Why is ItaSasu so fun to write? It's just so...I don't even know!

Theme song: "One of Those Girls" by Avril Lavigne.

Why is it Ino? Because out of Sasu-chan's three fangirls, Karin, Sakura, and Ino, she just seemed to fit. I initially had it be Sakura, but it was just to wrong and I simply couldn't do it. And Karin is extremely awesome, so I didn't want to say anything that would sound negative towards her. Plus, Ino just fit the song I was listening to ^-^

Oh, and this is AU as there was no massacre, Sasuke never left, blahblah

"He's too young to date," Uchiha Itachi stated to his mother, Mikoto. They were in their kitchen, and Itachi was washing the dishes as his mother dried. Itachi, at 23, technically didn't live with his family anymore, but he still went over for most dinners, and as a rule still had to help clean the dishes like he use to, not that he minded as it was then when him and his mother had their quality time. And then he usually stayed for most nights in his old room. Why he even bothered renting his own place was beyond the rest of the family, but Itachi insisted. He had been gone for a few days, however, and when he came home he had heard the news that his little brother had his first girlfriend.

"He's 18 years old, Itachi. He's never had a girlfriend before, he should be allowed to take a date to the prom," Mikoto sighed, placing a glass. She didn't understand why he was more protective of Sasuke than she was.

"I thought he always said that the prom was a waste of time? Now, he's planning on not only going, but spending the night with some girl in the hotel?!"

"Ino's a nice girl of a nice family," Mikoto answered, sounding exasperated.

"The girl is a total slut!" Itachi cried, "You know she's not liking Sasuke for his personality! I heard she's had a million boyfriends, and left them all!"

Mikoto placed the glass she was holding on the counter and looked at her son directly in the face. "Itachi, regardless of what kind of girl she is, Sasuke is a legal adult now, capable of making his own decisions. Your reaction at dinner really seemed to upset him, and I don't like that. We are all going for lunch tomorrow with Ino's family, and you better apologize to him before then."

Itachi sighed. He knew that he was rather harsh to his younger brother at dinner, and he knew he probably went a little too far. But, Itachi being Itachi, the last thing he wanted to do was to march up to Sasuke's room and say that he was wrong. He knew he was right, after all. But then, he didn't want his precious little brother to hate him, either.

"Go," Mikoto ordered, pointing to the door. They made eye contact for a moment, but then he finally gave in and left.

"Hey, Sasuke, open up," Itachi called knocking the door to Sasuke's room. He heard no answer. Seeing that he'd get no invitation, he opened the door slowly.

"What do you want?" Sasuke groaned, sprawled out on his bed, fooling with his laptop, not looking up.

What did Itachi want? He wanted a lot of things. First of all, he wanted to murder that Yamanaka girl. Then he wanted to throw the laptop out the window because he felt that it could damage Sasuke's brain cells, which he couldn't allow. Then he wanted to give his adorable little brother a big hug and stay with him always, just the two of him. But if he actually said that, he'd probably kicked out of his room, which wouldn't be all that great.

"I want to...apologize," Itachi forced out. He went over to his brother's bed and sat on the side of it, peeking to see what Sasuke was looking at. Thankfully it wasn't porn or anything--Itachi would have had a fit if it was--he was only writing some research paper. Sasuke still didn't look up.

"Oh really?" Sasuke replied, slight humor in his voice. His attention still seemed to be focused on the computer, but he did have a smirk on his face.

"So..." Itachi trailed off.

"So what?" Sasuke asked sarcastically, saving his document and finally looking his brother in the face. Itachi felt his face turn hot as their eyes met.

"I apologized didn't I?" Itachi scoffed.

"Oh, so you suddenly and miraculously like Ino now?"

"No, of course not. I still hate her, but I'm sorry for handling the situation in the way I did." Sasuke laughed, sitting up on his bed, snapping the laptop shut. He laughed in a I-knew-you'd-be-like-that sort of way. Itachi felt relief, seeing that his brother seemed neither offended nor hurt.

"Hey, I thought that you always said the prom was dumb, and that none of your friends were going anyway?" Itachi replied, in a semi-jokingly manner, a slight smile appearing, "I mean, you also had me kind of worried that some alien had kidnapped you and replaced you with someone else."

Sasuke laughed again, "Well, actually, I wanted to go all along. It was because my friends weren't going that I said I didn't want to go. Naruto's and his boyfriend, Gaara, have a long-distance relationship as he lives in Suna, as you know, and his family just visited last month, so there was no way he could have came. Lee is a year older, so he and Sakura did the whole prom thing last year. Then, Hinata doesn't like large crowds and dancing, she she and Kiba are going to have a romantic dinner alone. Oh, and Suigetsu and Karin's on-again off-again relationship was at an off. But they are at an on now, and they promise to remain so until prom is over, so we're going to share a limo and everything."

