Growing up - Chapter 6
Summary: Naruto is a young boy who tragically loses his parents and as a result has to move in with his new adoptive family - the Uchiha family. How will his relationship with young Sasuke develop as they grow up? AU, multi-chapter.
Author’s note: Hello, my lovely readers. This is my longest chapter for this story. Enjoy!
Warning: This is a yaoi fanfiction. If you are offended by that or if you are not the proper age, don’t read.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto and I don’t make any profits from this work.
Chapter 6: A friend in need
Naruto opened his eyes feeling more rested than he had since longer than he could remember. He had a warm, pleasant feeling spreading through his body, but he didn’t quite figure out where it came from. He didn’t understand why he felt so rested either. Then it all came crashing down on him - images of last night; Sasuke watching him swim, Sasuke telling him he liked him, Sasuke kissing him…He remembered the embarrassment he felt when he got overexcited and came, dry humping and kissing the brunet. However the other boy didn’t run away. More than that, he didn’t seem bothered at all by Naruto’s impatience.
As the blonde boy got up and got ready for school he felt happy that he and Sasuke were on the same page regarding their feelings for one another. However, he couldn’t help feeling worried about how their relationship will progress from now on. They did live in the same house as… stepbrothers nonetheless, and not to mention the fact that Sasuke’s parents probably didn’t even know their son was gay…not to mention Naruto. As such, he worried about all of this in addition to the normal awkwardness and nervousness one feels at the beginning of a relationship.
He walked downstairs and sat down to eat and drink his coffee. Sasuke hadn’t come down yet; the boy usually got up later and was grumpy in the morning. Halfway through his bowl of cereals he saw the brunet enter the kitchen, usual annoyed morning expression on his face.
“Morning, Sasuke.”
“Mhm…morning, dobe.”
Sasuke’s usual routine was to come down, pour himself a large cup of coffee, where he would add two cubes of sugar and plenty of milk, sit down and prepare a bowl of cereal. However, this morning instead of going for the coffee maker, Sasuke walked towards Naruto. The blonde has just swallowed a mouthful of coffee when he saw the other boy approaching him, wearing a coy smile. He didn’t have time to wonder what his intentions where because he felt warm lips pressing on his. In his surprise Naruto gasped which gave Sasuke the perfect opportunity to sneak his tongue into the other’s mouth. They shared a short, but sweet kiss, after which Sasuke pulled back and went about his daily routine.
“You taste like coffee…mmmm, nice.”
“Y-you kissed me…” Naruto was still stunned by the other boy’s actions, his eyes wide and a faint blush on his cheeks.
“Well yeah…it’s not the first time, you know…and I didn’t hear you complaining before.” Sasuke seemed relaxed and moreover…amused.
“I-I know that…It’s just…”
“…just what? Now is daylight?”
“Well…yeah…kinda…”
“You know Naruto, when two people are in a relationship, they usually kiss during daytime too.”
“Is that what we are? Two people in a relationship?”
“Well, yes. Why not? I mean, I like you, you like me, we kissed, we liked how that felt. And plus we are like best friends, right? Let’s not pretend like we don’t want this.”
“…” Naruto was speechless at Sasuke’s bluntness. He knew that the brunet was right, but he expected there to be more beating around the bush. He couldn’t say he wasn’t relieved there wasn’t though.
“Aaa, Naruto? You do want to be in a relationship with me, right?”
“Yes! Yeah, I do.” Naruto answered a little faster than he would have liked, which made Sasuke smirk.
“Good. Then be warned - I am gonna kiss you during daytime and I expect you to do the same.”
“But like…you know…what about school and…your parents?”
That wiped the smile of Sasuke’s face and he frowned while looking away.
“At school there is no need for unnecessary displays of affection. We are the only people concerned with our relationship, so I see no need to brandish this. Now, in what concerns my parents…I will talk to them…when the time is right. In the meantime…we will just keep this between ourselves.”
*
Two weeks have passed since the boys confessed their feelings to one another and started a rather secret relationship. Sasuke had appeared all brave and cocky about kissing Naruto whenever he wanted, but Naruto soon discovered that things weren’t quite like that. At school, their relationship continued as before, with some added prolonged glances and hidden smiles. Sometimes they would meet in the toilet and Sasuke usually pushed Naruto into a cubical when no one else was around for a heated make out session. But other than that, they didn’t kiss in public, or hold hands, or tell any of their friends about it. Their bickering at school has decreased a notch and their friends seemed to notice this, but didn’t inquire upon it, considering that maybe the boys were just growing out of it.
Sasuke didn’t tell his parents about his and Naruto’s relationship either, even though he had said he would. Naruto guessed he understood his position, but the problem was that he felt guilty going behind the back of the people who raised and helped him so much. So he kept nagging the brunet to come out and talk to his parents, but Sasuke would always get angry in moments like that, storming out of the room.
Another problem Naruto was having was his continuous state of arousal. If he thought he had it hard before, he definitely found that he was dead wrong. It was ten times more difficult now, because he got to kiss and feel Sasuke up, but didn’t get to satisfy his need. They took their relationship slow, with touches here and there and hot make out sessions, but nothing more. They were both young and wanted to be sure of the relationship before adding sex into the mix. Plus they were scared like hell to actually take that step. It seemed to be a good plan for their relationship, but not a good one for Naruto’s cock. He masturbated daily to cope with his craving of the other’s body, but that wasn’t enough. As such, the boy was cranky and moody and felt on the verge of snapping all the time. Because of the sexual frustration, combined with the guilt he felt towards Mikoto and Fugaku, he often got into fights with Sasuke.
He was currently in the middle of one of those fights. He was red with anger, yelling at Sasuke.
“I can’t believe you didn’t tell them yet? What the fuck are you waiting for?”
“I told you I will tell them when the time is right!” Sasuke was also pretty angry and was yelling, which was very unusual for the normally detached boy. They had just come home from school and the house was empty except for the two of them, so they could scream at each other to their hearts’ contempt.
“You always say that teme, but you never tell them!”
“I’m sorry if you are too stupid to understand certain things, dobe, but I…”
“I’m not too stupid!” with that Naruto launched himself to punch the other in the face. They tumbled on the floor, fists and kicks flying. They wrestled a bit until Sasuke rolled on top of the blonde pinning him to the floor.
“Whatcha gonna do now, dobe?” Sasuke was wearing an arrogant smirk on his face as he looked at Naruto’s flushed expression.
He was turned on and by the way something poked him in the thigh he thought it was safe to assume the other was too. He leaned down to place an aggressive kiss on the blonde’s lips. Their kiss was passionate and wild and when Sasuke pulled up, his lips felt bruised. He leaned in for another kiss, grinding down his hips. A loud moan vibrated through his mouth as he felt Naruto squirm underneath him. He thrust his hips again, creating a rhythm.
“Ahhh, Sasuke!” Naruto cried as the brunet moved his mouth to his neck.
