In which there is a shared bath, and Itachi and Sasuke had a little heart to heart. Remember, it's been a while since Itachi was out of hospital, but because of how bad his wounds were, he's still tender.

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Yawning softly as he rolled out of the double bed and landing gracefully on his feet, Sasuke stretched his arms over his head, his hair matted over his face and sticking up in angles that should only be possible with hair gel. Smiling to himself, he started to walk to the bathroom, ready to run him and his brother a bath. Taking one last look over his shoulder at his brother, Sasuke giggled softly to himself.

Itachi shifted slightly, still asleep. Ever since the accident, he's had little strength to do much and caused him to sleep a lot longer than usual. Well, usual for him was an hour or so, now he was sleeping almost five or six hours. Still not sleeping long enough, but at least it was something. Feeling the weight of the bed shift he opened his eyes slowly, looking beside him to see Sasuke not there before turning onto his back slowly and carefully.

Even though so much time had passed, his body still hurt and was fragile if moved in the wrong manner, and rolling out of bed was always a pain in the back, literally. Draping an arm over his eyes, he mumbled something to himself about not feeling like getting up and pulled the sheets up further, closing his eyes again, letting his body lie still and drinking in the moments without pain.

After turning the water to an adequate temperature, something warm enough for him not to freeze, but cold enough so that Itachi's body wasn't in pain, Sasuke walked back into the bedroom, his hands on his hips as he looked at his brother with a frown.

"Time to get up, big brother" He said, walking over to the bed and pulling the covers roughly, hoping to shock Itachi into getting up.

Itachi groaned softly when the sheets were pulled back and sighed, lifting his arm and looking up at Sasuke. "Okay, okay, I'm getting up," he said softly as he placed his hands on the bed and slowly pushed himself up before turning and standing, looking down beside the bed and picking up the walking stick.

This was so he didn't fall over, but he was needing it less and less as his legs healed. Gripping it he pushed himself up, Itachi winced. Initial pain of the morning, but then he was fine. He stretched his back carefully before yawning. "What a nice sleep," he mumbled, more to himself. 'Nice sleep' meant longer than three hours.

Rolling his eyes, Sasuke walked to his brother, leaning up and pushing some hair out of the others eyes before pulling back and smiling to the elder. "You're healing faster than the doctors predicted, brother" Pressing a kiss to his brothers cheek, Sasuke slowly pulled back, a blush on his face before he quickly turned and walked into the bathroom, turning off the water. He was thankful that his brother hadn't pressured him into talking about what had happened with him and Naruto, and that his brother understood his un willingness to be touched.

Itachi smiled at the other, nodding. "Hnn, yes, I'm very grateful for our genetics now, healing quickly, or perhaps it's just my diet, I'm not sure," Itachi said as he looked down at Sasuke, hiding the sadness in his eyes. It had been a while since he'd kissed his brother properly, and he missed the younger boy, but, he had accepted whatever Naruto had done was traumatic and left it there, not wanting to seem as if he was a stalker in Sasuke's life that had to know everything that happened.

Looking down he sighed, starting to slowly walk to the bathroom. "Did you want me to see what was for breakfast or are you going to be scary again and force me to have a bath first?" Itachi joked with a smile as he looked inside, smiling.

Looking over his shoulder to his brother, Sasuke blinked innocently. He was going to give being with his brother another chance, even if it was something as simple as sharing a bath. "Actually.. I was wondering if maybe.. today you wanted to have a bath with me?"

The words instantly took effect on Itachi. His jaw dropped, eyes widened and a faint blush crossed his cheeks. He would have almost dropped his walking stick if he'd spaced out too much, and that would have resulted in a painful fall. But that... That suggestion had come out of the blue and caught him off guard.

Not unpleasant, just off guard.

Smiling he nodded and straightened up, looking at Sasuke gently. "Of course, any time Little brother," Itachi said softly as he started to walk into the bathroom, almost curious as to where this suggestion had come from.

The shock that seemed to form on his brothers face made him flush a deep red. Was it really that unexpected? He had been hoping that his brother might not act so shocked, he had only wanted to try and give him something to look forward too, and already he could feel his nerves prickle. Standing from his crouched position, Sasuke slowly pulled the overly large nightshirt he had taken to wearing over his head, letting it drop to the floor, leaving him naked.

