Stranger Games (Itachi Uchiha x Reader)

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~*~*~*~(Name)~*~*~*~

You expected the atmosphere to be relaxing, but as soon as you spotted the man from earlier it became intense.

"So what brings you back here?" Himiko asked.

"D-Dinner." You spaced out while staring at the clouds on the man's back.

"Well what'll you have then?"

"Rice."

"Just rice?" You snapped back to reality realizing your odd dinner request, still you did your best to play it off.

"Uh y-yeah I'm on a diet so I don't need much hehe..." Himiko pulled on your arm, forcing you to come closer.

"He's hot isn't he? That's why you're stuttering?"

"N-No way...okay maybe, but I think I may have met him before." The young girl gave you a wink.

"I say go for it. Go on, sit next to him."

"I can't do that-" Himiko marches to where the strange man is seated and begins to speak loudly.

"Why don't you come sit next to this fine gentleman (Name)?" (Name's) face turns pale.

"You don't mind right?" The mysterious man glanced at you and smirked.

"Not at all." He had given you his word and yet you still hesitated when taking the seat next to him.

~*~*~*~Itachi~*~*~*~

The Uchiha examined the girl. The way she looked, the way spoke, even the way she moved. Whatever it took to eliminate all doubts that this was the girl who wrote the journal he still reads to this day. The mystical being he saw that night. The one sinister enough to slaughter an entire village.What will he do if it is her? He doesn't even know himself. All he wants is the truth.

The woman sat there fidgeting with the hem of her dress, never making eye contact. Her bag rested on her lap as she tapped her foot to the beat that only she could hear, though it didn't make noise, you could tell the beat in her head was fast because her foot was moving quickly.

'This girl...she's so awkward. To think this could be the same girl that was able to stop my attack two years ago.'

She continued to tap her foot as she spoke to the young girl at the counter. Itachi watched the bag slowly slide off her lap, she didn't notice. Finally it hit the floor. The sound slightly startled everyone except for the two sitting down.

Itachi bent down to pick up the bag, but his forehead collided with someone else's. He sat back up and rubbed his forehead a bit before looking over at the girl who had the same reaction. The girl recovered faster than him and immediately made a second attempt to retrieve her bag. Then her room key began to slip out, but with Itachi's ninja like movements he caught it before it could hit the floor. Itachi reached his hand out to give it to her, when their hands touched, time seemed to freeze.

~*~*~*~(Name)~*~*~*~

You peered into the man's face and he stared back. You didn't want to ask who he was so suddenly because if he wasn't who you thought he was, he would try to learn about you, and you still can't bring yourself to trust people. The only thing you could think of was to signal him. With in a few seconds, you blinked, changing your (e/c) eyes to their serpent like form. Blinking again you changed them back.

'Please let this be him...'

The man's mouth opened slightly, but then things just went back to normal.

'Damn, it was too good to be true.'

~*~*~*~Itachi~*~*~*~

He didn't know how much longer he could contain his excitement. Knowing he couldn't say anything on the matter he acted as if he didn't see anything, but he rushed to finish his food.

"Thank you for the meal. Have a good evening." He paid and left.

~*~*~*~(Name)~*~*~*~

'He probably rushed to get out of here because he noticed my eyes...I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.'

You carried on a casual conversation with Himiko as you ate your plain bowl of rice. You departed from the close knit, family's restaurant with a feeling of disappointment. The sky above was dark, there seemed to be no one else around. But as much as you tried to suppress your true self and act more like the normal human you wished you could be, you still had sharp instincts, and they were telling you that someone was watching.

'What if it's the shadow man?'

With that thought you began to walk faster and faster until you broke into a run. The extra footsteps you herd behind you confirmed your beliefs and made you move even faster. The fact that the one chasing you was able to even keep up meant they were trouble.

Suddenly a murder of crows came out of nowhere and flew past you. The crows, now in front of you, pieced themselves together to form the shape of a person. It was a male with jet black hair and black eyes, and a black cloak with red clouds.

"You're the man from the restaurant." You said while in the back of you your mind you thought about what ability of yours you'd use to take him out.

"And you are?"

"What makes you think I'd tell that?"

"I noticed your eyes. How come I didn't get paralyzed like last time?" You realized he was bringing up familiar events, your eyes widened.

"Like last ti-...Itachi?" The man nodded and moved towards you.

"You have no idea how much I've wanted to find you."

"Even after everything that happened? After what I showed you that night?"

"I know this may sound crazy, but that only made me want to see you even more."

"You are crazy..."

"How about we talk more somewhere else?" You hesitate to answer his question but there was no chance in you saying no. You couldn't deny that it felt amazing to have someone want to spend time with you even after they've learned you're a monster.

Itachi's outstretched hand was all the more convincing, you stopped hesitating for once in your life and put your hand in his. And off you went.

~*~To be continued~*~

A/N: Sorry if you got a lot of notifications about this. I was having trouble publishing, I didn't realize I originally made this chapter over 2,000 words long, not all of it published lol. Easy fix though everything should be fine now.

~Kira

P.S: NOT an easy fix! 😡