Epilogue

Itachi smiled as he walked into the living room, his bare feet quietly stepping on the nice hardwood floors. The young man who had been his boyfriend for now more than one year was sitting at his desk, in front of his laptop, typing what would be the sequel to his recently published book. He looked very focused on his task and Itachi didn't normally bother him – especially not when his fingers were running across the keyboard like that. But it was just too tempting. Deidara was so cute, as always. He wore black boxers and tank top, with his long blonde hair all ruffled from sleep. There was coffee in the kitchen. Apparently Deidara had just gotten up, made some then forgotten it there.

The raven-haired male stepped closer and when he touched Deidara's hair, the male gasped slightly and twisted his body a little to look up at him.

"Didn't even hear you…"

"That was the point," Itachi almost purred as he leaned closer, brushing the long messy blonde locks in front of his shoulders, in order to give him a massage.

"That feels nice," he closed his blue eyes and tilted his head back.

Itachi's smile widened. He pressed with his thumbs at the nape of his neck in order to release the tension. Deidara let out a small moan.

"I was really inspired though. You distracted my creative process."

"Your what?" The taller male chuckled.

"Never mind. It's already too late anyway. Just… keep doing that."

But Itachi didn't. Instead he replaced his own black hair behind his ears and leaned even closer to place a soft kiss on Deidara's lips. It was in moments like this that Itachi was glad they were living together. It was Saturday so they both had the day off. Itachi worked at the same video game company as his father now. As for Deidara he still worked as a tattoo artist, but only three days a week. People had to wait to get an appointment with him.

It was April now. The weather was just getting nice outside. They were supposed to go have lunch with Sasuke and Naruto later, but until then…

Itachi deepened the kiss as he tugged at Deidara's long blonde hair gently. He tilted his head back even more so he could kiss his jaw, then his neck, leaving reddened trails on the sensitive skin. Deidara's breathing slowly became heavier.

"I really was inspired though," he whined at some point, "you're… making me all distracted now."

"Well you inspire me," Itachi mocked before kissing his lips again, pressing his hot tongue in between parted flushed lips.

He slid his arms around the smaller male's waist and lifted him up. As they kept on kissing over and over again, they slowly stumbled toward the nice leather couch. By then Itachi had gotten rid of the black tank top and he was caressing Deidara's smooth skin all over. He straddled his waist as he kissed his neck again.

Licking his ear, he whispered sweet, heated words, "Sorry about bothering you when you're writing… but I just want you so bad… I missed this."

"Itachi," amused blue eyes looked up at him, "we did it last night."

"But I missed doing it in the morning."

"We did it like Thursday morning. I got to work late remember?"

He lowered himself while leaving a trail of kisses across Deidara's chest. "Yeah… I got late to work too. But today we don't have to be anywhere…"

"Lunch with your brother and Naruto…" Deidara said but his voice got weak as his lover bit his nipple gently. He slowly lifted his hands and ran his fingers through silk soft black hair.

"That's in a few hours…"

"In one hour," the blonde corrected him. Right, it was 11 am already… Why had Itachi gotten up so late? Damn it. But he wouldn't let that stop him.

"I don't care."

He shifted and kissed his lips again, while grinding his hips. They were both hard, moaning and breathing heavily through the kiss as their clothed erections rubbed one another. Itachi eventually slid his hand down his lover's boxers and wrapped his long fingers around his cock. Deidara's hips lifted slightly, reacting to his touch. They interrupted the kiss to catch their breath.

"You wanna top again don't you?" Deidara asked teasingly.

It was sort of their private joke. Itachi had let his boyfriend top a few times but the thing was, Itachi really, really liked topping. Besides he knew Deidara preferred it this way too, even though he never really said it out loud.

"I do," he whispered with a small smile. He pulled away slightly so he could get rid of those annoying boxers. While he was at it he took off his own as well. Now both naked, they held each other close and kissed passionately.

"You need to go get…" Deidara breathed in between to kisses. He meant the lube… Itachi growled. It was kinda far. As in the bedroom, and they had a 3 ½ apartment so it wasn't that far really. He just didn't want to interrupt this.

"Itachi…" the blonde warned.

"You get it."

"No! You're the one who attacked me!" He exclaimed but a smile was curling his beautiful lips. Itachi couldn't resist kissing him one more time, before reluctantly getting up.

His dark gaze drifted across his lover's beautiful, slender frame and he suddenly had a better idea. He grabbed both arms and yanked him up in a swift movement; Deidara had no other choice than to hold onto him. They kissed again.

