AN: For all those who reviewed and all my lovely readers. Here's the next chapter.

"Just lie down," she pushed on his shoulder gently. "Let me take care of you." Cerulean met onyx and she knew what he was asking. "Don't worry about anything, I promise I will take care of you." He didn't reply, simply nodded and did as told. She rose from the bed but she tumbled over when he tugged at her wrist. She fell on top of him, their gazes clashing once more. She couldn't do anything but blush as she looked within the dark depths of his eyes and without noticing, he had rolled them over and was then hovering atop her. "Itachi~" was all she could get out before he fastened his mouth on hers, his hands leaving her back to trail at her hips. She moaned lightly as he massaged her sides, his answering growl rumbling in his chest.

"This is not how I wanted it to be," she thought even as she moaned once more into the kiss. "Why does it have to feel so good?" her eyelids fluttered open as his large hands enveloped her clothed breasts. "I have to stop him." Her arms snaked around his neck, entangling on the long dark strands as she put more emotion into the kiss. Nimble fingers pressed lightly on the pulse point, their owner sighing deeply as the man slumped atop her.

"Damn!" her attention turned towards the door to find that the doorknob was shaking. "Itachi locked the door!" her best friend's frantic voice reached her tired ears.

"Calm down Obito," a gentler, softer voice said. "They wouldn't have done anything, would they?"

"When Itachi's drunk," she couldn't hear anymore as the footsteps took the people away from the door. She turned her attention back to the man on top of her.

"I wonder what happened," she said softly as she continued to run her hands through the silky locks. She was too tired to move him so she simply stayed there waiting for her best friend to eventually open the door.

"Naru are you~" Obito froze. His best friend lay there calmly running her hands through his cousin's dark locks. She didn't seem fazed by the fact that Itachi was laying on top of her or that Obito was already in the room.

"Will you tell me what happened?" the question came out of the blue and yet Obito understood.

"Why not," he could only chuckle at her one track mind. "Come on let's get you up."

"Can you move him?"

"What happened?"

"He pounced," was all she said and yet he knew what she was saying. "Just push him on his side or something."

"Fine, fine," he shrugged his shoulders but did as told anyway. "Come on," he offered her his hand and pulled her up. He held a hand up to his mouth as she was once again pulled back by Itachi. This time, she landed beside the bed with her skirt on the floor and wearing a loose blouse.

"Stop laughing!" cerulean glared at onyx. "This is not funny."

"Of course it is," he continued to laugh unaware of the dark brown eyes widening with each moment.

"I'm guessing you haven't told Rin how we met," onyx eyes widened as realization dawned on him while footsteps receded behind him. "Go on, you have to tell her."

"Everything?"

"Yes you have to tell her everything." His shoulders slumped but he walked determinedly out of the room. As the door closed behind him, she turned her attention back to the man who had her captured in his arms. "You're a troublesome man Uchiha Itachi," she whispered as she relaxed her half-naked body in his hold.

"Damn it Naru!" she berated herself. "You're an eighteen, soon to be nineteen, year old young woman. In all those years you have never gone gaga over a guy so why start now?"

"But then Itachi isn't just a guy, is he?" there was a teasing voice responding to the war she started with herself. "Come to think of it, he's not a boy either. And I'm sure you noticed he's all man."

"Stop thinking about it Naru!" she whispered harshly. "You have to get out of his hold because his hand is bleeding." She reminded herself and then proceeded to find a way to do just that.

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"I'm not happy with the way things went when you met."

"If you had been, I wouldn't let you stay with him."

"What would you do?"

"Trust me," she told her best friend's girlfriend. "I would've found a way to break the two of you up."

"I'm a little afraid of you now." Rin admitted.

"Yes well," sheepish blue eyes turned to inquiring brown. "I'd do anything to protect him, he's been hurt enough."

"How much do you know about Obito?"

"I know everything he told me," Naru admitted. "And frankly, that's his whole life."

"He trusts you."

"And I trust him," the blonde shook her head. "Our relationship is confusing to others because it's intimate and yet not in a romantic way but it's deeper than just siblings."

"I have to admit, I'm easily a jealous girl but I understand where you guys are coming from."

"Naru-chan, Kushina's on the phone." Obito announced as he stepped into the living room and approached the two women sitting on the now upturned couch.

"Thanks," she said as she grabbed the phone while her best friend sat next to his woman. "Hi mom."

"Naru-chan, I heard Obito's in town."

"Yeah, I'm at his house right now."

"Your father told me that you're staying over?"

"I hadn't really planned on it because I haven't finished everything~"

"Don't worry about packing," Kushina cut her off. "I can do the rest. I'm on my way home now. Stay with Obito and we'll drive by tomorrow so you won't have to come back home."

"Demo kaa-chan," she tried to protest.

"You two haven't seen each other in a year." Kushina reasoned. "Spend time with him and we'll pick you up tomorrow."

"Arigatou kaa-chan," she smiled at her thoughtfulness. "I'll see you tomorrow. Aishiteru."

