agape. He gasped loudly when Naruto’s warm mouth engulfed him whole and began to suck vigorously.
“Fuck!” Sasuke muttered as his hips bucked up excitedly. He stopped when he heard Naruto suddenly choke and cough against him, and Sasuke relaxed again when it was followed by a chuckle.
Naruto laughed at Sasuke’s enthusiasm and couldn’t help feel proud of himself. Despite how exhausted he felt already and how the stitches on his neck felt like they were loosening, he carried on until Sasuke released in his mouth. He tried to swallow everything, but his throat felt constricted from so much semen he couldn’t help let some drip down Sasuke’s shaft. He released the softening cock and softly licked up the residue before trailing kisses up Sasuke’s naval and stomach. He reached his lips and kissed him deeply, slipping his tongue into his mouth so Sasuke could taste himself. Naruto broke away and stood up to rid himself of his pants. He grabbed the hem of his shirt and stopped slowly, hesitating to lift it.
Sasuke watched him, trying to regain his breath, “Take it off,” he ordered, “I won’t think any less of you.” He spoke with honesty. As Naruto kept resisting, Sasuke sat up on the bed and held the hem of Naruto’s shirt, slowly lifting it up and over the blonde’s head. He eyed the wounds carefully, and he slowly leant forward and ran his tongue over his unharmed nipple.
Naruto moaned and gripped onto Sasuke’s shoulders. Sasuke sucked hard on the nub and trailed his tongue to skim over the edge of the bruise. He held Naruto’s hips gently and kept kissing; he watched Naruto’s closed eyes as he gasped.
Detaching himself from the tanned body, he stood up and reached into his discarded pants’ pocket and pulled out the small tube of lubricant. How he’d remembered to bring it was beyond him.
He leisurely threw it into Naruto’s waiting hands and climbed back onto the bed. He contemplated what position he’d want to be in, and taking into consideration Naruto’s wounded state, he came to the conclusion that doggy style – he groaned displeased – would be best. So he crawled onto his hands and knees, unaware of Naruto’s staring eyes. The blonde laughed behind him.
“If I didn’t know better, I’d say you want this as badly as I do, Sasuke.” Naruto sniggered.
Sasuke turned to glare at him and dropped his butt on the mattress, making Naruto regret what he said.
Sasuke smirked. “Hurry up, Dobe, or you don’t get any.” Sasuke warned and raised his hips again, slightly swinging them suggestively. He seductively looked at Naruto over his shoulder again to find the blonde had already unscrewed the cap of the tube and was squeezing an ample amount on his palm. He couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Naruto coated two fingers completely; his actions were hurried as he caught glances of Sasuke’s provocative ass, and with his clean hand, grasped Sasuke’s hip tightly. He slipped one finger inside and felt how the muscles tightened instinctively at the intrusion.
Sasuke couldn’t help to frown at the discomfort but soon moaned pleasantly when the hand that had been on his hip moved to his cock and pumped slowly; the Dobe was using his technique. Sasuke ordered for another finger and held in the grunt when another slipped in a bit too quick.
Naruto was desperate to slip his dick into Sasuke, and it took all of his willpower not to fuck him senseless. He waited til Sasuke had adjusted and finally said he was ready before the blonde pulled out his fingers and used all the excess lubricant on his palm to coat his erection. He moaned out loud.
Sasuke groaned, missing the fingers already, “Stop doing yourself and fuck me.” Sasuke growled making Naruto shiver pleasantly; his voice was orgasmic. He complied immediately and directed his cock into Sasuke. Sasuke couldn’t take the discomfort and dropped his face into the blankets, fisting his hands into the fabric tightly. Once Naruto was completely inside, he looked down concerned at the non-responsive boy.
“Are you okay?” Naruto asked panting slightly at the overwhelming sensation it was to be inside Sasuke.
The Uchiha grunted in disgust. “It felt like shit sliding up my ass.”
Naruto sniggered and grabbed hold of Sasuke’s hips. “It’ll get better.” He said shrugging, “I should know.”
