Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, things would be slightly different if I did.
Chapter 25
Itachi woke up, his eyes adjusting to the dim light that came from his shutters, that had stayed slightly open letting some sunrays in, illuminating the room, and the blonde girl cuddled against him, her body was nestled against his, one of her arms around his waist and the other under her head, fist closed tightly, and her legs were tangled with his under the covers, her shirt was lifted on the side showing the bronzed skin and a perfect hipbone.
Her face was relaxed in her sleep, her loose hair covering half of it, and her mouth open with a faint trail of drool on the angle, that made him smile tenderly. She was so peaceful, he almost felt bad at the thought of waking her up. He combed his fingers through his own long locks, trying to detangle them somehow. Sometimes he wondered if it wouldn't be easier to just cut them, but he loved his long hair too much to actually do it.
Itachi gave the girl a look, she was beautiful and even more tempting in that position, it had been hard for him to fall asleep with her so close, he had spent a good half an hour trying to convince his body to relax, and it had been a hard task. He had managed to fall in a slumber, lulled by her soft snores slowly relaxing him to sleep.
He tried to slip out, softly, but her hand reached for his arm, taking a hold of his it, and he heard her groan softly.
He reached over, to check if she was awake, and raised an eyebrow at her eyes still shut tightly, studying her face. It hadn't changed much, but if possible her expression looked rather annoyed even in slumber, he grinned, shaking his head as he tried to move again, trying gently to detach her small hand from him, but the result was another annoyed grunt, and she finally opened her eyes, revealing the hazy azure orbs, that almost looked dark as his in the dim light.
"Ne Tachi…it's hard to sleep when you're trying to sneak out"
He chuckled, turning to meet her eyes, they were stunningly deep, and always managed to draw them in and make him lose himself in them.
"I didn't want to wake you, I am a morning person" he reassured her stroking her warm cheek with the tip of his fingers.
She groaned, snuggling on his side comfortably looking up at him with a frown.
"You know you don't have to go to work, you can sleep in a little bit" she protested, tugging on his arm, and he raised an eyebrow. It always surprised him how comfortable they were around each other. He didn't like to compare his relationship with Naruko with the one he once had with Izumi, but he couldn't avoid remembering how shy they had been around each other, almost awkward, even when they had become more intimate Izumi never clinged to him so freely, always limiting her touches, and it almost felt forceful those rare times she did do it, not that he was any better, he had always hated physical contact unless it was necessary, so he was sure that was the reason Izumi was never comfortable around him.
Naruko though, she was completely different. Once she had got over her initial shyness around him, she had started to act more relaxed and that implied that she felt free to do what she wanted, touch him, when she felt like it, not minding his initial reaction, and slowly he had got used to her affectionate ways, and craved them when they were together, and slowly, he had started to reciprocate her actions, seeing how happy it made her, he wouldn't deny her or himself the pleasure. That was it after all, being with someone it implied you let go of your inhibitions and be yourself around that person and that was how it was between them. It was special, and he would do anything in his power to preserve it.
"I know, I am simply incapable of staying in bed once I'm awake" he explained with a soft smile, studying her still sleepy face, he couldn't believe someone as energetic as her would be hard to wake. He just assumed she would jump on her feet and start running around the house.
"But it's early! The sun is not even out yet!" she protested, lips in a pretty pout, that made him laugh softly, and roll his eyes at her tentatively trying to gain some more sleep time.
"Naru, the shutters are closed" he pointed towards the window, where only some rays of light managed to brrak through them.
"Uh? What time is it?" she asked, raiding the room in search of something that could give her the answer she was looking for, she found it on his bedside table on his side, and read the red glowing numbers on it, proving that it wasn't as early as she thought.
"seven o clock?" she muttered, and rubbed her face on the pillow with a groan. It was an ungodly time to be awake.
Itachi raised a brow at her, trying not to chuckle at her reaction, his hand sneaking between her shoulder blades, l massaging her skin above the fabric, exactly where the Uchiha fan was displayed proudly, and he drawed the design with his fingers, feeling a surge of his possessive side, she looked good with the symbol of his family on her back, it made it so everyone knew she was his. Maybe he would gift the shirt to her and make her wear it when she wasn't with him, everyone knew that she wasn't an Uchiha, so her wearing it would only imply she was in a relationship with one, and anyone would know to stay away. Uchiha's were a powerful family no one wanted to cross one of them, and, it was very large on her, hiding her perfect body, it was a win win situation for him.
