-Start! Just Like This by SPYAIR—
Chapter 3: Sleep With Me
Yūko finished caring to Sasuke's injuries and put the rest of the medical supplies in a drawer by the bed. He lay back down on the rusty bed and stared at the ceiling.
"Do you need anything else Uchiha-sama?"
Yūko still did not feel comfortable calling Sasuke by his first name. Let alone without honorifics. And to add onto that, she was now his subordinate so adding "sama" was completely necessary. Well, not to Sasuke.
He glanced at Yūko and back to the ceiling. He started to drift off again. What he started to think about, Yūko hadn't had the clue.
-flashback—
Itachi was training Sasuke outside while Yūko observed from her spot on the grass. She smiled at the flower wreathes she had made for the three of them. Yūko looked back at Sasuke who was training so hard. He glanced at her a couple of times to see if she was looking. Itachi mentally sighed but couldn't help smirking at his brother.
"Let's stop for now Sasuke"
"Eh? Why?" Sasuke looked at his brother questionably. Itachi smiled and poked his forehead. The little Uchiha frown and rubbed the sore spot.
"We can train later" he leaned closer to whisper into Sasuke's ear, "Yūko looks a little lonely right now so let's go cheer her up ok?"
Sasuke's face lit up at his older brother's request. He ran over to Yūko's side and sat down beside her. She twitched at his sudden arrival. Yūko looked up from her flower wreath to the younger Uchiha sitting beside her.
"Are you done training already Sasuke-san?"
"Yeah" he knitted his brows together, "you can just call me Sasuke you know?"
"Oh ok… ano Sasuke" she smiled.
Itachi then walked over to the two and sat down with them. Yūko fiddled with her kimono sleeve and looked at both of them. She picked up the flower wreathe she was making and glanced at Itachi.
"Itachi"
"Hm?"
Yūko stood up and placed the wreathe on his head. She smiled at him and touched his cheek with her cold hand. He shivered from her touch but smiled up at her.
"I made this for you. Do you like it?"
"It's beautiful thank you."
Sasuke watched from the background. Recently there was a certain kind of pain coming from his chest every time Yūko looked at his brother in a certain way. He asked Itachi about the feeling and he said it was jealousy. But Sasuke refused to think that he was jealous of the closeness Itachi and Yūko shared. Itachi was his brother and Yūko was his best friend. He thought it was wrong to have that kind of feeling. Sasuke touched the place over his heart and looked back at the two. No matter what, Sasuke wanted to prevent this feeling. He snatched her hand that was touching Itachi and held a firm grip.
"Nani?" she looked at Sasuke's hand and back at him.
Realizing what he just did, Sasuke quickly thought of something.
"U-uh… Yūko-chan do you want to sleep over tonight?"
"Eh? I'd love to but…"
"It's ok Yūko"
"Hm?"
Itachi looked up at Yūko. "You may sleep at our house. It'll be fine and I'm sure Okaa-san won't mind."
"So will you stay Yūko-chan?"
"Sure!"
For the rest of the day Sasuke, Itachi and Yūko played in Sasuke's room. And several times, Sasuke dragged Yūko away from Itachi. Itachi on the other hand found it amusing that Sasuke would go that far so he wouldn't feel the pain of jealousy. They were only seven years old and Sasuke was already possessive of the girl. But of course, Yūko was too oblivious to notice.
The night sky covered the city of Konohagakure and that meant it was bedtime in the Uchiha household. Yūko borrowed Sasuke's PJ's, although they were a little big on her. Sasuke stopped mid-step and stared at the bagginess of the pajamas he lent her. Itachi came by and ruffled her hair.
"Cute"
Yūko blushed a light pink and fiddled with the sleeves.
"Ano where will I sleep?"
"You can sleep in my room Yūko-chan!" Sasuke grabbed her hand and marched into his room. There was only one bed so that meant that they had to share. Sasuke crawled into bed and patted the space next to him.
"Come on Yūko-chan!" he exclaimed.
"Ah Hai" Yūko crawled into bed and next to Sasuke.
"Oyasuminasai"
"Oyasuminasai Sasuke"
Sasuke pecked Yūko on her forehead and quickly turned around to hide his blush. Yūko touched the spot he kissed and leaned on his back. After a few minutes she drifted off to sleep. Sasuke finally turned around and gazed at Yūko's face. He felt his heartbeat rise and a small blush on his cheeks. He snuggled close to her and fell asleep himself not knowing somebody was watching the two.
Mikoto watched the whole bedtime scene and giggled. Itachi walked behind her.
"Okaa-san it's not good to spy on them"
"Oh shush Itachi, I'm seeing how much progress Sasuke is making with his first crush."
Itachi sighed at his spying mother and went back to his room for some well-deserved sleep.
-end flashback—
"Uchiha-sama?
Sasuke jolted up at the sound of her voice.
"If you are not feeling well please tell me. I will go tell Kabuto right away."
"No, I'm fine"
"Ok then. Do need anything else Uchiha-sama?"
Sasuke looked at Yūko once more for a moment there was a hint of emotion a on her face but quickly went back to being stoic.
"Sleep with me"
"Nani?"
He sighed and grabbed her cold hand.
"Sleep"
"Hai"
Yūko crawled onto the old bed with Sasuke joining her. Her amethyst eyes met his obsidian ones. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep while Sasuke laid wide awake. When he was sure that she was asleep, he brushed some of her ink-colored hair out of her face. Sasuke scooted closer to her and snaked his arm around her waist. His brows furrowed as his heart rate went up. Sasuke knew what kind of feeling it was but he was too stubborn to admit it. He shouldn't be focusing on those emotions right now. Now was the time to think about killing his brother. He sighed and rested his chin on her head before going to sleep himself. sasuke thought that maybe with her around it wouldn't be so bad to train under the snake sanin. 'Yeah, as long as she's by my side...'
-End! Haruiro by Universe-
*Yawn* I'm sleeeepy! This chapter would have been better and longer had I not gone to the pool today :/ but I hope you still enjoyed this chapter anyways. This story will have a lot of flashbacks by the way. So uh review please. Yeah they kind of make me want to write more because I'm happy that someone reviewed and gave me feedback. Otherwise I'm just sitting in front of the computer screen not knowing what to write next. If you noticed, I have changed the opening and ending songs. I just feel that those would best fit in later chapters than the beginning because I have something planned for this story later. I also started drawing a manga to go with this too but I'm a real lazy ass person which means I'm not even done the first chapter. But as soon as it's done I'll put it up on my deviant art gallery. It will only be a rough draft of it by the way so don't expect too much. Thanks for reading!
-Aiko ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
