bonus chapter
he was the one who gave her warmth she never knew she needed. that's why she accepted him.

Sakura woke up in the dark. Blinking groggily, she lazily reached out, patting the empty space on the sofa bed. The lack of warmth woke her and she propped herself up on one elbow, looking around in a slight panic, looking for the presence that filled that space when she dozed off to sleep.

Her eyes caught the shade of blond she was looking for, and she relaxed back into the hard surface. The sofa bed wasn't comfortable. But her bed wasn't big enough for the two of them.

Naruto was sitting by the sliding glass door that led to her small balcony. He had opened a small opening, and his attention was out to the night. Leaning on the wall, he was simply wearing a black pajama pants (Sakura wore his top), and he had a glass of what looked like blood on the wooden floor next to him. His other hand held a lit cigarette. Menthol, Sakura wrinkled her nose in disgust.

Despite being completely awake, she decided not to bother him. She found that some nights when the moon was at its highest, he'd just stay out, staring at nothing. This habit scared her because it made her feel as if one day he'd just disappear into the night.

Feeling her eyes on him, Naruto turned around slowly. His eyes caught hers, and she saw a shade of what looked like sorrow in them. It disappeared when he blinked, and he smiled at her.

"Did I wake you?" he asked, his voice almost a whisper. Sometimes, it surprised her how calm and solemn he could be despite his usual boisterous personality.

"No," she shook her head, getting off the sofa bed, dragging the blanket with her. "You smoke."

"I don't," he said, still smiling. "Okay, not the most convincing right now, but I don't do it often."

"You smoke when the full moon's out," she said, walking towards him in silent steps.

"You noticed, huh," he sighed, the smile never leaving his face.

"I know the smell of cigarette, Naruto," she stopped in front of him. She never mentioned that the smell bothered her, and she would not do it now.

He looked up at her, and shrugged.

"I can never hide anything from you, can I?" he said, reaching out for her right hand.

She watched him slowly touch her fingertips with his. The moment his index finger touched hers, she felt herself shiver with anticipation. There was a sort of calming, yet overwhelming, warmth washing over her, and she sighed at the contact. He slowly tangled his fingers with hers, and she slowly lowered herself to kneeling in front of him as he brought her hand to his lips.

Closing his eyes, he placed gentle kisses on each of her knuckle, sighing when he was done. He leaned his cheek on the back of her hand, his smile gone.

The fear returned when she saw his expression. He looked sad, lost, and almost scared at the same time and Sakura felt tears stinging her eyes. He looked up when he felt her pulse beating slightly faster, and he kept his face expressionless when he saw her tears.

"What's wrong?" he asked, he almost sounded bored.

They had been in this odd relationship threading on a thin line between friends, lovers, strangers. But Sakura found that despite her initial complaints, Naruto had filled up a space in her heart she never even knew was empty in the first place. She supposed that was why she'd sometimes woke in the middle of the night with tears in her eyes and a sadness she could never explain. I see, she mused, looking straight into Naruto's blue eyes (a shade that she realized long ago was hypnotizing and simply stunning). I was lonely.

Loneliness felt like an understatement to what she felt when she woke up crying in the middle of the night. Loneliness felt like a petty reason to express her feelings to him so honestly. Loneliness felt like a selfish reason to keep him from leaving her.

But when she looked into his eyes, felt his warmth enveloping her simply from a touch, she supposed loneliness was a good enough reason.

"Naruto," she breathed. "I think I'm in love with you."

He looked as if he had anticipated her confession. He pulled on her hand gently, and brought their lips together. She kept her eyes open on the point of contact, and she wasn't quite surprised when he did the same. Despite the amount of emotions he felt towards things she didn't know, she could see how much he loved her. And she felt tears returning to her eyes at the confession spoken by a pair of beautiful blue eyes. She supposed he must've seen the same thing in her eyes because he slowly closed his eyes, and pushed towards her a bit more, deepening the kiss.

"I love you," he whispered in between kisses. "I love you."

He repeated those words like it was a mantra. And while she liked the way he said it, she hated the desperation she could almost hear in his voice.

Sakura closed her eyes when she leaned in towards him, and she felt his back hit the wall. With the window open, she could feel the cold early Spring wind breezed through their hair and clothes gently.

She felt him lick the corner of her lips, and she opened them slightly, allowing his tongue access to explore the inside of her mouth. Naruto grabbed the back of her head, tilting it slightly to deepen the kiss. Their tongues pushed and felt against each other, and with the heat and need increasing, she could feel their saliva overflowing. She always thought it disgusting, the taste of another person's saliva mixed with hers and the texture so thick it made her almost nauseous. But she found that she could be addicted to his saliva tasting of menthol.

His other hand moved to slowly unbutton her top. She leaned back, gasping for breath and she could feel a slight tightening between her legs when she saw how flustered Naruto looked as well. His blue eyes flashed almost red and she leaned back in for another kiss.

"I love you," he said once again when he moved to kiss both her cheeks before moving on to taste the side of her neck. Sakura's gasps grew frantic as he found a spot on her neck that drove her absolutely mad.

"Wait," she grabbed the side of his hair, her fingers knotted in his hair. "Wait."

