Decisions are not always easy, but accepting sometimes can be the hardest thing that you can do. With time, you have to come and accept it all anyways. No matter the pain.

Junai No Bad Romance

XIII

The house was eerily quiet and it felt so empty without her boys.

"Fugaku" Mikoto whispered….Closing her eyes she remembered the day that everything in life changed for her. From the very moment that Uchiha Fugaku had kissed her, nothing had ever been the same for her. No matter how she acted that she didn't like him, no matter how much she acted so indifferent to him, everything was already set from that kiss on forth. She didn't regret any part of her own relationship with her husband, and she did not regret ever giving life to both of her children. She had moments in her life when she felt completely alone, she had times were she doubted and even feared, but in the end, she was grateful to everything that was hers.

Both Itachi and Sasuke were all she cared about now since she had lost Fugaku.

She would do anything to protect her boys and the strangeness of their sudden relationship. They were all she had in this world and she cherished them to bits.

Even now that Fugaku was dead, she didn't feel alone. She missed him, and she knew she always would, but there was no longer a part of her that yearned for nothing more than she had. Her two healthy sons, and most people would question their sanity as much as her own, but she was not about to rob her children of the freedom of expressing their feelings for each other.

She had been a mother at a young age. She had lived life as a married woman, and raised both her children as best as she could. She knew she did a damn well find job raising her two precious boys.

She didn't feel like there was anything else she was missing in her life, she was complete. The feeling was odd, and now to see both her children start their own love life, she felt an odd fondness for the both of them.

Mikoto smiled to herself, and nearly laughed at all her memories with them. She could still remember Itachi looking at her pregnant stomach expectedly, like he couldn't wait for her to give birth. How could she ever forget how Itachi seemed so fascinated by Sasuke when he first held him in his arms, close to his small chest?

She couldn't help but remember how Sasuke learned to walk, and his main purpose was to follow his older brother around. The determined look on his tiny face had been priceless as he took his first steps towards Itachi.

It was sweet little innocent memories, but they were clear as to where they were leading.

Itachi working hard, but at the same time glancing back at his brother to make sure he never lost him. Then she could have laughed when Sasuke had told Itachi about his new friend at Kinder, who was named Naruto. Itachi had stuck around his brother for long moments, trying to get his brother to only look at him and not anyone else.

Sasuke only seemed happy that Itachi was paying more attention to him.

The subtle jealousy, the subtle fondness, everything was there between both her boys and those feelings had only grown as they had. For a moment Mikoto felt the urge to go pull out all the baby albums and other things, just so she could reminisce some more. But she had to get a hold of herself.

Mikoto sighed. "I think I need a trip of my own," she muttered to herself. "I'm sure Kushina wouldn't mind coming with me," with that said, Mikoto stood up and reached for the phone to ask her best friend if they could.

Later that day, Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina left.

Two days later, Naruto came home and was shocked to find that his mother was gone. She had left a note that she had gone on vacations with Mikoto and he found his brother in the kitchen, burning a few things and cursing. "What the hell is your problem? So mom and Mikoto-san decided to go have a small trip" Naruto bitterly said as he made himself some instant ramen. He really disliked it when his brother was throwing one of his tantrums. It didn't help either that he had not been able to talk to Sasuke for two days either. Sasuke hadn't said he was going anywhere, yet he was missing school. Where could the bastard be?

"That's is not the fucking point!" Kyuubi suddenly yelled, and stuck a fork onto the top of the table. "The fucking problem is that my own mother kept me from dating the woman I wanted and all of a sudden she goes on a vacation with her, what the hell does that say to you? My mom stole my future wife that is what it says!" Kyuubi pulled at his own hair and Naruto turned to look at his older brother with a perplexed look on his face.

"No way, mom isn't like that." Naruto snapped. "They are friends, just like me and Sasuke are like friends. Sasuke and I are close, but that doesn't mean that we will be thinking of a relationship. People can be close like that you know." Naruto glared at his brother while Kyuubi threw his brother a disbelieving look.

"Seriously, Naruto, you don't understand anything do you? You are so fucking clueless to the whole world not to know that just about everyone that you call a friend wants to fuck you!" Kyuubi smirked, "Even Sasuke."

