AN: Thank you for the positive reviews on the last chapter and the favourites/follows.

The song mentioned in this chapter is "You Can't See The Forest For The Wolves" by Funeral For A Friend. Listen to it! youtube watch?v=NiO3Y2NtUsU (you know what you need to do, right?)

No disclaimer, because this is a fanfiction page and this story is listed unter the "Naruto" category, so it's quite obvious who it belongs to.

Mitsuki Kawamura is my own character.

Great thanks to my beta RmeGamr (:

Chapter 1: I never noticed... Part 2

"You're gonna get raped if you're sleeping on the ground with that skimpy outfit of yours." a stoic voice spoke.

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Name: Uchiha Sasuke

Age: 18

Date of birth: July 23th

Height: 5'9"

Info: lives with Itachi and tries to overtrump him in any way, very determided to be great at everything, friends with Mistuki and Neji since childhood. Has a very sensitive side he hides, hates Naruto for trying to be better at Kendo than himself, secretly loves writing poetry and song lyrics.

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"Do I look that rapeable to you Sasuke?" Mitsuki asked in a highly amused voice.

"Hn. You know I don't swing that way, Mitsuki."

"It's a shame, really. And you have no sense of humour either."
The girl on the ground finally opened her eyes and grinned at a tall (to her, at least), raven-haired guy in inconspicuous black skinny jeans and grey shirt. Said raven took hold of her hands to lift her to her feet and placed a light kiss on the back of her right hand.

His handsome face was as emotionless as ever as he inquired "Why were you sleeping on the school lawn?"

The petite girl shrugged "I felt like it."

"You're unbelievable." he shook his head with hidden amusement. "I'll give you a ride home."

"Actually, I was planning on heading to la casa de Uchiha anyways." Mitsuki said streching and yawning.

Sasuke rose an eyebrow at her but said nothing. Snatching her backpack and skateboard, she followed the youngest Uchiha to his sleek black car. When no one else was around, the raven was quite talkative (compared to his usual monosyllabic 'sentences'), telling his childhood friend about his day.

Suddenly it started raining heavily.

"I don't have an umbrella with me." Sasuke groaned.

"Sasuke, we're in a car. When we arrive at your home, you drive into the garage and we don't even have to get a single drop of water on your perfectly styled hair." Mitsuki chuckled.
"Actually, dear Mitsuki-chan, our garage is currently getting reconstructed and we have to park on the street in front of our fence. We have to run 600m to the front door through the rain and if it doesn't get better, we're gonna be soaked."
Mitsuki grumbled.
"You would've drowned by now anyway if I didn't wake you up."

To most people, the raven-haired guy sounded prissy and mean, but Mitsuki could hear the hint of smugness in his voice. And while everyone else was sure he was just quiet and stoic, his childhood friend knew better. Under the surface was a rather smug bastard. The only person who wasn't close to him, but still knew about his bastardness was Mitsukis other best friend, Uzumaki Naruto. Thinking about Naruto and Sasuke made her smile a little, her two best friends were polar opposites with a few significant things in common which made them perfect rivals. It was almost too funny how they got under the others skin so easily. Thoughts about locking both of them in a room together for entertainment were disturbed by Sasuke "So you're visiting my aniki?" the question sounded a little to casual. A smirk appeared on the petite girls face "Yeah, I am."
Silence.

"You know, you could just ask if you're curious."
"Hn."
"C'mon Sasu-chan, ask meee."
Another moment of silence passed, where Sasuke fought a silent battle in his mind.
"Hn. Fine. Why are you visiting my brother? You don't usually come over to see him."
"Actually, dear Sasu-chan, I do. But you're way too busy sitting in a dark corner of your room being emo or masturbating to notice me."

Sasuke spluttered "WHAT! I do NOT sit in corners and masturbate!" he nearly screeched.
Mitsuki looked at him wide-eyed for a second and started giggling "hihi I... hihi hit a nerve hihi.. didn't I?" she composed herself "Usually our virgin Neji is the prude, but you just shrieked like a scared cat."

Sasuke's childhood friend couldn't stop giggling.
"Hn." a light blush dusted the usually stoic ravens cheeks.
"Awww" Mitsuki pinched his cheek and recieved a death glare. The car pulled into a lonely street, where only a handful of houses could be seen. The young Uchiha parked his car in front of the high iron fence and gathered his belongings while his best friend grabbed her little bag and skateboard. They made a mad dash for the front door with the rain pouring down mercilessly. Once they made it inside, they took off their shoes and Sasuke yelled "Tadaima".
"Okaeri otouto" a voice called from the kitchen and soon after, Itachi appeared, wearing his ridiculous white apron with a chibi weasel printed on it.

