My One and Only

Chapter 2

Fugaku was sitting at one of the main tables at the gala with his wife. They were both highly-esteemed guests, of course. This was just another fancy gala thrown by the noble family Yamanaka. Like many others, they attended only for duty. Fugaku was in the middle of whispering something to his wife when he noticed she had a faraway look in her eyes and was not at all paying attention to him. 

He watched with curiosity as she slightly turned her head as if to get a better angle of something. 

He followed her gaze and was not too surprised to see that she was staring straight at their eldest son. It seems she wanted to keep an eye on him for whatever reason. 

"Mikoto," Fugaku whispered, "Do you not think our son is old enough that he doesn't need your constant vigilance."  Truly, she coddled their children far too much.

Their youngest son, Sasuke, was sitting next to his mother, calmly biting into a tomato as though it were an apple. Fugaku looked at him with slight disgust, disbelieving that he would choose to eat that with the delicious meal sitting right in front of him. Was it too much to ask for normal offspring?

Without turning to him, Mikoto whispered back, "I'm trying to see what our son is staring so intently at." Turning his disapproving gaze away from Sasuke and back to Itachi, Fugaku saw that he did indeed appear to be looking at something, or rather someone.

Both Mikoto and Fugaku now followed Itachi's line of sight and finally connected it to...a little pink-haired girl? 

"Oh my goodness, dear! Itachi-chan is staring at a girl!" Mikoto said excitedly. 

Ignoring that the girl had ridiculously pink hair, she looked barely Sasuke's age. Fugaku stared in disbelief. He seemed to be doing that a lot tonight. 

Mikoto was just happy that her stoic and asexually-rumored son was finally showing interest in something female.

Shisui chose this moment to then amble over to their table and sit down next to Fugaku. Conspiratonally, he turned to them and whispered, "Did you guys notice Itachi-chan's staring at a girl like he wants to undress her with his eyes?" 

Mikoto was taken aback by the inappropriate comment and admonished a quick "Shisui!" as she covered her mouth with her hand. Even Fugaku was ruffled. He stared at Shisui perturbed. He was surrounded by crazies. Shisui just made an odd face and began to perversely giggle. 

Why couldn't kami-sama just give a man normal family members?

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It didn't take long for most people to catch on to the Uchiha heir's interest in a little pink-haired girl, considering he wouldn't stop staring at her whenever they were in the same vicinity. It's not like Itachi tried to hide it though, he wanted people to know he'd staked his claim so others would stay away from her. 

Although, sometimes he wasn't too sure of this decision since it had earned him the watchful eye of a chaperone whenever she was nearby. Not like he ever approached her though, he would always watch her from afar whenever they happened to come across each other. He would also follow her around, hidden in the shadows after returning from missions, and watching her daily life.

This behavior was perfectly normal. He was simply watching over her. It wasn't stalking at all.

The Uchiha heir and youngest general of the army's interest in the daughter of the Haruno household was quite the talk among the other nobles and servants. Most still found it weird for such a cold and powerful man like Itachi to like such a delicate and sweet little girl like Sakura. 

Sakura herself, however, remained unaware of what was awaiting her.

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