Mate

Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto nor any characters or locations thereof. The only thing we gain from writing this is perverted amusement.


Warning: Something you've all been waiting for....the smut! Yes our boys bang, fuck, dance the horizontal polka in this part....you can applaud now. Also at the end Yahiko is revealed to have been watching Nagato's home again and is...pissed and doing the evil plotting thing.

AN - This story is a collab between Trulywicked and myself, half this story is hers, it’s only posted here because we don’t have a joined account on this site. Trulywicked is amazing and make sure to check out her work if you haven’t.

Taadaa the long awaited smut chapter. Hope you’ll all like it…


Ages:

Sasuke - Appears 25, actually several centuries old
Nagato/Pein - 25
Konan - 25

Translations:

sød en - sweet one
lille røde - little red
kaereste - translates roughly into darling
kaereste engel - darling angel


MATE


Part three.

Nagato closed his door with a silent breath of relief. He had finally convinced Konan to go home, the were had spent the entire night and most of the day just watching him. After screaming at him for close to an hour she had decided to give him the silent treatment instead...glaring holes in his back with every step he took. It had taken a lot of groveling plus the steaks in his fridge to get on her good side again. Damn that woman could be scary when she wanted to. He loved her and appreciated her but he needed to have some time alone, he couldn't handle being watched every second...it made his skin crawl.


Nagato wasn't going out tonight; he was still a bit freaked by how he had lost all control the previous evening so he just lounged around the apartment in sweatpants and a simple t-shirt. Maybe if he was lucky he'd manage to get some writing done. Deadline was closing in and his editor was not a patient man. With those thoughts he went to his desk and powered up his laptop.


Konan flipped open her phone as she got into a cab and texted a number she'd bribed some very nasty and important creatures to get. 'Got kicked out, you're on watch now.'


The corner of Sasuke's mouth kicked up and he sent the leopardess a reply. 'Already here.' He closed his phone and watched the were ride off in the cab before resuming his 'canvas' of the neighborhood. He essentially knocked on doors, pulled out his 'badge' and pretended to ask questions about the 'criminal' in the area all while staying within an instant's run to Pein's side.


Nagato stretched his back and stood up from his chair to go make himself a cup of coffee when he caught sight of a familiar figure knocking on a neighbor's door through his window. He rolled his eyes and worried his bottom lip with his teeth as he thought about what to do. Making a decision he walked to his door and opened it, stepping out on the steps and calling down the street. "Hey Detective, leave my neighbors alone and come inside!" He walked back in, leaving the door open for Sasuke.


A black brow rose but Sasuke turned and walked over to accept the invitation. He closed the door behind him and followed the scent of his mate to the kitchen where the redhead was preparing coffee. His eyes took in every nuance of his mate's appearance and found amusement in the fact that the human looked just as good in the casual sit-around clothes as he did in leather and fishnet. Sasuke leaned on the door-jam and waited for his mate's cue.


"Want a cup?" Nagato turned around holding the pot with steaming coffee. He leaned his hips against the kitchen counter as he looked at the vampire, his heart beating faster as he did so. "So I know who you are and you know who I am...better to keep you here than have you harassing innocent people all evening."


Sasuke's lips curved. "No thank you. I'm not much of a fan of hot caffeine. I could have just found a perch and waited there but it seemed too skeevy for my taste."


"Yeah, definitely skeevy." Nagato poured coffee into a large blue mug and moved to the coffee table to sit down, he nodded towards the other chair in an invitation for Sasuke to join him. "More comfortable in here and much less creepy." He blew on the hot liquid and took a sip. "I just have to ask...why? Why do you even care? No one has before."


Sasuke went to sit in the chair offered. "To begin with, though it's not the main reason, I'm an enforcer. Just like humans we have our criminals, our rogues, and it's the job of an enforcer to mete justice out to the rogues. What he did to you," Sasuke nodded at the scar that was peeking out of his mate's shirt, "is one of the most heinous offences of our laws. And I wouldn't say no one cares. What about your snow leopard friend?"


