Chapter Three

Though Sasuke slept late due to a certain idiot that called, he woke up early. He was already used to rising up at sunrise and has never slept in a day in his life. Some people would say he was too uptight but those people don't have as much responsibilities as he did, besides only fools sleep when the sun is shining.

That thought reminded him of a certain fool that was in London probably sleeping away the day. That person had a lot less time to sleep than Sasuke was aware of.

Sasuke woke up in a rather good mood, he was in such a good mood he was humming a song under his breath.

A knock on the door brought his attention to it.
"Come in" he was seated at his desk about to turn on his computer. The maid walked in with the trolley of breakfast and looked scared as if she expected Sasuke to lay her open with a mere glance. Perhaps his being in a good mood was too unusual for her.

"Y-Your breakfast is here Sasuke-sama" she stammered

Sasuke looked at her amused.
"Thank you, please leave it there, "He said then went back to his computer screen and waited for it to start up.

The maid's eyes went wide, they were blue, and her mouth fell open but a sharp look from Sasuke caused her to snap them shut.
"Yes Sasuke-sama," she bowed and retreated out of the room where she let out a relieved sigh.

Sasuke got up from his chair and went to the balcony to feel the first rays of sunshine.
He looked at the place he grew up in. The most beautiful place in all of Japan as the papers called it. The Uchiha mansion actually covered 4.83 acres of land and the house itself was 3.5 floor high and painted all white, it had a west wing and east wing. It was surrounded by a small forest used sometimes for recreational activities and also belongs to the Uchiha family. Aside from his mother's garden and the entrance to the compound, the rest of the ground around the house had bright green lawn and high flowers. The gate was very far away from the house and so the house is hidden from paparazzi.

In this part of the world and soon going beyond the Uchiha family was famous. They own most of the houses and companies that housed and fed many, and the most famous Uchiha imports and the landmine global network company was part of what made them so famous and were regarded as rulers of Japan economy.

All this would one day go to one of the two sons, Sasuke was sure that his brother being their father's favorite was already a predetermined choice but he wasn't going to London and putting up with his father's abuse just to be left aside. In everything he was better than his older brother; soon he would make that old bull see it too.

Itachi was already up and now sharing a quiet tea time with his Father in his study.

"Itachi, have you thought about what you are going to do now that you've graduated from Whale" Fugaku asked breaking the silence.

"Yes Father, if you trust me I was thinking of working on the landmine Global Network company" Itachi replied closing the dailytimes paper.

"Oh, why? I was expecting you to take up working in Uchiha imports" Fugaku said rather disappointed.

"I thought that was what Sasuke wanted to do, he is studying business in Oxford isn't he?"

"Yes but I thought it would be better if you worked there instead"

"Sorry father but my expertise lies in Networking" Itachi smiled.

Fugaku sighed, "You are not just saying that to get out of working with your brother are you" he asked.

Itachi thought about that for only a while then said "I think it's better that we both stayed out of each other's path, it's obvious that the two of us can't see eye to eye and it would be a disaster to put us together but I really think my expertise lies in Networking Father," Itachi replied.

Fugaku thought about it then nodded.
"You are right, I fear of what my company would become if I let the two of you run it together," he said and Itachi was relieved to drop the topic. They discussed about Spain and other things for a while before his excused himself and left to prepare for work.

Later, Itachi finished breakfast with Sakura by the garden and headed inside without her to get ready. As he entered the house again he met Sasuke coming down the stairs. His first thought was to turn the other direction but knew if his brother saw it he would think he was scared. Itachi wasn't scared but he just didn't want to deal with his brother that morning.

As they came closer Itachi made up his mind to ignore his brother and continue upstairs as if not seeing him, but Sasuke had other plans.

"Good morning Aniki" Sasuke greeted coming to a stop on the stairs and making it impossible for Itachi to pass. Wonder how he is doing that, Itachi thought then looked up at Sasuke's broad chest not meeting eyes as dark as his own.
Guess he did grow in some areas, he couldn't help thinking.

"Sasuke you are kind of in the way, "Itachi said.

Sasuke sighed a long suffering sigh then placed a hand on his head as if ill. If he expected Itachi to feel some sort of sympathy then he must be a lot more of an arrogant brat than Itachi had thought.

"Why do I always—" Sasuke muttered under his breath but loud enough to reach Itachi. He sighed again.
"Aniki, I was looking for you, "he said.

"I wanted to apologize for my behavior last night, I know it was totally uncalled for."

Itachi's eyes finally met Sasuke's, he didn't see sincerity there but neither did he see otherwise. Sasuke had gotten better at hiding his emotions, Itachi thought. After a long silence Itachi let out a breath and his eyes curved to show his annoyance.
"Do you actually expect me to believe that?" he asked.

