Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ In Each Other's Arms ❯ Chapter 1

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Pairings: Itachi/Naruto, one-sided brotherly Itachi/Sasuke

Title: In Each Other’s Arms

Itachi lay back on his lover’s bed, cradling the small sleeping blonde in his arms.

As he gazed towards the window, he could see the first rays of dawn breaking through the sky. This was a very rare occurrence. Normally he would leave before dawn, the vast majority of the village would not take kindly to finding out that the missing-nin was having a fully fledged love affair with the village pariah. They’d probably think that they were plotting the downfall of the village.

Ignorant bastards.

Itachi looked down to his chest, where his lover was snuggled and smiled.

Yes, it was moments like this that made his day, that made life worth living.

Itachi found that even though he could be having the most horrible of days, one small smile from his beloved made everything okay. It was made all the more endearing by the fact that his little love was entirely unaware of it.

He brushed his pale, slim fingers through Naruto’s golden hair, marveling at it’s softness.

He still found it amazing that someone could see beyond all the deception and lies heaped at him by the village enough to love him.

The deception and lies that made his life a living nightmare to begin with...

The way that the village still seemed to live by the shadow of the snake and conspire against the few honorable shinobi that remained…

The was that the decrepit council fossils, conspired with the snake to steal his eyes…

The way that all that he loved was slaughtered by a serpentine doppelganger…

How his family was no less treacherous and unforgiving than the snake and the council...

How Shisui was tricked into trying to kill him by father, so he could obtain the mangekyo sharingan…

How his beloved and foolish outoto, so easily believed that he could murder all he loved and refused to see beneath the underneath…

How he had no other alternative but to join Akatsuki to get revenge…

At times, Itachi wished to give up and die.

To leave this horrible and burdensome existence and never ache again.

Whenever those thoughts plagued his mind, all he had to do was gaze at his lover and he would find that with the exception of the two of them, the world ceased to exist.

Naruto sighed dreamily in his sleep and nuzzled into his chest before going totally lax. Itachi relaxed at the feel of his lover’s nude body totally at ease against his. Itachi kissed the soft blond hair, “Aishiteru.”

Itachi smiled at his love and after a few moments fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

The world was against the both of them.

The village of Konoha, binding his little light’s hands and Akatsuki binding his.

At times, it seems impossible that either of them could have a modicum of happiness, considering the involuntary ties that held them….

But in reality all it took was a warm embrace and a loving smile, to make either cursed boy believe that there was hope for the future.

All it took was a glance and they knew that when the time was right, their shackles would be thrown off…

That one day they would be able to shake off their shackles…

As long they were in each other’s arms.