I know it has been a while but if you're stalking me and my fics religiously then you already know that too. Haha! But whatever, this fic is starting to wrap itself up and soon it will be over and I can start another one. So for now, enjoy this. Regular PV
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Itachi was lying on his bed; he hadn't fallen asleep yet because of what Sasuke had said earlier. He didn't think it would have been so bad that he had told Naruto some information about their past, technically speaking it also included things about Itachi's own life so it wasn't exclusively about Sasuke. Of course Naruto would only focus on the Sasuke stuff and nothing more which made this slip even more detrimental. He sighed a little when he heard his cell phone going off. He prayed to all of the gods that it wasn't work or some investor that would give him bad news; it was comforting to see that was not the case. It was the blond that held his brother's affection.

He could hear sniffling on the other line and it was far more than obvious Naruto had been crying. From what Sasuke had told him and the fact that he was so upset about it himself, some very harsh, heavy words had passed between them. Itachi sat up in his bed and rested his back against the headboard. "Do you know what time it is, little boy?" The alarm clock next to the bed was flashing two in the morning; he had to go to work at six. Itachi knew, perhaps, that this conversation would allow him to finally feel the relief of the sleep that so eluded him. Naruto coughed a little on the other line and Itachi sighed again. "Come on, tell me what is so ailing you."

"I'm sorry if I woke you up…" Surprisingly the speech was not battered with the hiccup of sobs; it was quite clear, like just for Naruto this would bring the same peace of mind. Itachi didn't mind at all that the blond had called him; no, in fact he thought this might be good for the two of them. "But… Sasuke isn't taking my calls and I need someone other than my stupid best friend to talk to."

Itachi stared up at his ceiling knowing Sasuke's room was directly above his own. He thought about retreating into the kitchen, grabbing his trusty broom and smacking the ceiling until Sasuke came down to see what all the clatter was about. Then, of course, he was hit Sasuke with the broom. He shook his head a little. Sasuke was such a complex creature. If he wanted to be with Naruto as badly as he said then why not resolve the issues quicker and just answer the boy's calls? Itachi rolled his eyes; he understood why Sasuke was doing it though. And now that he had a goal he wasn't going to half ass it and take the slacker way out. No turning back for an Uchiha in love, he supposed. "It's fine. I understand that you and your lover boy had quite the tiff yesterday…" Naruto was silent for a second as if he wanted to say it was today but then realized it was technically yesterday. He smirked a little bit. "Allow me to cut to the chase for you Naruto. I know why you called me; and the answer is yes."

There was another silence on the phone and Itachi smirked once more. He had hit the nail on the head with that one. He was quite astute when he desired to be so. Naruto sniffed a little bit and breathed into the phone, but there was a confused air within that sigh and that made Itachi think that maybe, just maybe, he had not been right. "And what makes you think you know why I called?"

Itachi resisted the urge to roll his eyes; it was far more than apparent to him. Luckily for Itachi Naruto was predictable in the sense that his emotions were far easier to gauge. Itachi was very easily able to read people and make predictions based on prior knowledge; he had a feeling they would have talked before Sasuke revealed his large and complex plan. He held his annoyance back as he answered, "Oh come now Naruto, we both know that you called to ask me one of your other questions."

"H-how did you know?" Itachi resisted the urge to tell the blond he was an omniscient, godly creature that knew and saw all; he didn't think the humor and sarcasm would play out well in this situation. It may just make it awkward. He sighed a little with some humor in the tone of his breath. "Okay…fine. Yes, I did call for that reason. I will never know how you figured it out so quickly but whatever. Just let me ask it for myself, please?"

"As you wish." Itachi replied.

"Does…" Naruto paused as if he was unsure about the phrasing of the question. Even though, no matter how it was phrased, Itachi knew the gist of it before it was even spoken aloud. "Does Sasuke still feel the same about me? Or have we finally jumped over that untimely threshold?"

Eloquent or not, Itachi knew it was just spiced up diction for 'Does Sasuke still love me?' Which to him, he had answered previously before Naruto had even asked him. Though, of course, Naruto wouldn't have known if it was in reference to his question. He rubbed the space between his eyes, letting out a slight sigh. At this point, he was making Naruto wait for the answer; allow him to sweat it out a little more, make the blond really start to panic about what the answer could or could not be.

