Junai No Bad Romance

Chapter V

The safety in your arms, knowing that I am not alone. It fills me to the brim with joy, to be able to call you mine…So, please love me no matter what. I do not know what's gotten into me, I just never want to lose you, never even think of losing you….

For the first time, in so many days Sasuke had finally decided to go to school. He got up and got ready for it. Once he was in the kitchen for his breakfast, his mother was rushing out the door calling out her goodbyes and Itachi was sitting there drinking some coffee, and reading the newspaper. They had made headlines. Everything went as normal, but the fact that Sasuke had dark circles under his eyes anyone could tell that he lacked sleep and he was not happy. The silence was unbearable, but it made him hope that maybe his brother, his darling Itachi, didn't hate him when he said "Morning little brother"

"Morning" Man, this was so over barring, it was too much. He wanted to face it and bring it all up. He had to "So, what is going to happen to Kisame?" Sasuke decided to open it up.

Itachi didn't even glance at him as he kept reading the news paper "He is going to court and they're going to decide what to sentence him with, some time in jail serves him right for what he did" Sasuke bowed his head down. It had been all his fault, he could have lost his brother. He had made Itachi unhappy and even made him cry, his brother never cried, for nothing and no one.

"But he would have never done this if I had not decided to run away" Sasuke was feeling guilty, that was for sure.

"But you running away does not force his actions" Itachi said before taking a sip of his coffee.

"Yes it does! It's all connected" Shaking his head; Sasuke grabbed his bag and walked over to the door, Itachi was not even going to look at him, so be it! "I have to go to school" Just as he was about to walk out the door his brother called him.

"Sasuke"

"Hm" Sasuke was not expecting his brother to call him back, his hand pausing at the door handle.

"I'll pick you up from school today, and I'll take you out to eat so we can talk with more time. I don't want you feeling guilty for what Kisame did" Itachi said, his eyes on Sasuke, Sasuke smiled without turning around but nodded his head.

"Okay, see you later" And with that he left. Itachi sighed; he still had something to do before he went and picked up Sasuke today at school.

I do not want you to just make me feel better, I want you to hold me and love me forever. I want you to forever be there, a lot more than just a brother…a lot more, more like my lover…Just allow me to prove to you that we are meant to be…

Once Sasuke was in school, he was early before everyone else. Therefore, he had decided to stop by the school canteen to get himself something to eat. It was just to hold him off for the entire school time. Once he got to class though, the normal group of friends was there. Part of his regretted coming to school "Sasuke!" Naruto cheered when he saw him and ran over to him, hugging him tight. "What happened? Where had you been? Sasuke" he whined. "Have you slept properly?" Then there was worry in the blonde's eyes.

"I was just not feeling good, I'll be alright now, so stop buggin' me"

"But you are alright now right?" Sakura asked from the other side. "You don't want to miss the fair do you?" Sasuke had completely forgotten about that. She walked over to him and smirked "you still don't have a date do ya, Chouji is willing to still go out with you, even though you stood him up" Sasuke watched her lick her lips, he knew she would enjoy seeing him with a guy. Fat chance he was going with whom she wanted him to go with.

"No thank you" Sasuke said "I can get my own date" that caused her to frown.

"Really now, who might that be" She was thinking it might be Temari, given that they had left without them knowing when they went to the theater. After that, he goes missing and so does she, they were probably doing stuff! It was possible to lock each other in a silent room, with candle light, and be romantic in silence. Or perhaps that was just one of her secret dark and deep fantacies. Sai, who was still sitting down in his chair, smirked and said.

"Well, I know I can get a date, it's not hard, I got myself one" Then he eyed Sasuke "doubt you can even get one though, especially one as hot as mine"

"Who the hell cares what you think and who the hell you date!" Sasuke snapped at him. Then he pushed Naruto off, so he could get to a seat. The blond was all on his like his mother or something! It frustrated him "You guys all suck trying to set me up anyway, why can't you let me live my life in peace. Don't you guys trust me enough to get my own date?"

