A/N: This is three very short drabbles in one. They all share...

Rating: K+
Characters: Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha
Setting: Any verse

Title: Star
Word Count: 236
Summary: The stars are shining beautifully and Sasuke wants his aniki to see them.

Sasuke suddenly popped his head up from its relaxed position on his bed when he heard a very faint noise. He listened intently for a long moment with his brows furrowed seriously until he heard it again. And then he hopped off his bed at lightning speed and bolted for the nearest exit. It was getting near his usual bedtime, but it was a Saturday and his parents always let him stay up later on Saturdays. Convincing them to let him keep the cat he'd just heard was a whole other story though. Nonetheless, he went hunting for it. To his luck, the kitten was sitting conveniently right outside the sliding door.

He crouched down to scratch its head and it nuzzled against him. Deciding it was friendly, he picked it up and turned to go inside. But he caught a glimpse of the sky as he was moving and it made him pause, his eyes widening in awe. It was so clear and bright tonight, like he'd never seen it before.

"N-Nii-san," he muttered, still entranced. And then, "Nii-san!" much louder. He leaned into the house and called down toward Itachi's room. "Aniki, come look! I can see every single star in the sky!" he hollered excitedly. When the elder Uchiha's eyes landed on a beaming Sasuke bouncing on his toes with a stray cat in hand, he could do nothing but smile and oblige.

Title: Moon
Word Count: 325
Summary: It's the middle of the night and Sasuke has a nightmare about Itachi, but Itachi has long been gone.

Sasuke sprung up from his dream at lightning speed, chest clutched and eyes wide with fear. He paused tensely for a long moment before he doubled over and began panting, shaking his head to the image still lingering in his head. In his twenties, it was a little strange to still be having nightmares at night and waking up in a state like this, but this dream had been so vivid and terrifying. As much as he didn't want to admit to that terror, it was impossible to downplay. His heart was racing a million miles a minute, his body sweating and panting, his fingers trembling. The nightmare was lingering on his skin, it felt like, and he buried his face in his pillow to try and avoid it.

He'd been running after Itachi. Nothing strange there. He often dreamt of chasing his elder brother but never reaching him in the end, a direct parallel to the life he'd been leading. The strange part of this dream, though, was that he'd finally caught the elder. But when Itachi turned, it was with a weapon pointed right at Sasuke's head. And with an empty stare, with not even a tinge of emotion, he ended the boy.

Part of Sasuke still wanted his brother around. He wanted Itachi there to alleviate his suffering in the moment, to comfort him, to care for him, to settle his nerves. But the bigger part of him was angry. His ties with Itachi had been severed. He was supposed to have stopped caring for the elder. So why did he fear such a thing? Because it was not the death he feared. It was the look in his brother's eyes, a look of someone who's already dead.

In the end, all Sasuke could do was lay back down and try to forget. Most of all, though, he tried to stifle his tears. He would not cry for Itachi anymore. Never again.

Title: Spade
Word Count: 322
Summary: Sasuke and Itachi play together.

Sasuke rolled his neck and cracked his fingers before crouching down and jumping as high as he possibly could, stretching his reach out for the one branch that would make the perfect hiding spot. Of course, his little legs barely lifted him off of the ground. And while he swore his fingers had scraped the bark, he'd missed by a good foot.

Itachi, of course, saw the entire thing from where he stood. He'd finished counting about ten seconds ago and announced as much, but Sasuke, clearly, hadn't heard. Itachi just couldn't bring himself to tell Sasuke that he was watching the whole thing though, so he, instead, stayed silent and just started counting again to give Sasuke time to choose another spot.

Eventually, Sasuke grew tired of jumping and settled on just sitting among the roots of the tree. He still thought he'd chosen a spot that Itachi would never find, of course being completely oblivious to the fact that his hair and entire back were visible to the elder. Itachi announced that he was going to begin his search and immediately saw that Sasuke hadn't moved. He simply smiled at his brother's back and pretended to be oblivious though.

For a couple of long minutes, Itachi searched the backyard in vain for Sasuke before declaring that he gave up. That was when Sasuke jumped out from his spot, prompting Itachi to feign total and complete shock, and began to giggle his little head off. "That's another point for me, aniki!" he boasted proudly. "You are really bad at this game you know."

"It's just that you're so good, otouto," Itachi replied. "I can never win against you. You always seem to find me, but I can never find you." He ruffled Sasuke's hair and smiled affectionately. "Now turn and count." And then, as routine, he chose a moderately obvious spot, something Sasuke couldn't see right away but could find easily.