Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Brother's Can't Be Trusted ❯ What We Deserve ( Chapter 34 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Annoying phone ringing always proved to be a big pet peeve of Haku’s. They always seemed to come at the wrong time and most were usually filled with bad news. So when Naruto’s home suddenly became alive with the loud ringing of the telephone, Haku was instantly put in a bad mood. With Naruto at school, Haku had taken the liberty of nosily going through all of the blonde’s stuff for safety reasons of course. He had to see what was really going on here in Konoha that involved Naruto. If Jiraiya wasn’t at home right now then the first place Haku would have looked for suspicious stuff would be the old pervert’s room. He was sure to find video tape there.

Loud stomping followed the persistent ringing as Jiraiya headed over to the phone. He picked it up irritatingly. Wasn’t it bad enough that he was stuck in the house alone with Haku, who had yet to put any clothes on for Kami knows what reason. “Yeah, what is it?” He asked rudely. Haku stepped into the room and curiously watched Jiraiya frown as the person on the other line was apparently telling him some bad news. See Haku had every reason to hate phone calls. “Sorry, I was just about to head out. Maybe you could get some friend of his to bring him home.” Jiraiya answered before hanging up the phone quickly. He glared distastefully at Haku, who had been staring at him with curiosity and confusion. He figured the teen just wanted to know what the phone call was about so he finally told him. “Naruto’s come down with a fever so he’s excuse form school today,“ was Jiraiya’s only words before heading off towards the door.

“Who’s bringing him home?” Haku asked somewhat excitedly and sadly. He was sad because Naruto was sick of course, but ever so thrilled to hear Naruto would get to spend the rest of the day with him. Though Naruto would probably not be up for playing games, Haku could at least nurse him back to health. And helping out Naruto was Haku’s number one favorite past times.

Jiraiya simply shrugged his shoulders. It was only natural that he knew it would be Sasuke and Itachi, but he wouldn’t let Haku know that since he would be around to hear the boy’s bitching. “I’ll be working so you man down the house until Naruto gets back. But I don’t want to see this place trashed when I get back.” With that said, he left. Jiraiya knew for a fact that would be impossible for Haku since him and Naruto were only good for making messes. And if the Uchiha bothers were coming over, of course Haku would mess this place up just so he can kick some ass. Personally, Jiraiya thought this kid needed to hurry up and get laid. He had way too much free time on his hands to be interfering with Naruto’s life.

Haku frowned a little. Jiraiya was definitely acting peculiar to him, so something was going on. But for now he shouldn’t be worrying about that. He had too get things ready for Naruto’s return. Smiling widely, Haku raced into the kitchen and started to set the water for Naruto’s favorite Miso ramen. How he loved to see Naruto’s bright and smiling face when he ate this toxic stuff. Even if Haku disagreed with the health values of this meal, he wouldn’t ever want to rain on Naruto’s parade. While the water was boiling, Haku hurriedly got dressed. He wouldn’t be able to help Naruto if he caught a virus from said blond. By the time Haku finished preparing a large meal and getting dressed he heard a light knock at the door. Anxiously the teen dashed down the hall and threw open the door. “Welcome home Naruto!” he exclaimed heedlessly.

But almost immediately his smile dropped into a frown as he saw Sasuke Uchiha holding his Naruto in his arms like he was his bride or something. “Sasuke you can put me down.” Naruto growled childishly, kicking his legs about. “Just because she thought I was sick doesn’t mean I really am.” He huffed out in an angry fit. Despite his words, Sasuke had insisted on carrying Naruto all the way over to the couch before laying the blond down on the soft cushion.

“Why are you here?” Haku growled; his eyes narrowing as he watched Sasuke face him and Itachi step in after them. “I thought Jiraiya told a ‘friend’ to pick up Naruto. I know for a fact you are not Naruto’s friend.” Haku hissed viciously.

He found his ego suddenly deflating when Sasuke started to laugh. Itachi only rolled his eyes, obvious upset about what his brother was about to say. He didn’t agree to come pick up Naruto by Sasuke’s request all to here his younger brother brag about their new relationship in the car for the entire trip here. Itachi was in fact more aggravated that Naruto agreed to dump him all so he could eventually date Sasuke, this was a disaster.