He kissed and sucked and licked at the soft, inviting skin of Naruto’s neck. The movements of their hips continued as he moved his hands to the hem of the blonde’s shirt. Lifting the shirt up, they made eye contact, grey eyes questioning, as if asking for permission to do this. Naruto wanted nothing more than that, so he yanked the shirt off of himself before taking off the other’s shirt as well. They took a moment to look at each other. It wasn’t as if they hadn’t seen each other half naked before, but it wasn’t in this context.
They resumed their kissing after which Sasuke trailed down Naruto’s body. He kissed long taut neck, pointy collarbones, muscled, tanned chest, dusky nipples.
“Ohhh! Oh my god!” Naruto sped up the movements of his hips as the brunet was licking and teasing his nipple.
After bathing both tiny nubs with his tongue the boy moved downwards kissing the lean stomach underneath him. He wanted to go downwards and pleasure the other. He had wanted to do that for a really long time, and he wasn’t scared of it. He was, however worried about Naruto’s reaction, but going by the way the blonde trembled underneath his lips, maybe there was no need for concern. He moved lower and lower until he reached black pants. His fingers started undoing them when-
“Sasuke, what are you doing?”
“I want to make you feel good, Naruto. I want to feel good myself, also. Don’t you think we deserve that?”
“Yeah I do. Just…”
“Just tell me to stop when you feel that I’ve went too far, ok?”
Naruto nodded relaxing under Sasuke’s touch. Sasuke resumed his previous activities, kissing and biting at the soft skin of Naruto’s lower abdomen, while his fingers popped the button open and undid the fly of the pants. He pulled down the zipper slowly, his knuckles slightly brushing against Naruto’s straining cock through his boxers. The blonde let out a groan at the action. The pants came off and Sasuke spread the thighs in front of him and settled between them. He gently kissed Naruto’s sex over the black cotton of his boxers. Soon he opened his mouth licking and blowing hot air on the clothed member.
“Ahh…ahh...mmm”
Naruto was panting and he couldn’t form a coherent sentence. When the material of the garment was soaked by Sasuke’s ministrations, he decided it was time to peel it off. As he did this Naruto’s cock sprung free, bouncing proud in the air. The brunet was impressed by the size of it and was anxious to feel its taste. Naruto was a hot mess - he couldn’t think clearly, he only felt the burning need to find release. He looked at Sasuke as they locked eyes. Keeping the eye contact the brunet lowered over the erection. He stuck out his tongue tasting the head. Naruto shivered. He circled the round crown a few times with his tongue before taking it into his mouth sucking gently. At that Naruto couldn’t help it any longer and closed his eyes throwing his head back.
“Ahhhh!”
The brunet engulfed the rest of the member starting to bob his head, which resulted in a string of curses leaving the blonde’s mouth. He continued sucking and licking at the shaft, finding the taste pleasant and the image of Naruto like that, extremely erotic. However, Sasuke wasn’t pleased yet. There was still a part of Naruto which he had dreamed of for so long, that still remained unexplored. While keeping the hard cock between his pale lips, the boy used his hands to spread Naruto’s thighs further apart. One hand retuned on the part of the dick which didn’t fit in his mouth, moving together in the up-and-down rhythm while the other cupped the heavy sack of Naruto’s balls. He massaged it a little and then proceeded to move lower still. When one finger encircled the puckered entrance, the blonde opened his eyes and lifted his head. Sasuke pulled off his dick, but left his fingers in place.
“Is this alright, Naruto?”
“Umm…I guess…I…”
“Have you ever touched yourself here before?” as if for emphasis, he massaged the opening, applying a little pressure. That made the other boy gasp.
“Hmmm…yeah…”
“Did you enjoy it?”
Naruto simply nodded, too embarrassed to answer, his face burning red.
“Good, then relax. You are going to like it, I promise.”
As Naruto went back to lying on the floor, Sasuke returned to his previous business, taking the stiff cock in between his lips again. However before doing that he sucked his own finger, wetting it thoroughly before returning it against Naruto’s hole. He started moving once more and Naruto began breathing hard. He circled the puckered entrance pressing every now and again, but not penetrating the other’s body.
“Sasuke…ahh…please…”
The blonde pushed down on his finger, wanting to get it inside. Apparently he lost his patience and was done playing. Sasuke decided to not torture the poor boy and softly pressed inside the hot channel. As his finger slid in they both moaned, Sasuke’s moan making the dick in his mouth vibrate, which caused Naruto to thrust his hips forward.
Naruto was feeling close before, but now that the other’s finger was steadily fucking him, he couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Sasuke, I’m cumming. Sasuke, I…ahhh…” he tangled his hands in black strands trying to pull the other boy off, but he wouldn’t budge. Sasuke took Naruto as deep as he could and sucked hard. The next thing he knew was that his mouth was filled with a bitter fluid. He panicked a little, pulling back. He didn’t know what to do for a second, but then he swallowed the hot cum. He continued sucking Naruto’s cock, letting him ride out his orgasm. When the other boy was starting to get limp, he pulled off, licking his lips and extracting his finger. He was rewarded by a heavenly view when he looked down. The other boy still had his eyes closed, biting his lips and panting. There was a thin sheen of sweat that covered his entire body, and his blush spread from his face to his neck. He opened his eyes, blue orbs meeting dark grey ones. They didn’t know what to say to each other, but that look expressed it all. Naruto looked like if he died right now, he would go happy.
They stayed like that for a few seconds, before the blonde quickly looked at Sasuke’s crotch seeing the obvious bulge through his pants. He reached out and massaged the thick member through the material. Sasuke was kneeling and he threw his head back as the blonde moved his fingers. Naruto also got up on his knees undoing the fly and beginning to nip at Sasuke’s pale throat. He opened the front of the uniform pants and pulled his sex out. He wrapped a firm hand around it and started pumping. Their lips met in a messy, hot kiss. They bit their lips, sucking them and battling with their tongues. Naruto moved his other hand to one of the pale pink nipples, softly caressing it.
The brunet moaned, thrusting his hips into the slick fist. He was leaking precome like a faucet, which made this easier and more pleasurable. Naruto sped up his hand as he moved to Sasuke’s ear to lick and bite at the lobe. That did the brunet in. His ears were his most sensitive erogenous area.
“Ahhh….”
His thrusts were frantic and he gripped Naruto’s shoulders holding them with bruising force. With a soft sigh he came, cum splashing both their chests and coating Naruto’s hand generously. They kissed softly, after which they pulled apart looking into each other’s eyes. Sasuke’s eyes became wide as he saw Naruto lift up his own hand and teasingly lick the white fluid cover it. He starred in awe at the other boy eating his cum, and the sight was so incredibly sexy and entrenching that he couldn’t look away. After his hand was clean, Naruto just stood there, silly smile on his face.
“How does it taste?” Sasuke asked.
“I dunno, kinda bitter I guess…”
The adorable look on Naruto’s face snapped something in Sasuke’s mind. The brunet felt for the first time that he might actually really, genuinely love the other boy.
