Chapter 5

Sasuke was shocked, to say the least, when Itachi seemingly appeared out of nowhere. He was just about to go over there too when Sakura's raised arm stopped him, half worried, half frozen in shock. But now, he felt guilty. He should be the one to save Naruto, not Itachi. A sudden wave of jealousy rushed through him and he made his way over to the group.

"Oh thank god!" Sakura let out a breath of relief as Sasuke walked up behind his brother. "Sasuke, make Itachi let go of me." She gave the younger Uchiha a pout.

Itachi's glare darkened. "You really think he's going to choose you over his boyfriend?" His grip tightened on the girls wrist and Sakura let out a squeak.

Sasuke let out an annoyed sigh. "Alright Itachi, that's enough."

Itachi turned his glare to his little brother and Sakura let out a victorious huff as she pulled her arm away and stepped closer to Ino. "Are you really defending her over Naruto?"

"Just forget about it, Itachi." Naruto rolled his eyes and pushed past Sakura and Sasuke. "At this point, it doesn't even faze me anymore."

"Naruto." Sasuke cried out his name desperately, reaching for the blonde's arm as he walked by.

"Don't touch me." Naruto snapped. He yanked his arm from Sasuke's grip, shoving his hands into the pockets of his pants. He turned and continued his way down the hall.

"Let's go, Ino." With a flip of her hair she glared at the retreating blonde. "Sasuke we'll see you later." The two girls left, leaving the Uchiha brothers alone.

Sasuke stood, watching as the blonde disappeared from sight. Itachi stood next to him, glaring. "You disappoint me." Itachi said lowly.

Sasuke turned to face his older brother. He knew that, he disappointed his own self. But his pride was bigger than admitting the truth to his brother. He turned away, glaring at the wall. "Shut up. Sakura is still my friend too, and you were physically hurting her."

"And you're emotionally neglecting Naruto." Itachi quickly snapped back.

Sasuke quickly faced him, eyes slightly widened at Itachi's words. He looked down at the floor, feeling inferior.

"You ask for my help to talk with him but none of your actions say you want this to work out." Itachi narrowed his eyes in an accusatory manner.

"I do!" The younger raven cried out desperately.

"Then fucking act like it." Itachi gave one more glare to his little brother before turning and following after Naruto.

Sasuke watched his brother leave and let out an irritated sigh. He leaned against the locker and ran a hand through his hair. He lightly banged his head against the locker in frustration. Whether it be with himself, or the situation, even he wasn't sure. With a new sense of determination, he pushed himself off the locker and headed the opposite direction of Itachi and Naruto.

"Go ahead and lie down, Naruto. Hopefully you'll feel better." The school nurse, Shizune gave him a sympathetic look as he climbed into one of the unoccupied beds in the nurse's office.

"Thanks Nurse Shizune." He gave her a nod and she smiled at him before walking away to her desk.

Naruto let out a sigh. He felt better after throwing up and then leaving that stupid situation with Sakura. He closed his eyes and sucked his teeth, remembering Saskue's actions.

He shouldn't have been so surprised by Sasuke's actions to be on Sakura's side. But he couldn't help but feel the hurt as he stopped Itachi. Worries started to flood Naruto's mind as he thought about what Sasuke's actions meant.

Itachi told him that Sasuke knew he was pregnant. Maybe this meant that Sasuke didn't want the baby? His eyes widened in mild realization before he clenched them tight as the emotions ran through him and he could feel the tears prickling at his eyes.

"Naruto?"

At the deep voice, Naruto's eyes opened in shock, the tears now flowing freely. He looked up to see Itachi staring at him with concern. "I-itachi?" He sat up in his bed and quickly wiped at his eyes. "What are you doing here?"

Itachi stared at him for a moment before answering. "I was coming to check up on you. Are you okay?"

Naruto let out a choked laugh. "You're being a better boyfriend than Sasuke is, maybe I chose the wrong Uchiha."

At Naruto's playful words, Itachi felt his heart flutter. He knew it was a joke and mentally berated himself for getting excited. He chuckled. "But seriously though," he placed a hand on the blonde's thigh, a bold move for himself. "Are you okay?"

Naruto let out a tired sigh. "I honestly don't know."

Itachi kept his hand on his thigh but sat on the edge of the bed, facing him. "Wanna talk about it?"

Naruto kept quiet, staring at his lap. "I'm...worried."

"Worried?" Itachi questioned.

Naruto nodded. "What if Sasuke doesn't want the child? What if he doesn't want, me?"

Itachi's eyes widened at Naruto's insecurities. Naruto was usually confident in himself. He could only logically blame it on the pregnancy. "I can assure you, he wants you. He's just too...stupid to realize what a great thing he has. He's a glutton for punishment and is into self-sabotage."