"No," Sasuke replied "After all why would you, I have been nothing but a pain to you" he tried a solemn look that he somehow pulled off effectively but Itachi refused to be fooled.
It wasn't the first time Sasuke had played this hand at him.

"But I'm truly sorry, I acted like such a jerk and your fiancée probably thinks I'm one now. I just want us to start over again I promise I only mean the best."

"Sasuke, stop playing with me, I won't be fooled twice, okay?"

"I understand but at least give me a chance to prove that I am truly sorry."

Itachi thought for while. He should probably push Sasuke aside and continue on but he didn't know how far Sasuke was willing to take this before it all blew up in their faces.
"You won't stop bothering me if I refuse would you" he asked and Sasuke smiled with a shrug of shoulders.

"Fine, how do you exactly hope to prove this new found remorse?"

"Tonight," was Sasuke's reply as he continued down past Itachi.

Itachi frowned and turned to look at him.
"Tonight?"

"Yes, be prepared by then" Sasuke's attitude had changed suddenly.

Itachi felt a foreboding feeling settle on his chest. I wonder what I just got myself into, he thought.

When evening came Itachi's dread went a notch too high. He felt uncomfortable and dare he, agitated. Why? The answer came when he opened his door and met his little brother standing there one hand tucked in his pocket.

Sasuke was wearing a long sleeved blue shirt and black pants with the top three buttons on the shirt undone and anybody could see his pale neck. There was a gold necklace around his neck. His black eyes were mischievous and he was looking at Itachi strangely as if he thought him immaculate.

Itachi grudgingly admitted that Sasuke looked good and was no longer the little boy he used to know.

"I forget how good you are at styling up Aniki and here I was getting worried I would have to pick out your outfit "Sasuke said at last.

Itachi was wearing a white and olive green high collar woolen shirt with its sleeves pushed upwards to the upper arm and a blue jean pants.

Itachi rolled his eyes, "And why would you care about what I wear" he asked

"Isn't it obvious, we are going out and I would hate to be a source of laughter because of you"
Sasuke replied.

Back up.
"Going out? Who said anything about going out with you?"Itachi asked eyebrow raised.

Sasuke sighed.
"Didn't you say you would let me show you how 'Sorry' I am" he said.

"Yes, but I don't remember saying I would be going out with you" Itachi countered.

"Why do you have to be so difficult, I'm trying to be nice here and you're making it so hard? Is it that you don't want to forgive me or something?" Sasuke frowned deeply then looked away as if pained.
"Do you hate me so much you can't bear to stand a few hours with me or do you just want to see the worst of me" he said

Yes, Itachi thought not feeling remorseful in the slightest. This was just suspicious through and through. But, if Itachi refused to let Sasuke show his remorse their mother would never let Itachi hear the end of it.

With a sigh he said "Okay fine, where are we going?"

Sasuke's smile was all out mischievous.
"You will see."
It amazed Itachi how quickly Sasuke's mood and attitude change. He wondered if his little brother was bipolar or something.

The name of the Place was "All night out."
Sasuke enjoyed Itachi's astonishment as the older man looked around as if surprised that such a place exists.

Just as I thought, Aniki has never been to a club before, Sasuke thought with a smile.

"Sasuke, what is this place, "Itachi's tone was not amused and in fact sounded close to panicked despite the calm face he put on.

"It's a club Aniki" Sasuke said arrogantly.

"I know that." his brother snapped "What I want to know is what we are doing here?"

"What else. Don't worry just follow me and it would be fine, "Sasuke said and started to enter the crowd but Itachi's hand gripped his and pulled him back.

"Is this your way of proving your remorse, a club?" Itachi asked looking none too pleased.

Sasuke shrugged Itachi's hand off him and turned to look directly at Itachi.
"I just thought that since you are going to be getting married soon I would let you experience what you would be missing when you tie the knot." he said.

"What, being drunk and stupid?"

Sasuke laughed at his brother's naiveté.
"No, fun. You would miss the fun of being free and solo. You are just twenty-one Aniki and getting married so young usually ends in a disaster. I just want you to see what being single is all about because I'm guessing you haven't experienced it properly."

Sasuke knew he sounded reasonable and anyone would buy what he was selling. Itachi looked unconvinced and at first Sasuke feared the man wouldn't agree.

"And if I say no?" He asked

Sasuke shrugs, "It's your choice" he said.

Back in the Uchiha mansion two women were seated in the living room watching a KBS drama. One had long pink hair and the other black. They were both beautiful and made comment at most scenes.

"By the way Sakura-chan, where is Itachi I didn't see him at dinner." Mikoto said

"Hm, he said he was going out but didn't say where" Sakura said looking up curiously.

