Thank you for the reviews, faves and follows! I really appreciate them. ;-;

Regarding the ItaHinaSasu, if I do go that route, I wasn't planning on making a whole bunch of love triangle drama honestly lol it'd probably only be a short bit of conflict before the brothers ultimately share since they love each other too much to be fighting over a woman. Still, not sure yet though, either way, SasuHina will be the bigger focus.

Mostly SasuHina in this chapter~

xXx

Light.

Eyebrows pinched together, pink lips parting to release a soft groan once the sunlight drifted until it was shining over the closed lids, warm and bright. Urging the sleeping occupant to wake up.

Palms pushing onto the sheet until she was sitting up, Hinata rubbed a hand against her sleepy eye in attempt to wake up faster. Lavender eyes blearily took in the surroundings - it was almost strange to wake up so peacefully when she hardly had a moments rest in the previous location. It was always being jolted awake by a rough hand clamping around her delicate wrists and yanking her to wherever he wanted for his experiments - never the glorious warmth of the sun gently rousing her.

This was...nice.

She was extremely grateful to the brothers for letting her have such a rejuvenating rest after the weeks of hell she's been through. It was exactly the thing she's needed after being confined in such a small, cold room for so long.

The angel stretched her arms above her head. Instinctively, her body tried to stretch out her wings too, only for her to wince at the twinge of pain that greeted her instead. She frowned at the ache, that's right...she doesn't have her wings and it'll take her a while to stop forgetting that fact.

Sighing softly, she pushed the blanket off her legs and stood, opting to push the depressing thought in the back of her mind for now as she made her way out of the room.

She paused in the doorway, sniffing the air with a curious expression. Whatever that was being made, it smelled lovely and she was sure that it would taste delicious too.

Following the scent, Hinata was going to head into the kitchen until something on the couch caught her eye and distracted her completely from her original objective.

Long eyelashes kissed her pink cheeks with each owlish blink as Hinata took in the sight of the slumbering younger brother. Captivated, the angel kneeled down to get a closer look at the sleeping human.

Her gaze roved over his flawless features, amazed at how peaceful such an angry person could look in his sleep. He was, dare she say it - cute in his sleep. The brows that were usually pinched together 24/7 were nice and smooth, giving him a calm facial expression compared to his constant glaring one.

His lips were parted and releasing small puffs of air instead of curling up into its usual snarl full of vicious words.

He looked like a handsome young man instead of a pissed off cat for once.

Before she knew it, Hinata was reaching up and gently brushing away the dark bangs out of his adorable face with a soft smile, pleased to see him in such a vulnerable state. She has a feeling that it's extremely rare to ever find the raven in such a tranquil moment.

Her fingers traced his jawline to end on his chin, lavender eyes taking in his face and storing it in her memory.

"He's cute when he sleeps," A silky voice slipped into her ears causing her to rip her hand away with a squeak and tilting her head up to see Itachi looming over her with a smile. His dark gaze drifted over to his little brother, smile softening at the sight, "Isn't he?"

"He is," She agreed, taking Itachi's extended hand and allowing him to help her up. She eyed the young Uchiha one last time before allowing the older one to tug her into the kitchen, "I'm amazed that he can make such an endearing expression."

"Because he looks so hostile all the time?" Itachi chuckled when she blushed and looked away meekly.

"Y-yes...I didn't think he was capable of such expressions...considering that he looks so angry all the time." She answered, glancing at him apologetically, she wasn't sure if he would take that as an insult to his brother and get mad at her.

But he merely agreed with a nod of his head, thumb rubbing her knuckles to let her know he wasn't offended, "Very true, Sasuke is such a temperamental person that it's a rare sight to ever see him relaxed like that."

They stopped by the kitchen table and Hinata eyed the two plates full of food, sniffing the air, she realized that this is where the delicious smell was emitting from. Releasing Itachi's hand, she grabbed onto the edge of the table and bent down to get a closer look at the unique food.

A hand dropped onto her head, patting the silky strands as an amused sigh escaped the owner. Another hand appeared in her vision, one long finger pointing at a round white and yellow thing, "That's an egg," It moved to point at two long, brown strips and a light brown square, "Along with bacon and toast."

"It's breakfast I made for you and Sasuke before I go work." Itachi informed her once she straightened and lifted her inquiring gaze to him. It was then that she realized that he was dressed up, a long white coat over a dark button up shirt and slacks, his ponytail newly done and with no loose strands besides his bangs.

