Itachi yawned to himself as he made his way up the stairs. It was late and he was headed for bed. He reached the top of the stairs and headed for his room but not before turning to see his little brother being pushed out of his bedroom. The door slammed loudly behind him.

The young raven dropped his head in defeat, letting out a disappointed sigh. He picked up his head, turning as he spotted his older brother. His eyes narrowed in a glare. He began to sneer and stomped his way over to Itachi. "This is all your fault!"

Itachi raised an eyebrow at Sasuke's words. "What are you talking about?"

"You gave me the wrong time on purpose, you fucking asshole!" Sasuke's eyes seemed to narrow even further.

Itachi rolled his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest. "Sasuke, you're being ridiculous. My intentions weren't to misguide you. I must've remembered the time wrong, I'm sorry."

"Fuck your sorry!" Sasuke yelled back at him. "And you could've told Naruto about what happened with Sakura too, but you didn't."

Itachi gave a shrug. "The opportunity never came up."

"Bullshit. An opportunity doesn't need to come up, you could've just told him! He said I haven't changed and I tried telling him about it and he didn't believe me because it was too much of a coincidence."

Again, Itachi rolled his eyes. "Then I'll just tell him it was all true."

Sasuke let out a frustrated yell, stomping his foot and pulling at his hair. "It's too late now, asshole! He'll think I'm forcing you to say it's true."

Itachi let out a sigh. "Okay," he started out slowly. "So then what do you want me to do?"

Sasuke stayed quiet, looking over his brother before he narrowed his eyes once again. "I want you to stay away from Naruto."

Itachi's eyes widened at his little brother's words and he uncrossed his arms, letting them drop to his side.

"I know you have a crush on Naruto." The younger raven continued."It's not very subtle, so back the fuck off." He gave him one final glare before making his way back to his bedroom door where he sat down on the floor, continuing to stare at the wall ahead of him.

Itachi let out a sigh before turning and making his own way back to his bedroom.

The next morning, Itachi was sitting in the kitchen, a mug of warm coffee in one hand and a simple plate of eggs and toast in front of him. He looked up as he saw Naruto walk in, an annoyed look on his face. "Morning. What's gotten you so annoyed?"

"Morning." Naruto mumbled, making his way to the fridge. He rolled his eyes. "Sasuke was asleep in front of the bedroom door and I nearly tripped over him trying to leave."

Itachi let out a chuckle, taking a bite of his food. "What did you do?"

Naruto gave him a shrug. "I just left him there."

Itachi felt a twinge of guilt as he let out another small laugh. He sighed, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "You know, Sasuke isn't the same as before. He's actually gotten better."

Naruto gave him a roll of his eyes. "What? Are you talking about the stupid bullshit Sakura story? I already know it's a lie, Sasuke wouldn't do anything like that." He made his way to the table, about to pull out the chair that was next to Itachi.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Itachi warned, taking a sip of his coffee.

Naruto scrunched up his nose in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Itachi looked away, feeling unsure if he should say anything. He looked back at the blonde and knew he had to let him know. "Sasuke told me to stay away from you."

Naruto's face went from confused, to disbelief until it reached full blown anger. He glared, not at anything in particular before letting out an audible growl. "Sasuke!" He yelled loudly as he turned and made his way to the stairs. "Sasuke!"

Stomping up the stairs as loud as possible and screaming the raven's name a couple more times, he made his way to the door of Sasuke's bedroom where the young raven was still fast asleep. "Sasuke!" He shouted his name once more before lifting his foot and stomping on the raven's back.

Sasuke let out an 'oof' as he was woken abruptly. He turned quickly, sitting up and leaning against his bedroom door. "What is your problem?" He asked the fuming blonde, grumpy from being rudely awoken.

"Why are you telling Itachi to stay away from me?!" Naruto yelled at him, his glare narrowing.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes up at the blonde before standing up, using the advantage of his height to look down at Naruto. "You don't understand, Naruto. He's trying to get you for himself."

Naruto shook his head and with a scoff, crossed his arms over his chest, once again setting his glare on Sasuke. "I can't fucking believe you're acting like this."

They both turned to look as Itachi came up the stairs, stopping at the top as they both looked at him.

