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It was a week since that night that they expressed how they really felt for one another and the two decided it was just best to sleep it off and talk in the morning some more. The two were happy the other was around the next day that way they could talk out their feelings for one another.
Now they are back together and Itachi is asking once again if they could tell his parents that their dating.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Naruto asked.
"We're serious about each other, right? So, what's the big deal?" Itachi asked.
"I don't know this just makes me nervous," Naruto said.
"Fine if you don't want to do it, we can wait," Itachi suggested even though he didn't want to wait to tell his parents.
"I'm just scared and worried about what they may say. Would if they don't approve?" Naruto asked.
"That's not going to change how I feel about you. I still am going to want to be with you even if they don't agree with our decision," Itachi expressed.
Itachi wasn't sure what his feelings were yet but he knew they were strong and that he wanted to be with Naruto. Was this love? He couldn't answer that, but he didn't want to give Naruto to anyone else that was for sure. Naruto was his and that wasn't going to change anything.
"We can tell them a month from now that way we can better articulate our feelings for one another. We can't just tell them that we want each other, and we don't want no one else to have us," Naruto explained.
"I can deal with that. How are we going to find out what we feel though? We never loved anyone before so how is that going to work?" Itachi asked.
"I don't know maybe we can ask other people for example," Naruto said shrugging his shoulders.
Sasuke was just sitting on the couch shocked by his best friend and brother that he really didn't know what to say so he stayed out of it.
'How the hell don't these two realize that they are already in love?' Sasuke thought to himself rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Itachi it's time for us to go," Sasuke said since he was the one that took Itachi here, to begin with.
"Okay bye Naruto," Itachi said giving him a kiss before walking to the door.
'Thanks,' Naruto mouthed to Sasuke because he knew what he was doing to his brother only to get a nod and a thumbs up from Sasuke.
Sasuke realized at that moment that Naruto knew and understood how he felt about Itachi he just didn't want to influence how Itachi felt for him by expressing his own feelings.
Sasuke and Itachi got in his car and it was completely silent. Sasuke felt bad that his brother was a bit dumb about his own emotions, but he wanted to let the other figure it out on his own.
'Oh, this is going to irritate me. Maybe I should just act like this doesn't exist until he finds out himself,' Sasuke thought to himself as he almost got to Itachi's house.
"Sasuke," Itachi called out.
"Hmm?" Sasuke hummed out as he pulled over to Itachi's house.
"How do I make Naruto fall in love with me?" Itachi asked.
"Maybe you should worry about if you love him yourself," Sasuke said softly.
"How can I tell if I love him?" Itachi asked.
"What do you feel when you see him? When you spend time with him? Why do you want to tell our parents you're with Naruto so badly? You should think about those answers before you try to make him fall in love with you," Sasuke said as he pulled over in front of his brother's house.
"Why can't I find out all of those answers while trying to make Naruto fall in love with me?" Itachi asked.
"Because you would just be hurting Naruto. How would you feel if he made you fall in love with him just for him to tell you he doesn't feel the same way?" Sasuke asked.
"I would feel like shit," Itachi said.
"Okay then think about the questions I asked you," Sasuke said hoping his brother would get out of his car.
"Ok," Itachi said as he opened the door.
"I do have one question for you though," Sasuke said.
"How does your heart feel when you're around him? Does he make your heart beat fast?" Itachi asked.
"I guess I never paid any attention to it," Itachi said as he continued to look in the car.
"Well think about it..." Sasuke said before he was getting ready to leave completely.
Itachi walked into his house and sat down. He wasn't sure what he was going to do to make himself understand how he really felt about Naruto. Itachi sat down and decided to think about what his brother asked him in the car so he wrote the questions down on a piece of paper.
"What do I feel when I see him?" Itachi asked himself as he started with that question.
Itachi decided he would start with that question. He was going to pay attention to everything he felt when he saw Naruto.
The next day Naruto was in his office completing some paperwork when Sasuke walked in his office.
"Hey," Sasuke said.
"What's up?" Naruto asked as he continued to write some documents he had to finish today.
"I feel like you already know what I'm here for," Sasuke said.
"Yeah sadly I feel like I do too," Naruto said.
"So you already know how you feel?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, I'm not emotionally incompetent," Naruto said as he buzzed his secretary to come into the room to hand her some documents. "Take this to billing and then take this to LED," Naruto explained to the man.
