Of Silver Linings and Blue Yonder | By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 18517 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3 |
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or make any profit of it. Kishimoto owns it |
Author's note: I'm sorry, guys, for leaving you hanging for almost a month! *winces* I have had a couple of bad weeks at university and due to that, I only have had recently the time to actually write again. I only managed to finish this chapter last night, so I'm really sorry if it isn't up to expectations *grimaces* I promise to do better next time!
Thanks to the following reviewers: Green-Extreme-Ninjetti13 (I'll try ^^ ); Vidalhbea; smint45
Warnings: MPreg; set a bit later than the discovery of the pregnancy; Naruto's pov; slight jealousy
Dedicated to: Criscajsan139
I hope you'll like it!
Chapter 4
"You're certain you want to join me?" Naruto inquired uncertainly and shivered lightly when his mate's stubble cheek rubbed against the sensitive skin of his belly.
Sasuke looked up from where he was situated between the Omega's legs and quirked an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't I be certain?" Bemusement coloured his voice.
The blond shrugged half-heartedly and looked away. "I know you work on Saturdays."
"One day not working won't be problematic. Besides I'd rather stay with you and meet your friends than waste a whole day at my practice for just a couple of patients," the Alpha replied calmly and then he was back to nuzzling Naruto's stomach.
Naruto sighed, but a pleased smile lingered around his lips and he wiggled slightly; laughing merrily when the dark haired man growled softly and hands tightened around his hips.
"You really can't stay still, can you?" Sasuke grumbled and rose up – only to bury his face in Naruto's neck, while a hand shifted from his hip upwards, slipping underneath his shirt. The hand cupping his small belly felt rather hot.
"And you're rather touchy-feely," Naruto retorted, but willingly bared his neck. His Mark throbbed faintly and he released a shuddering breath when lips brushed right underneath his ear.
"Can't help it," Sasuke murmured and his other hand flexed around a slender hip. "You smell divine. So sweet," he crooned and his eyes flashed red as he looked at the blond man under him.
Naruto flushed, blood quickly rushing to his cheeks, and couldn't help but squirm a bit. While he wasn't a stranger to compliments, the ones of Sasuke never failed to fluster him, fill him with giddiness.
His sweet scent was caused by his pregnancy, but he hadn't known just how much the change in his scent would affect his mate. Sasuke had already been quite touchy-feely before, but the newly developed sweet scent had him touching the blond even more. Whenever they were together, at least one part of Sasuke was touching him – usually his recently developed belly bore the brunt of the Alpha's touch.
Naruto had thought that an Alpha's attuned focused on the sweet smell of pregnancy had been exaggerated; an old tale that had survived the centuries to prove that Alpha were the protectors and providers of the family.
Boy, had he been wrong!
Not that he minded; secretly he thought it was adorable that Sasuke was so focused on his scent.
"Where are you planning to meet up?" Sasuke questioned and shifted until he was lying next to Naruto, hand remaining firmly on the blond's belly.
"At a friend's place, but they are still trying to decide whose place. There are votes for the Hyuuga's summerhouse, though," Naruto answered and turned around until he was lying on his left side with his right leg thrown over Sasuke's thigh.
"And they don't mind my joining you?"
Naruto paused, remembering how his friends had reacted when he had informed them that he was no longer dating Gaara. There had been exclamations of surprise and questions as to what had happened, but the blond had remained vague. Despite being hurt by what Gaara had done, he wasn't about to blabber about his infertility. He had merely said they had drifted apart and he had fallen in love with Sasuke.
His friends had been surprisingly accepting and hadn't made a fuss about it.
Naruto smiled faintly. "It was Kiba's idea," he murmured. "They want to get to know you better."
Surprise flitted across Sasuke's face before he relaxed. "No hard feelings because I stole you from their friend?" he smirked.
Blue eyes rolled and Naruto clucked his tongue. "It wasn't stealing. I came willingly to you," he huffed and, ignoring how black eyes softened, continued, "They were surprised I broke up with Gaara, but as long as I'm happy they don't care."
"Good to hear," Sasuke mumbled and slender fingers dipped lower, inside Naruto's underwear; drawing teasingly over his lower stomach. Black with a thin, red outline glittered. "How tired are you?"
"Not tired enough," Naruto grinned.
As Sasuke grinned wolfishly and once more covered his body with his own, the last sunrays faded away, making way for the night.
"How are you feeling?" Kiba inquired curiously and emptied his glass of chilled, white wine with one quick tilt of his hand in his mouth, letting out a soft sigh.
