Ardent Love

Naruto scrubs the nobleman’s floor through his exhaustion. Each day he works for seventeen hours only to get a small amount of money that barely gets him by. The seven hours that he’s not working, he’s at home sleeping. He never has any free time. Thus, he has no time for a significant other or for a family. However, it’s the only way he can survive. All other jobs that would even think of hiring him pay less and make their workers work for the same amount of time.

The Uchiha Kingdom doesn’t treat peasants well. Ever since the queen died the king hasn’t been the same. Queen Mikoto Uchiha was a kind woman who cared about all the people of the Kingdom. She did her best to help the poor. King Fugaku Uchiha has never been interested in the needs of his people. He merely cares about his own interests and what will be best for himself.

The king has two sons, Itachi and Sasuke. Naruto can’t make sound judgment on either prince since they’re both reserved people who don’t leave the castle often. Although, he has heard rumors that the younger prince, Sasuke, has a difficult time keeping his personal servants because of injuring them in the past.

Naruto doesn’t know the whole story or Sasuke for that matter so he figures he shouldn’t think ill of the younger prince because of it. It wouldn’t matter if he did anyway, he’s merely a peasant to the royal family.

Naruto’s whole life he’s had to take care of himself. His parents were warriors and they died when he was only a baby. He was sent to the orphanage where he spent his childhood. No one wanted to adopt him. He talked too much and he was too loud. He was too mischievous and got into too much trouble. He spent his whole life in the orphanage and got kicked out when he was eighteen.

He had nowhere to go and was homeless. It was horrible, the nights were freezing and he was just so hungry. He spent three months out on the streets. He was beginning to not know how much longer he would be able to survive. A nobleman found him one day and took pity on him. The nobleman gave him a job cleaning among his many other cleaners that worked for him.

After finally getting a job, Naruto managed to make enough money to buy his own place. Before the blond had put together enough money for his own home he would spend a bit of his money to stay the night at taverns. There are quite a few taverns nearby that have bedrooms for people to sleep in for a small fee.

The home he bought is tiny and shabby but it’s a place to sleep and come to after work so Naruto is happy with it. It’s been a year since he was kicked out and he’s doing well for himself. He’s nineteen years old now.

It’s rare for peasants to get an education. Naruto’s lucky in this aspect. His parents left behind some money in their will for him to get an education. Since his parents were warriors they made their wills early in life because they never knew if they were going to make it to the next day. He’s grateful for his parents thinking ahead, he just wishes they were there while he was growing up instead.

The blond was never popular with his peers at school. He was too poor and annoying for them. They bullied him for the way he looked because he only had one outfit and he wore it everyday. He was also bullied for the way he smelled too. He couldn’t fix these things, the orphanage he lived in was extremely poor and could only afford a few things. No one at school wanted to be friends with him and he grew up lonely.

Currently, Naruto doesn’t have any friends. To be fair, he spent his whole childhood not having friends which means he doesn’t really have any experience socially. He talks to people who work at the nobleman’s home with him but they’re too tired to attempt holding a conversation and he can’t even blame them for that.

His life is boring and simply filled with work every single day. It’s beginning to get on Naruto’s nerves. But there are people who have been working like this for way longer than him so what does he have to complain about.

He can’t help it though. He wants a little excitement in his life. Something to give him some adrenaline. Something to make his life a bit less boring. His wish for exhilaration likely won’t be fulfilled though, he’ll have to learn to be satisfied with his life as a cleaner.

At last, his seventeen hour shift ends and he’s allowed to go home. He practically drags himself home with how tired he is. He wishes he could teleport so he could be home in bed already.

When he makes it home he grabs a piece of bread for dinner and beelines for his bedroom. He scarfs the bread down and flops down onto his twin size bed. His bedroom couldn’t fit a larger size bed but the bed he has does the job. With how exhausted he is the second he closes his eyes he drifts off to sleep.

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The next morning the blond wakes up to his ringing alarm clock. He turns off the alarm and sighs. He wishes that he was allowed to sleep in for a day. He works everyday of the week and it’s been such a long time since he’s felt awake. Everyday, everything is the same and it’s driving him insane.

He eats oatmeal for breakfast and heads on his way to work. On his way to the nobleman’s home he overhears people talking.

“Who would be stupid enough to take that job?” A lady asks, scornfully.

“No one, most likely. I mean who would purposefully put themselves in danger after what happened to his past servants?” A man puts forth.

“I don’t know why they’re still trying to get him a servant. Clearly, no one is going to want to, no matter how desperate they are for the money,” A different lady declares.

“Taking up the job is basically signing up for your death,” The first lady opines.

Their conversation piques Naruto’s curiosity and once they leave he goes to check what they were looking at. It’s a poster searching for a personal servant for prince Sasuke. Ah, that’s what they were talking about. Naruto continues to stare at the poster. He can’t bring himself to move from where he’s standing. He wants something to excite him right? What’s more exciting than being the servant of a dangerous prince? And if Prince Sasuke doesn’t end up being as dangerous as they say he can make a friend. Sasuke and him are the same age after all.

Anything is better than cleaning everyday. All he has to do to get the job is come by the castle in the evening and get interviewed. That doesn’t seem too difficult. Naruto welcomes anything new in his life at this point.

He skips work that day. He knows it was a stupid decision. If he’s not accepted as the prince’s new personal servant he’s likely to either get fired or have his salary cut. He already has a hard time with money considering his current salary isn’t the best. And if it’s cut that’ll only get worse. His boss, the nobleman, doesn’t allow skipping work for any reason. It doesn’t matter if you're sick or if a loved one is sick or not. But Naruto is simply too exhausted with doing the same thing everyday and decided to just enjoy a day without having to work. Plus, the interview would be cutting into his shift and there’s no way he would be permitted to leave until he finished his shift. It makes everything much easier for him if he skips work for the day.

And if he gets to be the prince’s servant he’ll be paid so much more! And he’ll even have his own room in the castle. He needs to do his best at this interview to make sure he’ll get the job. Because of this, he puts on his most expensive and nicest outfit he owns. It’s merely a decent outfit since Naruto can’t afford anything too expensive with his low salary.

