Wow.

第22章 (Chapter 22)

A year.

Itachi had one year to plan this wedding. 

Not two, not four, not ten, one whole year. 

As soon as Naruto and Sasuke left his house the next day, he called Kizashi, Mebuki, and Hiashi to ask them if they wanted to help plan the wedding. Once he mentioned Sasuke, Naruto, and the word wedding, Hiashi (surprisingly) instantly agreed to help plan it. 

Mebuki was quick after him, then Kizashi. 

Itachi, himself, thought it was low-key sus that they agreed so fast. Until Hiashi added that it was their way to make up the cheating just a smidge. 

'Cause, nothing could make up for the cheating. 

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. "Come in!" The door swung open to reveal Mebuki, Kizashi, and Hiashi. "Oh! Good morning!" Itachi greeted them with a smile.

"Good morning, Itachi-san," Kizashi replied, in his usual lively tone. 

"We came to help start planning the wedding!" Mebuki shouted. She was more than willing to try (keyword: try) and make up for her daughter cheating on Sasuke-san. 

"Yes. Indeed, we are. I sincerely hope this isn't too much of a hassle for you, Itachi-san," Itachi shook his head and he stood up from the couch. 

"Of course not, I could always use extra pairs of hands preparing for this." Itachi signaled them to follow into the kitchen. They all followed close behind. 

"Now," He started, boiling water for tea. "Let's get started, shall we?"

~

Two more months passed. Calmest months for Naruto and Sasuke, especially Sasuke. Naruto was at his desk, working on some papers, like always. Naruto allowed Shikamaru to take an earlier break to spend some time with Neji.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a picture. Of Konoha 12.

Taken days before the Naruhina wedding. He turned his full attention to it and picked it up. 

The picture showed Naruto and Hinata holding hands, Sasuke and Sakura doing the same. Ino was on Choji's back, with Sai chuckling next to them. Ten-Ten was making goo-goo eyes at Neji, with Temari doing the same to Shikamaru, who looked bored, but still glad to there. 

Rock Lee was adoring a goofy grin on his face, with Gaara staring at him, instead of the camera. Kiba was on Kankuro's back with Akamaru latching on to Kankuro's leg. 

They all looked so happy. 

Like, they didn't have a care in the world. 

Now they kinda, dare he say, separated. As mentioned before, Gaara, Kankuro, Rock Lee, Kiba, and Akamaru went back to the Sand village. Kiba and Akamaru only went back because Kiba's own mother kicked him out for some odd reason. 

Then, Naruto squinted his eyes and looked closer at Sasuke, since he noticed that he was staring at him. 

There, sure enough, if you look really close, you could follow Sasuke's eyes, which landed right on Naruto.

And this picture was taken days before his wedding, which was two. whole. years ago. 

Once he fully realized that, he went beet red and smirked. 

Well, he was, indeed, looking at me, I thought I was dreaming. He then paused. Don't know how I didn't catch that. 

Oh well, now he knows. 

He'll be sure to invite those five to his wedding this summer.

~

Sasuke was at the same spot he proposed to Naruto. Over the past month, those two have been here over and over again. He remembers how Naruto was treating those picnics as if they were an old married couple, and how it felt like yesterday when he proposed. 

He says it was annoying, but deep down, he enjoyed Naruto doing that. 

He remembers all the little and big fights they've had over the years every since childhood. Ever since they started dating and got engaged, they're hadn't had any big fights. 

Just small disagreements, arguments, and fights. Which were made up fairly quickly. 

He remembers how when Sakura cheated on him, which was seven whole months ago, (it's now February and he found out last June) he had to teach himself how to ignore Sakura every time she tried to explain what happened while he was away. 

Which is fucking sad, if you think real hard on it. 

Why? Because he didn't want to ignore her, but he's not the type to give second chances. 

(Except for Itachi.)

Aside from that, everywhere he went around the village, people praised him. At first, he was confused until a little girl yelled, "My mommy says you're getting married again to Hokage-Sama! I hope it goes well!"

He then realized that Naruto must have spread the word. Even though Konoha is a huge village, word gets around fairly quickly. He smiled at that thought. 

Listen, if you told him when he was nineteen years of age that he was going to marry Sakura, then get cheated on, then re-marry to Naruto all when he was twenty-three to twenty-four, he would have just ignored you. 

And call you stupid. 

But here he was, going to marry the love of his life, his angel, in four months. He was glad to admit this to Naruto but... he was glad that Sakura and Hinata cheated. 

Because he finally gets to marry Naruto. 

And that's all he's ever wanted. 

"CUT THE SAPPY SHIT ALREADY!" Kakashi yelled.

"KAKASHI, QUIT BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL, MAH GAWD!"