"Itachi is not around and Sasuke is suspiciously missing, could it be-" The two women shared a look then shook their head.

"No." they said with a laugh "As if something like that could happen" Mikoto said

"Hm" Sakura agreed.

His brother had been seating by the bar since they entered the club.
Sasuke had danced with three different women already and even made out with them but Itachi had turned down two women and three guys.

What a spoil sport, Sasuke thought.
The girl he was dancing with was rubbing against him more than she was dancing and hands were already traveling to his zippers when he stopped her.

"Excuse me sweetheart" he told her as he pulled away.

"hmmm come on" she whined refusing to let go of his hand.
"Take me home with you Sasuke-kun"

"Soon" he said and kissed her languidly before moving away from her heading for where his brother sat.
"Are you going to be like this all night?" he asked sitting beside Itachi.

"Yes."

"Come on loosen up a little Aniki, you will find it's fun." Sasuke said,
to the bar man he said, "Vodka two shots "

The two drinks were placed in front of him and Sasuke pushed one to his brother who was sipping a fruit drink. Why did they sell those at a bar anyway?
"Drink with me Aniki," he told his brother.

Itachi looked at the vodka then shook his head.
"I don't want to get drunk, one of us has to be sane and able to drive" Itachi replied.

Sasuke nodded at the logic.
"Okay then since I do this a lot and this is your first time I will stay sober while you drink yeah?"

Itachi frowned at the vodka then at Sasuke.
"I don't think I can trust you," he said.

"What could I possibly do to you Aniki?"Sasuke asked with as much innocence as he could summon.

Itachi sighed finally after a few seconds of silence and then pulled the shot of vodka to him, hesitated briefly and downed it in one go. This earned him a cheer from Sasuke who ordered another shot.

At the fourth go Sasuke was surprised to see Itachi still very sober, he still couldn't convince his brother to dance with the cute girl that was probably too young to be in a club like this sitting glued to Itachi's side. She was remarkably a good conversationalist though and kept Itachi's attention as Sasuke fed him more vodka.

Sasuke had never expected his brother to last this long but now it looks like he would have to take action. He reached into his pocket and retrieved a small can, inside it he took out one white pill. Ecstasy does things to the human mind, makes them let go of all inhibition. This was what Sasuke slipped into his brother's drink. It dissolved instantly and left no colour.

"Itachi why don't you dance with her." Sasuke asked calling attention to himself. Itachi turned to look at him, aside from his flushed nose he looked perfectly sober.

"I'm not sure it would do any good, I'm not a good dancer" he said.

"Don't worry Hun, I will show you just follow my lead, I promise it will be fun." The brunette said.

"Oh, alright I'm only doing this because no one cares if I make a mistake out here" Itachi said making the girl giggle

"Here is another shot for confidence, "Sasuke said handing the spiked drink to Itachi.

Itachi downed the entire glass and handed it back to a smirking Sasuke. Then he followed the girl to the dance floor.

Sasuke watched as the drug kicked in ten minutes later. Itachi went wild and he was just being modest when he said he couldn't dance because when Itachi got serious on the floor he had the girls and guys, to Sasuke's surprise and pleasure, drooling for him.

He even went as far as taking off his shirt to give them an eye full and Sasuke took out his samsung galaxy to take shots of him.
A guy worked up to Itachi and palmed his crotch to this Itachi responded by kissing the man smack on the lips. His brother was pulled down and was almost used right there on the floor by said guy. To that Sasuke took pictures and laughed.

Let's see what you have to say to this now Father he thought.

It was only at the last moment Sasuke rescued his brother and that caused a scene between himself and his brother's seducer. Of course Sasuke being a VIP, security had the man kicked out.

That morning Sasuke wasn't hung over but his brother on the other hand was not so lucky. While Ecstasy made you feel good it had a side effect of giving you the mother of all headaches and the whole night becomes a blur which you may or may not remember ever again.

So while Itachi was dealing with his headache which he probably attributed to the Vodka Sasuke was feeling wonderful. He ate breakfast with his mother that morning then took his bath lavishing care on his pale skin after which he checked on his idiot friend who assured him that his Apartment was still in one piece.

By late morning he came out to enjoy the view of the garden. He didn't feel like going out to meet any of his hometown friends because neither of them grew up over time they were all idiots just like before so basically he had no friend here.

Sasuke arrived at the garden and met with the sight of His brother's fiancée caring for a flower. As he came closer, she looked up, her hair tied away from her face which looked wide and yet pretty. He raised his hands and she watched him guardedly the whole time till he made his fingers form a square like a frame.

"W-What are you doing Sasuke-kun" she blushed rather beautifully.

"I'm framing this image into my heart. It's so beautiful I have to remember it forever." he said and her blush increased.

