Instinct wanted to point out that if they were both in agreement about how rarely Itachi was home, perhaps he should be home more often -- but situation meant that Sasuke ended up murmuring a noncommittal hmm instead, eyes scanning the kitchen for signs of anything out of the ordinary that would explain his brother's presence. Nothing seemed strange except for Itachi himself and the fact that he apparently had enough tmie to be sitting around drinking tea.

And offering some to Sasuke.

"What?" Was his first response, accompanied by a blink of surprise. "I --"

Nothing short of apocalypse would make him turn down time Itachi was voluntarily spending with him, but it was a close call. "If you're not busy?"