【Itachi】After the time reset

He made Itachi so painful.

Even if this kind of thought just passed by in a flash, even if Sasuke would laugh at himself for being whimsical afterwards, it would still be as painful as being stabbed in the heart by someone with a needle.

In the afternoon of this day, the drooping curtains were blown up by the wind, and the warm sun lazily poured in through the half-covered windows. Sasuke lay in Itachi's arms, half-closed his eyes, drowsy.

Itachi's fingers looked beautiful, slender and graceful, but the pads of the fingers were full of calluses, which didn't feel very good to the touch, but when this hand fell on Sasuke's hair and slowly combed his messy black hair, Sasuke was so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep.

Sasuke said to himself, "The weather is so nice..."

"Yeah!" Itachi smiled slightly, looking down at Sasuke, his gloomy eyes were full of obscurity that Sasuke couldn't understand.

Contrary to Shisui, who always gives people a sense of cheerfulness and brightness under any precarious situation, Itachi is always restrained and heavy. He is obscure and indifferent, and always likes to be alone. Sasuke can't remember his childhood How many times have I seen Itachi quietly staying in a certain place, thinking about something.

In nature, Sasuke is a child who is afraid of loneliness and likes to be clingy.

But Itachi, in Sasuke's memory, Itachi prefers to be alone in a quiet space.

Itachi seems to be born with a personality that is alienated and indifferent, making it difficult for people to get close.

Sasuke rubbed against Itachi's arms, narrowed his eyes, and almost collapsed into a cat cake: "It's so warm!"

Itachi laughed: "Is it so comfortable?"

"Yeah." Sasuke said, "So in such a comfortable afternoon, don't you want to sleep?"

Itachi said softly, "I'm not sleepy!"

Sasuke said, "When was the last time you slept?"

Itachi said, "When you fell asleep."

Sasuke sneered.

Itachi rubbed Sasuke's hair: "I'm just too vigilant. As soon as you wake up, I will notice it and wake up immediately. It's not that I didn't sleep."

Sasuke said lightly: "You are always so good at lying."

Itachi lowered his eyes.

"And I will be deceived every time." Sasuke said: "I have never waited for your next time, but as long as you say it, I believe there will be a next time. I know I will be poked on the forehead, but every time you wave, I I will still run over. Time and time again, I will never learn."

Itachi pursed her lips.

"It's the same this time, obviously my brain keeps saying, you must be acting, but..." Sasuke smiled self-deprecatingly: "After so many days, it is already the limit. You I won again, Itachi, I believe in you."

Itachi was stunned.

Sasuke propped up his body, raised his head, and looked at Itachi: "I will try my best to believe that this is the real world, I will cooperate with the treatment, and I will take care of my body, so..."

Sasuke touched Itachi's cheek with his hand: "Don't be sad anymore, let alone make it difficult for yourself, close your eyes and sleep for a while!"

Itachi wanted to say something, but his lips trembled slightly, and nothing came out.

How much can Sasuke do for him?

Itachi thought he knew it, he really thought he knew it all along, after all he deduced that Sasuke committed a major crime ten years ago to perform time reset ninjutsu.

But 'guessing' is different from 'seeing with your own eyes'.

How important is he to Sasuke?

How brave can Sasuke be for him?

Itachi thought of Sasuke's efforts to pursue him for so many years. Sasuke always regarded him very well, thinking that he had to work hard to become a younger brother worthy of him.

But actually?

The one who really needs to work hard to be a person worthy of the other party is never Sasuke, but him.

These days, Itachi has been in a dilemma, unable to sleep at night, like a trapped animal.

He was unable to make a decision between further sealing Sasuke's memory and lifting the memory reinforcement.

And the longer it takes him to make a decision, the longer Sasuke will be stuck in this current painful state of believing that there's an illusion surrounding him.

But thinking about it now, it's ridiculous.

This child, this child...

Itachi hugged Sasuke tightly.

Sasuke leaned into Itachi's arms and said softly, "Brother?"

Itachi's hands on Sasuke's back quickly formed seals, releasing the strengthening of the memory seal, and then he lay down with Sasuke in his arms: "Okay, let's sleep together for a while!"

Sasuke closed his eyes obediently.

Under the warm afternoon sun, the two embraced each other and fell asleep.

However, Sasuke's dream was not good.

The desolate Uchiha stronghold, the Itachi sitting on a high chair and looking down at him, the sound of weapons colliding, the black fire all over the sky, the unicorn swooping and swooping, and the red Susano.

The last picture was of Itachi poking his forehead with his index finger while smiling.

"Sorry, Sasuke, this is the last time.

Itachi, who was already in a light sleep, woke up immediately when Sasuke's breathing became unsteady.

Sasuke opened his eyes, the pupils were empty and lifeless, almost like a living person.

In the battle before the reset, not only Itachi died.

Sasuke also died.

The rest is just an empty shell.

Itachi lowered his head and kissed Sasuke, a gentle and deep kiss without the slightest lust, full of comfort and distress.

Sasuke's breathing slowed down.

Itachi let go of Sasuke, watching him worriedly.

Sasuke looked back at Itachi, his dead eyes, and slowly regained some spirit.

"I..." Sasuke's voice was very hoarse: "I had a nightmare...."

If it was before today, Itachi would definitely appease him, it was just a nightmare.

But now... Itachi whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, Sasuke, it's okay, everything is over."

"It's passed..." Sasuke said in a daze, "So... it really wasn't just a dream?"

Sasuke smiled: "Then this is not an illusion, but the world after death? What! If I had known that after death was like this, I would have died a long time ago!"

"I'm not dead, and neither are you." Itachi said softly, "Keep sleeping! Sasuke, you'll remember."

Sasuke looked at Itachi, and closed his eyes meekly again.

In this dream, the scene is a dark cave.

Flickering candles, men in masks, painful truths.

When Sasuke opened his eyes again, he grabbed Itachi's collar with his right hand, threw him to the ground, pressed his body on Itachi's body, and smashed it with his left hand, but the next second he swung his fist, his hand turned in one direction. It hit the floor.

The floor cracked like a spider web, the skin of the fist was split, and blood flowed down, but Sasuke felt no pain at all.

"Itachi Uchiha! How dare you?" Sasuke hissed, "How could you..."

How dare you set up a situation to make him hate you?