Nagato shifted in his seat and fought the urge to cover the scar with his hand, it was still a mark of shame for him...a reminder of how incredibly stupid he had been. "Konan is different, she saved me, more than saved me...she gave me life back. I would rather go through it all again than have her hurt in any way because of me." Nagato took another sip. "You said it wasn't the main reason...what is?" He raised a curious brow.


Sasuke almost winced. "I'm not certain you truly wish to know Pein."


Gray eyes narrowed and locked on Sasuke intently. "Why wouldn't I want to know? Despite all your high and fancy words about rogues and offenses not one of you has given a shit before...something has to have changed and I want to know what." Just a sliver of ice had crept in to Nagato's voice and his grip on the coffee mug had tightened.


One of the vampire's fingers traced a pattern on the table. "Do you ever recall seeing a vampire with scrolling markings on their face?"


"Yeah, I think I've seen one or two with weird tattoos on their face. Why is that important?" Nagato followed Sasuke's finger with his gaze and cursed himself for wishing that it was tracing his skin instead of the table top.


"Vampires who show markings like that on their faces are mated. Mating for vampires is...unique. Our mates are chosen for us, apparently by whatever you might call fate, and once a vampire has intercourse with and bites their mate, mating marks appear. For the vampire it's the facial markings, for the human mate a small mark on the neck appears usually about the size of a golf ball. The reason for the marks is to warn off other vampires. Most vampires don't know until the marks appeared that they've found their mate. There are a few 'lucky' ones however, who get what you could call an advance warning in the form of feeling like we've been struck by lightening the first time we touch our destined mate. Apparently I'm one of the lucky ones." Sasuke's eyes fell to the table in nervousness. He was sure this was going to go over like a lead balloon with Pein.


Nagato wasn't stupid, he knew full well what Sasuke meant, after all he had felt the electric bolts himself though admitted to a lesser degree. It also explained the intense attraction he had to the other. Surprisingly the first emotion that hit him wasn't anger but sadness, sadness for what he could never have. "I can't...I can't be mated to a vampire." He said in a low tone. He wanted to reach out and place his hand over Sasuke's and comfort the other, ease his nervousness but he couldn't. He had trusted a vampire once and that had almost gotten him killed and forced him to change his very being. He couldn't do it again.


Were he a lesser vampire, Sasuke would have winced. He'd expected that denial but it still hurt, sometimes he hated being right. He looked up into the redhead's eyes. "I understand but I can't leave you alone until you're safe from Bloodrage. Until he's eliminated I'm your shadow."


Nodding in understanding Nagato stayed silent, afraid that he wouldn't be able to speak around the lump in his throat. Why did life have to be so unfair? Why couldn't he have met Sasuke before Yahiko? Logically he knew that Sasuke wouldn't treat him like Yahiko had but he just couldn't get rid of his fucking fear. To his embarrassment and shame he could feel tears starting to fall and he wanted to hide.


Sasuke was out of his seat in an instant and had the redhead's face cupped in his hands, his thumbs wiping at the tears. "Don't cry lille røde. Everything will turn out right in the end."


"It won't." Nagato shook his head as the tears fell faster. "I'm so sorry...I'm broken and you deserve someone much better than me." Nagato hated feeling small and weak, hated that Yahiko had managed to take this away from him too.


Sasuke shook his head and pulled his mate close, pressing a kiss to the other man's forehead. "No kaereste, no. You're not broken, you're hurt and you haven't been given the chance to heal. I couldn't ask for someone better Pein. You're incredibly courageous to continue on as you have been. Most people would have given up in the hospital but you've continued living min smukke kriger and when I take Bloodrage down you'll be free to live your life as you wish."


"I've been afraid for so long...I don't know who I am anymore." Nagato buried his face in the crook of Sasuke's neck and wrapped his arms around him. This was such a bad idea on so many levels but he wanted the closeness. "My name isn't Pein you know." He mumbled against Sasuke's skin. "It's Nagato."


