Prophetic Marriage

11. To Hate or Not To Hate

Cause y'all really love this book, for whatever reason*

Itachi laid in his bed , he watched the ceiling fan spin for so long he wasn't even sure if time was moving. He was sick, and his mother was bringing him soup and water and he doesn't even know how he managed to get even sicker.

But here he was, running a fever and being chained to his bed by his mother who was cleaning his room at the moment because you can't heal in a messy room, though she was complaining about his room.

"How does my oldest live like this when his mind is so organized?" She spoke to herself but loud enough to where Itachi could hear her. Itachi blinked and ignored her, looking at the ceiling fan again.

"When you get better you should take Naruto to see your house." Itachi blinked, he looked over at his mother and she spoke.

"You both should really start the wedding plans, he'll be fifteen in six months and you both need to get married on his birthday." Itachi tore his eyes away from his mother and looked back at the ceiling.

He forgot about that, he had been just enjoying the company Naruto graced him with he forgot that they actually had to start planning a wedding.

"Okay Mother." Itachi said and Mikoto hummed. She finished cleaning the room, and almost like he sensed a problem Naruto opened the door, all dressed in casual clothes, and his hair looked damp.

"You dying?" Naruto asked flat out and Itachi blinked and smirked.

"What are you worried for me?" Naruto walked right passed Mikoto, he waved to her first then he placed his hand on Itachi's forehead.

"I doubt a common cold would have thee Itachi Uchiha bed ridden." Itachi closed his eyes, and spoke.

"It is just a cold." Naruto blinked and spoke.

"It isn't, and you better be lucky I dabble in the medical arts." Itachi onyx eyes looked into blue ones.

"What's the diagnosis doctor Uchiha?" Mikoto smiled warmly as Naruto looked at Itachi.

"That's Namikaze-Uchiha to you Uchiha." Itachi smiled and coughed a little.

"My apologies." Itachi said and Naruto gave a smile, his hands lit up red as he placed a hand over Itachi's heart.

"I'll be leaving Itachi to you then." Mikoto said and Naruto hummed.

"Yeah of course Miko-San." Naruto said as the woman closed the door. Naruto looked to Itachi and spoke.

"How long have you been feeling like this?" Itachi blinked, there's no way Naruto figured it out that fast.

"What do you mean?" Itachi asked just to see what he knew in the two minutes Naruto was checking him over.

"Cough, pain when calling for chakra, headache, fatigue?" Itachi looked away from blue eyes and looked at the ceiling. The room was silent, and Naruto listened to Kurama talking.

"Your emotions just took a nose dive."

"Stop watching my emotions."

"Then stop lying to yourself and your fated one."

"Shut up."

"How long were you planning to hide your illness from me? Let alone your family." Itachi blinked.

"Until I died." Naruto went to open his mouth but didn't say anything. He calmed a little.

"Forbidden healing arts, Blood Revitalization Jutsu." Naruto spoke, and Itachi gasped. Naruto concentrated on cleaning his blood, and making sure any new blood produced didn't have the same affect.

The silence was tense, Itachi didn't know what to say to make it better and Naruto wanted to kill Itachi but focused on healing Itachi, even as the door burst open and Sasuke stood at the door.

"The most feared Ninja in the leaf bedridden over some cold." Itachi chuckled, as Naruto stayed silent.

"Well even my body can shut down on me." Itachi said as Naruto kept healing. Sasuke and Itachi kept talking and joking with one another while Naruto kept healing him.

It was a long process, but Naruto was able to cure Itachi completely, when he started healing the bone marrow as well. Then Naruto pulled his hand away and spoke.

"Sasuke, you mind giving me and your idiot brother some alone time?" Naruto asked, and he asked calmly but Itachi knew he was in trouble. Sasuke who was unaware by the sudden tension only blinked before he nodded.

"Get well soon Itachi." Sasuke said as he headed to the door. Naruto followed and locked the door, humming a little as he walked back to Itachi looking down at him.

"Naruto." Naruto shook his head.

"I'm just confused, are we not getting along? Did you not think this was something you could tell me? Did anybody know." Itachi scooted over, and Naruto laid on the bed, they both laid on their backs and looked at the ceiling.

"Nobody, I saw a medic on a mission when I was about 15 and they told me that it wasn't treatable, that I would die from it." Naruto choked on a gasped, a little small noise that sounded like hurt.

"For five years? You hid this illness from your family and the village for five years." Itachi didn't say anything.

"What was the point of you begging me for spars if you knew it was going to cause you pain? Or why you even started to care in the first place? Why do you insist on hurting yourself and me?" Itachi looked over and saw Naruto crying a little.

"Naruto, listen to me." Itachi said and Naruto shook his head.

"No I hate you, why would you make me feel like this to rip it away from me had you died? Had I fallen so head over heels in love with you and you died? Why would you want me to feel that?" Itachi brought Naruto to his chest and closed his eyes.

"I'm selfish." Itachi started, calming the redhead down before he had some bright idea to actually kill him.

"I wanted you to myself for as long as I lived. I didn't want to cause you pain, hurt or have you feel any betrayal, however I didn't want you to be anybody but me, even if I was dying a slow and painful death." Itachi said softly, Naruto blinked, his eyes dried.

"I'm falling for you and I didn't want death to stop me from pursing these feelings." Itachi said calmly, hearing Naruto's sniffles stop, he was scared to look at his face, but Naruto moves his head to face Itachi's.

"Look at these blue eyes, I like them much better when they have a look of distaste in them." Naruto closed his eyes as Itachi ran a hand over his cheek, Naruto just snuggled his head back into Itachi's chest and Itachi held him.

"Thank you for healing me. I already feel so much better." Naruto didn't say anything, his heart pounding as he gathered the courage to say something.

The silence in the room was a lot more calm, the tense air wasn't there anymore, and Itachi was a lot more calmer.

"I really hate how much I don't hate you." Naruto said calmly, his heart beating and Itachi knew this was as close as to a confession he was getting.

"Yeah, I don't hate you either Naruto." Itachi said closing his eyes sensing that his body wants him to sleep to fully to recover while Naruto just closed his eyes and headed to sleep anyways.

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