Naruto let out a snort. "Yeah. He's pretty stupid." He shook his head. "Do you think he'll want to raise the child with me?"

"I don't know." The disappointment on Naruto's face made Itachi regret his words, he didn't want to lie to the blonde though. And only Sasuke's words would be able to bring Naruto the emotional closure he needs. "But we can figure all that out today. If you're still okay with coming over?" He finally took his hand back, standing up.

Naruto once again let out a sigh. He missed the warmth and comfort that Itachi's hand brought and he frowned, wishing Itachi would sit back down and place it back. He now felt cold. "Yeah." He gave him a tired smile. "I'll come over."

"What's your last class? I'll pick you up from there." Itachi smiled down at him.

Naruto felt his chest warm and his smile brightened. "Geology. With Yamato."

Itachi nodded and with a determined look, stepped up to Naruto and placed a chaste kiss on Naruto's forehead. "I'll see you then, feel better." He quickly turned, hiding the slight reddening of his cheeks and walked out the door.

Naruto's face reddened at Itachi's actions. It wasn't like the older Uchiha hadn't shown affection like that to him before, but it was rare and usually only happened during fights with Sasuke or when he hurt himself.

He lied back down and smiled slightly to himself as he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.

The rest of Sasuke's day wasn't going well. Naruto didn't show up for lunch, or gym class. He was annoyed by Sakura and Ino too.

Sakura wouldn't stop bothering him about dumping the blonde and it took all his willpower to keep his cool.

He left his last class early, hoping to catch the blonde at his Geology class so they could talk. His scowl deepened as he passed by two random girls who were about to talk to him but stopped as they saw his face.

He smirked to himself as the girls watched him walk past with mild fear. Sometimes his popularity really did come in handy. He turned the corner of the hallway and stopped in his tracks as his eyes widened. His eyes then narrowed in a dangerous glare. "Itachi." He hissed under his breath with clenched teeth.

As if the elder Uchiha could hear him, he turned to see his little brother. He rolled his eyes and continued leaning against the wall next to the door of Naruto's class.

Sasuke angrily made his way up to his brother, stopping and crossing his arms over his chest. "What are you doing here, Itachi?"

Itachi let out a bored sigh. "Waiting for Naruto."

"Why?"

"Because unlike you," he sent a harsh glare towards his little brother. "I actually care for the blonde's well-being and don't want a repeat of the earlier incident."

"I do care." Sasuke childishly retorted. Itachi scoffed and Sasuke sent him a glare back. "Why do you think I'm here?"

"So you can prove a point to me, only to go back to your old habits as soon as you feel you've proved it." Itachi raised an eyebrow at him, daring him to prove him wrong.

Sasuke continued to glare, unable to comment. He crossed his arms over his chest and started to lean against the wall.

Itachi let out a scoff. "See?" He shook his head. "Can't even prove me otherwise."

Sasuke studied his brother carefully, he narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Why are you so against me? You've never cared about what I did before."

"I didn't care before because you were never hurting people." Itachi turned to glare at him. Sasuke opened his mouth to protest but quickly held up his hand to stop whatever his little brother was going to say next. "Naruto is a good person, someone you don't deserve. And yet, he loves you and let's this behavior continue because it seems to make you happy. Now you need to make a decision before you lose the best thing you'll ever have."

The bell rang, stopping Itachi from continuing. Sasuke looked guilty at the floor, his brother's words sinking in.

The hallway was soon flooded with students hurriedly trying to get to their lockers and go home. Itachi pushed himself off the wall and walked into the classroom that was starting to empty. Sasuke chose to stay put and waited for his boyfriend and brother.

Naruto was slowly packing up his things, waiting until the room emptied before bothering to get up. A shadow covered his desk and he looked up and stared in shock as he saw Itachi. "Uh, h-hey."

Itachi gave him a soft smile. "Did you forget I was coming to pick you up?"

Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and laughed. "Actually I did. That nap in the nurse's office really disoriented me. But I feel better at least."

"You ready? Sasuke's waiting in the hall."

Just as the blonde began to get up, he froze at the elder Uchiha's words. "What? Really?"

"Yeah. Is that okay?" He raised his eyebrow in question.

Naruto glanced towards the door before locking eyes with Itachi. He gave him a firm nod before continuing to stand up. He walked towards the door as Itachi followed closely behind him.

Once Naruto passed through the doorway, Sasuke quickly stood up straighter and made his way to the blonde's side. He was about to reach for Naruto's hand, but stopped as Naruto shook his head.

"Not now, Sasuke." He said softly as he passed by the raven. Sasuke watched dejectedly as Naruto continued down the hallway. He looked up as a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Let's go, Sasuke." Itachi urged his brother, and with a sigh the trio made their way to the bus.

