DADDY LEFT US part 2
Naruto stared vividly at the man sitting behind the desk in front of him. The thought of jumping out of the chair and disappearing from the mansion was heart warming. But he had to stay, not only for the job but his sons as well. His sons were in the house; he had seen them through the open door of the room he had guessed was the living room when he was being led to the home office by the man he had met earlier and who had introduced himself as Deidara.
The man in front of him had caused him so much pain. Uchiha Itachi had unknowingly played a large part in Naruto's misery. He was the reason that Naruto had experienced the day that he'd wished to die. It was the day that Naruto had envied the statues for being lifeless, heartless, and emotionless. Coincidentally, that was the day that Naruto had found out about himself…
When he had entered the room with Deidara, Naruto was too nervous and so occupied with taking in the part of the mansion he had seen on the way there and the office itself to notice the occupier of the office.
As soon as he had gone through the large two front doors of the mansion, naruto had felt as if he'd been thrust into another dimension. And he had felt like saying "I have a feeling I'm not in Japan anymore" the entrance hall was in a Victorian style which could fit about 300 people. A polished wood floor that shone like no one had ever stepped a foot in the hall. On the centre of the floor, a simple large fan was drawn. The white swirl paterned ceiling was adorned with a large chandelier on the centre. Straight ahead were two stair cases carpeted in red with a brown line in the middle. The stairs met at the top in a semi-circle leaving a gap in between where a family portrait was hanged above an entrance to a hallway. The cream walls were decorated with canvas framed paintings and wall lights.
Deidara had led naruto into the hallway in between the stair cases. The hallway was large enough to fit five people walking side by side. Just like the entrance hall, the walls were cream with canvas framed paintings and wall lights. There was a door on the right side slightly open to reveal two boys. Naruto had to hold himself back from running in and embrace them; His twins. However, he'd made note of the door. There were other doors on the left down the hallway. Five doors later, and at a T junction of the hallway, they stopped at a door straight on. Deidara had knocked a few times then there was a masculine "come in" behind the door.
Naruto saw someone in the room but didn't really take note of him. He was taken by the way the room which was supposed to be an office resembled a public library. There were build in book shelves from the white ceiling to the blue carpeted floor against each wall with the exception of the blue drapes that showed that there was a window. Well, they were walls considering you couldn't see the walls. The books were tightly packed. In front of the window which was straight ahead from the door, was a large mahogany office desk.
'Naruto-kun, take a seat please.'
In his awe stricken state, Naruto had barely heard Deidara ask. He snapped out of his stupor and silently sat in the chair he was directed in, then he remembered that the room had been engaged the time they had come in. He looked up at the person in front of him and at the very moment, the person looked up as well. Their eyes collided and both with their eyes wide with disbelief, they held their gazes.
'I will be back when you are finished.' Deidara had said. Not noticing the tension in the room.
'Stay.' Was the abrupt command from his friend.
Deidara had been a little startled by that. However upon realizing the tension between his friend and Naruto, he was uncertain whether it was safe to stay in the room or run out and get scolded later for that. The hostile aura Naruto was radiating towards his friend was one that Deidara would never want to be at the receiving end of. And his friend was… well he couldn't read anything out of him. His friend had already schooled himself into the usual expressionless mask before he could read him.
'You.' Was the growl from Naruto. The growl spoke a thousand words. Naruto couldn't begin to describe how he felt towards the man in front of him; the conceited, self-centred, with a god complex attitude bastard. Hatred was one of the feelings that Naruto felt towards him. Of all the people to adopt his sons, this bastard; Uchiha Itachi had to be the one?
Naruto clenched and unclenched his fists on his lap. The need to inflict pain on the Uchiha Bastard was overwhelming. He just wanted to make the man disappear. He wanted to make him suffer a thousand times more than he himself had. The thought of making the Uchiha suffer made his stomach ache and his body shiver in excitement.
'Hello Naruto-kun. It has been a while. Six years is a long time. Isn't it?' Responded Itachi. A smirk in place. Naruto glared at him.
