Alright guys. Get ready for mindless smut.
JK *not really* JK.
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Naruto rolls onto his side again, his mind filled with the screams of the men who perished in that fire. I could have stopped it... He thinks. But he knows, in actuality, that he couldn't. He had no clue of what was going on. And even if he did, Itachi would have stopped him.
Naruto looks at Itachi's back. He's sitting at the entrance of the cave, staring into the flowing water. He's so weird. Naruto sits up and rubs his back. "Can't sleep?" Itachi asks, his deep voice echoing through the cave. Naruto shakes his head. "I'm just... not tired."
"Hm."
Naruto brings his knees to his chest, and wiggles his toes. I should go... He glances at Itachi. But maybe now's the time to ask.
"Neh, Itachi." Naruto starts. "How did we... meet up again?"
"You mean you don't remember?"
"Nuh uh." Naruto pulls his cape up over his shoulders. "Remind me."
'We don't have much time for a detailed explanation, so i'll give you a... summary." Naruto leans forward a little, Itachi's words already peaking his interest. "After the incident, I sat atop the Hokage monument. That's where I met you. We had a small conversation, nothing too important. You asked if I could take you home. Remember?" Naruto nods his head just for the sake of responding. "So I took you home. But there were men there, threatening to hurt you. I don't know why but... I swept you up and took you away from there. You were miserable. And plus you practically begged me to take you. After that, we met up with Kisame and i've trained you since. You only have one flaw."
Naruto waits to hear more, so when Itachi goes silent he decides to press. "And that flaw would be?"
"You're too soft."
"Soft?"
"Yes," Itachi shifts slightly. "You can't kill anyone. Not even a bad person. Not even an 'evil' person. You just don't have the guts."
"I don't see why anyone would want to kill someone. No matter what they may have done, it's never justified when someone kills another. But of course. You would think differently."
The cave falls silent. "Naruto." A shiver runs through Naruto's body, and he's not sure why. It's silent for a moment. A beat. "Yes?" Naruto asks.
"Never mind." Itachi sighs, standing and walking over to Naruto. "Why can't we light a fire?" Naruto wonders, watching as Itachi stops in front of him. "Because we have no dry wood."
Naruto looks back towards the cave, and is shocked to see that that perfectly stacked pile of wood is now missing. "What happened?"
"Someone took it."
For some reason, Naruto starts to pity Itachi. Living like this isn't easy. Everything you built up for, what you need to survive, all snatched away in not even a day. Don't pity him. Naruto sets his jaw. Don't pity him.
"I'm sorry."
It's soft. A soft whisper, so quiet Naruto can barely hear it. It unnerves him, those two words that Itachi has told him. Someone as heartless as Itachi...
Is he really that heartless?
"I shouldn't have even taken you to that bar." He continues. Naruto's heartbeat starts to accelerate. "It's my fault. Please forgive me. I feel terrible about it."
Each word that Itachi mutters sends a flush of desire through Naruto's body. He never knew he could swoon so easily. And it's something about the way Itachi speaks them, the way they seem to wrap themselves around Naruto and squeeze him until he can't breathe. He hears the underlining tone in his voice, the sincerity in it.
This isn't the Itachi he knows. This one is false. Fake.
Or maybe, it was the Itachi he knew that was fake.
Maybe the Uchiha Itachi he knew had a hard coating surrounding him... like a candy. He was sour and yet somehow passive, the hard coating surrounding him, protecting him. And what lies underneath is the one Naruto sees now, the one Naruto has managed to uncover.
Stop. He thinks harshly to himself. You're getting carried away, Naruto.
"It's fine." Even he is shocked by the bitterness in his tone. He didn't mean to sound so harsh. Itachi is silent, mulling over Naruto's response. "Well... good."
Naruto is overwhelmed by emotions. He feels anger. Hot, burning, scolding anger at Itachi. He did so many horrible things. For nothing. Was it really for nothing? He feels sudden guilt. He shouldn't have answered like that, he should have been more gentle. Even if it's Itachi, he had sincerely apologized for something he did.