“You know what Haku, you are actually right this time.” Sasuke replied smugly. Even after being called right, Haku didn’t feel all too happy. He sensed his world was suddenly going to come crashing down upon him. And it did. “I’m not Naruto’s friend per say, because I am in fact his BOYFRIEND!” Sasuke yelled out the last world excitedly, and his overwhelming laughter following. He was so ecstatic about finally having Naruto to himself after all of his efforts, so he was entitled to bragging.

Never before had Sasuke took so much pleasure in causing someone else pain. The look on Haku’s face was simply priceless. All of his suffering had instantly become worth it after seeing Haku’s tremor stricken face. His entire form had gone several shades paler and his jaw was dropped down to the point of falling right off. Such large brown eyes were staring Sasuke back in the face. Sasuke was sure he even saw the teen’s hand twitch, which probably meant he was about to….

“You fucking asshole! How dare you corrupt Naruto’s good name with such filthy slander?!” Haku screamed, coming directly for Sasuke and tackling the boy to the floor. Naruto was up the very next second, tugging and pulling at Haku’s shirt to get the boy off of Sasuke as he choked him. Itachi just stood in place, smirking widely at his brother’s punishment.

“Haku! Get off of him! Sasuke’s not lying! He may be a pervert and a smug, arrogant smart ass, but that’s no reason to kill him!” Naruto yelled out desperately trying to help. Sasuke for one didn’t think Naruto’s name calling was assisting him in the least.

“I’ve worked too hard to keep him from bastards like you. So what makes you like I will let you just take over and destroy his life?!” Haku shouted, squeezing his hands tighter around Sasuke’s neck with any regard to Naruto’s desperate pleas and the Uchiha’s own fearful gasping.

Seeing Sasuke’s own face begin to pale from lack of air made Naruto terrified. He wouldn’t let Haku do this to him, ruin the best thing that’s ever happened to him in his life. “Haku, leave him alone!” Naruto angrily punched Haku in the face and shoved the teen violently off of Sasuke. “Stop trying to rule my life! If I want to be with Sasuke, then I will be with Sasuke! You should have no say in the matter. And as my best friend you should be giving me your blessings. But you’re too damn selfish to even do that!” Naruto snarled.

He hurriedly kneeled down before Sasuke and gently pushed the raven haired teen up some so he could rest his head in his lap. A blanket of concern was placed over the blonde’s face, making Haku miserable with envy. “Naruto I’m only trying to protect you.” Haku said warily as he sat up, cupping his sore eye. Thanks to Naruto it would probably be black for a week. “Don’t be fooled by him, Sasuke’s not any good for you.”

“And I suppose you are? You don’t get to decide that, I do! And I sure as hell wouldn’t want some one who claimed to love me, killing on my behalf.” Naruto replied firmly. “You okay Sasuke?” he asked worriedly, petting down his boyfriend’s mangled hair. “I told you before we got here that you shouldn’t have told him.” He reminded in a parenting like voice.

Sasuke could only half chuckle at this. Haku’s heart ached and he turned his head away from the scene. Itachi watched curiously at the teen’s reaction. He couldn’t help but felt sorry for Haku in a way. If his intentions had been and always were to protect Naruto, then it would hurt to be told by that very person that you should just stay out of their life.

Haku crawled back up to his feet, wobbling a little as he stood. Itachi’s lips parted in astonishment as he could have sworn he saw the brown eyes watering up. “I don’t care anymore Naruto!” Haku hollered. “You’ll only see how bad he is for you when he’s gone and broke your heart! And by then I won’t be there to cheer you up! Get someone else to fix the pieces after you’ve been hurt next time, because I’m through being your life support!”

A small saddened gasp emitted from the boy and he quickly left the living room in a mad dash for Naruto’s room. Itachi shuttered when the door slammed loudly. If he hadn’t known any better he would have thought that sound was sort of like held back tears. Throwing back one last concerned look to the grieving couple, Itachi followed after Haku. Damn him and his soft spot for crying children. Naruto had been the first to ever warm his heart with tears and Itachi was surprised and overjoyed when he found out he could actually calm the torrent of tears. Maybe he could see if those methods would work on others.

