A/N:

Guest: Hey actually, I was thinking about that. But it would be a little slow..since Sasuke's forced enhancements would get in the way. But you're not too far off of what I was planning haha.

blue-indigo-girl: I could actually heard him say "fish" in my head too. It was one of the cuter moments that I actually enjoyed typing.

Holly: I will make sure I will have Naruto express his love to the max for Sasuke. Maybe then you can forgive him for being such an ass to Sasuke before (or maybe not). And Itachi and Kurama?! Secret. But Itachi will get an education. He's still trying to practice for Sasuke with his piano lessons from Kyuubi (I'm just so used to saying Kyuubi), so he himself put his education on hold so he could present a song to Sasuke first.

lolgurl: Yes! I will definitely write more NaruSasu hybrid stories. Now with humour and romance? I'll take that into consideration. I just have a bunch of other stories I have lined up. This story alone took me like over half a year to just get me up to this point (cause I'm so damn slow), but if you're still with me, you'll see more hybrid stories in the future.

Hino1Hyuga: Of course I shall (hopefully).

Pri-Chan 1410: Hahah thank you. You've become a regular in saying that, love it.

So thank you all again. Just a random shoutout to those who I see comment and such regularly, or even just couple of times. Glad you seem to enjoy it and it really makes me happy. Kinda just brightens my day, seeing what you have to say. And of course I can't forget my other readers. Even though you don't comment, just knowing you followed/favourited is enough and I thank you for that.

Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

As promised, Sasuke got his fish, and Itachi was able to eat his sweets. The days went on as normal. Sasuke did his homework and studied with Iruka while Itachi continued to practice his piano with Kyuubi. Itachi tried making Sasuke exercise more, but Sasuke refused heavily.

It was only a couple more days until Naruto could regain his freedom and not spend most of his days at work. Naruto had come home one day, sneaking another gift for Sasuke from his pocket money.

"Hello Sasuke." Naruto brought his arm around Sasuke who was clinging on to him. "I got something for you."

Sasuke's ears perked and he noticed Naruto hiding something behind his back. He tried looking around Naruto, but he tsked.

"First, did you finish your homework?" He asked.

Sasuke nodded and smiled. He quickly ran upstairs and came back down showing Naruto his work.

"Good job." Naruto laughed. "You didn't have to show me though, I trust you."

Sasuke nodded and put his homework to the side.

"Here." Naruto tossed whatever was behind his back, to Sasuke.

Sasuke was startled at how big it was and managed to catch it.

It was a big bouncy ball.

Sasuke could barely wrap his arms around it. He looked unsure what to do with it.

"Here, you're supposed to bounce it around and stuff." Naruto felt weird trying to teach Sasuke how to play with a ball. But he knew if Sasuke liked it, then he would get more exercise.

Naruto showed Sasuke how it could bounce and then gave it back to Sasuke.

Sasuke held it in his hands and experimentally bounced it. He gasped at how high it went with no effort at all. He smiled and held it near his face.

"Thank you!" He looked at Naruto, still smiling.

"You're welcome Sasuke." Naruto was glad Sasuke seemed to like it.

Sasuke ran to find Itachi, showing him the ball he received. He showed him how it bounced and had Itachi try it.

Itachi already knew what it was, but he did so anyways. He smiled to Sasuke and gave the ball back.

"How about we play with it tomorrow?" Itachi suggested.

Sasuke nodded and went back to Naruto to spend more time with him.

They ate dinner together, and Sasuke ate his food fast so he could play with his ball. He put his plate in the sink and grabbed his ball.

"You're done already?" Itachi frowned.

Sasuke nodded and started to walk out of the kitchen with his ball.

"Otouto, wait for everyone to finish." Itachi said as he continued to eat.

Sasuke pouted as he held his ball. He placed it on the ground and started to lay on top of it. He idly rolled the little bit he could as he waited.

"Sasuke, sit properly." Itachi said again.

Sasuke pouted as he got up and slumped in his chair, crossing his arms.

Both Sasuke and Itachi had grown accustomed in sitting on the chairs in the kitchen. They removed the little table on the floor and both of them were able to comfortably sit on the chairs now.

By the time Naruto and Itachi had finished eating, it was already dark outside. Sasuke pouted even more when Naruto said he had to get ready for bed.

"Sasuke, you can play tomorrow. Okay?" Naruto rubbed Sasuke's head.

Sasuke sulked and nodded. He said goodnight to Naruto, kissing him on the lips. He then scampered off to Itachi's room since he had slept with Naruto yesterday. He brought the ball with him and he placed it on the floor in the room.

"Otouto, are you ready for bed?"

Sasuke nodded as he changed into pajama sweater.

"Did you brush?" Itachi knew he didn't.

Sasuke fidgeted before shaking his head. He already knew what to do and walked to the bathroom to go and brush his teeth.

When he came back, he plopped on the bed next to Itachi.