"Hn, you know you have to go and train at Kakashi's at eight, that doesn't give us much time, his place is further away from here than it is from your house. And we still have to eat breakfast and-"
"Kakashi sensei is always late anyways" she whined, her gaze raising to meet his, she was relaxing under his touch, was he trying to put her back to sleep? Plus, his touch was giving her weird feelings to her body.
"I know he his, but if we get there in time we can rub it in his face"
"As if he cares…"
"I will get you ramen before going to your friend's house tonight and won't judge when you will try an mix it with pizza" he smirked knowing well that she couldn't refuse. And he was proved right, when she sat up, completely awake staring at him with blue eyes wide.
"Really?" she knew he despised her food experiments.
"A promise is a promise"
"All right, let me get my stuff, I have to change and…" she frowned reminding that her bag with her clothes was in the other room.
"You can keep the shirt if you want" he offered, his earlier thoughts coming back in full force, and she raised her head from the pillow and raised an eyebrow at him.
"This one or the other one?"
"The other one?" he asked giving her a confused glare.
"The one I was wearing yesterday, I like it better than this one…but this one is so comfortable…" she mused, sitting up on the bed, meeting Itachi's eyes that were studying her with a raised eyebrow, he was really good at keeping that look for so long.
"I thought I already told you you can keep that one too"
"I will just keep them both then" she decided getting up, tying her hair with a hair band she found on the bedside table and surely belonged to Itachi.
"I am going to steal half your wardrobe if I keep this up"
"I'm lucky my pants don't fit you then"
"We don't know that yet!" she grinned, she loved men's clothes, especially sport wear, and Itachi just had her same taste in that section, plus she liked the idea that they were his.
The Uchiha had a puzzled expression that tried to cover his worry that she wasn't kidding when she had joked about stealing all his clothes, she was slowly appropriating herself of his stuff anyway.
"Actually I saw a nice pair of blue shorts-" she started, and he shook his head, pulling her towards him, leaving a small kiss on her neck.
"No, I am overly attached to those shorts"
She turned her lips downwards in a small frown, resting her hands on her waist, as Itachi's held onto her back, his expression amused, and lips tilting upwards as he took in her sulky expression.
"They're just shorts" she muttered with a frown, that made him chuckle lowly, but he didn't budge.
"Sorry, I am possessive with the things I deem mine" he smirked, sure that she wouldn't catch the true meaning of his words.
"You had no problem in giving me not one but two of your precious shirts"
"Hn"
"Bastard" she muttered, breaking free from his hold, and fixing her new shirt, it looked huge on her, it almost covered her orange shorts, that were barely visible. Maybe she should tie it to her waist like the other, she mused as she looked at herself on the mirror, but instead she opted in leaving it like that. It was more comfortable, and she didn't feel like messing with it.
He smirked at that following her with his black lustful eyes. She was so tempting, he actually had to look away, and calm himself again, luckily the booming voices of Sasuke and Menma walking down the stairs and fighting about something was a good enough distraction.
"They will burn down the kitchen if they attempt to do something"
he sighed, already knowing that Sasuke couldn't cook, since his mother had never bothered in teaching them cause according to the Uchiha way of thinking, men didn't need to learn. Luckily he had learnt in college, he had to if he didn't want to starve to death, but his brother…he had once walked in when he was trying to make himself something, and he was glad he had prevented an oven implosion.
"Yeah…Menma can't cook to save his life, mom tried teaching him, it was a disaster. Dad lost his favorite pan that day"
"Better go and save my mother's then, she's rather fond of her kitchen appliances"
Naruko grinned at that, watching with a hint of displeasure as he covered his upper perfect body with a shirt similar to hers, but it fitted more snug on his body, barely hiding the muscles of his torso.
She shook her head, getting out of her daze, and grabbed his hand as soon as he finished with his hair.
"Let's go to the rescue then!" she shouted, pulling him behind her, and both rushing to the kitchen, to stop the incoming slaughter of food and pans by hand of both of their brother's.
"Stop whatever you're doing!" She burst the door open, pointing her finger at both teens, but it fell as soon as she caught a glimpse of the two barely awake and slumped over the counter.
Itachi behind her gave a stern look at the two, he had already assumed it was going to be his responsibility to feed everyone, and he didn't care how unusual that was for an Uchiha.
