Hey! Sorry that it's been a minute. I took a couple weeks off from writing for personal reasons, but I was hard at work on this chapter for the last week. It's double my normal word count, so I really hope that you enjoy.
Warnings: Incest, brother's kissing, also Itachi gets jealous and Sasuke is gonna top at least this once because I felt like it
A Family Affair
Chapter Nine
"How much convincing do you think I need to do to get you to stay in bed with me all day tomorrow?"
Sasuke scoffed around the toothbrush in his mouth when he read the text Itachi sent him early on Friday morning. He rolled his eyes as he stopped mid-brushing and typed out a reply.
"You tell me. How much convincing would you be willing to do?"
He had time to finish brushing his teeth and change his shirt before his phone buzzed again as he was walking back into his room. Leaning against the doorframe that connected the two rooms, he opened the message and raised an eyebrow as his eyes scanned over the text a couple of times.
"To get you out of spending quality time with your ex and leaving me home alone? You name it. I'll do it."
"Mm-mm," he hummed, shaking his head just slightly. A little smile spread across his lips as he whispered to himself, "I think you're asking for a lot of trouble there, Itachi."
He tapped his thumbs against his screen thoughtfully for a moment before he started to type out a reply, but a soft knock at his door made him pause and he looked up.
"Yeah?"
The door opened, and Sasuke was honestly more surprised than he maybe should have been to see that it was his mother on the other side, peeking in and smiling at him when she saw him. She normally wasn't the type to knock, though, opting instead to just live on what Sasuke assumed was her hope to just never catch him in any type of indecent situation.
So far, she'd been fairly successful, but every time she opened his door, he told himself he probably needed to do a better job of remembering to lock it.
"Look at you!" she exclaimed, gesturing over to him. "Up early and even dressed!"
"Yeah well," he shrugged and looked back down at his phone to finish typing out his message as he idly commented, "Sometimes, I can even impress myself."
"Are you sure you want to make such a bold claim? That's putting a lot of trust in me not to ask something indecent of you."
She giggled at him as he hit send and when he looked back up, she was standing a few feet away from him.
"Is everything okay?" he asked.
"Of course, sweetie," she answered quickly, waving a hand at him. "I just wanted to let you know that I was heading out to the store, and your father had to leave for work early. Since you're spending the weekend with your brother, I just wanted to say goodbye."
"Oh, okay, - Buzzz Buzzz - I'll…" he trailed off as his eyes flicked down to read the text Itachi sent and even though he bit the inside of his cheek, he wasn't able to stop the grin that crossed his face.
"I guess you'll just have to see how far I'm willing to go then, won't you?"
"Now that must be someone pretty special to put a smile like that on your face," Mikoto said softly.
The statement drew Sasuke's attention back up to her and he cleared his throat, locking his phone to hold it close to his chest, like he was expecting her to come over and read through his messages even though she didn't make a move toward him.
"It's no one," he said quickly, shaking his head.
Mikoto nodded and watched him for long enough that it started to make him a little uncomfortable. Just when he was about to ask her why she was staring at him, she moved to sit down on his bed, patting the space next to her as an invitation.
"Come sit with me for a minute, sweetheart."
Sasuke's fingers tightened around his phone and he glanced down at it for the briefest of moments before training his eyes back on her and walking over cautiously. He sat down and put his phone, screen down, next to him on the bed, away from where she could see or reach for it.
"I know we haven't really talked about it since dinner the other night, but your father and I… We both love you so much, and I want you to know that there is nothing that can change that."
Sasuke looked down at her words, happy to hear them. Because she was right. After he'd come out at dinner, there'd more or less been nothing said about his confession. Life had just continued.
"I appreciate that, mom."
"So I also hope you know that it's okay if you have a boyfriend, Sasuke."
She put a hand on his knee and he looked back over at her. Her face was open and calm. Still happy, with that wistful, carefree smile she normally wore, but there was something just a little more serious in her gaze. The sort of overbearing energy she normally had was subdued and Sasuke had the realization that it was because she was trying very hard to comfort him and make sure that he felt as normal as she had assumed he'd felt before coming out.
That thought almost made him laugh and then, strangely (or maybe not so much), it almost made him cry. He couldn't remember the last time she'd ever seemed so…
So much like a mom.
Or like the mom he'd wanted, at least. Someone he could talk to about things, instead of being talked at and told what he needed to do to be what she thought was the best version of himself.
"I…"
He stopped himself and turned his gaze away as he wrung his hands together.
Mikoto patted his knee and then removed her hand. "It's okay, honey, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I understand."
With that, she stood up, ready to leave.
Sasuke wasn't quite sure why he did what he did next. It could have been because he wanted to hold on to this moment with his mother for just a few more seconds, or maybe it was just that he desperately wanted to tell someone something about it all.
Whatever the reason, before Mikoto could step away from him and leave, Sasuke blurted out (a little more loudly than he'd meant to), "I am dating someone!"
She turned to look at him and smiled.
"That's wonderful, honey!" she said, sitting back down beside him. "Do you want to tell me about him?"
Sasuke's eyes widened and before he could say anything else he stood up and walked a few steps away, pressing his hand to his mouth.
What did I just do?
"Or not," Mikoto quickly said from behind him. "You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, Sasuke."
Sasuke bit down harshly on his lower lip as he turned a little bit, enough to see Mikoto still sitting on his bed, looking calm. Open and waiting for him to either spill his guts or ask her to leave.
And it scared Sasuke how much he wanted to tell her. How much his brain was racing to come up with an argument of why he should tell her, even.
It's good to be honest, his mind pointed out.
Normally, he'd agree, but he supposed that normally he wouldn't be in this situation: talking to his mother about how he was dating his brother. So, honesty didn't really seem like the way to go.
Because there wasn't a way to go about this, he reminded himself. He couldn't say anything. It was a secret.
That you just practically spilled anyway, his mind reasoned.
No! They were a secret.
And no matter how much he might want to say something, no matter how the feelings were just bursting to get out of him… He couldn't.
But it would make you feel better… his mind whispered.
"Honey," Mikoto spoke up, breaking into his thoughts, into the fight he was having with himself. She had stood up from the bed and taken a step toward him. "It's okay."
And that, just those soft, concerned words was all it took for Sasuke to break. To give into the part of him that wanted to be selfish. Just for a minute, just long enough to feel normal. A little bit more normal in regards to his relationship.
After all, he reminded himself, he didn't have to say who it was.
So he spoke.
"He's…smart," Sasuke started hesitantly, like that small admission had given everything away.
"That's always good," Mikoto said as she took another step over, nodding encouragingly at him. "Is he nice?"
The genuine care in her voice made Sasuke's lip tremble and he let out a small broken noise as he nodded quickly.
"He's so nice, mom," he admitted quietly, pressing his hands to his chest as he let more words, more small confessions, start to tumble out of him. "And funny, and thoughtful, and sweet-"
"And cute, I assume?" Mikoto piped up, smiling at him.
Sasuke let out a little laugh and he nodded.
"He's beautiful. And I… I've cared about him for a really long time, but I didn't really realize just how much until recently. He told me how he felt about me and...nothing's been the same since then. I've been so happy. He makes me really, really happy, mom."
"Well then, he sounds like the right kind of guy," Mikoto said with a little laugh.