"What're you doing?" Deidara chuckled into his cheek.

"Bedroom, now."

"Mm… okay."

It took some time to get there. That was mostly Itachi's fault. He kept kissing him so intensely that they couldn't really walk while doing so. Also he kept pinning him to the wall while humping him which kind of drove them both insane.

"S-Stop it…"

"Why?" Itachi teased

"Cause… Ahh… I just want you to… fuck me… right now… but it's gonna hurt like a bitch."

The raven let go of him and they eventually made it to the bedroom, more specifically the king sized bed. Reaching for his night table Itachi took out the lube and frantically applied a generous amount to his hardened member. Heated blue eyes locked with lustful onyx orbs and then Deidara turned around. Itachi leaned close and positioned himself, before sliding inside of him. They both moaned and grunted in pure pleasure as Itachi started making love to him. Every time, it seemed more amazing than the last.

Itachi used to fuck tons of people, but ever since he'd met Deidara, well he didn't need that anymore – he didn't even want it. He just wanted this one guy, because he was so special to him. And the feeling was mutual. Itachi knew he shouldn't make promises, but he often told Deidara he would never get tired of him. He truly felt that way.

With each deep thrust they lost it even more. Deidara was moaning loudly and his arms were trembling. Itachi held his hips and picked up the pace.

"I love you so much," Deidara whispered, as he often did when they were having sex. It never failed to make the older male smile.

"Love you too."

He leaned close to brush his hair aside and kiss the back of his neck. Sometimes they talked during sex, whether it be dirty or sweet words – or a mix of both. But sometimes they just remained quiet, because there was no need for words, really. They loved each other, body and soul, and with that had come a deep understanding. This was what made things so great between them. And Itachi had never been happier.

As he continued making love to him, he brought one hand to his erection to stroke it. Deidara moaned harshly then said his name in a soft whisper. Itachi let his lips trail across his back.

"We're totally gonna be late," Deidara chuckled at some point.

"Who cares? Besides you know them…" he interrupted himself as he simply felt too good, and he had a hard time focusing on forming words. Then he continued, "They're probably gonna be late, too…"

"You have a point… I guess… Ahh… fuck… I don't think I can…"

"What?" Itachi breathed into his neck, teasing.

"Hold back…"

Sure enough, a few more thrusts and Deidara came in his hand, while Itachi tensed and finished as well, deep inside his lover. They didn't want to move at first, but they eventually collapsed on the bed and held each other, completely relaxed.

"You're amazing," Deidara said.

"I know."

"You're supposed to tell me that I'm amazing too!"

"You're amazing too."

"Well it doesn't work now!" Deidara rolled his eyes and tried to pull away, but Itachi held onto him.

"Stay here…"

"I need to take a shower. And so do you," he mentioned.

"Let's take it together."

"No!" Deidara laughed and tried to escape Itachi's strong arms again. "You'll just want to fuck again!"

"What's the problem?" Itachi searched his eyes, repressing a smile.

"The problem is… we're…" Itachi kissed him and when he opened his blue eyes again they were a bit dazed, "late…"

"Heh, fine, just go…"

As Deidara got up, Itachi smacked his ass playfully. The blonde turned around, bit his lip and leaned close again to kiss the raven hard. He even pushed his tongue inside Itachi's mouth as he pushed him back on the bed, to show him that he could be dominant and forceful too when he wanted to. Itachi just found him adorable though. He caressed his hair and smooth skin eagerly.

Then he suddenly stopped and walked away, disappearing in the bathroom. Itachi leaned back onto the mattress, letting his hand fall in his messy hair. Stupid Naruto, he thought, planning some stupid double date lunch or whatever. Now they couldn't have sex in the shower. Well, Itachi had to admit, maybe he exaggerated sometimes – he was a bit of a sex addict. But Deidara lived with it. He had learned to say no when he didn't want to – that didn't happen very often though. Maybe this was partly why they were such a good match.

Funny how, at the beginning of their relationship, Itachi had waited months before having sex with Deidara. He had very good reasons of course, and Itachi had been convinced from the start that the wait would be totally worth it. And he'd never been more right in his life.

…

When they had both showered, Deidara was dressed in nice skinny jeans, a black sleeveless shirt and matching hoodie, and Itachi wore a navy button down shirt with stylish gray jeans and silver buckle belt. They made their way to the parking and the spot in which Itachi always parked his car. Then they drove off, Deidara trying on some radio stations then deeming the radio boring and stupid and putting on his IPod's music instead. Itachi just smiled. Some things never changed.

