Okay, hello everyone! Firstly I'd just like to say, thank you all so much for reading this story! Finally...since I started this in '06 I have 100 reviews. Only took 4 years...but hey, I did it! So for all those that read the old version and reviewed, and for those that have been sticking with this rewritten version...I thank you all. I hope that you continue to read until we come to the end in a few chapters, and then I hope that you all read on in the sequel. So anyway, onward!

Chapter summary: A game. A simple game, yet like none either has ever played, has finally been won...or so the victor thinks. But because his prize seems to be unable to end his relationship he cannot realize that he has only gotten himself into more trouble than he can handle.

Chapter pairings: Ita/Sasu, Sasu/Naru

Chapter warnings: Incest, as always, shonen-ai. And so there will be kissing, touch, and such what between brothers and kissing between boys. So if you don't like it...well you couldn't have made it to this chapter if you didn't like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

The Uchihas

Chapter twelve

Dissatisfaction. A horrible sensation of discontentment ran throughout Itachi's body as he woke, feeling the lack of his brother's warmth in bed with him. The feeling of disappointment was soon overwhelmed by a wonder. Why had his brother left him?—why when he hadn't done anything throughout the night, just as he had promised? Did Sasuke truly dislike his company so much that in the harsh light of day he realized just what a mistake he had made? Was the younger so paranoid now that he could not even hold him without Sasuke thinking that something more was going to come of it?

"Oh, you're up?" when he heard the voice he didn't actually recognize it for a moment, but once he did he opened his eyes, finding his brother walking back over to the bed slowly, slightly damp, obviously having just returned from a shower. Once Itachi nodded slowly Sasuke quickened his pace just the tiniest bit and made it back to the bed after a few seconds, slipping back underneath the covers slowly. "I'm sorry... I just...needed to take a shower..." A subtle relief flooded through the man as he looked at his brother, reaching out for him and taking him back into his arms, instantly feeling how cold the teenager was. "A cold shower?" he mused quietly while Sasuke placed his head on his shoulder like the day before, but placed his body closer to Itachi's, like nothing was different.

"...I was hot," Sasuke claimed innocently, but Itachi knew better than to believe him although he didn't say anything. He didn't say anything because a strange sensation gripped him suddenly, making him swallow thickly as the abrupt tingling feeling left his stomach quickly. "I'm sure you were." He moved his hand up slowly to caress Sasuke's cheek, the only kind of touching that he would allow himself, even though he wanted to do so much more. Then for seconds, onyx eyes locked together, searching for something—some kind of emotion within the darkness. "Aa-ah, It-Itachi!"

Clearly, he hadn't realized when he had moved his hand down and over his brother's buttocks, leaving his roaming hand, that had a mind of its own, resting on the back of Sasuke's left thigh. "I...thought you said that you weren't...going to touch me..." Sasuke's voice shook as he spoke the words almost inaudibly against Itachi's neck, having moved himself closer to the elder in a mere moment. Itachi's eyes closed as he took in a deep breath, in an attempt to calm his body, before he simply moved his hand from Sasuke's thigh, moving it back to the teen's waist. "...I'm sorry, Sasuke," he hadn't known what had come over him to make him break his promise.

Sasuke suddenly kissed Itachi's neck softly, sending a pleasant tingle down the man's spine. "It's okay... Please...can you?" he knew just what Sasuke was pleading so quietly for, and as much as he wanted to touch Sasuke... "...I said that I wouldn't; not until you decide what you want." While Itachi spoke, Sasuke moved himself even closer to him, although Itachi hadn't believed it humanly possible, and he could feel quite well that Sasuke's cold shower had gone to waste. And Itachi began to realize, as his brother pressed his warming body against him, that being put in this kind of situation so quickly after just waking up was terribly...unfair.

"Sasuke," he began softly, removing his arms from his brother's waist as he began to distance himself from Sasuke, which really was no easy task in a bed. "Itachi, I've decided that I want you to touch me," shock was not even near what Itachi was feeling as Sasuke suddenly said the words, again moving closer to the man, yet only succeeding in Itachi placing his hand against the teenager's chest. He knew that his brother's sudden decision was only based on his hormones and if he decided to act while the teenager was vulnerable then he knew it would be something that they would both regret later. "Sasuke," he tried again, "...no... You're not thinking clearly."

A low growl left Sasuke before he quickly moved his hands up to Itachi's shoulders and just a second later he was pinning the man down against the bed as he straddled his waist. "S-Sasuke," it was all he could gasp out as his eyes widened in shock. He had never expected his brother to truly act upon any of his lust. "I want you to touch me." When Itachi just continued to lay there, seemingly unaffected by the wantonly spoken words, Sasuke frowned, "fine," and for a moment—only a moment—Itachi believed Sasuke was going to stop this nonsense. But then the teenager ground his hips down against his brother's and Itachi let out a single strangled gasp as the younger just moaned softly in satisfaction.

