I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Watch you smile while you are sleeping While you’re far away and dreaming I could spend my life in this sweet surrender I could stay lost in this moment forever When every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Uchiha Sasuke knows that the woman in his arms is what an angel looks like in slumber. It’s way past midnight, and Konoha is enveloped with silence of darkness. Sarada lays in her crib beside the bed, sound asleep. He wants to join his wife in dreamland, but he cherishes this moment more than sleep. Despite the lack of any moonlight due to the new moon, it didn’t stop Sasuke from gazing at his wife. Sakura looked so peaceful the sight just warms his heart. A soft smile is plastered on her face, and he knows she’s having a nice dream.
It’s becoming a habit of his lately. He would sleep late just watching her sleep, and she would wake up earlier than him. She would try to wake him up, with baby Sarada cooing. He would then open his eyes to the sight of his wife and daughter smiling at him, and it is a treasure that cannot be rivalled by anything else in the world.
I don’t wanna close my eyes I don’t wanna fall asleep ‘cause I’d miss you, babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing. ‘cause even when I dream of you, The sweetest dream will never do I’d still miss you, babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing.
He craves for moments like this one. Despite the growing heaviness of his eyes, Sasuke didn’t give in to the soft calling of sleep. A stray lock of hair fell on his wife’s face when she moved slightly. He tucked it behind her ear, and his palm rested on her cheeks for a while. He has already memorized every side of her face to the point it’s natural for him to see her even in his mind.
But he chooses to dwell in this reality, because his reality is finally better than any fantasy.
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing And then I kiss your eyes And thank God we’re together I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever Forever and ever
A smile found its way to his lips as Sakura softly mumbled his name in her sleep. She snuggled up to him, and he moved a little to make her comfortable. His eyes scanned her face again, loving the serenity on her face. Sasuke kissed her forehead, her eyes, her nose, her cheeks, and then her lips. What could only be described as pure happiness settled in his heart.
He’s more than thankful to have a second chance at happiness when all he deserved was loneliness because of his actions. Sasuke promised that he’ll do everything in his power to protect them. He lost everything once, no way in hell would he allow it to happen again.
I don’t wanna close my eyes I don’t wanna fall asleep ’cause I’d miss you, babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing. ’cause even when I dream of you, The sweetest dream will never do I’d still miss you, babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing
A yawn escaped from him, and he wiped away the small tears that came along with it.
Not yet, he thought.
Dreams couldn’t match this moment. Since the two of them travelled together, him looking at her happens unconsciously. It’s like a moth is drawn to the flame, a wave drawn to the shore. Sasuke enjoys every single moment of it, because there is always a small part inside him that is afraid it might be the last.
I don’t wanna miss one smile I don’t wanna miss one kiss I just wanna be with you, right here with you, Just like this I just wanna hold you close And feel your heart so close to mine And just stay here in this moment for all the rest of time
Sakura smiled again in her sleep, and Sasuke is glad. No one deserves happy dreams more than her. He always wondered if she slept soundly when he left the village all those years ago. He surely didn’t.
He planted another soft kiss on her forehead. He will never admit it out loud, but he likes cuddling his Sakura. She always has this warmth that he never knew he needed. He listened softly to her heartbeat, the steady rhythm assuring him that she’s real… that she’s really beside him as his wife and the mother of his child.
How he wishes that this moment would last forever.
I don’t wanna close my eyes I don’t wanna fall asleep ’cause I’d miss you babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing. ’cause even when I dream of you, The sweetest dream will never do I’d still miss you babe, And I don’t wanna miss a thing
Darkness may be all around, but now Sasuke didn’t hate it. It’s not lonely anymore for him. with his wife and daughter, it’s more than enough to light up his world.
He still isn’t sure if he even deserves this, but he’ll prove that he is. Knowing this kind of love made him more protective than ever. As sleep tries to win him over again, a small smile graced his face. It has been a good day, and he hopes that ever day would be better than the last. With one last look at Sarada and Sakura, sleep finally won.