"What the hell is wrong with you dobe? " Sasuke sounded like the devil, his voice low and deadly, and Menma simply left out a groan at that, too tired to speak or say something coherent.
"Damn teme! I thought you were thinking about messing up the kitchen, we just wanted to avoid you burning the house down, since your knowledge of food preparation is less than zero!"
Itachi sighed, and deciding it was wiser to ignore them then trying to make them stop, slipped behind the blonde, and started to make fulfill his duties, and since he was the self proclaimed cook for that morning, started to prepare breakfast in his quiet and overly precise ways.
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Menma and Sasuke had spent the morning getting bored on the couch, so, after lunch, deciding they both had enough of staying in the house, and since the girls were busy, and Itachi was roaming somewhere, had decided to go to Shikamaru's who had sort of become a recluse since his girlfriend had left for Suna.
All three of them, were now spread in the Nara's bedroom, since his mother was downstairs cleaning, and they didn't want to be in the way. Especially because she was a scary woman.
They had just finished a game of GTA but were too lazy to keep up with the game so they just laid there, not knowing what to do with themselves.
"So, what do you guys think we should do tonight, Kiba said something about bringing a date"
Menma announced, reading the message the Inuzuka had sent him. Sasuke huffed hearing that, already imagining an overly enthusiastic Kiba showing off his girl to everyone, especially to the still single guys, that, now that he thought about had decreased. They were all mostly dating or, in his case in a serious relationship
"What a drag…he will probably rub it in everyone's face too, since we all told him he would stay forever alone"
"Hn" Apparently he and Shikamaru had the same thought in mind.
"He said he is bringing a horror movie with him, ugh…Hinata hates them" Menma sighed, knowing she would more likely spend most of the evening hiding behind his back, or simply closing her eyes, cause she was too shy to touch him in public.
"Doesn't Naruko hate them too? she's terrified of ghosts" the Nara smirked at the memory of the pale Namikaze after seeing The exorcist.
"I wouldn't worry about her, she is forcing Itachi to come with her tonight, she can grab his arm or something if she's too scared, plus we have to check everyone else is ok with it" Sasuke replied in a very matter of factly way. He wasn't worried about Sakura, she wasn't afraid of anything, they had watched Saw together and she didn't flinch once, she actually managed to look bored. No wonder she wanted to become a doctor if she could stomach that.
"Itachi is coming?" Menma questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"He told us this morning, weren't you listening?"
"Wait a sec!" the black haired Namikaze grabbed Sasuke's wrist, and the Nara's eyes widened catching what Menma was thinking.
"Wait a minute, Itachi is coming and the others still don't know Naruko is dating him."
"I would assume Sai knows about it, Yamanaka surely told him, she can't keep such things to herself" Sasuke observed, still he couldn't understand the other's worried expressions. Was he missing something.
"Lee doesn't know" Shikamaru said, his face resigned. That evening was going to be hell. He knew it.
"And he has a crush on her, a really big intense one too"
Menma continued and Sasuke slapped a hand on his face in a facepalm.
"Stiill? I thought he was over her…" the black haired Uchiha muttered, he was allergic to drama, even if he, and he wasn't sure how, was almost always caught in the middle, or the main cause for it.
"Well… Once he's obsessed with something, there's no way in hell he would let it go. He went with that weird Guy sensei out of town for the last two weeks for some sort of intense training program, that's why he wasn't around. He wants to win the Suna championship to prove Naruko he is the best"
Shikamaru explained, he had known from Neji, who was supposed to go too, but had declined because of an injury, and had stayed home, where Tenten was nursing him back to health, the poor thing.
"Still, he could never beat Itachi" Sasuke proudly retorted, the Nara simply shrugged, he knew that the older Uchiha was someone you didn't want to cross. He had a deep respect for the man, and not just because of Naruko, but he had heard great things about him from his father and his teacher Asuma before he died.
"So, do you think we should tell him?" Menma suggested, he wanted to avoid a big scene in front of everyone, Knowing Lee, he would probably challenge Itachi and he didn't want the over energetic teen to suffer the humiliation. Itachi was a too strong opponent for him, he knew he had been a martial arts champion, although he was sure Itachi would never accept such a challenge since he at least, unlike Sasuke, had morals, then knowing his sister, she was likely to get involved and that would cause an even bigger chaos. She wasn't the type to sit in the background and let someone else deal with her problems.
