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Piece by Piece, Back Together	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 8229 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor profit of it. Kishimoto owns it.

Chapter List
- 13
- 14
- 15
Author's note: A bit later than intended, but my life's been quite hectic lately and I don't foresee that changing any time soon. So in case the next chapter is delayed, just remember that I'm working on it, but life's been rather busy for me lately and I don't have that much time anymore to write. So I'm not abandoning this story, but slight delays can happen.
Also I have no idea what the hell happened in the beginning of this chapter. I'm blaming my friend and well, the fact that you shouldn't taunt Uchiha. Can't take it, don't dish it out, things like that *coughs*
Thanks to the following reviewer: smint45
Warnings: mature content; slight drama; some emotional scenes; some fluff; small timeskips
I hope you'll like it!
14 Expanding Part 4
His hand tightened briefly around his hair before Sasuke abruptly pulled away and stood up, padding over to the wardrobe. Stunned Naruto laid there for a moment staring at the ceiling, before he sat up.
"What are you doing?" he asked confused. Weren't they just about to have sex again? He'd been pretty sure of that; it wasn't like Sasuke's response could have been interpreted as anything other than an enthusiastic yes. Had he changed his mind? "You don't want to do it anymore?"
"Of course I want to," was Sasuke's instant retort, even while he was rummaging through the bottom of the wardrobe.
The quickness of his reply mollified Naruto and he tilted his head to the left. "What are you looking for?"
"For this," Sasuke declared and turned around, holding –
A thin, black scarf in the air.
Yeah, his mate had totally lost him just now with that. "And what exactly are you planning to do with a scarf in the middle of the summer?" he questioned blankly. The smirk grazing the other man's face instantly had him sitting up straighter.
"Let's call it a precaution," Sasuke smirked, sauntering back to the bed.
There was something about the way the sunlight made Sasuke's pale skin glow almost ethereally that made it hard for Naruto to focus for a moment. Sasuke was already a sight to behold on a regular basis, but the sun seemed determined to make him look even more beautiful. He was so entranced by the way muscles shifted underneath smooth skin – albeit marred by a couple of developing bruises courtesy of Naruto's overeager lips – that he reacted too late when one of his hands was snatched and something soft was wrapped around it.
"What the …" Stunned he allowed Sasuke to bring his hand to the headboard where he looped the other end of the scarf around it before tying up Naruto's other wrist. When he took a step back, Naruto's wrists were both tied to the headboard, forcing him to lie down. There was still enough slack that he could pull at the scarf and bring his hands closer to his head; the scarf wasn't tied too firmly around his wrists either, but he definitely wouldn't be able to slip loose from them any time soon.
Turning his gaze to Sasuke, he watched the Alpha regard him with a predatory gleam in his eyes; they roamed across his body, lingering at certain places and Naruto's breath hitched and he curled and uncurled his fingers.
Things had just become quite interesting.
"So what's this precaution about?" Naruto questioned and couldn't supress a shiver when a finger lightly drew a line down from the hollow space between his collarbones to right above his cock.
"To make sure you can't touch yourself," Sasuke smirked and the bed dipped down slightly underneath his weight when he lowered himself on it.
"That's … rather mean," Naruto said weakly; his eyes trained on the hands lightly caressing up and down over his thighs, creating goose bumps.
"Really? I promise I'm going to take good care of you, though," Sasuke murmured, eyes half lidded as he bent over to lick at Naruto's lips.
Automatically the blond opened his lips, but Sasuke pulled back, smirked and left a searing line of small kisses across his jaw, down his throat, slipping to the side of his neck. He lingered above the Mark for a moment, before he sucked at it, drawing the skin between his teeth, making Naruto hiss at the unexpected stab of pleasure mixed with stinging pain.
Sasuke pushed his legs open and laid down between them, grasping the Omega's hips. Naruto squirmed when his lips went lower, kissing his collarbones before shifting down and taking Naruto's right nipple between his lips. A light shock went through him when a tongue laved at the nub while fingers rolled and pinched his other one. They both peaked underneath the attention and Naruto clenched his jaw as the stimulation started to tip over into being too intense. Sasuke's body between his legs prevented him from moving much, but he still tightened his legs around the Alpha's thighs when the pleasure started becoming too much.
Fortunately Sasuke seemed to get that and released his nipples, both of them hard like pebbles and a dark red by now. Before Naruto could even utter a sound, Sasuke started dropping kisses on his stomach, the look on his face momentarily softening, before he shifted even lower and his eyes turned sharp and gleaming again.
His hand dipped down and his thumb rubbed across Naruto's rim, where slick was already dripping down, staining the sheets beneath him. He wrapped his other hand around Naruto's cock, smirking wider when it quickly hardened completely and the tips of his fingers swirled teasingly around the Omega's entrance, but didn't slip inside to the blond's great frustration.
"You're just going to tease me like this?" he said, harsher than he intended to, but he needed to feel something in him and Sasuke's teasing wasn't enough.
Quirking an eyebrow, Sasuke retorted finely, "And who was the one sending me those pictures, hm? What do you call that?"
"Giving you something to look at," Naruto shot back and whined when he lifted his hips upwards but Sasuke just pulled his fingers back, leaving him feeling bereft. "Come on now! I thought you said you were going to make me forget my own name? That's not the way to do that, you know?"