Naruto's eye was twitching at the audacity of that suggestion. "The world does not revolve around sex! It doesn't revolve on just screwing and falling into lust with just anyone because they are hot! I get it. Kind of like seeing a celebrity on screen, they are hot specially your favorite singer, you even probably fantasize about screwing them, but that doesn't mean that you will ever do it if the opportunity presented itself. Especially not when you have someone you love!"

"You would be amazed at the things people do, and what? You are telling me that you and your boyfriend are in love?" Kyuubi laughed at the prospect that his little clueless and dense brother could ever be in love or even come close to understand just how screwed up life was. "What a joke. Your boyfriend is probably thinking about someone else or screwing someone else behind your back as you sit here eating that fat greasy food."

Naruto growled in the back of his throat. "It's not like that at all! You don't get what being in a relationship entitles do you." Naruto looked at his brother with sudden disbelief. Had his brother been screwed over in his own relationships? Is that why he always sought out older women? "You think older people are more stable than younger people because you have an idea that we are just horny teenagers looking to get screwed." Naruto muttered, "Grow up Kyuubi, there are some screwed up people out there that don't have a right mind set, but without really trying a relationship can stay within just two people and no other parties involved. That's a real relationship"

"Heh, what would you know Naruto, you are probably screwing someone else behind your boyfriends back"

"I am not!" Naruto yelled. "I would never do that to Gaara! I have no need or reason to ever do that to him!"

"Not even for Sasuke? You know Sasuke's a hot little number right?"

"Sasuke's my best friend!" Naruto snapped. "He's like a brother to me"

"And you think that you can't fuck your own brother?" Kyuubi moved closer to Naruto, and reached his hand up to cup his cheek. "You think that right now I don't have the gall enough to kiss you?"

Naruto couldn't believe his own brother, and just as his brother's lips came down on his, he pushed him off. He wiped his lips furiously and shook his head. "How could you…" he said, tears in his eyes, "You're my brother. How could you!"

Kyuubi's anger ebbed when he saw his brother's tears, and he decided that he had gone way too far. He hadn't meant to scare his brother, but he had just so desperately wanted to show Naruto how much he was hurting right now. How he had been hurt so many times, but he had taken it way too far. He felt wretched, so utterly heartbroken. "That doesn't mean that there is automatically a magic barrier that can keep me from you, think about that,"

Naruto watched his brother leave, and when he was gone, he allowed his knees to give up on him and he fell down to the floor. Screw it all to hell and back. His own brother had just kissed him and left him so utterly confused.

Sasuke suddenly popped into his mind and the words he had once spoken. 'He's my brother, but he's also my boyfriend. I love him so much Naruto.' He couldn't understand Sasuke, and he couldn't understand Sasuke's huge love for his brother, but one thing was for sure. Naruto didn't love his older brother that way, but he was scared for his brother now.

What was wrong with Kyuubi? How could he have said such hurtful things?

All he could think at that moment was that someone had hurt his brother badly, and for that, he couldn't forgive that person. But he could forgive his brother and help him. He needed to help his brother.

Itachi and Sasuke had finally reached their destination a day ago, and they had both had checked into a hotel in Lightning, and had gone straight to sleep. Sasuke couldn't believe that his brother had remembered that he had always wanted to come and see Lighning City. Of course, after practically sleeping for a full day, the two were ready to get up and head out to get some food. As they decided on a restaurant, they had also purchased a small map that would show them everything they could do. Lightning was famous for its tall sky scrapers, as well as its open small shops, and the nearby beach! Their tallest building, The Relanpago, was a metal building with its entirety made of glass so you could look out into the whole city, but Itachi and Sasuke had decided to save that site for last.

"So, what are we going to do today Niisan?" Sasuke asked as he looked at the map and had finished off his food.

Itachi was taking a sip of his coffee, and looked at his brother. "Well since we agreed that I would choose first, how about the museum."

"The museum" Sasuke looked down at the booklet and read about it. "It does sound awesome" He said, a smile crossing his lips. Just for his brother to choose an interesting place that was out of the element. "Let's go then" Sasuke stood up, but Itachi reached for him and pulled him back into his seat.

"I'm not finished yet Otouto," Sasuke was about to tell his brother that he was purposely taking his sweet ass time when he gasped and nearly moaned when Itachi reached between his legs. After that he was still and blushing, hoping that no one noticed what Itachi had just done. When Itachi had finally finished and said they could go Sasuke had glared at him and told him how unfair it was for him to do that to him in public.