"Well, we should probably tell him, to avoid the carnage at least" Sasuke confirmed with annoyance in his voice.
"You guys are aware Lee is an emotional wreck when it comes to these things, you remember what happened the other time, when he was rejected by that mystery girl, he was depressed for weeks, I am sure it will be fine. We are putting too much thought into this" Shikamaru calmly stated. It was such a troublesome matter, he just hoped he was right.
"I will call Hyuga, he owes me a favor, and Lee is his best friend. He can tell him" Menma picked up the phone, dreading every second, he hated having to ask something from Neji, but he did owe him.
"Why don't we just ask Yamanaka to handle this?,she is an expert in dealing with broken hearted people, and she's always minding other people's business, this will be a field day for her" Sasuke offered, and Shikamaru shrugged.
"What a drag…just call everyone, the more the better"
"This will turn out like an intervention type of thing!" Sasuke grumbled, he could care less of Lee's feelings, if he couldn't accept defeat it meant he was weak.
Shikamaru sighed, and Menma stepped back into the room.
"Neji is coming over with Tenten and Hinata, he will call Lee from here"
Sasuke grunted, and the Nara sighed again,
"I better go and tell my mother it's going to get crowded around here"
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Itachi looked around the huge living room, that had an incredible view on Konoha.
"So, is this the one?" Shisui asked from the sofa, he was bored and sick of roaming all over town. He had left work early to accompany Itachi and help him seek a new place, they had looked at four different apartments, they were almost all the same, same number of rooms, almost same price, and all well furnished, Shisui really couldn't understand what Itachi was actually looking for. He and the agent had the same resigned look, the elderly man looking rather preoccupied at the Uchiha's silent inspection of the place.
"Hn" Itachi gave another look around.
"It's in a good position, you would be closer to town, and your parent's neighborhood is closer than the other places, and so is the Company, you could wake up ten minutes later" The agent nodded at Shisui, and approached Itachi fixing his glasses nervously.
"How far is Konoha's campus from here?" he asked in a casual voice, Shisui raising his brow at the question and the agent reading something on the paper.
"Oh…well it's pretty close, ten minutes by foot to reach the main building." He explained, as he pointed towards the left, where the campus was supposed to be.
"Good, I will get this one, then"
The man nodded at Itachi's words, and scrambled through some papers he was holding, wishing to get the deal done with in the shortest time possible.
Shisui's eyes widened and jumped up from the sofa with a wide big grin plastered on his face, which irritated Itachi, that already knew what he was going to say.
"So, are you thinking about going back to college, I am pretty surprised you would want to go and live in so close to Campus" he stepped closer to his cousin, ignoring the agent.
"I liked this place, is there a problem?"
The brown haired man sighed, putting his hands in his pockets and a big sheepish grin on his face.
"I know you better than that, you are always a step ahead of everyone, calculating and predicting stuff, you know Naruko will be going to college here in Konoha next year, so you get a place close to it, so she can have a place to stay whenever she needs it, and eventually, one day, you will ask her to move in"
"Hn, you surprise me, how could you figure that out with so little information" he mocked sarcastically and his cousin glared at him.
"So I'm right? I'm surprised you're so serious about it. Your relationship is still very…how can I say it…young? you're still in honeymoon phase, everything is perfect at first, shouldn't you wait to make such a big step?"
"I am not asking her to move in with me today. In a year she will start college, it doesn't mean I will force her to come and stay with me. She might want to stay with her parents, or share a dorm with her friend, I want her to live her college experience just like she wishes, I don't want to be the one to stop her from achieving her dreams. I will be there to support her all the way"
Shisui stared in amazement, and looked at the man next to him, feeling as if he was looking at someone else. Itachi had really grown up, and the warmth that radiated from his black eyes, and that he was trying to hide, made the brown haired man realize, how deep his feelings for Naruko were. He also knew Itachi wasn't the type to express his feelings with words, he always let his actions speak for him, something Izumi had never understood.
A phone ringing broke the silence, and Shisui fished it from his pocket and smiled as he read the name on the screen , Itachi shook his head with a slight grin as he looked as his cousin instructed Hana on how to get there, and Itachi grew more impatient to show everything to his blonde.
