Shina's eyes open to soft chirps of the crickets and soft push of the waves just right outside. The first thing her eyes landed on the small chandelier hanged by the creamy white ceiling. She sat up from her bed, trying to ignore the nagging pain in her head and tried to numb her pain with her fingers pressing against her temple, motioning her fingers in a circular directions.
A sudden sob from right by the balcony made her turn her head abruptly at the sound, not letting her guard down one bit. She saw an all familar tanto blade the person was wearing. She took in the information in her head. He was wearing the Konoha ANBU vest with the crest that caught Shina's attention the most. The Uchiha crest. It was Itachi heavily sobbing and probably took all the oxygen the room had if it wasn't for the open balcony. It was a sight Shina didn't even see once in her life. Her eyes looked at the digital clock, the red lines signaling it was four in the morning at eighth of June. Her grey eyes found themselves at Itachi, who's unaware of the person looking at him crying.
"Itachi.." Shina whispered loud enough for Itachi to abruptly turn his head, letting Shina see Itachi's tear-stained cheeks and wide eyes. His Mangekyou Sharingan glowed brightly staring at Shina's grey orbs.
"Shina.." Itachi airily replied at Shina. He didn't even know Shina was awake at a deadly hour in the morning. He looked at her with tears nearly trying to be free from his eyelids, his lips quivering. Shina patted the bed beside her while looking at Itachi, whose expression still staying surprised.
"The bed isn't going to move itself, y'know?" Shina softly said to the male. Itachi rubbed his eyes with forearms, attempting to wipe his tears away. He shakily stood up and slowly walked to Shina's side.
Sitting down with his head down, "How long were you awake?" He silently asked the girl with the red hair, who was looking at the open sea, reflecting the light of the moon on the water. Shina smiled at the sight of the full moon with the rustle of the cherry blossoms calmed her senses.
"Just a little bit when I saw you hunched on the floor." Shina simply said, dangling her legs back and forth while staring at the ocean. Shina looked at Itachi clenching his jaw and having ragged breaths. Shina crawled towards him and gave him a hug from behind, startling the latter. Shina locked her hands in front of Itachi's chest and burrowed her forehead unto Itachi's shoulder.
"You can let it out, y'know." Shina's hushed voice broke the barrier that held the Itachi's salty tears. He let out silent sobs, sometimes muttering why he had to kill his entire clan or why was life had to be this.
As much as she wanted to respond to her best friend, she couldn't find the words to say how everything's gonna be alright when all of those words are just lies.
~《》~
Itachi fell asleep in midst of his episode. His head laid on Shina's lap, since she was already awake enough and couldn't go back to sleep. Shina could just hope the past Reapers or the other Reapers of other dimensions can handle the whole Uchiha Clan other than the heirs of the main family.
Her fingers ran through Itachi's untied hair and it helped him fall asleep, hopefully letting him help sleep peacefully. Her eyes found themselves at his luscious face, staring at him for awhile. Shina smiled while knowing that she's blushing just by looking at a face that Mikoto and Fugaku sculpted, or possibly Kami himself. She's even wondering why this man was able to make her heart beat fast for miles. Mostly, if he were to be hers, she could only imagine those four words responding to her small three word but full of love sentence.
"I love you.." She said, testing the words rolling off her tongue. It was cheesy enough to make her hear beat fast more faster than thinking about Itachi.
All of a sudden, the body on her lap started to move as Itachi's drowsy face was only inches away from hers, feeling his breath on her face. Itachi's pointer fingers found themselves on Shina's forehead. Shina was too surprised to even react on the slight pain on her forehead when his fingers were replaced with something plumped and soft. Shina's eyes widened as tears welled up in her eyes, her hands covering her mouth.
"I love you too.." Itachi's hushed words echoed in her ears. Itachi's onyx orbs met with Shina's teary gray eyes.
"Itachi.." Shina's voice was muffled through her hands. Itachi's arms found them wrapping around Shina's quivering form. Shina immediately responded with arms wrapping around his neck, burrowing her face into his shoulder. She felt warmth from him as her heart did somersaults and backflips in her chest.
"H-How long were you awake?" Shina stammered. Itachi chuckled, remembering that was the first question that he asked when she woke up.
"Just a little bit when I heard you saying that you love me." Itachi said with the tone she replied from the conversation they had earlier.
Shina's tear-stained cheeks puffed out, "Well, now you know that y'know I love you, whattcha' gonna do know?" Shina asked with her mother's accent escaping from her lips. Itachi found it very cute, the evidence was on the pink tint on his cheeks. Itachi looked at her with loving eyes.
Itachi gave her the usual Uchiha smile and said, "Appreciating the blessing that Kami-sama was kind enough to give me." And gave a small peck on her lips.
Looks like she received her favored four words response from his lips.
OHMAIGAHD HOWMANYCHAPTERSWASTHAT?!? SHINAXITACHI IS OFFICIAL BOI!
*Dies inside wanting to experience a similar scene as this*
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The Book of You and I || Uchiha Itachi (DISCONTINUED)
Fanfiction(edit): I mentioned awhile ago here that i was giving this book up for adoption lmao ive decided to keep it as it is for the cringe, for my sake mostly hehe Thanks to those who offered to adopt my book but i have decided yes. Who knows maybe ill...
