On a warm and sunny day in the Hidden Leaf, Itachi carried you in a piggyback ride around the village. Your arms were wrapped around his chest and hug him tightly, feeling his manly abs as your fingers explored his stomach. He puts both of his arms over your legs to make sure you didn't fall, walking slowly. Itachi looks back at you and gives you one of his special smiles. The ones that made you feel butterflies in your stomach and smile back automatically. You blush deeply; you could feel your cheeks getting hotter and your whole face being red as a tomato. But just when Itachi was about to kiss you, he quickly looked away. He covered his mouth with his hand and started to cough up blood uncontrollably. You immediately get down from his back and moved beside Itachi to help him. Itachi kneeled down as his blood dripped from his hand down to the floor. You could feel his pain. You couldn't bare to see him like this anymore. Itachi became very sick when he was young, and ever since then, you became his cure. His salvation. Thanks to you, Itachi became the man who he is now: kind, loving, strong... Itachi stops coughing and started breathing normally again, and when he does, you quickly take his hand and stared at all the blood he lost that day. Itachi spaces out and his eyes start to wander off. He gradually became blind, too. You held his hand tightly, and took a white handkerchief from your pocket. With your other hand, you start cleaning away the blood from his lips. Then, you clean the bloody hand. Itachi closes his eyes and smiles heavenly. He was like an angel in disguise. But even so, you always felt uneasy for the brave and handsome man.
"Why do you put up with this pain....?" You ask in a worried tone.
"Because I want to grow up with you. Marry you... Have kids..." He answered in a calm voice.
Your (e/c) eyes widened intensely by his words and stared at Itachi. Out of the blue, you start to shed tears as Itachi kept his smile on his face one last time.
"Even if you turn into something else... Even if somehow we are separated from each other... I will find you and protect you no matter what it takes. I will always be with you. So, for now have a good sleep. I'll be waiting for you Because I, love you..."
This were his final words to you.