At the restaurant, Sasuke and Naruto were already seated at a table by the window, waiting for them. They were indeed a little bit late – like thirty minutes. Deidara seemed to feel bad about it. Itachi just shrugged it off.

"Guys come on! Thirty minutes late," Naruto made a show of checking his cell, and shaking his head in disapproval. "Not cool, seriously."

"We're really sorry, um…" Deidara started as he sat in front of the younger male. But Itachi interrupted him, as he himself took place in front of his brother.

"How long have you guys been here?"

"Like two minutes," Sasuke informed and Naruto nudged him harshly.

"You never play along!"

"You weren't convincing anyway. Only an idiot would believe you when you lie."

"Well thank you," Deidara glared at Sasuke across the table.

And thus started their usual banter. The four guys loved each other a lot and they simply adored hanging out. But they oftentimes argued for no reason, called each other names or such things. It was just friendly banter – except when it got out of control but that was rare. Actually it had only happened once so far. Yeah, Sasuke had been in a really bad mood…

But today was fine. The two boys had just started their semester recently – Naruto in 3D animation and Sasuke in a general arts program. Unlike Itachi, the younger Uchiha wasn't too sure what he wanted to do as a career yet. But that was okay, to each his own. He didn't have a problem with that, and neither did their parents. They respected whatever choice he was going to make.

As they ate, their discussion subjects varied from tattoos and piercings to literature, movies, music and video games. Naruto and Sasuke still lived with their parents so they told the others that they were doing great.

As he often did, Naruto tried to bring up the subject of sex. But no one else would let him go there.

"Oh come on guys why can't we talk about this?" He pleaded, "You guys are boring."

"We're brothers," Sasuke pointed at Itachi, glaring at his boyfriend. "Don't you get it? It's weird."

"If you wanna talk about sex so badly," Deidara said, blushing slightly, "we should hang out just the two of us some time."

"Finally!" Naruto exclaimed, "Thank you!"

There was a silence. Sasuke stared at Itachi again. It was like they could read each other's mind.

"Now I wanna know what they're gonna say," Itachi said.

"Me too," his little brother admitted.

Naruto burst out laughing and shrugged playfully, "Too late."

Some more banter followed, and the conversation drifted. When they finished eating, Deidara and Itachi held hands under the table, glancing at each other briefly and sharing a smile.

When the lunch ended the two couples parted ways. The sun was warm and with the slightly cool wind it was just so nice outside that Itachi felt like walking instead of getting back to the car right away. When he suggested this Deidara nodded and without a word they started walking down the street side by side. They eventually turned on a calmer street with a park to their left. But they simply walked past it.

"Do you think they really read my book, or they're just pretending?" Deidara inquired. The subject of his recently published book had been a part of their conversation indeed.

Itachi glanced at him sideways, "Sasuke read it. Naruto's probably still working on it – but don't take it personal he's just not really strong on reading novels."

"Do you think the sequel's gonna be good?" Deidara looked down. "It's just… a lot of pressure."

Itachi smiled, and wrapped his arm around his boyfriend's thin shoulders. Itachi had been the one to send Deidara's story to publishing houses a couple months ago. It turned out one of them had loved it, and seen potential in it just like Itachi did. He just had to do it, because he knew Deidara would never have taken the opportunity himself. Now the editor suggested Deidara should start working on the sequel right away, which he was already doing anyway.

"It's gonna be amazing. Everything you do is great, you just don't realize it."

"I do… it's just… I don't brag like you!" Deidara mocked, and proceeded to imitate what Itachi often said. "I'm the only works who works in the damn company. If they make any money it'll be thanks to me. These idiots don't even know how to use a freakin' computer, tsk, I'm surrounded by morons."

"I don't always say that," Itachi said but he was smiling.

Deidara just smiled back, and pressed himself closer. Itachi took a moment to just admire the sunlight reflecting in Deidara's pale hair. He caressed it with his hand and placed a soft kiss on his lips. Then they just kept on walking, uncaring of the destination. These days they had off, and could spend together like this, Itachi thought, were really his favorite times.

A/N: I didn't have much inspiration for the epilogue, but I really wanted to write one, and I did my best. I hope you liked it - even kinda liked it would make me happy. I really love you guys, thanks for reading. (Unrelated, but if anyone's interested, I'll be continuing my story Fire and ice as well.) Thanks again.