Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Running Free ❯ The Running Free Ch. 8 ( Chapter 8 )
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By: ldilorenzo 
Itachi's surgury. Please...I'd like some feedback and reviews. Thanks to those who took the time to read my story
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 03.08.2009 | Updated On: 03.11.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 325 | Status: Completed
Itachi's surgury. Please...I'd like some feedback and reviews. Thanks to those who took the time to read my story
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 03.08.2009 | Updated On: 03.11.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 325 | Status: Completed
Title: The Running Free
Author: Xin
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Sunday was a hell of a day for Naruto and Sasuke. They woke up to pounding headaches and nauseous stomachs. They practically spent the whole day in bed feeling like crap. Lucky for them, Itachi was willing to take care of them through their hangovers and by evening they were feeling a bit better.
Itachi had gone to sleep early since he had to wake up at 4:00 AM so he could get to the hospital by 6:00 AM for his surgery. This left Naruto and Sasuke in the living room on the couch, watching TV.
Sasuke was sitting sideways on the couch so he could stretch his legs out and lean his back against the armrest. Naruto was in between Sasuke’s legs, leaning his back against the raven’s chest. Sasuke ran his fingers through Naruto’s soft hair and looked down at him. “Are you alright?” He was a bit worried about his blond. He had been extremely quiet all day. He knew it wasn’t from the hangover. Naruto had gotten wasted before (only once) and he wasn’t like this at all the next day.
Naruto shifted a bit in Sasuke’s lap and turned his head to look up at his lover. He didn’t really want to tell Sasuke what was bothering him because he didn’t want the younger Uchiha to worry about anything. But he figured the man would probably pull it out of him sooner or later. “I’m just worried about last night. I mean, I took my pill and everything, but we never had sex without a condom before. What if I get pregnant? What are we going to do?” Tears were leaking out of blue eyes at this point. Naruto really didn’t know if he could handle being pregnant, at least not yet. He knew that he wasn’t ready to have a baby, considering he was still living with his dad was a major factor in that. ‘Shit, what am I going to tell Iruka if I’m pregnant?’
Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto’s shoulders and kissed the top of his head gently. “Don’t worry about it so much right now baby.” He knew he couldn’t really say much else. He also knew that his words probably weren’t very comforting. He just didn’t really know what he could do for his lover. What if Naruto was pregnant? He didn’t really have an answer for the blond at the moment. He knew that he could financially support the baby, no question, but being ready to raise a child? Of course he’d have his brother to help them, but what would Itachi say if Naruto was pregnant? He’d probably be so pissed at Sasuke and not want to have anything to do with him. “If you do get pregnant, we’ll figure something out.”
Naruto nodded a bit. He knew that Sasuke was trying the best he could. He didn’t expect a definite solution right then. He didn’t even know if he would get pregnant. he guessed all he could do was wait and see what would happen.
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Itachi woke up Monday morning to the sound of the alarm. He reached over to turn the noisy thing off and slowly sat up. He looked over and saw his two lovers still asleep and not affected at all by the buzzing of the alarm. He vaguely wondered when they had gotten to bed. He went to sleep early so his two lovers were still in the living room then. He reached over and placed his hand on Sasuke’s shoulder, shaking him a bit to wake him up.
Sasuke felt himself being shaken and quickly opened his eyes. He noted that it was still dark and looked over to see what had woken him up. He faintly saw his brother looking down at him and glancing over at the clock, seeing that it was time to get up. He sat up and leaned in to give Itachi a kiss. He knew his brother was a bit nervous about today, but he knew that everything would be alright. “Should we wake up Naruto?” he asked as he looked down at the still sleeping blond.
“No, let him sleep a bit more. He looks like he needs it. We have enough time.” Itachi said as he got out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take a shower.
Sasuke decided to head to the kitchen to get something to eat. He had class later that day and he probably wouldn’t have a chance before then. He popped some bread into the toaster and put some coffee grounds in the coffee maker. After the toast and coffee was ready, he poured a cup for himself and Naruto. He knew his blond liked lots of sugar in his coffee so he just decided to bring the box to the table. He went back into the bedroom and climbed onto the bed where Naruto was still fast asleep. He leaned down and gently pressed his lips to the blonde’s as he ran his fingers through Naruto’s soft hair.
