DADDY LEFT US part 5

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Italic - thoughts

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Naruto felt anger course through him. Who did this person think he is; calling him an idiot even thought they had never met?

'Who are you calling an idiot, you bastard!!' shouted Naruto. His painful bottom was completely forgotten. He looked up to glare at the bastard who had called him an idiot. However, upon seeing the face of the person, in place of glaring at the person, Naruto screamed and run off like hell.

He turned the corner and he suddenly bumped into someone and fell on his already painful bottom.

'Ouch! Aw! Aw! Aw!! Someone really hates me. How many times do I have to fall today?' He whined.

'Naruto-kun? What are you doing here? And what are you doing running around in the halls? And you are still in your pyjamas? You know everyone is waiting for you.' Deidara said while giving Naruto a hand to get up.

'Well you see I got lost looking for Natsu-chan and Fuyu-chan. Then I bumped into someone who looks like Uchiha-san. It freaked me out because I know I just ran away from Uchiha-san in my room; so he couldn't be here.'

'Ah! I see, so that means Sasuke-kun is here.' Deidara murmured

'Wait, you said you are looking for Natsu-chan and Fuyu-chan? Why? Don't you know you are supposed to meet their teachers today? Now? Didn't Itachi-kun tell you today's plan?'

'Like I said, I run away from Uchiha-san in my room and he was saying something about a busy day ahead and teachers.' Explained Naruto. And Deidara groaned.

'So you mean to tell me you don't know anything about today? Naruto-kun today is a busy day like Itachi-kun had said. We are having friends and family coming to visit you and the twins. Plus for some reason, Itachi-kun wants you to approve of the twins' teachers. So whether the teachers stay, is up to you.' Explained Deidara.

'No pressure.' He added as an after thought just to tease Naruto.

'Thanks. That helps. But why do I have to be the one to approve of them. Isn't Uchiha-san the boss?' asked Naruto.

'I don't know. But it's like he knows something… ah. Never mind. Maybe we are just thinking too much. Okay then Naruto-kun, lets get you ready to meet the teachers. Itachi doesn't have the patience to wait for us. So let's hurry.

Naruto walked into the room consisting of Itachi, Natsu, Fuyu and two strangers whom Naruto guessed were supposed teachers. Deidara had just escorted him to the rightful door and left saying he had some work to catch up on. Naruto had been hoping to get some shielding from him against Itachi's presence. But alas! He really didn't start off well that morning.

'Take a seat Naruto-kun.' Itachi welcomed him. In response, Naruto nodded. He wasn't so happy to be in the presence of the Uchiha, but he was going to bear with it, for the sake of everyone. And he also nodded his greetings to the other room occupants. And of course he said hello to Fuyu and Natsu.

'Good morning papa!' they had greeted him.

'Naruto-kun, these are the teachers I would like you to meet and approve. Don't worry about the interview, we've already done that. And I think… no. I know they are excellent teachers.' Itachi began.

'Wait. Uchiha-san, if you already know that they are excellent teachers, why do I have to approve of them?' asked a puzzled Naruto.

'Because I feel that I need you to give them your approval since you will be responsible for the boys.' Itachi explained himself. And because you are also their parent. He thought to himself.

'That still doesn't make it clear.' Exclaimed Naruto in frustration

'Naruto-kun, please save the discussions for later.' That annoyed Naruto to no end. However he decided to be mature about it.

'Well then, Naruto-kun, this is my little brother's, Sasuke who you will be meeting today, former high school teacher; Hatake Kakashi.' Introduced Itachi; referring to a silver haired man in a black suit and a white shirt with a black tie. But there were two things that made Naruto afraid to associate with the man; those were, the dark shades and the book he was reading. Could he even see through those shades to read a book?

And why is he still got them on indoors? Isn't that rude? Well Itachi doesn't seem to mind though. And Sasuke, could that be the person I thought was Itachi? Naruto thought.

