Finally back with a random update for this story~

Sasuhinafan: Thanks for the info about the snakey bits lol must have been interesting to find out! xD

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A puff of warm air hissed past pink lips to dissolve immediately in the cool atmosphere and the blue haired woman paused for just a second to adjust the backpack strap on her shoulder. The bag was a decent size and stuffed to its limit, stretched to the point that the zipper couldn't even close all the way. A white, plastic bag swung idly in her free hand, containing what looked like something square inside.

Hinata smiled in relief once her lavender eyes landed on the familiar cave that she hasn't seen in a month, she was glad that she was still able to find it and could only hope that Sasuke and his snakes were doing well. Her pace picked up now that her destination was in sight.

Reaching the entrance, she decided to hide on the side instead of immediately slipping in. She wanted to get a peek on what her snake was up to before announcing her appearance.

What she saw made a delighted smile curl upon her lips.

The raven haired serpentine man was lounging on his belly, one hand holding up his bored head while the other lazily poked at a small snake's snout. She could recognize the snake that he was messing with as the one that first found her, his long body was sitting up straight unlike his lazy master and if she wasn't mistaken - staring challengingly into those red and black eyes of his master.

"Quit acting like you're tough shit just because you found Hinata first," A deep voice grumbled as two fingers flicked against the defensive snake's snout, it hissed aggressively at him in retaliation and the man's brows scrunched together as what looked to be an offended look crossed over his face. "She does not like you better then me. I care about her more than you - you only use her for her warmth while I gave her pleasure that you can never give."

The snake hissed again and Sasuke sneered at it, "That's right, she's my mate. So you have no chance."

Hinata could feel her cheeks burn as she placed her head against the stone wall of the cave.

Was Sasuke seriously having an argument with a snake about who she likes more?

"Ow, fuck!" She peeled her head away from the wall at the curse to see Sasuke carefully pulling the fangs out of his arm. Even though the snake was the one who bit him, she could see that Sasuke was still being careful on how he handled it to make sure he didn't accidentally damage its fangs.

Hinata could feel her chest flutter at his actions. He still has that gentle side when it comes to his snakes that she's grown to adore.

She caught him flicking it on the snout again, "I'm gonna tell her about how mean you actually are."

The snake hissed again and this time slithered forward to wrap its long body around his neck and attempt to squeeze, "Hey-"

Both serpents paused in their roughhousing when a soft giggle filtered into the cave. They soon spotted the blue haired woman peeking from around the corner, a hand daintily covering her smiling lips as her lavender eyes shined with amusement at their actions.

The smaller snake immediately dropped his hold on his master and slinked back onto the ground. Meanwhile, Sasuke cleared his throat awkwardly, unique eyes darting away to stare off to the side as light pink began to bloom along his pale cheeks.

"How...how long were you standing there for?" Came his low voice, eyes still refusing to meet his human's in embarrassment. He hasn't seen her in so long and when she finally does show up - it's to him arguing like an idiot with his fellow snake.

...

Did she hear him declare her as his mate?

His cheeks darkened at the thought. What a terrible reunion.

He could hear her light footsteps hit the ground with every step forward to close the distance, a hand lowered to allow the smaller serpent to curl around a dainty wrist, "I've been there since you've been poking this little guy." An airy giggle came from the human when all she got was a dismissive grunt in return.

"He...doesn't listen to me." He grumbled under his breath, "Been a rebellious little shit ever since you left."

"Well, that's not very nice." Hinata frowned lightly at the snake wrapped around her wrist, it tilted its head at her as she nudged it gently, "You need to listen to Sasuke. He's the one that takes care of you, after all."

It flicked its tongue at her and she smiled with pink cheeks, bumping her nose against the side of its small face, "You're still so cute though."

The smallest of the three turned to look at its glaring master and made a small hissing sound that had the larger one choking on his spit, glare narrowing further.

"Hmm?" Taking note of the sound, Hinata glanced up to catch sight of a disgruntled Sasuke. Strange eyes looking even more scary with the way they were fixed in a glare, a fang bared by the scowl on his face and finished off with his fists curled at his sides. He looked like a riled up serpent getting ready to attack, "S-Sasuke? What's the matter?"

Was it something she did?

Her voice snapped him out of it and he shook his head, face fixing back into the usual neutral expression.

"No, nothing." He was actually very tempted to send that little snake flying out of the cave with the nerve that little shit had to tell him 'See, she likes me more then your ugly self'. His eye twitched and his damn arm was still throbbing from being bitten earlier too.

A warm hand cupping his cheek brought him out of his irritated thoughts and he instinctively leaned towards the warmth. His eyes drifted over to capture soft lavender pools, those glossy lips tugging up into her usual sweet smile, thumb caressing his cool cheek and he found that he missed his human dearly as he brought up a hand to envelop hers. Holding it to his face and turning his head until his lips tickled her palm, nose inhaling the gentle lilac scent radiating from her flesh.

It's felt like forever since he's last seen her.

"You've been gone so long." He murmured into the flesh, eyelids heavy as he watched her, "I thought you'd forgotten about me."

"Of course not." Came the whispered reply, thumb stroking the cold flesh beneath it. The head of blue dropped forward to press against the serpent's chest, breath tickling the skin there, "I told you I'd come back, didn't I?"

"Hn." Fingers tightened around the small hand on his face, free hand coming up to press lightly against her lower back until her front was flush against his. God, it's been a while since he's felt such comforting warmth. "What took you so long?"

She giggled, "I couldn't escape my family when I came back and my father was well again. They were so worried for my wellbeing and for how long I was gone for that I didn't get a chance to leave the house." She sighed, heated breath billowing against his chest and gaining a pleased rumble from the serpent. "I told them that I'm going shopping with my friend today so I can't stay here too long."