Her brows scrunched up in worry at his words, "Y-you're leaving?" He was leaving her alone...with Sasuke? She was already unsure if the boy was even interested in making friends with her, never mind being alone with her - he was always glaring at her, after all!

However, the doctor seemed to be as perceptive as ever, able to easily discern her nervous expression and sent her a reassuring smile, "Like I said before, Sasuke is rough around the edges...but he would never intentionally hurt you, he just," Itachi paused for a second to think of a way to put his words before looking back at the frightened angel, "He just has a hard time expressing himself, especially to females. He's too used to them always screaming in his ear and clinging to him."

Hinata tilted her head in confusion, "Why would they scream in his ear?"

Itachi couldn't help the amused smirk pulling along his lips at her oblivious words, "Because some humans can be extremely shallow." Sometimes he can't blame his brother for his attitude when women only flocked to them for their looks, it's extremely difficult to find a female that doesn't go latching onto them as if they're a trophy to be won.

"Shallow?" The angel still seemed to be puzzled at his words and Itachi shook his head, patting her affectionately on the head.

"Don't worry, just know that Sasuke isn't as mean as he looks," He glanced at his phone before stuffing it back in his pocket with a grunt and turning to leave, "Anyways, I need to leave. Make yourself at home...oh and wake up Sasuke for me, will you? He needs to go to school soon."

Before she knew it, he was out the door and she was left standing alone.

Lavender eyes glanced at the living room where she knew the only other occupant was slumbering and gulped nervously, letting Itachi's words replay in her mind.

'Just know that Sasuke isn't as mean as he looks.'

She really hoped that was true, hands clutching at the soft material of her shirt, Hinata timidly shuffled until she was once again standing before the snoozing Uchiha. He was completely undisturbed from the noise of her and Itachi talking along with the light filtering through the windows.

Kneeling down beside his head, the angel hesitated for a second more before carefully lifting a hand...

And poking one pale cheek.

When all she got was a soft snore in return, Hinata repeated the action. Still getting no response, the blue haired female let a small smile pull along her lips as she continued poking at his cheek, finding it funny that she was able to get away with something like this.

However, the Uchiha seemed to be quite a deep sleeper since it took almost ten pokes before he finally started to stir with a groan. Deciding to be daring, Hinata poked him one last time before releasing a startled squeak when a dark eye shot open, glaring at her tiredly as a swift hand darted up to catch hers.

"What," Came his voice, husky with sleep as he turned on his side to face her, onyx colored eyes narrowed and staring at her questionably, hold on her hand strong but not enough to be considered painful for the angel. "What are you doing?"

Hinata became flustered at being caught and now having to deal with his full attention, she grew even redder. Lavender eyes gazing off to the side, unable to hold the hard onyx as a nervous smile pulled along her lips, attempting to weakly tug her hand out of his only to have him tighten it ever more slightly.

He was careful to watch her expression to make sure he wasn't actually hurting her. But he still wasn't planning to let her go until she tells him why she was jabbing him in the face with her finger, he doesn't appreciate being assaulted so early in the morning.

Even if the assaulter was cute.

"I-I...Itachi asked me to wake you up," She shuffled uncomfortably in her kneeling position, free hand clenching the long shirt in her grasp. Her large eyes gazed up at him innocently, pearly teeth nibbling on her bottom lip and temporarily distracting him as he found himself staring at the plush flesh being gnawed on, gradually darkening to a tempting ruby red. "He said you have school soon...I-I'm sorry if I made you mad."

He finally managed to rip his eyes away from those attention stealing lips and flipped onto his back, arm splaying across his face and shielding his eyes from view as a soft sigh escaped his parted lips. The hand holding hers hostage dropped it onto his chest, finding himself unable to release his hold on the dainty hand in his grasp.

Hinata blinked, able to feel the strong beat of his heart where her hand was currently positioned. A smile pulled along her lips at each beat beneath her fingertips.

It was healthy and powerful - just like its owner.

"I'm not mad," He murmured, from beneath his arm and drawing her attention back to him. "I just don't do well with mornings."

"Oh, I'm sorry," His hold loosened on her hand and Hinata finally found herself able to slip out of his grasp. Though her hand was quick to take residence elsewhere. "You can go back to sleep if you're still tired."

Sasuke tensed at the sudden warmth cupping his cheek and lifted his arm to eye the smiling angel, a gentle thumb caressed his skin, sending shivers sliding down his spine at the soothing touch. All too soon, it was gone and the blue haired female was leaving, headed to the kitchen where the food was hopefully still warm.