"Yes sir," the man said and walked out.
"It's just I don't want to be the reason he is deciding that," Naruto explained to Sasuke.
"I gave him some questions so he can better understand his own feelings," Sasuke said.
"Yeah," Naruto said as he continued to fill out some documents. "Come with me I have to do some deliveries," Naruto said.
"Hey, are you sure you don't want to just tell him?" Sasuke asked.
"No I want to let him figure it out himself," Naruto said as he opened his door just as Itachi was about to knock. "Hey," Naruto said with a smile.
Itachi felt his heart speed up and he couldn't help but blush shocking both Naruto and Sasuke.
"I wanted to know if we could get lunch together," Itachi said covering his face.
"That would be nice," Naruto said with a warm smile that was usually reserved for the Uchiha family, to begin with, but the look in his eyes was very tender that it made Itachi's heart speed up even more.
"Naruto I can take those documents for you if you want me to," Sasuke said feeling weird interrupting them but he wanted to also give them space.
"No it's fine I will take them still," Naruto said as he gestured for them both to follow him.
That was the first time Itachi even noticed his brother was there.
"What are you doing here?" Itachi asked the blush completely gone.
"He was here to talk to me," Naruto said pulling Itachi along with him as Sasuke followed behind them. "I will be back forward all of my calls to my cell phone," Naruto said to his secretary as he was coming back.
"Yes sir," he said and continued to his desk.
"Why do you have a man as a secretary?" Itachi asked curiously.
"Because he's a good worker and..." Naruto was stopped by Sasuke.
"Because the other one was a woman who messed up on the job too much and hit on Naruto every chance she got," Sasuke said.
"Well, it's good she's not here then," Itachi said a hint of irritation in his voice.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and couldn't help but chuckle.
"What?" Itachi asked and they both laughed some more as they got into the elevator.
"Itachi you don't have to worry so much I won't ever have a relationship with one of my employees and not only that but I am faithful," Naruto said with a smile as he covered his mouth in his hand as he still held Itachi's hand.
"I wasn't jealous," Itachi said figuring out what they were both thinking.
They both started to laugh harder and Naruto was bending over trying to control his laughter.
"Yes, you were brother," Sasuke said in a fit of laughter.
"Shut up you two," Itachi said getting rather annoyed.
"It's cute," Naruto said kissing Itachi on his cheek but still as he had small chuckles.
Itachi was shocked by the sudden kiss and he felt a gasp come out and his chest tighten. He has never been so comfortable with someone before and he just wished he could describe this feeling to someone.
The three of them got in Naruto's car and went to lunch together after he dropped off documents. They talked about how they were all going to be by the Uchiha household this weekend to spend some time with Mikoto and Fugaku.
Naruto was smiling as he went back to work and he couldn't help but feel a little lighter now that he spent some time with the two. He felt like he could do the work he was supposed to be doing.
At the end of the week, Naruto was in Sasuke's living room waiting for Sasuke to be ready to go to his parents' house as Itachi came in the house but didn't notice Naruto sitting on the couch.
"Little brother I have something to say to you," Itachi said sounding urgent.
"What is it?" Sasuke asked.
"About those questions, you asked me," Itachi said.
"Ah... those why don't you tell me..." Sasuke couldn't finish his sentence and glanced at Naruto without his brother even noticing.
"I have the answers. You asked me a week ago what I felt when I looked at Naruto and I have two answers well more like four," Itachi said nodding his head to the side and Sasuke wanted to stop his brother but he wasn't listening to him.
"I feel at ease and calm but at the same time, I feel passion and excitement. He has the ability to evoke emotions I never even knew existed in me. When he looks at me, I feel like he sees the real me and cares about me despite my flaws. Now when I spend time with him, he makes me feel like I'm the only person in the world. I want to tell our parents so badly that we're together because I want them to understand the change, he has brought to me and the fact that I really care about him. My heart when I'm around him sometimes freezes but at the same time will speed up when I least expect it. He has the ability to take my breath away. If all of this is love then yes, I love Naruto and I never want to let him go for anyone or anything," Itachi said panting a bit because he was out of breath.