Itachi opened his mouth about to say to him what he had uttered previously when a thought dawned on him. He shut his mouth and thought deeply for a moment. It had been his fault that Sasuke angrily stormed out on Naruto; he had been passing family secrets to an interloper, in a way. He had overstepped his boundaries and wouldn't this also fall into the same category? Sasuke would be more than pissed at him for revealing any secrets to the blond now…But conversely Naruto wouldn't have any peace of mind over the subject. Quite the tough question in his opinion.

"Itachi?"

The Uchiha made a sound of acknowledgement and wondered silently what he should do. He had interfered enough and should just leave this matter entirely to Sasuke but at the same time he loved ruining Sasuke's plans and this would do everything and more. After a few more seconds Itachi decided what to do with a nod. "I'm here and as for your question…Don't you think you shouldn't be asking me such a thing? It's kind of what got you in hot water in the first place."

"Please Itachi, just this one last question. Give me a little peace so I can sleep tonight, I have to get up early to open tomorrow. I need this, just this little bit of information and I'll leave you alone if need be."

Oh this was appealing so much to Itachi's evil, cruel side it wasn't even funny, though he was feeling slightly bad for his course of action. "Well Naruto, I hate to say it but I cannot disclose any further information because it has not proved well for either of us. Sasuke threw his keys at me when he got home and I don't really want a similar action to repeat itself…If I do have to say one thing it would be calm down; the world has not ended yet. Just because you do not see the rotations doesn't mean it is stuck; before you know it spring will come."

He could tell from the silence that Naruto didn't understand what his metaphor meant but there was no time to tell him. If the blond wanted his answer then he would have to think about it. But the problem became the interpretation, if Naruto didn't understand it or got a completely different meaning from what he had intended, it was going to make things a little more surprising when Sasuke decided to get off his ass and do something.

"But!"

"Ah, ah. No buts, I have told you all you needed to know my child. You're a literature major and I have not even given you a difficult piece of text to examine. Just go with your gut on the meaning and stick with it. Goodnight." Itachi hung up before he could get a rebuttal. If Naruto started to cry with him on the phone he probably would have let the truth slip and caused more tension between Sasuke and himself. For now this was the only solution in sight.

Itachi laid back down, shutting off his phone in case Naruto called him back to get more answers. He only had to lay there for a few minutes before falling calmly into sleep.
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MUCH LATER INTO THE NEXT DAY

Naruto sighed a little. Sasuke hadn't called him back, Itachi had hung up on him, and to top it all off he hadn't got any answers. He tried to talk to Kiba about what had happened but the brunette wasn't exactly the most helpful. In fact he had slightly been avoiding him all day. He was glad it was closing time at the shop, he just wanted to go home and go to sleep, and then never ever wake up ever again. He felt like shit. He slopped bowls into the busing basket and walked into the back where Ayame was washing the dishes.

"Naruto…Are you alright? You've been…slightly more of a zombie than usual. Have you been staying all night or something?" Naruto nodded his head. Technically he had slept last night, for about twenty minutes since he had been thinking about what Itachi had said to him all night. What the hell was Itachi supposed to me by that anyway? He may have been a literature student but that was completely out of context in his mind. There was no real concrete thing he could grasp out of it and just…He didn't know. He had exhausted his brain thinking about all the different possibilities of what singular purpose that metaphor held.

Of course he hadn't listened much after Itachi said that it wasn't the end of the world. Naruto had had a tiny meltdown when he heard that because it really made him think it was completely and utterly over between him and Sasuke but when he heard Itachi continue to speak it gave him a small glimmer of hope. Hope that it wasn't over. But he also hoped that if it was going to be completely over between them that Sasuke would just come out and say it already. He was sick of the wait and worry game. Not knowing the outcome of an event was so annoying and it was pressing his nerves practically raw.

"Naruto? Hello? Earth is calling, are you receiving?" The blond snapped out of his thoughts and stared blankly at Ayame.

"I'm sorry, were you saying something?"

