Nukenin

For a while I was wandering through the village, recollecting about what just happened and what I was feeling for the past few months, before I got too tired and decided that it was a good time to return to the hotel. It was already late, surely at least after midnight, and we had to wake up in the morning after all. The streets were almost empty now as the festival ended for the day. Only some drunk people were trying to convince the owner to keep his pub open for a little bit longer.

After I got to the room I saw sasuke as he was lying on his bed near the window and was looking at the ceiling. I almost forgot that we were supposed to share the room. But that was fine. Totally fine. I went around him without even looking at him and got into the bathroom. Only there, after I closed the door did I fall to the ground. Maybe it wasn’t as fine as I thought it would be.

After I admitted the fact to myself, it was suddenly harder to be near him. It was only a few seconds and we didn’t even talk! I had to get myself together. I couldn’t let it mess with me like this. I was a ninja, someone who was risking his life while on a missions damn it. I couldn’t lose against feelings.

It took me a good half an hour to calm down enough while showering, so I was able to return to the shared room. Sasuke was in the exact same position as he was before. As if he didn’t even move during the whole time. His eyes were open, so he wasn’t asleep. I couldn’t understand how he could stay like this. I would get bored after only a few minutes.

“You took a long time out there.” He spoke out of nowhere. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. I had every right to be outside, we never agreed that we had to be back at a certain hour. If we did so, it would be different, but at the moment it was only up to me what I was doing.

Sasuke turned his head and looked into my eyes. “Were you with hinata?” He asked and I ended up staring at him. He almost sounded like parents scolding their child. Or as if I hurt him. But it still had nothing to do with him that I was with someone. Or.. Was he jealous? I never thought that I would encounter a jealous Uchiha Sasuke, but it seemed possible. Even though I wasn’t sure why it would be such a big problem that I was with Hinata, the situation was funny.

So I didn’t show any emotions, while I was smiling in my mind. “We talked for a little. Why are you asking?” It sounded like I didn’t really care about the answer, but I purposely didn’t break eye contact. It was him who looked back on the ceiling, cheek slightly pink. “Just to be sure that you, Idiot, didn’t get into any troubles.” He mumbled. He clearly thought up this answer on the spot. Was I really right with my deduction?

I decided not to dig into it for now and leave it for later. It was too late for further conversation or doing anything with it. I just didn’t think about what could happen during the night. As if he could, no one was able to tell how the weather could change in such a short time.

I laid on my bed and tried to sleep. Even with all the thoughts in my head I was still pretty tired. Walking around in the evening and night was alright, but the rest of the day we spent on the way, running most of the time, and it was exhausting.  So it didn’t take long before I successfully fell asleep.

But the peaceful sleep didn’t last for too long. I suddenly woke up shaking as the loud thunder filled the air. This had to be a really bad joke. Normally thunderstorms were rare. They happen only a few times a year. So how the hell was it possible for it to happen that I had  to go through not one but two, when I happened to be in the same room as Sasuke. And I couldn’t even go anywhere. At home I would eventually hide in the room without windows, but the only other room here was the bathroom and it had one too.

So I sat up and hugged my legs around my knees. I felt like an idiot. Why I was so afraid of something so silly like a thunderstorm. It couldn’t hurt me, especially when I was inside a house , and still it was a bigger problem for me than fighting for my life with enemies. But it was so loud and scary. I couldn’t help myself. I tried to overcome it in the past but never succeeded.

”Can’t sleep?” Came from Sasuke’s side of the room. When I looked over at him I could see that sure enough, he was awake too. And he looked like he was having fun. “Ha ha, really funny.” I didn’t stand for him to make fun of me. The fear of thunderstorms wasn’t that uncommon, so he could just leave it be.

“Calm down. I didn’t mean it like that.” I could see how he was looking at me in the light of the lighting. And he looked kinda worried. After a few seconds of silence he sighed and tugged up his sheet in invitation. “Come here.” Just like the last time. I didn’t need to look in the mirror to know that at the moment my face went bright red. Something that wasn’t possible when I was in the cat's body. 

