My Saving Grace

 

Disclaimer – We don’t own Naruto nor any character or setting there from and we’re not making any profit off these writings, it’s all just for fun







Warning – In this chapter…Meeting Akatsuki, friendship, UST and mentioning of piercing certain parts of one’s anatomy.



 

My Saving Grace.



 

Part 6





Itachi pulled up outside the Red Dawn shop and glanced over at Neji. "Ready to descend into insanity?"





"Ready and willing." Neji replied with a smile. He really did look forward to meeting Itachi's friends even though he was a bit nervous. At least he had already met Kisame. Neji hurried his steps and followed Itachi into the shop.





The entire pack was already assembled in the lobby of the shop. A long haired blond was lounged on a loveseat, head in the lap of a redhead with a prosthetic left arm. If the blond hadn't been wearing a fishnet shirt exposing a slender flat chest then you'd have been in doubt as to his gender since he had almost an hourglass figure and facial features that were so delicate you'd swear anyway that he was a woman. Over by a bank of windows on an extra-long couch sat a pale man with silvery hair fiddling with what looked like a blunderbuss of all things, next to him was a Middle Eastern complexioned man with piercing turquoise green eyes and inky black hair sewing leather cording into something, also on the couch was a man who's skin was dark ebony in some places but a bright marble white in others and next to him a laughing brunette whose face was covered in horrible disfiguring scars on the left side. Over in the corner nestled in two bean bag chairs was first Kisame, holding Shizune on his lap as he joked with a crimson haired man with more piercings than you could shake a stick at. The crimson haired man held a woman with delicate periwinkle colored hair in his own lap, his fingers playing with hers absently.





Everyone looked up as the bell chimed; about to tell whoever was coming in that the shop was closed for the day, only for many to grin at the sight of Itachi with the long haired Hyuga just behind him. The blond waved brightly and when he spoke his voice, while very peppy, was startlingly deep and a little rough. "Hey Ita what's shakin'?"





The Uchiha just shook his head. "Are you ever going to cease using that phrase?"





"Nope!" The grin of the face of the blond could easily rival Naruto's.





"Idiot." The redhead glared down at the blond in his lap but after waving to Itachi he ran the fingers of his non prosthetic arm through the long blond hair gently.





"Hey, I see you finally found your way down here...And you brought the honey. Hello again Neji." Kisame's sharp teeth were blindingly white against his dark skin as he grinned at the two newcomers.





"Hi." Neji smiled back, trying his best to mask his nervousness.





Tobi watched them curiously, in all the time he'd known Itachi the other had never brought someone over like this, which meant that the long haired male was obviously important to him. Now all they had to do was to find out if this Neji person really was worthy of Itachi, if he wasn't then they would make him pay.





Zetsu tilted his head and quietly observed the man with their friend. He was stunningly attractive the kind of attractive that would have most people falling to their knees and begging for a date but he didn't seem to have the unshakable confidence that most beautiful people did. Zetsu easily picked up the nervousness as he often felt the same. If this man wasn't acting then he had a feeling that Itachi's boyfriend would soon become a fixture in their lives.





Kakuzu glanced up from the leather jacket he was stitching and grunted. "You have a hair fetish Uchiha."





Pein chuckled softly. "You've always known that Kakuzu."





"Sometimes it requires repeating."





The pierced man shook his head and nodded at Neji. He remembered the Hyuga from when he'd done the navel piercing and recalled how out of place the long haired man had felt. "Well let's get the introductions out of the way shall we?"





Itachi's mouth twitched and he drew Neji in front of him, wrapping his arms around the younger man's waist from behind. "Everyone this is Neji Hyuga. Neji you've already met Kisame and Shizune," the brunette woman waved at him cheerily, "and Pein is the one who gave you your navel ring," the assembled people shifted in surprise at that, "the lady in his lap is his wife Konan, the one who keeps sanity breathing around here."





Konan smiled at him sweetly and gave him a wave.