It didn't take long, as Shisui had said, and soon, Naruko's cheery and loud voice could be heard from the stairway and Itachi smiled at himself, as his cousin opened the door, and Naruko bounced in with a smile, followed by an exhausted looking Hana.
"Itachi this place is awesome! The elevator looked so cool! But I was just too excited to wait for it so I just took the stairs" she got on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek with a slight blush on her cheeks, and he turned his head, to kiss her fully on the lips, causing her blush to spread to her whole face, aware that there were people watching them.
"Hello to you too" he smiled and ruffled her blonde hair, and she grinned at him, her attention caught by the big windows, and she gasped as she took in the beautiful view.
"You can see all Konoha from here! Look Mount Hokage! And that's Uchiha Corp! you can see everything from here!"
"Yes, this apartment really has some good qualities" he agreed, but he was looking at her, his eyes studying every line of her happy face
"You should really take this one, I don't think you can find something better than this! Am I right old man?" she asked the agent that frowned at her way of adressing him, making Shisui chuckle, and Hana coughed trying to muffle her laughter.
"Actually Naruko" he paused, sending the agent an apologetic look, "I already signed."
"You mean it's already yours?"
"Well not officially yet but-"
"I love it! We should definitely put the couch over there and the tv on that wall! One of those big ass ones, like Sasuke has in his room and will eventually make him go blind!"
She stopped covering her mouth with her hands as she realized what she had said, and Itachi looked down at her, winding his hands around her shoulders.
"What's wrong?"
"Sorry…I know it's your place you should really decide where to put stuff…"
"Naruko…I wouldn't have asked you to come here if I didn't want your help. I think a feminine touch could improve this place."
Hana cleared her throat, and the two looked in their direction, and Shisui grinned so widely that it made him look weird.
"we are going to get some coffee, I really need a big cup of it after an afternoon with two crazy blondes"
Hana excused herself, dragging a still grinning Shisui behind her, leaving them some privacy, calling the agent with them with an excuse, asking him if there were some other free apartments in the building.
Itachi watched them leave with a raised eyebrow, and Naruko sighed, her fingers tracing the glass.
"Feminine touch? Have you seen my room? It looks like a boys room with Star wars poster, playstation and videogames all over, and I even have a Super Mario duvet"
"A Super Mario duvet? I have to see that, and I didn't know you were a Star wars fan, a part from your phone's ring tone"
"I'm not. The posters were Menma's, we used to share the room when we were younger and I kept them when he moved to his new room. I grew used to them, and the ringtone is just to infuriate him. He hates it."
"Brotherly revenge, I know something about it" he chuckled and Naruko nodded.
"You know, he insisted that my parents made him a separate bedroom because he said people were starting to say we were identical, I used to wear my hair in a pixie cut and dress like a boy, and we did look identical. Our parents ignored his request at first, thinking we could deal for a couple of years so, he and Sasuke stole some hair dye from some relative and dyed his hair black. I still remember my parent's faces when he came home. He was grounded for weeks. He still dies it to keep his point though, even if my mother hates it"
"I thought he was naturally black haired" Itachi observed, since he remembered he had always seen Menma with black hair. He must have been pretty young when he did it. He was surprised Sasuke had never told him.
"Nah, sometimes I think that if he could've, he would have dyed his hair blue or green, just to cause more chaos."
Itachi chuckled at that, sounded just like Sasuke.
"So, forgetting about our idiotic brothers, do you want to see the rest of the apartment?"
"Of course!"
They toured the place and Naruko grew even more excited about the place, especially once she saw the beautiful modern bathroom with the huge bath tub.
"I can't believe you will live here" they were once again in front of the window, she just couldn't help, it was the her favorite spot.
"You know, I forgot to tell you the best part" he was behind her and she leaned into his chest with her back.
"Really?" she questioned, what could be better than what he had already showed her?
"You can't see it from here, but Konoha's campus is close by. The agent said it's only ten minutes by foot"
Naruko's eyes widened and she turned meeting Itachi's eyes, they were staring back at her and it made her feel warm to see the love in them, hoping he could see the same in hers.
"You mean that I…"
"I don't mean to force you to do anything you don't feel up to Naruko, but, I want you to know that you can come and stay here, whenever you feel ready, after you finish high school, or your second or third year, after graduation whenever you feel ready this will be your house too. I am not fooling around, I am serious about this, about us"
She breathed, and felt her heart race at his words and at the way he was looking at her. She read so much love in those eyes, that all her insecurities vanished with his words. She loved him, she didn't care it was so little they were together, he parents had fallen in love at first sight and married a few months after they met and they were still going strong.