And the book was one of the books Naruto remembered from Jiraiya's spare time authoring. One of those perverted books. God was he supposed to arrow this person to be his sons' teacher? However, Itachi seemed to trust them.

'Kakashi-san. Pay attention when people are talking. And please refrain from reading such things in front of the kids' Itachi scolded Kakashi who had been absorbed in his book all the while.

'Sorry, Itachi-kun, I was on a good part.' He laughed nervously. The Uchiha just looked at him like he was planning his death.

I see. They are on the first name basis. That means they already know each other well. Thought Naruto; picking out some points to help him make his decision.

'It's nice to meet you Naruto-kun.' Kakashi greeted happily. Naruto could only tell that the teacher was smiling by the small upwards tag on his lips.

'Ah, it's nice to meet you too Hatake-san' replied Naruto.

'Please, just Kakashi is fine.' Kakashi notified Naruto.

All through out that exchange, the other teacher in the room, for some reason seemed to have been giving Kakashi evils. Did they already know each other? Naruto wasn't sure.

'And this is Umino Iruka; he is a former middle school teacher of my little brother again.' Introduced Itachi. The teacher was wearing a grey greenish suit with a black tie. He had his brown hair in a spiky bun and he had a scar across his nose. Naruto wondered how he got the scar…

He seemed to be a good guy and him and Itachi seemed familiar with each other. He seemed like the kind of teacher Naruto would have caused trouble to and still be taken care of, if he had ever gone to school.

'It's nice to meet you Umino-san' Naruto greeted.

'It's nice to meet you too Naruto-kun. And please Iruka is just fine.'

'Naruto-kun, I have to be back at my office, so I will be going while you make your decision. Please come find me in the office after, I would like you to meet someone.'

With that said, Itachi was out of the room, leaving a nervous Naruto to make a decision. Naruto wasn't sure whether he was on cloud nine that Itachi had left the room or dejected that Itachi had left the room; he felt conflicted. It was like that feeling when someone you like/love is near you, you feel a great deal of irritation and when they are not near, you feel so empty like some part of you had been swiped away from you mercilessly.

Naruto decided for the Kakashi and Iruka to stay. Besides, Itachi had chosen them so who was he to object even though he was given the opportunity?

Itachi walked into his office. In the office was someone sitting on one of the sofas. That someone was his little brother Sasuke who was supposed to be here the day before.

'What makes you think you can just waltz here whenever you feel like?' asked Itachi.

'Hello to you too, Brother. and you called me here.' Greeted Sasuke.

'I called you to come the day before and you come in today?'

'Well I have work you know'

the work that you dump on me somtimes. thought Sasuke.

'Well you won't be having that work if I feel like it.'

'Come on now brother, you know I had to complete or the important documents before coming here. Besides, you would be chewing my head off if I hadn't completed them.' Defended Sasuke.

'Oh well, I guess as long as you are here. And besides you have come on a good day when there is someone I would like you to meet.'

'I see, I thought I was only meeting your adopted twins. Anyway why is there an idiot wandering the halls of the mansion?'

'By any chance is that idiot blond?' Asked Itachi with a menacing aura which Sasuke didn't seem to notice, hence he replied:

'Yeah, blond and loud.' Sasuke replied.

'Ah. I see.' Itachi said in a playful tone.

'In that case…' he paused as if to build up the suspense.

'Don't you ever call him an idiot ever again. Sasuke' Itachi banged his hands on the table and fixed a deadly glare towards his little brother; who had the nerve to insult the person he loved. And that said person was making him irate at that moment.

Itachi's eyes appeared to glint red for a moment; and Sasuke knew that when that happens, it meant his brother was really serious and nearly out of control; that meant whom ever he sets his eyes on to destroy would not be discriminated by who they were. Such as a brother. Did this mean that Itachi cared about this blond that much that he would destroy his own brother?