She stood abruptly and looked ashamed.
I wonder what's going through that head of hers, Sasuke thought. Compared with some of the women he has dated, Sasuke would be a six and that was really impressive when you think about the fact that she was marrying such a bore as his brother.

"Why are you here all alone, a beautiful woman like yourself should not be left all alone lest she is taking away from the one she belongs to. "
Sasuke stopped in front of her and plucked up a pale purple flower which he held to his nose.

"I just wanted to come out for a while" she replied her eyes lowered not wanting to look him in the eye.

Sasuke reached forward and tucked the flower into her hair startling Sakura who pulled away. As if burnt, her hands flew to her hair to feel the flowers.

"Are you bored?" Sasuke asked with a smile.

"Not really, I just wanted to feel the fresh breeze and smell the fragrance of the flowers" Sakura said.

"Would you like to see Japan" Sasuke asked

"Of course!" she said then stopped to return her face back to hide her excitement.
"I mean yes I would really like to see Japan, it is my first time here though it's the home town of my father"

"I see, then let me do the honor of showing you Japan" Sasuke said with a gracious bow.

"If you don't mind" Sakura replied shyly.

"Of course not it would be my pleasure"

It was like she couldn't stop blushing.
Since they left the house her cheeks remained red throughout.

(Author: some of the things- i mean most of the things about to be mentioned here are mostly made up so don't bother looking it up or correcting me because there is nothing i can do about it )

Sasuke used his porche and lowered the roof to allow the woman to feast her eyes on the beautiful buildings Japan had. Sakura looked around but it seemed to Sasuke that she was constantly aware of him. If his hand touched her she jumped as if she had been shocked.
He caught her looking at him most of the time instead of looking at what he showed her.

They arrived at the Takawari tower where she was over the place using the telescopes to see everywhere it could go. When she saw his eyes on her she flushed to the root of her hair and tried to pretend that she was a proper lady.

She asked Sasuke to buy her ice-cream and wasn't even shy about it. She was probably pretending they were on a date.
To that thought Sasuke laughed inside, amused to see that his brothers fiancée was probably developing a crush on him. It has always been like that, everyone around Itachi always end up coming to Sasuke.

Then it was the Ogoku aquarium and they took pictures after which they stopped at a cafe for some snacks.

Then the next they went to the Inuyami shrine. Where she prayed and asked him to buy her prayer beads which he did. She was really bossy too, though she hid it well.

It was evening and already Sasuke just wanted to take her home and get away from her mindless chatter. Come to think of it there is someone who chatters as much as her, who was that again.

The sound of music drifted to them as they walked towards the car. It was a really nice music and his brother's fiancée started dancing to it and giggling.

"Dance with me Sasuke-kun," she said stretching out her hand. He looked at the open palm and badly wanted to ignore her but people were watching and he didn't want to turn away her growing feelings, it might prove useful, so he accepted her hand and danced with her.

"Thanks" she said her smile stuck to her face.

"For what" Sasuke replied letting his arm surround her waist.

"For doing this, taking me out I'm really glad that you did," she laughed" it was fun"

To that he made no comment.

"Did you have as much fun as I did." she said trying to catch his eyes even as he wanted to avoid it.

"I hope we can do this again sometime," she said as he twirled her and back towards himself.
"You don't mind do you Sasuke-kun after all—"

"Do you ever shut up" Sasuke whispered heatedly "All you've been doing the whole day is talk"

Sakura blinked at him then tried to pull away feeling self-conscious. It was ridiculous after everything she had done some hours before; Sasuke refused to let her out of his arm and instead pulled her closer till her full chest was pressed against his.

"Sasuke-kun—"she gasped surprised, her flush for a different reason now.

"What are you doing" her voice was now small nothing like the bossy girl who asked him to buy her prayer beads.

"What " Sasuke asked as with a smirk "Are you afraid, don't you like being this close to me"

"I- Sasuke-kun—" was all she said.

Pulling her closer Sasuke whispered hotly into her ear "I want to kiss you. That is what I want to do and you won't stop me will you, you will let me kiss you right Sakura"

She shivered but tried to move away shyly.
"I don't- Sasuke-kun please-"

Sasuke ignored her and took her earlobe into his mouth including her earring.
She gasped and her hand gripped his shirt.
"Sasuke-kun please stop" but with such a small voice Sasuke simply ignored it.

Her breath hitched in a surprise breath. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed.

Sasuke smiled pulling back only to see green horrified eyes looking over his shoulder at something, it was annoying to see that her attention was elsewhere.
"What is it" he asked masking his annoyance.

"What is that?"
He turned to see what she was pointing at and there in the dailytimes paper a man was reading was the image of Itachi half naked kissing an equally half naked man...