Naruto suppressed a gasp as the sports car rolled up to the Uchihas' estate. Naruto had always lived in a little, cluttered apartment by himself, with barely any extra space at all. But this mansion...this mansion was insane. It was humongous, with at least 50 windows in the front. It was three stories high, the deep red brick made the house look imposing and even larger than it was. The rolling grounds of the mansion had perfectly manicured grass and tall trees that were evenly spaced from one another, like an orchard. Despite disliking Sasuke, Naruto definitely appreciated his mansion. And I'll be living here for three months, Naruto thought as Sasuke stopped in front of the wrought iron front door. Although there is Itachi, who is apparently a little...funky. Naruto shuddered slightly at the thought of living with a pervert that might be after him.
Sasuke pulled the keys out of the ignition. "You don't need to get any of your belongings from your home. We have clothes here that you can wear and anything else that you might need can be ordered. With my permission, of course. Don't try to get into rooms that you haven't been into before and stay in your room at night. If you need something to be cleaned or laundry to be done or your bed to be made then just call for a maid. You are not allowed to leave the mansion without my permission and if you sneak out then you will be kept in a locked room that isn't comfortable at all. Stay away from my brother, like I said before, or else you will really regret. Do you have any questions?"
Naruto blinked, not really catching everything that Sasuke had just said, just that he had to get permission do to anything on his own. "Uh...no questions," he said, trying not to look slightly intimidated.
Sasuke smirked. "Good. Now get out of my car."
Naruto glanced around the room he'd been given. It almost made him sick to look at the perfectly made bed, the spotless carpet, the expensive rug that was laid out in front of his wardrobe and the huge, crystal clear windows that overlooked the grounds of the Uchiha estate. But was even worse was what was inside of the wardrobe that stood in the corner of his room.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" Naruto practically screamed as he incredulously stared at the contents hanging inside. There were only formal suits, expensive, by the looks of them, and button up shirts that were also undoubtedly expensive. Naruto could not tolerate formal clothes of any kind. He was a T-shirt and jeans sort of guy, but definitely not a formal suit type guy. He hated black and gray clothes too; there was a reason why he wore such a bright orange jacket. "There. Is. No. Way." Naruto grumbled, slamming the wardrobe shut. So that's why Sasuke had said that he didn't need any of his old clothes. And now that Naruto was forbidden to leave the mansion there was no way Naruto could get back to his apartment.
Collapsing onto the soft bed, Naruto rolled over, inhaling the scent of the freshly washed sheets. Come on, it's not that bad, his consciousness tried to console him. "No, this is horrible!" Naruto groaned to himself. What difference did it make what clothes he wore? Listening to Sasuke babble on and on about business was one thing, but wearing those despicable articles of clothing? That was just plain cruel.
"Are you done whining about stupid things?" a cool voice smugly said from Naruto's doorway and the blonde automatically knew who it was. Sitting up and glaring, Naruto pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke. "You bastard! I can't wear those clothes! I was supposed to be tutored about business, not ugly fashion!"
Sasuke just coldly stared down at Naruto. "There's a lot more to business than just statistics and money, Naruto. The way you dress, act and speak are all crucial too. And right now, you look like a homeless guy without the beard."
Naruto tried not to stutter in anger. "EXCUSE ME? Homeless? I dress perfectly fine, thank you very much!"
Sasuke just sighed. "Naruto, you have to get over your complex. You just have to accept that you've been sent here and you have to deal with it. Because as soon as you become the CEO, formal suits and etiquette will become your life. Now change out of those disgusting clothes. We're going to start our first tutoring session right now." With that said, Sasuke turned and walked away. Naruto sighed. "Fine, Uchiha. I'll wear your dumb clothes but don't expect me to do anything else this extreme." he grumbled, walking over to his wardrobe and yanking out the most comfortable pair of clothes he could find.
When Naruto managed to successfully tug on a plain button up shirt and some black slacks that looked somewhat decent he cautiously exited the room, shutting it behind him. He tried to remember how to get downstairs. The maid that had showed him to his room had taken a left down the hallway and then a right and then maybe... another left?
