«Nii-chan?» Sasuke slowly pushed the door to Itachi's room open and looked inside. Itachi was sitting on the floor, leaning on the wall, reading some book. «Nhn?» he didn't look up. Sasuke frowned and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. Itachi looked up at his brother, «what?». Sasuke frowned even more. He regretted coming in here the first place.. there was still time to turn around and just walk out of the room.
Instead, he sat down in front of Itachi. Itachi continued reading his book. «Can I talk to you?» Sasuke said calmly. Itachi nodded. Sasuke frowned yet again. He grabbed Itachi's book and threw it under the bed, somewhere out of sight. This wasn't easy for him so he wanted Itachi to at least pay attention to him. «Sure, sure» replied Itachi just as calm, a faint smile on his lips. Sasuke sighed. Better to just jump in it. «Ever been in love?» he said, looking at the floor. A little moment passed.
«Why, yeah, of course..» said Itachi with curiosity in his voice. Sasuke tipped his head over. «Well..» he started, thinking like crazy to find good words for what he wanted to say. «There.. there might be someone.. that maybe.. I don't know if.. But..» Sasuke cursed himself for stuttering like this. It was so unlike him. Uchihas are concentrated, and they always get straight to the point. Yeah. He mentally slapped himself and was ready to continue, but was interrupted by his brother. «Who is she?» Itachi was smiling gently. Their eyes met. A strange sensation went down Sasuke's spine and he looked down again. «See, that's the problem..» he said, his voice lowering to barely a whisper. «Yeah?» Itachi urged him to continue, but Sasuke had changed his mind.
He stood up abruptly and was about to stomp out the door, but Itachi grabbed his wrist and pulled him down again. «Tell me..» he said gently, but remained his tight grip around Sasuke's wrist. It hurt slightly, but Sasuke didn't feel like struggling. They sat there for a while like that, without anyone saying anything. It was soothing, in a way. Itachi noticed that Sasuke had calmed down so he continued. «It's not a girl, is it?» Sasuke shook his head. «It's that blond guy, isn't it?» Sasuke looked up, and again, his eyes met with Itachi's, but this time he didn't look down, despite that odd feeling inside of him. «H-how did you know?» he said. Itachi smiled and pulled on Sasuke's wrist, pulled Sasuke close and laid one arm around his neck while the other one kept holding onto his wrist. «Well... I know you Sasuke, I can read you like an open book.» Then he leaned forward and kissed him.
Sasuke gasped in surprise, his free arm was on Itachi's chest, ready to push him away, put Itachi was whispering «It's okay, it's okay» into his mouth so it was okay and Sasuke just gave in to a desire he didn't know he had and he just wanted to be held and loved and cared for. But then Itachi let go of him and pushed him slightly, enough for the confused Sasuke to lose his balance and tumble backward, his head hitting the floor with a silent thump.
Itachi rolled his eyes, sighed and reached out his hand, that Sasuke grabbed without thinking, and then Itachi helped him to his feet and pushed him towards the door. Sasuke didn't complain. «Out! I'm gonna finish my book now!» said Itachi sharply, maybe a bit sharper than intended. He slammed the door shut behind Sasuke, but the faulty door opened slightly again, without Itachi noticing. Sasuke took the opportunity and peeked into Itachi's room. He wasn't reading. He was sitting on his bed, his knees up to his chest, hugging himself and burying his face in his arms . Sasuke turned around and walked away. His fingers slightly brushing his lips, he smiled.