Sasuke followed the three as they emerged from the department. He didn't ask what they were going to do, since they were headed in the obvious direction of Ichiraku's. Before they went in, Sasuke pulled Naruto aside. "I'll do the other things I talked about. See you in a bit, love." With a quick kiss, Sasuke walked away, leaving a giddy Naruto staring after him. Kami, he chose his mate well. And soon, Sasuke will belong to him forever... He felt greedy and wanted to claim Sasuke fully right then and there. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched Sasuke disappear in the crowd.

Hisato stepped up next to him and pulled him out of his thoughts."I thought he disliked you." Hisato said, nudging him in the side.

Naruto turned his attention to Hisato, watching the man take a step back when their eyes met. With a sigh, Naruto blinked and let the intense feeling subside. "He's my mate." Naruto answered looking back to the crowd. He felt a small pang for not being able to see Sasuke anymore.

"Mate? As in a friend?" Hisato asked slightly hopeful.

Naruto shook his head and looked at Hisato again. "No, I mean my life partner.  He'll mother my children." Naruto said with a smile on his lips. He ducked into the small restaurant before Hisato had a chance to process the statement, ignoring the slight hurt on Hisato's face at his words.

Naruto expertly avoided all further questioning by Hisato, either by making sure his mouth was full of delicious ramen, the last of the best ramen in the world for a long time for him, or by keeping his conversation with Morino up. When the food was all gone and so were the subjects to talk about, Naruto gave Morino a quick hug, waves goodbye and disappeared over the rooftops to find Sasuke.

It can't hard to know where Sasuke was; he always knew where Sasuke was. Sasuke was already back at home, with everything they needed sealed and ready. Naruto stood in the doorway watching Sasuke until Sasuke noticed him. "We'll leave tomorrow if that's okay with you." Sasuke said.

Naruto took a few steps into the room, but then stopped. "Sure." He said.  There wasn't a hurry, after all. And the rest of the day to relax around the house brought a few interesting ideas to Naruto's mind. Interesting and exciting. Sasuke wasn't ready yet, but that didn't mean Naruto couldn't tease him a little. Or a lot. There was a lot he could do to Sasuke until he was ready to accept him to the fullest... With a smirk he let his eyes wander over Sasuke, raking his gaze over Sasuke's body as Sasuke moved around, cleaning up and organising the last few things.

He stared for a few moments longer, knowing Sasuke was getting uncomfortable by his persistent gaze but that just made him more appealing to Naruto. The ever so slight blush creeping on to Sasuke's face looked delicious and Naruto couldn't wait to worsen it. "Sasuke..." He said in a low voice, demanding Sasuke's attention easily. Sasuke looked up with a questioning look. "Come here." Naruto added. Without thinking about it Sasuke walked over and stood before Naruto.

Sasuke had to look down just a little bit, but that didn't make him feel less like he was submitting at the moment. For a moment he felt like he needed to step away, that he wasn't in the right mindset yet for this, given what had happened in the last few days. Before he could act, his thoughts were stopped and forgotten by the smile Naruto gave him and leaned in for a sweet kiss. "Good." Naruto did just before their lips met. Sasuke gladly let Naruto take the lead. It was easier in a way, releasing control for a while.

Strong hands dug themselves into his black hair, twisting until it ached, but didn't really hurt. A soft moan escaped him and the slight tug at his hair that followed told him that Naruto had been looking for that reaction. Naruto didn't leave any room to breathe and doubled down on his grip and the kiss.

The feeling of Naruto's lips on his, forceful to the point where Sasuke was sure he'd be bruised, drowned his thoughts out completely and before long Sasuke found himself on his back, propped up on his elbows while Naruto was in his knees, a leg on either side, looming over him, kissing him in a way he couldn't escape.

Naruto had one hand on Sasuke's throat to keep him in place, while his other wandered over Sasuke's clothing. Everywhere Naruto's hand went, a tingling sensation was left behind along with goosebumps. Like Naruto was searching for something, his fingers followed and felt every muscle, studying the reactions Sasuke gave him. Some places he touched made Sasuke's muscles tighten under his hand, while others provided a shudder that ran more deeply. Not a place went untouched and the further down Naruto's hand travelled, the stronger a reaction Sasuke gave. It was like Naruto was guiding all sensations down to his groin and the feeling knotted itself tightly there.

Sasuke let himself lie down further, needing to put his arms around Naruto's neck, and Naruto followed him eagerly, both hands now free to roam and easily finding Sasuke's more sensitive spots now that he had the opportunity to push Sasuke's shirt up.

Naruto moved to his neck, scraping his teeth over the still sensitive bite marks from before. The sensation was almost enough for Sasuke to miss that Naruto was undoing his pants, working his underwear down and exposing him to the cold air. Naruto did the same to himself, then grabbed them both with one hand and started moving up and down, eliciting moans from Sasuke. Sasuke put a hand over his mouth to stifle the noises, but it wasn't much help. He couldn't stop them and he felt the blush on his cheek intensify. Closing his eyes he hoped the embarrassment would subside, but Naruto didn't let him.

Naruto suddenly stopped moving. "Move your hand, Sasuke, I want to hear you." Naruto said, his voice leaving no mistake that he expected to be obeyed. When Sasuke didn't respond immediately, Naruto made a sound akin to a growl and grabbed both Sasuke's wrists with one hand, roughly pinning them above Sasuke's head. Sasuke's wrists hurt as Naruto leaned his full weight on them. For a moment, Naruto watched him, waiting for Sasuke to stop struggling against his hold. It didn't take long and Sasuke managed to look up at Naruto. Naruto smiled when Sasuke gave up, leaning down to lick and then kiss along Sasuke's jaw. At the same time, he started moving his hand again, earning moans and pants from Sasuke. His own breathing also sped up as he started moving faster.

