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Of Silver Linings and Blue Yonder	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 18517 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or make any profit of it. Kishimoto owns it

Chapter List
- 16
- 17
- 18
Author's note: I apologise for taking so long with this chapter. I know I said it would only take me two weeks, but clearly I overestimated myself *winces* I was completely drained from exams these past few weeks and I didn't want to let that affect the chapter (I hope it didn't now, considering I still had to finish it this week *grimaces*)
Either way I apologise for taking so long!
Thanks to the following reviewers: smint45 and ANON
Warnings: Itachi's pov; set during chapter 5 of OIABM and chapter 4 of TGIGOTOS: the kissing scene
Dedicated to: skyglazingMaro
I hope you'll like it and that I didn't screw up too much!
Chapter 17
Exactly two minutes after he had hung up on his brother, his phone vibrated with a new incoming call and he raised an eyebrow, amused when he saw the name flashing across the screen.
"And?" Deidara demanded the instant Itachi had accepted the call.
Leaning back into his leather chair, the Alpha tapped his pen against the document he had been looking over before he made the call to Sasuke. "I just got off the phone with him."
"And?" Deidara repeated impatiently. "What did he say, un?"
"He agreed to go," Itachi replied, glancing at the last paragraph of the document one more time before putting his signature underneath it.
"Is it that difficult for him to say yes once in a – wait, what?" Deidara asked perplexed, cutting off his rant.
The dark haired man smirked. "He agreed to visit the new art exhibition with us."
Stunned silence reigned for a short moment.
"What did you do to make him agree? Did you blackmail him?" Deidara inquired suspiciously and in the background there was the faint murmur of Shion babbling something incomprehensibly. "Did you threaten him or something, un?"
Itachi huffed and furrowed his eyebrows. "No, I did not threaten nor blackmail Sasuke," he retorted, a bit sharply. "I'm perfectly capable of inviting someone without resorting to blackmail."
Deidara remained unruffled and unapologetic. "Can't blame me for thinking that, Itachi, un," he said with a light scoff. "It's not like Sasuke-kun agrees to outings so easily."
"As soon as I reassured him that Shion and Akihito would be with their grandparents, he agreed to come with us."
"There is absolutely no way he agreed to go that quickly, but as the opposite means he won't be joining us, I'll just accept your explanation, un," the Omega replied highly amused. "Did you tell him when to meet us?"
"I informed him we'll be picking him up at his place at five," Itachi answered, plucking the next file of the small pile next to his elbow. "Why waste gas when he can ride with us?"
"Uhuh," Deidara said, sounding a bit sceptical. "And he agreed to that?"
A wolfish grin graced the Alpha's lips. "I didn't exactly give him much time to protest."
"Of course you didn't, un," the blond sighed, but then audibly brightened up; excitement ringing through his voice as he stated, "Well then, I'll get our sons ready and I'll bring them to their grandparents. See you in two hours."
The call had already ended before the dark haired man could say something. Amused he shook his head and placed the phone back on the desk. It had been a while since he had last heard his mate being this excited. It wasn't exactly a mystery as to why the blond had been tired lately; the last few months of the pregnancy had been a bit difficult for him and taking care of two children wasn't an easy feat. It would be good for all of them to get out for a while tonight, he decided, focusing his attention on the new document.
Some family bonding had never hurt them.
A knock on his door made him look up and he quirked an eyebrow when Rin popped her head inside, looking at him with a slight grimace and an apologetic look in her kind eyes.
"What's the matter?" he asked; his pen hovering over the document.
"Danzo-san requests a meeting with you now, sir," she answered blankly; the corners of her mouth twitching faintly with irritation. "He insists he has to speak to you now."
Of course this day couldn't go completely smoothly.
With a sigh, he inclined his head. "Send him in."
Better to agree to a meeting now than have the obnoxious old man badgering him for days on end.
Dark eyes blinked bemused when they took in the vision of Deidara completely wrapped up in his jacket and scarf, impatiently waiting outside.
"Am I correct in guessing that you want to leave immediately?" Itachi inquired dryly; his hand resting on the car door. He blinked when a few raindrops hit his cheeks.
Over the course of the day the sky had darkened and fat raindrops clattered down, dampening the ground and filling the air with the fresh scent of rain. The clouds didn't look ready to leave yet and Itachi resigned himself to an entire evening of rain. It was a good thing he kept a spare umbrella in his car, because the walk from the parking to the building where they were holding the art exhibition wouldn't be pretty without some cover against the cold raindrops.
