Chapter 7

(A:N) dear readers, this is your lucky day, and here you have the next chapter of, my soon to be done, story…I of course hope you will enjoy.

Mind you, I only do this because I'm in a good mood, last week was WONDERFUL, because I was out having work experience as a doctor…it was the coolest thing ever…I even got to see a heart, a real pumping heart, in the chest of another man…I LOVED IT XD

DISCLAIMER: I should own them. They would do much better without that Kishimoto guy. Only good he ever did was invent them, create the intire story, and make millions…I mean, come on, he can't do that…tsk…

WARNINGS: well the usual, you should know it by now, right?

Chapter 7

Sasuke was walking back and forth in his room, trying to figure out what to do.

He had just confessed to Itachi, or rather confessed the part about him being gay, but not the part about him also being madly in love with his own brother, at least not yet.

Itachi had reacted in a weird way. Because Sasuke had been sure, he was going to be send onto the street for good, even though they had just made up. But instead, Itachi had just looked at him and then left.

Flashback

"I told him that I'm gay"

The silence following that statement was deafening.

Itachi just stared at the wall, as if it was the most interesting thing he'd ever seen, and didn't move at all. He opened his mouth about to say something, but thought against it and closed it again. He did this about ten times, before he gave up on words.

Then slowly, very slowly he got up from the couch and walked towards Sasuke. Sasuke wasn't sure what was going on, was Itachi going to hit him? Hug him? Both things sounded kind of scary at the moment.

But instead of stopping in front of the younger Uchiha, he just kept walking, now towards the door.

When he reached it, he slowly turned around and gave one final glance in Sasuke's direction, before walking out the door.

Sasuke's jaw dropped. What the fuck just happened?!

End flashback

Sasuke waited for about 10 minutes before giving up on Itachi returning, and then Sasuke left the living room too. Now he was in his room, hoping that this would turn out for the better.

Itachi didn't join him for dinner, and he didn't get a glimpse of him all evening. Not even after the staff went home.

He started to worry.

Was this something serious? Was his brother a complete homophobe (A:N HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG; IN ALL WAYS) or something?

Itachi didn't show at all, and Sasuke went to sleep early with a knot in the pit of his stomach, as if something was really wrong.

The following day didn't start out so well, only making everything more stupid.

Sasuke woke up, with a bad headache, and of course the knot in his stomach. And when he was eating breakfast it just seemed to get worse, he ended up not eating more than a few bites of the delicious looking food. And on top of that, Deidera blew the teapot up again, and then Kiba dropped last night's dishes with a nice, loud, chattering sound.

So in the end, Sasuke went to work with a VERY bad headache, and still, no sign of Itachi.

Sasuke's day didn't really get better from this point on. Quite the opposite actually. Being surrounded by talking people, who were shopping in the mall, was close to killing him, mixed with his fear of Itachi's still unknown reaction. Again, at the point of the day being very bad, it got worse.

That's when the fan girls arrived.

Some girls had gone by the restaurant at least one hundred times in only one hour. Even Naruto, with his slow mind, had noticed the girls annoying behavior.

"If they have to drool over an employee, couldn't they at least buy something?" Naruto muttered, and Sasuke gave a weak smile, despite his worries. He immediately regretted it, when he heard the girls squeal in delight. Naruto just rolled his eyes, and went back to work.

When they finally went away, Naruto and Sasuke sighed in relief.

But Sasuke's headache didn't go away.

Later around noon, Sasuke was cleaning up a table beside the door, which two lovebirds had left a mess.

Naruto was chatting with a teacher of his, Umino Iruka, who had come by to talk to him. He looked to be in his mid-twenties, which was quite young for a teacher. He had dark brown hair, put together in a ponytail and a small scar across his nose. He seemed to be a very nice person, but a little overprotective, a typical type for Naruto to rely to.

He was almost done with the cleaning, when a guy came in, who apparently recognized some friends, because the next thing he did was give a shout of joy and walk over to them. Sasuke couldn't keep himself from moaning in pain, gripping his poor head.

When Sasuke returned to the desk he noticed Naruto looking at him weirdly.

It turned out Naruto had heard him. And he wasn't pleased.

"Sasuke are you alright?" he asked. He didn't look very concerned; well actually, it looked like he had to try hard not to. But his voice told another story.