The ride home was made in silence. Naruto sat in the window seat, staring out and trying to ignore the mindless noise and chatter from the rest of the kids on the bus. Itachi sat beside him, the book they were currently reading in English in his hand as he read the chapter that was assigned to them. Sasuke sat in the seat in the aisle across from them. He felt nervous as he did nothing but let his mind wander. He would occasionally glance over at the blonde, hoping to catch his attention.

They finally reached their stop where the three of them were more than eager to get off.

"We can all talk in my room." Itachi commented as he led the way. "It's probably the safest."

Sasuke let out a snort as they began to ascend up the stairs. "The safest? What does that even mean?"

Itachi rolled his eyes even though neither Sasuke nor Naruto could see it. "Because your room has to much of your energy, and the rest of the house, our parents can walk in at anytime."

Naruto gave a shrug as he reached the top of the stairs behind Itachi. "It makes sense to me."

Sasuke scoffed, sneering and shoving both hands into his pockets. "What does my energy have to with anything being safe?"

Itachi opened his bedroom door and allowed the two to pass. He closed the door behind himself as Sasuke and Naruto sat on his bed. "Your room will remind Naruto of you too much. He may subconsciously gear what he has to say to you in a way that sounds good to you, instead of saying what needs to be said." He stopped in front of his desk before picking something up and handing it to Naruto.

Naruto looked at the paper to see it was his ultrasound. He smiled down at it. "Thanks."

Itachi nodded before pulling up a chair and sitting in front of them. "Okay, where do you guys want to start?"

The couple was silent. Naruto nervously looked down at his lap while Sasuke gave side glances to Naruto while still trying to look indifferent.

Itachi let out a sigh. "Okay, then wh-"

"Do you want to have this kid with me or what?!" Naruto blurted out, turning to face Sasuke with desperation in his eyes.

The movement caused Sasuke to lean back, startled. After a second of getting over his shock, he narrowed his eyes in an insecure glare. "W-why do you have to start out with such a big question?"

"Because it's the only one that matters, bastard!" Naruto's gaze turned into a teary glare as he stared at Sasuke.

Sasuke sucked his teeth and crossed his arms across his chest, glaring at the floor. The closest thing to a pout an Uchiha can get. "I-i don't know."

Naruto tilted his head to the side, his glare turning into a glare of confusion. "You don't know? What do you mean you don't know?"

"There's so much to think about. Our futures, how we raise the kid, and just where do we go from here?"

Naruto scrunched up his nose. "So that's a no?"

Sasuke pulled at his hair in frustration. "I don't know!"

Itachi cleared his throat loudly, grabbing both of the younger teen's attention. "Let's try this a different way." He faced Sasuke directly. "Sasuke, I'm going to ask you the same question, but don't overthink it. Face Naruto."

Sasuke gave his brother a skeptical look before turning to look at Naruto. Naruto also followed suit, staring into Sasuke's eyes.

"Now, hold Naruto's hands in your own."

The raven did as he was told, causing the blonde to blush slightly. Sasuke smirked in response and gently rubbed his thumb over Naruto's soft, tan skin.

"Alright, first answer that pops into your head, do you want to raise a child with Naruto?"

Sasuke was silent, staring into the blonde's cerulean eyes. His smirk slowly disappeared from his face, causing the blonde to panic internally. "Yes. I do."

Naruto's eyes widened. "Wait, really?"

"Yeah. I do."

"And now that we have an answer, we can start talking about the concerns that come with it." Itachi leaned forward in his chair. "Naruto, why don't you tell Sasuke what your grandparents told you."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "What did your grandparents say?" He turned his glare to Itachi and pointed a finger. "And why do you know about it?!"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Because you were off kissing Sakura! And I needed someone to talk too since I was, and still am, mad at you."

"I kissed her because she was pressing me to get high with her. It was either kiss her or get high with them." Sasuke said with a shrug. "I figured it was the lesser of two evils."

Naruto's eyes were wide in shock.

"Or you could've done neither." Itachi narrowed his eyes at his little brother. He couldn't possibly be this naive. "Sakura doesn't control you, Sasuke. You could've just not hung out with her."

Naruto nodded. "Yeah! You're always complaining about her, so why do you hang out with her?"

Sasuke shook his head. "I don't know."

"Then stop." Itachi said matter-of-factly. "Make that as your promise to Naruto. You're all in for him, right?"

A nod. "Okay. Naruto," he turned back to face Naruto. "As a promise to you and our child, I'll stop hanging out with Sakura."

Naruto gave him a smile before falling forward into Sasuke's chest, wrapping his arms around him. "Thank you."

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Hey everyone! I know it's been awhile since I've updated but I finally got this chapter out! I hope everyone's holidays were great!

My chapters will be a little slower than usual, hopefully not as long as this one though, due to my computer failing but I'll try my best to keep them coming.

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