"Recently.. you just seem very distant from us, Naruto. If anything is bothering you, you can talk to me. Always. You know that right?" Itachi smiled cheerfully to me as he wiped clean the dish of soap. I looked onto the dishes, nodding slowly. Itachi seem to have noticed my troubled looking expression. He tapped my nose with one finger, landing bubbles of soap on it.

He caught my attention as I realized what he just did. "Hey!" I chuckled, flicking soap water back at him. We tossed soap and water at each other until even the kitchen tiles were slippery. He declared war and I definitely wasn't going to go easy on him. I scooped up water from a small bowl I was cleaning and splashed it at him.

He got drenched immediately, his hair and fringe now covering his face. The look of a loser. I laughed so hard, I was tipping backwards, holding my tummy with my eyes closed. I continued cracking up with tears in my eyes when I lost my balance and slipped on the wet floor.

I opened my eyes to see the kitchen in slow motion as the body was heading for the floor. I caught sight of Itachi bolting towards me, his hands stretching out to me. Before my head met the floor, I was padded with the softness of his large hand.

Itachi caught hold of me. 
His hand lifting my head up, my face was so close to his, I could feel him breathing. His body was above mine, with his other arm supporting himself. He felt warm.
His eyes locked in mine, he looked as though he was closing the space in between us to kiss me. I was just in shock, my body froze up, everything just happened so quickly.

I heard the back door closed, and thats when I spotted Sasuke walking into the kitchen to wash his hands after taking out the trash.

He paused there, astonished by what he saw. I quickly half crawled and half slid out from under Itachi. I could hear Itachi sigh lightly as he regained his footing.

Sasuke looked a little agitated, walking over towards me. "You alright? What happened?" He grabbed my hand and pulled me up. "Nothing, I just slipped."
"Are you hurt?" Sasuke started analysing me for bruises and open wounds.
"No, I'm fine!" I put up my hand to his face, stopping his eyes to look at me. I felt my body lit itself on fire while he did that. I couldn't stand the feeling.
"Be careful, next time." Sasuke scolded me, and Itachi stepped in between us. "Yeah, he will." I could have sworn I felt hostility between the two brothers.

Itachi took my hand from Sasuke's and offered to walk me up to my room. As I started to walk, I realized I had sprain one of my ankles. But I resisted from showing any pain to not worry any of the Uchiha brothers.

Sasuke was just left in the kitchen, staring at us from behind.

"You sure you're alright?" The older brother examined me, but this time I didn't feel my body heating up. I nodded again, reassuring him that I was alright. Itachi left my room and I was alone at last.

What was up with Sasuke? Why was he looking so aggressive?

I sat in bed, trying to focus on my twisted ankle than on Sasuke Uchiha. I tried rubbing it to ease the swelling but it was hurting quite a bit. How was I going to pretend to walk normally in school?

The next morning I got up much earlier than the brothers to bandage up my ankle and put on my high top converse sneakers to cover up the sighting of the bandage. I limped my way over to school. It was a brilliant choice to wake up much earlier than usual, as it took me twice as long to walk over to school.

I was early so it was my turn to wait for my friends' arrival at the school gate. About 10 minutes passed before I caught sight of my two best friends. "I'm so excited!" Kiba cheered while running towards me.
"About what?" I asked, following them into school.

"Its excursion day remember? Our grade is going to Historic sites and landmarks!" Sakura reminded me of our school trip. I don't know if I was asleep for one of the history lessons, but I definitely do not remember hearing of any field trip.

Of all days it had to be today.. with my broken ankle..

Well..

All of the students from our grade made our way to the big lecture hall. The history teacher told us to partner up with our History Project partners and take care of one another, making sure no student will be left behind.
We will be going to historical places such as coal mines and bomb shelters, even historic landmarks like the abandoned temples and palaces.

And my history partner.. was none other than Sasuke Uchiha..
I looked over my shoulder to the other history class students, where Sakura and Kiba was in. At least they seemed happy to be partners..
Our buses were based on our classes as well. Sasuke and I were taking bus C.
Sakura and Kiba were taking bus A.

I sank into my cushioned seat on the bus, shortly after, Sasuke landed on the seat beside mine. When the bus started its engine, Sasuke broke the awkward silence.

"Why did you get up so early today? Itachi and I waited for you during breakfast until we went into your room and found out that you had already left for school."

"You went into my room again?!" My eyes shot towards him.

"You didn't answer my question."

"I- I was excited for the school's field trip."

"You? Excited? For history?"

I nodded, turning my head to the window to avoid eye contact. "At least we're not studying."

"I thought you would be excited to spend the whole day with me." Sasuke muttered under his breath, smirking at me.

I rolled my eyes back over to him, "Stop your flirting, Sasuke. The game is already over."

"And what if I want to restart the game?" Sasuke's smirk grew wider.

My eyes widen, looking at him in shock.
What did he just say..