Itachi chuckled at Sasuke's expression and how he blushed, walking forward before pausing in front of the bathtub, reaching up and gentle stroking Sasuke's cheek. "Why're you so shy around me? I've seen you this way loads of times," He said softly with a smile as he sat down on the edge of the bathtub, placing the aid down and starting to unbutton his own shirt.

Shuddering softly as his cheek was touched, Sasuke blushed darker, looking away guiltily "I'm.. I just.. you know its hard for me, I can't feel the same around you for a bit" Pouting softly, Sasuke forced his eyes to more up to Itachi's face "I'm sorry, but I really want to try again, I miss you..."

Inwardly, Itachi felt a small pang of pain, none physical, as Sasuke shuddered at his touch. He had to keep telling himself the other was afraid and that it wasn't his fault for him making Sasuke like this, but he was still afraid. "I know, I understand Sasuke," he said softly as he slipped his shirt off, now only in his pants. "I miss you too," he said softly, looking up at Sasuke.

Smiling softly, Sasuke walked past his brother and stepped into the bathtub, slowly lowering himself down, his hands playing with the bubbles. Shuffling forwards so his brother could get in behind him, Sasuke leant his head forwards, wetting his hair, making a smooth pale arch with his back.

Itachi smiled down at Sasuke before finishing undressing and slowly lowered himself in the bath tub behind Sasuke being very careful not to hurt himself before sighing at the temperature. "Little Brother, the water's always the perfect temperature," he sighed softly.

Grinning softly, Sasuke sat back up, looking over his shoulder to his brother "That's because I don't want you to get hurt any more, we should be together and always be happy, I don't want to do anything to upset you any more" Blushing softly, Sasuke turned back to the way he was facing before, picking up the shampoo bottle and starting to wash his hair. "I think... that maybe we should start going out together again"

Itachi smiled, carefully wrapping his arms around Sasuke's waist, pulling him into a hug. "I'll be fine as long as I'm with you," he said softly, catching the blush and smiling then nodding.

"You don't know how relieved I am to hear you say that," he said happily. Finally. He felt ecstatic now, glad he didn't have to suppress urges to hold Sasuke any more.

Smiling and leaning back against his brother, softly so as not to hurt him, Sasuke let a small sigh pass from his lips. "Things are starting to look up for us, brother.."

Itachi smiled, gently kissing the others neck and nodded. "Yeah, and it's about time too," he said with a smile as he closed his eyes, resting his chin on the others shoulder.

Giggling softly, Sasuke turned his head, kissing his brothers cheek before pulling away slightly, one of his hands resting on one of the ones around his waist.

Itachi smiled leaning in and gently kissing Sasuke's cheeks, slowly, subtly making his way closer to the others mouth, his hands softly rubbing the others stomach.

Shuddering in pleasure in his brothers arms, Sasuke slowly kissed his brother back as soon as their lips touched, his eyes slipping closed at the familiar and welcome feeling. Feeling his cheeks heat up, Sasuke moved slightly in the tub before turning around completely, pressing against his brother so that they were chest to chest, his legs behind Itachi.

Itachi groaned in delight as Sasuke shifted and started to kiss him back. His eyes slipped shut and he kissed him passionately, so much stress, worry and down right wanting to kiss the boy made him almost impatient.

Muttering softly in pleasure as his hips came into contact with his brothers, Sasuke rocked forwards, his hands tangling in his brothers hair as he groaned in delight, wondering vaguely why he had worried about being touched by his brother again, it was so wonderful, his whole body burning in pleasure.

Itachi moaned slightly louder, bucking his hips up lightly, wincing slightly and gently biting down on Sasuke's neck, softly sucking on the skin there, running his hands softly up and down the others sides.

About to let out another moan, Sasuke froze, his eyes slowly widening and his hands clenching in his brothers hair as the door to the bathroom opened, Shisui walking inside.

"Itachi I came to see if..-" Stopping in horror as he saw Sasuke stare at him, sitting in his brothers lap in the bath, his legs spread about his brother and his hands in his brothers hair, Shisui felt his mouth dry up, his own face blushing as much as Sasuke's, who chose that moment to hide his face in his brothers chest, curling up into him.

"Itachi?" Shisui mumbled, his heart clenching and telling him that the bastard took Sasuke away from him, and that he should call the police this instant, being with a minor no matter his medical condition was taking advantage.

Itachi froze, staring at Shisui, cheeks a deep red, one of the few times Itachi showed emotion, he knew at that moment...

He was screwed.