Itachi wanted to gag with what was shoved down his throat. Whatever it was, it was uncomfortable for the Uchiha to the point he wanted to open his heavy eyes to see where he was. He heard people talking but he wasn't sure what was going on.
Pain in his chest made him want to grunt but with what was in his mouth and throat made it impossible. He remembered everything as if it just happened a minute ago. His uncle – estranged to add to that – attacked him the day after his son's birth. He remembered his brother's voice and the sound of footsteps running away from him.
He wanted to find Naruto and see how he and Sadao were doing.
Naruto sat in the chair next to the bed where Itachi was laying in, Sadao in his arms. Sasuke and others were in the room with him but it didn't really bother. Itachi's condition hasn't really changed that much besides him getting the breathing tube out. It was a good sign to him.
It's been a few days since he and Sadao had been released from the hospital with Shizune doing a final checkup, seeing that the blond was healing up nicely. So now he was sitting in the chair, watching and waiting for his lover to wake up.
"Naruto why don't you go home?" Maiko suggested as she looked at the blond.
He shook his head, keeping his gaze on his Uchiha. "No. I rather stay here and be by Itachi's side."
She sighed and rolled her eyes. She thought Sasuke was stubborn about a lot of things but Naruto made her rethink that. Bouncing Mikoto in her arms, she leaned against her own Uchiha and stared at Itachi. She had to give Naruto a pat on the back for being so faithful to Itachi when he needed it.
Naruto perked up a little when he saw movement from the father of his child but that was it. At least he was moving around and trying to get comfortable in the bed he was given.
"Anything new?" Sakura asked Naruto and everyone else as she walked in. Stopping, she started to record the stats on the Uchiha and looked at everyone. She smiled at her former teachers and friends and went back to work.
"Nope. He moved a hair but that's just about it." Sasuke answered for his friend as he saw the azure eyes close with anxiety. Everyone was anxious for Itachi to wake up and he knew how his friend was feeling.
Sakura nodded to everyone and left the room to report the results and slip the paper into his file. She hoped that he would wake up soon so he wouldn't miss any more of his son.
Itachi tried to move his hand but it felt heavy to him. Maybe it was all the painkillers they were giving him that's causing this feeling. He didn't feel anything of the hole his uncle made. That was good to him. He even noticed that the thing he had down his throat was gone which made him smile inwardly.
Now just open my eyes, he thought with him struggling to do that. Tossing his head, he laid it on its side even though he knew he couldn't do anything with his body. It would send off alarms to everyone and the nurses would try to make him lay on his back.
Taking a breath, he tried again to open his eyes with some result. His eyelids flutter with them closing quickly because of the sunlight. At least it had to be the sunlight unless it was the artificial lighting that was in the room. Trying to open them again, everything blurred before clearing away with a few blinks.
Looking around, the Uchiha saw everyone staring at him. Raising an eyebrow, he asked with it coming out as a croak, "why are you guys staring?"
"Itachi!" Naruto cried, handing Sadao over to someone and glomped the Uchiha that was bedridden. Hugging him tightly, he cried on his chest, feeling his husband's arms wrap around him.
"Naruto, what's wrong? I'm fine now." Itachi croaked with a smile.
Looking up into the ebony eyes, he continued to cry and hug him tightly. "You don't know how much you had us worried. You've been out for six days."
It didn't seem like six days to him but then again time flies when you're asleep. Looking over at his brother who was holding his nephew, he saw something in his eyes that made him ask. "So what happened to Madara after he stabbed me?"
"I chased him. We were on the roof and he climbed the fence that was up there and jumped. He decided to go out by killing himself instead of going back to prison." Sasuke answered as he bounced his kin in his arms. Looking down at the child then back at his brother, he let his own tears fall over. "All I can tell is that you had us scared as hell. Don't ever do that again."
Itachi apologized with a bow of his head when the door to the room slammed open. Looking over, he stared at the pinked haired young woman who started to check him over. It had to be his nurse.
"So how are you feeling Uchiha-san?" Sakura asked, checking his pulse and writing down what it was.
"Fine right now." He answered, looking down at his chest the best he could. It had to be nice looking when the wrappings come off.
"You'll be with us for a few more days so we can monitor you. You had it pretty close I say so myself. If he aimed any higher, he would have gotten your lung instead of nicking it like he did." Sakura explained as she finished writing down the results. At least he pulled through.
Once she was gone, Naruto grabbed a hold of their son and put him in Itachi's arm. He smiled at his husband and son as they stared at each other before Sadao burst out crying.
"Hey." Itachi croaked, bouncing his son. "Don't even try doing that. I'm your father goofy."
Naruto sat on the side of the bed, hugging his lover as he held their son. Looking at his family and friends, he smiled. "Thank you guys."
They nodded.
"You want to know something. You owe me." Deidara hissed as he glared at the bedridden Uchiha.
"Why do I owe you?" Itachi asked, looking up from his dirty blond haired son to his friend.
"I've had to call in and say I'm not going to be there. Same as Kisame and a few others. You're lucky that we care for your sorry ass hm." Deidara growled before smiling at his friend. "But at least you're all right now man. That's all that counts."
Everyone nodded and started out of the room.
Naruto looked at his son and husband before pressing his lips gently against the pale ones of his Uchiha lover.
One more chapter to go. It's the epilogue so I hope you review!