Broken

Chapter 34: Must be Dreaming

Itachi noticed something different with his blond when Naruto went to bed early that night after he got his shower. It was strange to him but then again, today was exhausting since they both found out that their child was his.

Sitting on the couch with a light on so he wouldn't strain his eyesight anymore, Itachi watched the ending credits of a movie he was watching. Looking down the hallway, he didn't hear anything of the blond which told him that he was asleep. Getting up from where he was, catching the pets' attentions, he strolled over to the bookcase. Pulling out a book that was really an album, he sat down again.

A lot had changed since he struggled to find out who he was. One person that was there with him all the way was his distant friend and Ichiro. They were part of the same family in some way but their blood wasn't near close. He found out that he loved the teen one summer when everyone else went to bed and they were the only one's at the fire, watching the dancing flames lick at the darkness.

That night ended with a kiss that was tender, also sealing them together. It was a secret relationship since Itachi didn't know how his parents would react to the news that their oldest wasn't straight like they want him to be. That relationship ended in cold blood also. He was only thirteen when the three lap dogs of his father's went after him – accusing him of killing his boyfriend when it wasn't him.

"Madara probably had a part of that too." The lone Uchiha mumbled as he flipped the cover, turning to the first picture that was him holding up his shirt so his grandmother – who unfortunately passed away when he was nine – took a picture of him with chicken pox. He hated that.

Smirking, he turned the page again, staring at it where a family portrait was located on. It was the one that they took when Sasuke was just a baby probably a week after his mother and brother returned from the hospital.

"Ita, are you coming to bed?" Naruto asked, rubbing his eye absentmindedly while strolling out into the living room. Catching his Uchiha staring at something, Naruto leaned down and stared at the pictures. "How old were you in that?"

"Five." Itachi answered, smiling. Flipping the page again, it was some pictures that his mother put in when him and Sasuke were together. He heard Naruto laugh at one where Sasuke was pulling his hair but he didn't complain about it. His brother was a baby.

While he looked through the pictures, Itachi felt his smile grow bigger and butterflies come into his stomach. He was going to be like his mother soon. He would go picture crazy when his child arrived into the world. Thinking about it all, he put the large book on the table and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Naruto asked, watching his ebony haired lover walk out of the room with his hair blowing away from his back since it wasn't in the elastic band.

Itachi walked into their bedroom, pulled out his camera that he bought when he entered college then stepped into the room where his lover was. Turning on the overhead light that was on the ceiling fan, he stared at the Uzumaki. "I wanna take a picture."

"Of what?"

"You. I wanna do a month by month picture diary of how the pregnancy goes." Itachi said, telling what he was thinking of.

Shrugging, Naruto stepped a little farther away from his love and pulling his shirt – which actually was one of Itachi's – up and moved his orange boxers down a bit, exposing some of his hair line. "Is that good enough?"

"Perfetto." Itachi answered, bringing his camera into view and snapping the memory away. Shutting it off, Itachi walked over to his blond, placing his chin on the covered shoulder. Putting his hands where his unborn child was developing, he smiled. Humming, he felt the warmer hands of the younger man come onto his.

"I can't wait Ita. Oka-san will flip out when she sees him or her." Naruto said.

"When doesn't all women when a child is born?" The ebony eyed man asked as he rubbed the area gently, waiting for that chance to feel his child kicks in response to them. Turning Naruto's head slightly with his hand that he freed, he kissed him gently. "I love you Uzumaki, Naruto."

"I love you too. Ita." Naruto cooed as he moved away, sitting down and holding the memory book in his hands.

Itachi joined him and started to flip through the book, telling Naruto about some funny moments that happened in their family while Sasuke was growing up. Like the time that Sasuke stepped on Ichijo by accident when she was a kitten, on her tail, and Sasuke got her latched onto his foot the entire day. He was pretty convinced that his old cat was out to dominate the world and enslave all of the humankind.

"What about this?"

"Oto-san took us fishing for the company picnic. It was a camping trip and we were fishing. Well Sasuke got close to the edge of the little cliff and fell in and we dived in after him. Surprisingly I didn't drown myself because I didn't know how to swim. That was the same year that Sasuke was brought with us." Itachi reminisced the past while flipping the page that had Itachi standing there for his first day of school.

"Why is Sasuke crying in this?" Naruto asked, pointing to the picture that probably Fugaku took since Mikoto was with Sasuke.

"He was so attached to me that he didn't want me to go to my first day of kindergarten." Itachi laughed as he went to the last page that had a red paper behind the pictures. It had words drawn in fancy lettering family love written on it. It was a picture that showed them together at another family picnic which was the zoo and it had them smiling. It seemed like it was the last time for his father to smile.

He enjoyed that day because of all the animals but Sasuke slept the entire time beside waking up for something to eat or something else. That same day he got to pet a lion cub that the keepers were walking around and letting the public pet and learn about.

Closing the book and putting it back, Itachi sat down next to his blond who looked to be falling asleep again. "How about you go to bed? I'll join you in a bit."

Nodding, Naruto got up and walked away from the Uchiha who watched him.

Pursing his lips, Itachi felt like everything that happened to him shaped him differently then what his parents planned. He was smart but wanted to stay with his class instead of jumping ahead in grades because of his friends. He wasn't straight like they wanted. It didn't matter, his mother learned to accept it better then his father.

Getting up and walking onto the back deck that was small to him, Itachi looked up at the sky to see the full moon staring down at him. "Oka-san, Oto-san I think he's the one that you wanted me to find. I just might ask him that big question sooner then later since he's expecting your grandchild."

Looking back into the house, his gaze softened as he smiled. Uchiha Naruto had a nice ring to it unless the tanned teen wanted to keep his last name. He wasn't sure why the blond didn't have Namikaze as his last name like his parents. Taking in a breath of summer cool air, Itachi continued to gaze at the moon that held his interest. Maybe his parents and Ichiro were staring back. He wondered what they would say about today.

Then again, he might have been still be Ichiro if his passed on love wasn't killed. Sighing, Itachi walked into the house, locking the door and turned everything off in the living room. He stepped quietly into the bedroom with the only light being the alarm clock on his side of the room which gave him enough. He could hear the soft sounds of Naruto's slumbering breath as he slipped into bed.

"Night Naru." Itachi called, laying down beside the blond with his glasses sitting behind the clock. Scooting his body, he laid closer to the blond that was carrying his child and who he cherished anyway.

Perfetto: Perfect in Italian

I was going to make his first love Shisui but . . . when I wrote the last chapter, he shows up in it so I had to think really hard. Fooie! This sucks. So please review.