Truths
Sasuke listened as Naruto's breathing calmed down, yet was still shallow. She had a tight grip on his shirt however after some time the grip loosened.
He felt murderous. Not surprising considering he was and assassin and often had the urge to kill his older brother. However never had he felt righteous fury towards him. When an Uchiha feels righteous fury you had best run and hide well.
Looking down he noticed she had fallen asleep and weighed his options. Go downstairs and berate his older brother and find out what caused this attack or stay with her.
After two minutes he decided to berate his brother. Slowly he disentangled himself from the blonde and left the door open so he would hear her if she woke up.
He looked back to the door wondering if this was the right idea. He had had no idea Naruto suffered from panic attacks and was almost certain that he would have known if she did. He suddenly felt bad that he hadn't done much to make sure she was okay, only the occasion he would send people to the wrong address to make sure she was alright but that was it.
He made his way downstairs slowly as he heard whispered arguing coming from the four adults.
Deciding against eavesdropping he started to speak, "What the fuck was all that about Itachi?"
His glare and the vehemence in his voice caused Tsunade and Itachi's eyes widen before returning back to normal, "I apologise and when Naruto wakes up I will apologise to her as well. I had no idea this would happen. All I wanted was to know what she knew of out clan. If I knew this would happen I would never had mentioned anything." He raised his hands in a surrender position and Sasuke knew he meant it.
How was his brother to know something that not even he, her neighbour, knew? That didn't stop him from glaring at him and the others. They had known and had done nothing.
"Why didn't any of you change the subject? What is it about my clan she doesn't like so much?" he looked to Jiraiya as he was always the most level headed when it came to serious matter. Although his brother was also however he didn't want to talk to him anymore for a while.
"You'll have to ask Naruto to fill in the blanks. There should be no worry of anything triggering another panic attack as long as she feels safe. What I can tell you is Madara did something so bad that she has to hide who she really is. She doesn't dress as a guy for her job, she does it to hide from that madman. She-"
He was interrupted by a loud scream coming from upstairs. He made his way quickly up the stairs, taking his gun out as he told the rest of them to stay downstairs. He ran into Naruto's room and saw her looking around frantically, hand clutching the duvet to her chest.
He gave the room a once over and when he noticed there was nothing out of place form when he had left the room a few minutes ago he sat down on the bed, placing the gun next to him as he picked up Naruto and put her on his lap.
Her breathing was erratic as she tightly clasped the collar of his shirt, his own hand clutching her hair tightly. "Hey, hey what's wrong?"
"I-I didn't know wh-wher you went and though that someone had- that he came and-"
"Sshhhhhh. No one will hurt me. Okay? I'm fine. I was with the others downstairs. I don't want you to ever worry about me, worry about yourself, okay?" he whispered into her hair.
She nodded into his neck as she once again calmed down, trying to calm her breathing. His hand that wasn't in her hair was stroking down her back.
His phone gave a ping and the personalised tone left no doubt that it was from work. He decided to ignore it, if it was an emergency his brother would have been dispatched and Sasuke would have been rang instead of texted.
He also tried to focus on something other than the blonde who was sitting on the wrong place, making his lower head think things it shouldn't.
He silently praised the lord when everyone came upstairs looking very weary. Naruto for her part didn't look any different however she tensed and her hands clasped his collar tightly once again.
"Are you alright, sweetheart?" asked Jiraiya causing her to nod, a small smile spreading across her face when the elder man open his arms, inviting her for a hug.
She looked to Sasuke and when he moved his head for her to go she went and hugged her godfather. He raised her off the ground, holding her tight to him, "Don't do that. If you don't like something, say and we'll be more than happy to work around it. Okay?" she nodded her head in his chest, causing several chuckles to erupt in the room. Whilst Naruto was a lot taller than most females she was very much shorter than her godfather, only meeting him up to his collarbone.
Sasuke stood up when Jiraiya gestured for her to return to the dark haired boy, which she did happily. He wrapped his arms around her, clutching her tight to him, letting her know she was safe with him.
"Naruto…" began his brother, causing her to look up at him, "I am very sorry about earlier today. I had no idea that the subject would upset you. Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?" Sasuke raised a brow, shocked his brother was once again apologising yet knew he had to do it.
Her reply had been something he hadn't expected, "Stop walking in on me and Sasuke and I will stop walking in on you two."
The comment caused several brows to raise as Tsunade to turn red as she pointed between the two of them, sputtering gibberish.
Naruto watched happily as Tsunade turned red and spoke incoherently. Her aunt looked to be on the verge of feinting, Itachi looked proud and Jiraiya looked pained as he restrained himself from grabbing his notebook, muttering how he mustn't perve on his godchild.
Sasuke's hand went to her lower back as he whispered, "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"
This caused her to smile broadly as she whispered back, "I am the self-proclaimed king and queen of pranks. Of course I'm enjoying this. I thrive off of this."
He chuckled before Inaho spoke, "So the two of you… are dating?" she asked more than stated.
Itachi wrapped an arm around her as he replied, "I suppose you didn't notice the ring on her right ring finger?"