Kisame chuckled. "Yeah without Konan here all we'd do is play. Now the lovebirds on the loveseat are Deidara and Sasori."





The redhead only quirked a brow in Neji's direction but the blond waved happily. Neji waved back but a bit more subdued.





"As Pein stated, the one working the leather is Kakuzu and his silver haired friend is Hidan." Kisame continued his introductions, not noticing how Neji stiffened when he heard Hidan's name. "Then we have Tobi and last but not least Zetsu...Gang, be nice to Itachi's honey, he'll be cranky if you scare him away."





"It's nice to meet you all." Neji said politely, he felt a bit like a bug under a microscope from all the looks he was getting.





Deidara grinned at the brunette in Itachi's arms. "Don't worry we don't bite...well he does," he flicked a thumb at Sasori, "but only me. I get to be his personal chew toy." The look in the sky blue eyes clearly said he was more than happy about that.





"You like being my chew toy Sparky." Sasori's voice was low and rough as he pulled some on Deidara's hair. To Neji the action looked almost painful but the blond closed his eyes in bliss.





"Good to know, I promise to keep my teeth to myself too." Neji replied and leaned back against Itachi.





Kakuzu raised his head, his gaze focusing more intently on Neji than before, respect creeping into the turquoise. "Well looks as if Itachi's little ice crystal has spine. Uchiha you going to stand all day or sit down?"





Itachi restrained the urge to stick his tongue out at him and tugged Neji over to a loveseat that was next to Pein and Konan's beanbag. "You're always so charming Kudzu."





Kakuzu flipped the Uchiha off for using the hated nickname. "Asshole pretty boy."





Pein rolled his eyes. "Children, behave."





Neji chuckled quietly as he was pulled down on the love seat next to Itachi. "Pretty boy huh? Then I'm not the only one who thinks so."





"So Neji, what do you do for a living?" Tobi was half hiding behind his hand as he asked, as if he was waiting for the long haired man to laugh at him because of his scars.





"Oh I'm a web designer, I help companies create attractive websites. I can go to the companies and work from there if it's what they want but I prefer to work from home." Sure Neji noticed that the other was scarred but it didn't bother him the slightest.





Zetsu spoke quietly. "How long have you worked with computers?"





"All my life. I was the geek sitting in front of my laptop when all the other kids were dating at school." Neji grinned. "I don't think I could work with anything else."





Pein smiled at the Hyuga. "What's your preferred operating system?"





Itachi leaned back, his arm around his companion, and got into a soft insult competition with Kisame as Neji answered questions from his friends. He'd noticed Neji's wince when Hidan had been introduced and was waiting for a clue as to the reason for it.





Neji answered all questions easily and gradually he relaxed more and more. They really were his kind of people, Itachi had described them perfectly when he'd said that they were nerds with attitude and Neji didn't feel out of place at all.





Kisame smiled at Itachi as Neji discussed Mac vs. PC with Pein, the honey fit right in. Kisame was glad, maybe that meant that they would see more of Itachi in the future too.





Kakuzu found himself impressed with their guest's intelligence and nudged his best friend-worst enemy. "What do you think of Itachi's man Hidan?"





Hidan placed the blunderbuss carefully on the floor next to the sofa, he had been uncharacteristically quiet since Itachi and Neji showed up. "I'm sure he's a good man." He answered shortly. He had only seen the long haired man once before when Neji had walked in on him and Gaara in bed together. Hidan had honestly not known that Gaara already was in a relationship and he had dropped the redhead on his ass as soon as he found out but he still felt like a creep now that he saw Neji again.





The auditor scowled at his friend. "What's up your ass? You're never this quiet...and I cannot believe I'm actually prodding you to talk. I must have lost my mind."





Hidan turned and glared at Kakuzu. "You really wanna know what's up my ass? His boyfriend was up my ass when he walked in on us and now I don't know what to say...I feel like a jerk."