The vampire smiled into the mop of red hair, incredibly pleased that his mate trusted him with his true name. He nuzzled the human's temple. "Nagato. You'll remember who you are and who you want to be when you don't have to be afraid for your life anymore."


Nagato held Sasuke closer, gripping the fabric of his shirt tightly in his hands as he moved his face to cover Sasuke's mouth with his own. Whatever happened later he wanted this, he wanted to know how it could be.


Sasuke opened his mouth under his mate's, easily giving the other complete access. He didn't fight his mate's tongue for dominance but welcomed it with his own, tangling the slick muscles together and getting a full taste of Nagato.


Groaning into the kiss Nagato pressed closer until he was sitting in Sasuke's lap. "I want you so badly...I want you more than I'm afraid." He whispered against Sasuke's lips before kissing him again.


The vampire's hands slid down Nagato's back to stroke up under the shirt, slender fingers mapping out the rise and dip of muscles and spine moving around to trace the other's ribs. He made a pleased sound, enjoying the feel of his mate's skin before breaking the kiss to brush his lips over the tip of Nagato's nose, over the cheekbones, chin, and jaw line. His voice was a low, rumbling purr against pale skin, "You can have me. However you want, I'm yours for the taking Nagato."


Nagato stopped his kissing and moved away so that he could really look at Sasuke, disbelief was written all over his face. Was Sasuke really serious about giving up control? No one had ever done that for him before. "Do you mean it?" He asked, his eyes not leaving Sasuke's. Nagato needed to know that Sasuke would be okay with this and not change his mind in the middle.


Sasuke nodded, his gaze utterly sincere. "I mean it." Sasuke knew this was the right move. His mate needed to know that he had no intention nor desire to control him, that all he wanted was to be with the redhead in any way his mate wanted. He had no problem bottoming and just the thought of his mate's hands on his body as he was filled by the redhead was enough to bring him to instant, aching hardness.


Nagato kissed Sasuke deeply again, pouring all his emotions and all he couldn't say into that kiss. Then he got up from Sasuke's knee and held out his hand to the vampire. "Why don't we take this to the bedroom then?" He asked and the color on his cheeks came from both arousal and shyness. He had never invited anyone to his bed before, even Konan slept on the couch when she spent the night.


The brunette grasped the offered hand and stood gracefully. "Lead the way kaereste."


Keeping a tight grip on Sasuke's hand Nagato led him trough the apartment and into his bedroom. He closed the door behind them and pushed Sasuke down to lie on the red comforter. Nagato crawled on top of the vampire and kissed him while he unbuttoned and removed the other's shirt. His hands were shaking a bit but Nagato hoped that Sasuke wouldn't notice. Once Sasuke was naked from the waist up Nagato moved his mouth downwards, kissing his neck and sucking gently on Sasuke's adams-apple while his hands roamed all over the other's smooth skin, caressing every bit of it he could reach.


A soft moan came from the vampire as he tunneled the fingers of one hand through the silky red hair of his mate. He arched up into the stroke of the other man's hands, reveling in the pleasurable sensations they evoked. The soft, well washed cotton of the comforter under his back added a second level of sensation as it shifted under him, a slight roughness to sensitive skin used to silk and satin sheets.


Nagato continued to move his mouth lower, tasting Sasuke's skin and reveling in the spicy taste. He latched on to one nipple, flicking it with his tongue but was careful to keep his teeth out of the way. Nagato did not like biting. He looked up so that he could see Sasuke, noting his glazed eyes; it was wonderful that he could make Sasuke feel this way. "You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." He whispered before he switched his attention to the other nipple. Nagato's right hand moved lower, over a chiseled six pack to run his fingers through the coarse yet soft black hair of the vampire's happy trail.


Sasuke shivered as the hot mouth of his mate played with his nipples. "Fuck your mouth is like fire kaereste. It feels so good." A low, and frankly embarrassing, whine escaped his throat as the teasing fingers traced the thin line of hair that sprouted down the center of his belly. He moved on the bed, trying to find a more comfortable position for his erection that was pressing almost painfully against the zipper of his slacks.