"You have got to be kidding me." Naruto groaned as he dragged himself down one hallway and looked around the corner. It was just another long hallway with many doors. He was already completely lost. And now that he looked back he didn't even know which door was his room anymore. I should have left my door open, Naruto thought to himself as he decided to just roam around until he found a staircase.
His method sucked. What seemed like an hour later Naruto finally stumbled upon what appeared to be a little elevator of some sort. It was called...a dumb something. "Oh yeah, a dumbwaiter!" Naruto had seen one before. It was basically used just to send food and small items up and down between floors. Naruto stuck his head into it. He would fit, but barely. I'll just risk it, Naruto thought as he climbed in, reaching out to press the "Down" button before quickly withdrawing his arm before it started to move. It was a little scary when it started going down, especially since it probably wasn't meant to hold a young man's weight, but thankfully it made it to the first floor.
Naruto climbed out of the dumbwaiter, only to find that he had crawled out onto a kitchen counter and there were about three maids and a horrified chef staring at him like he was insane. "Uh...hey. What's up? I couldn't find the staircase, so..." Naruto awkwardly climbed off the counter and quickly shuffled towards the kitchen door. "I'll just go," he quickly exclaimed, dashing out of the room. Well that wasn't embarrassing at all, Naruto sarcastically thought as he found himself in what appeared to be a giant living room of some sort.
Naruto gave up hope. There were just too many rooms in the cursed house. The only solution was to ask for directions. Naruto spotted an innocent maid dusting off some already dustless furniture and sprinted over to her, relieved. "EXCUSE ME," he bellowed. The maid jumped, obviously startled, and glared at Naruto. "Yes?" she asked indignantly. Naruto grinned his most winning smile at her, which looked more like a pained grimace. "I'm sorta lost. Do you know where I could find a guy named Sasuke Uchiha?"
The maid blinked twice. "Well, usually he's in his study. It's through that door and to the left." The maid pointed with her feather duster. "THANK YOU!" Naruto exclaimed, then turned and ran towards the door before he forgot the directions. Sure enough, when he went through it, walking down another hallway and turning left, he found a large room with a shiny desk sitting in the middle of it with a computer on it. Sitting behind the desk, talking on his phone and acting all official, was Sasuke.
"Your house is like a freakin' maze." Naruto complained as he crossed the room, leaning against Sasuke's desk. Sasuke glared at him, listening to whoever was on the other line of his phone. "Oh, sorry. You're too busy talking to your girlfriend, I guess." Naruto smirked. Sasuke picked up a pen and tossed it at Naruto's forehead. The blonde barely ducked, feeling the pen graze the tips of his hair.
"I have to go now. I have something rather tedious to take care of," Sasuke said into his phone, then hung up, turning and staring coldly at Naruto. "That took you a total of 43 minutes, just to change and come downstairs. Next time that happens you'll be in a lot of trouble."
Naruto whined in protest, indignantly crossing his arms. "Hey! Give me a break! Your house is like some sort of labyrinth. I couldn't find any stairs and I had to climb into your dumbwaiter thing. And then I ended up in the kitchen and had to ask for directions after wandering around your house!" Naruto glared at Sasuke in satisfaction. There was no way someone could expect Naruto to actually manage to find his way around a house that he'd only been in for 2 hours.
"That's not an excuse to be late, Uzamaki. Take a seat and let's get started." Sasuke said. Naruto scowled at the raven haired man, dragging a chair over to Sasuke's desk from the corner of the room and plopping down into it with a defiant pout.
Three hours later, Naruto was about to snap. This wasn't what he had expected. Sasuke had gone over everything from manners to proper greetings to how to put on a tie. Naruto felt as though he had been brainwashed.
"Naruto, snap out of it. We still have to go over how to organize your documents in neat folders and arrange them by order of importance." Sasuke sternly said as Naruto slumped over onto his desk.
"No, Sasuke. I refuse. Let's go out and get some ramen." Naruto whined. Sasuke resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Uzamaki, Tsunade told me not to accept any laziness from you. Now get up and focus." Naruto just looked up, glaring at Sasuke. "I don't give a crap about what the old hag said to you! Nothing is wrong with just a little break! Besides, you've been going on and on for hours now and my brain is fried."
