Junai No Bad Romance
"Mikoto-san!"
Kyuubi held the phone to his ear, hearing the dead tone on the other end and sighed. She had hanged up on him. Was that a rejection from her to him? It was not fair. All these years, he had loved her and never said a thing, he finally asks her out, and she hangs up on him! Doesn't she understand his feelings? Maybe he should not have of done things through the phone; he should have gone over to her house and asked her out in person. He should have been able to see her face. He should have not given her the chance to hang up on him.
Nodding his head, he decided he would try once more, but this time he was going to do it in person. He just needed to go to the Uchiha home, and ask her out. It was as simple as that, and she won't have the chance to reject him at all.
Kyuubi sighed, and then turned, only to see his brother standing by the door, with a shock expression on his face. "Naruto? Are you alright?" He asked, attentively but Naruto just shook his head, backing away slowly before an accusing finger was pointed at him. And then his idiotic blond haired brother yelled.
"YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON SASUKE'S MOM!"
Kyuubi sighed, rolling his eyes. "Shut up Naruto, this doesn't concern you at all."
"AAAAH!" Naruto yelled while Kyuubi decided to leave him there alone to keep doing his lunatic antics.
The next day
Mikoto was distraught.
It was noticed that morning by both her son's, as well as her best friend, Kushina. It wasn't until late afternoon that Kushina felt like she had enough of the absent minded Mikoto and took her to lunch with her. Although, Mikoto didn't seem to have much of an appetite, "What's wrong?" Kushina asked, with a serious tone.
Mikoto sighed, and looked at her with a troubled expression. "Last night, I was asked out on a date,"
Kushina slowly nodded her head, "And the problem with that is?"
"It was Kyuubi!" Mikoto cried, and Kushina shook her head. She sat back with a heavy sigh. "He's your son, and well, I see him as a child. I don't want to date him," Mikoto looked defeated, "I wish I had never been asked out,"
"Don't sweat it, Kyuubi's always had an infatuation with older women, in fact, I'm not surprised he asked you out." Kushina shrugged, "You know, Itachi was not the only odd child when he was young"
Mikoto gave her a curious look, "He was not?"
"No, Kyuubi, well like I said, was fascinated with older women. When he was two years old, remember, you were around sixteen, and you had decided to marry Fugaku. You were going to move away and you also decided that you were going to stop babysitting for me, that that it mattered, I had already decided Kyuubi would be going to a day care center." Kushina shrugged, "Besides, you were busy starting your own life, and you got married, and then announced that you were pregnant, at that moment you glowed, and Kyuubi liked you. At that time you left though and he would ask about you, but you were busy now with your first born, finishing school, going to Lawyer College, and then working." Kushina shrugged.
"Yeah, I really decided to bind myself in my life didn't I," Mikoto sighed, "That's why I thought it would have been so much easier not to have Sasuke, I quit after I was eight months pregnant with him,"
"Yes, I remember, although, now that I think about it, Itachi never has met Kyuubi has he,"
"Uh no, since I would come to visit you every now and then since Sasuke had been born, but Itachi was going to start school early, Fugaku decided it was time for him to go into pre-school and he started to focus on Itachi to make him the best," Mikoto looked fond of the memory.
"It's almost like Fugaku didn't give Itachi room to be a kid," Kushina said indignantly. Mikoto shrugged.
"He might have not. Itachi also might have turned out a little too serious and more into his work, but Sasuke had always managed to try and shake things up for him." Mikoto shrugged. While Itachi might be all about work and advancing she knew that Itachi was most of the time pulled out of his study room to play by a really enthusiastic Sasuke and Fugaku would get angry, but it was her job to distract him just so her kids could enjoy being normal kids. She could even remember when Fugaku started to try and make Sasuke serious about studying as he had done for Itachi, but Sasuke would only give his needed time of studying and then would be off doing something that interested him more.
It annoyed Fugaku, but he wasn't such a hard-ass all the time. At least some days he could take a break and relax and even let his kids be kids. He understood that Itachi did need a break, mostly because Sasuke would always complain that they needed one. She misses Fugaku so much.
"Anyways, this might be just a face for Kyuubi; he'll get over it soon. You'll just have to reject him."
"Great, hurting someone I never would even think of hurting,"
Kushina shrugged, "Kyuubi really leaves no other room, but he'll get over it. Besides, you and I need to do something fun in our lives. We're single women looking to stay single, what are we going to do?"
Mikoto shrugged, "Dunno, what you have in mind?"
Kushina gave Mikoto a fiery smirk.
Sasuke was in school, although his mind was on his brother.
Even though the two of them were together, and they had hot sex, there was still a distance Sasuke felt and it made him want to end it. It was sort of an annoying itch that you couldn't scratch, and he needed it scratched. Itachi was considerate-but then again he had always been. The problem remained that his brother made no real efforts to come to him and just be…romantic or something. It was as if there was no romance in their newly budding relationship.
