A Place To Call Home [OC x Akatsuki Story]

The Plot Thickens Part 62

I sit up from my lying position in Itachi's bed where I'd fallen asleep the night before...my abrupt awakening was because suddenly I felt a soft touch brush up from my wrist all the way to my shoulder, it was so warm.

I slowly turn to face Itachi who is faintly smiling at me, those onyx eyes and handsome detailed face stood out as he too sat upright on his bed seeming quite relaxed.

"Itachi, what're you doing?" I asked hesitantly, there was something alluring about Itachi that had pulled me towards him ever since the first time I had met him - the time he had told me that intriguing story but I'd become so much more interested since I'd seen that flash of memory which I didn't dare mention to anyone, not knowing the reactions I'd receive was enough to deter me.

"I missed the feeling of your skin against mine and I just couldn't hold it back any longer" Itachi then explained as though not feeling an inkling of shyness in his promiscuous manner.

As Itachi slowly traced his fingers back down the side of my arm I felt myself automatically relax, the essence he emitted was dragging me in and I could feel the curiosity boiling inside myself as the seconds ticked by - as his touch made it's way from the crevice of my elbow down my forearm..

"Itachi.." I breath out his name softly without self control only to receive a content gaze, Itachi then lowered his hand and limply placed it back by his side. "I've been so curious.. I want to know something" I began to say, I just couldn't hold it back anymore.

The desperation of knowing who Itachi truly was to me was overpowering so I took a deep breath in and plunged deep into an ocean of suspense.

"Were we.. Together?" I felt the air I breathed in leave my lungs in anticipation as I watched Itachi gently yet subtly nibble on his lower lip as the question id been dreading to ask slipped out into the open.

'Id actually asked'

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I slowly started to open my eyes and realised it had all been a dream. I had awoken in Itachi's bed just as expected but.. Was everything I'd just experienced really a dream?

'It felt so real'

I looked beside me to see Itachi sitting up in bed slowly going through a pile of loose papers. "Itachi? When did you wake up?" I asked groggily as I slowly sat up and peered over Into the pile before him curiously.

"I've only been up for 20 minutes, I need to get through these Shinobi listings" Itachi then replied seeming slightly unenthused by the large amount of paperwork. "Oh, was I asleep this entire time?" I asked feeling confused about the events that I now realise must've just been nothing more than a dream.

"You were, why? Is something on your mind?" Itachi then asked as he put down a sheet of paper he had been holding and averted his gaze towards me. "No, it's nothing" I quickly said, there was a fear that arose inside me at the thought of telling him what had been truly on my mind.

A fear of rejection.. Perhaps a fear of the what the answer would be, whatever the circumstances might have been in the past.. I surely didn't understand them and I didn't want to complicate things any more.

"Hn. You have a mission today don't you? Perhaps you should go and get ready" Itachi then suggested. I gave him a small smile and nodded my head.

"Thanks for reminding me, I'll see you later Itachi". Itachi returned my small smile as his lips curled the slightest, I tried not to get too caught up in my thoughts about how cute he looked when he smiled and quickly got up and left Itachi's room and headed for my own.

I wasted no time in getting ready, I felt excited at being able to do something useful around this place. Since id gotten here id felt like nothing but a burden so far.. Everyone constantly worries about me and it really makes me feel quite annoyed that they think I'm that weak.