Itachi just doesn't care. Nope. Not at all.

It doesn't matter to him. Sasuke can do what he wants. He can run around with that fricking wh-

Itachi stops himself. He rewinds and restates his sentence.

Sasuke can go do whatever he wants with his friends. He can go to the mall, he can go to his friend's house, hell if he wants to he can go to a fucking strip clu-

Stop. Stop, stop, stop. Itachi gains back his self control.

He waves to Sasuke from the front porch. Sasuke mouths something to him. Looks like 'see you' at the end, he thinks. Itachi nods and waves again. Bye, he mouths. Bye, Sasuke mouths back. Love you.

Itachi smiles at the fifteen-year old. Love you, too.

Sasuke smiles and hops on his bike.

Bye, Sasuke, Itachi thinks.

He goes back inside and flicks on the TV. Stupid Sasuke's friends.

Stupid, ugly, foolish little brother's friends.

If it weren't for them, Sasuke would be here right now. Spending time with Itachi. Next to/under/over him. Yeah. He went there.

He stares at the clock. 5:29. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick-

Stupid clock, if he listens to it all might he'll probably have a break down.

tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick-

"Fuck!"

Itachi jumps up. He runs his hands through his hair. "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke..." He walks back and forth. "Fucking Sasuke!" He punches the wall, then lets out a whine, cradling his fist. "Fucking fucking his fucking friends!" Itachi turns so that his back is to the wall and slides down against it.

He slumps down and puts his hands over his head.

The clock, when will he be back?

6:47

Itachi sighs and leans back against the wall. He resists the urge to bang his head against the wall.

Don't cry, he tells himself.

He'll be back.

7:13

8:21

8:56

9:37

10:44

Click.

Door. Door. Sasuke.

Warm. Itachi mutters a greeting in his dreamlike state. It's dark. Why doesn't he turn on the light?

Sasuke slips under the sheets.

Warm. Lips. Taste you. Sa-

" 'S'ke."

"Mmm, 'Tachi-nii."

Itachi wraps his arms around his brother.

Sasuke smiles and pulls away from the kiss before it goes too far. He's tired, actually. "Sorry I was out so late," he whispers.

An alarm goes off for Itachi. He sits up and kisses Sasuke.

"Sasuke," he says. "I don't care what you do, who you sleep with, who you blow."

He pauses and lays back down. All he's doing is lying through his teeth, but Sasuke can't tell.

"As long as you come home to me."

He always tells Sasuke this.

And Sasuke always listens.