Sigh, afraid so. Thought Sasuke. He had been scared before for coming on the wrong day; now he really was frightened for his life.

'Sorry.' He apologized.

'Well, that blond you met is the one I would like to talk to you about and the twins of course. You see, his name is Uzumaki Naruto.' Itachi paused for a reaction from his brother. When Sasuke seemed to lose some blood from his face, Itachi smirked; knowing that his brother remembered what had happened six years ago when he had called him during his… time with Naruto in the hotel. Itachi had told Sasuke who the person was. Well not that he had a choice; everyone had noticed his change of behaviour since his encounter with Naruto. So they had wanted to know who caused it. His answer had been Uzumaki Naruto, from the party.

'You see, a few days ago, I adopted two five years old boys without knowing their parent. I sent out posters for a babysitter. And the first person I got was Naruto. After years and years of wishing for Naruto to come back to me, yesterday, he came back. Though it wasn't because he came back for me, but because he came for a job. When I saw Naruto, I noticed some resemblance between the twins and him. And of course me.'

'What do you mean?' Sasuke asked unsurely; he wasn't sure whether he wanted to hear what was to come next or not.

'I mean, I had my suspicions that they are mine and Naruto's'

'I understand that, but why him? I mean how is that possible?'

'Little brother. You sound like you don't know that it is possible.'

'I know that but… you know the only ones I know are from Orochimaru's lab and they were all… failed. So how is it possible? I'm pretty sure I never saw him or read his name anywhere among those who were found in the lab. So...'

'Well that is where I was getting at. You see yesterday after I…' this was so degrading; Itachi couldn't believe he was confiding in his little brother. But Sasuke was the only one he thought could understand him beside Deidara; but Deidara seemed a little enraged at him at the moment; for the known reasons.

'You see, yesterday when Naruto came to my office, even though he seemed to hate my existence, I was overjoyed to have finally find him after six years. I was beginning to give up. Then suddenly he was back. So I gave him the job. I knew it was the only way I could keep him here without forcing him to. I need to earn his trust.' Itachi paused.

'Anyway, without thinking about it, I had called Naruto to have dinner with me. Naruto seem like he didn't want to be there. But I was happy he was there. So I tried to talk to him and he kept ignoring me. So. Furious that the one person I wanted to be acknowledged by didn't see me, I became desperate and I ended up kissing him. He responded well, but he didn't seem happy about it. So he left me there still stunned that he could still respond to me after six years. When I came back to my senses Naruto had gone back inside.'

'So he still responds to you. Does that mean there is a chance that he still has feelings for you?' asked Sasuke hopefully.

'I'm sure he does, just like I do. But he is afraid to trust me after what I had done to him, and what he has been through all his life. That is why yesterday's move was not really a trust earning move and that is why after Naruto had walked away, I had followed him, I saw him enter the twins room and shortly later Deidara came to the room.'

'I stayed back to wait for Deidara to leave. But he came out of the room with Naruto. I couldn't help myself. So I followed them. That's when I heard what confirmed my suspicions about the twins. I also heard from Naruto's point of view, how much I had hurt him and that re-enforced my determination to keep Naruto with me to make it up to him. The other thing I heard was about Naruto's life…'

So Itachi went on to retell what he had heard the night before to Sasuke. And through out the retelling Sasuke had noticed a couple of things on Itachi that showed that his brother was really smitten by the idiot. One of them was the guilt he showed when talking about what he had done to Naruto and the glow of his eyes when he said Naruto's name. And this is the Itachi; the Itachi who is always stern, no matter the situation.

A knock resounded on the door of the office. And Itachi, already knowing who it was answered with a "come in Naruto-kun"

'Excuse me' Naruto said after opening the door. He walked in and Itachi directed him on a two sitter sofa across from Sasuke. And Itachi went and sat on the arm chair of the seat Naruto was in.

