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Constellations (complete)	By : momhuey8 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1362 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Sasuke brooded the next morning. His thoughts had continued to circle but kept coming back to family. He had come from a large family. Each person was different and had brought something unique, some strength to the mix. His mother had given him something different than his father; his brother and grandparents had given him something different still.
He thought the answer was there and as he imagined the streets of their neighborhood filled with people, children and adults, with Naruto and him at the center, it seemed right.
A picture from a book his aniki had read to him as a child floated through his mind. The book had been ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ and in it had been a drawing showing Gulliver lying on his back on the ground, surrounded by the Lilliputians. The tiny people had the giant strapped to the ground with hundreds of ropes. They were small bonds, but there were so many of them, that Gulliver couldn’t leave.
Not only could others help create the life he envisioned, but additional bonds would work to his advantage, as well. Neji had been correct; no human had ever taken their responsibilities and commitments more seriously than Naruto. If Naruto had little blond children waiting at home for him, could he have fought harder, winning the battle with Kyuubi without Sasuke’s help? Such a thing would make a difference to Sasuke and it seemed reasonable that it would for Naruto, as well.
Sasuke suddenly felt the need to lie with his lover. He felt a primitive urge move through him, a primal need to send his seed in search of its mate. He felt the need to create a life with the other half of his soul. Not literally, after all, neither of them could bear children. But there were ways…
One day there would be children. There were ways if one wanted it badly enough. He wanted it badly.
Sasuke sighed in frustration. Children would take time. They were both males so there would need to be a plan. As he thought about it, he realized that it would be even more complicated because, except for female children, he wanted no women in their lives. Naruto’s heart was huge and it was clear from the example he’d shown with Sakura, whom he’d loved for years in spite of her mistreatment, a female presence in their personal lives would be dangerous.
But that wasn’t what he was really looking for anyway. Children would love them unconditionally, but they couldn’t help Sasuke take care of Naruto.
His gaze and his thoughts kept straying to Neji. He needed to make Neji a part of their lives; a part of their private lives.
He wondered if Neji would just agree to the arrangement, or if he would need to be wooed. Maybe Neji didn’t like Sasuke in that way. Certainly he would come live with them if Naruto asked, but would he come for Sasuke?
Later, during Neji’s shift, while Sasuke was supposed to be resting, Neji spoke from his usual position against the wall.
“What are you thinking? I feel like I’ve been stalked all day long.”
Sasuke didn’t answer, just stood and moved to stand much as he had the night before; close with his hands on either side of Neji’s head.
Neji’s eyes widened as he felt Sasuke’s intention.
“What are you doing? How can you do this?”
“It’s an experiment,” Sasuke murmured.
Then he leaned in and covered Neji’s lips.
Neji whimpered and put his palms on Sasuke’s chest pushing lightly. Sasuke leaned closer and Neji’s hands became fists that gripped Sasuke’s shirt.
Neji’s lips were warm and he smelled good. As Sasuke leaned closer still, he felt a change in Neji’s body that indicated he liked this. He shoved his fingers into Neji’s hair, tilted his head and deepened the kiss. Then he felt the changes in his own body.
Then he felt a pain in his jaw as he flew across the room. The scraping of the chair on which he landed woke Naruto, who once again, opened his eyes in silence.
Sasuke picked himself up and returned to stand in front of Neji.
“Sasuke,” Neji said breathing hard.
“Live with us,” Sasuke interrupted in a husky murmur.
Naruto’s eyes widened.
“What are you talking about?” Neji growled.
“You love him. I love him. Live with us and we’ll love him together. Help me.”
Neji gripped his hair, uncharacteristically upset.
“What about what he wants? Do you honestly think he wants that?”
“I don’t know, but I’m willing to find out,” Sasuke said calmly.
“Okay, forget about what he wants. What about what I want?” Neji’s voice was shaking.
Sasuke stepped closer and reached between Neji’s legs and stroked. Neji’s gasped and fell back against the wall, his eyes closed.
“I think you want it, too.”
Sasuke found himself on his ass again, but this time he just stood, dusted himself off and then returned to his chair, studying Neji with a knowing look on his face.
Meanwhile Naruto closed his eyes again, his thoughts in a whirl. Things were changing and he didn’t know what, if anything, he should do about it.
Should he open his eyes and put a halt to this before Sasuke freaked out completely and changed all their lives beyond recognition? Was his continued absence making this situation spiral out of control?