Sasuke nodded again, blinking back the tears he felt trying to spill over as he felt the weight of their secrecy lift off of him just a little bit with every word.
"Yeah, I… I think you'd really like him."
"Oh, sweetheart!" Mikoto exclaimed, crossing over to Sasuke to take him in her arms, hugging him tightly. "I'm sure I'd love him! If he makes you happy, then that's what matters."
She held him for a long time. Long enough that Sasuke felt the knot of panic that had settled in his chest loosen and he hugged her back. She was a few inches shorter than he remembered the last time they'd hugged, but it was still nice and it was something he hadn't realized he'd been needing.
"I know that it's not really any of my business," she finally said when she pulled away from him. "And you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but...is it Naruto that you're dating?"
"No," he answered quickly, shaking his head. "No, Naruto and I are just friends."
The word felt strange in his mouth and more like a lie than anything else.
"Have I ever met your boyfriend before, then? Would I know him?"
Sasuke opened his mouth and almost said yes, but the voice in his head hushed him and after taking another moment to think about it, Sasuke knew that he needed to listen.
Because if he said yes, he knew there was a very good chance that she would, knowingly or not, start scrutinizing every guy he was ever within a two foot radius of. And if she did that, then Sasuke couldn't help but wonder how long it would take her to figure out that he and Itachi were standing too close, talking too low and secretly to each other, smiling at one another and spending entirely too much time together?
Would it be a few days? A few weeks? A few years?
However long, that one little word was far too risky to put out there.
So no, he decided, he couldn't give her that much.
"It's...complicated, mom."
"That's okay, dear," she answered. "You can introduce us to him in your own time, if you decide to."
She didn't sound disappointed or even upset that he wouldn't tell her. She sounded like it actually was okay that he wasn't opening up to her about every single detail, and Sasuke couldn't even begin to express how that made him feel.
"I… Thank you," he whispered.
Mikoto smiled at him again and patted his shoulder. "I'd better get off to the store."
"Okay," Sasuke said. "I'll see you when I get home on Sunday."
"Okay, sweetie. I hope you have a nice weekend with your brother. Tell him your father and I say hi when you see him today."
"I will."
He watched her walk across his room to leave, but when she got to his door, she grabbed the doorknob and then stopped and looked back at him.
"I just want you to know," she said quietly. "Whoever he is, he's lucky to have someone like you in his life. I just hope he knows how special you are."
Sasuke pressed his lips tightly together. He hadn't expected to hear something like that, or even how much it meant to him to hear it coming from her in the first place. He closed his eyes and let himself believe, for as long as it took him to take a steadying breath, that she would still mean that even if she knew the truth.
"He does know, I think," he whispered when he opened his eyes, nodding at her.
"Good. I'm glad. I love you, sweetheart."
"Love you, too, mom."
With another smile, she left, closing his door behind her.
And then he was alone again.
Sasuke listened as the front door opened and closed and then to the sounds of the car starting out front as he breathed and replayed the conversation he'd just had in his mind.
First just one time, but then he did it again. Then again.
Because...holy shit! He'd just told someone that he was dating Itachi.
Sure, obviously it hadn't been in so many words, but he also hadn't had to lie about anything! And that was really what made him feel good. Like their relationship could actually be real to other people as well.
People they knew.
The realization of that hit Sasuke so hard that he couldn't help but laugh at himself, feeling so giddy that he felt like skipping when he went over to his bed and grabbed his phone. He flopped down onto his back on his bed and dialed his brother's number without a second thought.
"Hey baby," Itachi said after he picked up and Sasuke smiled when he felt his heart skip a beat at the greeting.
"Good morning," Sasuke replied cheerfully.
"It's new to hear you sounding so chipper this early. What happened to put you in such a good mood?"
Sasuke let out a little laugh. "Well, I just finished having a talk with mom…"
"And that put you in a good mood? What could that possibly have been about then?"
"My boyfriend," Sasuke answered. "And how lucky he is to have me."
"Well I'm positive that he knows how lucky he is," Itachi said with a laugh. "But now I'm curious how that conversation came up."
Sasuke smiled and turned onto his side. "I might need to get a little better about grinning like a fool every time you text me."
Itachi hummed thoughtfully, "I don't know about that. You have a beautiful smile, and I like the idea of being able to bring that out."
"You're ridiculous," he replied, rolling his eyes. He reached over to the bag that was laying on his bed and opened it, peeking in from where he was lying to see the clothes he had packed last night, in preparation for this weekend.
Then, like he was looking for trouble, he asked, "You aren't even going to ask me?"
"Ask you what?"
"If I actually told her about us."
He could hear Itachi shifting over the phone before he answered, very confidently, "I know that you didn't."
"How?"
"Well," Itachi started. "For one, I trust that you would talk with me first before deciding to just tell someone around here about us. And, you know, especially our parents."
"Fair enough," Sasuke replied. "Is there a "for two"?"
Itachi scoffed. "I think you mean second-"
"Actually, I think I like for two better."
"Fine, for two, god, that sounds so awful to my ears. No, I can't-I can't stick with that…" Itachi let out an exaggerated "uh-uh" before he continued, "Second, I know you didn't because if you had, there would be no way that mom wouldn't be blowing up my phone, probably threatening to reclaim the life she gave me for corrupting you."
"Hey now," Sasuke sat up suddenly, looking a little offended by that. "Why couldn't she think that I corrupted you."
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Itachi asked, chuckling.
Sasuke pouted a little bit. "No… I mean, maybe! I could be a corrupting influence!"
"Of course, sweetheart," Itachi said placatingly, a smile clear in his voice as he spoke. "I have just been absolutely corrupted by you."
"See! Now, that wasn't so hard to admit, was it?"
Itachi burst into a fit of laughter that pulled Sasuke in as well and they laughed until Sasuke was gasping about how much his face hurt from smiling so much. And then they laughed at that as well.
When they finally settled down and Sasuke could breathe without his ribs hurting, Itachi sighed happily over the line, "God, Sasuke, I love you."
"I love you, too."
There was a beat of silence before Itachi said, "Hey, we've both still got some time this morning, why don't you come over? You can drop your stuff off and I'd like to see you."
Sasuke pulled his phone away from his ear to check the time. As their mother had been so keen to point out, he'd gotten up way earlier than he'd even been planning to in order to make sure he had everything packed for the weekend, so Itachi was right. He did still have plenty of time before he needed to get to school.
"Sure," he said, putting his phone back to his ear. "I can be over in ten minutes."
"Great, I'll see you soon. And, Sasuke?"
"Yeah?"
"I am the luckiest person in the world to be able to call you mine."
Sasuke looked down, feeling a little embarrassed to hear Itachi say that, but it was nice.
"Yeah well," he said quietly. "I'm just as lucky to have you. I'll see you soon."
XxX
Okay, maybe he had lied.
It had actually taken twelve minutes to get over to Itachi's, but in his defense, there had been a stray cat walking the street that had come over to him for a pet and he hadn't been able to resist. Itachi would understand that and wouldn't begrudge him the affections of a cute little cat, so he wasn't too worried about being a couple minutes behind when he unlocked Itachi's door and went inside.
"Hey," he said in greeting as he put his stuff down on the dining table after he took his shoes off.