"Aishiteru."

"So what's the verdict?" Obito asked, grinning happily at her.

"What did you tell my mom?"

"I said I missed you and wanted to spend time with you."

"She fell for it." she returned the grin he sported. "They'll be coming by to pick me up tomorrow."

"I knew it!" he jumped from his seat and started to do a silly victory dance.

"Whatever," the blonde shook her head in amusement. "I'm going to raid your closet for sleep clothes."

"Okay, just don't take too long," he nodded. Rin just looked from one to the other happy that her love had someone else who loves him.

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"Rin's sleeping with you tonight," they sat in front of the large television in Obito's room.

"Why?" curious blue eyes turned towards the pair. "Don't you two sleep together?" the couple blushed at the words and Naru chuckled.

"Ecchi!" Obito pointed at his best friend, face blazing red.

"Hey, I meant just sleeping," she raised her hands in defence. "You're the one who thought what you're still thinking." Rin hid her face in her hands as her boyfriend spluttered at the grin the blonde girl was sporting.

"Can she just sleep in your room?"

"Whatever," she laughed at the pair. "I'm going to bed." She turned her attention towards Rin and asked, "Are you coming?"

"Y-y-yeah," Rin stuttered her answer as she rose from her position next to her boyfriend. She gave him a quick peck before running after the cheery blonde.

"What the hell are you doing?" Naru asked as soon as the brown haired woman shut the door.

"What do you mean "what am I doing"?"

"Don't you trust Obito?" she questioned as she led the way into her room.

"W-w-what?" Rin didn't like where the questions were going but she couldn't stop the blonde. "Of course I trust him!" she said indignantly as she watched Naru plop down on her bed.

"Then why don't you sleep with him?" the retort was quick and the Inuzuka didn't know whether or not she would answer. "He won't do anything, trust me I know."

"How would you know?" dark brown eyes narrowed.

"I've done it countless times," she flipped her long blonde hair then continued without looking at her guest. "I just love running my hands through his hair, the way his abs feel against my back when we spoon~" she trailed off at the intense glare being sent her way.

"I thought you said nothing happened between you two?" Rin stalked the blonde, pushing the door close as she did.

"Nothing did," Naru ignored her and continued talking nonchalantly. "But he doesn't wear a shirt when he sleeps, says it's uncomfortable and restricting."

"And his hair?"

"It's soft and spiky and I'm curious."

"Damn it Naru," thoroughly diffused, Rin sat next to her. "Don't do that to me. If you know Kiba as well as I think you do then you know how Inuzukas get when it's about their mate." She flushed as soon as she realized what she'd said.

"So you think of him as your mate, do you?" she was only teasing and yet she was serious as cerulean locked with chocolate pools. "You said you trust him, so what's the matter?"

"I do trust him," Rin looked down unable to meet the sapphire gaze. "It's me I don't trust." Her cheeks flared at her admission and Naru had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop herself from laughing.

"Rin-chan's a hentai!" she pointed at the brown haired girl.

"Stop!" she shouted as the blonde rolled around the bed laughing her heart out.

"You know he won't do anything unless you ask him to," Naru said seriously as soon as her laughter died down. "He's a gentleman and it's a trait I've always loved about him."

"Naru," she was unsure about what she wanted to ask but continued anyway. "Do you really love him?"

"Of course I do," Naru said. "But not in the way you're thinking. He's my big brother and yet he's not. It's difficult to explain but suffice it to say that I love him but I would never love him."

"You're right that is confusing."

"What are you still doing here?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your boyfriend's in the other room with no company," Naru said. "And you're sitting here chatting with me?"

"I still don't get it."

"If you don't want to keep him company," she rose from the bed. "Maybe I will. I haven't seen him for over a year and I have missed him." Before she even finished, Rin had run out of the room and left the door open. "Hook, line and sinker," Naru smirked smugly as she put on a robe over the large shirt and boxers she'd stolen from Obito's cabinet. She turned off the lights as she walked out of the room.

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"What did you tell her?" she never turned away from looking up at the stars even as he best friend lay beside her on the futon she had put on the roof.

"Nothing," she replied as she laid her head on his chest.

"I believe you," sarcasm laced his voice even as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Why are you asking me?" she snuggled closer to his warmth. "Did she do something?"

"You don't need to know what she did," he stuttered and even without looking she knew he was blushing.

"Come on," she leaned one hand on his chest as she half rose to look at his face. "What did she do?"

"She, uh, she," he couldn't seem to form the words.

"Oh I get it!" she flashed him her trademark grin. "She came onto you didn't she?"

"What did you tell her?" onyx glared into cerulean, the blonde staring back unflinchingly.

"I didn't say anything," she once more assumed her position on her chest. "I certainly didn't tell her to jump you." Obito pinched her side. "We talked about girl stuff~"

"Since when did you talk about "girl stuff"?"

"Shut up," she smacked his chest. "I told her some stuff to reassure the girl. She's conscious about your relationship with me so I had to say something."

