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They sat on the couch, Naruto cuddled up to Sasuke's side. They were waiting for the commercials to end and Naruto was barely staying awake, insistent on watching the movie to the end. Sasuke had to "tolerate" a whole lot of cuddling these days. It was getting hard to resist it to be honest. But Sasuke wasn't always honest with himself.

"Hey Sasuke?" Naruto mumbled tiredly.

"Hn?"

"I just thought about something…"

When no elaboration followed, Sasuke thought the younger male had really fallen asleep.

"You know how I don't have any family left?"

The older man's ears perked up at this and he became fully alert. It was a subject that had gone absolutely untouched in all their conversations. It was a sore spot for both of them and he had not counted on Naruto to bring it up.

"Yes, I know."

"Well… what about you?"

"You mean my family?"

"Yeah. Like do you have siblings? What are your parents like and stuff?"

"I have a brother. No parents."

Naruto sat up abruptly and looked at him as if it hurt to hear."You don't?! But… you're not that old!"

"Tsk, thank you. And no I don't, they died in when I was seven."

"I'm sorry." Naruto said and hugged him tightly. Sasuke didn't really know how to respond; the death of his parents had happened more than twenty years ago, and it had become a shadow in his past he rarely thought about willingly. To be comforted by an orphan, no, to be comforted at all, felt weird now.

"Don't be silly, it's so long ago…" he grumbled.

"I know. But it can still hurt. Not having parents can be tough."

Sasuke figured Naruto would know even better than him, and they stayed silent for a while. The younger man was pressed so close to him that he was basically sitting in his lap. He hoped that Naruto would open up to him and tell him everything one day, but wouldn't dig out painful memories if the blonde didn't want to.

"So… what about your brother?"

"What about my brother? He is my big brother."

"What is he like? How old is he? Is he a lot like you? Does he come over often?"

"He's normal I guess? A little overprotective at times though. He's five years older than me, but he lives far away and only comes over for the holidays."

"Oh I see…"

"What is it?"

"So he's gonna be here for Christmas."

Christmas was a little more than two months away. He hadn't really thought about that one yet, but figured he would call Itachi at some point and update him on the situation, so that he would have some time to cool down before they met. He should probably call him tomorrow, for his own sake. The sooner the better.

"Uhm should I… Uh" Naruto fidgeted and sounded a little unsure if himself. "Maybe I can ask Kiba if I can stay with his family during the holidays…"

"What?! Why? And who is this Kiba person anyway?"

"Oh! Oh I haven't told you about Kiba? Dude he has the coolest home ever and he is my best friend! His dog's name is Akamaru and it's huge! His mom always lets me stay over, and he has all the new Xbox games-"

Sasuke felt his jaw tense with annoyance. What was this feeling rumbling in him?

"And we spent like almost every day together this summer, 'cause they couldn't leave their home, because, get this; he lives in a friggin dog kennel! So there are dogs everywhere, and they had three litters of puppies to take care of and, Oh my god, it was so funny." Naruto laughed at some memory Sasuke clearly wasn't a part of, obviously haven forgotten everything about the other question.

"I get it. He's your best friend and you want to spend the holidays at his house." He said with a sour voice.

"Huh? No, that's not it. I just figured that it wasn't the best idea to stay here. I mean if your brother's gonna stick around the whole time, there no way he won't notice me living here, right?"

Sasuke frowned, the uncomfortable feeling in his stomach dulling a little. "Of course Itachi is going to notice you live here, why shouldn't he?"

At this Naruto looked decidedly uncomfortable and squirmed in his seat."But, uhm, what are you gonna tell him? It's not really normal to have an orphan boy move in all of a sudden, right? He's gonna ask questions, and it's gonna get weird and, ugh, I mean, shit, what if he, ya know…" Naruto's hands flailed in the air.

"I don't think I follow. What if he does what?"

"What if he figures it out. You and me." Naruto whispered as if someone was already listening in on them.

"I'm planning to tell him before he gets here. Then he can blow some steam off, and not go ballistic on my ass when he arrives."

Naruto looked shocked. "You're going to tell him! Why?! He's your family, man, what if you lose him because of it! Are you crazy?"

"Naruto calm down."

"Nuh-uh you are not allowed to lose your last family because of me. No way. I'm staying at Kiba's!" the blonde cried.

"Naruto!" Sasuke snapped. "He already knows."

"What?"

"Well, he doesn't know that you live with me now, but I told him about you, when you were at the foster home."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at him skeptically. "How much did you tell?"

The raven sighed and rubbed his forehead still remembering the humiliating situation clearly. "All of it."

Blue eyes widened "All-all or just all?"

"The whole thing."

The blue eyes continued to stare at him for a moment,and then Naruto's whole body began to sink into the couch. He began pilling pillows on top of himself as if to hide from the world. "That's so embarrassing, Sasuke. Why did you have to tell all of it?"

"To be honest at the time, I didn't think the two of you would ever get the chance to meet."

"Stupid bastard" Naruto mumbled underneath the pillows.