"It's nothing Dobe, I'm fine" he answered trying not to look at him. If he did he was sure Naruto would figure out that something was wrong, and even though it worked out fine the last time, Sasuke didn't want the blond to interfere in his and Itachi's problems…again. He just needed some sleep, and a talk with his brother, and then he would be alright for tomorrows work.

"HEY, don't call me a DOBE" Sasuke flinched at Naruto's loud words, and a look of regret went over Naruto's features.

"Sorry" he mumbled "But you really should go home Sasuke! You look horrible!"

"Seriously Naruto, I'm telling you, I'm fine" Sasuke went on stubbornly. Now Iruka decided to join in.

"I think Naruto is right, you look very sick" Iruka stretched out his hand to feel Sasuke's forehead. Sasuke really wanted to avoid the hand touching him, but he was too weak to move fast enough.

"OMG, you're HOT" Iruka half screamed and backed away. Sasuke flinched again and glared at Iruka.

"I'm not sure whether to say thank you, or NEVER touch me again!" Sasuke said sarcastically, and turned away to go back to work.

Behind his back, he could almost feel Naruto and Iruka exchange looks.

"Look, I'm fine" he said in a loud voice. "Stop worrying, it annoys me like hell"

He heard Naruto sigh, but he just didn't care. They didn't get the problem, he wasn't really ill; it was just all this with Itachi. A small crisis like this wasn't going to bring him down that easily. Or so he thought.

In that dreadful moment, the fan girls from earlier returned. But this time they actually entered the stand, and walked to a table. They were both sending hungry stares in Sasuke's direction, saying come-have-a-talk-with-me-and-fall-deeply-in-love-with-me. They picked up the menu, pretending to be reading, but they were constantly glancing towards Sasuke.

Naruto pouted. "When I said they could just as well buy something, I didn't mean for them to actually DO it!" he looked back at Sasuke, who looked suicidal "Oi Sasuke, do you want me to serve those two?" Sasuke sighed.

"No, it's my job after all…" and then he went over there.

He walked painfully slow, leaning against the tables, almost hoping the two girls would disappear in to thin air before he got there. They didn't though.

He stopped in front of them, taking out a notebook for their reservations, and looked at them. They both gave him what he assumed were supposed to be their most charming and seductive smiles, making the knots in his stomach tighten.

"Yes?" he asked not showing his dislike.

"Well" the one of them started. "We haven't exactly been in here before, and don't know much about the food. Is there any chance you could recommend us something?" Sasuke mentally groaned. Great so they want to chit chat, and exchange numbers, and set up cute little dates, FORGET ABOUT IT.

"No" he stated blankly and waited for them to figure out what they wanted. They looked greatly disappointed that he wasn't very talkative, and the other one took the word, switching tactics.

"How about food for couples, do you have that?" they are customers, BE NICE. Though the idea of saying 'jeez, I don't know, maybe the menu in your hands can tell you' was very tempting.

"Oh, silly me! I could just look at the menu" she said with a nervous laugh, clasping her hands and picking up the menu again. Sasuke rolled his eyes, not caring if they noticed. That would only prove to them he wasn't interested.

"Mm, this one sounds delicious, it is pork pie with sugarcoated rice balls and chicken ramen" that was the straw to break the camel's back, and Sasuke had no control whatsoever as he vomited over the two girls, who screamed on the top of their lunges.

Could this even GET worse?

Itachi sat back in the chair in his office at the Uchiha mansion. He couldn't concentrate at all, and he knew very well why.

"I told him that I'm gay"

Sasuke's words kept ringing in his head, as if repeatedly pressing a speed dial button on a phone.

"I told him that I'm gay"those words chanced everything. For a moment he had been about to celebrate, but now when he thought about it, it just made everything worse. Because this meant he would have to see his love run around kissing and hugging another GUY. That was so much more worse then a girl.

Itachi sighed and hid his face in his hands.

Then he got up and walked out to his car, he needed to get away for a bit, just to clear his thoughts a bit.

In the car all the inappropriate thoughts returned. This wasn't fair; he was so close and yet so far away from the goal. He shook his head. Sasuke wasn't some goal he could win, but his brother by blood.

And therefore forever untouchable to him.

(A:N) I think I have a thing for cliffhangers…they are so fun and easy to make, and people hate me for it…well what do I care

Sabauuga