Public displays of affection, stairway standoffs, and card games.
Chapter Text
When Itachi and Sakura arrived at the gates of Konoha, he held out his hand for her to take.
Blushing madly at the affectionate, very public gesture she took it, smiling to herself.
As they walked through the village, she noticed people were looking away, averting their eyes.
She looked to Itachi's face, wanting to ask him what he thought of it.
There she found the answer.
He was glaring, menacingly, at other men.
Discovering his ulterior motive for holding her hand through town, she confronted it.
"Scoping the competition?"
He smirked teasingly,"Are you?"
Did he just try to make her jealous?
She stopped in the crowded main square and turned to face him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him.
You want possessive behavior? There!
Once he returned the kiss eagerly, she pulled back to look at him, eyes narrowed in warning.
"Watch it, Uchiha."
He smiled then, and it took her breath away,"Will we fight often?"
"Yes.", she replied, trying to look serious.
He took and squeezed her hand in his, "Kiss me when we do."
They resumed walking.
Sakura could not wipe the goofy grin off her face for a few blocks.
Just outside of Hokage tower, they stopped.
"I'm gonna need to talk to Kakashi-sensei on my own this time. Can you wait for me at my apartment?"
"How will I get in?", he asked, wondering if she often asked people to wait in her apartment for her or if it was because it was him.
"Oh, I only lock it when I'm home. Sometimes people were waiting for me, injured, on the doorstep. Now I leave it open so they can have somewhere to sit while they wait."
He had no idea how he could accommodate such a thing while living together. Her big heart was something he loved about her very much, and of course having it cost her
something. In this particular case, it was any sense of privacy.
"Alright.", he said, untangling their hands but lifting one to brush her cheek before he walked away.
She watched him until he rounded a corner out of sight.
Her fluttering heart staving off some of the dread she felt climbing those stairs, she didn't notice the man coming down them, at least until she ran face first into his chest.
Embarrassed, eyes downcast, she began apologizing before she saw who it was.
His voice halted her.
"Did my brother finally make a woman out of you, and clumsier as well?"
Sakura took a moment to collect herself, astonished at Sasuke's venom towards her.
Before she could reply, he spoke again,"Took your tongue too?"
That condescending smirk needed to stop.
She drew chakra to her fists. Sasuke watched her impassively.
Kakashi poked his head out of the window.
"No fighting on the stairway children. Sakura-chan, get in here."
She finished climbing the stairs and went inside, casting one hurt glance behind her just before she walked through the doors.
Sasuke kept walking, choosing to head out of the village from the tower.
Sakura had completely failed to notice him after just one night with his brother.
If he saw Izumi now, he would kill her for the humiliation she just put him through.
He needed options to rid himself of her trouble that would be unlikely to destroy his own life as well.
He needed time away to think.
There wasn't much else to do in Oto anyway.
Itachi made his way to Sakura's apartment.
It seemed quiet, but there was a chakra signature inside.
He hoped this would go well.
The smile he opened the door on quickly faded into a frown.
"What are you doing here? Where's Sakura-chan?".
Itachi entered, removed his shoes and shut the door. He came to stand near the single couch in the living room, placidly observing Naruto for any sudden moves.
"She is talking to Hokage-sama now. She asked me to wait for her here."
Naruto huffed in disappointment,"I just wanted to have one more night with her before she ran off forever with you . I brought the cards, popcorn, that stupid movie she likes…."
Itachi had seen enough to know Sakura would wilt without her friend.
He had no intention of carting her off from him. He made that clear.
"That sounds acceptable."
The blonde brightened,"Really? You guys will spend the night here?"
Itachi nodded.
"Wait.", Naruto had a note of disgust in his voice,"You guys aren't gonna…"
Itachi interrupted him before he could say it,"We haven't."
At first, Naruto seemed happy with that.
Then he became angry.
"Sakura is beautiful and she cares about you! Think you're too good for her or something?"
His brother's friend was confusing. How did the two of them even get along?
Perhaps they both enjoyed conflict? He channeled a more Sasuke like response.
"If how I treat her doesn't please you, we can take it to the training grounds."
That was the ticket. Naruto grinned,"You got yourself a promise!"
Itachi waited for his next mood shift, but the blonde had forgotten his ire.
Naruto chuckled,"I brought some sake too. The goooood stuff. Want some?"
Itachi wanted to wait for Sakura to come back to drink, so they played cards instead while they waited for her.
His mind drifted to this morning as he stared through his hand of cards.
His intentions had been, mostly, pure when asking her to bathe with him.
Yes, he wanted to see her glorious body in the light of day.
He needed to practice resisting her.
They would be under watchful eyes soon.
As long as he could tell her no without crumbling, they would be safe.
When she kept coming closer and he sat on the edge of the hot spring to escape her, she had promptly taken him into her mouth without warning, her strong
hands weighing down his hips and preventing any retreat.
Immense lust seized him then, and he allowed it.
Itachi had no intention of bringing up how forbidden such a thing was in his clan.
Hands could be used, bodies could be put together, but oral sex was considered very taboo.
It had been shockingly enjoyable, and he wasn't going to give it up now.
His only regret was being so boneless and sated afterwards, and utterly ignorant about how to give her the same.
He'd been hesitant, wanting his full energy and some understanding on his side.
However, if they were caught doing this at home, there would be trouble. Maybe he could try it here?
He did not want Sakura to think all he wanted to do was paw her now, but his curiosity just wouldn't go away.
Naruto laughed then, and he turned to see what about.
It seemed the blonde was laughing at him.
"Ha, Ha! Sakura's got you all messed up doesn't she?"
Itachi tilted his head in question.
"You've been staring into space for the last five minutes!", Naruto exclaimed, throwing an arm around his middle to ease the ache of laughter and pointing at the
now sheepish Uchiha.
"I apologize."
Naruto calmed down, looking a little guilty now, and handed him the deck of cards.
"Come on. It's your turn to deal."
