Itachi stood just outside the wall of the tempered bar and club waiting for his snot nosed brat of a brother and his best friend. Of course they had a group with them but those were the only two bodies he was concerned with getting into his mustang to drive home. The others could fend for themselves. He sighed leaning against the bricked wall of the city street and listened to the drumming base beat of the club while looking up at the sky above. It was a smoggy night and few stars could be seen throughout its dark grip. There were sounds of people, cars, and general city noise filtering all around him but he tried to ignore it. It was a warm night so he hadn't had to worry about his hoodie and instead had opted for a slick active wear black t-shirt and a pair of dark washed jeans. The sinuous breeze flowed around his muscles and bare arms as the door to the club opened.
He glanced towards that general direction and was caught slightly off guard. A woman no taller than his shoulder stumbled out laughing with a security guard gripping her arm shoving her out. Her face was the slight shape on an oval with a sloped forehead that curved into slender cheekbones. Her eyes were almond shaped with accented dark orbs like the color of a mocha coffee; but none of that was what caught his attention. His eyes lingered over her long sinewy blonde tendrils laced with strands of purple and aqua. And that smile…the laugh that followed it…she was defiant that was for sure. She turned on the guard laughing gently and with an easy laid back tone before standing up the best she could.
"Ok sir, you can let go. I'm fine on my own." The burly man raised an eyebrow shaking his head letting go of her arm sighing.
"Little girls like you shouldn't walk the streets alone." He didn't mean it as bad as it came out but Itachi knew it was of concern.
"I'll be just fine." She nodded her head confidently and crossed her lithe arms across her flat chest.
"I don't want to leave a tiny thing like you with…"
"There you are." Itachi said casually striding over. He used his business persona that often got him bonus points from clients at work for his father's corporation to exude power over the guard's nerves.
"And who are you?" the guard snapped annoyed glancing the slender male over.
"Does that matter?" he rolled his eyes before tucking a strand of hair behind his ear and coolly sliding a hand into his pocket. "Look, I'm just here to pick up my play toy. You got a problem with that?" the guard narrowed his eyes before looking to the girl for reassurance.
"Play toy? That's what I get?" she snapped at him before smacking his shoulder hard. Itachi was slightly shocked at her choice of acting but he forced himself not to show it. He kept a stoic facial expression.
"Kids…" the man shook his head and opened the door to go back inside. Itachi grinned down at the girl standing within a hair's length from his arm.
"Thanks for getting him off my butt." She slurred a little.
"I suppose I could have used a better choice of words though." She laughed with that slow gentle drawl again and he couldn't help but reach a hand out to steady her so she stayed upright.
"You're lucky I didn't slap you." She chuckled leaning into his hand's touch on her elbow.
"Well…I guess…you'll be on your way then." Itachi started meeting her eyes.
"I should yeah…" she looked up at him. "My name's Aja." He could see a silver wisp of a dangling earing hanging in the refines of her hair.
"Itachi." He nodded to her his hand still lingering with his fingers ebbed over the crook of her elbow.
"Nii-san!" the door slammed open again and spilling from its mouth came a highly intoxicated Sasuke followed by the gentle young blonde hanging off his back. If Sasuke had forced Naruto off he doubted that the boy could walk without assistance. There was a crop of high blush on his tanned face whereas Sasuke's was redder than a tomato.
"We're ready to go…" the blonde hiccupped, "home." He finished biting his lip trying not to laugh.
"Catch you around sometime." The girl named Aja traced her fingers through his hand as she pulled away. Itachi felt a strong pang of regret that his brother had chosen this moment in its entirety to emerge from the club. However, as it had escaped his notice at the moment, he felt the strange feeling of crinkling in his hand. As he watched the young woman walk and occasionally stumble until she disappeared around the street corner he looked down to discover a small ripped piece of paper in his hand.
"Who the hell was that?" Sasuke yawned running into his brothers side laughing. "Sorry, you're closer than I thought you were. Can we go home now?" he put his head on Itachi's shoulder staring up at him. Itachi felt his lip quirk up in an amused smirk.
"You're unbelievably drunk." He poked his younger brother in the forehead. The reaction was to have the younger teen make a face before smacking his hand away. Itachi grabbed his car keys from his pocket and made carefully sure to replace them with the paper. On it he realized the girl had given him a phone number; when she'd managed to do that he didn't know.
"Whatever, just come on." Naruto grabbed his other arm and tried to pull him down the street towards the sleek model of a Mustang under the streetlight.
"I'm coming." He laughed and carted the two idiots towards his car. He had to stop several times while Naruto fell and Sasuke tried to grab him under his arms to heave the teen back up. In the end Itachi ended up pulling Sasuke by the back of his shirt to the car and had to go back to collect the blonde from the curb on the sidewalk where he'd fallen and laid. He made sure to lock them in the car so he had enough time to walk around and get in himself making sure that neither of them would fall out by accident.
"You look like a girl." Sasuke giggled from the backseat with Naruto laced over his lap sleeping already.
"Oh will you can it." He snapped starting up the car. "Or I won't be your DD again."
"Then cut your hair." The boy yawned long in the visor mirror. Itachi shook his head smirking and turned on the headlights before driving off towards the Uchiha mansion.