Naruto is comfortably sitting on the floor of the entrance of his home, his back against the closed front door. Itachi is a couple steps away, standing shakily on his feet as he holds himself up by holding onto the back of the couch.
He still hasn't walk, despite being a little over 16 months. He's a little slow on the physical process but Sakura says not to worry about it, all babies are differents. And well, Itachi showed amazing prowess on the cognitive side - definitely not due to Naruto's pool genes - and started saying little words at the young age of five months. Which was pretty impressive in Naruto's eyes - well everything that Itachi did was impressive in his eyes but whatever.
Naruto definitely does not see himself as a pushing parent, but for the last few days Itachi has been getting up all on his own continually looking around with curious eyes - or should he say eye, since Itachi's hair were long enough now to hide the Rinnegan. Naruto usually moved it away from his face when they were alone or with people he trusts, but Itachi had taken the habit of pushing it back in his face all the time. So Naruto is not a pushing parent. He is not going to force him to walk or anything, but since yesterday he had taken the habit of sitting a little further from Itachi, far away to not be in reach, and he had try to encourage him into walking.
Unfortunately, it is not working. Itachi would just grow impatient and throw himself on his hands and knees before crawling to Naruto. It's the cutest thing ever and Naruto does not get tired of it, but he still wants to see him walk, even if it's just one tiny little step.
Today seems to be different from yesterday though, because Itachi is slowly lifting one of his foot to move it towards Naruto, little hands still clenched on the back of the couch. Naruto lips pull up in a huge smile as Itachi takes his second half step.
He starts clapping his hands slowly in a small encouraging beat and Itachi starts laughing at him, almost falling down. Itachi regain his balance and Naruto misses his next step when someone knocks decisively on the door.
He has half a mind to just ignore it but since there are so little person that feel comfortable into coming to the Uchiha clan's land to disturb him, he stands up slowly to open the door. Still looking at Itachi at the corner of his eyes.
He is about to put his hand on the knob when the door is slowly pushes open from the outside. He looks at the silhouette in the doorframe and his breath is knocked out of him. Firstly, because Sasuke fucking Uchiha is standing right in front of him, and secondly because he feels something knock him in the calves almost causing him to lose his balance.
Naruto is completely caught off guard. Sure, Sasuke did send a letter to tell him that he was coming, but that was two months ago. He thought that Kakashi would give him the heads up, or that he at least would hear about Sasuke's return before the raven found him, after all Sasuke did not know that he lives in the Uchiha Clan lands.
It is definitely not suppose to happen like this. Especially not with Itachi pulling on the back of his slacks to draw him out of his daydreaming and have his complete attention again.
"Come in." Naruto finally says before bending to pick up the toddler, grateful that Itachi likes hiding his eye because he does not want Sasuke to find out like this. He wants to explain everything first, not just throw a child at him.
"Good job little man, I'm so proud of you." Itachi claps his hands softly on Naruto cheeks. "T'anksss, Dadda!"
Naruto smiles happily and makes a sign for Sasuke to wait before he walks with Itachi to their room - he still had not found the courage to move Itachi into his own room. He puts the boy in the crib and gives him some of his favorite toys.
"Daddy has to have an important grown up discussion. Can you play in here for a little while?"
Itachi just looks at him and nods, as if he understood perfectly. Naruto ruffles his son's hair before getting out of the room, softly closing the door behind him.
"Sorry for the mess, I wasn't expecting anyone. I didn't even feel your chakra in the village."
"I've been wearing a suppressant. It's pretty useful when you're traveling to places where a lot of people despise you."
"Oh, that explains it. Come sit at the table." Sasuke still looks a little confuse but he removes his chakra suppressing cloak and sits on one of the chair, his gaze quickly fixes on the high chair at the head of the table.
Sasuke is completely at a loss. He does not know what to say. The speech he has prepared and practiced over and over again on his way back seems like a moot point by now. Naruto has a child. It must means that he moved on. He's probably married to some red hair shinobi who gave him a beautiful child and a life full of love. He can't compete with that. Honestly, he does not even think that he should tried.
