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Chapter 11:
"That's a good idea," Itachi said.
Naruto smiled. "Thanks, Itachi." A cough interupted their conversation. They turned to see Sasuke standing in the doorway.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asked.
"Naruto was telling me about this video game idea he has," Itachi answered. "It was a good idea."
"I see," Sasuke said. He was jealous of the closeness between Itachi and Naruto. "Aniki, I'd like to speak to Naruto alone please."
Itachi nodded and stood up. He put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Don't hurt him," he whispered then left the room, closing the door softly behind him.
Sasuke looked at Naruto. The boy watched as the raven took Itachi's seat. "I'm done."
"Huh?" Naruto was confused.
"I won't be blackmailing you anymore," Sasuke said.
Naruto's hands tightened over the sheets in their grasp. "Delete the pictures then. I want to see you delete them all."
"Fine," Sasuke said. He moved closer to Naruto and held out his hand. "I'll let you delete them. Delete all of the pictures. I don't care." And Naruto did. He even deleted pictures of Sasuke and Itachi. Luckily, those pictures were on Sasuke's lap top. Unknown to Naruto, so were some pictures of him. Sasuke even had a photo album under his bed filled with pictures of his blond.
"What now?" Naruto asked.
"Get better," Sasuke said. "When you feel better, you can go home." Without another word, he left, leaving Naruto to think about the future.
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Sasuke stood before his classmates reading his speech. As the student with the best grades, Sasuke was chosen to seen the seniors off. Some would go to college, others to work, or even both. Mikoto and Itachi watched Sasuke finish his speech. Fugaku was busy at work. Sasuke then returned to his seat, which happened to be next to a certain blond.
The principal stood up to give the ending speech. "And so we say good-bye to these students as the move on in life." The class stood up. "People of Konoha, I give you your graduated class of XX (you pick the year)." There were several cheers as the students tossed their caps into the air. Once the ceremony was over, Sasuke went to Itachi and Mikoto.
"I can't believe my little boy is so grown up," Mikoto cried.
"Mom," Sasuke said rolling his eyes. She then grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. Sasuke could only hug back.
Itachi patted Sasuke on the back. "Well done. Sorry that dad isn't here."
"It's fine," Sasuke said.
"Oh Naruto-kun!" Mikoto called. Naruto had been talking to Kiba. "Congratulations!"
"Thanks, Mrs. Uchiha," Naruto said blushing.
"Call me Mikoto darling," Mikoto said. Naruto smiled.
"Sasuke!" A yelled came followed by a glomping noise. Sarah's arms wrapped around one of Sasuke's. "School is finely over! That means we are getting married in a week!"
Naruto felt his heart break. After the blackmail was over, he and Sasuke had gotten close. They had become friends. And after everything, Naruto had fallen in love with Sasuke all over again.
Sasuke wasn't happy either. He was secretly in love with Naruto. But he couldn't get out of his marriage with Sarah. He hated himself for being so weak.
Mikoto frowned. She didn't like Sarah. In fact, she didn't want Sarah anywhere near her son. In her eyes, only one person could make Sasuke happy and that was not this brat. Mikoto knew that Sasuke was bi and she didn't care. If Sasuke was to marry a man, that would change anything. She would still love him. And Miokot hoped that Sasuke would chose Naruto as his bride instead of Sarah.
Itach knew what everyone was thinking. He knew Mikoto hated Sarah and that she wasn't the only one. None of the Uchihas, not even Fugaku, liked her. But they put up with her because of their business deal. Sarah only liked Sasuke. She didn't like her future mother-in-law probably because she could secretly feel Mikoto's hatred for her. Fugaku scared her, but she pretended that he didn't. The only one she couldn't pretend anything near was Itachi. Itachi saw through everything. He knew that all Sarah wanted as a good-looking husband with a lot of money. And that pissed Itachi off. So Itachi was thinking up several ways to get Sasuke and Naruto to admit their feelings for each other. Even some ideas of how to get Sarah ut of the way, popped up inside Itachi's brain. If anyone was ever able to go into his mind, they would literally die of fright. The evil things his mind came up with would make a grown man pee his pants. Everyone was lucky that they hadn't seen Itachi's evil smirk.
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Naruto trudged up the stairs. He was tired from working all day. To make matters worse, his boss fired him. Naruto had accidentally spilled coffee on the boss's wife. Even after he apologized, the wife yelled at him for several minutes. Naruto was forced to clean the entire café. Then, the boss lectured him only to give Naruto his last pay check. Naruto cashed it with a frown. The man hadn't given him enough to pay his rent. Naruto was already two weeks behind.
When Naruto got to his door, a white note could be seen on it. Naruto read the eviction notice with tears in his eyes. Naruto quickly took a shower and went to bed.
The next morning, Naruto tried to get in contact with Jiriya who was still traveling. But he couldn't. Naruto quickly packed knowing he only had a few days to find a place to live. He took out his phone and began to call all of his friends. But none of them had any room. Naruto was shocked that even Shikamaru turned him down.
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"Sasuke!" Itachi ran up the stairs and threw Sasuke's door open.
"What?" Sasuke asked taking off his headphones.
"It's Naruto!" Itachi said. "He's getting evicted!"
Sasuke sat up. "Why? Isn't his guardian paying for his place?"
"I heard the Naruto took over all payments," Itachi said.
"Dammit!" Sasuke punched his bed. Then he stood up. He walked down the stairs to find Mikoto in the kitchen. "Mom, can I ask you something?"
"Sure honey," Mikoto said. "What is it?"
"Can Naruto move in?" Sasuke asked. "He's getting evicted."
"Oh the poor boy!" Mikoto said. "You go get his right now! I'll call a mover to get his things right away!" She grabbed her phone and quickly dialed a number. Sasuke grabbed his keys and was out the door before the other person said hello.
Sasuke pulled into a spot and quickly moved up the stairs. He knocked on Naruto's door. Naruto opened it. "Sasuke? What are you doing here?"
"Move in with me," Sasuke said.
"Wha?" Naruto ws shocked. How had Sasuke known? "But your parents..."
"They don't mind," Sasuke said. "I have a section to myself now. And it has plenty of guest rooms. You will have your own room."
"That's..." Naruto paused. "I don't think I should. You are going to be married in three days. It wouldn't be right."
"Don't worry about her," Sasuke said. "Come live with me. My mom wants you to and so does Itachi. They think of you as part of the family."
Naruto's protests stopped. He thought for a minute. He had no other place to go. "Alright. I'll move in with you." He smiled and Sasuke couldn't help but return the smile. Naruto's heart stopped at the smile he finally got to see again. A knock on his door brought him back to reality. He opened the door to some movers.
"Mrs. Uchiha sent us," a mover said. "Please pack everything as fast as you can and we will move it."
Naruto looked ast Sasuke who just shrugged. "My mom moves fast." Naruto chuckled as he showed the movers his already packed things. Naruto blushed as his neighbors whispered about the rich boy and his poor blond friend.
The landlord stopped Naruto and told him to hand over last month's rent or else he'd call the police. Sasuke took out a few bills and handed them to the landlord who nearly pissed himself at the deathly glared said raven was giving him. Sasuke moved Naruto to his car and drove him to his new home. Naruto was always surprised at how big the Uchiha home was.
"Welcome to your new home," Sasuke said opening the door.