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[ CLOSED ] ONLY A FOOL'S HERE TO STAY...

Sep 04, 2010 12:23

Who: Itachi Uchiha (prodigal_liar) and Uchiha Sasuke (undertides)
When: Backdated... a lot. To, uh, August 20th...? I think.
Where: Sasuke's place.
Format: Paragraph
What: Sasuke is recovering after his fight with Naruto, and Itachi pays him a long overdue visit.
Warnings: None that I can think of, unless they start being angsty, in which case... duck and cover! Run ( Read more... )

itachi uchiha, sasuke uchiha

Comments 4

Sorry for the double post! D: undertides September 5 2010, 15:59:44 UTC

Even as a child Sasuke had been a light sleeper, waking at the slightest rustle, the faintest creak of floorboards. Training and life as a ninja had made him even more acutely alert. It was good, most of the time; he never missed a guard shift during missions, could jolt awake and ready at the suspicion of an enemy - but in the last week he hadn't been in life-threatening danger - so it seemed, anyway - and so it was mostly simply extremely irritating ( ... )

No worries! prodigal_liar September 5 2010, 16:47:31 UTC

A flicker of memory-an infant that cried obnoxiously until it was held protectively in its big brother's arms; a toddler with skinned knees asking for a piggyback ride the rest of the way home; a young child pushing himself to do better, always so desperate for recognition and approval; a small, defeated boy collapsed on his hands and knees, eyes wide with horror, face streaked with tears and perspiration, lips parted with quivering breaths and choked sobs-and despite the weight of those memories, the force they possessed as they made impact, Itachi did not stagger or look away from Sasuke ( ... )

undertides September 6 2010, 14:48:24 UTC

"Better safe than sorry," says Sasuke blankly, and he lets his fingers drop back to the bedspread. "It never hurts to be prepared."

Itachi of all people should know that. Hadn't he lived his life always three steps ahead of everyone else - even Madara? Sasuke thinks of the gasping pain of Amateratsu erupting into life for the first time, the wariness and grudging respect Madara had held for Itachi.

Always three steps ahead.

He wonders if he knows that he's not looking into his little brother's eyes anymore. If he knows he's looking into his own. Would he recognise his own? It's impossibly inane and yet the thought's there -

"I don't want to fight you."

The words fall low and abrupt. Try as he does he cannot rid himself of ghosts; I will always be the obstacle you must overcome, they whisper, and he's really fucking sick of things he has to beat, things he has to surpass. He's tired, and for once he just wants to win something for free ( ... )

Sorry for such a delay! Been mega busy and I'm sick to boot... ;; Hope this okay for a tag... prodigal_liar September 18 2010, 14:37:07 UTC

Prepared... more so than Madara? Oh, Itachi had tried to be, and he had nearly succeeded, but it was Madara that was always a step or more ahead of him. Or... perhaps it was more accurate to say that the man had the Devil's luck? And Itachi had never really possessed any luck at all...

Shaking his head regretfully, he stopped when he stood directly beside Sasuke's bed. His hand twitched, wanted to reach out for his little brother, but remained at his side.

"The truth...? You ought to have learned what it is by now." Madara would have told him, or perhaps Sasuke wanted to hear it from him to be sure he hadn't swallowed some half-baked lie concocted to keep him under thumb? No, it still didn't matter. "Even if you haven't... it can wait ( ... )