So what if I miss you?

Sasuke.

A voice was calling to him. It was in his head. That meant it was another vampire. It meant…

"Itachi."

Naruto mumbled in his sleep in his sleeping bag two feet away. Sasuke hoped dearly that the Dobe wasn't dreaming about him. Sure, they'd kissed but that was just a kiss between friends. It wasn't that Sasuke liked the blonde hunter or anything.

Don't speak aloud, Otouto. Telepathy.

Right. Sorry. Where are you?

Two days travel from here.

You can't come here. It's too dangerous.

There was nothing but silence in Sasuke's head.

Itachi?

I'm here.

I thought you'd abandoned me.

Never. You're the one I live for.

Itachi, am I vampire? Did you make me one or…?

Yes. You are. But you are a rarity. Your kind is born once in a millennia.

But what am I?

A pure-blooded vampire. You do not need to drink for you are actually alive. You have a heart. But Mother and Father did not know it. I hid it from them. They thought that powerful aura was from me. But it was from you. They would've found out. They would've used you.

How? Sasuke's head was spinning. He was baffled.

They would've drained you. Pure-blood is the most exquisite, the most potent.

Is that why you killed them?

Yes. Father figured it out.

I didn't want this to happen.

I know.

I'm sorry. But I'm back, now.

Itachi, you can't come here. It's too dangerous. Kakashi-

I know about the arrangement. About everything.

Of course Itachi did. Sasuke grinned.

I just wanted to make sure you were real.

I feel the same way. But Aniki…

I didn't come for you, Otouto.

"What?"

But I will, one day. I will come for you when it is safe.

And then the voice stopped. Sasuke waited, but there was nothing more.