This turned out mildly more serious than I was intending...oops. Hope y'all still like it lol
Also, this is way sooner than I was planning on updating! (I say that like I have an actual plan in mind for this story pfft)
To be honest, having Itachi living with her didn't change Sakura's routine a whole lot. She'd had to break down and buy a new futon "that is just for Itachi, Naruto, you have your own apartment, sleep there", and she had begun skimming ads for bigger apartments, but her apartment was already so crowded adding one more person to the mix, especially someone as quiet and polite as Itachi, didn't really make a difference.
"Kakashi-sensei, you have your own address to have your mail delivered to." Sakura tossed the envelope towards the man in question as she continued flipping through the stack of mail. Kakashi made a vague noise of acknowledgement before returning to his commentary of Obito and Naruto's game of shogi. Sakura should really put a stop to it before Obito tried to attack Kakashi again, but it was honestly more entertaining than she wanted to admit.
"Ne, Sakura, is there anything for me?" Naruto asked, turning to look over his shoulder while Obito contemplated his next move.
"Naruto, you don't live here. If there is anything here for you, you'd better be paying rent." Kakashi slid further down on the couch, his book coming up further over his face. Sakura rolled her eyes and paused as she reached the next envelope.
"Ah, Itachi-san," she said. "There's something here for you." Everyone paused and looked over at her. Itachi stood from his seat in the kitchen and joined them in the living room.
"Do you mind?" Itachi asked quietly and Sakura obligingly checked the envelope for traps before handing it over to him. He broke the seal and unfolded the paper, scanning the contents quickly. He went still, causing Kakashi to sit up fully on the couch and Naruto and Obito to both tense.
"Itachi-san?" Sakura asked quietly. As their keeper, Sakura had the right to read any correspondence Obito and Itachi received but seeing as Itachi was only recently declared not dead she hadn't had to enforce that particular rule with him. Wordlessly, Itachi handed the letter over to her. If she didn't know any better, Sakura would think Itachi was...afraid almost. She glanced down at the page.
"Ah," she said. That explained it. "It's a marriage proposal."
"WHAT?" Naruto shrieked. Obito smacked the back of his head.
"Don't be so loud, brat," he growled. Naruto whined but quieted down.
"I don't understand," Itachi said, a little helplessly, and Sakura looked back at him.
"It's nothing to worry about, Itachi-san," she said, trying to be reassuring. "You'll probably get a few of them." She looked back down at the letter. "This Chihiro-chan was very...forward, though."
"Ooh, gimme," Naruto demanded, reaching for the letter. Sakura glanced at Itachi, but when she didn't receive a reaction from him she shrugged and handed the letter over to Naruto, who promptly got into a brief scuffle with Obito over who got to read it first.
"But why am I getting a marriage proposal?" Itachi asked, almost desperately. "And why would she write...that?"
"It happens sometimes when you're well-known," Kakashi explained. "You've gotten sort of a celebrity status."
"But I don't want a celebrity status," Itachi said plaintively. Sakura put a hand on his arm and steered him back to the kitchen, settled him back into his seat and put the kettle on for tea.
"Itachi, you're a handsome man, of marriageable age, with considerable skills and you're head of a clan," Sakura said soothingly, ignoring Naruto's crows of laughter as he read the letter. "Of course you're going to get a few marriage proposals."
"A clan that I killed. It's practically non-existent," he pointed out. "And I'm a traitor to Konoha -"
"Who's been cleared of his crimes," Kakashi interrupted idly. "And regardless of clan size, it does still technically exist and you come from a powerful bloodline."
"I was a part of a terrorist organization," Itachi continued, as though Kakashi hadn't said anything.
"Gives you a bit of a bad boy vibe, really," Sakura commented, just to see his reaction. Itachi spluttered, his cheeks flushing and looking as though Sakura had suggested he do something indecent in public. Sakura enjoyed the reaction for a moment before taking pity on him. "Itachi-san, really, it's not big deal. Everyone in this apartment has gotten a few marriage proposals." Itachi didn't seem particularly reassured but at least he also didn't seem to be freaking out by Uchiha standards anymore.
