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

Chapter 61

~Anna's POV~

" Why isn't the sneezing and coughing leaving?!" I exclaimed annoyed, when once again my peace was interrupted by my burning lungs.

We were sitting on the couch, with Itachi on my right and Sasuke on my left. Us three were watching Adventure Time again.

" Because you're watching this stupid cartoon!" Sasuke said.

" Adventure Time is not stupid!"

" Yes it is!

" No it is not!"

" Oi, Itachi tell her that its stupid." Sasuke asked Itachi for help.

" Its not stupid. Its just different."

" In your face! Pretty boy!" I mocked and Sasuke smirked. He wasn't supposed to do that.

" Didn't I tell you, he takes your side." I looked away with a pout.

" I'm not taking anyone's side, just the cartoon's." Itachi straightened the conflict with a sigh.

It was nice in the brothers' company and since I was not allowed to go out, being a coughing mess, the group visited the residence and sometimes stayed the night as well. Once or twice in the vacations, before my brothers had come back, we even went to the beach, where my two lady friends were so looking forward to see me in a bikini but I splashed seawater on all their hopes and dreams by wearing a button up shirt and shorts. That was the most I would ever reveal. I remembered when Amalie pointed out that when I had slipped and gotten all drenched in water and when my clothes were sticking too much, Itachi wouldn't stop staring and as much as it was embarrassing, it was nice. I threw a sand ball at him to stop him and laughed at him the whole day because the sand just wouldn't wash off his face.

The charm Itachi had given me was proving very useful since it helped me sleep and kept the nightmares away too. My almost insomnia had faded and there was always a smile on my face. Whenever I looked at my wrist, at the bracelet, it reminded me how when I was sick, Itachi was very careful about everything. I was starting to just more than like him. I gave attention to every little detail about him. Whenever he was in close proximity, I would get nervous somehow, the good nervous. I thought it was very prominent but thank goodness it was only noticeable to Amalie and Konan.

When my brothers had arrived and the whole household had returned to its normal self, Konan invited Amalie and me, to a sleepover, to which opportunity I jumped to immediately. I always hated vacations. There was never anything good to do to occupy time. Sure one day or two days I would do something productive but then I am lazy by nature so I would get bored easily and there's only too much television a person can watch on binge.So, on the sleepover, we ordered loads of food, even held a Literary session in which we discussed about literature and at night, when just once I was unable to sleep, we binged on shows all night. One night, everything turned in my favour, having my favourite food, my favourite shows and whatnot.

"This cannot get any better." I sighed contently.

"Not even if Itachi was here?" Amalie asked smirking.

"Why would it make anything better?" I asked, knowing full well where this conversation would go. Now my luck for today seemed all suspicious and made-up. These two planned it. -.-

"Are you saying that it won't make anything better because you don't like him?" Leave to Konan and her rhetoric.

"I do- no wait I didn't-"

"Accept it already. Everyone can see you like him."

"Is it that obvious?" It was easier confiding in friends. Some feelings were too much for me to handle alone.

"So you DO like him! I knew it! Wait till he hears this!" They both teased me the rest of the night. I admitted only to them that I liked Itachi, which I regretted soon after as they would both literally push me into him any chance they got. It was nice and annoying at the same time.

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It was now the last few days of the vacations and almost everybody was busy with one thing or another. Everybody but me, mostly. I would go to the field to pass my time. One night I was much too troubled and it showed itself in the form of sleeplessness. Timothy bought me a small knife and taser in case I had the urge to leave the house at night for some peace and quiet, which I needed today.

I quietly exited the house after everybody had slept early today and made my way to my happy place. The light breeze there played with my hair and my loose night shirt. The moon, the sky, the fragrance in the air, relaxed me. I laid back with my hands under my head and legs crossed and my mind, wandered itself off to why I was troubled.

I sighed a little thinking that the way I am right now, I can never express my feelings to Itachi. I was too scared of rejection, of something bad happening again. The thought of Jake coming back somehow and hurting my important people haunted me. I couldn't even think of what I would do if something bad happened to Itachi because of me.I sighed and came to the conclusion of at least letting him know what I thought about him before somebody else takes him away from me.

I was enjoying myself, completely absorbed in my thoughts but as usual, I jumped when I was sneaked up on.

"I should have known you'd be here." I looked at Itachi with an unimpressed look.

"Dude, do you like scaring the living daylights out of me or something?" I asked him as he sat beside me.

"Its not my fault that you let your guard down completely."

"True." I too sat up now and hugged my knees close. "Can't sleep?"

"Something like that." He answered then took a breath and looked at me. "There's also something else."

I thought about what it could be but then it clicked, "ah, the dare." He nodded.

Back during the vacations when everybody stayed at Itachi's house for the night, we all played Truth or Dare and Itachi here dared me to answer what he would ask, the very thing I was avoiding by not choosing Truth. I laughed remembering Hidan's reaction to his dare.

"The fuck kind of fucking dare is that you fucking Uchiha?!"

"So, can I ask?" I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Yeah sure."

"You know, whenever our group hangs out as a whole and have fun, I have noticed you holding yourself back. So I wondered why would that be and thought it might be because you have some repressed fear or something that prevents you from joining in with everybody. My question is, what happened with Jake that made you like this?"

He noticed.

"Jeez, what is it, a descriptive question or something." I asked thinking he might change the question but no, it was a dare and if I can't dare talk about my past, I might as well be a scaredy cat for the world to see.

"Just answer me."

"Fine grumpy."

I thought back to when I was in junior school. Back when, Emily was still alive, I was a normal kid, who had a normal family and a normal lifestyle.

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