That evening, he walks up to the castle. Naruto breathes in out quickly because of his nerves for the interview. He takes a deep breath and walks up to the guards.

“State your business,” One guard orders.

“I’m here about the interview for being Prince Sasuke’s personal servant,” Naruto explains.

The guards that are protecting the castle’s entrance stand in shock for a few minutes. Naruto doesn’t know what to do in the situation so he awkwardly stands there until the guard finally speaks again,

“There is no interview. You’re hired,” The guard states.

“Wait, what? Aren’t you supposed to be more cautious about who you let around our prince?” Naruto questions, “What if I’m dangerous?”

“Look, you can’t be any more dangerous than that prince,” The guard reassures, “And seeing as you’re the only one who showed up for this interview, you’re the only one we can hire.”

Naruto was too nervous to notice it before but as he glances around he realizes that no one else is there with them. He really is the only one that showed up. Still the blond thinks the way the guards are acting is a bit unprofessional.

“So, do I just enter the castle now?” Naruto inquires.

“Yes, I’ll show you the way to the prince’s quarters,” The guard answers.

The guard guides him through the castle. Naruto is amazed seeing how gorgeous the interior of the castle is. He’s never seen a place more beautiful than the one he’s currently in. As he walks he can’t help but look at the walls and paintings and the pretty design of the place.

The guard stops in front of a door and Naruto stops as well. He stares at the guard. The man seems to have become nervous and scared. That’s not befitting of a guard. The man knocks on the door.

A few seconds later a black haired boy opens the door. He stares stoically at the guard. Naruto has never had an up close look at the prince. Now that he does he can tell that the prince is quite a handsome young man.

“Do you need something?” The prince queries.

“No, I’m simply here to introduce you to your new personal servant,” The guard replies, then gestures to Naruto.

Naruto gives the prince a warm smile. Sasuke doesn’t react and keeps up an expression of no emotion.

“I’m going to inform the rest of the royal family of your new personal servant so I’ll be leaving now,” The guard shares.

The guard hurries to get away from Prince Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke are now left alone. The guard didn’t even tell Sasuke his personal servant's name. So much for him introducing Naruto.

“My name is Naruto Uzumaki. It’s nice to meet you, my prince,” Naruto introduces.

“There’s no point in me introducing myself. You already know who I am,” Sasuke sneers.

“Yes, I do know who you are. Still, it’s nice to meet you in real life instead of just hearing about you,”

“I doubt you’ll be my servant for long so don’t get used to being around me.”

“Why do you say that?”

“A servant of mine never stays for long.”

“That may be true but I’m not them. So, how can you say that for sure?”

“You’re naive. You don’t know who I really am. You don’t know what you’re getting into.”

“Only time can prove to you that you’re wrong.”

“I’m not wrong.”

“I disagree.”

The prince doesn’t respond. Naruto takes it as a win. After their conversation Sasuke shows Naruto his new room. He’s mesmerized by the large bedroom with a bed that’s much bigger than the one from his home.

“This room is amazing!” Naruto comments.

“It’s merely a servant’s bedroom. It’s one of the smaller bedrooms in the castle.” Sasuke replies, “I don’t know why you’re getting so excited over it.”

“This room is like quadruple the size of my old bedroom!”

“You had such a tiny bedroom?”

“I wouldn’t say tiny. This room is just a lot bigger.”

“I’ll leave you now to get accustomed to your new room. I’ll see you tomorrow for your first day of work.”

“Alright, have a good night, your highness.”

Sasuke doesn’t reply but that doesn’t bother Naruto. The prince then exits the room. The blond checks the wardrobes and finds an assortment of nice clothes. They aren’t nearly as nice and beautiful as the royals clothing however it’s definitely an upgrade from his usual clothing.

He changes into pajamas and lies down on his new bed. His new bed is so soft and there’s so much space for him to stretch himself out. It’s a huge improvement from where he used to live. It doesn’t take him long to fall asleep.

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The sun shines brightly on Naruto’s face causing him to wake up. He panics when he realizes he never set an alarm. He checks the time on his alarm clock on the nightstand beside his bed. He breathes a sigh of relief once he sees that he isn’t late for his first day of work. That wouldn’t have been the best first impression.

Still he doesn’t have much time to get ready. He rushes out of bed and he quickly throws on some clothes. He puts on shoes that he found in the closet and are thankfully in his size. He would have worn his old shoes but they’re raggedy and falling apart.

He’s ready and exits his bedroom. He heads towards Sasuke’s bedroom door and walks in. The prince is sleeping so the blond goes over to him and gently shakes him awake.

“Mm, go away. I want to sleep,” Sasuke groggily mutters.

“Sorry, my prince, but you have to join your family for breakfast,” Naruto responds.

“I don’t care.”

“C’mon it can’t be all that bad.”

Sasuke sighs, “Fine.”

Naruto grins in victory. Sasuke gets up from lying down. The blond gets out the ravenet’s clothes. He admires the fine texture and quality of the prince’s clothes. Each of Sasuke’s clothes must’ve cost a fortune.

“Are you going to keep staring at my clothes or are you going to get me dressed?” Sasuke taunts.

Naruto turns bright red in embarrassment, “Right. Sorry, my prince.”

Naruto takes Sasuke’s shirt off and blushes. The prince is even more attractive with his shirt off. He didn’t even think about how when he became Sasuke’s personal servant he would have to help the prince change. The ravenet happens to have a nice muscled figure as well. Naruto knows that the princes are trained in both fighting and sword fighting which is most likely the cause of the muscle. He tries not to stare too much and continues to dress Sasuke.

Eventually, Sasuke is fully dressed. Naruto then guides the prince to the dining room where the king and elder prince are already seated. The blond does his best to keep his disdain for the king out of his expression. He doesn’t want to get executed if he happens to upset King Fugaku.

The blond bows to the royals and exits the dining room. He doesn’t know where else to go so he goes back to his bedroom. He realizes that for once he actually has free time! He isn’t sure what to do since it’s been so long since he’s had any time to himself.

Maybe he should talk to the people who also work at the castle. He might be able to make a friend! He leaves his bedroom and walks aimlessly around the castle searching for someone to talk to. After walking for some time he encounters a young woman. She has short pink hair and emerald green eyes. Judging from her outfit she’s a maid.