The whine that escaped Sasuke traveled straight to Nagato's cock making it even harder than before. He wanted to hear more of those noises from the vampire. Almost reluctantly Nagato moved away from Sasuke's nipples, running his tongue down the center of Sasuke's chest and pressing the heel of his palm against the bulge in the other's pants, rubbing it through the fabric. Nagato's tongue followed the waistline of Sasuke's trousers licking the sensitive skin of his lower abdomen but he made no move to unbutton the pants, Nagato just kept on laving the skin with teasing flicks of his tongue.


The brunette threw dignity out the window and more whines and whimpers left his throat. He arched up against Nagato's hand, seeking more friction and hopefully some small measure of relief from the confines of his pants. "Nagato...please...sweet mercy please."


Taking pity on the writhing man on his bed Nagato flicked the button open and pulled the zipper down slowly. When the fly of Sasuke's pants was open all the way Nagato leaned in and nuzzled the clothed erection before mouthing it through the dark fabric of Sasuke's underwear.


A long, low moan of relief and pleasure came from the vampire and one hand clutched the comforter beneath him while the other stroked through Nagato's hair. He was careful not to pull any of the silky strands, not wanting to cause his mate any pain or force him to do anything he didn't wish to. Pleasure shimmered through him as Nagato continued to nuzzle and mouth his cock through his boxer-briefs. The redhead's hands weren't idle either, stroking over his sides and stomach and drawing even more moans from Sasuke.


Nagato crawled up to plant a quick kiss on Sasuke's lips. "You are gorgeous like this, I want you so much." After another kiss he moved down again, pushing Sasuke's trousers and boxer-briefs down Sasuke's legs and tossing them off the side of the bed. When Sasuke was naked Nagato had to sit back on his heels and just watch them man. Sasuke was truly a work of art, every part of him was beautiful...Nagato couldn't understand how someone so perfect could want him. He leaned down and rested his cheek against Sasuke's thigh as his fingers acquainted themselves with the velvety skin of Sasuke's erection, tracing the thick vein on the underside and circling the mushroom shaped head.


Sasuke shivered and arched into the gentle touch. He was already so aroused that his cock was leaking precum and the feel of his mate's fingers on him sent another few drops spilling from the flushed tip. "Sweet Hecate! Your touch is heaven kæreste engel." Midnight black eyes hazed with desire gazed at Nagato, devouring every nuance of expression on his mate's face. He loved how the light made the gray eyes seem to glow, the way the red hair flopped down over the pale skin and cast soft shadows on it. He leaned up, needing to touch for just a moment, and brushed aside a few locks of silky red hair. His fingertips softly lingered on the high ridge of cheekbone, stroking the soft skin lovingly, his eyes adoring.


Seeing Sasuke look at him that way was almost too much. Nagato didn't consider himself beautiful or someone worth loving, he nuzzled his face against Sasuke's thigh making his cheek caress the fingertips still lingering there. Nagato kept stroking Sasuke's erection but he wanted to taste him too so he moved his head and gave the vampire's cock a few tentative licks, he continued to run his hand up and down the heated flesh as he laved the sides and the cockhead with his tongue. Sasuke's taste was addicting and Nagato wanted more so he closed his lips over the head and suckled gently. He kept his hand at the base of the cock, stroking it as he kept on suckling. Nagato wasn't good at deep-throating and he didn't want to ruin the moment by gagging...He hoped this would be enough for Sasuke and that he was able to bring the other pleasure. Just touching Sasuke and see the way the vampire responded was more arousing then anything Nagato had experienced before. He rubbed his own aching hardness against the mattress, hoping to find some friction as his hands and mouth continued to caress and worship the beautiful body laid out before him.


The brunette fell back, unable to remain sitting up at the rush of sensation. He propped himself up on his elbows so he could keep watching his mate as the redhead sucked on him. The sight was almost brutally arousing, sending electric fingers of pleasure up his spine. He whispered reverently, "Gods you have such a sweet mouth Nagato."