"I'm fine," Naruto reassured his friend and took a sip of his own glass with cooled apple juice. He had only briefly mourned the fact that he couldn't drink any alcohol now.
"Really?" Brown eyes looked at him quizzically. "You look a bit … out of it."
The blond Omega grunted and glanced away disgruntled; a slight frown marring his forehead. They were all gathered at the Hyuuga summer house, as had been the plan from the start. Kiba was here with his wife Hinata, who was currently feeding her five month old daughter while talking to Tenten, Neji's wife of three years now. Neji was talking to Shikamaru, whose wife was away for a business trip until next Thursday. She had made him swear to take pictures of the gathering and the man was too whipped to refuse, despite his laziness. Rock Lee – for once not sporting his infamous green spandex suit, but a regular dark blue track suit – was animatedly discussing something with Chouji; the broad shouldered man had taken his place at the buffet table already, ensuring that he would always have access to the delicious food. His four year old daughter Chouchou was happily playing with Shikamaru's three year old son Shikadai, urging him to pass the ball to her. Clearly taking after his father, the small boy looked decidedly disinterested and only gave the ball weak nudges.
There were several other people who weren't directly included in Naruto's friend circle, but who were either already staying at the summer house (which was the case for a couple of Hyuuga family members) or had simply tagged along with whoever they knew. This included Hinata's younger sister Hanabi and two of her friends.
Normally Naruto thrived on the company of people; the more, the merrier, the better in his opinion. This time, however, unease and irritation clashed inside of him and his grip on the glass tightened imperceptibly.
The cause of his growing aggravation?
Hanabi.
He had met Hinata's younger sister only a couple of times before; the meetings had always been short and he had never actually spoken to her before. She had her own friend circle that didn't mix with her sister's and so Naruto had never got a chance to actually get to know her. He had heard from Kiba that she was a sweet and intelligent girl; gaining top marks at her university, volunteering in her spare time and generally loved by everyone who came into contact with her. She sounded like a lovely person, really – but at this moment Naruto wanted nothing more than for her to go away.
The moment Sasuke had wandered away to grab something to drink – leaving Naruto behind very reluctantly – Hanabi had latched onto him, her light purple eyes glittering in barely hidden excitement, as she chatted easily with the dark haired Alpha. Naruto didn't have any trouble with her talking to his mate, but he did have a serious problem with her flirting with Sasuke.
Oh, she was very subtle with it; she didn't bat her eyelashes in an obnoxious way or giggled way too loudly at whatever Sasuke told her and didn't rub herself against him – but Naruto had seen the flash of interest and desire flickering up in her eyes before she distracted Sasuke and for the past twenty minutes she hadn't let him go back to the blond, drawing his attention back to her as soon as dark eyes wandered away, smiling coyly.
It made Naruto sick. That was his mate she was flirting with; she had clearly seen him arriving together with Naruto, but she didn't even look twice at the engagement rings adorning both men's fingers. It was as if she was determined to ignore the multiple signs telling her that the Alpha was off limits: the rings, the way Sasuke smelt like Naruto and vice versa …
Rationally Naruto knew that he didn't have anything to worry about; Sasuke had only eyes for him, adored and loved him and would never hurt him. The Alpha almost worshipped the ground the blond walked on and even now his body was still rotated to face Naruto.
And yet he couldn't help the anxiety growing in him, couldn't stop the dark voice in the back of his mind reminding him of how beautiful Hanabi was, what an impressive background she had and how much she had in common with Sasuke. Aside from the Uchiha, the Hyuuga were the oldest family in the town and were very respected. Hanabi was the perfect match for the Uchiha heir. She visited the same social circles as Sasuke did – well, as he normally would do if he wasn't such a stubborn person, who refused to attend the parties his family was invited to on a regular basis – and grace practically poured off her.
Grace was something alien to Naruto, as the blond was quite clumsy. He didn't come from a respected bloodline like Hanabi, didn't graduate from a prestigious university and had no ties to important social circles at all.
The differences between him and Hanabi kept piling up and it became hard to ignore how much better she looked like in comparison to him.
Fuck, he had never been this insecure before! What was wrong with him? Was it because he was pregnant now? Did the new influx of hormones mess with his body to the point where he became an insecure idiot?
"Do – do you need me to distract Hanabi-san?" Kiba asked uncertainly, when he noticed the glowering look Naruto was favouring the young woman with.
"No, no, it's fine. Don't worry," Naruto reassured him hastily; an embarrassed smile plastered on his face. He needed to get a hold of himself; it was stupid to get worked up over what Hanabi was doing. It wasn't like she would succeed in seducing Sasuke, so he would only make a fool of himself if he said something about it.