Naruto slowly pulled out and came in again a little faster, ignoring the discomfort in his chest. After the third thrust, he suddenly brushed up against Sasuke’s prostrate causing the Uchiha to squeal rather unmanly-like, followed by a pissed off curse from the ashamed boy.
Naruto frowned lightly, trying to remember where he’d heard such a girly scream before. He was solemnly reminded of the whore, who’d tricked him, but he shook the thought off and smiled slightly; Uchiha ass was so much tighter.
“You really are a girl during sex.” Naruto said out loud and cried out when Sasuke slapped him on the thigh.
“You’re fucking enjoying this, aren’t you? Dobe.” He said turning slightly to glare at Naruto. He shut his eyes, turning his head back, and gripped tighter onto the blankets, crying out, when Naruto thrust against his sensitive spot again.
“Oh yeah--!” Naruto moaned and pumped faster, loving the feel of being inside Sasuke. He ignored the increasing pain in his chest and concentrated on moving his hips only, where it hurt less in his body.
By now, Sasuke’d felt so many waves of pleasure. He began to push against Naruto’s thrusts so the blonde’s dick would go deeper still. He was panting and sweating just from the excitement he felt.
“Oh----FUCK!” Sasuke cried out when Naruto’s hand covered his dick again and stroked in rhythm with the thrusts. He thought he was going to explode.
Naruto cried out, half from the pain in his chest and the other from the on coming orgasm. “Sasuke!” He gasped before his semen shot inside Sasuke’s arse and he grinned, still stroking Sasuke’s dick. The brunette groaned and for the second time came quickly into the waiting hand. He sighed contented into the blankets and cringed when Naruto pulled out of him.
The blonde collapsed on his back beside Sasuke and hissed in pain. Sasuke rose to his elbows and hovered over Naruto’s face, leaning forward to plant a small kiss on the corner of his lips. He tentatively placed a hand over Naruto’s chest and recoiled when the blonde muttered it hurt.
They lay sweating, trying to regain their breaths and have feeling come back into their bodies. Even though Naruto was in excruciating pain and on the verge of shedding tears over it, he wouldn’t have passed up the chance even if he had two broken arms.
He asked Sasuke to get his pain killers from the bathroom, and the brunette walked in an odd manner to the bathroom. He came back with a glass of water and two pills in his hands, dropping the drugs onto Naruto’s waiting tongue and watched him swallow it down with the water. Sasuke flopped back down on the bed, muttering something about a ‘pain in the ass.’
He felt the pain beginning to numb and he grinned happily, turning to Sasuke who was facing the other way. Naruto coaxed him to turn around with a poke to his shoulder, but he didn’t.
“Was it good?” Naruto asked; he gave up poking him.
There was silence for a while making Naruto frown. “Hn,” was the brunette’s reply.
Naruto scowled, “Bastard… what the hell does that mean?”
Sasuke sighed irritated and rose to his elbows to look at him; his bright eyes met azure ones. “… Yeah, it was good.” He confessed.
Naruto looked up suspiciously at the boy. “So… you’re not going to regret it?”
Sasuke moaned and buried is face in the crook of Naruto’s neck, making the blonde flinch when it tickled. “Maybe not; it was really good.” He croaked and tenderly sucked on Naruto’s shoulder. “But next time, I’m on top again.”
Naruto sighed in contentment, feeling the effects of the drug kicking in and making his eyes droop with drowsiness. He felt so light he could almost fly away any moment now.
‘So there’s a next time…’
Sasuke’s stop was approaching and he turned to Naruto in the tight space of the crowded train.
“I’ll come tomorrow, after school. I promise.” He whispered and daringly leant in to brush his lips against the blonde’s. The contact wasn’t noticeable, and if it were, it could easily have been blamed on the fast motion of the train and the minimal space between bodies.
Sasuke walked off the train along with many other people and another herd climbed on, blocking Naruto’s view of Sasuke. He exited the train four stops after Sasuke and looked around with foreign knowledge of where it was he should go next to find the shop. After thirty minutes of wandering around streets, Naruto looked up at the store sign with fulfilment. Finally, he thought.
