Lost and Found

Just something I thought up between the land of sleep and wake yesterday morn.... afternoon, heh heh. A little warning though, Itachi is sorta, maybe A LOT OOC. You'll understand why after you read it.

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After Itachi had seen the last guest to the door, he returned to the kitchen to begin putting away the leftover food. He could have let the maids do it but he’d given the entire staff the day off. Sasuke was the one who depended on the help.

Sasuke… He wiped his sleeve across his eyes as tears threatened to fall. Not now, he could let himself cry when he was alone in his room later that night. Right now, he had to be strong for the blonde man sitting at the table, staring at nothing.

“Do you want any of this, Naruto?” Itachi asked softly as he started covering the half full dishes with plastic wrap.

“Not hungry.” He whispered in reply. That was the closest thing to a sentence the usually loud and obnoxious man had said in the past few days. Mostly it was just garbled versions of Sasuke or crying.

It was silent for a few minutes as Itachi continued cleaning up the kitchen. “It’s my fault.” He suddenly heard right behind him and he jumped so bad that he dropped the dish he had been holding. It smashed on the counter, sending its contents flying.

Itachi ignored the mess in favor of turning to the distraught man behind him. He could see Naruto was on the verge of fully breaking down so he quickly wrapped the shorter man in a tight hug.

“It’s not your fault, Naruto.” He said quietly.

Naruto choked back a sob. “I was the one driving the car, wasn’t I?” He asked, tightly gripping the front of the Uchiha’s shirt.

“Yes you were.” Itachi agreed. “But you weren’t the one who was drunk driving. You weren’t the one who ran a stop sign and t-boned another vehicle. The bastard who did is going to prison for a very long time.”

“That won’t bring Sasuke back.” Naruto's knees shook as he continued to cry so Itachi lowered them to the floor.

“No, it won’t.” Itachi whispered to himself. He felt tears forming in his eyes again and vigorously fought against them. Not in front of Naruto. Not in front of the only person hurting more than he was; his brother’s best friend and lover.

Itachi knew he had never been the best brother in the world but Sasuke had made him that promise that if anything every happened to him, he’d take care of Naruto. He accepted the responsibility without hesitation, thinking that nothing was going to happen anytime soon to make him fulfill his promise.

The devastated men sat holding each other until Naruto's crying finally died out. It was silent until Naruto pulled himself out of the older man’s embrace and wiped his face on his sleeve.

“I-Itachi?” He quietly asked, not looking the raven in the eye.

“Hmm?”

“Will… will you do something for me?” Naruto asked next.

“What?” Itachi asked back.

Naruto stood up as he replied, “Meet me in Sasuke's room in ten minutes.” Then without waiting for a reply, he turned and left the room.

A small frown marred Itachi's face as something plopped onto the top of his head. He stood up and regarded the mess on the counter. Deciding he’d leave it for later or for a maid to clean up tomorrow, he made his way to his bathroom for a quick shower.

He didn’t really have any idea what the blonde man wanted him in Sasuke's room for. The only thing he could think of was that Naruto wanted to go through his stuff. Itachi didn’t think either of them were ready for that yet.

Itachi paused outside the closed door of his little brother’s bedroom. He wasn’t sure he was ready but Naruto had seemed adamant. And now that he thought about it, Itachi hoped he wasn’t going to open the door to see Naruto dead on the other side. There was no way he could survive the death of two of his precious people so close together.

The room on the other side was dark except for a single lamp on the desk across from the bed and Itachi's breath hitched from what the small amount of light allowed him to see.

Naruto was standing, naked, with one foot propped on the bed, three fingers working himself open. His eyes were closed and his head was thrown back.

Itachi felt his pants tighten as his cock hardened, despite the situation. He would be lying if he said he’d never thought about what sex with Naruto would be like. But this was not a way he would have wanted it to happen.

“Naruto?” Itachi asked, his voice sounding extremely loud in his ears.

Blue eyes flew open and met black. There was a wet pop as the younger man pulled the digits from his ass before covering the distance between them.

“Please, just once.” Naruto begged.

