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Crimson blood lay thickly on cold tiles, followed by red eyes. Echoes of laughter relentlessly chimed in Uchiha Sasuke's ears. Fresh deep cuts that were recently covered had stuck to Sasuke's clothes, causing extreme discomfort. The bleeding wouldn't cease. Unfortunately, this pain felt real. Genuine emotion quickly clouded his mind akin to drugs. Harm always recuperated Sasuke. 

Someone knocked once, then twice, those genuine feelings left just as quickly as they came. Sasuke recalled that guests weren't allowed upstairs. His heart skipped a beat. Itachi would likely be waiting beyond that door. ”Sasuke are you in there?” Sasuke opened his mouth, but nothing would come out. He didn't attempt to search for the lost voice,”I was told to come and get you.”

No response came from the bathroom. Blood trickled down pale arms, Sasuke quickly moved towards the sink, only to wince, his legs burned with torment. Crimson liquid dripped down into the sink as he remained quiet. “Everyone is eating dinner downstairs.” Christmas dinner, guests all frolicking downstairs, Sasuke's demeanour diminished after recollecting Itachi's words. 

Itachi's soft voice drifted,“Come down when you'd like.” A feeling arose worse than any injury, guilt etched its way into Sasuke's heart. In the ensuing moments, he wearily cleaned the mess of his actions. Seconds, then minutes pasted by. Around half an hour passed before Sasuke gained the courage to face everyone downstairs. 

After opening the ensuite bathroom door and quickly scanning his surroundings, his expression slightly faltered. Naruto Uzumaki was lazily laying on his bed. Every bone in his body wanted to jump back into the bathroom. Despite this, he continued on towards his desk chair. “Ya know, Sasuke, you take such a long time in the bathroom!” 

An exasperated groan sounded from Naruto, “Sasuke c'mon, let's go downstairs. Your mum made so much food!” The yellow haired frowned as Sasuke completely ignored him.”Your mum told me to come up here and get you.” He sat up in Sasuke's bed, yawning. 

Light footsteps resounded in the room, and Sasuke lazily strolled towards Naruto, “Shut up.” His hand then went over Naruto's mouth subsequently, pain seared through the used muscle. “Just go away.” He eyed his Jinchūriki's fleeting expression. Is Naruto repulsed? Sasuke attempted to take away his hand, and Naruto quickly held on, as if Sasuke's hand became his lifeline. 

“Sasuke,” He kissed Sasuke's hand,”Are you okay?” Tan fingers ran along black clothing.“You seem like you're in pain.” Naruto halted his movements, why are Sasuke's clothes damp? “Did you go out in the rain earlier? Why are your clothes so wet?”Naruto felt a weight tower over him, Sasuke leaned against him. 

Within seconds, lewd thoughts registered in Sasuke's mind. Although they weren't in a suspicious position, he couldn't shake the sinful images out of his mind. Sasuke let out a laugh,”Naruto, weren't you hungry? What happened to that?” He pushed himself away from Naruto, still holding onto the others' shoulders. “Quit worrying about my clothes.” 

Without another word, Sasuke pushed Naruto onto his bed. “SASUKE WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE-” Naruto began mumbling, Sasuke had covered his mouth again. He used his other hand to keep himself above Naruto. The mumbling quickly came to a stop. It seemed the Jinchūriki had given up. 

“Hey idiot, have you calmed down?” Naruto's warm tongue met Sasuke's cold hand, followed by a fit of giggles from Naruto. Sasuke pulled his hand away with distaste. ”I'm going to fucking kill you.” Since Naruto became occupied with laughing, he didn't even catch Sasuke's words. 

