WARNING: Lemon at the end of this chapter (RATED M FOR MATURE. If you don't wish to read it please don't, and please don't report it and ruin it for everyone else! Thanks!)

Part two

"So where are we going?" Itachi asked curiously after Sakura helped him to the car and they were on their way down the street.

"You'll see, it's only like a three minute drive from here."

Itachi's eyes widened when they pulled into a cemetery parking lot. He looked at Sakura a little shocked. Were they really here for the reason he thought they were. There was a long period of silence between them as Sakura pulled into a parking space and shut the car off.

"Sakura?" Itachi asked hesitantly, his soft voice breaking the silence. Sakura had been staring off in front of her for about four minutes now. She sighed before turning in her seat to look at Itachi.

"I really care about you Itachi, more than I expected to in the short time we have been together. I just want you to know that I have never brought any man with me here before. So my doing this right now is really big and it means I'm in this for the long run. Are you ready?" Itachi nodded, knowing full well why they were here. He was glad to hear Sakura cared enough for him to do this. He felt the same.

"Yes, I'm ready." A small smile graced her face as she turned and grabbed a bouquet of flowers from the backseat and got out of her car. She rounded the front and approached Itachi's already open door helping to pull him up and out of the car. She glanced down at his ankle.

"Is it still swollen?" She asked curiously.

"Somewhat, it has definitely gotten smaller though." He wrapped his arm around Sakura's shoulder before limping forward with her as they passed through the large black, iron gates. There was a small journey to get where they were going but it wasn't too bad. Soon they reached two tombstones. One that read Mebuki Haruno and the other Kizashi Haruno. Itachi noticed the way Sakura's hold on his hand tightened when they came to a stop in front of the two polished stones. She was bundled up in a dark pea coat, her light brown scarf poking out of it and her breaths coming out in short puffs of water vapour in the cold January air. Itachi was similarly covered and both wore gloves to cover their hands. He felt Sakura give his hand one last squeeze before she let go and walked forward squatting in front of her mother's grave. She silently brushed the fluffy white snow off of the stone and placed six pink roses on it. She then moved to her father's grave and repeated the action. Sakura stood again, just in front of Itachi before sighing and chancing a glance at her boyfriend.

"I hope you don't think I'm weird if I talk to them…" she said trailing off.

"Sakura it's perfectly normal. If pretending like I'm not here helps go ahead." Sakura scoffed slightly before letting out a short laugh.

"No you being here is important remember, If I wanted to pretend you weren't here I wouldn't have brought you." She was silent again before squatting down a second time and beginning to speak. She spoke softly, telling them about the things that happened in her life most recently. When she made it to talking about Itachi, the man couldn't help but smile slightly. She was praising him left and right. She didn't have a bad thing to say and if she did Itachi knew she was just teasing.

"…So mom, dad, this is Itachi. He makes me very happy and I think you both would have loved him." She said with a soft laugh. Itachi smirked and stood by Sakura's side. She stood from her crouch and wrapped her arms around his waist. He wasted no time and wrapping his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close again.

"Nice to finally meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Haruno. You have a lovely daughter and I care about her deeply," he said without hesitation. Sakura looked up in time to see Itachi wink at her. She smiled brightly and moved closer to him. Itachi was slightly surprised that this situation didn't make him uncomfortable. He was never one to visit the graves of his loved ones so this was a different experience for him. Even if it had made him uncomfortable he would have gone through with it, he could tell just how important this was for Sakura.

After a few more minutes Sakura began to get cold and they slowly made their way back to the car.

000

1 week later

"See!" Itachi exclaimed skipping ahead of Sakura as they walked down the sidewalk. "It's fine now, I feel no more pain. Can I please go back to work?" He asked with a laugh at Sakura's horrified face. She ran up to him and stopped him from skipping around.

"Itachi Uchiha if you don't stop being so reckless on your freshly healed ankle I will write another doctors note and make you take another week off work!" She threatened and Itachi swallowed loudly at the deadly serious look on her face.

"Right, sorry Doc," he said with an eye roll followed by a smirk.

"Thanks for an awesome date, Itachi. I really enjoyed it. You sure know how to put a girl in the mood." Itachi stopped and looked down at her with a raised eyebrow.