They have been sitting at the table in an awkward silence for 5 minutes when they hear the sound of soft footsteps coming towards them. Naruto eyes open in surprise at seeing Itachi in the kitchen, the little boy should not have been able to get out of the crib on his own. Damn, he could not even walk 20 minutes ago and now he's running towards them.
Naruto's smile freeze when he sees that his son must have move his bangs away from where it covers his Rinnegan when he battled his way out of the crib. He tries to grab him as he passes next to him but misses.
Itachi finally stops himself right next to Sasuke's chair and babble enthusiastically as he raises his little arms expectantly towards Sasuke. "Dadda!"
Sasuke freezes for a second, looking at the toddler as if he has a second head growing - except that Naruto knows perfectly that Sasuke is looking at what is almost a perfect match of his own left eye. Then he suddenly pushes his chair which makes a racket falling down to the floor and runs out the front door in a gust of wind.
Naruto gets up and furiously follows Sasuke outside, closing the door a bit too violently behind him.
"If you put one foot out of this village, Uchiha, don't fucking bother coming back." His chakra flares and he can ear the sounds of soft crying from inside the house. Itachi never cries.
"I'm not running away. I just… Give me some times." Sasuke says halfway down the stairs, his back still turn on him.
Naruto exhales loudly, he is disappointed but he gets Sasuke's surprise and need to take everything in. Actually, he's surprised himself. It's not like he has told Itachi who his father is, he was waiting for that. Waiting for Itachi to be older, or for Sasuke to come back. Whichever came first. Maybe Itachi had recognized Sasuke's chakra has being part of him just like he had recognized Naruto's own the second he was born.
"Take all the time you need, it's not gonna make much of a difference, I guess." Not after more than 2 years anyway, he thinks a little spiteful before heading back inside where a crying toddler is still standing at the same exact place he stood next to Sasuke's chair.
Naruto walks quickly to him. "Come here, baby." Itachi just hold his arms up toward his father to be picked up, little sob shaking his body, and Naruto does just that. He presses him against his chest softly, his nose in the crown of his red hair, and releases a little of Kurama's chakra, surrounding them with it. It calms them both.
Four days later find Naruto in his room with Sakura. They are packing Itachi's bag since the little one has taken to visit his "aunt" once every two weeks - Sakura says that it's because she wants Naruto to have a little break but he knows that it is because she is completely smitten with the child.
"He made Itachi cry?" Sakura says as he relate what happened the day Sasuke came back. He's actually surprised that she had waited her day with Itachi to come interrogate him about their old teammate.
"Yup, and Itachi never cries!"
Sakura bites her lips. "Well that's not completely true…"
Naruto frowns and stop folding the clothes he has in hands. "What do you mean? Is he giving you trouble?"
"No!" She says hurriedly. "Of course not. I just mean that he cries sometimes when he's with me, or should I say when you're not there." She continues to explain as the frown deepens on her friend's face. "He's just a really sensitive child, and he cries when he can't feel your chakra."
"You should have told me. I could have sent a clone… Or you know come myself."
"That would defeat the whole purpose of you having a day for yourself."
"It's not like I need a day for myself."
She smirks, and raises her eyebrows two times. "That's not what you're going to say when Sasuke comes crawling back to you. You're going to beg me to take Itachi for the night."
Knowing immediately what she implies, a strong blush appears on Naruto's cheek. "Shut up, Sakura!" He tries to throw the shirt he's folding at her but she dodges it, laughing.
He is about to pick something else to throw at her when he is interrupted in his search by Itachi coming inside the room. The little boy comes running, a huge smile on his face, as he stops himself in front of Naruto arms raised waiting to be pick up.
As Naruto gathers him in his arms, Itachi starts talking enthusiastically. "Dadda! Dadda is 'ome!"
"Yes little man, Daddy is home."
Itachi nods his head fast and points towards the door as he almost bounces in Naruto's arms. "Dadda!"
Sakura and Naruto both frown, perplex about the boy's gesture. Both pair of eyes widen when a sharp knock is heard at the door, followed by the feeling of a familiar chakra.
Sakura offers him a reassuring smile. "I'll go open the door, finish packing Itachi's stuff." As she crosses the doorstep, she turns toward him, her smile a little mischievous. "Take all the time you need."