The entire room fell utterly silent as those words almost echoed. Zetsu, Shizune, and Deidara were both staring at Hidan with their eyes wide, Pein's gaze was fixed hard on the silver haired man a brow raised, and Itachi's head had snapped around like a wolf's and he was now staring at Hidan in utter shock.





Kakuzu rolled his eyes. "Why? It's not like you knew about it before you banged the asshole. Why should you feel guilty?"





Neji's mouth opened and then closed again. He didn't know what to say, his cheeks were dark red with embarrassment. Neji hadn't known that Hidan hadn't known about him...Gaara really was a grade A asshole.





"No I didn't know but that doesn't mean that I don't feel bad...some of us actually has emotions you jerk." Hidan yelled at Kakuzu before turning to Neji. "I'm really sorry for what happened, I really didn't know that you guys were in a relationship, he told me he was single."





Neji fidgeted with the ends of his hair. "It's...It's okay. Actually it was the best thing that could've happened. If I hadn't walked in on you I might still be together with the bastard."





Hidan slumped back in the sofa in relief. "For what it's worth Itachi is a much better man."





Neji took hold of Itachi's hand and smiled. "Oh I know."





Itachi raised their hands to his mouth and brushed a kiss over Neji's knuckles.





Kakuzu grunted and picked up the jacket again. "Ugh you couples and your mush and I happen to like being an emotionless bastard Hidan so suck it."





"I wouldn't suck yours even if you paid me." Hidan elbowed Kakuzu in the side but his eyes glittered with humor. He didn't like feeling guilty and now he could finally put that mess behind him.





Itachi rolled his eyes at their antics and drawled, "Aren't they just the charmers of the group?" His eyes invited Neji to laugh with him at his two friends.





"Breathtakingly so." Neji agreed with a smile and leaned his head on Itachi's shoulder. "I don't know what to do with all the warm fuzzy feelings they invoke in me."





Deidara laughed as he heard that but what got most of the group grinning was that Zetsu also laughed at the expressions on Kakuzu and Hidan's faces. The bi-colored man didn't laugh often, especially since the bitch.





Zetsu's pale green eyes glittered in amusement. "They have that affect on a lot of people."





"I can only imagine." Neji's pale eyes mirrored Zetsu's mirth.





"He's a keeper Uchiha." Kisame leaned over Shizune and whispered in Itachi's ear. Anyone who could make Zetsu laugh like that was a good guy, not that Kisame had doubted it before.





Itachi just gave his oldest friend a smile and whispered back, "I know."





Pein watched as the little band of misfits warmed up to Itachi's boyfriend and held his wife close. He'd noticed a marked difference in Itachi's attitude from how he'd been after he'd gotten the news of his sterility and how he was today and he had a feeling that Neji was the cause behind the positive change. He rested his chin on his wife's shoulder and murmured into her ear. "So should we order pizza?"





Konan perked up. "With sardines?" She saw the grimace of the disgust on the men around her and laughed. "Just kidding. Yes we should order pizza." She looked at Itachi and his boyfriend talking animatedly with their little family. "This looks like it could go on a while." Konan turned to the side and placed a kiss on the tip of her husband's pierced nose. "I've missed this, all of us together, laughing and having a good time. It's nice to see that Itachi's smile reaches his eyes again."





Pein nodded, "Yes it is." He pulled out his cell phone, "Neji what sorts of toppings do you like on your pizza?"





"Pepperoni." Tobi shouted out. "Lots of it."





"Double cheese." Sasori said in a monotone voice.





"Are either of you named Neji you idiots?" Kisame asked with a grumble.





Neji only chuckled. "It's okay, I eat almost everything. Anything spicy makes me happy."





Deidara's laugh rang out again even as Pein leveled a glare on Sasori and Tobi. He poked Sasori lightly in the arm. "You know Pein always gets everyone their own half pizza un. He already knows what we all like though." He looked over at Neji. "So what's your pizza poison?"





"Hmm I really like hot curry chicken on my pizza...With blue cheese. Hey don't look at me like that," Neji laughed and turned to Hidan who looked at him as if he had lost his mind. "It's tasty."