All eyes went onto her right hand which was on Sasuke's chest, all focusing on the ring, noting how it was simple as Sasuke's. Jiraya groaned, "You didn't get married without us did you gaki?"
It was Naruto's turn to turn red as she spluttered out her denials. Why does everyone seem to think we're married?
"So you plan on getting married?" asked Tsunade, her face having returned to its usual colour.
Before she could reply, Sasuke took control of the situation, "I would like to take her home now where she can relax without all you you're hovering, if nobody minds." He didn't wait for a reply as he hoisted the blonde over his shoulder and carried her out of the room. "Ring me if it's important and by important I mean someone is dying."
He reached the bottom of the stairs, grabbing a hold of everything they would need; Naruto's clothes bag, her coat, his jacket and his car keys. As he left the house he turned around and bid them farewell, giving a light smack to her arse, causing her to squeal.
When they made their way outside Naruto began to fidgit and spoke, "Sasuke… I shouldn't be outside dressed like this…" she was nervous of what could happen if someone recognized her.
His hand that was holding her onto her thigh tightened, "Just keep you head hidden in your hair. My car has tinted windows so no one will notice you inside unless they have x-ray vision." When her muscles didn't ease he carried on, "No one can lay a hand on you whilst I'm here." He unlocked his car and laid the blonde down in the back telling her to stay there as they made their way back.
As a contracted occupant Sasuke had his own garage as did Naruto so when he parked in next to his other cars he looked back to see she hadn't moved. Naruto felt herself glow when she saw he was pleased she had listened.
He got out of the car and opened the door where her feet were, grabbing a hold of her ankles he slid her to him, causing her to squeal and try to cover her arse as the skirt had ridden up.
He lifted her up being mindful of her head as he carried her out of the car. Her legs were wrapped around his waist causing her to once again blush a bright shade of pink.
He made his way to an elevator and she opened her mouth to protest, people would see her, when he spoke, "This is the staff elevator. None of the staff are in today and I just so happen to have a copy of the key needed to operate it. It will take us straight to our floor and no one will see you. I won't let anyone see you in this… outfit you seem to think is acceptable to wear around my brother."
His eyes darkened in anger as his hands clenched her thighs tighter. Realization dawned over her, "Are you… jealous I wore this with him there over when we're at home?"
The comment got her a shove against the elevator, causing her to gasp in shock. She hadn't been expecting to be pushed, especially so violently. However instead of annoying her like it did with anyone else, she was excited. Her heartbeat went faster as did her breathing slightly.
Sasuke spoke through clenched teeth, "You will be the death of me. That skimpy outfit will be the death of me. The fact that you would prance about like that will be the death of me." Something inside him must have snapped as one minute he's talking and the next his lips are on her neck, causing her to moan.
Arching her back, she sifted her fingered through his spiky hair. She found it yet again unusually soft, despite how it was shaped. She didn't get a chance to focus on that for long as he trailed his lips to her ear, gently biting the lobe before saying, "He has no right to see you look so beautiful."
His comment caused her to blush. Naruto knew she looked better than the average female due to her figure yet she had never found herself beautiful especially considering her female friends. Hinata and Ino were better suited for the endearment yet she knew Sasuke didn't lie, lest it was necessary and right now he had no reason to lie.
Finally the elevator stopped and the doors opened, yet Sasuke made no inclination to move however as the doors began to close he pressed to button to open them and carried on walking, his lips never leaving her neck.
Her breathing became uneven as they stopped at her door, Naruto reaching for Sasuke's keys in his pocket and opened her door using the spare key she had slipped on it the other day.
Closing the door it automatically locked with the new locks that had been recently installed and still he didn't release her. Mentally she praised his strength. Naruto wasn't fat but she wasn't the lightest person out there and to carry her for this long had to make his arms feel a slight ache.
He carried on and laid her down on the sofa, "Are you wearing anything to cover your chest?" he asked as he undid the next two buttons of his shirt, catching her immediate attention.
"I uh… I have uh… cover over my…" she circled around her areolas face flushed red once again.
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Sasuke woke up feeling very comfortable and warm yet could feel a distinct chill. One thing set him on slight alarm, his pillow was moving and it didn't usually do that.
Groggily he opened his eyes and saw he was sleeping on Naruto's stomach. She was wide awake as she looked at him, her eyes laughing at the dark haired male as he groaned and burrowed into her again.
"You realise I have work to do and so do you." When he didn't raise his head she used her nails to gently scrape across his back which he found was bare, hence why he had felt cold earlier.
Groaning he looked around to find his shirt which he found on the blonde who had simply not buttoned it up so he leaned over her, "Do I get my shirt back or no?"
She gave a contemplative look yet he knew what the answer would be, "Nope. You have covered half of my front with hickies. You can walk around without your shirt in return."
He raised a brow at her flawed logic not seeing how she was punishing him by making him waltz around shirtless yet decided to humour her, "Are you sure you can handle the sight of me without my shirt all day? I don't think you'll be able to resist me." She was about to speak up but he silenced her with a curt kiss, "I've got dinner already planned so what do you want to do for the rest of the day? Stay at home or go somewhere? If you want we could make plans to go out of the city…"
He looked expectantly at her as she raised herself so she could button up the shirt, she only did the middle three giving him clear view of her toned stomach and chest. He could also see several love bites that he had left on her the previous night.
