16This story has confirmed for me that I am not suited to writing chaptered stories.
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For over a year now, Itachi and Sasuke had been living in harmony. They respected each other's privacy and offered comfortable companionship to each other.
That harmony was now very close to ending.
"I stole Sasuke's bed."
"E-excuse me?"
"I stole my little brother's bed." He repeated.
"Ok," she nodded, "but why?"
"Because Sasuke hates to share small spaces. I assumed that if he had a single bed, he would be less likely to have Naruto over all the time."
Hinata's confusion was evident.
"Why did you not want Naruto here?"
"I did not want Naruto here because any time he is here, he's taking you away from me."
"So, you stole your brother's bedbecause you were jealous?" Hinata asked, tilting her head ever so slightly.
"I guess I did." He replied, finally realising how ridiculous it sounded.
She smiled so brightly it stunned him
"You know," she started, her hand reaching out to take his own, "you could have just told me that you wanted to spend more time with me."
Itachi blinked.
He was a genius. He had always been told that. From his first A in kinder garden to his offer of a full PhD scholarship. Itachi Uchiha was a genius. But the way Hinata's soft eyes looked at him now made him doubt that statement very much.
Seeing the shock spread over her boyfriend's face, Hinata finally laughed.
Itachi just stared at her.
He loved that laugh. Even though he knew she was indeed laughing at him but he didn't feel ashamed in anyway. Even though he knew he had been over reacting, he didn't care once he heard that laugh.
"You know, I was afraid I was being too annoying," she confessed after a minute, pushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear, "you never said anything when I was with Sasuke and Naruto, so I thought you maybe wanted some space."
"Hinata," he paused, his hand gently squeezing hers, "I will never want space from you. You bring me so much joy, just being around you could make the most miserable day worth living through."
His free hand moved to gently cup her face.
"If anything, I am the one who is clingy. I want to be around you as often as you will have me. I want to take up all your time and never have you leave. Every minute I'm with you is a minute I cherish."
She blushed a deep red at his words.
"When you first started to join my brother and his friends I just wanted to be near you, to know you. Now that I do know you, I want to know even more. I just want you all to myself."
Hinata's hand then reached up to cover the one resting on her face.
"I'm sorry, Itachi, if I had known I would have been here with you." Her eyes lowered slightly, avoiding his. "I really like being with Naruto and the others, they're all so wonderful. But I never meant to ignore you as a result."
"Hinata, no. Don't apologise over this. I should have said something earlier."
He took a breath and leaned in, gently moving his hand from her face to behind her head, pushing their foreheads together.
"I'm not stupid," he started, "I am intelligent, patient and accepting, but not with you. With you I become irrational, foolish and angry. I forget how to think like a rational human when I think about you. I forget how to be patient. When I think of you all I feel is love. I love you, Hinata, and I'm afraid I am becoming a fool because of it."
She looked as though she would cry at any moment.
He was afraid he had scared her.
But then she looked at him in a way that he had only ever imagined she would.
"I," she paused, taking a small breath, "I love you too Itachi."
He tilted her head then, bringing his lips to meet hers.
Her arms instinctively wrapped around his neck, pulling his body to hers.
The kiss was soft and sweet. He savoured the feeling of her lips on his and the way her hands began to reach into his hair.
He slowly pulled away, smiling.
"Are you sure you want to love with a man who would steal his brother's bed for no legitimate reason?"
She laughed, kissing him quickly on the lips again.
"I think I'll manage."
Before her could reclaim her lips, the door to Itachi's room swung open.
The two pulled away, expecting to see a familiar blond-haired man, only instead of Naruto this time it was a very irritated, pissed off Sasuke.
"Where the fuck is my bed?"
Itachi looked from the girl beside him to the angry young man in his doorway,
He stood swiftly and walked over to the younger man, gently ushering him out the door.
Sasuke stood on the other side confusion and anger painting his face.
Itachi then lifted two fingers and poked them lightly into the other's forehead.
"I'm sorry Sasuke."
He shut the door then and locked it.
Hinata looked at him in confusion.
"I'll text Kisame and he can bring it back. Right now, I'm not letting either of us out of this room. Your time is mine, Hinata Hyuga."
