"Art Of Partnership"
CHAPTER 11
I would never in my life have expected my brother to be such a gentle and loving partner. We've been together for only a week, but that is enough to say this. Nothing could surprise me now, really. I always imagined him to be cold, possessive and distant; when in the reality he is the exact opposite.
He cares for me, is very supportive, spends as much time as he can with me and is always there in general. But even despite all this I still feel somewhat insecure, probably because of our father. I have this feeling that whenever Itachi enters my apartment he is going to say that out father found out about us and forbid him to see me…and that wasn't the worst part. What scared me the most was that Itachi would actually listen to him…
"Why so deep in thought?" Itachi asked, while playing with my hair. It was Saturday evening and we were currently sitting on my couch with me between my brother's legs and my back rested against his chest.
"No reason." I said, gently stroking the hand that was holding me around the waist. I couldn't believe just how much of a cuddly person I actually am…and Itachi as well, but as I said earlier, nothing was going to surprise me anymore when it came to my brother. Never before have I felt such a need to be so close with somebody all the time and now I need to touch him whenever he is somewhere near me, almost like I have to make sure that he is still there.
"Want to change the movie? Because I must say that even if I enjoy watching car races this old looking American boy is getting on my nerves…" We were currently watching Tokyo Drift.
I chuckled at Itachi's voice. Grabbing his hand I moved it to my lips and kissed the top of it. Then I looked at Itachi.
"How about we do something else…?" I asked smirking and looking at my brother with half lidded eyes.
"Mhm? Like what?" He asked, smirking as well and leaned down to kiss me.
"Well, I don't know…Oh, I got it! How about sex?" I moved my tongue out a little to lick at his lips and Itachi moaned quietly.
"You are such a naughty boy, you know that?" I chuckled again.
"That turns you on, doesn't it?" Itachi moved his hands under my shirt and stroked my stomach with his fingers slightly.
"You know it does…" He said leaning down and capturing my lips in a passionate kiss. Suddenly my phone rang. We ignored it, but when it didn't stop five minutes later we pulled away from each other.
"It must be something important." Itachi said and leaned to the side a little, grabbing my phone from the table.
"Thanks." I said picking up. "Hello?" I frowned when I heard Naruto on the other side. Crying. "Naruto? What happened?"
"Hey, Sasuke… I was wondering…" I sat on the couch and waited for my friend to continue. "Um, could you pick me up?"
"What? From where?"
"Um, I think I'm…" I listen to Naruto as he gives me directions. What was he doing there anyway?
"Okay. Just stay there and I'll pick you up in a few minutes, you hear me?" When I hung up on Naruto I stood up from the couch and looked at Itachi that was observing me silently.
"I'll be back in a few minutes." I said, leaned down to kiss him quickly and went out of the apartment.
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About an hour later I entered my apartment with Naruto close behind me. We took off our jackets and went to the living room and sat on the couch, I near my brother, Naruto on the other half.
"Okay, dobe. Tell me what happened." I said and looked at my blond friend. He had red eyes from crying and looked miserable in general. He didn't want to tell me what was wrong though.
"Can't we just leave it?" He said in a small voice, not looking at me.
"No, Naruto, we can't 'just leave it'. I just found you in the middle of nowhere crying your eyes out. I want to know what happened." I said in a calm voice not wanting to stress him anymore.
"Maybe I'll leave you two alone…" My brother said getting up.
"No, there's no need for you to leave, really don't mind me!" Naruto said hurriedly. "It just… it's nothing serious, really…"
"Dobe…" I said grabbing Itachi's arm and pulling him back down. I didn't let go of his hand when he sat back on the couch though.
"Eh, it's just we argued, with Sai I mean and I didn't want to take it anymore…So I left, got on the first bus that arrived and…well, after that I called you…But it's not like we broke up or anything… I think…" Naruto said sniffling lightly.
"What did you argue about?"
"Eh, stuff…" I looked at Naruto with a raised eyebrow.
"Stuff? Naruto, what stuff?" Naruto looked uncertainly at me.
"Well… it was about everything in general… and about you in some way." He said ashamed.
"Me?" Why were people arguing about me so often lately?
"Yeah… he just said some stuff…but I'm sure he didn't mean it… I mean, there's nothing going on between the two of us, right?" He asked and I looked at him shocked. Well, it was obvious that we spent more time together since I apologized and all…but it was nothing extraordinary, we were just slowly going back to the way we were all those years ago. We just acted like friends again.
