A/N: Okay…if you were expecting hot, steamy, Itachi on Sasuke sex in a bathtub…you have come to the WRONG fic. If that's what you wanted…I shall smack you over the head with my Cobalt Flux DDR pads for being kinky in the brain. …Nah, I wouldn't do that. My Fluxes would get damaged.

WARNINGS: Fluff, no kinky, raunchy you-know-what.

Rubber Duckies and Bubbles: An Innocent Memory

(Told from the younger brother's point of view)

I sighed deeply and looked at the pale blue ceiling of the bathroom, wearing nothing but a pink, warm towel around my waist. This was my favorite time of the evening: taking a bath with my hero, Nii-san. We had been doing this for as long as I could remember. It had become a part of our daily routine and if it didn't happen, then something just seemed out of place.

I turned my head as the door slowly opened and my brother walked in, wearing a dark blue towel around his waist and my rubber duck held tightly in his right hand. He smiled warmly and handed me my duck with his right hand and patting my hair with his left.

"Ready for out bath?"

I nodded and grinned. I didn't see Nii-san too often in the day, but when we did spend time together, we always had a great time and I wished that we could hang out with each other all day long. He picked me up carefully in his muscular arms, removed the towel from around my waist, and set me gently in the mass of comfortably warm water and fluffy bubbles. It was perfect: just the right amount of bubble bath and the temperature of the water was neither to hot nor too cold. Nii-san always knew how I liked my baths.

My brother entered after me a few seconds later, causing small waves to ripple along the edge of the tub. I grinned slyly and crawled over to him, plopping right down in his lap with my duck still clutched tightly in my small hands. He chuckled and rubbed the top of my head roughly, causing my hair to stick up all over the place. I yawned loudly and leaned up against his chest, hearing his rhythmic heartbeat right in my ear. I loved hearing Nii-san's heartbeat. It's the only thing that could comfort me and send me to sleep at night. If his heart was beating, it meant that he was alive, and that was what made me the happiest.

I heard Nii-san open the bottle of soap and squirt some of the substance into his hands. I sighed deeply and contentedly and relaxed my shoulders as he rubbed the soap gently along my back and shoulders. This was my all time favorite part of our baths. His hands felt so nice and my muscles instantly relax. Oka-san says that his wife will be lucky to have such a talented masseur as a husband.

His wife…one of the last things I wanted was for Nii-san to get married and leave home. He would forget all about me and take baths with his stupid wife instead of me. Yes…I was going to make sure that he wouldn't leave me.

I looked up into my brothers' dark eyes, the same eyes that I inherited, and frowned. "You won't get married, will you?"

Nii-san looked down at me. It was a moment before he answered.

"Of course I won't. You'll be mine forever…my foolish little brother." And he kissed my cheek gently.

That was the last bath we ever took together.

A/N: Right…so even I think that was pointless…