Night 3

Chapter 3

Growing Up Brings Separation

Uchiha Sasuke awoke from slumber ready to start a new night. The first thing he did was head to the attached bathroom in his room and took a shower, changed into his uniform and brushed his teeth and then he headed down stairs. Every curtain in the house was close, the place was lit in only a dim light and there was no sounds around. Stopping at the end of the hall, he pulled the curtain back and was taken in by the night; it was a cold one at that. Once he reached the kitchen his mother was right there, his lunch prepared and she was getting ready to go to work. "Here sweetheart, this one is for you and this one is for Obito, leave together and have a nice night"

Sasuke simply nodded and took his lunch all the while wondering when Obito was going to be down. He then glanced from the clock that read eight at night to the television, a black box that he never really paid attention to, the only time he was required to watch it was when he needed to watch the news for a homework assignment. Would there be any harm at watching any other channel... Perhaps there was something more than a boring man talking about the weather and other events that went on during the night. Deciding to turn it on, Sasuke got startled by the high volume it had that it made him nearly jump out of his skin.

For those during the day it would be consider normal, but at this time. It was excessively loud. Sasuke seemed frozen as the television blared in a weird doodled show of cartoons. It captivated him, the words practically being shouted at him and then it suddenly went off and he relaxed, the silence returned. He had not noticed that his heart was racing so fast it felt like it was going to burst and he had not noticed the tension on his body. His breathing evened then and he looked over his shoulder "Good night cousin Obito" He greeted.

"Good night Sasuke" their voices were soft and melodic, embracing the night around them. "Would you like me to pick you up from school tonight?" Sasuke shook his head as he went over to get a glass of milk. The cup was gently set on the table, the milk gently poured and then it was put away. Sasuke took his glass and sipped it. Unaware to Sasuke, that same glass had been used that morning to serve Itachi milk.

"No thank you, I know you'll be busy"

"Not so much today"

"Oh, is something happening" Obito shook his head and shrugged Sasuke nodded and looked out the window to the glowing moon. Guess he was not the only one feeling like there was something bad coming, Obito could feel it as well.

"We better get going" Obito said and Sasuke followed him out, the glass of milk that Sasuke was drinking still full. It was simply left there and forgotten as the lights were turned off and they headed out the door. They headed to Obito's truck, the one that was usually kept in the garage under a thick blue sheet, and they headed out, the engine barely making a sound. Once Sasuke was at school Obito decided to return home to get some last minute things, what he did not expect was to see someone there. Someone he could not remember ever seeing in his whole life, and yet seemed familiar.

"Cousin Obito" The strange person had said and Obito backed away. They were standing outside, under the warm glow of an orange light and the sound of crickets singing their lullaby.

"Who are you?" Obito hissed coming into a defensive stand ready to attack if necessary and Shisui was confused. This was his cousin right? The one who moved away to live with his aunt who lived in another country…..just like Itachi's younger brother had moved to live with his grandmother. His cousin was older than him, he should be able to remember him instantly….right?

"Cousin…."

Looking around as he usually did, Kakashi found nothing out of place. The nights were always so silent and no one was around to tell him anything. It was sort of a favorite time of his, though he wished he could sleep it away. Lately he had been losing sleep and it had been tiring him out a lot. He was about to head home to go to bed when he noticed two figures off in the distance, each of them looking like they were in a standoff.

Quickly he rushed to the other side, hoping that he could catch these delinquents and bring them in for punishment when he stopped. "Don't give me that bullshit Obito, I am your cousin!" Obito, it was Uchiha Obito, the boy he had rejected when they were still young, he had grown. Sexy and ripe, as he could see, from his head down to his toes, Kakashi's breath was stolen before he could even utter a single word. He never thought he was ever going to see Obito ever again, now all he could to was stare…

"Cousin…?" Obito wondered. There was only one cousin that he knew and that was Sasuke. Though, now that he recalled back, he did have some others. What was this one's name, he knew it, it was at the tip of his tongue "Shisui?" He asked tilting his head and Shisui nodded enthusiastically.

"See! I knew that you knew me!" Shisui sighed and then said "What are you doing up so late, did you just get in back into town?"

"Late?" Obito asked straightening his head and leading a smile tease on his lips "what are you talking about, it's very early in the night, only nine o clock" He slowly said as he looked as his watch. Every word he spoke was softly serene and soft that it confused Shisui even more. "Though, I am going to be late for work, you can come with me but you can't stay" Shisui grinned and followed as Obito walked into the house. Kakashi on the other hand stayed behind wondering what he should do.