He opened the door to the small, dimly lit store and took in the fresh smell of books, absorbing the place with a keen eye. He wandered towards the back of the store where he heard hushed giggling and the scratching of pen on paper. Naruto squinted to find a very tall man with shockingly long, white hair hunched over a small notepad and scribbling words onto the paper.
Naruto thought it’d almost be rude to interrupt the seemingly hard working man. “Excuse me?”
The man stopped his giggling and writing to turn and glare annoyed at the blonde. “What do you want, boy?” he asked rather impatiently. He stood from his small stool and approach the counter covered in books; some were opened with words in pages underlined while some books were still sealed in plastic, never before touched.
Naruto smiled politely, “I saw your ad in the newspaper, I was wondering----”
“How much do you know about the female body?” the man interrupted Naruto’s speech, giving the smaller boy a sceptical look.
Naruto was caught by surprise and stared wide eyed, “----Excuse me?”
The man explained, “This is my test for you, boy. Now, what body part does the woman enjoy most?” he asked again, looking like he was expecting a very accurate answer.
Naruto rubbed at his chin, thinking deeply, and remembered overhearing Sakura talk of her pleasures after gym class awhile ago and had caught him and pounded him to the ground. “Well, Sakura says she likes it when she gets kissed on her collarbone.”
The man grinned wildly and his eyes lit up excitedly, “Ohohoho, so you’re girlfriend is the romantic type?”
Naruto shook his head, “No, she’s not my girlfriend, she’s my best friend.”
The man slapped the counter top making Naruto jump, and said rather loudly, “OOOOhohoho, so you’re in a steamy love affair with your best friend who does not love you back?!” he nodded his head approvingly. “Very interesting, I should write that down.” He said before he grabbed his notepad and scribbled a sentence at the back of the book.
Naruto mused over the pun in his sentence and just shrugged, letting him believe what he wanted. “So, uh, I was wondering if----”
The man interrupted, “You’re hired.”
Naruto blinked, “Huh? What? But I haven’t introduced myself yet!”
The man shrugged carelessly, “That’s alright. You’ll do; no one else wanted a job here anyway.” He shifted on the spot.
Naruto caught a glance into the back room and saw a picture of a stark naked female posing her voluptuous body for the camera. Naruto sighed pathetically. “Oh… so you’re a pervert.”
“What did you say?!” The man asked distracted by a book.
“So you’re a writer?” Naruto said, smiling falsely.
The man smirked proudly. “Hmph, I write about forbidden love between two people who struggle against their desire for one another but are caught in the horrible whirlpool of fate, dooming them to eternal separation, never to be with each other as one.” He handed Naruto one of his books and smiled smugly. Naruto flicked through the book, recognising it as the one Kakashi-sensei read on a daily bases. He caught a glimpse of the name.
“Looks more like porn to me, Jiraiya.” Naruto muttered. So Kakashi read porn in class, huh?
Jiraiya snorted. “Whatever, kid. I’m the one that owns this small shop that you seem to want to work in.”
“Oh!” Naruto faltered and lowered the book when Jiraiya outstretched his hand and shook it slowly. “I’m Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto.” He smiled sheepishly. “I don’t really have a resume yet---”
“That’s okay, kid. I never had one either. Are you skilled in anything?”
“Uh, yeah I guess; I’m pretty good with people.” Naruto thought.
Jiraiya slapped the counter again. “Great, you’re perfect. Do you have time on your hands?”
“Sure, why?” Naruto asked.
“Why don’t you stay the day and try it out for experience? Just so you know if this is what you really want.” Jiraiya shrugged. “And if you like it, I’ll let you fill out a form.”
Naruto smiled brightly, “Yes Sir!”
Naruto couldn’t believe how ridiculously easy that was, but soon began to learn that no one must’ve wanted the job because of the completely perverted owner this guy was. He leered at every girl that entered the store and when there were no customers, he’d start talking about the wonders of the female body.
“The one wonder they didn’t bother making as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.”
