I Got Hots For My Rival~ Itachi Modern AU [NWA Winter'14 1st Place] REVISED

Chapter 48

~Anna's POV~

Aaaah man, school was tough today.

Arriving home I went to my room and did my homework first thing. Finished with that, I watched some T.V. in the living room and when I was about to go back to my room, Tim stopped me.

"Anna?"

"Hmm?" I asked him tiredly, taking a detour to the kitchen.

"What are you giving Max for his birthday?" Tim asked.

"I totally forgot about that!!!" I started panicking. "Where is he now?"

"With some friends."

"His birthday is on Saturday, right?" Eric nodded.

"Give some good suggestions."

"Well I think I'm gonna give him DVDs. He also wanted a skateboard or skates-"

"I will get him a skateboard!" Tim announced.

"And I will get him the new Ben 10 action figures!" Eric exclaimed. Max adored Ben 10.

"Sounds good. Now if you'd excuse me, I need to go to the DVD shop." I side stepped both of them and went to go to the biggest DVD shop in Konoha. I was pretty sure that atleast they would have American cartoon series.

I bought Ben 10, Generator Rex and also Adventure Time DVDs and headed home where I hid them and then went to eat something.

Days till friday passed quickly and I was still unable to sleep. At nights I would climb out of my room window and on to the roof while continuously munching something.

Friday night I was sitting on the roof thinking about what to make on Max's birthday tomorrow morning.

He likes blueberry pancakes, so that is done for breakfast. About the cake and side dishes I think...

And on drifted my thoughts until the sun rose and a few hours later, I was on my way to the kitchen. I strolled towards the fridge to take out the things for making Max's favourite breakfast.

I made the batter and went to my favourite brother's room. I opened the door quietly and smiled at his small form sleeping, curled in the sheets. I tip-toed to his bed and opened the curtains letting the sun shine his room. I shook him gently but he didn't wake up so I shook him again.

"Max, wake up. I prepared your favourite breakfast for your happy day." I cooed in his ear and in an instant he was up with a grin on his face. "Happy birthday!"

"Thanks sis." He hugged me then jolted out of the bed to wash his face and ran into the kitchen.

"Don't run! You might fall!" I yelled running after him and in the process waking up the other two brothers.

"I won't!" Max replied taking his seat by the kitchen table while I cooked him breakfast.

"Morning people and Happy Birthday brother." Tim greeted and took his seat and soon Eric joined course.

"Blueberry pancakes are the best!" Max exclaimed.

After breakfast,Tim and Eric re-adjusted the living room while I prepared the cake on the birthday boy's order. Vanilla with chocolate coating.

I put the party things on the table and all left was Max's friends to arrive. I had told Itachi and Sasuke to come too and Tim invited Stella as well as she adored Max too much.

The bell rang and parents dropped off their children one by one. When everybody had arrived, Max cut the cake and made a wish and the party started, for the kiddies anyways.

Max was playing with his friends, Tim was talking to Stella in his room, Sasuke and Eric were talking like girls in the kitchen and I were on the couch with Itachi, trying to stay awake and falling asleep at the same time.

"If you are tired then go to sleep." Itachi suggested.

"And let my nightmares haunt me? I will pass. Thank you."

"I'm just saying you're going to exhaust yourself if this keeps on."

"I knowwww." I answered yawning.

"Have you consulted someone about it

ever before?"

"Nopes."

"Are you going to?"

"Nopes."

"I don't understand why you are so stubborn."

"It runs in the blood. Beside, I ain't going to a doctor and take pills. I have bad experience with pills if you remember." I referred to the time when I was given wrong medicines one time in a hospital.

"Yeah. They told me."

"Without my permission. I hate it when they do that."

"What, care?"

"This is backstabbing. We all promised to keep each other's secrets and they are off their minds or something spilling mine."

"Look at the bright side-"

"There's no bright side. There's always been darkness Itachi. Never ending darkness."

"That's what you think?"

"That's what I'm forced to think." Before the conversation got any tense, Max came with some of his friends,to introduce them to me.

"Sis! He's Motoharu, Karasawa and he's Mitsuo." Max said grinning.

" Its nice to meet you guys." I spoke while smiling. "Are you enjoying yourselves?" They all nodded, then turned to Itachi and talked to him which to tuned out until they turned to me again to speak again.

"You have a nice husband miss." They said giggling and ran out of site hurriedly.
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What?

My face turned a thousand shades of red as those words kept ringing in my head.

Husband. Husband? Husband?! HUSBAND?!?!

I looked at Itachi from the corner of my eye and noticed he was looking straight back at me so I immediately looked away blushing more by every passing second. I wondered why he was staring.

The silence is killing me! I've got to say something before this get any awkwarder if that's possible. Is awkwarder even a word- stop worrying about that Anna. Think. Think.

I took in a breath and turned to Itachi.

"I can't believe they said that." I mumbled.

" They are kids, what did you expect?"

Okay, well did not expect THIS!

"Oh well, I guess-"

"Have you looked in a mirror recently?" Itachi asked seriously.

"Uh, why? Is there something on my face?" I asked nervously, silently cursing my habit of not ever using a mirror like a normal girl.

"You will have full-fledge dark rings if you go without sleep another few days." I turned my face away. He was looking too intently.

"I don't have a choice Itachi. If there's some way to make it all go away, you know I would do it."

"Make peace with your past."

"I- peace? We were all at peace when casualties happened. Its just me who can't accept the fact that they are all dead and the person who killed them, even if far away, is gonna pop out of somewhere and do again what he did before. Its all my fault. Its all my damn fault."

"You want to talk about it? It certainly helps."

"Talk? What's there to talk about? My dad died protecting me, my friend died because I was being stubborn, my mother went into depression because father died because of me and she died in labour, the guy I loved died because my enemy got jealous. There you have it. It made me feel a lot better, thank you very much."

Itachi seemed a little taken back by this. I took a deep breath and looked away from him. It didn't feel good. It made me feel worse.

"Sorry." He apologised.

"You asked for it." I tried joking but Itachi wasn't letting it go.

"Now I know you value actions more than words."

"What good is that going to do?"

"It might come handy some time."

"Yeah right."

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