Well hello, here is the not-so-long awaited sequel to The Uchihas. If you haven't read The Uchihas yet then I would suggest you go and do so before reading this that way you can understand just how Itachi and Sasuke's relationship began. But anyway, I do hope you enjoy this and review so that I know what you think.

Chapter pairings: Ita/Sasu

Chapter warnings: Incest, which you should all be aware of by now if you read The Uchihas. But that's it for this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, shape or form.

Behind Closed Doors

Chapter one

Run.

It ran through his head millions of times as he did as his brother had told him. Run, Sasuke. He didn't want to, but he had no choice. Get out of here—out of the village. It was so dangerous; he knew it as he ran, feeling so horrible and hearing the men chasing after him. I'll be right behind you; I'll find you. He didn't even know if he could believe what his brother had said to him, but at the moment he really had no choice but to believe. Go, Sasuke! He couldn't go any faster than he was; he couldn't move any faster, not even if he wiped the tears from his eyes. I'll find you. I promise.

A promise, a single promise—one that meant more to him now then the one that had been made before it, but it was a promise he did not expect his brother to keep. Not even as he ran so quickly, like he had been ordered to, and not even as he attempted to find a hiding place did he believe for a moment that his brother would keep his promise. He wanted to, God how he wanted to, but for some reason an unreasonable fear kept him from believing that he would, or that he even could. I'll be right behind you. He couldn't bring himself to believe it for a moment as he felt a horrible need to turn back and run in the opposite direction—back towards where he had left his brother so alone.

So alone. So horribly alone was how he had left his brother. So alone...and with their father. So alone. He had absolutely no idea what was going to happen; no idea what their father would do. He only knew that the man had been so incredibly angry with the both of them when he had caught them kissing in Itachi's bed. All he knew was that...was that...he had left his brother...alone. Go. Get out of here—out of the village. His bottom lip trembled lightly as he continued to run through the dense forest that surrounded the village he had called home for the past fourteen years. Run, Sasuke. The words repeated themselves hundreds of thousands of times without his knowing it, bouncing off his own befuddled thoughts.

All he could do was run; run so far that his legs screamed out at him to stop as he swore he could feel his lungs collapsing. Yet he didn't care in the least. If he died out here he wouldn't care; if he were caught and taken away to be killed or something worse he didn't know if he would bring himself to even realize it was happening. Because until he knew his brother was safe; until he knew that they were both safe...there was absolutely nothing he could care about. I promise. He wanted to know how much of a lie those words had been; he wanted to know if he even had a purpose for running away.

I love you, Sasuke. Thinking about his brother speaking those words to him once more made him sob as he stumbled suddenly, yet he didn't really even notice. I love you. He had left the man he loved. Left him so utterly alone that it pained him to even think about. Left him and ran, only because that man he loved so dearly had told him to. I'll find you. I promise. He now had no choice but to believe in his brother's promise; believe in it because he wanted to hear the man tell him, at least just once more, that he loved him. Just once more at least he wanted to feel his brother's lips against his own as the man's arms wrapped around him. And because of that...it was the only reason he had any faith in his brother's promise.

He never even noticed it happening, not quite until after it had, but he had hidden himself somehow, only realizing it as he heard the men chasing after him run past where he had hid. His eyes searched the darkness around him and yet he couldn't figure out at all where he was. The only thing he could do was think; think and cry so silently that he forgot he was doing it. If it were at all possible... his eyes widened as he thought about what his brother had said...only how long ago now? "No..." he sobbed out the word quietly into his hand. I would marry you. Why had Itachi brought it up...? Why had Itachi began any of it? ...Why had they fallen in love?

Nonsense? Is that your way of telling me that you wouldn't marry me? His heart clenched as the words echoed in his mind, and he bit his lip. Why...? Why did any of it ever happen? Well...if I just happened to ask you, would you accept? He shook his head, trying so hard to shake the words from his mind; he didn't want to remember this—didn't want to think about any of it until he knew that his brother was safe. "...Go away..." his voice wasn't even a whisper. You being my brother hasn't stopped us from becoming lovers; it hasn't stopped the two of us from falling in love. Really, Sasuke, our being related hasn't halted us from doing a lot of things... So why shouldn't we get married?