"Naruto…" I didn't know what to say, really.
"No, don't worry about it Sasuke. He was just angry and all…and didn't listen to me at all…" Naruto said and started to cry again. I frowned slightly. Not only did I feel sorry for the dobe, but I couldn't understand how Sai could have ever said all those things.
I got up from the couch and went to Naruto, hugging him.
"Come on, you need to rest." I said and escorted him to my bedroom. When he had changed his clothes and laid down, I went back to the living room. I was glad to see that Itachi had already pulled out the sofa bed and put fresh bedding on it.
I sat down next to him grabbing my cell and dialling Sai's number.
"Sai, what do you think you're doing?" I asked when he picked up. "No, don't you dare hung up on me! Yes, he's with me…No, he didn't come here, I had to pick him up from some bus stop in the middle of nowhere! He was crying and half frozen to death, I actually had to convince him to stay at my place because he insisted that he stayed there the entire night…No, I'm not joking, he actually said that…" I said sighing and lying down on the couch on my back.
"Sai, did you really say those things about Naruto and I?" I asked and ran a hand through my hair. "I think I should tell you something, I was going to do it anyway…I'm with Itachi right now." I said and looked at my brother who was observing me and listening to the whole conversation silently. "No Sai, I didn't mean it like 'I'm with Itachi right now in the same room', which is the truth as well actually…what I meant was that I'm with him in a relationship." I said rolling my eyes.
"Yeah, you were right…No I didn't lie to you when you asked that, I just didn't see it in that way back then…" I blinked. Damn him and his manipulation skills. "Sai, don't change the topic, we were talking about Naruto and you… Seriously, there's nothing going on between the two of us, it's all in the past now." I said and closed my eyes, moving my hand through my hair again. "Listen, I can't say that I didn't love him back then and that I don't regret all the things I've done to him…but you know it best, I was the real asshole towards him then and all those years after…In fact I still love him, just not in that way and you know it. You know as well that he loves you, Naruto wouldn't be with you for five years if he didn't." I finished and listened to what Sai was saying.
"Well, you realise I'm not the one you should be saying this to…No, he's sleeping right now, I suggest you come in the morning. What? There's nothing much to tell about me and Itachi…Yeah, well, that's still a problem, but it's not a conversation for a phone." I said when Sai asked me about our father. "Okay. See you in the morning."
After I hung up, I put my cell away and sighed deeply.
"Okay?" Itachi asked. I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Yeah…I just really hate it when people go back to the relationship I had with Naruto in the past. Why won't they just accept the things as they are now?" Itachi laid down on the couch on his stomach.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked, with his face hovering right above mine.
"I mean that it gets on my nerves that whenever we meet someone who knew that Naruto and I were together I always hear the same text that we actually still feel something towards each other. Why can't they just accept that we are just friends?" I said and lifted my hand putting it on Itachi's neck and stroking it delicately.
"Are you just friends?" I glared at him and he smirked. Leaning down Itachi nibbled at my lips for a minute and then captured my lower lip with his teeth gently and sucked on it. I used my hand that was in his hair to push his head down and kissed him fully on the lips.
"Sasuke, do you have something—" Naruto stopped abruptly gasping when he noticed us. Itachi moved away from me with a sigh and rested his forehead on my shoulder murmuring something that sounded like: 'It looks like I won't get any after all…'. I chuckled and looked at Naruto.
"Have what?" I asked, amused by his shocked expression. After all, he knew very well that we were together.
"Um, I didn't mean to disturb you two…" He said, moving his eyes down. He was crying again, I could see it clearly.
"Don't worry about it, really."
"I just wanted to ask if you have something to eat, I remembered I haven't had anything since yesterday afternoon…"
"Yeah, there should be something in the fridge…or wait, we will order something, I'm hungry as well." I said and sat up, grabbing my cell. While I was ordering food Naruto joined me and my brother on the couch, but sat on the opposite part of it, willing to leave the two of us some space.
A few minutes later we were sitting with our Chinese food in the same places. I noticed that Naruto was trying to observe Itachi and I discretely, but was doing a poor job. He probably still found it quite amusing that I found someone and was in a relationship, with my brother no less.
"Yuck." I grimaced, when I noticed a big piece of onion in my dish. I completely and utterly hated onions.
"What?" Itachi asked, looking at me.
"Onion…" He raised a delicate eyebrow.
