Hey! This is chapter 2 of He's the Brother that I Love:) It's kinda short but I was out for the holidays so yeah. Anyways read and enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
RING… RING….RING…
Itachi groaned and sat up, reaching over to his phone that was charging next to him on the bed. He grabbed it and opened it, murmuring, "Yes?"
"Wakey wakey Ita-san!" Itachi sighed as he heard that familiar voice of his friend Deidara.
"What do you want Deidara?"
"Well me and some of the guys are meeting up at the mall around 11 so you're coming." Deidara said, not bothering to ask him to come.
Itachi sighed again and looked towards his left, seeing that Sasuke was slowly waking up.
"Nii-san?" Sasuke murmured, getting up and rubbing his eyes with his small fists.
"Hah… did I just hear your little brother say 'nii-san?'" Deidara teased. "Don't tell me you slept with him."
Itachi blushed, scowling. "Shut up! I did not!"
Deidara laughed on the other side of the phone. "Alright alright. Just kidding dude. Anyways, there are going to be some pretty hot babes here so you better be here."
Scratching his head, Itachi looked towards Sasuke again and frowned. "I don't know dude… I'm kind of not in the mood to…"
"It's cause of your brother huh? Just bring him along! Babes always fall for cute little kids!" Deidara exclaimed.
Itachi didn't want Sasuke to be harassed by a bunch of flirty girls and maybe even some touchy guys.
He was about to reject until Deidara pulled out his last weapon. "If you don't, I'm gonna bring the guys over to your house and we'll trash it."
Itachi's eyes narrowed, remembering when Deidara did that once. "Deidara…" He growled through gritted teeth.
"Come on man! Just come!"
Sighing, the frustrated Uchiha rubbed his temples and said, "Alright alright. I'll be there."
"Alright! Bring your bro too! See ya!" Deidara hung up and Itachi annoyingly snapped his phone shut.
"Nii-san… are you ok?" Sasuke asked, holding his arm. He didn't like the way Itachi seemed angry.
Itachi quicky looked at Sasuke and smiled. "Yes. I'm fine Sasuke." He hugged Sasuke with one arm and kissed his head. Sasuke giggled.
"Sasuke- is it ok if you and I go to the mall today? My friends kinda wanna meet up with me."
Truthfully, Sasuke wanted to stay home with his brother, playing games and stuff since their dad was out for the day, but he didn't want to stop his brother from hanging out with his friends.
"Of course it's ok!" Sasuke exclaimed, smiling. Itachi could see the little bit of doubt in his eyes but when the boy wouldn't admit to it, he sighed.
"Alright." Itachi didn't want Deidara to trash his place either- that'll be too much trouble for Sasuke. The two brothers got up, washed up, and changed.
"Let's eat breakfast before we leave." Itachi said. It was 10:15 A.M. now and they had to be there by 11. They slept in today but they didn't have school today since it was winter break. "I still need to get Sasuke his Christmas present…" He thought.
The two ate cereal and left the house together, heading towards the mall.
Deidara texted Itachi, telling him to meet him and the others at the food court.
Sasuke looked around him. He's only been to the mall a couple times and didn't really like it, truthfully. He hated crowded and loud places, and all the different stores and words made his head hurt. He felt like he could get lost really easily, but the way Itachi was holding his hand tightly made him feel more secure.
While walking through the mall, Itachi spotted a store and saw the perfect thing for Sasuke through the display window. He grinned secretly.
"Itachi! Over here un!" Itachi and Sasuke turned towards the voice and saw Deidara sitting in a table full of boys and girls.
Sasuke frowned at the guys in the table. They all looked weird. The one that called his brother's name had long blonde hair and looked like a girl, but Sasuke knew he was a guy because of his voice. Then, another guy had silver hair slicked back. "I thought only old men have silver hair…" He thought, seeing that the guy looked young. There was another guy who's hair was blue and spiked up. When he grinned a girl, he looked creepy with his sharp teeth.
The creeped out little boy held onto his brother's arm tightly and Itachi couldn't help but chuckle and his cuteness.
When they got nearer, Sasuke spotted this one boy… this one normal looking boy that was quite… well let's say he was quite… cute? Pretty? Handsome? Sasuke couldn't help but blush. The boy had smooth skin that looked so touchable with red hair that looked so silky. His eyes were a reddish brown color. They looked so steady and calm yet had this danger in them… it reminded Sasuke of Itachi. Maybe that was why he was a bit attracted to the older boy, but he did think the red head boy was pretty.
"But nii-san's a lot prettier! Way way prettier!" He thought in his head.
Itachi lifted a brow at the way Sasuke was blushing and smiling to himself. "What's that about?" He thought, curious.
