Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Itachi, Mikoto, Fugaku, or Sasuke. They belong to Misashi Kishimoto.

Claimer: I DO own the plot and the OC. Those are mine alone, and only those things.

Pairs: ItachiOC

Warnings: There is incest and a lime at the end of the series. If you don't like it then DON'T READ! This is AU, just to let you know.

Summery: He's always ahead of me no matter what I do. I don't care, though. I'll always be there to catch him if he slips up... and maybe steal the spotlight. AU, ItaOC, incest, and short series.

Chapter 5

Summer vacation is the best time of the year.

The lazy, hazy, hot days of summer are wonderful. When it's hot, people tend to be really lazy, even parents, so that leaves room for children to do nothing a lot more.

Either you stay home, or you go to vacation in summer break. We chose to go on a vacation to Canada to see Niagara Falls. We've been here for two days already and about to go to sleep.

Our parents go the best rooms for themselves, although we asked for a normal room. Mikoto and Fugaku sleep together with Sasuke sleeping with Itachi in one bed and me in another in our room. We still go to our parent's room, though.

The first day we went to Niagara Falls. We stayed until the sun fell just to see the lights through the water falling. The second day we took a boat ride near the falls. We had raincoats, but our feet were soaked along with our faces.

"Hey, ankle biter, go and brush your teeth," I ordered Sasuke.

"Aw, can't I stay up late with you guys?" Sasuke asked in a whiney voice. "I'll be quiet and just watch TV. Can't I at least watch the end of this show?"

"Hm… you know what? Fine, I'll let you stay up late," I announced, earning a bewildered glance from Itachi. "I'll get you some milk and cookies."

Sasuke grinned triumphantly and I got the milk and cookies. I'm not admitting defeat yet, though. Milk and cookies tend to put people to sleep, or at least make them want to take a nap. Since Sasuke is just nine, he won't be able to even stay up that late and milk and cookies will just knock him out.

I got out the milk and the cookies then handed them to Sasuke. I sat behind him on the bed and watched the television with him. It didn't even take thirty minutes before Sasuke had laid down on a pillow and was knocked out cold with sleep.

"Shouldn't we turn off the television now?" Itachi asked after a while. I turned to him and put my finger to my lips and said, "Sshh. He's sleeping."

Itachi looked over at Sasuke and threw a small wad of paper at him. Sasuke didn't stir and Itachi shrugged and leaned back against his pillows on his bed again.

"Think we should put him in the bed?"

"Nope, he'll be fine. This is plush carpet so he can wake up feeling soar-free," I explained. I groaned wearily and got up again. I plopped back into my bed and Itachi glanced over at me. "My feet hurt because of today."

I heard Itachi's bed creak but I didn't bother to look. I jumped with fright when I felt something grab my foot and I immediately sat up to see Itachi sitting at the edge of his bed holding my right foot in his hands. He starts to massage it and I calm down and relax my shoulders, smiling with appreciation.

"That feels good," I said with complete contentment. "My feet are feeling better already."

Itachi kept at this until he finished both of my feet. I offered to do his, but he just turned away and muttered about how his feet felt just fine. I just thought he wouldn't want me to do it because his feet are ticklish.

I leaned back and sighed happily when my back hit the comfy bed and I let my hands just lay anywhere. The bed moved and Itachi lay next to me with his hands under his head. We just stayed in this position for a while until I looked over at the clock. It's already around ten o'clock which would mean everyone in the family is asleep beside Itachi and me.

I turned my head to the left, away from Itachi and I drowsily blinked as I felt a bit tired. I was awakened from drowsing off when I felt my hair moving. I turned to Itachi to see him feeling some of my hair in-between his fingers just analyzing it.

I raised an eyebrow at him and he looked me straight in the eyes. I stared right back at him with an unfaltering gaze, although it was questionable. He let go of my hair and then put his hand on my right cheek—the one facing the bed—and started to rub his thumb against my skin.

I furrowed my brow and then made my eyesight give the signal that I'm troubled by what he's doing right now. And yet I couldn't bring myself to pull my face away from his touch. It enticed me into rubbing my cheek against his touch, but I just buried that with bewildered thoughts on what exactly Itachi's doing.

Itachi started bringing his face closer and my heart started to flutter wildly because I know that this isn't good and that this is wrong. Itachi didn't do what I thought he would, though. Instead, he put his forehead on mine and all I could do was just stare at him with shock while feeling suspense.

"You're tense…," Itachi stated with an unhappy tone to his usual monotonous voice. "I'm just trying to calm you down."

"You just massaged my feet, not my body," I said so I didn't seem like I was over reacting. I've learned not to do that because some people tend to call me out on that.

Itachi pulled away and then sat up and motioned for me to sit up, too. I sat up and he had me turn my back to him and he started to massage my shoulders. I just ended up trying to get tenser but I couldn't since his massage felt so good. This felt kind of wrong, but at the same time I didn't want it to stop.

Itachi and I have always been close, but this was the very first time that he ever attempted at getting this close before. It was kind of weird. We've never even had our faces this close when I hugged him and there's also the fact that, unlike other families, we don't ever really kiss each other on the cheek or anything. We just get hugs and mom is the only one who gives us kisses.

Not until I get older will I realize that this wasn't where it started. This was just when Itachi got brave enough to do what he did.

This is the fifth story in a seven-story series which means this is a short series. Reviews would be appreciated. If you want this series in Itachi's view, too, just ask.