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Name: Uchiha Itachi

Age: 25

Date of birth: June 9th

Height: 6'2"

Info: spends lots of time with his friends from middle school which are also members of his rockband "Akatsuki" where he plays the lead guitar, tries to make his younger brother 'get a life' with unconventional methods and has a band with Mitsuki nearly nobody knows of called "Yokujou"

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"You look wet, Tsuki-chan." The older Uchiha stated.
"You can tell?" the girl smirked.
Sasuke stared at her for a second, mildly bewildered, before shaking his head. He must have misheard what she had just said. He heard his brother chuckle but only came back to reality after a towel was thrown at his head. He grumbled quietly and dried his hair and face.

"You should both take a warm shower, so you don't catch a cold."

Sasuke nodded and went down the stairs to the basement, his floor. He had his own floor where his bedroom, bathroom, study and several other rooms were located. He rid himself of his drenched clothes, grabbed a black v-neck T-Shirt, sweat pants and boxers and went into the bathroom. Goose bumps covered his pale skin while he waited for the bathtub to fill. Not being able to stand the cold any longer, he hopped into the shower and let hot water stream down his pale body. Five minutes later he was warm enough to stop the water and shampoo his hair. A little later he was clean and warm and didn't need the bathtub anymore, so he just got out, dried himself with a warm and fluffy towel and slipped his clothes on.

15 minutes were spend blow-drying, brushing, and styling his hair before he decided it was acceptable to walk around at home. Slowly, the youngest Uchiha climbed the stairs and sat down at the kitchen table, where Itachi soon would serve their dinner.
"Would you please go and get Tsuki-chan, otoutou? Dinner is ready in a few."

Sasuke stood without saying a word and walked into the hall. Second door on the right was the bathroom. Sasuke raised a hand to knock, but the door was slightly ajar and the room behind was dark. He stepped inside and immediately noticed the air was not humid enough and there was no water in the shower or on the floor. Sasuke shrugged and went back to the kitchen.
"She's not there."
"What do you mean, she's not there? I saw her go in."
The younger raven just wanted his food so he walked out of the kitchen to look for her again. Just when he walked into the hall again, Mitsuki came down the stairs, wearing black skinny jeans, a dark purple tube-top and a black cardigan.
"Where have you been?" Sasuke asked in a bored tone.
"First bathroom, then Tachis room. Why do you ask?"
"Hn. Dinner's ready."
"Foooood." she ran off towards the kitchen.

Sasuke sighed. On one hand, he usually didn't care what his friends did when he's not around Mitsuki is even best friends with that blonde dobe and I don't care! but on the other hand, he had a feeling he had missed something, like when Mitsuki had become such good friends with Itachi that she would take a shower in his bathroom.
The smell of food brought the raven back to reality and he quickly sat down at the kitchen table. Sasuke decided he would play detective and investigate further into the "Itachi-and-Mitsuki-sudden-friendship" case. Of course nobody was allowed to know he secretly played childish games in his head, so he had to be extremely subtle while investigating. Eating quietly and pretending to daydream, he listened to his brother's and childhood friend's conversation. There was nothing unusual, they talked about school, vacation, work, concerts, baking,.. wait, concerts? His brother's rock band held concerts! And maybe Mitsuki went there and ended up throwing herself at Itachi as a groupie... Okay no, that's maybe a bit unrealistic...

Anyway, he remembered her occasionally mentioning going to concerts, but that was with the blonde dobe and the dog-boy, wasn't it?
The group of dark-haired people finished their meal and Mitsuki spoke to the younger Uchiha "Sasu-chan, play video games with us, ne?"
Sasuke thought it through for a second. He didn't like video games, and he still had schoolwork to do, and it was probably more productive for his investigations when they thought he wasn't around.

"No, I have schoolwork to do." he stood and left the kitchen.
"Aww you're no fun!" Mitsuki whined and Itachi just chuckled. Sasuke went to his study, laid out his schoolwork on the table, and also a small notepad where he wrote down all the information regarding Itachi and Mitsuki's relationship.

Detective Sharingan: the "Itachi-and-Mitsuki-sudden-friendship" case - Timeline

-Mitsuki and I became friends in elementary school (She and I were 6 years old, Itachi was 14). She would sometimes come over to play. That's where they met.