"Sasuke, you realise that they put onions in most of the Chinese dishes?"
"Well yeah, but they are small and I can't really taste them…but this." I said and lifted it with my chopsticks. "This is just not right." Itachi sighed and reached his hand towards me.
"Give me your box." He said and when I handed it to him, he started to pick the onions from my food and eat them. I made a disgusted face.
"You are so not kissing me after that." Itachi just rolled his eyes at me and continued doing his job. When I heard Naruto chuckling quietly, I turned to look at the blond.
"What?"
"Nothing." He answered laughing some more and shaking his head. "Hey Sasuke?"
"Hn?" He hesitated for a moment before asking his question.
"How is it going between you two?" I looked at him weirdly, while Itachi just observed us with a bored look on his face.
"What do you mean? It's normal, he's still an asshole and I'm still a bastard." I said smirking and looking at Itachi who send me a disgraced look. "Incest is such fun, I tell you…" I leaned down a little and kissed a still glaring Itachi on the cheek. When I moved away from him I noticed the sad look on Naruto's face.
"Hey, dobe. Don't worry; everything will work out between you two for sure. Seriously, you quarrelled for the first time after five years of being together. It tells you something, doesn't it?"
"Yeah I guess…but it still makes me nervous…Okay, I think I'm going to lay down, I'm tired as hell." He said getting up and heading back to the bedroom. "Night Sasuke, night Sasuke's brother who's checking out his ass now." He said chuckling slightly and closing the door behind him.
I turned to look at Itachi from my spot in the kitchen where I was putting the dirty dishes away.
"You were checking out my ass?" I asked, walking towards him.
"You can't blame me, really." Itachi said in a serious voice, sitting with crossed legs and looking at me lustfully.
"Well, I guess I can't." I said with mock modesty in my voice, I put my knees and hands on the bed and crawled to him. I stopped right in front of his face and gazed at him seductively.
"Still eager?" I asked, moving my lips along his cheek lightly. Itachi closed his eyes sighing contently.
"Naruto…"
"He knows better than to disturb us now, trust me." I said capturing the shell of his ear and nudging it with my tongue. Itachi moved his head a little and started to kiss my neck.
"You know…now that I think about it, I couldn't care less…" He said and pushed me on my back.
"Wow, you are eager." I said, moving my hips a little and feeling that he was hard already. "Now, we won't get anywhere if I don't take care of this first."
Pushing at his shoulders, I switched our position so now I was sitting on top of him. Leaning down, I kissed him on the lips grimacing a little when I tasted onion…Oh, well…
Itachi put his hands in my hair as I ground our hips together. When I moved away a little I pulled my shirt off and he did the same. Leaning down I kissed his chest, leaving bite marks in several places. It was actually the first time I got to be on top, even if for a moment.
Moving down with every kiss I stopped at the edge of his pants, unzipped them and took them off leaving him completely naked. I did the same with mine and leaned down again.
I moved my hands along his thighs, tickling them slightly, while kissing his erected member in several places. When I grabbed his penis with one of my hands gently and moved my tongue skillfully along it, Itachi moaned, tossing his head to the side.
"You aren't half that bad yourself, you know…" He said gasping, when I put the tip of it into my mouth and sucked lightly.
"No shit." I smirked and teased him some more.
"Sasuke…" He said finally, need clearly present in his voice. Itachi jerked his hips violently and I had to use a hand to hold them down. Taking his member fully into my mouth, I moved my lips up and down faster every time, while my other hand massaged his crotch. When Itachi arched his back and came I swallowed everything. Slowly letting go of his penis, I looked at him lying under me breathing heavily with closed eyes.
"Go on." Itachi whispered and I looked at him shocked.
"You mean it?"
"You would ask me about it soon anyway…so if I'm going to let someone do it, I prefer it'd be you." He said, opening his eyes and looking at me. He really did trust me. For my brother to give control to someone else like that was the highest proof of trust…
I leaned down and kissed him on the lips. Moving away I smiled at him slightly. When he did the same I leaned down to kiss his neck, then his chest and stomach. Separating his legs, I slipped two of my fingers inside and moved them around, while my other hand and my tongue were occupied with stroking his nipples. When I decided that he was ready, I pushed my member inside him. I couldn't last too long, I was close already from all the foreplay and sucking him off.