"You're not going to tell me, are you?"

"Nope."

"Whatever you said, thank you."

"You're welcome," she replied. "What happened?" the sudden solemn tone had him staring at the golden locks.

"Itachi was so in love," Obito began. "Her name was Kasumi. She's a beautiful girl with an equally beautiful personality, or so we thought." She kept silent as he continued. "They'd been together for three years."

"How old is Itachi?"

"He's turning twenty-two next month."

"Oh."

"Yeah, anyway Fugaku-jii-san suffered a heart attack two years into their relationship and as the eldest Itachi had to take up the mantle of being Uchiha Corp's President." Obito said. "He became so busy that he barely had any time for social life and Kasumi couldn't understand that. We didn't know at the time but she started playing around. Itachi never noticed because he was so busy and at the same time he was too blinded by his love for her he couldn't believe, he didn't even think of the notion that she would ever cheat on him."

"Was he happy?"

"He was so happy whenever he was with her," Obito admitted. "It was like a different Itachi every time we see them together but everything changed on their third anniversary. You, yourself know that Uchiha's find it very difficult to express their emotions and as you always say, I must have defective DNA because of it. Itachi coming from the head family was all Uchiha but that changed when he met Kasumi. On the night of their anniversary, he received a call from our cousin and Itachi's closest friend, Shisui. Shisui's voice was neither calm nor collected but Itachi never noticed because he had been planning for months to propose and he was going to do it that night."

"She was pregnant with Shisui's child?" he didn't have to say it. Naru was smart enough to deduce what happened.

"Four months," Obito nodded solemnly as he embraced her tighter, noting the way her hands tightened into fists at his bare chest. "When Itachi got home, he was surprised to see Shisui there and when he and Kasumi explained Itachi just nodded and told them thank you for telling him in person."

"That's it?"

"He didn't want to show them how hurt he was," Obito said. "He wouldn't show him weakness after their betrayal. He then told them to let themselves out as he left them gaping in his living room. Then, for the first time in his life, stoic and unemotional Itachi Uchiha broke down and cried. He got so drunk, he didn't know how he reached my place in Ame."

"He went to your place in Ame?"

"He did. I still don't know how he drove from Konoha to Ame without killing himself but he got there and when he told me the story he was crying so much I didn't know what to do."

"How long ago did this happen?"

"Six months ago."

"What set him off?"

"Shisui and Kasumi were married only a month after they told Itachi. Itachi avoided them both and tried to get his life back on track but there are those whom he cannot fool." He sighed deeply as he remembered. "Sasuke and Fugaku forced Itachi on leave last month after the found out that Kasumi had given birth to twins."

"I assume Sasuke has taken over for the time being?"

"He has," Obito said. "Itachi didn't really want to take over Uchiha Corp but at the time Sasuke was still too young to manage the company. In truth, Itachi is more interested in producing artists and such and it was Sasuke who was groomed to be the next president. It was only a sad sequence of events that led them to where they are now."

"Why did you bring him here, to me?"

"You're the only one who can help him get his life back." Obito said. "And frankly, you're the only one I want around him. Don't think I don't know that you fell in love with Itachi the photo and the Itachi from my stories."

"W-w-what?"

"Just like I can't hide anything from you, you can't hide anything from me either."

"How long have you known?" her face heated up as he chuckled in reply.

"I've known from the very start."

"Why didn't you say anything?" she smacked him on his chest again.

"What would I have said?" he rubbed his bare chest which was already starting to get red from all the hits it has been taking. "Hey Naru-chan, I know you're in love with my cousin even if you haven't met him."

"Damn it Obito!" he caught her slender hand as she attempted to hit his chest again. "You should have said something!"

"One, stop hitting me," he said. "And two, I didn't want to say anything because at the time he was still with Kasumi. "By the way Naru, you know that cousin of mine that you have a crush on? Yeah he has a girlfriend and he's going to propose to her soon." I didn't want to hurt you, I won't ever hurt you." He said fiercely as he tightened his embrace even more.

"I missed you Obito-kun."

"I missed you too Naru-chan."

"You should go back to your room," Naru told her dark haired friend. "I don't want Rin thinking we're doing things we shouldn't be doing."

"She was already asleep when I left her," but even as he said that, he released her from his hold so he could rise from the futon.

"Still, you should sleep."

"You should too," he retorted as he placed a gentle kiss atop golden locks. "You have a flight tomorrow don't you?"

"I'll be in soon."

"Don't stay up too late."

"Yes dad." She smiled at the half hearted glare sent in her direction as he climbed in through the window.

"I promise Itachi, I will protect you." Her voice was carried by the wind into a room where a pale man with long dark hair slept fitfully as his dreams were plagued of blurry images that he knew once hurt him. "I'll take care of you." The gentle caress of her voice calmed his racing heart and he fell into a dreamless slumber, awaiting the day to come.

AN: Because I love you guys for reviewing and of course because I love this pairing, I just had to put the next installment up.

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Allie