Hidan shuddered and made fake gagging noises.





Kakuzu turned to address the silver haired man. "And I thought no one could get more revolting than tuna and gouda."





"Don't put down the fish just because you choose your boring veggie crap all the time." And just like that Hidan and Kakuzu was back to bickering with each other.





"What do you like on your pizza?" Neji asked Itachi, he really had no idea what sort of food the Uchiha liked.





"I usually get four cheese pizzas with black olives, pepperoni, sausage, and mushrooms." Itachi tucked a trailing lock of hair behind Neji's ear, his fingertips running over the pale cheek.





"Mmm sounds tasty too." Neji licked his lips and leaned into Itachi's touch. "Are you disgusted with my pizza preferences too?" Neji knew he had unusual tastes, Naruto could barely look at him when they ate pizza together.





Itachi shook his head. "No. I admit I'm not a fan of blue cheese but that's just because I don't like the taste. Hidan's problem stems from the green in the cheese."





"So he's scared of a little mold is he?" Neji shrugged. "I like the taste but I can order something else if it grosses people out." He placed a butterfly kiss on Itachi's neck.





Pein snorted. "Don't worry, if we can all stand my wife's little sardine obsession we can handle your pizza tastes."





Shizune cleared her throat. "Um I need to make a request to change my usual. Instead I'd like a pizza with pickles, onions, bean sprouts, sardines, pineapple and honey please."





Pein paused in the middle of dialing to just stare at her, vaguely aware that almost every other person in the room was doing the same with varying degrees of disgust on their faces. The only ones not staring were Itachi and Kisame.





Konan's eyes narrowed and then widened and she leaned close to Shizune so that no one else would hear. "Oh my God...How far along are you?" She got up from Pein's lap and plonked down on the floor next to the brunette. "What are you staring at? Finish the call." She chided her husband.





The redhead blinked and just continued dialing, knowing better than to argue with his wife. As he placed the order he listened with half an ear to Shizune's answer to his wife.





The woman's face was flaming red. "Six weeks. I hadn't planned to give myself away about it yet. We wanted to wait to tell everyone until it was safe."





"I understand completely sweetie and don't worry about these lugs, they won't get it anyway...Just tell them it's a woman thing and look at their reactions, it's hilarious." Konan chuckled. "Oh I'm so excited for you."





Shizune beamed. "I'm pretty excited myself. So's Kisame but he hides it well."





Deidara glanced around the room. "Anybody know what they're talking about un?"





Zetsu and Kakuzu both shrugged and Itachi turned to hide his cat got the cream smirk as Pein pretended to be absorbed in ordering the pizzas.





"So you're going to be an uncle again huh?" Neji nipped at the shell of Itachi's ear as he whispered into it.





"I knew you would corrupt her." Hidan pointed at Kisame. "You with your disgusting habit of eating popcorn with chocolate syrup...Look, now you've ruined a good woman."





Kisame huffed but couldn't say anything to his defense without giving the secret away.





Itachi chuckled and murmured to Neji. "Clever man. Thank you for keeping it under wraps."





"I don't know about clever but I was with Naruto during his apple pie with hot sauce days, not hard putting two and two together after that." Neji smiled broadly.





Itachi laughed in delight, a true full out laugh that brought surprised looks followed by pleased smiles from the other people in the room. While Itachi's laugh wasn't as rare as Zetsu's a full out delighted laugh like the one he'd just given hardly ever happened.





Tobi nodded quietly to himself, yes Neji was worthy. Pleased with his discovery he sent the Hyuga a shy smile and got a kind, brilliant one back.





"How long until the food gets here?" Sasori asked and looked at the watch on the wall.





"Be patient, Pein just called, it will be at least twenty minutes." Kisame told him.





"Good that gives us plenty of time." Sasori got up from the love seat and dragged Deidara with him towards the bathroom, leaving Neji gaping though no one else seemed to bat an eye.





Pein sighed. "I swear they're like rabbits. Thank gods I got the bathroom soundproofed."