Naruto woke up as he felt Sasuke’s lips touch his. He wrapped his arms around his lover and kissed back with all the love he could muster for being so tired. He opened his blue eyes after they had separated and smiled at the raven. “You’ve got to be kidding me. It’s morning already?”
“Yeah, but being the nice guy that I am, I let you sleep a little longer.” Sasuke said as he sat up and pulled the blond up with him.
“Yeah right, Itachi probably told you to let me sleep.” He knew Sasuke, and he knew that his boyfriend liked punctuality and time management. So waking up when the alarm went off was a must for him.
Sasuke just snorted and playfully glared at his blond. “I made you coffee, it’s in the kitchen.” he said as he got up and walked out of the room after one more kiss to Naruto’s lips.
Naruto stayed put for a bit, still needing to wake up a bit more. He heard the bathroom door open and turned to see Itachi step out, fully dressed and by the look of it, tired as hell. The blond stood up and walked over to his lover and wrapped his arms around him. “Did you get enough sleep, baby?” he asked as he rested his head on Itachi’s shoulder.
Itachi wrapped his arms around Naruto’s shoulders, due the fact that the blond was a bit shorter than him. “I got enough sleep. It’s just that, I’m a bit nervous still. I know the risks are minimal, but still. I just can’t help it.” He hated feeling nervous. It made him seem like he was such a baby and couldn’t handle anything. He knew deep down that his worry was more than reasonable. His pride just didn’t want to really admit it.
“I don’t want you to worry about it so much. You’ll be fine, and Sasuke and I will both be there before and after.” He always took the chance to comfort the older Uchiha. He never really had the opportunity, since Itachi always seemed to have his feelings and emotions under control. He gave Itachi a quick kiss before letting the other man go. He grabbed Itachi’s hand and led him out to the living room. He knew Itachi couldn’t eat anything before his surgery, but he figured that Itachi would want to be with his two lovers.
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Sasuke hated waiting rooms. They were so depressing; people just sitting there reading crappy magazines and watching even crappier soap operas, some waiting to hear if their loved ones would live or die. He never really knew why hospitals had to make the room as plain as possible, but he figured you can’t have everything you want. He was currently sitting in one of the, for some reason, extremely comfortable couches that were spread around the room. Naruto was leaning against him with his eyes closed. He figured that the blond was probably asleep. It made sense though, they had gone to sleep hours after Itachi had, probably around eleven at night. Which meant Naruto only got about five hours of sleep. Sasuke stroked Naruto’s hair as he read yet another dull magazine. He looked up at the clock and note not much time had passed; only about an hour. The doctor said that Itachi’s surgery would take about an hour and a half to two hours max. So he just had to wait a bit longer.
Naruto’s eyes opened slowly as he tried to figure out where the hell he was. He was leaning against something warm and he looked up to see Sasuke reading something. He instantly remembered that he was waiting to hear how Itachi’s surgery had gone. He looked over at the clock and noted that an hour and a half had passed since Itachi had gone in for surgery. He looked up at Sasuke who had just noticed the blond was awake. “Have they said anything?”
Sasuke shook his head. He knew for such a minor surgery that the doctors would only come out if something had seriously gone wrong. “No, but they should be done soon. Are you hungry?” he asked, knowing the blond would be starving by now, since he hadn’t really had an appetite that morning.
“No, not really; I just want to see Itachi.” he said as he snuggled further into Sasuke’s side.
Just then the doctor came through the doors. He motioned for the two men to follow him. “Everything went fine. We weren’t able to restore his vision to full capacity, but we were able to prevent any more pulling of the retinas. His vision should stay stable from now on. I do however want him to see an ophthalmologist every six months, just to make sure his vision stays stable.”
Naruto and Sasuke nodded at the doctor’s words, and were grateful that Itachi would still have the vision he had. They followed the doctor to recovery where he led them over to Itachi’s bed. He was, sort of awake, but looked like he was pretty out of it still.
