After bringing Itachi back to the apartment and this time making sure to have locked the front door Sasuke walked back to the park, meeting with his friends again.
Since they wanted to know the reason to his fast leaving he reluctantly told them about his new "pet".
They stayed in the park, had fun, drank some alcohol and finally departed long after midnight.
Opening the door to his apartment Sasuke noticed that Itachi was still watching TV.
He took a deep breath counting down from ten in his head, so he wouldn't immediately scream at Itachi for his stupidity (he didn't want to wake the neighbors), remembering him of the fact that dogs don't watch TV and someone could have noticed him since Sasuke hasn't been at the apartment.
Sasuke walked over to the couch, which Itachi was currently laying on, to lecture him.
"Itachi."
No Answer.
"Itachi!"
Still no reaction.
Sasuke frowned and looked over the back of the couch and closer onto the motionless form of Itachi. He was laying on his side, his hands besides his head on the pillow and legs pulled up slightly. His eyes were closed, breathing even and he had a calm expression on his face.
Itachi was asleep again. Sasuke sighed.
He leaned himself on the back of the couch and just looked at Itachi. He looked rather peaceful sleeping like this. A vampire sleeping peacefully on the couch of a vampire hunter.
Did Itachi really trust him this much or was he just pretending to sleep? No. Somehow Sasuke couldn't imagine Itachi pretending to sleep. And after living with him for some time the thought of Itachi mercilessly killing humans and feeding of them didn't seem to fit anymore. But perhaps this was Itachis intention from the beginning. Making Sasuke trust him so he could bring him down and kill him. But why take this long? Itachi had had more than enough chances to kill him. Perhaps he wanted to find out something and needed Sasuke alive for this.
'Damnit' Sasuke rubbed his head. He had drunk too much again and was now fantasizing.
Still…he looked at Itachi again…there was something he was hiding from him, something big and he needed to find out what it was. And the best way to do that was to find out more about Itachis life, about his life now and about his past.
Suddenly he noticed that the bandage around Itachis left hand was gone. Did the wound already heal?
Frowning Sasuke walked around the couch and kneeled down before Itachi examining his hand, but he could only see the back of it and the cut had been on the palm.
Carefully he lifted Itachis hand and turned it over to take a look at the palm, always keeping an eye on Itachis face to see if he would wake up.
The wound was gone. Meaning the scars he saw should be gone too by now. Sasuke let the hand fall back on the couch and eyed the rim of Itachis shirt. Perhaps he should take a short peek, just to make sure.
'No way' He hurriedly stood up and walked into the kitchen to get himself a glass of water.
That was going a little bit too far into Itachis privacy. Do vampires even have a right to privacy? Should he wake up at the wrong moment he would call him a pervert, again. He's already calling him this at every given opportunity so one more time wouldn't hurt, would it?
The scars are gone, they have to be, end of it. He even asked Sakura. Vampires can't get everlasting scars. Only some turned vampires had such scars from their time as humans. But what if they're still there? He doesn't know everything about vampires yet, does he?
'Oh damn it all' Sasuke paced through the kitchen.
He shouldn't be so wrought up just because Itachi had some scars. But somehow it made him extremely curious and even confused. Damn, he definitely drank too much tonight.
With a sigh he sneaked back into the living room and to the couch. Leaning over the back of the couch he poked Itachis side. He got no reaction. He poked harder but Itachi only groaned quietly and turned halfway onto his belly, pulling his right arm under himself.
Sasuke let out the breath he was holding. Building up his courage he grabbed the rim of Itachis shirt and carefully pulled it up a little.
They were still there. As faint as they were, he could still see them clearly. He walked around the couch and kneeled down in front of Itachi again, pushing the shirt higher to take a closer look.
They were littered across Itachis back, hipbones, chest and belly, some disappearing past his pants. They were all very faint and you wouldn`t be able to see them from a little further away.
Now he was even more confused, he always thought purebloods couldn't get scars. Seems the hunters knowledge about purebloods wasn't all that good.
There were so many. Sasuke wondered how Itachi got them. Had he been caught by hunters or did he somehow fall in disgrace and other vampires did this? Perhaps a terribly fight with someone, may it be a hunter or a vampire or even more than one person.
He traced a very long scar from Itachis hipbone over his back with his finger, forgetting about the fact that Itachi could wake up at any moment.
Sasuke nearly got a heart attack as Itachi stirred and turned onto his back, but he didn't wake up. He let out the breath he was holding.
Damn, Itachi did have a deep sleep. He always thought a vampire would be more alert during sleeping. But it seems Itachi wouldn't even notice if someone tried to kill him in his sleep.
Sasukes face darkened as he pulled out a kunai and pointed it towards Itachis steadily beating heart, pressing it slightly against Itachis shirt. He could easily kill him of right now Itachi wouldn't even notice. He just needed to plunge the kunai forward and he would be dead. Tracing the kunai up towards Itachis throat he pressed it down without cutting the skin. But one swift move and he would have cut his head off.
Itachi didn't even notice the danger he brought himself into as he continued sleeping on the couch peacefully.
Sasukes gaze fell onto the silver chain Itachi had around his neck. He put the kunai away and took a closer look. He remembered seeing it somewhere before. Did he meet Itachi before? No, that was impossible.
Sasuke groaned and grabbed his now hurting head.
Suddenly standing up he put his arms under Itachis back and legs and hoisted him up. He carried him bridal style towards his room and carefully lay him down onto the bed. After pulling the blanket over him he walked out and closed the door.
As he walked into his own room he stopped for a short time and shook his head in disbelieve, hand still on the handle. He had the chance to get rid of one more blood sucking monster and instead he tucks him into bed. Not to tell about the concerned feeling he's got about Itachis scars.
Perhaps he really should let his head get checked.
AN: Yeah, the update took a little bit longer...I was enjoying my new freedom (never again school, Yay) and slacked of a little with the writing, house work, gardening...but my mother kicked my ass out of bed this morning and I had to work the whole day and decided to continue the story during my breaks...very short breaks...
And now I have a question for you. In think in the beginning I had planned to make Sasuke and Itachi fall in love with each other...should I go on with that plan or just write the story with brotherly love? I'm tending towards the first one but perhaps I can write both options, if some of you don't want any yaoi in this...
Hope you enjoyed my work, thanks to everyone who gave a review to the chapters before and, I'm saying/writing this for the first time, please review.