“Hello, I’m Naruto Uzumaki. I just started working here,” Naruto introduces.

“It’s nice to meet you, I’m Sakura Haruno,” She replies, “What’s your job in the castle?”

“I’m Sasuke’s new personal servant.”

“Really? I’m surprised. I hear it’s rather dangerous to work for that prince.”

“I don’t think he’s that bad.”

“You only started working for him very recently. Maybe wait a little before you’re sure of your judgment of him.

“I suppose you're right.”

“However, if you do stay as Sasuke’s servant there would be more time for us to hang out together.”

“Yeah, I look forward to it.”

“Me too. Sorry, Naruto, but my break just started so I’m going to leave for lunch.”

“That’s okay. Have a good rest of your day.”

“You too. I’ll see you around.”

Sakura takes her leave and goes to have her lunch. Naruto figures he should start preparing Sasuke’s lunch. For breakfast and dinner Sasuke eats with the rest of his family so the cooks make his meals then but for lunch it’s Naruto’s job.

He’s a bit nervous about making Prince Sasuke a meal since he doesn’t have much experience with cooking. He enters the kitchen and greets the cooks. The cooks are nice people and they show him the ropes of cooking. They’re shocked when they find out he’s Sasuke’s personal servant but practically everyone reacts that way, so Naruto’s starting to get used to it.

He has an incredible amount of gratitude for the cooks preventing him from burning down the kitchen and helping him make a meal for Sasuke. It took him a few hours to have the meal ready but that’s just in time for the prince's usual lunch. Naruto started making it early since he thought it might take him a while.

While he walks to the prince’s room he walks slowly to avoid dropping the platter that holds Sasuke’s lunch. After some time he makes it to Sasuke’s bedroom door. He changes the way he holds the platter so he can hold it in one hand. He knocks on the door but doesn’t get an answer. He opens the door only to immediately drop the lunch he spent so long preparing because of the scene taking place in front of him.

Sasuke is staring at him with his sharingan activated. Sharingan is a special power of the Uchihas. It’s why they’re royalty. Many years ago gods blessed a few people and those people became rulers of lands.

If it was merely the sharingan, Naruto wouldn’t have freaked out so badly. It was because of the steak knife in the prince’s hand that caused the blond to be in shock.

“M-My prince. What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Naruto attempts to placate the other.

Sasuke doesn’t respond. So quickly that Naruto doesn’t see a thing, Prince Sasuke is standing in front of him. The prince holds the knife to Naruto’s neck. The ravenet closes the door likely to avoid someone coming in and stopping him. Sasuke lightly slits Naruto’s neck with his knife. It hurt but it isn’t anything more than a bad scratch.

“You look pretty when you’re bleeding,” Sasuke compliments.

The blond’s cheeks turn pink at the praise. He’s scared but at the same time the situation is so exciting. Embarrassing, he’s horny as well. The pain, the exhilarating situation, and the way Sasuke is looking at him with such bloodlust turns him on.

Something seems to change in Sasuke out of nowhere. He turns his sharingan off and takes his knife away from Naruto’s neck. The prince looks stressed and scared.

“Are you okay, my prince?” Naruto questions.

“You’re asking me if I’m okay?! I just had a knife to your neck and drew blood! I should be asking you if you’re okay!” Sasuke snaps.

“Prince Sasuke, what happened? Why were you acting like that?”

“Fuck! I don’t know! It just happens and I end up hurting people! I’m so fucked up in the head!”

“Hey, it’s okay, your highness. Maybe you should talk to somebody about this.”

“No! I don’t want Itachi to know! He would never want a brother who’s insane!”

“I wouldn’t say you’re necessarily insane, your highness.”

“How else would you explain to me randomly having the urge to hurt people and not being able to resist it?!”

“Okay, fair. But how can you be sure Itachi wouldn’t want to be related to you because of your suffering, my prince?”

“My suffering?! What about the people I’ve made suffer?!”

“You’re hurting too though, my prince.”

“Who cares?! I’m a horrible person I deserve to hurt! I just cut your neck! Why do you think my past servants always got hurt?! I don’t know why you’re still trying! If you continue being my servant you’re only to get hurt!”

“No! I’m not going to leave you to deal with this alone!”

“What if I accidentally kill you?! You should just quit your job as my servant instead of putting yourself in danger by being around me!”

“Your highness, you gained control of yourself before you even managed to hurt me all that much.”

“But what if next time I can’t?! What then?! You don’t need to put yourself in danger like this!”

“My prince, I’m not made of glass. I can handle a little pain if it means being there for you. I know what it’s like to be alone and I don’t want you to have to deal with that loneliness any longer.”

“Whatever! Do what you want! You’re basically signing your own death warrant!”

“I’m going to go to my room now. I’m sorry about your lunch, my prince.”

They’re lucky the rooms are soundproof or the yelling might’ve attracted some people to them. Naruto does as he said he would and leaves to go to his own room. He lies down and thinks about his interaction with Sasuke.

He welcomes the danger in his life considering how boring and repetitive his life was before. Still, he pities Sasuke for having to go through so much mental struggle. He should try and find a solution for the prince. His duty as the prince’s personal servant is to help Sasuke in any way the prince needs so he needs to figure something out.

After hours of pondering what he can possibly do he still can’t think of a solution. As it is dinner time the blond gets Sasuke out of the prince’s room and guides him to the royal family dinner. They don’t speak to each other throughout their time near each other. Naruto doesn’t attempt to make conversation too busy contemplating how he can help Sasuke.

When the blond gets back to his own room he’s starting to get frustrated. The most helpful thing he can do is tell someone and try to get Sasuke some mental help but the prince doesn’t want that. The ravenet wants to keep his mental state from Itachi and Naruto can’t go against Prince Sasuke’s wishes.

He decides to leave it for today and to continue trying to figure something out tomorrow because he’s clearly not coming up with anything currently. He goes to get his own dinner and realizes he hasn’t eaten all day. Not eating much each day isn’t a new thing for him. Before he didn't have any money for all three meals every day. Today’s his first day of work so he hasn’t gotten payment yet but he has a bit of saved money to get something to eat.