"Yeah, just that I'm a little worried about you. Listen, I know it may not be cool to talk to the boss' daughter about personal stuff, especially since I already know about you and that guy from Hakkaku's place." Naruto's mouth practically fell off his face. He was surprised Teuchi told her about it but then again it was his daughter and out of all the people in the world old people gossiped; they gossiped about everything. Naruto was going to say something but then she started speaking again. "But no worries okay? I won't tell him anything you tell me. I think there should be a level of private and personal that is kept out of the work place. Besides, you've known me since I was little so you're practically a member of my family. I'm here for you, kay?" She ruffled Naruto's hair a little bit before untying her apron and walking towards the back.

Now that, Naruto mused, was not anything like he was expecting to happen. Though, it was a slightly welcomed relief to see that Teuchi's daughter wasn't such a tight ass like he was. He had nearly forgotten how close they actually were and maybe, just maybe, he could convince her to persuade her father into letting him date Sasuke. If he were still willing to be with him of course.
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"Have some balls Uchiha. You can do this!" Sai encouraged as he stood out in the parking lot of Ichiraku with Sasuke. The Uchiha turned around to glance over at his friend who had refused to get out of the car just in case something went wrong. Apparently he didn't want to experience that awkward if it indeed happened.

Sasuke doubted it would. Of course, he also had a slightly doubt about whether or not Naruto would accept his apology. But he couldn't have that mentality, he needed to be confident so the blond wouldn't falter in his judgment. He sighed a little and picked it up. He needed to do this, not just for him, for Naruto.

Naruto was walking out from the back, exchanging a few words between him and Kiba when they saw a little movement coming from the parking lot. Both of them almost yelled and pointed at the door when they saw Sasuke's face appear in the glass, it was as though they had both seen a ghost. Sasuke smirked at the both of them as he strolled in looking at the blond with such a strong, passionate determination that it was almost scary. But there was an alluring quality about it that it made Naruto pause in all his motion and stare at him.

They were at odds with each other and the last costumer of the night lowered his paper and revealed himself to be none other than Uchiha Itachi, who was smirking at the two of them. It was all starting to make sense to the blond now. He practically burst with excitement but bit his lip in anticipation.

"But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Naruto is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon…It is my man, O, it is my love." Naruto knew that particular aside was quite long and knew the creative edits were appreciated but he never really thought about how perfect it really was that this particular moment of Romeo and Juliet was chosen. "Oh, that he knew he was. He speaks yet says nothing; what of that? His eye discourses; I will answer it…I am too bold, 'tis not to me he speaks."

"Ay me…" Naruto felt the words fall from his lips before he thinks about what he is actually doing. " Oh, Sasuke, Sasuke…Wherefore art thou Sasuke? Deny thy employer and refuse thy job. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be an Ichiraku employee." He smiled a little as Sasuke approached him embracing him particularly gently. "'Tis but thy job that is my enemy; but what's in a job? That which we call a career would still pay as generously. And for that job which is no part of thee, take all myself."

"I take thee at thy word." Sasuke muttered as he leaned in kissing Naruto ever so briefly on the lips. Naruto's eyes widen for a moment as he heard footfalls coming from behind him. He flushed himself right into Sasuke's chest.

"How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? The doors are jammed and are hard to open; and the place death considering who thou art if any of my kinsmen find thee here." Naruto muttered in a hushed scold. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "I mean, damn you with your damn Romeo and Juliet, Teuchi is coming and he'll chase you out of here. Leave before he has the chance."

"No." Sasuke said as he heard the door of the back room swing open. It wasn't Teuchi but his daughter Ayame which meant he was coming out at any second. He glanced down at Naruto. "I'm standing my ground this time. I will not allow the chill of winter to kill the blossom of our love. Not this time. If he is so persistent with his hatred then I'll bring a lawsuit forward and make sure you have just compensation for your particular case."

"Sasuke, that's no-"

"And if that doesn't work I'll kill him."

"Sasuke!" Naruto smacked him in the chest with a slight pout on his face.

"Fine, fine. I won't kill him, maybe just strangle him a little bit." Naruto sighed. He could understand the frustration though. It had nearly ruined their relationship a few times but he was glad Sasuke finally decided to take a stand against this. It gave him the confidence to stand up to Teuchi and put his foot down. And if it got him fired then…He could always do what Sasuke said and sue him. If he felt bitter enough, he guessed.