"Sasuke... Sasuke, you...really need to stop," he tried to tell the other, yet he was having quite a hard time placing his thoughts together as he felt the pleasure surging thought his veins, pushing him to actually go along with all this. Suddenly he blinked slowly as he stared up at the ceiling in a daze, feeling Sasuke's lips against his neck. "Sasuke...you need to stop," this time it was a warning, but it went unheard as Sasuke ground their hips together again.

"Sasuke."

It was so sudden that he never even realized that it had happened until after the fact. Somehow he flipped their positions so that he sat in between his brother's legs, leaning down just inches from the teen's face, his hands on either side of Sasuke's head. The two stared at each other for moments before a small smile appeared on Sasuke's lips. "Do it; touch me," he coaxed and Itachi gripped the sheets tightly as he held himself back from giving in. "Sasuke, you don't know what you're saying... You're not thinking clearly."

Sasuke simply brought his arms up around Itachi's neck before closing the distance between them with a small, chaste kiss, nearly breaking the man's resolve. "Itachi, just touch me." He swallowed as his gaze wavered for a moment; Sasuke words were breaking him down. After just another moment he moved his right hand down to the hem of his brother's shirt slowly. "If I do this... If we do...whatever it is that we're about to do..." he paused as he attempted to piece his own thoughts together while their skin brushed together so gently. "You can't deny it anymore. You can't deny that you're attracted to me; you can't deny that you want this..." another kiss was the only answer that Itachi was given for the moment and he returned it hesitantly, closing his eyes. "I won't deny it anymore."

When he opened his eyes just a moment later to find himself staring at the ceiling once again he realized that something was wrong and so he looked down to see his brother straddling his stomach, just...laying on him, seemingly asleep. After a moment of staring Itachi saw Sasuke's eyes open before the teenager looked up at him. They were in silence for seconds. "...Is there a particular reason you're lying on me?" Sasuke stared at his elder brother before he lowered his eyes. "Is there a particular reason you're holding me?" he questioned back, making Itachi quickly realize that he was indeed holding Sasuke, keeping the boy against his body.

He decided to not answer his brother's question, but it wasn't like he actually had an answer anyway. "Was I just sleeping?" A scoff left Sasuke as he rolled his eyes. "How am I supposed to know? I just woke up." Itachi nodded slowly as he let his brother go, and Sasuke sat up after a moment, looking down at him and licking his lips but not moving off of him. "I'm gonna go take a shower," Itachi announced quietly and Sasuke nodded in acceptance but didn't move, not that Itachi made any sort of move either.

"I-Itachi..." the man being spoken to stared at his brother, waiting for the other to say whatever was on his mind, but after another few second of staring Sasuke simply shook his head without a word. He leaned back down slowly instead of speaking and shocked Itachi with a soft kiss. There was a hundredth of a second where Itachi did not know how to react, but then he carefully pushed his brother away from him just the littlest bit. "Sasuke I told you—"

"I'm attracted to you, Itachi." The confession was so sudden that Sasuke averted his own eyes after admitting it softly. "I-I don't know why...but...I am," Itachi stared at his brother after the teenager whispered the words as some sort of feeling began to flood him, and slowly, without pure reason, he brought Sasuke down and into a quick, chaste kiss. Sasuke looked away from him again the moment they parted and it nearly made him smile. "I'm going to go take a shower," he whispered the words in between the two of them and this time after the teen nodded he gently picked him up and moved him to the side, getting out of the bed a moment later and leaving the room; trying to leave what he was feeling behind as he shut the door.

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To hear himself breathing so...nervously, he disliked it, but he knew that it was only because of what he was about to do. And he walked up to the door, uneasiness in his gut, and he knocked, seconds later seeing the blonde that he had come to break up with. "Oh... Sasuke," he didn't even realize how Naruto had said his name—like he didn't particularly want to see him. "Can I come in?" When the blonde nodded and moved aside he walked into the younger's home, thinking out how the next few moments were about to go.

Naruto, I'm breaking up with you.

"So...have you been okay? I mean, you haven't called me or anything... I've been kinda worried." Sasuke wondered for a moment just where that had come from as Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, because he hadn't expected Sasuke to worry about him. "Well... I haven't been feeling that great... So I just, you know..." he shrugged to finish his sentence and the raven-haired teen nodded in reply. I want to be happy. "I've missed you." Why was he saying this?

Naruto smiled softly. "I missed you, too," he didn't even know if Naruto believed him or not, but it seemed so as the younger hugged him after a moment. I want to be happy, Naruto...and I... "Do you want to stay for a while? Or maybe go out and get something to eat?" For a moment he seriously considered the offer but then just hugged the younger teen back as he shook his head. I can... "No, I'm sorry; I'm sure you need your rest, plus my mom needs me at home, I just barely got away to come over here." He spoke the lie with a small smile so that if Naruto looked up he would believe the words, and the entire time he was wondering why he couldn't say exactly what he was thinking.

