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Until next time, -Evan

Both Naruto and Itachi had anticipated Friday to roll around the corner for the big day: Saturday. Both of them fiddled around within their desks, Itachi in an office and his latest meeting and Naruto within his library and basement whenever he could sneak out. Naruto felt a bit guilty as well as dorky for wanting to believe that Saturday would seem like a date, but nevertheless, he accepted the fact that Itachi would be his co-worker…his extremely, hot, good looking, tempting and oh-so seductive co-worker. He giggled at the thought of Itachi in an apron with little frills around the edge, wondering how he would pull it off. 'Oh, who am I kidding? You give him a cloud to wear and he'll make it look sexy. Ha, a cloud…a see through cloud…' Naruto's sigh quickly turned into a giggle as he imagined the raven trying to grab something to cover himself. His red-headed friend glanced over with his questioning green eyes.

"Are you alright, Naruto? You've been spacing out quite a bit today." Gaara went back to shuffling around the books in their correct order in the shelve he was working on, taking his attention back hallways to the books and the other half to his friend. He was getting a bit worried over his friend, but not enough to where he had to start pulling out his hair and murdering the people who were causing both him and Gaara this pain."Yup!" The blonde quickly bounced back and hopped around the store, trying to get everything in order and as neat as possible, always looking over his shoulder towards the door with that horrid little bell. "I'll bite; what's going on? You've been acting…strangely happy all morning." Gaara paused for a better word, not wanting to interrupt his friend's moment. It was quite rare when he would see his friend dancing around as if no one was watching. Well, he did that half the times anyways, but regardless, the metaphor was still in use to a typical person.

"Nothing! What makes you want to say that?" Naruto grinned even wider when the small chimes of the bells were heard. Both he and Gaara turned around to find a wandering teenager who left towards the macabre section almost immediately. The blonde pouted, turning back to the front desk and rearranging the small pile of post-it notes, can of highlighters and other office supplies and books he had been reading all afternoon. He sighed, knowing he would need to look into getting another part time job and stop lazing around the library and read all day. As much as he wanted to, he knew it was wrong and while he was reading the thoughts and insights of Edgar Allen Poe, he knew it would be much better to get a career like Itachi. Maybe that would impress him a bit more…

"What is it, Naruto?" Gaara's intense voice made him jump to face his typically emotionless eyes that were now filled with rage and irritation caused by none other than Naruto himself. "I'm going to sound like a girl, but what the hell. I met a hot guy this week and he's volunteering here now! He offered to spend all weekend with the book sales and everything! And he's coming in today in a couple of minutes!" He jumped back to cleaning around, grinning from ear to ear and imaging Itachi walking in already. Gaara chuckled, shaking his head and rubbing his short red hair.

"Hmm, what's his name?" He went back to fixing the books onto the shelves, losing his tempter and allowing the serenity to flow back within him. "Uchiha Itachi." Naruto answered back almost immediately with a tone Gaara recognized almost instantly. His friend was falling head over heels for this man already after what, a couple of days? That man moved fast, that was for sure. Either 'Uchiha Itachi' is handsome or he wound a spell around Naruto.

"I see. Are you trying to get everything clean for him tonight then? You know that we close in about five minutes, right?" The redhead peaked up from the book he held in his hands at the clock to reveal the time ticking away for Cinderella. His eyes flashed back to find Naruto unphased with that ridiculous smile of his still in place and just as wide as it had been a minute ago.

"He's going to come in at seven!" The blonde smiled, hopping around the room. "You close at seven and everything's done before its time to go anyways. I'm sure I could find something for him to do though." Gaara smirked. Well, Naruto will give him something to do… With Naruto's previous relationships –such as with Gaara himself-, he had been kept busier than he had ever been in his life. The burning love he had held for the blonde had been put out by another man who had caught his eyes, making life quite difficult for both him and Naruto. Lucky for him, Naruto was one of those people who wouldn't mind letting go of people if he knew they were going to be happy. Of course, that was four years ago, and Gaara was still proud to announce that he was still together with his boyfriend, Lee.

"He needs hours! Who am I to say no to a guy like him?" He watched as his friend finally settled down and the golden tornado had rested onto the couch. Gaara laughed, knowing that was the truth and how soft hearted his friend was. He walked over to the phone located on the desk, dialing in a number quickly, speaking, "Attention, the library will now be closing in five minutes. Thank you." Both of the friends' eye's met and gave out a tired sigh. Naruto had been there since seven looking up Stephen Hawking books for Shikamaru, hoping something this complicated would catch his eye without putting him to sleep.

