Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Tenderness Squel to Forbidden. ❯ Playing for Keeps ( Chapter 5 )

Forbidden Tenderness

Chapter 5

 

 

 

It took Itachi and Sasuke a few moments to locate the lost shoe. After they found it, they made their was out of the alley way and headed back toward the Uchiha district. Itachi was deliciously drained and feeling quite content with himself. Sasuke walked next to him, quietly, but just by looking at him one could tell he was very satisfied. That made Itachi slightly smile. It really wasn't hard to appease the boy. Itachi really was getting the hang of this whole pleasing Sasuke thing.

 

The moon was high in the sky, casting a luminous glow across the deserted streets of Konoha. Itachi could make out a light red outline along the edges of the moon and that sent a shiver down his spine. Usually when the moon gave any kind of indication of a blood moon, something bad was approaching.

 

He shook his head and looked away. It was just a stupid myth and he wasn't superstitious. He left that stuff alone, but it usually bit him in the ass anyway. He continued at a lazy pace down the road getting closer to their home. He just wanted to crawl into bed with his baby brother by his side and sleep for an eternity.

 

Sasuke felt completely satiated. Itachi had given it to him good and he felt both tired and exhilarated, all at the same time. Though the streets were deserted and quiet, he felt the hair standing up lightly on the back of his neck. The strange sensation wove a gentle tremor through his body. What was that odd feeling?

 

He didn't know so he let it pass. He was with Itachi and that was all that mattered. Things had gone good between them that night, considering all they had been through, Sasuke thought to himself as he reflected on the night's events. Sure Itachi had gotten a little pissed at him at the restaurant for acting all slutty, but the way everything had turned out, he was sure that Itachi had forgiven him now.

 

"I love nights like this…" Sasuke murmured giving his brother a sidelong glance. "The weather is perfect." It was warm, and a subtle breeze had picked up and whipped his bangs about his face. It reminded him of the summers of their childhood, and that brought a tenderness to his heart. He loved his brother and couldn't wait to get home so they could snuggle up together in Itachi's soft bed. Tonight was going to be special... Sasuke could sense it.

 

Itachi had ignored the words that his brother spoke to him as he listened carefully. He could vaguely make out noises in the distance that carried on the wind to his ears. He concentrated hard , moving with deadly precision.

 

The commotion was getting closer and he realized just where they were and where the ruckus was coming from... Genma's house. He had completely forgotten about the party that Genma said that he was holding tonight. Itachi found his pace slowing as they came to the front of the big house.

 

The front doors were open wide and there were people going in and out of the place. There was loud music filtering through the air and laughter was barely heard over the music. A sense of dread washed over Itachi and he knew that he needed to evacuate the place before he was noticed or he would have a hard time getting away.

 

Genma would be thrilled if he knew that Itachi was hanging around, but that was the least of his worries. Usually when there was a party around there was also Aya Uchiha. She was always one to be the first to take up an offer to party... Itachi was always the first to decline, especially if she was going to be around. He turned to leave.

 

Sasuke's heart stuttered in his chest. He knew exactly whose house they were in front of, and he remembered that Genma had said they were having a party tonight. It appeared to be in full swing, and he was suddenly completely in a hurry to get as far away as possible from the chance of another incident like the one that had happened earlier with Kakashi.

 

"Come on nii-san... let's get out of here before someone sees us." Sasuke spoke in a low serious tone as he pulled desperately at Itachi's arm.

 

"Sasuke!" came the unmistakable voice of Sai, Sasuke's friend from the academy. They were the same age and had most of the same classes together.

 

He and Sasuke had gotten to be pretty good friends, but that didn't change the fact that most people hated him. Sasuke wasn't even sure at times why he liked him, though they had a good relationship together as far as camaraderie went, meaning they worked well together on their team, but Sasuke knew as well as anyone that Sai could be a major prick, and it looked like tonight was going to be one of those nights.

 

Sasuke sighed deeply, wishing that he could just keep walking. He wanted desperately to head straight home with Itachi... and now Sai was rushing up behind them carrying two bottles of sake. Sasuke turned around to see the boy looking at him with that same shit-eating grin that he always wore.

 

"What are you up to, Sai?" Sasuke murmured, not caring to hide his state of his unease; the discontent evident in his voice.

 

"I just was coming out to the car to grab a cigarette, and I saw you two passing by... and I thought... fuckin' hell. I can't believe they're not coming tonight... so I thought I would catch up with you and see what was up."

 

Itachi watched the boy with a sense of boredom even though he was highly annoyed. He hadn't wanted to initiate conversation with anyone, especially one of Sasuke's friends. He glanced down at Sasuke and noticed that the boy was as unhappy about it as he was.

 

He turned his attention back to Sai and was about to excuse them from the scene when something caught his eye from behind the gay looking kid. His eyes snapped up to the doorway and his heart faltered as he laid eyes on the person that had almost destroyed his whole reputation in the span of two days.

 

He swallowed hard, his eyes racking down her perfect body. The girl was gorgeous in a short black mini skirt with knee high boots on. Her black tank top corseted shirt hugged her curves nicely. Itachi had to admit that she was one of the hottest things in Kohona, it was just too bad the bitch's soul was black.

 

"Sasuke, I'm going home. You can stay if you wish." Itachi said deeply as he turned once more to leave.

 

Sai pushed one of the bottles of sake into Sasuke's hand. "Have a drink, baby boy, " he smirked deviously at Sasuke. They were the same height, both of similar builds, both had dark hair and dark eyes... they could almost pass for twins, easily for brothers.

 

"I-- I really shouldn't..." Sasuke hesitated, then he saw Itachi's gaze over Sai's shoulder and onto something or someone behind him. Sasuke looked up, tracing his brother's stare... and he felt his heart sink in his chest.

 

Standing behind him was Aya Uchiha... Itachi's old lover. He had just been reminded of her earlier that day during the incident with Kakashi, and now the girl was standing within feet of him and his brother.

 

Itachi's voice was cold when he murmured, "I'm going home; you can stay if you wish," and he turned to leave. Sai had grabbed Sasuke by the arm almost simultaneously pulling him towards the house. "You're not leaving until you dance with me."

 

"What the fuck?!" Sasuke exclaimed as he was dragged toward the front door by his friend. "There's no fucking way... Itachiii... don't leave me," Sasuke wailed looking back over his shoulder at his brother with pleading eyes.