He trusted Sasuke. The man wouldn't accept her advances – even if he was still talking to her.
Nails bit into the soft flesh of his palms and his irritation was slowly transitioning into anger. Why was Sasuke still talking to her? What on earth could they be talking about that took so fucking long? Wasn't his mate supposed to be asocial? When looking at those two talking, one wouldn't think that the Uchiha heir was not fond of people.
But you know, he would remain calm. Not only because of the baby that he was carrying, but also because there was no reason to make a scene. None at all. So what if Sasuke was talking for quite an extensive time with Hanabi? That was okay. No harm done, really.
There was nothing to …
Cerulean blue eyes flashed up and a growl of anger slipped between his clenched teeth when he caught sight of Hanabi's hand landing against Sasuke's shoulder – right on top of the Mark Naruto had given him weeks ago.
His vision turned red. Kiba wisely retreated to the kitchen.
Before he realised it, he was standing next to Sasuke, slipping his hands around Sasuke's arm; subtly pulling him back, away from Hanabi's touch.
"It's nice to see you again, Hanabi-san," Naruto smiled thinly and cocked his head slightly.
Pale lavender eyes narrowed slightly and she pursed her lips slightly. "Naruto-san, it's been a while." She graciously inclined her head.
"I see you've met my mate," he said cheerily and pressed himself closer to Sasuke.
He felt dark eyes trained on him, but he ignored them for the moment.
"Your mate?" she repeated and sounded faintly surprised; her eyes widening a bit.
Naruto didn't buy her surprise for even one second; it had been more than clear to everyone whose mate Sasuke was.
"Yes, well," he paused for a few seconds, before he continued lightly, "he's now my fiancé as well."
"Ah, that is … I didn't know that. Congratulations," she said and it sounded slightly forced. She was clearly pissed that she was indirectly being called out on flirting with a mated person.
"Thank you!" he retorted cheerfully and casually caressed his small belly fleetingly; his small bump visible through his tight shirt. "I'm just so happy now, you know?"
"I can understand that." Her chuckle was weak and leaning towards shrill as she bowed down slightly. "I have just noticed that my uncle has arrived. I need to talk to him; excuse me." She whirled around and practically fled the scene.
"It's amazing how good you are at disguising your asocial nature," Naruto remarked idly as soon as Hanabi had disappeared from the room.
Next to him Sasuke chuckled softly.
"What?" Naruto glared at him, loosening his embrace.
Dark eyes regarded him with amusement dancing in their depths. "I haven't seen you jealous before; I quite like it," he replied and smirked.
Immediately the Omega felt flustered and he stepped backwards, waving his hands haphazardly through the air. "I wasn't jealous! I was just wondering what took you so long, that's all," he denied and felt his cheeks fill with heat when the smirk on his mate's face grew in a knowing manner.
"You know you're the only one for me, right?" the Alpha murmured and slipped his arms around the blond, pulling him flush against his body. "You don't have to worry about anyone else taking my attention from you – nobody can ever take your place." His breath caressed Naruto's neck when he nosed the skin softly.
"Sweet talker," Naruto muttered with a huff, but relaxed in the embrace, bringing his own arms around Sasuke's waist, while he rested his head against his shoulder.
"Hm," Sasuke hummed and brushed a soft kiss against Naruto's forehead, rubbing his back slowly. "Why don't you introduce me to the rest of your friends? I haven't met everyone yet, right?"
The Omega pulled his head back and raised an eyebrow.
"And I'll make certain to stay at your side the entire time, so that nobody else can interrupt us," the dark haired man solemnly promised, but mirth shone through his blank mask.
"You better," Naruto mumbled and pressed a firm kiss on the other man's lips. "I'm not going to save your arse from being assaulted by sneaky girls the entire day, you know."
"Of course not." The corners of Sasuke's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to smirk again.
With a slight pout, Naruto turned around and tugged Sasuke to Rock Lee, so he could introduce them. He had to grin at his mate's dubious look when faced with his friend's exuberant greeting; Rock Lee never failed to make an impression.
As promised, Sasuke didn't leave his side at all, keeping his hand possessively on Naruto's back as they chattered with his friends.
Hanabi remained conspicuously absent for the rest of the day – Naruto couldn't say he felt sad about that.
Maybe now she would learn to keep her hands off mated people.
AN2: This took me way too long to finish *sweatdrops* Please let me know what you think of it; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
I already know which omake I'll be writing next and I'm hoping to post it around New Year :)
See you all in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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