Under the Desert Sun and Moon

The cooking didn't take long and Naruto had already set the table with opposite bowls of steaming fried rice, a side plate of stir fry on small plates. He had even poured the rice wine into two clay cups. Sasuke hadn't emerged from his through cleaning yet, so Naruto went to go knock on the bathroom door. His usual knock was two strikes with his index knuckle, followed by a slight pause before he spoke. "Dinner's ready."

Sasuke slid it open, a fluffy, white towel on top of his head. He pulled it off, hanging it up before tying his robe. Smiling, he answered. "It smells good", he said, tying the sash around his waist.

"Um...yeah. Thanks." Naruto's eyes locked onto Sasuke's  casual smile and followed the man's body down the hall. Sasuke had walked ahead, getting to the bedroom door first and paused. "What do you think? Should we do it first then eat? Or eat then do it?" Naruto laughed a bit, shrugging.

"Don't ask me. You're the one always hungry, right? Don't you need your strength or something?" Sasuke scoffed, narrowing his eyes and glared strongly. Even though his mouth was smiling, his eyes definitely were not. "You mean, don't you need yours?", he answered, his voice deeper and rough as his eyebrows twitched.  Naruto shivered, laughing nervously. "M...me? I have mine, but you're right. It's hot now, so we should eat first..."

"I agree", Sasuke responded, the ominous cloud that was hovering over him just moments ago suddenly disappeared in a sunny disposition.

'What a scary guy...', Naruto thought to himself as he followed Sasuke into the kitchen. Sasuke had moved to pull out his usual chair, but Naruto came behind, pulling it out for him. Sasuke stared dumfounded, blinked, then released a laugh as he sat down. "What the hell are you doing?" Naruto blushed, keeping his head down as he scooted Sasuke into the square, marble table that sat in the kitchen area. "I have no idea...I mean! I'm being nice! It's not the first time I've pulled a chair out for you, ya know!" Sasuke smiled, covering his mouth to keep his chuckles in until he calmed himself.

"Alright, alright. Calm down."

Naruto pulled out his chair, huffing a bit as a blush still over his face. "Who's fault do you think that is? I had a carefully planned night of dinner and wine, then  I was going to..."

"You were going to get us drunk so you could work up the balls to seduce  me?" Sasuke teased, his first cup of wine already gone as he poured himself a second.  Naruto gulped down his cup as well, reaching for the wine bottle once Sasuke had finished pouring. "WELL NO...not exactly. You've just been working really hard at the school, getting them ready for their testing. I figured ya might need a nice relaxing evening, then...um. If you wanted..."

"A little vanilla and honey dessert?" Sasuke laughed, chewing on a diced pepper that made him choke a bit. He washed it down with more wine and continued to scoop the food into his mouth. His appetite had increased since he had been living on Naruto's cooking. He was never before happy as to eat, considering he had usually taken all of his meals completely alone. However, in the past two years, he had someone to eat and talk with every day. He wondered how Naruto would take if he ever confessed that he forgot his lunches, usually on purpose, just so he could have Naruto come and sit with him. Naruto laughed, eating from his bowl as well. He leaned his mostly shaved face on his palm, leaving the Sasuke's favorite part of chin fuzz there. His elbow rested on the table, as his other hand wagged the spoon in Sasuke's direction.

"Well, yeah. Something like that", he smiled. Pushing himself up with his palms, he stood to lean over the table. Sasuke watched him as Naruto's fingers came up to touch his face in a caress, but pulled away to show a small tuff of rice that was stuck off the corner of his mouth. The man went cross-eyed behind his round, thin glasses as he looked at it.  Closing his eyes and parting his lips, Sasuke waited patiently to be fed.  He peeked just enough to see the smirk on Naruto's face as the fingertips inserted into Sasuke's mouth. Gently, he bit them, suckling and licking, opening his eyes a bit more as his tongue swirled around Naruto's thumb and index finger.  Removing his thumb,  Naruto replaced the digit with his middle finger instead, allowing Sasuke to push them down his throat and slurp on them as he pulled off.

The blond was red in the face again, but so was Sasuke. His tongue continued to lap at the fingers until Naruto pulled his hand away. "Such a devious guy", Naruto said, shoveling a few more spoonfuls of rice into his mouth, chasing it with the remainder of the second cup of wine.  Sasuke did the same, nodding in agreement as he watched Naruto stand up and come over to him. He kept seated, honestly feeling a bit flushed. His legs were trembling and his heart was pounding, even though he was the one he kept pushing. He was pushing for one reason and one reason alone. He knew, maybe more than anyone else, that even Naruto had a breaking point. As Naruto walked over, his strong stature hovering over Sasuke's, he knew that Naruto had finally reached it.

As Sasuke looked up, his glasses were taken off. The clear vision that he had of Naruto's flushed face and piercing blue eyes instantly blurred. Oh well, he didn't need to see anyway. His eyelids slipped closed as Naruto's hot and slightly spicy lips came on top of his, kissing forcefully. Naruto had balanced himself between Sasuke's chair and the table, leaning down and pushed more himself on Sasuke's mouth. Sasuke's wanting was easily recognized, as he turned his chair to grab Naruto's shirt with both hands. His mouth was parted, tongue already in combat with Naruto's, but unlike many times before, they were both equally matched. When Naruto stopped, they both looked at each other closely, half lidded and panting with smiles on their faces. Naruto placed a gentle kiss on Sasuke's forehead between Sasuke's worn out eyes, moving his hand off the table to reach down his own shirt. He placed his hand on top of Sasuke's, gently prying off the grip.   "Come on", Naruto smiled, grabbing Sasuke's wrist to pull him up. Sasuke smiled, freeing his wrists to take his hand instead.

"Don't forget your goodie bag", he teased, laughing a bit to himself.

"Geesh, would you stop calling it that?" Naruto laughed back, although he did walk hand in hand with Sasuke to the counter to grab it by the handles.  While initially, it was Naruto, who led them at first, once the bag was in hand, Sasuke was the one who was leading them to the bedroom. Gripping Naruto's hand, he didn't feel scared or worried, although, he did feel nervous. Both of their pulses were racing and Sasuke was hesitant to open the sliding door to the bedroom.  "Point of no return, huh? We've been here before, haven't we?" Naruto said softly, moving behind Sasuke to wrap his warm arms around him. He spoke softly in his ear, his nose nuzzling against his neck and hair.

Sasuke smiled, relaxing in the embrace. "Yeah, but this something I've wanted for a long time." Naruto smiled, hugging him tighter, only releasing one of his arms from him to place his hand on top of Sasuke's. Hand on top of hand, both resting on the door, they slid it open together.