 

He did not want to go inside that house... moreover... he did not in any way, shape or form want Itachi inside the house with his old lover. Tonight was turning out bad after all, he thought feeling both nauseated and bewildered at the same time.

 

Itachi stopped short and turned to face the house once more. Sure enough Sai was dragging his little brother in the front door. He cursed under his breath moving to follow his otouto. He didn't want to be in that house, especially with his living nightmare in there, but there was no way in hell he was going to leave Sasuke alone with Sai. Everyone knew the boy was a whore and flamboyantly gay. Sasuke was his.

 

He moved up the steps with confident strides. His eyes flashing to the Sharingan as he walked through the door. He glanced around, trying to locate the two boys.

 

Genma called his name from across the room and he inwardly cringed as half the room turned to face him with lust blazing brightly in their eyes. He growled low in his throat. He needed to find Sasuke fast and get the fuck out of this place. Itachi had never been one for crowds and this house was packed shoulder to shoulder with people.

 

He moved further into the room and accidently bumped into a man standing off to his side. He turned to apologize and found Shisui in front of him. On his arm next to him was Aya. His eyes narrowed in anger when he put two and two together. The bitch had cheated on him with his own fucking cousin. Every bone in his body was itching to strangle her right where she stood. Instead he turned on his heel and walked away from her. Fuck her, he didn't need her. He had Sasuke and that was all he needed.

 

Sasuke found himself being drug through a sea of heated sweaty bodies. He could feel the rhythmic pounding of the music in his chest and Sai's coaxing him deeper into the room was making his stomach hurt worse. He just wanted to go home and be alone with Itachi. That was what he had been looking forward to, and somehow this had all happened.

 

Sai pulled him into a dark corner and turned up his bottle of sake motioning for Sasuke to join him. Sasuke could see that devilish gleam in his eye and he knew that Sai was totally up to no good. The boy would have never done something like this if he hadn't been drinking. Sasuke knew this... but he was sure that Itachi wouldn't approve of any of it.

 

He had already nearly gotten his ass killed today over an incident that was none of his fault. He hoped that Sai didn't try anything funny. He might have to beat the fuck out of a drunken gay man.

 

Itachi moved deeper into the crowd, but he could still feel Aya's eyes burning into his broad shoulders as he walked around looking for Sasuke. Genma appeared in front of him and he was forced to slow his pace to a stop. He glared at the man. He had to admit, Genma was gorgeous with dirty blonde shoulder length hair and molten brown eyes. The look on his face was a sexy nonchalant grin that he was known for-- the one that made Itachi just want to deck him.

 

"You came. I'm surprised. I didn't think you would ever come to something like this," Genma declared with a sexy purr.

 

"Where's Sasuke?" Itachi hissed.

 

"I didn't see him. Are you sure he's here?" Genma answered bewildered.

 

Itachi scoffed and maneuvered around the drunk shinobi. He wouldn't get any information about Sasuke's whereabouts-- not with the man swaying gently to stay on his feet and eyeing Itachi like meat. Itachi just needed to get Sasuke and get the fuck out of this damn place before something worse happened.

 

"Oh, hey, Itachi... are you looking for your brother?" a slightly obnoxious voice called out from behind Itachi. It was Naruto Uzumaki. "He's over in the corner by the stairs with Sai," he called out over the music and noise. He wasn't sure if Itachi heard him because he didn't even really acknowledge him, but at least he had tried to help.

 

Sasuke looked around nervously, his eyes scanning the crowd in search of his nii-san. He hoped that Itachi had followed him. He had definitely not wanted to go with Sai at all, but he had been all but drug by the scruff of his neck into the house. He activated his Sharingan hoping to catch a glimpse of him through the writhing sea of drunken debauchery, but he was having trouble getting through. He felt Sai ease up against him, whispering softly into his ear, "Did you see that your brother's lover is here?"

 

"That's EX-lover," Sasuke answered in a miserable but irritated voice. "And yes. I saw. Now shut up."

 

Sai nudged his body against Sasuke's slightly taller frame, making sure to move so that his erection pressed against the side of the Uchiha's outer thigh. "Sai!? What the fuck are you doing?"

 

"I'm coming on to you... what does it look like?"

 

"It looks like you're drunk and I'm leaving. Now if you'll excuse me..." Sasuke shoved Sai off of him hard and turned to leave the dark corner where the young raven haired shinobi had him isolated from everyone.

 

Itachi was moving past the last bundle of people, closer to the wall. He had heard Naruto yell at him over the music so he decided to trust the hyperactive kid in order to find his brother. He wasn't as tall as most guys and had to struggle to look around people even with his Sharingan spiraling lazily in his eyes. He located Sai first. He frowned when Sasuke was no where to be found.

 

He was about to turn and head back out through the crowd to get to the front door. He was starting to grow uncomfortable with all the people and noise. He really wanted to get out of this place. He hated big crowds.

 

He moved along the wall toward the front doors, when suddenly he had a hot, soft body plastered to his chest. He looked down and refrained from widening his eyes in surprise when he saw the beautiful features of his ex-girlfriend Aya Uchiha. He almost growled aloud, but instead clenched his teeth.

 

"Hey, Itachi long time no see," she purred with that dark mysterious look in her lavender eyes that had won him over the first time.

 

"What do you want?" he hissed as he forced her away from his body so he didn't feel suffocated by her.

 

"I just wanted to talk and see how you were doing since it's been so long." Itachi just glared at her like she was the plague.

 

Sasuke pressed and pushed his way through the crowd, feeling distress beginning to well up inside him. Where was Itachi? Surely he had come back to look for him? Was it possible that he just went home and left him there? Sasuke really didn't think that would be the case considering how overprotective Itachi had seemed about him that morning. He cursed Sai under his breath for pulling such a stunt. The bastard was *so* getting his ass kicked the next time he saw him.

 

He pushed through the moving tide of people, hot bodies grinding and touching one another in every possible lewd way imaginable. He had to get out of there. He was feeling horribly claustrophobic and could feel his heart starting to pound in his chest at the sickening feeling beginning to wash over him. Where was Itachi???

 

And then what he saw made him stop cold dead in his tracks. He felt someone slam into him hard knocking him off his steady footing and he stumbled, his heart racing now, his adrenaline flowing at what he had seen. He clambered to try to focus on the sight more clearly.