He leaves the castle and goes to a nearby food place. He finds a table to eat at and tells the workers what he would like to eat. He thinks about his day as he waits for his dinner. It’s his first day working for the prince and it’s been quite interesting. He honestly prefers it over being a cleaner with a boring repetitive life with no free time. What’s the point of a life like that? He was never going to be happy if he didn’t make a change to his life.

Naruto has decided that he wants to become friends with Prince Sasuke. Maybe he’ll get through to the other at some point and the prince won’t have to be so alone anymore. The blond’s dinner is set down on his table. Naruto thanks the worker who brought it and digs in. He ordered ramen! It’s his favorite food but he only could have it occasionally because the majority of the time he couldn’t afford it. Today he figures he doesn’t have to worry about saving his money because he’ll be getting a much better payment soon enough.

Once he’s done eating the sun is setting outside. Wait, isn’t he supposed to bathe and dress Prince Sasuke before he goes to bed?! He hurries to finish his bowl of ramen. He pays his bill and hurries back to the castle. He rushes to Sasuke’s room and quickly enters it.

Sasuke isn’t bothered that he’s late from what Naruto can tell from the other’s stoic facial expression. He leads the ravenet to the bathroom and the prince waits while he turns on the large bathtub’s water and makes sure it’s at a comfortable temperature. After that Naruto begins to undress Sasuke.

Even after having done it this morning Naruto is still flustered about having to undress and dress Prince Sasuke. The blond makes sure to be as gentle as possible while undressing the other. Once he’s done he brings Sasuke to the bathtub and the prince gets in and relaxes in the warm water.

Naruto begins with Sasuke’s hair by gently dipping the prince’s hair into the water to get it wet. The blond then grabs the shampoo and squeezes out a decent amount. He rakes his hand through the other’s hair making sure he’s thoroughly cleaning the black hair.

When he’s done with that he dips Sasuke’s hair back into the water and washes the remnants of the shampoo off. The blond then grabs the conditioner and squeezes out a sufficient amount and smoothes it over the ravenet’s hair. While he waits for the conditioner to set in he grabs the gray loofah and grabs the body wash bottle. He squeezes some body wash onto the loofah.

He’s a bit nervous about this. Washing Sasuke’s hair is one thing but cleaning his body is entirely different. He gets himself together and begins to scrub the loofah against the prince’s chest. He scrubs practically everywhere before he stops. He’s a bit embarrassed but he’s going to have to get used to it as it is his job as Sasuke’s personal servant.

Once Sasuke is clean and Naruto has dried him off with a towel the blond dresses the other in his royal pajamas. Since Naruto has nothing else he has to do he heads back to his bedroom and takes a shower. Now in his pajamas he brushes his teeth and lies down on his bed. It’s been quite an odd day. He’s tired though so he welcomes the feeling of his soft bed and drifts off to sleep.

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The next day Naruto begins to think up solutions for Prince Sasuke again. He’s starting to lose hope. Maybe he can’t do anything to fix the problem. It seems like the only thing he can do for Sasuke is be there for him.

He gets himself dressed and heads to Prince Sasuke’s bedroom to start another day of work. He enters the black haired boy’s bedroom and closes the door behind him.

Immediately, Naruto gets pushed to the floor and catches a glimpse of the sharingan. Again, Sasuke is holding a steak knife.

“We really need to hide that knife,” Naruto comments.

The onyx eyed prince doesn’t hold the knife to his neck this time instead it’s at his right arm. Sasuke cuts the skin and seems interested in watching the blood flow out. The ravenet goes to the other arm and cuts parts of skin there as well.

It hurts Naruto but at the same time it feels really good. The way Sasuke is looking at him in a way showing he wants to cause the blond so much pain makes him hard. He knows it shouldn’t but he can’t help it. It’s impossible for Naruto to escape the other because not only is the prince stronger than him Sasuke’s sharingan is activated which means that he can see anything the blond might do before he does it.

Sasuke snaps out of it. He turns his sharingan off. He stares at the bloody cuts on Naruto’s arms with guilt. He puts the knife down.

“See? You can’t continue being my servant if all I end up doing is hurting you,” Sasuke warns.

Naruto would attempt to comfort the prince if he wasn’t so preoccupied with his erection. He’s also hoping that Sasuke gets off of him before he notices. The prince shifts as if to get up before he freezes. Shit!

“Are you… hard?” Sasuke questions.

Naruto turns as red as a tomato and tries to escape from underneath Sasuke. He fails since Sasuke holds him down.

“I’m so sorry, my prince! I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable!” Naruto exclaims.

He’s extremely embarrassed. When he woke up this morning he definitely didn’t expect this to be the way his day went. He wants to disappear so he doesn’t have to deal with this situation. Why does life hate him so much?

“Are you a masochist?” Sasuke inquires.

Naruto never considered himself to be a masochist but he can’t think of any other way to explain someone who experiences pleasure from pain, “...Yes, my prince.”

Sasuke seems to contemplate something in his head, “I think I have an idea.”

“Hm?”

“Just so you know, you don’t have to go along with it if you don’t want to. It doesn’t matter if you’re my servant and supposed to do what I want, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”

“Okay. What’s your idea?”

Sasuke blushes and hesitates, “Well, since you’re a masochist and I struggle with not hurting people I thought maybe I could… fuck you. It’ll be violent so I can get my sadistic urges out and since you like pain I won’t be making you suffer.”

Naruto doesn’t know what he was expecting but it definitely wasn’t that. Not that he’s against the idea, in fact he’s very interested. This is the perfect way to help Prince Sasuke! But Naruto’s never had sex with anyone before so he’s not sure he’ll be good at it.

“Um, I would like to take you up on that offer but I’ve never had sex before. I’m not sure if I’ll be good enough to satisfy you,” Naruto expresses.

“Don’t worry about that. It’s my first time too so we can both figure it out together,” Sasuke reassures.

The blond feels better knowing Sasuke’s never done it before either since it means they’re both inexperienced and he has nothing to be embarrassed about.

“Okay. I want to. Do you have condoms and lube though?” Naruto asks.

“Yes. In my nightstand drawer,” Sasuke shares.