He allowed himself to close his eyes, looking forward to tomorrow – a tomorrow filled with love and laughter with his own family.
Notes: Sorry for the delay and thank you for your patience. As I told you yesterday, things came up in RL and could not write to my heart’s content. Furthermore, this chapter has given me quite a few problems and I had to rewrite some parts once and again till I was satisfied.
As always, if you find something strange, please, tell me ^^ I hope you enjoy this second part 🙂
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STORM (PART II)
They arrived at Sasuke’s house more than half an hour later due to the heavy traffic that filled the streets and some detours they had to take when the police officers asked them to. Sakura could perceive he was clearly annoyed by the situation and did not know how to feel about it. If it had not been for her, maybe he would have arrived earlier. By that time he could have been comfortably watching television at home. Or sleeping, as Naruto had said.
Against everything in him Sasuke returns to the village,
Sakura’s words ringing in his head. “Stay
here…with me or leave and never come back.” He feels shame after being away
for seven years.
He keeps tabs on them through Naruto and he can live in a self-imposed
exile because he knows they are alright. But when Naruto tells him about Sakura
ending up as a patient in her own hospital time and time again he couldn’t not
listen.
“It’s always the same,
chakra depletion, she’s always up and running again in a few days. But I worry
for her.” She was overworking herself, pushing herself so hard she didn’t
have the energy to think. He knows that escape well enough.
He sneaks into her hospital room past midnight, the lights
are out in the room, but the moon outsides shines through the window and illuminates
the room. Her back is turned to him as she lies on her side, her pink hair
longer than he remembers.
“What are you doing here?” She asks, her tone hard.
He wanted to see her, needed
to see her, but he hasn’t planned beyond that. “Naruto told me about this
little game you’re playing.” His tone is harsher than he intended. She senses
it too because she brings herself into a sitting position and turns to him, her
eyes narrowed.
“You don’t get to come here after all these years and judge
me.” Her tone is controlled but her eyes were screaming at him, letting out years
of pent up anger. He remains silent until the anger drains out of them as they
realize the futility of it. What’s anger
going to do now? What’s done is done.
Her eyes are filled with pain then, in a way that mirrors
his own. After all these years she still hurts by abandonment, by watching him
walk away from her and their daughter, choosing duty again. He still hurts by having had to walk away.
He had resolved not to, he was going to stay. But there was
a threat, Naruto needed him, and when Sasuke declined the request Naruto had to
order it as Hokage. “No one in the village
can know.” And so he walked away and by preventing the threat to reach
their gates he saved countless lives by forfeiting his family.
He left that night with no words to them, there was nothing
he was in liberty to say that he hadn’t said before. His only parting words
were to Naruto. “Tell Sakura, I’m sorry
for everything.” Words he hadn’t had the strength to tell her himself. To
which Naruto replied, “I’m the one who
should be sorry.” You’re damn right you should be, you tore us apart.
Sasuke had resented Naruto a long time for it.
“I’m sorry for everything… for leaving, for coming back, for
breaking this family apart, I-” She cuts him off and he can see as tears form
in her eyes.
“I found out why you had to do it, I was so mad! I was mad
at Naruto, at you, at myself until there was no more anger in me. I had driven
you away, you chose not to fight me for us… and you never came back.” She wipes
the tears away.
“So much time wasted.” She murmurs and Sasuke wants to reach
out to her and take her in his arms but he holds himself in place. Too much time. They can’t go back to how
things were.
He takes a step back, he didn’t plan for when he had to walk
away. “I don’t know how to leave again.” He admits and when his eyes turn to
her there’s a smile on her lips.
“Then stay.” In two words she offers him the world. They can’t
go back to how things were but if he doesn’t walk away it’s a start.