But Naruto kept going. He moved on from her neck to her breasts. His tongue skillfully massaged both her nipples, and Sakura shivered almost uncontrollably with erotic need.

It wasn't like this was the first time they had sex. But it was the first time they had sex with such a painfully slow and gentle pace. Sakura decided when she felt his hand touch her stomach, slowly making its way south, that she loved this a lot more. Naruto groaned, leaning his head on her shoulder when she reached for his manhood, stroking it slowly. She pushed his pants off of him and he kicked them away.

"Sakura," he almost coughed, shaking slightly when she alternate between slow and hard strokes. "Lower yourself."

Sakura looked at him, moving herself so that her knees were on either side of his thighs. She grabbed his shoulders, kissed his forehead, before tightening her fists on his shoulders as she lowered herself on his now fully erect manhood.

She moaned as he slowly but surely started to fill her up. It surprised her that he was much bigger than he had been on their previous nights together.

"Naruto," she choked. "You're... too big."

"Sorry," he groaned, grabbing her hips. "I'll help you."

"What?" she stopped herself. "Wait, n-"

But before she could finish her sentence, he had pushed her down and she screamed a silent scream, heaving and gasping for breath instead. In one push, she felt the tip of his penis hit the deepest part of her. It stroke on her g-spot and she wanted to hold on to him for support, to keep herself from shaking so much. But Naruto loved the sight of her looking so desperate and already almost on the edge so he held her back as she squirmed.

"Naruto," she breathed, looking at him through eyes clouded with tears. "Let me hold you. Please."

Her begging drove him mad, and he stood up suddenly, bringing Sakura with him. She yelped and screamed when she felt him once again hit her cervix. Her legs straddled his waist with all the strength she barely had, her arms found their way around his neck and she buried her face in his shoulder.

"Oh god," she cried when he started walking towards the sofa. Each step was both agony and pleasure as each bounce allowed him deeper access into her.

"Shit," Naruto cursed, lowering both of them on the sofa. "You're so tight, Sakura."

"That's c-cause," she gasped when he slowly pulled himself out. "You're so... g-ngh- big."

He thrust himself back into her, causing her body to spasm with pleasure. He watched her slowly lose control of her grip on the sofa but he was much too gone to slow down.

"Hold on to me," he whispered next to her ear. "Hold on to me."

Sakura shakily reached out and she grabbed onto his back. He could feel her nails painfully digging into them the harder he thrust.

"I c-can't," she gasped next to his ear. "Slow down, Naruto. Slow -ah."

He felt her tightening up and knew that she was close. Instead of slowing down, he reached down to where they were connected and she squealed when she felt his fingers touch her clitoris.

"Wait," she sobbed. "Stop."

"Don't worry," he bit his lower lip, increasing the pace of his thrusts, hearing her gasps growing more and more desperate. She screamed when he gave her clit a soft pinch and he felt her tighten around him almost painfully. "We'll come together."

"Oh god," she sobbed, shaking her head from side to side. Her fingers clawed various marks on his back and he could feel trickles of blood flowing down his side. "I love you."

Hearing her confession once again drove him crazy. He kissed her, tasting her tears, tongue, saliva, sweat, and with each deep kiss he drowned her screams.

"I lo-" she gasped, trying to get the words out but he covered her mouth with his once again, licking and sucking her tongue.

"I love you," he smiled, and she was surprised when she saw tears forming around his eyes. "I love you."

"I love you, too," she sobbed, pulling his head down to her. She crashed their lips together the same time Naruto pulled out to the tip. She screamed into his mouth when he drove himself back into her one last time, filling her completely. She could feel herself tightening around him, felt the tip of his penis invading her cervix and stroking against her g-spot at the same time, and she gasped when she came.

She was shaking and so was he, she gasped into the air and she felt his heavy breathing on her shoulder.

"God," Naruto let his weight fall onto her completely in exhaustion. "That was... new."

"Yes," she laughed, feeling his semen seep out and onto the couch. "There's so much."

"You came pretty hard, too," he breathed into her hair, giving her cheek a quick kiss. "Let me sleep like this?"

"You're fine," she smiled, turning to kiss his nose. "Pull out, Naruto, it's uncomfortable."

"A second ago it wasn't," he grinned cheekily.

"Yeah, well," she rolled her eyes tiredly. "A second ago you weren't falling asleep on me."

"Yeah, okay," he lifted his knees lazily, pulling out of her.

Sighing, she rolled over towards him, wrapping her arm around his shoulders.

"I love you," she whispered.

"I love you, too," he smiled before snoring off to sleep.

Sakura glanced at the moon before turning back to Naruto.

Please don't take him away from me.

a/n
so this was a lot of embarrassing. i never write smut, or anything kinky at all, but i was reading stand up! by yamakawa aiji and suddenly i had the urge to write skinship between them. sex was definitely the last thing i planned but it happened, wow. i put it under read me cause of the smut lol.
i literally can't believe i wrote this, what is life right now.
this was set about a few months after their first meeting. (if my friends are reading this, please don't judge me idk what i'm doing with my life.)

- dramadelicacy.