Jiraiya inquired about the bandage around Naruto’s neck as they ate their lunch behind the counter, and Naruto lowered his chopsticks carefully. He smiled sheepishly, “Well, I had an accident about a month ago.”
“You chose to drop out of school because of that?” Jiraiya asked as he gulped a large strip of beef.
“Yeah, and also because I was failing anyway.” Naruto rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
Jiraiya closed his eyes and nodded thoughtfully, “I’m sure you did the right thing, I mean, I finally have an assisstant who can tollerate me.” Jiraiya laughed at Naruto’s blank stare. “But seriously, you have a lot of potential in you, kid.” He said nodding. Naruto blinked. “I feel it.”
Naruto stared down at his rice, smiling. “Thanks.” He whispered.
Jiraiya nodded. “So, what kind of accident was it, anyway? Car crash?”
Naruto shook his head, his smile growing. “It was worse, but I’m not too comfortable talking about it yet.” He apologised sheepishly. Jiraiya understood and changed the topic.
“Just so you know, I pay cash in hand.” Jiraiya informed offhandedly as Naruto filled out the rather informal sheet; one of the questions was: ‘Sex: Yes or no?’
The blonde frowned. “Isn’t that illegal?”
Jiraiya snorted, “I don’t have the time to worry about banking stuff and crap like that.”
Naruto looked worried. “How the hell do you manage this place?”
Jiraiya looked confused, “Manage? Why would I need to do that?” Naruto asked how the man even opened the shop and Jiraiya raised his head arrogantly. “I’m a writer, my books are famous. The money is used for this shop.”
“You’re porn is famous?” Naruto asked curiously.
Jiraiya nodded. “Yes it is; I’ve sold over a million copies of the one volume in less than a week.”
Naruto was stupefied. “That’s amazing!”
“I know.”
“Yeah, it’s really easy, and surprisingly, the pervert pays well.” He smiled proudly.
Sasuke’s lips rose slightly. “Sounds nice.”
Naruto nodded and took a drag. “It is.” He passed the cigarette back to Sasuke who sucked in deeply. He blew out the smoke very slowly and noticed Naruto was watching him; his dark blue eyes studying his face like he’d be rewarded for it.
Sasuke was reminded why he’d come here in such a hurry and almost felt embarrassed to finally tell the blonde. He turned his head away, feeling warmth plague his cheeks, but he stubbornly faced the confused blonde again, ignoring the fact that he was pouting.
“I’ll only say it once, Dobe, so listen very carefully.” He warned very seriously, raising himself to his elbows.
Naruto smiled puzzled, “Hm? What?”
Sasuke couldn’t help smile at the boy and with an elbow supporting his weight, he used the other hand to cup Naruto’s jaw and drag him closer to his face. He pecked the soft lips tasting tobacco and began to trail kisses across his cheek to move up to his ear, whispering very softly, almost barely audibly.
‘I love you…’
He pulled away, smile still in place and watched Naruto’s reaction amused.
Naruto was still smiling dumbly and blinked once. “What?!” He was in shock.
Sasuke inclined his head to the side. “You heard me.” He watched contently as Naruto’s whole face seemed to light up, like the star at the top of a Christmas tree illuminated; it was always brighter than the lights wrapped around the tree itself. Sasuke smiled.
Naruto let out a small chuckle. “I love you, too, Sasuke.” He replied. He leant in, pushing Sasuke back into the bed and captured Sasuke’s lips tenderly. He straddled the boy’s waist and deepened the kiss. He pulled away abruptly causing Sasuke to frown disappointed. “Only say it once?”
Sasuke rolled his eyes, “For now.” He ran his hands over the blonde’s thighs, careful not to burn his clothes with the cigarette.
Naruto laughed brightly. Sasuke chose to stare up at Naruto’s face and smiled warmly. Naruto caught the hard gaze. “What?” He asked sounding overly joyed.
Sasuke shook his head slowly. “Nothing. Your eyes just became a brighter blue.”
Naruto looked confused, then surprised, and he couldn’t help the smile that blossomed on his face. The smile reached his eyes.