"A mood? What kind of mood?" He asked curiously, his head inching down, getting closer to her face. She swallowed thickly at the dark pools looking back at her.

"The romance mood. You sure know how to romance a woman?" She said making it sound like a question. Truth is she had wanted more in their relationship for a while. He knew how to set her on fire with just a look lately. She felt like he was holding back purely because he didn't know what she wanted. She didn't really know how to make him realize that she wanted him like no other.

The rest of the walk home was relatively silent and if Sakura was being honest, kind of awkward. She kind of felt guilty for shooting down an opportune moment to tell him how she felt and let him know that she indeed wanted things to go further, geez it was almost like she was in high school again. She was a grown woman, shouldn't she be able to be straightforward with her emotions at this point in her life? She was lost in her thoughts as she let them both into her apartment building and climbed the stairs to the first floor.

They made it to her apartment door and suddenly Itachi was really close to her.

"I'm glad you had fun today," he said his voice lower than normal. It made Sakura's skin prickle with pure lust at the way his liquid black eyes were gazing at her emerald green ones. Sakura's breathing hitched when Itachi covered her mouth with his own, the kiss igniting a delicious fire in her lower abdomen. She found her arms moving on their own, wrapping around his neck while her fingers threaded their way through his hair, a tiny moan escaping his lips as she tugged softly at the roots of hair. This was different then their normal goodbye kisses and Sakura knew there was no going back at this point, they were going all the way today. She felt his tongue lightly push past her lips and a moan escaped her as well. Panting slightly she reached behind her and twisted the door knob only slightly surprised that it was open, she swore she had locked it when she left with Itachi an hour ago.

The reason why her door was unlocked however was farthest from her mind and the weight of Itachi pushing against her had both of them stumbling into her apartment. Never breaking the kiss, both began to undress the other, sliding their coats, scarves, and gloves off. Before they made it past the front hallway they had toed off their boots and continued on toward Sakura's room. Their lips were moving against each other furiously, their tongues fighting for dominance when suddenly the lust induced haze was shattered.

"Ehem, hello to you too…" Naruto's somewhat shocked voice made Itachi and Sakura freeze mid kiss. Without leaving the other's lips they looked over at Naruto to see him basically gawking at them. With a short shake of his head and a small sigh he spoke again. "Kyuubi, how about a nice long walk, how does that sound?" the dog bounded over to its owner, his tail wagging a mile a minute "Hm, that's what I thought, come on boy." Naruto said leading him to the front door. The couple waited until the click of the door could be heard before pulling away and resting their foreheads together.

At that moment both realized they didn't want their first time as a couple to be rushed and quick. They both wanted this to be slow. They needed to show one another the magnitude of their feelings. Sakura grabbed Itachi's hands, willing her breathing to calm before tugging him toward her bedroom. Once in her room she fell backward onto her queen sized mattress, her body bouncing slightly. Itachi covered her body with his own and kissed her again. She wrapped her arms around his neck again and noticed immediately his kisses weren't as frenzied as before, his lips slowly moved over hers while his tongue brushed up against her own just as softly. This was what she wanted right now. She needed to be close to him at last.

Sakura felt his hands slide up her shirt, his fingertips colder than the rest of his hands and the sensation against her overheated body made goose bumps rise over her smooth skin. She felt his thumbs dip beneath the underwire of her bra and brush against the bottoms of her breasts. She moaned at the cool feeling of it. She felt him smirk against her lips and moved to the right, nuzzling his nose against the side of her head before moving down and running his lips across the over sensitive skin of her neck. He suddenly pulled away to remove his own long sleeved shirt and Sakura's lower abdomen clenched with need when the beautifully sculpted torso was revealed to her.

He then grasped the hem of her own shirt and pulled it up. She sat up slightly to help him pull it over her head. He then made quick work of her pants, removing them in one long pull. Her chest was moving up and down faster than normal as Itachi drank in the sight of her in nothing but a bra and panties, writhing and wanting. He unbuckled his pants and let them drop to the floor with a soft thud before he hovered over her again.