Hinata was startled when not even a second after sitting down, the chair next to her scrapped noisily against the floor before a body was plopped onto the seat. Baffled lavender eyes stared openly at the Uchiha casually picking up his fork to eat despite the tired glare still fixated to his face.

She thought he was gonna go back to sleep, not follow her to the table.

He was quick to pick up on her staring, dark eyes shooting to her with a raised brow, "What?" He mumbled around his mouthful of eggs and bacon, "Eat."

"O-oh, yes!" Picking up the fork, she decided to copy him and put a piece of the eggs and bacon into her mouth. Sasuke silently watched the angel as she cautiously chewed around the food in her mouth, letting the taste linger on her tongue. Soon, her cheeks stained pink with the new unique flavors coating her taste buds and squirmed happily in her seat, "Mmm, it's so goooood."

A snort caught her attention and she turned to see the human covering his face from view, shoulders quaking lightly, "You're so weird." He managed to get out between his attempts to hide his amusement, "It's just eggs and bacon."

"B-but, it's delicious! You humans are so lucky to have this." She argued, cheeks darkening in embarrassment at her apparent overreaction to the food. She couldn't help it, unlike him, it was her first time trying this type of food.

"Trust me," His hand lowered, allowing her to see the smirk along his lips as his once glaring dark eyes now shined with mirth at her antics. "You'll get sick of it once you've had it enough times."

"I-I don't think I could ever get sick of this." She replied, fork ready to pick up more eggs.

Sasuke merely shook his head once the angel went back to shoveling food in her mouth.

She's entertaining, he'll give her that.

xXx

Placing the last clean plate onto the dish rack to dry, Sasuke turned around to see the angel still sitting at the table, fingers idly twiddling around as she gnawed her lip and glanced around, looking reluctant to leave the seat. Did she think she'll get in trouble or something if she got up?

Strolling closer until he was standing next to her, the Uchiha stuffed his hands in his pockets and raised a brow at the fidgety angel.

"You planning on sitting there all day?" She jolted at the sound of his deep voice, lavender eyes glancing up at the owner timidly. Cheeks coloring, she turned away to stare at the table instead of those intimidating onyx.

"I wasn't sure if I was allowed to get up yet." Came her whispered reply that had him rolling his eyes at her obedient behavior. She seemed so lost now that the food is gone and no longer occupying her, leaving her unsure about what to do next without Itachi giving her something to do.

She was like a robot waiting for her next order.

Did she really need his permission to move from the table?

...

He paused.

That's right, she didn't exactly have the nicest host before Itachi and him. Perhaps her obedience is a learned behavior.

He sighed audibly, catching the way she tensed at the sound and lifted a hand to rub at the back of his neck awkwardly, "You're free to wander wherever you like in here, you know. Go explore through Itachi's shit if you want."

His attempts to make her more comfortable clearly didn't seem to work when she continued to stay in her same stiff position, eyes unmoving from the smooth wooden texture of the table.

"I-it's okay, I'm fine right here. Thank you."

Dark eyes narrowed, lips flattening into a straight line at her refusal.

And Itachi expected her to stay home by herself?

He wouldn't put it beyond her to just keep her angelic ass glued to that chair until either brother came home for the day. She still needed time to adjust to being in a more friendly environment.

Itachi will likely be gone for a majority of the day.

Which left him in charge.

Mind set, he moved behind her and pulled out her chair, forcing a squeak out of the startled female at the sudden movement. A hand clamped around her wrist and dragged her out of her seat, wide eyes blinking in concern at what the male could be planning, Hinata was left to gap at his back, mouth grappling for words that she couldn't get out.

It was when he all but tossed her onto the couch that she finally found her voice, instinctively curling up and hugging her knees to her chest as she glanced up at the aggressive Uchiha nervously, "W-what are you doing?"

She bounced slightly when he dropped down heavily next to her, some unique looking device held in his hand as the tv in front of them was turned on. The dark eyes glanced at her briefly before switching back to the tv, "Playing games."

Her hold around her legs loosened at his words and his focus on the colorful screen instead of her. His thumbs swiftly and expertly pressed a bunch of buttons on the device held in his grasp, luring the angel into staring at his fingers in curiosity.

"Uhm...Sasuke?" She piped up in a low voice, hesitating for a bit before inching closer to the occupied male.

"Hn?" He acknowledged, eyes refusing to part from the screen before him.

"What is that you're holding?" Came her question, pointing at the device despite him still not looking in her direction.