*
It was early afternoon when Uchiha Itachi opened his email and found an advertisement in his inbox. He felt rather annoyed that it didn’t go to his spam, however, since it was there he thought he might just as well open it. It was something about a trip to Thailand. A travel agency or something sent to his email the advertisement of a trip to Phuket island. He scrolled down reading the details. Soon he found himself drawn to the itinerary and the pictures posted in the email. He never traveled, always being busy with work, and before that with school. He never thought about traveling before, but now that he looked at the advertisement he was immersed in it. He suddenly became fascinated about the idea of traveling, about the idea of Thailand. Somehow it all represented a sort of freedom he had yearned for his entire life. He was so distracted daydreaming that he jumped up when his phone rang.
“Yes.”
“Uchiha-sama, your mother is on line one.”
“Alright, thank you.”
“Thank you, dono.”
“Hello, Itachi dear?”
“Hello, mother.”
“Itachi-chan, I was calling to see if you are free today for dinner.”
“I-, hmm, I’m a little caught up at-”
“It’s just that…darling…it’s been a long time since you came by the house. Ever since you moved we see so little of you.”
“Yes, well, you see, work has been a handful. Also-”
“Yes, yes, I know you are very busy Itachi-chan, but Sasuke-chan always asks about you. Why you don’t come to dinner more often…” Mikoto pulled out the big guns. Seeing how she couldn’t find another way to convince her older son to come visit, she thought that the mention of Sasuke would for sure persuade Itachi to join them for a family dinner. “I’ll have Chiyo-baasan make your favorite beef roast with mashed potatoes…”
“I guess I can make the time tonight.”
“That’s my boy. See you tonight at 8. Don’t be late.”
“Alright mother.”
“Kisses dear, see you!”
“Good-bye mother.”
*
Naruto walked into the dining room, approaching the table in order to find his seat. He was late to come out of the shower and everybody was seated. Strangely the picture of the family members gathered around the dinner table reminded him of his first time meeting all of them. As back then, everybody seemed to be present now. He could see Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, Sasuke and Chiyo-baasan. He hadn’t seen Itachi join them for dinner ever since the older boy moved out after he graduated from university. He liked Itachi, but he never got really close to the other boy, so he couldn’t really say he missed him very much. However, it was nice to see him again, even though sometimes, Naruto would get depressed simply by looking at him. Itachi always sort of emanated a gloomy feeling, so maybe that’s why the blonde never truly got to be friends with him.
“Ah, sorry I’m late…I had to wash my hair and it took a little longer than I originally thought. Hey there, Itachi-niichan.”
“Hello, Naruto-chan. Good to see you.” The usually sad boy gave Naruto a whole-hearted smile as he greeted him. He sat down and they started eating.
After enjoying a perfect roast beef with mashed potatoes and pickled cucumbers, they were having vanilla and chocolate ice-cream for dessert. There was also an enormous bowl of fruit in the middle of the table as always, but Naruto usually made sure to steer clear from that. He was stuffing his face with dessert when he quickly glanced across the table at Sasuke. The other boy, casually took a tea-spoon filled with vanilla ice-cream to his lips. He made eye contact with the blonde and kept it as he swallowed the sweet treat. That made Naruto swallow the saliva that had gathered in his mouth at the sight. Then he saw a mischievous glint in Sasuke’s eyes and a small evil smile on his lips. The brunet reached out to the bowl of fruit sitting on the table and picked out a banana. Naruto couldn’t believe it…Sasuke wasn’t actually going to do it, was he?
The boy slowly peeled the fruit, exposing its top half. He locked eyes with the blonde, making sure he was watching, before taking the banana and while slowly parting his lips, inserted the fruit between them. Naruto watched transfixed as the tip of the banana disappeared between pale lips. He felt himself starting to blush and get hard, remembering the events that occurred earlier during the day. Sasuke bit down and started chewing. He never lost the eye contact and seemed to be smiling even more widely when he noticed the redness of Naruto’s cheeks. Next he dipped the banana in the vanilla ice-cream he had in his bowl and brought it to his mouth. A red, pointy tongue stuck out from between his lips to lick at the melting ice-cream, after which he penetrated his mouth with the fruit once more. However this time he didn’t stop at just a regular bite size. He got as much of the banana as he could in his mouth before biting down again, all the while looking at Naruto.
The blonde, deciding to calm himself, taking a sip of water as he saw Sasuke licking the ice-cream, but when he saw him deep-throating the banana, he chocked. In his desperation, the boy turned his head to the side and spluttered out all the water he had in his mouth, after which he started coughing furiously. When the cough fit was over and he opened his eyes, all he could see in front of him was the profile of Chiyo-baasan showered in the water he previously had in his mouth. There was absolute silence and everybody seemed to be frozen to their spot. Naruto’s eyes were wide as he starred in shock at the results of his action.
“HAHAHAHA!”
The loud sound of laughing filled the room and everybody looked Itachi’s way. The image of the young man laughing so hard and so sincerely that he had turned red shocked everybody even more than seeing Chiyo-baasan drenched by Naruto. For a few second they just stood there looking at Itachi laugh hysterically before they were infected by the persistent laugher. Soon everybody was laughing, except Fugaku. Even the old woman seemed to be amused. Fugaku didn’t laugh out loud, however he did wear a wide smile on his face, which was more than anything the rest of the family had ever seen from him before.
*
Itachi thanked everybody for dinner, and was walking towards his car when he heard running footsteps behind him. He turned around to see his younger brother jog in his directing.
“What’s up Sasuke-chan. Did I forget something?”
“No, no. I-I just wanted to talk to you for a second.”
“Aaa, sure, of course. Um, do you want me to come back in the house, or…”
“No, it’s aaa….kind of private, so umm…do you mind if we talked in your car instead?”
“No, not at all. Come on.”
They climbed into Itachi’s black Corvette and the older brother could see that Sasuke was very nervous about whatever he wanted to tell him. The boy was sweating and he was kneading his hands. His breathing was also rapid and he kept swallowing. Itachi knew from experience that it was better not to push Sasuke; just give him space and the boy would eventually talk when he felt ready.
“I-…umm…oh my god, I don’t know how to say this.”
“Just relax, baby brother. Take a breath.” Itachi also took a deep breath to demonstrate to his brother how it was done, but also to calm himself. Sasuke agitated him. “Now, I suppose this is about some boy, right?”
Sasuke’s eyes grew wide.
“How did you know?” he asked, truly in shock.
“Well, I’ve never seen you this nervous except the time you told me you were gay. So I guessed it has to with matters of the heart.” Itachi smiled in order to comfort the other.
“Well,” Sasuke started after taking another deep breath. “I guess there really is no other way of saying this. I’m in love, onii-chan.” He looked at his brother as he said that and he saw him smile widely. Taking that as a good sign he decided to continue. “He…I believe he also has strong feelings for me. We-ahh, we have been…umm…going out, I guess, for a couple of weeks.”