Deidara bounded over to him, leaning over the door to give the Alpha a warm welcoming kiss before he darted around the car and slipped inside it; the door slamming shut.
Smirking, Itachi shook his head and slid behind the steering wheel again.
"Like hell am I going to give Sasuke-kun a chance to skip this outing, un," Deidara huffed, removing his scarf and folding it up before placing it on his lap. "If we don't get there on time, he's likely to disappear."
"He's become better at keeping in touch, no?" Itachi pointed out and rounded the corner. "I don't think we could have convinced him to join us to an exhibition a few months ago."
The blond hummed thoughtfully, cranking up the heating. "That's true, un," he mused, looking absentmindedly at the houses they passed by. "I guess Naruto-kun has a good influence on him."
The strange lilt in the Omega's voice caused Itachi to throw him a sharp look. "Are you implying something?" he asked suspiciously, cursing softly when the dark green Toyota in front of him didn't drive through the green light immediately.
"I'm not implying anything, Itachi," Deidara retorted calmly, but a trace of weary amusement laced his voice.
"What do you mean with that remark then?" Itachi demanded. The rain transitioned from a gentle clatter to a harsh pouring down; the drops splattered apart against the hood of the car.
"Nothing," Deidara reassured him, squeezing his knee quickly. "It's just that Sasuke-kun has changed a bit since he met Naruto-kun, don't you think, un? At the very least he's less prone to invent some excuse to avoid meeting with us."
"I suppose," Itachi agreed reluctantly and frowned. His little brother had indeed mellowed out significantly ever since that faithful Christmas party, but the older Alpha wasn't certain how he felt about that. On the one hand, he was relieved to see his brother returning bit by bit to the person he had been before Sakura had torn through him, but on the other hand he couldn't really agree with the person who was causing that subtle change in the younger Alpha. Itachi liked Naruto, he really did, and if the blond man had been single, Itachi might have given in to the urge to scheme and set up his brother with the Omega as it was more than clear to the dark haired man that Sasuke had developed quite the soft spot for the loud mouthed blond.
Naruto wasn't single, however; worse, he was actively trying to get pregnant with Gaara's child. He might already be carrying a child at this moment. He wasn't a good match for Sasuke in this state and Itachi feared that his brother would become too attached to the blond. For all that Sasuke acted coldly and aloof to other people, once he fell for someone, he fell hard and Itachi didn't want to see his little brother heartbroken again.
Maybe he was getting ahead of himself, though. Sasuke mellowing out didn't necessarily have to mean that he was developing real romantic feelings for the Omega. He might have just decided to stop being a hermit and actually socialise; Naruto was a rather easy going guy, so it was no wonder that Sasuke had got sucked out of his shell by the younger man.
Besides, Itachi mused as he took a left turn, Sasuke knew better than to start something with one of his patients.
"He is home, right, un?" Deidara frowned, casting a dubious look at the car parked in front of the house.
"As if he would agree to letting one of his friends drive him," Itachi murmured distractedly, furrowing his eyebrows as he stared bemused at the still closed front door. He had rung the bell twice already, but the door was still shut and he couldn't pick up any sounds of footsteps nearing. What was Sasuke doing that he couldn't hear the doorbell ringing? If they didn't leave on time, it would be a hell to find a decent parking spot.
"Don't tell me he took work with him home," Itachi sighed and next to him Deidara snorted amused. Clucking his tongue, Itachi snatched his keys out of his pocket and selected the one belonging to Sasuke's house. The younger man would probably be pissed if Itachi used the key to enter the house, but it wasn't as if he hadn't been warned of his arrival.
"Does Sasuke-kun even know that you have a key?" Deidara asked amused, cocking his head to the right.
Itachi paused; the key resting against the keyhole before it slipped inside the lock. "He would be foolish if he didn't know about it," he answered dryly and turned the key into the lock. The door opened with a soft 'click'. "It's not like I've never used it before."
Sky blue eyes rolled, but the blond didn't say anything as he followed the Alpha into the house. He caught the sound of the washing machine – or was that the dryer? - rumbling somewhere upstairs, but discarded that noise when his eyes were pulled towards the faint beam of light pooling out of the living room. Well, at least he wouldn't have to go through every room just to figure out where his little brother was hiding. But was it really that difficult to be ready on time?
