Taking Time

Fear

Sasuke sat on the floor looking up with blurry vision at his blonde lover gazing down at him. He shuffled himself back a bit, so that he could lean against the floor cupboard. He could barely keep himself focused on Naruto in front of him—he realized it as his bum had hit the floor a moment ago. After securing the merger and arriving back in Konoha, he'd briefed Itachi at work and then was brought out to a large celebration gathering at the expensive sushi restaurant down the street. It was considered a business dinner, paid for by the company, and so Itachi let everyone have their fill of food and drink. Sasuke had been shuffled many drinks through the night. He knew he was past his limit and the various different alcohols he'd consumed had sent him over the edge. Itachi recognized his state and had driven him home, but asked that he'd call him before he went to bed, so that he knew his younger brother was all right. Sasuke had yet to reach out to his brother because he immediately contacted Naruto once he'd gotten home. The one terrible thing about his drunken nature was that he became outrageously turned on. So much so, that it impeded his thought process and made him turn slightly radical. As he squinted his eyes to analyze Naruto's facial expression, he realized his radical side might've come out. However, being beyond reason at this point, he stuck to his guns and pushed his suggestion forward as if it was a completely normal thing to have suggested.

"Naruto—talk to me." Sasuke was able to get at least that out. As he matched Naruto's stare, he couldn't subdue his arousal. He tried to stand back up so at least he could face the man he loved on equal ground, but was struggling. He noted Naruto wasn't helping him either, which was odd. He subjected himself back to the ground, not wanting to look pitiful in his attempts. Part of him was mad at himself for bringing up the wedding, which happened to be a touchy subject, but he couldn't help it. He was done with the waiting. He'd put Naruto through it long enough and, after this major boost of ego and confidence at work, the only thing left to secure his best friend and his lover. It was all he could think about at the moment. Sure, a quick elopement would be against what Naruto and him had originally envisioned, but at least they'd finally be married. Maybe when his life slowed down a bit they could renew their vows in a formal way. Right now, though, his patience had reached the end of its stick... He wanted to wed the blonde idiot. He was afraid if he didn't do it now, they'd never get the chance. He wasn't too keen on the idea of being "just engaged" for life.

Sasuke waited and watched as Naruto inhaled as if he was going to speak. God... He needed to focus on what Naruto was going to say. Even though focusing on his mouth was not helping the heat rising through his system.

"I'm—Sasuke... I'm confused." It seemed as though whatever alcohol was littering Naruto's body had suddenly dissolved. The man looked and talked as if he was stone, cold sober. Did Sasuke's suggestion rattle him that much?

"Why? I wanna marry you, idiot." Sasuke slurred.

Naruto looked away. "Stop calling me idiot."

Sasuke stuck his hand out as if to brush away the comment. "Don't you want to marry me?" He said in response.

Naruto gulped. "Yes—I mean... I thought—"

Sasuke eyed him. He wasn't expecting Naruto to be thinking too much about the question. In fact, he posed it as something rhetorical. Of course Naruto wanted to marry him. Nothing had shown him otherwise.

"Huh?" Sasuke muttered.

"Why the sudden outburst, Sasuke? So, you're saying you want to... What, elope?" Naruto, being the spontaneous, romantic person he usually was, should've loved this idea. It was right up his alley. A bout of heated passion that lead to a wedding on a whim. It was out of a romance novel, right?

"I wanna marry you." Sasuke repeated, frustrated that he even had to. He braced himself on the ground, pushing his body forward, almost tripping over his feet and crashing into Naruto. The blonde held out his arms to brace himself for impact, but Sasuke just leaned back to match Naruto's body language. Now, facing each other, Sasuke felt he could have this discussion with Naruto. Even though, he'd rather just fuck out all their feelings. Sasuke was better at showing his lover his thoughts and emotions, while Naruto preferred to talk it out.