Shuffling was heard as well as the scatters of feet as the people were rushing towards the check-out lines. Naruto jumped up in a hurry, scanning cards and making small conversations while he scanned through the books and deactivated them from setting the alarms off, one person after another. He looked over to Gaara to find him smirking at himself for some reason. The blonde started smiling, happy to see that Gaara was enjoying this as much as he was and he was able to share the emotion of anticipation.

"It seems I got here just in time."

Naruto froze, his muscles going rigid, then unfreezing suddenly as his memory jogged to remember that voice he had been dying to hear all day. I looked over to see Itachi peeling off his work coat, making Naruto blush as he turned back and continued to scan the books. "Here, let me take over for you." Itachi's voice made him shudder once more as he felt his chest press against his back, doing his best not to let the people in front of him see. He turned to face his chest and crawled out between his arms and opened another lane of check-outs while he watched Itachi move gracefully with a swift edge, handling every book in his hand with great care as if it were a newborn child.

Naruto smiled, giving his attention back to the people waiting impatiently in front of him. "Hello! How was your stay here…"

***

Shit, shit, shit, shit.

"Is there another route that we can take?" Itachi asked hurriedly as the driver cursed towards the window himself. "No sir, we're trapped in here for good." His driver shook his head as Kisame shrugged his shoulders. "We'll just wait like always, Itachi. Calm down." Kisame tried to sooth his raven haired friend. He kept wondering to himself why his partner seemed to be in a bit of a rush now. He seemed as if he had someplace else to go to…

"I'm going to be late." He sighed, rubbing his temples and slowly shutting his eyes. I promised that I would be on time. "I'm sure they'll understand if you're a little late. Don't worry about it." Kisame winked, trying to reassure his financial partner, knowing that an annoyed Itachi was so much better than an irritated one. He seemed almost sad though, as if he were missing out on something major, then it struck Kisame. He had never even show much emotion to his blue skinned partner, an occasional smirk when he had won over a hard case but that was just about all.

Why was he acting like this right here and right now? What was it about community service that made him…depressed, was it? 'Scratch depressed, looks more like anxious.'

The sound of honking horns screamed even louder, as if to taunt Itachi, slowly but very surely, starting to tick Itachi off. He glanced over at the clock on the dashboard, revealing it was 6:56. He let out a low growl grabbing his coat and turning for the door. "Kisame, I'll see you Monday. Goodbye."

With those words, he flung open the door and slammed it back as he started running through the traffic and through the town. He could hear his partner's cries and screams for him to get back in the car, although it was no time to try to make good with Itachi. He wanted to get to the library before he let down Naruto. The last thing he wanted to do was run into Ino and Sakura on his way over there or even within the library, but it wasn't so much them he wanted to see. He was anxious to get to Naruto and fulfill the promise that seemed empty now. Regardless, he kept on running through and through the streets and sidewalks, stopping every seldom blocks to catch a breath or two, then continuing to spring through the walk ways.

He didn't dare try to check the time again, just focusing on getting to the library. He was outside the front door when he saw the crowding lines of people towards the check-out with a redheaded man and Naruto, grinning happily as he was helping the people. They seemed pleased enough that Naruto was willing to talk to them about something other than the library and actually be a friendly librarian by giving them advice on the books as well as the new books they were getting similar to the ones they had checked out. The corners of Itachi's mouth went in an upwards manner, his eyes softening on Naruto until the grin was quickly washed off when he looked the other way to find the redhead watching him with curious eyes. He gave Itachi a look down, pausing for a moment to meet his eyes and jerk his head over towards Naruto.

Itachi nodded his head in compliance and walked over from behind the counter to the redhead's end and walked towards Naruto.

"It seems I got here just in time." Itachi spoke, hoping to catch Naruto's attention. He took off his work jacket, being exhausted from the run from the high way to the library, wanting to get straight to making up for the time he had lost. He bumped up from behind Naruto, smirking as he felt his body tense and his face turn a beet red. "Here, let me take over for you." Itachi placed his hand on the scanner that was held in Naruto's hand, the blonde's hand gently allowing the object to be released from his grasp and handed it over to Itachi. He turned around, crawling out from between them with a blushing face and went between his long arms, turning around to the other aisle and began to open up a new check-out line.

