The red numbers in the dark of his room read 4:38 a.m.

Itachi wanted to dismiss his sudden awakening and go back to sleep – he prepared himself to. Then, in the pitch blackness, there was the slightest bit of light flowing into his room from under the door.

He knew it was coming from Sasuke's room. He was slightly concerned as to why his brother would be up this early. Lucky, Itachi didn't have to wiggle out of Shisui's hold as Shisui was dead asleep. Itachi's fiancé had spent the previous day heavily working out.

Itachi got out of bed, threw on a random hoodie lying around and quietly left his room so as to not wake the older male. He was right, Sasuke's room light was on. Itachi walked over and knocked on the door, he then peeked inside.

Sasuke sat on his bed, his posture was one of sadness. It gripped at Itachi's heart.

"Do you think...Do you miss them too?" Sasuke asked softly, staring at the picture he was holding of their parents.

Itachi closed the door behind him and sat down on Sasuke's bed. The younger Uchiha just kept staring at the framed photo in his hands. There was clearly a longing – a nostalgic craving.

"Sometimes I do miss them...Sometimes – to be honest with you – I find myself hating them..." Itachi opened up, speaking just as softly as his brother.

Sasuke stroked a thumb gently over the photo, "They didn't know better – there's no manual for parenting..."

Itachi drew his legs up onto the bed, "That's true, but there is common consideration of the children – they lost that around the end..."

"I miss them..." Sasuke whispered, "There are so many questions, so many things I want to tell them..."

"I have things I want to tell them too...Mostly angry points to prove...But there are some things I want to thank them for", Itachi spoke honestly.

"I could use one of mom's hugs or dad's proud pats on the back right now", Sasuke confessed.

Itachi tried his best to play both roles for his thirteen year old brother – he tried to be both mother and father for Sasuke. He failed that task miserably.

Itachi stood up, "Get changed, and bring your backpack."

Sasuke looked up in confusion, "It's four in the morning, I can't go to school yet."

"I'm not taking you to school, we're going to go visit mom and dad – then I'll drop you off at school", Itachi smiled gently. But inside...inside he was scared.

*****

The sun had just started rising over the horizon when Itachi parked by Konoha Cemetery. Mellissa had done all the funeral arrangements – Itachi refused to be involved in anyway. He did, however, remember her saying lot 106.

He and Sasuke walked along the many paths on their search for their parents' lot. The gentle rays of sunlight made Itachi feel determined yet frightened as it was still mostly dark.

"There, 106", Sasuke pointed at the lot. He all but ran over to the headstones.

Itachi froze. He took a deep breath, squared his shoulders and on stiff legs walked over to his parents' eternal resting place.

Your resting place...deep underground, a fitting place for you two – Itachi's mind spat at his parents.

Sasuke knelt before the headstones:

Here Lies Mikoto Uchiha

Loving Wife And Mother.

To the right of his mother's headstone was his father's:

Here Lies Fugaku Uchiha

Devoted Husband and Father.

Mellissa had obviously chosen the engravings. Despite her virtuous attempt at saving the Uchiha's reputation, Itachi was disgusted at the lies on the headstones. It should read "Spiteful" not "Loving", it should read "Unfaithful" not "Devoted".

"Hi mom... Hi dad..." Sasuke whispered in a thick voice. A voice full of emotion.

"Sasuke... Do you want some alone time with them?" Itachi asked gently.

"No, no, don't leave, please", Sasuke kept staring at the headstones. Itachi stayed put, standing a few feet back from a kneeling Sasuke – trying to respect his brother's space and intimacy.

"I'm doing better. When you guys left... I wasn't doing so good... I have a lot of questions – like why you did what you did? Was it my fault? I told mom about the lady dad was with... Are you two finally at peace now?" Sasuke asked softly.

There was no response from the cold headstones.

"I've got a girlfriend. I think you would've liked her – her name's Sakura. She's really sweet and considerate – never failing to bring a smile to my face... I wish you two could've met her" Itachi heard Sasuke snivel – his younger brother was crying. Itachi wanted to reach out and comfort Sasuke, he wanted to protect him from his thoughts. But, it was Sasuke's time with his parents – and Itachi knew he had to respect that.

"Thank you for the million kisses I can still feel, mom. Thank you for the fun we had playing silly games, dad... I miss you two. I'll see you again soon – I promise. I love you guys", Sasuke stood up and turned, wiping his leaking eyes with his jacket sleeve. He walked over to Itachi, who gave his younger brother a tender hug.

"Do you mind waiting in the car? I'll be there in five minutes – I need to say some things to them", Itachi requested.

Sasuke simply nodded and made his way to the car. Itachi watched his retreating brother until he was certain Sasuke couldn't hear him.

Anger rose up within Itachi – a toxic hatred that burnt his tranquillity. A vile vengeance scorched the edges of his mind.

"He thinks it's his fault that you couldn't keep your dick in your pants, father", Itachi spat angrily at Fugaku's headstone, "Your son blames himself for your shortcomings – you disgusting pig."

He then looked at his mother's headstone, "And you, you couldn't solve the problem rationally so you blew out your husband's brains – taking him away from your youngest son – and then turned the gun on yourself, leaving Sasuke an orphan! Leaving your youngest son alone!"

The headstones stood indifferently, uncaring of Itachi's anger. He took a deep breath to calm himself.

