Title: Remembering My Love

Chapter Title: Remembering Without Knowing It

Chapter: 2

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: Itachi/Sasuke, a little bit of SasuSaku, one-sided Hinata + Naruto, Kiba/Hinata and Naruto/????? (Why don't you guys guess? Clues can be found in this chapter.)

Warning: INCEST, YAOI. Oh, and yeah, it's unbetaed.

Summary: Sasuke's confused. Itachi's reappearance in his life isn't helping. What was Sakura doing out in the middle of the night?

Author's notes: Finally finished chapter 2. I hope you guys will like it. I know it's been so long since I've updated this fic. The last one doesn't count since it was only to reply to all your wonderful reviews!^^ This is the real chapter two. I'm really, really sorry for keeping you guys waiting.

Now without further ado, the fic... *bows*

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~Remembering Without Knowing It~

"KYAAAA!!!" a feminine voice echoed.

Both of them broke apart and looked at the source. It was Sakura.

"Oh damn..." Itachi muttered under his breath. This was not good. He hadn't intended for anyone to see him. But Sasuke was too much of a temptation.

He stole a glance at Sasuke and saw the confused expression on his little brother's face. He smirked.

"What are you doing to Sasuke-kun?!"

Itachi glared at the pink-haired girl. This was not going well. The girl was annoying with that whining voice of hers. He would just love to do something about it. The thoughts in his head concerning her had something to do with his hands on her neck and squeezing it tight enough to break her neck.

But then, he'd hurt Sasuke again and make him cry. He can't have that now can he? So he opted for the only sensible solution at the moment: he was going to run.

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Sasuke didn't have time to react as Itachi swiftly jumped into the trees and vanished. Not a trace of him lingered in the area. But that didn't mean that Itachi had really left.

Yet, part of Sasuke was disappointed that Itachi had left. He wanted his aniki by his side. Sasuke's eyes widened and he shook his head. //No. I did not just think that.//

But his traitorous body still tingled from his brother's touches. It yearned for more. His heart pounded so fast that he thought he would burst. At the same time, it hurt. In a strange sort of way, it hurt not having Itachi close to him...

He looked up at the sound of footsteps coming closer and saw Sakura. She had grown up much over the years, both physically and mentally. Sure, there were times that she was still like before - whiny and annoying - yet he wouldn't trade her for anyone else. She was a dependable teammate and a loyal friend.

"Sasuke-kun?"

Well, a dependable teammate at least. He honestly didn't think she viewed him as merely a friend. Being around her for all these years, he would've been rather stupid not to notice. He wasn't like that dobe. It took Naruto a long, long time to realize that Hinata was in love with him.

Unfortunately for Hinata, by the time Naruto found out, he had already had someone else. Sasuke's eyebrow quirked at the thought. It was definitely unexpected. But then again, the dobe wouldn't be himself if he wasn't unpredictable.

Dark-rimmed eyes... A symbol of almost an entire lifetime's worth of lack of sleep. It gave Sasuke the chills just thinking about the guy. How Naruto could fall for that guy was completely beyond Sasuke's comprehension. But then again, it just proves that love IS blind.

Anyway, Hinata finally settled for Kiba. A pair that both clans had actually approved of. Two weirdos that actually made a good-looking couple. Better than what he could say about Naruto. Naruto's was just plain weird and in some level, it was creepy.

//Thank goodness Naruto isn't a mind-reader. The guy he's going out with really creeps me out. If Naruto ever found out, he'd never let me live it down.//

But he digressed. He didn't want to hurt Sakura. That's why he never rejected her feelings. He didn't encourage it either. He figured that the only way to deal with it was to to feign ignorance and hope that one day she would take the hint and find someone much more suited for her. She deserved to be with someone else.

"Hmm? What is it Sakura?"

"Did he hurt you?" Emarald green eyes looked at him worriedly.

Sasuke shook his head. "No. I'm not hurt anywhere." //But why does my heart hurt?//

Sakura sighed in relief. "That's good." Then, a serious expression was set on her face. "Please be careful. I worry about you the most."

//I know, Sakura. I know.// Then a question suddenly came into his mind. "Sakura, what are you doing here?"

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"Sakura, what are you doing here?"

Sakura was totally engrossed with Sasuke's well-being that she almost didn't hear his question. She had almost forgot about that. Her mind was trying to analyze what she had seen.

In her mind, she saw Itachi pinning Sasuke to the door, kissing the younger Uchiha like a starved man. And from where she was, Sasuke didn't even put up the least bit of resistance. It was almost as if the raven-haired chuunin welcomed it.

No, she must've seen it wrong. But right now, Sasuke was acting like nothing out of the ordinary had just occured. It was confusing her. They should actually be on their way to the Hokage to report the encounter with Itachi to put everyone on alert.

The boy she loved made no move to tell her to report this. This was one of the reasons why she hated being logical and analytical. Nothing escaped her notice and everything was analyzed layer by layer. No stone left unturned so to speak.

When she saw them kiss, she was livid. How dare that man kiss her Sasuke? He didn't have the right to do that at all! It was plain jealousy that prompted her to scream. She screamed to make them stop. She screamed because she was jealous.

Itachi had done something she had wanted to do for a long time. Kissing the boy she loved.

She snapped out of her dark thoughts and replied, "The Hokage called for a meeting. It sounded very urgent. We are to assemble at once."

She became worried as Sasuke sighed tiredly. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. Then he opened his eyes, locked his door and gave her a small smile. "Well then... Let's go."

Sakura smiled. "Okay! Last one there is an idiot!" Then she ran off with Sasuke running behind her shouting, "I'm not a dobe like Naruto!"

~TBC~

Author's notes: Okay... That's about the end of the second chapter. I'm really, really sorry that it's so short, a bit shorter than the first chapter. I did this in a span of thirty minutes. Can you believe that?! The downside is... it took me what? A month? It took me that long to get this burst of inspiration. I'm starting to wonder how long before I can write the next one... This is not good... *sees readers glaring kunais at her and ducks under the table* I'll try my best to get the next chappie out soon!

Until then, please review!