Didn't you'd think you would get an alert so quick, huh? Ha ha! Thank you for the reviews, or PMs, on the story so far, I'm glad that you're liking it so far! I know that this story is a little slow (on the 3rd chapter still on a two day weekend) but I am trying to pick up the speed some, so please be patient. It kinda shocked me on how long this chapter is, and it's not even everything that I had planned to write from the outline too!
Oh, I want to thank a certain awesome lady dude -A Soulless Poet- for being my Beta and combing through this chapter; you can thank her for it to come out so quickly, I would have came around to it a couple of weeks after I had it all written out... curse laziness!
I hope you enjoy this story, as always!
The Promise: Chapter 3: A new Routine
Sunday, midmorning
Nearing ten in the morning, having eaten a little more than thirty minutes before, Itachi had found Sasuke's toys in the few boxes lined up in their new room; taking them out and scattering them around the living room, Itachi told Sai to make sure he doesn't leave the room while he unpacks their things. Pulling out boxes that are books and toys outside into the small hallway Itachi started to open the suitcases on the beds, pulling out the neatly folded clothes and placed them in the large dresser; half of the six drawer dresser belonging to Sai, the other half belonging to Sasuke. Arranging the clothes by thickness, he moved from Sai to Sasuke; the only interruption being when Sai called for his father from the mouth of the hallway, too afraid to walk over to the room with the boxes lined against the wall, that they were thirsty. Itachi went to the kitchen to see if there were drinks in the fridge or pouches of juice, when seeing that there weren't any, he hoped that Naruto had written it down on his list; 'Now that I think about it, the list was front and back…'
Going back to the fridge, where he saw half a carton of orange juice from this morning. Itachi pulled out a cup for Sai and asked for Sasuke's cup. Sai walked from the kitchen to a fussy Sasuke in the living room, and poured the juice in the waiting cups. Following Sai back to the living room, making sure that he put it on the end tables next to the TV that was playing a cartoon for Sasuke; Itachi called Sasuke over to him, smiling when he saw his child stand up quickly and running to him. Forgetting the cup, Sasuke hugged him like he didn't see him for hours and not half an hour!
"Here, Sasu-chan," Itachi said, handing the cup to him, Sasuke taking a big sip, his hands combing through the thick strands.
"Chichi," Itachi turned to Sai, looking like he wanted to join but held himself back; Itachi felt his chest go cold, seeing his son holding himself from throwing himself into his father's embrace, "Are you almost done?"
He held out his arm for Sai, motioning for the oldest to join him. "I need to bring out Sasuke's other toys and your books, why do you ask?"
Sai quickly walked into the embrace, laying his head on his father's shoulder, breathing in his father's scent, his body easing slowly; "Sleepy," he said into Itachi's neck, his arms trying to hug his father close to him.
Kissing him on the head, like he did earlier, Itachi whispered into this fluffy hair, "You can sleep on the couch, baby," Sasuke moved to Sai, resting his head on his back, rubbing his eyes, "Even Sasu-chan is sleepy." Sai yawned, "Come on, you can sleep in my room;" picking them up carefully and slowly, Itachi walked to his room, his back rubbing against the wall to his room due to the boxes on the ground. Thankful that he didn't close the door to his room, Itachi walked in, walking to the bed until his knees touched the edge and slowly lowered himself until they touched the bed before laying them down on it. When Itachi pulled away slowly to see that Sai was knocked out, Sasuke was half way there; Itachi smiled at the sleepy boy, tapping him on the nose.
"Daddy?" Sasuke moved his borrowed sippy cup away, rubbing his eye with his free hand.
"Yes, baby," Itachi moved Sai up onto the pillow, kissing him on the forehead.
"Mommy?" Itachi froze; his eyes wide when he turned to Sasuke who looked at him.
"Where's mommy?" he asked, Sasuke smiled, "Mommy isn't here."
"Mommy?" Sasuke asked again, tears forming around his *navy eyes.
