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Itachi sat on a seat next to the hospital bed Sakura had placed Ino on. Sakura had taken off Ino's white dress shirt to reveal a blue short v-necked t-shirt underneath, and she had to nearly run out to get a knee-length flowing skirt for Ino since Sakura knew it was uncomfortable for her to sleep in her tight professional skirt. Her hair was spread out around her, her eyes closed, hiding away the beautiful sky-blue orbs underneath.
The perfect pale skin made him want to touch her, but he knew her heart would never love him the way he loved her, but she respected her feelings.
Barbie. That was the single word that popped up in his mind looking at the innocent women on the bed, her cheeks were also a bit pink, showing that she was fevered, but she still looked like a doll to him.
Some of her other friends were crowded either around the bed or just somewhere in the room. Itachi touched her cheek lightly, watching her lips form a single word, and he couldn't help but snap his head back to glare at Sasuke who was behind him. His younger brother had no fear to meet his gaze.
Both of them stared at each other angrily before a small turn of Ino made Itachi look back at his wife, picking up her hand to kiss the back of it gently before rubbing it, returning it back into its spot it was in before.
Ino's body shifted and she turned to the right, her body facing Itachi, and he lifted a hand to run it softly down her arm, stopping when it reached her waist. So beautiful, Itachi thought, and his eyes couldn't help but travel over every millimeter of her body, but he knew that it would never be his, his eyes growing sad.
The small v-neck t-shirt that she wore gave her an even more innocent look and when she finally stirred, he couldn't help but lean forward, waiting for her to wake up. Just as she woke up, he leaned forward, capturing her lips for a split second before moving back, looking at her shocked face. Quickly she recovered and looked at her, her cheeks a bit flushed from fainting.
Her eyes were open, but she didn't say anything, just looking at Itachi. "Are you alright? You fainted…" Itachi pressed his hand against her hand, holding it before rubbing the spot where he had kissed it softly.
Ino leaned back against the fluffy pillows on the hospital bed, her eyes tired and she sighed, saying, "It's just from stress, don't worry about me." she swung her legs and was just about to push herself off the bed when Itachi placed both of his arms on either side of her, stopping her from standing up to her full height.
"No, you're not going anywhere. You're going to stay in bed and rest for the rest of the day, and then you're going to stay home for the next week." Itachi's hands made Ino sit back down, smoothing out the skirt she wore.
Her eyes fell to the ground. "Fine, I will…"
A finger slipped under her chin and Itachi forced Ino to look at him in the eyes. "Promise." and Ino couldn't help but repeat the words back. "Well, right now it's lunch time so I suppose you can go see the twins if you want to." he stood up. Ino only came up to his chin so she tiptoed as high as she could and kiss his cheek, but Itachi moved his head slightly to the right, capturing her lips instead.
"Sorry…" Ino muttered, looking down at the ground to see Itachi staring calmly into Sasuke's raging eyes. "Come on, Itachi," she said softly, tugging at her husband's sleeve. "Don't hurt him," she quietly said, and that single sentence made Itachi look away, walking away with his wife beside his side.
Just as they were beginning to walk away, Ino wrapped her arms around Itachi's left arm, hugging it to her and smiling. Sasuke couldn't help but clench his fist, angry at his brother for gaining the love that he had longed for, but his feelings of lust always came over.
Naruto walked over, immediately realizing Sasuke's feelings he patted Sasuke's shoulder. "Jealous? I don't blame you really, Ino's really pretty." he smiled at the blonde walking away from him. "Too bad she already has children with Itachi." then Sasuke gave him a violent look, immediately shaking him off.
Ino walked beside Itachi as he showed her around the building, making their way to the little playroom when she turned around. "Why is Sasuke behind us?" she asked, lightly pulling on Itachi's sleeve.
"Well, in a month, I have to go with Naruto since he's flying to America to talk to some people, I'm going with them and Sakura is babysitting the children, so I'm putting your protection in his hands." and without stopping for a breath, he continued walking, but Ino tugged him back.
Her beautiful blonde hair flew around her. "Why did you do that?" her eyes were full of worry.
Itachi pressed both of her hands together, his own hands covering both of them. "Don't worry, he won't do anything to you, and he's the only one I can really trust when it comes to protecting and since he use to be your boyfriend, he'll protect you with his life." then he kissed her cheek. "You don't truly love me anyway," he muttered, turning away from her.
Ino pouted, crossing her arms, she said, "Stop saying that! I love you!" and to prove it, she tiptoed, but being that she was shorter, she couldn't reach Itachi's lips and she backed down.
"You can't even bring yourself to kiss me," he said, turning around and walking away slowly.