“S-So, are we going to do it now?”

“Do you want to?”

“Yeah, I want to.”

“Alright, I want to as well.”

Sasuke gets up first and puts his hand out for Naruto to take. The blond grasps Sasuke’s hand and the prince helps him up. Naruto isn’t sure what to do next so he sits down on the ravenet’s bed. Somehow the bed is even softer than the one in his servant bedroom. He could lie on this bed forever. It feels so soft.

“Your bed is so soft,” Naruto observes.

“It’s made of the finest, most expensive material in all the land,” Sasuke explains.

“That checks out.”

The prince goes over to his nightstand and grabs a condom and he lube. Sasuke then walks over to where Naruto is sitting.

“If I do anything you’re not comfortable with, tell me and I’ll stop immediately. Understood?” Sasuke puts forth.

“Understood,” Naruto affirms.

They both then get fully on the bed. Sasuke hovers over Naruto. The prince starts by taking off the other’s shirt. Naruto takes off the prince’s shirt and then starts to take off his own pants. He hesitates when he’s only wearing his boxers feeling insecure about being fully naked in front of Prince Sasuke who definitely has a better figure than he does.

The ravenet takes the blond’s boxers off for him. Naruto doesn’t feel as insecure when he sees the onyx eyed boy’s hungry gaze. The prince then hurries to take off his own pants.

“Spread your legs for me,” Sasuke orders.

Naruto obeys and Sasuke grabs the lube and squeezes some out. The prince then uses his fingers and puts the lube onto Naruto. The blond feels exposed in the situation but he’s also very excited about what’s going to happen. Naruto moans as the other starts to stretch him out. The ravenet puts in another hole and starts to finger him roughly.

Prince Sasuke adds another finger then another until he has four fingers in Naruto’s hole and the blond feels so good.

“M-My prince. I’m ready, please. Put it inside me,” Naruto pleads.

“Call me Sasuke,” Sasuke demands.

“Please, S-Sasuke. Fuck me. I need it so badly.”

The prince takes his fingers and Naruto whimpers at the loss. Sasuke finally takes his boxers off and Naruto can’t help but stare at the prince’s cock. It’s larger than average and the blond knows it’s going to feel really good when it’s inside him. Sasuke picks up the knife from the side of the bed and begins to cut Naruto’s arm again but deeper and more violent this time.

Sasuke puts the condom on. Naruto feels Sasuke’s dick at his entrance. Eventually the dick is fully inside and Naruto moans. Sasuke starts at a brutal pace and it feels amazing.

“F-Fuck! Ah! T-That feels so good!” Naruto moans.

The ravenet’s expression is full of pleasure. The onyx eyed boy has been making cuts everywhere onto Naruto’s body and that’s only added to the blond’s pleasure.

“I’m going to ruin you, baby. You’re going to be in so much pain when I’m done with you. You would like that wouldn’t you?” Sasuke says in a hoarse voice.

Naruto moans in agreement. Sasuke continues to fuck him roughly. They went at it for a while and the prince even hit his prostate a few times.

“S-Sasuke! There! That felt good!” Naruto urges.

Sasuke listens and hits that spot as much as he can. It felt so good, Naruto couldn’t help but cum untouched. Not too long after Sasuke came as well. The prince pulls out.

Naruto cuddles into Sasuke and the prince lets him. The prince pulls the covers over them and pulls the blond closer to himself. Naruto is so exhausted from his orgasm he can’t help but fall asleep against the prince.

__________

A few hours later, Naruto wakes up. He registers what happened and he blushes. Honestly, it felt absolutely amazing. He notices that he and Sasuke are cuddling. He snuggles against the prince enjoying the ravenet’s warmth. He’s never been held this way by another person and it’s pure bliss.

He looks at the time in the prince’s bedroom. It’s lunch time! He panics as he realizes he needs to get Prince Sasuke his lunch. Naruto attempts to get out of Sasuke’s grip. The prince simply tightens his grip. All Naruto’s moving around must’ve woke Sasuke up.

“Where are you going?” Sasuke questions.

“To make your lunch, your highness. It’s lunch time and I haven’t prepared anything,” Naruto answers.

“Relax. I can go without lunch today. Besides, you’re covered in cuts and I don’t think you’ll be able to walk without limping.

“What? No, I can walk, your highness.”

Naruto manages to get out of Sasuke’s embrace. He stands up and winces at the pain. He attempts walking but it’s painful.

“Nevermind, my prince. You’re right,” Naruto relents.

“I know. Now, come back to bed,” Sasuke responds.

“Alright, your highness. Are you sure you’re not hungry though?”

“Yes. It’s just one meal. I’ll live on.”

“Okay, my prince.”

“You don’t always have to address me as your highness or your prince. Since we’re in private you can just call me Sasuke.”

“If that’s what you want, Sasuke.”

Naruto gets back into bed with Sasuke. The blond cuddles against the other’s chest again. He closes his eyes and relaxes. The ravenet wraps his arms around him again and Naruto falls asleep easily in the other’s arms.

The next time the two of them wake up, Sasuke cleans Naruto’s wounds and they both take showers. After that they both end up back in Sasuke's room.

“So… Do you want to hang out?” Naruto inquires.

“You can stay but there’s not much to do since you can barely walk,” Sasuke informs.

“Do you have any board games then?”

“I think so. I believe there are a few in my closet.”

Naruto starts to walk towards the closet only for Sasuke to stop him and tell him that he’ll do it since the blond can’t walk that well at the moment. Sasuke looks at the board games in his closet and they start figuring out which one they want to play.

The game they end up choosing is Monopoly. They spend hours playing. Sasuke somehow has loads of money while Naruto is very poor. The blond is losing miserably.

“You’re definitely cheating!” Naruto accuses.

“No. You just suck at this game,” Sasuke refutes.

“There’s no way you can still have so much money left!”

“You should have been more careful with spending yours.”

“Whatever! I’ll still win!”

“I highly doubt that you’ll be able to do that with so much less money than me.”

“You’ll see!”

“I don’t think I’ll be seeing much of anything.”

“I’ll just have to prove it to you then!”

Naruto loses. He lost by a long shot. He doesn’t think he could have failed at anything any more miserably than he did this monopoly game.