 

It was Itachi's old girlfriend, Aya, and she was against Itachi... there was an exchange going on between them and Sasuke couldn't do anything but watch, as he was pushed and shoved against people that he could only dream of murdering for their offensive behavior.

 

Itachi continued to glare at the woman in front of him as his hands balled into tight fists. He didn't want anything to do with Aya. He just wanted to get Sasuke and get the fuck out of the house. All the commotion was putting him on edge and being around her was making him almost murderous with anger. He hated her and wouldn't mind doing away with her if it saved him from seeing her. She had hurt him really badly and seeing her with his cousin only made it worse.

 

He never thought his best friend Shisui would ever betray him like he did. The woman was the worst kind and Shisui deserved everything this girl was going to do to him... like she did to Itachi.

 

"I don't feel like talking to skanky bitches. I'm looking for Sasuke and then getting the hell out of here. Your presence alone makes me sick to my stomach." Itachi growled out low in his throat as he moved her away from him again, getting queasy having her so close.

 

"Come now Itachi, don't be like that. I know you missed me." She spoke loud enough for him to hear her, but the pout on her face made his eyes narrow. He knew the wench was plotting something and he didn't like it one bit. "I wanted to apologize for the stuff I put you through when we broke up. I didn't mean to hurt you so badly."

 

He scoffed at her. "You hurt me? Hardly. You only succeeded in pissing me off." He clarified as he moved to go by her, but she stepped in his way.

 

Sasuke watched from the shadows, his palms were sweating profusely and he was feeling more uneasy by the second. He knew that he had felt that unmistakable tinge of jealousy over Itachi when Kakashi had mentioned the girl's name earlier that day, but now seeing them close together like this-- looking at the way they complimented one another in looks and height, in everyway, he couldn't help but feel restless and apprehensive.

 

He wanted to step forward-- to let Itachi know that he was there. He wanted to grab Itachi by the arm of that green silk shirt that he'd missed spilling his cum on by mere inches only moments ago, and drag him home to be alone with him... he wanted to do so many things, but he was frozen. Still as a statue where he stood, watching in horror, the situation unfolding before his eyes.

 

What was this woman thinking? he thought to himself as he watched her bewitching movements and her teasing expressions. He could only glare at the two of them, feeling anger and hatred beginning to rush into him toward a girl he barely knew for one reason and one reason only. She had the capability of taking Itachi away from him.

 

"Look… I told you she was here… and it looks like she found him," he felt Sai murmur from behind him. He had caught up with Sasuke and was now moving his body against Sasuke's backside, grinding gently against him and nipping at his ear.

 

Aya seemed unfazed by Itachi's anger as she pressed herself against him once more, grinding in all the right places. Itachi stiffened. His anger rising. Yeah, she felt good against him and it reminded him of the days when he use to love her. How he use to take that beautiful body of hers in so many different ways to express how deeply he felt for her, but now it only sickened him. She was with his cousin now. Even though he hated Shisui for sleeping with her while Itachi and Aya were still together didn't mean that he would ever do that back to the man. He had more respect for himself than to stoop down to both their levels.

 

He needed to find Sasuke and then get the hell out of there before he did something he truly regretted, like kill the girl standing in front of him. He again pushed her back. He didn't have time for her head games. He was sick of being her little pawn in her life of chess. He had more self -worth than that.

 

He made around her one more time only to feel her wrap her small delicate, yet strong hand around his wrist. He turned to her with a look of pure hatred in his eyes. He opened his lips to tell her off, but instead was silenced with her tongue thrusting deep into his mouth. He balked as she kissed him.

 

Sasuke turned to face Sai and gave him another hard shove sending him falling backward into the crowd of bodies that were beginning to form a circle around Itachi and Aya. Who knew they were such a hot topic in the Konoha social scene?

 

"Cut it the fuck OUT! SAI!" Sasuke was pissed now. He'd had enough of the boy's playing around. Drunk or not, he refused to be groped by anyone other than Itachi. He had learned his lesson that morning with his sensei. If Itachi saw Sai doing that, Sai's blood would surely be spilled.

 

Sasuke slowly turned back around, his Sharingan spinning out of control from the anger welling up inside of him, only to face his deepest, darkest most soul-shattering fear. Aya was kissing Itachi on the mouth. Sasuke could even glimpse her tongue moving into his brother's mouth from where he was standing which was several feet away to Itachi's right side.

 

If it had been a man... if it had been Genma, or Deidara... any one... even another woman... high from the night's decadence, doing that to his brother, but this was the one that Itachi had truly loved. The one he had been with for more than a year... this was something that Sasuke felt he could not compete with.

 

Itachi had never been more pissed in his life and it only seemed to escalate when her tongue rubbed sensually against his. He used to get so turned on by these kisses, to the point that he couldn't control himself. Now all he felt was disgust. He couldn't believe this bitch had the balls to kiss him in front of a whole roomful of people. Itachi would have to rectify this situation real fast. He would not tolerate being made out to be a spectacle in front of this crowd. It would only foul his reputation even more. He clamped his jaw down and bit the girl's tongue hard. She let out a muffled sound of pain as she pulled back in surprise. Her eyes flashed in disbelief.

 

Itachi's eyes hardened as he scanned the crowd seeing all the people staring at him. He growled in fury, his eyes resting on Sasuke. He was hurt that his brother had to witness that. He knew that Sasuke would take the whole situation the wrong way and turn it into something it wasn't. That only pissed him off even more.

 

Aya had fucked up big time. Especially as Sasuke turned and high tailed it out of the room. Itachi turned all his fury and hatred on the girl who had just humiliated him and Sasuke in front of a huge group of people. He didn't even think twice as he back handed her as hard as he could. The force of the hit sent her back and to the floor, knocking over two other people in the process.

 

"If you ever come near me again, I will not hesitate to kill you. You lost me a long time ago and I feel nothing for you but disgust," Itachi snapped over the music, everyone hearing him loud and clear. "If you value your life bitch, stay out of mine." With those last words, Itachi made his way out of the house to track down his baby brother.

 

Sasuke burst out the front door into the warm sultry night air. The party was still roaring inside the house, and he walked fast as he headed down the narrow street, not really sure where he was headed. All he knew was that he had to get out of there, and fast. The moment he had seen Aya's mouth against Itachi's he had began to try to make his way through the crowd to leave. He had kept looking back at his brother, not really sure what he expected to see or to hear. He only knew that he had to get out of there and out into the night air and away from the crowd of people.