Itachi cringed uncomfortably at first, but didn't make any noises. After letting him get used to the new sensation, I started to move inside him. Itachi grabbed my arms and squeezed them while tossing his head back and moaning…or rather purring. God, I had no idea my brother could purr…I pushed inside him harder with every thrust closing my eyes tightly.
Finally, the release came and I panted heavily resting my forehead on his chest. Catching my breath, I pulled out of my brother and laid on top of him, putting my head in the crook of his neck, while Itachi covered us with a duvet and put his arm around my waist.
"I think I'll let you do that more often…" Itachi said in a tired voice. I looked down at him with a smirk.
"Lazy, are we?" I asked, and put my hand in his, entwining our fingers.
"No, it just…felt nice." He said, massaging my back with the tips of his fingers.
"Ha! So you are saying I'm better than you."
"Sasuke, please." He said in a mocking voice. "No one's better than me." I looked at him glaring and he just smirked.
"You are one confident bastard, you know that?"
"Yeah, but I'm your confident bastard and that makes a big difference." I looked at him silently for a moment.
"Yeah…and don't you ever dare to forget that." I said and closed my eyes, falling asleep with my brother's body pressed to mine.
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The next morning we woke up in the exact same position. I lifted my head slowly and yawned looking at Itachi, who lay under me with half lidded eyes and a hand draped over his forehead.
"Hey." I said in a sleepy voice. He looked at me noticing that I was awake. Smiling slightly, he put a hand in my hair and moved through it.
"Hey there sleepy head." I pouted for a second and lifted my body from his.
"Come on, Sai will be here any minute." I said, kissing him quickly on the lips, getting up. After we made had made the bed and gotten dressed, Sai arrived. He went straight to Naruto who was still in my bedroom and one hour later found them still there doing God knows what.
"I hope they aren't having sex on my bed." I said, glaring in the direction of my bedroom. I was currently sitting with Itachi at the dining table eating breakfast.
"First they were silent, then they screamed at each other, after that they talked a little and now they are silent again…so yeah, I think there's a pretty big chance of that." Itachi said without prying his eyes from the newspaper he was reading and sipping on his coffee. I made face.
"Gross. I'm so not cleaning that bed after they are finished." After a few more minutes the door to my bedroom was violently opened and Naruto ran out. I stood up thinking that something bad happened, but the blond jumped on me, hugging me around the neck.
"Sasuke! I'm so happy!" I looked at the blond, clearly lost. Then I looked at Sai who had just come into the living room. He was smiling…but not one of those fake smiles of his…
"Naruto? What happened? And let go, you're suffocating me!" I choked and Naruto moved away a little with a big grin plastered to his face.
"Sorry, sorry…and don't glare at me like that Itachi, I'm just happy!" He said and I looked at my brother who was sending the blond death glares. I raised my eyebrow and he just scoffed looking away.
"Come on, tell them Naruto." Sai said and approached his boyfriend, putting an arm around his waist.
"Right! Sasuke, Itachi…we are getting married!" He screamed the last part and I stared at him in shock. Wow, I didn't see that coming…but I was happy for them nonetheless. I went to Naruto and hugged him once again.
"Congratulations. I'm happy it's working out for you, you deserve it." I said looking at him. Naruto smiled warmly at me and wiped a few tears that had run down his cheek.
"Thanks Sasuke." He said. I then went to Sai, also hugging him briefly.
"Take good care of him."
"I will. Thanks." He said. When Itachi had congratulated them as well, Naruto and Sai sat with us at the table.
"Listen Sasuke, I forgot to tell you before, but we received a big commission to organize some banquet. It's an important company meeting and we are supposed to take care of the decorations and such. The company wants the banquet to look like some sort of an art exhibition, so it will be more interesting." Sai said and I nodded.
"Okay. What company is it?"
"Uh… I think the name was…Sharingan Inc." I looked at him shocked. Then I turned to look at Itachi, who was also startled. Sharingan Inc…Our father's company.
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A/N: Yeah, I know, Sharingan Inc…not very creative but I had no other ideas; really XD And Naruto and Sai are getting married! I don't know how will they do that, but they will! I mean, are gay marriages legal in Japan? Oh well, if not they'll go to…Vegas XD Yeah!
I'm really sorry for a late update! I had to reinstal the whole system and I had problems with the internet connection... and now I had to give my computer to the service, cause there was something wrong with it. They promised to give it back in 10 days, so I won't probably update ubtil then, but I'll try XD
Again, SORRY!