Heat | SN/SasuNaru

Heat

"SASUKE!"

Naruto shouted from the top of his lungs, chasing after his retreating figure. 

He almost had him, he was so close. Naruto blamed himself for not being able to successfully capture Sasuke when his team had worked so hard to track him down. Naruto had him right where he wanted him, but he let him slip away. Again.

"Naruto! Slow down!" Naruto heard Sakura call from behind him, but he ignored it. He couldn't slow down now, not when Sasuke was right there! Naruto couldn't let him slip away again, he couldn't let Sasuke slide deeper into the darkness.

Sakura and the rest of his team's voice began to get more distant as Naruto sped up, caused by Sasuke's figure disappearing more and more into the trees. "SASUKE!" He yelled again, knowing that it would do nothing to make the Uchiha turn around. It was just habit to call the other's name now.

Naruto turned his head to see his team, realizing that they were gone and he was not pursuing Sasuke alone. He grunted, before focusing back on the boy who's figure was steadily disappearing and then reappearing as Naruto sped up. 

He couldn't stop- not now. He was close. He ignored the small raise in temperature surrounding him, that wasn't more important that Sasuke now. He'd deal with whatever it was later. He began to run out of breath, his steps got heavier but Sasuke was getting closer and closer. 

This was it. He'd catch Sasuke for sure now. 

Slip.

That small rise in temperature was so much more intense now. What happened?

Naruto couldn't feel anything except the burning heat clouding his mind. His breath was heavy and labored. A rosy blush filled his cheeks as he collapsed mid-jump, plummeting through the thick vegetation and onto the forest floor. 

Oh. Naruto thought. It's my... heat. Naruto landed on his back, grunting with the force of the landing. He hadn't had a heat in so long, he forgot that he could even have one. He was always using heavy suppressants, keeping his smell hidden and his heats at bay. 

Why did he forget to take his suppressants? That's right... he had to find Sasuke. He was so close, too. He knew it was coming but if he could get to Sasuke before his heat hit then he thought it would be okay. Unfortunately, he did not get to Sasuke before his heat hit and now he was gone.

"Naruto."

Sasuke. 

Sasuke was here. 

"Sa-...Sasuke." 

Naruto watched as Sasuke jump down from the branch he stood on, eyes dilating at the sight of him. He could smell him from afar, the scent that came from a strong alpha, an alpha letting everyone around him know who was in charge.

Sasuke was always dominant, it was part of the reason he and Naruto used to butt heads. It was also part of the reason that everyone always assumed that Naruto was an alpha that was, shockingly, good at controlling his hormones. 

Sasuke's scent, however, never used to be this strong. If you got close to him you could smell it, but now Sasuke was standing so far away from Naruto yet it continued to hit him like a freight train. It made his omega purr on the inside. Only good ramen ever did that.

"Sasuke... don't- don't come any- any closer." Naruto whined. Naruto never whined, not even to Lady Tsunade, the fiercest Alpha he's ever met. Whether it was being beat up by Sakura for doing something stupid, or challenging his Alpha peers, he never whined. Ever.