(because i relish at the idea of actually answering some of my requests but no where near as much as participating in the month dedicated to my favorite naruto couple. also this won’t be super graphic cuz that just ain’t me.)
type: prompt >> ssmonth2017 day 12: lights out, words gone [ sasusaku ] summary: would
hesitation stifle the fires or would they give in to the heated hunger
together? word count: 2,627 rating: M
she stood, leaning the smallest bit of her weight on the
strong, thick tree to her side. pink eyelashes blinking unhurried as they
watched the sun, beckoning the lines of light farther and farther away, cast
elongated shadows through the woods that surrounded her. as the sunset started
it’s descent downward behind the peaks of hills stretching the span of land
miles away, it produced flecks of deepened pinks and oranges as seconds ticked
on.
her green orbs reflecting a work of art made from the canvas
in the sky, breath coming out in a content sigh at the realization that moments
like this weren’t as rare as before, they had become something of a ritual for
her.
over the many months of traveling sakura had found her very own type of peace by fully embracing these quiet times—these little things. she
realized this could only have started the day her feet walked pass the gates of
their village and out into the unknown alongside a boy whom her heart’s deepest
desire was to know, know, and know more.
a soft gust of wind rustled the leaves in the tree above her,
bringing with it the fresh smell of rain. inhaling deeply and closing her eyes
tight, she searched for a sign and noted it after a moment, if ever so slightly
present: that faint earthy scent that carried a tiny bit of something musky,
something all him.
since the stops at villages, and especially inns, were not
predictable, sakura had started to wash all the clothes together. at first he
had objected, as expected when someone as reserved as sasuke is being presented
with the idea of someone washing his intimates, but eventually he realized the
resourcefulness and gave in.
another
small step, she thought.
now standing far enough in the woods and away from the inn they
had stopped at she could still catch his familiar scent on her own loose shirt,
edge waving gently around her waist as the wind started to pick up.
she cast her gaze back to the sunset, seeing the moments that
had passed brought forth a calming purple that blended effortlessly into the darkening
blue of the remaining sky. certainly stars would normally permeate every inch
of the vast view above but clouds were moving in quickly and she could sense
the change in temperature as goose bumps prickled over her arms.
if she held her breath, taking away the only noticeable sound
filling the dense quiet of these forest floors, sakura could catch the light
thrumming of rain off in the distance, slowly making it’s approach to where she
stood motionless, entranced by the view above her.
only fleetingly did it cross her mind that the rain might reach
her if she did not start making her way back to the inn.
and rain, rain it did. while the night sky fully immersed itself
in hues of the darkest blues, welcoming night, that far-off noise of rain finally came down in
what felt like blankets to her ivory skin, promising to soak her to the bone
even with the coverage of branches.
once she turned, her body ran on it’s own accord, rather recklessly,
back toward the safety and warmth of the inn, no longer held down by the wonder
of the long gone sunset.
she could not see very much in front of her through the sheets
of water. as she ran, splashing along the mossy grounds, she haphazardly slung
pieces of hair that had plastered itself to her face behind her ears, keeping
her hands up and over her eyes, hoping to allow for better vision.
still, her delayed reactions to everything kept her from attempting
to focus in on what stood in the middle of the path she now ran down.
instantly she came crashing into a solid form, all of the breath
she held within almost knocked out of her. she didn’t have the time to stop
herself from falling back yet wondered at the warmth exuded by the strong arm
that caught her and pulled her back under the protection of something.
blinking hard and wiping at the moisture on her face, she found that
she had run into sasuke. he stood, arm extended out to provide shelter for her
under his cloak, dark eyes holding the slightest proof that he was amused.
“it has started to rain,” he informed with that same mischievous
quirk that she accustomed to very early in their genin days yet caught showing
up more and more now.
she thought about how the
little things always gave him away, showing those parts she fell in love with so long ago, as she smiled up at him.