Itachi was sitting in the middle of the couch with his back to Sasuke and didn't say anything in response or even acknowledge that Sasuke was there, which made him frown and walk over.
As he got closer though, he realized that Itachi just hadn't heard him because he had his earphones in and was working on something on his laptop. So, seeing the opportunity presented to him, Sasuke smirked as he stopped behind Itachi and looked down at him, noticing that he had his shirt unbuttoned and open as he worked.
Sasuke hummed quietly in appreciation at the sight before he bent over, quickly covering his brother's eyes with one hand while he gently removed one of his earphones with the other so that he could whisper into his ear.
"It's almost like you're waiting for someone to take advantage of you."
Itachi smiled and tilted his head to the side, taking in a quiet breath when Sasuke dropped the earphone he'd taken out to ghost his fingers along Itachi's neck, enjoying the shiver that he felt run through him.
"And if I was?"
"Then I suppose I'd have to ask who you were waiting for," Sasuke answered playfully.
He pressed soft, barely there kisses down Itachi's neck, tugging his collar away just slightly so he could nip and suck at the skin on his shoulder to leave a mark that would be easily hidden by his shirt later.
Itachi made a small noise at the attention, something between a moan and a gasp before he was able to answer in a quiet whisper, "My boyfriend."
"Well, I don't think he'll mind if I just take a little bit of what you're offering."
His hand slid down his brother's chest as he spoke, pinching Itachi's left nipple between his thumb and forefinger, gently thumbing and twisting at the bud as he enjoyed the strangled gasp Itachi let out.
"Do you like that?" he asked teasingly when Itachi's head fell to the side and he strained forward slightly.
"Yes," Itachi whispered breathlessly.
He was searching and silently asking for more and Sasuke gave in. Gave his brother what he wanted because he liked the addictive sounds Itachi made when he stopped abusing his left nipple and moved to the right one, giving it the same treatment as the first until it was hard and pebbled like the other.
"Sasuke…" Itachi groaned when he finally pulled away so he could round the couch, enjoying the way Itachi watched him as he grabbed the laptop out of his lap and put it and Itachi's earphones on the coffee table behind him.
"Was this the reason you asked me to come over?"
Sasuke asked the question as he straddled Itachi's lap, noticing the light pink flush that dusted his brother's chest and the way he was panting, just a little bit, just enough that Sasuke felt proud of the fact that he'd done that to him.
"No," Itachi answered, his voice a deep rumble in his chest.
"Are you sure?" Sasuke whispered, brushing his lips against Itachi's.
Itachi's breath hit his lips and Sasuke smiled innocently as he brought his hands back to his brother's chest to rub both of his thumbs over Itachi's nipples, teasing him again. Enough that this time he pulled a low moan from his brother that made Itachi's eyes flutter closed.
"Because you sure seem eager for me to touch you."
"Sasuke," he said quietly, almost like a warning. He grasped at Sasuke's thighs and leaned forward, trying to connect their lips in a kiss, but Sasuke pulled away and smirked when Itachi sighed in irritation and opened his eyes. But then Itachi swallowed, and his irritation turned into desperation as he begged, "Please, kiss me."
Sasuke couldn't help the shiver that ran through him at the slightly broken plea and he took a deep breath before he slid his hands up to push Itachi's shirt off of his shoulders, eyeing the mark he'd left with pride.
"Then tell me that you're mine."
Itachi's tongue darted out for just a second to wet his lips and Sasuke watched it, waiting for his brother's admission as he thought about what that tongue had done to him in the past and, if he was lucky, would do to him in a minute.
Instead of giving Sasuke the confession he'd so kindly requested though, Itachi grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pulled him forward into a bruising kiss. Sasuke made a surprised sort of noise before he melted against his brother, enjoying the way that Itachi licked into his mouth to taste him before he coaxed Sasuke's tongue out and into his own mouth.
Quickly, Sasuke realized that his brother was handing himself over, letting him explore and dominate him like he had the other day and Sasuke moaned quietly into his brother's mouth before he broke away from him.
"I thought this wasn't the reason you asked me over here," Sasuke panted out softly.
He kissed along Itachi's jaw and back down his neck until he was sucking another mark into his brother's skin along his collarbone. Itachi's head fell back and his hips canted up against Sasuke's, making them both suck in a sharp breath.
"It wasn't," Itachi agreed, looking at Sasuke through hooded eyes. "But now I want you."
"Then you know what I want," Sasuke said sweetly. "Just tell me that you're mine."
Itachi wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck and pulled him close, pressing a few quick, soft kisses against his lips before he whispered, "Then make me yours and I will."
Sasuke's eyes widened at that and he pushed himself away from Itachi again, this time looking at him questioningly as he itched to know just what his brother meant.
Of course, he had an idea... At the very least he knew what those words meant when he said them, but this was Itachi…
"What do you-"
Riiing, Buzzz, Riiing
He was cut off by a soft tinkling ringing that was accompanied by a loud, vibrating buzz that made him look around, trying to find the source of the noise so he could make it stop and get back to asking Itachi just what he meant.
Itachi let out a loud, irritated groan as he pulled his phone out from under a pillow near them on the couch. Sasuke could see the alarm that had popped up as the culprit of the intrusive noise before Itachi tapped his phone's screen to shut it off.
"I think I'm going to have to ban our phones this weekend…" Itachi mumbled to himself with a shake of his head. He unlocked his phone and checked on something quickly before he locked it again and then kissed Sasuke.
"I've gotta go."
"Woah, wait," Sasuke said, shaking his head. "Weren't we just in the middle of something?"
"I'm sorry," Itachi said apologetically.
Then, just for good measure, he took Sasuke's face in his hands and pecked him quickly on the lips three more times.
"Trust me, no one is more sorry than me right now, but if I don't head out then I'm gonna be late for my interview."
Sasuke made an unhappy sound, but nodded. He wasn't about to argue and hold Itachi up; the last thing he wanted was for Itachi to make a bad first impression because of him and possibly miss out on an opportunity.
Ugh, being a nice boyfriend sucked sometimes!
"Okaaay," Sasuke said, sounding very put upon, but he put his hands up so Itachi would know he was being serious. "But...can we, like, come back to this at some point?"
He didn't add the "because I have some questions about what you just said," that was pushing to tumble out of his mouth, but he figured he would bring that up later at a more appropriate time.
"Yes, please," Itachi said, sounding desperate before he gave Sasuke another kiss and then gently urged him out of his lap. Sasuke plopped onto the cushion next to Itachi and watched as his brother stood up, shrugged his shirt back onto his shoulders and then started to button it up.
Quicker than Sasuke liked, Itachi looked more or less put together again and once he fixed his hair, the only thing that would make anyone wonder if something was off was the bulge in his pants. Which Sasuke wasn't able to take his eyes off of it for longer than he was proud to admit.
He sighed and laid back on the couch, trying to think of anything other than his desire to undo Itachi's pants and help him alleviate his problem. So he focused on Itachi slipping his phone into his pocket instead. And then on the way he put his hands on his hips. And then the slightly crooked smile that he shot down at Sasuke as he stood looking down at him.
"See something you like?"
Sasuke nodded and then said idly, "You're just the most beautiful person I've ever seen in my life."
Itachi extended a hand out to Sasuke and he took it, allowing his brother to pull him up and into his arms. Itachi brushed a few stray strands of hair out of Sasuke's face and looked at him fondly.
