Collared (Dom!UchihaItachi x Sub!Malereader)

Part 24

You're staying in a lovely cottage in the woods. It's very tranquil and you can easily get your rest here. Time slowly passes and Itachi pampers you a lot. You love the attention he gives you and enjoy every minute of it.

You are awoken by the smell of food being cooked. Itachi is in the kitchen making breakfast while you're still lying in bed. Without Itachi to distract you, you can't help but get worried. You're supposed to be in heat already but it still hasn't come. 'The only reasons for a heat not to come are illness, the 6 months after childbirth and..... pregnancy.' The first two can't be the problem so that leaves the last one pregnancy.

'Itachi and I haven't mated since that night.' This thought causes you to think about that night. The yellow eyes above you and not being able to escape. The fear you felt. 'Oh god what if it's his! No no that's impossible he didn't finish inside.' You try to think rationally, but thinking about that night and the fear you felt, you can't help but be scared at the thought of the thing inside you being his. 'No no I have to get it out. I can't do this.'

Unconsciously you've been letting out your scent that's filled with fear and despair. The scent reaches Itachi in the kitchen and he comes running to you. He sees you in the middle of a panic attack and desperately scratching your stomach causing blood to flow. He quickly runs to your side and grabs your hands making it impossible for you to keep scratching yourself. You on the other hand didn't even notice you were scratching your stomach and being in the middle of a panic attack you don't recognize Itachi causing you to struggle against him.

Itachi releases his scent to help calm you down and hugs you to his chest. ''You need to breathe (y/n)! Follow my lead breathe!'' He keeps saying these things over and over again. His voice finally registers in your brain and you notice you're indeed not breathing properly. You do as he says and follow his breaths. ''That's it you're doing great.'' Itachi keeps holding you until you're finally calmed down.

You finally manage to calm down and hug Itachi tightly. Itachi rubs your back and gives you some time before he speaks up again. ''What happened?'' You just hug Itachi tighter and burrow your face into his chest. With you not answering his question, he grabs your face and forces you to look at him. ''I can't help you if you don't talk to me.''

Tears run down your cheeks as you look at Itachi. ''I-I think I'm p-pregnant.'' Realization crosses Itachi's face. ''You think you're pregnant because your heat didn't come?'' you nod at him. ''But that is great news so why did you have a panic attack?'' You can tell Itachi already knows why but he wants you to say it yourself.

You can't help but whisper it quietly. ''W-what if it's h-his.'' At the end of your sentence you can't help but sob loudly. You know it's impossible but you can't help to want to hear somebody else say it. ''(Y/n) look at me.'' You didn't even realize you had closed your eyes. You quickly open them and look at Itachi. His hands still holding your face. ''This child is yours and mine. It will be a perfect mix of you and me just like Seiji. It's not his. It's mine!''

You sob in relief when you hear the words you wanted to hear. Itachi releases your face and hugs you tightly as you do the same to him. Both you and Itachi can't help but be mad at the situation. The discovery of a pregnancy should be a joyous event, but because of Orochimaru it was ruined. The two of you keep standing like that for a while until Itachi releases you. ''Let's take care of your wound for now and eat afterwards.''

You let him clean and bandage the wound on your stomach. Luckily the scratches aren't too deep and it isn't a serious injury to you or the child inside of you. Now that you've calmed down you can't help but feel the love for the child inside you grow. Guilt of what you tried to do also fills you. 'I'm sorry baby. Mommy loves you and will take great care of you from now on.'

The rest of your stay at the cottage went great. Both you and Itachi are delighted because of the pregnancy. The both of you are ready to go and tell the news to everyone. Of course an appointment with Tsunade has priority now. You and Itachi start walking back towards Konoha with smiles on your faces.