In the following seconds Sasuke lowered himself and hungrily kissed an unsuspecting Naruto. A hiss replaced Naruto's wholehearted laughter. “Sasuke that hurts." Despite his words, there was no intention to move from his current position. Far too intoxicated by Sasuke, who continued littering kisses around his neck. “Sasuke you're gonna leave a marks all over me sto-” 

“Why can't I leave a mark or two?” A smirk crawled onto his face,”The strongest person in hidden leaf is scared of a few hickeys?” Naruto's words sparked an unyielding need to test the Jinchūriki’s limits, Sasuke strived to leave however many marks possible. “Can you be a little quieter Jinchūriki?” Although not letting Naruto catch his breath he still uttered senseless requests,”You know there's guests downstairs right? Do you want them to hear you?” 

“No I don't but how am I meant to be quie-” Another gasp escaped Naruto. Sasuke bit his neck roughly, tan skin now adorned a red hue,”Sasuke- that hurts ya know?!” The dark haired acknowledged Naruto's complaints by stopping the painful kisses, instead he tugged on the others shirt. “What's the hurry? I'll take it off, take off yours too.” 

Tan skin mesmerised Sasuke as Naruto threw his shirt aside. “I'm not taking my shirt off.” Naruto pouted,”Naruto I told you I'm not-” The Jinchūriki cut his statement short, mirroring Sasuke's actions by tugging at the clothing. Sasuke winced as the clothing tried to free itself from blood encrusted cuts. 

“Sasuke, did you go out on a mission recently?” Naruto watched wide-eyed, Sasuke appeared lost in pain every time he tugged at the clothing. “Are you hiding a wound from a mission?" Sasuke lifted his hands up. He couldn't bring himself to speak. Naruto sat up and took Sasuke's clothing off. The scene that met his eyes left him dazed. 

Deep and shallow scars extensively lined Sasuke's body, including most recent ones that scattered around his arms, a few of them still bleeding steadily, Naruto exhaled sharply, speechless. Sasuke followed in suit, remaining silent,”Sasuke, I should get the first aid kit some of these are really deep and there are others which are still blee-” 

“I don't need first aid.” Tan fingers trailed around bloody cuts,”Are you disgusted by my body?” Sasuke began to vocalise his shame, his guilt. Usually, genuine emotions surfaced after inflicting pain upon himself, but this time, Naruto became the catalyst for his emotions. “It's shameful, I know-” 

Familiar warmth met his lips,”It's not shameful.” Blue eyes gazed into red ones,”With or without the sharingan, your eyes are still beautiful.” Sasuke felt Naruto's words were for his own body. He understood Naruto's heart, his words, his everything. “There's things far more shameful in this world, right Sasuke?” 

A smile tugged at Naruto's lips as he admired Sasuke. “Like us?” Sasuke sensed Naruto's manner change. “My family would probably kill us.” The fact that same sex marriages weren't legalised obscured their thoughts. Subsequently, they experienced being looked down upon as a same sex couple. 

“Sasuke, we aren't shameful either.” Sasuke's heart shattered into fractures, ”Kakashi is working on it, lets try not lose faith in our Hokage.” Naruto made an effort to keep a happy demeanour as he noticed Sasuke's mood. “Let's forget about it. No one is gonna find out about us.” 

No response came from Sasuke. Instead, he pushed Naruto down onto the bed again. This time, no surprise yelp erupted from Naruto, as if he was used to the others' antics by now. “Can I go all the way tonight?” Lustful intent enhanced Sasuke's eyes. 

“Yes, you can, but what about your cuts? Won't they open up?” Sasuke loved the way Naruto worried for him,”We don't have to go all the way if you don't want to.” He let Naruto ramble on, like a predator toying with its prey. “We can really continue this another day-”

“If the cuts open up, it's fine.” Sasuke's cold hands started to take off Naruto's other clothing.”They shouldn't bleed a lot.” After receiving confirmation, Naruto did the same. They proceeded to take off each other's remaining clothing in a frenzied fashion. 

“Sasuke, why are you making me wait?” Sasuke wasn't waiting but instead holding himself back. His eyes wandered all over Naruto's body,“You can be rough. Just get on with it. All this waiting is borin-” Naruto put a hand over his mouth.“Sasuke-” Lewd sounds filled the room. “Could you at least give me a warning?” 