Itachi cursed at the Uchiha genes, "Mommy is not coming back," Sasuke started to whimper, he loved his mother even when she made him cry. "But, Papa is coming back, Sasuke," Itachi hoped that Sasuke would soon forget her.
"Papa?" Itachi moved to Sasuke, grabbing the empty cup and placing it on the nightstand next to the bed, laying Sasuke in the middle of the bed, pulling Sai's arm over Sasuke to hold him in his sleep.
"Yes, Papa is coming back, not mommy," Itachi said slowly, bring up the blanket he used the night before and covered them. Kissing Sasuke on the forehead, Itachi sat on the bed, running his hand through Sasuke's hair; "Papa is going to be with us now, not mommy." Ten minutes later, when Sasuke stopped whimpering and fell asleep in his brother's grasp, Itachi walked out of the room after closing the curtains a bit –not wanting it too dark in the room, but not too bright either. Sighing, Itachi returned to the boys' room and finished pulling out their things; when coming out to the hallway to start bringing in the boxes one at a time, he noticed that the TV was still on. Walking to the living room, he changed the channel to the news unconsciously; he had forgotten that he finalized a divorce just two days ago, on a bright Friday afternoon.
"As you can see, we are waiting outside the Uchiha mansion, waiting for Uchiha Itachi to come out with both boys as they leave," said a female reporter.
"We have been waiting outside for two hours now, and still no sign of either Uchihas, sooner or later, they will appear and we will be here to show their reactions of the divorce that has been done just a few hours ago," says a confident male reporter.
"Oh! I see someone coming out," says the female reporter, "its Uchiha Madara!" She quickly fully turns to the gate, waving her hand to catch the Uchiha's attention; wearing a slick looking suit, with matching midnight black pants and glossy shoes. Uchiha Madara walked towards the gate with his signature black cane with the family crest sitting on the handle. "Uchiha-sama," she breathes, "is it true that your nephew, Uchiha Itachi, has had a divorce from his wife –Uchiha Ino– after five years? How do you feel about this?"
Just by looking at the man's face, the reporters could already tell that something was up, the Uchihas always had something under their sleeves; "Ah, I see that the grass that my family and I love is starting to die under your feet," he man tsked, "you're even ruining our little family reunion."
"Uchiha-sama," a male reporter moved next to the women, giving a little shove, "what will happen to the boys? Is there another women on the side, is she going to take the place of Uchiha Ino-"
Madara raised his hand, stopping the man from continuing, "That woman has been removed from the Uchiha family tree, she will no longer be referred to as Uchiha, so please take that out of your small memory of Uchiha Ino." Giving a cold smile towards the man; he turned to the cameras his eyes softening, "My beloved nephew is returning to the one that he called his other half, significant other, whatever you wish to call it," he rolled his hand that was free from the cane, "and I hope that he will be given the peace that he has desired for so long."
"Uchiha-sama-"
"Plus, my nephew has already left," it grew quiet, causing a smirk to grow on his lips, "Itachi left two days ago, the divorce was two days ago-"
The female reporter cut him off, "I don't understand! The conference from today-"
"Was not a lie," Madara glared at the women, causing her to step back, "it was a simple delay to keep you fools away from him as he left." With that said, he gave a small smile into the camera before walking back to the mansion, whistling a tune as the reporters stood shocked at the gate.
Itachi smirked at his uncle from Naruto's living room, the one person who wished him to be his own person –like Naruto did. Turning the TV off, he returned back to the room, feeling better now that his uncle was behind him all the way now.
Being thankful that he lived on the third floor instead of the sixth, he would think at times like this, was good! Carrying as many bags as he can, Naruto stumbled up the stairs, tripping here and there or over estimating the step. If anyone thought that someone who has lived here for years could remember going up and down the stairs like the back of their hand, they wouldn't have a problem, they haven't met Uzumaki Naruto. Sighing with relief when he reached his floor, Naruto slowly set the paper bags down on the ground just outside the door he searched for his house keys, not seeing the curtains move in the window a foot from the door. Finding the key, a smile on his face, Naruto put it in the key slot when the door opened to a smirking raven; "Ah," Naruto said slowly, his face turning red, "hi!"
