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Glue between the Cracks	By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 4116 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Author's note: I apologise for being so late with this chapter. I had a hard time finishing it because I wasn't able to really focus on it. My family had to put our dog to sleep earlier this week and that's having a bigger effect on my drive to write than I expected. Regardless, my apologies for taking so long with this chapter. I hope it doesn't suck too badly.
Warnings: Some bonding between the Uchiha brothers
I hope you'll like it.
Chapter 7
"Why did it take you five days to come visit?" was the first thing Sasuke greeted him with when he opened the door to his and Naruto's apartment.
He had some sort of dark blue cloth wrapped around his chest and it took Itachi a couple of seconds before he realised the material was acting like a sling for the sleeping baby snuggled against Sasuke's chest.
Itachi raised an eyebrow, entering the narrow entrance hall when his brother waved him inside. Slipping out of his shoes and replacing them with the house slippers, he murmured, "I thought I would give you and Naruto-kun some time to settle first. Figured you wouldn't be up for a visit so soon after bringing my nephew home."
Sasuke rolled his eyes, beckoning him to follow him to the kitchen. "We've got one kid – not quintuplets. Some friends of Naruto already visited us two days ago – even Gaara and Temari showed up."
"They left the dojo to come see Itarou?" Itachi asked interestedly, keeping his voice down as to not disturb the sleeping boy in question.
Gaara was the one who'd brought his brother into the dojo when he'd caught Sasuke getting into trouble when he'd been younger. Itachi had met the red haired man once before, during the same visit he'd been introduced to Naruto's parents. The younger Alpha had reminded him a bit of Nagato to be truthful, with the calculating gaze he'd favoured Itachi with and the way he appeared to be in utmost control no matter what happened.
If Nagato and Gaara didn't occupy two completely different worlds, Itachi thought they would have got along.
"Hm. Well, Gaara came to visit – Temari just tagged alone and he gave up on kicking her out of the car," Sasuke replied dryly. "You want something to drink?"
"Water's fine." Itachi sat down on one of the chairs, looking around curiously when Naruto didn't appear. "Where's Naruto-kun?"
Sasuke closed the fridge and placed a water bottle in front of him on the table before taking the other seat. He was careful when sitting down to make sure he wouldn't jostle his son.
"He's asleep in our bedroom," he answered. "Think the stress of the exams and the birth finally caught up to him."
"That reminds me – did you two manage to finish your exams before Naruto went into labour?" Itachi inquired. "Or do you need to take them again at a later date?"
Sasuke shook his head; one hand resting on the small back of Itarou. "I finished the whole exam bar one question at the end, but as it doesn't count for that many marks, the professor told me he would just grade me on the rest of it. Naruto had just finished his exam." For some reason his face darkened a tad.
"You don't look so happy about that," Itachi remarked, furrowing his eyebrows. "That's a good thing, isn't it, that he managed to finish it on time."
"It is, but if it hadn't been for Karin, it would have taken much longer for him to leave that room."
"You lost me," Itachi admitted, leaning back in his chair. "Tell me what happened."
The younger Alpha sighed and settled more comfortably in his chair, rubbing his hand up and down across Itarou's back when the baby started fussing softly in his sleep. He quickly quietened down, though; his little fist peeking out of the sling to rest against Sasuke's chest.
"His last exam … His professor for that course really had it out for him the moment he knew Naruto was pregnant. Degrading Naruto in all kinds of ways without ever really crossing the line." Sasuke's face darkened further and his free hand curled into a fist. "Telling Naruto there was no way he would ever make an exception for him, just because he 'decided to have a baby now instead of being smart and waiting'." He sneered, obviously parroting the professor's words.
A dark eyebrow lifted. "I feel like a comment like that would be grounds for a complaint."
"Naruto didn't want to bother with it," Sasuke sighed, rolling his shoulders. "Said he was fine with ignoring the D.I.C.K."
Despite the current conversation, Itachi couldn't help but feel amused at Sasuke's attempt to keep Itarou's ears innocent. He doubted it was necessary – at this point all Itarou could do was cry and whine and definitely not repeat words – but it was funny nonetheless.
