Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Trust Me Again ❯ Sick and ill.. ( Chapter 2 )

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Trust Me Again

A/N: Here's the chapter II!! Enjoy!

Genre: Romance/Drama

Setting: Naruto and all are 15, Neji and all are 16.. All of them are chuunins! No Sakura-bashing! Don't worry, Sakura-fans!

Pairings: (one-sided)Itachi/Sasuke, slight Naruto/Sasuke but eventually, Itachi/Sasuke! Other pairings coming up!

Summary: Surprisingly, Itachi come back for Sasuke. Sasuke's heart softened as he see how caring and concern his brother is to him now. What decision will he make? Choosing to be with his brother whom he has been longing for? Or accept Naruto's love? -Slow moving-

Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto.. because I'm too poor!

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Chapter II: Sick and Ill..

-Sasuke's Bedroom-

“Sasuke, I'm here.” He said with a soft tone. A voice, that can assure anyone. A voice, that was so soft and you can hardly expect to come out from his lips. A voice, filled with concern for the young Uchiha, belonged to Uchiha Itachi's.

Itachi hugged that little boy in his arms tightly as if he was going to escape if he loosened his arms. Itachi was smoothing Sasuke's back with hand as if he was just a five years old child. They stayed in that position for half an hour.

He then slowly carried Sasuke with his strong arms and carefully placed him on the bed. After pulling the blanket up to Sasuke's shoulder, he watched the boy sleeping peacefully like an innocent child. After realizing that he stared too much, he turned his back and walked towards the door.

For a moment, he thought that Sasuke was whispering something. He shook his head and continued to head for the door and left the room quietly.

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-Itachi's POV-

I was preparing supper for myself and perhaps, for Sasuke although I knew that either he would reject my offer and try to kill me or still sleeping. But still, I prepared his share. It won't hurt too, right?

“ANIKI!! TASUKETE!!”

I heard a scream from the second level, Sasuke's room. Is Sasuke awake? My immediate reaction was to dash to his room and almost felt like kicking the door, which blocked my way to go to Sasuke's side.

The door slammed opened with full force. I checked around the room and found out that there was no enemy seen. All I saw was Sasuke clutching his neck and with all the other limps on the floor, yelling for help.

The curse seal? Is it activating? I rushed to his side and turned him around to face me. His eyes were opened but emotion or feeling can be seen. It looked so dead and cold.

I shook him gently, “Sasuke? Sasuke? You hear me?”

All I had for reply was, “Tasu..ke..te.. Ani..ki..” and he lost his conscious.

I hugged him tightly and held him close to my chest, “Sasuke, I'm here.”

I did not want to let him go. Seeing him in so much pain and couldn't do anything to help him pierced my heart.. I had the urge to protect him out of the sudden.. Maybe I had this feeling long ago, it just that I dared not admit it. I was afraid that I would hurt him further.

I hugged him alittle bit more before putting him in bed. He looked so cute when sleeping. He curled up under the blanket. He was like just a child without any worries. Realising that I had stared at him too long, I turned and walked towards the door.

“Aniki..”

I quickly turned my head around. Did I hear something? Maybe it was just my imagination? Perhaps I have been longing that he would call me Aniki.. Just like when we were young..

-End of Itachi's POV-

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-Sasuke's Bedroom-

Itachi still concerned about his brother and that he wanted to stay over night in his room to watch him. He pulled a chair to sit beside the bed where Sasuke was sleeping. As he looked at the innocent facial expression on the younger Uchiha's, somewhere inside his heart felt relieved as he did not kill him.

`I have to explain to him.. I have to tell him the truth.. But.. the truth will hurt him..' `I just want to test my limit..' “It's not true.. I just want to protect you..” Itachi was so deep in thoughts for an hour that he fell asleep.

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-Sasuke's Dream-

That night was extremely silent and there were no lights on the street. `Where has everyone gone to?' The young Sasuke wondered. He saw a shadow flew past in a quick speed. He then quickly rushed back to his house. No one was there.

`Where's everybody?' Sasuke shouted, “Otosan? Okasan?”

He opened every door of his house. No one. He wanted to open the last door but something tells him that he wasn't going to like it.

Blood.

And more blood.

His parents' blood.

Everywhere.

His parents were lying there. Still. And.. Dead.

“OTOSAN!! OKASAN!!” The little boy gasped. The sight of the blood made his knees felt weak and fell on the ground. He puked.

He heard footsteps. He lifted his head.

A blurry figure soon became visible for the young child to see.

