☽Behind Closed Doors☾ Vampire! Itachi x OC

7 • Silent Whispers

"Hello there moon princess"

I unknowingly flinched, avoiding Itachi's gaze.

'Well...maybe it will be okay to talk to him, Sasuke is gonna be busy for the rest of the day...'

"H-hi Itachi..." I distracted myself with the back cover of the book, squinting and holding it rather close to my face.

He raised a brow inquisitively as he watched me. "What happened to your glasses?"

Freezing momentarily, I came up with a quick excuse. "O-oh, I just...stepped on them" Mentally scolding myself I shook my head slightly. 'There's no way he'll believe me'

I continued down the aisle, a slight limp as I walked which did not go unnoticed by the older male as he followed me. We walked together for a moment in silence before he spoke up.

"Would you care to join me for lunch? I was just about to head to this new cafe down the road. I can drive and pay" He closed his eyes and smiled causing me to blush slightly and look down at my feet.

"I-I would love to but I'm not really hun-" As if on queue, my stomach grumbled loudly, causing my blush to worsen from embarrassment.

With a raised brow and a smirk, he continued. "Oh really? Doesn't sound that way to me" He teased.

"Alright, just let me buy this book and then we can go"

He simply nodded before following me as I checked out. Exiting the shop, he lead me to his car. My eyes almost bulged out of their sockets as I gave it a once over.

"Th-this is your car?" I sputtered out, completely in awe.

He chuckled, opening the passenger door for me. "Yes, it is" He seemed rather amused by the situation in its' entirety. I reluctantly got in, suddenly feeling very out of place.

'If Sasuke found out he would literally kill me, and maybe even Itachi but I have no choice to go along. I don't want Itachi getting suspicious'

My thoughts raced at a mile a minute and I began to chew my cheek as I picked at my sleeves.

On the way to the cafe, nausea reared it's ugly head due to the sheer amount of worry weighing on my shoulders. Itachi gave me a once over and that feeling of dread only increased tenfold. I felt like I was doomed no matter what I had chosen to do.

(Time skip to cafe)

We had decided to sit outside and began to look over the menus before Itachi turned to me. I internally groaned, trying to avoid conversation as much as possible. I've always liked Itachi, I even had a crush on him when I was younger, but he was too old and now I was too scared to even talk to him because of Sasuke. Even if he was busy for the rest of the day and I didn't have to worry about him, I was still riddled with anxiety.

"What happened to your hand? Is everything okay Luna?"

Gulping, time seemed to stop as I looked down to my hand. Sure enough, the dark bruises were clearly visible, as well as the two bite marks from Sasuke.

'Shit shit shit, my makeup has rubbed off' My panic began to worsen and I was finding it hard to breath. My hands felt clammy and I quickly pulled my sleeves down in a feeble attempt to hide the marks he had already noticed. Suddenly, I found myself enamored by the menu.

"Oh that? It's no big deal, I just accidentally stabbed myself with a carving fork"

Shrugging, I glanced up to see his reaction. He didn't buy it for a second.

"What kind of meat were you carving?"

"Oh you know...the meat variety" Honestly, in that exact moment, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I sounded so stupid and I'm sure Itachi was thinking the exact same thing.

"You know you can talk to me if you need to, right? I mean it. You can come to me about anything"

I blushed at his words, burying my nose into the menu as I nodded slightly.

(Itachi POV)

'I know those are bite marks because of the bruising, but I suppose it's really none of my business'

My eyes began to scan her body, taking in her disheveled and distressed appearance. The more I thought about it, the worse she seemed to look with each passing day. She was constantly limping and always seemed to have a fresh bruise. Even though she would cover them up with makeup, I could still see them faintly through the many layers of makeup. I furrowed my brows as she went silent. I wanted to ask her if she was okay, but I didn't want to overstep my boundaries. If she wanted to talk about it, she would....right?

I shook my head to dismiss the thoughts and looked back to the menu.

"So how are your classes going?"

"They're fine"

She answered much too quickly, it seemed as if she was trying to avoid conversation. I narrowed my eyes slightly.

"Just fine?"

She sighed, glancing up to me for a brief moment. "I mean, it's still the first week of school. Classes have been boring and most of it has been basic, introductory lessons"

Chuckling, I propped my elbow on the table, resting my chin in hand. "So you think my class is boring too?"

Her head snapped up, the blush that had just started to fade coming back into full swing. "N-no! I didn't mean it that way!"

Letting out a small laugh, I tuned her out as she began ranting. Instead I began reminiscing about all those years ago and how much smaller she used to be and I couldn't help but to smile. She was rather amusing, but I don't remember her being so timid and overly-cautious.

I wonder what could have happened to make her this way.Maybe it was just the way she grew up and how her personality developed? That didn't make sense and she kept lying to me. At that last thought my eyebrows furrowed. She's been lying to me about her glasses, the bite marks, the bruises...what else is she hiding from me? From everyone else?

A bad feeling began to grow in the pit of my stomach as I continued contemplating everything, trying to place all the puzzle pieces together. I was ripped from my train of thought as her hand waved in front of my face.

"'Tachi? Is everything okay?"

I smiled fondly at the old nickname before nodding. "Everything is fine, I was just thinking..."

'About how concerned I am for your well-being' I shook my head once more, focusing on her again.