Itachi knew what Naruto was asking of him. He wasn’t asking for Itachi to fuck him or even make love to him. The Uchiha brothers had been enough alike and if Itachi took him from behind, Naruto could easily pretend he was with Sasuke one more time.

They both knew it was a bad idea. They knew it would probably make it harder for either of them to heal. But the pleading look in Naruto's eyes had Itachi nodding. Both of them were consenting adults and he could feel bad about it later.

“Get on the bed on your hands and knees.” Itachi said as he stepped fully into the room and shut the door behind him.

Naruto turned and did as he was asked, listening to the rustling sounds of Itachi removing his suit.

“Is there anything you need me to do?” Itachi asked as he grabbed the lube from the nightstand and crawled onto the bed.

“Don’t talk. Sasuke was always quiet in bed.” Whether or not it was true, Itachi didn’t know. But he did know that his own voice was quiet a bit deeper than his brother’s had been and if he made too much noise, he’d ruin the illusion for Naruto.

Itachi quickly spread some of the gel over his length before lining up with the stretched pucker that was waiting for him. It was difficult for him to suppress the groan that was building in his throat as he pushed is way into the tight heat. He had always been a somewhat vocal lover.

“Sasuke.” Naruto hissed as he was penetrated. The fact that Itachi seemed to be the exact same size as the younger Uchiha helped him believe his fantasy.

When he his balls were pressed against the blonde’s ass, Itachi waited to let the younger man adjust. “Move, Teme.” Naruto growled only a few seconds later.

He gripped lithe hips, pulled out slowly and pushed back in at the same pace. He didn’t know what sex between them had been like, but Itachi figured Naruto would want this to last as long as possible.

“F-faster.” Naruto demanded just as Itachi stroked his prostate for the first time.

Unable to deny the blonde, Itachi picked up the pace until he was pounding so hard into the body beneath him, that Naruto's arms gave out and his head was pressed into the mattress.

“Yeeessss. Fu-fuck… Sasuke!” He screamed.

Itachi felt his heart clench at the sound of his brother’s name but he didn’t stop. Instead, he blocked out the other man’s voice as best he could. This was harder than he thought it would be. It seemed Naruto did everything loudly.

Deciding he needed this to end as quickly as possible, Itachi started changing the angle of his thrusting every few seconds until he was repeatedly slamming against Naruto's prostate.

“Oh god Sasuke… Sasuke!!!” The blonde was pushing his hips back as hard as he could, imaging Sasuke above him, pale skin slick with sweat, his bluish-black hair falling limp from the same salty liquid. “Sasuke… please I need… to come.” He begged but didn’t move a hand to touch himself.

Itachi took the hint and reached around to stroke Naruto's cock in time with his thrusts. After only a few pulls, he felt the warm rush of seed over his hand and Naruto cried out, “Sasuke!” The velvety walls encasing his own length tightened and convulsed around him until Itachi came with grunt, barely remembering to keep his voice down.

After taking a minute to calm down, Itachi pulled out of Naruto and got off the bed. In his peripheral vision he saw the other fall onto his side as he gathered up his clothes.

Without waiting to hear if Naruto wanted him to stay or not, Itachi left the room, butt naked. His own bedroom was only a few doors down and he doubted he would run into anyone.

A few hours later, Itachi went back to Sasuke's room to check on Naruto but the young man was no where to be found. He figured it was for the best.

~!~

Naruto had asked for one time, just one last time. But that one time quickly turned into once a week.

After a month of that, Naruto started showing up every other day, stretched and ready. If Itachi wasn’t home, he’d wait until he was. And it was always in Sasuke's room. It wasn’t always doggie style but it was always from behind.

At first, Naruto would get up and leave minutes after they finished. But the longer it went on, the longer he would stay and they would talk, while spooning. Well, Naruto did most of the talking, but it was kind of nice. They never talked about Sasuke though.

If Itachi did something that was un-Sasuke, like take his hair down and let it fall over Naruto, the blonde would immediately get dressed and leave because his illusion was broken.