"Well, why did this come up with Ino only now?" Itachi questioned.

"Er, you see, she'd been going out with Shikamaru and they'd been planning to go, but then when Gaara's family came into town he met Temari and hit it off with her. Then she'd planned on going with Chouji, but that pairing was just a disaster waiting to happen. Somehow, between everything, she and I started talking and we decided to go together. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but I'm pretty glad it did," Sasuke smiled, clearly imagining his date.

"Are you really happy with this girl? I mean, face it, she's the first girl you've ever dated, and this is moving awfully fast, even if it is just prom," Itachi asked in a dead-serious tone, "I mean, are you sure this is the girl you want to lose your virginity to?"

Sasuke blushed, "Yeah, I guess so." A knot tied in Itachi's stomach.

"Don't worry, Nii-san, you'll get to know her tomorrow. You'll most certainly love her!"

The next day

Itachi certainly did not love her. His parents, Sasuke, and him, who had been sitting at the table of the cute little restaurant they were meeting at, stood up as Ino and her father, Inoichi, arrived. Ino gracefully ran to Sasuke, kissing him passionately on the lips. He really wanted to stab that girl right then. She turned to Itachi, to say hello, letting him get a good look at her.

To say that Ino was beautiful would be a major understatement. She had thick blond hair tied in a ponytail, some hanging loose to cover roughly half of her face. Her eyes were a sky blue that would mesmerize anyone who didn't know better. Her body, which she clothed in a very immodest manner, was curved in all of the right places. She wore all purple, a shirt that cut off just above her hips, and a short skirt. She had fish nets on her arms and legs, making her look all the more slutty, in his opinion.

How he survived the little luncheon was beyond him. He had lost his appetite, so all he managed to eat was a bit of salad. How could anyone eat, being forced to see that girl hang on Sasuke's arm like that, giggling angelically at everything he said, finding every excuse to kiss his cheek. He wanted to puke. Like that girl really liked Sasuke. Sure, she pretended that she was madly in love with him, but he knew that what she really wanted was to get in his pants. His hands curled into fists.

His parents betrayed him, of course. His father seemed to really hit it off with Inoichi, while his mother doted over the couple like the hopeless romantic she is. If I go to court to have them no longer be my legal parents, would they cut me off their will? he wondered quietly. Probably.

A few days later

"It's time!" Uchiha Mikoto called out from upstairs the night of the prom. For some reason, Ino had come over to their house to get ready so that Mikoto could help her get ready. Sasuke, who was long ready, was sitting on the sofa by the stairway next to Itachi and their father, Fugaku. He was dressed in a very nice suit, that seemed so un-Sasukeish to Itachi. But he couldn't deny that he looked very handsome.

Karin and Suigetsu were also there, standing by the doorway, making sure the limo didn't drive off. Suigetsu was wearing a suit similar to Sasuke's, but it looked rather awkward on him, considering his upbeat personality. Karin had her hair tied back and was wearing a very simple but attractive black dress. She had switched to contacts that night, and had her make-up professionally done, so she looked really nice--nicer than usual, that is. As Ino, escorted by Mikoto, came down, she squealed with delight. Sasuke instantly shot up, meeting his date at the bottom of the steps.

Ino looked stunning. Her dress was purple just like her other outfit. It was a very nice dress, totally killing Karin's. It was modest spaghetti strapped and going down to her knees, something Itachi thought he would never see on her, yet it still looked sexy. Her ponytail was tied back in a bun, and although she still had hair loose in the front, it was clipped back so that her face was clearly shown. Sasuke's face turned bright red as she kissed him.

Itachi couldn't take it anymore. He ran quickly walked away to his room, ignoring protests from his mother who wanted to take a million pictures including him. He ignored Sasuke as he tried to make him stay. He just needed to get away.

Itachi let himself fall on his bed. He stared at the ceiling for a long time, thinking.

Why? he asked himself, Why am I so protective over my brother? These feelings I have for him...They don't feel normal.

Itachi sat up, looking at all of the pictures posted around his room. Pictures of Sasuke and him flying kites, at the beach, birthdays, everything. He had so many pictures, he could hardly see the plain wall. Every single one had his precious little brother in it.

Is it normal for someone to get such passion in their hearts when they see their little sibling?

