"No father I will not forbid Sasuke from seeing Rimi. Yes, I know what I'm doing. If you're that upset about it you can hang up at any time."

I sighed as I listened to Itachi argue with our father over the phone about Rimi. Even after a whole week he was still furious over the ordeal, but Itachi held to his opinion of her and continuously told father off about it. I was truly thankful for it, but I felt bad I unintentionally dragged him into this whole thing.

"Yes I can make responsible decisions about Sasuke and his life. No, you will not take him away from my custody. The day you have a say in that is the day pigs will fly."

Wait, now he was threatening to have me taken away from Itachi? Can he even do that?

"Sasuke is eighteen and can do whatever he wants with his life. He's been very successful and is perfectly happy with Rimi. She's not a distraction; in fact she's the best thing to ever happen to him."

I bet if Rimi were hearing this conversation she would blush, but she can't hear anything. That made me frown; I know she's used to the lifestyle she has now but I wish I could do something for her. I want her to hear my voice when I tell her everything will be okay, when I compliment her.

When I tell her I love her.

"Father if you have nothing useful to say then I will go now. Call back when you wish to be an actually father to us," Itachi said furiously, quickly ending the call. He rubbed his temples, I guess to rid him of the headache father most likely caused, and turned his gaze to me. "Have you spoken to Rimi since that awkward dinner?"

I nodded. "Yeah, she feels really bad about the 'the trouble she caused' and it took me awhile to convince her that our parents don't visit often so she doesn't have to worry about them coming back for a while."

"This all my fault," I heard him whisper. "I should've never pushed her into meeting them."

I froze a moment, taken aback that Itachi was actually blaming himself over this. How could he? He had no idea this would even happy. I would've blamed him if he didn't stand up for the both of us, but he did and I completely respect him for it.

I walked over to him and patted him on the back. "Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault our dad is a total asshole."

He smirked a little. "True, but maybe I should've expected it."

"Hey, you defended our relationship and told off dad for the wrong things he said. Mad props for that one."

He chuckled, and ruffled my hair a bit in a playful manner. "Of course I would stand up for you. You're my little brother and Rimi is a nice girl who makes you happy. Father needed to know his place."

I smiled slightly, enjoying the small brother to brother bonding moment we rarely shared, and playfully punched him in the arm. Just as I was about to walk away, I paused and faced him again.

"Hey Itachi?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Yeah?"

"….Can you teach me sign language?"