"Baka, what are you doing?" Itachi bent down and grabbed the bags from the floor and brought them in, placing them on the table.
Naruto stared, part of his mind coming up with an excuse the other half having bad thoughts on Itachi's skin that wasn't covered by his jeans. "Ummm," hearing Itachi snicker snapped him out of it, "I forgot you were here, Teme!" Naruto crossed his arms.
Itachi nodded, looking convinced, "Of course, Naruto," said blond huffed, "where's the rest of the stuff?"
Naruto jumped a bit, "In the car, I'll be right back!" Naruto ran back down the stairs, his hand on the rail so he wouldn't fall too hard –the stairs had it out for him; coming back up the stairs he noticed that his neighbor Hinata was out watering her plants. "Hinata-chan!" poor girl jumped in the air at the sudden shout, her light purple eyes brightened at the sight of her neighbor.
"Uzumaki-san," she bowed, a smile growing on her angel-like face, "how are you?"
Naruto sighed and shook his head dramatically, "If you prefer to confuse me with my brothers then call me 'Uzumaki-san', Hina-chan!" the grown man pouted, causing a giggle from the women.
"Gomen, Naruto-san," she covered her mouth, trying to stop the laughter.
Naruto smiled, "I guess that'll be the closest I can get out of you, huh?" he shrugged his shoulders, "Ah well, I've been fine, a little busy the last day or so." He walked over to her, having forgotten about the waiting Uchiha in his apartment behind him. "You?"
Continuing to water her plants beside her, "I'm going to be watching my niece, Hanabi for the week, Neji-nii is going to a company meeting until next week."
Naruto sent her a wistful smile, he knew that this Neji was never easy on her but was the closest thing she had to an actual family; "I'm sorry, but you and Hanabi are close, right?" Hinata nodded, a small smile on her face, "Well, you can take her out to the park or movies or doing something really cool!"
Hinata turned to Naruto, pale eyes smiling, "There is this movie I heard she wanted to see coming out this week…"
Naruto nodded, "Yeah, I bet she'll like it! See, you can be the best *Oba for her!" Naruto cheered her on.
"Naruto," both turned to see a tall raven waiting outside Naruto's door, his eyebrow raised; when seeing Hinata, Itachi nodded her way, "Hinata-san." Jumping at her name, she bowed, returning the greeting; "if you need help you could've asked, Dobe."
Naruto gasped and started stomping his foot, glaring towards Itachi who smirked at the reaction; Hinata looked between the two, it was as if Itachi never left, 'Why is he here? Why is he in Naruto-san's home?'
"I'll talk to you later, eh, Hina-chan?" Naruto continued to glare at the man before turning to her, smiling, "We'll have dinner again, sometime this week or next week, yeah?" Having her nod for yes, Naruto jogged back to his apartment, sticking his tongue out at the raven before shoving the bags at him. When Naruto ran back to the stairs, he waved before disappearing; Hinata looked towards his apartment and saw a little boy walking out rubbing his eye –as if momentarily blinded by the sun –before walking back into the apartment when he was called.
"Sasuke, come back inside!"
A few minutes after Itachi put the flat box under his bed with the rest, suitcases along the wall in his room, he met a sleepy Sasuke when he walked out of the rest room, having finally taken a shower; "Hi, there," Itachi bent down to check his diaper, "I'm sure you ate food, Sasu-chan," Itachi sighed. Picking up the boy in his arms, being careful not to squeeze the diaper and placed him on his own bed, "I think there's one more," Itachi prayed that there was one more diaper, guessing the rest were somewhere in his previous house.
"Daddy?"
"Hold on," Itachi sighed, his hand feeling the diaper underneath his bottles, "I found one!" he huffed, waving it around proudly. "Let's change you…" Itachi shook his head, "no, you need a bath first." Turning to the dresser, Itachi pulled out a set of clothes consisting of a dark blue t-shirt and white shorts; picking up the baby once more in his arms. He made his way for the restroom and closed the door. Stripping the baby of his clothes and heavy filled diaper, Itachi started to fill the tub and placed Sasuke into the tub, slapping at the water flowing down from the tap. Quickly, Itachi left the room to grab a plastic bag for Sasuke's diaper before throwing it in the trashcan in the bathroom.