Itachi had just playfully smirked at him.

All the way to the museum the two of them held hands, and stuck close together. They didn't draw much attention as long as they kept their heads down and no weirdo girls were around to squeal.

The museum was huge, made of beautiful wood and sharp shiny glass and a white rocky place that lead inside. "Look at that," Sasuke said as they entered, and Itachi moved to the woman at the booth and bought passes for him and Sasuke. Itachi glanced at what Sasuke was looking at and smiled.

"Come on Otouto."

"Okay" Sasuke moved away from the painting, and followed his brother. The painting was of Peru, and it was made of dark colors, with reds, greens, oranges, and yellows to add shadows and personalities to every silhouette and every building. Sasuke and Itachi continued to walk, looking at everything from the first printing presses to paintings from other places.

By the end of all the sightseeing Itachi and Sasuke stopped at a small shop inside of the museum. Itachi purchased a few things for himself and Sasuke before they left and both of them headed to a different restaurant for some dinner. This restaurant was a little fuller do to the fact that it was a huge attraction to couples, groups of friends, and families. When they finished eating, Sasuke was sleepy and tired that he stayed snuggled against his brother as Itachi finished his drink, but watched his otouto fondly.

He didn't want to wake him but he was going to have to if they wanted to get back to their room for some sleep and it was his job to wake his brother. Itachi moved his hands towards Sasuke's cheeks and then, pulled on them hard. Sasuke's eyes shot open, while Itachi smirked down at the priceless surprised look of his otouto.

"Niisan, wha-ouch- what are you doing!" Sasuke managed to say while glaring at Itachi, whom in response pulled harder on the boy's cheeks. It was plainly obvious what he was doing, so he didn't know why his otouto was asking such a question. Sasuke on the other hand reached his own hands towards his brother but Itachi let go of him and placed a small distance between them.

"We have to go Otouto." Itachi said.

"That hurt" Sasuke began to curse, rubbing both his now reddened cheeks.

Itachi couldn't help it; he poked one of Sasuke's sore cheeks and said "Pikachu."

Sasuke's eye twitched and he shifted himself in his seat as he launched himself at his brother, reaching for Itachi's cheeks to pull on them like he had down on his. Itachi was startled by his brother, but the two ended up laughing when Itachi reached his hands to Sasuke's wais and began to tickle him.

"Hahahahaha, stop niisan, please!" Sasuke cried, unable to hold back his laughter.

AS much as Itachi loved listening to his brother's laugh, he decided to have mercy on him and stopped tickling him. Sasuke panted hard, trying to catch his breath. Itachi smirked.

"You deserved it Otouto."

"I did not" Sasuke huffed.

"Yah, you did"

"You were the one who started it…"

"I did not" Itachi said, ruffling his brothers hair and Sasuke pouted up at him. "I was only trying to wake you up."

"You pinched my cheeks to get me to wake up?" Sasuke looked up at his brother with disbelief.

Itachi shrugged. "To make sure that you weren't dreaming." Was his only excuse.

"Niisan," Sasuke growled. The two of them where glaring at each other but were snapped out of it when they heard a loud popping sound and they turned their heads to the side. The booth right beside them held five whinny sixteen year old mothers, and all of them had at least one to two children. The popping sound though came from a small red haired, pale skinned freckled toddler that seemed to be around three. She grinned toothily at them when she noted that she had their attention.

"Okay, I'm freaked out Itachi," Sasuke said, moving away from his brother and getting to his feet.

"You and me both, Sasuke" Itachi said as he moved to stand next to his brother.

The small child's eyes suddenly watered, and she opened her mouth in a small wail as she reached towards them. Sasuke and Itachi high tailed it out of there before any blame could be placed on them.

Soon both of them found themselves walking back to their hotel. The first thing Sasuke did when they got back to their room was kick off his shoes and dropped on the bed. Itachi noticed this as he removed his own shoes and walked over to his brother, straddling his hips as he came on top of him and looked down at the sleepy face of his otouto. "Aren't you going to change and brush your teeth?" he questioned as he leaned down to nibble on his otouto's chin and down to his throat. Sasuke puffed out a small breathy moan, throwing his head back to let his brother continue to nibble on him.

