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 7

The tenth grade is where we're sophomores and no longer freshmen! People should have to acknowledge this and just because we were freshmen last year shouldn't mean anything. By being a sophomore, which means we're still not freshmen. If only people were smart enough to realize this fact.

Once again, this year, plenty more girls seemed to take an interest in Itachi. Mostly freshmen, but some upper classmen and sophomores also check him out now that he's older. Usually, dating freshmen can be kind of weird since they're younger and newer.

During this year, the guys seemed to have taken to ignoring me again. Once again, like always, I don't mind this since they must've given up on me last year because I ignored them all. I could only hope so because if that weren't the case, they could start noticing me later on in the year. That'd be just plain horrible for me.

Ever since the vacation from Canada, Itachi spaced himself from me. We don't exactly talk as much like we did before that and he doesn't suggest we go anywhere after school. In fact, he stopped waiting for me after all classes except for after band since we walk home together—of course. But, I expect that might end soon, too, because he seems to be really awkward when with me alone.

I don't exactly like being so spaced out from Itachi, but if it makes him feel better then I'd be happy to be spaced out from him.

Sasuke is in the fifth grade now. I'm pretty sure that he's ten years old since he's always going to be a bit younger than everyone else in his class being the fact that he gets a year older in summer vacation. He seems to like fifth grade a lot and I sometimes have him watch Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? and I'll find out that the things they show on that show Sasuke doesn't always know them so that's how I know that that show is just a rip-off.

"Tomoyo!" I heard Mikoto call from the living room.

I set my iPod on the nightstand next to me when I turned it off and then I took my headphones off before I quickly walked into the living room. Mikoto is sitting down just sipping some jasmine tea and I stopped at the doorway, tilting my head with some confusion as I waited for her to tell me what to do.

"I'd like you to go to the grocery store to buy some milk," Mikoto said as she set her cup down. "Bring Itachi with you since he needs to go outside sometimes."

I nodded and then got the money from Mikoto. I headed to my room and while on my way, I stopped at Itachi's door and knocked. Itachi quickly answered and when he saw me, all he did was just stare at me until I said, "Mom wants us to go to the store to get some milk so be ready in about five minute."

He nodded and closed the door. I shrugged and went to my room. I got my shoes on before grabbing my bag and then I headed to the front door. It barely even took a minute until Itachi came out of his room and went toward me. We bid Mikoto good-bye for now and then we went out the door and began walking to the grocery store to get the milk that she wanted us to get.

Obviously, something's going to happen if fate had us be alone together. I'm just kind of nervous with the suspense of what's going to happen this time.

"So, do you think that the tenth grade is harder?" I asked as a way to strike up a conversation.

"Not really, it's actually a bit easier than ninth grade," Itachi answered.

"We're going to take the shortcut through the forest," I announced.

Itachi didn't reply and that just made me shrug as we went into the forest. It might be a forest, but there's worn down trails going through it that lead almost anyone in town that was near the forest. It's peaceful with the random rays of sunshine and the gentle breeze moving the trees back and forth, making the soothing sound of leaves rustling.

Sometimes, when the frost is out and you go into the forest, you can see some water droplets on a spider's web and once, when I was younger, I had came out here by myself and I had found a spider on its web and I think it was drinking from the small droplets.

But, right now, I'm not young and I'm not by myself and there's also the fact that there's no dew since it's not early in the morning. I'm older, I'm with my older brother, and its past noon so it's the opposite of that time, unfortunately.

"Itachi…?"

"Yes?" Itachi answered as he stepped over a log.

"Are you gay?" I seemed to ask out of the blue.

"No, what makes you ask me this?" Itachi asked, not giving any emotion.

"Well, you've never dated a girl. And that other girl you went with only lasted for a week or two. You've never really… looked at other girls. I just thought that, maybe, you're gay. It's not like I would tell mom or dad, or anyone else for that matter," I said as I was looking at the ground to avoid tripping.

Itachi seized me by my upper forearm which stopped me from my trek out of the woods to the super market for some milk. I looked at Itachi—since I was forced to—with a confused face and he put my back to a tree, although it didn't hurt. He looks angry and obviously not happy with what I had asked him.