"Cause you can't" Sai said, a smirk still on his face, "Duck butt hair."

"Are you mad at us?" Naruto asked in a small voice.

"I wouldn't doubt it," Shikamaru said, he looked extremely bored and relaxed. Sasuke glared at all of them.

"Would you all leave me alone on the topic of dating and all that?"

"Never" Naruto said, "We have to find you someone!"

Sasuke shook his head and then said, "I can find someone on my own, okay" His friends all gave him a look that they doubted that. Sasuke sighed and said "Okay, I promise you that by the time the fair rolls around, I'll have a hot date with me and all you can leave me alone and shut up!" With that his friends stayed silent as the teacher entered into the room. Sasuke was serious though, this was his own personal mission. He only had two more days to Saturday but he was sure that he could get a date. He was determined to get a date!

And he knew exactly who he wanted his date to be.

Sasuke could not wait for school to be over. But he still had once last class to go through before it can officially end here "Who are you texting?" Naruto asked.

"Someone"

"Who!" The blond demanded.

"Naruto, you are going to ruin my phone, quit it!" but the blond pushed himself more onto him. Sakura sighed, and was about to go and get Naruto when Sasuke's phone flew off his hand. She looked at it and then it began to ring.

"Someone's calling you," she said, looking at the screen name. Sexy PIMP. Just what exactly was Sasuke hiding on his phone? "Hello?" she answered. Everyone gave her an odd look at what she had done and Sasuke shook his head.

'Hello there, you are not Sasuke. Can you please return the phone to him so I can speak with him?' Sakura blushed at the seductive voice on the other end and nodded her head. Everyone looked at her as she walked to Sasuke and handed him his phone. Sasuke looked at the screen and narrowed his eyes.

"Kimimaro, What's up?"

'Just wondering if you ever made it home'

"I did" Sasuke said "Wait up" he turned to get his bag and waved at the others "See you guys later" as he walked to his next class. Kimimaro always did a check up to see that they had gotten back home safely and he would not be surprised to know that he was going to be asked many questions.

"What happened to you Sakura-chan" Naruto asked as he neared the pink girl.

"The…the voice" She said, "It was so…soothing and sexy" She was practically purring.

Later That Day

Itachi drove up to Sasuke's school. Just as he did, he had to find a parking, usually you had to pay to park inside the school, but the school also had visitor parking for thirty minutes and that was enough for his brother to come. He brought out his phone and called him up. "Sasuke, I'm here," he said and once his brother said an Okay, he hanged up and waited for him to come. This was not the first time that he had picked up Sasuke, but this was the first time that he felt nervous.

When it came to talking to Sasuke he was always scared that he was going to mess things up. What was he going to tell Sasuke about what happened when Kisame decided to go berserk? All day he had been racking his mind for something suitable to say to his younger brother. He found that moments like these were always crucial no matter what. 'Well, at least he is not a baby and he is not dumb, I know he'll understand what I'll have to say'

Today at work had been the worst though, since everyone had seemed to notice his distraught face. People also stayed away from him more than usual, and let's not add that blond artist to the equation. Deidara was the one that had given him hell.

Flashback

"Itachi, you're spacing out again" Deidara got a grin on his face. By this time they were in his overcrowded office, with the new manuals that had finally arrived. "Oooh, are you in love" Itachi shook his head.

"No idiot, I have to have an important conversation with my younger brother today" that made some silence fall in the room. Itachi was confused, but welcomed it. Mentaly sighing and getting himself to focus once more, he returned to the numerous papers he still had to read and sign and turn into his boss, Pein, before the end of the day.

"So, finally you are going to confess to Sasuke that you love him?" This made Itachi look up from his work to the red head and the blond man that were always in his office. The question had completely taken him aback, that he was sure that he had heard wrong.

"Come again?"