Sasuke and Itachi reached the table and one of the girls immediately got up, hooking arms with Itachi.
"Itachi-kun! Hi!" She said in a cheery voice with a flirty giggly.
The said name stood tall and firm, but did brush her arm off of his. Sasuke slightly pouted seeing his brother getting hit on by some red head.
Itachi saw the way Sasuke was sulking and smiled, going to him and poking his forehead. He always did that to tease him or just to play around with the little cute boy.
"Nii-san…" Sasuke complained, rubbing his forehead. He didn't hate it when Itachi did that. He actually liked it in some ways.
"Let's sit down Sasuke." Itachi said, and sat down between two empty seats. One of the empty seats had that red head boy next to it and the other empty seat had no one next to it.
Itachi expected Sasuke to sit in the one with no one next to it, but surprisingly, Sasuke walked over to the one next to him and the other guy. He sat down in it, slightly blushing, but hiding it with his long hair.
The older boy frowned slightly, wondering why Sasuke was acting so shy. "Aw! Is he your little brother?" A blonde asked, about to pinch Sasuke's cheek. Sasuke winced, waiting for the dreadful feeling of having your cheeks harassed, but his eyes widened as Itachi grabbed the blonde's wrist before she could even touch his smooth cheek.
"Yes. He is. Please don't touch him though… he doesn't like it." Itachi said, although he's the one that didn't like it the most.
The blonde blushed at the way he was holding her wrist, and muttered, "Sorry…" He let her wrist go quickly and touched Sasuke's shoulder.
"Sasuke- are you hungry? Do you want anything?"
The girls watched in awe and jealousy at Itachi's brotherly words.
"Mmmm…." Sasuke looked around, seeing if there was anything that he wanted. "Oh! Can I have some ice cream nii-san!" Sasuke exclaimed happily, pointing at a place selling all different flavors of the pure, creamy substance.
Itachi smiled. "Sure. I'll get it right now."
Sasuke nodded. "Ok! Thanks nii-san!"
The caring brother walked off to get some ice cream and the girls started chatting away. "Oh my gosh! He's so hot!"
"I know! And he's so good to his brother! I'm so jealous!" One of the girls slightly glared at Sasuke, making him grimace.
"Yeah! Too bad we can't get that attention he's getting!"
Sasuke felt bad again as another girl glared at him. He didn't feel guilty but more like… hated. Feeling hated felt like being unwanted, and he greatly disliked that feeling.
"Don't mind them." Sasuke's head jerked up to his right when the boy next to him spoke.
"H-huh?!" Sasuke almost squeaked out, surprised that the guy suddenly said something after being quiet this whole time.
The red headed pretty boy slightly smiled and said, "They're just being girls… Annoying really but just don't let them get to you."
Sasuke blushed, looking down. "O-ok…" he stuttered.
The guy smiled again and asked, "So your name's Sasuke right?"
Sasuke nodded shyly. "Yes. Uchiha Sasuke."
"My name's Sasori."
Sasuke's eyes widened as the guy comfortably introduced himself. "Nice to meet you Sasori-san." Sasuke said, trying to be polite like his mother taught him to a long time ago.
Sasori smiled and said, "You too Sasuke-kun. You're really cute you know that?"
"Huh?!" Sasuke squealed out again, shocked by is sudden comment. "Th-thank you…"
Chuckling, Sasori ruffled his hair. Sasuke blushed as he did that, although it didn't feel right… since it wasn't Itachi's hand.
Sasori retreated his hand and smiled at Sasuke who slightly smiled back, still blushing.
Right then, Itachi came back with Sasuke's vanilla ice cream. He knew that was Sasuke's most favorite flavor. He was oblivious to the slight connection of words and skin that the two boys had a while ago.
"Wow! Thanks nii-san!" Sasuke exclaimed, grabbing his spoon and quickly eating his ice cream.
"Don't eat too fast Sasuke or you'll get a head ache." Itachi warned, taking his seat next to the adorable little boy. He smiled and patted Sasuke's head.
"That hand…" Sasuke thought. "It's that hand…no… nii-san's hand, that doesn't feel weird." He smiled brightly at his brother's warm hand and continued eating his ice cream not too fast but not too slow.
While Sasuke was eating, Itachi thought that he should go and get that present he wanted to get for Sasuke secretly.
"Sasuke. I'll be right back." Itachi said, getting up.
"Where are you going nii-san?" Sasuke asked, curious as he looked up.
"I'm going to the restroom really quick. Wait here ok?" Itachi said, giving Sasuke a comfortable squeeze on the shoulder.
"Ok…" Sasuke nodded, a bit sad his brother was leaving but didn't act like it.