When he came back Sasuke looked up and smiled, "Daddy!" tossing the bag, Itachi settled down on the side of the tube, stopping the water when it was half way up Sasuke and grabbed his soap, and started to clean the baby.
Twenty minutes and two hate filled screams later, Itachi walked out with a sparkling clean Sasuke who giggled nearly every second, showing his father that he was clean. Itachi sat the boy on the couch, turning on the TV when a shadow passed by the window. Itachi got up from the couch, telling Sasuke to stay where he was, and went to the door when he heard a sigh before a key going into the slot. Smirking, Itachi shook his head and opened the door, surprising a certain blond.
When Naruto walked in with the last bag, Itachi has already started pulling the groceries out of the bags; in his hand, at the moment, "What's this?" he looks at Naruto with a straight face, but had a confused look in the eyes.
Naruto closed the door behind him, locking it, before walking over to the table placing the last bag down before looking at Itachi; "Plastic chopsticks…" Naruto said slowly, "I thought you could read…?" Naruto taunted, giving his playful smirk when Itachi glared.
"I know that," he said slowly, "I mean why is this here, Naruto?"
"Oh, well you should have asked that!" Naruto clapped, "'Cause they look cool, duh," he answered as if it were completely obvious! Feeling tugging on his pants, Naruto looks down to see a mini-Itachi looking at him with his arms up to pick him up. "Aw, look at you!" Naruto cooed, picking him up. Naruto pushed his own cheek to the little chubby one, "Wook awt you!"
Two things had occurred to Itachi at that moment: one being that his chest warmed at the amount of acceptance Naruto was showing to Sasuke, the second being the amount of blood that flew south at the sight of him cooing his child –if Naruto had been a female, then this would be a great reason to have another child. Sadly, the blood stopped in its tracks at the word that came from Sasuke's mouth; "Mommy!"
Naruto blinked and pulled away, blinking rapidly at the child in his arms –noticing that his hair shined in a straight line here and there before disappearing when the boy moved; "Mommy?" Naruto looked to Itachi who looked frozen, "I'm not mommy," Naruto tried to laugh it off, "umm I'm-"
"Papa," Naruto froze when he spoke, Sasuke turned to Itachi, head tilted to the side, "this is Papa, Sasuke. Say it with Daddy," Itachi held a serious face, his finger lying on Sasuke's nose, "Pa-pa, Pa-pa."
"Pa-pa?" Sasuke scrunched up his eyebrows, "Papa?" Itachi smiled –shocking Naruto –and
nodded, "Papa!" Itachi pointed to Naruto, "Papa!" Sasuke giggled, jumping in Naruto's grasp, a smile on his face.
"Umm, yeah," Naruto said softly, "I'm Papa, Sasu!" Naruto quickly recovered, smiling at the baby in his arms; Sasuke, after understand as much as he can for one as young as him –even with Uchiha genes, looked to the floor then back at the bright blue eyes that showed love and not hate. "You want down?" showing that he understood, Sasuke started to jump in Naruto's grasp, pointing to the ground, "Ok, ok, little guy." Naruto laughed, placing him slowly on the ground before releasing him; watching Sasuke run off to the living room and to the set of toys, Naruto turned to Itachi who was sending him a thankful smile. "What?"
Itachi waved it off, "Nothing," Naruto sent a skeptical look before continuing to unpack the bags.