"Sasuke," Itachi whispered teasingly into the soft skin of his brother's neck. "You are so beautiful; I love you so much you know that right? Otouto…" Itachi continued to speak softly against his brother's neck, murmuring naughty and sweet things to him, teasingly. Finally, Itachi pulled up and looked at his otouto who was blushing from what he had just told him. Of course, Itachi knew Sasuke liked it when he spoke soft things into his neck. But speaking soft things to Sasuke really wasn't accomplishing what Itachi wanted. "Come on Otouto; get up so you can prepare for bed properly,"

"Too tired," Sasuke mumbled, feeling warm and soft from his brother's earlier whispers. He wished Itachi would still be whispering to him. He turned to his side, and Itachi leaned in to kiss under his ear and then whit his arms around him, pulled him up.

"Come on Otouto, or you'll get cavities" Itachi warned.

That had Sasuke getting up and rushing to the bathroom. Itachi shook his head amused that his brother hated the dentists.

Then again who didn't?

As soon as changing and brushing of teeth was over, Sasuke crawled into bed. Itachi on the other hand seemed to be doing something else and it was starting to annoy Sasuke. Sure he was in bed, ready to sleep, but he was missing his niisan next to him right at that moment! He needed to feel Itachi next to him, he needed to hold onto him so he could fall asleep. "Itachi, come to bed already!" he said as he tossed and turn.

Itachi turned towards his brother and smiled.

"Hai." He said finishing his latest plans for his otouto, and turned off the lights before heading towards bed, where Sasuke pulled him down and snuggled next to him. He didn't understand it lately, but apparently Sasuke couldn't fall asleep unless he was there with him. Itachi was sure he felt the same; the thought of going to sleep without his brother was now absurd.

Either way, Itachi didn't mind. He loved feeling Sasuke's heart beat next to his as they slept snuggled deeply into each other.

It was late at night.

Earlier Naruto had received a phone call from his mother that they had reached Firestone country and were now checked in and ready to sleep. He was glad that his mom and Mikoto had made it safely and were going to enjoy themselves, but that was not the reason why he was still up so late at night. Earlier he had also called Gaara and talked to him. He hadn't told him what his brother had done. A part of him told him Gaara didn't need to know.

Still, he was concerned about his brother and he was still waiting for him to come home. It was one in the morning already and Naruto wondered if maybe his brother wasn't going to return.

Ten minutes later he nearly jumped when the front door open and Kyuubi walked in looking dejectedly. "where have you been?" Naruto asked, startling Kyuubi.

Kyuubi narrowed his eyes at his younger brother. "Where do you think? I was sulking" Kyuubi snapped. "Why are you up wasn't your bed time hours ago?"

"I wanted to talk to you," Naruto said, building up his own courage to speak with his brother. Kyuubi walked over to his brother and sat beside him on the couch.

"I'm sorry" He sighed. He knew what Naruto wanted to talk about, but he would rather not. "Sorry about what I said and did. I was mad, heartbroken, and I took it out on you"

"But you meant every word you said didn't you?" Naruto questioned. Kyuubi flinched and hanged his head in shame. He knew now what had his brother worried. "I think you should see a therapist." Naruto finally said when he knew Kyuubi wasn't going to answer him.

Kyuubi cursed as he leaned back into the couch. "Fuck, did I sound that insane?"

"Yeah," Naruto said, his expression grim. Kyuubi hated that look on Naruto's face, and sighed, leaning into his brother.

"Alright, I'll see a therapist." He agreed. Naruto nodded. Kyuubi began to fall asleep. At least he had someone that cared enough about him to actually intervene. Right now, he really just needed to set his head straight again. "I really am sorry Naruto" he whispered before knocking out, too tire both physically and emotionally to stay up any longer.

Naruto looked at his brother a little surprised, tears falling from his own eyes as he closed them and snuggled to his brother. "I forgive you, Kyuubi"

Healing takes time, and it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be strong, and you know it, in the end you will survive.

Thank you to all who read and review this story. It means a lot that you have stuck with it for this long and my slow updating XD

Ah another twist. I know lol. I'm planning to end with two more chapters, but if something else comes to mind to me, I might extend it. (You never know i most likely will) And if not. -sighs- almost ending.

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