She smiled, knowing that he had done it one purpose. "You're just too tall for me," she said, hugging onto his arm once again, looking up to see a small smile on his face.
"I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to, and besides, you still have feelings for him." he pressed an arm around Ino's shoulders, smiling when she pushed herself against him. "You're beautiful, do you know that?"
"You don't have to tell me that twenty-four seven, Itachi!" she giggled, feeling his hand run through her long gentle hair.
Sasuke stood in the back, noting how both of them acted around each other. A feeling began to uproar in the bottom of his stomach and he clenched his hand again, a beginning of a habit of his. For over a week already, all that had bothered him was hatred and anger. How was it that Itachi would get one of his hottest girlfriends and he couldn't get her back even though he had gotten her first?
The minute he had gotten the job for working beside his brother, he had broken up with Karin, not that she minded. She was actually married to Suigetsu, but he had said that Sasuke could hang around her long enough, but just not to get into her pants.
"I always told her she was beautiful everyday when we were together, and she never once told me to stop," he muttered under his breath, smiling lightly.
Then he looked up to see Itachi poking his head out of the room, raising an eyebrow at him before returning back into the room, and Sasuke couldn't help but speed up his walking to arrive.
Two boys immediately jumped at him, identical smiles, hairstyles, clothing, and face. The only difference was their eye color, one shade a dark onyx while the other was a shining sky-blue. "Hi, who are you? Are you here to play with us?" both of them said, in complete harmony, and Sasuke couldn't help but look weirdly at the two children hanging onto the each of his feet.
A chiming laughter mad him turn his attention away from them. "Oh, Itsuki, Shunya! Get off him! Just look at him, he's suffering!" then she leaned down a bit, holding her arms out to catch both of them as they ran to her instead, planting a kiss on each of her cheeks.
Itachi suddenly appeared beside Sasuke as Karin and Ino began to play with the twins that suddenly had a sprout of sudden energy. "Cheerful aren't they? Quite cute at the same time actually," he smiled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I never knew you could get someone pregnant," he replied, closing his eyes as he leaned up against the wall, not caring for what was really happening.
"You should, you're their uncle." the sentence got to Sasuke and he opened his eyes to see Itachi giving a kind smile. "I know you still have feelings for her-"
"I don't," Sasuke harshly replied, swiping his arm at his older brother's kind gesture.
His older brother let his hand drop down back to its original spot. "Well, you do. I can tell, just look at that jealousy imprinted on your face," he said, pointing at his face. "You still love her, but you should let go of the past, I'm sure there is a lot more women out there for you," Itachi said, giving a kind smile, and he reached his hand out just to rest it on Sasuke's shoulder, instead of it landing on his shoulder, Sasuke's hand pushed at it, shoving it away.
Just as that movement happened, Ino turned away from both of the children, her hand toward the little pocket in the skirt where her cell phone was held. Ino pointed a finger at the room.
"We were playing hide-and-seek …and I can't find the twins. I'm a bit tired too," Ino said, rubbing a hand against the back of her neck, sighing a bit.
Itachi pulled Ino in a short hug, looking at Sasuke's expression the whole time. "I'll try finding them …you should rest." he kissed her forehead lightly, watching as a smile spread itself on her face, and he returned it.
Ino smiled as he began looking for the small children and she pulled out her cell phone just in time to hear a little chime. Pressing a button on it, she held it to her ear, making short answers after Sakura spoke on the other end.
"I know Sasuke is nearby, give him the cell phone," Sakura ordered on the other end, Ino made a suck of her teeth.
Stomping her foot childishly, she said, "He doesn't want to, that's why every time his cell phone rang, he didn't pick it up! He doesn't want to talk to you!" with a suck of her teeth, she held her cell phone out to Sasuke, who slowly took it from his hands, and he turned around, shoving the cell phone to his ear.
"What?" he said, rudely.
The blonde beside him couldn't resist the urge to laugh out loud. Sasuke was holding a glimmering bright purple cell phone to his ear, and his face held an annoyed expression. Even from her distance, she was able to hear the loud shouting of Sakura on the other end, making her giggle.
"You're annoying," he noted, holding the cell phone away from his ear as Sakura went on and on even more about his attitude lately. Before Sakura could finish her sentence he exited from the call, throwing it back to Ino, who caught it easily.
Ino stepped forward, smiling at Sasuke before she raised both of her arms, parting Sasuke's bangs so they framed his face instead of covering it. "These years away from me as improved you, even if they made you a bit colder…" she gave a smile.
Sasuke leaned closer and when they were almost into kissing distance; Ino quickly pulled him into a hug instead. "I'm sorry, Sasuke." she pulled away, kissing his cheek gently before completely pulling away from his grasp.
