As promised the second chapter of this week ^^ A little humour and a little drama all mixed into one chapter :)

And sorry no real SasuNaruSasu hints here. They are twelve and it would make me feel like a creep. I know it's stupid, but it's just the way I feel :( So you can see the hints in there yourself, but they will stay just friends/rivals in this story, in my opinion ;)

Enjoy!

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Piercing black eyes had been glaring at Deidara for over a minute now, making the blonde feel very uncomfortable and fidget under the stare. They were sitting on Itachi's bed, being send up by Minato since he wanted to have a talk with the Uchiha family or at least the parents. But now Deidara had some explaining to do, because Itachi had not expected the sudden visit and definitely wasn't ready for a confrontation.

'Explain to me why your parents are sitting downstairs lecturing mine,' he said stoically, surprising the blonde with the sudden noise. First Deidara just stared wide-eyed at the raven, unsure on how to even explain. And then his hands shot up and as if he needed to tell this in record time, started signing the whole story. During the signing Itachi's eyes had turned more confused by the minute, trying to follow the quick hand movements as best as he could. Of course it was futile. He didn't know that many signs yet and definitely couldn't understand when it was going so fast. 'Okay, stop,' he then spoke up, making Deidara halt immediately, thinking he had done something wrong. 'Go write it down, because I have no idea what you have just been telling me.'

Blue eyes rolled at the comment and then started looking for a notebook he could write in. This room was way too damn neat. How could Itachi seriously live here? It needs a little chaos! Although having the blonde there was already quite the chaos for Itachi. Especially when he just started rummaging through random drawers, uncaring on how everything had been placed in it. This would take a lot of work to get back in order. Itachi's eyebrow twitched in response.

Coming back towards the bed and lounging lazily on it, Deidara started writing in a notebook he had found right on top of Itachi's desk, where it had been lying the whole time, which the blonde obviously hadn't seen. Or maybe he had just made a mess on purpose. Could be revenge for the glaring he had done before. But it was not the blonde's ass on the line. Itachi might move again just because of this dumb action his family had pulled. Didn't they understand what Uchihas were like?

Notebook shoved in his face, Itachi started reading, getting more annoyed by the minute. So this had just been a whim. Kushina and Minato thought this would work, because no one can resist their son's gorgeous face and sweet appearance. As if his father would buy into that! He would definitely have Itachi's head now and blame him for everything.

Seeing Itachi's face turn sadder with every line he read, Deidara quickly took the book back and added a bit. Giving it back, a bit nicer this time, Itachi read the last line, a shock running through his body.

They're doing this because they care, Itachi. Because they care about you.

That was just something the raven couldn't believe. Why would they even care about him? Of course he had been Deidara's boyfriend, but it was he who benefited of it, not the blonde. It was Itachi who had gotten happier and felt better and actually enjoyed life again. Deidara always had been this bright person, making everyone feel happy and letting smiles appear out of nowhere.

The blonde was just special. Even without a voice he was the happiest person he had ever seen and he made the best out of everything. Throwing the notebook to the side, uncaring where it even landed, Itachi reached forward. Entangling his fingers in those long blond locks he pulled Deidara forward, lips locking into a soft kiss. Automatically the blonde responded, wrapping his arms around Itachi's neck and already letting his tongue slide over the raven's bottom lip. They had never kissed in Itachi's house before and definitely not in the raven's room, so this was quite exciting. It felt kind of forbidden…

And then they were roughly pulled out of their thoughts, a voice screaming up the stairs for all of them to come down again. Must've been a short conversation then? Oh, never mind. An hour had passed already. It was so easy to get lost in kissing Deidara.

Calling down that they would come down, Itachi scrambled off the bed, smoothing out his clothes that had gotten messed up as tanned fingers had slipped under his shirt. With a teasing smile Deidara slid off as well and then wrapped his arms around Itachi's waist, leaning up for another kiss. Naughty little blonde… Not that Itachi could resist and that was probably the worst part. Collecting himself the raven quickly pulled back and made sure there was some distance between their bodies. Annoying alluring boyfriend. And Minato thought that he was using his son. It definitely was the other way around.

'Come on. Let's go get the two mini versions,' he spoke, taking the blonde's hand in his and pulling him along. Getting out of his room, a lot of noise suddenly hit them. And it was coming out of a certain little raven's room. Of course the little brat was playing videogames. Opening the door without knocking they were met with a funny sight. The two mini versions were sitting on the floor in front of the big flat screen TV Sasuke had gotten for Christmas and were playing let's kill as many zombies as possible game. And apparently they were counting who got more, because sometimes random numbers were shouted that obviously meant they were both cheating and then there was some pushing involved when the other had caught on the lie. Such little brats they were.