Deidara sighed and Sasori glared at Deidara. "Forget it Itachi, Deidara did not mean to say something like that"

"Yes I did!" the blond artist protested, "So fess it up, you finally decided to date your little brother right? You guys are so holding back on each other"

"I have no idea of what you are talking about" Itachi said and looked down to his paper "and I am not about to argue with your sick and disgusting mind, so get back to work" Deidara was about to say something more, about it being the most natural thing in the world. That it was bias to go with the standards of society. That loving your brother was right in that way, but he was stopped by his red headed lover.

"Drop it" Sasori had whispered "Itachi's not into incest, he may love his brother but not that way, he has to talk to him so Sasuke won't feel traumatized of what Kisame did" It wasn't meant for Itachi to hear, but he had heard.

That just got his mind to think even more, of things he did not wish to think of….Of things he had tried hard to ignore and forget.

End

He sighed. It was hurting his mind thinking about only his brother all day today. Sasuke, his precious baby brother, there was nothing more that he wanted to do than to protect him forever. From everyone, even himself. His friends were not helping to keep his young Otouto safe either. Itachi looked up and to the side when he saw his little brother open the door and sit down on the passenger seat. "Hey Otouto, how was school today?" Sasuke shrugged as he placed on his seat belt.

"It was hell nii-san" was all he said as he glared out the window. Itachi sighed once more and turned his car on once again. Sasuke had risked his life for him, but was it because they were just brothers, or was it more. The memories if Sasuke foolishly stepping in front of that gun, it made his heart falter and it placed fear deep within him. That was something that he could not ignore. He wanted to know why and what Sasuke felt for him and hoped that everything would work out.

Sasuke on the other hand was thinking on what to do…he could risk it all and tell Itachi straight up to be his man, but he was scared to lose the person he loved the most. Rejection was his biggest fear. As Itachi pulled out of the driving space, Sasuke's heartbeat picked up as he looked at how his brother smoothly drove, and his intent gaze was on the road. "So, where are we going to go eat Nii-san?" Sasuke asked, a slight smile on his face.

Itachi glanced briefly at him, and arched an eyebrow when he saw the determination in Sasuke's eyes as he turned to exit the school. His little brother was planning something; he could tell…This lunch was going to be an interesting one if that was true. "Anywhere you want to go and eat" was all he said, leaving Sasuke to think of a place. 'Today, I confess to Itachi! I'll tell him all, I have to do it, I will do it' The determination in Sasuke's eyes seemed to grow and Itachi was curious as to what Sasuke was thinking.

Anything, anywhere, wherever we are, so long as we are together, what else matters. As long as I can call you mine, nothing can be wrong with the world, nor the fact that I am happy.

Somewhere Else

"Mikoto?"

The world, a never ending dream that spins our lives for us throughout the eternal universe, never tells us the obstacles it'll throw our way, Please bless me and help me love and cherish, Everything you gift me with….

"What's wrong?" Kushina asked as she sat on the other side of the chair, in Ichiraku with Mikoto. The poor woman had barely touched her meal and she looked so pale. Usually when Mikoto spaced out like this, she was about to ask something that was out of the ordinary and impossible to imagine. "Mikoto, you are spacing out again"

"Sorry" Was all she said and took in a deep breath, here it comes "Kushina, if your son was to ask you something strange, like, marry his own brother, would that be strange?" She quickly asked, "I mean, yeah, Itachi and Sasuke are consenting adults, but Sasuke's only eighteen, Itachi is twenty two, they are still pretty young" She then shook her head "of course, that was so long ago!"

"Mikoto, slow up, what happened?"

"Okay I'll tell you, I'll tell it to you from the very beginning" Mikoto took a deep breath and then began. This was of something that happened when she was younger, she just did not know what suddenly brought the memory back, but a point in her life, Itachi had scared her greatly. "You know how your child sometimes wishes to have a younger sibling and they will ask for one, well that wasn't the case with me, you see. Itachi had demanded me to have his younger brother." Kushina was stunned.

