The Agreement

Sorry for the wait. I was having too much fun playing matchmaker with my friends. :-)

The Agreement

Chapter 22: Between Right and Wrong

"How – how did you take my sperm?" While Naruto didn’t seem angry, his tone seemed apprehensive, and held a slight hint of betrayal in it, as though he knew what Sasuke had done to him.

Sasuke swallowed. Perhaps he should have told Naruto everything last night. He had planned to tell Naruto the exact way he had extracted his sperm, but not this soon. Sasuke’s eyes flickered out to the living room as he saw Hinata enter the room while holding Tenpi. Sasuke mentally groaned, feeling as though Naruto couldn’t have picked a more inconvenient time to ask Sasuke to finally confess to all of his wrongdoings.

Sasuke didn't speak for a while. Instead, he watched as Naruto dipped the little baby spoon in and out of the baby food jar, feeding Muchuu who kept trying to steal the spoon from Naruto's hand. Somehow, discussing this topic didn't feel right in this setting as Naruto sat there feeding their son.

"I told you last night," Sasuke murmured at last. Naruto's face flushed slightly, and he clenched his teeth. He gripped the spoon tightly and dunked it into the jar a bit forcibly. He calmed his movements down before he brought the spoon to Muchuu's open mouth. Once Naruto finally managed to get most of the food from the spoon into Muchuu's mouth instead of around his face, Naruto put the spoon in the jar and set it down.

"You said you made me..." Naruto hesitated, as though embarrassed, which Sasuke mused, he probably was, "...orgasm."

"Yes, to get your sperm," Sasuke said quietly, knowing he was making it sound as though he had done it merely to gain Naruto's sperm. Sasuke was being cowardly, and he knew it. Apparently Naruto knew it too. Naruto's eyes flashed to his for a moment before turning away, his jaw set firm.

"How did you make me orgasm?" Naruto asked quietly.

Muchuu gurgled at the two of them, but he banged his little hands on the tray of his high chair.

"More Naato!" Muchuu squeaked Naruto's name. He then pointed to the jar of baby-food, and made some gurgling noises that might have been his attempt to ask for more food.

"Right now isn't the time for this conversation," Sasuke said.

"Was it just a genjutsu...or was there more?" Naruto asked, ignoring Sasuke's words. Sasuke swallowed.

"There was more," Sasuke admitted. Naruto's body went slightly rigid.

"Sex?" Naruto asked.

"Yes." Sasuke felt his chest constrict, felt the breath leave his lungs as he confessed. Naruto looked away from Sasuke for a moment before he picked up the jar of baby food and finished feeding Muchuu.

Sasuke merely stared at Naruto, waiting for some sort of reaction. He waited for Naruto to say something, throw the jar of baby food at his head, punch him, yell at him, just something. Anything, but there was nothing but silence. And silence from Naruto was not a good thing in Sasuke's opinion. Sasuke couldn't even do anything to break the silence as words refused to form in his mouth, and even if he had been able to speak, he didn't know what to say.

Naruto's lack of reaction truly scared him.

There was no "you fucking bastard" there was no "you sick pervert" as Sasuke had expected. The look on Naruto's face also clearly told him that Sasuke's faintest hope that Naruto would be secretly thrilled was out of the question.

He knew that Naruto had been in shock last night. He had been prepared for more questions to come in the morning. He'd expected it, but everything had just felt so resolved last night. Waking up with Naruto in his arms had been a wonderful experience, and Sasuke feared that he might never have that chance again. Sasuke had been confident that he would know how to make Naruto see that being with him was the right choice, but perhaps he had been wrong.

"Are you two okay?" Hinata's shy voice came from the open entranceway between kitchen and living room, Tenpi clutched close to her chest. He looked around the room with his hands in his mouth, sucking away on his fingers.

Sasuke gave Hinata a look that told her that no, everything was not okay, but she didn't move from the doorway. Sakura came to stand close by her, looking in on the two.