“mm,” she breathed, huddling up under the cloak and closer
toward his warmth, not minding his obvious statement as she had grown used to
his humor as much as his stubbornness given all their history together.
bit by bit as they walked, she realized the space under the
clothing wasn’t enough to keep them from touching in some way and this caused
her to become rather perplexed, not focusing on her next step. nevertheless he
caught her stumbling forward with ease, as if he expected this reaction, and
wrapped his arm around her middle, leaving a dark flush to blossom across her
cheeks, as his cloak came down and enveloped her completely under it and next
to his side.
“are you alright, sakura?”
“i’m—i’m just cold.” came
the muffled chatter from under the dark cloth. her teeth were really chattering
but she knew it had little to do with the lowered temperature outside but much more to do with the way their bodies brushed together when they walked.
as he moved his arm off of her waist and back up to hold the
cloak over her, she practically squeaked.
“hn.”
but even in his infamous reply that usually accompanied a blank
look, sakura could hear the satisfaction that lurked somewhere in him. she knew
he realized that even the slightest touch from him could still (and probably
always would) startle every nerve in her.
she leaned her head forward a tiny bit, peeking through the
opening of his cloak and trying to read his facial expression, but found
nothing to give him away since his focus was purely on getting back to the inn and his
eyes never left the trail ahead.
“you are soaked. you should shower and get in bed so you will
warm up.”
with this, they were silent and steady for the rest of the walk,
rain easing up the closer they got and chirps from crickets filling the night
air to accompany their trek.
sakura never noticed how she stayed right beside him from then
on, soaking in the heat and closeness before she assumed it would be gone.
she also failed to notice that he never pulled away.
. . .
. . .
pacing back and forth across the bathroom, the sound of her feet
padded against the floor that was still covered in a light layer of moisture
from the steamy shower she had just finished. she distractedly ran her hands
over the fog covered mirror and stared at her reflection, lost in thought over
how small yet significant his actions around her during these travels had been.
small steps.
her fingers brush over her lips, recalling weeks before when she
had been watching him sleep, reveling in how peaceful his sleeping form looked,
only for him to crack an eye open and find silent tears pouring down her cheeks. he
took her emotional state in for a moment before leaning up on his elbow and
side, sincere worry in his eyes but she found no words were sincere enough to
convey how much it made her very being drip in love over this chance they had
to be alone and really understand each other. this chance she had to take. before
she could stop herself she had leaned in, only to feel her eyes fly open in
shock at lips gently crashing into hers at the same time.
her hand wandered up to her forehead as her eyes crinkled at the
sides, filling with fresh tears over the truth he had shared with her—the first
sign of love he had ever been shown, expressed in the same way but with much
deeper meaning when it was his two fingers meeting on her forehead. her heart
swelled as she bit her lip and dropped her shaky arm back to her side.
this space between them was closing and she couldn’t stop it,
even if she had wanted to.
she then wrapped her arms slowly around her own waist as she
remembered the way his arm felt there less than an hour ago, firm but so gentle. just like sasuke
truly is… and while her eyes fell shut she realized just how much she was
beginning to learn about him, new things she was falling for.
she breathed out through her nose slowly and ran a hand through
her damp hair, heading out into the room as she did so.
her eyes took a second to adjust as she noted darkness filled
the area, save for the light that flickered across everything from the small
fire he had built for them over in the fireplace.
sakura’s line of vision crept over to the bed and rested on the
shape of his body under the covers. as she stood, shivering the tiniest bit,
she watched the sheets move up and down barely as he breathed. Her hand pulling
the bathroom door shut completely but even with that tiny click that could
barely be more than a whisper in the room with the occasional crackle of fire
and steady drizzle of rain outside, he shifted a little and looked over at her.
when a faint smile graced his lips, she felt something deep
within her stomach stir.
protective. gentle. hesitant. he shows love this way. he shows me love this way.
he reached out with his hand, something she had grown used to,
and beckoned her over to the bed, eyes never leaving hers.
sakura made her way over to the other side and crawled down into the
safety of the covers, still holding his gaze as her heart beat wildly at the
closeness of their bodies again. so many times before she had dreamed of
spending nights with him, sharing the same bed and now as she realized she had been, she ached in a new way.
a new longing started in her gut when his voice sweet like honey
and soft as velvet filled her ears, as he asked if she felt better.
she parted her lips and started to reply but realized she could
never muster up all the words needed to express how she felt right now.
so she willed her hand forward as it came out from under the covers
and to rest on his cheek, running fingers lightly over his skin.