Teuchi came out from the back room and he stared out into the room and saw Sasuke standing there with Naruto under his arm. There was an air of defiance around him and Teuchi crossed his arms, a demanding scowl on his usually genial face. "What is this? Who dragged the trash in here? Hakkaku forget where the dumpster is?"

Naruto could see Sasuke's arms rising from his side and the murdering aura was around him. The blond slapped both of his arms making them fall back down at his sides so nothing bad would happen. Though, Naruto thought, Teuchi was lucky that Sasuke was so far away from him and close to Naruto. If their positions were switched it was obvious that Sasuke would have wasted no time strangling him.

Sasuke opened his mouth to retort to that insult but Ayame moved to stand in front of her father, her frame shaking. "You need to stop with this! Can't you see that they're happy to be with each other? Why else do you think they openly defy you in such a manner! You need to let the past die."

Everyone stared at each other not knowing of what Ayame alluded to. Was there some kind of event that no one but they knew about?

"I knew it, they were gay lovers!" Sai exclaimed in a whisper. Sasuke and Naruto turned towards him.

"When did you get here?" Sai made a motion for Sasuke to shush and the strange urge to strangle something came on even stronger than before. They all turned their attention back to the two who were arguing, luckily no words had been passed between them but what had been uttered previously.

"I know what I'm doing. It's obvious that this boy isn't right for Naruto, Hakkaku is a man of lose morals and you know what they say, birds of a feather flock together." Teuchi said gripping her arm. She shook him off of her and she slapped him in the face.

"Naruto isn't me, Dad. You don't need to protect him. We're in love with each other and you just need to except that!" Ayame slapped her hand over her mouth and Teuchi stood up looking at his daughter.

"Love? You're in love with Hakkaku?" Teuchi looked as though he was about to explode when that startling confession came to light.

"Ew. Didn't see that one coming." Sai said aloud and everyone around him glared at the obnoxious raven. He just shrugged at them. "You were thinking it." Itachi nodded his head slowly; he had been but he wasn't that rude.

Teuchi paused for a moment as he looked over at Naruto and Sasuke. He walked over to them and patted them on the shoulder. "I'm sorry you two, I've misjudged you because of a pre-conceived notion about Hakkaku, but even though I've taught it to my daughter, the world isn't so black and white. You were hired by Hakkaku not because you were like him but because you would attract costumers." He stopped for a moment glancing back at his daughter. "But, apologies aside I need all of you to leave the shop because I have some very important things I wish to talk to my daughter about…"

All of them took that as a bad sign and did not put up a fight when they were practically unceremoniously thrown out on their asses. Naruto and Sasuke just started laughing a little as they held hands and stared out into the night. All of this bullshit had been because of Ayame this whole time. Teuchi had just wanted a vent for his frustrations and instead of punishing and monitoring his daughter he monitored Naruto who he could control far more with threats. But now, finally, they were free. They were free to do anything they wished.

"Hey Sasuke, let's go sit on your couch and eat ice cream and snuggle with Chidori." That hadn't been what Sasuke had in mind.

~ONE WHOLE FRICKEN YEAR LATER~

Naruto was stunned at the large skyscrapers that graced the sky; their panes of glass shown as though they were large diamonds reflecting the sun. It was obvious that this was a business district part of the town and it made more than enough sense as to why both of Sasuke's parents would be in this area when they died. Ironically enough, they had also been buried in the same area.

The blond shivered a little as the cold chill of the autumn air filled in around him. It was late October and all the trees were shedding their leaves as the cold weather swooped in lacing the ground with a cornucopia of colors. The Uchiha yearly trip to America had been postponed because of a business trip Itachi had that could not be missed; Sasuke, of course, would not go without him. Naruto was just glad that he was able to finally be apart of this and support Sasuke in his continued mourning.

Plus, after the few sad days that were bound to follow this current trip to the cemetery, Itachi had promised them they would go to the Disneyworld. The blond wanted very much to see if that was a lie or not, he had been hoping it wasn't; he LOVED amusement parks.

As the gravestones and mausoleums started to pass by on the foot trodden path of the cemetery Naruto scrunched himself closer to Sasuke. It was becoming more and more real the farther they stepped into the barren, cold wasteland. Among these headstones Naruto would find the names Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto; Sasuke's very dead parents. It was making his heart race in anticipation.