"He was having contractions during the exam, but he kept working on it regardless because he was worried Mizuki would give him an automatic fail," Sasuke continued; anger simmering in his voice. "When he handed his exam in, Mizuki refused to believe that he'd completely finished the exam and insisted on looking at every page separately, even though Naruto was telling him he needed to leave urgently."
He snorted harshly, crossing his legs. "Mizuki basically told him he was S.H.I.T. out of luck and refused to let him go. Then Naruto's water broke and thankfully Karin stepped in because Mizuki still wasn't planning on letting Naruto go."
Itachi frowned. "Surely you'll be lodging a complaint against him," he said in disbelief. "Naruto-kun could have had complications by keeping him there."
To think that one arsehole had enjoyed his power as a professor so much that Naruto could have landed into serious trouble … It made him pissed off. No matter how well a pregnancy had progressed, you never knew when complications could arise. What could have happened if this Karin girl hadn't stepped in to help Naruto out?
"Or do you want me to take care of him?" he suggested, stretching his fingers carefully.
He'd said goodbye to the world he'd occupied for eight years, but that didn't mean he had lost all the knowledge he'd acquired back then. He was certain he could come up with a fitting punishment for that professor for potentially endangering his brother-in-law and his nephew.
The way the corners of Sasuke's mouth curled up in a satisfied smirk had Itachi straightening up a bit. "Unless you took care of him?" he remarked curiously.
Sasuke's smirk deepened.
The older man echoed his smirk. "What did you do?"
"Oh, nothing in particular," Sasuke hummed; his eyes glinting satisfied. "Just told him it would be in his best interests if he marked Naruto's exam fairly – and perhaps I might have made sure that he won't be teaching at all anymore by sending some interesting e-mails to the dean, but nothing anyone can prove."
Itachi chuckled lowly. "Does Naruto-kun know what you did?"
"No, and I'm not planning on telling him either," Sasuke said lightly. "He doesn't need the added stress of worrying that a professor migh him over."
"I think he'd appreciate it."
"That or think I'm overreacting and being too overprotective again," Sasuke muttered, releasing his breath in a gusty sigh. "I don't want to be overbearing or cross his boundaries, but … I couldn't stand the thought that he might fail one exam, all because Mizuki hates pregnant students."
"You did well, otouto," Itachi reassured him and a light flush coloured Sasuke's cheeks when he ducked his head, hiding a small smile.
"So what are you brooding about?" Sasuke asked a little while later when they had migrated to the living room, tucking one leg underneath his arse.
They were both on the couch with Itarou cradled against Itachi's chest now, still asleep though he smacked his lips occasionally; his little fingers curling and uncurling sporadically.
Sasuke had surprised him by offering to let him hold Itarou and had pointed out that Itarou had to get to know his uncle too. It felt like a huge sign of trust that his brother allowed him to hold his nephew and Itachi barely dared to move for fear that he would accidentally wake up the sleeping child.
"I'm not brooding," Itachi retorted automatically.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow sceptically. "You know, we might not have seen each other for eight years, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten how you are when you're brooding about something."
"Oh?" Itachi lifted an eyebrow in return. "And how am I when I'm brooding then?"
The younger man scoffed. "Yeah, right, as if I'm going to tell you that. You'll just try to hide it next time then. Fess up, what's so bad that it has you worrying so much?"
As if stung by something Sasuke suddenly lurched forwards; his eyes widening a notch. "Is someone after you?" he asked in a hushed tone.
The older Alpha was taken aback for a moment before he hastily shook his head when he saw worry increasing in Sasuke's eyes. "No, no, nobody's after me. I told you I made sure not to leave any trace behind," he chided him lightly.
Rolling his eyes, Sasuke nevertheless relaxed again, resting one arm along the back of the couch. "Excuse me for questioning your infallibility," he said mockingly. "But really, what's on your mind?"
"You're not going to let this go, are you?" Itachi sighed, exasperation and fondness mixed together in his voice.
"Would you let it go if the roles were reversed?" Sasuke remarked unimpressed.
"No, I wouldn't," Itachi said and grimaced. "It's nothing really … Just trying to figure something out."
Looking fully exasperated now, Sasuke reached out with his foot to poke him in his thigh. "Do you want me to sic Naruto on you? Because he will get out whatever's bothering you out of you."
"I thought he respected your boundaries?"
