i realised i'd left out the little italic bit on the last chapter so i re uploaded it ^^

don't really have much to say here cept enjoy ^^ sorry for the long wait ^^:

Every time I look at that kid I think we did something badly wrong. Born and raised an Uchiha yet still so inept. I mean sure he has the surliness and rude temperament, not to mention an excellent cold shoulder. But he lacks so much, I think it’s because he’s the youngest always having me to spoil him and mom doting on him. He will never survive in the world with that soft heart of his he hides so carefully, perhaps he would have been better off raised without family, at a boarding school like the rest of us. Then again, I look at him with that silly blonde kid and I wonder, is it really so bad to have a heart? To let your emotions effect you, maybe he’ll get hurt and maybe he’s weaker for it. But maybe he got the better end of the stick, it must be so freeing to love like that.

-Itachi

Naruto frowned and glared at the object before him, he and Sasuke had been in the room for almost two hours. Naruto didn’t understand anything about the piano and Sasuke had the biggest headache. Sasuke was currently laying backward on the couch his head hanging over the end and resting on the floor, his eyes closed,

“Come on try it again” he said quietly “follow the pattern in the book, like I showed you”

Naruto pouted “but I don’t know what those notes say” rustling could be heard and Sasuke felt the piano book hit the settee next to him he opened an eye slightly

Naruto was frowning at the piano again, his hand settled on the notes and he tapped out a tune humming as he went along,

“I don’t see why I need the stupid book,” he said grinning

Sasuke glared at him,

“Because you can only get so far on blind luck” he grumbled

“Well lets see how far I can get before we start using that dumb book again”

Sasuke stood up sighing “it’s great you can play things you’ve heard before from memory, but you need to be able read music as well”

Naruto pouted, Sasuke smiled despite himself “come on, I’ve had enough for today and my parents will be home soon”

“Oo does that mean we can play with the new game”

Sasuke nodded “just be quiet”

Naruto grinned and settled himself down on Sasuke’s bed grabbing the controller as Sasuke sat back his feet resting on Naruto’s lap as he read a book,

“You know I think Itachi may make a better teacher than I will” Sasuke said looking up “he taught me, I mean it wasn’t easy but I can play”

Naruto nodded not looking away from the screen for even an instant “if you think that’s best”

Sasuke smirked and went back to his book he knew under any other circumstance Naruto would never have agreed to Itachi teaching him, but when he was distracted he’d agree to anything.

Naruto had a vague idea of having just agreed to something he wouldn’t usually like, but he shrugged it off. The last time he’d done that him and Sasuke had wound up skinny dipping in nearby lake as part of a dare Itachi had proposed while both of them were distracted by something. Although Sasuke had pouted and sulked the entire time, Naruto had to admit he loved the entire experience, Kakashi had laughed saying they always had had trouble getting him to keep his clothes on and Iruka had looked on disapprovingly with the faint smile that told Naruto, Iruka wasn’t really angry or upset with him. He smiled and looked over at Sasuke, the usually grumpy boy had fallen asleep and slid halfway down the wall curling into a relaxed ball his hands gently grasping the hem of Naruto’s shirt, the book lay forgotten on the floor. Naruto glanced at the clock, well past midnight, he really hadn’t been paying attention to the time. It was far to late to go home now, he stood up and stretched, switching off the console and turning to Sasuke, still curled up on the bed. He had changed into his pyjama pants earlier so Naruto just pulled the quilt up over him and watched as he rearranged himself into the warmth. Smiling softly he looked around for the blow-up bed he usually slept on, he found it almost immediately and sighed. There was clearly a puncture in it somewhere, the thing was completely flat and they never let it down. Naruto stood up and glanced over at Sasuke’s bed thinking, he hadn’t minded last time, and if he explained as soon as they woke up Sasuke would understand. Naruto made his mind up and slipped our of his shirt and trousers, usually he slept naked but he really couldn’t think of a way to explain that in morning so he kept his boxers on and slid in beside Sasuke. He lay there stiff for a few moments before turning over and facing the still sleeping Sasuke, it amused Naruto how utterly relaxed and perfect Sasuke could look when he was asleep, considering the near constant scowl he had in place when awake. Naruto smiled relaxing into the soft mattress and closing his eyes, not noticing one dark eye open slightly and look at him before a mouth smiled softly and a hand crept up and over his hip bringing them closer.