Flashback

A much younger and foolish Uchiha Mikoto was looking at brochures of how to prevent pregnancy. She did not want to have any more kids. Itachi was already the perfect son and she did not need any more kids. Her own work and Fugaku's work also kept them busy. She was smiling as she had found a safe and easy operation that could be done to her and she would not have any more kids. It was never he dream to have kids anyway, and neither was it Fugaku's. She walked out of her room with the brochure, about to make a call when something tugged at her sleeve.

Her three years old son was looking up at her with a slight glare in his eyes "Mommy" He said, in his sweet childish voice. She smiled and petted him on the head; he is her pride and joy.

"What's the matter my sweet Itachi?"

"Mommy, I want you to have my little brother" It was straight up a demand that shocked her. She shook her head and then said.

"No, mommy's not going to have any more kids sweetie, it's just you, me and dad. We really can't afford to have another child running around" She was still smiling for his sake, but Itachi's shook his head. He was not going to have any of that, none of her lies, for he knew what she was up to and what she planned to do soon. He was not an idiot, even if he was three, he was well aware of his mother's actions.

"You are going to give birth to my little brother" It was a firm demand and with that the boy left. Mikoto stood there for some time before looking at the phone. She would call tomorrow, yeah, when she was not so shaken up from what Itachi had said. After that, Itachi was normal. In her sense. He did not ask for anything like a brother for some time and that was enough to build up her courage to already have an operation to never get pregnant again.

She made the call, got an appointment and felt happy about it.

Still, when she went to go pick Itachi up from the day care center, he glared at her, making her feel guilty and feel as if he knew what she had done that afternoon. "How was your day sweetheart?"

Her fears were confirmed when he brushed off her question and instead said, "I want you to have my little brother mommy" She sighed at this as she kept driving, unsure of what to say anymore. Her child was really scaring her.

"Itachi, you have to understand, mommy does not want any more kids, the way things are going I barely even get enough hours of the day to be with you. I'll have to quit my job if I have another kid and that is something I don't want to do." She tried her best to make her first born understand; that there was no way that she could get pregnant again. Not with the fact that she was a working parent and she barely had time for Itachi, let alone a second child. It made her mad that Itachi would even ask her such a thing. Still, her young boy was persistent as he looked up at her with that unwavering face.

"My little brother is not just a kid mom, he's my future, he's the one I will marry" He pulled restlessly at the seatbelt across his chest and waist "I will love him forever, so you must give birth to my brother, I want you to give birth to my baby brother!"

"What are you talking about?" She huffed as she glared out the window at the red streetlight that kept her in place. Itachi was not going to tell her what to do, or to even have another child. That was just impossible!

"You are going to have my little brother mommy" She glared and shook her head.

"No I'm not. End of conversation." She snapped, making Itachi look up at her with shocked eyes at her outburst, but it successfully had made him shut up. It was an uncomfortable ride back home, but soon Itachi was acting as if it had never happened. That relieved Mikoto. What scared her most though was when it started to rain the day before she had her appointment. Itachi had been sitting down drawing, and she was watching television, expecting Fugaku late already and it was dark.

She bit into her lower lip gazing at the television, squirming in her seat at the couch. She could feel it, the fear running through her skin that something was about to happen. Loud lightning exploded outside and she feared that Fugaku was not going to make it home safe in the rain. That was when all the lights went off and she nearly yelled in fear.

Why was she so jumpy?

She was usually a strong woman.

It frustrated her. She started to stress out and Itachi looked up at her, his eyes shocked her. They had a dim tint of the color red in them that seemed to glow in the room and she was scared her even more. But it was for a second and she realized it was her imagination. His eyes really were, searching and at the same time seemed warm "Mom, you shouldn't stress yourself out" he said, his voice smooth and low. Itachi surely was not a normal child.