-Two years later, Itachi would pick us up from school and drive Mitsuki home whenever she was with us. They were somewhat friends by then (as much as a 16 year old can be friends with an eight year old)

-Another three years later (Itachi: 19, Mitsuki & I: 11) Itachi got kicked out by my parents for being gay. (he's actually bi, but my parents dont care about the specifics) The contact between Mitsuki and Aniki broke (I think)

-Mitsukis rebellious phase began when we were 13. It rubbed off on me, I fought with my parents more often (I already knew I was gay back then) until I could move in with Itachi a year later and go to Konoha High instead of the boarding school. They saw each other at our house occasionally.

And that's were the gaps of information are. It's been four years since then, and I've never seen them together anywhere besides when I hung out with her at our house.

Sasuke hid his notepad and silently made his way back to the first floor which he left a few minutes ago to eavesdrop a little. He crept closer to the open living room door and heard Mitsuki yelling at Itachi for being mean and Itachi cackling a little manically. After five minutes, Sasuke had enough, they didn't talk about anything, just the stupid game, occasionally yelling about motherfucking-shitty-placed-banana-skins, freaking-ugly-red shells and how dare he use that flash on her!

He returned to his study, turned on his laptop, clicked a random playlist and started doing his work. The music drowned out all his thoughts on other things. Music could bring out different kinds of feelings he'd never experienced in his everyday life. He could never live without music, even though he was absolutely unable to play any instrument, unlike his brother and Mitsuki who have both been music-prodigies ever since kindergarten. And no matter how hard he tried, he was never better than his brother in anything. Not even Kendo and Itachi never ever did Kendo! It was beyond frustrating, but he loved Itachi anyway.

Give me something to believe in
Something that is real
A moment of reflection
What should I believe?

The post-hardcore music had a soothing effect on his mind and he kept working until he suddenly remembered that he had to check on Mitsuki and Itachi. He slipped out of his room and crept up to the living room door again but was met with silence. He peeked inside to find it empty. The raven contemplated for a moment, wandering around the first floor but they were nowhere to be seen. Should he go upstairs to Itachis floor? Somehow, that didn't feel right. The young Uchiha stopped midway when he realized why he was uncomfortable looking for his childhood friend and his brother.

What if they were dating and never told him?

But Mitsuki is only 17! It's not really illegal or anything but Itachi never had any younger partners, especially not 8 years younger...

Sasuke went back to his room, shut his thoughts out and finished his work.

A knock on the door interrupted him while he was packing his stuff away.

"Sasu-chan, are you masturbating or can I come in?"

"Wouldn't you come in anyway?" he growled.

She had thrown the door open, marched right in and sat on his desk.

"Maybe." she smirked "However, give me the song lyrics you told me about earlier today, I want to write a song for them."

"For real?" a very small hint of happiness shone from his dark eyes.

"Yeah, you have so much talent for poetry, your lyrics are always so beautiful."

The raven walked over to a drawer, took out a folder and looked for the sheet with his newest song lyrics. He remembered how Mitsuki once secretly stole one of his favourite lyrics and wrote a piano and vocal melody for it. She had returned his sheet with the lyrics without him noticing it's absence, recorded her song and gave him the CD as a present for his 15nth birthday. At first he was confused about a blank CD as a present, but she had just winked at him and told him to listen to it. And so he did. It took him two lines to recognize the words and he could do nothing but stare at the stereo, feeling like he would start crying any minute. Being well aware that there were people in the kitchen across the living room who could come in any minute, he didn't. After the last note sounded through the room he had Mitsuki in his arms, nearly crushing her with the force of his hug and shaking a little with the effort to hold back the tears. The petite girl had just wrapped her arms around his waist and waited patiently for him to calm down. He whispered a weak "thank you" in her ear and after he released her it was never mentioned again.

The pale boy had a small smile on his lips at his memory.

Mitsuki, who was already used to him spacing out, had already made her way to the door

"Mitsuki... do you..."

"Huh?"

"Never mind. Have fun."

She smiled and left.

He couldn't bring himself to ask if she was going out with his brother. What if he wouldn't like it? He was used to being alone with Itachi, they were mostly quiet and even though it might be depressing sometimes, he liked it that way. Suddenly being unable to share his loneliness with Itachi, because Itachi wasn't alone anymore would be unbearable.

Don't misunderstand the young Uchiha. He didn't want a partner, other than the occasional fling with some random stranger, and he didn't mind having someone around the house (Itachi's band made themselves comfortable in their living room without permission often enough). But he couldn't stand the thought of Itachi being stolen away. And the only person he could rely on in such a situation would be Itachi...

Pushing these thoughts away, he went into his bedroom and grabbed a book from his massive bookshelf and flopped himself down on his giant bed. He had no intention of thinking about his brother being stolen away and losing his best friend, it was depressing and he wasn't an emo, damnit!