"Goodnight Sasuke." Itachi smiled, kissing Sasuke's forehead gently.

Sasuke made a small smile back and whispered a "goodnight" to Itachi.

They then pulled the covers over them and closed their eyes to sleep.

The next morning, Naruto had gone to work as usual. Sasuke pretty much had the whole day to himself. Iruka wasn't coming today, and he had already finished his homework.

Itachi was helping Sakura and the others doing chores around the house.

They had already eaten breakfast, and Sasuke was bored. He then grabbed his ball and started to bounce it around the house. He then started to bounce it gently on the wall, finding amusement in it.

Somehow he went from gentle, to a frenzied play. He was excitedly chasing and bouncing the ball around. The erratic way the ball bounced off the walls and other furniture made it even more exciting.

No one paid much attention to him until Sakura heard a crash. She went over to the sound and saw Sasuke innocently looking at a glass that had fallen and broke. She scolded him and kicked him out to play outside instead of in the house.

Sasuke held his ball as he stood outside. He looked back at the door wanting to go back, but he didn't want to get yelled at again. He tried playing by himself again, but it just wasn't the same. He walked passed the flowers, making sure he wouldn't hit them. He tried tossing it and kicking the ball, but he didn't find any fun in it at all. He then left the ball outside and quickly scampered back to the door.

He peeked inside, making sure not to run into Sakura. He then swiftly moved through the house to find Itachi. When he did, he gently pulled on Itachi's sleeve.

"Yes otouto?" Itachi asked. "What is it."

"C..can you play with me?" Sasuke hesitated. He knew Itachi was working, but he did promise Sasuke he would play with him.

Itachi looked down at his work and back at his brother. He smiled and put his things down. He went to the other maids and told them he was going to spend time with his brother and came back to Sasuke who looked at him, eyes glimmering with hope.

"Let's go otouto." Itachi held Sasuke's hand and lead him outside.

Sasuke smiled as they walked outside. He ran to the ball and tossed it to Itachi.

Itachi caught it with ease and threw it back to Sasuke who also caught it. Sasuke started to widen the distance between them and threw it again. They ran around, tossing the ball for quite some time.

Itachi didn't have any trouble at all, catching or throwing the ball, but Sasuke was starting to run out of breath. Despite that, Sasuke continued to throw and run after the ball due to his own pleasure. But Sasuke ended up collapsing to the ground from exhaustion.

"Sasuke!" Itachi ran over to him.

Sasuke turned over and gave a tired grin.

Itachi gave a relieved sigh.

"Do you want to go back in Sasuke?"

Sasuke shook his head. He wanted to play more. He got up and started to pick up his ball, but he was so tired, he ended up laying on his ball. He then started rocking back and forth on the ball. He accidentally moved too far and ended up flipping over on it.

Itachi laughed at his brother's clumsiness and helped him up. He carried Sasuke on his back and brought him in the shade, under a tree.

They laid on the grass together and took a break. Sasuke curled against Itachi and started to close his eyes.

Itachi figured Sasuke was going to take a nap, so he lent him his arm so Sasuke could rest his head on it. He loved the cool breeze that the wind created. He could hear the soft rustling of the leaves above him, and the little chirps from the birds in the sky.

When Sasuke woke up, he was energized and wanted to play again. He wasn't aware that he had slept for three hours, but Itachi did. Itachi didn't mind though. He took a light nap as well, and then spent the rest of the time admiring the nature around him.

They got up and Sasuke was once again running around, catching and throwing the ball. Itachi honestly had fun himself. He never really got the time to play with Sasuke like this, so it was a nice change in pace. They continued to bounce the ball around between each other. Sasuke was a little disappointed that the ball didn't bounce as much on the grass as it did in the house. They kicked the ball as well, seeing how high it could actually go.

Sasuke had a thoroughly amusing day. He became exhausted much quicker this time, deciding it was time to go back in.

"Done otouto?" Itachi watched Sasuke tire down, and slowly walk towards the door.

Sasuke nodded as he panted. He was sweating and it felt gross.

Itachi picked up the ball, leaving it closer to the house. He noticed Sasuke was lagging behind and turned to see Sasuke looking at the flowers.

"Otouto, let's go back in."

Sasuke looked up at Itachi, and gave him a look that was written all over his face that he wanted them.

"Is master okay with you picking the flowers?" Itachi wanted to make sure it wouldn't upset Naruto if Sasuke took some.

Sasuke nodded and went back to looking at the flowers.

"How about you pick some for yourself and master? I'll ask Sakura to find a vase for you and you can give some to master when he returns."

Sasuke's face lit up at the thought of giving flowers to Naruto. He then started to pick out the flowers he wanted for himself and Naruto. He was about to go back to Itachi, but he turned back and picked out one more.

"Done?" Itachi asked, smiling.

Sasuke nodded and thanked his brother for spending time with him.

Itachi told Sasuke that he'll do that anytime, and he patted Sasuke's head.