He does not know what kind of things she is going to say to Sasuke and he is pretty sure that he does not want to know, but he is really thankful for the little time she is giving him. He honestly was not sure that Sasuke would have come back, or at least not so soon. He feels like the weight in his stomach is a little less heavy, even if he's still nervous about the discussion that they need to have.
He wants to take more time, but honestly Itachi's bag has been ready since before Sakura left the room and the toddler is almost vibrating with excitation to go out of the room see his other 'Dadda.'
Naruto puts Itachi down, and grabs the bag before opening the door that Sakura had close when she left. Only soft whispering were heard through the door before he opened it but the creaking of the door as it opens stops the conversation that the two other had.
Itachi runs at Sasuke the second the door opens and Naruto cringes internally, remembering what happened the last time and hoping really hard that Sasuke will have a better reaction this time. He is pleasantly surprise when the other man actually smiles down at Itachi before tousling his hair a little. Itachi looks like he is beaming as he hugs Sasuke's right leg, the older one's hand still resting on his head.
"Alright!" Sakura says, breaking the silence. She walks closer to Sasuke and crouches next to Itachi and reaches out to him with one hand. " Come on, little man. You and I have a date. You'll see your dads tomorrow!"
Itachi pouts a little but let go of Sasuke to take her hand, following her as she pulls lightly on his hand.
As she passes next to Naruto to take the bag and let him hug Itachi goodbye, she whispers. "Crawling."
"Bye, Daddaa!" Itachi says loudly, shaking his hand towards them as he and Sakura cross the front door.
"Bye!" They answer in synchrony.
They go for a walk. Naruto is fidgeting way too much to stay inside the house so he just grabs his orange vest and heads outside, Sasuke is right behind him.
They walk across the clan's land for awhile, Sasuke is looking around with a sort of nostalgia and Naruto is wondering about what he should say. He knows that Sasuke is not the talkative kind and that they probably won't get anywhere if he does not kick the conversation right in, but he does not know what to say. It's not that there is not much to say, there's a lot of things to be said, but being the one to break the silence for once feels awkward to him. How is he suppose to start this discussion? He does not know. That's why he's just there, walking silently next to one of his best friend as they both avoid looking at each other.
They stop only when they arrive in front of the old training ground at the edge of the land, at the edge of the village. Surprisingly enough, Sasuke breaks the silence. "Let's spar."
Naruto smiles. Finally, Sasuke thinks. After all that's what they have always been good at, fighting each other. What better way to relieve the tension that lay between them.
Naruto slaps his thighs enthusiastically and run to the opposite side of the field. "Only taijutsu!" He screams when he gets in position.
Sasuke smirks. "Obviously, idiot. We don't want me to obliterate your ass."
Naruto blushes at the word, thinking about what Sakura had implicitly suggested earlier. He hopes Sasuke does not notice it from that far away, but knowing the bastard eyes, that must be wishful thinking.
Naruto does not give himself more time to think before he's running full speed toward Sasuke.
Sasuke easily blocks his first attacks. He keeps it defensive as Naruto attacks and blocks or dodges all of Naruto tentative punches and kicks without seemingly breaking a sweat.
"You're so using those eyes of yours to predict my movements!" Naruto accuses, a little out of breath.
"It's not my fault if you're so predictable!"
"Predict that, bastard." Naruto says as he completely stops the swing he had taken to Sasuke's face to bend forward and tackle the raven to the ground. They both get their breath kick out of them as they roll to the floor.
After much struggle, Naruto finally finds himself sitting astride Sasuke's hips, holding one of the other man's wrist above his head while batting away the other hand that tries to dislodge him.
"Ah!" He exclaims as he finally gets both hand under his control. "Gotcha!"
Sasuke smirks, and tries bucking his hips one last time to push the blond off of him. "Now what?" He asks.
I don't know, Naruto thinks as he looks down at Sasuke's smirking face, such an handsome face. Should they talk now? There's still that inexplicable tension between them that makes him hesitate. He wants it to go away, he can't think clearly with it in the air, surrounding them completely.
He does not know what pushes him to it, although it's probably that warm laughing look that Sasuke is giving him, but he bends down and presses his lips to Sasuke's. Only for an instant, but it's enough. The tension between them seems to reach its peak and then it explodes.