Where her body had been felt empty and Sasuke felt the air for several seconds as if he was hoping she would materialize there on the spot. Pressing his hand over the spot where Ino had kissed him, he walked away and around the corner.
"He wanted to kiss me…" Ino muttered, and walked back to where Itachi stood, slightly tired of looking for the twins even though he couldn't find them.
"Then why didn't you kiss him?" Itachi stared at her without any shame in his face about the question he had asked.
Ino didn't hesitate to answer. "I'm married to you!" her hands went to the ring on her finger and she held it up. "See!"
"Sure, you're Mrs. Uchiha, who you wanted to be all your life, but you're married to the wrong one. You don't love me, you love my younger brother. You always have." Itachi knew that Itsuki and Shunya were out of the room or else he wouldn't have said it so opening in the first place.
"You're more mature. You're not running around with other women and you're more caring than he is! I don't care what you think, Itachi! I love you, alright?" she stepped forward, kissing his lips before pulling away a few seconds later when both of them heard the sound of retreating footsteps.
Itachi looked at Ino for a second time. "I'm quite positive that was my younger brother," he said, staring at Ino's face for any kind of emotion.
His wife looked down at the floor before tiptoeing, planting another kiss on his lips instead of running after Sasuke. "Hey, Karin left the room and she might have found them in the other playrooms, I have to meet up with Sakura since she wants me to change my job to something out that'll put less stress on me, I'll see you later, okay?"
Giving a flirty wave, Ino turned around and ran off in the direction where she heard the footsteps run. She liked Itachi, but he had nearly been a bit brother to her all her life, so with that, she had to somewhat force her to kiss his lips. Itachi was also a bit more observing than she had expected him to be, he always knew her feelings just when she didn't want him to.
When she arrived at where Sakura was suppose to be found, she saw Sasuke at the door, wiping at what seemed like silent tears, but when he looked back up, it didn't look like a single tear was ever on his face, his eyes not even a bit red. Ino walked past him and just when she was going to touch the doorknob and twist it open, his arms wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her away from the door.
"Why did you have to marry him of all people?" his voice whispered, and his grip on her shoulders tightened. "Why my brother of all people?" he grabbed her wrist tightly, his fingers on a specific spot, and Ino's eyes widened, he was checking her pulse, to see if it would speed up or slow down.
Being a woman and being so close to Sasuke, she was able to feel his body heat and she couldn't help but flush, making her heart speed up so much faster. Sasuke didn't look like he ever even noticed, but he dug his head into her long hair, enjoying the scent of her close to him once again.
It was light, but Ino definitely felt Sasuke's lips brush against her neck, and she fought to resist the urge to kiss him there. Taking a deep breath, she slowly pushed him away, looking at his pained face with worry. "I'm sorry, Sasuke …you weren't there when I needed help from you and you were still living your teenage years …I wasn't going to mess it up for you." she touched his shoulder, running her hand down his arm before giving his hand a squeeze, turning around.
"I was stupid back then," Sasuke reached out to touch her, but Ino pulled away.
Giving an apologetic face, she said, "Sorry…" she tiptoed, kissing his forehead gently and moved away before he could grab her into another hug.
Ino twisted the doorknob, pushing the door open to see three other visitors in the office room. She looked down on the ground as Sakura slowly walked over to her, a clipboard in her hand.
"Ino, you're going to be helping Naruto in the office from now on, Itachi nearly wanted to kill me when I refused to change your job, I mean, you're perfect at it, but it's obviously causing too much stress on you. When he needs water or whatever, he'll just tell you. You know the building already so you won't have any trouble with it, alright? And you get to wear whatever you want, just look pretty since he has a lot of visitors." she patted Ino's shoulder before walking swiftly away.
Naruto waved a hand out at Ino. "Hey, Ino, could you bring some tea?" and immediately Ino began on her new job, returning to set the tea on the table, preparing the cups as she gently filled each cup with an equal amount of tea.
"So, Ino is your- Ow!" the male with brown hair had spoken to only be cut off by a woman with four pigtails in her hair.
"Ignore him, he flirts with every girl that looks like they could be a model," she said, slapping the back of the man's head twice before smiling at Ino.
Ino gave an uncertain smile. "Oh, Ino, this is, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari." he pointed to each person. "These are my daily visitors."
Ino nodded her head, turning around to know that her new job would be more entertaining since she had to deal with a complete flirt in the room, a hitting woman, and a quiet man that quietly drank his tea, making no comments about his siblings' behavior at all.
Alright, Love or Lust, done!
I think this came out pretty good for my second chapter, so please review? I don't feel as confident over this story now a days...