His brother seemed to be taking this very good. He looked happy and anxious to find out who the boy was. Sasuke knew there was no way to avoid the disclosure of the identity of his boyfriend even though he dreaded it.
“Ahem, the boy I-I love, i-is N-naruto.”
There was absolute and complete silence in the car. Itachi’s smile faded rapidly and Sasuke looked about to dig a hole in the ground and hide himself there. Itachi’s mind seemed to be racing. He had expected anything, any boy, man, child, bird…anything other than Naruto. He wasn’t prepared for it. He had thought before that whatever boy Sasuke chose, he would approve of him. But he never in a million years would have thought that Sasuke would be attracted by his step-brother. However, now that he thought about it, Sasuke never did regard Naruto as a brother and the relationship between the two boys had always seemed a little special…close. The more he thought about it, the more it made perfect sense for the boys to be in love with each other. Granted be didn’t know Naruto was also gay, but still, now he couldn’t believe he hadn’t thought about it before. It was so obvious, so…in his face, yet he had missed it. He began realizing, that even though the news came abruptly and he was a bit thrown off his game he didn’t disapprove of the relationship at all. Naruto was a good boy, loud and forward, but a gentle soul. Itachi thought that Naruto could love madly and loyally if he was put in that position, so he didn’t mind his brother being the subject to such powerful attention. He was also extremely happy that his brother found someone to love that shared his feelings. He knew how rare that was and he knew that once you find it, you must take it and treasure it.
“Please say something.”
He looked at his brother who had his gaze cast downwards. He realized that he must have been quiet for a long time, longer than he should have. He could see Sasuke was sad, scared, embarrassed. He wanted to punch himself in the dick for making his brother feel like that.
“Sasuke, I-…I’m very surprised, but even more, I’m very, very happy for you.”
Sasuke snapped his eyes to meet his brother’s smiling ones, not believing his ears.
“What did you say?” he asked in awe.
“I said I’m very happy for you.”
“But-you heard what I said, right? I’m in a relationship with Naruto, umm, Uzumaki Naruto…the boy who lives with us.”
“Yes Sasuke, I know who Naruto is.” Itachi said laughing.
“And you are not angry? You don’t think it’s weird?”
“Why would I be angry? Of course I think it’s weird, but you know Sasuke…If I learned anything until now, it’s that happiness is not an easy thing to come by in this life. So, when it comes pulling on your sleeve, you should be crazy to turn it down. It’s weird because you grew up together and he is your step brother, and our parents are gonna flip when they find out, but if he makes you happy…if you love him, then…then it’s all worth it. To hell with the weirdness.”
*
*Knock, knock.*
“Come in.” Naruto was already in his bed, almost asleep when he saw the brunet enter his room. The boy ran after his brother after dinner and stayed out for over an hour. Naruto was too sleepy to wait for him, so he decided to go to bed.
“Are you asleep, dobe?”
“I was getting there. What the hell do you want waking me up?”
Sasuke closed the door and rushed to the bed, effectively jumping on it, on his knees near Naruto. He bent down and placed a short kiss on the blonde’s lips. He pulled back and looked into blue eyes with happy grey ones.
“I told Itachi.”
“What?”
“About us, dobe.”
“You, what?”
“I told him about us, dating. Isn’t that what you have been nagging me about?”
“Well, I…yeah. How did he take it?”
“He took it very well. He was happy for us and he told me we have his full support. However…”
“What?”
“However, he did say we have to tell mom and dad. He said that tomorrow being Saturday, he will come to the house around noon and he will stay with us while we tell them, offering moral support. He said that maybe our parents will take it better if he is on our side. And I think he is right.”
“Yeah…I think he might be. So, are we really gonna tell them?”
“Yes. It’s what you also want, isn’t it?”
“Yes it is. Even though it’s gonna be a pain in the ass, we have to do it, in order to have a real relationship.” The blonde looked serious as he said that, but then looking at Sasuke a warm smiled spread across his face.
“Come here.” Naruto said wrapping his arm around the brunet’s neck and pulling him down for an affectionate kiss.
*
The next day the boys were extremely nervous. They woke up with a feeling of anxiety and panic and couldn’t even eat a proper breakfast because of the butterflies in their stomach. They spent the morning together, doing homework and making out, but reluctantly because they were distracted by the thought of what was going to happen once Itachi came. Soon noon was around and Itachi pulled by the house in his black sports car. They both greeted him, smiling nervously, but he looked at both of them kindly, a gentle look in his eyes. His calm settled their nerves a bit.
“Hello, mother.” Itachi greeted Mikoto from the threshold of her workshop.
“Oh, Itachi-kun, I’m so surprised to see you. What brings you here?” his mother was surprised, but jumped to her feet nonetheless, abandoning her work in order to kiss and hug her older son.
“I have something to talk to you and dad about. Is he around?”
“Yes, he is in the orchard, tending to his trees of course. But what is it dear?”
“Nothing bad, I promise. Let’s go meet him.”
He walked out of the study with the woman and headed towards the yard. There they found Naruto and Sasuke who joined them in their walk towards the orchard.
“Naruto-chan, Sasuke-chan, what are you boys doing?” Mikoto asked surprised to see the boys following her and Itachi.
“Oh they are coming too. Well, actually they are the ones who need to talk to you and dad…I’m just assisting.”
Mikoto’s expression turned from confused to worried as she heard her older son speak.
“What…”
“Don’t worry mom. As I said, it’s nothing bad. Let’s just find dad.”
They walked the rest of the way in silence and they found the older man chopping away at some branches in the middle of the orchard.
“Itachi. What are you all doing here?”
“There’s something we need to talk about, dad.” Itachi took charge.
Fugaku dropped his tools and looked downwards a look of intense concern and sadness all over his face.
“I-I actually also have something to say.” The old man said. “It’s good that you are all here now, because it saves me the trouble of gathering you.”
Fugaku looked into Naruto’s eyes. His eyes were filled with sorrow and a hint of fear. The boy was confused because he had never seen the old man look or act like that. Also he didn’t think Sasuke’s dad ever held his gaze for so long before.
“Naruto, I have come across some terrible news recently. I didn’t want to say anything until I had all the facts. However, as of this morning I do. As such, I’m afraid I…”
No one in the Uchiha family had ever seen Fugaku pause in his sentence, unable to find the proper words. They were all terrified because they knew that what he had to say must be extremely bad. They waited holding their breaths.
“Naruto, my boy, it’s about you parents. It has come to my attention that the circumstances of their death have been erroneously presented before.” He could see from Naruto’s eyes that he didn’t understand. “Naruto, the car crash in which your parents died was not an accident. Apparently they have been murdered.”
Naruto’s mind was empty. It was like his ears heard Fugaku, but his brain just couldn’t make sense of the words. However, it seemed that his body could because his knees gave out. He felt himself falling to the soft grass beneath him, when he was caught by strong arms. He looked up and he saw dark grey eyes looking into his with concern. The image became blurry as his eyes filled with tears before starting to roll down his cheeks.