“I may have lost but that’s only because you must’ve cheated!” Naruto defends.

“I didn’t cheat, just accept that you lost,” Sasuke counters.

“Let's play another round! This time I’ll win for sure.”

“Fine, but you’re not going to win.”

Sasuke’s right. Naruto doesn’t win that round either. The blond somehow did worse the second round than he did the first.

“You’d think after making the same mistakes, you would learn,” Sasuke comments.

“This game is stupid. Do you want to do something else?” Naruto queries.

“Sure, but it’ll have to be something quick because there’s only a small amount of time left before I have to leave for my family dinner.

“Right, I forgot about that.

“I don’t really like our family meals but I can’t skip them.”

“Why don’t you like eating with your family?”

“It’s because of my dad. We don’t have the best relationship. He doesn’t care about me, only Itachi, since he’s the one who’s heir to the throne.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“What about your family? What are they like?”

“Actually… My parents were warriors and they died when I was only a baby. And I don’t have any siblings so I guess… I don’t really have a family.

“Oh, I’m sorry for asking.”

“No, it’s okay. It’s only fair after I asked about yours.”

They spent too much time talking and it ends up being time for Sasuke to leave for his family dinner. When he leaves Naruto alone the blond smiles. He and the prince are becoming friends!

After that day, they spend the days in a similar manner. Either Sasuke and Naruto fucking or them hanging out. The more time they spend together the closer they get.

__________

Sasuke takes Naruto to a nearby creek. It’s a creek that’s owned by the royal family so it’s only them there together. They’re both in their swimsuits so they can go swimming. Once they get there the first thing the prince does is push Naruto into the creek.

“Sasuke! You’re such an ass!” Naruto shouts once he comes up from underwater.

Sasuke chuckles and jumps into the water with him, “You know you can’t speak to your prince like that.”

“Oh no, I’m so scared,” Naruto replies, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You should be."

Naruto starts to laugh without restraint, “What shall I ever do?! The mighty Sasuke Uchiha is here!”

“Oh shut up. You couldn’t even win a round of monopoly against me.”

“That’s only because you were cheating!”

“I was not.”

“You so were!”

"I wasn’t, you just can’t accept that you are absolutely horrible at that game.”

Sasuke dunks Naruto’s head underwater before the blond could respond. When the other comes back from underwater he splashes the ravenet with a large amount of water. This starts a splash fight.

“Ha! My splashes are way bigger than yours!” Naruto brags.

“Are you blind? Obviously mine are way bigger,” Sasuke insists.

While Sasuke is distracted by talking Naruto splashes the other again. Because the prince’s mouth is open he gets some in his mouth.

“*cough* Okay *cough* you win,” Sasuke relents.

Naruto cheers, “Hell yes! In your face! I won and I’m merely a servant! Ha! In your face, prince!”

When the prince stops coughing he dunks Naruto’s head underwater again because the blond wouldn’t stop boasting about his win. They end up play fighting in the water while laughing.

They stay out at the creek for a few hours before they go back to the castle. The two of them change and then hang out in the prince’s room.

“That was so much fun! We should do it again some time,” Naruto puts forth.

“Yeah, I enjoyed it too,” Sasuke agrees.

“I never really got to experience a fun hang out with a friend before so I’m so glad we get to do those kinds of things together.”

“Did you not have many friends when you were younger?”

“I didn’t have any.”

“Really? But you seem so kind and outgoing.”

“The problem wasn’t that I was shy. The orphanage I lived in didn’t have much money so I didn’t dress very nicely and I was quite unkempt.”

“It’s those kids' loss then. You’re a great friend.”

Naruto warmly smiles at the other. Sasuke seems a bit red in the face obviously not used to complimenting others. But his words honestly meant so much to the blond.

“How about you? Did you have any friends when you were younger?” Naruto inquires.

“Nope. Unlike you I wasn’t outgoing at all and I was too scared I would end up hurting them. So I made myself push everyone away and avoid making friends,” Sasuke answers.

“You have me now, though. So you don’t have to be alone anymore.”

“Yeah.”

__________

Another day Sasuke finds out that Naruto doesn’t know how to dance and decides to teach him. After all, the prince will be a great teacher since he’s had to take mandatory dance lessons all throughout his childhood. However, Naruto has to be the worst dancer to ever exist.

“You know you’re not supposed to step on my feet right?” Sasuke inquires.

“I know that! Your feet just keep getting in the way!” Naruto argues.

The blond can admit that dancing is fun. He enjoys it greatly. Although, he struggles to keep up with the prince’s pace and the sways of the dance.

“You’re moving too fast!” Naruto complains.

“I’ll slow down,” Sasuke offers.

The prince slows down and helps lead the blond’s movements. The music goes perfectly along with the dance. Naruto trips while dancing but Sasuke makes sure to catch him before he can fall.

“Thanks,” Naruto says, sincerely.

“Of course. I’ll never let you fall,” Sasuke promises.

Naruto doesn’t know what to say. Sasuke sometimes will say or do such sweet things and the blond simply never knows how to react. But he’s so grateful to have such a wonderful person in his life. Sasuke leads him around the ballroom and Naruto starts to get the hang of the dance.

“You’re doing good,” Sasuke praises.

“Of course I am,” Naruto grins.

“Remind me to never compliment you. I don’t want your ego to get any bigger.”

“You’re one to talk.”

“I have the skill to back it up though.”

“Damn, you got me there. Still you grew up rich and with lessons to learn a whole bunch of stuff.”

“That’s true.”

“You’re dancing is so smooth. How do you do it?”

“When I was younger I took lessons for years so I’ve got a lot of practice.”

“I’ll get better than you in a couple lessons.”

“I don’t think that’s possible.”

“It’s possible.”

“No, it’s not.”

__________

As the days pass something unexpected happens. King Fugaku falls deathly ill. From what it looks like the king won’t become healthy again and is most likely going to die. Naruto feels guilty about it but he’s glad the king is dying. King Fugaku never treated his people well. Still, the blond does his best to comfort Sasuke about his father.

Two weeks later King Fugaku passed away.

“You don’t have to console me. I’m not sad,” Sasuke states.