Six months after Sasuke's funeral found Itachi in the same position as the first time. His nerves were wearing thin. Naruto always promised it was the last time but he’d show up again two days later. Itachi was making this the last time. He couldn’t take it anymore.

In spite of the fact that Naruto was just using him, Itachi realized that he was falling for the younger man. He couldn’t help it; the blonde was just so damn lovable, even though he hadn’t been himself at all since the accident.

Itachi felt like he’d broken his promise to Sasuke. He promised he’d take care of the blonde, keep him happy, but neither of them were very happy with this farce of a relationship.

“Sasuke!” Naruto shouted as he came without his dick being touched. Itachi's grip on his hips suddenly tightened and he stopped moving. He couldn’t do it anymore. He wanted Naruto to be screaming his name, not his dead brother’s.

Naruto felt his little bubble of peace burst as Itachi pulled his softening member out without having come yet. That was something Sasuke had never done.

“I have to go.” Naruto mumbled when Itachi had let go of him. A hand grabbed his wrist before he could do anything more than sit up though.

“Naruto, we have to talk about this.” Itachi stated, his grip tightening when he felt Naruto try and pull away.

“No.” Naruto said forcefully as he tried to yank his arm out of the other’s hold.

“Sasuke is gone. He’s not coming back.”

“Don’t say that! If you say it, it’ll make it real!” The blonde yelled as he tried again to pull away from the Uchiha. Itachi let go this time and Naruto tumbled backward onto the bed.

“Sasuke is dead.”

Naruto sat back up and sobbed, “But I love him.”

Itachi pulled him to his chest and held him tightly. “I do too. He’s my brother. If I know him as well as I think I do, he wouldn’t want you to keep this up. He’d want you to move on and be happy, find someone else to love.” Itachi whispered.

“I don’t want to.”

With a sigh Itachi said, “I know you don’t. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to lose a lover. But don’t you think you owe to Sasuke to try? I miss the old Naruto, the happy ball of sunshine. I want him back.”

“You do?” Naruto asked with a sniffle.

“Yeah. You were the only person I saw as much as Sasuke. It’s been so hard without either of you here.” He replied.

“Why though? I thought you think I’m annoying.” The blonde mumbled.

Itachi lifted Naruto's chin so they were looking at each. He gave the younger man a small smile and replied, “You are annoying, sometimes. But I guess, despite everything, I find myself falling in love with you.”

Naruto was silent as he gave this piece of information some thought. “No one’s ever loved me like Sasuke and I’ve never loved anyone the way I loved him.” He whispered.

“I don’t want to love you like Sasuke did. I want to love you as Itachi and I want you to love me for being Itachi, if you can.” Itachi responded just as quietly.

Naruto gave him a watery smile, a real smile. “I can try.”

“That’s all I ask.” Itachi pulled Naruto forward with the hand still on his chin and brought their lips together.

Kissing was something they had never done before and Naruto noticed that it didn’t bother him as much as he thought it would that Itachi's kissing was nothing like Sasuke's.

Sasuke had always been more demanding and wanting to be in control. That had been something Naruto had liked about him. But Itachi was slower, almost lazy. Neither of them were really controlling the kiss at all and Naruto found that he enjoyed it.

The kiss broke after just a few seconds and they just stared at each other. Itachi shifted a bit and his hand landed in a drying puddle of come.

“Maybe we should move to my room. I haven’t exactly washed the sheets in here.” He said as he glanced around at all the stains on the bed. They both jumped up when they realized just how gross it was that they kept having sex there.

They picked up their clothing and made their way down the hall to Itachi's room. Itachi dropped his clothes in a hamper and Naruto put his on the floor near the foot of the bed.

Itachi pulled the covers back and climbed in. He held the blanket up for the blonde and they cuddled up together, facing each other for the first time.

For hours they talked about Sasuke, laughing and crying. Itachi told Naruto that he knew the blonde had been calling him “bastard-lite” behind his back for years because he thought they were both bastards but Sasuke was worse.

As the first rays of light started shining through the blinds on the window, an alarm clock went off. Itachi reached over and turned it off before grabbing his phone. He sent a text to his assistant saying he wouldn’t be coming to work that day and shut it off.