“Onii-san?” Sasuke shivered. There was no expression on his brother's face. “What happen to Otosan and Okasan and the rest?!”

“I killed them.”

Sasuke covered his mouth with his hand. He could not believe and he did not want to believe that his beloved brother killed their parents, “You're lying, right? Onii-san?”

A pair of cool and red bloody eyes, Sharingan eyes stared and locked his contact with the black eyes that filled with fear and disbelief. Sasuke took a step back whenever Itachi took a step forward. `It's not true! It's not true!!' Sasuke turned and ran out of the room and of the house.

He kept on running. He did not know where to go.

`Why?! Why am I so weak? Why I can't protect Otosan and Okasan? Because I'm weak!'

He halted suddenly when Itachi had already appeared in front of him. He was rooted to the ground. Could not move.

“Naze? Naze?” The young Sasuke cried hard.

“Ahh!! Aniki..” Sasuke fell and sprained his ankle.

“I just want to test my limit.” Was the reply.

“Told you not to try.” Itachi smiled alittle, piggybacked Sasuke, “Daijoubu?”

Sasuke stared blankly at his brother.

“I'm fine!” Sasuke grinned.

Images came running through Sasuke's mind. Lots and lots of images.

“Where are you going, Aniki?”

Otosan.. Okasan.. Onii-san..

“Aniki got an important mission. Sorry.”

The family photo of their family in a frame began to crack alittle.

“But you promised..”

Then it started to shatter into pieces as if it was dropped to the ground.

“I'll teach you next time. I promised”

It was like his heart was too, shattered into thousands of pieces.

Itachi kissed Sasuke's forehead and ruffled his hair.

“Hate me Sasuke. Only hatred can and will make you strong.”

“Love you. Otouto.” and he left the house.

“I hate you..” Sasuke murmured.

“Love you too, Aniki! Come back soon!”

“I hate you.. I hate you.. I HATE YOU!!”

-End of Sasuke's Dream-

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-Back to Sasuke's Bedroom-

“I HATE YOU!!” Sasuke yelled loudly as he suddenly sat up on the bed with eyes wide opened. He felt feverish and giddy. He then stared at someone beside his bed, who was equally staring at him. Sharingan eyes. Uchiha Itachi.

“BACK OFF BASTARD!!” Sasuke screamed loudly and attempted to bounce back to further the distance between him and Itachi. Due to his drowsiness, he did not calculate the distance from his bed to the wall, he hit his head onto the wall instead and fell forward. If it wasn't for Itachi swift movement and caught him just in time, Sasuke had already fallen with his face down to the floor.

“GET AWAY BASTARD!!” Sasuke slapped Itachi's hands away, “Arrgh!! What are you doing here?!” The curse seal started to hurt him again.

“Sasuke..” the eyes of the older Uchiha softened.

“I'm gonna kill you!” Sasuke charged forward and made an attempt to punch him but missed and he began to fall.

“Sasuke!” Itachi caught hold of Sasuke.

“Get away.. Grrr..” Sasuke pushed him away and swung his arm blindly. `The seal hurts! It hurts a lot! Damn it!' and he felt his legs were wobbly. `It hurts!! IT HURTS!!' His knees hit the ground hard and gasped for more oxygen. His hand clutched and squeezed tightly on the side of his neck.

`The curse seal again?!' Itachi thought as he tried to carry Sasuke who was struggling in his arms.

“Let me down you bastard!!” Sasuke was supposed to say out loud but it turned out to be weak and soft. `I feel so hot.. too warm..'

“Stop struggling or you're going to fall!” The older Uchiha started to lose his patience.

“Then let me fall then! Why would you care??!!” Sasuke managed to say it alittle loudly this time, `It hurts!' “Let me fall! Get off..!! you bas..”

Itachi's lips pressed hard on his brother lips. Sasuke's face immediately blushed, mouth was shut, looking stunned. The seal had finally settled down alittle, did not cause any further sting on his neck.

After a few seconds, Itachi broke the kiss and looked at his brother. “You are having a fever right now and as a brother, I should take care of you..” He growled, “How about this?” With that, his eyes slowly turned to black in colour. No longer sharingan. He then continued to walk towards the bed and Sasuke was in his arms with a what-the-hell-happen face.

`He smells so nice.. He smells like what I'm have been yearning for.. Aniki? Is he back again?'

He placed the still-in-shock boy down on the bed in sitting position and took out a thermometer to measure Sasuke's temperature. “40.5 degree?” Itachi wondered as he was expecting a higher temperature because he felt so warm when carry Sasuke.