She took her meditating pose with her eyes opened as she thought about it, "Why don't we stay home and plan an outing for a few days. You mentioned that your workplace is closed for a bit right? Mine is doing a security check on information leakage so I'm off till further notice but I'm definitely off this week. How does a trip to my dad's Florida beach house? We can get you a tan whilst we're at it."
He hoisted her over his shoulder again, giving clothed her rear a smack causing her to giggle as he made his way to her kitchen, placing her on the table as he sat on one of the chairs.
"On the subject of family… could you tell me about yours? What happened yesterday with my brother's questions…" he trailed off when he saw her smile falter slightly.
He took a hold of her hands, kissing each of the knuckles as he looked her in the eye, waiting for her rejection of an answer yet it never came, "Madara Uchiha… well first let's start with Fukagu and Mikoto Uchiha. They were friends with my parents who I won't name… Fugaku had never really liked my father very much as they always clashed. Madara liked him even less than Fugaku because he married my mum.
"I was six when they stopped talking to each other. One night mum and dad sent me to bed a little late, this was a few days after my birthday. I was in my room when I heard yelling, from who I didn't know. Mum and dad had just told me a story and had gone downstairs to check something meaning dad left his phone upstairs with me. I had always been told should anything happen, hide in the wardrobe inside this box of clothes which had a small peeping hole inside it." He placed a hand to her cheeks to wipe away the tears but didn't disturb her, despite the heavy breathing.
"I went in there with my dad's phone making sure I was fully hidden making it seem like I had escaped through the window. I contacted Jiraiya via texts. My dad installed this feature where you could send an SOS and make the other person realise it with a loud blare of their phones. He received it and told me what to do as he came to my house. Madara had come upstairs, most likely to kill me but I was safely hidden.
"He looked mad. My parent's blood was all over his clothes and his sword… he waved it around like a maniac. When Jiraiya came, he came with backup, giving a sleeping dart to the psycho. He called the authorities and made sure the man was locked away for good. This was when I was seven. A few months after that another came and attacked… the person looking after me that night killed the man."
Sasuke stared in shock. He knew his family were assassins like himself, they weren't innocent and neither was he, yet he always drew the line when it came to children. His great grandfather had tried to kill her. His family had tried to kill the beautiful, kind-hearted, bright and strong willed woman in front of him.
He couldn't find the correct words to describe how he felt for the blonde at the current time, however his mouth wasn't as caught up as his brain, "Did they… did they do anything else to you?"
She gave him a small chuckle, "You're the first person I've met that knows that story and didn't immediately say 'I'm sorry'. Thankyou."
"You didn't answer my question." He had to know. Had to know what other sins his clansmen had committed towards the girl in front of him.
"I've told you a couple of times my sight isn't perfect but that wasn't always the case. Sometime between Madara's attack and the second I had been attacked by and unknown assailant wearing a similar outfit to the one Madara wore that night, had attacked me and partly blinded me on my right eye. It's why I'm no good at sniping, I can't see.
"Then there's these whisker marks on my cheeks. Before I turned six I had been kidnapped by a group of people and they had given me these marks. I couldn't see anything but they said they were under orders of the Uchiha clan elder. Later I got them tattooed over to make them look less like scars and more like they were done intentionally."
Sasuke weighed his options, keep his name hidden and fix the sins of his family one day telling her the truth or tell her now and face the possibility of her hating him.
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Naruto was quite pleased with herself. She had managed to tell sasuke about a childhood trauma she hasn't spoke to anyone else about. Her family already knew so she assumed never talking about it came from that fact.
She looked at him curious by his expression. He seemed to be contemplating something, what he could be contemplating was beyond her. However she felt her shoulders tense when after a minute and he hadn't said anything.
Thoughts of sasuke leaving because he felt this was too much scared her, made her skin clammy and her heartbeat hastened. She was so used to his presence in her life that when she tried to imagine life without him, she couldn't.
Couldn't imagine not hearing him swearing as he got ready in the morning, not hearing his crappy taste of music, not hearing his footsteps as he locked the door to leave.
Unconsciously her breathing accelerated and she knew she couldnt do it. Couldnt live without him near her. Within the years of them hating each other she had become attached the the mental security she felt around him. They had hardly seen each other and yet she had felt this strongly.
She suddenly felt Sasuke tug at her hair, brining her face to his as he gently moulded their lips together. It was as if a switch had been pressed and the anxiety she had felt moments ago had sunk back into the darkest depths of her.
He pulled away from her, running a hand through her hair as he he looked her in the eye, "I think I've found a wonderful way to distract you." He gave a smirk which made her want to slap it off his face yet decided against it.
"So what's your verdict? Do you think you can handle me now? Knowing that I haven't told you everything as well as knowing partially why I'm in hiding?" she wouldn't admit it but she was anxious what his answer would be.
Her anxiety turned into elation at his reply, "I see no reason why I should leave you. You make life a bit irritating but very much more excitable compared to my routine like life before."