Itachi stood in the door way looking at the pair of them amusedly, he had known for a while that Sasuke liked Naruto far more than was usual for friends. He could also see that Naruto, although completely unaware of it, was slowly falling for his brother. If he was totally honest it had been coming since the start, ever since Sasuke met Naruto when he was a little kid he had been enthralled, desperately wanting to see the boy at every opportunity, Kakashi and Iruka didn’t bring him round very often for various reasons, although it was fairly obvious now that at the time these were excuse to hide the fact that Naruto was at the doctors or simply having a rough time and not ready for people. When Sasuke had learnt Naruto was both moving next door and going to the same school as him, he was so excited Itachi had had to threaten to take his play station away from him.

Itachi knew from conversations he had both overhead and had with Kakashi that Naruto had often asked to see Sasuke, and then when he was most upset he would occasionally cry out for the boy. The only way they had managed to get Naruto into school for the first was by telling him Sasuke would be there.

Itachi frowned, he knew Naruto’s past very well, having been trusted with the information by both Naruto and his parents, he could see the two of them were dangerously close to each other almost to the point of excluding others. He knew Sasuke held general disdain for most people and that Naruto still had some deep seated issues with trust and forming relationships and that in any other case it would have been a very worrying concern to see how utterly dependent on each other they were, but with them, Itachi wondered if perhaps they would be far more worrying if they didn’t have each other. He sighed deciding that after the past few days they deserved the rest and peace and turned away closing the door silently.

Naruto groaned under his breath as he felt the morning creeping up on him, he flipped himself over in and effort to pretend it didn’t exist only to find his path blocked by a solid, warm and naked chest. He froze, he’d forgotten where he was sleeping, cracking open an eye he noticed Sasuke was still asleep and breathed a sigh of relief. Relaxing, he noted absently he was actually quite warm and for the second time in his life he had slept peacefully all night long. He wondered briefly if there was any correlation between his nice sleep and being with Sasuke, but dismissed the though as silly immediately,

“Stop thinking” came a sleepy voice from above him and Naruto looked up to see Sasuke still apparently fast asleep

“How..” he started only to be interrupted

“I can feel you frowning against my chest, either go back to sleep or lay still”

Naruto did as he was told turning fully onto his side and relaxing before the conversation sunk in,

“Wait, you’re not mad I’m in your bed?”

“Why would I be mad?” Sasuke was sounding slightly annoyed now

“Well I mean it’s your bed, your half naked and I’m a guy” Naruto trailed off as if his point had been made

“Yeah so?” apparently not he thought

“Well, you know it’s not normal is it? I thought you’d be mad at me”

Sasuke sighed and gave up on sleep opening his eyes and looking down at Naruto

“First, it’s perfectly normal, it’s just not usually done. But if your happy and I’m happy then there’s no problem. Secondly, I wasn’t mad last time was I?”

“Well, yeah but that was different we both accidentally fell asleep, this time I got in deliberately”

“Well, maybe I just like sleeping with you”

The innuendo went right over Naruto’s head but he did pick up on the sentiment and smiled “I like it to, it’s warm and I don’t wake up in the middle of the night”

Sasuke pulled him closer “all the more reason to do it more often”

Sasuke smiled into Naruto’s hair, he felt a little guilty, he knew Naruto was as naïve and innocent as they come and that the underlying meaning behind most if not all of these actions was lost on him. He settled down again against the warm skin, hoping that Naruto’s simple acceptance meant even if he didn’t understand the emotions he still had them.