"Um," Naruto sighed, looking at Itachi from under his bangs, "since you're going to be living here, I guess we should um," he coughed into his hand, Itachi smirking at the awkwardness the blond was creating, "we should catch up on things that have happened since we last saw each other…"
Itachi didn't like the pain that rang from Naruto's voice towards the end of his sentence; closing his eyes, he remembered what he was told when he called a certain red head for an update on Naruto. "When I came back from the 'honeymoon', I was given half of the company under my father; 'to get used to the work load' he told me when I asked," Itachi shook his head, nearly rolling his eyes like he did at that moment, Naruto smiling. "A year later, father started to have heart problems, I took over the company after that; I had thought that it would be temporarily, imagine the shock that I had when he signed me as the new CEO as soon as he got out of the hospital. Sai had just been born right after that, he kept me anchored to my sanity."
"You really didn't like her, did you?" Naruto moved to the kitchen, his arms full of cold goods that were laid on the counter next to the fridge.
"No," Itachi folded the last paper bag, stacking them neatly on the side of the table that wasn't used in the morning, "she pulled me away from you…" 'Even though it was mainly my fault it happened,' Itachi turned to the kitchen, seeing Naruto staring at him with confusion as he stopped in the middle of restocking the fridge. After a moment or two, Naruto sighed and continued what he was doing; "Anything change with you?"
Closing the door, Naruto looked around the room as he walked to the table, grabbing some more of the food and turned back to the kitchen, placing them in their correct places. "Um, nothing special," he forced a laugh, "well, I did get a job at Sannin, working as a leading manager!" He turned to Itachi, seeing a raised eyebrow and...was that pride shining in his eyes?
"Congratulations," Itachi said, a smile peeking from his thin lips, "I'll make lunch as a late celebration and as a thank you."
Naruto gasped, eyes wide open, "You'll cook?" he nearly shouted, forcing himself to keep his feet on the floor, his mouth watered, remembering the taste of Itachi's cooking.
"Yes," the raven chuckled, "I'll cook," his midnight eyes lighting up at the amount of joy on Naruto's face; "Did anything else happen?" he wished he could take back the words, watching the joy wash off Naruto's face.
"Well," the blond sighed, "since you told me that you were married and now single, I guess it's only fair that I tell you that I did have two other relationships, both ended badly. We either moved too fast, he didn't like my family or was too lazy to something other than sleep," Itachi nodded slowly, "why did you leave like that anyway?" Naruto whispered.
Moving around the island quickly, Itachi pulled Naruto in his arms, resting his head on Naruto's shoulder; Naruto barely able to looked above Itachi's shoulder without standing on the tips of his toes, that didn't matter at the moment, everything was starting to blur. "I did not want to leave, Naruto," Itachi whispered, "I did not want to, an Uchiha never goes back on his word. The night I left, I made love to you, once more. I made sure that I would remember your body enough to get through whoever my parents were forcing me to wed; I wouldn't have left your side if I could have stopped it."
"You still love me?"
"I will always love you, Uzumaki Naruto," Itachi kissed his neck, "I will love you even if you choose someone else, I will love you even if it means that I have to earn your trust and love back. I will always love you," Naruto threw his arms around Itachi, holding him close as he silently wept, the tears falling as he heard the words he craved to hear from this one man. After a handful of minutes, seeming like hours to Naruto and seconds to Itachi, Naruto pulled away, rubbing his puffy red eyes. Trying to lighten the mood, Itachi said softly, "Kurma, what did you do to your hair? Are you trying to be Naruto?" Naruto looked up in shock that lasted a second before he laughed; he didn't laugh at the joke that Itachi said –or attempted to say, but laughed at Itachi for trying to tell a joke.
Taking a deep breath, attempting to stop the giggles, Naruto turned to the table and sighed; "We need to put up the groceries if you're going to cook, Tachi." Naruto blushed at the old nickname he had for the slightly elder man, quickly going around him towards the table before said man could respond. Itachi smiled at Naruto, who was rushing from the table to areas in the kitchen to quicken the pace of sorting the groceries, and followed his lead; after twenty minutes in silence between the two, now and then stopping to listen to what Sasuke was saying and snickering, Itachi placed the last box of cereal in the cabinet. "Yosh!" Naruto huffed, raised a fist in the air, "We're done!" before falling into the stool by the island.