'You are the bastard that called me an idiot!' Naruto suddenly exclaimed. That made Sasuke twitch in annoyance. Well annoyance wasn't the only thing that he was feeling; with his brother in the room he couldn't insult Naruto back.

'Naruto-kun, we've already sorted that out. So don't worry, he won't be calling you an idiot anytime soon. Isn't that right Sasuke?' Itachi said the last part while holding his gaze with Sasuke. Sasuke leaned back in his chair in defeat.

Brother. That is so unfair. He can call me a bastard and you won't threaten him like you did me. Whined Sasuke inwardly.

'Anyway Naruto-kun. I would like you to meet my little brother, Sasuke. As you probably already know, he is the only brother and blood family I have. He is in charge of part of the Uchiha companies.'

Naruto still pouting that he couldn't smash this bastard for calling him an idiot upon meeting him for the first time, he responded with a fake bright smile:

'Nice to meet you.' He said shortly while still holding his gritted teeth smile. And just to push Itachi's buttons, Naruto added. 'Sasuke-kun'

Itachi narrowed his eyes at that. Was Naruto doing that on purpose? Calling Sasuke by his first name when he was calling him by his family name? That ticked him to no end. Naruto was supposed to be familiar with him.

'Okay Sasuke, this is Uzumaki Naruto. Now out you go.' He shooed his brother out rashly as if any more seconds wasted on the introduction would cost him his life. He wasn't jealous; he convinced himself, its just Naruto was his alone; no one else's.

Thank god. Thought Sasuke. He couldn't stay another second in the room; He was suffocating with the sexual tension between his brother and the idiot. Despite Naruto's portrayer of hatred towards Itachi, it wasn't hard to see the need in his eyes whenever he glanced at Itachi.

So gladly, Sasuke had walked out of the room. Though hoping for his brother to finally keep the one he has been hurting for, all these years. He didn't care that the person his brother loved was a man; A man who could have children to top it up. Hell, his brother was the richest young world known gay man. He himself Sasuke couldn't say that his arrow shot straight on…even if that wasn't the case; if he had fallen for a guy, he wouldn't have any problems with it. Love is love; male, female. Gender has nothing to do with it.

And sometimes people fall in love with someone like a psychopath and know that they could be killed anytime, but they still stick up for that person in harsh times. Is that why they say love is blind? But that is not true; only the people observing think that you are blind for loving a killer or whomever that they deem unsuitable for you. You yourself know who you love, you know what they are, but because you love them, you are afraid to hurt yourself and them. So your conscience makes you see goodness in them; you don't see their madness to the point that the others do, because you believe that there is a possibility that they will change someday. And some follow what their lover is doing or not; depending on how strong willed you are.

Love. It can make you do the craziest of things in the world. The most important thing to remember though is that you can not control who you fall in love with; you don't suddenly wake up one day and say today I am falling in love with so and so. Some don't even realise that they have fallen in love and that is why they end up hurting each other.

Itachi walked back to his desk and took out something and walked back towards Naruto. He sat next to Naruto on the two sitter sofa Naruto was sitting.

'Naruto-kun, these are for you.' Itachi said while giving Naruto a mixed bouquet of red and yellow roses. Deep inside the roses was a small blue box…

Naruto received the roses in a daze. God they were beautiful; it was such an artistic combination of red and yellow roses. Besides that, Naruto loved yellow roses; they were his favourite; he loved the way they smelled, so sweet and not so intoxicating. And what they symbolised. And how did Itachi know that he loved yellow roses?

Unknown to him, Itachi had asked the twins what flowers their papa loved before Naruto woke up. The flowers were delivered to the mansion in a flash just like the Uchiha had demanded; he told them that if they are late, they are not going to be paid for the flowers. Sheesh, was he even allowed to do that to other people's businesses? Well the simple answer would be: he didn't care. He had decided to add red roses for passion and yellow for friendship and of course to please Naruto.

