Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Warning: boy x boy
Rated M for lemon in following chapters
A/N: This is for sweetieangel who requested an AU Kakashi x Itachi with special participation of Sasuke. Not sure how this turns out (I'm a beginner with KakaIta) but here it goes!
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Sasuke stands near the kitchen counter waiting for the water to boil. It was ramen night tonight.
His mother had prepared an assortment of packed meals before she left. It was only the third day but Sasuke had managed to clear out all the containers in the refrigerator. His father gave him money though, but he had spent most of it on videogames so he had to survive for two more days with the little money he had. He could always ask for more – they weren't actually dirt poor – but his mother might fly back home when she learns of this.
His parents had gone to a convention overseas. They insisted that Sasuke stay at his aunt's house for the five days but Sasuke refused. He'd rather stay in the house alone and study. The entrance exams were one month away and he can't waste any time. Thinking about it, his tutor should be here any minute now.
"Che." Sasuke scoffs as soon as he saw the message.
From: Baka-sensei
Message: I'll be late. A helicopter crashed on the road. Sorry.
His excuses were getting lamer and lamer every week. Last time, Kakashi was late because he had to help change the tires of the prime minister's car that broke down on the road. The week before that, Kakashi helped a woman give birth on the train he was riding. How does Kakashi expect him to believe such blatant lies?
With a growing irritation, Sasuke puts the noodles in the pot. He usually had dinner while Kakashi looked over his problem sets. When he'd finish, Kakashi would then give his assessment and they work on more problem sets together.
"That unprofessional jerk." Sasuke now waits by the burner. He'd be staying up late today because of Kakashi's punctuality issues. He'd have to ask his parents for a new tutor when they come back. They say Kakashi was the best in the industry but Sasuke couldn't care less. Don't they know that Kakashi reads porn while he waits for Sasuke to finish his mock tests? Where did they get this college drop out? Kakashi's a liar and an impostor if you ask him.
Just when the noodles were about to cook, the doorbell rang. "He's here!" Sasuke put down the cooking spoon angrily. Kakashi was lying after all. If a helicopter really did crash, he'd be here much later in the night. The lying bastard.
Sasuke stomps to the door and slams it open. His eyes widened when he saw it wasn't his sensei.
"Hello Sasuke." Itachi smiles broadly as soon as he sees him. His brother then playfully scruffs his hair before hugging him snugly. "How's my baby brother?"
Sasuke shrugs. "Please stop it with your baby names. I'm thirteen now." Nonetheless, Sasuke melts in his brother's over-sized fur coat. He admits he enjoys the hugs from Itachi. Rarely does his brother show affection to other people but with him, Itachi is always very warm.
"Still a child in my eyes." Itachi hangs his coat on the stand and proceeds to the kitchen right away.
"Che." Sasuke follows after him with a scowl. "And that makes you an adult?" Sasuke sulks on the dining table. Itachi was five years older than him. However, when Itachi was thirteen he had already graduated college and was on his way to get a doctorate degree. The man was very mature for his age and was hailed a genius.
"I'm not the one taking an entrance exam now, am I?" Itachi tells him with his back turned. He spoke in a soft manner but the words were pretty condescending. As much as Sasuke admired his genius brother, he couldn't help but be envious. One day, he'll not only catch up to Itachi but surpass him. He's the sole reason Sasuke was trying so hard right now.
Which reminds Sasuke, where is that goddammed tutor?!
"You didn't come here just to mock me, or did you?" Sasuke almost shouts. Itachi had an apartment near the science center he was currently working with. Will Itachi be leaving again or staying the night?
"Instant ramen again? Good thing I stopped by the market." Itachi appears from the kitchen wearing his mother's fluffy pink apron. Lo and behold, the genius can also cook! Great, now Sasuke has to start getting cooking lessons. "Dad said you were home alone so I decided to stay until they come back." Itachi added to answer his question.