Sasuke was daydreaming. He really shouldn't but it had just become so difficult to focus on his work lately. It used to be the most interesting thing in his life (there hadn't really been much competition about the spot) but now he had something, or rather someone much more fascinating holdning his attention.

It had been undignified to become jealous of Naruto's best friend. He should be happy that his… roommate… had not been lonely in the years they had been apart. Okay, maybe happiness was a little far-fetched, but at least accepting.

Speaking of said… roommate *cough, cough*, they were not officially together yet, and he wanted to change that. Of course, the fact that they were living together meant that their relationship was already serious, but he wanted to be able to call Naruto his. Not just roommate. That made it sound like they were sharing a dorm room in uni.

And when things had been made official he would call Itachi. No, wait, maybe he should just call him now. It would be for his own safety, after all. He pondered on the pros and cons of calling his brother, mostly as a way of procrastinating. One deep and revealing conversation a year was more than his usual quota, two were just pushing it. His phone ringing brought him back to earth. He sighed, momentarily relieved that he could push his discussion away for a minute.

"Hello, Sasuke Uchiha speaking."

"Sasuke."

Speaking of the devil… Fuck, might as well get it over with.

"Itachi." Sasuke winced internally. "I was actually just thinking about calling you, there's something I have to talk to you about."

"Oh I bet there is." Sasuke didn't like that tone of voice. It emanated danger. "That something shouldn't by any chance be a blond kid standing in your living room, called Naruto, ne, little brother?"

Oh shit. All that is holy and good save me now, this is not going to go over well.

"You're at my apartment?!" Sasuke said in the most normal voice he could muster. Anyone listening would have described it as a horrified screech.

"You forgot we have fall holidays over here, again, didn't you?"

Ooops… Itachi had mentioned something like that. He just hadn't said that he would be coming over as well, disregarding that Sasuke still had work.

"Itachi, please be nice to him. This is my fault. I'm coming home now and I'll explain. I planned on doing it, but just hadn't gotten around to it yet-"

"Oh don't worry, he gave me a very warm welcome." Itachi drawled sarcastically.

In the background he heard Naruto yell; "I thought you were Sasuke! Otherwise I'd never have done something like-"

Itachi hung up on him. Sasuke deeply regretted giving his big brother a house key at the moment.

- Half an hour earlier -

Naruto ran up the stairs full of energy. Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke.

School had him bored out of his mind and his young body craved the attention of his lover. He knew Sasuke wouldn't be home in another hour or so,, but that just meant he would have time for a shower and homework before the other got home. Then they could have the whole evening to themselves. Maybe they'd even have sex again...

An expectant shiver went down his spine at the thought. It had already been two days! How was he supposed to hold out for much longer! He was a virile young man after all.

With these thoughts running around his head, imagine his joy when he found the door unlocked and a pair of black shoes in the hallway. Of course Naruto wasn't the type to notice such details as, let's say, that it wasn't the right pair of black shiny shoes.

He saw Sasuke stand in the kitchen and ran in and latched onto the older man.

"Wah?!"

Extraordinarily pleased with himself for surprising Sasuke, Naruto turned him around and kissed him happily.

He didn't notice something was off until he felt the body in his arms stiffen. He opened his eyes to see what the problem was and staring back at him were wide eyes-

Holy shit! Those are not Sasuke's eyes! Repeat, not Sasuke! Retreat! Retreat!

"GYAAAAAAH!" He screamed like a girl and scrambled away as fast as physically possible. "Who the hell are you?!"

"I should be the one asking that!" Itachi hissed and wiped of his mouth in his sleeve. "Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in my brother's apartment."

"Oh no! No, no, no, this is so bad timing! What have I done to deserve this." Naruto rambled to himself. Then sudden realization seemed to hit him. "Oh my god, I kissed you!" He almost retched. "That's disgusting!" He ran into the bathroom to clean his mouth.

I kissed Sasuke's brother! This is the worst!

When Sasuke took a step inside his home he was met by the sight of one dangerously silent brother and a very uncomfortable looking boyfriend. Not the best combination, that was for sure. Both Uchihas looked rather calm on the outside, but who were they trying to fool? They knew each other better than that.

Naruto quickly made his way to his side and his hands clamped down on Sasuke's arm. "It was all nice and dandy to get a surprise visit from your brother, but I'm going over to Kiba's now." He hissed.

"You're leaving me here? Traitor." Sasuke's voice was low and heavy with sarcasm. He understood perfectly well why Naruto wanted to escape the situation. Naruto's eyes flickered between the pair of brothers and said in a loud whisper;

"You brought this one on yourself. If you hadn't told him-"

"Oh I'm pretty sure I would have figured things out by myself by the kind of welcome you gave me." Itachi drawled, not even pretending that he couldn't hear them.

Sasuke frowned, what was Itachi talking about? "What do you mean?"

"Why don't you ask your little blonde friend."

Two pair of black eyes turned to look at blue, waiting for an explanation. Naruto went totally red in less than two second and spluttered some incomprehensible sound before exclaiming; "You look the same from behind, it wasn't my fault!" Then he grabbed his shoes in one hand and flew out the door without even bothering to put them on.

