There's a Reason He Doesn't Sleep

I'm here to steal your boyfriend

"Guys." Konan swallowed the food in her mouth while the rest looked over towards her. "Kurama and his friends want to come over."

"Kurama?" Kisame asked.

"My brother." Naruto reminded him.

"Oh, you mean Kyu." Kisame remembered. Naruto nodded while ignoring the tremendous headache forming. "Tell him he's paying."

Konan nodded, texting Kyu back as the rest continued doing what they were doing: Sakura and Pein having a 'pizza eating contest' with two others from the band, Kisame looking through his phone, Itachi and Sasuke battling each other at air hockey in the arcade section, and Naruto and the rest enjoying their pizza while talking and joking around. It seemed that after the little incident back there, Naruto had little appetite. All the pizza he wanted had to sadly go into either Konan or Kisame's mouth.

After a few minutes, ten or so, a certain brown-red head walked in, followed by only half of his friends. Paying up front, Naruto's brother, commonly referred to as 'Kyu,' waved over towards him and called him over. Doing so, Naruto got up and smiled a bit forcefully as he neared his brother and his crew. "What's up?"

"Itachi here?"

"Hi, big brother, I'm doing great, thanks for asking." Naruto smiled for real this time as his brother rolled his eyes.

"Hello little brother, I'm glad you're doing fine." Kyu mumbled atop the blond's head as he hugged him close. "Gross, our hair got in my mouth." He said as he pretended to spit imaginary hair out.

"Your mouth got in my hair." Naruto joked back. "And yeah, Itachi's over there." He pointed towards the arcade section, immediately noticing Kyu's golden brown eyes sparkling as he set his eyes upon Sasuke's older brother.

"I'll go say hi to the guys first." Kyu said as he grabbed a plate and headed for the pizza line, grabbing about four slices of different pizzas and heading over to the table while his friends, mainly Shukaku, or Shu, stacked slice after slice on their plate.

"Konan, baby! How are you?" Kyu asked, placing his plate down on the table and hugging the girl tightly.

"Go away, you boyfriend stealer." Konan joked, kissing Kyu on the cheek and laughing as he looked offended.

"You can't call me that until I've officially stolen your boyfriend." Kyu declared.

"No, but I might as well. Itachi doesn't shut up about you." Konan smiled, biting the pizza Kyu offered as he looked over at Itachi.

"Well I mean, who doesn't talk about me?"

Naruto laughed, watching the two converse back and forth while their eyes stayed glued to the two brothers now battling each other at the dancing game Naruto always failed at.

"Naruto, you got some sauce on your shirt." Sakura adjusted her shorts as she walked over next to him, pointing out the red sauce clinging to the blond's shirt.

"Great. I'll be right back." Naruto frowned, hoping it wouldn't leave a stain as he walked over to the bathrooms. Grabbing a paper towel, he wet it a little before slowly wiping away at the sauce.

"Woah, hey there." Itachi walked in, jumping a bit before sighing of relief. "I thought that was blood."

"It's just sauce." Naruto chuckled, grabbing another paper towel. "Who won?"

"Obviously, yours truly." Itachi bowed, bragging about how Sasuke would never be able to beat him at any game. Laughing, Naruto shook his head as Itachi walked next to him to wash his hands. "He can't win, not when I'm around." He joked. "What's up with you?"

"Me? Nothing, why?" Naruto threw the paper towel away and started washing his hands.

"You look frightened. I noticed you're kind of jumpy."

At the statement, Naruto felt his heartbeat speed up a little, his throat suddenly feeling dry. Was it that noticeable? "I don't know, maybe I'm just..." He thought back to the distorted voice, the words once again replaying in his head but this time, much quieter. "...paranoid." He finished.

Itachi chuckled. "No reason you should be." He said as he walked over to the air dryers.

Naruto didn't even notice when he left.

"Hey, Naruto!" Kisame called him over once he saw the blond step out from the bathrooms. "Mind if we crash at your house?"

"Dude, no." Itachi slapped the guy's shoulders. "Say no, Naruto, he's drunk." He said as he lifted a beer bottle from where Kisame sat.

Sasuke walked over next to the blond, smiling as he showed him the amount of tickets he won. "It's fine." Naruto nodded towards Kisame, then turning to Sasuke and laughing when Itachi presented himself with twice as many tickets.

"Tch." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Fuck you, 'Tachi." He said, shoving his brother away playfully.

"What's this I hear?" Itachi asked, placing a hand next to his ear as if he had trouble hearing. "Hey, babe, did you hear that?" He asked Konan, who played along.

"No, what is it?" She asked, smiling as she already knew the answer.

"It's someone whining like a little bitch." Itachi teased, both erupting in laughter as they made fun of Sasuke. But of course, Sasuke didn't keep quiet and made fun of Itachi, embarrassing him in front of his girlfriend.

"Naruto, tell Sasuke to shut up!" The older Uchiha demanded.

"What's this I hear, Itachi? Now who's whining like a little bitch?" Sasuke laughed, joining Naruto's side. He looked at him and smiled, grabbing his hand and gripping it tightly. Sasuke startled Naruto a bit though, as he leaned forwards and kissed him out of the blue, making Naruto's heart speed up once again as the kiss took long to break.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked, finally letting the boy breathe.

"N-nothing." Naruto answered, his skin feeling cold as he looked into Sasuke's eyes. Goosebumps formed on his skin as he recognized that look: lust.