 

He picked up his pace to a near run trying to put as much distance between himself and that party... between himself and Itachi... and that woman as he could. Why did things have to be this way? God! Everything was so complicated! He wanted Itachi more than he ever had in his life, and although he was willing to do anything to have the elder Uchiha, he was beginning to believe Itachi's words that things could never work out between them like this. They could never be lovers. Their relationship would be scorned by everyone-- especially their family.

 

He slowed down now that he had turned off onto a dark path that headed away from the direction of Itachi's house. He was well covered by the shadows now and chances were no one would find him if anyone even bothered to search for him. He sighed deeply wishing he had the power to change things between his brother and himself.

 

Itachi had never been so upset in his life. He had never expected Aya to pull a stunt like that. He wished he could turn back time. He would have never walked into that house after his brother, and now he had to deal with Sasuke and that was not going to be fun.

 

He hated Aya more than he did before. She had no idea what she was doing when she kissed him and what it would cause between him and his younger brother, but he still hated her for it. She should have never pulled such a move on him-- even if he wasn't involved with Sasuke.

 

The bitch was an item with his cousin and that alone should have put a stop to her outrageous actions, but she was drunk and whenever the whore got wasted her better judgment went to shit and she did stupid things... like kiss him.

 

He growled out of irritation and without even realizing it, he was running down the streets trying to get to his street. He needed to find Sasuke and make things right between the two of them. He wished that Sasuke would have stuck around a little longer just so the boy could have seen him back hand Aya. That alone would have made Sasuke feel like a million dollars, because Itachi never hit a woman ever. Instead, Itachi was trying to figure out what to say to his baby brother to make the wrong right again.

 

Sasuke meandered slowly up one backstreet and down another, through the bowels of Konoha. The night had become increasingly darker, and he had found himself in complete solitude. The pain of what he had witnessed earlier still racked hurtfully on his nerves.

 

Konoha... he thought to himself about the little village. He had lived there his entire life; all the Uchihas had-- and yet in spite of everything, he was relatively alone. He had never managed to get close to anyone. He had never found that unique bond that children were supposed to form with their parents. No girlfriends, no friends-- nothing. Nothing but Itachi. Everything in his life came back around to Itachi. The man truly meant everything to him... and without him... Sasuke could honestly say that life was not worth living.

 

Up until then, Itachi remained distanced, something that was far away and unattainable, and yet he held such a spectacular place in Sasuke's heart, that alone somehow seemed to close up the vast gulf that had been between them all those years.

 

He had lain in his bed countless nights, touching himself, imagining what it would be like to be with Itachi... what his touch would be like; what his kisses would be like; what it would be to feel passion at the hands of his only brother. Sasuke had honestly believed that it was just a fantasy, and something that he would be forced to live with forever. He believed he would always have to live with the pain of never knowing those things, and always wondering...

 

And then...

 

And then everything had happened so fast-- it was like lightening falling from the sky. One moment he had felt that he had lost to his brother and the idea that they could never be together, and the next moment, Itachi was holding him, kissing him, taking him with such force and such demand that it had make him dizzy and lightheaded… and now they were here.

 

After making love over and over, after taking and being taken, he was alone again. And Itachi had been so vague over and over with his intentions toward Sasuke. He had said that Sasuke belonged to him, but now Sasuke had to truly wonder if that were so. He sadly kicked a pebble down the road as he headed for the place where he had first fallen in love with his aniki.

 

Itachi opened the front door of his place and stepped inside. He frowned when he noticed that none of the lights were on. He closed the door as he turned on the hall entrance light. He glanced around and didn't see any sign of Sasuke. He focused his chakra and didn't feel Sasuke's signature. His frown deepened and he opened his door once more and entered the night.

 

He tried to rack his brain, figuring out where Sasuke could have ran off to. He knew the boy wouldn't have gone home. He didn't think the boy would want to be around anyone and he was sure that almost all of Sasuke's friends would have been at Genma's party.

 

Itachi started off down the street once more, trying to locate his brother through his chakra. He was really starting to worry, which was rare for Itachi. He didn't think Sasuke would hurt himself, but there was always a first for everything.

 

The overwhelming urge to kill Aya came back to him once more and he had to force himself to damper the desire. It was hard, but he succeeded. If Sasuke did anything to himself though, Itachi would be wearing Aya's entrails as a fucking necklace. He picked up his pace, moving through the streets like a viper on a hunt, quietly and deadly. He needed to find Sasuke quickly before the boy did something extremely stupid.

 

Sasuke felt an undeniable sadness drape itself over him like a heavy black cloak. He was sure deep inside that his heart belonged to Itachi otherwise these things wouldn't hurt so much. His chest and throat constricted as the tears welled up hot and wet in his eyes, the cry building a lump in his throat that he could in no way swallow. He decided it was better to let the tears flow than to hold it in. What did it really matter anyway? No one was there to see him.

 

He could see the Konoha City Park in the distance. It looked lonely and deserted. Perfect. A place where he could be alone and gather his thoughts, and hopefully make some sense of all the things that were going on in his life at that moment.

 

As he neared the iron entrance gates of the playground area, his mind drifted away to a more innocent time in his life. It had been his first year at the academy and Sasuke had found himself in the category of the academy's 'Most Hated' people, thanks to the widely known Uchiha arrogance and pride; they were often the product of scorn.

 

He had been out on the playground swinging on the monkey bars when two older boys from the academy had found him playing alone there and decided to try bullying him. He had found himself flat on his ass beneath the monkey bars with his pants jerked down and fear rushing through him like a flood. No one had been around to hear him call for help and he had tried to cry but to no avail. They had clamped his mouth closed with their dirty hands. He never found out who they were. It was as if Itachi had magically appeared from out of nowhere.

 

He had beaten Sasuke's two attackers to a bloody mess and told them he would brutally murder them if they or anyone else ever laid a finger on his baby brother. The news had spread like wildfire, and Sasuke found himself from that day on, no longer in the 'Most Hated' category, but in the 'Most Ignored'. And that had been fine with him... all he wanted from that day forward was Itachi... that was the day he could remember distinctly falling in love with his aniki.