Or should he keep his eyes closed and let Sasuke find his way to a place in which he was happier, more secure. He could guess that Sasuke was feeling out of control and trying to right things by alphabetizing the cosmos. That’s what Sasuke did.
Honestly, if it took the inclusion of Neji in their lives to make Sasuke happy, Naruto could do that. But what about Neji? Naruto did not want to see his friend hurt. Because, while he could include Neji in their lives, he didn’t think he would ever love him as he loved Sasuke. Neji deserved such a love and Naruto didn’t want Sasuke to deprive him of that by making the older brunette into a shield or security blanket.
Deciding that the drama was over for the night, and feeling sleep pull at him again, he kept his eyes closed and drifted away once again.
Outwardly, no one would know that Neji was a wreck. Inside, however, he was waffling between assigning this post to someone else…and ripping his clothes off and crawling onto Sasuke’s lap.
Neji’d had no trouble keeping his mind on mission parameters these last days, although he’d enjoyed sharing the duty with Sasuke, who was sharp and funny and, he was learning, sometimes so desperately insecure and needy, so endearingly human.
The situation had been clear; Naruto’s safety was his first priority. And Naruto belonged to Sasuke. Those things had created a wall inside him that kept all thoughts but perimeter security and contingency plans at bay.
In one ten second period, though, Sasuke had blown that wall to bits. He’d painted a kaleidoscope of pictures in Neji’s head that refused to go away. One second he could almost feel Sasuke biting his neck and pushing his shirt from his body, the next he was imagining running his lips and fingers over the rocky abs on Naruto’s tan torso.
Ultimately, though, Naruto’s safety was still the most important thing to him. They still had no idea who was responsible for the incident with the villagers and until they did, Neji trusted no one to do this job but himself.
So he would have to find a way to get his head back in the game. And keep Sasuke an arm’s length way.
During his shift, while Neji lie stiff on his futon, his shirt buttoned up to his neck, a sword in one hand and a kunai in the other, Sasuke sat on the side of Naruto’s bed. In the quiet darkness he allowed himself the luxury of sitting in silence, drinking in the sight of Naruto’s peaceful face and the sounds of his easy breathing.
Naruto would be waking soon. It wouldn’t be long and he would see that beautiful, beloved face smiling back at him.
Something eased inside of him and he realized that he’d been losing his mind this last week. He rolled his eyes as he remembered and realized he been at his psychotic Uchihan finest; Itachi would have been proud.
Poor Neji. He had become such a dear friend and Sasuke had been an idiot.
Stuffing his hands in his pockets he walked over to Neji’s futon and, in spite of the tension he felt coming from the Anbu captain, he lowered himself and sat lotus style next to him.
“I’m sorry.”
Neji looked at Sasuke warily.
“You’re right. I’ve been losing my mind and couldn’t think beyond my fear to what you or Naruto would want.”
Neji sat up and set his weapons aside. He was surprised to find a bubble of disappointment burst inside of him.
Sasuke looked over his shoulder at Naruto’s bed. “I wish I did know how to make him happy.”
“I don’t understand why this is an issue with you now. It had seemed to me that you two were ecstatically happy.”
“We were.” Sasuke shook his head. “Are. But I would have ruined it.” His head dropped and he picked at a loose thread on the mattress. “I will ruin it.”
Neji couldn’t argue. If Sasuke had gone out to meet the villagers with Naruto, it would have ended badly. And again, if Sasuke had dealt, in typical Sasuke-fashion, with the Council over Naruto and the demon, Sasuke probably would be dead now.
“You know how I am,” Sasuke said. “If I don’t do something to break his heart, it’s almost a sure thing that I’ll take away his dream of being Hokage.” He snorted a wobbly laugh and found his eyes tearing. “I can’t be taken out in public.”
Neji saw a tear slide down Sasuke’s nose and drip off the end to soak into the futon.
“Sasuke…” Neji murmured and pulled him into his arms.
“Teach me,” Sasuke whispered. “Teach me how to be a real person.”
As Sasuke’s shoulders shook, Neji pressed the other dark head onto his shoulder. He felt the warm wetness slide down his neck, and he lost his heart. Again.
Sasuke slouched over the table, holding his chin up with one hand, while poking around in his breakfast with the other. He was studying Neji under his lashes.
The older brunette was different today. He seemed terribly sad. It had to be Sasuke’s fault; there was no one else around. He was just getting ready to apologize again, when movement from the bed caught their attention.
Naruto was waking up!