"I love you!" she threw herself at him, winding her hands around her neck kissing him hard, and he caught her, resting his hands under her thighs to keep her up, as her legs crossed at his waist. He tried to remind himself that there were people waiting for them downstairs and that it wasn't the appropriate time for having such naughty thoughts, butbshe was so beautiful and her heated body against his didn't help. He focused on something else, concentrating on her words, and a small part of his mind thought how long could he resist.
"I love you too" he whispered back, once they separated for air, and she grinned at that, stroking his cheek, unaware of his thoughts, and trying to hide the hers as well.
"So, I can help you choose the furniture?" she asked, eyeing the couch in the corner, it was old looking, and she really wanted to see it gone, and it offered a good distraction.
"Sure, but no orange" he smirked, waiting for her to protest about it, how he loved to tease her, it was incredibly easy.
"What? But it's like the best color in the world!" she whined, and he simply shook his head and let out a relaxed chuckle at her visible pout, kissing her on the tip of the nose.
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Shikamaru sighed as he eyed the black haired teen clad in hs green suit moping on the sofa against a helpless Menma, that was uselessly trying to free himself. Hinata sat close by and looked at him with slight worry. She knew he had a bit of a temper and knew she was the only one who had a soothing effect on her black haired boyfriend.
"Lee, I know it didn't go as you wanted, but there are plenty of girls out there, Naruko wasn't the right one probably" Tenten tried to reassure him, and Neji nodded in approval.
"It wasn't meant to be, it was fate she met Itachi first"
"Hyuga, would you cut off the fate shit?"
"Why should he? It has more sense than whatever you said to comfort him" Sai said from the carpet where he was finishing up a picture he made for Ino, and trying to be useful, just like his girlfriend had instructed him to be.
"Because you are the most sensitive person in here" Menma muttered rolling his eyes in annoyance, drawing a small chuckle from Hinata.
"Yeah Sai, you were the one to tell him that he should change haircut if he wants to have a girlfriend"
Neji narrowed his eyes at the artist and Tenten slapped a hand on her forehead, she hadn't been there when it happened, but Neji was, so she was surprised to see the black haired teen in full health.
"I was only offering him comfort, not like Uchiha"
Sasuke had taken advantage of Sakura's arrival and had closed himself in the kitchen, he already knew he wasn't good at helping people in a depressed state, especially when said depressed person had said Uchiha's were great, and that he wanted to learn their secrets, Sasuke had ecplised himself and no one had felt like bothering him, for he was also keeping Sakura from raging against Lee.
"One hell of one" Shikamaru muttered, and raised his head as he heard his front door opening revealing Kiba and Choji.
"So, we brought Ice cream, lots of ice cream" the chubby boy exclaimed happily showing the boxes, and aligning then on the dining table
"And whipped cream! Ino said to get lots of it" Kiba added showing two cans.
"You guys know Naruko and Itachi will be here soon, right?"
Sasuke had reappeared leaning on the door he looked at them with a frown, and Shikamaru stretched as he got up.
"What you want us to do? He won't let go of Menma's arm, he says he smell like Naruko"
"He's that desperate?"
"Uchiha…" Neji growled dangerously, Sasuke answered by rolling his eyes, unfazed by the Hyuga.
"Where is that idiot?" Sakura walked into the room, her fists closed and terrifying as she walked up to Lee and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
"You have to snap out of it!" she slapped him twice ignoring the protests of Neji and Menma looking at her with eyes wide in terror.
"Sakura" Lee looked at her with teary eyes and she sighed throwing him down on the sofa again
"pick yourself up, just like you did when I rejected you"
Everyone gasped, and Hinata took pity on the boy. She knew what it felt like to have a crush on someone, it had turned out well for her though, but she could only imagine how it hurt.
"Wait a second, you mean both girls Lee went after ended up with Uchiha's?" Kiba snickered, and Shino nudged him with his elbow in his stomach warning him to shut his mouth.
"He didn't confess to Naruko at least" Sai shrugged, and Neji scoffed at that.
"I wasn't with Sasuke when he confessed to me"
"I didn't know anything about that" the Uchiha admitted a bit baffled by the news.
