Their Love (itasaku one-shots)

Like Oleander

Like oleander

Title: Like Oleander

Prompt: Secret (30 prompts table A-30, prompt 10)

Pairing: ItaSaku

Au: normal world

Words: 1007

Note; below

Summary: Sakura has a secret that will kill her and anybody who knows it if it's told to someone who's not supposed to hear it, but she has to tell it to someone. Why not tell her ex's brother?

Like oleander

Sakura pulled her hands through her hair, stamped around some more and then sighed frustrated. She knew she had to do more of these missions, if she wanted to do it or not, because they would never leave her alone. She bit her lip, what to do, what to do? She really wanted to tell somebody but she couldn't because if anybody else would hear about it her "boss" would immediately know about it and would kill her without a second thought.

Sakura shuddered. She may not like her life very much at the moment but she would like to remain alive. Even if she wanted to tell somebody, who would she tell it? She sat down at the couch and laid her head in her hands. She trusted Naruto, really, but she knew he would flip if he knew that his best friend was a serial murder at commando. Ino was her best female friend, she was nice and all, but is was general knowledge that she couldn't keep her secrets.

She had a group of other friends but halve of them hadn't spoken to her since her break up with Sasuke and her backing away from group activities and the other halve didn't she trust enough to tell such a big secret.

She shouldn't even been thinking about this. This time she bit the inside of her cheek. She was restless and she didn't have work till tomorrow morning and she didn't want to wait for another mission. She decided to get her favourite drink from the supermarket and then to pick up a few books at the bookshop. Sakura nodded to herself, agreeing with her plan.

The shopping for her favourite drink didn't take long and while she drank a bit out on of the bottles she walked to the bookshop. She knew it was forbidden to drink in the shop so she put the bottle back again and entered the shop. "Good afternoon," greeted the cashier and she nodded back.

She skipped the shelve with romance novels and went to the Science-Fiction and Fantasy department only to be greeted with books she already had in her own collection or books she had read at the library.

She walked to the woman that had greeted her earlier. "How can I help you?" asked she when she saw Sakura approach. "I was looking for new books but I only found ones which I already have read. When will the new books come in?" asked she. "Wait a minute please, I'll look for it." Sakura tried to hide her impatience. This woman didn't look like the fastest and she didn't want to spend more time here than needed.

Her thoughts went back to her "job" while she waited. Why had they sought her for the job? Why hadn't they asked one of those men she saw at midnight walking around downtown? But she couldn't change it. She had asked the man who called her for the missions how she could make the missions stop. The only way was death. Death. That wouldn't really help her problem.

The woman was finally back. "The new books will at the shelves at Saturday," told she. Sakura nodded, thanked her and then left the shop.

So, what now? She had her drinks, she had to wait a few days until the books will arrive and she didn't want to go home, afraid that she would get noticed of another mission, but she didn't want to stay here either.

She took out her phone and unlocked it when she bumped into something. She bounced backwards but she refound her balance fast enough so she didn't fall. When she was sure she stood she looked up, looking in pretty familiar black eyes. "A-a, hello Itachi-san," greeted she. In front of her stood her ex's older brother, tall and handsome. "Good afternoon, Sakura-san." He had this amused twinkle in his eyes that made Sakura ask herself if he was laughing at her. "Something funny?" so she asked him.

"Aa, no. Nothing's funny. I was wondering if you would like to have a drink with me." Sakura looked dumfounded at him. She was his little brother's ex-girlfriend. You're not supposed to drink with a sibling's ex, said a voice in her head. But, another voice said, he was nice to you. This can purely be two friends drinking something together.

"Ah, alright," agreed she. They sat down in a little restaurant and she asked for a hot chocolate while he got cappuccino. They sat in silence while they waited for their drinks. Sakura's mind wandered, again, to her "job". She knew she couldn't tell anybody, but Itachi was a very trustable person and she knew that he knew how to keep a secret.

And if she thought that he wasn't keeping his mouth shut, she knew the rule.

Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

Though, murdering her ex's brother wouldn't be very good. There was a chance that her name would appear on the list of suspects and she wasn't really in the mood for jail.

And even if she had to go to jail, she would have been murdered before she could even go to the court.

So she asked if they could sit somewhere more private, surprising Itachi, and swallowed once.

"Itachi-san, what I'm going to tell you now may never be told to anyone else," started she. The only response she got was a nod. Itachi sensed that she was totally serious but didn't find it necessary to reply. The next thing she said to him shocked him a bit. "You may not tell this anyone else because when you do it will not only sign my death, it will also sign yours." Again he nodded.

Before she could say something more he interrupted. "You know, you're like oleander." Sakura shot him a curious and confused look. "You are beautiful but poisonous."

She didn't know what to say to that but she told him everything. Everything.