'Welcome to your new job. Naruto-kun.'
'What!?' naruto couldn't help but ask. He hadn't even done the interview he had been so nervous about. Not that he was complaining. Why was Itachi so nice to him all of a sudden after what he'd put Naruto through? As far as Naruto could remember, the Uchiha didn't trust him. Naruto was expecting to be thrown out of the mansion, not welcomed in. He wasn't sure how to react to that. Was he supposed to be overjoyed that he'd gotten the job and he would get to stay with his sons?
'You are dismissed. Deidara-kun please show Naruto-kun his room and you can give him a tour.' Instructed Itachi. Going back to signing the papers he'd been signing when Naruto and Deidara had walked in.
'Wait a minute! What do you mean welcome to your new job?' Naruto had stood up from the chair and now he was leaning on the desk with his hands, staring shockingly at the Uchiha. What was this guy playing at? Itachi sighed and looked up from the papers at Naruto.
'It means you got the job-'
'I know that! But… but what about the interview?'
'There is no need.'
'What do you mean there is no need?' cried out Naruto in frustration.
'I trust you' finished Itachi without loosing his calmness.
Deidara, who was also in shock at what had just happened, led a dazed Naruto out of the room.
'And Naruto-kun, be ready for dinner at seven' called out Itachi before the door was closed.
So, this is the infamous Naruto-kun among the workers of the Uchiha Corporation. Thought Deidara. Everyone had been talking about Itachi and Naruto's encounter for a while. He was sure some people still spoke of Naruto. And Deidara was definite that Naruto was the reason why Itachi hadn't dated anyone again since their meeting.
In the office, Itachi held his head in his hands his elbows on the desk. His body felt hot and his heart was beating furiously. He thanked the heavens that he hadn't lost his calm while Naruto had been there.
At first, he didn't know what to do when he'd seen Naruto. Naruto's reaction told him that Naruto remembered him. He was glad Naruto still remembered. Though not in a good way if the reaction was anything to go by. Then and there, Itachi had decided to make things right with Naruto. He wanted Naruto back; he didn't want Naruto to hate him. Naruto was the reason that he had no interest in dating other people. Since he'd met him, Naruto had been plaguing his mind and body.
Itachi had been yearning for Naruto's touch, for the warmth they had shared that fateful night. After that night Itachi had tried being intimated with other people. However, just when things were about to get intense, he would loose interest just like that; For the reason that his mind would automatically start thinking about Naruto, leading to him feeling guilty of unfaithfulness. So he became angry at Naruto and when he had met Naruto again, in his anger at Naruto, he had said and done hurtful things towards Naruto.
When he'd gone back home and after reflecting on his feelings towards Naruto, he had realized that what he felt towards Naruto was not anger but something bigger than that. He loved Naruto. His consciousness had been trying to tell him that. But because it had been so persistent, he had become irate. Angry at the wrong person; the person he was supposed to love.
Itachi had felt so ashamed of himself. He couldn't believe it had taken him two months to figure out that he loved Naruto and to top it off, after hurting him. And he was supposed to be the smart one. He had seen clearly the hurt and desperation on Naruto. Naruto wasn't like the other people he had had sex with; he was not after his money. Naruto had the longing emotion in his eyes, even after being hurt by the person he was longing for.
The next day, the first thing Itachi had done was going to the restaurant again. He'd found the manager who had told him that naruto had run out of the restaurant the day before as soon as he, Itachi had left. Nevertheless, Naruto was supposed to be on the opening shift and he hadn't turned up or called. The manager had tried calling him but he wasn't answering. The manager had given him directions to Naruto's apartment. However, the apartment was empty. And no one knew where he had gone. Naruto had just disappeared.
A week later, Itachi had gone back to the restaurant. With the same results; Naruto hadn't gone back to work. Itachi had searched for Naruto any chance he got. But he had no information on Naruto's background to increase his success rate. Itachi was surprised that the restaurant didn't have any background information on Naruto. It was like he'd just appeared out of nowhere. And now he just disappeared to nowhere.