Sasuke just sighed, leaning back in his chair. "Fine. Be a miserable failure. You're not fit to run a company. I, on the other hand, would be perfectly able to run the entire company by myself."
Naruto just groaned. "I don't care. Maybe you should run the company." Sasuke sighed. "Listen, Naruto, just tolerate one more hour. Or else I'll call Tsunade and tell her that you're being insubordinate."
That left two options. Either bear with Sasuke for the next hour or have Tsunade shout at him. Of course, there was always a backup plan...
"SEE YA, SUCKER!" Naruto stuck his tongue out and ran for it, charging out of Sasuke's study and down the hallway. He had no idea where he was going but he figured that as long as he kept running Sasuke wouldn't find him. He would find the nearest phone and call 911 and report a kidnapping. Doors passed by Naruto in a blur and he decided to just pick one and hide inside. Even though Sasuke knew his way around his own house, what were the odds that he would actually check every single room in the entire house for Naruto?
Naruto vaguely remembered Sasuke's warning about not going into rooms without permission but he ignored it, feeling rebellious. Selecting an innocent looking door, Naruto skidded to a halt and slowly opened it. It appeared to be an empty bedroom. The bed was large, with plenty of space to hide under if necessary. Naruto shut the door behind him, breathing in relief. He had successfully escaped the Uchiha. Locking the bedroom door, Naruto walked over to the middle of the room. The curtains were drawn across the windows and the whole room was dimly lit. On a dresser on one side of the room were two picture frames. Naruto walked over, looking at them curiously.
One of the pictures was of a little boy with large eyes and black hair, clinging to an oversized teddy bear and laughing. Naruto squinted, staring at the picture more closely. Was the little boy Sasuke? But it couldn't be; Sasuke would never go near a teddy bear like that. Would he? Naruto realized he didn't know much about Sasuke in the first place, just that he was a condescending bastard, so he supposed that it could be possible. The other picture was of a taller boy who looked exactly like Sasuke except with strange lines on his face. Itachi, Naruto thought. Itachi was holding hands with Sasuke, who looked like he was only five years old.
Suddenly, Naruto heard a soft groan from behind him and spun around, jumping in surprise as the blankets on the bed suddenly started to move. "What the…?" a voice sleepily muttered as the blankets were suddenly pulled away. Naruto found that he couldn't move, frozen in place with shock. Sitting up in bed, hair flattened down on one side and disheveled pajamas, sat Itachi Uchiha, looking irritated.
"Sasuke, how many times do I have to tell you to stay out of my room?" Itachi muttered, rubbing his eyes. Naruto opened his mouth to say something, but all that came out was a little squeak.
Lowering his hands, Itachi glanced over at Naruto- and froze as well, blinking twice. "Now this is a surprise. What is someone like you doing in my room? Or actually, the better question would be, what are you doing in my house?"
Naruto felt his cheeks turn slightly red as he started to back away towards the door. "Well, um, Tsunade sent me here ," he said, regretting that he had locked the door. Itachi raised an eyebrow, slowly sliding out of his bed and standing up. He's so scary! Naruto shrieked mentally as the older Uchiha slowly started approaching him, yawning.
"Hm. So Tsunade sent you here…but why?" he asked as he shuffled towards Naruto. Naruto tried to inconspicuously reach behind him, fumbling with the lock on the doorknob. Unlock, unlock, unlock, PLEASE! Naruto inwardly cried as he tried.
"Well, since I'm becoming CEO in a few months, um, she wanted Sasuke to tutor me," Naruto tried not to stammer in fear as he managed to unlock the door. But it was too late. Suddenly Itachi was right in front of him, casually placing an arm on the wall next to Naruto's head. "You have such attractively colored hair," Itachi said, leaning forward.
TOO CLOSE, TOO CLOSE, TOO CLOSE, Naruto mentally screamed, trying to edge away, but suddenly Itachi placed another arm on the other side of Naruto's head, effectively trapping him. "There must be a reason that you came into my room and locked the door. Did you want to meet me?" Itachi purred. Naruto tried to shake his head, resisting the urge to tremble.
