Uchiha Twins

19.

Naruto and Shikamaru packed up his room. Laughing and  going down memory lane. Naruto was a really introvert, Shikamaru had found his journal. From when he was a child, growing up as an half Uchiha. Shikamaru was reading it while Naruto continued packing up his closet.

"So Menma and Hinata are getting serious. The heiress is even thinking of making her little sister clan heir." Naruto didn't hear Shikamaru respond.

"Shikamaru." Naruto turned around and saw Shikamaru reading the book, Naruto looked at the book and hummed. There are a lot of raw things he never wanted to tell Sasuke, or Itachi.

He didn't mind Shikamaru reading it, because that was his husband, he will live his life with Shikamaru so it didn't really matter. So he continued packing his clothes humming quietly. His door opened and his mother stood there with Fugaku.

"Mother, Fugaku." Naruto said calmly, Mikoto looked at her son, she smiled fondly.

"You are almost done. You want me to help with the bathroom?"

Naruto was the last one to leave the nest. Itachi and Deidara moved out, Sasuke and Temari moved out, and Naruto was just getting around to moving around. It's been about three months since the chunin exams.

Temari has become a chunin, and her father had said she could stay here since her spouse was here and so Sasuke thought that since she was staying, they should have a home and life together.

Deidara is six months pregnant and is making Itachi regret knocking him up, it was fitting that the youngest leave the nest last, and so he can understand his mother wanting to help him move.

"Sure, thanks mother." Naruto said as him and Mikoto head to the bathroom. Fugaku sat on the bed, he folded his arms and Shikamaru closed the book, exhaling calmly. He stood up and looked at Fugaku.

"I will take care of Naruto. You don't have to worry about him. I will make sure he is happy, and loved." Shikamaru said and Fugaku hummed.

"I had no doubt in my mind that you wouldn't be able to take care of him, you both have been drawn to one another since you were thirteen." Fugaku said and Shikamaru hummed and held the book, he knew that bringing up old memories would do nothing but strain the relation they were building and so Shikamaru tossed the book in the box, sealing the box and pushing it with the others

"Yeah, sorry I'm stealing him away." Shikamaru said making clones to start taking the boxes and Fugaku hummed.

"I'm sure Naruto doesn't mind."

"I don't mind." Naruto said, Mikoto was holding the tiny bag that held all of Naruto's belongings. Naruto hummed lowly Naruto grabbed the small box from his mother he looked at them.

"Thanks for giving birth to me, I suppose." Naruto said with a shrug and Mikoto chuckled, Fugaku held a passive expression.

"Nothing else?" Mikoto said and Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Thanks for raising me." Naruto said and Mikoto smiled.

"You stop by, and you better make cute grandchildren." Naruto sighed as Shikamaru stood at the doorway with a smile. His blue eyes held a little expression in it.

"If my child isn't cute, you better blame Shikamaru." Shikamaru chuckled fondly.

"I'm sure they will be cute, with that stoic personality, and my raven eyes." Naruto rolled his eyes, while Mikoto smiled.

"Love your life the way you were meant to live it, without my mistake." Naruto walked to his mother and Fugaku and patted their heads before backing up next to Shikamaru and he spoke.

"I have been, you can thank this persistent Nara. Bye now." Naruto turned and walked out the door to which Shikamaru spoke.

"He's in great hands, thanks for having us." Shikamaru said and followed after Naruto. Mikoto places a hand on her heart.

Fugaku only blinked calmly, no more children in his home, the children had finally left the nest, yet he felt nothing but pure loneliness.

Naruto held a tiny box, and Shikamaru walked next to him with a heavier box. It was calm, and Shikamaru spoke.

"You don't have to ever feel like nobody is with you ever again. I hope you know that." Naruto passive face fell into a small smile, he looked to Shikamaru to see him sporting a frown.

"To think, you didn't like your life. Your childhood was spent ignoring glares, and mean words from your own clan. Why didn't you want to tell Sasuke, or Itachi?" They stumbled into the Nara clan, members waving to Naruto and Shikamaru, happily looking at them.

"What could a four year old Sasuke and a ten year old Itachi could do?" Naruto said softly, stumbling into their new home that Naruto did decorate as he saw fit. Shikamaru dropped his box to pick up their bedroom box to follow Naruto to their room.

"I've always felt alone. Growing up, Fugaku never referred to me as his child. He never held me, picked me up or done anything remotely friendly to me." Naruto's said grabbing hangers so he and Shikamaru could hang up his clothes in a closet that already had Shikamaru's clothes.

"Mother had responsibilities to the clan, so she loved me, but a little less in front of people. Sasuke and Itachi was all I had." Naruto continued and Shikamaru listened.

"However it's hard to have a twin who didn't understand why I didn't want to leave my room, and go outside. He didn't understand why I was always upset with the clan and our parents, he just didn't understand because he was considered the true heir and praised." Naruto chuckled a little.

"Then your prodigy older brother was on missions to help strengthen the bond between the Uchiha's and the other villages, so you really have nobody, and even though when Sasuke got older, he could see the effect the clan had on me I had Sasuke, but I didn't have anybody that's wasn't related to me, to like me." Naruto made a few clones to clean up the boxes, and to go rearrange downstairs so him and Shikamaru could shower.

Turning the water on, they both got in and cleaned their body.

"And." Shikamaru said calmly, looking at the back of onyx hair.

"So I was lonely, I've contemplated death a few times, contemplated running away a few times, but Kurama would always tell me, wait. Wait until I'm older, there's somebody for me." Naruto turned around and chuckled, wrapping his arms around Shikamaru's waist, the water cascading all over there bodies.

"I met you when I turned thirteen, you had no preconceived notions of me, and even called me beautiful. You didn't leave me when my attitude got bad, you stayed. You were the first person outside of my family to love me." Naruto snuggled his head into Shikamaru chest, he started crying but thankfully the water blended in with his tears.

"You saved me, so thank you for coming into my life. Thank you for staying even with the ugly, and thank you for making me a mother." Shikamaru's eyes widened at the last part and Naruto chuckled, he looked up and smiled.

"Two months along." Naruto said softly, and Shikamaru turned the water off.

"You've been packing boxes while pregnant." Shikamaru asked, placing a hand on Naruto stomach, he could feel a tiny bump forming.

"It was mainly clones, I only held the tiny box from the bathroom." Shikamaru sighed and wrapped his arms around Naruto.

"I love you." Naruto smiled.

"I love you too Shikamaru."

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