Heart of Ice, Eyes of Fire (Itachi X Reader)

Chapter 11: Remembrance; A Breakthrough

You laid in your bed, the silky sheets wrapped around you. Your (color) hair was spread underneath you. Your eyes were closed, but you were wide awake. You didn't want to open your eyes because you would see the last place you wanted to be in. After a while of just laying there, you finally decided to open your eyes. You found yourself staring at the dark ceiling of your room. You slowly looked to the foot of the bed, seeing the door being not to far from it. You looked to your left and saw the door the lead to the bathroom. You couldn't wait until you could take a shower. You slowly sat up, the silky sheets sliding off your chest. You stretched and yawned, using your mouth to stifle the noise. You turned and slowly stood up off the bed and walked over to the bathroom, your feet making soft footsteps on the floor.

You stripped down and stepped into the shower, just letting the hot water run down your body. You cleaned yourself and stepped out, grabbing a red towel and wrapping it tightly around your body. You walked slowly back into your bedroom, your wet, (color) hair sticking to your face as you pulled out your akatsuki uniform. You put it on slowly then walked back into the bathroom to dry your hair. After styling it, you looked back at your sad self in the mirror. Your (color) eyes no longer had a shine in them, they were dull and lifeless. You sighed as you stared at your reflection before turning away from it. You walked out your door and went down the hall slowly. You went down the stairs and into the kitchen, where you were caught off guard by Deidara.

"Good morning ______, yeah," he said with a friendly smile. You blinked and looked at him. You gave him a small wave before sitting at the table in the middle of the kitchen. Your palms were down on the table as you just stared at the wood of the table. You saw a flash of blonde and looked ahead of you to see Deidara sitting across the table from you. He had his elbow on the table, his chin resting in his palm as he looked at you carefully, "So I hear you're paired up with Itachi and Kisame, un..." he said, still looking at you.

You just shrugged and nodded, folding your arms on the table and sitting your chin on your arms, looking up at him.

"That's a shame, yeah. I wanted you on my team. It would have been nice to be able to talk to someone else besides Tobi, yeah," said Deidara, looking annoyed as he said Tobi's name. You couldn't help but have a small smile after that. From the Akatsuki members that you had met so far, Deidara was your favorite.

"Deidara...where are the rest of the members?" you asked, finally sitting up straight so you could have level eye contact with him. He looked at you for a second and then up at the ceiling in thought.

"Hm...Kisame and Itachi went out to go train...Hidan is probably praying...I don't know where Kakuzu is...Leader and his partner are never here...Tobi is off being...Tobi and Zetsu is probably out spying or getting rid of the bodies that Kakuzu is done with, yeah," said Deidara, taking his eyes away from the ceiling to look at you. You blinked when you heard what kind of stuff some of the members do.

'The people here must be really weird...well, it doesn't surprise me...they are all s-class criminals...' you thought to yourself, an anime sweat drop appearing on your head. You suddenly heard footsteps and turned to see Itachi walking into the kitchen. He glanced at Deidara and then rested on his eyes on you. You saw a glint in them, but it was readable as he is, which isn't at all.

"Come on...we're leaving," said Itachi coldly before turning around and walking out. You glared at his back, sighed and then stood up, the chair squeaking on the floor underneath you. You saw Deidara stand up and noticed he was looking at you.

"I can see you're not happy, yeah," said Deidara as you both headed out of the kitchen. You just shook your head and walked down the hallway, Deidara walking right next to you.