Keepers Of Oakmanor (sasunaru)

chapter 9

Chapter 9

Sasukes pov

All the air in my lungs had escaped me when I felt his lips on my nape. How was I supposed to sleep after feeling that?

"G-good n-night." I whispered. My voice was barely audible and shaky as I spoke but that was because he kissed me. His lips on my nape were soft. The kiss was so light it felt like a feather landing. But knowing he had kissed me was enough to send my heart into overdrive. My heart was pounding hard against my ribcage. My breathing was soft and sporadic. I knew he could hear me but he didn't say a word. And for that I was grateful. I knew I was going to get little sleep that night.

I was concentrating on calming down my beating heart. My face was heating up and I knew I had a deep blush crossing my face. I knew if I didn't do something I wasnt going to get any sleep.

That's when I thought about the fresh air outside. I hoped Neji wasn't in too deep of a sleep.

I slowly turned and glanced at him from the corners of my eyes. I let out a breath of relief when I saw his eyes closed. His shoulders were rising and falling slowly letting my know he was in a deep sleep.

Hopefully I dont wake him.

I thought as I shimmered out of the blankets. I let out a small smile in victory. I had successfully got out of the blankets and out of his hold on my stomach.

Now was the hard part. I had to climb over him without waking him. The bed was small so if I wasn't careful I was fall off the bed and land on the hard floor. I knew that would definitely wake him.

I swung my leg over his hips and knelt down on the edge of the bed. That didn't wake him. Sighing in relief I had moved so my hand was on the edge of the bed. I was directly over him but thankfully he didn’t move. His breathing let me know I hadn't woken him not even a little bit. He was still sleeping soundly on his left side.

I was about swing my left leg over when he moved to lay on his back. I froze in fear he had awakened. Thankfully he didn't however he had scooted to lay in the center of the bed successfully taking out my hand that was there. My forearm was now laying beside his head and my face was inches from his. My nose barely touching his. I could feel my face growing hotter as I felt his soft breath hitting my cheeks.

However my body froze when I realized I was now sitting on his lower stomach. He had moved over forcefully moving my hand and knee over.

I was admiring his beauty. His hair was like silk. His face was flawless. His lips looked soft and plump.

I wanted to taste them. Even a little. My eyes closed so they were half open and I unconsciously started moving closer to them. My lips were centimeters from his when his eyes snapped open. I froze and my blood ran cold.

He had finally awoke. My face flushed a deeper red. I looked so I was staring directly into his eyes. Nervousness and embarrassment shown brightly in mine. However nothing but gentleness and curiosity shown in his.

"What are you doing?" He whispered softly so as to not wake my brother.

"I-I uhh... I was trying t-to get off the b-bed but you moved over. A-and I was stuck. I-I d-didn't w-want to wake you." I said. It wasn't a lie. I knew that but it wasnt the full truth either.

He smiled gently up at me amusingly. He never laughed though. He had placed his hands on my waist ever so gently and held me in place as he slowly sat up. I blushed harder when I slid down to his lap. I was sure my heart had stopped by then.

"Here. Is that better?" He asked as he swung his legs over the side of the bed. He firmly held me in place on his lap making sure I didn't fall off. In embarrassment I looked down. My eyes staring at his chest that was covered in a grey thermal long sleeve shirt.

"Y-yes. T-thank you." I whispered slowly but carefully sliding off of him. I turned and started heading for the door when he spoke up.

"Next time just wake me up. Alright?" He whispered again. My eyes widened as I heard that comment. I forced myself to finish walking through my room and out of the door.

Once I had closed the door behind me I let out a sigh of relief. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to compose myself.

I had opened my eyes and decided to head for the front door. As I was walking through the living room I saw the kitchen light on. Curious I headed over there instead.

It didn't surprise me when I saw my brother wearing solid black.

"Another side job?" I asked normally. He glanced up at me curiously. He squinted his eyes judgingly. Trying to evade his eyes I turned to the cabinet behind him to grab a cup. I headed for the fridge to grab the orange juice.

"What are you doing up this late Sasuke?" He asked as I had finished pouring myself some.

I had set my cup on the counter next to the fridge to put the orange juice back. "I needed to fresh air. I couldn't sleep." I spoke grabbing my small glass. I turned around only to see my brother frowning down at me with his arms crossed.

"Is he sleeping with you?" He asked softly. It wasn't a whisper though. He just kept his tone lowered.

I looked down frowning. I didn't answer him. However my actions told him all he needed to know.

"Sasuke this is dangerous. He should've slept on the couch. We have a few extra blankets." He scolded. I frowned and finished my orange juice and had set my cup in the sink after rinsing it out as to not leave any orange juice stains at the bottom.

"I know but tonight was going to be extra cold. He would've froze and I didn't want to leave my new and possibly only friend out here shivering." I defended. I was looking down at the black and white tiled hard wood floor of our kitchen.

"Fine but don't let him get too close. You know what could happen to him." Itachi said sighing. I glanced up to see him staring at me. He didn't have a frown on anymore but he did have his arms crossed still.

"Ok." I said sadly. I glanced back down to the ground and started playing with my fingers.

"He could be in danger already. You know what happens to people when they get too close." My brother said softly. "They could die. Just like Shisui did. Remember what they did to him?"

"Yeah I know." I said my voice cracking. He had died a horrible death at the hands of him.

They tortured him, beated him, and much more trying to get any sort of answers out of him. They wanted anything. Any kind of knowledge that pertained to us. To the last living Uchiha's.

"Get to bed it'll be ok. I promise to do everything I can to keep him safe." My brother said gently as he placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. I glanced up at him with tears swelling in my eyes. "He wont suffer because of us. I promise." Itachi smiled before he softly guided my back to my room.