“You said I could be rough.” He pushed another finger into Naruto, who moaned in response,”Fuck its started bleed again.” Naruto's eyes followed Sasuke's, to see a cut near his hand had opened, revealing crimson blood. “I'll go and get-” 

Naruto brought Sasuke's hand closer, moving the hand slightly across, before putting his mouth to it. “Why are you kissing the bloo-” Sasuke stopped when he realized Naruto appeared to be drinking his blood. “Naruto, you don't have to drink it.” 

“It'll stop the bleeding faster.” He looked up at Sasuke,”Your blood doesn't taste too bad afterall.” For the next few minutes nothing occurred except blood drinking. “I think it should be closed up.” Naruto removed his mouth, the hypothesis seemed correct. 

Sasuke didn't wait, he teased Naruto with his fingers. Inserting another when Naruto appeared to adjust to the capacity,”Sasuke you've opened me up enough just-” Sasuke's fingers pushed deeper inside Naruto, causing him to lose all sense of rationale. “Sasuke please-” 

This seemed to be another sight which pleased Sasuke, Naruto's pleas were akin to begging. “I don't want to hurt you. Just wait. I'm nearly done.” Sasuke kept pushing deeper into Naruto with just his fingers. After affirming Naruto could handle this much he withdrew his fingers. 

Naruto almost cried at the feeling of emptiness. Sasuke slowly inserted his length into Naruto, watching closely for signs of discomfort. Blue eyes watered,”Sasuke don't do it slowly it'll hurt more-” without warning Sasuke shoved his whole length inside Naruto. 

Tears threatened to spill as Sasuke soothed him with kisses. “Naruto, it'll be easier if I start moving.” Naruto hummed in agreement, his insides felt as if they were being skewered. A burning sensation flourished in Naruto's stomach,”Naruto,” Sasuke kissed him mercilessly,”I love you.” 

The dark haired quickened his pace, moans filled the room,”I love you too.” The burning sensation in Naruto's stomach only grew,”If you keep going at that pace-” Naruto tensed, reaching his limit. “Sasuke slow down. I'm gonna-” Sasuke slowed slightly, enough to hold off Naruto's orgasm. “Can you go slower-” Sasuke did the exact opposite. He picked up the pace again. 

He loved teasing Naruto. “I'm at my limit, too.” Naruto moaned into Sasuke's kiss. He'd reached his climax. Finally, he came, and Sasuke followed suit seconds later. He pulled out of Naruto and headed straight for the bathroom, moments later returning with bandages and a warm wet cloth. 

Troubling thoughts filled Sasuke's mind as he cleaned Naruto up. “Sasuke, what's on your mind?” Sasuke shook his head, signalling for Naruto to not worry, but such a concept was foreign. He couldn't simply not worry. “Who's occupying your mind except me?” 

Bandages unwrapped themselves, falling into pale hands. Sasuke started to bandage his self-inflicted cuts,”Sasuke let me do it.” Naruto's legs ached as he tried to gather his strength. Getting up appeared futile. “Sasuke,” His voice filled Sasuke with copious undeserving love,”Bring the bandages over here.” 

In silence, Sasuke sat next to Naruto, holding out his arm whilst handing over the bandages,”I love you so much that sometimes,” He wrapped the bandages around his Sasuke easily,”it hurts.” Naruto tended to his lover's other arm,”When I see you do things like this to yourself, it fills me with anger.” His words dripped with delicacy. 

“Sasuke, I want to be mad at the person who did this to you. I want them to know what pain is.” He pulled Sasuke down to lay next to him,”That very person is you.” Naruto pulled Sasuke in for a kiss. He caught a foreign sight, Sasuke's dark eyes glistening with tears. “And I can't hurt you.” 

