The Agreement

The Agreement

Chapter 2: Surprises and Ideas

The look on Hyuuga Hiashi's face the following morning would have been comical if the tension in the room hadn't been so thick.

"Excuse me?" Hiashi had asked, wanting confirmation from the dark haired youth in front of him. Sasuke sighed, knowing full well that Hiashi had heard him and was now currently trying to process exactly what he had said.

Sasuke knew that the Hyuuga family was traditional to the tee. And since Sasuke had no father to help arrange a traditional set-up between clans, the practice of asking a father for his daughter's hand in marriage would be necessary in order to be accepted into the Hyuuga clan. Sasuke had arrived that morning, the day after he had talked with Hinata, with that intent. Still, his arrival at the house had clearly caused some confusion. Why would Uchiha Sasuke come asking for Hyuugi Hiashi of all people instead of Neji, or even possibly Hinata?

Hiashi had escorted Sasuke into the large library, slightly confused, but still willing to listen to whatever it was that Sasuke had to say. What Sasuke had said had completely caught the older shinobi off-guard, something that Sasuke was sure few could do to the older Hyuuga any more. Sasuke hid a small smirk at that thought, knowing it would not help him in his current situation.

"I said I would like to request Hinata's hand in marriage," Sasuke repeated. Hiashi looked away from Sasuke, thoughtful.

"This request is rather sudden. I had no idea you had any interest in pursuing my daughter." The unspoken 'nor did I have any idea she had any interest in you' hung unspoken but clear in the air. Sasuke did not respond. After a full awkward minute of silence, Hiashi continued. "I give my approval, if Hinata consents." Sasuke merely nodded, bowing his head slightly.

"Thank you, sir," Sasuke murmured respectfully, turning to leave.

"Sasuke-san," Hiashi said suddenly. Sasuke turned back to face the older man. "You would not have bothered to ask me for Hinata's hand in marriage if you did not believe that she would consent. Why now – and does it have anything to do with your former teammates and their newly announced marital intent?" Hiashi asked in a more forward manner than normal. Sasuke nearly smiled. Even Hyuuga Hiashi had noticed his daughter's interest in Naruto.

"To a degree, yes," Sasuke replied truthfully. Hiashi nodded.

"I suppose I had always suspected, or maybe hoped, that Uzumaki would someday be in your position, asking me instead," Hiashi added, hiding none of his thoughts. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Interesting – Hiashi seemed to approve of Naruto.

"Oh? I was under the impression that Naruto had never shown any interest in Hinata other than a friend," Sasuke gently pressed, curious as to how Hiashi felt about Naruto. 'Nor did I have any idea that you liked him,' Sasuke mused to himself.

"Perhaps not, but I had hoped. He changed both my daughter and my nephew in a way that few people can. Hinata gained a sense of strength and drive, and Neji learned to question the fate he believed he was so condemned to live with forever. In fact, from what I hear, Uzumaki has changed a lot of people for the better. So I suppose what I mean to say is, have you only waited to ask me now out of respect for Hinata's clear adoration of your teammate or for some other reason?" Hiashi questioned.

"I did indeed wait until it was clear that Naruto had chosen someone other than Hinata," Sasuke worded carefully. He wasn’t lying, but he wasn’t directly answering the question either. If Hiashi noticed this, he chose to ignore it.

"Then good day to you," Hiashi dismissed Sasuke. Sasuke bowed again and exited the room.

His meeting with Hiashi had gone much smoother than he had anticipated. Sasuke had thought there would be terms such as “the children must take the Hyuuga name” or tricky questions such as “what are your feelings towards my daughter?” Instead, Hiashi had agreed without hesitation.

Something about the ease of his acceptance bothered Sasuke, but he decided he wasn’t going to dwell on that subject now. The point was that he would be able to marry Hinata in order to make it look like the children she birthed were legitimate children, the precious children that Sasuke would use to help show Naruto that he would be better off with him instead of anyone else.