He smiled to himself, keeping up with the books and scanning quickly to finish his line of people. He kept glancing over at Naruto as he shot the scanner towards the bar codes and demagnetized the spines one by one, watching his face carefully and those oceanic blue eyes he wanted to get lost in. He wondered why he hadn't spoken to him yet, knowing it was because he was probably too busy for anything right then when Itachi had walked in. He continued to scan through the books, feeling eyes on him that he knew for a fact didn't belong to the people standing in front of him. Well, the majority of them did. He had gotten asked out a couple of times as he was scanning through the books, replied a quick, "Hn," and continued with his work.

He glanced over at Naruto through his hair, watching the blonde look almost heated up with a disgruntled look on his face. He raised his eyebrow, wondering what was making him angry. He flipped the hair out of his face and looked over at Naruto once more, his anger seeming to fall away as if it were a mask into a blank expression. He gave the smallest smile, causing Naruto to grin widely. Itachi turned his head back and smirked, now knowing where he stood with Naruto. He had made him smile without hardly any effort from himself.

"Um, excuse me." The person in the front of his line called for Itachi's attention, it being Sakura. "I never thought you would be here so late! You should have said so Mr. Uchiha." The pink haired woman winked as Itachi rolled his eyes and sighed. "Did you get any books?" He inquired. "Yeah, here. Anyways, I was wondering if you were free for Saturday to go out to coffee or something, you know, Itachi? Oh, can I call you Itachi?" She handed him the books and with a devil's smile, she looked up at his dark eyes and moved closer towards the desk. "No, it's Mr. Uchiha and I already have plans for Saturday." He handed her back her books. "Thank you; next person."

Naruto glanced over to see Sakura with her mouth opened in awe. He had heard her ask Itachi out which pissed him off even more than the other random girls running up and asking for his number and his time. Yeah right, he would over-work Itachi so he wouldn't be able to even walk out the door with those bimbos. As much as Naruto wanted to argue with himself over someone for Itachi, the chances are that it would be a man was slim to hardly any.

The blonde glanced over at Itachi once more, grinning when he saw him finish and lean over the counter, brushing his ebony hair out of his face and behind his ear. He felt like walking up and putting his hair behind his ear for him, then slowly leading him down with kisses that ranged from his ear to his jaw, then to his chin and finally those perfect lips of his. He shook his head quickly, knowing that these thoughts would go too far and only lead to something else the blonde wouldn't be able to handle if his assumptions were correct. Itachi seemed too perfect though. Would it be horrible if Naruto had wished he had some sort of affliction or emotion that made him draw to the blonde the same way he was drawn to him? He sighed once more, returning the books to the last person he had handled in line. His eyes scanned around the room to find that the library was empty with all but three people.

"Gaara, this is Itachi and Itachi, this is one of my good friends, Gaara." Naruto went sprinting upwards between the two, moving his hands between them. Itachi made a face, not towards Naruto, but how close of friends were these two? Could it be that Naruto was indeed homosexual as well as he was? He couldn't stand the thought of a woman trying to carry his child, let alone touch him. It was worse enough that his mother was one, but everywhere he went, there was five or six, never just one to tackle alone.

"Nice to meet you." Gaara placed out his hand, making a visible attempt of kindness in front of his friend. "Same here," Itachi shook his hand, both of them letting go right after they had shook. "I'm sure you've been in here, right Itachi?" Naruto inquired, tilting his head at Itachi and trying to look into his inky eyes. "Hm, just a couple of times before; not that many times, I'm sorry." He did feel sorry now, not wanting Naruto change his mind about keeping him here just because he hadn't been in a library since he was eleven. "Well, Gaara and I can show you around here then! No problem, right Gaara?" Naruto glanced over to his friend for his approvance, earning a nodded head from the eye-lined wonder. "I can show him the order of the books." Gaara offered.

Itachi looked around at him and then back at Naruto, facing his bright blue orbs for eyes that outshone his for miles and miles to come. "I'm sorry, but if it's alright with you, I would like Naruto to show me around the library." Itachi looked up at Naruto as he grinned brightly. "No, I don't mind at all." Naruto smiled, trying to sound less nervous than he actually was. Truth was, he was shaking towards the inside, almost afraid of what Itachi would find out. He had talked it over with himself that Itachi was there for working purposes and nothing more. There couldn't be anything more without some kind of hint from the raven at least.