The atmosphere was extremely tense as Sasuke turned to look at Naruto. He was still waiting for Naruto to react and to do something.

"I think I hear Kitsu and Seiryuu. I'll go get them," Naruto said as he stood suddenly and walked from the room. Sasuke seriously doubted that Naruto could hear the two remaining quads from here, but he didn’t press the matter.

Naruto passed by Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata without looking at them, and headed up the stairs to the quads' bedroom. Hinata looked at Sasuke with her eyes wide, but Sasuke wasn't looking at her. He looked past her through the entranceway to where he could see the foot of the stairs at the opposite end of the living room where Naruto had disappeared from sight. Sakura was also looking at the stairs, waiting for Naruto's return.

A minute passed with Hinata, Sakura, and Sasuke standing awkwardly in the kitchen, everyone waiting for Naruto's return. Sasuke idly felt like he was a child again, waiting for his father to scold him for something he had done. Yet this was a hundred times worse.

Hinata was the first to move as she placed Tenpi in the highchair next to Muchuu. Muchuu waved at his brother, saying "hi!" in that cute way babies do. Sasuke couldn't stand the awkward tension in the room any more, and he left without sparing either Sakura or Hinata another glance as he all but bounded up the stairs after Naruto.

Upon entering the quads' room, he saw Naruto in the middle of the floor with Kitsu and Seiryuu happily climbing over top of him. He was laughing at the antics of the two, but his laughter stopped as soon as Sasuke walked into the room. Naruto plucked the quads off of his lap and put them gently on the floor.

Naruto looked at Sasuke as he slowly stood up. Sasuke held his gaze when Naruto's hands suddenly moved to form ninja seals. Sasuke's body tensed, prepared for whatever attack Naruto might give but relaxed half a second later when a clone appeared.

"Take them down for breakfast," Naruto commanded, and for a brief second, Sasuke thought Naruto was ordering him around before Naruto's clone scooped up Kitsu and Seiryuu and took them downstairs, leaving Naruto and Sasuke alone in the room.

Sasuke didn't bother to block the fist that slammed into his jaw.

"You bastard!" Naruto hissed. "You actually thought I would attack you with Seiryuu and Kitsu nearby?" Naruto demanded, looking hurt that Sasuke would think that way. Sasuke stretched out his tender jaw muscles before speaking.

"Natural reaction," Sasuke murmured darkly. "Shinobi should always be prepared," Sasuke said monotonously.

"But why would I attack you?" Naruto demanded.

"You just slugged my jaw. I'd call that an attack," Sasuke said sardonically.

"If you think I would put Seiryuu or Kitsu in danger, then yeah, you deserved that! But before: in the kitchen. And even now! You're acting like I'm going to attack you," Naruto said. Sasuke looked at Naruto confused.

"Aren't you pissed off at me?" Sasuke asked incredulously.

"What for exactly?" Naruto asked, rather miffed.

"For forcing you to have sex!" Sasuke all but yelled.

"Why would I be mad about that?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke blanched. He hadn't expected Naruto to ask him why he would be mad. Naruto had seemed pissed and betrayed down in the kitchen. Quite frankly he had quite a few reasons why he thought Naruto would be mad, but he didn't want to give Naruto any ideas if he wasn't mad.

"I'm mad at you for not telling me how strongly you felt about me, so strongly that you had sex with me, yeah I’m pissed. But it's not like you hurt me or anything," Naruto said, his face giving a slight blush. "I mean, it's not like I was at fault for cheating on Sakura knowingly," Sasuke winced. Of course it would come back to Sakura somehow. "It apparently felt good," Naruto said, blushing redder again.

"So you're not mad at me?" Sasuke asked.

"Of course I'm mad at you Sasuke!" Naruto said, and Sasuke just looked at him confused. "I became a father without knowing that I had children. When were you planning on telling me? When the kids were twenty? That's not fair! I had a right to know," Naruto said, clenching his fists.

