The Last

Chapter 10

Sasuke came home to Itachi staring at his fingers blankly. Itachi had never sat on that couch doing nothing. Ever. He would either be on his phone or laptop or be reading or doing paperwork. Never had he ever seen Itachi not do anything, even if it is an unproductive activity like being on social media. Itachi looks so... dare he say it? Sad. "What happened to you? Naruto ignoring your texts?" Sasuke joked, hoping to get a reaction out of Itachi.

He knew Naruto was Itachi's world. One time Naruto had lost his phone and therefore couldn't text Itachi for couple whole days and they couldn't see each other, and Itachi almost broke down and wanted to call the police. But Sasuke had intervened in time to tell Itachi what he had forgotten to mention to Itachi about the lost phone. No reply for a couple of hours was normal, they both have their own lives and are both busy in different ways. However, a couple of days without a single activity was strange to either of them.

The name Naruto made Itachi flinch. He never flinched, especially not at a name. The flinch didn't go unnoticed by Sasuke. "What happened?" Sasuke asked, narrowing his eyes at Itachi. He sat next to his brother on the couch, waiting for a reply. "I broke up with Naruto-"
"You fucking did what?!" Sasuke almost screeched but his voice being deep prevent such an undignified sound from ever escaping his lips. "I broke up with Naruto." Itachi repeated again, almost as if it was something surreal. "I don't know why I got so mad. I didn't even let him explain... Maybe I should have, oh god. What have I done?"
"When was this?" Sasuke asked, glaring at his brother for dumping his bestfriend without seemingly a good reason as to why.
"Two days ago." Itachi muttered and Sasuke wanted to shake the soul out of his brother. He held in the urge and tried to calm himself. "You broke up with him and you're regretting. TWO DAYS LATER?!" Sasuke demanded, making Itachi glare at him for being so insensitive.
"I was really mad okay?! I didn't know what came over me."
"Is this why Naruto hasn't been to school?" Sasuke mumbled to himself but Itachi heard him crystal clear.
"What." Itachi said and his mind started drifting to all the possibilities. An image of Naruto in the park flashed in his mind. It was a strange image. Something was really off about the image. It was the day when he broke up with Naruto yes but he had felt something was odd about Naruto's appearance. Then it hit him. "No no no no no. " Itachi chanted to himself as he lunged for Sasuke's phone.
"Hey!" Sasuke exclaimed as Itachi snatched his hand, pulling on the limb.
"Stop it! Naruto probably wouldn't answer my texts or phone calls." Itachi explained as he pulled Sasuke's hand towards the phone to unlock the phone. His hands shook as he searched for Naruto's contact under the letter N but couldn't find it, making him panic even more. He then remembered that this isn't his phone, it was Sasuke's so Naruto's contact was probably under the letter D for dobe. He sent a quick message, knowing that Naruto replies relatively quickly. 'Where are you? You haven't gone to school for two days.' Itachi typed, as he waited almost too impatiently for a reply. Nothing.
Sasuke was about to go to Naruto's house himself when Itachi made a slight face. "What, what is it?"
"He read it. But he didn't reply." Itachi muttered. Naruto would never. He would never leave anyone on read, especially not Sasuke and Itachi. This is really upsetting. They don't know what Naruto is thinking or doing right now and they can't just show up, caring. They left their conversations with Naruto on a very terrible and upsetting note. Naruto probably is really mad at the two Uchihas. Itachi and Sasuke looked at one another as if debating what they should do. "Why are you two staring at each other like that?" A voice reached them as the sound of door shutting echoed slightly. "Mother, Itachi broke up with Naruto." Sasuke said, glaring at his brother, as he was still upset that Naruto didn't tell him and they had absolutely no good reason to break up. Mikoto and Fugaku stood there, blinking as if trying to process what Sasuke just said. "You what?!" Mikoto hissed, making Itachi flinch. Mikoto was one of the only people that can make him flinch like that. "Why?" Fugaku asked, he was upset with the news but he was a more rational-logical person than an emotional person.
"I... I don't know. I don't know why I was so mad when I saw those photos. I didn't even let him explain. I just assumed what I thought the photos was about was the truth."
"What photos?" Mikoto asked, approaching the two brothers. Itachi got up to retrieve the photos that he made Kisame photocopy. He silently handed the folder over to his mother. The two elder Uchihas and Sasuke looked through the photos, a few had made Sasuke gave out a burst of laughter. "Oh my God. I remember that one. Naruto said his colleague got so drunk that he started lap dancing everyone." Sasuke said, making Itachi freeze. I have made a huge mistake. Itachi thought as he began to panic. Fugaku looked up at Itachi, giving him a look. The look said it all. He was asking Itachi what he planned on doing. He doubted that Naruto would take him back so quickly or even forgive him for such accusations.