"I was haunted – terrified of love because of you two, because of the failure that was your marriage... I tortured the love of my life by running because your ghosts were always following me – tormenting me. Well guess what? I win. I'm in love and I'm getting married", Itachi showed off his right hand to display his engagement ring.

"I won't come back here – you two don't deserve a second of my time. The ground is where you belong, never to see the sunlight and never to hear the laughter of the world – I hope wherever you are, that your misery is equal to the misery you caused... Under all this dirt is where you belong." Itachi turned around and made his way to the car – feeling lighter and more relieved. His parents were now a distant memory, his goodbyes were now done and he could finally cleanse himself of their ghosts.

*****

"Alright, have a good day and I'll see you at home", Itachi smiled as Sasuke got out the car. He watched his brother walk into the school and Itachi admired his old school. It hadn't changed, so many memories were held there – not all good but he was at peace with that. After all, it was here – Konoha High – where he met Shisui.

Itachi smiled and drove home, getting there in record time.

He unlocked his front door and walked into the apartment. He gently closed the front door so as to not wake his sleeping fiancé.

But he was too late, Shisui practically ran at him, his hair a tugged mess and his eyes wide with panic, "Where the hell were you? I tried calling you but you left your phone here. Do you know how worried I was?" Shisui pulled Itachi into a crushing hug.

"I'm sorry, I took Sasuke to see my parents."

Shisui released Itachi from the hug, "Are you okay?" Itachi knew Shisui was referring to Itachi's visit to the cemetery.

"I'm actually good, it felt great to get all that off my chest", Itachi began his sentence sincere but was soon entranced by a shirtless Shisui. He would never get used to his fiancé's attractive body.

"I was so worried", Shisui ran a hand through his messy locks, sighing in relief.

"Well, let me help you relax", Itachi said nonchalantly, backing Shisui up until the older male sat down on the couch. Itachi was quick to settle on his knees between Shisui's legs.

"O-okay", Shisui swallowed – suddenly feeling his arousal spike.

Itachi ran his hands down Shisui's abs with the softest touch – the muscles flexed by instinct. His hand came to rest at the hem of Shisui's loose pyjama pants. Itachi looked up at Shisui – he had eyes filled with lust.

Itachi slowly took the hem between his teeth and pulled them down until Shisui's member sprung free. Itachi licked the side of Shisui's hard cock and Shisui threw his head back with a low moan.

"You know, you're so irresistible Shisui", Itachi spoke lustfully against his fiancé's cock.

Shisui's hand tangled itself in Itachi's hair, Itachi then took the head of Shisui's member into his mouth – twirling his tongue around it.

"Fuck!" Shisui hissed.

Itachi began sucking and stroking what he couldn't fit in his mouth. He noticed that with each bob of his head Shisui's abs would flex – Itachi found that so arousing.

"Itachi, your mouth feels so fucking good", Shisui moaned.

Itachi inhaled deeply through his nose and swallowed all of Shisui's cock. The older male yelled in pleasure as Itachi let his fiancé's cock hit the back of his throat. Water ran down the side of Itachi's eyes from his suppressed gag reflex.

Shisui pulled Itachi off his member, "Home stretch now baby – deep breath", Shisui instructed as his saliva covered cock throbbed.

Itachi did as instructed and took a deep breath, Shisui then took control and used Itachi's head as he pleased, increasing the speed of the suction.

"I-I'm c-close", Shisui said between clenched teeth.

Itachi took the opportunity and gently grabbed Shisui's balls and just from that gentle touch Shisui came down Itachi's throat – some of his cum leaked out the corner of Itachi's mouth.

Shisui was huffing in air as Itachi got off Shisui's member.

"Feel better?" Itachi asked in triumph.

Shisui brought Itachi up to his lap, "Much better", he used his thumb to wipe the excess seed off the corner of Itachi's mouth and held the thumb to the Uchiha's lips. Itachi greedily sucked the excess off his fiancé's thumb.

"Now that I'm all warmed up, ready to get down to real business?" Shisui asked lowly, his hands groping Itachi's ass.

Itachi opened his mouth to respond when there was deafening bangs on the front door. Both boys froze, only Mellissa knocked like that.

"Shit, shit, shit", Itachi jumped off Shisui.

"To be continued", Shisui tucked his member back into his pants, trying to sound calm but was just as hurried as Itachi.

The banging got louder and more impatient.

"Do I have any on my face?" Itachi asked Shisui quickly. His fiancé checked Itachi's face.

"You're all clean", Shisui gave the thumbs up.

Itachi rushed to the door, took a deep breath and opened it – letting an impatient Mellissa in.

"I was out there for like five minutes, do you know how heavy these cake samples are?" She huffed and placed them on the kitchen table. Itachi followed her with Shisui not far behind.

"Cake samples?" Itachi asked Mellissa.

Her face scrunched up in disgust and she pinched her nose closed, "You have terrible morning breath – go brush your teeth."

Itachi turned blood red and Shisui coughed awkwardly.

"And, yes, cake samples for your wedding."

"Shisui, taste test. I'm going to go get rid of my...morning breath", Itachi hurried away, leaving Mellissa and Shisui in the kitchen.

Shisui and Mellissa stared at each other, the male feeling self conscious without a shirt on then folded his arms to cover some of his torso.

"It wasn't morning breath was it?" Mellissa asked sceptically.

Shisui tan cheeks grew a dusty pink.

A/N: Thoughts on Itachi's words to his parents?

Gotta love Melissa though XD