 

Itachi continued down the dark deserted streets trying to figure out how his brother's mind would worked and where he would run off to, so he could be alone. Itachi thought long and hard. He wondered fleetingly if Sasuke would go to the playground. It had always been his favorite hangout as a kid… so maybe.

 

He decided that it was at least a lead and he would go with it. He hung a right and made his way along the dimly lit streets. His pace was steady, but not fast. He needed time to sort out his own thoughts before he confronted his baby brother. He didn't want to make the situation worse with his harsh words so he had to approach the situation with caution.

 

The park came into view when he turned the corner of the convenient store. He didn't see Sasuke right away. The park was dark and no one was around. Itachi frowned even as he got closer to the play structure. If Sasuke wasn't here where could he be? Itachi couldn't figure out anywhere else.

 

He gave a heavy sigh, stopping next to a tree. He was really starting to get concerned. He had to find his otouto and soon or he was afraid he would go insane. If anything happened to the boy Itachi would kill Aya and never forgive himself.

 

He turned to walk back toward his house when he caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned to study the area and that's when he noticed his baby brother. Sasuke was sitting on the grass in the distance on his knees. He had his face buried in his hands and Itachi instantly knew the boy was crying. His heart fluttered in his chest as sympathetic pain washed over him. Without even thinking, he slowly made his way over to his brother. He needed to make this right for both their sakes.

 

Sasuke had found a comfortable spot on the soft green grass that grew in the area away from the little playground spot. He dropped down his knees trying to clean his face off on the sleeve of the blue shirt he was wearing. It still bore the smell of Itachi from the time they had shared together earlier. He could still taste the man on his lips, and the feeling overwhelmed him again, causing the tears to fall all the harder.

 

What had he done? Why had this all happened like it had? Oh if only Itachi would change his mind and allow him into his heart... and into his bed… for good… for real… for keeps. It would make him the happiest person alive.

 

He looked up at the stars that twinkled softly overhead. It was strangely peaceful on the little playground where he had frequented so many times as a child. It had been filled with the laughter of children playing when Itachi would bring him there so many years ago... and now it was empty; dark and empty like his heart. He let his head fall and closed his eyes, remembering the tender heat of Itachi's touches on him once again.

 

Itachi silently lowered himself behind Sasuke's lightly shaking body, so not to disturb the boy. He didn't want his otouto to know he was there until he had his baby brother secured in his arms so Sasuke couldn't get away from him.

 

The sound of the tears tore at his heart making him feel almost guilty. He hated seeing Sasuke like this. If there was one thing in life that Itachi couldn't handle it was his otouto's tears. He could deal with anything else but this. He leaned forward and tenderly gathered the boy in his strong arms.

 

He pulled Sasuke back against his chest so that he could lovingly lie his head on top of the boy's. He didn't say anything. He wanted to wait for Sasuke to speak so that he knew what he was dealing with. The last thing he wanted to do was make the issue bigger then it really was.

 

Instead he silently offered some kind of comfort. He wanted to somehow let Sasuke know that he loved him and needed him just like the boy needed him. So he just sat there quietly letting the boy grieve what he needed so that they could have a conversation without overreacting.

 

Sasuke whimpered softly at the feeling of his brother's strong arms around him. He closed his eyes as he felt a tingling rush of excitement course through his body just at his nii-san's touch. He cuddled into the man's arms. They could still hug, right? Just because Itachi couldn't be his didn't mean this was something they couldn't do… it was normal for brothers to hug and comfort one another.

 

"Oh aniki..." he sobbed softly, feeling all the shame and embarrassment of everything he had done well up out of him. "I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry I've been so selfish. I set out to seduce you and I did..." the tears were flowing uncontrollably, and his voice hitched as he tried desperately to make Itachi understand what he was going through. "I've placed you in the most awkward situation, and now I don't know where to go from here... Oh nii-chan... please forgive me." Sasuke turned to embrace his brother, sliding his arms around the waist where his legs had been wrapped only a couple of hours before. He didn't say anything else, for a long time, he just held Itachi tightly, drawing from the man's strength.

 

When he finally was able to form coherent sentences again, he looked up at the beautiful face that belonged to the only one he would ever love and whispered. "Nii-san. I'm sorry I left you there... I just couldn't bear to watch her with you... it hurt too much."

 

Itachi closed his eyes for a brief moment as he let the words sink into his mind and his heart. So apparently Sasuke wasn't mad about the whole situation he was just depressed and hurt over it. Well that was a nice little surprise. Itachi let his eyes open once more so he could look at Sasuke. He felt a part of his heart swell realizing that this boy, his baby brother, totally and utterly belonged to him. He didn't know why that made him so happy, but it did. He just wanted to cherish Sasuke like he deserved, but that would be out of character for him so he didn't. Instead he let a small smile touch his lips.

 

"You did what you had to do Sasuke. If you had to leave then I'm not going to be angry about it. I don't blame you. Aya caught us both by surprise. I didn't expect her to do what she did as much as you. It's not your fault so don't blame yourself over it." Itachi stated plainly. “The only situation I was put in wasn't by you, but by her, and I took care of that immediately. I will not forgive you for something you did not do, otouto."

 

Sasuke digested the words carefully. "Did you love her?" he whispered, his voice cracking even as he spoke. It was a stupid question, and it didn't matter what the answer was. It wouldn't change the fact that Itachi refused to say that he loved him now or open up his heart to him. But still he had to know. He had to know Itachi… if Itachi would let him know.

 

"That is not the issue here and I really don't feel like talking to you about my past relationships... especially that one. I have nothing but hate for that girl and that's all that matters. So just let it be Sasuke." Itachi responded dully as he let go of his baby brother and laid back on the grass to stare up at the stars.

 

"Nii-san." Sasuke persisted. "Why can't you ever let anyone inside? Why can't you let me inside? Why can't you answer a simple question to me? You're always so evasive... it's like you want to keep me at arm's length forever... Itachi. I want to be a part of you." His voice rose higher and higher, the tears beginning to fall again at Itachi's blasé answer, before they fell into a whisper of tormented sobs again. He fell on his brother's chest clinging to him as his body shook against Itachi's warmth.

 

Itachi let out a heavy sigh and pushed Sasuke off him, trying to rein in his anger. He really was getting sick of the pity parties Sasuke liked to put himself through whenever things got a little rocky around the edges. He rose to his feet and glared down at his brother in anger. Sasuke didn't even know the half of what Aya put him through and for the boy to demand this of him just pissed him off. He crossed his arms over his chest so that he wouldn't lash out and smack his otouto for being a whiny bitch.

