Little Black Lies || Itachi x F! Reader

Chapter 7

"Y/N?"

In a second, Itachi's cold demeanor returned. "What are you doing here?"

"Ooh, she's hot!" Deidara whisper shouted to Hidan. You raise an eyebrow at him. He rubbed his neck in embarrassment.

"Oh, who's this?" Kisame nudged Itachi. "We've been partners for all this time, and you didn't tell me you had a girlfriend?"

"She's not my girlfriend."

"Can I take her, then?" Deidara asked. Itachi narrowed his eyes at him.

You chuckled. "Sorry, blondie, you're not my type. And, I'm pretty sure you're younger than me."

Deidara pouted.

You turn to Itachi again. He kept looking at you with that cold, unfeeling gaze. You sighed and locked eye contact with him. "I'm here because I know."

"You know?" His eyes narrowed.

"Yes."

When he realized what you meant, he closed his eyes and said, "I see. And that's why you came here?"

"No, I came here for fun," you said sarcastically.

Itachi opened one eye to look at you. "Let's talk outside."

You nodded and followed him to the staircase.

"Have fun, kids," Kisame said suggestively.

Itachi shot him a look. Kisame just smirked at him.

As you walked up the staircase, your heart rate started to increase. Was this a mistake? What if Itachi really was this cold now, and was only taking you outside to kill you? No. Itachi wasn't like that. You took a deep breath. No one can change that much in two years.

When you got out of the hideout, Itachi turned to you and whispered. "We'll have to go a ways away from the hideout to actually have privacy. One of our members spies on us while we do our missions, and he could be watching me right now." He started to run away, but you grabbed his arm.

"Wait." Itachi looked at you. You concentrated for a moment, then erased his chakra signature as well as yours.

Itachi blinked. "I forgot you could do that. That makes things easier." You let go of him, and the two of you ran for a while, until you were a good distance away and you couldn't sense anyone else.

You turned to Itachi and began to talk. "So, Ita-"
Before you could ask him anything, he suddenly grabbed you by your waist and pulled you into his chest. You froze in place. "Itachi?" He buried his face in the crook of your neck and hugged you tighter. His arms started to shake slightly. "Hey, it's okay," You wrapped an arm around him and stroked his hair with the other. "I'm here." His breath was slightly shaky. Is he crying? You tried to see, but his face was covered by his hair. If he was, he was definitely trying to hide it from you. You smiled softly. What had you even been worried about? Itachi would never change that much.

You stayed like that for a few minutes until Itachi's arms loosened and he moved back, his hands still on your waist. He didn't say anything, he just looked at you and smiled. You smiled back. He sighed and then his smile fell.

"We should probably sit down for this conversation." He sat down next to a tree and motioned for you to join him.

He was silent for a moment. "How did you find out?"

You chuckled nervously. "It's kinda of a messy story." Your expression turned serious. "Long story short, I was walking to the Hokage's office and I overheard a conversation between the elders and Danzo."