Itachi gave him a smile and left. The girls started gossiping and complaining again.
"So is your brother good to you?" Sasori suddenly asked, watching at the small Uchiha was happily eating his ice cream.
"Yes! Nii-san is the best nii-san in the world! I love him!" Sasuke exclaimed, happy to answer that question.
"That's good. I would love to be your brother though." Sasori gave Sasuke, who began to blush, a smile.
"Why?"
"Well I want to be the one that you love the most… do you love you brother the most?"
Sasuke nodded. "Yes! The most in the whole world!"
"You see. I want to be that person."
"Wh-why?" Sasuke looked down at his ice cream, turning red. He quickly tried to eat his ice cream to cool down his burning face, but it wouldn't work.
"Cause you're so adorable." Sasori put a hand on Sasuke's cheek and turned Sasuke's face towards him. He grinned and let his thumb rub over Sasuke's small, pink lips.
"S-Sasori-san?" Sasuke stuttered, confused.
"You have ice cream all over your lips Sasuke." Sasori said in a smooth voice, licking his thumb with a small smile.
Sasuke blushed again and was about to wipe his lips but Sasori stopped him and used his fingers to wipe off the sweet substance.
"It's ok… I'll take it off for you." Sasori licked his finger and reached his hand towards Sasuke's cheek again. He let the hand gently slide over it, making Sasuke shiver.
But there was something different about Sasori's hand and Itachi's hand. They both make him slightly shudder but Sasori's hand was… colder. Much colder. Itachi's hand felt warm. "Hm… Sasori-san's just cold or something." Sasuke thought, but knew somewhere in his mind that wasn't the reason.
"You're so cute Sasuke." Sasori complimented in his gentle voice, letting his hand rub against Sasuke's blushing cheek in a slow motion.
"You better get your hands off my little brother right now before I kill you."
Both heads looked up in one quick snap of their heads and saw Itachi, not looking pleased at all. His eyes were filled with anger and danger… There was this stiffness in them that had fire and ice all at the same time. And for some vague reason, his eyes looked blacker than before.
Sasuke never saw this look in Itachi's eyes before except once. He remembered in kindergarten Sasuke's friend's older brother would always pick up his friend before Itachi. When the guy did, he would play with Sasuke and have fun with him. Itachi saw them when he came to pick Sasuke up and would glare at the guy in a deadly way. This look was just the same as that look Sasuke saw, except with more venom.
Anyways, to put it simply, Itachi was angry- very angry. And truthfully, Sasuke didn't know why.
Sasori looked at Itachi with some sort of calm and lazy expression. He retreated his hand as Itachi glared at him, his eyes angry but his face calm like always.
"Hm… You know- you won't be able to keep him to yourself forever. Sooner or later, you're going to have to let go."
Those words hit Itachi hard as he realized it was the truth and it was something he's been thinking about for a while. It was like a nail through his heart.
Although Itachi knew that Sasori was right, he refused to admit it. He took Sasuke's hand and his ice cream and looked at the red head with hatred in his eyes.
"I can try." He simply said, and walked off with Sasuke's hand tightly in his.
Sasuke was confused, wondering why Itachi was so mad. He didn't really get what he and Sasori were talking about but knew that Sasori must have said something insulting to Itachi. Suddenly, Sasuke didn't like the red head that much anymore.
"No one makes nii-san mad!" Sasuke thought, slightly pouting.
Once they were outside, Itachi stopped, breathing hard from anger. Sasuke tugged on his hand and said, "Nii-san?"
Itachi looked down at Sasuke and bent down, hugging him tightly. "Sasuke…"
"Nii-san. Are you mad?"
Itachi held him tightly, not wanting to let go. "No Sasuke. I'm not. Sorry I ran out like that."
"It's ok…"
"Do you like that red head Sasuke?" Itachi asked, looked up at Sasuke with hope that he didn't in his eyes.
Sasuke thought about it. "Well at first I thought he was very pretty and cute, but after he made you mad I don't like him much anymore! And nii-san is a lot prettier anyways!" Sasuke smiled at Itachi, putting his small arms around his brother's neck.
Itachi smiled at Sasuke, relieved. He hugged Sasuke tightly and kissed the top of his head. "Good…good…" he murmured.
Sasuke felt happy that his brother wasn't mad and was happy now. He hugged his brother back tightly as well.
Itachi held Sasuke in that position for a while, not wanting to let go. "For now… I want to love and hold him freely. But soon… I'll have to let go… not for my sake but for his. I can't keep holding him forever."
His thoughts were troubling and true but…
"But I'll still love him forever…"
That was that:) hope you enjoyed. Next chapter will be... well partly happy but partly sad. i guess. Review and thanks for reading!