"Controller." Is the only answer he gave, confusing the oblivious angel further at his curt response. Glancing up at his profile, she caught him making a gesture to look at the screen and so she followed his gaze to see two people fighting ferociously.

She flinched from the violence and curled back up to bury her trembling lips against her knees, "Are...are you doing that?" At his nod, she wrapped her arms around her legs, "W-w-why?"

At the shaky words, the raven finally paused his game to glance at the shivering, balled up angel, "Hey," His palm splayed heavily along the crown of her head, silently urging her to look up at him, where he stared at her seriously, "It's not real. The people on the screen aren't real, they're fake so it's not like anyone's actually getting hurt. It's just for fun."

"W-what could be so fun about making fake people beat each other up?" She questioned in a small voice, not understanding how humans could find any type of violence entertaining. Why would they take joy in hurting another?

Sasuke shrugged, quickly pressing a couple buttons before turning to the angel, "It's just fun. Why don't you try it for yourself?" Blue strands flew around wildly as Hinata shook her head but still found the controller being shoved into her shaky hands, Sasuke's larger ones situating hers until she was holding it properly.

His hands disappeared and Hinata was quick to look up at him helplessly, "I-I don't know what I'm doing.." Instead of saying anything, the male laid his arm along the back of the couch behind her while his free hand pressed a button that started up the game. Which only startled the angel more, who scooted closer until she was pressed against his side in her panic, "S-Sasuke!"

He cleared his throat at her proximity, choosing to ignore the heat against his side to calm the female down, "Relax, I put it on easy. Just press any of the buttons."

Biting her lip, Hinata looked down and pressed the button closest to her thumb before quickly snapping her gaze back up once a pained grunt reached her ears. Lavender eyes widened at seeing her character pulling back their fist after punching its opponent, she gasped, turning to Sasuke and grasping his shirt in her panic, "Aaaah! I hurt that person!"

A snort escaped the Uchiha before he could stop it at her reaction to the game, amused smirk curling along the corner of his lips, he reached over to pinch Hinata's cheeks and turned her face back to the screen.

"Like I said - it's fake. You're not actually hurting anybody," He dropped his hold on her cheeks. "Just keep playing, you'll realize it's entertaining."

She nodded, deciding to take his word for it and reluctantly began pressing random buttons. It should be fine as long as no actual humans were hurt, right?

It took a bit more encouraging pushes to get Hinata to keep playing but soon the angel was invested in the game, lavender eyes no longer full of shame for making two virtual humans fight. They were now shining in interest as she continued to play, fascinated by how easily she could control the character on the screen, it was still a tad too violent for her but it was also a fun way to pass the time for now until the male got bored and gave her something else to do.

She wasn't sure how many hours she was playing for considering how engulfed she got into the game but she was pretty sure that it was a long time once a weight settled onto her shoulder. Pausing the game, she blinked owlishly at the head of black hair resting on her shoulder. They drifted to see the human's side, steadily rising up and down in his sleep.

A soft smile pulled along her lips, guess he was still tired from being woken up by her. Carefully placing the controller on the arm of the couch, Hinata scooted over to one end, making sure to cradle Sasuke's head until it was comfortably situated on her lap.

He stirred a bit, making a small grumbling noise before shifting and unconsciously lifting his legs up onto the sofa, one hand coming up to grasp her knee as his nose and lips brushed against the top of her exposed legs. Once he settled and went back to slumbering peacefully is when Hinata smiled and relaxed back on the couch, a hand placed onto his side as the other tangled into the soft, dark strands, stroking through it idly.

Shifting forward, Hinata leaned over the sleeping male and admired his calm face as she gently played with his hair.

Just as Itachi said, Sasuke is cute in his sleep.

Her head shot up when the sound of a door opening and closing reached her ears.

"Sasuke," Itachi's stern voice filtered into the living room until he rounded the corner, eyes glaring down at his phone. "Mind explaining why I got a call from your school saying you were abse-"

"Itachi." He paused at the sound of his name being whispered by a familiar soft voice, his dark eyes shooting up to see the blue haired angel looking at him in worry. An index finger pressed against her lips to indicate silence as the other hand continued stroking the dark locks beneath it.

Well, he certainly wasn't expecting to see his grouchy little brother sleeping peacefully in the gentle woman's lap but it wasn't a bad sight to see. Stepping closer to the two, he sat on the arm of the couch, placing a hand on the top of blue strands, he let his palm run down the silky locks as his dark eyes watched his brother with an amused smile.

"I guess I can let him off the hook for today."