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Running a hand through his long dark locks the elder uchiha sighs in exhaustion. He was the only one in the huge abode as his younger brother was out as usual and his parents were working late. It was a common thing among the family. With his father being chief of police and his mother being a lawyer it was a rare thing for them to all be together.
His onyx eyes shifted to his phone sighing once again at the late time. It was midnight and the uchiha has been studying non stop. With his school studies and the Akatsuki, Itachi barely had time for his self anymore. He couldn't remember the last time he picked up a good book or even enjoyed the taste of dango.
Loosening his tie, he prepared to change and call in for the night but halts as the sound of their doorbell echoed throughout the house. His obsidian eyes narrowed lethally snatching the gun from underneath his desk. Peeking out the blinds of his window he spotted a black SUV parked in front.
Walking hastedly to the door he peeked through the peep hole, his brows furrowing as there was no one there. Resting his hand on the door knob he took a deep breath and wrenched the door open, gun aimed.
As if on cue the SUV pulled off. His brows knitted once again but freezes at a feminine whimper. His eyes rested on the familiar boy, immediately lifting the kid into his arms and bringing him inside. Itachi jogged with the kid bridal style to his room, making a beeline to his personal bathroom. Setting the kid against the bathroom he shuffled through the cabinet, grabbing a big first aid box.
He checked the boys neck for a pulse thanking Kami for the faint beat.
Drenching a rag in alcohol he murmurs a quick apology pressing the cloth against the gaping wound on his rib. Surprisingly, Tsu made no sound. As the uchiha tended to Tsus wounds his eyes slowly shift to the two rather big plumps of flesh concealed loosely by bandages.
Everything made sense to him now.
The kids girly face.
His feminine voice.
The way the kid was practically a ghost in the boys locker room.
Tsu Yagami...was a girl.
Pupils constricted, a blush stains the uchihas cheeks. For the first time. Itachi Uchiha was blushing. Shaking his head rapidly, he ignored the sudden scorching heat of his face and continued tending the unconscious girls wounds. Once he was done his eyes once again slowly drifted down to her.. "Snap out of it Itachi." A scowl gracing his face he glared at nothing. He lifted the sleeping girl in his arms once again. He thought about wiping the dried blood off her but that would lead to him having to undress her and...his face heated up uncontrollably as he gently set the girl down on his bed. Itachi may not have been close with the girl but he knew better then to change her clothes while she was unconscious. Setting his gun on his desk he looked through the contacts of his phone debating on calling Kakazu, the medic of the akatsuki. He was sure the man could tend to the girl on his beds wounds better then he could. But then again, logic clouded his judgement as it was now close to 2 am. Itachi doubted the money obsessed man would want to receive a call at the crack of dawn from him. If he did call Kakazu that meant him finding out about Tsu' gender. Seeing as the kid wore bandages it was obvious She didn't want anyone to know. 'Why is she hiding her gender anyway?'
Sighing lightly he shook the thought off going to set his phone down.
*click*
"That was fast."
"Give me the phone."
I glare at the back of the uchihas head skeptically as he turns around slowly handing me his phone. The only thing I could remember was passing out in the car with Tayuya. Why the hell would she bring me here.
Taking my internal conflict as an opening, my mouth parts as suddenly I'm the one with the gun pointed at me. Sweatdropping I run a hand through my head, my fingers passing over the bandages. "I bandaged you." He states calmly answering my unasked question as if he didn't have a gun pointed at me.
Staring at the Uchiha for a moment I blink owlishly before plopping back on his bed. If he wanted to shoot me he would've been done so.
I feel pressure dip on the bed next to me making me tense as he looked blankly at nothing. "Arigato."
"Who did this to you?"
I stay silent not bothering to answer. He was there when I was being chased by the sound I'm sure he had an idea of whom did this to me.
"Why are they after you?" Silence. Itachi could feel himself growing irritated at the wordless girl. He had helped her, the least she could do was answer his questions.
"Who are you?"
Silence again.
Having enough, the elder uchiha presses the gun to her head in threat. Either she answered the easy way or the hard way. It didn't matter to him.
I debate internally whether I should tell him but sigh reluctantly.
"My names Tsugumi...Tsugumi Yakuza."
Itachis eyes almost bulge out their sockets as the person who killed the head of their most powerful enemy gang laid before him. He remembered watching the news with his other members on the murder of Kaiza Yakuza, head of the Yakuza Mafia. The person who had killed hims face wasn't shown but Itachi remembered the name of the supposed male. 'Suspect Tsugumi Yakuza. The adopted son of Kaiza Yakuza and body guard to Nagisa Yakuza has committed first degree murder. The bodies of the CEO and his wife along with multiple of the families maids were found today. The suspect was confirmed as he had tooken off holding Nagisa Yakuza, the other son of the family hostage on a bridge before throwing the young boy over the bridge. The 16 year old then jumped as well before authorities could reach him.' Itachi mentally repeated the news reporters voice over and over as he remembered watching the car chase.
Tsugumi was practically a fugitive in America before being proclaimed dead along with the son as Tsugumi was reported to be heavily injured and the son couldn't swim. Even Itachi thought the two had died when he saw the clip.
"How..." he murmured not knowing how to grasp the female in front of him.
"Ship passed by at the right time. Been on the run ever since."
I push myself up ignoring the pain in my rib. Checking the date on the phone I curse as I had been gone for nearly two days. 'Right after I disappear for a day too.' Least this time Nagisa had a heads up of me being gone.