As Sasuke exited the house, he looked up to see Hinata peering out of the window. He nodded his head, and she gently smiled at him.

Sasuke continued to walk outside of the Hyuuga compound, a cold weight dropping in the pit of his stomach. Now that everything was finalized, he felt an insane rage welling up inside him. Why? Why did he have to fall for Naruto? Why did he have to take to such extreme measures in order to get the man he desired, the man he loved – the man he needed to live? Sasuke knew he couldn’t force Naruto to choose him, as much as he wanted him to. Sasuke knew that Naruto needed to fall for him on his own, but couldn’t life just be kind to him for once? Couldn’t Naruto have desired him back? Sasuke’s hands shook, but he kept himself composed all the way to the Uchiha compound. He flung open his door, finally losing his composure as he roughly flung his coffee table against the nearest wall, splintering the legs and other parts off.

"Damnit!" Sasuke bellowed, his voice louder and higher pitched than normal. He kicked the piece of furniture aside and activated his sharingan.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Sasuke yelled, having copied the technique from Naruto with his sharingan. A perfect replica of himself appeared. The clone scowled darkly at him, being just as unruly and un-submissive as the real Uchiha Sasuke, but after a clear glare from the real Sasuke to the clone, the clone henged into Naruto. Sasuke roughly pushed his own clone to the ground capturing the would be Naruto substitute in a rough kiss, before dragging his hands to pull off the henged clone’s clothes, as Sasuke began to take away his dark frustrations on the closest thing he might ever have to his desires...

Two hours later...

Someone knocked loudly at Sasuke's door. Sasuke glared at the door darkly, as though it was the door's fault that was currently interrupting his peace and quiet after enjoying the benefits of being able to do kage bunshin no jutsu and henge to relieve some of his sexual frustrations.

Even though his clone looked like Naruto, Sasuke knew he would never be satisfied until he had the real Naruto writhing and moaning beneath him, and he glared extra hard at the door, wishing for peace and quiet.

"Oi, teme! Open up!" Then again, if it was Naruto at the door, that was another matter. Naruto could bother him almost any time he liked. Sasuke quickly created another clone to clean up the evidence of his frustrations strewn across the living room. Sasuke hastily opened up the door, and then stepped outside before Naruto could seen inside, making sure to quickly close the door behind him.

"What is it Naruto?" Sasuke asked calmly, pulling out his keys and locking his door as though he had been planning to leave his house just as Naruto was coming to see him. He really didn't want Naruto to see the mess he had made upon relieving both his anger and then his sexual frustrations in the middle of his living room floor.

"You busy?" Naruto asked, as he did a complete turn around, now following Sasuke as the dark haired man walked by his friend as though in a hurry to go somewhere.

"I was going out to get a few things for dinner," Sasuke said, turning his head to the side to look at the other man as Naruto fell in step next to him.

"Can you believe Sakura said yes? I was so excited! Thanks for your help in picking out the ring, by the way," Naruto grinned widely.

"Hn," Sasuke responded, waving his hand as if it were nothing. In fact, it had been nothing. Naruto had asked for his help, and all that his help had amounted to was Sasuke following Naruto around the entire day while Naruto looked at different rings. Sasuke hadn't done anything but stare longingly at Naruto when his back was turned.

Naruto began chattering away happily, not caring that Sasuke only said "hn," or the occasional "oh?" in response. This was how things were between them. It felt comfortable. This was the routine that the two had fallen into after Sasuke's awkward return from Sound, Itachi's death, and Akatsuki's downfall. It was a time that they never talked about, and since then they had somehow managed to pick up a new, better routine after Sasuke's return. The bond that Naruto and Sasuke had, the one that Sasuke tried so hard to shatter, tugged harshly at Sasuke's heart. The two of them might have seemed odd to anyone else, but to Naruto and Sasuke, their behavior was normal. In fact, it was downright enjoyable.