Someone banged at the door, and as soon as the Nara opened, another man, clad in a green track suit similar to the one that Lee was wearing, even his hair was styled in the same way.
"Lee! don't worry, your Guy sensei is here to lift you up!"
"Guy sensei!" he blubbered, his eyes shining as he looked at the older man.
"Lee! You shouldn't sit there moping! haven't I taught you anything? The power of youth will give the strength to achieve anything! Winter still hasn't fallen on love! you're in the early spring of youth my dear pupil!"
"What is he even saying?" Sasuke whispered at Sakura who was just looking as confused as the rest of them.
"It's supposed to be an encouragement, at least I think so"
The Uchiha looked behind him, trying to spot the person that had spoken.
"Kakashi? What are you doing here?" he raised an eyebrow at the grey haired masked man, who was leaning on the door, reading a small book, that looked worn out.
"Still reading that thing?" he asked, as he read the title, sweat dropping.
"It's a new one." He specified, "And I'm here because I took him here, he said it was an emergency"
"How in the world do you know that freak?"
Kakashi raised his head, focusing his only visible eye on the black haired teen, that raised his eyebrow in answer.
"That person you called freak is my best friend, and has been for years, so, I would suggest you apologize"
Sasuke though wasn't one to be intimidated, and ignored the older man, to focus back his attention on Lee and his weird sensei.
"You are right Guy sensei! The power of youth!"
"Yeah! Come on Lee, let's go for a little evening run around the neighborhood!"
"Yes Guy sensei!"
The two ran out the door, and Kakashi sighed, as he put his book down.
"I am not running around like that, I will wait for them in the car, hey Naruko, Itachi"
"What is going on in here?" the loud voice of Naruko came from the door, and everyone turned to look at her. She and Itachi were by the door, he had a raised eyebrow and his hands in his pockets, and Naruko was holding onto his arm.
"Kakashi sensei what are you even doing here?" She asked, looking at her sensei, and the older Uchiha looked just as puzzled.
"Well, Yamato is patrolling around the city, so I was just passing by, and…oh look how late it is! Better go, well it was nice seeing you two"
He rushed out the door, and the two looked at each other in confusion.
"That was unusual for him"
"Yes, it was."
"We don't want to know do we"
"Nope"
The two nodded at each other, and Naruko let out a breath and smiled at her friends.
"Hey everyone! I know most of you know Itachi, but he's here because…well he's my boyfriend, and I wanted you guys to meet him" she smiled and Itachi wound his arms around her waist pulling her closer.
"We knew, but it's nice to meet you Itachi" Sai was the first to speak, and Naruko gave him a worried look. Who knows what would come out of that mouth.
"I am still surprised that you found her attractive enough to date her, are you sure that everything is working right down there?"
Itachi blinked two or three times at the boy, that was smiling happiky as if he hadn't said anything wrong.
Menma slapped his hand on his forehead and Sasuke couldn't hold in his giggles while the others except for Ino looked horrified.
"Sai-" Naruko wanted to strangle the rude boy, her face red for the question.
"I appreciate your concern, everything is in check" he raised his thumb at the boy.
"Well if you're sure about that-"
"Itachi why don't you sit down here on the couch, dinner will be here soon, and Kiba is bringing is girlfriend and a movie"
"Oh no! it's not a horror movie again!" Naruko blanched and Itachi pulled her closer.
"Are you scared?"
"Yes, I hate those stupid movies" she pouted at him and he smiled kindly pulling a strand of hair away from her face.
"I am here, you don't need to be afraid"
She nodded at that, feeling better already. That evening was going to be perfect, she had everything she wanted. Her friends and Itachi.
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Author's note:
I know I am super late so here is a long chapter for you!
I just wanted to say two things about this, so the first is, I wanted to solve Lee's crush on Naruko, but this isn't the end of it, I like Lee he is adorably weird!
The second is the mystery revolving around Menma's hair, as someone said is weird that he has black hair while his family hasn't, and I know Menma is actuay blond in the end in the movie, my Menma was always suppised to have dyed hair, I was just waiting for the occasion to explain why and how. I will explain it better on my nee story, One of a kind, based on Menma and Hinata's story that should be out by the end of the week, so whoever is interested look for it!
As usual thanks to everyone for your review and for adding this story to their alert list as favorite or followed! Thank you!
I'm in a bit of a hurry so, till next time!
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