"Really?" Sasuke regretted having to sound so excited. This is perfect! He could ask Itachi to teach him stuff while he was here. Itachi was always so greedy, refusing to help him because of his work. But if he was staying over, Itachi had no excuse not to teach him.
"You bet." Itachi answered again, humming while he chopped an assortment of vegetables. "Why don't you freshen up while I make dinner? This may take a while."
"Yeah, sure." Sasuke stood up his chair with renewed enthusiasm. He ran upstairs and hopped on the bath. After a few minutes of relaxing in the warm, soapy water, he could hear Itachi shouting from downstairs.
"Sasuke, were you expecting anyone?" Itachi's worried voice echoed in the house.
"Oh snap!" Sasuke slipped down the tub. He almost forgot about the tutor. "That's my tutor!" he shouted back, hurrying to finish his bath to get dressed.
"Are you sure? It's a red Volvo parking on the driveway." Itachi's asked him again.
Red Volvo? Where in the world did he get that? Was Kakashi a thief too? OH MY GOD!
After five minutes, Sasuke rushes down, practically skipping the last three steps of the stairs. Now that Itachi was here, he can get rid of the lying thief.
What greets him is an odd scene in the living room.
"I can just pick up the problem sets that Sasuke finished and continue some other time." Kakashi shyly accepted the tea that Itachi was serving him. "I'm awfully late. Traffic was heavy."
"Oh yes, I heard it on the news." Itachi sat on the chair in front of Kakashi. "There was a helicopter crash?"
"Huh?" Sasuke couldn't believe what he was hearing. So Kakashi was telling the truth?! Sasuke didn't announce his presence right way and just observed them make small talk. They were talking about the road conditions but the topic shifted to their hairstyles by a series of odd questions.
"I'm always busy at work. Oftentimes I forget these things." Itachi chuckles, referring to the long black strands that grew on top of his head.
"It suits you though." Kakashi smiles back.
"Thank you and yours as well. You were born with that hair color?" Itachi inquires, intrigued by Kakashi's silver hair.
"Yes, genetically, from my father side." Kakashi explains. "It's what inspired me to the sciences. Even now I still look for the answers. It naturally stays up that way since I was little."
"Really?" Shock was written all over Itachi's face. "You don't use hair products?"
THIS is the weirdest conversation Sasuke has ever heard. Deciding he couldn't take it anymore, he coughed to broadcast his arrival. However, the two were so deeply engrossed in the conversation that they didn't notice Sasuke at all.
"AHEM!" Sasuke faked a loud cough. It didn't fail to get their attention this time.
"Good evening Sasuke." Kakashi was first to greet him. "Sorry I'm late. I'll just get your homework tonight and we'll discuss it some other time. Aren't you glad?"
"Okay." Sasuke didn't even try to hide his glee. Kakashi always had the impression that he disliked studying. It never occurred to Kakashi that his student really disliked him. Sasuke quickly ran to the study, shoving his homework in an envelope. When he got back to the living room he was shocked for the second time that night.
"Why don't you stay for dinner? I made extra servings." Itachi was inviting Kakashi for a meal. "You should wait until they clear the main roads. Otherwise you'll get stuck in traffic again."
"I see you are the chef tonight." Kakashi eyes the pink apron that Itachi was wearing. "I guess I could stay for a bite or tw-"
"NO!" Sasuke shouts all of a sudden. What the hell was that look for? He didn't notice it till now but those porn books were a clear indication. His teacher was not just a liar and impostor. He's a freaking pervert too!
"Are you alright Sasuke?" Itachi comes running towards him. "Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing, just…" Sasuke blushes, embarrassed by his loud behaviour. Itachi had that big brother worried and confused look that always disarmed Sasuke. "Nothing." He sighed.
Within the same minute, Sasuke finds himself seated in the dining table. It was a square table and he was in his usual spot. Itachi was seating on his left side and Kakashi on his right. He has a feeling that he shouldn't have let them sit face to face because he was being ignored again.