Naruto walked up to the side of the bed and held Itachi’s hand in his. He knew Itachi couldn’t see him at the moment, seeing as how there were two bandages covering each eye, to protect them until his eyes were healed and the bandages were ready to come off. Naruto leaned down and gently kissed Itachi’s cheek, telling the man that he loved him.
Sasuke took Itachi’s other hand and gently stroked the back of it with his thumb.
Itachi really had no idea where he was at the moment. He knew he was in the hospital, but he didn’t really know where, considering that he couldn’t see. He wasn’t worried about hat though, since the doctors told him that he’d have bandages over his eyes so he wouldn’t be able to see when he woke up. He felt someone take his hand and figured it was either Naruto or Sasuke. He heard Naruto’s soft voice in his ear and he squeezed Naruto’s hand a bit, letting the blond know that he had been heard. He then felt, who could only be Sasuke take his other hand. He faintly heard the doctor say that they were going to let him rest for as long as he needed, then he would be able to go home whenever he wanted. He was glad that he could go home whenever, he really didn’t want to be there more than he had to.
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After the papers were signed, the three men left the hospital. Sasuke helped his brother into the car and Naruto sat in the back with him. The ride home was quiet. No doubt they were all tired, Itachi especially.
Sasuke drove along the highway and thought about skipping school. It was a good enough excuse to miss, his brother having surgery and all. He didn’t want to miss school, but he wanted to be with his brother. He pulled into the driveway and parked in his spot. He got out of the car and opened the back door so that he could help Itachi get to the apartment door. He knew his brother would not like being helpless like he was at the moment. But there wasn’t anything that could be done about that.
Itachi really didn’t care at this point. He was just so tired and his eyes were starting to hurt. The doctor had prescribed pain medication for him, and luckily they were able to get it at the hospital instead of having to go to a drug store to fill it. He let Sasuke help him to the door, he was just too tired to care about his pride. Once inside the house he was led to the couch and he gratefully sat down. He sat sideways so that his legs were stretched out and he was pretty much asleep the next minute. He knew that his lovers would take care of him and be there for him. He also knew that Sasuke was probably going to skip his class today. He knew what a sacrifice that was to his younger brother. He really hoped that he would feel better soon, because the way things were going now, he felt pretty needy. ‘They have no idea what they’re getting themselves into.’
TBC
So there you have it. I’ll try to update as soon as I can. Bye!
Author: Xin
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Sunday was a hell of a day for Naruto and Sasuke. They woke up to pounding headaches and nauseous stomachs. They practically spent the whole day in bed feeling like crap. Lucky for them, Itachi was willing to take care of them through their hangovers and by evening they were feeling a bit better.
Itachi had gone to sleep early since he had to wake up at 4:00 AM so he could get to the hospital by 6:00 AM for his surgery. This left Naruto and Sasuke in the living room on the couch, watching TV.
Sasuke was sitting sideways on the couch so he could stretch his legs out and lean his back against the armrest. Naruto was in between Sasuke’s legs, leaning his back against the raven’s chest. Sasuke ran his fingers through Naruto’s soft hair and looked down at him. “Are you alright?” He was a bit worried about his blond. He had been extremely quiet all day. He knew it wasn’t from the hangover. Naruto had gotten wasted before (only once) and he wasn’t like this at all the next day.
Naruto shifted a bit in Sasuke’s lap and turned his head to look up at his lover. He didn’t really want to tell Sasuke what was bothering him because he didn’t want the younger Uchiha to worry about anything. But he figured the man would probably pull it out of him sooner or later. “I’m just worried about last night. I mean, I took my pill and everything, but we never had sex without a condom before. What if I get pregnant? What are we going to do?” Tears were leaking out of blue eyes at this point. Naruto really didn’t know if he could handle being pregnant, at least not yet. He knew that he wasn’t ready to have a baby, considering he was still living with his dad was a major factor in that. ‘Shit, what am I going to tell Iruka if I’m pregnant?’
Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto’s shoulders and kissed the top of his head gently. “Don’t worry about it so much right now baby.” He knew he couldn’t really say much else. He also knew that his words probably weren’t very comforting. He just didn’t really know what he could do for his lover. What if Naruto was pregnant? He didn’t really have an answer for the blond at the moment. He knew that he could financially support the baby, no question, but being ready to raise a child? Of course he’d have his brother to help them, but what would Itachi say if Naruto was pregnant? He’d probably be so pissed at Sasuke and not want to have anything to do with him. “If you do get pregnant, we’ll figure something out.”
Naruto nodded a bit. He knew that Sasuke was trying the best he could. He didn’t expect a definite solution right then. He didn’t even know if he would get pregnant. he guessed all he could do was wait and see what would happen.
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Itachi woke up Monday morning to the sound of the alarm. He reached over to turn the noisy thing off and slowly sat up. He looked over and saw his two lovers still asleep and not affected at all by the buzzing of the alarm. He vaguely wondered when they had gotten to bed. He went to sleep early so his two lovers were still in the living room then. He reached over and placed his hand on Sasuke’s shoulder, shaking him a bit to wake him up.
Sasuke felt himself being shaken and quickly opened his eyes. He noted that it was still dark and looked over to see what had woken him up. He faintly saw his brother looking down at him and glancing over at the clock, seeing that it was time to get up. He sat up and leaned in to give Itachi a kiss. He knew his brother was a bit nervous about today, but he knew that everything would be alright. “Should we wake up Naruto?” he asked as he looked down at the still sleeping blond.
“No, let him sleep a bit more. He looks like he needs it. We have enough time.” Itachi said as he got out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take a shower.
Sasuke decided to head to the kitchen to get something to eat. He had class later that day and he probably wouldn’t have a chance before then. He popped some bread into the toaster and put some coffee grounds in the coffee maker. After the toast and coffee was ready, he poured a cup for himself and Naruto. He knew his blond liked lots of sugar in his coffee so he just decided to bring the box to the table. He went back into the bedroom and climbed onto the bed where Naruto was still fast asleep. He leaned down and gently pressed his lips to the blonde’s as he ran his fingers through Naruto’s soft hair.
Naruto woke up as he felt Sasuke’s lips touch his. He wrapped his arms around his lover and kissed back with all the love he could muster for being so tired. He opened his blue eyes after they had separated and smiled at the raven. “You’ve got to be kidding me. It’s morning already?”
“Yeah, but being the nice guy that I am, I let you sleep a little longer.” Sasuke said as he sat up and pulled the blond up with him.
“Yeah right, Itachi probably told you to let me sleep.” He knew Sasuke, and he knew that his boyfriend liked punctuality and time management. So waking up when the alarm went off was a must for him.
Sasuke just snorted and playfully glared at his blond. “I made you coffee, it’s in the kitchen.” he said as he got up and walked out of the room after one more kiss to Naruto’s lips.
Naruto stayed put for a bit, still needing to wake up a bit more. He heard the bathroom door open and turned to see Itachi step out, fully dressed and by the look of it, tired as hell. The blond stood up and walked over to his lover and wrapped his arms around him. “Did you get enough sleep, baby?” he asked as he rested his head on Itachi’s shoulder.
Itachi wrapped his arms around Naruto’s shoulders, due the fact that the blond was a bit shorter than him. “I got enough sleep. It’s just that, I’m a bit nervous still. I know the risks are minimal, but still. I just can’t help it.” He hated feeling nervous. It made him seem like he was such a baby and couldn’t handle anything. He knew deep down that his worry was more than reasonable. His pride just didn’t want to really admit it.
“I don’t want you to worry about it so much. You’ll be fine, and Sasuke and I will both be there before and after.” He always took the chance to comfort the older Uchiha. He never really had the opportunity, since Itachi always seemed to have his feelings and emotions under control. He gave Itachi a quick kiss before letting the other man go. He grabbed Itachi’s hand and led him out to the living room. He knew Itachi couldn’t eat anything before his surgery, but he figured that Itachi would want to be with his two lovers.
