The Price Of Loving Him... (Itachi x reader)

Chapter 6

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It was night, you were having dinner with lady Noriko, it was calm as usual, just you and her.
"I hope Itachi doesn't have a serious illness, sweetheart", you looked at lady Noriko to see her smiling at you, Itachi? oh...
"He will be okay, he just needs to take the medicine", you said looking at your food, then looked at her again and said with a smile:"my lady, I see that you already call him by his name, have you gotten this close to him already?".
"We chatted a bit before I called you to check on him, he seems to be a very kind and well mannered young man", she said with a gentle smile.
"I can tell", you said taking another bite from your food.

"What about you [name]?", she said, as she focused her eyes on you, making you swallow your bite of food and look at her with a questioning look on your face.
"What do  you mean my lady?"
"I have noticed the redness on your face clearly when he was here", she said and then your cheeks heated up again, was it this clear?
"No!! That was ...just...um...my lady!!", you couldn't find an excuse, she was right, you blushed and you admit it that he is handsome, despite you being somehow afraid of him.

Wait! Did he notice your blushing too?!

"Well he is a very handsome young man indeed my daughter, any girl would have reacted the way you did", she continued with a chuckle while taking a sip from her soup.
"I try to keep things professional as much as I can", you replied, avoiding to look at her, trying to get rid of your blush.
"You have grown into a beauty [name]...there are plenty of fish in the sea...you will meet the man who deserves you sooner or later, you have plenty of time and choices ahead of you", she said with a smile finishing her food.
You looked at her then nodded, and smiled cutely as you finished your food as well and started cleaning the table.

You were just going to head to your room when you remembered to inform her about your trip tomorrow.
"Lady Noriko, I have to go get some herbs near the mountain tomorrow", you said, causing the lady to slightly furrow her brows hearing this, the forest? Alone?
"Alone?!", she asked, with worry clear in her voice.
"No, he will come with me, I mean...Itachi", you said hoping she won't start teasing you about him again, or maybe, refuse to let you go.
"Well...if you think this is fine, then I'm okay, I hope he keeps you safe", she said smiling, and you sighed gladly, that she accepted and didn't tease you.
"It's for his medicine", you added with a nod.
"I know dear, sleep well tonight, you're gonna have a long day tomorrow", with this said, you nodded and wished her a goodnight as you went to your room.

As you were getting ready for bed, you couldn't help but to think of him, who is he? And why did he suddenly appear in your life?shortly after seeing that strange dream.

 You found yourself feeling excited for tomorrow so you can see him again...

No! You should stop this!
You tried to get rid of these thoughts as you turned off the light and coveded your blushing embarrassed face under your blanket before falling asleep.

Meanwhile, Itachi and Kisame were passing their night in the only inn in the village. They had just finished investigating the whole village and collecting the informations that the leader asked them to get, this peaceful distant village would be a very useful place to create a hideout in case they needed to in the future.
Itachi still couldn't help but to think of the young lady who checked on him today. She seems innocent and clueless about the Uchiha whole thing, even her reaction this time was normal...now he is really confused if she is even an Uchiha or that she only got the bracelet by chance, tomorrow he will try to find out more...

It was already morning...

The sun hasn't come up yet, you were just making sure everything is ready when you heard a gentle knock on the door, you quickly slipped your shoes on and opened the door to find him there just as expected, at six am exactly.

"Good morning"