"Linguine with Clam Sauce." Itachi introduces the dish once he set the plate down the table.
"This is delicious!" Kakashi compliments after a bite. He turns to Sasuke and smiles. "You didn't tell me you had a chef for a brother, Sasuke."
Well, he and Kakashi didn't really talk that much during their tutoring sessions. Actually, Sasuke always had to fight for the man's attention. He spoke in such a lazy, disinterested way that drove Sasuke insane. It was like Kakashi didn't like to be there and was forcing himself the whole time.
"ACTUALLY," Sasuke almost shouted as soon as he swallowed a mouthful of pasta. "Itachi is a distinguished nuclear physicist. At his young age, he's recognized worldwide and has won an award for his works." Top that you impostor!
Sasuke smiled as a clam seemed to have stuck on his tutor's throat.
"The same Itachi that worked with Orochimaru-sensei on Alpha Decay and Nuclear Fission?" Kakashi asked after drinking half a glass of water.
"You are familiar with Orochimaru-sensei?" It was Itachi's turn to have clam stuck in his throat. "This is a surprise." Itachi turned to Sasuke with wide eyes.
It seems like the two haven't made self-introductions yet but WHAT THE HELL? They have a connection? Sasuke was flabbergasted. That's seriously disturbing.
"Obito was not kidding when he said you were young." Kakashi finished his glass of water.
"You know Obito?" Sasuke tried to recall when Kakashi had met their cousin. His mother and father were the only ones in the house during Kakashi's visits. When did they meet?
"From the university – he's under my team. He was always telling me that his cousin is a better child prodigy than me." Kakashi laughed as he recalled. "Didn't you know?" He raised an eyebrow to Sasuke. "He was the one who suggested to your parents that I be your tutor."
Sasuke has lost his appetite now. He is so going to kill Obito when he sees him.
"I always tell your parents because they keep insisting on paying me." Kakashi explained. "Obito put a good word for me in the Uchiha Foundation. I'm able to continue my research because of your family's support."
"Obito was under you?" Itachi was curious about something. "You led a team?"
"Ah, yes. Up to now he always complains why he has to work under a twenty-two year old kid. I might not look it but I'm a professor." Kakashi's eyes disappeared under his modest smile. "I believe you've also worked with Minato-sensei?" He turned to Itachi once more.
"Minato-sensei? Might you be the famous Hatake Kakashi?" Itachi almost left his seat when he realized. "The science community's jack of all trades?"
"Yours truly." Kakashi kept his modest smile. "The title is an exaggeration of course. I am familiar with many fields but only an expert at few."
Sasuke soon finds scientific words being thrown all over the place. There were also names being mentioned – professor A, professor B, sensei this, sensei that. Here and there were names of countries, hospitals, universities and such. At one point, Sasuke caught a name of a restaurant and that was when he decided to choke on a clam.
"Are you alright?" Itachi asked while handing him a glass of water.
"I'm fine." His little commercial broke the trance the two were in. Sasuke can't believe that these two were actually enjoying themselves. Ignoring him on top of everything!
"Ready for dessert?" Itachi asked Sasuke excitedly, ruffling his hair as he stood from his seat. "I bought your favourite velvet cake…"
While Itachi was rambling about his adventures to the pastry shop, Sasuke noticed that Kakashi took out his phone. It was the big screen, expensive ones. "Che." Sasuke said under his breath. He didn't know his tutor was a big shot. Sasuke could see him browsing his messages and emails. Then Kakashi was adding a new contact:
Name: Uchiha_Itachi
Sasuke frowned. He was going to ask for Itachi's number. Then what? The two young, accomplished, mature-for-their-age geniuses would hang out and be all BFF with each other? They could talk about their science day and night and forever. Itachi was already spending less time with him and now his tutor would steal his brother's time too?
That was when it hit Sasuke. What if the pervert tutor he hates was planning on hitting on the brother he dearly loves?
Sasuke grits his teeth.
NOT on his watch.