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Sasuke hated waiting rooms. They were so depressing; people just sitting there reading crappy magazines and watching even crappier soap operas, some waiting to hear if their loved ones would live or die. He never really knew why hospitals had to make the room as plain as possible, but he figured you can’t have everything you want. He was currently sitting in one of the, for some reason, extremely comfortable couches that were spread around the room. Naruto was leaning against him with his eyes closed. He figured that the blond was probably asleep. It made sense though, they had gone to sleep hours after Itachi had, probably around eleven at night. Which meant Naruto only got about five hours of sleep. Sasuke stroked Naruto’s hair as he read yet another dull magazine. He looked up at the clock and note not much time had passed; only about an hour. The doctor said that Itachi’s surgery would take about an hour and a half to two hours max. So he just had to wait a bit longer.
Naruto’s eyes opened slowly as he tried to figure out where the hell he was. He was leaning against something warm and he looked up to see Sasuke reading something. He instantly remembered that he was waiting to hear how Itachi’s surgery had gone. He looked over at the clock and noted that an hour and a half had passed since Itachi had gone in for surgery. He looked up at Sasuke who had just noticed the blond was awake. “Have they said anything?”
Sasuke shook his head. He knew for such a minor surgery that the doctors would only come out if something had seriously gone wrong. “No, but they should be done soon. Are you hungry?” he asked, knowing the blond would be starving by now, since he hadn’t really had an appetite that morning.
“No, not really; I just want to see Itachi.” he said as he snuggled further into Sasuke’s side.
Just then the doctor came through the doors. He motioned for the two men to follow him. “Everything went fine. We weren’t able to restore his vision to full capacity, but we were able to prevent any more pulling of the retinas. His vision should stay stable from now on. I do however want him to see an ophthalmologist every six months, just to make sure his vision stays stable.”
Naruto and Sasuke nodded at the doctor’s words, and were grateful that Itachi would still have the vision he had. They followed the doctor to recovery where he led them over to Itachi’s bed. He was, sort of awake, but looked like he was pretty out of it still.
Naruto walked up to the side of the bed and held Itachi’s hand in his. He knew Itachi couldn’t see him at the moment, seeing as how there were two bandages covering each eye, to protect them until his eyes were healed and the bandages were ready to come off. Naruto leaned down and gently kissed Itachi’s cheek, telling the man that he loved him.
Sasuke took Itachi’s other hand and gently stroked the back of it with his thumb.
Itachi really had no idea where he was at the moment. He knew he was in the hospital, but he didn’t really know where, considering that he couldn’t see. He wasn’t worried about hat though, since the doctors told him that he’d have bandages over his eyes so he wouldn’t be able to see when he woke up. He felt someone take his hand and figured it was either Naruto or Sasuke. He heard Naruto’s soft voice in his ear and he squeezed Naruto’s hand a bit, letting the blond know that he had been heard. He then felt, who could only be Sasuke take his other hand. He faintly heard the doctor say that they were going to let him rest for as long as he needed, then he would be able to go home whenever he wanted. He was glad that he could go home whenever, he really didn’t want to be there more than he had to.
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After the papers were signed, the three men left the hospital. Sasuke helped his brother into the car and Naruto sat in the back with him. The ride home was quiet. No doubt they were all tired, Itachi especially.
Sasuke drove along the highway and thought about skipping school. It was a good enough excuse to miss, his brother having surgery and all. He didn’t want to miss school, but he wanted to be with his brother. He pulled into the driveway and parked in his spot. He got out of the car and opened the back door so that he could help Itachi get to the apartment door. He knew his brother would not like being helpless like he was at the moment. But there wasn’t anything that could be done about that.
Itachi really didn’t care at this point. He was just so tired and his eyes were starting to hurt. The doctor had prescribed pain medication for him, and luckily they were able to get it at the hospital instead of having to go to a drug store to fill it. He let Sasuke help him to the door, he was just too tired to care about his pride. Once inside the house he was led to the couch and he gratefully sat down. He sat sideways so that his legs were stretched out and he was pretty much asleep the next minute. He knew that his lovers would take care of him and be there for him. He also knew that Sasuke was probably going to skip his class today. He knew what a sacrifice that was to his younger brother. He really hoped that he would feel better soon, because the way things were going now, he felt pretty needy. ‘They have no idea what they’re getting themselves into.’
TBC
So there you have it. I’ll try to update as soon as I can. Bye!