“Yeah?”
“… Yeah.”
The End
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Epilogue
The day after Uchiha Sasuke’s love confession to his best friend, he gently told his girlfriend his choice, and watched her cry her heart out. He had offered to wrap his arms around her but she pushed him away and left his home, never to return to it ever again. Sasuke believed it would take time for her to get over it, since she loved him so deeply. He, for the first time, felt genuinely horrible and believed she, as his childhood friend, hadn’t deserved such terrible treatment. He felt sorry for having dragged her into the whirlpool Naruto and he had created.
The months rolled by fleetingly, and Sasuke graduated from high school, receiving his university scholarship and presenting his speech as president of the student council. He searched the crowd and finally spotted Naruto staring at him, smiling proudly. He sat next to Sakura’s new boyfriend who was a red head much older and far too serious for the girl. How they started dating puzzled both Sasuke and Naruto.
The boyfriend, Sasori, sat there with his arms crossed and looking like he was ready to murder Naruto if he didn’t shut up. Sasuke’s protective side kicked in and he was about to run over and tell that idiot to separate from Sasori immediately, since he’d only recently recovered completely from his wounds.
Apart from Sasori’s creepiness, Sasuke had been happy for Sakura and hadn’t failed to tell her that honestly. She smiled and thanked him, finally forgiving him.
“How are you fairing, Naruto?” Kakashi asked, genuinely interested.
“I’m doing great.” Naruto chirped. “Work pays well and I’ve got great neighbours.”
Kakashi nodded and smirked, “Is your boyfriend Sasuke taking care of you?”
Naruto blushed and looked from side to side, feeling invisible eyes on him, “Um, how do you know that?” he asked the teacher.
Kakashi smiled and shrugged. “Birds of a feather.” He explained.
Naruto’s eyes widened shockingly wide. “Kakashi-sensei, Are you gay?!” he whispered loudly.
Kakashi glared at the shorter man. “I’m bi, thank you.”
Naruto forced a grin. “Oh…?” he looked curiously at the teacher before him, feeling slightly comfortable to ask him his next question. “Um, this might seem like a really stupid question, but my father wasn’t gay, right?”
Kakashi looked taken aback before his shook his head. “I don’t know. I never got a chance to ask him.” He said in a far off voice.
Naruto looked up at him shyly. “Did---did you like my father, Sensei?”
Kakashi shrugged indifferently, pushing off the column he was leaning on, “Even if I did or still do, he wouldn’t come back, so it’s better to let the emotions sleep forever.” He finished firmly. Naruto couldn’t help to apologise, feeling he was to blame, but Kakashi shook his head and said the man was finally at peace. “Though I do miss molestering the innocent man.” Kakashi said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin. Naruto stared at him blankly and Kakashi laughed. He let Naruto go when he caught sight of Sasuke glaring dangerously at him and waved innocently at his nephew.
Naruto walked hastily to Sasuke, wanting badly to just touch his skin at this point. He wanted comfort after feeling light headed at the thought of everything Iruka had lost thanks to him. When he reached the frowning Uchiha, he immediately latched onto his arm and held tightly, making the frown on his boyfriend’s face lighten and his fingers snaked around the blonde’s, squeezing comfortably and reassuringly. The contact went unnoticed by the majority of the graduates.
The two boys had caught up with Sakura and her boyfriend and they headed in the direction of the reception. Hours later, after Naruto and Kiba had once again engaged in a friendly banter which soon turned close to violent, the Uchiha pulled the blonde away and Sakura urged them to leave to eat at a restaurant.
There at the classy diner, Sakura had for the first time sampled wine and didn’t hesitate to have more when the foreign taste was like bitter sugar to her lips. Sasuke was already tipsy after his second glass and forgot completely where and who he was with. He daringly squeezed Naruto’s thigh and whispered in the boys ear, making Sakura blush furiously and Naruto sheepishly apologise to the awkward couple. And when Sasuke had drunk some water and had his dinner, he seemed to get a grip of himself and apologised too.