 

"Well, otouto I'm so very sorry that you feel as if I'm keeping you at an arms distance, but did you ever stop and wonder why I may not want to answer that question? Did you ever think that maybe those are memories that I may not want to relive. If you had any idea what that fucking bitch put me through you wouldn't have asked such a stupid selfish question. Aya was the worst fucking thing that ever happened to me. Yes, at a time I did love the girl and would have done anything for her. Now I can't fucking stand her and I don't want her contaminating our relationship. She doesn't deserve to have a part in us. You are the only thing that matters now and I don't ever want to bring her into that. Got it?" Itachi hissed and then turned to leave before he said or did something he regretted.

 

"Itachi wait!" Sasuke ran and grasped his brother tightly around the chest. "Please don't leave me. I love you... please forgive me. I just wanted to know. I'm sorry it was painful for you. I didn't know. I didn't know." He hung on to Itachi for dear life not wanting to see him walk away again. He couldn't bear the thought of Itachi leaving him there right then. He needed to feel him close to him again. He felt so volatile and so undone when he was with his brother, but that was one of the things that was so magnetic about Itachi; the way he could make him lose all of his bearings with just a look.

 

He was madly *madly* in love with Itachi. There was no denying it. He didn't 'get' Itachi. The man was completely unfathomable. But Sasuke swore in his heart then and there that he would spend the rest of his life trying to learn who Itachi was and what made him tick. He wanted to know most of all what made Itachi happy, and if he could just see that smile again. That gorgeous tender smile that Itachi shared with him on the rarest occasion… he couldn't help but wonder if Aya had been graced with that light... and then he began to wonder if Aya was the one responsible for making Itachi so bitter towards a lover.

 

Itachi stopped as soon as Sasuke grabbed a hold of him. It really wasn't the boy's fault for being curious about his past relationships, but Itachi refused to share his time with Aya. She wasn't worth his reminiscing over. He turned in Sasuke's arms and looked down at the boy who now stared up at him with big brown eyes. Itachi's heart melted and before he could stop himself he leaned down and lightly brushed his lips against his baby brother's.

 

"It's okay Sasuke. I'm not going to leave you. Just know that she's not worthy of being a part of us. You don't need to be contaminated by her. You are special and she doesn't deserve that in her life. I don't want that for you. She's the past and that's where she will stay." Itachi whispered against Sasuke's lips.

 

Sasuke felt a tide of emotion sweep over him at Itachi's words. If there was anything that could be said about Itachi, he was sincere. He wasn't playing with Sasuke. He wanted to be straight up with him, and just because he didn't feel like divulging secrets of his past in no way showed that he had anything to hide. It only showed that he respected Sasuke enough not to let him be exposed to the hurt and the pain that he had desperately tried to put behind him.

 

"I love you Itachi," Sasuke murmured as his tongue darted out to taste that unique sweet taste that belonged to Itachi alone. "I love you so much..." he ate at his brother's mouth, nipping at Itachi's lips, opening his own mouth to surrender to his nii-san's tongue that thrust in hot and wet and deep. "You mean everything to me... I'm sorry this all happened tonight... I really am. Can we put it behind us and pretend it never happened?" he whispered as he nuzzled against Itachi's ear and the warm pulse point beneath it, nibbling at the flesh there and sucking at it tenderly. He felt dizzy again with lust for his brother. He decided there was no cure for the lovesickness that he felt when he was with Itachi.

 

Itachi purred deep in his throat at the feel of Sasuke's nuzzling. He nipped at the boy's tender flesh of his neck, nodding to the words that Sasuke spoke to him softly. He really didn't want tonight to come between them and if Sasuke was willing to put it behind him, so was Itachi. He didn't think Aya deserved the pleasure of putting conflict between them. She was just the shit on the bottom of his shoe and he didn't want to have to deal with her. All he needed was Sasuke and the pleasure that his baby brother brought to his life.

 

"I agree. Now let's go home. It's been quite the night and I really just want to fall into bed and never get out." Itachi muttered as he licked at his brother's ear.

 

"Okay, but on one condition," Sasuke was feeling playful now that the air was cleared between the two of them. "You have to promise to cuddle me until morning... and I can't make you any promises that I won't fuck your brains out during the night... so just be forewarned."

 

Sasuke wanted to laugh and dance and run in the freedom of the way it felt when things were right between him and Itachi. It seemed like they were constantly butting heads, but what could Sasuke expect? They were getting to know one another intimately... and that was a difficult thing, especially for two brothers. He nudged Itachi in the stomach with his elbow grinning cutely. "… and don't forget... tomorrow's my birthday."

 

Itachi couldn't stop the smile that tilted the edges of his lips. "Is that a threat?" Itachi teased back as he ruffled the boy's hair. "And how can I forget my favorite baby brother's birthday?"

 

Sasuke was too adorable for words. As soon as everything was cleared between them, the boy became a beaming little bundle of joy and Itachi just couldn't help but pick up on the energy himself. He also couldn't stop himself from scooping his brother close to his body as he took him into another soul searing kiss, thrusting his tongue deep inside the warm moist heat so that he could map out the boy's delicious mouth and mesmerize all the pleasurable places that made the boy moan out.

 

"Nnnhgod... nii-san..." Sasuke simmered with the feeling of Itachi taking control of him. It sent those delicious streamers of white hot ecstasy shimmering through his body. "Touch me, Itachi. Touch me again... I need you again... " his words came out in soft ragged pants. He blushed at his own neediness, but he just couldn't seem to get enough of his brother's luscious cock. It was like a drug and Sasuke was junkie, strung out and hooked on a feeling. He could sense his member swelling inside his pants. He wanted to feel Itachi's hands on him again, undressing him, exposing his flesh, and taking him all over again.

 

"Will you do it with me again?" Sasuke whispered into Itachi's ear, feeling intoxicated on the virility of Itachi's nature.

 

Itachi growled low in his throat as he dragged Sasuke down to the grass with him. He settled himself on top of his baby brother, in between the boy's spread legs. He laid kisses all over his otouto's face as his cock twitched and hardened in his pants.

