Perks of the secret friend [Iruka and Itachi]

[uchihasavior]

Who: [The I team-- Itachi and Iruka]
When: February 9th
Where: Starting at the Uchiha Compound, moving to Iruka's place


The attention Itachi gets when he finally falls ill can be overwhelming. It seems to be traveling around Konoha, so no doubt with his weak immune system and his extended stay in his home village, Itachi came down with the flu. Mother found him nearly keeling over in the process of making himself tea and demanded he lay back down in bed.

He hadn't gotten any real rest since. The household was busy. Between Mother, Sasuke, and Shisui popping in, he was always being asked if he was alright, if he needed anything, or presented with something else to try to swallow.

Dusk was only marginally better, with everyone else prepping for bed. And now the footsteps down the hall started again...

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[senseiofthesea]

Much as he knew that the Uchiha matron might take exception to his sneaking around, once he'd heard Itachi was sick, he'd had to make sure that the poor man was actually getting some rest. Thus, he'd slipped in, gave his respects to the lady, then slipped out and pretended to leave before padding off to check on Itachi for himself, sliding the door carefully closed behind him so that nothing would be immediately out of place.

The first thing he noticed was that the man was definitely not asleep. Keeping his voice down, and not even pretending that asking if he was alright would go over well, he moved over to kneel by his bed.

"Have you slept at all?"

[senseiofthesea]

It had been days since he'd brought Itachi home so he could recover more easily, and he'd since then declared that he didn't care if Itachi stayed in his bed or not, he was done sleeping in the mess of blankets Itachi usually used when he stayed over. It made getting out of bed a bit more complicated, admittedly, but once Itachi had stopped having cold sweats every time he slept it had been comfortable enough.

It's not like he wasn't used to sleeping around Itachi, which is the only reason it even worked.

Still, be was surprised that after so many days Itachi hadn't made any move to leave. It was, quite possibly, the longest that Itachi had stayed in his home to date, and he'd even had to go and get him some more things from his room at his mother's house during that time.

Currently, he was working on dinner, having set aside a pile of grading to tackle after he'd eaten. Last he'd checked, Itachi had been settled with a book in another part of the house.