Chapter 11

"So what exactly happened to you a few days ago? I heard that you got fluid in the lungs Itachi-san." Tsunade chimed with it coming out as a growl also. Raising a blond eyebrow at the Uchiha sitting in front of her, she watched as he fidgeted with everything he could get his hands on.

"Yeah I did but I'm better now."

"Better my ass. I have to increase the dosage you have on some of that medication you're taking. Do you think I want to do this? I don't want to see my patient die like this. You know that pretty soon you'll be put on the transplant list and you better pray to whoever you worship that you get a set of lungs." She felt like ranting at him which wasn't what a doctor was supposed to do to their patient.

Nodding and bowing his head, Itachi looked at his lap as he held on his oversized shirt. He didn't want that to happen because he was looking forward to a lot of things that were going to go on in his life. He was looking forward to spending his time with Naruto. He wanted to read more of Sasuke's journal and understand why his brother did what he did.

"So the only thing I'll be doing is increasing the dosage on them. While you're here, I want to take a look at your lungs." The long-haired woman said, her gaze turning almost solemnly at the thoughts that she put in the younger man's head. "All I have to say is that you look to the bright side."

"I am. Well I'm trying to." He answered, his mind turning to all the things that he wanted to happen in his life. He didn't want Sasuke to commit suicide but he did. He lost his only brother because he was gay and someone tormented him to death. Closing his eyes and lifting his shirt up, letting the woman tap him and listen to his breathing, he sighed when he was supposed to.

"They sound clear but who knows when that'll happen again. Who are you going to be staying with since Kisame left for the States?"

"How would you know that?" Itachi asked. He wanted to raise his voice and glare at the woman but didn't. He didn't feel like doing something like that. Instead he just sat there, letting her do the tests she wanted to do on him while he was sitting there.

"I'm friends with Naruto's parents. So whose the lucky guy?" She asked at the end as she leaned over to stare at the sable eyes of the man. Smiling a little, patting his back a little since it was bruised by the needle from when he visited the hospital.

"Naruto is. He volunteered to do it." Itachi answered and pulled his shirt on, taking the slips of paper that had his dosage increases. Looking over at the woman that was smiling, he knew she had something to say to that.

"That's good. He'll keep an eye on ya. He is after all my godchild." She laughed and reached over and opened the door for the dying man. Following him out to set up his next appointment, she knew that he was dreading seeing her again.

Taking the reminder card, he walked out of the building and was greeted by Shisui who offered to take him to the appointment since Naruto had to work and Kisame was already gone for the United States. Sighing and sitting down in the passenger seat, he felt something start to tug on his hair.

"Kimi will you quit doing that to your cousin? He's not feeling good." Shisui said and looked back at his daughter.

"But oto-san. He's fun to play with. I love playing with his hair more than yours. You're bald to me." She said then stuck her tongue out at her father.

Rolling his own sable eyes, Shisui started the car and looked out of the corner of his eye to see his family staring at the slips of paper that he held. Knowing how depressed the guy was since he found out that he was dying prematurely, he wanted to cheer up the guy but didn't know how. If only Sasuke was around then maybe, the younger Uchiha would be able to do that. "So what did she say?"

"The same thing except that she upped some of the medicine." Itachi muttered and leaned back into the seat. Letting his free hand hang out the window, his eyes watching the city pass by, he sighed. "How the heck did you get a car anyway?"

"Job. And Yukiko wanted me to get one because she doesn't trust the bullet train for some reason. I swear that she's too cautious about things."

"Well it doesn't help with Kimi either." Itachi added and looked at the child from the mirror. Smiling a little, he hoped that he was around to see her get a sibling. "So have you been working on giving her a brother or sister yet?"

"It-Itachi! What the fudge? Why are you even asking me that?" Shisui inquired loudly, causing Kimi to laugh at the subject that she knew next to nothing about. Looking back at the child, he rolled his eyes and looked out the windshield.

"Because I felt like it."

With that, chatter went on with the ill Uchiha dropping off the prescriptions and waiting for them to be filled. Paying and taking them, he swore he felt tired all of a sudden. It had to be because of all the excitement that was going on with him. If he considered being ill and heading for his death excitement.

Walking up to the apartment that was probably getting packed up, Itachi sighed as Kimi rode his back, twirling his hair around. Handing his cousin the key, he bounced the child, hearing her squeal and giggle. It made him wish that he could do it again when Sasuke was a kid. When he walked into the room, he swore chaos just broke out.

"Naruto what are you doing?" Itachi asked finally after watching the blond busying himself with packing that was making a box look like it was about to explode.

Perking up and smiling like a fool, like when he was a kid and pulling a prank, he stopped trying to shove an article of clothing into the box. Setting it down, he walked over and poked Kimi in the nose, getting a squeak from her. "I thought I told ya I was going to help you pack."

"No, you didn't." Itachi stately bluntly and set down his cousin's child. Walking over to the box, he poked it, watching the top get blown and scattering various articles of clothing around the room. Looking back at the Namikaze, he shook his head. "I think you should have left this until I got back."

"I was trying to help out." Naruto whined but turned his attention to the kid that was tugging on his orange muscle shirt.