I can only be happy... "Oh, well in that case I understand. We'll still be able to go out tomorrow after school, right?" Naruto asked the question once they pulled away from their embrace and Sasuke opened the door back up. "Of course. We'll go wherever you want." Another smile lit up Naruto's face just before Naruto's lips met his, and he had no choice but to kiss back briefly. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sasuke," he nodded slowly and turned to leave.

I can only be happy... he paused his thoughts for a moment as he looked back, seeing Naruto watching him go, and he forced himself to wave. With my brother... Why had it been so hard?

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"Sweetheart," truthfully, there wasn't even a moment when he noticed her enter his room, and he nearly didn't even realize that she was speaking to him. He only finally noticed her when she placed her hand on his back gently, making him turn around from his dresser in his search for a shirt. And when their eyes met he could only nod absent-mindedly, letting her know that he was partly listening. "Are you all right, dear?" Itachi's eyes, for just a moment, strayed to the wall that connected to his brother's bathroom, the only room that unfortunately separated them. "Yes, I'm fine," he stated, playing off his traveling gaze as following an imaginary bug.

"...Is everything okay between you and Sasuke?" If he thought Mikoto's question odd then he didn't show it in the least. "Of course." He went right back to looking for a shirt to wear after he spoke, not really seeing the articles of clothing as he was consumed by thoughts. "Are the two of you planning to make things more serious?" she asked the question like it was nothing, and for a moment Itachi didn't realize what she meant, or what she had even said for that matter, but only for a moment. But then he looked at her as her words dawned on him suddenly, one raven eyebrow cocked in question. "...What?" A soft smile fell upon Mikoto's lips as she saw her son's expression, and without explaining herself she simply went on as if Itachi had answered her in the affirmative. "Well...your father cannot know then; you know what he thinks about those sorts of things."

Without uttering even a single word, Itachi asked, without noticing it, how his mother knew about what was going on. "Itachi," she began in a tone that he knew meant that he should have already known this, "I've known you for eighteen years; I can tell when something's going on." She leaned forward and kissed him softly on the cheek after she spoke. "Plus... I walked in Sasuke's room this morning and found the two of you lying in bed together, so I just assumed really." He could only nod slowly, wondering what he could say to all of this—if he could actually say anything at all. But without receiving an answer Mikoto began to leave while Itachi simply watched her go.

"And, you know," she paused as she opened up the door, looking quite thoughtful for a moment, "Your brother can't always keep his feelings to himself." She left without another word, leaving Itachi to think over the words and wonder just why in the world Sasuke had gone to their mother and told. Just why, when only days before he had obviously been frightened about either of their parents finding out? It simply made no sense to him, just like he could make no sense of why Sasuke had left only minutes after he had gotten into the shower, going, he knew, to Naruto's.

But finally, just as he pondered about the boy he was so longing to see, his door suddenly opened again and the moment it closed Sasuke spoke, "I don't know why I couldn't do it..." Itachi looked at his brother, who was panting, flushed and sweating, but he didn't say anything for the moment as he finally gave up his useless search for a shirt and moved the tiniest bit closer to Sasuke. "Are you okay?" it was the only thing he could finally bring himself to ask as Sasuke flung himself into his arms, hugging him tightly and resting his head on his chest. "I tried... I did, I swear...but...for some reason..." Sasuke paused and licked his lips, "the words wouldn't come out..."

"What are you talking about?"

"I tried breaking up with him." Itachi felt his heart stop beating for half a second as he heard the words, not really believing that they had been spoken at all. "With Naruto? Why?" he found himself utterly stupid for asking the question, because wasn't this what he had wanted from the beginning? Sasuke only looked up at him, not wondering one bit about why his brother had asked him such a peculiar question. "Because... I'm attracted to you, Itachi." And...I can only be happy with you...but...I don't know why... Itachi nodded slowly as the two brothers looked at each other.

Slowly, Sasuke snaked his arms up around his brother's neck and just as slowly Itachi wrapped his arms around Sasuke waist, although quite hesitantly. "I've decided..." neither of them moved another inch as they both waited for Sasuke to finish his sentence. "You're the one I want, Itachi." Pure relief; like none he had ever felt in his life, flooded Itachi's veins at the words, for reasons which he didn't even really understand. But he knew, he really realized, that he won. His brother, for the most part, was now his.

TBC...

A/N: And there you go! Chapter 12, something kinda new as we finally get to see that Itachi dreams as well. It seems that we are finally getting back to the mystery from the beginning of this...or lack of mystery. Just what had been Itachi's problem for three years? Hmm...we shall soon find out, won't we? Anyway, chapter 13 will be up...sometime quite soon... Monday or Tuesday I suspect, I just have to edit and all... So review and let me know what you think! Thank you.

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