 

He didn't know what it was about Sasuke that had him so fucking hungry for the boy, but he was and there was nothing he could do to stop it. He didn't want to. Instead he latched his mouth on to the boy's neck and sucked hard on the skin, leaving his mark of ownership on his baby brother.

 

Meanwhile his hands were moving under the hem of Sasuke's shirt so that he could feel the warm flesh that resided under the offending material. He slowly pushed the fabric up as he let his lips fall away from the boy's neck. He pulled the shirt off Sasuke completely and attacked the now hard pert nipples.

A groan of delighted pleasure was released from Sasuke's kiss-bruised lips sending a shiver of excitement down Itachi's spine. He was so ready for another round of mind blowing sex with his otouto it was almost ridiculous.

 

"Yesss, onii-chan... that's so good," Sasuke whined out in pleasure as Itachi took further control of him. The younger boy cried out desperately as his hard dick pressed against Itachi's hips. His whole body was quivering, searching for release again. "Mmm... yeah... just like that..." he whispered as Itachi's mouth came down hard on his nipples. His body was dirty and so perverted, that every little touch from Itachi had him riding high on the waves of arousal. He wondered fleetingly if it was normal for someone to be so profoundly sensitive during sex. It was as if he could nearly cum just by Itachi sucking the tender buds.

 

The thoughts dissolved into the feeling of Itachi's fingers wrapping around his cock and stroking him lightly, teasingly at first, and then with more fervor. "Stop, nii-san... I'm gonna cum!" Sasuke hissed feeling his orgasm welling on him without warning at Itachi's expert touch.

 

Itachi didn't stop at his brother's whine. He wanted to see Sasuke cum. So he continued to stroke the boy as he started removing the boy's pants all the way with his free hand. His mouth still tormenting Sasuke's nipples with hard nips and wet warm licks. He was determined to make Sasuke feel so good that any thoughts of tonight would evaporate from the boy's mind. Itachi wanted Sasuke solely focused on him and him alone.

 

He quickened his strokes as he moved his head further down his otouto's trembling body. He laved his baby brother's belly button up with his saliva-covered tongue and then blew on the wetness, watching goose bumps rise to the surface of the boy's supple flesh. Sasuke looked so fucking delicious lying there against the soft green grass. His small hands fisting the ground in hopes to strive off his impending orgasm. Itachi couldn't help but smile as he licked his lips in the sexiest fashion, making eye contact with Sasuke as he did so.

 

"Come for me Sasuke. I want to see you release," Itachi mumbled in a deep husky voice.

 

With each breath he could feel his orgasm rising heavier and hotter in his stomach. There was no holding it back and now Itachi was speaking to him in that desperately sexy voice that could make him climax without even a touch.

 

He exhaled, letting the warm rivers of desire flood over him. "Ahhh... nii-san..." and his back was arching up hard off the ground, his body shuddering uncontrollably and he moaned like a woman as Itachi brought his release up to the surface.

 

It surged up and out of him like a fountain of heat and lust. This forbidden tenderness that he felt from his brother at this moment made him feel as though no one else in the world mattered... no one else even existed, except he and Itachi. His cum shot out with white hot ribbons of desire, coating his stomach again as he writhed beneath Itachi with an insatiable need for the other man.

 

Itachi purred as he watched the hot white wet streamers of Sasuke's cum explode from the boy's pulsating cock. He licked his lips while his hand and his otouto's stomach got covered with the substance. He couldn't resist needing to taste the boy, so he lifted his hand to his mouth and started to suck his fingers clean as he moaned around his digits. His eyes darkened with desire, while he looked down at his panting baby brother.

 

"You taste so fucking divine," he commented, continuing to clean himself. "How about you do your big brother a favor and help me get rid of these bothersome clothes." Itachi whispered, letting his now clean hand fall down to his side.

 

He didn't know why but he needed to be touched by Sasuke about as much as the boy needed to by him. He needed to be reassured that his baby brother was still here with him and Aya hadn't managed to run him away like she had with everyone else in his life.

 

He wanted to feel the love that Sasuke continued to confess to him. Itachi couldn't stop this almost desperate scared feeling that swelled in his chest and it upset him, because he never got this vulnerable like he was at this moment.

 

"God... yes," Sasuke whimpered rising up, to meet his brother's eyes, memorizing that look of adoration that was rarely seen in the man's face. Itachi was asking for Sasuke to touch him... permitting him to undress him, and Sasuke wasted no time in rising to the invitation.

 

He made quick work of his brother's expensive green silk shirt for the second time that night, pulling the buttons loose from their holes and pushing the fabric away so that he could touch the hot flesh of his chest.

 

He moved with trembling hands to the belt and slacks pulling his brother's pants down just past his hips, revealing the aching swollen cock that was obviously more than ready to take him again.

 

"Can I sit on your lap, aniki?" Sasuke murmured, climbing to straddle his brother's cock. "Can I put this in here?" he moaned softly as positioned his naked limber body over Itachi's massive erection. He didn't need any preparation. He'd been fucked so many times today, it was of no consequence.

 

Without waiting for Itachi's answer, he pushed himself down in one smooth stroke on Itachi's monster, groaning at the way it felt to be penetrated all at once like that.

 

Itachi was completely blown away by his brother's enthusiasm. He hadn't expected it at all. He moaned loudly as his back arched as Sasuke slid down on to his massive erection in one fluid move. His hands gripped the boy's hips in a hard firm hold, clenching his teeth together to hold off his orgasm.

 

He watched Sasuke closely as his otouto slowly started a lazy pace of up and down, making Itachi shiver with pleasure. He bit the bottom of his lip as his hands moved down to cup the perfect white globes of his baby brother's sexy ass.

 

"God you are so fucking hot," he panted out, thrusting his hips up hard to show just how much he was turned on by Sasuke's sudden show of dominance over him.

 

He leaned forward and suckled lightly at the nipples that were in front of his mouth making the boy mewl like a newborn kitten. The sound went straight to his groin and his libido. He let his eyes close so he could concentrate on both the taste and feel of Sasuke.

 

He loved this. Being this way with Sasuke. He wouldn't give this up for the world and the way that Sasuke moved up and down his stiff cock was proof of that. He bit exceptionally hard at the small nub in his mouth and was rewarded with a deliciously loud cry from his brother.

 

"That's right Sasuke. Let me hear just how much you enjoy being with your aniki like this," Itachi purred in a sexy growl.

