heat

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A/N: Look at all the pretty reviews! I love you guys!*gives hugs and kisses* Thanks!

A/N: Man, I practically re-wrote this whole chap, talk about poor writing, but its all fixed now, I hope. I was tempted to delete the whole glare/conversation between Sasuke and Gaara, but I remembered so many people loved that part, so I left it. Let me know if I should go ahead a delete it anyways.


Heat
by vampchic

chapter 5

After leaving Tsunade’s office, Sasuke parted ways with Naruto. He still couldn’t get over it - the dobe was suffering form horniness! What kind of idiot suffers from horniness?

‘But then, what about last night?’ he asked himself. ‘Is the only reason the dobe slept with me was because he needed release? Did I overhear nothing but a fantasy, then - my name just falling randomly from his lips? Does he even have feelings for me? But what of this morning, then? Naruto practically knocked the breath out of me when he hugged me - he said that he was glad to see me. God, I sound like a girl!’ Sasuke desperately needed to talk to the blond.

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The day was spent helping the three Sand Nin’s get situated into their new apartment. Sasuke and Sakura helped buy their groceries and other necessities they needed - it shouldn’t of taken long to do the shopping, but with the two teams fighting and glaring, it was nearly impossible to get anything done.

Gaara and Sasuke never once said a word to each other, but then, they didn’t have to - the glares they threw each other spoke clear enough for them.

Sasuke glared - ‘Stay away from him!’

Gaara glared back and folded his arms - ‘Make me.’

Sasuke’s glare hardened - ‘I’m warning you!’

Gaara smirked - ‘Like that’s going to scare me. I’ll see him if I damn well want to!’

Sasuke glared daggers - ‘I’ll kill you!!’

Gaara smirked again - ‘Sure - you think that.’

Before the two Nin’s could get a proper fight in, Kakashi - or anyone else feeling brave enough - would step in and separate the two.

Sakura found herself with a very sore rump at the end of the day. Kankuro refused to keep his hands off her - Sakura swore she even saw one of his puppets reach for her! And Temari! How she hated the girl! Every time she turned around, the Sand Nin was throwing insults at her. It was so damned frustrating! Sakura wondered if this was how Naruto felt every time Sasuke insulted him; it wasn’t great being put down every two seconds.

Kakashi sat on the couch and read, every so often throwing out suggestions or comments to his students. Whenever Sasuke was in sight, though, he dropped his book in favor of questioning the Uchiha about Naruto - according to Kakashi, Naruto was a tad too vague on certain details. After the Sand Nin’s were properly settled in, Kakashi pulled Sasuke aside and ordered him to “spill it”.

The Jounin kept Sasuke for hours, trying everything he knew to interrogate the boy, but Sasuke was tight lipped about the whole thing; offers to teach new Jutsu techniques or give tips for the Uchiha’s personal life didn’t produce any results. It was a slightly gloomy Kakashi that finally let Sasuke go, bribes and promises still rolling off his lips as a last stitch effort to get the Uchiha to tell him all.

Sasuke ignored them.

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Sasuke raced home. The first thing on his list of ‘to do’s,’ was to shower and change into fresh clothes - he hated wearing the same thing two days in a row; after that, he planned to have a quick dinner and then rush over to Naruto’s - they needed to talk.

It was a little over Ten pm by the time Sasuke was finally heading towards Naruto’s apartment. Questions swam through Sasuke’s mind as he neared Naruto’s apartment, and he hoped that the blond was still awake. Walking up the short flight of stairs, Sasuke braced himself, took a deep breath and knocked on the boy’s door.

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Some how, Naruto and Gaara managed to make it to his bedroom, though Naruto wasn’t quite sure on how or when. Naruto was exhausted - his body throbbed and hummed in pain and pleasure; he was sure there wasn’t a spot of skin on him that wasn’t bruised or bleeding. Gaara laid on the bed next to him, panting softly. His eyes were closed but Naruto knew he was awake - Gaara never slept.

Sighing, Naruto rolled off the bed, made his way to the bathroom and turned the shower on - he was covered in cum and sweat and he reeked of sex. As he slowly cleaned himself under the spray of the warm water, the wheels in his head once again kicked in and it was then that Naruto realized just what he had done and with whom.

“Oh shit!” Naruto groaned and banged his head against the shower wall. “What the hell did I just do?” guilt flooded him; what was he supposed to do now? He was in love with Sasuke. Wasn’t he? So why the hell did he just do this with Gaara? Oh god, was he confused. He was pretty sure that if Sasuke ever found out, he’d kill him. What the hell was he going to do?

Satisfied that he was clean enough, Naruto stepped out and wrapped the towel around him. He stood in front of the mirror, taking the time to study himself; he looked as if he was attacked by wild animals. How was he going to hide these from Sasuke? Sighing, Naruto headed out of the room - some how, he was going to have to talk to Gaara.

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Gaara opened his eyes as his mate left the bed. He watched the blond leave the room and heard the shower turn on. He thought briefly of joining his mate, but as the curses began to issue from behind the door, he quickly thought better of it.