She slid him a mug of tea and Itachi grasped it like a lifeline. Sakura and Kakashi exchanged an amused look over his head
"Hey, speaking of marriage," Naruto said, wandering in with Obito and preparing his own mug of tea. "Since Sasuke isn't the last Uchiha anymore do you think he'll stop proposing to you?" Kakashi, Itachi and Obito all perked up in interest. Sakura glared at Naruto who had the grace to look sheepish.
"Has Sasuke been bothering you, Sakura-chan?" Obito asked. "Do I need to talk to him?" He sounded entirely too hopeful and Sakura winced, imagining how that conversation would go.
"No, Sasuke hasn't been bothering me, Obito," she ground out. "We're just deciding on what our relationship is." Obito sat back reluctantly but Sakura didn't miss the look he exchanged with Kakashi. Great. The one thing the two of them decided to agree on was the one thing Sakura would like everyone to stay out of.
"Mm, I do have some correspondence from the Mizukage," Kakashi said idly. "Wants to solidify our alliance some more. Itachi, how do you feel about your brother marrying a Kiri-nin and moving?"
"Kakashi-sensei," Sakura squawked. "You're not marrying Sasuke off! Kiri will punt him right back here with a declaration of war!"
"Yeah!" Naruto said indignantly. "And after all the trouble we went through to get him back, you're not sending him away that easily!"
Kakashi only looked a little disappointed.
"I did notice neither of you said it's because you actually care about him, though," Obito said idly. Itachi glowered. Obito ignored him. Sakura wondered what it said about her life that angry former missing-nin no longer fazed her.
"Of course we care about him," Naruto said hotly. "Just because he's a bastard who doesn't know when to stop talking doesn't mean we don't!"
"Oh the irony," Kakashi muttered under his breath and Obito snickered. Naruto, thankfully, missed it.
"I appreciate everyone's concern in this matter," Sakura said loudly, drawing attention back to herself. "But everyone can kindly butt out. Sasuke and I will work out our relationship without anyone's interference, thank you!" kakashi and Obito immediately began complaining loudly and offering some of the worst advice she'd ever been given while Naruto snickered. While normally Sakura would encourage something that would help Kakashi and Obito work through their issues and allow them to bond, she wasn't willing to throw Sasuke to the wolves on this one. Leaving him to deal with one of them on his own was one thing. Having to deal with both of them at the same time was just cruel.
Itachi was watching her with an expression Sakura couldn't identify but she elected to ignore it for now. Itachi, she'd learned, would come to you when he wanted to talk over something and forcing the issue wouldn't lead anywhere. In the meantime, though…
Her gaze landed on Naruto, who caught her expression and abruptly stopped laughing.
Okay a few things:
1) I never mentioned this specifically, I don't think, but Itachi does have his chakra sealed for the time being. Obito has less restrictions than Itachi but since they're not important at this point in time I haven't bothered to work out any details. Or details about how any of this is possible in general. Seriously, if you're expecting anything in depth here I have bad news for you.
2) Even though there are discussions of relationships in this chapter that does not necessarily reflect the relationships the story will have, if I ever get that far. If I do make it that far, I will probably play it fairly close to canon. But I can tell you right now Sasuke will not end up with either Sakura or Naruto because quite honestly they deserve so much better than him. I don't particularly like Sasuke, in case that wasn't obvious. However, I do think it's somewhat important to address the feelings the characters do have for each other. Sakura does love Sasuke and Sasuke does love Sakura. But there is a lot of unpacking to do in their relationship and there is a lot of healing that needs to go on for both of them. Same for Sasuke and Naruto. And basically everyone. This stupid story started as a one-shot and is now turning into a fix-it.
3) Despite what goes on the story (and my personal feelings), Team 7 and Kakashi do care about Sasuke. This isn't going to be a thing where the entire story is a Sasuke Hate Fest, so if you were starting to get that impression and were starting to get worried, don't! The running joke here is Sasuke has zero tact to speak of and he's difficult to get along with sometimes. Despite that, he's still family, they do care and they want him around (Except for maybe Obito).
As always, thank you so much for the feedback you leave! It means a lot to know people are enjoying this story so much!