It was a quiet early morning at Uchiha Enterprises. A bit too early if you ask Sasuke, who had taken temporary residence crumpled up and dosing off on Itachi's couch on the far right of the older raven's office. Which was about the only thing in Itachi's office besides a mountainous stack of boxes, his laptop and complete with an oversized desk right in front of the huge ceiling-to- floor window. Both of the raven brothers' offices were on the top floor of the astonishing 20 story building, known as Uchiha Enterprises which sat right in the center of downtown Washington D.C,. Both Sasuke and Itachi had to get to the office earlier than the rest of the workers because they still had boxes to unpack and other things to settle in to their new respective offices.

The raven brothers had officially been handed the titles of being the new CEOs of Uchiha Enterprises after their father Fugaku had passed. Even though a highly respected and admired business man like Fugaku had the tech company up and running for a successful 25 years, he still made the foolish mistake of not writing a will. So at the time of his sudden passing his two sons got 50/50 split of the company being as though they were his only children. Although much to the dismay of Sasuke, Itachi on the other hand was thrilled. He was excited to be taking over the most prosperous and successful tech company in the U.S. The older raven was ready to continue the success of the well-known smartphone company and bring it to even greater heights than his father originally had. Sasuke on the other hand had wanted to pursue other career options; the younger raven was more into the medical field but had to put his own dreams on hold due to the sudden passing of his father. However the younger raven eventually came around to the sudden change and became just as passionate as Itachi about the family company.

-XxX-

"All done" Itachi said, standing up from his desk in his office as he began to smooth out the wrinkles in his new Armani suit ( that complimented well with his shiny black gator Gucci shoes) . He knew what he had just done would definitely upset Sasuke, but he did it for his little brothers own good in the end. Yes, Sasuke did eventually come around to the idea of taking over the family company, which may or may not have been done with a lot of yelling and just a tiny bit of blackmail. But that's not important, the point is that Sasuke did in fact cooperate (eventually) and come and join the family cellular device business. However as time went on the younger Uchiha began stressing far too much about it, overthinking every little detail and making sure everything about the transition was perfect. Which did make Itachi happy in a way, considering at first Sasuke wanted absolutely nothing to do with the company in its entirety. However working himself into an early grave certainly would not exactly help either.

"Huh?" Sasuke grunted. He was nearly asleep for the first time in 48 hours and Itachi's rambling had completely ruined it. Sasuke had been up almost every night each day for the past 2 months making sure everything about the transition of the company from his late father to the two young ravens had gone smoothly. A thing that definitely not gone unnoticed by Itachi.

"I said I'm done" Itachi said. With a mischievous smirk, as he innocently fiddled with his long ink colored locks that framed his sharp and beautiful face.

"Done what exactly? It's too early for your games Itachi, so if you don't tell me wh-" Sasuke began to snap before he was cut off by his brothers smooth baritone voice.

"Well Otouto …. I noticed with the transition of the company and everything you've been a bit tense lately. So I've been thinking a lot lately abou-"

"Get to the point!" Sasuke hissed. Itachi was always known to ramble, especially when explaining himself about his constantly "meddling" (innocent brotherly concern as Itachi would put it) in Sasuke's life.

Itachi sighed before starting. With his large, yet beautiful porcelain hands clasped. " I feel like ever since we took over the company you've been stressing a bit too much. You are doing everything by yourself and I felt like you could use a little assistance so I put an Ad out on Craigslis-"

" YOU DID WHAT?" Sasuke hissed at Itachi venomously. "How dare you go behind my back and put up an Ad for just anyone to walk in here? This is a fortune 500 company and you put up an ad for dirty, sketchy street people to just walk in here and waste my time!" Sasuke spat. Sitting up in his brother's chair rubbing his throbbing temples. Sasuke could already feel a migraine coming on. Their father had built this company from the ground up and here Itachi goes putting out ads on suspicious websites for just any old plebian to waltz in. Had he never heard of the 'craigslist killer'? Their father would be turning in his grave right now if he knew Itachi would let anyone who wasn't an Uchiha step through the door.

Itachi sighed. "oh Otouto…." He began. "Don't be foolish little brother. You know I have found my assistant Deidara the same way, and he is highly qualified."

Itachi scooted his large comfy swivel chair back from his huge oak desk and made his way towards the huge window overlooking the beautiful downtown D.C. It was such a beautiful morning. Complete with soft whizzing of cars going by, people hustling and bustling through the busy downtown streets and the sun just barely peaking over the early morning horizon. Too bad Itachi couldn't fully enjoy the gorgeous early Monday morning; instead he had to listen to the bitching from the younger Uchiha.

"Bullshit!" Sasuke snapped. Pointing a dangerously accusing index finger at his brother. "We all know you hired Deidara for far more than just his 'intellectual' qualifications." Sasuke said, raising a perfectly arched dark brow and adjusting himself comfortably in his brothers' leather couch on the far right of the spacious light blue colored office. This game is for two players Sasuke thought. If Itachi wanted to meddle then so could he.

