He awoke in a brightly lit room, sitting up quickly and looking around Naruto found himself in a bed room; the walls were painted a warm autumn orange and decorated with paintings created by authors unknown to him.
He pushed off the covers and slid his legs so they hung off the side of the bed, "Hello…?" he called out.
"Oh, so you're awake now…"
Naruto looked towards the door way, a man dressed in black stood with a plate filled with food; eggs, bacon, toast, the smell made Naruto's stomach growl, embarrassed he crossed his arms over his chest and looked away before the dark haired man could notice him blushing "I- Itachi? Where am I?"
Itachi gave Naruto a warm smile, he walked over to the blond boy and set the plate of food down on his lap "Eat first, you seem hungry…" he chuckled as Naruto began to dig in.
"I've brought you to the Uchiha summer home, where it is exactly is something you don't need to know right now. I'm holding you hostage until… Well, until a certain someone notices you misses and comes to get you. Is that alright?" Itachi sat beside Naruto his smile never leaving his face.
Naruto froze mid chew, slowly he looked at Itachi and swallowed the food in his mouth "Uh… Um… Okay? I… I guess its okay…" Naruto stared at Itachi, giving him a look of "are you for real?"
Naruto had been taken hostage before, plenty of times! But never had he been taken hostage like this, they usually never asked if it was alright, what was Itachi planning? Who was he waiting for? Sasuke? Didn't he know Sasuke was dead? Naruto looked down at his breakfast, "Is there… Something wrong with the food?"
Naruto shook his head "No, the food is wonderful… Just… Thinking makes my head hurt!" Naruto cried out, tears running down his cheeks.
Itachi couldn't help but laugh, this little fox boy was still as cute as ever! The Uchiha wrapped his arms around the poor boy and held him close "Oh Naruto…" he sighed, "You don't have to think too much of the situation, if that's what is making you think so much to give you a head ache… You're safe here and if you have questions, they will be answered, if not right away then all in due time. Okay?"
The boy sniffed and looked up at his brother in law, he felt safe in his arms, he hadn't felt this safe in years, not since Sasuke. He wiped away his tears and rested his head on Itachi's chest, placing the plate on the table beside the bed "Thank you, Itachi-san…" Naruto yawned.
Itachi pet Naruto's head as he held him close, "Tired? Already? You just woke up, silly boy."
"Yeah… Well… I haven't gotten sleep this good since… Since… Well… You know."
Itachi nodded slowly, "Ah, yes…"
They sat in silence; the music of the birds lulling Naruto back to sleep, Itachi lay the boy back down and covered him, he placed a kiss on the boy's forehead and walked out of the room. He stopped to take one more look at the sleeping fox; as he turned and his eyes fell on Naruto, Itachi fell to his knees, a hand on his chest.
His heart hurt; with every beat a sharp pain coursed through his body, he felt this way once before, towards a girl. He stood up, fear in his eyes as he stared back at Naruto, this was horrible, this was… Not planned for.
He was falling for Naruto, falling quickly and possibly, if Sasuke got here to take him back, he would land hard and his heart would be broken again.
He turned away from the sleeping boy and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him, he headed down the hall way into the living room and seated himself on one of the couches, the one closest to the window. Eyes glued to the group of ravens circling over one area not very far from where the summer cottage was, he's already here… Itachi sighed.
This… he thought, is going to be a short fall… He closed his eyes and turned away from the window.
The Raven haired man jumped through the trees, he could sense his brother but that didn't worry him, what worried him was that he couldn't sense Naruto.
What had his brother done to his beautiful blond haired lover?
Whatever it was, he will pay…