It was so embarrassing. “Yeah, no thanks.” How I would be able to look at him after this. Even now it was harder than before and I didn’t need it to get worse. But Sasuke didn’t seem to like this reaction. “You know it wouldn’t be for the first time.” He laughed. It was really nice to hear him laugh. It made me forget about the storm for a second. But I still wasn’t convinced that this was a good idea. “That was a different situation.” I murmured, not sure if he could actually hear me. 

But the longer he held the sheet, the more I knew that I couldn’t deny him. So in the end I gave up and stood up. With hot cheeks and took the few steps that it took to get to his bed and laid next to him, letting him cover me. Once I was settled he grabbed my waist and hugged me from behind.

I didn’t like to admit it, but it felt like heaven to be held by him. It didn’t matter that the storm was still raging behind windows, I felt safe. The same feeling of safety that I had when I was a cat and was laying on his lap, letting him pet me between fluffy ears. Just now I couldn’t purr anymore. Again it didn’t take long for me to fall asleep, no matter the storm outside.

In the morning the sunlight coming from the window woke me up. We were in the similar position as we were at night, but now I was facing Sasuke instead of having my back towards him. I tried to get up, but sasuke just held me stronger and unconsciously tugged me closer to him. He looked adorable like this. Like a child hugging their favourite stuffed animal.

Once again I couldn’t make myself fight against his wants and just lied back down and used his chest as a pillow since it was right there. It was nice. I could hear his heartbeat and it was trying to lure me back to sleep. It took about ten minutes when I felt movement underneath me. Sasuke starts to wake up. He slowly opened his dark eyes and looked right at me.

I felt so freaking awkward, but at least he let off me and I could finally get up. “Why didn’t you get up earlier since you were awake?” Sasuke asked, smirking at me. It surely looked a little bit weird and I couldn’t help but to blush again. I don’t think that there was a time before when I blushed so much like in these few hours.  Like if he was doing it on purpose.  Which wouldn’t be so surprising when it comes to him.

“You didn’t want to let me go.” I answered him truthfully. It wasn’t my fault, even if it could take only me waking him up. “Oh, sorry.” He mumbled an apology. For some change it was his face’s turn to get all red, as he realized what he was doing without realizing it. We had to look funny, both red as a pair of ripe tomatoes this early in the morning.

We sat here next to each other, not sure what to do or say. I was nervously looking down on my hands, when Sasuke suddenly leaned closer to me. Then before I could say anything I felt his lips on my. My eyes were wide open from the shock so I could see that his were shut tight, most likely scared of my reaction. But how could I do anything besides returning the kiss. It felt so good, so right. His lips were soft and warm.

I let him pull me back down on the bed, or more precisely back on him. We kissed for several long minutes. For so long, but if we separated now it would feel that it was too soon. Neither of us exactly knew how to do it, but it didn’t matter. We enjoyed it as much as we could.

Then just as I felt Sasuke’s tongue on my bottom lip trying to see if I would let him inside, we heard a knock on our door. With a wet sound we ended the kiss, hearts beating fast from excitement and fear from getting caught at such a moment. It looked like our time alone was coming to its end.

With a sigh I got up from Sasuke and went to open the door, so the person behind them didn’t need to wait. But as soon as I saw them I almost cursed that I opened them. It was Sakura. She was the last one that I wanted to see. “Hey guys, I just wanted you to know that you should go to have something for breakfast and then after half an hour we will get ready to go.” Then even though she told us everything she needed to, she was still standing there, as if she was nailed here.

At first I was confused but then saw that she was staring at Sasuke. He didn’t have a chance to get dressed so he stood there only in his pants, chest bare and visible. It took all my self control not to hiss at her ‘mine’.  It made me so jealous that she could see him like this, and I suddenly understood how Sasuke was feeling yesterday when I was alone with Hinata. But that was before the kiss, so I was technically more in the right.

“Yeah, sure. We will be there in a few minutes.” And I closed the door right into her face. I probably hit her nose too, if I could guess from the pained yelp, but whatever. She shouldn’t have stared at Sasuke. “Well, it looks like we have to hurry.” I would love to stay a little longer, as it meant to be just the two of us here, but it was true that we needed to finish the mission.