Naruto turned back to Sasuke. "I'm going to hang out with Itachi whether or not you like it." He made his way over to the older Uchiha, Itachi's eyebrow raised. "Did you want to hang out today, Itachi?"

Itachi looked down at Naruto's polite smile and then glanced over at his brother who was glaring at him with a sneer. He then slowly brought his gaze back to the blonde who's smile seemed to grow bigger. "Sure." He smiled down at the blonde. "I'll go get ready." He then turned and headed to his bedroom.

Naruto threw a smirk over his shoulder at Sasuke before making his way downstairs.

Sasuke stomped his way after Itachi, and before the elder raven could close the door, he wedged his foot in the doorway. Itachi turned to look at his little brother, a bored look on his face. "What do you want, Sasuke?"

"You're going to regret this, Itachi." He hissed out. "I will expose your true intentions."

Itachi rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say, Sasuke." He kicked the raven's foot out of the way before closing the door and beginning to get ready.

Itachi and Naruto left shortly after, the raven taking one of his parents cars and driving them to the local arcade.

"Let's grab some lunch first," Itachi smiled down at the blonde as they walked in.

Naruto gave him a big smile in return. "Sounds good to me!" He followed after Itachi where they waited in line at the concession stand.

They ordered a pizza, talking at a booth as they waited for the pizza to arrive.

"You must be excited." Itachi said. The pizza arrived hot in front of them. He grabbed a slice, taking a bite before putting it down on the plate in front of him. "A daughter."

Naruto smiled brightly, taking his own slice. "Mhm!" He took a large bite. "I am! I mean, personally I wouldn't have cared whether it was a boy or girl, but now that I know I'm just that more excited. I'm going to spoil her."

Itachi let out a laugh. "Better be careful with that spoiling, she'll be hard to control as a teenager."

Naruto snickered. "I'll let Sasuke take care of all that. She'll love me."

Itachi felt a bit of disappointment at the blonde mentioning Sasuke but quickly shook it off. "And me too of course. I'll make sure to spoil her as well, she'll absolutely love her uncle."

Naruto giggled, taking another slice. He studied the raven as he was eating his slice. "Would you rather have a son or daughter?"

Itachi looked at the blonde who was giving him a curious look. "I never really thought about it." He hummed in thought as Naruto waited patiently for the answer. "Probably a daughter though. Boys can be pretty rough, I could imagine how worried our parents were with raising Sasuke and I. The amount of times we've hurt each other, a doctor's visit was a pretty common thing."

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, I remember a couple of those trips myself." He shook his head as Itachi smirked. He then gave Itachi a small smile, blushing slightly. "I honestly think you'll make a great father."

Itachi watched as Naruto finished his food before his smirk slowly turned into a soft smile. "I'm glad you think so."

Naruto's smile then turned into a smirk. "So then you'll agree to be designated babysitter." He began to laugh maniacally as Itachi rolled his eyes.

"Come on, blondie. Let's go play some arcade games." Itachi stood up from his seat, holding his hand out for Naruto to grab it.

The two made their way through the arcade until Naruto spotted a fighting game, claiming he could beat the raven. Itachi just laughed and they made their way over.

"Ready to fear my awesome skills?" Naruto boasted as Itachi put the quarters in.

"We'll see." Itachi smirked and the game began.

The two went all out, Naruto shouting excitedly whenever he managed to get a good hit in, which didn't happen too often. The blonde even went as far as pushing the raven out of the way to get in a knockout.

"Ha!" Naruto shouted, smirking at Itachi who rolled his eyes. "I told you I'd win!"

"By cheating." Itachi retorted, chuckling. "If I knew you were gonna cheat, I wouldn't have tried as hard."

Naruto's eyes went wide. "You were trying? Could've fooled me!" He began to cackle loudly.

Again Itachi rolled his eyes and watched as the blonde tried to catch his breath. His heartbeat just a little bit faster and the urge to grab and kiss the blonde to shut him up, was playing through his mind. He took in a deep breath before grabbing onto Naruto's waist.

"Itachi? What are you-" Naruto was cut off by Itachi's lips and his eyes went wide.

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Hello everyone! 2022 has been a crazy year so far hasn't it? I've been trying to update my stories as best as I can but I caught covid so it's been a bit of a struggle. Even when I think I'm about to get better, the next day I just feel worse. Hopefully this sickness ends soon.

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