"Are they always like this?" Neji looked at Itachi with wide eyes. "And I thought Sasuke and Naruto went to extremes with their PDA."





"Actually they're usually worse."





Shizune nodded from her seat atop her husband. "They were restraining themselves trying to make a good impression so they wouldn't send you running. Usually Dei's got his hand down Sasori's pants or something."







"Ah...Well I thank them for their restraint then." Neji flushed a bit but he found it more cute than anything else, that they still were so passionate after being together for so long.





"So I've been thinking...Since Itachi is so stubborn about getting a matching set maybe we should do yours upstairs, that might be just what Uchiha here needs to give in." Kisame really resembled a shark when he grinned at Neji.





"W-what?" Neji's eyes were comically large.





Pein gave the huge man a pointed look, his tone a soft warning, "Kisame."





"What I'm only saying, it would look good on him." Kisame sounded deceptively innocent.





Shizune whacked him on the arm. "Behave! Honestly your obsession with piercing men's nipples makes me wonder if maybe you prefer a little less up top." She glanced down at her very gifted chest, not nearly as big as Tsunade's but still nothing to sneeze at.





Kisame sputtered. "I love your boobs, I want no other boobs than yours." He made a movement as if to grab them before he thought better of it and placed his large hands in his lap.





Shizune just laughed and cupped his face to plant a kiss on him. "I'm just teasing you."





Itachi shook his head at his friends’ antics and met Neji's eyes. "He'll keep after you for it now. Kisame doesn't know the meaning of the words give up."





Neji leaned in close. "Well maybe I'm not...Totally against the idea." He breathed into Itachi's ear. Neji's nipples were really sensitive and the thought of having them pierced weren't repulsive at all.





The Uchiha groaned and his head fell to Neji's shoulder in a similar position as it had when he'd mentioned Tobi and the Kirk vs. Picard debate. "You're going to create a worse monster. He's already convinced everyone else to get them, I'm the only one holding out."





"Mmm, you can still hold out and play with mine instead." Neji didn't know where his courage came from but he liked it. He liked feeling sexy and confident, but only with Itachi.





Itachi felt a little hot under the collar at that and raised his head his eyes practically smoking in their intensity. "Oh now don't say that here, you'll get me excited snowflake."





"Maybe I want you excited Phoenix." Neji leaned in closer but jumped when the bathroom door slammed open and Sasori and Deidara came sauntering out. Deidara's hair was all over the place and Sasori looked extremely pleased with himself.





Deidara followed Sasori back to the loveseat and flopped back into his lap. "That was good un! So did we miss anything?"





"Nah, nothing more than Sharky being his usual obnoxious and pervy self. Same old, same old." Hidan placed his hands behind his neck and leaned back in the sofa.





Kakuzu made a stitch in the leather. "That and Itachi and his cuddle buddy practically devouring each other with their eyes. Nothing important."





"So Kiss is still trying to get Itachi to get his nips pierced un?"





"Yup, and he's moved on to Neji too now, trying to convince him." Hidan said with glee in his voice.





Deidara barked out a laugh and looked over at Neji. "What'd you tell him?"





"Well I...I didn't really tell him anything." Neji blushed again. "I only told Itachi that I'm not totally against the idea."





The room went silent and Kisame got an unholy gleam in his eyes. "We'll you're at the shop now, let's do it, it will only take five minutes tops."





Pein raised a brow at Kisame's eagerness. "You won't be doing it if he chooses to get them done so calm down Kisame."





"B-but why won't I do them? I'm good at what I do." Kisame blanched.





"We know that you moron." Sasori spoke up. "But Pein has already worked on Neji-san, you don't touch another's client, you know that."





"Oh...yeah, I guess that's fair." Kisame slumped back in his bean bag. "Take the chance and do it though, if I can't do it then Pein is the best." He nodded towards Neji.





Itachi was chuckling at Kisame's dejected expression, the sound muffled by Neji's shoulder. It was entirely too funny. He hadn't enjoyed himself this much in a while.