With that thought in mind, Itachi gently knocked on the door before letting himself in. He felt a pint of remorse when he saw Haku’s head buried roughly into a pillow and his body spread wildly across the bed. The air was filled with the soft sound of muffled sobs and whining. No doubt Haku was actually talking himself through this. His only friend had just betrayed him; at least that is how the boy saw it.

“It’s not the end of the world you know?” Itachi whispered friendly as he closed the door behind him. “Naruto only said you needed to be more of an understanding friend, not quite the same as not being his friend at all.” Itachi replied sweetly as he sat at the foot of the bed. He smiled warmly as he saw the boy’s shoulder’s bob up and down with his wailing.

“I don’t want to be his stupid friend!” Haku yelled into the pillow.

Itachi chuckled lightly. “Well that makes the both of us.” His words didn’t seem to comfort Haku even a little, but Itachi didn’t expect they would. “If it makes you feel any better, I’m more of that pervert that wants to use Naruto for a one night stand than my brother. Before you came here, I was the biggest threat.” Itachi snickered, remembering all of his great efforts to beat his brother.

“Shut up!” Haku screamed, sitting up long enough for him to throw a pillow right in Itachi’s face. “I want you and your stupid little brother dead! I hate you! You think you two can just waltz right into Naruto’s life and just automatically be up on the top of the list while I have been working years to be that highly viewed in the idiot’s eyes. I worked my ass off just to win his affections and this Sasuke only treats him like crap and win’s Naruto’s heart easy. It’s not fair! I fucking wish I never did save Naruto that damn day!” Haku wailed before forcing his head back against the mattress.

Itachi managed to contain his composure even after getting hit by a pillow. On any other occasion, Itachi would have never let some little punk get away with that. But he could already see Haku was in more pain than he could ever give the boy. “Sasuke didn’t just get Naruto like that, believe me, he had to work hard for that oblivious blond.” Itachi explained. It took all of his strength not to address the mention of saving Naruto’s life, though he was curious to know what Haku meant.

“I don’t believe you!” Haku hollered again, his head popping up once more. Tears rolled down his face unrelentingly, making him look like the most pathetic thing there ever was. “I bet that bastard gets whatever he wants just by snapping his fingers. Naruto is not just some prize to be won like another notch on his belt. You can’t just treat him like that; it’s not fair to him or those who love him.” Haku whimpered.

“Do you love Naruto?” Itachi asked seriously. By how concerned and devastated by the situation Haku sounded, Itachi wouldn’t be surprised if Haku really did love Naruto. Then again, it could just be some childish infatuation that could only be displayed through his great need to protect Naruto. “What about that Zabuza guy? Did you only love him before you found out you loved Naruto?” Itachi asked, remembering their conversation form last night.

“I still do. I love Zabuza, really I do. But it’s just not the same. I’ve liked Naruto ever since we first met. Of course I couldn’t tell him because it would just be too freaky for new friends. Or friendship was just too fragile for my love.” Haku sniffled, wiping away some of his tears to stare up blankly at the head board of the bed. "I actually believed that if I waited long enough and treated Naruto right he would actually learn to feel the same way for me."

Itachi found this hard to understand some. He wished Haku would elaborate more on his story, but the teen didn’t seem to be in much of the story telling mod.

"When I actually started to like Zabuza, I thought this would finally be my chance to either break free or be rewarded. If I could learn to love someone else then maybe it wouldn't be so painful when I found out Naruto could never love me. Then there was always the off chance Naruto would realize how he felt after I was already taken. Either way I could be happy, right?" Haku said softly and sadly.

"You can't force yourself to love someone else and you can't trick Naruto into falling in love with you. It doesn't work like that." Itachi explained. Since when was he the love expert. After his number one goal was to make Naruto love him and then break his heart. Those where not the philosophies of a hopeless romantic.

"But I really do love Zabuza. He makes me happy and we have sex all the time." Haku mumbled weakly. Itachi found himself feeling somewhat sick at hearing that statement. "Yet, I can never get over my first love."

He wanted to find out who this Zabuza guy was, especially since he was the boys' teacher. Though Itachi was too old to date Naruto as well, he didn't like anyone else trying his same stunts. And here he thought Haku was just some horny teen that liked to play around a lot. He didn't believe the kid had any actual experience with this type of stuff. Well it looked like Itachi was a bad judge of character as usual.