Sasuke clucked his tongue. "Someone's impatient."
"Sasuke, I swear to god if you don't fuck me now, I'm – oh fuck!" His back jack-knifed when three fingers at once pushed inside him, crooking as if they were beckoning someone before they spread out slightly.
Pumping his fingers in and out, Sasuke asked smugly, "You were saying?"
"Sh-shut up, b-bastard," Naruto stammered, pulling at his restraints when the fingers slid in deeper than before, the tips of them brushing against his sweet spot. The light touch was enough to send sparks of pleasure through his body and he moaned, pushing his arse against the Alpha's hand and tightening his inner muscles around his fingers.
Sasuke kept prodding and pushing against that particular spot, creating burst after burst of pleasure, pulling moans and groans from the blond beneath him. Naruto's lips were caught in a deep, filthy kiss, a tongue dancing around his own and right when he was about to tip over the edge, just a little bit more, one more touch and then –
Sasuke pulled back once more.
"What the fuck, Sasuke!" Naruto barked, eyes flying open to glare heatedly at the black haired man hovering above him with that fucking damn smug look still gracing his face.
"You really didn't think I'd let you come that easily, did you?" Sasuke asked and while his tone was calm, light as if he was simply holding a conversation, his eyes had darkened, glittering with lust, and when he licked his lips, Naruto whimpered quietly.
Bending down to Naruto's right ear, he whispered darkly, "I'm going to take you apart and make you beg for it. By the time I'm done with you, you won't even be able to stand, let alone remember your name."
Heart skipping a beat at that promise spoken in that velvety, soft voice, blue eyes widened when a positively wicked smile was aimed at him.
"Shall we begin?"
Time and time again Naruto was brought right to the edge, but each time right when the pleasure threatened to become too much, when he finally thought he'd get to come, Sasuke would stop and either retreat or stop the blond from coming by simply tightening his hold around the base of his cock.
Naruto tried to be strong, to not give in because that was exactly what Sasuke wanted, but by god, was it becoming difficult! He couldn't help but let out a sob of frustration when once again Sasuke abruptly stopped him from coming, pulling his fingers out of him and ceasing all stimulation at once.
Chest heaving, he stared through watery eyes at Sasuke, who was eyeing his reddened, throbbing cock with almost a detached interest, before he reached out with his hand. For five hopeful seconds, Naruto thought he'd finally be merciful and let him come, but no. Of fucking course not.
Instead of jacking him off, Sasuke simply placed his hand on his hip, stroking his hipbone almost absentmindedly. "How are you feeling?" he asked lightly, as if he didn't see the tears of frustration dripping down the Omega's cheeks, the way his entire body was flushed and slick with sweat, how his muscles quivered and tensed at the slightest hint of a touch. He completely ignored Naruto's hips straining upwards, the way his legs trembled, and simply smiled as if he hadn't been sporting an impressive hard dick himself for however long he'd been torturing his mate.
The sadistic bastard.
"You're fucking evil," Naruto accused him in a scratchy voice. He'd screamed himself raw when Sasuke had sucked him off earlier while fingering him, the double stimulation almost too much, and wasn't proud to admit that he'd literally sobbed aloud when Sasuke had pulled away right before he could come.
"That's not what I want to hear," Sasuke smirked and gripped Naruto's knees, pushing them apart and settling back between them. "I can keep this up all night if I want to, you know. I can get myself off whenever I want, but I'm the one deciding when you get to come."
"God, you're such a fucking arsehole," Naruto gasped, whimpering when Sasuke pressed his hand against his sensitive entrance. His slick was everywhere by now, staining the sheets and smeared across his thighs and Sasuke's hands; he didn't even know how his body kept producing it, because they had to have been going at this for more than two hours already!
"Still not what I want to hear," Sasuke hummed, using both hands to squeeze Naruto's cheeks, his fingers digging in the supple flesh briefly, before thumbing at the loosened rim. He grasped the leg that shot out to kick him and simply raised an eyebrow.
Naruto released an incomprehensible noise, too frustrated to properly form words and threw his head back against the pillow, squeezing his eyes shut when Sasuke just kept rubbing there. He was already nearing the point of overstimulation, being denied over and over again to come wreaking havoc on him, but the simple touch still wasn't enough. Only one thing would be enough and would it be that hard for Sasuke to just give it to him already?!
Warm breath caressed his mouth when Sasuke leant over him and murmured, "Come on, Naruto, you know what I want to hear. Tell me what I want to hear and I'll give you what you want." His new position brought the tip of his cock resting against Naruto's slick entrance and Naruto's brain short circuited at the tantalising promise of finally getting what he wanted.
Straining his hands towards Sasuke, Naruto finally gave in. "Please, Sasuke, please. I need you, I need you inside me, I want to feel you in me. Please, please, just fuck me," he babbled, his brain to mouth filter completely gone now, the frustration and pleasure too much for him to handle anymore. "Please, I really, really need you! I've been good, please, Alpha, please, fuck me."
"See, was that so hard?" Sasuke asked, but the way his breathing had quickened and his eyes had darkened betrayed the effect the Omega's begging was having on him and he thrusted inside, sheathing himself inside completely in one go, before Naruto could utter another word.
"YES!" Naruto shouted, relief at finally having his Alpha inside of him making him almost delirious and he pushed back eagerly, wrapping his legs tightly around Sasuke's hips. "Yes, fuck, I need this, I need you, please move!"