"...Itachi...don't you dare do this to me..." Then what is the problem? Marriage is the next reasonable step in our relationship, seeing as we already live together... Even thinking about the words still made him shake his head at his brother's amusing attutide sometimes, although now there was no way they could cheer him up. Like I said, it's not like we would get married tomorrow. I would wait until you are an appropriate age, at least. But what good would it do if he were dead?—if they were both dead? "Itachi..." his body shook for moments, trembling with such fear that he had never felt in his life.

...I simply want to know that you are mine, Sasuke; that no one can take you away from me. He bit his lip, nearly drawing blood as he tried to stay quiet as he heard more men passing by his hiding spot. "I-I...am yours, Itachi..." he repeated the words so quietly that he had spoken to the man...hours ago?—minutes ago? Days perhaps? There was no sense of time left with him anymore as he could only think of his brother. Sasuke... He wished so hard to just see the man again, just so that he could hear him speak his name; just so that he would hold him so gently; just so that they could love one another again.

Will you marry me? His nails dug deep into his legs as he brought them up to his chest, needing something to make him feel safe. Marriage. His brother wanted to marry him. "Itachi...you can't..." he whispered the words as he placed his forehead against his kneecaps, letting his tears run more freely than before. The brother he had left so alone with their father wanted to marry him; marry him even when they were brothers and even when...it wasn't even possible for them to even get married. "...You can't...leave me..." Run, Sasuke. His body ached so horribly when he heard the words ghost about his mind.

"...You c-can't... You just...can't, Itachi..." it hurt him so badly to just breathe out the words. I'll be right behind you; I'll find you. I promise. It had been so terribly long, hadn't it? How long had it actually been? Was Itachi even coming? "...I-Itachi...you...you promised me..." his nails dug deeper into his legs as he swallowed thickly, swallowing some of the tears that wanted to spill from his eyes. "...You can't leave me... You...You said you'd find me...remember?"

"Shh, I remember." The words were less than a mumble before he felt the warm body pulling him in, calming him down, drying his tears with just the words—just the voice. He didn't want to believe it as he felt himself being rocked gently in the arms he knew so well; he almost didn't believe that he had been found. "I told you I'd find you, Sasuke. I was never going to break that promise." And all at once, just hearing; just knowing that it was true, he let out all of his tears—all of his pain. Itachi didn't say a word as he cried so hard yet so quietly, so afraid they would be caught; Itachi didn't say a word as he continued to kiss his head gently, letting him know that everything was all right. "...I-I..." he couldn't bring himself to even near the end of his sentence.

"I got out quickly," he told Sasuke in his ear quietly, "quickly and without a scratch. The only reason I took so long was because I had to dodge the police force." Sasuke brought his hand up to his heart, feeling it beating so quickly beneath his skin; so quickly and so painfully. "I was not going to leave you out here; I was not going to leave you alone, Sasuke. I would never do that to you." The reassurance in the words helped him feel so much better although he was still so afraid, and he knew that Itachi could tell how scared he was.

But finally, and most thankfully on his own part, he finally calmed some, enough to stop his crying and his trembling at least. He simply continued to lean against Itachi, the only person that he had left in the world any longer. "...W-what...are we going to do now...?" for some reason he didn't really want an answer to his question, as he feared that it would only take him back to the home they had just fled from. "We will wait... Wait until tomorrow night...as I believe the police force will have stopped their search of this area by then...and then we will leave." Sasuke nodded slowly. "...But where will we go...?"

Itachi was silent for many long moments before he kissed Sasuke's head once again. "Somewhere that they can never find us." Still though, fear gripped him so tightly, but he could not recognize it completely any longer as he felt safe once again. "And we'll get married?" he felt Itachi's grip on him tighten and he could swear that he felt the man's chest heave slightly with emotion, but he could never be sure. "...I love you, Sasuke." His fear was gone. Vanishing instantly with just three simple words that had never meant so much to him in all of his life. The man had saved him; saved them both, and he owed him too much now to even think about being afraid.

Yes, fear was no longer an issue. It was just life that was standing in their way.

TBC...

A/N: And here is chapter one. I think that it's a pretty good chapter, and a great way to start off this story. So please review and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your comments. :) Thank you.

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