Deidara grinned at Itachi's honey. "I say you should go for it. It really amps up the sensations."





Neji chewed on his bottom lip as he thought it over. "Ah what the hell, you only live once." He looked over at Pein. "Will you do it?"





The redhead nodded. "Of course." He rose from the beanbag chair. "Do you have a preference for the style of ring?"





"No, not really. Nothing too big or flashy and nothing in gold. I trust your judgment." Neji got up from the love seat to follow the redhead. He looked over at Itachi. "You wanna watch or are you staying here?"





"Mmm do you want me there?" Itachi tilted his head curiously.





"I do." Neji nodded. "But I'm fine if you want to stay here too." Pein waited in the doorway to a room and Neji started to walk towards him. "Do what feels right for you." He called over his shoulder.





Itachi pursed his lips and slid a glance over at his pouting best friend as the door to Pein's work room closed behind Neji. "Kisame."





"What?" Kisame grumbled. He wasn't truly mad but he was a little disappointed that he didn't get to do the work after convincing Neji, he was an artist after all.





Itachi rose to his feet. "If you ever want to pierce mine it's now or never."





Kisame's eyebrow went up and he practically hurled Shizune from his lap and scrambled to his feet. "Come on then, let's do those bad boys." He bounced towards his work room.





"Jeez, your man takes bromance to an entirely new level." Hidan huffed at Shizune as he watched the eagerness on Kisame's face.





Shizune chuckled and smoothed her hair down as Itachi followed Kisame into the work room. "If memory serves he did yours did he not?"





"Yeah he did, He did Dei's too...Man he is a bit obsessed isn't he? At least he's good at what he does." Hidan stroked his large hoops lovingly through his thin black t-shirt.





"Quit fondling yourself, it's disturbing." Kakuzu made a final stitch in the jacket then tied it off.





"Just admit it, it makes you hot and bothered. You wish I'd be fondling you instead." Hidan made a kissy face towards the other.





"Just fuck each other and get it over with already." Sasori spoke. "This foreplay of yours has lasted a decade now."





Kakuzu made a gagging noise. "Never in a thousand years would I boink the history nut." He tossed the jacket to Deidara. "There, one custom flyboy bomber jacket."





Deidara made a thrilled noise and sat up to shimmy into the perfectly fitting leather.





"Like I would touch this freak, I think my cock would fall off in terror if I ever saw him naked." Hidan shuddered.





Sasori's attention had already been diverted though as he looked at Deidara appreciatively. "Looks good, pet. Will you model it for me properly later?" Amber eyes raked over the slender blond.





The blond purred happily. "I'd be happy to danna."





"They're flirting again I see." Itachi stepped back into the room, Kisame just behind him, and went back to sit on the love seat.





"Went alright there? No holes in the wrong places?" Hidan asked.





The door to Pein's work room opened too and Neji stepped back, still pulling his white shirt back on. He turned to the redhead walking out behind him. "Again thank you very much."





"It's no problem." Pein went back to his beanbag and hauled his wife back into his lap.





Itachi looked at Neji and held out a hand. "Feel alright?"





Neji took Itachi's hand and brushed his lips over Itachi's before sitting down next to him again. "Mmhmm, all went smoothly." He nodded.





"Ask pretty boy what he did when you were away." Hidan hollered.





Neji looked at Itachi questionly.





"Can't you ever shut up." Shy little Tobi glared at Hidan. "You should've have let Itachi give him the news himself."





Deidara kicked out and kicked his shoe off, it flew through the air and beaned Hidan right in the forehead. "Mmm how many points was that danna?"





"Nine and a half easy." Sasori leaned in to suck on Deidara's neck. "Your aim is improving pet."





"What are they talking about Itachi?" Neji was really curious now, he hadn't been gone long but obviously something had happened during that time.





Itachi slipped his arms around Neji and murmured into his ear. "I'll tell you later." A soft rake of teeth over the earlobe and then Itachi turned to answer a question Kisame asked.