"Then you've obviously never looked in a mirror."
"Shush," Sasuke shook his head and looked down, a little embarrassed. He knew Itachi thought he was attractive. Heck, Sasuke knew he was attractive, but he would never begin to think himself better looking than his brother. "Don't you need to go?"
"Oh, trying to get rid of me now?" Itachi joked.
Sasuke shrugged. "Well the faster you leave the faster you get back, right?"
"Fair enough, and you need to get to school anyway."
Sasuke rolled his eyes, but nodded and let Itachi lead him by the hand over to the front door. Itachi grabbed his keys and wallet before they both put on their shoes and then hesitated, neither of them reaching out to open the door.
"Please be safe, okay?" Sasuke said quietly.
Itachi smiled and Sasuke noticed, maybe for the first time, the little crinkles in the corners of his eyes. Seeing that made Sasuke smile himself because it was a sign to him of how happy Itachi was, how happy that he, hopefully, had made him.
"I will be. I love you."
Sasuke reached up and cupped Itachi's cheek, pulling him into a soft, chaste kiss.
"I love you, too, Itachi."
Itachi reached for the door after that and they both stepped outside to face whatever their days were going to hold for them until they were together again.
XxX
His day ended up going fine.
His classes were more or less just an excuse to chit-chat with people now, not that he did because the only people he really talked to were Sakura and Naruto and well…
Obviously that wasn't much of an option anymore.
So, he'd just been waiting the day out, minding his own business and happily texting his brother after he'd gotten back into town after his interview, which apparently went as well as one could hope. At least, that was what Itachi said.
Which was why Sasuke hadn't been expecting anything out of the ordinary once school ended and he headed outside, stopping just on the other side of the gates so he could wait for Itachi to come and pick him up.
And at first, nothing was wrong.
He was watching as cars and classmates passed him by, some of them nodding or telling him to have a good weekend which he wished them as well. Somewhere behind him he could hear Sakura chatting rather loudly with Ino and he figured once she was done talking with her then Sakura would spot him and come over.
But as Sasuke waited for her, he spotted a strange sight across the street.
Naruto.
Or...at least he was pretty sure it was Naruto.
After a week of not seeing him though, it was hard to say with any type of certainty that the blond boy he saw skulking away from school with his backpack slung over his shoulder actually was his friend.
Because if it was then something was definitely wrong.
Naruto walked a little slumped forward and his hair was sort of flat against his head, at least until he brought his hand up and ran it through his hair. Then he scrubbed his hand against his face and stopped dead in his tracks on the sidewalk.
"He's looking even worse today…"
Sasuke looked over at Sakura when she stopped next to him and spoke, watching Naruto with him.
"Did you talk to him?"
Sakura shook her head. "He didn't even bother to come to class. I don't know where he's been hiding though and everyone has been starting to get worried about him."
"I know…" Sasuke said quietly. "A couple of people have asked me about him this week, but I never know what to say."
Because "sorry guys, he's avoiding me," just didn't seem like the best thing to throw out there when people had already been giving him a hard side-eye since their break up.
"Maybe I should go talk to him," Sakura said quietly to herself.
Around them, a few of their other classmates stopped, noticing Naruto as well. Some of them whispered to each other, pointing at Naruto before looking over at Sasuke and then shaking their heads. Others weren't as subtle and said a few choice words very pointedly in his direction as they walked by.
"Liar."
"Broke his heart."
"Maybe he cheated."
"Should be ashamed."
Sasuke turned his gaze lower and lower with every word that he heard until he was staring straight down at the ground. Probably looking as guilty as he felt. Because every single word was true.
"Tck, don't listen to them, Sasuke," Sakura said, shooting a couple people dirty looks before she put her hand on Sasuke's arm.
He shrugged her hand away and looked up to see Naruto just a little further down the street. "No, they're right, Sakura. I should be ashamed, and I… I should be the one to go talk to him."
"Are you sure?" she asked him hesitantly.
"No…" he answered, shaking his head. "But it's probably the right thing to do."
Before Sakura could try to talk him out of it, which he would have let her do without a second thought, Sasuke jogged across the street.
"Naruto!" he called out.
Which caught the attention of Naruto. As well as the rest of the school that was still milling around outside. He didn't even have to look back to know that.
"S-Sasuke…" Naruto stuttered out as he stopped and watched him, wide-eyed. Even going so far as to take a few steps back when Sasuke came to a stop in front of him.
That made Sasuke realize he'd made a mistake in coming over. It was a little too late now, though, so he rubbed at his arm and just decided to follow through.
"Hey, uh… How've you been?"
He pressed his lips hard together after he heard himself ask the question, immediately feeling ridiculous.
How had he been?
That was obvious! How stupid was he to ask something like that?
Naruto though, didn't seem to feel the same way. Or at least he didn't say as much when he answered.
"Um, you know… Fine, I guess? I mean..."
As much as I can be.
Sasuke knew that was what he'd been about to say, but had stopped himself. And Sasuke didn't question it. He just nodded and cleared his throat as he tried to find something else to say.
Something that, preferably, wouldn't make him feel like a complete jackass once it came out of his mouth.
"People have been worried about you, Naruto..." he finally settled on.
Naruto's eyes flicked over Sasuke's shoulder and he assumed that he was looking at the people who were probably still watching them. Waiting to see how their interaction would go.
"Have you been worried?"
Naruto still wasn't looking at him as he asked the question, his eyes trained, unmoving on something behind him that made him start to turn so he could look and see what had Naruto's attention.
Just as Sasuke moved to look though, Naruto's eyes snapped back to him and he stepped forward to put his hand on his arm, repeating his question and keeping Sasuke's attention on him.
"Have you been worried, Sasuke?"
The forcefulness of the question this time made Sasuke narrow his eyes, but he nodded.
"I mean, yeah, Naruto. I haven't seen you in a week. Of course I've been worried," he said slowly.
Naruto nodded. "Then why haven't you texted me? Why haven't you asked how I've been?"
"I…"
Well, Naruto had him there.
"Sakura has. And Neji, Kiba, Lee, Ino… Probably everyone that you say has been worried. Everyone except you."
Sasuke floundered at that. He didn't really think he should just outright admit to the fact that it had been too awkward to think about reaching out. That he had been sure he was the last person Naruto probably wanted to hear from.
But now that Naruto brought it up, Sasuke wondered if he'd been wrong about that.
"Okay, I admit it. I've been a shitty friend," Sasuke said quickly. Just like this morning, the word tasted foreign in his mouth. "I should have talked to you. I should have asked, so I apologize about that."
"I don't want you to apologize, Sasuke. I just want you to tell me the truth."
"About what?" Sasuke asked, narrowing his eyes slightly.
Naruto's eyes flicked back over his shoulder again, but this time it was just for a second. Long enough for Sasuke to notice, but not necessarily worry.
"About how you feel about me," Naruto answered.
Okay, this conversation had just taken a turn Sasuke hadn't expected.
He looked at Naruto for a long time, trying to figure out just why he was bringing this up before he finally answered cautiously.
"You know how I feel about you, Naruto. We've already talked about this…"
"No," Naruto shook his head. "You talked and I listened, but now I need you to listen, Sasuke."