Averting my eyes in embarrassment I take notice of the air hitting my chest. "You got something to cover me up Uchiha."
I blink as warmth surrounds me. My eyes shift from his jacket he had wrapped around me to him in confusion. Although I hadn't known him long, the action seemed to be completely out of character. 'Now he's a gentlemen all of a sudden.'
Itachi couldn't help but stare as Tsugumi looked rather attractive in his akatsuki jacket. 'Cute...' he thought. His eyes widen before turning away with frown. He had more questions for the girl but he simply couldn't ask them with her looking like she was now. It was to distracting, even for the stoic uchiha.
"You should go."
I cock my head in confusion as the elder uchiha avoided eye contact.
"Where?" I ask
"Home." He stated bluntly leading me to his front door.
"How." I deadpanned as he seemed to forget the fact I had no car at the moment. Ushering me out i squint my eyes in annoyance as he began to shut the door in my face.
"You got yourself here you can get yourself back."
My mouth takes an "o"shape, my temper spiking as he slammed the door in my face.
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"Damn Uchiha Should've just left me to bleed to death then." I huff opening the door to my home. I kick my battered shoes off limping zombily to my room. My body was practically on fire right now from the stinging of the multiple wrapped wounds. Wincing I glance down as spots of blood seeped through my bandages. Instead of being dozed off like before my eyes meet angered Fuchsia. The anger though is replaced with worry as he takes in my disheveled appearance. He's immediately at my side helping me walk to the bathroom. "What happened?"
I stay silent as he sets me down on the toilet seat. Preparing to lift my shirt I halt remembering he still didn't know yet. "Go get the needle and thread please." He hesitates after a moment but reluctantly rushes off. I lean back with a heavy sigh.
"H-here" he fumbles with the first aid box which held that stuff. Once I got the thread on the needle I make sure to sterilize it with a lighter. "What are you going to do with that..." he eyes the needle in my hand worriedly making me remember he wasn't use to this kind of thing.
"Hey twerp why don't ya go get me some ice?"
"Will you be okay Tsu-nii?"
Forcing a smirk, "Never better? Now get going, ice isn't gonna get itself."
He purses his lips after a moment but rushes off. Letting the expression drop off my face, I shut the door. I grab the small hand towel off the rack and set it beside me as I unwrap the bandages on my lower rib. I had to admit the uchiha did a good job but it needed stitches, now. A hospital was definitely out of the question so I'd have to do it the old fashioned way. Biting gently on the towel i pull the wound together with my fingers. Hovering the still hot needle over the center of the wound I take a deep breath and push the needle through the skin. I bit down hard as hell on the towel, my pained noises being muffled as I tremble with each insertion.
Letting a shaky sigh out I double knot blinking the unshed tears away. 'Now I just need to rest up a bit...'
A knock sounds a moment later. The familiar tuff of blonde hair peeks through not waiting for my answer.
"I got it..."
"You sure took your time for 10 little ice cubes?" I tease lightly as he helps me to my room. He stays silent in response making me sigh.
As Nagisa helped his guardian to his bedroom he couldn't help but worry. He had been gotten the ice and was listening by the door as Tsugumi stitched himself. Even if the sounds were muffled he could still hear the pain. It made his stomach turn at the thought of sowing your own injury back together. A hospital would've been in question but once the boy remembered their predicament he thought against it. It made him Realize just how helpless they were. But it also made him look up to Tsugumi even more. 'I just wish he'd stop treating me like such a kid though...' he mentally thought with a frown.
"What happened?" Nagisa repeated the question.
"Ahhh I got caught by some of the thugs. Don't worry though I handled it."
'You're lying...' The young boy gritted his teeth.
I silently crawling onto my bed and laying on my side, my back turned to Nagisa and press the pack to my side. As the coolness of the ice radiates against my skin, the events that happened beforehand dawned upon me. I finally was able to grasp what had happened to me and what could've happened.
My heart sinks at the thought of what would've happened if Tayuya hadn't came. The blood. The torture. The sound of his belt unbuckling.
Nagisa could tell that something had happened. The young boys eyes widened as a muffled sound echoed through room.
"Tsugumi-nii...?"
Nagisa slowly walked around the bed his eyes falterd. The older male had an arm pressed against his face as his other hand gripped the bed. Pulling up a chair silently he hesitantly reached his hand out touching the one that gripped the bed in comfort. His eyes saddened as Tsugumi visibly tensed. He went to retreat his hand but froze as the older males hand suddenly interlocked with his. Nagisa scooched closer resting his head silently on the edge of the bed. 'His hands trembling..' the young boy thought with a grim frown. 'Who hurt you...'
Nagisa decided to save it for later basking in the muffling sounds of his guardians silent pain. Usually it was the other way around as when they had first been on the run; the young boy would get nightmares of that day. Tsugumi would usually be the one to come in his room and comfort him till he fell asleep. Even if Tsugumi did a terrible job at comforting, Nagisa was glad the older male cared enough to try.
He was happy to be able to return the favor for once. Even if it wasn't much help, he was glad he could at least be by his side like Tsugumi had done countless nights for him. In that moment... as he caught glimpses of the saltine liquids that fell into the fabric of the comforter; the way Tsugumi automatically muffled his mouth. As if he were trying to keep quiet. Nagisa wondered...
'Is this the first time...?'
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~Author-Sama
Man that was deep. Do you think Nagisa should've done more to comfort Tsugumi? Do you think Tsugumis weak for crying?