Chapter 9
AN: I finally found some free time to write! So, here is a short, cute drabble that I came up with. Enjoy!
Itachi: age 8
Sasuke: age 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Dinner had just ended at the Uchiha household and Fugaku and Mikoto were heading out for a clan meeting.
Mikoto had trusted Itachi to take care of Sasuke for the night, but she was a bit uneasy to leave her eight year old to take care of her two year old.
"Make sure you put Sasuke to bed at 8, no later than that. Take good care of your brother, ok?" Mikoto stressed, about to walk out the door. Fugaku had left before her, wanting to get there early while she stressed about her sons.
"Hai, kaa-san." Itachi replied, standing near the door.
"Bye, honey." Mikoto said walking out the door.
Once Mikoto left, Itachi turned around to go check on Sasuke. Before he could take a step, he was met with Sasuke running towards him, giving him a hug.
"Nii-san!" Sasuke said happily.
Itachi looked down at Sasuke and smiled. Itachi picked Sasuke up and Sasuke put his chubby arms around his brother's neck and rested his head affectionately on Itachi's shoulder.
"Nii-san, play?" the child asked.
"Ok, otouto. What do you want to play?" Itachi asked, kindly.
"Blocks!"
"Alright." Itachi replied heading towards the living room.
When they got to the living room, Itachi put Sasuke down and followed his brother to were all his toys were.
They both sat on the ground and Sasuke began playing with the blocks as Itachi started building something with them.
The blocks had letters on them so Itachi spelled is name. Sasuke looked at Itachi's blocks and tried to copy.
Itachi realized what Sasuke was doing and smiled.
"Nii-san!" Sasuke said pointing at the blocks, recognizing Itachi's name.
"Well done, otouto." Itachi praised. His otouto was so smart, at the age of two Sasuke could already recognize letters and words.
Sasuke then got up and walked towards the couch, Itachi following closely behind him. He looked up at Itachi and pointed to the TV.
"Nii-san, on?"
"Sure, otouto." Itachi replied.
He picked up Sasuke and turned on the TV, then he sat down on the couch with Sasuke on his lap.
To be honest, Itachi didn't really enjoy watching TV, he thought he could do something better with his time, like train. But since Sasuke was enjoying it he didn't mind watching it with him.
Sasuke leaned back on Itachi, his eyes still locked on the screen, and Itachi wrapped his arms around him, burying his face in his hair.
They stayed like that for a while, watching TV, enjoying each other's company.
A few shows had passed and Itachi realized that it was getting late and that Sasuke was getting tired.
"I think it's time for bed now, Sasuke." Itachi said
"'m not tired." Sasuke replied, then almost immediately yawning afterwards.
Itachi smiled.
"I think you are, otouto." Itachi said, standing up with Sasuke in his arms.
He headed towards Sasuke's room to get Sasuke ready for bed.
Itachi placed Sasuke on the bed and got his pajamas.
Itachi undressed him, but he didn't want to put on his pajamas.
"Nii-san, I do it?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi knew that Sasuke still couldn't dress himself yet, but who was he to stop him from trying?
"Ok, otouto." Itachi said, sitting on the bed.
Sasuke got off his bed and got his shirt and began to put it on, but he couldn't find the arm holes, or the head hole. He kept trying, but he couldn't do it, making him frustrated and sad.
"Nii-san…." Sasuke whimpered out."...help."
Itachi looked at Sasuke and smiled.
He knelt beside Sasuke and helped him out.
"It's ok, otouto." Itachi said, putting Sasuke's shirt on properly.
Itachi helped Sasuke finish changing, then put him in bed, tucking him in.
"Goodnight, otouto." Itachi said, kissing Sasuke's forehead.
Itachi was about to leave Sasuke's room when he felt a small, chubby hand grab his.
"Nii-san, please stay." Sasuke begged, tears threatening to spill out of his eyes.
Itachi looked at him and smiled sadly.
"Ok, I'll stay with you, otouto." Itachi said shutting off the lights.
Itachi crawled into bed with Sasuke, and Sasuke hugged him, burying his face in his chest. Itachi hugged him back and rubbed slow circles on his brother's back to help him sleep.
"Night, nii-san."
"Goodnight, otouto." Itachi said, kissing the top of Sasuke's head.
They laid in silence, enjoying the comfort they give to one another. Sasuke eventually drifted off into a peaceful sleep and Itachi did as well, both brothers cuddling each other.
AN: Yay! I posted 2 days in a row! Sorry if Sasuke's talking was annoying, he was two in this story and two year olds don't have a big vocabulary so I tried to make it simple. Also I'm sorry if this was short, I will try to make the next chapter long! I hoped you guys enjoyed!
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