Shizune, once again snuggled in Kisame's lap chuckled over the men's antics even as her stomach rumbled a bit. Her face turned red at the rather loud sound of hunger.





"Don't worry sweetie, we'll feed you soon." Kisame nuzzled his lover's neck. "The pizza should be here any second."





She hid her face and muttered, "Stupid hormones making me toss my morning cookies," soft enough so that only Kisame, Pein, Konan, Itachi, and Neji heard.





Kisame continued to nuzzle and cuddle Shizune.





As if summoned there was a knock on the door. Konan got up from her seat and walked to get the pizzas, she returned with several flat boxes. "Food's here."





Pein got up to help her hand out the pizzas. Sasori and Deidara got one box to share, the pie halved between the two's favored toppings, as did Hidan and Kakuzu, Zetsu and Tobi, and Itachi and Neji. Konan, Kisame, Shizune, and Pein each got their own whole pizza.





Shizune dug into her pizza with gusto. "Mmmm yummy," she held a slice up for Kisame, "wanna bite?"





"Err no that's okay darling, I'll just stick to my own pie but I'm glad you enjoy." Kisame picked up a slice of his baloney pizza.





Neji picked up his curry chicken and blue cheese and made a satisfied noise. "Very good pizza." He smiled at Itachi and took another bite.





Itachi chuckled and bit into a slice of his own pizza. "Mmmhmm."





Deidara was devouring his bell pepper and cheddar pizza while letting Sasori use him as a table for his own slices of extra cheese. He didn't mind, even when sauce got on him, he knew Sasori would lick it up for him later. Zetsu just watched the assembled people as he nibbled on his white pizza.





The meal was mostly conducted in silence, everyone enjoying their meal. Neji finished two slices and then he started to squirm in his seat discreetly. His nipples ached but it was a good ache and it made certain parts of his body react in very unfavorable ways, at least here. He wasn't into pain and he had never but just knowing that his nips now were ringed with tiny platinum hoops had him hot and bothered. Neji couldn't wait until he got to show Itachi the new additions to his body.





Itachi noticed the squirming immediately and understood where it came from. He was rather uncomfortably aware of the way the new stainless steel bars that now adorned his nipples made him far too aware of them and in turn made him aware of the rest of his body as well as sparking a few fantasies that had his cock twitching a bit. After they finished eating it would probably be a good idea to leave before he did something like Sasori and Deidara did.





Neji watched the couple on the other love seat as Sasori was now licking Deidara's flat stomach clean of any spilt sauce and it didn't help with his problem. He didn't desire the other couple at all but the awareness he had of his body right now combined with the knowledge that he wouldn't mind licking Itachi like that at all had Neji very close to embarrassing himself.





Pein finished half of his pizza and sighed in contentment. "Ah that was good. Sasori would you quit molesting Deidara while the others are eating. It puts us off our digestion."





"Hn." Sasori looked up mid lick with an annoyed expression. "Thank you for the food, it's time for us to go home now, I need my dessert." Once again Sasori got up from his seat. "Are you ready to go pet?"





The blond bounced up like a spring. "Sure! Bye guys, Neji it was nice meeting you!" He waved as he walked backwards after Sasori.





Waving back at the blond as he left Neji put down the crust of his second slice in the pizza box, there was no way he would be able to eat anything more. His skin was tingling and he could actually feel his heartbeat pulsing through his pierced nipples. He squirmed on the seat again and tried to get more comfortable.





Itachi closed the pizza box and looked over at Pein. "We have to go. I promised Sasuke and Naruto that we'd visit before Shinji goes down for his nap."





The redhead nodded. "Alright. Be sure to come back though, both of you, or we may resort to kidnapping."





"Remember, we know where you live." Kisame added with his toothy grin.





Neji almost sighed with relief that Itachi has suggested they should leave, it was not that he didn't enjoy the company but he didn't want to make a complete spectacle of himself in front of them. "Thank you so much for having me." Neji got up from the love seat and bowed to his hosts. "It was very nice meeting all of you."





