Well, this is awkward, let's break the Ice.

It was quiet, too quiet and there was an absence of an overly emotional blonde; by now Naruto should be clinging to him so much he would have felt a strange growth by his side and that's how he usually woke up, that's how he expected to wake up. But there was no one by his side, he ignored the pang of sadness because of the lack of Naruto by his side and flung his legs over the bed and on to the floor, then stood up, soft almost pinkish light coming from the bedroom window indicated it was early morning, he usually woke up early but never this early.

He needs to check up on Shino he decides and enters the bathroom; while taking off his clothes and then stepping in shower he thinks about last night, how they have almost gotten killed and bemoaned the fact that now it would be impossible for him to get out of the Uchiha house now, he had already taken the week off but there was so much Shikamaru can tolerate before he has to answer to the director and Kiba can't risk taking advantage of they guy at the rate of his own job and as well as endangering Shikamaru's for being so lenient on him.

"I'll talk to Naruto today."He told himself sternly, more confident then he really felt because Naruto could enjoy the the benefits of his boyfriend being best friends with his boss but Kiba himself couldn't enjoy such perks, he might not like his job all that much but it paid the bills, for a long time while Naruto was in slump it paid both of their bills, he couldn't just not go anymore, he washed himself dazed then turned off the water and walked out in the towel only to nearly shit himself.

"Yo."

Kiba screamed.

Naruto bolted up from where he was sleeping besides his boyfriend, who is trying to become one with him by attaching himself to Naruto like an octopus,"It's Kiba!"his heart was in his throat as he and Sasuke ran towards Itachi's room and saw Itachi also running out from the guest room he was occupying.

When they opened the door they saw Kakashi lounging on the bed smiling a fake smile while Kiba kept screaming while clutching at the towel around his waist trying to preserve some modestly like a young virginal maiden.

"What's going on?" Naruto demanded as they stepped inside.

"I just greeted him and he started screaming for no reason."Kakashi told him over Kiba's screaming.

Naruto stepped closer to his best friend and slapped him and Kiba abruptly stopped.

"Who that fuck are you?" Kiba demanded and Sasuke chuckled and turned to Itachi and frowned when he saw that his brother was frozen stiff,"Itachi?"

"What?" The man in question snapped at him Sasuke frowned, it was like the time he had showed their mom all of Itachi's adult magazines as a retaliation; after Itachi put a spider on his bed. He looked like he was caught doing something he shouldn't have been and then the younger Uchiha realized the semi-nude state of his boyfriends' best friend.

The young raven raised his very judgemental eyebrows at his brother who ignored him and went towards Kiba,"Are you alright?"

"Huh?"Kiba asked dumbly before he nodded,"Yeah, who is that?"

"That's Chief Inspector Kakashi, he's a family friend."

"Okay, why is he in my room?"

"It's my room,"Itachi reminded him and Kiba blinked and looked around, it was indeed Itachi's room, but he remembered falling asleep in his own room with Naruto,"I carried you hear so you can sleep undisturbed while we discussed something with Naruto."

Oh.

"Oh."Kiba's mouth formed an 'o' shape as he seemed embarrassed and turned sheepishly at Kakashi, his cheeks pink,"Sorry, I've been jumpy since-"

"Understandable."The man smiled, or at least it looked that way but he couldn't be sure with mask,"I should have knocked but I wanted to talk to you before I got started with the case."

"Okay, just lemme' change, alright?"Kiba looked sheepish and then remembered it was Itachi's room and turned to Itachi little embarrassed,"Help a bro out will you 'tachi, lend' me some clothes?"

Itachi's face heated up as he opened the door leading to his wardrobe and turned to Kiba, his expression impenetrable,"Follow me."

"Aren't they cute?"Kakashi cooed and Sasuke's face scrunched up because he couldn't associate words like cute with anything to do with Itachi. While Naruto looked thoughtful as he regarded the place Kiba and Itachi had earlier occupied.

"Babe?"

"Nothing,"Naruto shook his head and gave his boyfriend a smile who frowned but didn't question him, but when towards him and warped his arms around Naruto who in turn gave Sasuke's waist a squeeze,"Somehow, I keep thinking how Kiba keeps getting shafted in our friendship, there is just so much shit he has dealt with while being my best friend, I don't know why he doesn't just give up on me."

"Don't say that,"Sasuke commanded and Naruto blinks,"If it were the other way around would you stop being friends with him?"

"No!"Naruto says appalled because he couldn't imagine leaving Kiba by choice,"I love him. He-he's my home."

"Naruto."

