Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the characters.
The loud banging at the door rose Sasuke from his sleep. Tumbling with the sheets and all groggily, he went to the front door to see why all the commotion the one day he decided to sleep in. Opening the door a bit forcefully, squinting his eyes adjusting to the light, he was received with a bag shove at his face by no other than Obito. An eyebrow twitch and just like that Sasuke turned to go inside leaving the unwanted guest at the door.
"Yeah, good morning to you too Snow white." Chirped Obito, casually walking to the kitchen to prepare some coffee. He only laugh when the unmistakably grumbling and muttering of the younger Uchiha reach his ears.
"What do you want, pest?" Raising his voice so he could be heard from the bathroom.
"Hey, no name calling..." said another voice, this one more smooth and calm much like his own.
'Great, even Itachi is here. Just fucking great' Sasuke loved his family, he really did but sometimes they just got in his nerves. The constant teasing from both, the lectures and the unwanted visits. The youngest was not up to it, no not today. He knew what was going on, he wasn't stupid. They delayed this dreaded day, just because he was still getting used to Konoha but now they wanted to take him out even by force.
"Little brother get out of the bathroom, we all know you're not doing anything there."
"Yeah come over Snow white, we have to talk."
Sasuke seeing that he didn't have to much of a choice, joined them at the kitchen pouring a cup of coffee for himself, looking blandly outside the window. The two of them were leaning against the counter top, drinking calmly, watching the youngest out of the corner of their eyes. Of course, Sasuke could feel their eyes boring in his back so he decided to amuse them a little.
"What unpleasant morning I am having right now, spill it. What do you want?" he was rather annoyed, being stared at.
"Sasuke..." Itachi's voiced sounded defeated without even trying.
"Let me, Itachi." All the playfulness and careless Obito carried in his voice vanished, looking at his little cousin dead in the eye, not even a twitch. "Sasuke...its been what? One and a half month since we got here? Believe me when I say, we've been giving you all the space you need but this got to stop. I know you are hurting, hell even I am hurting. Now all we got its each other, nothing else...do you understand? Itachi and I, we...we want to go out and spend some time as a family. Its been a while since we did. Don't you want to spend some time with us too?"
Sasuke shifted uncomfortably under his cousin stare. He knew Obito was right but he didn't have the strength, the will to keep going. He felt like he was living in a dream, floating through life waiting to disappear. There was nothing else that could spark him, make his heart flutter or keep him awake all night, there was nothing. Yet he felt bad for them, because Obito was right. He still had his brother and his cousin, fighting to have a better life, dragging him out of the hole he sunk in. 'I'm sorry...'
"Hn...I do..."
"Then-"
" - Little brother, we just want for you to go out and see the town yourself."
Itachi's pleading eyes always did managed to melt Sasuke's own resolution. Never once he has win against his brother.
"Just for the record we are going to eat at The Fan, Snow white."
Unsurprisingly all the seriousness went down the drain with Obito's goffy smile and carefree attitude and like always it did not help one bit.
"Obito...Get. Out." The usually deep tone of Sasuke's voice, got even depper and the Uchiha blood begun to rush all over his body. He was definitely pissed.
'Dammit I think I teased him a bit too much..ugh! Itachi save me, I don't wanna run.' Obito mental struggle and praying did nothing to the other Uchiha. If anything, Itachi was amused being the sadist he is.
"Cousin, this is all your fault..." And just like a ninja, Obito proofed. It escaped the brothers how could his cousin run like that, it was an Uchiha mystery. Feeling satisfied at the misery of the other, Itachi walked passed Sasuke, not without ruffling his hair.
"Sasuke will come to pick you up at five thirty. Be ready by then. No excuses."
"Hn."
Itachi was resisting the urge to face palm himself, because he was not going to give his little brother something to mock him with but that annoying noncommittal grunt he did, piss the hell out if him.
"I don't even know why I try to save this family..." Itachi muttered, leaving behind a very angry Uchiha.
With the pest and his brother out of his hair, Sasuke entered in his routine once again. Going around the house looking for weeds to pull, checking the fences, watering the plants. After finishing with the garden, he went and sit at the balcony like he always did, brooding. Unfortunately nothing seemed to help the emptiness inside him. He felt like a hollow, a shell, a shadow of his former self. His thoughts drifted from his mother, father, the night they had been killed, his wife, the child they were expecting, the name his was thinking of giving to his first son but soon enough he stopped. It didn't failed to make him cry, every time he thought about them. He felt the tears rolling down his face, not even once he moved to get them out of the way. The tears made him feel less dead, a bit more alive, more human.
Out of nowhere his moment was ruined. Eyes snapped open, blaze with fury when he heard something running in his garden. 'What the FUCKING HELL' Enraged he moved his face around, looking for the offender only to find two big round orbs staring at him. So clear, so bright, he could see himself reflected in them. Surprised and confused, Sasuke kept staring, retreating slowly at the boyish face that was looking at him entranced. Staring at the boy with disbelief, Sasuke got up from the balcony and went straight to the boy.
Scrutinizing the kid, he concluded that the brat would probably be around nine or ten years old. He was a bit tiny and far way to thin with sun shade spike blond hair and marks over his cheeks. His hard gaze never left the kid and when those big round eyes took hints of fear, Sasuke grabbed the tiny wrist and lifted his arm, mostly to keep him in place.
"I will give you three seconds to get the fuck out if you don't, I'll call the police and have your parents here apologizing for you. Clear? "
The boy frantically nodded, tears forming in the corners of his eyes, squirming to get out of that grip. Sasuke didn't care the boy got sacred, this was his property and he was in all his rights. As soon as he freed the boy from his grasp, he went running like a bolt, dissapearing from Sasuke's sight.
A bit exhausted from what happened, he went back to the balcony, he sat there in the middle, crossed his legs and closed his eyes, letting his mind carry him away, away from reality.