Sasuke hands his head in his hand because he was glad that his brother knew the answers to the questions but he doesn't think he was ready to tell Naruto which was already too late considering he said it all in front of Naruto.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Itachi asked confused.
"Look behind you," Sasuke said gently.
Itachi turned quickly.
"Why didn't you just say all that to me?" Naruto asked with a smile both Uchiha have never seen before.
It was warm and filled with love that Sasuke is sure he has been hiding for this very moment.
"You could have told me all of that," Naruto said the smile never leaving his face.
Itachi's heart was beating a million miles a minute and he wasn't sure what to do.
"Does this mean I should confess now?" Naruto asked as he glanced at Sasuke asking for privacy.
Sasuke got the picture and walked toward the door.
"Please lock my door and meet me in the car," Sasuke said and left the house.
"Do you really feel that way?" Naruto asked the smile still on his face and the warmth still in his eyes as he approached Itachi.
Itachi couldn't help but nod his head.
"Well then I should tell you how I feel about you can you take that?" Naruto asked.
Itachi looked scared but he nodded again because he really wanted to know what he felt.
"Why do you look so scared?" Naruto asked in a small but gentle tone.
"I don't know what you're going to say," Itachi said softly not at all confident the way he spoke before.
"No need to be scared," Naruto said pulling him to sit on the couch.
Itachi was so scared that he became fidgety.
"Itachi relax," Naruto whispered. "To put it simply I love you. I love your goofy smile when you get excited about something. My heart is always fast and unbalanced when your around because you do things that shock me sometimes. When you get jealous, I find it endearing and when you want to control me, I find it sweet. I find when you do your job as the dominant boss very exciting because it shows me that you're a grown man who can control a room. Then when it comes to you understanding your own feelings or someone else's it may take you a while because you're so analytical that I find it cute. When I look at you, I can't help but want to kiss you and embrace you as much as I can. I find myself constantly wanting to touch you. I love seeing the blush that appears on your face when you get nervous or I make you embarrassed. You make me want to fall in love again even before I fell in love with you. You're the epitome of what I dreamed of and more," Naruto said his voice getting softer as he spoke until it was just a whisper but Itachi heard it all.
"You love me?" Itachi asked like he didn't just hear it out of Naruto's mouth.
"For a while now," Naruto said softly not looking at Itachi as he felt blush on his face.
Itachi felt like the whole world stopped and he moved forward pulling Naruto to him and kissed him passionately.
"I won't let you go," Itachi said as he pulled away.
"Hah... like you would have either way," Naruto said with a smirk on his face.
"Your damn right," Itachi said with a smirk right back at him.
"I saw you in business deals so you would have got me one way or another," Naruto said and Itachi chuckled at him.
"We should get going now," Itachi said.
"Yeah, we should," Naruto said.
"So, can we tell my parents now?" Itachi asked.
"We will still wait for the rest of the month to bring it up," Naruto said.
"Why?" Itachi asked sighing exasperatedly at Naruto.
"Because it's not the right time," Naruto said softly as he caressed Itachi's palm.
"Fine," Itachi said letting it go because he already got something he really wanted from Naruto. "Naruto," Itachi whispered as Naruto was locking Sasuke's door.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"I love you," Itachi said and Naruto gasped shocked.
Itachi took a deep breath and those three words never felt so good coming out of his mouth for anyone else in his life outside of his family.
"I love you," Naruto said back as he turned around but there was a blush on his face.
Itachi couldn't help but blush about it right along with him.
"COME ON YOU TWO LOVEBIRDS!" Sasuke screamed at them ruining the moment.
They both went to grab the other's hand at the same time as they walked to the car. Naruto got in the driver's seat and started the car as Sasuke sat in the back and Itachi sat next to Naruto in the front seat holding his hand. Neither of them noticed the small smile that appeared on Sasuke's face.
'Finally,' Sasuke said in his head.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, he made eye contact with Naruto who had a knowing smile on his face and Sasuke gave him a small nod telling him he was happy for him.
'It was going to be interesting for the holidays that's for sure,' Sasuke thought to himself as he got comfortable.
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So they FINALLY ADMITTED TO THEIR FEELINGS! All I can say is finally. Now there are going to be a few more chapters with more of the humps of their relationship such as intimacy, telling the parents how they feel, and Itachi being entirely too clingy sometimes for Naruto to take.