He didn't miss the way her green eyes darkened when she saw the tent forming in his boxers. Itachi then proceeded to pepper her smooth skin with open mouthed kisses while he purposefully didn't touch the places she so desperately wanted him. He reached up and unhooked her bra with ease, pulling it down her arms and tossing it to the floor. Her breasts were now exposed to the cool air, her nipples budding tightly with the change in temperature. He wet his lips with the tip of his tongue before looking into Sakura's eyes and lowering himself to take one of her pink buds in his hot mouth. She immediately threw her head back a rather loud moan escaping her and her hips bucked up into Itachi's own arousal. He pressed his hips into hers, letting her grind against him to relieve some of the pressure while at the same time giving him pleasure as well. His cock was harder than a rock and he could feel it pulsing with need. He wouldn't be able to wait much longer.

He quickly switched sides and took the opposite nipple into his mouth while he distanced his hips enough to slip his hand in between them. He moved his hand under her panties, immediately sliding his forefinger between her slick folds. Her eyes shot open another loud moan escaping her as she arched up, pushing her chest closer to Itachi as he sucked and licked at her almost painfully tight nipple. He didn't waste time and inserted one finger into her hot, wet opening, feeling her inner muscles quiver with need.

"'Tachi, please," she whimpered softly "I need you!" Itachi nodded as he removed his mouth from her breast so he could speak. He continued to move his finger in and out of her body, even adding a second finger with ease. He enjoyed the way her muscles would clench deliciously around his two fingers and couldn't wait for them to clench around another body part of his.

"Condom?" he asked raising a brow at her flushed face. She shook her head.

"I'm on birth control, its okay." Itachi nodded not exactly comfortable with the idea of not using a condom but he trusted her and she obviously trusted him so he wasn't going to argue.

He removed his fingers and pulled her panties down, his own boxers following quickly after. Sakura moved closer to the middle of the bed as Itachi moved over top of her again. He lined his hardness up with her slick opening before slowly pushing in. Sakura's eyes widened at the feeling of her body stretching in such a delicious way. No one had ever stretched her this much and it felt amazing. Itachi stopped once his hips touched hers and he was completely buried inside of her heat. He leaned down and gave her a long kiss before looking into her eyes, wondering if she was okay for him to move. She was incredibly tight and a part of him was worried he wouldn't last long and end up embarrassing himself. She nodded as an answer to his silent question.

As he began to pull out slowly, both of them moaned at the feeling of her body squeezing him. Once he was out he pushed back in, a little faster this time. She gasped and arched her back at the feel of him hitting that spot deep inside her that made stars dance in her eyes. She gripped his upper arms tightly as he began to pick up his pace. They built speed, their bodies fitting together perfectly and the way they moved so easily together made them feel like one single person. They were bonded so tightly this way there was no way they could mistake each other's feelings anymore. This ran deeper than a casual relationship, they both cared deeply for one another and it showed in their gentle movements and soft kisses.

Sakura could feel her inner muscles tighten more and the feeling of her orgasm began to creep up, by the way Itachi's breathing picked up and the way she could feel his stomach muscles clench against her own she knew her lover was close too.

"Faster, please…" she moaned pulling herself up by wrapping her arms around his warm neck. His thrusting grew in speed and force making her moan loudly into his skin, muffling the sound lightly. "Itachi...I'm…" She didn't get to finish before her orgasm ripped through her, making her mouth open in a silent scream, the whisper of Itachi's name on her lips as he too tumbled over the edge at the feeling of her muscles clenching impossibly tight around him. He buried himself as deep as he could as he spilled his seed against her inner walls.

Itachi fell forward onto Sakura and the pinkette embraced him lovingly. She turned them on their side and buried her face in his sweaty chest. Her leg was thrown over his hip so he remained inside of her for the time being. As their breathing went back to normal they both hugged one another tightly. Their feelings for one another scared them both. They were so intense. But as they continued to hold each other they couldn't help but thank God for that night in the hospital on Christmas Eve. It was the beginning of something they both needed.

Sooo I hope you all enjoyed it, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drop me a review and let me know your opinion :) I would appreciate it!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE and if you celebrate it like I do Merry Christmas as well :) or Happy Hanukkah HAPPY WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE! :D

From here on out A Blind Future is my first priority. It will get finished as soon as possible. I wont have time to write till after Christmas now. I'm off for two days straight afterwards and im hoping to get it done then :) thank you all for your patience! *hugs*

-Paige