And then, there's the most fatuous of them all. The pounding desire coursing through his body. He wants to reach out, to touch Itachi's skin. He want to roam his hands down Itachi's back, across his jaw, down his stomach. He wants Itachi to touch him, to kiss him and to mutter sweet nothings to him. He wants Itachi to say his name again. He wants that shiver to run through him. He wants wants wants.
It's frightening, and yet somehow relaxing to him. This is Uchiha Itachi he's talking about. This is the man who killed his whole clan, who left his brother in disdain, who has done horrible things-
-but for what?
There has to be a reason. Naruto thinks to himself. He feels defensive for Itachi. No one would do that for nothing. No one. He's sick. He's unreasonable. He's simply confused. Itachi has to be good. He has to have had a reason.
"Naruto?" Itachi's voice echo's through Naruto's ears. "Are you alright?" Itachi reaches forward and sets his hand on Naruto's forehead. "You have a fever. Why didn't you tell me you were feeling a little ill?"
"I didn't notice..." That desire he was feeling a moment ago, that defensiveness, vanishes suddenly. Naruto remembers the pain on Sasuke's face during their fight. He remembers the trembling of his words when he discussed to him about his past. He remembers the hate Sasuke sent Itachi in one powerful glare.
No more. He thinks solemnly to himself. This can't happen... you can't fall for him. He's bad. No more. No more, no more...
"I think i'm feeling pretty tired now." Naruto says shakily. Itachi nods, but before he goes back to the entrance, he takes off his cloak and throws it over Naruto's shoulders.
There's a moment. A beat. Naruto stares into Itachi's eyes, Itachi doing the same. Their faces are mere inches apart, their breath colliding. "Don't." Naruto whispers. Itachi gazes down at his lips, and then meets his eyes again. Naruto draws in a shaky breath. "Don't." He says with more assertiveness. Itachi tilts his head a little. Naruto can feel himself moving forward ever so slightly.
"Because I know that... i'll regret it."
They meet each other half way. Itachi's lips are a little rough. The kiss is anything but sweet. It's full of passion, hunger and lust. Naruto reaches up and gently touches Itachi's neck, the soft gesture making Itachi hesitate. They brake apart and Itachi gazes into Naruto's eyes. "We should stop." He says. Naruto nods his head in agreement, and yet they kiss again.
"Am I interrupting something?" Kisame's drawl echos throughout the cave. Naruto yelps and scoots away from Itachi. "K-Kisame you bastard!" He shouts. Itachi sighs and sits back, glances sideways at his partner. "I will never hear the end of this, will I?"
Kisame's grin is spread wide across his face, his eyes dancing with amusement. "Uh-oh, Pedobear Itachi-kun." He teases. "Naruto you better watch out."
"I'm only a few years older than him, Kisame." Itachi tuts, his annoyance blatantly obvious at this point. "Well that's still pretty old."
"Twenty-one isn't old."
"You're a legal drinker."
"And?" Itachi questions.
Kisame shrugs, his fun dissipating. "I was just saying."
Naruto's cheeks are on fire. He feels embarrassed, and slightly ashamed. He gave into his dumb needs, into Itachi. He feels like he's losing it, he can't even come up with a rational thought.
"Gomen Naruto." Itachi murmurs. Once again, Naruto feels a flush of desire for Itachi, he wants to reach out to him. He turns away instead, rolling onto his side. He doesn't say a word.
"Ohh did I hurt your feelings? I can leave." Kisame bides against his words, settling himself against a wall at the far side of the cave. A vein throbs in Naruto's forehead, but he still doesn't say anything.
They all stop talking, nothing but the crackle of the flames filling the silence of the cave.
"So does he taste like ramen?" Kisame pesters, grinning down at Itachi. Itachi in turn sighs, and glances back at Naruto.
He's been quiet for these past few hours, looking down at his feet as they shuffle on the ground. "Can you leave him alone?" Itachi asks, a hint of anger in his voice. "You've been asking that same question for the past hour."
"That's cause I haven't gotten an answer. Come on, tell me." Kisame insists.
"Why are you so set on knowing?"
"Because you hate ramen." Kisame chuckles. "It would be funny to know."