He didn't have to say that twice. Finally after such a gruelling long time, Sasuke started fucking him for real, his cock brushing against Naruto's sweet spot with every second or third harsh thrust inside. His hands were like claws around Naruto's hips and he snarled when Naruto came with a scream, unable to hold back any longer now, coating both their stomachs with his seed. His muscles contracted around Sasuke's cock, but instead of slowing down or pausing, Sasuke just kept up the same brutal, fast rhythm; his eyes burning with an almost unholy fire when he caught dazed blue eyes and held them.
He made quick work of releasing Naruto's raw rubbed wrists from the scarf and looped his arms around Naruto's back, pulling him up at the same time he sat up. "Hold on," he groaned into Naruto's mouth when the blond gasped at the shift in position which forced the thick cock inside of him even deeper.
Naruto had just enough strength left to link his arms around Sasuke's neck and then simply held on while Sasuke helped him move up and down; his legs too weak to do most of the work himself. Their moans and groans were swallowed by bruised, reddened lips; their tongues dancing around each other, tips touching, as Sasuke took him again and again. It didn't take long before Naruto was thrown over the edge again, pleasure quickly pooling in his lower belly, and he could only scrabble his hands across Sasuke's back as he rode out his second climax.
Still, Sasuke didn't stop and kept fucking into him, one hand cupping his belly and the other clutching sweaty blond locks as he kissed him again and again, stealing his breath.
"God, you feel so good, so tight around me," Sasuke cooed in his ear, tugging at his earlobe, and Naruto couldn't do anything but weakly moan, clutching at strong shoulders. "You're so fucking gorgeous and you're all mine. My mate, my Omega."
"Yes, yes, I'm yours," Naruto agreed mindlessly, crying when pleasure started to build up anew. He felt hot, too hot, like fire was burning him from within, and overwhelmed, and delirious and he could do nothing else but cling to his Alpha, trusting him to keep him together when he fell apart.
And fell apart he did. He was helpless to the pleasure coursing through his veins, sparks alighting his nerves, and he wasn't even aware of his broken moans when he came for the third time, the edges of his vision growing black.
For a moment his consciousness wavered and he was only vaguely aware of the way Sasuke stiffened underneath him, his hand tightening in his hair, and teeth nipping at his Mark when Sasuke finally came as well, coating his insides with his seed.
He could only blink dazedly when Sasuke breathed harshly and pulled back slightly, blinking at him. The Alpha's features softened at whatever he saw in his mate's face and then Sasuke gently lifted him up, slipping out of him before settling him on the bed.
Naruto's limbs just flopped down and he could only lie there, staring at the ceiling, all the strength having left him. Even lifting his pinkie was too much effort; he felt exhausted beyond belief, wrung out and empty, and he just laid there as Sasuke stood up and padded into the bathroom. The tap turned and the sound of water rushing down reached Naruto's ears, but even the promise of a bath couldn't convince him to actually move.
Then Sasuke returned and after kissing his forehead, he picked up Naruto and carried him bridal style into the bathroom where he gently lowered him in the bathtub. He settled down behind him, bracketing him between his legs and started washing him; the washcloth soft against his oversensitive skin.
"You're still with me?" Sasuke murmured against his temple and Naruto found just enough strength to incline his head once.
"Good, just relax. I'll take care of you," he promised, kissing Naruto's shoulder.
He knew he would. Sasuke always took care of him. He closed his eyes and let Sasuke wash him, enjoying how those strong hands massaged his muscles carefully.
Right before he drifted off, trusting Sasuke to take care of him, he decided that this was one hell of a way to celebrate one's birthday.
He woke up in the middle of the night, though he had no idea why. It took him a bit to find his phone in the dark, trying his best to remain as silent as possible so that he wouldn't wake up Sasuke. Pressing on a random key, he squinted heavily when the screen suddenly flooded brightly to life and after adjusting to it, he noticed that it was still barely two in the morning. He still had several hours of sleep ahead of him, thank fuck.
After returning his phone to his nightstand, he turned to his other side, reaching out cautiously to feel where Sasuke was exactly. He came up empty.
"The hell?" he muttered and stretched out his hand further, shuffling closer to the middle of the bed. When his fingers touched the edge of the mattress, he realised that Sasuke wasn't in bed with him and he shot up confused.
There was no light seeping from underneath the door of the bathroom, so he obviously wasn't in there. His side of the bed still felt relatively warm, so he couldn't have left that long ago. Maybe he just went to the kitchen to get something to drink? He waited for a moment longer, straining his ears to pick up any sounds from the kitchen area, but it remained rather quiet.
Too quiet for his liking to be honest. Unease settling in the pit of his stomach, he slipped out of bed and silently walked out of the bedroom, bracing a hand against the wall to guide him along. The living room was completely dark when he set foot inside of it and that only served to ramp up his unease even further. If Sasuke wasn't in the kitchen, the bathroom or the living room, where on earth was he then? Had he left the apartment? No, that couldn't be it; he wouldn't leave him alone without at least leaving a note behind.
Turning around to go back to the bedroom and locate his phone to call Sasuke, he nearly screamed when a dark figure appeared in front of him with no warning. A hand clamped around his mouth, silencing him, and when his hands shot out to push the other one away, he was quickly pulled towards the window where the curtain was drawn back.