"You don't have to. Just direct that love in another way. I see you've already tried to just protect Naruto until he finds the right love, but you are really over doing it. Instead of just marking out all the creeps you don't think deserve him, why don't you actually start looking for the ones that do? I'm sure it will be a whole lot more productive and effective than beating the crap out of random people." Itachi chuckled.

Haku pouted at that statement but still refrained from hitting Itachi. At least the man was trying to help him.

"Now if you ever feel like you have too much love and you don't have Zabuza around to absorb it, I'll be glad to assist you." Itachi offered, his anxious hand suddenly groping Haku's firm ass. He might be trying to comfort some sad kid but that didn't mean he was good at resisting a sexy new specimen when he saw one.

"Hands off you pervert!" Haku yelled, suddenly stabbing Itachi's hand with a needle.

"What the hell?!" Itachi yelled out, his hand quickly jerking up from Haku's cheek. "Who the fuck carries around needles with them all day?!" He hissed, painfully pulling out the sharp two sided needle. He stared at the long thing for a timely while. This kid was prepared to kill anyone on the spot. Good thing Itachi found this out before Sasuke could piss the boy off any more.

"Touch me again and this one goes in between your legs." Haku threatened, holding up several more needles between each of his fingers. Itachi gulped loudly and lifted up from his seat slowly.

"Than I guess I better be going now" Itachi chuckled softly, walking backwards toward the door. Just as he was opening the door to escape, Haku spoke to him again.

"Itachi..." The man turned around, his expression still filled with some fear. "Thanks I guess. It's always nice to have someone to talk to. You know, like a friend." Haku smiled sincerely, his eyes curving up in half circles. Itachi had to admit it was the most beautiful expression he had ever seen on Haku before. But more importantly...he actually got himself a real friend.

Itachi returned with a genuine smile. “Yeah, Haku.” After that, he lightly opened the door and left the room. Despite how awkward the moment was, Itachi couldn’t stop smiling as he walked back down the hall. Looks like he didn’t have to go empty handed today like he thought. Sasuke got himself a boyfriend and Itachi got himself a friend, well hopefully a potential ‘playmate’.

“Itachi? You feeling alright?” Naruto asked out curiously. He thought it was weird to see Itachi look so abnormally happy after leaving to check on Haku. Sasuke’s best guest was he just screwed the boy, but his gut told him Itachi wasn’t so low as to seduce someone while they were down. Though he had tried with Naruto before, he never went all the way through with it.

“Yeah Naruto. I’m fine.” The older Uchiha grinned warmly. “I think I better be getting back to class now. Sasuke why don’t you spend the night over here?” Itachi suggested, causing both teen’s jaws to drop.

“Alright who are you and what have you done with my brother?!” Sasuke stood up screaming. Itachi would have never suggested he spend more time with Naruto, whether he thought he was sick or not. Itachi most have been abducted by aliens. Though Sasuke didn’t really believe in those until now.

Itachi laughed gently. “I’m still your brother, I just don’t want you around the house tonight. I’ve got plans and the last thing I need is for you to be barging in yelling at me to quite down.” Itachi mocked.

Sasuke blushed, slowly sliding back into his seat. “Oh, okay.” He said timidly. That definitely sounded like something Itachi would say. Plus, Sasuke didn’t want to sleep there if Itachi was going to bring ‘guest’ over again. But lately, he has been really discreet about it since he met Naruto. Sasuke was really beginning to wonder if Itachi was actually doing this because he wanted him to get his sleep again. Could it be possible Itachi had grown a soft spot for him as well? Well if he has, Sasuke is certainly glad Itachi is changing a whole lot. Maybe he can find himself a real boyfriend or girlfriend now.

To Be Continued…

A/N: How cute! A little Haku and Itachi bonding. I don’t really think Itachi and Haku should be a couple since Haku is with Zabuza, but after this chapter it definitely seems like a possibility. Hmmm….who should Haku be with? Anyway, thanks for all of the wonderful reviews! This is the most I’ve ever gotten for any of my stories and I’m so thrilled! Please keep reviewing, I look forward to what you all have to say!

Next Chapter: Haku feels a little better, but still not all too accepting of Sasuke and Naruto’s relationship. But maybe his out look will change now that Sasuke is spending the night. Will this bring the two teens to a peace treaty or only cause more turmoil for Naruto by having his loved ones fight?