Sasuke is suddenly all over him, Naruto doesn't know how he freed himself but he doesn't care right now. All he can think about is the warmth of Sasuke's hands as he holds his face close to him and devours his mouth. Their lips brush in a brutal dance again and again and Naruto can't help the sound that comes from deep within his throat. He's almost growling as he presses his face closer - if that's even possible - to Sasuke's. Their teeth clash together in their hurry and Naruto can feel some blood flow in his mouth from the cut he gets on his lower lips, but he doesn't care. He's just thinking that this is Sasuke, the warmth against him, the taste in his mouth, it's Sasuke's. And he cannot get enough of him. He wants so much more.
He breaks the kiss suddenly to start kissing down Sasuke's throat, sucking and biting the skin, wanting to leave marks. Sasuke is his and he wants everyone to know, especially the concerned party. Maybe he is a little rough but Sasuke's moans only help to encourage him to further his exploration. He needs more of Sasuke, more of his skin, of his taste.
He grips the collar of Sasuke's shirt and pulls, effectively ripping the fabric in half, showing him the pale chest of his lover.
"I missed you so fucking much!" Naruto growls against Sasuke's chest. The other man does not answer verbally but a small whimper escape him. He is not good with words, not used to them. He pushes Naruto away from him, having to use a lot of force since the other man does not want to let him go. He barely has time to assess the hurt in Naruto's eyes before he straddles him and grips the hem of the blond shirt to remove it. He works fast wanting to put his lips back on Naruto as soon as possible.
When the tan skin is finally exposed, he bends forward to lick the muscles in front of him. He lets his teeth graze a nipple and is rewarded with a loud moan and hands come to grip his hair, pulling on the strands while pushing him closer to the other man's chest.
As he licks his way from nipple to nipple then down to Naruto's abs slowly he tries to work the other man's pants open. He finally succeeds and pulls Naruto's cock out. It stands proud and hard and he licks his lips thinking about putting the hardened length deep in his mouth. Unfortunately for him, he does not have time to put his mouth to use that he is thrown off of the blonde to lay on his back in the middle of the sand.
Naruto stands up tall in front of him and throws the pants that were puddling near his ankles away with a kick before grabbing Sasuke's own at the bottom and removing them in one pull. Sasuke raises a brow in surprise but he can't help but feel the heat in his belly increase at the demonstration.
"I can't wait." Naruto says as he kneels next to Sasuke. He removes Sasuke's boxer fast and grab the other's erection.
"Naruto..." Sasuke moans his eyes closing following the force of the pleasure. Soon, lips are on his, devouring him once more as the hand works him to full hardness.
Naruto mutters something against his lips and Sasuke feel him throwing a leg over his hips. "I really can't."
Sasuke opens his eyes just in time to see as Naruto brutally sinks on his dick. The man is so tight that it hurts to be inside, he can't imagine how it must be for the blonde. He tries to hold Naruto in place, to have him abstain movements to let them accommodate to the feeling first but the blonde only grabs his hands between his, interlocking their fingers, and starts moving up and down the thick shaft fast.
Just like everything else about this moment, the release is brutal. He does not know when the sensation stopped being uncomfortable to become that immeasurable source of pleasure. But it did at some point and now he can't stop himself. He comes hard, shooting inside his lover.
"Sasuke!" Naruto screams, the first word he's said since he started riding the raven. The blonde stops rising and sits fully on Sasuke, rotating his hips slightly to feel him as he release one of Sasuke's hands to jack himself hard. Three or four strokes later, the blond is crying out as semen spills over his hand and both their stomach.
Naruto lets himself fall on top of Sasuke. His face rest against the other man's neck as they both pant hard after the activity. Sasuke raises his arms to put them around Naruto's back wanting to hold him close. And Naruto breaks. Hard sobs wreck his body as he cries in Sasuke neck and tries to hold onto him, his fingers leaving marks on the other man's biceps.
"It's alright, Naruto." Sasuke tries to shush him softly. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise."
Naruto sniffles a little bit reassured.