"I'll start cooking," Itachi moved around the kitchen, having seen the items he needed where they were and pulled them out. "When do you get home, Naruto?" Itachi asked, placing a pan on the stove as he lit it up.
"Around four if I get to work by eight," Naruto watched, resting his head on his arms, "why?"
"I get home –at earliest– seven or eight," Itachi said, Naruto sat up, "I don't wish for the children to be alone that long," he glanced to Naruto, showing his worry.
"Natsu should be home little after three, if he doesn't have any club meetings," Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"Natsu?" Naruto nodded, "Where is he if he lives here?"
"With Kurma and Menma," Naruto smiled, "we made this silent agreement that Natsu stays with me Monday afternoon to Friday morning when he has school, and then stays with them Friday evening to Monday morning for the weekend until school starts for the week."
Itachi nodded, grabbing some vegetables and chopped them in half before tossing them into the hot pan; "So he'll be home tomorrow?"
"After school," Naruto confirmed, "I just have to tell him that you're here," Itachi nodded.
"Do I have to go to class then, Chichi?" Both jumped at the soft voice that entered the kitchen.
Naruto turned to glare at Itachi which he returned with his smirk, he walked to Sai and picked him up; "I thought you were sleepy?"
Sai yawned and rubbed his eye with his free hand, the other holding onto Itachi's shirt, "Ototo came and woke me up, saying 'Papa'," giving up of trying to keep himself up, he slumped onto the strong chest, "do I have to go to class tomorrow?" Sai asked again.
"Where is your school, Sai?" Naruto walked over to them, his head tilted to the side; raising his hand, he brushed the dark locks away from his half open eyes.
"Near our other home," he whispered, not truly liking Naruto to be touching him; it wasn't that he found it uncomfortable, but it was a touch like his Chichi would give him. It held something in it that he only received fro Itachi.
"Your other home?" Naruto looked up to Itachi, crossing his arms on his chest, "I don't like secrets, Itachi, and you know that."
Itachi sighed and nodded, "I know, I just haven't been able to tell you everything, like you haven't told me everything."
Naruto, clenching his jaw, fought the need to snap at Itachi since his eldest is in his arms and the youngest is barely ten feet from them in the living room. "If the school that Sai went to was near your old home then how will he get there for class tomorrow morning?"
"We'll just have to leave a little earlier than normal, I'll take him to school and bring Sasuke with me to work. That way you'll be able to tell Natsu that the three of us are living here," Itachi answered quietly, slowly rocking his body.
"Wait you lived near your parents, right?" Itachi nodded, "Then, if I remember correctly, your company is in a different direction…?" Itachi nodded once more, "And you plan to make it on time…?"
"Naruto, being CEO means that I can start at any time that I wish as long as it's in the morning before I have any meetings." Itachi said.
"Conceited ass," Naruto huffed, glancing at the sleeping boy; spotting a blob of drool forming, Naruto quickly wiped it away with his finger, "and you plan on taking Sasuke with you?" he asked softly.
"I believe that I can take care of two children, Naruto," Itachi hissed.
"I'm not saying that you can't, Itachi, but it's a near hour drive from here to your job, it'll be a little longer if you drop off Sai. If class starts at eight, then you have to leave before seven to get him there on time, meaning that you be dealing with a fussy baby the whole day because he woke up early." Naruto said, walking back to the stove and finished cooking the vegetables before they started to smoke; "I'll take care of Sasuke, so you don't need to worry about that."
"Class starts at eight thirty," Itachi said, "and it's only thirty minutes from the company."
"Still have to leave at a little before seven, then," Naruto concluded, "but I'm still taking Sasuke for the day," he smiled over his shoulder. "What were you going to do with the meat?"
Itachi turned and walked from the kitchen to the boys' room to lay Sai down on his bed, on his way back to the kitchen he stepped into the living room to see Sasuke knocked out holding onto his stuffed animal, he proceeded to do the same with Sasuke. When he came back to the kitchen, ten minutes after he left, he pulled Naruto from the stove, "I said that I was going to cook," he whispered into the now red ear, "I don't want to be troubling you even more than I am," Itachi finished creating the meal for them.