"But – the sex –"

"For crying out loud Sasuke! You shoved your hand through my chest, and nearly killed me, and I forgave you for that right away. Why would I be mad at you for shoving your dick up my ass and making it feel good? I’m mad because you lied to me!"

Sasuke wanted to shake his head and laugh at Naruto's bizarre logic, but, in all honesty, it made some sense. But then why had Naruto seemed to upset and betrayed? All because he had lied? Though, with Naruto, Sasuke supposed that was worse to Naruto. Though Sasuke was truly curious at Naruto’s reaction now; why was Naruto blushing so hard?

"I don't understand why you didn't tell me that you liked me," Naruto finally confessed out, all the hurt and betrayal laced back in his voice.

"You liked Sakura," Sasuke said automatically, as though that were obvious.

"Yeah, but I never thought about what being with you might be like. Not until well – not until I guess I started having the dreams about us having sex together," Naruto confessed. Sasuke licked his lips, his heart beating fast, wondering if he was hearing what he thought he was. He remembered clearly the day in which that Sasuke had made love to Naruto, and then made Naruto relive the experience through a genjutsu-induced dream.

Naruto's face was a brilliant shade of scarlet because of the intimate memories of the dream. Sasuke got closer to Naruto, his face inches from Naruto's.

"Are you okay? Your face looks flushed," Sasuke murmured. Naruto locked eyes with his, and Naruto's face returned to its normal color, his eyes fixated on Sasuke's eyes before darting down to look at his mouth. He licked his lips while looking at Sasuke’s mouth, and his eyes darkened as his body seemed to relax. Sasuke's breath hitched as Naruto leaned forward, their lips only centimeters apart.

Naruto looked into Sasuke’s eyes, and Sasuke felt paralyzed, as though caught in a trance. Slowly Naruto moved forward even more. Suddenly, as the tips of their noses brushed each other, Naruto moved.

"I'm fine," Naruto muttered, suddenly pulling back from Sasuke, turning his face to the side, a blush on his cheeks.

Sasuke remembered wondering if Naruto had almost kissed him. Sasuke’s mind fast-forwarded to how he had all but given a strip tease for Naruto after the quads had been born, and had flustered Naruto.

"Deciding I look better than Sakura in the morning?" Sasuke smirked as Naruto muttered something unintelligible. 'Well, well, well,' Sasuke thought, elated beyond belief, 'the arrow isn't as straight as I thought it was.' "What did you say, Naruto?"

"You're not bad looking, for a guy."

And of course the letter that Naruto had written specifically to him, confessing that he hated him, but had signed with love. What did that mean? Did Naruto even know?

"Naruto," Sasuke asked, hesitantly. "Do you – do you like me?"

"I don't know okay!" Naruto yelled, throwing his hands up into the air. "I just – for crying out loud – everything is just so confusing right now! First I find out that Sakura's been having an affair because she thinks the quads are mine. Then I find out the quads really are mine. And then you and Hinata confess that you love me, and, oh, by the way, all four of us are married! It's just a bit much for me to take in right now, okay?!"

"Naruto-"

"I don't know what anyone wants from me right now, and I haven't a fucking clue what I want right now. I mean, I love Sakura, but the quads...and..." Naruto gripped his hands into his hair, "...and Hinata mothered my children and you're my best friend, and I've always cared about you."

Sasuke waited for Naruto to speak again, watching as the confusion was truly overwhelming Naruto.

"I don't want to hurt any body. I mean, I used to like Hinata a little bit, but I don't really any more. Hinata should be with someone who loves her. Sakura's my wife...well, I mean, apparently Hinata is too, but Sakura is the wife I knew I was marrying. I love her, and I want her back, but how am I supposed to have sex with her again when I know that Lee has had sex with her too?" Naruto asked, shuddering slightly. "It was one thing wondering if she ever thought about you while we were having sex, it's another to know that she'll have someone to compare me with," Naruto said, looking dejected.