"Sssh, Naruto, it's me," Sasuke whispered tersely, lowering his hand now that the blond was able to see him in the light of the moon.
"Shit, Sasuke, what the hell were you doing? You scared the crap out of me!" Naruto hissed, rubbing over his chest. His heart felt like it was doing summersaults and he winced when their baby gave a surprisingly harsh kick, most likely having been startled awake just now. Instantly he caressed soothingly over his stomach, sending a silent apology to the little boy for startling him.
He started to say, "You even woke up the baby just now! Do you know how long it'll take him to - " but was once again silenced by Sasuke pressing his finger against his lips. Completely bewildered now, he uttered an inquiring noise.
"Someone's breaking in in one of the apartments down our hallway," Sasuke whispered and Naruto stilled, eyes growing wider.
Shit, there was a burglar at their floor right now?
"I heard some weird noises just now, so I came out to look," Sasuke continued, but his eyes were focused in the direction of their front door. "I saw some guy messing with the lock of the apartment three doors further down and entering it."
"Shit, that's Yamada-san's apartment!" Naruto said alarmed and took a step back. "We need to help her!" Mrs. Yamada was a sweet, old lady who treated everyone on this floor like they were her grandchildren, no matter how old they were. She'd been overjoyed when she'd noticed he was pregnant and had come by a couple of times already to talk about baby's necessities with him, giving him advice about which furniture would be the best and which products wouldn't irritate his baby's skin.
She was also frail and small and completely unprepared to take on a burglar.
"She's not in tonight," Sasuke shook his head, standing as still as a statue.
"How can you be sure of that? We need to - "
"I overheard her talking to one of the neighbours that she was staying with her daughter for two days to help her with her new baby, so she's safe," Sasuke explained.
For a moment a surge of relief swept over him, glad to hear that the old lady was safe. Then he couldn't help but start worrying again when he realised that this burglar might not restrict himself to only one apartment tonight. There was a single mother living with her two small children next to Mrs. Yamada; he'd heard them arriving earlier in the evening, so they were certainly home. What if that guy decided to break in at their apartment next?
"We should still do something," Naruto insisted, gripping Sasuke's wrist. "Who says he won't be breaking into another apartment?"
"I'm not letting him inside ours," Sasuke said decisively, his eyes – already dark of their own – nothing but pools of pitch black darkness now. "I need you to call the police and tell them to get here as soon as possible. Stay in the bedroom and don't come out until the guy's gone."
Naruto frowned. "And what are you going to do?"
Sasuke's eyes glinted sharply. "I'm going to keep an eye on our uninvited guest, make sure he doesn't try to break into the other apartments."
"Be careful," Naruto cautioned, not sure whether the burglar was armed. He'd rather not find out, thank you very much.
"I will. Go call the police before he's gone." Sasuke practically blended into the shadows as he silently returned to the front door to presumably keep watch.
Naruto wasn't entirely comfortable with leaving Sasuke alone there, but considering he was currently carrying a baby, it might not be such a good idea to keep watch on a burglar who might get violent when caught. He trusted Sasuke to take care of himself; he had experience in defending and subduing people thanks to Gaara's dojo and he'd also started to learn how to disarm someone from Naruto's dad.
Still, he hurried back to the bedroom and snatched his phone from the nightstand, pressing in the emergency number for the police. He tapped his foot up and down as he waited for someone to pick up on the other end of the line. Fortunately that didn't take long and soon a woman's voice greeted him in a professional tone.
"Police, how can I help you?"
"There's a guy breaking into an apartment in my building. It's on my floor and we don't know whether he'll break into the others as well. Please hurry," he told her and gave her the address of their apartment building.
"Okay, I'm sending a squad right now. You said he's on the third floor, yes?"
"Yeah, third floor. Right now he's in number thirty-four."
"Is there anyone else in that apartment right now?"
"No, the owner is staying with her daughter for a couple of days," he replied, stroking his belly when his baby kept fussing around.
"That's good. Are you still in your own apartment?"
"Yeah, in my bedroom. My mate's watching the apartment to make sure the guy doesn't move into others."
"Were you able to see how the man looks like? Can you describe him for me?"
"No, sorry, I can't. My mate woke up because of some noise and saw him breaking into the apartment. Do you want me to ask him - " he cut himself off when a muffled shout echoed through the corridor outside, followed by the sounds of people struggling and bumping against the walls. "Shit!"
"Sir, what's happening?"
Ignoring the woman urgently calling him, he ran to the front door, his heart skipping a beat when he saw it was open with Sasuke nowhere in sight.
The sounds of struggling were a lot louder now and when he stepped outside in the corridor, he saw two dark shapes fighting each other before one of them – a man taller than the other but also fatter – was slammed against the wall hard and slung to the floor; the other one immediately sitting down on his back and restraining his arms behind his back in what had to be one of the most uncomfortable positions Naruto had ever seen.
Several doors opened at once, the commotion luring other people out of their beds, and with the light spilling out into the corridor, Naruto saw Sasuke sitting on top of the burglar's back; a grim, harsh look on his face.
"Let me go!" the other man yelled, voice oddly nasal, trying to struggle from underneath Sasuke, but it was no use.
He froze up completely when Sasuke bent down and hissed, "Stay still or I rip off your arms."
The threat was apparently credible enough, because the other man didn't even move an inch. Given how murderous Sasuke sounded, that was probably for the best.
