Your Lies || Itachi x Reader

Chapter 4.1

The rest of the day passed by very quickly for Y/n. It was already nighttime in Kirigakure. Instead of being asleep, Y/n was wide awake. On rainy nights, Y/n found it hard to fall asleep easily. While laying in bed, she kept thinking about the fight she had earlier.

POV - Y/n:

I facepalmed. Ugh!! I barely did anything in that fight! I thought, squeezing a pillow as I rolled around in my bed. "I'm weak! I could've been abducted if Han hadn't gotten up and saved me!"

I thought that jutsu I used was unbeatable, but the first opponent I used it on happened to perfectly dodge all of my attacks. That was my best jutsu. How could I start to choke up when the enemy confronted me? I shouldn't have been scared. I thought as I put my hands on my face. Shame and embarrassment were all I felt.

I blamed and called myself weak. "There's so much I still need to learn..." I sighed. "I think I need to sleep or I won't be able to wake up tomorrow morning."

I closed my eyes, hoping that my mind would finally take that as a sign to shut off and let me relax for a while. But no. It didn't listen and I just laid there in bed for 10 minutes.

Knock, knock! I heard a knocking sound from my window. There was a silhouette of a person. I got up from bed, squinting my eyes to see who was outside. Out of nowhere, lightning struck, revealing a smiling man with sharp teeth outside my window.

I screamed as I fell over.

Thankfully, it didn't seem like I woke anyone up. I slowly got up and saw that the man outside looked concerned. "Wait, Han? Is that you?" I said, forgetting that he couldn't hear me since he was outside. I think he caught on to what I was saying.

He nodded.

I wondered what he was doing here so I decided to let him in. I opened the window and he came crawling in. I handed him a towel so he could dry off.

"Han... why are you here late at night?" I asked him as he dried his hair.

"I wanted to see if you were still awake. You always tell me that rainy nights make you restless. And... I was hoping we could talk since I wasn't sleepy either." he answered, gazing at me affectionately.

There was a moment of silence as we both admired each other. I tried to avoid looking into his eyes, looking at the floor instead. Quick, start a conversation, Y/n!

"So... that fight today was something, huh.." I said uncomfortably.

"Yeah, it really was. They put up a good fight. Although there was no clear victor, the Akatsuki did more damage to us than we did to them." The tension between us was so thick you could practically cut it with a knife.

"I was weak today, wasn't I?" I let out a slightly nervous laugh.

"No, you weren't. You fought off Itachi when Ao and I were both down. He's just a very strong opponent."

"You don't have to lie..."

"I'm not. You truly did your best and you're not weak. You were just not as strong as your opponent." He became defensive, trying to convince me that I wasn't as weak as I thought.

"But, I wasn't able to protect you. I always end up being protected by you instead..." I murmured, embarrassed.

"I don't mind always protecting you..." He smiled, feeling one of my hair locks. He caressed my cheek before continuing.

He stopped, nervously rubbing his nape instead. "Anyways, I didn't come here just to talk about anything... I specifically came to talk to you about my feelings," he revealed.