“Are you sure? It’s okay if you’re upset. He’s your father,” Naruto puts forth.

“He never acted like he was. He was never there for me. What’s there to miss? I’m not happy he’s dead but I’m not sad either. I feel nothing. It’s as if a stranger died.”

“There’s nothing wrong with feeling like that. He wasn’t there in your life so you don’t have anything to miss.”

“Exactly.”

“I don’t know much about the whole family thing, but I’ll be there for you.”

“And that’s enough. Honestly, I’m quite happy that Itachi is king now. My father never treated the people of this kingdom well.”

King Itachi proves himself as a much better king then King Fugaku was. He actually cares about his people and spends time doing what he can to help the poor. He makes decisions that are good for the kingdom, not only that serve only his self interests.

__________

Naruto also began spending time outside of work with Sakura. They get along well and Naruto is grateful to have another friend. Oftentimes, they go somewhere to eat lunch together. Today is one of those days.

“So, you and the prince are friends now?” Sakura queries.

“Yep! He’s actually a great friend and I really enjoy working for him,” Naruto answers.

“Huh, I didn’t expect you two to become friends but that’s nice.”

“It really is. When I was younger I didn’t really have any friends so it’s nice that I’m finally making some.”

“I’m glad you're making friends now. I also had some trouble with making friends when I was younger but I managed to make a few eventually. And at the castle there’s many others who work there and are quite nice.”

“I’m really grateful to have gotten a job at the castle. I’m actually meeting a lot more people.”

“Also you said there was something you wanted to talk about?”

Right! He forgot about it completely! Naruto and Sasuke had a conversation a few days ago about princess Hinata Hyuga visiting. There’s going to be a party for the princess to welcome her. She’s also going to be staying at the Uchiha castle for a couple weeks. Sasuke explained to the blond that the royal families who are allies visit each other for a couple weeks to show good will towards each other.

Princess Hinata’s gift from the gods is byakugan and the only reason Naruto was invited to her party is because he’s Sasuke’s personal servant. However, Prince Sasuke has expressed distress over being social so Naruto suggested inviting Sakura to Hinata’s party.

Naruto will be so preoccupied being a servant that he won’t be able to help the prince with making conversation with the princess. So, they decided they needed to convince Sakura to attempt to make conversation with the princess. It’s not forbidden for those who aren’t royalty to talk to those who are but most people are still intimidated by the idea.

“Oh! I need you to do me a huge favor. I promise I’ll do anything to make it up to you,” Naruto explains.

“Before I accept, I need to know what the favor is,” Sakura replies.

“I need you to go to Princess Hinata’s welcoming party and start a conversation with her.”

“What?! Naruto. I’m not royalty. I could never.”

“Please. Prince Sasuke has a hard time in social situations so he really needs someone to help him out.”

“I’m not sure. Am I even invited to the party? I’m not of high status.”

“That’s not a problem, Prince Sasuke has already invited you. You’re on the guest list so that’s not to worry about.”

“The party sounds nice but I’m still unsure about talking to a royal.”

“I know I’m asking for a lot, but please can you do it?”

“Why can’t you? You’re invited because you're the prince’s servant.”

“That would be what we would’ve done if I wasn’t going to be working. I have to help host the party and don’t have the time to talk to the princess.”

Sakura sighs, “Fine. I’ll do it.”

“Really?! Thank you! Thank you! I can’t explain to you how thankful I am to you!”

“You're welcome. But now I’ve got to worry about what I’m supposed to wear to a party meant for the upper class.”

__________

The day of Hinata’s welcoming party, Naruto is very busy. The past few weeks he’s spent several hours decorating the ballroom where the party is going to be located and it turned out looking amazing. He hopes the prince likes it because he spent a lot of his time helping out. Today he has work to do to help host the party.

The blond will be carrying platters of food and drinks to offer to the guests so he won’t have much time to be around Sasuke. He also has to help clean up any messes. But the cleaning will mostly come after the party is over.

The guests are starting to arrive and each one is getting checked to see if they’re on the list of people who are allowed to be at this event. The princess will be arriving later after the party’s guests.

When Naruto has time he checks on Sasuke, “I’m surprised you’re so nervous about this. Don’t you meet with the princess every year?”

“I do meet with Princess Hinata every year but usually Itachi is there to make conversation. But, now he’s king and doesn’t have time to entertain her so that responsibility falls on me,” Sasuke explains.

“What about the people who are rulers and don’t have any children then? What do they do?”

“The royalty who don’t have children don’t have to do anything. The royals who are visiting understand and entertain themselves. Just if there are royal children then there are people who can entertain them and would be rude of them if they don’t.”

“That makes sense.”

“It’s a lot of pressure because if I come across as rude I could ruin our entire allyship.”

“Well, is Princess Hinata mean?”

“No. She’s shy and nice but I know I can come across as mean so I just don’t want to mess up.”

King Itachi walks to the table where Sasuke is sitting and sits across from him, “Are you going to be okay, Sasuke? I know that girl, Sakura, is coming but still I wanted to check up on you.”

“I’m fine,” Sasuke insists.

“Alright. Naruto, how’s the party coming along so far?” Itachi questions.

“It’s doing well. Guests are starting to show up and there’s been plenty of food and drinks prepared for everyone,” Naruto answers.

“That’s good. I’m glad things are coming along well.”

“I’ve got to be going now. I need to start offering food and drinks to the guests.”

Naruto leaves and goes to the kitchen to get the platter of food he needs to carry around the ballroom. The guests have started to mingle and the party is starting to actually get started. The music is pleasant background noise despite having to work throughout the party. However, Naruto still hasn’t seen Sakura anywhere.

That’s when he caught sight of her. Sakura enters the party wearing a long burgundy dress that shows her shoulders. The sleeves are short and puffy. It’s a nice dress and it must’ve cost her quite a bit of money. She walks up to Naruto.

“Do I look okay?” Sakura questions. “I want to make a good first impression on the princess.”

“You look great. You’ll make a fantastic first impression,” Naruto reassures.

“Thank you. Can I have a cracker?” Sakura asks while pointing to the crackers on Naruto’s platter.

“Of course. It’s my job to offer food and drinks to the guests after all.”