But the worst thing seemed to be Sasuke. He was tense as he held Naruto's hand, not saying a word to the blond as they walked through the rows of the dead as he may have done many a time before with just Itachi, who stood on the opposite side of him. The three of them were like phantoms in a realm where only death seemed to exist; even the trees were barren enough to give a similar feeling.

Before too long they stopped and standing before the three men were two headstones that had been specifically written in Japanese. Naruto knew it to be them before he even examined the writing; it would have cost extra to get it inscribed in Japanese in America…Probably. Itachi lit an inscent and the three of them got on their knees to pray. Naruto wasn't sure what he was supposed to pray about but he didn't say anything about it. If it was Uchiha tradition to do so, it was his tradition now since he was now fully immersed in Uchiha culture. After a minute or two they all stood up.

"Yo, Itachi! Sasuke!" A man yelled from the path. Naruto turned to see Sasuke and Itachi's uncle; the relationship extremely apparently when he saw how closely the two Uchiha brothers looked to the man coming up the path.

"Uncle Madara." Itachi went to go and properly greet him while Naruto and Sasuke both stood there staring at the grave. Sasuke sighed a little bit and the blond looked over at him before Sasuke broke their eye contact.

"Mother, Father…As you've noticed I've brought someone this year. His name is Uzumaki Naruto and he's a literature major and probably one of the dumbest people I've ever met in my entire life. Yet, I think you both would have come to love him…As I have. He is my world, my everything. He's made a permanent place in my heart just as my love for you has." Naruto was blushing as though Sasuke had given his epic speech in front of more than two stones. But nevertheless it was the sweetest thing he had ever heard coming from the smaller Uchiha's lips. They shared a small kiss before bowing a little to the graves. "I'm sorry I won't be making you grandparents…"

Naruto turned towards the Uchiha for a moment. "Are you saying we won't adopt?"

"Nevermind. We'll make you adoptive grandparents…"Sasuke corrected himself and the blond smiled cheekily as Sasuke smirked back at him about to grab his face and plant a kiss when his uncle called out for them.

"Looks like you've been cut short Sasuke." The Uchiha shrugged a little grabbing Naruto's hand and walking towards his brother and Uncle. He had a feeling traditions would change now that Naruto was in his life. His heart had healed only slightly but with Naruto's love bringing a cure-all into the picture, it would only be a matter of time before the pain would be gone completely.

"So children, now that the sad part is out of the way, what shall we do now?" Itachi mused after Madara was fully introduced to Naruto. The blond's eyes shined with excitement as he glanced over at Itachi who he used his best puppy expression on.

"Please, Itachi, oh please can we go to Disneyland?" Naruto begged on his knees and the Uchiha smirked a little patting the blond on the head.

"Sure, we can go, but I would have much preferred Disneyworld like I originally planned. Too bad so sad, but since you're so insistent…"

"NO! I TAKE IT BACK! Itachi don't do this to me, you know what I meant!"

The three Uchihas laughed at the blond and Sasuke had no more doubts about it now. As long as Naruto continued to be his sun there were not going to be any more dark days. He put his arms around the blond's waist and kissed him on the back of the neck. "Allow me, my love." Sasuke got a sad look on his face and glanced up at his brother. "Itachi, you know how much I wanted to go to Disneyworld…"

"Oh no! Not that face, I'm so weak…" Itachi muttered in a monotone sort of way and he just smirked at the two of them presenting already purchased tickets. He also handed an extra to Madara who nearly jumped for joy himself. Itachi shook his head, it was a strange bunch that he associated with but they were called family for a reason.
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Finally it has been done. I'm so glad it's over because that means I'm going to have less work until I decide to take on more.

Sasuke: What no lemon?
Me: Go check previous chapters. There are plenty.
Sasuke: You're cuttin' it kinda thin woman...
Me: Well please me allow to direct you to the SHHHH! Hush your face...Sassin me. This had a nice tender ending full of meaning, I will not degrade it with a lemon!
Naruto: You couldn't think of anything fresh for the lemon could you?
Me: I outdid myself with the table sex...
Naruto: oh well, I don't care. It'll just be the fans who hate you. No skin off my nose. This was the last time for this fic so we all hope you enjoyed it. This was Hitoko-sama! And it will be the next time she makes a fic!