Author's Note ;; Hello, my faithful readers! Thank you so much for all your reviews on my previous fic, Relief, I appreciate it so much! Enjoy this bit of fluff! Sorry this chapter's so short, I promise to update soon. Please review!

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Disclaimer ;; I don't own Naruto, all characters are property of Masashi Kishimoto. Any happenings similar to those in thee works of this author are purely coincidental, or done on purpose for the sake of the fanfic. Notice that this is a fanfiction. This is purely a work of fiction, nothing more. Enjoy.

"Nii-san? Will… will you come with me?" A small boy stood timidly at the entrance of his older brother's room. He glanced at the clock. It read 1:23 AM.

"Oh, Sasuke," Itachi groaned, rolling over on his bed. "Go back to bed. It's very early. Too early. Go get some sleep."

Sasuke's eyes grew wide. "Please, Itachi," he begged. "I wanna get a drink. I'm thirsty! I'm scared to go alone! Please!"

Itachi sighed, but got out of bed. "Fine, fine," he grumbled, rubbing his eyes and sliding his feet into a pair of slippers.

Sasuke smiled widely. "Thank you, nii-san!" he squeaked, grabbing Itachi's hand and dragging him hurriedly towards the kitchen.

"Slow down, otouto," Itachi laughed, following his younger brother's lead as he was desperately dragged along by a much smaller boy.

"No!" Sasuke snapped, stopping abruptly in the kitchen. "I'm thirsty, and I'm thirsty NOW."

Itachi smiled. "Try and keep it quiet, Sasuke… father and mother are still asleep. Okay?" he placed a finger to Sasuke's lips. Sasuke hesitated for a moment, and then nodded furiously, eager to please his older brother.

"Good." Itachi withdrew his finger. "Hurry and drink your water. I want to go back to bed, otouto."

"Okay," Sasuke agreed, pouring himself a cup of warm water and sipping it down. "Want some?" he offered the half empty cup to Itachi.

"No thanks," Itachi said. "I'm not thirsty."

Sasuke eyed him skeptically. "Are you suuuuure?" he asked suspiciously, drawing out the word 'sure' and narrowing his eyes into an almost dangerous glare.

Itachi laughed silently. "I'm sure. Wash that cup and we can go back to bed." he sat down on the tatami carpet, running his fingers over the bamboo material while Sasuke hummed himself a little tune and stood on a stool in order to reach the sink to wash his cup.

After a few moments of furious scrubbing and rinsing, Sasuke left the cup on the counter and returned the stool to its original position.

"Done?" Itachi looked up.

"Done." Sasuke nodded.

"Let's go back now," Itachi said, taking Sasuke's small hand in his and led him back to his room through the darkness.

"Thank you, nii-san," Sasuke said happily, running to his bed and squirming under the covers.

"Goodnight, otouto," Itachi said, beginning to head back to his own room.

"Wait!" Sasuke squeaked. "Don't leave yet!"

"What is it?" Itachi sighed, turning back.

"Can… can I have a goodnight kiss?"

To be continued! :o (-le gasp-)