h//Hero
There was madness in his eyes. "Don't you see?" he stressed, shaking Sasuke's shoulders. "I did everything for you. I love you. Why can't you appreciate it? Why can't you love me too?"
Sasuke averted his eyes. He did love Itachi. "You're hurting me," he whispered, unable to find an answer to any of his brother's questions. He knew what Itachi had done. He knew that it was his fault Itachi was the way he was. "If what you're saying is true, why did you capture me like this? Why am I tied up?"
Itachi was exasperated. "I told you what I wanted you to do to me! Why won't you?" At that point, he was screaming in Sasuke's face.
"Because you're my brother," was the last reply he was confident he could keep a straight face for. "Please, stop this."
"Me? Stop?" His brother held a fist over his head. "You're telling me... to stop."
Sasuke winced.
"Stop!"
Before Itachi's fist could make contact with Sasuke, it was caught in another's grip. "You're insane, Itachi. There is no excuse for doing this to Sasuke!"
Itachi backed away, a shocked expression stuck on his face for a few seconds that felt way, way too long. Before the two of them knew it, he was gone.
"Sasuke." Naruto bend down, undoing Sasuke's bonds. "Are you alright?"
Sasuke gave a stiff nod and continued staring at the door until someone blocked his vision. Realizing he could move again, Sasuke stumble forward into Naruto's arms and let himself be taken in by that embrace, a kiss laid upon his head. It was something he could never say out loud, but Naruto was his hero in so many ways.