30kisses theme#24- Goodnight

Candy Coated Drugs

Part XIII

And thus he dreams

Itachi was used to dreamless nights as he never slept deeply. It was a defense mechanism he guessed so he never questioned why he never dreamed. And if he did dream he never remembered, but since he had a razor sharp memory he just figured he never dreamed. There were nights now of late though, nights where he spent dreaming about the future and things that in the back of his mind scared him. In his visions he saw Naruto, it was always Naruto, but not Naruto the boy. It was Naruto the man, a great man. He wondered at first why dreams of Naruto's greatness gave him such an unsettling feeling. But then as the occurred more and more he realized it was because he was stifling a goal that Naruto put his whole life into. He had forced Naruto into a life on the run and that was unforgivable in his own eyes.

That night Itachi lay awake staring down at the teenage boy beside him. The energetic boy that shared his bed each night and loved him despite knowing his past. Itachi felt sad for the first time since he was a child. Itachi had Naruto for nearly a year on the run. He sighed as he ran a hand over the boy's bare arm. He was going to have to take him home and let him live out his dreams.

Naruto turned over at the small touch and blinked his eyes open. "Why are you awake Ita..?" His phrase was cut off by a yawn. He stretched a little then wrapped his arms around Itachi's bare torso. "You need to sleep too you know. Can't always be thinking and looking out for things."

Itachi leaned down and brushed a kiss over Naruto's sungold tresses. "Don't worry about it. Go back to sleep and rest for tomorrow. I'm sure sleep will come to me soon."

Naruto nodded and settled back down curling close to Itachi. Itachi sighed quietly and watched the boy slip back into his dream world. He ventured on thoughts of the past. If he had never been sent out to capture the fox demon then this predicament would have never happened. He didn't want to say he regretted the sudden decision, but it definitely had some effects that he did not expect and was not happy with now. The fox-boy had some how made him recall all those emotions he had long lost as a child. How ironic that a demon would make him feel love, or at least what he thought love felt like. He had wondered how his plan had backfired on him and now he was the one being seduced, falling prey to the innocence of Naruto's complete being. Itachi did have to smile at that thought before he too settled down to sleep.

"Good night kit." He whisped against Naruto's ear before kissing it. With that action he drifted into a world where only Naruto existed.

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.