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Author’s note: Hello, my lovely readers. This is my longest chapter for this story. Enjoy!
Warning: This is a yaoi fanfiction. If you are offended by that or if you are not the proper age, don’t read.
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Chapter 6: A friend in need
Naruto opened his eyes feeling more rested than he had since longer than he could remember. He had a warm, pleasant feeling spreading through his body, but he didn’t quite figure out where it came from. He didn’t understand why he felt so rested either. Then it all came crashing down on him - images of last night; Sasuke watching him swim, Sasuke telling him he liked him, Sasuke kissing him…He remembered the embarrassment he felt when he got overexcited and came, dry humping and kissing the brunet. However the other boy didn’t run away. More than that, he didn’t seem bothered at all by Naruto’s impatience.
As the blonde boy got up and got ready for school he felt happy that he and Sasuke were on the same page regarding their feelings for one another. However, he couldn’t help feeling worried about how their relationship will progress from now on. They did live in the same house as… stepbrothers nonetheless, and not to mention the fact that Sasuke’s parents probably didn’t even know their son was gay…not to mention Naruto. As such, he worried about all of this in addition to the normal awkwardness and nervousness one feels at the beginning of a relationship.
He walked downstairs and sat down to eat and drink his coffee. Sasuke hadn’t come down yet; the boy usually got up later and was grumpy in the morning. Halfway through his bowl of cereals he saw the brunet enter the kitchen, usual annoyed morning expression on his face.
“Morning, Sasuke.”
“Mhm…morning, dobe.”
Sasuke’s usual routine was to come down, pour himself a large cup of coffee, where he would add two cubes of sugar and plenty of milk, sit down and prepare a bowl of cereal. However, this morning instead of going for the coffee maker, Sasuke walked towards Naruto. The blonde has just swallowed a mouthful of coffee when he saw the other boy approaching him, wearing a coy smile. He didn’t have time to wonder what his intentions where because he felt warm lips pressing on his. In his surprise Naruto gasped which gave Sasuke the perfect opportunity to sneak his tongue into the other’s mouth. They shared a short, but sweet kiss, after which Sasuke pulled back and went about his daily routine.
“You taste like coffee…mmmm, nice.”
“Y-you kissed me…” Naruto was still stunned by the other boy’s actions, his eyes wide and a faint blush on his cheeks.
“Well yeah…it’s not the first time, you know…and I didn’t hear you complaining before.” Sasuke seemed relaxed and moreover…amused.
“I-I know that…It’s just…”
“…just what? Now is daylight?”
“Well…yeah…kinda…”
“You know Naruto, when two people are in a relationship, they usually kiss during daytime too.”
“Is that what we are? Two people in a relationship?”
“Well, yes. Why not? I mean, I like you, you like me, we kissed, we liked how that felt. And plus we are like best friends, right? Let’s not pretend like we don’t want this.”
“…” Naruto was speechless at Sasuke’s bluntness. He knew that the brunet was right, but he expected there to be more beating around the bush. He couldn’t say he wasn’t relieved there wasn’t though.
“Aaa, Naruto? You do want to be in a relationship with me, right?”
“Yes! Yeah, I do.” Naruto answered a little faster than he would have liked, which made Sasuke smirk.
“Good. Then be warned - I am gonna kiss you during daytime and I expect you to do the same.”
“But like…you know…what about school and…your parents?”
That wiped the smile of Sasuke’s face and he frowned while looking away.
“At school there is no need for unnecessary displays of affection. We are the only people concerned with our relationship, so I see no need to brandish this. Now, in what concerns my parents…I will talk to them…when the time is right. In the meantime…we will just keep this between ourselves.”
*
Two weeks have passed since the boys confessed their feelings to one another and started a rather secret relationship. Sasuke had appeared all brave and cocky about kissing Naruto whenever he wanted, but Naruto soon discovered that things weren’t quite like that. At school, their relationship continued as before, with some added prolonged glances and hidden smiles. Sometimes they would meet in the toilet and Sasuke usually pushed Naruto into a cubical when no one else was around for a heated make out session. But other than that, they didn’t kiss in public, or hold hands, or tell any of their friends about it. Their bickering at school has decreased a notch and their friends seemed to notice this, but didn’t inquire upon it, considering that maybe the boys were just growing out of it.
Sasuke didn’t tell his parents about his and Naruto’s relationship either, even though he had said he would. Naruto guessed he understood his position, but the problem was that he felt guilty going behind the back of the people who raised and helped him so much. So he kept nagging the brunet to come out and talk to his parents, but Sasuke would always get angry in moments like that, storming out of the room.
Another problem Naruto was having was his continuous state of arousal. If he thought he had it hard before, he definitely found that he was dead wrong. It was ten times more difficult now, because he got to kiss and feel Sasuke up, but didn’t get to satisfy his need. They took their relationship slow, with touches here and there and hot make out sessions, but nothing more. They were both young and wanted to be sure of the relationship before adding sex into the mix. Plus they were scared like hell to actually take that step. It seemed to be a good plan for their relationship, but not a good one for Naruto’s cock. He masturbated daily to cope with his craving of the other’s body, but that wasn’t enough. As such, the boy was cranky and moody and felt on the verge of snapping all the time. Because of the sexual frustration, combined with the guilt he felt towards Mikoto and Fugaku, he often got into fights with Sasuke.
He was currently in the middle of one of those fights. He was red with anger, yelling at Sasuke.
“I can’t believe you didn’t tell them yet? What the fuck are you waiting for?”
“I told you I will tell them when the time is right!” Sasuke was also pretty angry and was yelling, which was very unusual for the normally detached boy. They had just come home from school and the house was empty except for the two of them, so they could scream at each other to their hearts’ contempt.
“You always say that teme, but you never tell them!”
“I’m sorry if you are too stupid to understand certain things, dobe, but I…”
“I’m not too stupid!” with that Naruto launched himself to punch the other in the face. They tumbled on the floor, fists and kicks flying. They wrestled a bit until Sasuke rolled on top of the blonde pinning him to the floor.
“Whatcha gonna do now, dobe?” Sasuke was wearing an arrogant smirk on his face as he looked at Naruto’s flushed expression.
He was turned on and by the way something poked him in the thigh he thought it was safe to assume the other was too. He leaned down to place an aggressive kiss on the blonde’s lips. Their kiss was passionate and wild and when Sasuke pulled up, his lips felt bruised. He leaned in for another kiss, grinding down his hips. A loud moan vibrated through his mouth as he felt Naruto squirm underneath him. He thrust his hips again, creating a rhythm.
“Ahhh, Sasuke!” Naruto cried as the brunet moved his mouth to his neck.