"Oh Itachi" she said trying her hardest not to tremble and scared her child in the process, she needed to be strong and stop seeing things that were not there "Come and help me look for a flashlight" she slowly stood up and then watched him stand up and ran over to her and hugged her around the waist. The action shocked her. "Itachi" Itachi chuckled.

"Don't worry mom, I'll protect you from the darkness, after all you are pregnant with my little brother" The look in his eyes as he looked up at her, the way he spoke, it wasn't as if he was even human. With that, he let her go and ran out to get a flashlight. Mikoto was completely startled; she pressed a hand to her stomach and shook her head. That was not possible, she was careful to always use protection, yet the way Itachi had just said that.

"No." she whispered, she turned around to see where Itachi had gone, but did not see him until he returned with the flashlight. "How would you know I'm pregnant?" she asked.

"Because, I love him" After that, Itachi stayed staring at his mother's stomach for a long time. He did not stop until Fugaku came home, and Mikoto ran to him. Hugging him tight, Fugaku only laughed when Mikoto told him that Itachi scared her. 'He's just a child' he said, she repeated in her head, but her fears were real and Itachi saying that she was pregnant was true.

She was denied the operation when the doctor told her she was pregnant. Nine months later, Sasuke was born, and Itachi was jovial with it all. Nine months and a half later, her second born was born. She named him and kept him away from Itachi as much as she could; Itachi seemed to comply and did as she wished. Itachi never even mentioned anything about loving Sasuke or wanting him.

However, she could not deny the longing look that he always gave his little brother.

End Flashback

"And now, Itachi does not remember any of that, every time I had tried to ask him, or mention it, he looks at me confused as if I'm crazy!" Kushina stared at her with wide eyes, unsure of what to say to Mikoto's story. "I mean, what am I to say, I never questioned it because he was a child back then, but isn't it strange?"

"This sounds like a story out of a horror film" Kushina commented as she stood up and Mikoto began to follow her. Break time was over and it was time for them to return to work.

"It's not!" Mikoto protested. This was the full blown out truth. "You have to believe me, I am not making this up. Either way, what would you do?" She asked. She was desperate for the answer, one that she knew that she as their mother had to find deep in her heart. It was obvious what the world would say, this is wrong, you should separate them, but she could not.

"Well" Kushina said, "Itachi has not asked you to date Sasuke now has he?" Kushina asked and Mikoto shrugged her shoulders "then, let's wait and see what happens, the way you tell this you are stressing too much, go with the flow"

"But I'm scared" Mikoto whined, "I love both my boys and wish then happiness, but I am scared of them, I can't let them know that I'm scared of them!" Kushina laughed. "It's got to mean something that I am recalling that moment! I'm not stupid, I see how Sasuke might feel something for Itachi, it's all so subtle, but it's there! Itachi is the hardest to read though"

"They are your kids; you don't have to fear them. To my kids I am boss and make sure they stay inline. Where do you stand?" Kushina sighed, "Besides, you are just being paranoid, what is to say Itachi and Sasuke would date, they seem so cold towards each other. When I met them, it was odd…you know" Kushina shrugged.

"True" Mikoto said. She still was scared, but she wanted to know what was on Sasuke and Itachi's minds these days. 'I guess I will just have to wait until tonight; at home we will all have a talk about this' She decided. Only if Fugaku were still here to help her out with her mothering skills, because she lacked so much of them.

I can protect you so far, accept me, and bless me with your support; I want to know more of where I am and what am I doing. Because I am destined to be with my brother, I am destined to forever be his…

Well, it has been so long, too long. lol. Sorry, I've been busy with school and taking care of my my new puppy, Man, my dog Boo went missing and now I have three new ones. had four but gave the other one away. Shortie, Roku, and Zenith. Oh well, enough excuses, thank you to all who reviewed, read, and stick to this story despite it all. I'm trying to catch up you all around.

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