Sucking harder in reply Nagato looked up at Sasuke with glittering eyes, he liked making the other feel good but he didn't think he could wait much longer, his cock trobbed in time with his rapid heartbeat and he wanted to be inside Sasuke so very badly. Nagato took his mouth of Sasuke's erection and licked his lips. "Hey could you hand me the lube? Top drawer, left side." He drew lazy circles around Sasuke's navel with his fingertips as he waited.


The vampire flung a hand out to the side and fumbled around for the little bottle, not taking his eyes from his mate. He grasped the lube and handed it to Nagato almost shaking in his eagerness to have the redhead inside and over him.


Nagato flashed Sasuke a smile as thank you and uncapped the bottle, slathering his fingers in lube. He gave Sasuke's erections a few tugs and then ran his finger over Sasuke's scrotum and lower. Nagato circled the entrance with slicked up fingers for a while, letting the vampire get use to his touch and to relax the muscles before he pushed one long finger inside. Nagato almost groaned out loud at the tightness clamping down on his finger, the velvety heat felt like heaven. He places soft kissed all over Sasuke's abdomen as he added another finger and started stretching, he wanted Sasuke prepared and ready, the last thing he wanted was to hurt him in any way.


A purr came from Sasuke's throat and he pushed back against the fingers. Although he was more sensitive to pleasure like all vampires, one of his own individual gifts was that he no longer felt pain from things like minor wounds or anal sex. It was an ability that most definitely came in handy at times like this.


Nagato curled his fingers inside Sasuke and ran them over the sensitive little gland there, smiling when Sasuke jerked beneath him. He slid up Sasuke's body and kissed the vampire.
"Are you ready Darlin'? 'Cause I don't think I can wait much more. You're so gorgeous and so hot and I'm aching for you."


"Gods yes. I want you inside me Nagato, so bad."


With impatient and hurried movements Nagato stripped off his sweat pants and t-shirt. After searching the bed he found the bottle of lube again and slicked up his penis. Nagato settled between Sasuke's thighs and placed the other's legs around his waist. He slowly sank into Sasuke until he buried to the root. "Gods you feel amazing." He whispered hoarsely and ran the tip of his fingertips down Sasuke's cheek, just wanting to touch him more.


Sasuke's head fell back and he moaned softly at the sensation of being filled so full. Pleasure flashed through him like lightening and he found himself whining for more. His hands went up to his mate's head and the fingers tunneled through the red hair as he leaned up to brush a small kiss on the corner of Nagato's mouth. "Kæreste you fill me up so good, move please. I want to feel you moving in me."


With a moan of relief Nagato started to move, his muscles were trembling with the effort of having kept still. He moved in and out in long strokes loving the way Sasuke's inside caressed and stroked him. "Feels so good." Nagato was aware that he was repeating himself but he couldn't help it, nothing had ever felt like this before and he was lost in the sensations Sasuke brought on him. Nagato captured Sasuke's mouth and thrust his tongue inside as he picked up the pace. The sound of skin slapping against skin along with moans, panting and pleas filled the air. "You don't know what you do to me; I can't get enough of you."


A wordless moan was all Sasuke could manage in reply as pleasure buffeted him. The feel of his mate filling him, moving over him, had his senses reeling. The entire world narrowed down to only what the body above him was doing and making him feel. He arched against Nagato, his hips angling so that the next thrust hit his prostate and wrenched another moan from him as light danced behind his eyes. The tight knot of ecstasy coiled tighter until it felt like he would lose his mind if it didn't ease soon. He panted. He moaned and mewled and whimpered, reduced to mindlessness from the pleasure.


The sounds that came from Sasuke's lips turned Nagato on beyond belief. He took a hold of Sasuke's right leg and hooked over his shoulder, almost bending the vampire in half so that he could get deeper. His skin tingled and his toes curled...Nagato was aware that he was getting close to cumming, Sasuke felt too good for him to be able to last. He continued to rock his hips and plant kisses on the vampire's lips and jaw as he moved his hands between their sweat slicked bodies to grab Sasuke's cock, moving his hand up and down, squeezing it in time with his thrusts. "Oh fuck! I'm going to cum Darlin'." He warned Sasuke as white hot pleasure shot down his spine.