Six years later, here was Naruto right in his grasp. Who would have known that adopting the twins would have brought Naruto to him? This time, Naruto was disappearing nowhere; even if he had to lock him up, Itachi was not letting him go. He was going to convince Naruto to stay with him; make him fall in love with him. Give him everything he wanted.
Starting with dinner tonight. He thought.
Even though Naruto was still in shock, and he didn't pay attention to the tour of the mansion, his mind was far off to one room which contained his sons. The room they were headed. Finally there, Naruto rushed inside and the twins called out "papa" while running into his open arms. Naruto knelt to their height and hugged them. He felt a lump form in his throat. Blinking a couple times to get rid of the tears welling up in his eyes he said, 'Hey there, little ones.'
He sat down pulling them with him onto his lap; squeezing them tightly to his body. Deidara's presence was nothing but a lingering memory in Naruto's mind. All that mattered were his little ones whom he felt like he'd missed part of their life in the three days he hadn't seen them.
Deidara, too tired to disturb the scene in front of him, walked out of the room; glad that the twins liked Naruto like they had known him their whole lives. He walked into the entrance hall and up the stairs. Then the latter thought sank in thoroughly.
No way! It can't be. But the resemblance is there. Their eyes exactly like Naruto's with the exception that Naruto's are mature. Their smiles matched. But the twins looked so much like Itachi. Unless they are Naruto's and an Uchiha woman's. But the only known Uchihas were Itachi and his brother Sasuke. Maybe Sasuke knocked up some woman that looked like Naruto? No. Sasuke would have taken responsibility from the start. So this goes back to Naruto and Itachi-
'Deidara-san, are you okay?' asked one of the maids in the Uchiha household.
'Huh?' was his dumb reply.
Trapped in his thoughts, he hadn't realized that he was standing on his bedrooms door staring blankly at it. He shook his head and walked into his room; he had to refresh his brain if he was going to solve the mystery that was Naruto and the twins and their connection to the Uchihas.
'Papa came back!' announced Natsu cheerfully.
'I told you so' pointed out Fuyu.
'Aaww, Natsu-chan, you didn't believe in my promise?' whined Naruto playfully while flicking Natsu's small nose; making the boy giggle.
'Now then, have you eaten?'
'Yes' chorused the twins.
'Have you napped?'
'no' 'yes' they spoke at the same time with Natsu saying "no" and Fuyu saying "yes".
'Okay, let's try that again. Natsu have you napped?'
'I don't know. I'm not sleepy.' pouted Natsu. He didn't want to go nap; he wanted to play with his papa.
'Okay, what about you Fuyu have you napped?'
'Yes.' He wasn't sure but he remembered waking up on a bed different from the one he slept on at night.
'Papa! Papa! Daddy looks like the guy that made papa cry!' exclaimed Natsu enthusiastically and suddenly.
'Uhuh.' Fuyu agreed helpfully.
'Um…' was all Naruto could manage.
His mind was in a panic. First off, he hadn't known that the twins had seen him cry; the one thing he didn't want the twins to witness, ever. Secondly, they had known who made him cry. But mostly, they call him daddy. How scornful. That bustard doesn't deserve to be addressed as daddy by my children despite his adoption of them. And his involvement with them. Naruto thought bitterly.
'Papa…' called out Fuyu unsurely. His papa looked troubled.
'Huh?' Naruto snapped out of his enraged thoughts.
'Papa, are you okay' asked a concerned Fuyu.
'I'm okay Fuyu-chan. don't worry. Okay?' Naruto responded while ruffling Fuyu's long hair. Fuyu responded by nodding and an "uhuh".
'Is it him, papa that made you cry?' Natsu persisted; that made Naruto groan inwardly. He didn't want to explain to his sons that the man they called daddy was the man that made their papa cry.
'Papa is okay now. That's all that matters. Okay Natsu-chan?'
Before Fuyu could say anything he changed the subject. He knew very well how smart the twins were. They wouldn't let him off that easily.