A growl ruffled the blue strands of her hair as he nuzzled his nose against the top of her head, hands tightening their hold on her body. He wasn't happy to hear that she would be leaving so soon.

"I-I'll come back again tomorrow!" She cried with a panicked voice, she doesn't want to be dealing with a grumpy snake refusing to let her go home again. Neji would throw a fit if she didn't go back.

She would like to go through her day without Neji attempting to tail her everywhere like he did in the past month, thank you very much. It was almost impossible to get any privacy when he's in his overprotective mode like that.

Fortunately for her, the serpent relented with a sigh and lazily placed his cheek on her silky hair, "Hn."

"Oh!" A grunt was heard as Hinata bounced a bit in his arms causing the top of her head to bump into his cheek and disturb his spot, "I have something for you to try!"

"What?" He grumbled, loosening his hold and instead settled for holding onto her waist when his excited human pulled back from his embrace to lift a plastic bag in front of his questioning face. "What is that?"

She was about to head over to the side of the cave so she could sit down when Sasuke's tail suddenly curled around her waist and picked her up in the way she's grown accustomed to him doing from before. Releasing an exasperated sigh, the human decided to shrug off her backpack and let it drop onto the ground while her serpent settled against the wall comfortably, before his tail deposited her onto his waiting lap where his arms resumed their spot around her waist.

Leaning his head onto her shoulder, he watched as she pulled out a white box. He blinked, nose inhaling the sugary sweet scent wafting from the glazed bread held inside once she lifted the cover. He raised a confused brow, he's not sure what to think of this strange food; the scent was a bit too strong for his taste but the proud smile on his human's lips suggested that it must be something good.

"What is that?"

"Cinnamon rolls. They're my favorite food." She tore off a piece and held it up to his mouth patiently. His nose scrunched up a bit at being fully assaulted at the sweet scent with its proximity and hesitantly parted his lips for her to push the piece through. "It's delicious."

Hinata pouted when his face immediately twisted up in distaste though he thankfully didn't spit it out, chewing slowly with the most sour face as if she just stuffed trash in his mouth before finally forcing himself to swallow the horrendously sweet bread. How the hell could his human adore such a moist, sugary bread?

But the disappointed pout on her face made him hesitate in voicing his displeasure, "Y-you don't like it?"

"It's..." His eyes slid away from hers, "..okay." It's not like it was the most terrible thing he's ever eaten - just much to strong for his taste.

Hinata sadly stuffed a piece in her mouth, guess her serpent doesn't have a sweet tooth like her. She blinked when the small snake unfurled from her wrist to watch her, little tongue flicking briefly before it parted its mouth and waited.

The human tilted her head at the display, "You want a piece?"

It's little head bobbed and Hinata giggled before happily placing a tiny piece of bread in its mouth, watching with a content smile as it swallowed the food before opening its mouth again much to the human's delight. Sasuke glared at the little shit showing him up. The little bastard doesn't even need to taste with the way he just swallows everything whole, Sasuke could just see the smugness in its beady eyes and made a note to flick his cocky little face again once the human left.

Once the two finished the dessert and Hinata placed the empty box back into the plastic bag, she wormed her way out of Sasuke's arms and ignoring his annoyed grunt, crawled to her large bag to unzip and dig inside. It wasn't long until she could feel his presence hovering behind her and attempting to peek at what she was doing.

"Here," Sasuke jerked back a bit when a long black sleeved shirt was suddenly shoved in his face, the serpent gave a slow blink before eventually reaching out and taking the soft material in his hands. His eyes drifted from the shirt to the smiling bluenette with a raised brow, she only nodded her head, nudging the hands holding the shirt closer to him with an encouraging smile, "Try it on."

Remembering how she put on her shirt before, Sasuke grabbed the bottom and lifted it over his head to slide it on. Right away, he felt strange having the material resting over his usually naked skin but the warmth it instantly provided was more then welcome. His hand absently scratched his belly as he glanced at the waiting human.

"It's warm." Was all that he said though it was more then enough for the blue haired female who hugged her bag happily.

"Yes, it was my cousin's old shirt. I figured you guys were the same size and I'm glad I was right." She dug in the bag again, this time pulling out a large, fluffy sheet much to the serpent's bewilderment. Shuffling closer, Hinata placed the silky material over his shoulders, "And this is a blanket for extra warmth at night when you sleep."

Digging in her bag, she pulled out one last item, "And this is a pillow for you to rest your head on instead of the hard floor." She placed it in his awaiting hands and his fingers immediately squeezed the puffy item experimentally. He can't believe how much his human cared; it made his insides twist at the gesture when his eyes drifted back to his rambling human.

"Hopefully now, you'll be more comfortable at night," Zipping up her bag, lavender eyes fluttered up and she instantly felt flustered at the wordless stare of her serpent. His intense gaze had her stumbling over her words as she began to shyly poke her fingers together, "A-and uhm...I-I'll take them o-once in a while to wash them and r-retur-"

She was cut off by cool hands cupping her hot cheeks swiftly followed by lips smothering her own stumbling ones, "Mmph!" A squeak was heard when a black tongue boldly slithered past pink lips to explore the moist cavern hidden behind them. Thumbs caressed the skin beneath her eyes as the cold muscle quickly dominated her mouth and leaving her dizzy and shaking with pleasure.

He finally released her once the need for oxygen became apparent and leaving lavender eyes to gaze at the black tomoes spinning languidly in red pools as he made sure to memorize her panting, red face in his memory.

"Thank you."