Naruto grumbles incoherently. Itachi wants to apologize to him again, but he keep facing forward instead. Was it a mistake? He thinks solemnly to himself. He remembers that gentle touch, the moment of hesitation he had. Naruto is a kid; a minor. Itachi frowns. That's not even the important part. Naruto is... well Naruto. He's an obnoxious kid, who's got a hard head and barely listens to anyone. He always wants to pick a fight, and yet when it comes to finishing someone off he can't seem to do it.
And besides, Itachi's heart is supposed to be closed off. He shouldn't feel anything. He shouldn't care about what happens to Naruto's well-being, and he definitely shouldn't be kissing him.
But he'll be damned if Naruto hadn't opened up his heart again.
"Where are we going?" Naruto asks. It's a little bit of a shock, considering he's been silent for such a long time. "To the Land of Iron." Itachi states. "But we already went there!" Naruto whines, kicking a rock off of the path.
"We need to move locations. Since the incident with the bar happened, the authorities are bound to be on edge."
"But-,"
"Why does it matter?" Itachi interrupts, looking back at Naruto. Naruto goes silent for a few moments. "Where are we at now?"
"The Land of Fire."
"So... near Konoha?" Naruto gazes through the trees.
"Yes..." Itachi says carefully. "But don't think that we're going to be stopping by there. We don't have time, and besides it's too dangerous."
Naruto huffs and puts his hands behind his head. "Whatever. Not like it's that important anyways." He grumbles, whipping his head to the side.
"Yes?" A woman with long red hair and sparkling green eyes asks, looking up from the counter. "We need a room for three." Itachi says. The woman blushes slightly and scribbles down an open room number. "Name?"
"Uchito Itaru (1)." The woman smiles. "Well Uchito-san, we have a room that just opened up. 204 upstairs." Itachi nods his head and starts towards the stairs, Naruto and Kisame following after him.
The room is nothing special; a traditional style Japanese hotel room. The only bonus is a hot spring right outside the door that leads to the outside.
Naruto throws his pack at a corner on the far side of the room. "Man i'm beat..." He mutters to himself, stretching his limbs. "Are you going to bed already?" Itachi asks, feeling thankful now that Naruto is speaking again.
"Um... Yeah I think I am." Naruto glances at Itachi quickly, before plopping onto the ground, crossing his legs. Kisame clears his throat. "Well, since we're here i'm going to take advantage of the hot spring. Naruto, you'll watch Samehada won't you?" Naruto nods. "Good. Itachi, you have first watch."
"You're going to be outside anyways, i'm rather tired-,"
"Gomen." Kisame heads out the door, towel in hand, without a second glance. Itachi sighs and rolls out his bed roll. "I don't care what he says, i'm going to sleep..."
It falls silent. Naruto secretly glances over at Itachi, his mind wandering back to that kiss last night. He doesn't feel embarrassed about it anymore. He feels content, actually.
But he also feels desire.
He wants Itachi to kiss him again. He wants to kiss Itachi.
"Goodnight." He says, rolling onto his side. Itachi pauses, watching Naruto's back move up and down. He quietly stands and walks over to him, kneeling down. "Naruto. I hope you know I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."
Up and down, the soft breathing makes Itachi think he fell asleep. He leans down, without a second thought, and kisses Naruto's neck. He feels the muscles tense a little, and he knows Naruto is awake. "I'm sorry." He murmurs. He sees the goosebumps rising up on Naruto's skin; the slight movement of his foot. He sets his hand on his back and feels his pounding heartbeat; hears it.
Naruto swallows and moves onto his back, looking up into Itachi's eyes. Itachi moves swiftly, capturing Naruto's lips with his own. Naruto reaches up and grabs Itachi's neck, his heartbeat quickening.
Why now? He thinks to himself as they separate a little for air, and then meet again, their lips battling for dominance. And why... with him?
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OMG i'm so tired. We had a whole weekend of performances for my play this weekend, it's troublesome. Luckily the theater people are like a second family to me, so I enjoy being around them.
IDK who else watches, but I freakin love that show China Illinois. It's fucking hilarious.