'So, did Uchiha-san tell you to call him daddy?'
'Uhuh' the twins spoke in unison.
'Daddy is nice.' Natsu piped up.
'I like him.' Fuyu announced. He really did like their new found Daddy. He brought their papa back to them and he bought them new toys.
Naruto's eyebrow twitched in irritation towards the Uchiha. Did he now? The nerve of that, excuse of a man. Naruto growled in his thoughts. Outwardly he was smiling brightly at his sons. He decided to let go for now…
Naruto stared at himself in the mirror and sighed. He'd tried taming his hair to stay down but a few minutes later it spiked up again. So he had given up on that. He wore a black button up shirt with two top buttons unbuttoned. Matching the shirt was a pair of black trousers and a pair of black sleek shoes. A blue tie and a black suit jacket lay on the bed ignored.
Naruto was feeling uncomfortable in the clothes; he was used to casual clothes that didn't need a tie to constrict your breathing. Though that wasn't the only reason that he hadn't worn the tie and the jacket; it was part of his rebellion against Itachi. He wanted to show Itachi that he wasn't going to do each and every one of the Uchiha's biddings. And he didn't want to look good for the likes of the Uchiha. Anyway who dresses up so formally like they are going on a business trip for a mere house dinner? He thought.
When he had gone back to his room after playing with his sons, Naruto had found some clothes on his bed and a note addressed to him from Itachi saying "Naruto-kun, wear these clothes for dinner. See you then."
It was only ten minutes until dinner. And Naruto was nervous just like before. What type of dinner was it if they had to wear so formally? With one last glance in the mirror, Naruto walked out of the room.
Naruto took a sip from his glass of water. He replaced it on the table and kept his eyes on it. He didn't want to look up because he could feel Itachi's eyes on him; he didn't want to see what those piercing eyes held for him. Those were the same eyes that had dismissed him as if he was a plague to the living in this world, the eyes which had haunted his mind day and night without mercy, enforcing the knowledge that he was deemed as a failed experiment.
Naruto had not liked the idea of having dinner on the porch at the back of the mansion with the likes of the Uchiha only. After he had come down stairs from his room, Naruto was led to the porch where he unfortunately, found Itachi sitting on a dining chair with a reasonable sized, round table in front of him. Opposite him was an empty dining chair. The table had two places set out. A water filled, bottle shaped, clear flower vase with a fully bloomed red rose was placed in the centre of the table. The red rose complimented the crimson cloth which was adorning the table.
He Itachi himself was in a dark grey suit with a white shirt accompanied by a red silk tie. Naruto didn't have to look down to know what shoes Itachi had on; the most expensive ones of course. His hair was in his usual loose tie at the back.
'Uchiha-san' Naruto had greeted. Itachi's eyebrow had twitched slightly that Naruto had missed it.
'Take a seat Naruto-kun' Itachi had instructed.
'I am very sorry for disturbing you. Are you waiting for someone? I will be going back now then.' Naruto had said this plainly and had ignored Itachi request openly.
He was going to do anything to make Itachi cancel their suspicious dinner. Regardless of that, Naruto had been curious; he'd wanted to see what would happen during their dinner. What would they talk about? So when Itachi had asked Naruto to take a seat again, Naruto had taken a seat in spite of Itachi's commands like he was the boss. Right, he is the boss. Naruto had thought irately.
The dinner had gone on silently. Though, Itachi had tried to initiate a conversation a couple of times; but they finished shortly after due to the lack of Naruto's contribution to the conversations. Well you wouldn't even call them conversations; they were more like Itachi asking a question and Naruto giving a short unelaborated answer. Making it difficult for Itachi to ask more related questions considering the guy was unsociable unless he had to be, that is if it benefited him.
The conversation had gone like this:
'Naruto-kun. How have you been?'
'Fine.'
A raised eyebrow from Itachi at that saying "elaborate" and a determined and stubborn face from Naruto saying "don't even bother asking me questions because I'm not obliged to give you answers about my life.
