Hello again my dear readers! It didn't take that long for me to update this time, did it? The first few sentences are kinda an overlap of the end of the last chapter. Thanks to Ally1313 for the idea of a "major sob story". Oh, and I do realize this relationship is developing quickly, but I can't help it…

Disclaimer:…I do not own the characters, but do the setting and plot. (I really want to know to actually reads the disclaimer…well besides the people who are aiming at suing people)

Warnings: ItaNeji, yaoi, etcetc…

Thanks for the reviews again , Read and Review please! Enjoy!

"Oh Neji, who did this to you? I swear, whoever did this will NOT get away with putting you in such pain." Itachi thought to himself as he was making some soup for Neji. It was 6 in the morning and he had been up the whole night continuously offering Neji to drinks; thankfully, he had taken some. Although Itachi was tired from staying up the whole night, he did not realize, nor did he care; his only love, whom may or may not love him back, was struggling to survive through excruciating pain (for all he knew anyway…hey, he's paranoid now).

The soup was finished; he brought it to his room and softly lifting Neji up and propping him up on many pillows. Spoonful by spoonful he fed the soup to his patient. Since the other was still unconscious, much of the soup dripped down the sides of his mouth. Seeing this, the eighteen year old gently wiped it away with a soft tissue; it took all his self-control not to lean in and lick the excess off his chin. Neji suddenly shifted and leaned in against Itachi. "I-Itachi?" came the soft voice of the Hyuuga, his eyes slowly opening.

"Yes, it's me, I'm here. Do you need anything? Water? More pillows? Another blanket? I'll go and get it." Itachi started to leave.

"No, no, please don't go. Can you—would you stay here for a while?" A hand softly gripped the older's tan arm. "Did I just say that? But I really don't want him to leave…"

"Of course if you want to." Itachi held Neji against him, stroking his long sweat-soaked, but yet still silky hair caringly. "…I wish I could hold him like this forever…it just feels so…so…so right…like being made for each other."

"I just have to say this…I must…I can't keep this in any longer…even if he hates me, is disgusted in me so be it…but I really must tell him" "Itachi…I-I love you…" The younger boy told the older looking embarrassed and as if expecting to be reprimanded; Itachi was shocked, but then small tears started to form at the end of his gorgeous crimson eyes.

Lifting up the head of the Hyuuga, and looking into his entrancing lilac eyes, Itachi leaned down beside his ears and whispered, "I, as well, have fallen for you…There was something I had been wondering though, why did you leave your former home?" "I really shouldn't ask about the rapist now for he is still not completely stable."

"I…I…because…my father…he…"

"What did he do to you?"

"How can it be fair for me not to tell him? He has given me a home…even if it's temporary…and he did save my life…I just home he wont think any less of me…""He…He demands so much of me. If I do something not to the standards he set…he beats me…that has been going on ever since I can remember…but a few weeks ago, about two weeks before I ran away, he…". He did not continue, he just looked down with shame, embarrassment, and fear.

"Neji, look at me, what did he do?"

"Itachi…I can't not tell you this…but it's so hard. It was thunder storming and he forced me to go out and run the tracks (uh…they have a house with the tracks in their back lawn". He said I must do five laps in under 7 minutes. I had a cold that day, but he still made me run. The time limit of seven minutes was up, I had only just finished the fourth lap…as usual, he started to beat me and called me a 'worthless wimp of a boy'…then…then he dragged me into the garage and..and..he…just started to rape me then and there…he was my own father…and an attorney…after that, he went out on a business trip fro 3 weeks…that's when I decided to escape that hell…"He looked down again with tears streaming down his face.

"I never knew you had such a terrible past…I'm sorry I can't do anything to somehow comfort you…to distract you from that pain…I'm sorry, love, such a beautiful creature such as yourself should not have to live in such pain…" Itachi looked down at the boy and kissed the younger's forehead; his respect, with his love, for the other now soared to greater heights, for him to live through all that and still stay strong.

"Itachi…are you not disgusted with me? Do you not regret inviting me in with you? Do you not blame me for not telling you everything?"

"No, I'm not disgusted, nor do I regret, and nor do I blame you. You have stayed strong and lived through so much, if anything, it makes my love for you grow."

"Thanks, and thanks again for being so understanding and caring to one such as myself who you do not know, nor do I know you for more than a week. Ha, I never thought I could experience any emotion such as love, less experience such feelings while I was on the run hoping to escape my childhood for a stranger…now turned lover…" He said with a grateful smile 

and nodded his head against Itachi's well formed chest, nuzzling into it. This brought a long sweet moan from both.

"Um…Neji…who did this to you?" Itachi asked, not being able to hold it in any longer.

"It was…that client…and a henchman…please don't put your do anything that will harm you because of me."

"Neji…please don't worry about me. Sleep now my love. Don't worry, I'll stay here."

--3 days later--

Itachi had gone out last night because he had some "business" that needed immediate attention, he made Neji promise not to get up and move around unless absolutely necessary. Sigh "How I wish Itachi was here…but he probably has more important things to do than just stay with me the whole day…I'm being selfish trying to keep Itachi by my side always; of everything he deserves, freedom is certainly one of them." After that thought, Neji fell peacefully asleep with dreams dealing with a certain hot, sexy Uchiha.

It was around 10 when Neji finally woke up from his deep slumber; he got up and found food on the table and the TV turned on, but no Itachi. He must be showering for there was the sound water running. Something in the news really caught his attention; two men were found dead and floating around in the sewer. They had multiple cuts and burn marks, of one which read RAPIST on each of them, but the cause of death was strangling for one and being shot in the head for the other; the one strangled was the client and the other shot was his henchman. Neji just stared, stunned, at the TV with mixed emotions going through his mind: horror and surprise, yet satisfaction and contempt, but most importantly, he felt loved and cared for. Itachi 

had possibly risked his life to get revenge for him, him a being who no one cared about until he met him.

The bathroom door opened and a shirtless Itachi walked out. Neji walked over and hugged him while the other hugged back with just as much warmth and passion. "Itachi…why did you kill them? You could be in serious danger. I don't know what I would do if something happened to you…" Neji asked with tears of gratefulness and worry beginning to form and while tracing a pattern on the other's toned stomach.

"Shh…I couldn't stand to see you pained in anyway; I couldn't let the ones responsible get away with it…"

"But Itachi…."

"Shush now and eat breakfast…" Since neither of them wanted to break the embrace, they just stood there for some time. Finally, they somehow managed to make it to the table; Itachi sat down pulling Neji onto his lap and started to feed him the breakfast.

"Nng…Itachi…as much as I can't do now, I can at least hold up utensils and feed myself…" But both knew that that was not as enjoyable. As a bit of food missed and was stuck on Neji's cheek, Itachi leaned in and licked it away. Soon they're lips met in a soft, sweet kiss.

Yay, first kiss (even if it wasn't a French one…I need to figure out how to write those and soon…)! This did not turn out as I had expected it to, a lot more fluff…but I don't think it's that bad…

I don't know when the next chapter will be about, but soon, I hope. Byebyes for now and wavies!