Sasuke actually listened to what Naruto said and was not idly throwing in random noises to pretend to show that he was listening. Naruto was mindful to chatter about gossip that Sasuke might not have heard from other sources, but might actually need to know if one of Sasuke's many fan girls tried to tell him something different than actuality. This allowed Sasuke the ability to know whether or not said girl was telling the truth. Not that it really mattered to Sasuke whether or not the girls who constantly fawned over him lied to him or not, but Naruto cared since Naruto thought there was a chance Sasuke would actually pick one of them to date. That would never happen though. Sasuke was only interested in one person, and that happened to be his oblivious best friend. However, since Naruto cared that Sasuke’s fangirls might lie to him, Sasuke at least pretended to care too.

"Naruto," Sasuke said seriously, as he looked at the vegetables in the market, somewhat reluctant to meet Naruto’s gaze. Naruto's chatter died away, as he looked at Sasuke, "I'm going to marry Hinata." Sasuke turned around to look at Naruto, gauging the blond’s reaction. Naruto, for his part, looked dumbfounded.

"Huh?" Naruto said confused.

"I'm going to marry Hinata," Sasuke repeated.

"But – but that's awfully fast! I thought you said you were going to ask her out yesterday! What the heck? You can't possibly be in love yet!" Naruto yelled out confused. Sasuke sighed.

"It's best for Hinata. If it's not me, her father was going to make her marry someone else. I had to move quickly," Sasuke said, telling a partial truth mixed with a lie. Besides, he couldn't explain to Naruto the political reasons that would benefit the Hyuuga family if Sasuke were to marry Hinata, nor could he explain the real reason he was doing so. Instead, he figured Naruto would understand Sasuke's need to try and protect a friend.

"That's awful that her father would do that! But still, you and she don't love each other yet; that's not very good. I don't understand how someone can marry someone they don't love..." and Naruto proceeded to drone on and on about love. Sasuke sighed. No, Naruto would not understand a marriage for social, economical, or political reasons. Sasuke couldn't help but smile at Naruto's big heart and his desire to see everyone happy and be with the ones they loved.

Sasuke was still smirking somewhat as he and Naruto walked back to the Uchiha complex, two random vegetables that Sasuke hadn't really needed to buy for dinner dangling from the bag on Sasuke's arm, Naruto still talking about love.

"What happened to your coffee table?" Naruto asked upon entering Sasuke's house. The clone had done a good job of cleaning the area up, but the absence of the coffee table was still rather noticeable.

"Got rid of it," Sasuke said, and Naruto didn't question him further.

"You know what this means, right?" Naruto asked. Sasuke merely raised an eyebrow, wondering if Naruto was talking about the absence of the coffee table or something else.

"What?" Sasuke replied.

"Double weddings! You, me, Sakura, and Hinata will all get married together!" Naruto exclaimed happily. Sasuke smirked.

"Sure," Sasuke said.

"Yosh! This'll be the biggest wedding Konoha's ever seen!" Sasuke couldn't help but grin at Naruto's enthusiasm. Then, a sudden, wicked thought came to his head.

"That does sound like a good idea," Sasuke smirked.

"Eh – eh. What's that look for? I know that look. You're planning something, aren't you?" Naruto asked warily.

"Maybe. It'll be a surprise," Sasuke’s smirk widened.

"Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" Naruto asked excitedly.

"No."

"Eh? Teme!" Sasuke just grinned as Naruto scowled at him. Marrying at the same time, huh? Why hadn't Sasuke thought about that? A genuine smile spread over his face as he listened to Naruto beg him about what he was planning. 'Ah, Naruto,' Sasuke thought, 'you have just given me the best idea.'

Next Chapter: Wedding Plans

Sasuke’s getting naughty ideas! More and more ways to get Naruto in his grasp. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Let me know what you thought of it! ~ Jelp