He kissed and sucked and licked at the soft, inviting skin of Naruto’s neck. The movements of their hips continued as he moved his hands to the hem of the blonde’s shirt. Lifting the shirt up, they made eye contact, grey eyes questioning, as if asking for permission to do this. Naruto wanted nothing more than that, so he yanked the shirt off of himself before taking off the other’s shirt as well. They took a moment to look at each other. It wasn’t as if they hadn’t seen each other half naked before, but it wasn’t in this context.
They resumed their kissing after which Sasuke trailed down Naruto’s body. He kissed long taut neck, pointy collarbones, muscled, tanned chest, dusky nipples.
“Ohhh! Oh my god!” Naruto sped up the movements of his hips as the brunet was licking and teasing his nipple.
After bathing both tiny nubs with his tongue the boy moved downwards kissing the lean stomach underneath him. He wanted to go downwards and pleasure the other. He had wanted to do that for a really long time, and he wasn’t scared of it. He was, however worried about Naruto’s reaction, but going by the way the blonde trembled underneath his lips, maybe there was no need for concern. He moved lower and lower until he reached black pants. His fingers started undoing them when-
“Sasuke, what are you doing?”
“I want to make you feel good, Naruto. I want to feel good myself, also. Don’t you think we deserve that?”
“Yeah I do. Just…”
“Just tell me to stop when you feel that I’ve went too far, ok?”
Naruto nodded relaxing under Sasuke’s touch. Sasuke resumed his previous activities, kissing and biting at the soft skin of Naruto’s lower abdomen, while his fingers popped the button open and undid the fly of the pants. He pulled down the zipper slowly, his knuckles slightly brushing against Naruto’s straining cock through his boxers. The blonde let out a groan at the action. The pants came off and Sasuke spread the thighs in front of him and settled between them. He gently kissed Naruto’s sex over the black cotton of his boxers. Soon he opened his mouth licking and blowing hot air on the clothed member.
“Ahh…ahh...mmm”
Naruto was panting and he couldn’t form a coherent sentence. When the material of the garment was soaked by Sasuke’s ministrations, he decided it was time to peel it off. As he did this Naruto’s cock sprung free, bouncing proud in the air. The brunet was impressed by the size of it and was anxious to feel its taste. Naruto was a hot mess - he couldn’t think clearly, he only felt the burning need to find release. He looked at Sasuke as they locked eyes. Keeping the eye contact the brunet lowered over the erection. He stuck out his tongue tasting the head. Naruto shivered. He circled the round crown a few times with his tongue before taking it into his mouth sucking gently. At that Naruto couldn’t help it any longer and closed his eyes throwing his head back.
“Ahhhh!”
The brunet engulfed the rest of the member starting to bob his head, which resulted in a string of curses leaving the blonde’s mouth. He continued sucking and licking at the shaft, finding the taste pleasant and the image of Naruto like that, extremely erotic. However, Sasuke wasn’t pleased yet. There was still a part of Naruto which he had dreamed of for so long, that still remained unexplored. While keeping the hard cock between his pale lips, the boy used his hands to spread Naruto’s thighs further apart. One hand retuned on the part of the dick which didn’t fit in his mouth, moving together in the up-and-down rhythm while the other cupped the heavy sack of Naruto’s balls. He massaged it a little and then proceeded to move lower still. When one finger encircled the puckered entrance, the blonde opened his eyes and lifted his head. Sasuke pulled off his dick, but left his fingers in place.
“Is this alright, Naruto?”
“Umm…I guess…I…”
“Have you ever touched yourself here before?” as if for emphasis, he massaged the opening, applying a little pressure. That made the other boy gasp.
“Hmmm…yeah…”
“Did you enjoy it?”
Naruto simply nodded, too embarrassed to answer, his face burning red.
“Good, then relax. You are going to like it, I promise.”
As Naruto went back to lying on the floor, Sasuke returned to his previous business, taking the stiff cock in between his lips again. However before doing that he sucked his own finger, wetting it thoroughly before returning it against Naruto’s hole. He started moving once more and Naruto began breathing hard. He circled the puckered entrance pressing every now and again, but not penetrating the other’s body.
“Sasuke…ahh…please…”
The blonde pushed down on his finger, wanting to get it inside. Apparently he lost his patience and was done playing. Sasuke decided to not torture the poor boy and softly pressed inside the hot channel. As his finger slid in they both moaned, Sasuke’s moan making the dick in his mouth vibrate, which caused Naruto to thrust his hips forward.
Naruto was feeling close before, but now that the other’s finger was steadily fucking him, he couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Sasuke, I’m cumming. Sasuke, I…ahhh…” he tangled his hands in black strands trying to pull the other boy off, but he wouldn’t budge. Sasuke took Naruto as deep as he could and sucked hard. The next thing he knew was that his mouth was filled with a bitter fluid. He panicked a little, pulling back. He didn’t know what to do for a second, but then he swallowed the hot cum. He continued sucking Naruto’s cock, letting him ride out his orgasm. When the other boy was starting to get limp, he pulled off, licking his lips and extracting his finger. He was rewarded by a heavenly view when he looked down. The other boy still had his eyes closed, biting his lips and panting. There was a thin sheen of sweat that covered his entire body, and his blush spread from his face to his neck. He opened his eyes, blue orbs meeting dark grey ones. They didn’t know what to say to each other, but that look expressed it all. Naruto looked like if he died right now, he would go happy.
They stayed like that for a few seconds, before the blonde quickly looked at Sasuke’s crotch seeing the obvious bulge through his pants. He reached out and massaged the thick member through the material. Sasuke was kneeling and he threw his head back as the blonde moved his fingers. Naruto also got up on his knees undoing the fly and beginning to nip at Sasuke’s pale throat. He opened the front of the uniform pants and pulled his sex out. He wrapped a firm hand around it and started pumping. Their lips met in a messy, hot kiss. They bit their lips, sucking them and battling with their tongues. Naruto moved his other hand to one of the pale pink nipples, softly caressing it.
The brunet moaned, thrusting his hips into the slick fist. He was leaking precome like a faucet, which made this easier and more pleasurable. Naruto sped up his hand as he moved to Sasuke’s ear to lick and bite at the lobe. That did the brunet in. His ears were his most sensitive erogenous area.
“Ahhh….”
His thrusts were frantic and he gripped Naruto’s shoulders holding them with bruising force. With a soft sigh he came, cum splashing both their chests and coating Naruto’s hand generously. They kissed softly, after which they pulled apart looking into each other’s eyes. Sasuke’s eyes became wide as he saw Naruto lift up his own hand and teasingly lick the white fluid cover it. He starred in awe at the other boy eating his cum, and the sight was so incredibly sexy and entrenching that he couldn’t look away. After his hand was clean, Naruto just stood there, silly smile on his face.
“How does it taste?” Sasuke asked.
“I dunno, kinda bitter I guess…”
The adorable look on Naruto’s face snapped something in Sasuke’s mind. The brunet felt for the first time that he might actually really, genuinely love the other boy.