He had been the one to ask him out.
He had been the one to ask him for sex.
He wanted his brother to ask him for something.
Although, the more he thought about it, it wasn't that big of a deal. They lived together, got to see each other every day and night, and they cuddled and kissed. That seemed to be enough, they were brothers after all-he just thought maybe being boyfriends might change something. For certain, he didn't need Itachi bringing him roses, or opening doors for him, but a nice sweet text from him would be nice once in a while. Asking him out would also be nice, but Itachi just seemed to get himself more and more absorbed into his work, that he felt he needed to pull the plug already.
Sasuke shoved his books into his back pack as soon as the teacher glanced at the clock and then she turned to look at them, telling them that their time was up and the lecture was over.
Sasuke stood, along with a few others, while other students remained still either taking notes or shoving their books into their backpacks. Sasuke didn't care; he went straight for the door and out of his classroom. He had work after this, but he was also determined in getting his brother to ask him out in a date next or at least something!
Sasuke knew that was not really his problem though.
What he really wanted to know was if Itachi loved him, really loved him. Beyond physical attraction and that his brother was not just doing this to indulge him in his own need to be with him. Stories of his brother being younger and demanding he be born, and even claiming him meant nothing if his niisan could not remember ever doing such things.
Feelings change over the years.
Sasuke sighed, trying to clear his head out of all his thoughts. Maybe he'll be able to figure this out later.
Itachi had been in his desk, diligently working on the mass amount of papers that he had to work on as the Uchiha heir. There were so many things that pulled on his focus that he barely had any time to think about what he needed. This is where his friends and coworkers came in, to stop him and tell him it was lunch time. Not that Itachi cared much about it. He just hated to be disturbed from his work. Although, now more than ever he was looking to get home and be able to eat something actually home made, and maybe then just snuggle with his baby brother.
But that was only if he could get all his work done and he didn't have to take any with him home. Otherwise he was going to have to take time to finish before being able to hang out with Sasuke.
Although, here he was, at a restaurant, having lunch with Sasori, and Deidara, while his mind was still on how he was going to finish all his work. "So, anything new Itachi…" Deidara decided to ask all of a sudden, breaking the silence the Uchiha heir had.
Itachi shrugged. "Nothing in particular," he responded, looking at them with indifference.
"If you say so, un," Deidara couldn't help it anymore, and all hell broke loose "Fuck why the hell don't you just get with your brother already!" Sasori was shocked by Deidara's boldness and had to hold him back from doing anything too rash.
Itachi lifted an eyebrow at him. "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing-" Sasori tried to divert the conversation to something else, but Deidara was having none of that.
"God, you and Sasuke are so transparent! Just fucking kiss, do something already-MARRY each other for all I care!"
"Well, I would have married him already-If I hadn't been denied," Itachi said, with a bored tone. This made Deidara and Sasori both looked at him shocked.
"What…Sasuke rejected you?"
"Huh, oh no, Sasuke doesn't know I wanted to marry him already," Itachi said, waving that away. He had no doubt in his mind now that his brother wouldn't reject him-although at the time he did think there was a possibility. "It was about some time ago, when my father was still alive,"
Flashback
Itachi had just turned eighteen and Sasuke was still fourteen. Itachi was not sure, whether or not it was the appropriate time to ask, or if Sasuke was ready. However, he was ready. He could not take any more, he wanted this badly. Many girls had asked him to be their girlfriend, but he was not interested in any of them, or any female creature for that matter. Ever since the day his baby brother was born, his eyes had been on him and only for him. Watching him grow from a tiny infant to a more developed toddler to an adolescent had been a sort of infrequent thing for him. He never wanted to miss a moment of his brother's developments into a young adult.
He was attentive of how Sasuke's personality had also changed through the years and shaped itself.
He was everything he ever wanted.
Itachi could not say for sure that Sasuke had looked at him the same way, for him to keep an indifferent face was simple. He felt safe and secure though, no other thought crossed his mind other than Sasuke completely belonged to him, so Sasuke dating other people was no problem as long as he did not fall in love with them and he also didn't get naked with them. Itachi was not going to restrict him of anything. He wanted his brother to come to him as well.
However, he felt that he needed to make the first move.
"Father" he said one day, when his father had been in his study and making out checks to pay the bills "I have something to ask you," Itachi continued as he walked over to him.
"What is it son," Fugaku had looked at him, respected him as an adult at that time.
"I want your permission to date Sasuke, and make him my bride" Fugaku at that moment had felt as though his life had come crashing down, and perhaps that he had heard wrong. His son, there was no way, that his precious first-born had just asked to date and marry his own brother, his precious second born.