Itachi walked up to the console and just turned it off, not even giving the boys an opportunity to safe their game, because he just didn't care. He was met with whines and screams and then also a pillow thrown his way. Seriously, they needed to be taught a lesson… But maybe this was mean enough.

'We were called downstairs and if you don't want father's wrath, you better go downstairs right now.' Naruto just looked confused, having no idea what Fugaku's wrath was, but Sasuke was off the floor and by the door already, ready to take a spring downstairs.

Turning around to look at Naruto who was still sitting on the floor, very confused about what was happening, Sasuke started flailing his arms around. 'We have got to go downstairs right now, because if we don't, we will both be dead.' And with that he had disappeared. But now finally the smaller blonde had gotten the point and was running towards the door as well, calling out a Sasuke, wait for me, before disappearing out of sight.

Little too much? Deidara signed with a smirk on his lips. And Itachi just shrugged his shoulders in response. It was just fun to do stuff like this to his little brother from time to time, so he took every opportunity he had to tease him a little. Needed to do something around this house to make it fun.

Making their way downstairs as well, not running down the stairs as the brats had done, Deidara and Itachi had moved towards the living room again. The mood was weird when the opened the door. Obviously there was an angry vibe, but also some form of defeat. It just wasn't clear who felt defeated yet. Sitting down on the spots they previously had taken, black and blue eyes moved through the room, trying to get wiser about the situation in front of them, but none were speaking. Even Sasuke was sitting on the floor next to Naruto as if afraid to be slapped at any moment.

They all kept silent, wanting one of the adults to speak up first. But it stayed quiet for so long. Were they doing this to torture them and make this feel like some sort of talent show where they always waited for the answer until you were about to faint. Deidara looked awfully pale next to him, looking at Fugaku's back as if a monster would appear as soon as the man turned around. Yes, his father wasn't one of the nicest guys.

Finally the silence was broken by Minato, standing up out of the chair he had been sitting in all this time. He still looked very calm, but the usually smile was not on his lips. 'I think it will be best if the Uzumaki family goes home to discuss matters further and then Itachi can hear the decision we've made from his own parents. I wish you all a good day and we'll keep in touch.' Was that a threat lingering in Minato's voice? Even his father seemed to fidget at the last part, gritting his teeth in annoyance.

Without another word all the blonde's left the house and of course the redheaded woman. Deidara shot his lover one last worried look before disappearing out the door. Now that the house was a lot emptier and it had gotten silent again, Itachi really started to feel uncomfortable. What was going to happen and what had they agreed on? Obviously something had been decided and then there was also the comment Minato had made. We'll keep in touch. That at least meant he would be able to see the Uzumakis still.

Fugaku took a seat across from Itachi, sighing softly and tiredly rubbing a hand over his face. Suddenly he looked very old. Mother was seated in a chair and seemed really calm again, even smiling lightly as she flipped through a magazine. It still felt like something was wrong with that woman, but what was the question. His father was the one to say something about it or even do something about it. Sasuke was still sitting on the floor, out of the corner of his eyes glancing over at us and not missing anything what was going on.

'So as you understand sir Uzumaki and I have agreed on something and we feel like it benefits us both.' That was suspicious. Why would it benefit them both? It was not about them. It was about Itachi and Deidara… 'I will allow you to see Deidara more often, but your studies should not suffer under it. And in exchange…' Exchange? What could that man possibly want out of this? 'You will behave like you ought to and take over the company after you went to college. If you agree to these terms, then you are allowed to still see Deidara, in discretion of course. I don't want to see this in papers one day.'

Take over the company? That was his biggest nightmare. Itachi had done everything to fight against the Uchiha name. He didn't want to work for the company. His rebellious behaviour would now all have been for nothing. Could he really just accept this and do it? Of course he was smart enough, but he wouldn't be happy being on the top of the company.

But he also wouldn't be happy if Deidara wasn't by his side. He needed the blonde more than anything. He needed to make a decision now. His father's piercing gaze was pressuring him into making a quick decision. In the end either one of them would be good for his father. He would behave as asked or he would not be gay anymore. What should he do?

Later in the evening Deidara finally received a text back, having waited for it ever since he had left the Uchiha house. He had been informed about it being Itachi's decision, but not about the consequences. Not what it would all mean for the raven, but he was still afraid. Afraid that the text would say that they weren't together anymore. That Itachi had chosen to break it all off. So he was glad when the message said something else.

I'll see you tomorrow, Dei. We can go grab some lunch together and spend the afternoon in the park if you'd like? I love you.

Characters © Masashi Kishimoto

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