Pein smiled at the Hyuga. "Likewise, feel free to come by whenever you like."





Zetsu nodded in agreement and Kakuzu just grunted, a large concession for him.





"Yeah, come on your own if the Uchiha has other plans." Hidan said and Tobi nodded. The scarred man wouldn't mind getting to know Neji better.





"Thank you." Neji smiled at all of them. "I promise I'll drop by again." He reached for Itachi's hand as the other man started for the exit.





Itachi gave a casual wave over his shoulder but paused at the door to give Kisame a pointed look. "Do not show up without calling." His gaze promised extreme pain should anyone in the room refuse to follow that dictate.





"Yeah, yeah, take all the fun out of everything why don't ya?" Kisame drooped for a second before his grin returned. "I'll call, don't worry, you'll have the private playtime with your honey that you want."





Neji's hold on Itachi's hand tightened before relaxing again, he remembered full well what he and Itachi's had been up to when interrupted and with the state his body was in now he would gladly return to those activities as soon as possible.





The Uchiha ran his thumb over Neji's wrist and waved goodbye before slipping out the door with Neji. They got in the car and started driving. "So what did you think of them, and don't censor."





"They are...Overwhelming, a bit overbearing, loudmouthed, inquisitive, perverted, sharp, silly and totally wonderful...Each and every one of them." Neji leaned back in the car seat and smiled at Itachi. "Thank you so much for taking me to meet them, I really enjoyed it and I look forward to getting to know your friends better." He looked at Itachi from beneath hooded eyes.





Itachi smiled broadly at the description. "I'm glad it turned out so well, especially with Tobi. He's very wary of unknown people but I think you won him over. Kakuzu and Hidan were actually a little subdued though," he paused in consideration, "I wonder what happened."





"Well I don't know how they usually are but I do know they have the biggest case UST between them that I've ever seen, the air practically sparkles between them. Is it always like that?" Neji's body was still thrumming with energy but he found himself relaxing anyway as he as and watched Itachi drive.





"Oh yes, they're always like that. Ever since high school. We still don't know what will make them finally give in. Deidara and Sasori even locked them in a closet together for three days, three days, and they did nothing but sit and play twenty questions."





Neji chuckled. "Stubborn boys...I doubt anything will happen until they are ready to admit how they feel." Neji kicked off his shoes and curled up in the passenger seat, drawing his knees close to his chest and leaned his cheek on them. "Are we really going to visit Sasuke and Naruto?"





Itachi smirked. "No, I lied. As a matter of fact Sasuke and Naruto are visiting Iruka and his pervert. So the question is, where do you want to go?"





Neji was quiet for a long time as he continued to watch Itachi, those long, slender fingers curved around the steering wheel and those corded lean forearms. Just the sight of Itachi made his body tingle more. "I don't really care where we go as long as it has a flat surface you can fuck me on." Neji said in a smooth, soft tone of voice. This was very forward for being him but he wanted the Uchiha and he didn't want to hide it.





SCREECH!!! The brakes of the car squealed as Itachi's foot slammed down in surprise. That hadn’t been the last response he'd been expecting, though it certainly wasn't unwelcome if the sudden painful hardness of his cock was any indication. He slid a look over at the Hyuga. "How thick are your walls?"





"I don't really know." Neji straightened up from being propelled forward when Itachi hit the brakes. He sort of liked the fact that he had been able to make the Uchiha lose his cool. "I like to play music loud and no one's ever complained...Wanna try them out?"





The Uchiha's lips curved up slowly, seductively. "Hn, let's see if we can make your neighbors complain." He shifted the car back into gear and accelerated smoothly through the city streets towards Neji's home.



To be continued…

 

 

AN – Preview for next chaper…It will be the chapter. Yes dearies, our boys will do the horizontal tango, get down and dirty…Smex each other up. Thank you for reading and as usual we love to know what you think. See you next chapter.