"Er, what's going on here?" Mister Katsu asked wide-eyed as he tried to adjust his glasses.
"The fat guy was breaking into Yamada-san's apartment. Sasuke caught him just now," Naruto replied feebly, his heart still feeling like it would beat straight out of his chest. He quickly assessed Sasuke, but as far as he could see, the Alpha wasn't sporting any injuries, which frankly was a miracle, given that the other guy looked like he was double his size.
"Sir? What's happening right now? Are you okay?"
Oh right, he was still on the phone. Still keeping an eye on the two men on the ground, he asked, "Do you still need me to give that burglar's description?"
"Is he in your apartment now?" the woman asked alarmed.
"No, my mate just subdued him outside our apartment. I don't think he's going to move anytime soon now," he told her blankly.
A pause on the other end of the line. "The police will be there with you shortly."
"Are you okay?" Naruto asked softly, walking over to the couch where Sasuke was sitting.
The police had just left, taking the guy with them, and peace and quiet had been restored in the apartment building. The clock announced it was nearing a quarter past four and he knew he was going to pay for this short night in a couple of hours when he was in his first class.
"He couldn't land a punch on me," Sasuke said calmly. He drew Naruto closer to him when the blond stopped in front of the couch and pressed his face into his rounded stomach; his arms wrapped around the Omega's hips, steadying him.
That's not what I'm really asking, Naruto thought, but didn't push further. Instead he ran his fingers gently through Sasuke's hair, untangling some strands carefully and listening to Sasuke taking deep breaths, face still hidden against his stomach.
He hadn't noticed it earlier when Sasuke had been restraining the guy, but Sasuke had actually broken the guy's nose somewhere during their struggle. There was a rather big stain left on the ground in the corridor; it was going to be hell for the owners to get that blood washed off. Breaking somebody's nose went a bit further than simply subduing the person, but …
He looked down at inky black hair and wondered whether tonight – and more importantly how much of it – had somehow triggered some of Sasuke's memories of his past.
"Didn't I tell you to stay inside?" Sasuke finally stirred and pulled back, gazing up at Naruto with disapproval lurking deep within his eyes.
"I heard people fighting and I couldn't see you in the doorway anymore – what would you have done?" Naruto threw back, quirking an eyebrow. His hands were resting on Sasuke's shoulders now, massaging tense muscles.
"I'm not six months pregnant," Sasuke pointed out; eyebrows pulled together in a deep frown.
"No, you're not, but that doesn't mean either that you have to get into a fight with a burglar. What if he'd been carrying a weapon?" Naruto shot back upset. There was a tremble running down his arms and his legs were starting to feel like rubber, like he would collapse any second now.
The reality of how dangerous this could have been was starting to settle in and he dug his fingers into Sasuke's shoulders, needing something to ground himself. If that guy had carried a weapon like a gun or a knife, this could have ended very badly. Very, very badly. That it hadn't, was nothing short of a giant stroke of good luck.
"I couldn't risk him targeting our home next," Sasuke muttered and he clutched Naruto's hips, his eyes unseeing as he stared at the Omega's belly. "I couldn't risk both of you."
"And I can't risk you," Naruto said softly, cupping Sasuke's face and tilting it up so that they looked each other in the eye. "That Mark I gave you goes beyond wanting to show all those boys and girls that you're mine. It's my promise to stay at your side, to love you, and to take care of you, whatever happens. You can't expect me to not react when I think you're in trouble, just as much as I can't expect that you won't react."
Sasuke swallowed and turned his head to kiss Naruto's left hand. "I can't lose you. Neither one of you."
"We can't lose you either," Naruto said firmly and slid his hands down Sasuke's arms, grabbing his hands and pulling him up. "Come on, let's catch some sleep while we still can. Class is going to be enough of a bitch as it is already."
"I'm not sure whether I'll be able to go to sleep now," Sasuke admitted in a low voice; his right hand spasming in Naruto's.
"Well, I'd still like you in bed with me," Naruto said, forcing himself to sound light-hearted. "You can get the little one back to sleep. He's still fussing around and I know he calms down whenever you talk to him."
Talking to the baby seemed to have an equal calming effect on Sasuke, but he wasn't going to mention that any time soon. He just wanted to go back to bed with his mate and rest for however long the alarm clock would allow them to; fatigue settling in heavily. If that meant luring Sasuke in with talk about the baby, so be it. It wasn't like he was even lying about it; their baby did calm down whenever Sasuke talked to him.
If Sasuke talked to him, the Alpha would calm down, their baby would finally settle and stop using his intestines as his personal punching bag and Naruto would be able to catch a few hours of sleep.
Win-win for everyone.
They crawled back into their bed and as soon as Naruto had found a comfortable position to lie in, Sasuke started rubbing over his stomach, whispering to it about all the things they would get to do once the baby was older. The blond didn't pay much attention to it; Sasuke's low voice having a soothing effect on his already fuzzy brain.
It didn't take long for him to fall back asleep.
"You sound tired, sweetheart, are you feeling all right?" Mum asked worriedly.
Rubbing a hand over his face, he sighed, acknowledging to himself that he really should have expected his mum to prick right through his fake cheerfulness. The lack of decent sleep had hit him hard and it had been some kind of miracle that he hadn't fallen asleep in any of his classes today.