Sasuke whimpered, he was painfully close to his own orgasm. His hands clutched at Nagato's shoulders and he tightened his legs around the other man. His voice was raspy as he purred in the other's ear, "Do it, cum inside me kæreste, cum with me."


That sinfully smooth voice purring in his ear was what pushed Nagato over the edge, his whole body tensed and trembled as he came deep inside Sasuke with a loud shout. He kept rubbing Sasuke's cock, wanting the other to cum too.


And cum the vampire did. The instant he felt his mate's release it triggered his own and he screamed in ecstasy, his vision blanking out and his spine curving into a high arch with his orgasm. Semen spurted from his cock over his belly and Nagato's hand. Light and shadow swirled behind his eyes as his senses jangled and clamored. The scream left him breathless and panting as the muscles that had tightened and locked relaxed and had him melting into a boneless pile of vampire goo.


Gods the vampire was beautiful when he came, Nagato didn't want to take his eyes off of him but his exhausted body screamed its protest and Nagato collapsed on top of Sasuke. He rested his head on Sasuke's shoulder while running his hand up and down the other's side as he waited for his breath to return to normal. Nagato didn't want this moment to end; he wasn't sure of what would happen next. He was still so messed up and there were still so many obstacles between them. Right now at this precise moment everything was perfect and Nagato didn't want to lose that.


Sasuke turned his head and nuzzled the redhead's temple affectionately, breathing in the other's scent with a lazy smile. He was wholly content right now and unless the building caught on fire, his mate decided they had to get up, or a maniac came in through the window he had no intentions of moving. Nope, nothing could possibly make him so much as twitch.

Suddenly a ring tone began playing from the vicinity of where Sasuke's pants were at the bottom of the bed, "If you think that I'm hard-hearted, well, honey pie, I haven't even started. No more Mr. Nice Guy, no siree."


Except maybe that. It was his brother's ring tone. Sasuke groaned in irritation and stroked a hand down Nagato's back. "I have to answer that kæreste."


Nagato blinked up at Sasuke with sleepy gray eyes and reluctantly rolled off Sasuke's body to lie next to him, he shivered a bit as sweat and...other fluids dried on his skin but for now he ignored it. Nagato watched Sasuke pick up his pants and fish the phone out of a pocket. The vampire's lean muscles rippled as he moved and Nagato's mouth watered though he was much to sated to do anything other than look at the moment.


The brunette flipped his phone open and snapped. "This had better be good Aniki."


"My, little brother you sound rather irritable. Have you fed this evening?"


"I am not in the mood for banter Itachi. What do you want?"


Sasuke could almost hear the brow lift on the other end of the line. "Tomorrow night there is a coven meeting. Your presence is required."


"No."


"....excuse me?"

"You heard me. No. If you need an enforcer present choose someone else. Call Kisame out of retirement, I'm certain he could use the entertainment."


"Your presence as my brother is required not as an enforcer."


"The answer is still no."


Itachi's voice took on the cold, regal tone of the master vampire. "Might I inquire as to why?"


"You'll learn that soon enough. Now go play with your reckless idiot and don't bother me again unless it's an emergency." Sasuke hung the phone up before Itachi could reply and swore he could feel a disturbance in the force. He shrugged the uneasy feeling away. His brother would get over it, especially once Sasuke told him of Nagato. Speaking of his mate, he turned to look at the human. "Sorry about that but when my brother calls I have to answer."


"It's okay, family's important...I would answer if Konan rang too." Nagato stretched like a cat and turned towards Sasuke. "I hope I'm not keeping you away from your responsibilities, I don't want to get you in trouble." Nagato really did understand why Sasuke had to answer but none the less the peaceful spell had been broken. "I think I'll go take a shower, I'm feeling a bit sticky here." A light blush covered Nagato's cheeks as he grew aware of his nakedness. "There's a second bathroom down the hall if you want to wash up too, there's fresh towels on the shelf." Nagato got up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.


