Second Chance (An Itachi Uchiha Love Story)

Heartbroken

I didn't leave my bed for an entire day. Chojuro came to check on me, but I remained under my covers the entire time. I only responded with one-word replies as well. It was clear that he was worried about me, but I didn't care at that moment. I just knew my whole world had just been blown up and everything now seemed like a lie to me. I couldn't even gather up the courage to go and tell Itachi and the others what I'd found out. Finally, Lady Mizukage had enough of my sulking. She sent the one person I couldn't turn away to me. She sent Sasuke.

"Adryn, we heard about what you found out last night, but you can't stay in bed forever," Sasuke informed me as he stood in my room. I just looked at him and didn't respond. "Come one, get out of there." Sasuke reached for me, but I smacked his hand away. "Don't make me do what I had to do last time." The last time he was referring to was when Itachi died and I locked myself in a hideout for days on end. I refused to eat or drink anything and I just stayed in bed crying for all that time. Sasuke had to finally get water and throw it on me to force me out of bed. He was quite cruel at that time. He had no sympathy for me because after soaking me with water, he used his lightning on me, forcing me to get out of bed.

"You wouldn't dare..." I grumbled at him. "You've changed. You couldn't risk hurting me like that anymore."

"I won't leave you alone until you get out of bed. I can't have you killing yourself over this."

"What?! I won't... God damn Sasuke, I'm just upset, not going to fucking kill myself over some asshole who betrayed me!" I tried to get out of bed, only to be caught in blankets and then fall out of bed completely. I hit the floor hard and just laid there. "Please help me..." I could hear Sasuke coming to my rescue. He lifted me to my feet with his one arm and then untangled the blankets from around me once my feet were stable on the ground. "Thank you..."

"Will you be alright?"

"Not now, but eventually. It's all my fault, Sasuke. This is happening because of me. It's my former lover that's doing this and my eyes that he's using."

"Adryn, it isn't your fault. No one thinks that. So go take a shower and get ready for the day. My brother is worried about you. Don't make him worry any longer."

"Won't he be asleep, it's already super late."

"He's waiting for you." That made my heart skip a beat, and made me nod my head. I then did as Sasuke told me to do and got ready for the day, despite it already being over. I put on my usual black pants and a tank top, black this time and headed out with Sasuke to the mansion. There, we found Kisame and Itachi waiting on one of the couches in the living room. They stood up and instantly approached me. That was when I realized that Sasuke had left me to them.

"Hey, guys..." My heart wasn't in it, but I was trying at least.

"Where have you been? We were worried that maybe those guys came back and got to you or something!" Kisame was obviously not too thrilled with me right now, but I was just too relieved to see him, I started to smile. "What are you smiling about?"

"I have no idea, seeing you both just make me happy. I guess there is still some reason to exist and not curl up and die in my bed."

"Is that what you were thinking about doing?" Itachi then asked, with a worried tone in his voice.

"I thought about it, but Sasuke knocked some sense into me. Not literally, but he made me realize that I needed to get out of bed and exist again despite everything I found out yesterday."

"We heard about Ao being alive and turning against you and this village. It must be hard."

"Hard doesn't really describe it, 'tachi. Ao had meant everything to me. After I lost you I had just been wandering around aimlessly before Lady Mizukage caught me and brought me back to the Mist. Ao was the one who woke me up and gave me a reason to live. He didn't mean to, but he made me fall in love with him. We were even going to be getting married after the war. So this is more than just hard. It's devastating to find out that the man I loved is now trying to kill me and destroy everything he once stood for." As I spoke, I made my way to a chair and sat down. I was far too tired to keep standing as I spoke about this emotional bullshit.