There was a beat after that before Naruto surged forward, taking Sasuke's face in his hands and kissing him hard on the mouth. Sasuke's eyes widened and he immediately shoved Naruto away, taking a step back from the blond as he wiped his mouth on the back of his hand.
Behind him, back across the street, a loud murmur rose up among the people who were watching them and a car door closed.
"What the hell, Naruto!" Sasuke exclaimed.
Naruto's eyes flicked past him again.
"I love you, Sasuke. I've loved you since middle school, and I know you love me, too."
"No, I don't, Naruto," Sasuke shot back.
Naruto shook his head and argued, "You do. If you didn't, then you wouldn't have told me you liked me. You wouldn't have kissed me!"
"I was confused! I hadn't…"
"You hadn't what, Sasuke?" Naruto asked when he trailed off.
Sasuke refused to answer. He couldn't tell Naruto the truth, that he had confused his feelings of friendship with attraction since he'd only ever really been seriously attracted to one person before: Itachi. That he'd been too naive to realize that that's what it was. And yes, he'd figured that out too little, too late; he'd done damage to Naruto and their friendship that he couldn't fix now.
But he loved Itachi. He knew he did. He could feel it in the depths of his soul.
And there was nothing that Naruto could do to change that.
"It doesn't matter," he finally said. "It's over, Naruto. We are over."
Naruto clenched his hands into fists at his side and Sasuke knew he'd struck a nerve. But just as quickly as Naruto seemed to get frustrated, it was wiped away like it had never been there at all.
"No, we're not."
Blue eyes quickly flicked again as Sasuke opened his mouth to argue, to tell Naruto to let him go and move on with his life, but he was silenced when Naruto stepped toward him again and kissed him. Again.
This time though, he held on tightly to Sasuke's upper arms, gripping him so hard that it hurt, and not in a good way. Not like the way that Itachi could turn his pain into pleasure. This was just a hard, pinching ache that made Sasuke flinch as he tried to pull away, pushing at Naruto's chest and idly marveling at just how strong the blond was.
The murmur from behind him grew louder once again, thundering in his ears as he noted with a sort of detachment that he could hear two very specific voices yelling out through everything else.
"Naruto, stop!"
That was Sakura and she sounded frantic. Sasuke could hear her sneakers pounding against the pavement as she ran over to break them up.
"Sasuke!"
Sasuke's eyes widened and he tried again to push Naruto away from him, to no avail, when he heard the second voice: Itachi.
His brother sounded furious and before Sasuke knew what was happening, Itachi put his hand on Naruto's chest and pushed him a few steps away, not letting him go even after he broke them apart.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Itachi asked just as Sakura came to a stop beside Sasuke.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" she whispered to him.
She touched him gently on the arm, where the pain from where Naruto grabbed him grew deeper, sinking into his bones. He flinched away from her and she drew her hand back immediately.
"We were talking," Naruto answered Itachi, looking him dead in the eyes. Unafraid.
Itachi gripped Naruto's shirt in his fist and from the angle that Sasuke was at, he could see the way his brother's jaw clenched.
"You-"
"Itachi," he interrupted quickly, taking a step forward. "I'm fine."
It might have been a lie, but no one needed to know that he was shaking on the inside.
He put his hand on Itachi's arm and although it took a second longer than Sasuke would have liked, Itachi released Naruto's shirt and dropped his hand. Gently, Sasuke guided his brother back a step so he could look at Naruto.
Still, the blond looked completely unfazed. He'd probably just looked death in the face and Sasuke was stunned to see that Naruto looked...almost giddy about it? There was a small smile playing at Naruto's lips. One that he was trying and failing to hide as he stared Itachi down for a long moment before looking at Sasuke when he stepped closer to him.
"Why did you do that, Naruto?" Sasuke finally asked.
"I already told you, Sasuke. I love you."
"Naruto-" Sakura started, but Sasuke held up his hand.
He stared at Naruto, and felt guilty.
He'd done this to him, to them, to their friendship.
His confusion, his mistake, had brought them to this point and Sasuke knew he had no one to blame other than himself.
Right now though, he also knew that the friendship he and Naruto had once shared was completely gone.
And after what Naruto had just done…
"We can't be friends anymore, Naruto."
Sasuke wasn't sure he ever wanted it back again.
Naruto shrugged. "We don't have to be friends for you to love me, Sasuke."
Sasuke took a deep breath and started to argue, "I don't-"
"Sasuke," Itachi stopped him. His voice was level, calm, not at all betraying the fury Sasuke was sure he felt under the surface. "Let's just go."
It took him a moment to agree, but eventually he nodded. He wanted to reach out to Itachi and take his hand, let his brother lead him back to the car and then make him forget what had just happened, but he reminded himself that he couldn't do that.
So instead, he took a step back and before he turned around and left, he shot Naruto one last look.
"Do not come to Sakura's tomorrow. I don't want you there."
"It's not up to you, Sasuke," Naruto said easily.
He didn't argue. He didn't roll his eyes or even get angry. He just turned around and started to walk away, vaguely listening as Sakura spoke up once he and Itachi were a few steps away.
"Naruto… I think Sasuke's right…"
He didn't catch the rest as he got into Itachi's car.
Once Itachi closed the driver side door, they sat in silence. Itachi didn't move to start the car or even buckle his seatbelt and Sasuke could feel how angry he was.
"How long have you been here?"
He glanced over and saw Itachi grip the steering wheel tightly. Heard the creaking noise the leather made as it struggled not to buckle under Itachi's hand. Thankfully, the wheel could handle the strain, but Sasuke didn't know if it could handle it by much.
"Obviously long enough."
With that, Itachi buckled his seatbelt and started the car. He took in a breath before he flipped on his turn signal and pulled away from the curb where he'd parked.
As they started to drive away, Sasuke chanced a small look back to where they'd all been a moment ago. Naruto was gone now, but Sakura was standing on the sidewalk still, typing furiously on her phone and shaking her head.
They drove in absolute silence for the five minutes it took to get to Itachi's house, and once they pulled into the driveway and the car turned off, Itachi immediately got out. Sasuke flinched when the car door slammed behind him and he just watched as Itachi walked up to the house, unlocked the door and disappeared inside.
Left alone, Sasuke turned his eyes down to stare at his hands laying limply in his lap. He wondered if he should go back to their parents house. Give Itachi some space and time to cool off and then maybe just call him later.
That would be running away from the problem though and Sasuke knew that. And while he hadn't done anything wrong (because, duh, it wasn't like he had kissed Naruto), Itachi still had every right to be upset about what had happened.
And running away wasn't the answer. They needed to talk.
So Sasuke took a deep breath, got out of the car and headed inside.
Itachi was sitting at the dining table, his leg bouncing up and down quickly and his fingers tapping distractedly on the tabletop. As soon as Sasuke closed the door behind him though, Itachi looked at him and stood up.
"Are you okay?" Itachi asked.
Sasuke let out a breath and felt his shoulders slump forward. Itachi's voice was soft and he looked at Sasuke with just as much care and concern as he normally did nowadays. There wasn't any hint of anger or hatred or distrust and Sasuke thought he might cry.
"You aren't mad?"
"Sasuke…" Itachi said quietly. He crossed over to him and touched his cheek gently. "Of course not. Not at you anyway."
A broken laugh pushed its way out of Sasuke and he felt his chest ache.