Sitting up, Gaara looked around his mate’s room. Compared to his own room in Sand, this place was stuffed with, well, stuff. Dirty cloths fell over the sides of the hamper in a corner; weapons of all kinds covered the boy’s desk and cluttered together beneath; there was even a training dummy situated strategically at the corner of the room. The room wasn’t messy - not really - but it certainly was well lived in. Gaara felt comfortable just sitting there.

Slipping off the bed, Gaara made his way back into the living room and looked around; his gourd was dropped haphazardly by the door and their clothes were all over the place. The living room was just as lived in as the bedroom, and the feeling of comfort followed. The couch was old and dirty, but welcoming; the coffee table was beaten up, but the cushions around it made it inviting; a TV sat in front of the couch and coffee table and movies were scattered all over - Gaara really did like his mate’s apartment.

Gaara’s attention turned to his mate as Naruto emerged from the bathroom and he smirked - Naruto’s body was covered with his marks; effectively covering the marks that weren’t made by him.

Naruto stared at him from the bathroom doorway - the blonde’s whiskered cheeks tinting an interesting shade of red.

“Ga-Gaa-ra.” Naruto stammered, trying to divert his eyes from the red head.

“What?” Gaara asked with a slight frown - why was Naruto looking away from him?

“Your - could you - ” the blond struggled, blushing fiercely.

Gaara’s frown deepened. “Could I what?”

“Clothes.” Naruto answered meekly.

Gaara looked down at himself and smirked. He picked up his discarded clothing and walked up to his mate, stopping an inch from Naruto’s face and inhaled. “You smell good.” he stated, then walked around the blond and into the bathroom.

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Naruto stood frozen to the spot, his body once again aching with need. He heard Gaara turn on the shower and steam filled the room. Gulping, Naruto forced himself to walk to his room, fighting the urge to turn and jump into the shower with the red head.

‘When Gaara’s done with his shower, I’ve to talk to him!’ Exactly what Naruto was going to say, he wasn’t quite sure, but he knew that he had to say something. It was a mistake, what had transpired between them, and he had to let Gaara know that.

Pulling on yet another clean pair of pajama’s, Naruto headed to the living room to clean up the mess that the two of them created. Picking up his discarded pjs - they were now ripped - he tossed them into his room. Grabbing a rag from his kitchen sink, Naruto sank to his knees and scrubbed away the sperm and drops of blood, all the while trying to figure out what he would say to Gaara.

The sound of knocking pulled him from his thought’s. Naruto frowned as he checked his watch; who would be visiting him this late at night? Pulling himself from his position on the ground, Naruto tossed the rag into the sink and went to answer the door.

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Sasuke held his breath as the door opened, his stomach fluttering with butterflies, which morphed into hornets as the blond stared at him in shock.

“Sa-Sasuke? What’re you doing here?”

“I need to talk with you.” Sasuke answered, trying hard to hide his nervousness. “Can I come in?”

Naruto looked panicked for a moment as he turned and looked into his apartment. “Um - can it wait until morning?” he asked nervously, looking back at the Uchiha with hopeful eyes.

Sasuke felt a wave of discouragement run through him but quickly pushed it aside - he “really” needed to talk and he wasn’t going to leave until he did. “No, it cant.” he said, a little rougher then he intended.

Naruto looked behind him again and sighed as he turned back to Sasuke. He nodded his head reluctantly. Sasuke was about to push his way in but Naruto held up a restricting hand. “Lets go for a walk, okay?” he asked, hopeful eyes back at full force.

Sasuke studied the blond, trying to understand Naruto’s nervousness. He supposed that Naruto just didn’t want to be left alone with him again. Not that he blamed him, the night before was probably nothing more than a mistake that ought not to be repeated. “That’s fine.” Sasuke agreed. Naruto looked highly relieved, he noted.

“Wait here - I’ll be right back.” Naruto instructed.

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Naruto closed the door on Sasuke and let out his breath. He didn’t need this right now, but he just couldn’t say no - Sasuke looked too tempting standing there with his hands in his pockets, and the guilt just ate away at him. Naruto massaged his temples for a moment. Sasuke was going to kill him when he found out about Gaara; he just hoped Sasuke would be merciful. Pushing himself off the door, he headed for his bedroom to grab a coat.

“Where’re you going?” Gaara asked as he slipped his coat on.

“Going for a walk with Sasuke.” Naruto answered, trying to keep his voice normal - he was starting to sweat again.

Gaara narrowed his eyes, studying his mate. A growl rumbled warningly and before Naruto could even blink, Gaara closed the distance between them and pinned the blond to the wall.

“Gaara!” Naruto yelped in surprise. “What’re you doing?” Coherent thought fled as Naruto’s body yielded to Gaara’s and his eyes diverted to the red head’s lips.

Gaara crushed their lips together and roughly kissed his mate. “You’re mine, Uzumaki. Remember that.” he said with a growl.

TBC


A/N: And I’ll be mean today and leave it at that. Makes you all wonder what’s going to happen next doesn’t it? *Grins evilly* Please review!