another Chance

#55

Just as Suigetsu wanted to say something and walk out Itachi ' glanced' at him while seemingly carelessly tapping on the armrest of the sofa, which made him stop. After all he had also looked after the older Uchiha as instructed by Sasuke for a whole month and although the older ninja had been very easy to work with and very polite, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of danger whenever he was looked at by the ninja. Itachi was after all s ranked in term of danger by the bingo  book at such a young age and should not be underestimated even if he looked pale, weak or helpless. The two Uchihas always gave suigetsu a headache. As he was speculating what the older brother might be thinking he heard his(Itachi) cold voice  addressed to him admist the  annoyingly persistent tapping sound of his finger against the wooden armrest. The sound was kind of distracting and ultimately he couldn't hear properly what the older Uchiha was saying, he could just dazedly remember some not so fond and almost torturous memories.
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Itachi stopped tapping his finger in a rythemic manner and 'looked' at the trio trapped in the genjutsu without realising it, what could he do he wanted some simple answers but they refused to give him the answers he wanted. Now that he could use his chakra again, it was not a big deal for him to use sound waves infused with chakra to trap them in the genjutsu to get what he wanted. Just as he wanted to enquire again, Sasuke who had been sleeping peacefully in his lap showed signs of waking up, which made Itachi to pause for a moment then he quietly released the genjutsu. The three ninjas woke up from their painful experience with a cold sweat and got into alert stance as soon as they realised what had just happened. As the atmosphere grew increasingly tense the front door was knocked on and sakura's voice could be heard calling out to Itachi. Itachi replied and asked her to come in and sakura entered the room. She was relieved to see Itachi looked fine but then she saw Sasuke resting his head on Itachi's lap with a pale face, furrowed brows and closed eyes. It was not so obvious but he looked uncomfortable. Sakura quickly walked over to the Uchihas and started to check up on Sasuke. After checking up she furrowed her brows and said "He is just tired but somehow he is weaker than the last time I checked him which should be around a month ago", worry was evident in her voice. Listening to her report Itachi slightly tightened his grip on Sasuke and 'glanced'  at the trio again. Seeing the stoic face of the older Uchiha facing them again the trio grew vigilant again, not wanting to experience that horrible experience again. " We follow what he says that's the rule." Suigetsu said in an annoyed tone in response to Itachi's glance, his hands crossed over his chest as he also looked back at the older Uchiha with a fiery look in his eyes. He was still not over what had transpired just now. "Suigetsu" a low, hoarse voice hissed out his name and this whisper like voice gained everyones attention. Sasuke who had finally woken up due to all the noise and movement around him, realised that he was in his home and apparently his head was resting on Itachi's lap, so he slowly turned to lay on his stomach and hugged his aniki's waist, burrying his head against the other's stomach and rubbing his face against him a little, finally feeling satisfied after completing those actions. It had been a while since he felt this warmth and the after effects of the antidote had left him weak and  made him act more unlike how he usually would. At first Sasuke felt satisfied with rubbing his face against his aniki but then he felt it was not enough so he pushed himself again and then put his head against Itachi's chest right where his heart was, as he listened to the slightly quickened heat beat he felt better so adjusted to a more comfortable position, pressing himself tightly against his aniki to feel his heartbeat and warmth and then turned his attention back to the others present in the room. Itachi's heartbeat quickened and his body became stiffer as Sasuke moved and plastered himself all over him(Itachi). The soft body leaning against him as if boneless and the somewhat familiar and unfamiliar warmth of the other's body made him slightly uncomfortable, afterall it had been a long time since Sasuke acted so sticky and childishly to him. He also remembered that before leaving Sasuke had been angry with him. Maybe he is not angry anymore. As he thought about this Itachi heard sasuke's voice again. "Is there anything to report?" He asked, his voice was hoarse due to just waking up and also seemed a little lazy.  Suigetsu glanced at Itachi and honestly reported what he had to.  Then in the same lazy voice Sasuke asked again " why were you being rude to aniki?" It was a simple question just asking about what was happening and the voice was also just lazy with no blame or any other emotions but it made them tense up "hmm?" Sasuke asked after not getting any answer, the trio was well aware about sasuke's unhealthy obsession with his older brother and how it could trigger the young man in any way. They had experienced effect of the older Uchiha on Sasuke on more than one occasion, so they were always wary when anything included the older Uchiha. His question just now was so simple but they knew where the wrong answer could lead to.
Not getting any answer made Sasuke finally open his eyes lazily and look at suigetsu who looked at him with a complicated expression. Karin who was behind him and juugo next to her also felt a little uncomfortable.  Even if he looked patient and lazy, just this glance and the dull onyx eyes made karin shiver. She couldn't help but answer on suigetsu's behalf "it's just ...just now we may have angered Itachi san-" she couldn't finish explaining when she was interrupted by Sasuke " did I ask you?"