"Pardon me, can you repeat what you just said. I don't think I heard you right" Fugaku was slightly shaking and tripping on his words as he said this. He sat straight in his chair and looked over at Itachi, expecting something different from his mouth. He watched as Itachi fought all his nerves, took a final deep breath and then delivered the blow.
"I said that, I want your permission to date Sasuke, and make him my bride. I want to marry him," Itachi backed away when his father stood up breathing hard.
"There is no way, how can you ask such a thing!" Fugaku's eyes were practically bulging out of his skull "HE IS YOUR BROTHER FLESH AND BLOOD!"
"So" Itachi said, "I want him, he will be my husband"
"GET OUT OF HERE!" His father yelled, and started to throw things around him, but Itachi stayed there and blocked them as best he could.
"Is that a yes?" he persisted, wanting to be allowed to show his feelings. And Fugaku let out a long and strangled yell. It was too much, too much to take and handle all at once.
His own son had just asked to date and marry his own brother.
Fugaku was devastated, had heart failure, and soon was in his deathbed. Itachi felt sorry that he had asked his father, but at the same time, he felt like all of this was unfair. He had walked in to see his father in his deathbed after Sasuke had, and after his mother had calmed him down. "I'm sorry father," he had said and then out of spite added "But I'm still going to date Sasuke and you won't stop me"
"Itachi, don't you dare even get near your brother with such intentions" Fugaku knew he was going to die and then added "Wait till he's an adult, wait until you have your head straight, but until Sasuke comes and asks you in a date, there is no way that you are going to date him" Itachi's eyes had widen.
"That's not fair"
"Life's not fair, Sasuke is still a child, if you care for him you'll allow him to decide" Itachi bowed his head and had to rethink everything.
What if Sasuke didn't like him? Would he be forcing himself on his brother?
That was when he nodded his head and gave it up, for that moment. Fugaku had truly died in peace at that moment. "Thank you Itachi, just please wait," Itachi was sure his father was hoping Sasuke would never accept his feelings.
End Flashback
Deidara and Sasori were gapping.
Itachi decided not to say anything more as he continued to eat his lunch so he could get back to work.
Later that evening, Sasuke was the first to return home. Ten minutes later his mom came home. And about an hour later, Itachi was the final person to walk through that door, and locked it.
By that time, Mikoto was cooking dinner and Sasuke was at the table reading a book. Itachi walked over to him and placed a kiss on his cheek. Sasuke turned to look at him with a smile on his face, "Welcome home niisan," Itachi ruffled Sasuke's hair in response and headed out of the kitchen and up stairs to leave his suitcase. Sasuke pouted slightly at the lack of response he got from his brother. It wasn't like he was expecting anything before, before he didn't even get a kiss on the cheek, but still, he felt there was something missing.
"Hey mom,"
"Hmm, yes sweet heart?" Mikoto turned to smile at her son.
"What is romance?"
"Hm," She said, looking thoughtful, "I actually wouldn't be sure. Why do you ask?"
"Well, me and niisan are together now, but at the same time it feels like nothing has really changed," Sasuke said.
"Hasn't it?" she asked, giving him a smirk. Sasuke blushed. Guess things had changed-specially in the department of kissing his brother and doing sinfully naughty things with him. Mikoto chuckled evilly, "It might feel like they haven't, seeing as he is your brother, but things have changed between you Sasuke. All you have to do is talk with Itachi about any insecurity you might be feeling in your new relationship" She said in an advising tone that made something click in Sasuke's mind.
Sasuke nodded his head. Insecurities…he would have never thought he'd have any, but apparently he did. And so, when Itachi returned Sasuke shifted in his chair so when Itachi sat down he was able to capture his lips in a passionate kiss.
Itachi was startled, but returned it nonetheless.
Mikoto decided it was the perfect chance to pull out the camera and capture the moment. Sasuke had looked at her shocked and Itachi had smirked into the camera as she continued to snap pictures, calling them her precious babies. As soon as the little shoot was over, Mikoto served their dinner before announcing something that made both Sasuke and Itachi look at her confused.
"Tomorrow, we will be having dinner at the Uzumaki's household, so try to get home early so we can get there in time,"
Kyuubi glared at his mother.
"We'll be having the Uchiha's over tomorrow, and we are going to talk about this little infactuation you have for Mikoto, and you will accept that nothing can happen between the two of you,"
"But mom!" Kyuubi looked at her with a look of distress.
"No buts,"
"Yeah, no buts" Naruto mocked, and both Kushina and Kyuubi glared at him.
"Sucks being the only blond here," Naruto muttered under his breath. Although realization hit hard that he would forever be surrounded with redheads-seeing as his boyfriend was a red head as well.
Kyuubi on the other hand had some plotting to do.
Hello there, been some time for this fic. Don't Kill me, just you know enjoy the chapter for all it's worth X(