"No, it wasn't like that at all! I was just trying to…trying to get away from Sasuke," Naruto admitted. Itachi chuckled, his face looming dangerously close to Naruto's. Naruto couldn't back up any further; his back was already pressed against the wood of the door.
To Naruto's horror, Itachi suddenly leaned forward, pressing his face against the crook of Naruto's neck. AGHHHHHH! I'M BEING RAPED! Naruto held back a scream. "I-I have to go!" Naruto stammered as he felt something warm and wet run up his neck. Was Itachi…licking his neck?
"Go where? We just got started," Itachi said, his breath on Naruto's skin making his blood run cold. Help me, Naruto prayed to whoever might be reading his thoughts at the time. He couldn't move- it was a combination of fear, horror and disgust.
Suddenly, the door burst open and Naruto went flying forward, hitting Itachi, who in turn fell backwards. Glaring down at the two lying in a heap on the floor, Sasuke let out a low growl. "Take your hands off of him, Itachi."
Naruto felt relieved. Sasuke had saved his life! And then he realized that Sasuke was going to be extremely pissed that he had run away. It was a lose-lose situation. Either way Naruto was going to be molested by an Uchiha or possibly killed!
Sasuke, still looking furious, reached out, grabbing Naruto by the collar and hefting him up to his feet. Itachi, who just looked amused, stood up on his own. "What, you've already claimed the blonde as your own?" he asked. Sasuke, to Naruto's amazement, actually blushed.
"What? No! But if Tsunade found out that you raped him then it would mean a lot of trouble for both of us!" Sasuke exclaimed defensively. Naruto, who practically choking because Sasuke was still clutching his collar, tried to tug free. The conversation was getting really awkward and strange.
"Just admit it, baby brother. All Uchihas have a thing for blondes. And since you came to your little pet's rescue…" Itachi smirked. Sasuke opened his mouth, his expression a mixture of embarrassment and anger. Instead of retorting to Itachi's remark though, Sasuke just let out a low growl, turning on his heel and storming away, dragging Naruto along behind him.
"If you don't claim him then I will!" Itachi's voice echoed down the hallway before Sasuke turned the corner. Naruto, who was afraid for his life again, tried not to trip as Sasuke yanked him into his study. "I told you specifically not to enter any rooms in the house without my permission." Sasuke jaw was clenched as he released Naruto, taking a seat behind his desk.
Naruto, rubbing his sore neck, sighed. "Look, I didn't know that your brother would be in the one room that I actually picked! I mean, what were the odds?"
Sasuke glared at him, a vein beginning to show in his forehead. "Very high! You don't understand, if Itachi gets a chance like that again you'll be done for! And if you had just listened to me from the very start and not acted like an absolute idiot then you wouldn't have gotten caught up in that situation in the first place! I can't believe that you actually thought that you would be able to escape. Instead I had to come to your rescue."
Naruto sighed. "Okay, I was stupid for running away. I'm sorry, okay? And thanks for saving me there. That could've been really bad."
Sasuke just sighed, the anger seemingly draining from his face. "Um," the raven haired man was actually blushing again as he looked down. "Did…did Itachi…do anything to you?"
Naruto resisted the urge to burst into laughter. So Sasuke really did care about him? "Not really. He just licked my neck like some kind of dog."
Sasuke looked up, his expression outraged again. "That bastard! Ugh! Maybe I should tell Tsunade about what he did! Then she would fire him and I would get to be the next CEO!"
Naruto laughed a little at Sasuke's defiant expression. "Sasuke, do you really care so much about me? I figured you were the robotic, emotionless type."
Sasuke glared at Naruto. "What are you talking about? Of course I don't care about you. Why would I? I just saved you so that Tsunade wouldn't kill me, that's all." The raven haired man smirked. "Besides, we still have that lecture about binder organization to go over. You know, the subject we were supposed to talk about before you ran away like an idiot?"
Naruto groaned. "Seriously, Sasuke? Can't we just take a break?"
Sasuke grinned, his face looking almost evil. "You just had your break, Naruto. Now let's get to work."