30kisses- Theme#8- our own world

Candy Coated Drugs

Part XI

Philosophy of an Innocent

Itachi sat against the window sill watching the rain fall. His mind wondered to what choice he was going to have to make soon. Take Naruto home, or take him to Akatsuki. Neither choice looked too appealing to him. After all. He was starting to feel possesive of the blonde. He wanted to be a little selfish and keep Naruto all for himself. Not to be ridiculed by the stupid people in Konoha or abused for power by the Akatsuki. Itachi hadn't really had that feeling before, the need and want to be selfish. He figured that he somehow deserved to be a bit selfish now since his whole life things had been demanded of him. He was never Itachi, but the genius of the Uchiha clan. The power and greed that his whole family strived to have save one. He wanted to think though, that now, with Naruto he had some chance at redemption.

"Nee... Itachi-rin..." the addressed Uchiha turned to Naruto inquisitively at the suffix, "Whatcha thinking about?"

"The past... and the future, for once." He drew off and went back to staring into the grey.

Naruto smiled and joined Itachi at the window snuggling up into his side. "I'm thinking about my way." He grinned in the fox manner and continued, "If it was my place, I'd be hokage and be able to protect the village from harm. You wouldn't have killed your family and Sasuke would be my best friend and not be gone. Also I'd have a family of some sort and maybe someone to love." He paused to curl into Itachi more. "Maybe someone older that would help me get better. He'd have to be good-looking too...and kind." Naruto's smile softened. "Maybe someone like you would still be after me in my world. What about you? What would your world be like?"

Itachi contemplated the question. No one had ever asked him such a thing. No one had ever really considered what he'd wanted. He turned his attention from his contemplation of the rain to the still innocent blonde in his lap. Naruto had swiftly become what Itachi wanted. He never thought much of himself just that he existed and did what his abilities allowed. He was never led to believe otherwise. Importance was stressed on his skills and that he'd be worthless without them, but the fox-boy had some how thrown a kink into his thinking by showing consideration to him, even knowing his past. It was in a sense the first time anyone had shown real compassion to him.

"That's an idealistic world Naruto, but I'll humor you." He drew the blonde closer and kissed him. "In my world, there's only you."

A/N: These are drabbles from the 30_kisses community on live journal. I wrote these quite a while back, but never got around to posting them. They are meant to be a short snippet of a longer story. I hope you enjoy them. EVen though I'm no longer active in the community, I do plan on finishing out the themes.

Also, if you happen to be one of my readers for Marked or Scrap, just know that I have nice Christmas present for you in updates on both in the next couple of weeks. SOrry guys, gotta finish finals first and then They will be posted.