They went inside and Itachi asked Sakura for a vase, but then he got upset when he heard Sasuke broke a cup.

"Otouto, did you apologize?"

"I'm sorry.." Sasuke softly said.

Hell, Sakura couldn't even stay mad when she heard Sasuke's voice. He had been quiet majority of the time she's known him, so she couldn't help but think how cute it was.

"Just be careful next time okay?" Sakura said.

Sasuke nodded.

"Here, give me your flowers. I'll put them in the vase for you."

Sasuke handed Sakura half of the flowers.

"What about the others?" She asked.

"He wants to give them to master." Itachi spoke for Sasuke.

"Ooh I see." Sakura grinned, used to Itachi calling Naruto master.

Sakura knew about the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke. It just couldn't stay hidden between them and the maids since they saw each other everyday. Most of them accepted, others didn't care much, and some were hateful towards it, so they had left. It was better anyways to have the people who weren't so spiteful towards them in the household.

Sasuke blushed a little bit as he held the flowers.

"I'll wrap them nicely for you, how about that?" Sakura offered.

Sasuke looked up and nodded. He handed Sakura the rest of the flowers except one. He turned to Itachi and gently pushed it to his chest.

"Is this for me?" Itachi took the flower into his hand.

Sasuke nodded.

"For playing with me.." Sasuke whispered.

"Thank you otouto."

Sasuke nodded and hugged Itachi.

Sakura swore she was drowning in the cuteness Sasuke was oozing. He was just too innocent. She gave the vase full of flowers back to Sasuke and started to get nice paper to wrap the flowers for Naruto.

When she was done, she handed them to Sasuke.

He thanked her and started heading upstairs. His body was still tired from running so much, but since he had fun, he for some reason didn't feel that tired.

Itachi thanked Sakura as well who had given him a small vase for his single flower. He then followed Sasuke up the stairs. He quickly made a visit to his room and placed the flower near the window.

Itachi left the room to find Sasuke. He assumed he went to Naruto's room so he went there. He found Sasuke neatly putting his flowers in the middle of the kotatsu, trying to arrange the flowers to his liking.

"I think master may come home soon Sasuke. We were outside basically the whole day."

Sasuke's ears perked when he heard that. He didn't know he was out there for that long. And as if on cue, he heard the front door open.

Sasuke quickly got up, making sure to grab his flowers, and he ran down the stairs to greet Naruto.

Itachi slowly followed behind.

"Hey Sasuke." Naruto hugged Sasuke. "What do you have there?"

Sasuke presented the flowers with great happiness. He then gave them to Naruto with a big smile on his face.

"For me?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Thank you Sasuke." Naruto smiled gently.

Sasuke's ears fell. He felt something off from Naruto.

"What's wrong..?" Sasuke looked a little sad. Maybe Naruto didn't like the flowers he thought.

"I'm okay Sasuke." Naruto kissed Sasuke on the forehead and hugged him tightly. "Thank you for the flowers though." Naruto soon returned to his usual happy state.

This made Sasuke feel better and he hugged Naruto back.

Naruto and Itachi greeted each other and Naruto retreated to his room with Sasuke. He placed a folder and the flowers down on his nightstand and sighed as he sat on his bed.

Sasuke's ears twitched and he was a little hesitant to go near or talk to Naruto.

Naruto noticed this and hugged Sasuke.

"I'm sorry. I just didn't have a good day." Naruto mumbled into Sasuke's chest.

Sasuke nodded, even though it couldn't be seen by Naruto. He touched the blonde hair and hugged Naruto.

"Man, you really do make me feel better though." Naruto grinned a little and kissed Sasuke on the lips.

He brought Sasuke onto his lap.

"Did you have a good day?"

Sasuke nodded.

"I played with Itachi." Sasuke softly said.

"Oh? With the ball?"

Sasuke nodded again.

"That's good. You'll get more exercise that way." Naruto started to rub Sasuke's ear out of habit.

Sasuke started to purr slightly but was soon interrupted by Itachi calling them down for dinner. Sasuke's stomach grumbled loudly as he realized he didn't even eat lunch.

"Sounds like you're hungry." Naruto laughed. "Come on, let's go."

Naruto held Sasuke's hand as they went down the stairs to the kitchen.

"Did you put your flowers in a vase?" Sakura asked Naruto.

"Ah, no I didn't." Naruto mumbled. He guessed she had helped Sasuke wrap them since she knew about them.

"I'll get it..!" Sasuke softly declared before running back up the stairs. He wanted to be helpful since Naruto seemed to have a hard day today.

In the room he found the flowers sitting on top of the nightstand, but the folder underneath them caught his attention. It had pretty designed on it despite being one colour. He lightly touched it and felt small grooves where the designs were.

Curiosity got the better of him, and he opened the folder to see what was inside.

Inside he saw a picture of a girl and a bunch of words he didn't feel like reading. But what caught his attention the most, were big letters on the top.

Marriage?