Supressing a yawn, he replied vaguely, "Just – didn't sleep well."
"Something happened?"
He debated lying about what had happened, blaming his exhaustion on the hot weather, but he felt like somehow she would find out the truth in the end and he'd probably be in big trouble then. He might be officially an adult now, with his own baby on the way, but that didn't make an angry mum less scary.
"Someone broke into one of the apartments on our floor last night," he begrudgingly answered and she gasped on the other end of the line. Hastily he added, "But Sasuke managed to stop him before the guy could even think of breaking into ours. The police came and took him away."
"And you didn't think of calling me immediately?" she demanded, her voice slightly shrill.
"Mum, it's not like there was anything you could do," he sighed, running a hand through his hair. "We're fine, I promise. Just a bit of a nasty shock, that's all."
"You didn't get much sleep then, huh?" she asked knowingly.
"Just a couple of hours. I think Sasuke slept even less than I did, if he already slept," he added, because that was something he doubted. Not that he looked so fresh after only a couple of hours of sleep, but Sasuke looked worse off. He'd been awake when Naruto had dozed off and he'd been awake when Naruto had woken up again.
"How is he holding up?"
He peeked out of the living room and saw Sasuke still busy at the door, installing a camera. He watched for a couple of seconds before retreating into the living room again, sitting down on the couch. "He's setting up a camera at the front door. I tried to talk him out of it, but he wouldn't budge," he replied and sighed.
Admittedly he hadn't tried very hard to dissuade Sasuke from purchasing a security camera – the best of its kind – even though personally he felt like it was a bit unnecessary. Then he had remembered what had happened to Sasuke when he was twelve, and what had occurred last night, and he'd decided to let his mate install a camera if that put him more at ease. It wasn't like it would bother him much and if Sasuke felt calmer with its presence, then he was okay with that.
Sasuke had been tense the whole day already, sticking close to Naruto's side whenever they had a break. Even if nothing really bad had happened last night, it would probably be a while still before Sasuke would completely relax again.
"I guess that's understandable, given what happened to him before," Mum said, but sounded a bit conflicted. "Although … Has he tried therapy? To give what happened to him a place."
"I already had this conversation with dad," Naruto groaned, slumping against the back of the couch. "As far as I know, he hasn't gone to therapy. If he thinks he's in need of it, he'll go, I'm sure."
"Maybe it's something you should bring up," she said cautiously.
"What for? Because I told you he's installing a camera? Lots of people do that if there's been a break in nearby," he retorted incredulously.
"I know that, but it might be something you - "
"Mum, no offence, but I really don't want to talk about this again," he cut her off annoyed. "I already had this talk with dad, I don't want to have it again with you."
She was quiet for a moment before she softly said, "You know that I care for you both. I'm just a bit worried."
"I know, but that's not necessary, I promise. We're fine," he said firmly.
"All right," she acquiesced and asked in a much lighter tone, "So how's my grandson doing?"
"Training to be a kickboxer," he answered dryly, rubbing over his right side when the baby gave a particular harsh nudge there, as if he knew they were talking about him.
She laughed. "You were the same when I was pregnant. Really thought sometimes that you were going to leave lasting bruises on my organs."
He wrinkled his nose. "Guess this is my payback then."
"Payback for what?" Sasuke appeared in the doorway, his eyebrow lifted.
Gesturing towards his belly, Naruto answered, "Your son is beating my organs into submission – something which I apparently did to my mum."
"How come he's my son whenever he's being too active?" Sasuke asked dryly, walking over to him. "Wouldn't that be more the fault of your genes than mine?"
Naruto scowled at him and pulled him down on the couch. "Shut up and talk to him so that he'll leave my poor organs alone for a while. I really don't want to run to the bathroom again."
"I can't shut up and talk to him at the same time," Sasuke pointed out, his eyes dancing in amusement. He snorted when blue eyes increased their glare and slipped a hand underneath Naruto's shirt, stroking his stomach slowly. "I've been ordered to tell you to calm down."
"Don't say it like that," Naruto complained and started when laughter chimed in his ear. He'd forgotten mum was still on the phone.
"So, have you decided on any names yet?" she asked, both curious and eager.
"No, we still have to decide on one. We've been mostly looking for furniture and rearranging some of the rooms here," he replied, smiling when Sasuke bent down and rested his ear against his stomach, listening to their baby fuss around.
"Keep some of the shopping for when I can be there!" she exclaimed. "I can't miss out on baby shopping with my son!"
"All right, I'll keep the shopping for clothes until you can be there, how does that sound?" he grinned, sliding a hand around Sasuke's neck and brushing his thumb over his pulse.
"You better do," she huffed. "No way in hell am I going to miss out on this milestone!" Then she groaned. "Eugh, looks like my break is over. I'll talk to you again soon, okay? Give my love to Sasuke and my grandson."
"Yeah, okay, say hi to dad from me."
"Will do, honey. Love you!"
"Love you too." He hung up and looked down, meeting black eyes. "Mum sends her love."
Sasuke hummed and rose up, pecking his lips. "I'm going to start on dinner."
"You need any help?" Naruto made to stand up, but Sasuke shook his head and halted him with a hand against his chest.
"No, no need. You can take a nap in the meantime. You look like you need it," he smirked, but his gaze held a hint of concern.