As the redhead disappeared into the bathroom, Sasuke could have cheerfully killed his brother. Itachi had the worst fucking timing on the face of the planet. With a barely audible growl and some creative curses towards irritating older brothers, Sasuke snatched up his clothes and headed for the second bathroom. He turned on the shower, stepped under the warm spray, grabbed a wash cloth and the bar of soap on the wash rack then began scrubbing himself clean. As much as he'd like to keep the scent of Nagato on him, he wasn't a fan of being sticky. He rinsed off the suds and wondered what was going to happen now.


Nagato stood under the scorching water and let it wash over him. The knot in his stomach was back full force and he wasn't sure what to do with himself. He had just had sex with a vampire...No matter what Nagato couldn't bring himself to regret that but he was so unsure about what would come next. As long as Yahiko was out there Nagato would be hunted. He couldn't drag Sasuke down to his level, the other deserved so much more than that. Better to break it off now then watch Sasuke get hurt because of him...or before he wouldn't be able to let the other go.


Nagato hurriedly washed himself and got out of the shower to dry himself off and get dressed.


Sasuke stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed and headed back to the bedroom to see if Nagato was finished with his own shower.


Nagato was just pulling a clean shirt over his head when Sasuke entered the room. Nagato ran his fingers through his wet hair and ignored the wet drops that landed on the shoulders of his shirt. Sasuke looked gorgeous with damp hair and it made Nagato's decision so much more difficult. The redhead steeled himself and looked up at Sasuke. "Look this was fun, it really was but we both know it would never work between us. I think you should return to your life and I'll return to mine...no harm, no foul."


The vampire almost sighed. He should have expected this and shouldn't have left the redhead alone to think. "Are you certain that's what you want Nagato?"


Nagato clenched his fists and looked down on the brownish threadbare carpet for a moment before looking up and meeting Sasuke's eyes. He hoped he could get a tone of certainty and self-assurance into his tone even though it felt as if his insides were being torn apart by sharp claws. "I'm positive."


Sasuke nodded. He knew there would be no use in trying to talk Nagato out of sending him away but that didn't mean he would be leaving his mate unprotected. No he'd still watch over the redhead from the shadows until he hunted Yahiko down and exterminated him. The brunette stepped forward, cupped Nagato's cheek, and pressed a soft and loving kiss to his mate's brow. "If you change your mind Nagato you have my number and, even if you don't change your mind, if you ever need help you can call me and I'll do what I can, no strings attached." With that Sasuke left the room and the apartment. He didn't particularly want to see his mate come up with excuses for why he'd never need to call.


The door closed after Sasuke and Nagato started to shake, he trembled from head to toe as he grabbed the alarm clock from the bedside table and flung it against the wall with a scream of anger and frustration. Life was so un-fucking-fair. He bit his bottom lip hard enough that he could taste blood to keep himself from calling the vampire back, to beg for forgiveness and to beg him to stay. This was for the best...and Nagato was doing this for both of them. He turned towards the bed and instantly remembered how Sasuke had looked writhing on it as they made love. Nagato ripped the red comforter off and tossed it on the floor before grabbing his pillow and making his way to the couch to try and get some sleep.


Deep in the shadows of the night, feral amber eyes were lit with an insane fury. How dare that little slut take another to his bed! Nagato was his! No coven enforcer would steal what was rightfully his. Nagato needed to be taught a lesson and tomorrow night, while the rest of the city's powerful vampires were at the coven meeting, a meeting the interloper was sure to be at, would be the perfect time to remind his little toy just who he belonged to. As dawn began to make herself known, Yahiko slunk back into the sewers to sleep until dusk when he'd punish his little plaything.


TBC…


AN – Silly stubborn Nagato, will he really be able to let go of Sasuke and the happiness he could have with him so easily? And what will Nagato do to punish his stray pet? Will he succeed? Thank you so much for reading and please do review and let us know what you thought.