They don't stay in this position for long. The second Naruto stops crying he realise how uncomfortable he currently is, riding Sasuke dry after not having sex in more than 2 years was a bad idea. He tries his best to stand up without falling back down and then extend a hand to Sasuke to help him up. Twenty minutes later they are back at his and Itachi's home, sitting in front of a cup of tea after having showered.
Sasuke is surprisingly the first to speak again. "Is there a chance that you're pregnant again?"
Naruto almost spits his mouthful of tea to Sasuke's face in his surprise. "What? Of course not, I am a man!"
Sasuke smiles slightly at the other's indignation. "Believe me, I know that. But it was not suppose to happen in the first place and I'm pretty sure that I did not imagine the little kid running around this house."
Naruto shakes his head. "There's more to the story than that -"
Sasuke cuts him off. "Just let me say something before you get to the more complicate stuff." Naruto looks at him expectantly with his big blue eyes. "I'm sorry." Sasuke says. "Leaving this place a second time was probably the biggest mistake of my life."
"When I think about it now, I'm happy that you left." The looks Sasuke gives him has Naruto hurry to finish his thought. "I'm happy that you left then. What if you had stay even knowing that you felt like you had to go? What if after that you'd felt like you were forced to stay not just for me, but for Itachi also. You would have been miserable. But now you're back, and of your own free will. I guess you found what you were looking for so there's no real reason for you to leave again, at leats I hope."
"I get what you - Wait, Itachi?"
"Hehehe, sorry." Naruto says rubbing his head with one hand. "That's our son's name, Itachi Uzumaki Uchiha."
Naruto was not sure what Sasuke's reaction would be after knowing that he had named their son after his dead brother, but the bright smile was definitely not what he had not not expected.
"Does everyone knows that he is our son?"
"No. His full name is only on his birth certificate and we - Sakura and I - had it sealed the day of the birth. Only Kakashi, Tsunade, Sakura, and I know. We were suppose to spread a rumour of me adopting the child, but I wanted people to know that he was mine, so Kakashi started the rumor that I had impregnated some woman during my month stay at Suna and that she died giving birth. Everyone believed it."
After that, Naruto can't stop talking. He tells him everything about the months of the pregnancy and most importantly he tells Sasuke about Menma, small tears at the edge of his eyes as he shows the other man the picture and the lock of hair. It looks like Sasuke might cry too. He tells Sasuke about Itachi's first words and how the first time he walked was the day of his return.
They sit at the table for hours, Naruto doing most of the talking but Sasuke interrupting him sometimes to ask specific questions about Itachi. Sasuke also tell his own tale of travelling and as Naruto describes it as 'boring' he can't help but agree with a small laugh.
They are both laughing at some stupidity Naruto just said when there is a knock on the door. Naruto looks through the window over the sink, finally realising that it must be morning already and that Sakura is back with Itachi. He stands up from his chair in a small jump.
"Let's introduce you properly." Naruto says excitedly a huge grin on his face as he tends a hand to Sasuke. And Sasuke can't help but smile back as he takes the blonde offered hand, feeling like everything is about to be set into its rightful place. Home, he thinks.
"Sasuke?" Naruto whispers as the three of them lay on the rooftop. They've been looking at the stars for awhile now, Sasuke teaching Naruto and Itachi about all the constellations he knows - the 20 months old seemed to understand more than Naruto did and the blonde was conflicted about being proud or jealous - but silence had settled between them for the last 30 minutes, mostly because Itachi had crawled on Sasuke and had fallen asleep.
"Hn?" Sasuke looks briefly at the blonde, his finger threading slowly into soft red locks.
"You should move in with us." Naruto says. Sasuke had been back in Konoha for 4 months now. He spent most of his days with Naruto and Itachi, usually leaving only when it started to get dark outside. He had spent the night a couple times before but he always seemed hesitant to do so and Naruto did not know why. It was pretty obvious that he was welcome in their lives by now, that Naruto trusted him with everything, that he trusted him with Itachi.
"I'm scared." Sasuke whispers, looking at their son sleeping peacefully on him, his little head resting against Sasuke's pale neck.
Naruto can't stop the soft smile that appears on his face as he looks at them. "Scared of what?"
"Of loving someone more than I love you."
Naruto kisses him softly on the lips and offer him another bright smile because he knows. It's too late to be scared of that, too late for both of them.
THE END