There's a Reason He Doesn't Sleep

Surprise

It's terrifying- how he acts so normal around everyone while Naruto tries so hard to act close to it. "Hi, Naruto." He waves over at him, and a smile real enough to fool everyone appears on his face, hiding the malice and evil in his eyes. "Care to help me clean the basement?" And of course, Naruto wonders: 'How can he do that?'

"Itachi, we don't have a basement." Kyu walks up behind him and rests his chin on Itachi's shoulder. "I asked you to clean the garage, silly." He says as a smile is produced on his lips, his lips then leaving a kiss on Itachi's shoulder.

"Garage, basement, same thing." Kisame says as he walks by, Sakura helping him carry wood planks and complaining along the way.

Itachi nods and turns his head a bit to face Kyu. "See? He gets me." He says, allowing Naruto's brother to peck him on the neck this time.

'Get away, Kyu.'

"Kyu." Itachi laughs, feeling a bit ticklish as Kyu brushes his lips just below his ear. "Kyu, we have to get to work." Itachi says, grabbing Kurama's wrists and turning him to face him, putting on a show of affection.

Naruto stands by and watches, it is clear Itachi does not love his brother.

"Naruto?" Kyu snaps his fingers in front of his younger brother. "You know where the hole is, right?" He's been trying to act happy, but all four knew it was useless. Nothing could bring Naruto's smile back, not after their only chance to capture whoever did this faded as Naruto washed away all the evidence. Not a single swab could confirm he was indeed taken by force. "Naruto, do you know?" Kyu asked a bit more calmly.

"Yes."

Instantly, Kyu's smile diminished at the hollowness in his brother's voice. "You can go with Deidara if you'd like. He's working on the outside."

"Hell no." Itachi called out, placing a hand over Kyu. "We agreed Naruto and I were going to work on the basement." He said, pinching Kurama's nose a bit as some type of cute play.

"Garage." Kyu said as he smiled, his voice a bit high pitched.

"Same shit, leave it to us. Besides, Deidara's job is boring, we got the best part, right, Naruto?" He looked over at the quiet blond with a sarcastic smile. Kyu rolled his eyes, lifting his hands in surrender. Although Naruto appears calm, he is nothing but trembling with fear on the inside at the thought of being along with Itachi.

What were they doing, you ask? Well, for one, Kyu was worried about the safety of his brother. After securing multiple locks on his brother's windows, he came up with brilliant idea to redecorate the house in hopes of washing away the awful aura lingering around the house. Naruto preferred to stay locked in his room with Sasuke doing nothing, but apparently Kyu thought it was unhealthy to stay locked in there for more than almost a week.

"Sasuke, drop those and I swear I'll use your head as a replacement!" Kurama threatened, walking away from Naruto and Itachi. Sasori lounged on the sofa, a cast on his foot but helping out either way.

"Well, Naruto." Itachi sighed, grabbing a red box of tools and walking off towards the garage. Naruto stayed where he was, his mind somewhere else and thinking if Itachi would do anything to him with everyone around the house. "Naruto." Itachi called out, using his tank top to wipe the small beads of sweat caused by how warm it was in the garage.

Naruto felt a hand on his shoulder and looking over, he was a bit relieved to fins it was Sasuke's. "I'll be there in a bit." He shouted towards Kyu before turning back to Naruto. To the blond, Sasuke's mouth seemed to be forming words though he couldn't quite hear them. He focused on the movement of Sasuke's lips and wondered to himself: 'If I kiss him, will Itachi's unwanted kisses be replaced? Will the feeling flee along with the mental image? If I kiss Sasuke, will all of that be gone?'

"Naruto, I'm talking. Are you listening?"

Naruto's eyes slowly trailed from Sasuke's lips to his eyes. They weren't like Itachi's no matter how much they resembled each other.

"Naruto, are you okay?" The Uchiha's hand came up to touch Naruto's forehead, feeling nothing, he furrowed his eyebrows a bit. "Are you feeling well?" He asked, once again repeating the action and this time, Naruto took the chance to grab his collar and pull him in for a kiss.

He was surprised, that much Naruto could tell. It had been days, weeks, months even, since they last kissed for real. Up until now, it had been small pecks here and there, but that was just about it. If Naruto recalled, their last true kiss had been before they broke up, so for him to come out of nowhere and kiss him like that...

Sasuke kissed back, ignoring the way Kyu yelled at them to hurry up and get to work. Sasuke could tell though, that Kyu was thrilled to see his brother a bit more comfortable, usually Sasuke would have to ask him for a small kiss before he could make contact. Pulling Naruto close, Sasuke kissed him softly. To Naruto, it felt like he was taking a little bit away of the pain. Surely, at least now he'll be able to feel Sasuke's lips instead of Itachi's, but it wasn't enough. Itachi's stain, touch, it was all still over him. Sasuke let out a gasp of air and let out a low chuckled as he departed and hugged Naruto close, his chin resting upon the boy's head. "And what was that for?"

"I thought it would help." Came the boy's hollow answer.

Sasuke's smile faded, then cupped the boy's face to look him in the eye. Sadly, he wondered if Naruto's kisses would now be to get rid of the pain instead of out of love. "Did it work?" He asked, touching foreheads as Naruto nodded.

"A bit."

Kissing him once more, Sasuke hugged Naruto tighter before letting go. "I'm sorry." He whispered.

"Naruto." Itachi sounded irritated. "Sasuke, stop distracting him, I can't do this all by myself."

Chuckling, Sasuke let go. "Alright, alright." He said, waving off his brother. "I'll see you in a bit." He said towards Naruto before finally shutting both Kyu and Itachi up as he headed towards the front door.

"About time." Itachi mumbled, keeping the garage door open to let the air in. "Here." He handed Naruto a hammer and told him to hold it as he figured out how to place the wooden board to cover up the hole in the wall.

Naruto stared at him, wondering what he could possibly do next. Was he going to do anything? Could he rest easy? The door was open, Deidara and Sasori were outside, not to mention Sakura and Kisame were nearby. Everyone was outside, does that mean he was safe for now?

"Twelve." Naruto heard Itachi say as he reached out and took the hammer from his hands, using it to hammer the nail into the wall. "If you don't meet me out here by twelve tonight, I'll definitely kill you the next time I see you."

"...What are you going...to do?"

He focused on the wall, moving things aside to get a better view of the wall. "It's a surprise." He answered, sending a shiver down Naruto's spine as he sent him a smile. He was planning something, since when does Itachi Uchiha do surprises?