It took Sasuke slightly by surprise that Naruto had thought Sakura might be thinking about him during sex. While Sasuke had wondered about that possibility, he hadn't thought Naruto would. It was disturbing to think about Sakura and Naruto having sex, though he knew it must have happened. It was also slightly strange to think that Naruto had been thinking about him during sex, even if it was to question what Sakura was thinking.

Sasuke once again marveled about how self-conscious Naruto really was. It had taken him by surprise when Naruto had asked him if he had meant it when Sasuke had said he would apply for ANBU head when Naruto became Rokudaime Hokage. Naruto had seemed so pleased that Sasuke had believed in him. Sometimes he took Naruto's constant stream of comments of how he was the best at everything for granted; Naruto never seemed to doubt anything. Of course, those who tend to praise themselves tend to do so because they really are unsure of their abilities.

"And then, I don't want to hurt you either," Naruto said quietly. "Even though you're supposed to be my best friend, yet you kept secrets from me," Naruto grumbled.

"I won't keep secrets from you again," Sasuke promised.

"I want everyone together, but I just don't see that working. I don't like Hinata like that. I love Sakura, but..."

"I thought you wanted Sakura back, and she came back to you before she knew for sure that you hadn’t cheated which means she chose you over Lee," Sasuke said.

"Well, even so, I don't like the idea of her around the quads," Naruto explained. "And, well, like you said, the only thing I really made up my mind about last night was that I wanted to be with my children."

"Then why don't you stay here with me, Hinata, and the quads, at least for now? Of everything that you want right now, you want the children, don't you?" Sasuke asked. Naruto nodded. "Then why don't you stay here while you figure out what you want?"

"Okay." Naruto sighed as he walked past Sasuke down the stairs into the living room. Sasuke followed close behind him, his brain still idly registering that he had managed to get Naruto to agree to stay with him over Sakura so quickly. He knew that Naruto only agreed in order to stay with the quadruplets, but Naruto was still picking them over Sakura.

"Sakura," Naruto said as soon as he entered the room. Sakura looked at him slightly confused as she took a look behind her. Sasuke looked around to see that the Naruto clone Naruto had crated had yet to disappear. The clone looked at Naruto quickly before returning to feed Seiryuu and Kitsu. Sasuke had a feeling that the clone had been quiet the entire time, as Hinata turned to look at the real Naruto, looking slightly confused as well.

Naruto began again, "Sakura, I love you." Sakura's eyes widened, and her smile grew. Hinata looked sad at the confession, and Sasuke couldn’t blame her. Normally a statement like this would have made Sasuke’s heart pummel to the ground. Yet Sasuke knew Naruto very well, and he knew that he was trying to be kind to Sakura before he told her about his indecision to be with her. However, Sakura seemed to realize that Naruto's tone was off as her smile fell a little, even before Naruto continued. "But, well...Sasuke told you I’m the quads’ father right?"

"Yes," Sakura breathed, confused.

"For now, I want to stay here, with them," Naruto said. Sakura looked shocked, and Hinata's eyes widened.

"I see," Sakura said, standing, looking even more awkward to be here than before. She nodded to Hinata, who looked a little surprised at the somewhat friendly gesture, before Sakura walked coldly past Naruto and Sasuke.

Naruto's face turned stony at the treatment, but he said nothing. Instead, Naruto went over to sit by his clone to help finish feeding Kitsu and Seiryuu.

The atmosphere in the room felt awkward again, but Sasuke couldn't be overly bothered by it. Naruto had chosen, and he had chosen to stay with them. Sasuke had said that Naruto could stay with them as long as he needed to until he decided what he wanted, and Sasuke hoped Naruto took his time.

Yet Sasuke couldn't help but feel hope well up in his chest as he thought of all the things that he could do to help sway Naruto's decision so that Naruto stayed with him permanently.


Next Chapter: Seduction


Hope it wasn’t too much of an evil cliffhanger as this will be the last update while I am away. Look for the next update on Saturday, August 2nd!

Oh, and if you looked at my profile you already know, but for those of you who haven’t and read Identity Crisis, I will be unable to finish the next chapter before I leave. Sorry guys!

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