Sℓєєp waℓkiηg [[Itachi Uchiha oneshots]]

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My syfy story, "Virus," is the inspiration behind this  oneshot.

Itachi stood there, emotionless, as his father tore into him with such cruel words. Behind that blank mask, however, the young man was crying like a frightened child. He knew what he had done was wrong, Itachi knew that crying wouldn't fix a damn thing... The car was wrecked beyond repair, but that didn't compare to the other half of Itachi's sin. For someone so wise, the son had been incredibly stupid. Deidara, Itachi's friend, hated Sasuke, Itachi's brother, with a fierce passion. Why hadn't Itachi sensed something was off when Deidara asked Itachi to slow down and veer right when he saw the little brother? Maybe it was because Itachi had hoped that Deidara was trying to make it work for them since he knew how much Itachi adored his baby sibling? Oh, how wrong he was.... When he saw that Deidara had a gun, Itachi banked the car and made a hard left turn. He ran over someone's mailbox after shoving the driver's side of the car into the cement porch of an abandoned house. Worse yet, the momentum did not stop Deidara from firing his weapon- it only startled him into shooting and missing his target. Instead of shooting Sasuke Uchiha in the chest, Deidara's bullet was launched into the brains of Itachi's beloved brother.

[Name] was waiting for Itachi in his room, sitting atop his bed with a box of tissues and a sad smile.

"I heard," she whispered, watery eyes on the floor.

"I'm so sorry," Itachi sank to his knees, his face resting upon her [body type] thighs.

"Itachi, I'm sure that Sasuke doesn't hold it against you... You broke your right arm and both legs trying to save him," she carefully ran her [skin tone] fingers through his raven hair.

"What if he dies?"

"What if he doesn't?"

"He'll be disabled and he'll hate me," Itachi keened.

"You hurt yourself trying to make sure that nothing bad happened to him, Itachi. Fuck, you got into a car accident to protect him!"

"He's worse off because of what I did!"

"YOU HAD THE RIGHT INTENTIONS!"

"INTENTION DOESN'T MATTER, [NAME]! ONLY THE OUTCOME, AND THIS IS A SHITTY OUTCOME!"

[Name] sighed, leaning forward and pressing a kiss to the back of the  trembling man's head.

"Itachi, do you want to know how I'd feel if I were Sasuke? I'd feel cherished, because my older brother risked his life trying to make sure that I got to keep mine. He knows that you love him, he knows that you'd die to protect him. Sasuke idolises you, you idiot. And after tonight? I'm sure that he'll be pissed after the surgeries and shit, but he'll be alive and he'll be so happy that his brother cares about him so much."

Itachi didn't respond.

"Fucker, gimme your arm. I'm signing your cast before I head home."

Without a word, he shoved his injured arm onto the bed next to her and sighed.
Rummaging around in her purse, she found a [colour] pen and scribbled some writing down before pressing a kiss to it and leaving. Once she was gone, Itachi sat there for a solid hour. Curiosity was peeking through his wallowing, so he granted himself a view of the female's writing.

[NAME]?! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Dear Idiot,
Grow the fuck up already. You made a mistake, so take responsilbity about it and learn from this. Deidara is in jail, big whoop. Sasuke is in the hospital... Okay, I do actually care about that one... ANYWAY, stop beating yourself up over this because your mum is going to totally kill you. When I give your eulogy, I don't want to have to mention that you're a pansy. I'll stop by tomorrow and see if I need to buy you a casket or not. If I do, it's going to be pink and cushiony since you're acting like a spoiled baby. Be grateful that you're still here to worry about Sasuke and that Sasuke will be alive to eternally depise you, which I really doubt that he will. If you do not die at the hands of your mum, I will take you out to eat and we'll think of a few ways to get your mind off of the dreadful situation. ;)
XOXO
~ [Name]