"How would you come up with that?" he asked angrily.

"I already explained why. I've never seen you look at a girl."

"And you've never seen me look at a guy, either," Itachi said for me to realize the error of my ways.

"Well… I guess you've got a point there. I'm not sure I believe you, though," I said as I looked to the side.

Itachi used his free hand to grab my chin and turn my face toward him again as he said, "I can prove it to you."

I was going to ask Itachi how he planned on doing that but then he leaned down and placed his lips on mine. This shocked me, of course, and it made me feel unsafe since I'm in a forest. I had my eyes wide open in surprise and shock while Itachi's eyes were closed. We didn't move at all, it almost seemed like he did it just to feel his lips on mine.

To be honest, I think I like what he's doing, as crazy as it seems.

Itachi slowly pulled away, but kept his eyes closed, and his face was like that you would give when you're trying to enjoy the taste of some really good food—because for some reason people think that if you have your eyes closed, the taste will last longer.

My eyes aren't so wide anymore. Now, I think that my face might look like I'm actually pouting a little bit, although I want to give a troubled look. I guess I just can't trust my face now. Itachi immediately opened his eyes instead of slowly opening them, like I thought he would have.

I could feel Itachi's hand leave my arm and then he placed both of his hands on either side of my face. I could feel his thumb rubbing my left cheek as he set his forehead on mine like he did on our vacation to Canada.

"That felt wrong, yet so right," Itachi stated as he used his other hand—not rubbing my cheek—to start playing with my bangs as he blinked lazily. "Do you have enough proof now?"

"I think I do," I finally managed to say quietly. I realized right when I said the first letter that I had every reason to not believe in my voice because it sounded shaken, almost like I enjoyed what Itachi did.

Itachi seemed to have taken it in that way when he said, "You think?"

Itachi's hands stopped moving and stayed at the sides of my face as Itachi planted his lips on mine again. This time, he showed some reaction after just a measly second. Instead of looking like he enjoyed it, he kept moving while I didn't do a thing. I guess one could say that I honestly believe that this is kind of like a situation with a bear. If you stand still, it'll lose interest and walk away. That's kind of what I believe is true with Itachi as well.

Pathetic, isn't it?

Itachi's hand slipped behind my neck and he applied pressure to make my lips push against his. He went from trying it out, to starting to feel like he was begging for me to do something. I still didn't move at all, except for the fact that he had me move.

Itachi pulled away again and instead, put his forehead on my shoulder again as he put his hands on my shoulders. I couldn't tell what he was feeling when he muttered, "Why aren't you reacting?"

I didn't answer him because what was I to tell him? Was I supposed to say that if I didn't move, I think that he'll just walk away, uninterested? No, you just don't tell someone that unless you want them to think that you're naive, or stupid.

"Can't you just do something for me? This is the first and last time that I'm asking you for something and you're not doing it for me, god damn it," Itachi said quietly, sounding a little angry.

That set something off in me. I had always loved to do things that people tell me to do, that people requested. I guess all he had to do was ask since I placed my hands on either side of his face this time which made him raise his head and look me in the eyes, but they were still barren and empty of any emotions what so ever.

"You don't have to prove anything to me," I told him. "And… I did something."

Itachi straightened himself up and slipped a hand behind my back and then behind my neck, grabbing a handful of hair, although not to pull it. He kissed me again and this time, I lowered my hands to his neck and reacted. That seemed to make him happy.

When we were finished, we had gone to the store and bought the milk. After what happened in the woods, things seemed to go back to normal between us, except I knew how Itachi felt toward me. Up until now, I'm still not exactly sure how I feel, but when Itachi kisses me when he knows no one will catch us, I do it right back to make him happy. It's almost like nothing like this happened, and we're both happy with what happened and what will happen.

In the normal world, this is a forbidden incestuous desire. But, in our world, this is a right incestuous desire.

This is the LAST story in this seven-story series which means this was a short series. Reviews would be appreciated. If you want this series in Itachi's view, too, then just ask. If you want this series to continue in a sequel, you may ask for that as well.