"The way you'd walked away, I was worried…"
"No," Itachi shook his head. "I'm sorry. I just… I needed a minute."
Sasuke nodded. He could understand that.
"Are you okay now?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi scoffed. "I think that's severely up for debate, but that's not important right now. Are you okay, Sasuke?"
"Not important?" Sasuke shot back. "Itachi I thought you were going to kill my fr…"
The word died on his lips… Friend.
He and Naruto weren't friends anymore.
It would take a little getting used to, but it had felt like the only thing he could have done after what happened. Being friends just wasn't the answer for them anymore.
"The way he touched you, Sasuke…"
Itachi pulled his hand back from Sasuke and clenched it the same way Sasuke had seen him do when he'd grabbed Naruto. After a second, his brother seemed to remember himself though and dropped his hand to his side.
Again, Itachi had a mask of calm on his face.
"Please answer my question, Sasuke. Are you okay?"
Sasuke nodded, but then just as quickly he shook his head.
"I, uh… I'm not sure."
And he wasn't sure. How was he supposed to feel after something like that?
"That's okay," Itachi said, he reached out and placed his hands on Sasuke's upper arms, right where Naruto had grabbed him. He was sure that his brother meant to be gentle, and maybe he was being gentle, but it hurt when Itachi touched him and he sucked in a pained gasp and winced.
Concern immediately furrowed Itachi's brow and he took his hands away from Sasuke, holding them up so he could see that he wasn't trying to do anything to hurt him.
"I'm just going to take a look, okay?" Itachi asked, gesturing to Sasuke's arm. At the sleeves that were just long enough to cover up whatever damage Naruto had done.
Sasuke nodded and tried not to flinch again when Itachi leaned closer and touched him, pushing his sleeve up and then gasping at what he saw.
"He hurt you…"
Sasuke looked over at his arm when he heard the shocked whisper from Itachi. His eyes widened when he saw the dark purple bruises on his skin that were definitely in the shape of a hand.
"Please don't hurt him," he said automatically.
Itachi's eyes flicked up and met his, staring at him like he was trying to answer some question that he wouldn't ask. Finally, he let go of Sasuke's sleeve and straightened up.
"I don't know why you'd want to protect him from anything after that," Itachi said, shaking his head. "But I'm not going to do anything."
Sasuke sighed in relief. "Thank you. I just… I want to forget that it happened. Is that okay? Can you just help me forget about it?"
A sad smile pulled at one corner of Itachi's mouth, but he nodded.
"Of course, Sasuke. Whatever you want."
XxX
Naruto hadn't planned for what had happened.
Honestly, he'd been thrilled that Sasuke had come and talked to him, but what had happened after wasn't his fault. It wasn't.
It was Itachi's.
When he saw Itachi's car pull up behind Sasuke, he knew that the elder Uchiha would be watching them. At least, if he was right about what was going on between them, then Itachi would be watching. Intently.
Naruto would be.
Naruto had been.
He just hadn't been able to get any pictures of the two of them together yet. Well, not doing anything unbrotherly at least, so he had to do it. He had to put his theory to the test.
So, sure, he kissed Sasuke.
A part of him had felt bad about it, because he was making Sasuke uncomfortable and that was, honest to goodness, the last thing he actually wanted, but then…
Well, then Itachi had gotten out of his car.
He'd gotten out and stood on the sidewalk, staring him dead in the eyes after Sasuke pushed him away.
Just that hadn't been enough though. It hadn't been proof. Because who was Naruto to say that Itachi had actually seen what had happened? Maybe he'd just gotten out of his car right then purely out of coincidence.
It wasn't likely that that was the reason, but Naruto wanted to be sure.
So, yes, he kissed Sasuke again.
And the second time, he didn't feel as bad. He couldn't feel as bad because Sasuke was supposed to be with him. He was supposed to be his boyfriend. Belong to him.
And say that he loved Naruto back.
It did hurt that he wouldn't say it back right now. That Sasuke kept denying it, but he wouldn't have to keep denying it soon.
"Naruto, please don't come tomorrow. I think you and Sasuke need some space."
Naruto reread the text that Sakura had sent him after he'd waved her off and headed home after seeing Sasuke and Itachi get into the car. He couldn't help but roll his eyes at the message.
The last thing that he and Sasuke needed was space.
Sasuke and Itachi on the other hand…
As the sun finished setting outside, Naruto slipped his phone in his pocket and started out his door. He paused just as he was about to lock it and jotted back inside quickly.
When he came out again he had his jacket with him.
He'd learned from last time, after all.
XxX
The credits rolled on the second movie they'd watched and Sasuke stood up and stretched, nudging Itachi's foot with his own as his brother watched him.
"I called it," he taunted with a little smile. "So that makes me two for two."
They'd watched two horror flicks and Sasuke had accurately called the killers in both movies during the first thirty minutes. Itachi had gotten both of them wrong.
"How sad for you though," Sasuke added cheekily.
"I purposely picked the wrong guys," Itachi said with a wave of his hand as he stood up as well.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and stepped closer so he could wrap his arms around Itachi's neck. "Yeah, okay, you keep telling yourself that."
"I will, gladly," Itachi said with a little laugh, but he pulled himself away from Sasuke and picked up a glass from the coffee table like he'd been meaning to do it for hours now.
When he started to walk away though, Sasuke grabbed his hand. Itachi had been shying away from touching him ever since they'd gotten back, and while he might have appreciated his brother's care for the first, like, twenty minutes, Sasuke had quickly grown tired of it. Especially when Itachi had refused to give him more than a quick peck whenever Sasuke tried to kiss him.
"I'm not broken, Itachi."
"I know that," Itachi replied quickly, but he still slipped his hand out of Sasuke's and went into the kitchen to put the glass in the sink.
"Do you? Because you're treating me like a child."
"No, I'm…" Itachi sighed and put his hands on the edge of the sink. His back was still to Sasuke. "I just want to make sure you're okay."
"I am," Sasuke insisted. "And I asked you to help me forget about it."
Itachi turned and gestured over to the TV.
"Isn't that what I'm doing?"
Sasuke shook his head. He walked over and stopped in front of Itachi, close enough that all his brother would need to do is reach out and he could touch him. But Itachi didn't make a move; he just stood there, watching Sasuke carefully.
"You won't touch me. You won't even kiss me now, Itachi…"
Not that a kiss would make him forget what had happened, but it would mean that Itachi didn't think he was spoiled and dirty because of what Naruto had done. It would mean that Itachi didn't blame him for what had happened, and Sasuke needed that right now. He needed to know that Itachi still loved him. Still wanted to be with him.
He didn't say all of that though. He didn't know how he could. Itachi would probably have just waved away his concerns and told him that of course he still loved him, nothing would change that, but Itachi's actions now were speaking louder than any of his words could.
"I want to. You know I want to, Sasuke. I just-"
"No, I don't know that," Sasuke interrupted. "All I know right now is that you don't seem to want anything to do with me."
"Sasuke, no," Itachi said firmly. His eyes looked sad. "I just don't want to hurt you."
Sasuke stepped forward, closing the last bit of space between them. He snaked his arms around Itachi's neck again and looked at him seriously.
"You could never hurt me, Itachi. You make me feel better and I need that. I need you."