"Oh! I see. You work during the night so this is like day to you….wait weren't you in" he paused mid speech when he saw that Obito was going into his room. "Hey that's…… my room…." he hissed and stopped talking when they went in and nothing that was his was there, everything was dark, everything was neat.

This was not his room.

"Obito" he swallowed hard "What exactly is going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean….my room is supposed to be here…..why" Obito was before him in a flash.

"You should be in bed Shisui," then he paused "Though, you might have reached the time for mating. Are you going to follow through and ask Uncle Fugaku about the rules, overall the night and day ordeal I've decided not to yet though….." he was cut off when he saw Kakashi standing by his doorway his eyes wide.

"Day…...and night" Kakashi mumbled. Shisui on the other hand ran out of the room to look down the hall, everything looked normal, this was supposed to be his room! Why was it suddenly Obito's…? What about Itachi's room? Running toward Itachi's door he opened it only to find a room painted in blue, a serene place with no mess at all. It was not Itachi's red messy room.

"Kakashi" Obito whispered and after such a long time he felt his heart kick and start to beat so hard that it left it breathless, scared, and confused all at the same time. So many memories came rushing back and it made him want to cry, he was not supposed to be feeling any of these emotions. Why were all of them up at the night! Why weren't they in bed like every day dweller there was! He needed to talk to aunty Mikoto, or maybe find uncle Fugaku. "You should all be in bed" He snapped, his voice barely rising.

"Shouldn't you be the one who needs to be in bed, Obito" Kakashi smirked under his mask; it had been some time since he had seen this feisty little Uchiha. He had never expected to see Obito ever again, since he had rejected him after all and this kid was nothing but a crybaby. They were so young back then that he could not believe that, he even remembered the crybaby Uchiha. Looking out the window, Obito knew it was still early, but if he could not get these two, back into their room Sasuke was going to see them and then questions would rise.

"I have to get rid of you both" he hissed, Shisui walking back into the room only to freeze when he heard Obito's cold and horrifying voice.

Sasuke was getting out of his fourth class when the teacher called out to him, "Yes miss," he said as politely as he could making her smile. She handed him a green note and he read it over.

"Someone has come to pick you up, I suggest you go to the attendance office and check out" Sasuke slowly nodded his head and headed out. This was weird, he has never been excused to be out of school, and especially not when he had two classes left. Had something happened to his mother? To his cousin Obito? Once he reached the attendance office and opened the door, a man with an angry look in his face stood there next with his cousin Obito who had a black eye.

"Cousin, what has happened?" he asked as he briskly and silently walked over to him and gently touched his eye. Obito sighed and pulled back at the pain making Sasuke back away for the moment. "Sorry" Sasuke murmured and Obito shook his head.

"It's alright" Obito regarded the older man with a gentle nod his way "Your father and I are here to get you"

"What, why?" Sasuke was skeptical.

"Don't ask questions Sasuke, let us go now" Sasuke was surprised by the volume of his father's voice. The man came near him, placed a hand on his shoulder, and pushed him forward towards the door as gently as he could. What was going on? Why was his father the one that was picking him up? and where was mother? Deciding to hold back on all of his questions, he allowed his father to guide him out of there and they headed to a bright red car.

The blinding color of red was a shock for Sasuke's eyes.

Once they were inside the car, the surprise kept on coming, when his father turned it on the music that blasted through the radio scared him to hell and back. The reaction made Fugaku want to laugh; his son really had been living in a quiet and dark world for too long. "Can you please turn that off father?" Sasuke politely asked, his voice barely heard over the music. Fugaku decided to turn it off for the sake of both night dwellers in the car; he was only amused more when both boys sighed in relief. It was so different from Shisui and Itachi who would have asked to turned it up even louder.

Leaving the parking lot was the first thing, taking them out to eat was the next. "Now, both of you, we need to talk about some things that might change" Sasuke hated change as much as Obito did, they got out of the car and walked into the restaurant. As for what had happened earlier, Obito had ran out of the room calling out to his uncle and Kakashi had ran away while Shisui had gotten into trouble and had been knocked out then sent to bed.

Fugaku was going to have to talk to him in the morning as well as Mikoto and Itachi. For now he had to deal with Sasuke and Obito. Once inside they ordered and sat down, silently waiting to be called that their order was ready to be picked up "What's going to change dad?" Sasuke asked after a while, childish even the way he spoke.

