Itachi stares at his sleeping little brother in intrest. His small round face is pressed into his pillow, his pale cheeks tinted pink, and his breath is slow and steady. The tiny 6 year old Uchiha was the mere definision of peaceful when he was asleep. As was most Uchiha children.
Itachi pulled the blanket up to his brother's chest and brushed the few strands of hair away from his tiny face. He sighed and Itachi quickly retracted his hand to prevent from wakeing the sleeping boy.
"Good night Sasuke." He said quietly, as not to wake him and gently kissed his forehead. "I love you, little brother." he said as he finished his tradition of saying goodnight to his sweet, sleeping brother, and walked to his own bed, to sleep as well.
Two hours later, Sasuke gasps as he sits up franticly. He had another nightmare about what was hiding in the dark shaddows in his room. He rubbed the tears from his eyes and repeted the following words in a whisper. "A ninja doesn't get scared." He tried to stop the tears from his eyes, and failed. He cried into his knees and looked at his brother's bed that was suposed to be empty, only to see Itachi sleeping there.
Itachi was still on an anbu mission when Sasuke had gone to bed. Sasuke didn't expect him home until the next morning. He watched his older brother for a minute or two before getting up from his own bed to poke his brother in the side.
"Big Brother?" He whispered as Itachi opened his eyes sleepily. "Can I sleep with you?"
"Mmhmm..." Itachi murmered before lifting the edge of his blanket inviteingly to his brother. Sasuke smiled and climbed in next to Itachi. "Nightmare?" he sighed.
"Yeah..." Sasuke leaned his back into Itachi's chest and let his brother lay his arm over him. "Goodnight, Itachi-nii-san." He sighed and soon was snoring, snuggled into his brother's thick blankets.
"Heh. G'night... Sasuke-nii-chan." Itachi smiled and hugged his brother a little tighter before being asleep once again.
Short, but CUTE! I know. lol. R&R~