Then another approach:
'What have you been doing for the past six years?'
'I don't see how that concerns you.'
Or should I say. "oh, nothing much. Just raising two babies and trying to fall out of love with you. That's nothing right? comparing to whatever you have been doing" Naruto thought resentfully.
'Consider it as an informal interview.' Itachi had informed. To which Naruto had responded with, "oh, I had thought that you were just trying to pry into my life.' And a bright mocking smile.
Itachi had felt his patience tag at him. But he had worked hard to not lose his cool over Naruto's stubbornness. Nevertheless, there was something way important that he had to keep under control since Naruto had come out to the porch. That was the desire to pull Naruto into his arms and touch him and kiss him for all that was worth.
What Naruto wore didn't help the matter at all. The opened top buttons revealed his tanned chest and gave a better view of his beautiful neck. Itachi had felt his lips tingle from just imagining them against that smooth neck. He had licked his lips and his body had twitched involuntarily. Itachi had wondered what had come over him to have suggested that Naruto should wear a jacket and tie which would cover up his whole body. Now he thanked Naruto's stubbornness or his need to make his point to Itachi.
Despite his burning body, Itachi was still interested to know more about Naruto. Even if Naruto didn't want to say anything now, Itachi was going to be patient. Besides he didn't have to know everything now. Since he was not letting Naruto go anywhere.
'Naruto-kun, do you hate me?' Itachi had asked huskily. Oh dear, he hadn't even realised that his voice had also responded to his sinful thoughts about Naruto; it had transformed to his bedroom voice.
'What type of a question is that?' Naruto had responded without looking up. And he shivered slightly at Itachi's voice. However he decided that it was just the night air making him chilly.
Itachi was a little annoyed at that. Even though he hadn't expected Naruto to answer him fully, if he was going to answer. But not even looking at him? That was not allowed to be done to the Uchiha. Without realising it himself, Itachi had gotten up from the chair and had walked to Naruto who was still staring at his glass of water.
Itachi was filled with a need for Naruto to notice him, respect him like everyone else did. To recognise that he Uchiha Itachi was the boss. The feeling reached to the point of desperation. So with swift movements, Itachi had Naruto standing against his body, his face tilted up to face Itachi's. with the need to possess Naruto Itachi pressed his lips onto Naruto's; making Naruto gasp in shock thus giving Itachi an opportunity to insert his tongue between his hot lips into his wet cavern.
Breathing was such a destroyer of a moment, because just then, they had to breathe; bringing with it some sense to Naruto and Itachi. Naruto pulled way from Itachi silently and walked towards the door to go inside. Then he paused.
'Thank you for a wonderful dinner. Uchiha-san. And that was just unnecessary and disrespectful.' Without waiting for a response, Naruto walked away into the mansion and straight to his sons Bedroom which consisted of two queen sized beds. One for Natsu and the other for Fuyu.
Naruto peeked at Natsu and found that he was still awake.
'Natsu-chan you aren't asleep yet?'
'Papa, tell a story please.' Fuyu, who Naruto had thought was asleep, asked sitting up in the large bed making him look smaller and his hair blend in with the dark bed covers, just like Natsu's.
'Uhuh.' Natsu agreed with his brother.
'Okay' Naruto said and carried Natsu with him onto Fuyu's bed. He sat in the middle leaning against the headboard and Fuyu leaning his head on Naruto's lap on the left and Natsu on the right. Naruto was stroking their hair to send them to sleep sooner.
'Once upon time,' he began 'there were two little boys. The boys lived with their papa. Their papa was sad. The boys became sad as well. They tried to make him happy. Their papa told them not to worry. He told them that it was not their fault. He told them he love them more than anything in the whole wide world. He promised them that he would never leave them. But one day-
'They are yours and Itachi's.' interrupted a voice of Deidara in the doorway to the twins bedroom. 'The twins are yours and Itachi's- naruto-kun. Am I wrong?'
Oh no. can things get any worse? Naruto thought.