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Chapter 4
Yukie, Sasuke, and Itachi run up the drive way just as the rain begins pouring. Itachi opens the door and smiles as Sasuke and Yukie rush in out of the rain. They had been running for the last few blocks and were soaked. Yukie stops just inside the door to catch her breath, and when she looks up, she's surprised at how much of the house looks so familiar. I-I have been here before. Yukie softly smiles and looks over to the long set of stairs she could very clearly remember running up, and sliding halfway down the banister of, as a small child.
"Yukie, your room will be upstairs, down the hall from Sasuke's. It's not very well decorated, but you'll customize it once you settle in I'm sure." Itachi comes up behind Yukie and looks down at her, smiling faintly. Yukie smiles too.
"Alright Itachi; but I have something to do before that." The call was just too tempting and promptly Yukie spins on her heels and walks back for the door. Stopping in front of it quickly, she turns around. "It'll be more obvious as we get along, but I've, always, been a bit of a child." Yukie swings the door open and rushes out into the rain.
Jumping, running, and just plain having fun, Yukie enjoys the first rainfall in a while. Sasuke and Itachi just stand at the door and watch her for a moment. Itachi smiles, shakes his head and walks out after Yukie.
"Itachi! Where are you going, you'll get wet!" Sasuke shouts after Itachi, utterly confused.
"Sasuke, we've nothing to lose," Itachi gestures toward Yukie, who was giggling like a three year old. "And something to gain." Itachi walks out to catch Yukie. Sasuke stands at the door, dumbfounded.
"May I have this dance?" Itachi bows and holds out a hand to Yukie who smiles, laughs and politely curtsies and takes it. Itachi spins her and she howls with laughter. Maybe this will be more fun than I thought. Yukie spins away from Itachi and holds out her arms while she turns gracefully. Her light blue shirt flows away from her torso and just as she slows down a bit, a hand grasps hers. She doesn't have much time to think about it, because she kept spinning into her arms and someone else's.
Scared half to death, Yukie looks up and Sasuke stands right behind her, smiling in the corner of his mouth, the only way Yukie could remember seeing him smile since she saw him. Yukie smiles a huge, wide smile and spins back out. Once she comes back instead of being wrapped back in arms, Yukie takes her free hand and wraps it around the back of the boys' neck. Surprised at first, Sasuke smugly smiled and wrapped his arm loosely around Yukies back. The two dipped from side to side, Yukie leading, crazily almost-waltzing to imaginary music. The three of them ran and danced in the rain for what seemed like twenty minutes before rushing inside, where Itachi grabbed towels for them to dry off with. Yukie went to her luggage, which still sat inside the door and pulled out some soft blue shorts and a white tank top.
Drying herself off as much as she could, she ran upstairs to what she assumed was her room. It was a pale blue, with nothing on the walls except the windows. The bed has white sheets and no pillow cases. There's a small desk in one corner, and a picture frame is face down with a note under it. Yukie walks over to pick it up, and it's a picture of her, and Sasuke likely not much older than a year or two old. Itachi, looking much younger than now stands behind the two of them and smiles. Yukie remembers having long hair for how young she was, but it barely went halfway down her back, while now it hangs to her hips most often. She picks up the note and it reads; "You can have this, if you'd like. Consider it a welcome gift. From Itachi and Sasuke." Yukie smiles softly and holds the picture close to her. In the light of only the lamp on the desk, the room looked dark and almost peaceful. I can't believe it, Yukie thinks to herself. I'm already happy.
Chapter 5
Still standing in front of the desk, Yukie can't stop softly gazing at the small rectangle of proof that testifies that she had known the Uchiha brothers before. Sasuke was right. Yukie grabs a small clump of her long brown hair and looks at it before turning back to the picture. My hair is much longer. Yukie sets the picture down, so it stands on the desk. She walks over to the light switch next to the door and flicks it on. She changes out of her wet clothes and into new dry clothes. She takes one more glance at the picture on the desk before turning the light out and hurrying down the stairs.
"Itachi! Onii-san, where are you?" Yukie tries to recall he different rooms, but draws a blank.
"Keep walking down the hall and turn right. We're in the kitchen." Following his directions, and the sound of his voice, Yukie finds the two of them sitting at the table, with an open chair, and a cup of tea left for her. She walks in and sits, smiling softly.