"I'm going to Kiba's!" Sasuke heard him yell, and got a bad feeling, as he was starting to get the gist of what had happened. For a moment his concern about Naruto's well being overrode the intimidating feeling Itachi was giving off.

"What did you do to him?"

"Me? I didn't do anything. He was the one suddenly throwing himself at me as if I was his long lost lover. Funny thing isn't it? He thought I was you, and that is his reaction? Sasuke, I think I should be the one asking the questions here. What did you do to him?"

Sasuke was suddenly reminded of the less than enthusiastic response he had gotten from Itachi when he first told him about Naruto. Maybe he should try and play it safe and tell Itachi a white lie for the moment being.

"He- he is just a very affectionate person. We have become quite close, so he does that all the time to annoy me-"

"I see. He makes out with you all the time, to annoy you." Itachi said in a monotone voice "what an interesting relationship the two of you must have."

"He did WHAT?"

"So now that we have established that you are a lousy liar, should we cut the crap and get to the case?"

Sasuke couldn't muster an answer. His mind was still blanked out from the horrible mental image he had just received. No wonder the little shit had escaped when he could.

"As I see it you have an underage orphan boy living with you, and you have somehow managed to make him fall for you, so that you can freely take advantage of him." Itachi's voice was grave and got angrier as he continued. "Please tell me that I have got this all wrong Sasuke"

"He's not underage." Sasuke said with a feeble voice. He felt like a little boy being reprimanded and it didn't sit well with him. "And I'm not taking advantage of him, he came here of his own free will. He can leave any time he wants to."

Itachi gave him an icy stare and began walking towards him with determined steps. "Tsk, tsk, excuses Sasuke, that's all I'm hearing." When Itachi got uncomfortably close Sasuke tried to back away, but was met with a wall. Itachi brought his hand up to face height and Sasuke thought he would flick him on the forehead, like he had done so often when they were children. Instead he felt a hard fist connect with his jaw.

When he returned to consciousness, who knows how much later, he felt an awful throbbing in the back of his skull. It took him a while to realize that he was no longer in the hallway, but now lying on the couch. Itachi was sitting on the couch on the other side of the coffee table reading a newspaper and looking strangely peaceful.

What the…?

"Itachi?"

"Yes"

"Did you just… knock me out?"

"Hmpf, unfortunately, yes. I guess I went a little overboard. I hadn't taken into account that your head would hit the wall."

This. This was the exact reason why Sasuke was intimidated by his brother at times. When Itachi went a little overboard, you would not want to be on the receiving end of his anger. The slim and calm man sitting in front of him was just a façade to hide the man who had practiced judo, jiu jitsu and karate for years. When Itachi wanted to hurt somebody he was very efficient and quick to do so, which was why people, who knew him well, often maintained some distance.

"I was quite mad at you, but I guess that you deserve some happiness in life so I'll forgive you. Eventually."

"Uh thanks, I guess." He winced in pain. "Damn did you really have to hit that hard?"

"Don't be an idiot Sasuke. You know, that I didn't have to. But the boy has no one else to speak for him, and I figured that if his father had still been alive, you'd be worse of."

"Itachi you're not his father, and Naruto can take care of himself."

"I know, I know. But you did deserve it, if nothing else then for being an indecisive ass who left him at that foster home, just to come back for him when he turned legal."

"Hn." It was hard to defend against that one, since it was true. "Does all this mean that you accept our relationship?"

Itachi's eyes narrowed. "You're pushing it, but yes, since it does seem to be what you want I'll allow it."

"Geeh, thank you. Not like I need your permission anyway." Sasuke muttered. He slowly rose from his seat and went to get his phone. While he listened do the dialing tone he grabbed a bag of frozen peas from the freezer.

"Naruto? Yes I'm fine. Hmm. Are you coming home for dinner or are you staying at Kiba's? Okay, good, I'll see you then. What? Yes it does bother me that you kissed my brother, now get your ass home. No, I don't think so. " He pulled the phone away from his ear for a moment and directed his voice at Itachi. "Are you mad at Naruto?"

"No. Why, is he scared of coming home?" Itachi said and snorted in amusement.

"You're safe as long as you don't piss him off." Sasuke answered Naruto. "Seems like he's actually quite protective of you. No, I'm not joking. Wha- Itachi did you threaten him?!"

"He barged into your house as if he owned the place. I just needed some answers, that's all."

"Fuck- you know what, forget I that asked. Naruto you'll be fine, he has already taken it out on me and is by the look of it quite pleased with himself at the moment. Yes. See you." He hung up and glared at his big brother.

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I hope you liked getting to see Itachi again, although he's being mean to Sasuke (again...)

I know you guys probably don't like waiting for every single chapter, but I think it's for the best that I let a few days pass between each chapter. I have barely written a single page this weekend because I've been sick -_- Figured something like this would happen and I'd rather a few days in between than one looooong break.