"Well, sometimes things change" Fugaku closed his eyes "and I fear that both of you might no longer be together to keep each other company" Obito looked confused but intrigued, as for Sasuke he looked torn, he did not want to let go of Obito. He was the only real friend he had to spend the nights with; no one else was his cousin either! He wouldn't be able to take it, to spend every night alone doing nothing, He and Obito always hanged out……why! Before Sasuke could voice out his thoughts his father firmly said "It's not a bad thing, is good, Sasuke I know that you are clingy to your cousin but you have to accept it"

"B-but father…." Sasuke just let the tears run down his cheeks as he softly sobbed, he was trying hard to keep every emotion up. Usually he was very good at hiding every emotion, but this was Obito, his cousin, his best friend. It was enough that he had already lost something that he did not even know what it was; he could not afford to lose Obito as well. Fugaku ignored him and turned to Obito, unable to look at Sasuke's crying face.

"Obito, as for you, I want you to come to my office before curfew tonight" Obito's and Sasuke's eyes widen… Obito was leaving tonight. That was why his father had called out to them? This was all? Sasuke stood up from his chair so suddenly that it even startled Fugaku. "Sasuke?" he asked, careful not to provoke more of the boy. He took note that Sasuke was no longer crying, but his face was inert.

"I….I'm going back to school" he said, and started to walk away.

"Sasuke, let me drive you there" Fugaku tried to offer, but Sasuke just waved and left. Obito stared after him and sighed.

"I'll talk to him tonight before meeting you, if you would allow" Fugaku nodded his head and settled down. Mikoto had told him that Sasuke had been through a deep depression since they separated him from Itachi that Obito had become something meaningful to Sasuke. To have that last shred of hope taken away from him would surely make Sasuke feel even more depressed, but this time they could talk to him more and make sure he understood.

"Please, do so"

Later that night, Obito was in the kitchen waiting for Sasuke to come, but it was already getting late and his little cousin had still not returned. Getting even more worried he decided he was going to go out and search for him, the sun would be rising to bring dawn and Sasuke could not get caught out in the light. Getting his shoes and running outside, he ran to the park where he was sure to find Sasuke meandering around thinking about running away and many other things.

It was not a new thing; the park always seemed to be Sasuke's refuge. It did not take long for him to search, in a particular are he sat in a bench.

He was contemplating everything. Obito sighed, this was going to be the hardest thing ever, he did not want to leave Sasuke in such a lonely state. Still, his time had come for him to grow up, Sasuke on the other hand still had a lot more growing up to do, the boy looked so lost, but soon, soon he will reach hit time and he will not be lonely. He slowly reached Sasuke, who had not looked up once he had reached him, he leaned down to see his eyes look so lost.

"Sasuke" he called out, the small raven looked up, his pale face slightly pink from the eyes, cheeks, and nose all do to the tears that kept leaking out of his eyes. Every tear that he had fought to hide, so he would not allow Obito or his father to know his pain, fell down from his cheeks to the ground forgotten. It tore at Obito's heart and he stared at him with concern bringing his hand down to brush his hair away from his face. That just made more tears fall down from Sasuke's eyes, and the smaller Uchiha pushed his hand away.

"It's not fair," he said, his voice raspy from all the crying he had done and stood to walk away "It's not fair, why do you have to go? I don't want you to" Obito smiled. Sasuke clung to everything that could make him not feel so lonely, even though he would always feel it.

"But I am not leaving Sasuke" Sasuke looked over his shoulder to his cousin confused, his tears shortly stopping. He brought his own hand up to clean the tears from his eyes and his tongue peeked out to lick his lips.

"But father just said" he started but stopped there. Obito smiled and walked over to Sasuke once more, placing a hand on his shoulder, but did not leave it there. It would be rude to do so, it was just for Sasuke to listen to him.

"If you'd like I'll greet you ever night, or get you up just at dusk" Obito's gentle words made Sasuke want to smile, but he did not. Sasuke had wanted to say sure, but that would be putting a burden on Obito. His father would be displeased and just as his father said he had to grow up that he was being selfish. So after a while he smiled, a fake smile, and shook his head.

"Don't" He brought up his pinkie "Just promise me that you won't forget me and that we'll see each other again" Obito smiled and wrapped his own pinkie around Sasuke's pinkie, all Sasuke could do was hope that he would see Obito again.

"I promise, we'll certainly see each other again"

Thank you for all who reviewed! This is where it gets more interesting…I guess. After all, Shisui and Obito are going to find out a couple of things they did not know before. I hope you are all enjoying this story!

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