*
It was early afternoon when Uchiha Itachi opened his email and found an advertisement in his inbox. He felt rather annoyed that it didn’t go to his spam, however, since it was there he thought he might just as well open it. It was something about a trip to Thailand. A travel agency or something sent to his email the advertisement of a trip to Phuket island. He scrolled down reading the details. Soon he found himself drawn to the itinerary and the pictures posted in the email. He never traveled, always being busy with work, and before that with school. He never thought about traveling before, but now that he looked at the advertisement he was immersed in it. He suddenly became fascinated about the idea of traveling, about the idea of Thailand. Somehow it all represented a sort of freedom he had yearned for his entire life. He was so distracted daydreaming that he jumped up when his phone rang.
“Yes.”
“Uchiha-sama, your mother is on line one.”
“Alright, thank you.”
“Thank you, dono.”
“Hello, Itachi dear?”
“Hello, mother.”
“Itachi-chan, I was calling to see if you are free today for dinner.”
“I-, hmm, I’m a little caught up at-”
“It’s just that…darling…it’s been a long time since you came by the house. Ever since you moved we see so little of you.”
“Yes, well, you see, work has been a handful. Also-”
“Yes, yes, I know you are very busy Itachi-chan, but Sasuke-chan always asks about you. Why you don’t come to dinner more often…” Mikoto pulled out the big guns. Seeing how she couldn’t find another way to convince her older son to come visit, she thought that the mention of Sasuke would for sure persuade Itachi to join them for a family dinner. “I’ll have Chiyo-baasan make your favorite beef roast with mashed potatoes…”
“I guess I can make the time tonight.”
“That’s my boy. See you tonight at 8. Don’t be late.”
“Alright mother.”
“Kisses dear, see you!”
“Good-bye mother.”
*
Naruto walked into the dining room, approaching the table in order to find his seat. He was late to come out of the shower and everybody was seated. Strangely the picture of the family members gathered around the dinner table reminded him of his first time meeting all of them. As back then, everybody seemed to be present now. He could see Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, Sasuke and Chiyo-baasan. He hadn’t seen Itachi join them for dinner ever since the older boy moved out after he graduated from university. He liked Itachi, but he never got really close to the other boy, so he couldn’t really say he missed him very much. However, it was nice to see him again, even though sometimes, Naruto would get depressed simply by looking at him. Itachi always sort of emanated a gloomy feeling, so maybe that’s why the blonde never truly got to be friends with him.
“Ah, sorry I’m late…I had to wash my hair and it took a little longer than I originally thought. Hey there, Itachi-niichan.”
“Hello, Naruto-chan. Good to see you.” The usually sad boy gave Naruto a whole-hearted smile as he greeted him. He sat down and they started eating.
After enjoying a perfect roast beef with mashed potatoes and pickled cucumbers, they were having vanilla and chocolate ice-cream for dessert. There was also an enormous bowl of fruit in the middle of the table as always, but Naruto usually made sure to steer clear from that. He was stuffing his face with dessert when he quickly glanced across the table at Sasuke. The other boy, casually took a tea-spoon filled with vanilla ice-cream to his lips. He made eye contact with the blonde and kept it as he swallowed the sweet treat. That made Naruto swallow the saliva that had gathered in his mouth at the sight. Then he saw a mischievous glint in Sasuke’s eyes and a small evil smile on his lips. The brunet reached out to the bowl of fruit sitting on the table and picked out a banana. Naruto couldn’t believe it…Sasuke wasn’t actually going to do it, was he?
The boy slowly peeled the fruit, exposing its top half. He locked eyes with the blonde, making sure he was watching, before taking the banana and while slowly parting his lips, inserted the fruit between them. Naruto watched transfixed as the tip of the banana disappeared between pale lips. He felt himself starting to blush and get hard, remembering the events that occurred earlier during the day. Sasuke bit down and started chewing. He never lost the eye contact and seemed to be smiling even more widely when he noticed the redness of Naruto’s cheeks. Next he dipped the banana in the vanilla ice-cream he had in his bowl and brought it to his mouth. A red, pointy tongue stuck out from between his lips to lick at the melting ice-cream, after which he penetrated his mouth with the fruit once more. However this time he didn’t stop at just a regular bite size. He got as much of the banana as he could in his mouth before biting down again, all the while looking at Naruto.
The blonde, deciding to calm himself, taking a sip of water as he saw Sasuke licking the ice-cream, but when he saw him deep-throating the banana, he chocked. In his desperation, the boy turned his head to the side and spluttered out all the water he had in his mouth, after which he started coughing furiously. When the cough fit was over and he opened his eyes, all he could see in front of him was the profile of Chiyo-baasan showered in the water he previously had in his mouth. There was absolute silence and everybody seemed to be frozen to their spot. Naruto’s eyes were wide as he starred in shock at the results of his action.
“HAHAHAHA!”
The loud sound of laughing filled the room and everybody looked Itachi’s way. The image of the young man laughing so hard and so sincerely that he had turned red shocked everybody even more than seeing Chiyo-baasan drenched by Naruto. For a few second they just stood there looking at Itachi laugh hysterically before they were infected by the persistent laugher. Soon everybody was laughing, except Fugaku. Even the old woman seemed to be amused. Fugaku didn’t laugh out loud, however he did wear a wide smile on his face, which was more than anything the rest of the family had ever seen from him before.
*
Itachi thanked everybody for dinner, and was walking towards his car when he heard running footsteps behind him. He turned around to see his younger brother jog in his directing.
“What’s up Sasuke-chan. Did I forget something?”
“No, no. I-I just wanted to talk to you for a second.”
“Aaa, sure, of course. Um, do you want me to come back in the house, or…”
“No, it’s aaa….kind of private, so umm…do you mind if we talked in your car instead?”
“No, not at all. Come on.”
They climbed into Itachi’s black Corvette and the older brother could see that Sasuke was very nervous about whatever he wanted to tell him. The boy was sweating and he was kneading his hands. His breathing was also rapid and he kept swallowing. Itachi knew from experience that it was better not to push Sasuke; just give him space and the boy would eventually talk when he felt ready.
“I-…umm…oh my god, I don’t know how to say this.”
“Just relax, baby brother. Take a breath.” Itachi also took a deep breath to demonstrate to his brother how it was done, but also to calm himself. Sasuke agitated him. “Now, I suppose this is about some boy, right?”
Sasuke’s eyes grew wide.
“How did you know?” he asked, truly in shock.
“Well, I’ve never seen you this nervous except the time you told me you were gay. So I guessed it has to with matters of the heart.” Itachi smiled in order to comfort the other.
“Well,” Sasuke started after taking another deep breath. “I guess there really is no other way of saying this. I’m in love, onii-chan.” He looked at his brother as he said that and he saw him smile widely. Taking that as a good sign he decided to continue. “He…I believe he also has strong feelings for me. We-ahh, we have been…umm…going out, I guess, for a couple of weeks.”