"You look like a girl to me." Kimi blurted out, making Shisui stop and glare at his child like she was something that broke on him. Sighing and scooping up the sable eyed girl, he spun her around before blowing a raspberry on her belly.

"Let's go find something for you to do." He stated and walked out of the room to find something that might occupy his daughter's time.

Raising an eyebrow and pointing at the two, Naruto knew who the guy was. Blinking, he turned his attention to the Uchiha that he knew so well. "Who exactly was that? I know that was Shisui-kun but who was that with him?"

"His daughter Kimi. I thought you knew he had a kid." Itachi said softly as he picked up the clothes that were blown all over the room because of the blond's over packing. As he picked up the shirts, tossing them onto his shoulder, he grabbed the socks and underwear that were making him feel a little embarrassed.

"I don't remember. Unless I wasn't paying attention."

After tossing the socks and underwear into the box, the Uchiha started to fold the shirts again, setting them into the box after that. As he did this, he glanced up at Naruto who was picking up the pants, shorts, and other clothing that were sitting on the floor. All he could image was him kissing the blond like yesterday. It caused his heart to flutter at the thoughts. "How was work?"

"Same old thing. Sai giving me too much paperwork because all he wants to do is get off early to go to a nude art class. I don't really understand the guy. He wants to work but he doesn't want to do it there. Stupid bastard." Naruto complained and started to fold the pants.

"Then why don't you tell him that?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm buried under mounds of paperwork that seems to never cease. It pisses me off that he does that." Naruto grumbled and tossed another folded pair into the box.

Shrugging at the complaining, Itachi tossed the last shirt into the box and walked over to help the sapphire eyes man with the pants. Part of him just wanted to read the journal that Sasuke left but couldn't because of having company and in the middle of moving.

"Hey Itachi. What do you want for dinner tonight? Take out or what?" Naruto inquired as he looked over at the Uchiha next to him. Smiling at the presence that was with him, he couldn't help but picture Sasuke somewhere in his friend. Tossing another pair of sweats into the box, he felt something grab his hand.

That question didn't matter to Itachi because of the fact that he didn't want to think of anything but Naruto. Ever since that kiss that Naruto started, he wanted to continue it even if his lungs begged him not to go too far. He wanted to though. He wanted to feel like a regular guy again even if he was dying inside. "Who cares? Surprise me."

"Sure."

Itachi smiled, setting down a pair of shorts onto his lap and grabbed hold of the blond's face gently. He knew that he surprised him because of the jump that he felt and the quick glances that Naruto was sending him. "You know something Naruto. You left something unfinished."

"That sounds really corny." Naruto blurted out, hearing both of them laugh at his words. It did sound corny to him but he was a sucker for it at times.

"So?" The long-haired man questioned before pressing his lips gently against the Namikaze's. It felt right to have it happen. It felt like he wasn't dying and was a regular guy that was falling in love with someone. That someone being his deceased brother's best friend who latched onto him when Sasuke had committed suicide.

They both had a pain that the Uchiha had caused when he took his own life. They were both trying to heal the wounds that he left in the wake of what they now knew was being bullied to death. It shed a light to them; telling them that it was an epidemic because people don't open their eyes like they should to things that is becoming known. It even made them realize who they were as people in a world that had a lot of people that enjoyed hating and destroying peoples' lives.

"Itachi?"

"Hm?"

Looking into the sable eyes that were framed by corrective lenses, Naruto smiled. He didn't want to leave the kiss where it was because it felt so weak. He wanted to add more force to it, to show the Uchiha how much he had loved him for so many years. It made him wish at times that he would fall for someone else instead of chasing a wild goose but now it didn't feel like that. It felt like he actually got the prize that he so desperately wanted for so long.

"What is it Naruto?" The sable haired man asked in a whispered, feeling his thoughts jumble up once more by a soft, quick kiss that the blond gave him. Taking a breath and letting it out quickly, he smiled.

"I hope you realize that I love you." Naruto confessed, his smile coming out weary. It seemed too early to be saying something like that but he wanted it out so it didn't bother him like when he was keeping it in.

Nodding, Itachi pressed his pale forehead against the tan one of his friend that helped him with so many things. Sighing, he stared at the azure eyes that were focused on him the entire time, making him smile more and more. It made him realize how Sasuke felt when he was falling in love for the first time with someone that didn't know about it. He just wasn't sure if it was true or not.

Someone cleared their throat, making the two back away from the other. Shaking his head lightly, Shisui walked over to the two and smiled. "No one told me that there was something going on between you two."

"That's because there isn't anything. Yet." Naruto added at the last moment. Looking up at the standing Uchiha, he smirked and went on working on getting the box organized. All the while he felt the heat of the blush on his face, telling him how embarrassed he was to find someone catching him kissing.

Itachi looked at his cousin with a raised eyebrow. "Where's Kimi?"

"In the study. She's watching a cartoon that's educational. It'll keep her busy unless she gets thirsty or something." Shisui answered and flopped down onto the couch. Leaning back and staring at the place, he huffed.

"When are you giving her a sibling?" Naruto blurted out, his attention held by the other Uchiha.

"Why do you people keep asking about that?" Shisui hissed.

So I'm pretty happy with this chapter even if it's like a filler chapter to me. I'm not sure if I got Shisui in character either so bear with me. Please comment.

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