He pulled out a shoe box from under the bed. It contained all of Sasuke's school papers that he saved from the trash can. He liked reading what he wrote, he was a very talented writer. He took out a page that must have been written when Sasuke was in first grade or so. The question was "Who do you admire the most?" It read:

I admire my NII-SAN! I looove him, because he is soo nice to me! I want to live with him forEVER, because he is VERYVERY special to me! He is the best person EVER!

Tears formed in Itachi's eyes as he set the paper back in the box, and put it back under his bed.

How I feel for my little brother isn't normal.

He loved his brother, and not just in a brotherly way. He had long since known that he wasn't straight, but...to love his own brother? He had suspected it, but he always cast that thought aside. He just couldn't.

But he did.

He wondered what Sasuke was doing right now. Was he still at the prom, or was he in bed with that girl? Either way, he knew their hands were probably all over each other. He knew that Sasuke wouldn't ever love him.

Well, no. Of course Sasuke loved him. In a brotherly way. Nothing more.

Nothing more, he thought, as he drifted to sleep.

Knock-knock!

Huh? Itachi's eyes partially opened, hearing this.

"Nii-san, it's me, open up!"

Great, now I'm hearing things.

"Nii-san, seriously, open up!"

Wait, is that really him?

"It's over between Ino and me, okay?" Sasuke sounded like he was crying.

Itachi's eyes flew open, and he quickly went to his locked bedroom door, letting his sobbing brother in.

"You were right. Ino's a slut. She left me for some collage guy named Sai. They are more than likely fucking it up at his place right now." Sasuke had his coat off, just wearing his white shirt that was underneath, tie undone, and his shirt untucked.

"I'm sorry. I really am." Itachi let his brother in, and sat him down on the side of his bed.

"I know you are." Sasuke wiped his eyes on his sleeve. "I don't know why I came back. I should probably go back to the hotel. We paid a lot of money for that room, after all, so I might as well use it anyway...I just didn't want to be alone."

"I'll go with you, if you'd like."

"Thank you, Nii-san."

Although it was a rather nice room, it was clearly meant for a couple. There was one bed, and that was pretty much it. There wasn't even a chair.

"Er, sorry Nii-san. I can sleep on the floor if you'd like."

"We're brothers Sasuke," Itachi quickly replied, not wanting to pass an opportunity to sleep in the same bed as him, "We can sleep in the same bed for one night."

"That's fine." Sasuke's back was to Itachi as he sat on the other side of the bed. He unbuttoned the rest of his shirt, and carelessly threw it to the side. He had an undershirt on, and he pulled it off over his head, revealing his smooth back. He tossed it to the side in the same manner. Itachi felt his pants bulge, cursing himself for thinking such things about his own brother. But he couldn't help it. His brother stood up, still not facing him, and unbuttoned his pants, letting them fall to the ground. His gray boxers were low hanging, causing Itachi to look down.

Damn, damn, damn! Itachi yelled at himself. Why does my brother have to be so sexy?

Sasuke turned around for a moment, letting Itachi see his smooth chest and abs. They weren't too defined, but Itachi decided that he was sexier that way. But he only got to stare for a moment as his baby brother climbed into the bed under the blankets, laying away from him.

Itachi quickly stripped himself down to his own boxers, and climbed into bed as well. The main lights were off, but the lamps on both nightstands were still illuminating the room enough for him to still see enough. He couldn't stop himself from brushing his foot against his brother's leg. Sasuke shivered, though Itachi figured that he probably assumed that it was an accident. He took a deep breath and said quietly, "That wasn't an accident."

Sasuke didn't answer. He simply pulled the covers higher up to his jawline. Itachi wished he could see his face. But since there was no objection, he let his fingers playfully go up and down his sweaty back. He started near his shoulders, but he went lower and lower until he reached where his boxers started. Since Sasuke still gave no reaction, he stopped, afraid to do something that he didn't like.

"You stopped," Sasuke whispered.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke...I shouldn't have done that."

"I wish you'd keep doing that. It feels nice. When you go that low, I mean."

"Okay, Sasuke." He put his fingers at the rim of his boxers again. After a minute or so, he found himself loosing control, and slipping his hand into them, feeling his cheeks. Sasuke grabbed his arm from behind. Itachi felt instant regret. Sasuke would hate him now.

Sasuke rolled over, not letting go of Itachi's arm. Then he did something unexpected. He kissed him.

I know, cliffhanger ending. I was going to write a lemon, but it just seemed too wrong for the story. I know a lot of people probably only read this thinking that there would be, but whatever. But if you guys like, I can write a ItaSasu PWP lemon! ^^

Note: This is not meant to be anti-Ino or even anti-Sai. Although I do find Ino to be slightly slutty, I don't hate her at all.

Review please!!! ^-^