Sakura back in time ❦ (Naruto BIT fanfic)

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A few days later, when Sakura awoke, she headed into the kitchen where Mikoto was doing chores, as usual. She could barely look at the elder female the same, but suppressed her rude mental comments.
"Oh, good morning, Sakura-san," greeted Mikoto, smiling at her kindly. She smiled back and nodded in response, her hesitance slowly disappearing "Itachi-chan asked me to tell you to meet him at the lake behind the house when you woke up."

"Oh, okay," she replied, standing up to go get some clothes on and meet Itachi.

She quickly changed into a pair of faded jean shorts and a navy blue tank top, putting on a pair of flip-flops. She walked out of the house and down the dirt trail that lead to the dock, enjoying the light breeze that came to meet her, pushing her hair off her shoulders to flow gently behind her.

When she reached the dock, she saw Itachi sitting on the edge, dipping his bare feet into the water. "Been here long?" she asked, sitting beside him and taking off her flip-flops to dip her feet in the water, as well.

"I didn't know you were awake," he commented, not answering her question.

"Mikoto-san told me you were waiting for me."

"She did?" asked Itachi, furrowing his brow.

She nodded in confirmation.

"Great," Itachi grumbled softly, lowering his head.

"Do you not want me here?" she asked, feeling hurt by his reaction.

"Oh, no," he answered quickly. "I didn't mean it that way... i-it's just... well, isn't it obvious?"

"If it is, I'm not very good at catching hints."

"Mother is trying to set you and me up together," Itachi told her. "She did this with Sasuke when he had a crush on a girl, made little ways of having the two meet up, chat and fall for each other eventually. He's six years old now and you can't imagine how many times she's attempted things like this with me. This is the first time she's ever gone so far to try anything so obvious, though. She must be desperate."

"Oh," was all Sakura could think to reply with.

"She's a hopeless romantic through and through," he added.

She smiled sadly and said, "I wish I knew if I was a hopeless romantic."

"It's been only a month or so," Itachi replied. "This'll take time."

She nodded in agreement, still wishing she knew of her past.

"Well, since you're here, I might as well show you what I'd wanted to later today."

"What?" she asked, her brow furrowing this time. "What is it?"

He stood and placed two of his fingers from his right hand into the water. After a few moments, he took them out and ran his hand over the surface of the water. He nodded in satisfaction and took Sakura's hand. "You trust me, don't you?" he asked her.

"Of course I trust you," she answered.

"No, do you really trust me?"

"I really trust you," she answered.

"With your life?" he asked.

"Yes," she answered again. "Where are we going with this?"

"Step onto the water," he commanded, taking a step to the side so she could get to the edge of the dock.

"But... it's not possible to walk on water."

"Do you trust me?"

"I trust you."

"Then, step onto it. If you trust me, you'll step onto the water."

Sakura nodded and walked slowly to the edge of the dock, feeling Itachi's eyes follow her. She took step onto the water and felt as though she was just standing on a wet floor. She set her other foot onto the water and found she was actually standing on water. "How did you...?"

He did the same as she was and walked across the water until he was at the middle of the lake. "This lake is sixteen meters deep, Sakura. I've put chakra over the surface of the water... I guess you really do trust me."

"Why wouldn't I?"

He shrugged and walked back toward her, a certain look in his eye with a meaning she couldn't quite decipher. He took her hand and pulled her closer to him.

"What are you...?" She seemed unable to finish her questions today.

He pulled her closer to him and placed his hands on her thin waist. She could feel her hands shaking and her mouth going dry.

He lightly placed his lips on hers in a very light kiss, as if to see what she would do. All she was able to do was kiss back with equal lightness. He deepened the kiss and she submitted to it.

At the moment their lips met in that kiss, everything but that moment was forgotten. She'd forgotten that she was standing on water, she forgot that she wanted her memories back, nothing but Itachi and herself was left in her mind.

When the kiss was broken, Itachi whispered to her, "I trust you, too."