“let me show you how i feel…” her soft voice cracked while she watched new
emotions race across his eyes. as she searched deep into his dark pupils, she
could see his heart uncovered and feelings aglow.
his hesitance almost made her wonder if he wanted the same
things though, if he yearned for her the same way, if he was being consumed by
a ravenous fire that threatened to burn everything it touched…
but his eyes softened, as if he had come to a decision, and she
moved her fingers more desperately along his face, outlining his lips and jaw,
waiting.
the light from the fire running across their features and casting shadows as she
leaned in and he pulled her close, pressing their foreheads together.
“please…” she whispered, moving her hand down his arm.
captivated by the hunger she found in his eyes, as he leaned her
head back and took her expression in, he breathed out slowly, a ragged breath
escaping his lips before he gently pressed them to hers. taken aback she felt a
tiny moan escape her mouth before she eagerly pressed hers into his, feeling
his lightly calloused hands roaming to her waist and under the cotton shirt.
rain pattered down on the roof still.
soft touches, so many grazes, and breathing filled the room as clothes
were slowly pulled away and heavy-lidded eyes soaked each other in.
his strong arm pulled her close, pressing their skin together. her
arms slipped up and looped behind his neck, nuzzling her face against his ear
and hair, breathing in his scent, so much stronger now as they moved down
together steadily and became two souls into one flesh.
the movement had her pinching her brows together and thighs tightening around him.
“sakura… am i hurting you?” his breathless voice filled
the air as his hand gripped her shoulder, pulling her to where their eyes met
and he caught the distress painted on her face.
her eyes spilled over tears in a thick stream causing him to
fret and try to move her off, but she touched his chest so so softly, running
her hands across the slick skin, stopping him.
because nothing else could convey how she felt, how much she
wanted (no, needed) this, she leaned in next to his ear and whispered that she wanted him as her lips touched him briefly and she pressed her body down
further on his, encouraging him to continue, fingers grasping his shoulders.
his breath hitched in his throat at the sensation and he kept their
bodies touching, warmth filling them from every soft rock and roll as they crashed
into each other deeper and more needy as the moments passed, almost suffocating
in the need to show the other this love they had been overcome with so long ago.
his eyes flickered over her form as the mixture of the fire’s
light and the moon moved across her face, lips, breasts, and he gave his most
gentle smile to her. she pulled his face to hers and kissed him barely at first
but then with all the emotion she had pent up inside her, breath catching and
having to pull away as she moaned against his chest, dizzy with pleasure over
the growing pace their hips had set.
heart thumping more and more at the thought of how intimate and
close their actions were, how she could feel the love he had for her in every
touch of his fingers, every heated kiss he peppered over her body, and every
rock of his hips meeting hers. she couldn’t stifle the cry when her peak came as
her body shook and trembled against his, intertwining her fingers in his
long dark locks as she tried to hold on as he continued to ride out his ecstasy.
only moments later, his lips spilled out her name so
painstakingly full of love, as his body stiffened against hers and panting
breath filled the room.
new tears threatened to come as the heat in her belly melted
away and he pulled her into his arm, both spent with emotion and coming down
from the high as they held onto each other. she closed her eyes and leaned in
to kiss his collarbone, feeling his chin rest on her head, both nodding off into a deep sleep as they clung together still.
years before when she dreamed of spending her life with him,
making a future together, helping him restore his clan, and loving him
endlessly, she never realized it would already feel like home. but when she
leaned her head against his chest and heard his heart beating against hers, she knew she could
never belong anywhere else.
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