Finally, thankfully, Itachi wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist and pulled him just a little closer before he tentatively matched their lips together in a soft, slow kiss that made Sasuke sigh. He savored the way Itachi's tongue slid against his, not in any kind of hurry to finish tasting and exploring him. Not rushing to break away and say that that was enough.
No, it was actually Sasuke who pulled away from him, smiling softly and pressing a quick kiss to his brother's lips before he stepped away and grabbed Itachi's hand so he could tug him over to the couch.
He pushed Itachi down onto the couch and then got into his lap, just how he had that morning when things had been easier. Simpler.
He just wanted to go back to that now.
"Let's pretend that it didn't happen, okay?"
Itachi opened his mouth, probably to argue, but Sasuke pressed a finger to his brother's lips to keep him quiet.
"Just for a little while, not forever. I just want to have something good right now. I just want to have you."
He kept his finger against Itachi's lips until he got a nod, and then he only moved it so he could replace his finger with his own lips, licking into his brother's mouth as he reached up and tugged the hair tie out of Itachi's hair. Raven hair cascaded down and Sasuke smiled into their kiss when he was able to thread his fingers through it.
Itachi let out a soft little moan at the attention and let his hands settle on Sasuke's hips, digging his fingers in just the slightest bit. Enough that Sasuke knew he wasn't completely scared to touch him now.
That made him feel a little more daring and he pulled on Itachi's hair, making his brother break their kiss as he gasped and titled his head back just a little bit. He didn't tell him to stop though, so Sasuke pulled a little bit more, until Itachi's entire throat was bared to him.
"Sasuke," Itachi whispered, but it wasn't followed by anything. Not that they should stop or that he didn't want it, so Sasuke continued.
He pressed his lips to Itachi's neck, working down the pale, sensitive skin until he could feel his brother's pulse pounding under his tongue, then he bit down. Itachi squirmed underneath him as Sasuke sucked a mark into his skin, at one point drawing out another gasp and then a soft moan before he pulled away and ran his fingers over the mark.
"You're mine," Sasuke claimed quietly, sliding his fingers down to the front of Itachi's shirt but he stopped short of undoing the first button.
Itachi tilted his head forward and looked at Sasuke questioningly.
"I can stop, if you want," Sasuke said. "If this is making you uncomfortable."
A few emotions crossed Itachi's face, concern, surprise, indignance. But Sasuke liked seeing the desperation that settled in his brother's eyes the most, right before Itachi pulled him closer, so that their lips were only an inch or so apart.
"Don't stop."
Sasuke smiled and closed the small gap between them as his fingers went to work opening Itachi's shirt. He ran his hands up the strong, warm chest once he was finished, pushing the shirt open happily before he leaned back just to look at Itachi.
"This almost reminds me of this morning…" Sasuke said idly.
Itachi hummed in agreement. "I enjoyed this morning."
"I enjoyed something you said this morning, though I'd like to hear it again."
"Oh? And what did I say?"
Sasuke shook his head. "You know exactly what you said, Itachi."
A smirk pulled at Itachi's lips and he shrugged noncommittally as his arms slid around Sasuke's waist to hold him.
"Maybe, but what are you willing to do to make me say it again?"
Liking the sound of that challenge, Sasuke leaned into him, pressing one hand flat against his chest while the other went up to stroke the nape of Itachi's neck. He brought his mouth to Itachi's ear and smiled.
"Whatever it takes," he promised.
Then he tangled his hand in Itachi's hair and pulled it just a little harder than he had before, drawing his brother's head back at the same moment that his other fingers circled Itachi's right nipple. The touch was teasing for a brief moment before pinching and twisting at the bud, abusing it until broken noises started falling from Itachi's parted lips.
He felt his brother start growing hard underneath him and he ground his hips down just a bit, enough that Itachi could get a taste of the friction Sasuke was sure he wanted.
"Just tell me," Sasuke whispered hotly against Itachi's ear, purposefully gasping against him as he helped their hips meet again. "I promise, I'll give you whatever you want."
Itachi whispered his name and dug his nails into Sasuke's back. The soft, biting pressure made him moan and he felt his control start to slip. It was just for a second though, just long enough to make him stop his ministrations and lower his head so he could pant quietly against Itachi's neck.
"Then show me how badly you want me," Itachi said quietly.
A warm tingle ran through Sasuke at that, settling deep in his stomach as he felt his cock throb with want. He pulled back from Itachi a little bit so he could look at him, catching the mischievous glint in the dark eyes that let Sasuke know he was willing to push him as far as he could.
Until one of them was desperate enough to break.
The thought made Sasuke tug at his lower lip with his teeth as he nodded, mumbling out a quiet, "Okay," before pushing himself back into an upright position. He shifted slightly in Itachi's lap and made sure his brother was watching him before he reached down and started to lift his shirt up.
Itachi's eyes immediately went down to the small expanse of skin he was now showing, following Sasuke's hand every inch of the way as he pulled his shirt up a little higher and then higher still. Until he was tugging the garment over his head and then tossing it somewhere behind him.
And to his brother's credit, Itachi didn't say a word about the twin bruises on his arms. He barely even gave them a passing glance once Sasuke's chest and arms were completely bared to him, which Sasuke appreciated.
So much so, that he took one of Itachi's hands in his and pressed it flat to his chest. Letting Itachi feel how hot he felt, how his breath caught at even such a simple touch, how his heart beat loudly throughout his entire body. Then he dragged the hand down his chest and over his stomach, the muscles contracting just slightly at the attention, before he stopped, letting Itachi's fingers hover by the button of his pants.
He let go of Itachi's hand, brushed their fingers together and quickly undid his pants, letting out a soft sigh as he gave Itachi some type of satisfaction and slid his hand into his boxers so he could stroke himself slowly.
Itachi took in a sharp breath as he watched, and Sasuke smiled at his brother's rapt attention to the way his body moved and strained for more of his own touch.
"Is this what you wanted?" Sasuke asked, mewling as he moved his hand quicker.
His eyes were almost closed from the pleasure he felt coursing through his veins, but he still caught the way Itachi shook his head, just the slightest bit, as his fingers twitched a little closer to Sasuke. Wanting to reach out and touch him and help him find his release.
Itachi stopped himself though, not ready for this to be over.
"I want you…" Itachi breathed out.
Sasuke swore quietly under his breath and even though it was a struggle to stop chasing after the promise of his orgasm, he pulled his hand away from himself. He put both of his hands on Itachi's chest and looked at him pleadingly.
"Then tell me what I want to hear and you can have me."
"Sasuke…" Itachi said his name quietly, but didn't say anything more.
Sasuke groaned, but just as he opened his mouth to press him further, Itachi put a hand on the back of his neck and pulled him close, until their lips were just brushing together. They watched each other intently and a moment of anticipation hung between them before Itachi finally spoke.
"Fuck me."
The admission sent a wave of heat surging through Sasuke. It went straight to his cock and threatened to make him lose his mind with how much he wanted his brother. While he still had his senses though, he managed to at least ask one question:
"Are you sure?"
Itachi just managed one broken word.
"Please."
Sasuke didn't need any more encouragement than that. He stood up, pulling Itachi up off the couch with him so he could lead him into the bedroom. Out of habit, he closed the door behind them and then pushed Itachi up against it to kiss him, slipping the shirt from his shoulders so it fell to the floor at their feet.