"Thank you." She stares down at her cup and wraps her hands around the warm bottom. Both of the brothers look at her.
"For what, Yukie?" Sasuke stares her down from her left side, and seems confused.
"There was a picture on the desk upstairs, and a note. It was the three of us," Yukie looks up and relaxes into the chair, smiling. "We were together then and we're together now." Yukie opens her eyes and looks at both of them Itachi calmly sips his tea, and Sasuke looks down at his cup, breaking eye contact with Yukie. "It's, like a family." Yukie says it quietly, but not quietly enough. Itachi pauses for a moment, but smiles and keeps drinking his tea. Sasuke stares down at the table, trying to hide how he feels. A mix of confusion and shock.
"Well you two, " Itachi looks at both Yukie and Sasuke, who meet his gaze. "It's a bit late and I had planned to show Yukie around the city briefly tomorrow, including the school you two will be attending." Yukie gulps down her tea rather quickly and rushes to her bags to lug them upstairs quickly so they're out of the way.
Once she gets all her bags in her room, she sits on the bed and thinks. This is really happening, I'm actually, living here. It seems so strange Yukie swings under the sheets and tries to clear it out of her mind quickly. It wasn't that she didn't like the feeling. It was the most amazing thing she had felt in a long while, but she didn't quite understand it. It didn't take long for her to get sleepy, and as she fell asleep she could here Sasuke going to his room. "Good night, guys." Yukie's breathing slowed and soon her breaths came in a steady pace, and she was asleep.
Chapter 6
It was maybe an hour, hour and a half before Sasuke carefully sat up in his bed, and listened. Silence, only the very faint, barely there, sound of Yukie breathing down the hall. He carefully got up and walked down the stairs to make certain no one was up. After doing a quick sweep and seeing nothing he made his way back upstairs, and down the hall. He stood in the doorway of Yukies new room and watched as the faint sound of her steady breathing, and the gentle rise and fall of her chest. He carefully stepped in and stood beside her. Crouching low, his face almost right next to hers, he softly whispered.
"Yukie, Yukie wake up." Nothing happened, she didn't even move. He heightens his voice. "Yukie, come on!" still in a whisper, Yukies eyes softly flutter, but she quickly falls back asleep. Becoming impatient Sasuke carefully shakes Yukies shoulder. "Yukie! Wake, up!" Yukies eyesopen and she blinks a few times before becoming afraid,
"Sa-Sasuke!" Sasuke quickly covers her mouth and carefully listens. There's still nothing except the quickened pace of Yukies breathing.
"Be quiet, we aren't supposed to be awake." He removes his hand from Yukies face and she slowly calms down.
"Then why are we?" She tries to keep her voice as low as possible, but she's confused and partially scared.
"Because," Sasuke looks Yukie directly in the eyes. "I need to show you something." Sasuke stands up and Yukie notices, only then, his black tee and dark blue pants. Yukie follows Sasuke down stairs, trying as hard as possible to be stealthy. She slips on her sandals beside the door and Follows him outside and behind the house to a small area overgrown with a bunch of weeds. There was a single small cherry blossom tree in one corner, with the most beautiful light pink blossoms.
"Our mother planted that tree two years before she was killed. It blossomed once, but never again after the incident. Yesterday, I noticed it had small buds, and this morning they had begun to open. I glanced over at them this evening and they were in bloom, more vibrant than any blossoms I had ever seen before." Sasuke's usual calm expression was replaced with one of solemn longing. "You remind me of her, you know?" He turns to Yukie who too was caught in the beautiful tale of the blossoms. Yukie turns to him.
"What- What do you mean Sasuke?" Yukies voice was softer than ever before, and Sasuke seemed to enjoy her soft tone.
"You remind me of my mother. You just, do. I can't explain it, but I find it strange that for five years that tree never blossomed except for the one year my mother was still alive, and once you come it gives the most vibrant flowers ever." Sasuke looks to the ground with a thoughtful expression and Yukie turns back to the tree. What IS up with that? Yukie can't make sense of it either, but she looks over to Sasuke. His solemn expression cutting a hole in her emotions for a split second. Yukie walks closer and grabs Sasuke's arm, pulling back toward the door. Sasuke seems confused, but doesn't fight back.
"Come on Sasuke-kun, it's past time for us to be asleep. Worrying about it is useless." And the two of them walk back to bed, still wondering.