Alright, next chapter! See, I'm actually keeping up... for now. Let's hope it continues.
Warnings: super short chapter
Disclaimer: kaze owns not
beta'd by -Nightly Halo-.
Perhaps things were not progressing as… unimpeded as he would have expected. After all, as Uchiha Itachi, all things should- were- opened to him, no information unattainable. But somehow, the required knowledge as pertaining to that blond his sweet little brother had taken in was… not as forthcoming as he would have liked.
He pondered the matter as he walked through the front doors of the illustrious Uchiha building and made his way across the polished marbled floors to the private elevator. Today his adorable little brother would be returning to work, but that was no guarantee that he would get the information which he sought. Sasuke could be… stubborn at times. And on this matter seemed would be especially so.
Sometimes, he really wondered how his dear little brother had turned out so uncooperative.
Not that Sasuke could be stubborn to the point Itachi would gain no new information. After all, Sasuke had proven on more than one occasion that he couldn't keep all information to himself. Just recently he had slipped up after all.
Disregarding the formidable Mai, that maid which Sasuke had taken into his employ (she had proven to be more than even the Magnificent and Awe-inspiring Uchiha Itachi could handle- not that anyone else ever needed to know that), he knew no one else could withstand him.
But Sasuke was an Uchiha, so Itachi would not underestimate him.
Still, he would know all in time.
Itachi smirked to himself as the elevator's doors opened and he stepped out into the lobby by his office.
He was determined to uncover the mystery. He had, of course, put two and two together easy enough. Sasuke had gone to see his "lover" (information supplied by the cunning maid herself), and the blond had gone missing, all in the same night. He knew it was all a distraction, but still, it seemed plausible the maid would use a bit of truth in her lure. After all, most wouldn't suspect it after being fooled.
Not that THE Uchiha Itachi had been fooled by a mere maid. Of course not.
He cleared his throat and glared at the secretary, daring her to say otherwise. She shrieked and dropped what she was carrying.
He opened the door to his office and sat in his imposing leather swivel chair, twirling around as he thought. Nothing cleared his mind like a good spin.
And then there was that Sasuke had apparently located a new dwelling (this he knew through the fact that Sasuke had not been returning to the Uchiha manor), coupled with Mayuri apparently having another location to tend to, and the information he had obtained of Sasuke having gotten a realtor recently- (though which realtor exactly he had not had luck uncovering, but that would be remedied in time), plus Sasuke having picked up the blond in the first place. All of that added up to only one answer- the blond was the new lover.
But as generous as his dear baby brother was, even he wouldn't do something without an ulterior motive. He was an Uchiha after all.
There was really only the matter of discovering where said blond could be now.
Yes, Sasuke would be returning to work soon, and there was still that which needed to be answered. And that question would be answered, one way or another. Sasuke wouldn't be able to hide it for long.
He wasn't Uchiha Itachi for nothing.
He grinned sadistically.
Updated 3.30.18