However, when the table had been cleared, Naruto poured everyone another glass of wine and challenged Sasori to a drinking contest. The red haired had smirked, accepting the challenge, but used the excuse that he was going to be the designated driver to pull out of the dare. He promised the blonde they’d finish that test another time when his already drunk boyfriend was not going to interfere.
And so, Sasori drove Naruto and Sasuke to the Uchiha’s apartment and drove off with a concerned Sakura. Naruto had reassured her that Sasuke would be fine, that he just needed to sleep, but when they reached upstairs after much stumbling and humiliating giggling that the Uchiha would die mortified if he remembered the next morning, the two boys staggered onto the couch with Naruto underneath Sasuke.
The brunette had seemed very eager to strip the blonde and make love to him right then and there, just like he said he wanted to do, but Naruto’s hopes had faded when the Uchiha ungracefully passed out on top of him. Naruto snorted surprised and said something about Uchiha’s couldn’t hold their drink.
He struggled to push the brunette off and cringed when the body fell in a heap on the ground next to him with a loud thud. He struggled to pull him up off the floor and barely managed to shove him back on the couch. He pushed the brunette deep into the cushions to make room for himself and lay beside him, grabbing the remote from the floor where they’d pushed it off and watched T.V for about an hour, not feeling tired at all. He smiled pleasantly when Sasuke grumbled in his sleep and wrapped an arm around Naruto’s waist, spooning him closer to his warmth. When he finally felt tired, he switched the T.V off and snuggled into the body of his boyfriend.
Sasuke resisted the urge to kiss the scar, hoping it’d disappear with his lips, and just threaded his fingers with Naruto’s. The blonde turned to look at him curiously, and Sasuke prepared himself to drop a bombshell of news on Naruto.
“Remember how I said I was attending University?” the Uchiha asked. He continued when Naruto nodded in confirmation. “It’s going to be even further than where you work. And I won’t be able to visit you as often as I’d like.”
Naruto’s smile faded and his eyes widened. He took more than a minute to understand what those words meant. No more Sasuke for long periods of time.
“Oh…” he began, “Well, I guess it can’t be helped.” He muttered defeated.
“I’m moving to an apartment close to where you work, though. My father thought it’d be best to stay close to Uni.” Sasuke said. Naruto’s face brightened a bit.
“Then I can visit you after work! That’d be okay, right?”
Sasuke looked at him, “Actually, I was thinking something else.” Naruto looked puzzled. “Why not move in with me?” he suggested and added, “As my flatmate.”
Naruto looked hopeful, “Are you serious?”
Sasuke nodded, “The expense shouldn’t be too much for you since we’re splitting the rent. And I’m getting a job as an apprentice manager, so we’ll be fine.”
Naruto looked at him dazed. “Move in with you…” he said dreamily. “Holy shit! I’d love to!” He exclaimed. The train they waited for whizzed by and slowly halted to let on its passengers.
Sasuke smiled at Naruto, “Good.” And he leant in the kiss him quickly before pulling his hood over his head and walked on the train. Naruto was left standing on the platform in a daze and Sasuke had to rush out to grab the blonde before the doors shut.
They received funny looks from the people who’d caught Sasuke kissing Naruto, but they ignored them, engaging in a stupid argument on who got to be the wife when they moved in together. Sasuke felt embarrassed for even arguing over something so ridiculous, but couldn’t help be glad that the blonde was excited about the whole thing.
Things were moving on, and problems were bound to head their way. Yet, for now, they lived in the moment, staying close to each other, in comfort.
And that’s how they liked it.
End of Epilogue
Thank you to everyone who stayed til the very end. I appreciate every comment and all the help spotting mistakes. Thank you to the annonymous reviewers, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to your comments. I love you all!!!
This story will have no sequel (too lazy, sorry) and I will be concentrating on my studies before I begin my other story (I'd like to complete it at least before the end of this year).
Sorry for such a late update. My friend paid me a visit and we were searching cosplay outifts on ebay! How exciting!! Yes, well, hope to see you guys around, you're all awesome people to write too :D
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And this is goodbye... for now! ;P
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