“Right.”

Sakura takes a cracker. The pink haired girl seems nervous and Naruto can’t blame her. He knows talking to a princess from another kingdom has to be nerve wracking.

Speaking of the princess, it’s time for her to arrive. All of the guests' excitement spikes as they realize that Princess Hinata’s carriage has finally made it. Sakura seems excited but anxious.

“Hey, Sakura, don’t worry. You’re a great person and I’m sure the princess will love to get to know you,” Naruto says in an attempt to calm the other’s anxiety a bit.

“I hope you’re right,” Sakura replies.

“I am. You can do this.”

Princess Hinata walks to the table where King Itachi and Prince Sasuke are sitting. She takes her seat and Sakura takes a deep breath.

“Here goes nothing, I guess,” Sakura says to herself.

Sakura finishes her cracker and walks over to where Hinata is sitting. Naruto can’t make out what she’s saying from so far away from what he assumes the pink haired girl is introducing herself.

Naruto can’t focus on them for too long since he still has a job to do so he begins to offer the food on his platter to the guests again. The blond doesn’t mind working, it's just that there are some snobby upper class guests he has to deal with. They treat him with contempt because they believe he’s inferior to them simply because he’s a peasant. As well as with Sakura.

“I can’t believe that girl had the audacity to try and make conversation with the princess,” A snobby man remarks.

Naruto couldn’t help himself from responding, “She didn’t try to make conversation, she is making conversation. And it’s not that big of a deal, she’s just talking to another person.”

“You have no right to speak to me that way! You are merely a servant! I’m a Count! Now run along now and offer your food to the other guests like the servant you are!”

“Your a Count my ass! I don’t give a shit who you are! You were talking bad about my friend and I’m not going to ignore that!”

Naruto didn’t notice but Sasuke had come by to see what the commotion was about, “What’s going on here?”

“My prince, this servant was talking to me rudely despite me being of higher status than him,” The man answers.

“Naruto, what happened? Why are you two yelling?” Sasuke inquires.

“I’m sorry, my prince. I reacted badly because this man made a rude comment about Sakura,” Naruto explains.

It feels weird for Naruto to be calling Sasuke, my prince again but around other people it would seem like the blond is being incredibly disrespectful towards Sasuke.

“Okay,” Sasuke responds and then turns to the Count, “You need to leave.”

The snobby man sputters in disbelief, “W-What?! Shouldn’t he have to leave?! He’s the one who was being rude to an upperclassman!”

“You are snobby unlike this servant here. I hate snobby people.”

Sasuke orders guards to escort the Count out of the party. Naruto feels guilty because he caused a commotion at Hinata’s party.

“I’m sorry, Prince Sasuke. I should’ve been more professional in that situation,” Naruto apologizes.

“It’s fine. You were defending your friend. I’m not going to get angry at that,” Sasuke assures.

Naruto follows Sasuke back to where the other royals and Sakura are sitting. Sakura is making small talk with Hinata.

“Naruto, what was all that about?” Sakura queries.

“An upperclassman being rude,” Naruto remarks.

The blond then turns to Hinata, “I’m very sorry for the commotion I caused Princess Hinata. I hope you can still enjoy your party tonight.”

“I-It’s okay. I-I understand how s-some upperclassman can be. S-Sometimes it’s hard not to snap at them,” Hinata reassures in a timid voice.

Naruto did feel reassured by Hinata’s words. From what he can tell she’s a kind and timid person who isn’t easily angered.

King Itachi is the next to speak, “Naruto, I know that man irritated you but I recommend not letting them anger you that easily. Some of them think they’re so much better than others and you just have to remind yourself that they’re not.

Naruto listens intently to what the king has to say. He knows Itachi is right. He could’ve gotten in so much worse trouble if these royals weren’t understanding.

King Itachi adds on, “Also next time instead of yelling, stay calm, it makes them angrier and they seem like the ones making all the commotion not you."

Naruto smiles, “I’ll keep that in mind.”

Naruto will try to do that but he’s never been good at controlling his anger. He needs to work on that. Although, Itachi isn’t saying not to get angry just to not show it so fully because it can get him into a lot of trouble. But even if he is calm about it, if many upperclassmen don’t like him he’ll have a lot of problems. It’s so frustrating that those of higher class have so much power over what he can do and say.

The blond doesn’t regret saying something though. What he does regret is making a commotion at a party that’s supposed to be about Princess Hinata’s party. The princess doesn’t seem bothered though she’s simply making conversation with Sakura. It makes Naruto happy to see them getting along so well. Sakura’s anxiety seems to have gone down a lot after talking with the princess for a while.

Naruto can understand that. Because of being royalty they seem so far away from you like someone you can’t just start a conversation with out of nowhere. But after talking to them or being around them you realize they’re a normal person just like everyone else. That’s not to say there isn't royalty who believe they’re better than everyone else, it just means that they’re merely another human being.

Hours later when the party's over and Naruto has started to clean up, Princess Hinata comes up to him. The blond can’t help but feel his guilt spike again, “Princess, I feel the need to apologize again. This is your welcoming party and it was very rude of me to make a commotion.”

“N-No, it’s okay. I-I honestly think you standing up for Sakura was very sweet,” Hinata comments.

“You heard me all the way from there? Was I that loud?”

“N-No, just that man was making c-comments near our table and then when he walked away, h-he got into an argument with you. A-And S-Sakura said she knew you so I just kind of assumed you were standing up for her.”

Naruto’s noticed by now that Hinata stutters a lot. She seems very shy and has a difficult time talking to people. The blond thinks about it and understands that if Sasuke and Hinata were left alone they wouldn’t talk to each other because they’re too introverted.

“Yeah, that’s what happened. I’m glad you understand. I’m Sasuke’s personal servant so you’ll probably see me around the castle,” Naruto puts forth.

“T-That’s nice. I-I’ve heard good things about you from Sakura and Sasuke,” Hinata responds.

“Wait, Sasuke talked about me?”

“Y-Yes, he says you are a g-good servant and he’s glad you got hired.”

“That’s nice of him. I hope you enjoy the next two weeks of your visit, Princess Hinata.”

“I-I’m sure I will.”