Marching his way over to the room, he started his reprimand, "Tardiness is not becoming of an Uchiha, Otouto. Do I still need to remind you that …"
He halted abruptly when his brain registered what exactly he had walked into. Instead of seeing Sasuke bent over some papers, possibly with an annoyed look on his face, he was wrapped around Naruto, who wore clothes that were clearly more leaning towards Sasuke's size than his own. Sasuke's hand was clearly groping Naruto's arse – and wasn't that something Itachi wished he could erase from his mind, fuck – and they looked one second away from claiming each other right on the couch as they practically devoured each other with their mouths.
Aghast, Itachi watched how black eyes shot open at the sound of his voice as Naruto ripped himself out of Sasuke's arms, as if by doing that they could pretend the older Alpha hadn't just walked in on them kissing each other like their life depended on it. Not a chance in hell.
This was not what he had expected to see when he walked into the room. What the hell was Naruto even doing here? He didn't even live anywhere near Sasuke, so how the hell had he managed to end up in this house?
Sasuke turned around to face them with extreme reluctance, but unlike Naruto – whose face was flushed with something Itachi didn't even want to think about, but who was also glancing away with shame – his younger brother didn't look embarrassed at all at having been caught kissing one of his patients.
A patient who he knew was trying to conceive and who clearly was already in a relationship.
God damn it, Sasuke.
Sasuke visibly swallowed. "Itachi," he greeted, voice breathless, as he attempted to straighten out his shirt. He wasn't doing a very good job with it.
"I – I can explain," Naruto muttered weakly, fingers fidgeting, but it was clear to everyone in the room that he had no clue how he could explain this without making it into a bigger mess.
Itachi could barely hold back a scoff of derisiveness. "I'm sure you can," he retorted sardonically and ignored how Sasuke bristled at his remark. His little brother had no idea just how immensely he had fucked up just now – how immensely both had fucked up. Itachi didn't care that much about Gaara – he and the red haired Alpha had never got along quite well – but the man didn't deserve his mate cheating on him with his own bloody doctor. Raising an eyebrow, he told his own mate, "Deidara, take Naruto-kun home. My brother and I need to talk."
He needed to talk some sense in his brother and hopefully do some damage control. But judging by the thunderous frown on Sasuke's face and the way his hand twitched as if he wanted to reach out to the blond, Itachi feared that any conversation that would take place now was already far too late.
God, Otouto, what the hell were you thinking?
Out of every person he could have fallen for – why did it have to be one of his patients?
Deidara grimaced, but didn't protest and approached the younger blond, taking him by his hand. "Come on, Naruto-kun. I'll take you back home," he said softly, audibly troubled by what he had just witnessed.
Despite the giant hole he had dug himself into by getting caught in a compromising situation, Naruto seemed quite hesitant to leave. Blue eyes flitted towards Sasuke and the Omega argued feebly, shuffling his feet awkwardly, "Wait, my clothes, they are still in the dryer …"
His discomfort made Sasuke tense up and the glare he threw his older brother grew in intensity, but the older Alpha couldn't give a shit about that.
"I'll take them with me once they are done," Itachi replied coolly, returning his brother's glare. His brother might be twenty-six years old now, but that didn't take away the fact that he could be an idiot – like now. He thought he had made it clear to Sasuke that he had to keep his distance from the Omega, especially after the time he had provoked Gaara, but obviously he had given up too soon. He had written off Sasuke's interest in the blond as a passing fling, a fascination at encountering someone who wasn't instantly in awe of him thanks to his looks or his family name. What he had just witnessed now was not a passing fling, though, and he cursed himself for not taking Sasuke's interest in Naruto more seriously. If he had, maybe he could have prevented this mess.
Then again, his brother had always been too stubborn for his own good.
Deidara tugged gently at Naruto's hand and the younger blond followed him subdued; his face burning with shame. He flinched when he passed by Itachi, but the Alpha for once didn't care to reign in his anger. Everything was a mess now and he hoped he could fix it before it grew too out of control.
The sound of the front door closing seemed to echo through the entire house and Itachi took a deep breath, steeling himself for the conversation that would follow.
Judging by the mulish and fierce look on Sasuke's face, the man wasn't planning on making it easy for his older brother, the dark haired man realised wearily.
Like hell was he going to watch how his brother walked straight into another heartbreak, though. If that meant pissing off his brother … Well, so be it.
Nobody ever said being a big brother was easy after all.
AN2: I hope this wasn't as bad as I fear it is *winces* Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me!
See you all in the next chapter!
Cuddles
Melissa
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