His brother seemed to be taking this very good. He looked happy and anxious to find out who the boy was. Sasuke knew there was no way to avoid the disclosure of the identity of his boyfriend even though he dreaded it.
“Ahem, the boy I-I love, i-is N-naruto.”
There was absolute and complete silence in the car. Itachi’s smile faded rapidly and Sasuke looked about to dig a hole in the ground and hide himself there. Itachi’s mind seemed to be racing. He had expected anything, any boy, man, child, bird…anything other than Naruto. He wasn’t prepared for it. He had thought before that whatever boy Sasuke chose, he would approve of him. But he never in a million years would have thought that Sasuke would be attracted by his step-brother. However, now that he thought about it, Sasuke never did regard Naruto as a brother and the relationship between the two boys had always seemed a little special…close. The more he thought about it, the more it made perfect sense for the boys to be in love with each other. Granted be didn’t know Naruto was also gay, but still, now he couldn’t believe he hadn’t thought about it before. It was so obvious, so…in his face, yet he had missed it. He began realizing, that even though the news came abruptly and he was a bit thrown off his game he didn’t disapprove of the relationship at all. Naruto was a good boy, loud and forward, but a gentle soul. Itachi thought that Naruto could love madly and loyally if he was put in that position, so he didn’t mind his brother being the subject to such powerful attention. He was also extremely happy that his brother found someone to love that shared his feelings. He knew how rare that was and he knew that once you find it, you must take it and treasure it.
“Please say something.”
He looked at his brother who had his gaze cast downwards. He realized that he must have been quiet for a long time, longer than he should have. He could see Sasuke was sad, scared, embarrassed. He wanted to punch himself in the dick for making his brother feel like that.
“Sasuke, I-…I’m very surprised, but even more, I’m very, very happy for you.”
Sasuke snapped his eyes to meet his brother’s smiling ones, not believing his ears.
“What did you say?” he asked in awe.
“I said I’m very happy for you.”
“But-you heard what I said, right? I’m in a relationship with Naruto, umm, Uzumaki Naruto…the boy who lives with us.”
“Yes Sasuke, I know who Naruto is.” Itachi said laughing.
“And you are not angry? You don’t think it’s weird?”
“Why would I be angry? Of course I think it’s weird, but you know Sasuke…If I learned anything until now, it’s that happiness is not an easy thing to come by in this life. So, when it comes pulling on your sleeve, you should be crazy to turn it down. It’s weird because you grew up together and he is your step brother, and our parents are gonna flip when they find out, but if he makes you happy…if you love him, then…then it’s all worth it. To hell with the weirdness.”
*
*Knock, knock.*
“Come in.” Naruto was already in his bed, almost asleep when he saw the brunet enter his room. The boy ran after his brother after dinner and stayed out for over an hour. Naruto was too sleepy to wait for him, so he decided to go to bed.
“Are you asleep, dobe?”
“I was getting there. What the hell do you want waking me up?”
Sasuke closed the door and rushed to the bed, effectively jumping on it, on his knees near Naruto. He bent down and placed a short kiss on the blonde’s lips. He pulled back and looked into blue eyes with happy grey ones.
“I told Itachi.”
“What?”
“About us, dobe.”
“You, what?”
“I told him about us, dating. Isn’t that what you have been nagging me about?”
“Well, I…yeah. How did he take it?”
“He took it very well. He was happy for us and he told me we have his full support. However…”
“What?”
“However, he did say we have to tell mom and dad. He said that tomorrow being Saturday, he will come to the house around noon and he will stay with us while we tell them, offering moral support. He said that maybe our parents will take it better if he is on our side. And I think he is right.”
“Yeah…I think he might be. So, are we really gonna tell them?”
“Yes. It’s what you also want, isn’t it?”
“Yes it is. Even though it’s gonna be a pain in the ass, we have to do it, in order to have a real relationship.” The blonde looked serious as he said that, but then looking at Sasuke a warm smiled spread across his face.
“Come here.” Naruto said wrapping his arm around the brunet’s neck and pulling him down for an affectionate kiss.
*
The next day the boys were extremely nervous. They woke up with a feeling of anxiety and panic and couldn’t even eat a proper breakfast because of the butterflies in their stomach. They spent the morning together, doing homework and making out, but reluctantly because they were distracted by the thought of what was going to happen once Itachi came. Soon noon was around and Itachi pulled by the house in his black sports car. They both greeted him, smiling nervously, but he looked at both of them kindly, a gentle look in his eyes. His calm settled their nerves a bit.
“Hello, mother.” Itachi greeted Mikoto from the threshold of her workshop.
“Oh, Itachi-kun, I’m so surprised to see you. What brings you here?” his mother was surprised, but jumped to her feet nonetheless, abandoning her work in order to kiss and hug her older son.
“I have something to talk to you and dad about. Is he around?”
“Yes, he is in the orchard, tending to his trees of course. But what is it dear?”
“Nothing bad, I promise. Let’s go meet him.”
He walked out of the study with the woman and headed towards the yard. There they found Naruto and Sasuke who joined them in their walk towards the orchard.
“Naruto-chan, Sasuke-chan, what are you boys doing?” Mikoto asked surprised to see the boys following her and Itachi.
“Oh they are coming too. Well, actually they are the ones who need to talk to you and dad…I’m just assisting.”
Mikoto’s expression turned from confused to worried as she heard her older son speak.
“What…”
“Don’t worry mom. As I said, it’s nothing bad. Let’s just find dad.”
They walked the rest of the way in silence and they found the older man chopping away at some branches in the middle of the orchard.
“Itachi. What are you all doing here?”
“There’s something we need to talk about, dad.” Itachi took charge.
Fugaku dropped his tools and looked downwards a look of intense concern and sadness all over his face.
“I-I actually also have something to say.” The old man said. “It’s good that you are all here now, because it saves me the trouble of gathering you.”
Fugaku looked into Naruto’s eyes. His eyes were filled with sorrow and a hint of fear. The boy was confused because he had never seen the old man look or act like that. Also he didn’t think Sasuke’s dad ever held his gaze for so long before.
“Naruto, I have come across some terrible news recently. I didn’t want to say anything until I had all the facts. However, as of this morning I do. As such, I’m afraid I…”
No one in the Uchiha family had ever seen Fugaku pause in his sentence, unable to find the proper words. They were all terrified because they knew that what he had to say must be extremely bad. They waited holding their breaths.
“Naruto, my boy, it’s about you parents. It has come to my attention that the circumstances of their death have been erroneously presented before.” He could see from Naruto’s eyes that he didn’t understand. “Naruto, the car crash in which your parents died was not an accident. Apparently they have been murdered.”
Naruto’s mind was empty. It was like his ears heard Fugaku, but his brain just couldn’t make sense of the words. However, it seemed that his body could because his knees gave out. He felt himself falling to the soft grass beneath him, when he was caught by strong arms. He looked up and he saw dark grey eyes looking into his with concern. The image became blurry as his eyes filled with tears before starting to roll down his cheeks.
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