Although Sasuke couldn't see the older raven's face, as his brother was facing the window he knew Itachi was blushing. People at the office suspected much more was going on between Deidara and the older raven, however no one could exactly prove it. Sasuke had to admit though, even though the handsome blonde was an applicant from the sketchy Craigslist. Deidara did in fact do his job well, which included making and keeping track of Itachi's many appointments, accompanying him to meetings and even simple things like organizing papers and getting him lunch and his daily cup of coffee. And likely…. Other "important business ventures" the older raven wouldn't mention. Despite the denial from the other raven people knew they saw Itachi practically glowing over the past couple days, strutting into the office practically on cloud nine. Itachi explained that it was simply a new diet he had started, which almost everyone knew was bullshit. Yeah Itachi was definitely starting on a new 'D' word. But 'diet' damn sure wasn't it.

Sasuke's thoughts about his brothers personal rendezvous was abruptly cut short by the older raven clearing his throat from the window across the room.

"We are not talking about me Otouto, stop changing the subject" Itachi said, (a little too quickly) as he tried to keep his not blushing face out of the view of his angry little brother. "The ad has been posted and I will begin screening applicants starting tomorrow afternoon, it's for your own good and for the good of the company. We don't need two untimely stress related deaths at Uchiha Enterprises now do we?" The older raven finished. Now walking back to his desk to begin aggressively typing away at laptop, obviously deep in thought. Deidara was a good worker and had made a great overall impression on Itachi when they had first met for an interview. It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he had long, flowing beautiful blonde hair with brilliant sky blue eyes. Not to mention a sexy stride when he walked, exuding nothing but confidence and grace as he moved. No, not at all. Nope.

"Hn" Sasuke said as he rolled his eyes dramatically. Sasuke had a bad feeling about this, their father would never just let random people work at the corporation. Sasuke thought Deidara did in fact do his job well but there was always an exception to every rule right? If the people were so good on Craigslist then why weren't they employed already? Why didn't they go through more normal and conventional ways of seeking employment? Sasuke couldn't wrap his head around the whole ordeal but his brother had already posted the Ad so what's done is done he thought. The younger Uchiha smirked, he just knew this would blow up in his older brothers' face and Sasuke would be able to hold it over his older brother later. Sasuke just knew Itachi was going to interview some crazy killer ventriloquist and be taught a lesson about doubting him. Sasuke could handle everything on his own; he didn't need anyone to help him with something as simple as appointments and filing. He could do it on his own; however he would at least humor his brother. He couldn't wait to see what clown his brother would call in for an interview.

-XxX-

"Damn, still filling out job applications?" The shaggy haired brunette Kiba said from across the room sprawled out on the mid-size couch in their living room watching Seinfeld reruns.

"Yup" Naruto replied grimly. He had been adamantly putting in job applications for the past couple weeks and hadn't been able to find anything that he had truly wanted. He wanted a career, not just something for quick cash. Naruto had went to a local University and gotten his bachelor's degree in Business Administrations with a minor in Literature. While an impressive feat for some his age, he was fresh out of school with no experience. However experienced or not Naruto was very comfortable in his skills and just knew he would bring any employer he would work for something special.

"You'll find something soon, I can guarantee it" Kiba said. And he honestly meant it, he and Naruto had been friends since high school and Kiba didn't know of anyone who had worked harder than Naruto. Hell, Naruto probably worked harder than Kiba himself. Well no, scratch that he did. Naruto has always been involved in extracurricular activities, clubs and just regularly helping out the community. Kiba didn't know what any of these jobs could possibly be thinking by not immediately calling Naruto in for an interview.

The two high school friends have been roommates since their senior year of high school. Both not having the best of all home lives and wanting to get out as soon as possible. During senior year they both had small part time jobs in addition to going to school so they could afford a small place together. Yeah, it wasn't the biggest and best apartment DC had to offer (and damn sure did D.C have some amazing neighborhoods) but it was safe for the most part and it was what the two boys called home. It was a small 2 bedroom apartment in D.C's Adam's Morgan neighborhood, which was where a lot of young people came to party at night and on the weekends. The apartment had a medium sized Livingroom which were where the boys currently sat. In it was a 40 inch flat screen T.V both boys had saved up for weeks for , a small coffee table with a matching couch ( complimentary of Kiba's family) and their shared computer. It wasn't all that much but it was what they had and both boys were immensely appreciative.

Naruto finally got up from the desktop computer in the far left of the Livingroom, and after a long stretch from sitting down for hours and after popping every joint is his body. He made is way over to his scruffy haired brunette friend sprawled out on the couch, who was thoroughly engrossed in whatever Jerry and Kramer were arguing about on the television. Naruto then plopped down heavily on the couch next to his friend. He wouldn't say he was depressed per se, but he was definitely worried about job call backs. Kiba currently worked at a local animal shelter fulltime whilst Naruto worked as a part-time cashier at a large grocery retailer. The blonde wasn't one to usually complain but he felt like he was wasting his potential at a grocery store, not that there was anything wrong with working there. But the blonde saw himself doing something that he actually liked and that he could level up in at some point, and making sure to double bag soup cans was not something to write home about. Nonetheless he still showed great work ethic, chatted happily with customer and bagged the hell out of some groceries. He knew he would get his big break, the question was….. When?