"Oh, he does. But he doesn't have the same relationship with you, so he'd have an easier time needling at you," Sasuke smirked, resting his head against his balled fist.
"I'd forgotten how annoying you can be," Itachi muttered, pursing his lips.
Well, to hell with it. He might as well tell Sasuke about the conversation with Sasori. Perhaps he could help him shed light on the situation, so he could finally figure out what on earth he was going to do with Sasori's 'offer'.
"Sasori-san came up to me a few days ago to talk to me."
That piqued Sasuke's interest. "Sasori? I didn't know you two had met before."
"We haven't," Itachi said. "But he found me anyway. He wanted to talk to me about Deidara."
The younger man wrinkled his nose. "Did he get mad at you for having feelings for Deidara?" he questioned apprehensively.
"If he'd done that, it at least would have made sense," Itachi said humourlessly and sighed softly. "No, he came to me to make an offer."
"An offer," Sasuke repeated warily.
"Apparently Deidara still has feelings for me," Sasuke's eyes widened in shock, "but he also doesn't want to leave Sasori-san." Itachi took a deep breath, forcing the next words out even though they felt very strange on his tongue, "So Sasori-san suggested we should form a triad."
"A triad," Sasuke said slowly, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"Yes, a triad meaning three people would - "
Sasuke slashed his hand through the air, cutting him off. "I know what a triad is," he said impatiently. "I didn't expect him to come with an offer like that, though. And Deidara would want that?"
"That's what Sasori-san claims at least," Itachi said stiffly, rubbing Itarou's shoulder when the baby started fussing slightly. "I don't have a way to contact Deidara, though, so I haven't been able to talk to him about it yet."
His brother studied him intently. "Are you thinking about accepting the offer?"
"I don't know." Itachi leant his head back to stare at the ceiling. "It's true that I still have feelings for Deidara, but forming a triad? Who says Sasori-san and I will even get along? For all I know, he could be yanking my chain right now with that offer, maybe try to figure out how much of a threat I would pose to his relationship."
Sasuke snorted. "You can tone down the paranoia. I've known him for a bit longer than you have and while we're not friends, I very much doubt Deidara would be together with someone so manipulative. If he's making the offer, he's serious about it; I'm fairly sure about that."
"I'd still like to talk to Deidara about it," Itachi mumbled. "It's strange to contemplate all this when I haven't even heard of him."
"I'm surprised Sasori's making the offer and not Deidara."
"Sasori-san said Deidara is feeling too ashamed to make the offer himself. Said he's feeling greedy and selfish for even thinking about it, so he didn't dare to suggest it to me."
His brother hummed thoughtfully. "Would you accept the offer if you'd manage to talk to Deidara about it?"
"I don't know." Itachi pressed his lips tightly together for a moment; his stomach doing weird flips. "It'd be really weird to have to focus my attention on two people instead of one. How would it even work? Would we have to do everything together, all three of us? Or would it be okay to only spend time with Deidara for example? How would it even work later on when we want to have a family?"
Sasuke raised his hands in the air with an apologetic look on his face. "I'm not an expert in triad relationship, nii-san, so I can't give you any answers."
"Would you take up such an offer?" Itachi lowered his head to look at the other man.
"I wouldn't," was Sasuke's immediate and clear answer. "I abhor the idea of having to share Naruto with someone else. But Itachi – you're not me. I'm not you. It's not because I would refuse such an idea, that that means you should refuse it."
"Can you really imagine me in a triad relationship?" Itachi asked sceptically, raising an eyebrow.
Sasuke shuddered and grimaced. "I don't want to imagine you in any kind of relationship," he said teasingly and in spite of the heavy topic, Itachi smiled and tapped his foot against Sasuke's leg in lieu of poking his forehead like he used to do.
He then grew serious. "But I think it could work out if you have everything figured out. It's going to be quite complicated, I think, but if anyone could work out the logistics of a triad relationship and make it work, it's you."
"Relationships shouldn't require having to work out the logistics of them," Itachi muttered darkly.
"I don't think any relationship is easy," Sasuke countered swiftly. "Everyone's going to have something they have to work on – yours just happens to be figuring out whether you can make it work with two people instead of one."
"I guess." Itachi frowned, staring unseeingly at the television.