He was already out of the room before Naruto could point out that he looked in desperate need of a nap as well. With a sigh, he looked around their living room, his eyes falling on Sasuke's laptop on the small table. The camera had been linked to that laptop and the screen was filled with an image of the empty corridor outside.
He stared at it for a little while before getting comfortable on the couch. Turning his head away, he closed his eyes and wrapped his arm around his stomach, feeling their baby nudge his palm gently.
Perhaps a nap wouldn't be that bad.
"Kakashi sent us something," Naruto said surprised, retrieving the thick package from their mailbox. Classes were over for today and after a quick stop at the supermarket for some groceries to make dinner tonight, they were back at their apartment building. While Sasuke had taken over the other grocery bag, Naruto had wrestled with the little door of their mailbox to pick up their mail.
He'd never expected to get something from Kakashi, though. Certainly not something this big and thick. What could possibly be in it?
"Did he text you he'd be sending you something?" he questioned, flipping the package around. His eyebrows rose when he saw that the package was addressed to them back. Running a hand across the sides, he surmised it had to be some kind of book. Why would Kakashi be sending them a book?
"No, I haven't heard from him in a while," Sasuke replied and eyed the package warily. "Should we even bring it inside? God knows what the hell he put in that."
Naruto snorted and walked to the elevator. "Can't be anything bad. He wouldn't risk his porn stash, remember?"
"I don't know," Sasuke said slowly, following him into the elevator. "He actually might be that stupid."
"Well, we'll find out soon." Naruto shrugged. "If it's something stupid or offensive, you have full permission to do whatever you want to do to him."
"Thanks for that," Sasuke snorted.
After storing the groceries in the fridge, they settled on the couch together with Kakashi's package in Naruto's hands.
"So, who's going to open it?" Naruto inquired, weighing the package in his hands thoughtfully.
The dark haired man shrugged. "You can if you want to. It's addressed to us both anyway."
"True." He made quick work of ripping the brown paper off whatever was in the package, disposing the paper next to him for now.
A light brown cover greeted him, but there was no title on either the front or the spine of it. Turning it around briefly showed him there was no summary on the back either. It was clearly a book, though, so what was it about?
Curiosity growing, he flipped open the cover and cocked his head, studying the simple white red fan symbol printed in the middle of the first page. Just when he wanted to ask whether Sasuke knew what the symbol meant, he felt him freeze next to him.
"Sasuke?" he asked bewildered, his eyes widening when he noticed how pale the other man had suddenly become. "Sasuke, are you okay?"
The book was in Sasuke's lap before Naruto could even blink and to his astonishment, he saw Sasuke's hand tremble when he slowly traced the fan.
"This is the family album my mother made," he whispered, voice thick and oh.
The Uchiha family album. A book filled with nothing but pictures of his parents and his brother, all taken in happier times.
"I didn't know Kakashi had it," Naruto said softly, looking at the fan. Considering Sasuke's reaction, he probably hadn't seen this album in years. Why had Kakashi sent it now? Why hadn't he given it to Sasuke earlier?
"I didn't know either," Sasuke said distracted. "I thought it had disappeared somewhere when we'd packed my stuff. I can't believe … I haven't looked at this one in years." He sounded amazed, overwhelmed –
And sad.
His fingers, still tracing the fan, stilled when Naruto placed his hand on top of his. "You want to look through it with me?" Naruto suggested quietly, realising just how important this album was to Sasuke.
He hadn't seen these pictures in years, had only been able to look at the couple of pictures he did have. How did he feel now, now that he had the album back in his hands? Now that all the memories he'd made with his family were back in his lap, collected in this family album, and all he needed to do to see them again was browse through the pages?
Sasuke stared at the page for a long time, his eyes unseeing as if he was somewhere far away, in a place where Naruto couldn't reach him. All kinds of emotions crossed his face, each one disappearing too quickly for the Omega to really make sense of them.
"Yeah, I'd like that," he eventually murmured and hesitated once more before turning the first page.
The first picture was of Mikoto, who despite her obvious exhaustion, was smiling proudly as she held baby Sasuke in her arms. She was lying in a small bed and the overall plainness of the room suggested she was still in the hospital at the time the pictured had been taken. Her husband, Fugaku, was standing on her left side, one hand resting on her shoulder as he looked down with pride at his youngest son. Itachi was kneeling on the bed on his mother's other side, not even looking directly at the camera; all his attention seemed to be fixated on the little baby bundled up in blue blankets.
Underneath the picture in elegant handwriting had been written, '23rd of July, Sasuke's born. Welcome to the family, my baby boy.'
"You were a cute baby," Naruto commented, gauging Sasuke's reaction. When Sasuke just hummed, still studying the picture, he added lightly, "Wish I'll look as good as your mum did when I've given birth."
That had the corners of Sasuke's mouth quirking up slightly before he turned the page to the next picture. This one had Sasuke as a new born again, being held by a man with long, black, bushy hair with a rather stern face. 'Madara holding Sasuke at Itachi's birthday party' was written underneath this one.
"Who's Madara?"
"My grandfather. He moved to another country when I was around ten years old. Don't know where he is now," Sasuke replied absentmindedly.
The picture on the third page had a young Itachi standing in front of a tree with baby Sasuke cradled against his chest in a sling. Itachi seemed to be pouting slightly, one of his hands cupping Sasuke's head.