Tears cascaded down Sasuke's face,”All this time, I could've told you I was struggling.” Naruto captivated Sasuke into a final hug,”I should've let your love guide my hardships. I just couldn't bring myself to tell you anything.” 

“Sasuke, I'm willing to take all your hardships alongside mine.” Naruto let Sasuke mindlessly cry into him, those tears had been held in for so long, too long. Eventually Sasuke's tears came to a halt. And without the need for anymore words, Naruto sleepily collapsed. 

The scene filled Sasuke with gratitude. He couldn't quite describe the warmth that weighed on his heart as he collapsed beside Naruto. “I love you more than you'll ever know.”  

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Around six hours later, Sasuke awoke to phosphorescent moonlight, illuminating his bed and lover. He brought his hand closer to Naruto's face, ever so gently, caressing the sleeping Jinchūriki. Minutes passed, and Sasuke started to delicately trace hearts all over his Jinchūriki. “Sasuke?” 

The weak voice inscribed in Sasuke's ears, Naruto, stirred awake,”Are you hurting?” Sasuke gently pressed against Naruto's legs, trying to measure the pain,”Does it hurt a lot?” He surveyed Naruto, only to encounter a blooming complexion. “Should I get you some painkillers?” His gesture relayed perverse effects. 

A newfangled lewd sound slipped out, and Naruto whimpered from sudden touch. He covered his mouth in pure embarrassment. “I didn't mean to make that sound.” Sasuke raised an eyebrow, remorselessly pushing down harder. “Hey stop it, Sasuke-” Another whimper escaped. 

With every passing second, Sasuke's torments became worse,”Round two?” His blush grew a shade darker, Naruto indignantly rolled his eyes. “I know you're exhausted,” Sasuke's eyes travelled all over Naruto's body, noticing all the kiss marks he'd left yesterday,”Maybe I should've listened to you, I won't leave so many marks next time.” 

The yellow haired exhaled,“You say that every time.” Naruto pulled Sasuke closer. He could feel Sasuke's heart beat racing,”Can I ask you something pretty boy?” Naruto's blush must've been contagious because Sasuke now also adorned a shade of pink. He attempted to cover his flushed face, forgetting his hands were placed under and around Naruto.

“I'm an open book for you.” He placed a soft kiss on Naruto's cheek,”Ask away Jinchūriki.” Naruto looked up to him joyfully, smiling in return. The kiss soothed his nervousness, along with the past convictions around his particular thoughts. However, hesitation still appeared to be in tow. “Why are you awfully reluctant to ask? This isn't like you, hm?” 

“About what you said earlier,” There were so many things I said earlier. Did I say something wrong? Sasuke didn't even know where to start searching for what he apparently said beforehand. “ 'My family would probably kill us.' ” Naruto observed Sasuke with pure heartache,”Did you really mean that?”

Befuddled could only begin to account for half of what Sasuke experienced upon hearing Naruto's question. He wanted to provide an answer for Naruto, but seconds passed, then minutes, and they lay within each other's embrace blanketed by silence. Finally, Sasuke spoke,“They won't kill you.” I'll make sure I'm the only one stained in my own blood.

“Oh. Then why did you say it earlier?” Naruto inferred that they wouldn't die. It happened to be something Sasuke had said,”In the heat of the moment, right?” His blue eyes glistened with residual moonlight,”You said it without meaning.” Those eyes held so much hope that Sasuke couldn't fulfil. 

“Yeah. I didn't mean anything by it.” By lying to Naruto, he experienced a pang of guilt. The same guilt from inflicting pain upon oneself rebounded to kick him in the heart. “Naruto, can I ask you something now?” His words congealed into toxic infatuation. 

Although Naruto signalled for him to ask without restraint, breath still seized within his chest,”Why do you love me?” What kind of question is that? This felt like a repulsive joke. Naruto pushed him away for the very first time. The action pained him in an aggrieved manner. Nonetheless, Sasuke continued,”Displeasure is written all over you. What's wrong with my question?” 