“Itachi.” Naruto started once they were settled again. “I was thinking… maybe we could go through Sasuke's stuff soon.”

“I think we’re ready for that now.” He replied.

“And maybe… we could visit him and bring flowers… or something like that.”

Itachi pulled the blonde close and kissed his temple. “Good idea. I think he’d like that.”

Naruto turned his head and pressed his lips to the older man’s. It quickly turned from chaste to heated as a tongue slipped into his mouth. He wrapped his arms around the raven’s neck and pulled the hair tie out so he could run his fingers through it.

“Your hair is softer than Sasuke's.” He said as he pulled away. “He always put too much gel in it.” He smiled at the memory.

Itachi moved so he was lying on top of the blonde and returned to plundering his mouth, mapping out every inch of it.

By the time they parted for air, Itachi could feel Naruto's arousal against his thigh and he was sure his was felt by the other as well.

“Naruto, do you think I could make love to you as Itachi, instead of Sasuke?” He asked as he slid a hand down the blonde’s chest to a pert nipple and gave it a pinch.

Naruto nodded as his breath hitched. A rare, full blown smile graced Itachi's lips.

“I like it when you smile.” Naruto said as he ran his thumb over the Uchiha’s lower lip. The smile turned into a smirk.

“Stick around and maybe I’ll be inclined to do it more often.” He sucked the thumb into his mouth and gave it a little nip.

Itachi pushed Naruto's legs apart with his knees so he could settle between them. He bent down and pulled the same nipple he had pinched into his mouth.

“Aaahhh…” Naruto moaned as he arched closer to the body above him.

“You’re very sensitive, aren’t you, Naruto?” Itachi asked when he let go of the nub. He lapped at it a few times as the blonde nodded. “Good.”

Itachi turned his attention to the other pink nipple and tugged on it with his teeth, pulling another moan from Naruto. He then licked and nipped his way down to the blonde’s navel, dipping his tongue into it suggestively.

Throwing the blanket off of them, Itachi slid farther down the bed until he was eye level with his prize. He gripped the base of Naruto's hard length and pumped it a few times, watching as a few drops of pre-come oozed out and licking it up.

Itachi then sucked the head into his mouth and hummed in appreciation. Above him, he heard Naruto moan loudly as a hand came to tangle in his hair.

“You taste sooo good, Naruto.” He purred as he pulled back off for a moment, earning him a soft whimper.

“Don’t stop.” Naruto pleaded, lifting his hips to get back to the wet warmth.

With a smirk, Itachi lowered his mouth around the cock in his hand and moved down until his nose was buried in soft blonde curls.

“Itachi!” Naruto screamed, having never been deep-throated before.

Finally hearing his own name pass through those lips in such a way, Itachi couldn’t hold back his moan and swallowed unconsciously around the dick in his mouth.

The vibrations mixed with the sudden tightening around his cock had Naruto screaming and coming down Itachi's throat.

The raven greedily drank all of it down and licked his lips when he released the softening cock. He moved back up and crashed his lips to the blonde’s.

Naruto moaned at the taste of himself mixed with the taste of Itachi and pulled him as close as they could get.

Using the kiss as a distraction, Itachi snaked a hand back down Naruto's body and pushed two fingers into him. He quickly added a third when he was satisfied that the blonde was still fairly stretched and lubed from earlier.

After several torturously long minutes of avoiding Naruto's prostate, Itachi's rammed his fingers into it and felt the other’s cock stirring back to life beneath him.

“Ready for more, are we?” Itachi asked as he continued to twist and pump his fingers.

“Yeeesss.” Naruto hissed as he gripped the sheets and writhed beneath the larger man. “Please.”

Just to be safe, Itachi reached into his nightstand drawer for a tube of lubricant. He sat back on his knees as he popped the top, his fingers still buried inside Naruto but no longer moving.

“Itachi…” Naruto whined.

“Give me your hand.” He demanded.