"Fine, I'll be taking my leave then. Goodnight." Gaara turned around towards the exit and waved his hand upwards in the air to signal a goodbye. "Good bye! Drive carefully!" He bid knowing his friend was a road demon, speeding up as much as he could to save time and for the thrill of it. Gaara merely shook off his advice and grinned, knowing he could go back tomorrow to find a very flustered Naruto.

***

"Naruto?"

He jumped at the call of his name, the blonde already buried down in the basement with the piles of books he was surrounded with. He leapt and sprinted up the stairs to find Itachi looking around at the desk and fiddling through the desks. "Good morning Itachi!" Naruto grinned brightly as he walked over, watching the inky haired man jump at his presence. "What are you doing here so early?" He asked, only arriving here half an hour before Itachi had come in, an hour prior to the opening time.

"Even though you have everything else set up, though I could help anyways with preparing anything else that needs to be done." It was a lie, although Naruto let it pass. The quick silence was interrupted by an abrupt ringing from Itachi's pocket. He exhaled loudly and fished the phone from his pocket, answering the call. "I'm sorry Naruto, please excuse me." He nodded his head and he turned and started walking towards the door as he spoke in, "Hello?"

"Itachi, where are you? I told mom you would go today!" Sasuke growled through the phone, making Itachi smirk. "I told you I had plans of my own on Saturdays, unlike you baby brother." You could hear his smile dripping from the tone that went through the phone, obviously making Sasuke even more ticked. "Give me a break! You don't have any friends but that blue skinned man who just follows you around like a secretary."

"I'm with my friend right now, Sasuke. Is this the only reason you're calling? If so, you're just wasting my time." The game he was playing with Sasuke was shortly running thin of time, wanting it to be spent more with Naruto than his annoying brother. "Fine, bye." And with a satisfying clunk in the receiver along with a long beep at the end, he knew he had gotten rid of Sasuke.

He turned back to Naruto with a small apologetic smile dancing on his lips. "I'm sorry, my brother worries about everything." He shook off the phone call, his brother giving his obvious displeasure, probably thinking that he was together with Kisame. Come to think of it, why did Naruto seem so familiar the first day?

"May I ask you a question?" Itachi spoke with a small smile dancing on his lips, Naruto quickly turning around to give the beautiful raven his full attention. "Sure! What is it?" Naruto replied too happily. He was so glad to have someone around the library other than his usual friends. They had teased him so much in the beginning about being gay, but that had quickly passed over as he had started threatening them of releasing his full wrath, which wasn't such a pretty sight to see such a rainbow bright man such as Naruto twist into a complete 180 as if he had had an alter ego this whole time along.

"Do you know Uchiha Sasuke?"

Naruto froze for a moment, trying to see if the name clicked with anything in his head. It was suddenly clear and he remembered the black haired, gloomy child that was always with him in classes. He had stolen most of the girls single handedly although he never did have any girlfriends through high school, focusing only on the work itself. Yes, he remembered that kid. But wait, Sasuke's last name was Uchiha…

Oh. My. God.

It had just clicked to Naruto that they were related! Itachi had always reminded him of someone he thought he had known but he believed it was only a part of his imagination playing a cruel trick on him.

"Oh Sasuke! We used to go to high school together! I don't think I've seen him in a while." He laughed, trying to hide his displeasure of the memories. Despite the fact that the two boys had to be close due to the fact that they were always paired up together for just about everything, he had always had an odd feeling about Sasuke.

Hmm, maybe I can get back at Sasuke that way…

"Alright, thank you. I was just wondering because you seemed about the same age." Naruto had barley turned 23, freshly in college yet again to work on his Master's degree in education and a smaller degree in writing. "Is that so? How is he anyways? Still depressive?"

Itachi smirked. He had never heard anyone else but him and Kisame call Sasuke depressive. They explained it was because he was an Uchiha and it was a natural instinct to act as cold as he did, or that he was just that way naturally. Whatever case it was, he let out a small chortle as Naruto glanced back at him with a smile engraved on his face. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, nothing at all." He shook his head, laughing once more. Naruto grinned even wider, loving the way Itachi laughed. Every word he spoke was musical and harmonic, although his laugh was even better.

"Are you ready to let everyone in for the book sale?" Naruto questioned with a playful grin. Itachi nodded his head, a small grin still on his lips as Naruto opened the door and placed the sign over that was on the door from CLOSED to OPEN.

Haha sorry for taking so long but I wanted to post up the chapter on Friday to try to put a cherry on every one's day XD
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Until next time with a new juicy chapter,

-Evan