“Sasuke, you're not making any sense! You didn't think to ask before we had sex-” Suddenly, a series of loud caws caught their attention, Naruto and Sasuke quickly exchanged a glance.”Itachi's crows.” Sasuke hummed in acknowledgement. Consequently, the two hurriedly dressed themselves, disregarding their conversation from before. 

He headed towards the curtains opening them, and Sasuke followed, opening a window for the crows to come in. Although only one flew in, Sasuke held out his arm, but the crow swirled around Naruto, landing swiftly on his arm, held up at the last minute. “Shisui, have you taken a liking to the Jinchūriki?” Shisui took off again, landing in front of Sasuke's door as if the bird wanted to lead them elsewhere. “Should we go?” 

“Since it's Itachi's crow, we should go.” They followed Shisui downstairs. However, not a single sound emitted when they arrived on the ground floor. “Where is everyone?” Sasuke also found such an occurrence suspicious. “Did they go out?” 

“No.. they shouldn't have..” Sasuke knew his family all too well. He knew the aftereffects of his family Christmas dinners meant everyone would be slumped in random guest rooms or sharing a bed with a Uchiha friend of their own. “They should all be home.” 

Two pairs of eyes scanned the surroundings in confusion,”Let's just follow Shisui for now,” Shisui ended up leading them outside, Sasuke halted. “Outside?” While waiting, he grabbed a Kunai from a nearby shelf and hid it in his own pocket as Naruto finished putting on shoes. “You ready?” 

“Can't you see? Of course I'm ready.” Naruto unwittingly understood words for their face value. He stepped outside with Sasuke in tow, shutting the door behind them. Shisui took off, black wings flying triumphantly as Sasuke and Naruto ran to keep up. Approximately thirty minutes went by before Naruto spoke again,”Is Shisui giving us a tour?” 

They continued to pursue Shisui, albeit minds occupied. What Naruto said earlier began to massively weigh Sasuke down, Shisui had been taking them to the outskirts of the village only to make them run circles. Sasuke decided to venture off Shisui's trail without warning. Naruto yelled after him, ”Naruto, ignore Shisui.” He called back,”Follow me.” 

“What do you mean to ignore Shisui? You do know Itachi will have my head for breakfast if we ignore him.” Sasuke shook his head as Naruto caught up,”Shisui wanted to cleverly distract us.” He corrected himself,”Itachi wanted to distract us.” Naruto raised an eyebrow as if to say, from what? “There's something happening.”

The Jinchūriki appeared to inevitably connect the dots. ”You're right.. your family is gone. The village is awfully quiet.” As if on cue, a blood curdling scream echoed from the village. “An Intruder?” They sprinted towards the village using the trees to gain speed. When the village centre came into view, pure shock encapsulated their expressions. 

They couldn't spot a single soul around the streets of Hidden Leaf Village. Their beloved village stood still in silence. “Just where exactly did that scream come from?” The sound of a door opening and closing captured their attention. “Danzo..?” Sasuke tensed. Danzo.. no, that can't be right. Sickeningly, Danzo smiled up at the two proceeding to proudly bow.  

“Why don't we have a little talk?” An irrefutable expression plastered across Naruto's face, yeah, I'll talk to a fascist like you when pigs fly. The so-called fascist spoke again. “Aren't we all close? What's some shame in a little talking?” Sasuke didn't have any interest in Danzo's unreasonable requests. 

Subsequently, he took out his Kunai, and Danzo chuckled at them with utmost pity. “Where is everyone else?!” Despite wanting to ask when exactly Sasuke had packed that Kunai, he kept the thought to himself and directed curiosity towards Danzo. “Where are they?!” 

Ants, they were ants to Danzo. He paid no attention to Naruto's questions,”You two can't possibly defeat me.” His words only incited them,"That blood curdling scream was my doing." The corner of his mouth lifted in cruel grin. "Or should I say it's your beloved teacher's scream?"