Naruto opened his eyes to two dark haired ninja; one perched on either side of his bed. Each brunette had one of his hands and was smiling at him. He opened his mouth to say something but found his mouth too dry to speak.
“Water,” Neji said, poking Sasuke in the ribs with an elbow.
“Oh, yeah,” Sasuke said and scrambled to pour a glass. Neji reached behind Naruto and pulled him into a sitting position while Sasuke tipped the glass to his lips.
After he’d had his fill, Sasuke propped pillows and Neji leaned him back carefully. Then the pair hovered expectantly, both sets of eyes moist.
“You guys,” Naruto croaked. After licking his lips several times, he started again. “You guys look like shit.”
He blinked as both burst into cries of joy and hugged each other.
“We look like shit,” Sasuke said, sniffling and laughing with delight.
“What if I tell you that you smell bad, too?” Naruto smirked weakly.
The pair burst into laughter again and wrapped their arms around each other.
After a moment they looked once again at Naruto who was grinning.
“Gods be damned but it’s good to see you smile,” Sasuke said caressing his hair. “How do you feel?”
Naruto looked thoughtful for a minute, then his eyes widened and he clutched his stomach.
“My seal...”
Sasuke’s smile fell. His stomach churned and he wondered if he’d screwed this up as well.
“I…I tried to fix it,” he said uncertainly.
“It’s amazing. It’s perfect,” Naruto said, a far away look still in his eyes as he concentrated on an inventory of his condition.
“Really?” Sasuke asked hesitantly.
Naruto’s eyes lit and he reached for Sasuke, who took both hands in his.
“I had forgotten what a new seal felt like. I hadn’t realized it had faded.”
Naruto grinned. “Fuck, you are awesome.”
Sasuke closed his eyes and felt himself on the verge of tears once again. Then Naruto looked at Neji.
“You were there, too. I remember.”
Neji inclined his head. “I did nothing.”
Sasuke turned to him. “That’s absolutely untrue. I couldn’t have done this without you.”
Neji started to demur again when Naruto gasped.
“My leg,” he whispered. “Is it…”
“It’ll be fine, brat,” Tsunade said from the doorway. “You’ll be running down over-achieving brunette prodigies in no time.”
Tsunade shooed them out of the room, telling them to go get some real food for a change while she tended Naruto.
The pair walked down the street together, shoulder to shoulder, their hands in their pockets.
Sasuke was breathing deeply and smiling at the sun.
“What a beautiful day. I don’t remember the sun ever shining so brightly.”
Neji nodded once, staring at the ground. That’s when Sasuke remembered Neji’s malaise from this morning. He still needed to apologize.
“I’ve hurt you.” Sasuke said quietly. “I’m really sorry.”
“You have not hurt me,” Neji said in surprise.
“Will you tell me what’s wrong?”
“It is nothing. My hardships are my own doing.” Neji waved a hand then stuffed it back in his pocket.
“I’d hate to think I hurt you, too,” Sasuke said, sounding confused.
Neji stopped and turned. He studied Sasuke for a moment, then said, “Don’t sell yourself short in this thing with Naruto. You are a treasure and he is lucky to have you.” He looked at the ground. “You are lucky to have each other.”
“Neji,” Sasuke murmured. Then, giving in to impulse, he pulled Neji into his arms and held him, wishing he knew how to make this second person happy as well.
When they got back to the room, Sasuke saw Naruto propped on some pillows looking alert. He realized he should go and let their loved ones know that Naruto was awake and recovering.
“Hey, Dobe,” he said tangling his fingers lightly in Naruto’s hair. “Need anything from home? I’m going to get a few things and I’ll stop by the Sisters’ and let them know how you’re doing.”
“Naw, I’m good. But I would like it if you’d hug those kids for me and tell them that I’m fine.”
Sasuke nodded then looked at Neji. “Okay with you?”
Neji touched a tattoo on the inside of his wrist and a few minutes later there was a knock on Naruto’s door.
Sasuke grabbed his dirty laundry from the corner and then opened the door to a very young looking teen in Anbu garb.
He smirked and ruffled the spiky dark hair on the boy’s head. “Think you can keep me out of trouble?”
“H..hai,” the boy said, bowing. Sasuke pressed a quick kiss to Naruto’s cheek and strode out the door, his step light.
“Okay,” Naruto said to Neji once they were alone. “Who was that and what did you do with Sasuke?”
Neji smiled and sat on the edge of Naruto’s bed.
“He didn’t understand before, but now he does.” Naruto raised a brow. “He wants to come home and live with you.”
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