"Not that I don't love you or anything,"Naruto hurriedly assured Sasuke,"I just- when things were rough, when there was a time I couldn't go nowhere' had nobody to turn to, he was there, he's always there. I don't need protection but it's nice to know that someone has my back, that someone will always be in my corner."

"I know,"Sasuke says softly,"And I think he does too, someday he's going to need your help, be there for him then and even he doesn't, just be there, I don't think he cares if you are of use to him or not, babe, that's not how it works, he loves you just as much, isn't that enough?"

Naruto smiled a watery smiled,"Since when you are so insightful? It's creepy."

"I think you mean sexy."

"No, I don't."Naruto denied a little to quickly and Sasuke leaned in with a leering smirk.

"Oh?"

"Excuse me."Kakashi interrupted and Naruto blushed because he totally forgot he was even there,"I am still here."

"So?" Sasuke questioned confused and didn't move when Naruto tried to push him away embarrassed,"Go away."

"I need to talk to Inuzuka-kun."

Naruto groaned,"Don't call him that, his name is Kibbles."

Sasuke chuckled,"It might take some time for them to come out, Itachi's closet is quite large,"Sasuke paused then continued with a straight face,"You can say that their very deep in the closet."

Naruto blinked and then blinked a few times before he dissolved into giggles, Sasuke watched him a little smug while Kakashi rolled his eyes at the pun.

"Children,"He huffed amused,"all of you."

Kiba thought the last time he saw a closet that large it opened into Narnia, he couldn't belive it, the place was full with clothes, suits, cardigans, pants, shoes and was that a cabinet for-

"Is that for cufflinks?"Kiba asked as he pointed to the expensive looking show case displaying a variety of cufflinks.

"And tie pins,"Itachi confirmed from behind him,"The necklaces, earrings and bracelets are on the display over there."Itachi pointed somewhere to the left and Kiba's jaw dropped open.

"So you're a jewellery guy."

Itachi stiffened,"Does it both you?"

"No,"Kiba shrugged,"Just wondered how you look in them, you didn't wear any at that Orochimaru party so I was just curious."Kiba told him as he moved to search clothes that would be more casual.

He failed to noticed that Itachi had paused behind him and wasn't following him, but gaze seem to focus intently on Kiba,"Does it not bother you?" It might, it does bother some people who already think Itachi to be well, delicate and beautiful so not wearing it at the party was deliberate choice, he didn't want to be judged for his tastes.

No, it was a lie, he frankly didn't give a fuck if he was judged for it, but he didn't want to be judged by Kiba, he frowned frustrated, he has never in his life cared if people thought of him as feminin or delicate, it makes easier and more satisfying for him, when watches them fall at his feet for underestimating him. Disarming them with his looks and then savagely taking his sweet revenge, he's more like his mother in that regard.

"Well,"Kiba scratched the back of his head and Itachi felt his heart drop, if Kiba doesn't-"I think you'd look, cool in them, I-I mean it probably suit ya'. I kinda wanna see you in them. I think it's a pity you didn't wear them yesterday."

Kiba blushed and turned to the section of clothes that were labeled as casual, damn they needed to build signs for this place, he half turned back and called,"Hey, 'tachi, is it cool that I borrow something from 'ere?"

Kiba froze when he felt Itachi stop just behind him, he was close, too close and Kiba could feel the heat of his body as goosebumps rose over his neck as Itachi leaned in to whisper in his ear his tone husky,"You can have whatever you like."

Kiba swore he could hear his heart beat in the silence of the room, he had in one hand clutching to the towel around his waist like a lifeline as the other trembled as it moved towards a random t shirt, the closest he could reach, he looked for some pants and shit he needed an underwear too!

And Itachi has not moved an inch from behind him he could feel those red eyes on him,"'Tachi, I need to change co-could you lend me a pair of underpants or ask Naruto to get mine?"

He saw Itachi's hand coming from behind him and he withheld a squeak when Itachi's body pressed to him, his front against his back as the raven reached for the drawer and there were packs of unopened underpants,"Here."

"Where can I change?"

Itachi seem to pause and think, he thinks about it for a solid minute before he sighs and gestures to the door,"Follow me."

Kiba follows him and can't help but think that something is happening and like always he has no clue what.

Naruto watches as Kiba enters in casual but expensive looking clothes, damn even their casual looked like something out of brochure and while him and Kiba prefered to buy cheap clothes from sales, which at first was a money saving habit but later became something they prefered to do, some monthly sales became their tradition, the seller knew their names gave them more discounts than other customers, or so they say. They buy formals from malls but prefer their pajamas and casuals from a sale or thrift stores.