"You two look so cute," Naruto couldn't help himself from cooing about the two brothers. "Did he carry you around often?"
"Mother said she could hardly get him to put me down," Sasuke snorted. "She often told me about how when I cried during the night, she usually found Itachi in my room, shushing me to sleep by the time she got out of bed. Apparently he liked carrying me around and even tried to take me to class with him."
Naruto laughed. "And did he succeed?"
In response Sasuke flipped the page and pointed at the picture glued in the middle. It was of a classroom filled with children and parents and right there in the middle was Itachi, holding Sasuke in a sling against his chest, looking particularly pleased with himself.
"Mother forbade him from taking me to his classes, but in exchange for that, she took me with them to Itachi's Family Day at his school," Sasuke explained. "They had actually planned to let someone babysit me, but if Itachi promised he wouldn't take me with him to school every day, they would take me to Family Day."
"Your brother really loved you a lot, huh?" Naruto remarked softly, staring at the picture. Even from the distance the picture had been taken at, Itachi's love for his little brother was clearly visible on his face, written as plain as day for everyone to see.
"Yeah. I really looked up to him," Sasuke said quietly and his fingers tightened almost imperceptibly around the page. "Others considered their fathers to be their heroes – I had Itachi as my hero."
When Naruto looked up at him, he saw black eyes glittering unnaturally bright. Without thinking about it, he closed the album and took it out of Sasuke's hands, placing it on the table. Then he crawled into Sasuke's lap and wrapped his arms around his shoulders, letting the Alpha bury his face in his neck.
"I'm sorry," he murmured, fingers tangling into black strands. "I know how much you miss them."
Sasuke's shoulders tensed up underneath his embrace and then his arms slid around Naruto's waist, hugging him as closely against his body as he could with Naruto's belly in the way; the quiet desperation enough to make Naruto's heart break for him.
Then something wet hit his skin and trailed down and Naruto tightened his embrace, letting Sasuke fall apart in his arms.
As Sasuke grieved in his embrace, Naruto thought about the album, about the pictures in them. He thought about how happy the Uchiha had been before that one faithful night. He thought about the brother Sasuke had looked up to, the one who'd given his life in order to save that of his little brother's; the one who'd made sure to stay alive long enough to make sure his brother would be safe.
He thought about all that as Sasuke cried in his shoulder and their baby restlessly moved around in his belly and then he knew.
He knew what he wanted to name their son.
"You want to name our son after my brother?" Sasuke's eyes were large, still faintly red rimmed, and they flickered towards Naruto's belly before looking up again astonished.
"Yeah, that is if you don't mind," Naruto said tentatively, placing his hands on his belly. They were ready to go to sleep and their baby was calm inside him now; only the occasional nudge or kick letting him know he was still awake.
When Sasuke continued to stare at him, seemingly lost for words, he explained awkwardly, "Looking at those pictures and hearing you talk about your brother – I can't help but want our son to be like him at least a little bit. Your brother was so brave and he loved you so much; he's the reason you're still here. He's the reason why I got to meet you and love you."
He shuffled closer, linking their fingers together. "Without him, I wouldn't have you. I wouldn't have our baby or have this life together. I want to honour him for that by naming our son after him. If that's okay with you, of course." He eyed him nervously. "If you don't want to, I understand. We'll come up with another name then. But I just thought - " Sasuke's lips cut him off in a soft, but intense kiss.
Framing Naruto's face with his hands, he brought their foreheads together. "I'd like that," he said softly and kissed him again. "Thank you."
Naruto smiled, covering Sasuke's hands with his own. "I love you."
"I love you too. Both of you so much," Sasuke sighed and their mouths met again in another sweet kiss.
In spite of the heat outside, they fell asleep in each other's arms; their hands linked on top of his belly.
"You can't have that many ramen cups, Naruto," Sasuke said, releasing a sigh of the long suffering. "You know that's not healthy."
"Itachi wants it. You're really going to deny your son what he wants?" Naruto demanded petulantly, covering his ramen loot in the shopping cart.
The unimpressed look he received was honestly quite offensive. "Itachi or you?" Sasuke asked knowingly, raising an eyebrow. He jerked his head towards the shelf. "Put five back at least. You can keep the others."
"But these are limited edition flavours, Sasuke," Naruto whined and pouted. "You can't expect me to put those back!"
"They're not healthy food, you idiot!"
"It has vegetables in it!"
Pointing a finger accusingly at the collection of ramen cups, Sasuke said annoyed, "That dried shit can hardly be called vegetables!"
"It's not dried shit," Naruto retorted, narrowing his eyes. "I promise I won't eat it every day, but just let me buy these, okay? I promise I'll eat as healthy as you want, but I want my ramen!"
"What's your obsession with ramen?!"
Naruto opened his mouth to answer, but a perplexed, male voice interrupted him from behind.
"Sasuke-kun? Is that you?"
When Naruto whipped his head around, he saw a young man standing a few feet away from them; his hair long and blond and put up in a ponytail. His eyes were a bright blue and they lit up when Sasuke turned to face him.
"It is you, un! Oh my god, it's been years! How have you been?" the man asked with a large grin, breaching the distance between them quickly.
As Naruto stood there wondering how Sasuke knew this guy, Sasuke asked stunned, "Deidara?"
AN2: So yep, that happened *nods* I'm just going to leave this here.
Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
I hope to see you all back in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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