Naruto quickly complied and felt the cool liquid fill his palm. His hand was then brought down to wrap around Itachi's length. He stroked it a few times and watched with glazed eyes as Itachi thrust lightly into his hand.

Itachi pulled his fingers from the blonde’s ass and reached for a pillow. He lifted Naruto's hips and slid it under him to get a better angle.

“Ready?” He asked as he lined himself up, making sure Naruto did want this.

“Please.” Naruto breathed, wrapping his legs around the man between them and pulling him closer. The blunt head of Itachi's cock slipped inside him with this action. “More!”

Itachi grabbed Naruto's hips and slammed all the way in, now knowing that the blonde liked a little pain with the pleasure. “Itachi!”

“You’re always so tight, Naruto.” He panted and added, “I’ve wanted to say that for six months.” He pulled back and snapped his hips forward, moaning as Naruto arched off the bed.

“Fuck yeeeeess!”

Itachi pulled out again and pushed back slower than before, groaning long and loud at the feeling of being squeezed so deliciously. “Oh god, Naruto.” He sighed as he continued the slow pace.

Inky, black locks fell into Naruto's face and he buried his hand in them. “Look at me, Itachi.” He whispered.

When their eyes met, Naruto pulled Itachi down for a languid kiss that matched the rest of their movements.

“Aaahhh!” He broke the kiss and moaned when Itachi suddenly rammed into him and struck his prostate dead on. “I-Itachi!”

“Naruto!” He shouted when there was a sharp tug on his hair. Naruto now had the tresses wrapped around his wrist to keep them close. Blue was staring into black and Itachi could feel his release nearly upon him already.

“Touch yourself for me, Naruto!” Itachi panted as he pounded harder into the willing body beneath him that was finally his.

A tanned hand slipped between them and barely managed to wrap around its owner’s cock with the little space it found there.

“Wait… stop…” Naruto gasped. He let go of his length and pushed on Itachi's chest.

Itachi leaned back, breathing harshly and asked, “I didn’t… hurt you, did I?”

“N-no…” Naruto replied between his own deep breaths. “I just want… to do… something else. Pull out.”

Itachi complied and sat up on his knees as best he could. He neck was bent at an awkward angle though because Naruto still had a tight hold on his hair.

“Now wh-” Itachi was cut off when Naruto pulled him back down for a long, bruising kiss. He moaned into the kiss when their hard members rubbed together.

With his free right hand, Naruto grabbed Itachi's right one as well and moved them both between their bodies. He wrapped his hand around both their cocks and Itachi followed suit on the other side.

They quickly found a rhythm as they stroked and thrust together, their tongues still dancing and twining.

“Naruto!” Itachi gasped, breaking the kiss. He rested his forehead against the blonde’s, staring into blue eyes filled with more emotion than he’d seen there in months.

Naruto suddenly arched up against him and his body went rigid. “Itachi!” He screamed as ropes of come spilled over their hands and stomachs.

The sound, the look, and the feel of Naruto coming sent Itachi over the edge seconds later with a shout of, “Fuck… Naruto!”

Itachi collapsed on top of the blonde and buried his face against his neck as he tried to slow his breathing. He felt his hair being released from its confines and arms wrap around his back.

“That… was so much better… than…” Naruto trailed off, feeling that the past months didn’t need to be spoken of any longer. Itachi nodded in agreement and sucked the patch of skin in front of him.

“Tomorrow.” Itachi said after a few minutes of sated silence.

“Hmm?” Naruto asked, turning his head to get a better look at the other man’s face.

“Tomorrow we’ll go visit Sasuke.” He elaborated and shifted over so he wasn’t crushing the smaller man.

“Ok. But sleep now, I think.” The blonde said with a wide yawn.

Itachi lifted his head to look at his clock and saw that it was almost 9am. “Definitely.” He agreed and pulled the blanket over them. The snuggled up until they were comfortable before drifting off into a peaceful sleep.

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So, near the end of this, I started thinking about the possibility of more. It always happens, no matter how badly I'd like it to be a one-shot. I was thinking of a second part in which it turns out Sasuke isn't dead and this turns into a SIN. Good or bad idea?