How was he supposed to figure out whether he could make it work, though? He didn't want to start a relationship with them, get close to Deidara once more, only to find out at a later stage that he couldn't make it work with two people. Which would be better: to completely give up on Deidara or take a chance and risk having it blown up in his face in the future?
The thought of being able to be with Deidara, to finally find out whether they could be good together or not, was very tantalising, but if he chose for Deidara, he would have to choose for Sasori as well. Could he do that?
Could he make it work with two people, one known, the other completely unknown, instead of just one?
Absurdly he thought Nagato would have a field day if he knew what kind of dilemma Itachi was having now. He'd probably egg him on to try it, regardless of the consequences. Nagato had been a rather odd man in that aspect: calculating, but taking risks at the same time as well.
Certainly those risks had always paid off, but …
He startled a bit when a phone was suddenly thrusted into his field of vision and he turned to look at Sasuke, raising an eyebrow in silent inquiry.
"Call Deidara and talk to him about it," Sasuke told him brusquely. "You're not going to get anything done if you just keep brooding about this."
"I suppose you're right," Itachi acquiesced, but it was with quite some apprehension that he accepted the phone, letting Sasuke take Itarou back.
As Sasuke settled Itarou back into his sling and disappeared into what Itachi presumed was the bedroom he shared with Naruto, Itachi stared at the phone in his hand, wondering whether he was really going to take the plunge and call Deidara.
He really should call him, if only to find out whether Sasori had been serious about this whole thing, but the idea of it alone was rather daunting all of a sudden. That was quite ridiculous, he knew.
Here he was, having more blood on his hands than the entire city's police corps, yet he couldn't convince himself that he needed to talk to Deidara. This was beyond ridiculous.
"Call him!" Sasuke hissed from the cracked open door, scowling at the other Alpha.
Itachi thought he could hear Naruto cooing to Itarou and hoped their conversation hadn't woken up the Omega. Sighing in resignation, he waved his hand at Sasuke and nodded. Sasuke threw him one last warning look before the door clicked close and Itachi was left alone with the phone in his hand.
Well, he supposed there was no point in delaying the matter. If he didn't call, he had a feeling Sasuke would and there was no reason for his younger brother to get involved into the mess that was currently Itachi's love life – or lack thereof at the moment at least.
He definitely hadn't expected to be forced to deal with such a dilemma when he'd said his goodbyes to Nagato and the rest of the crew. At this moment, dealing with the filth of the underworld seemed a lot easier to do than calling Deidara and discussing a possible triad relationship.
He swallowed and rubbed his throat, uneasy settling in the pit of his stomach. Now or never, he thought and went to Sasuke's contact list.
The amount of numbers saved was very small he instantly noticed. There were his and Naruto's numbers, followed by Kakashi's (who'd been dubbed Annoying Idiot which made Itachi snort amusedly), a girl named Karin, two guys (one named Jugo and the other one Suigetsu) and even the numbers of Naruto's parents which had both of Itachi's eyebrows raising in surprise. After a moment he figured it made sense for Sasuke to have their numbers; he'd been together for a couple of years already with their son and it was pretty obvious the both of them were very serious about each other.
His heart started beating quicker when his gaze landed on the contact labelled Deidara and after a long moment of hesitation, he finally pressed down on it, making the call.
The seconds seemed to pass by tortuously slow as he waited for the other end of the line to be picked up. He closed his eyes when the line crackled to life.
"Sasuke-kun? Hi, how are you, un?" Deidara greeted chipperly. "How are Naruto-kun and Itarou-kun doing?"
"Not Sasuke, sorry," Itachi said and Deidara abruptly fell silent. "He's letting me borrow his phone for a bit because I don't have a way to contact you."
"Oh. Right." Deidara cleared his throat. "So, erm, what do you want to talk about?"
No going back now …
"I want to talk about Sasori-san's offer with you. The offer of forming a triad with you two."
AN2: I know I said Itachi would talk to Deidara in this chapter, but I want to keep that conversation for the next chapter when I'll hopefully be able to better focus on it.
Please leave your thoughts behind in a review; should you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me.
I hope to see you all back in the next chapter. Stay safe and take care of yourselves!
Cuddles
Melissa
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