Mend My Broken Heart...

Chapter 17: The Life.

Kiba got home and went to bed. Stripping to his boxers he climbed into the warmth and rested his head on the pillow. He was comforted by the thought of Naruto being in the exact same bed in just a few hours. Naruto would be in his arms again. He smiled and fell asleep.
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Sasuke woke up and found a blonde fur ball on his stomach. He smiled down at the sleeping Naruto thinking about how amazing it was that he was able to see the beautiful boy before he died... Wait a second! Sasuke looked around and found himself in a dimly lit hospital room. It was nighttime and the moon was full. He started running his hand through soft blonde hair. Thinking about how lucky he was that he was saved and that he was able to stay alive, to be with Naruto. And when did his hair get so soft?

Naruto woke up feeling someone petting his head. He leaned into the touch, it felt so nice. The hand started rubbing circles around his scalp and he moaned. The rubbing continued down his back, stopping just before he reached Naruto's backside, sending shivers up the smaller one's back. Then Naruto, after letting the person go at it for a while, realized something...Sasuke ....Sasuke's awake! Naruto slowly looked up not believing his eyes.

"Sasuke..." Naruto looked into the black eyes. "Oh, thank god, you're safe. I was so worried about you. I thought....I thought I would never see you again." By the end Naruto was crying again. Hugging Sasuke tighter he buried his head back into his chest.

"Sshh, Naruto it's okay. I'm alive and that's all that matters now." Sasuke said comforting Naruto by repeating what he did earlier.

Naruto moaned again at the wonderful feel of it, "Keep doing that Sasuke," he purred. "It makes me feel so good."

"That's good to know. Maybe I should do this before we make love." Sasuke said it as if he were thinking out loud.

"Make love?" Naruto looked up in wonder.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Yeah...well, u-um....you see," Sasuke stopped and took a deep breath. "We don't just fuck...do we? I j-just thought that-"

Naruto silenced him with a kiss. "I wasn't saying what you said was wrong." Naruto smiled at Sasuke, "It's just that....well, Kiba never said it like that. So I always thought it was just sex. But with you..." he trailed off, and then blushed. "Um, sorry! I shouldn't or um...maybe...no, just never mind." Naruto reburied his head in Sasuke's chest and put his hand on his cheek trying to stop himself from blushing.

"Never mind about what?" Sasuke looked at the cute little blonde and chuckled. "Come on Naruto you can tell me." He placed one hand on top of Naruto's and the other on his cheek, pulling his face upwards. But Naruto still had his eyes down, forcing himself not to look at Sasuke. "Naruto...look at me." His eyes flicked upwards, "That's it. Now tell me what you were going to say."

"I never really thought that he loved me from the start. He had that far off look in his eyes when he said that he did love me. When I said it to him there was the slightest shock, like he couldn't believe anybody would actually love him. Especially the way he treated me. He treated me like dirt but I loved him anyways, I had probably loved him since that day we met. But then I saw him with that person... it was the most heart breaking thing in the world." Naruto looked as if he were going to start crying. Sasuke ran his thumb reassuringly, Naruto continued, "His face was the thing that hit me the most. I told you before that Kiba never showed his emotions, right?" Sasuke nodded "Not even....not even when we...fucked.

"He never showed anything but when he was with that person. His face was twisted into sheer pleasure. That's probably the lowest blow anybody could have given me." A silent tear ran down his cheek into Sasuke's hand. "But then, you came and offered your 'help,' I guess that's what you'd call it," he chuckled. "And you! You showed me what it was like to actually feel something from your partner. To be able to pleasure your partner while they pleasure you made you feel like you're in ecstasy." He smiled up at Sasuke.

"But I didn't do-" Sasuke tried to say but Naruto put a hand on his cheek.

"You did, Sasuke. You made me realize that I deserved better than Kiba. That I could have someone who treated me like I was something special. That's why I choose you, if you'll have me."

Sasuke looked at the boy in front of him in shock and amazement, "But why me? Why would you want me of all people to be with you? I mean it's not like I'm that great or anything." He put his hand on his head like he was gonna start pulling out his hair. "I just don't get why? You're beautiful and so sexy, plus you have a great personality that everyone likes even if they don't want to. You're amazing why would you want me?" Sasuke was a bit hysterical.

"Calm down, Sasuke." Sasuke looked at the small boy in front of him.

"Naruto...why...?"

"Because you're the first one to ever truly see who I was. You thought nothing more of me and nothing less of me when you heard that I held the Kyuubi within me. You looked at me and said that it was okay because I was still me and having a demon inside me doesn't make me that demon. I was elated that you could see that and no one else could. Even Sakura she looked at me with pity in her eyes and it was okay because she's my friend and worries about me but others looked at me with disgust or sympathy and I hate it. It's like to them I'm not even Naruto I am the demon that I hold."

"But you're not!" Sasuke interjected, "You are so much more than that Naruto. You're funny when you're hyper, you're kind when you thought of me, saving me from Kiba twice, and you let me into your life. That should be reason enough to know that you are not the demon you hold. Please, don't think you are what you're not. If you ever thought of yourself that way it would just kill me." Naruto was surprised by the amount of passion in Sasuke's voice. It made his heart swell with happiness.

"Thank you so much Sasuke. You make me think there's hope for other people to think of me as just Naruto." He stopped for a second and thought about what Sasuke had said about Kiba. "And I only saved you from Kiba once..."

Sasuke grimaced. He'd forgotten that he hadn't told the blonde that Kiba had done this to him. "Well you see Naruto... Kiba is the one who, u-um, messed me up."

Naruto stood up, kissed Sasuke quickly but softly, and said, "I'll be back." He flashed a sudden smile at his lover and left. But Sasuke saw the anger in his eyes that didn't come with the words. The overwhelming amount of rage that came with those words.

"It's okay Naruto. At least I'm alive." Sasuke whispered.

Kiba had no idea what he was in for...