 

"Ahhh... yeahh... nnnnh...," Itachi's voice was so erotic to Sasuke he couldn't help but moan and whine out loudly each time he went down. He tried to relax his insides so he could take his brother deeper, all the way down to the base of his cock. He kissed Itachi's mouth hungrily, threading his fingers through his brother's long black hair.

 

"You feel so fucking good, nii-san," Sasuke whimpered loudly as he leaned back bracing his hands on Itachi's calves lifting his body up as Itachi slid one hand to the small of his back supporting his weight. Sasuke's cock was once again perfectly hard and perfectly accessible to his brother's touches. "Oh... fuck me, nii-chan... fuck me so hard..." Sasuke moaned as he bucked his hips taking Itachi's cock slickly in and out of him connecting their bodies in the nastiest, most delectable way.

 

Itachi actually chuckled as Sasuke let the words out that he loved so much to hear. He pushed Sasuke down, so the boy was now lying on his back on the ground. He took over fully, using all his muscles to move in and out of Sasuke in long hard thrusts.

 

He gritted his teeth as a cry of lust was released from Sasuke's saliva covered lips. He leaned down taking them in a hard kiss as he moved faster to bring them both closer to their orgasms. He loved the way they fit so perfectly together. The way their bodies seemed to mold together.

 

"You are so fucking amazing Sasuke," Itachi murmured as he lifted Sasuke's right leg higher so that he could sink even deeper into the tight ass that swallowed him hungrily. "I don't know how I would be able to survive without you." Itachi couldn't believe those words left his lips, but it was too late to take them back and he really didn't mind since his orgasm was building at the base of his spine.

 

"Itachi..." Sasuke cried out softly as his brother's hips pistoned deeply into him. Wet erotic sounds filtered throughout the night air from their lovemaking, and Sasuke felt as if he might very well pass out from the intensity of the night's activities.

 

"Fuck!... so... fucking... good..." Sasuke hissed as his brother slammed into him harder, grinding his cock deep into his otouto. Each time Itachi would push into him, the huge head of his cock would pound into Sasuke's prostate, making him turn to grip at the grass again searching for anything stable that he could hold onto that might help him to withstand the unbelievable sensations coursing through him.

 

Flesh slid slickly against hot flesh, moving in harmony together, both brothers experiencing untold ecstasy-- Sasuke closed his eyes, intoxicated by the rough vibrations. Their breathing was rough and ragged, and Sasuke could feel his entire body was soaked with sweat, and they both made obscene noises as Itachi moved in and out of him, their bodies working together to meet the other's needs.

 

Itachi held tightly to Sasuke as his sweat rolled off his body to splash against Sasuke's equally drenched skin. He took the boy's mouth in a hot sloppy kiss as he pushed them both closer to their release. His tongue tangled with Sasuke's, his cock throbbing deep in the depths of the boy's ass. His hands gripping anything that they could, one on Sasuke's lower back and the other deep in the black spiky hair. He groaned as the inside walls of his otouto's body clenched at his dick, massaging him in the most erotic way.

 

"Sasuke," he muttered against the boy's bright red lips. His body tightening up as he felt the beginning waves of his orgasm. His balls tensing and full of his load that he was about ready to blow deep in his little brother's ass.

 

"I love you."

 

The words were barely let out of his mouth on a breathy moan and he hoped to god Sasuke didn't hear him as he came hard to the point it shook his whole body.

 

Sasuke could feel Itachi gripping him tight, driving his dick deeper and rougher into him, and then he felt Itachi's whole body tense up and he knew what was coming. Sasuke could feel the warm rush of liquid filling his insides as Itachi let out a long gasp. Then he felt his heart stop momentarily. It was surely his imagination. He had honestly thought it sounded like Itachi had whispered, " I love you," but quickly brushed it off as wishful thinking.

 

Itachi would never say those words.

 

Sasuke had come to that realization and he would learn to live with the pain of never hearing those three beautiful words that would mean the world to him.

 

He longed to be able to say "I love you,* too*, for once." He whined softly as he met his orgasm only shortly after Itachi, his dick convulsed hotly in his hand. He'd definitely spent himself today. He had a feeling they would be sleeping late tomorrow.

 

Itachi rolled over on to his back and next to his baby brother. He was deliciously numb and so relaxed. He was getting use to being this way. He wanted to be able to do this every night with Sasuke. It was becoming a bad habit, but Itachi found that he didn't care. Just as long as he had Sasuke he didn't seem to care about anything. He rolled on to his side so that he could face his otouto. He softly brushed back some of the boy's sweaty bangs. A small smile of adoration gracing his lips.

 

"Now how about we go home and get into my big bed. I'm extremely exhausted after our workout," Itachi stated in a deep husky exhausted voice.

 

Sasuke laughed gently reaching up to touch Itachi's face softly, easily. "Nii-san? I'm having deja-vu. We already tried to head home three times tonight... do you think we can actually make it this time?" He grinned playfully at his brother.

 

Itachi couldn't stop the laughter that rose up from his chest and exploded out of him. It was true. They had tried this once before and got side tracked in so many ways. He leaned down and took Sasuke in a deep kiss. He couldn't help but thank whatever forces that were keeping them together. He loved Sasuke more then he had first expected too.

 

"This time we are going to make it home, because I'm not stopping for anything until my head hits that pillow," Itachi stated and he didn't.

 

 

TBC…

 

Kitty- It's been a while. I finally got a full time job so I've been working Noc shift, so unfortunately I've been deprived of working on any of my stories. I now have to sneak it in between work and sleeping. Thankfully Kzg has been amazing and waited for me like a loyal wife and we RPed to get this next chapter out. LOL. I love you baby. Tee Hee. So I hope you all enjoy it and please review to tell us what you think. Ja Ne!

 

 

Kzg ~ Well, I have to say this is one of my favorite chapters yet. Call me a big softy, but I love seeing the emotional magic between these two. They make my world go around. So yeah… Kitty's been AWOL, and I've been fretting, but we'll get back in our groove again. RL just insists on taking us away at times. What can you do? Thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing this story. I can say it's been a true labor of love and I've enjoyed every minute of it so far. I hope you are all as excited as I am about seeing what tricks Itachi has up his sleeve for his baby brother's eighteenth birthday coming up next chapter. ^_____^ Until then ~ XOXOXOXO !