Without realising it Naruto hugged the roses dearly and brought them up to his nose to smell them better.

'They are very beautiful Itachi.' He said absent minded. Itachi felt a warm feeling course through out his body; Naruto had finally said his Name.

'I'm glad you like them Naruto.' Responded Itachi.

Naruto, as if snapped from hypnotism, backed away from Itachi.

'Sorry, I… I … I meant Uchiha-san. Wh… why are you giving me flowers, Uchiha-san.?' Stammered Naruto.

'Can't I give flowers to the one I love Naruto?' asked Itachi while moving forward to close that little gap Naruto had created when he had backed away.

'Please don't say that.'

'Why not Naruto?'

Naruto found himself trapped in between Itachi and the sofa he was sitting in; Itachi was moving closer, and closer…

'Uchiha-san,' called out Naruto. Itachi was still moving towards him. Naruto closed his eyes. It was as if, if he was to see Itachi's expression he would fall under the spell.

'Please stop. Don't come any closer please' Naruto begged.

'Why Naruto? You want me. Don't you? Just like I want you. Please let me love you Naruto.'

Was Itachi begging for sure or was he seducing him? Did he even realise how much his words and voice affected Naruto? The oh so familiar voice; that spell binding voice. No. he didn't want to fall under that spell again. He had worked so hard for the past six years to squeeze the lid on the can; and here was Itachi just with a few words, the lid was lifting…

Oh god oh god. This is not good… this is not good… not good. Panicked Naruto.

'Naruto.' Itachi called out Naruto's name with such a feeling that it made Naruto nearly give in. he held Naruto's chin and tilted his head up to face him. He held his gaze with Naruto's.

'I love you.' Said Itachi, with such honesty.

'I love you. Naruto.' Itachi repeated. Naruto didn't respond. He was shocked? Tongue-tied? Frozen? Mesmerised? Whatever words that could describe how Naruto felt at that moment could definitely not be found in the world dictionary. The only question running in Naruto's head at that moment was:

"How would it have felt like if Itachi had said those words that time when he had cried to him six years ago?"

'Do you want me as I want you Naruto? Do you love me Naruto? Yes? Or no?' Itachi felt like he was running out of time; even though he had planned to be patient; he felt desperate which Uchihas were not surposed to feel. But heck, for Naruto, Itachi would do anything. Besides, he was the Uchiha; he made his own rules.

'Uchiha-san...' began Naruto. Tears lingered in his eyes; just a little bit more then a water fall.

'Please. Say my name.' whispered Itachi while wiping away Naruto's tears with his thumb.

'Itachi… I… I… I-' a sharp knock from the door cut him.

'Just ignore it.' Itachi said. Naruto was about to say something; be damned whoever was behind that door. Even when he had said to ignore it, the knocking became hard to ignore. Itachi groaned and pulled away from Naruto.

'What is it?' He said in a tone that said "whoever you are behind that door, walk away right now"

'Sir. The car is here.' called out the butler behind the door.

'Is that all?'

'Yes sir.' The butler said. When there was silence he walked away.

Itachi walked towards the door and before he went out he said "don't move. I will be right back."

Sigh. Saved by the knock. Thank god. That was close. And what was I about to say? Naruto thought and flopped further into the chair. Flowers still in his hands. He lifted the flowers up again then a blue small box fell out.

Is this box for me too? I don't know. But it was inside the flowers; maybe Itachi just misplaced it in here. But ahh! I can't help it. Curious, Naruto picked up the box and slowly opened it. Inside was a key, a car key to a BMW M Z4. Now Naruto was sure that Itachi must have misplaced the box in the flowers then-

'Itachi-kun, are you serious? What if he refuses it?' Deidara's voice asked from behind the office's door.

'Yes. I am serious. That car is for Naruto. I have already given him the key. If he refuses I will see what to do about that later and no more questions asked.' Finished Itachi.

He opened the door to his office and came face to face with Naruto…