Sasuke started writhing underneath him, trying to move his body to handle the feeling building up in his abdomen better, but Naruto wasn't allowing him, so instead he cried out louder, curving his back off the floor. Naruto grunted in his neck, making him shiver and overloading his senses even more. When it became almost unbearable he curled his face into Naruto's neck, finding support and a spot to stifle the whimpers he couldn't stop. He started moving his hips along the rhythm Naruto had set and soon cries out loud in release. At the same moment, Naruto bit down on his shoulder again, but not hard enough to break the skin. The shot of painful pleasure made it feel like he had a second release so close after the first it was non-stop. At the same time, he felt Naruto buck his hips and heard him grunt in release as well.

After a few unsteady breaths, Naruto released his grip on Sasuke's wrists and sat back a bit. His other hand was covered in cum from both of them. For a second he looked at it before looking down at Sasuke. The rest was on Sasuke's stomach and Naruto himself was surprisingly clean. He licked his hand clean and then licked Sasuke's stomach clean. He felt Sasuke gripping his hair and pushing him away a bit, but he ignored it. "Naruto... Stop that..." Sasuke protested feebly, but Naruto just grabbed his wrists again to prevent him from stopping him and continued licking his way up until their lips found each other again. The mixing of their flavours was amazing and Sasuke found himself eagerly kissing back after the first shock subsided while wrapping his arms around Naruto once more. Naruto returned the hug and smoothly changed their position into a cuddle by rolling them on their sides and intertwining their legs comfortably.

When the kiss finally broke both needed a moment to catch their breath. Sasuke cuddled closer against Naruto's chest and for once didn't mind feeling smaller and more vulnerable for the moment. It was nice feeling surrounded by strength instead of being the strength for change. "That was... unexpected." Sasuke mumbled. Naruto chuckled and kissed Sasuke on top of his head.

"Yeah..." Naruto agreed. He nudged Sasuke's chin up so he would look at him. "Anything left we need to do before we can go, or can I claim your attention like this for the rest of the night?" Naruto asked, already letting his fingers slide across Sasuke's skin to emphasise his question.

"Nothing I can think of right now, but then again, you're making it really hard to think about anything right now..." Sasuke said, rolling onto his back and dragging Naruto with him so Naruto was once again on top of him. Sasuke slid his hands under Naruto's shirt and removed it quickly.

"Is that so? I guess I have no reason to hold back then." Naruto said smirking. He quickly claimed Sasuke's lips once again and undressed him completely, only breaking the kiss to get the shirt over Sasuke's head.

Naruto wasn't rough per se, but he didn't leave Sasuke a lot of choices either. His firm hold on Sasuke was enough to have Sasuke struggling and writhing underneath him the whole time. They didn't go further than touching, Naruto not wanting to rush Sasuke into something he barely knew the real meaning of. He'd mate Sasuke soon enough, but he was going to tell Sasuke his little secret before he did. No lies and secrets anymore.

It wasn't until a little after midnight Sasuke finally got the chance to catch his breath again. He was ready to go to sleep then and there, but Naruto dragged him up and into a warm bath. Once he was in the water, he was grateful for it. Relaxing, he leaned his head back and closed his eyes. A moment later Naruto all but canon-balled into the bathtub, splashing a lot of water out of the bathtub and into Sasuke's face. Naruto was all giggles as he chased the bubbles with his hands and coached them into somewhat-structures before smashing them and splashing more water out of the bathtub. Sasuke smiled as he watched Naruto rummage around, guessing his playful side had bubbled to the surface again.

Naruto turned around and grinned at Sasuke, moving to be closer so he could steal a quick chaste kiss. Sasuke stopped his approach by placing a finger against the tip of his nose lazily. "You know, I don't really like your last name much, Uzumaki." Sasuke said seriously.

Naruto looked at him confused and poured for a moment, sitting back a little bit. "Like Uchiha is that much better..." He muttered.

Sasuke sat up a little and leaned towards Naruto with a small smile. "Actually, it is. It would suit you much better." He pecked Naruto's lips quickly, watching what he said sink in for a moment. The blush blooming on Naruto's cheek made him chuckle. How Naruto could go from in control and strong to childlike and innocent like that still amazed Sasuke, but he could never get enough of it. All of it was typically Naruto despite the moods varying so strongly. Maybe travelling together for a while wasn't going to be so bad. He was looking forward to tomorrow.

It was a late night in, but that didn't mean that they weren't leaving at dawn the next morning. It would be good to travel at least a good few miles the first day even if they didn't have a real goal yet. They'd find one on the way or just wander around. After all, that was the freedom they had been given. They exited Konoha in silence. There weren't any people besides the gatekeepers and neither of them minded each other very much. After all, Shinobi went and came at all hours of the day and an early departure wasn't uncommon.

As soon as they could, they took the the trees, travelling quickly, but at a pace easily maintained by both of them. Naruto seemed to have forgotten about Konoha before it was even out of view, but Sasuke glanced back a few times more, seeing the gate and walls getting smaller each time. He looked back to Naruto to find him smiling at him. "So, where are we going?" He asked.

"East until we reach the border, then south along it until we reach the ocean." Sasuke answered. The smile he got as an answer was enough to believe he picked their first destination right. 

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