Naruto pulled out the plates, "No you're not," and set them on the island, "you said that you wanted me to be that other person for your kids, you want me to help you raise them, so by taking Sasuke with me when I go to work doesn't mean that you're asking too much, Tachi"
"I see," Itachi turned to Naruto, turning off the stove, "lunch is ready."
"Oh really now?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at the man, "I wouldn't have known."
Itachi chuckled, taking the pan with the fried vegetables and slices of meat to the island and pouring some onto Naruto's plate then his; when he sat down, Naruto handing him a red set of plastic chopsticks that were stuck together at the top, he heard his phone ring from his room. "You go ahead and start without me," Naruto was about to protest but Itachi had already left the room. When reaching for his phone, he noticed the caller ID; "Father."
"Son," a deep voice answered, "I hope that everything is well for you."
"Why? Has something happened?" Itachi grew worried about his father's health.
"Everything is fine, it's about the meeting on the expansion of Uchiha Co. in upper Japan," Itachi sat on the bed, thinking that there was no need for anyone to go and visit them, "I won't be able to attend."
Or not, "What do you mean?" Itachi scowled.
"What it sounds like, my son, I won't be able to attend meaning that you will have to go in my place," the man answered, unaffected by Itachi's tone.
"What?" Itachi hissed, not liking where this was heading.
"I know that there is no one to watch the boys, so your mother and I will take care of them until you return Thursday."
'Dear Kami, Naruto is going to kill me!' "There is no need for that, father, I have found someone willing to take care of the boys for me." Itachi laid down on the bed, his free hand covering his eyes, his mind showing Naruto caring for the boys.
"Oh? Uzumaki, correct?" Fugaku asked softly, he knew the soft spot that Itachi held for the blond man; after all, he was the man who revealed it and used it against his own son.
Itachi closed his eyes, "Hai."
"I understand," a smirk could be heard through the phone, "be sure to tell him that if he needs anything, for him to call."
"Hai," Itachi tossed the phone onto his bed behind him, groaning at how he was supposed to tell Naruto that he was leaving in a few hours. He walked back to the kitchen, seeing Naruto getting his second helping –or his third– when he walked in, Naruto saw him when he was going back to his seat. "Now I really am going to be asking much from you, Naruto," he said, Naruto put his plate on the table and waited for Itachi to continue, "Father called me," he started, "I'll be going on a trip night and be returning Thursday evening, hopefully."
For a few minutes, Naruto stared at Itachi before sitting down in his seat and started to eat. Not knowing if this was a good or bad reaction, Itachi sat by him whispering his thanks before eating as well. "Four days?" Naruto asked quietly, Itachi made a grunt, "What am I going to be doing for four days, Itachi? How is Sai going to go to school?" Naruto sighed, tossing the chopsticks onto the plate.
"I apologize, I had no idea that this would be occurring," Itachi said softly, his hand reaching up tentatively to Naruto's back, rubbing in slow circles, "I know that I don't have to take my assistant with me, and he already knows where the school is."
"So?" Naruto sighed, looking at Itachi through the side, "what's your point?"
"Both the boys know him, I can ask if he'll take Sai to school until I get back, he'll have to be running the company until I return anyway." Itachi saw the hopeful look in his eyes.
Naruto gave a small smile, "Ok, then what about the rest of the week?"
*Sasuke -in this story- has dark blue or navy eyes, the reason for that is because of who the other parent is.
*Oba - Aunt
I have changed a few things, such as Hinata crushing on Naruto -hint to why she is not shacking or anything- and with a certain pink hair person. I was messaged about Natsu, and I had it in the outline that he would be appearing -originally in this chapter- but will be coming out -hopefully- in the next chapter. I am half way through the next chapter at the moment, but don't expect it to show up soon, ok? I'm starting to learn how to drive, and if I'm in the hospital I'll have something to do while there... I really don't trust myself, guys, oh well! Hopefully you'll hear from me in awhile!
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~yolies