Itachi sat in the kitchen watching amusedly as Obito hauled himself out their next door neighbours upstairs window and dropped to the porch roof and then to the floor, before walking nonchalantly through Itachi’s back door and sitting down as if nothing has happened,

“You know Naruto’s here so you didn’t have to sneak out” Itachi said sipping his coffee

“Sneak out of where?” Obito said keeping his back to the younger Uchiha

“I’m not stupid every time you’re in town I see you creeping around Kakashi’s and Iruka’s house, does Iruka know you’re still sleeping with your ex?” Itachi smirked as Obito turned around pale white

“Who else know’s?” he said

“Don’t worry just me, Sasuke and Naruto are oblivious as is Madara”

Obito relaxed and sat down “Seeming as you’re being so damn nosy and I know you won’t let it go, yes Iruka does know”

Itachi managed to hide his surprise, he didn’t particularly care whether Kakashi was cheating or not, but he did like to know everything “Interesting” he said carefully

Obito grinned “You though we were cheating on him”

Itachi glowered, Obito had long been the only one able to read him like a book “Well it was the logical conclusion”

“Mah, no need to sounds so defensive” Obito grinned satisfied the control of the conversation now lay in his hands “You know what I’m like with commitment, I can be bothered with a long term relationship, and finding casual sex is so hard these days”

“Especially when you’ve already been through everyone from here to the state line” Itachi added sardonically earning himself a pouty glare from Obito

“Kakashi always was the best sex I ever had, I saw no reason to stop just be because he went and fell in love, our relationship was always of convienience. Luckily Iruka doesn’t mind me joining in on occasion”

This time Itachi only managed to contain his surprise enough that his mouthful of coffee only partially sprayed everywhere,

Obito laughed “Still got a long way to go before you can know everything about me Weasel-chan”

Itachi glared cleaning the coffee off the table “So you, Kakashi and Iruka”

Itachi said still trying to work it out in his head “Surprised you managed to get Iruka to agree to that”

“Yeah well you know once it’s in not much you can do about it”

For the third time that morning Itachi coffee was abandoned in favour of a coughing fit

Obito stood up and whacked him on the bed “this never gets old, cousin” he said laughing

“If I didn’t know you so well, I say you were lying” Itachi decided to leave his coffee for the remainder of this conversation and settled for crossing his arms

Obito grinned widely his eyes closing “I’ve know both of them since I was a little boy, and I would never have dreamed of joining them if Kakashi hadn’t told me it was ok. Although I suspect he left out certain pertinent details when he told Iruka he was getting him a ‘fun’ birthday present”

“You two are so weird”

Obito nodded smiling, “It’s perfect Kakashi and Iruka get their perfect happy couple relationship with the occasional added spice, and I get casual sex with two people I know, trust and care about” he frowned “Naruto and Sasuke can’t know, Sasuke would probably shrug it off but Naruto…” he trailed off and Itachi nodded, the kid already had a fragile view of the way the world worked this might just tip the balance

“Madara to, you know how he reacted when he found out about Kakashi and I, he won’t let me get away again”

Itachi nodded again “Well he’s not due back for another couple weeks, and I think Naruto’s going to be spending a lot of time here, so go crazy”

Obito winked “I will” he stood “now I’m going for a shower”

Itachi shook his head, smiling slightly before going back to his coffee.

i just love to mess with obito XD he's such a perv.

and this is aniue Itachi, he peeks on sleeping boys ^^ as the eldest he bore most of his fathers discipline, and is a bit of an emotional retard because of it, he both hates and envies Sasuke. Although sasuke is still a grumpy little ass he does wear his heart on his sleeve a bit more, however even Itachi is swayed by Naruto XD

not sure where the last bit came from with obito and itachi, i just think that obito is like naruto, add that to natural Uchiha genes and he's got itachi sussed and confused ^^

anyway r and r