Married to a WHAT?!

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

"Ugh..."

Sasuke barely glanced from his laptop when the fox demon slowly came to.

"What happened?" the blond groaned as the Uchiha typed the last word of the paragraph.

"You fainted."

The whiskered cheeks heated up at the memory of his brother's nonchalant mention about babies and breeding. Deciding that it wasn't worth talking about the humiliating incident, Naruto changed the topic.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm helping you with your thesis. I can't turn down that meeting with Ms Yamamoto but I can assure you, I won't have a soul bond with anyone else. Kurama said that you can only form a soul bond with someone you trust and I don't trust her."

Naruto pursed his lips. "I still don't like it."

Sasuke sighed and removed his glasses, facing the blond. "I don't either. However I can't afford to ruin the business relationship for my brother. He's worked really hard and sacrificed too much for the whim of one crazy fan girl to destroy it. I promise, I won't go more than a kiss and it wouldn't even last two seconds."

The fox looked unhappy and Sasuke closed in to give the sulking demon a hug. "Don't worry your pretty head dobe, it might not look like it but I do care a lot about you."

"Is that a confession?"

Sasuke stiffened. "Do you want it to be?"

The fox kept silent as Sasuke's heart thudded rapidly in his chest. Somehow he didn't really want to know the answer. He liked how they were after all.

I don't know," the blond said and Sasuke felt his heart crack a little.

Then the fox added, "I'm not exactly ready for babies."

The Uchiha pulled away from the hug a little to study Naruto's expression. "If I said the thought about kids never crossed my mind?"

The kit blushed feverishly Sasuke wondered if he would faint for the second time. He leaned in close enough that their breaths mingled.

"Do you want to be my lover? Not a pretend one, an actual one."

"Please say yes, please say yes..." Sasuke prayed as he cupped Naruto's cheek in one hand to make their eyes meet.

"Can I really...? I don't want to trouble you."

"You're no trouble at all. I really do care for you Naruto, more than I do for anyone, except Itachi because he's my only brother."

"If you become my lover it means we would be bonded for life. You will become part demon and live longer than normal humans. It could be hundreds or thousands of years. I do like you Sasuke but I'm not sure if this is right. You have to date girls you don't know and I have to hide from Hagoromo Gitsune. We have a lot of things going on right now."

The Uchiha sighed in resignation. "I understand. However know that I'll be waiting for you. I will reject her tomorrow and set things straight with my brother. I will deal with all the fan girls before I ask you to be mine again. We can deal with Hagoromo Gitsune together after that. Please just think about it, think about us. I can feel it, I know you can too. Your brother said soul bonds are special. It's almost like a fairy tale of fated pairs. I don't want anyone else, Naruto. I only want you."

The fox gulped. He had never seen Sasuke so serious of earnest, it was paralyzing as his body refused to listen to him. The words won't leave his mouth and he couldn't push the man away.