"Good, you're here,"Kakashi smiles or at least it seems like it,"Kiba-kun, does the name Shion seem familiar to you?"

Kiba froze and Itachi stood besides him concerned and Naruto shared a look with Sasuke,"Yeah, I do. Why?"

"Well, new things have come into light, that this might be stalker."Kakashi told him and Kiba paled.

"Ca- I still have her dad's number,"Kiba confessed as everyone looked at him surprised,"He was helpful last time, so when he came to apologise Naruto went out to get me some ice chips, I asked him for his number, incase she pulled something again."

"Kiba."Naruto said softly,"Why did you keep his number man, it's been years."

"I go-got some vibes from her, bad vibes, same ones when you dated that douche bag in high school."

Naruto actually dated quite a few douchebags in high school and ended up getting heartbroken quite a few times. Sasuke seem to growl like he was going to hunt his past affairs like they still stood a chance at Naruto's heart.

"It was worse, I actually thought she gave up quite easily, so I didn't believe that his father might be able to keep her away from you, so I asked for his number incase she bothered us again."

"I love you."Naruto told him adoringly and Kiba smirked at him.

"Course' you do."

"That actually makes our job easier,"Kakashi admits and Kiba passes his phone to him,"Here is his number."

Kakashi decided he would take the call, he pressed dial and brought the phone to his ear as it rang and then it was picked up,"Hello sir, this Chief Inspector Hatake, I would like to ask some questions if it's alright?"

They watched as Kakashi seem to receive some sort of confirmation and then he continues,"I want to ask if your daughter was here, in town, by any chance."

Kakashi's eyes seem to widen as the hears the response,"Okay, I am sorry. Sorry to disturb you ."

As he ends the call he looks up at Kiba and then turns his eyes to Naruto his face grim.

"Is she here?"

Kakashi shook his head,"I-I don't know, he doesn't know either."

"Why?"Naruto asks.

"Shion Matsumoto disappeared from her University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about two years ago, she's still missiing."

Naruto didn't know why, it didn't make him feel relieved, quite the opposite it made him more frightened,"Oh god."

"I don't like this."Sasuke told Kakashi snappishly,"This doesn't feel right."

"Whatever it is, we won't get anything from the grieving parents,"Kakashi sighed,"I will get started on the case, Naruto-kun has already detailed me on the past history of Shion Matsumoto, is there anything you might feel relevant enough to share Kiba-kun?"

Kiba seem to think for a bit while Naruto spoke up suddenly,"Yeah there is something weird, during her-um fascination with me, I had a girlfriend, her name was Hinata, but she didn't go after her, actually she never did anything to harm Hinata, just Kiba."

Kiba remained silent because it was true,"She did seem to have something against me but not Hinata."

"Maybe she didn't believe you were that close to her?"Itachi suggested and Naruto nodded,"Well I never went all the way with Hinata, actually we hardly even kissed."

"True,"Kiba agreed,"He and I had more skinship than he and Hinata ever did, I even told everyone that his relationship with Hinata was a sham! But it was a joke, we are buddies since we were little of course there are practically no boundaries between us."

"How would she know that?" Sasuke asked,"How would she know that Hinata wasn't her romantic rival but Kiba was?"

"Oh God,"Naruto gasped,"Oh nonono."

"Babe?"Sasuke was immediately was clutching his boyfriend close to him,"Naruto you know something?"

"I took Kiba to Hokkaido, for my cousin Ino's wedding,"Naruto gasped,"I took him as my date."

Kiba was shaking his head,"That's not possible Naru, we made it as a last minute decision, we didn't even knew for sure that we were gonna' go to 'er wedding since none of us had a date to bring, she couldn't have know Foxy, there's no way."

Itachi and Sasuke shared concerned glances with Kakashi who looked even more disturbed.

Naruto was quiet but he had a feeling that somehow she did know, that she was there somewhere,"I'll ask Ino-chan to send her wedding pictures and the ones we took too."

"It's in my laptop, I left it in my office."Kiba told him.

"Send the copies to me too."Kakashi told them as he stood up,"It's time to find out the truth."

Naruto buried his face in Sasuke's chest and breathed his musk to calm himself as Sasuke's arms went around him like a fortress, protecting him, guarding him, Sasuke's rich and deep voice echoing soft reassurance in his ears like some sort of invisible shield or protection.

"Oh this reminds me, I have to start work from tomorrow, so I have to go home."

The illusion of protection broke in an instant.

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