“Expecting higher than that?” Sasuke murmured as he was panting hard, feeling feverish.

“Nope! Nothing!” Itachi smiled.

`He smiled?!?! What!?!? He actually smiled?!?!?' Sasuke widen his eyes.

Itachi felt someone staring at him. He turned, “Why are you staring at me like this?”

“Nothing..” Sasuke looked away and blushed. `When did he become so concern about me? Am I blushing?!?!? No no.. It's the fever..'

Suddenly, `Shit! Hurts again?! The seal!! Have to tolerate.. I'm not going to let Itachi see how weak I am now! Damn!'

Sasuke felt one arm wrapped around him and bring him close to another one. Itachi took a quick glance at the seal before placing his right hand oh Sasuke's forehead, “Hmm.. Fever has to go down. Here. Take these pills.”

Sasuke's eyes twitched alittle. `Poisoned?!'

“Not poisoned.” Itachi said.

“Hn.” And he popped in the pills. `Wait.. He can read my mind?!?! And how I trust him easily to just pop in the pills?!?! YARE!'

“Stop pondering. You had already popped in the pills. Try and get some sleep.”

“Hn.” Sasuke growled. `His voice.. is not cold. His voice.. sounds so gentle..'

Itachi tucked him inside the blanket and sat down beside the bed. And for a second, Itachi saw Sasuke trembled. `Sasuke having a hard time because of fever?'

Sasuke felt pressure at his side of the bed. He turned to his right and saw Itachi's face in front of his. His face was now even redder than while having fever. Not just yet. His brother tucked himself under the blanket too, “Feeling cold huh?”

“Who say so?” `Grrr!' Sasuke talked back.

Itachi then had his two arms wrapped around Sasuke and brought him closer to himself.

Sasuke said nothing. He did not know what to say. He suddenly felt that his brother had become so gentle to him.

`Where's my hatred towards you for killing the whole clan?'

`Why the hell you treat me this way?'

`Why did you want to care whether I'm sick or ill?'

`Why three years ago you want to treat me like I'm a useless being?'

`Why did you want to hurt him last time?'

`Why?? Why?? Why??'

Many `why' questions came to Sasuke's mind, which made him feel even giddy. He could not take it any longer and feeing cold too, he just went nuzzling into the older Uchiha's chest for warmth. This action made Itachi surprised but glad that his brother is slowly accepting him. `If this goes on, maybe I can still not hurt him by telling him the truth.'

The whole night, the two Uchiha brothers slept hugging, enjoying each other's warmth. It was like nothing could separate them apart.

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-Thursday Morning at Ten, Sasuke's Room-

Bright lights shone through the transparent glass window, which made the young Uchiha unwilling to wake up. Still hugging his brother, he lifted his heavy eyelids and saw his brother. “Aniki..” and he went nuzzling into his brother some more. `Maybe it's good to let something go.. like Naruto said..'

“Good morning” Itachi looked down, greeted his little brother, “How's your fever?”

“Hn.” Sasuke murmured into his brother's chest. `Smell of Aniki.. The old Aniki is back..'

“Good.” Itachi lifted himself up and was standing, ready to leave the room, “Then I should get going.”

Something just started the wrong way early in the morning but Sasuke didn't care much. He quickly clinched on his brother's legs and was about to show another side of him. Another side of him, which he didn't show it to others. His eyes were watery. He was about to sob, “Where are you going Aniki?!”

`Aniki?! Did he just call me Aniki?' Itachi thought for a second as he poked Sasuke's forehead with his two fingers, “You're not hungry?”

“..”

Itachi smirked, “Aniki is not leaving, baka. Go wash up and have your breakfast later.”

Sasuke widen his eyes and nodded slowly. As he was about to let go off of the older Uchiha, he felt a sting on his neck, which made him almost dug his nails through the fabrics of his brother's pants and to his flesh. He bit down his bottom lip.

Itachi jerked alittle. He looked down. Sasuke just smiled up to him and let go of his clutch as fast as possible so as to not let his brother knew what had been happening to him all night.

“See you downstairs!” Sasuke exclaimed. He rarely showed any expression in front of people. Now that he saw his old Aniki is backed, he couldn't help but acting like an eight year old kid as before.

“Hn.” Came from the older one as he walked towards the door.

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-Outside Sasuke's Room-

`How long are you going to tolerate? Sasuke..' Itachi frowned.

TBC..

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A/N: Thanks for reading! I appreciate that!