Then they worked on the rest of each other's clothing, quickly undressing before Sasuke's hands found Itachi's hips and he pulled his brother to him. They groaned into one another when their cocks brushed together, creating a delicious friction that Sasuke wasn't keen to leave behind.
Itachi pulled away though, and he started to beg, "Sasuke, please, I need you."
Sasuke licked at his lips and nodded, guiding Itachi over to the end of the bed just to push him down. He watched as Itachi situated himself a little better, but when he watched his brother's legs fall open, giving him the most fantastic view of Itachi's hard, weeping cock and twitching hole, Sasuke's mouth went dry.
"My god…" Sasuke mumbled to himself as he moved and came to rest between Itachi's legs.
He leaned over Itachi, steadying himself with a hand on either side of his brother's head and felt a little bit of trepidation at the prospect laid out underneath him.
So, for good measure, he asked again.
"Are you really sure you want this?"
In answer, Itachi batted Sasuke's right arm away so he could reach over to the bedside table and open the drawer. He pulled out a little bottle of lube and pressed it into Sasuke's hand when he settled onto his back again.
"I'll finger myself in front of you until I come if you don't fuck me. So, really, it's your choice."
Sasuke cursed under his breath at the imagine that was conjured in his mind, and as enticing as it was to see that idea become a reality, he decided that it could wait for another time.
The sound of the cap clicking open filled the room and the same anticipation from a few minutes ago settled in Sasuke's chest as he liberally coated three of his fingers, clicked the cap closed and then set the bottle to the side.
He felt every second tick by and counted every breath he took as he looked down at Itachi again and then brought his fingers to his brother's entrance, pressing one against him gently. Almost immediately, he felt Itachi relax and Sasuke was able to easily work the first and then even the second finger inside.
He went slowly, enjoying the way Itachi's hips rolled down to meet every thrust of his fingers and the soft pants and mewls that kept falling from his lips. When he felt confident enough, Sasuke worked his third finger inside and then groaned when Itachi's back arched off the bed a few thrusts later and he called out Sasuke's name.
"Fuck," Sasuke said with a shuddering breath.
His eyes were trained on the way Itachi gripped the blanket beneath him as he started to fuck himself in earnest against Sasuke's fingers. It only took a moment for him to understand that Itachi was trying to get him to brush against his prostate again, but when he figured it out he used his other hand to press down on Itachi's hips and hold him still.
"Not fair," Itachi started to whine, cracking his eyes open to glare at him.
Sasuke smiled down at him wickedly and though he didn't stop working his fingers inside of him, he did slow down, dragging out every little noise he could as Itachi strained against him for more.
"No? Well I could just do what you did to me the other day…" Sasuke threatened idly.
Itachi shook his head emphatically, knowing exactly what Sasuke meant.
"It was torture, only having your fingers and not even able to touch myself."
He punctuated a few of his words with a quicker, harder thrust of his fingers, just to enjoy how quickly Itachi became a mess underneath him.
"Nonono," Itachi whispered desperately. "I can't, Sasuke, I can't."
"Why not? It felt so good when you finally let me come. Don't you want that?"
He didn't actually have any intention of doing that to Itachi today because his brother looked far too delectable with a dark flush and sheen of sweat across his body. But it was fun to tease, to torture, to be in control of every little thing Itachi felt.
He also wanted to see how much more Itachi could take before he broke completely. Sasuke knew his own limits, but Itachi's were completely new to him.
Though apparently, those words and another few thrusts of his fingers was all Itachi needed to snap and start begging in earnest.
"You, want you so bad, inside me, need you. Pleasepleaseplease just fuck me."
His pleas were more or less a coherent babble and Sasuke was happy enough with what he heard to finally pull his fingers out, slick his cock with more lube and then start to push into his brother slowly.
They gasped together at the feeling and it took every last bit of self control Sasuke had to stop himself from just thrusting himself into Itachi completely. He felt so hot and tight around him though and it drove Sasuke more and more crazy with every inch of him that was swallowed up by Itachi's greedy body.
"Oh my god," Sasuke breathed out, falling forward to hover over Itachi.
He touched their foreheads together and fisted the pillow that Itachi was laying on in both of his hands once he had filled him completely. Waiting to be told that it was okay to move, to finish what they'd started and take his brother until there was no question who he belonged to.
Itachi's chest rose and fell rapidly as he caught his breath, letting out little sounds as his body adjusted until he moved and wrapped his legs around Sasuke's waist and rolled his hips. He set them into motion and Sasuke reached down to grab Itachi's thigh, digging his fingers into his brother's skin as he pulled out of him and then quickly thrust back in.
A moan ripped out of both of them and Itachi pulled Sasuke down into a kiss as their hips met again and again. And for a moment, the silence of the house was punctuated only by the obscene slapping of their skin.
Until one of them shifted and Sasuke hit that spot inside of him that made Itachi throw his head back and cry out.
From that moment, they both lost themselves. Sasuke's fingers were digging into his brother's skin hard enough to bruise and Itachi scratched his nails down Sasuke's back, leaving a stinging burn behind that made Sasuke gasp. He could feel himself getting close to the edge and he pressed a series of open mouthed kisses to Itachi's lips, jaw and neck.
"Itachi, fuck, I'm-"
Itachi nodded at Sasuke's broken warning and opened his mouth to say something in reply at the same moment Sasuke's hips snapped forward, thrusting back into him hard. Whatever Itachi had been about to say died as Sasuke's name fell from his lips like a prayer instead before he just reached down to take his cock in his hand, stroking himself quickly.
Watching his brother pleasure himself was all Sasuke needed to finally lose himself and his hips stuttered in a few quick thrusts before he buried himself as deep as he could in Itachi and came inside him. As his orgasm quickly washed over him, he gasped against Itachi's neck, a slew of curses interspersed with Itachi's name falling out of him with abandon.
And when Itachi came a couple moments later, coating their torsos in his seed, Sasuke let out one last groan as he enjoyed the feeling of Itachi's insides contracting around his sensitive cock. Then, once his brother was spent, Sasuke pulled out of him and flopped down beside him on the bed.
They both caught their breath for a couple of minutes and just as the sweat cooling on his body was starting to make him cold, Itachi turned over to face Sasuke. He put his hand on Sasuke's chest and smiled at him in satisfaction.
"You have no idea how long I've thought about doing that."
Sasuke grinned sleepily and shook his head.
"I had no idea you'd ever even…"
His words trailed off but Itachi brought his fingers up to brush gently against his lips.
"Well, now you know, so keep it in mind for the future."
Sasuke groaned softly and rolled over to sling his arm over Itachi's waist and kiss him. He felt happy and sated and safe in his brother's arms, and he felt like he could stay here forever.
But till the morning would have to do
"I love you so much," he mumbled against Itachi's lips.
Itachi kissed him again.
"I love you, too."
XxX
Naruto looked down at his phone, at the camera app that was still open and pointing down toward the dirt.
Inside, the living room was empty now, but Naruto had seen enough. Crouched outside the window with the cracked curtain at Itachi's house, he'd seen everything he needed to. Watched every moment play out in front of him with a sense of sick satisfaction.
Because now, he'd gotten more than enough to prove what he needed to.
Which meant that tomorrow…
He sighed.
Tomorrow, Sasuke would be his again.