Right In Front of Me (Itachi x Reader MODERN)

Chapter 17

Finishing up your shower, you walk out to change into a big (f/c) shirt and shorts that were short enough you felt comfortable wearing in the comfort of your own home. You grabbed your phone and went downstairs, smiling to yourself feeling refreshed and ready to spend the next three days relaxing and-

*knock knock*

You slowly placed your phone on the coffee table in front of your TV, you weren't expecting company so who could be here?

You walked to your camera and saw who it was. You looked around before opening the door to make sure your place looked presentable, after all you weren't expecting guests.

"Well well well, what could I have done to be graced by the presence of three Uchihas in one day?" you said while smiling and leaning your head against your door.

The tall, long-haired Uchiha cocked his head to the side. "I wasn't aware you had been visited today and by...."

"Sasuke and that lady killer Shisui."

"Lady killer huh? Remind me to have a talking with him."

You giggled. "It's alright, he was just kidding...I think." Itachi rolled his eyes at your remark.

"What brings you by though? Whatcha got back there?" You stepped forward trying to look behind him.

He gave a low chuckle and brought his arm around showing a gold bag.

"Well, I still owed you for the game night we were supposed to have before you left for Suna, so I thought I would surprise you with some junk food and wine. It also cheered you up." He pulled out a bottle of your favorite wine. You smiled but immediately looked around. "Leena isn't going to show up here right? Because I will be quick about calling security."

"No, no. Just you and me tonight." He gave you a bright smile that made your heart flutter.

You opened the door for him to come in. As he walked in your finally saw he was in casual clothes. He wore a black tight long sleeved shirt with light jeans and black boots that he placed by your door.

You grabbed the bag from him and set all the contents on your island.

"You can grab some glasses from the top cabinet, I'll start setting up the game." You said smirking.

"So, why exactly did Sasuke and Shisui go to see you today?" You heard from your kitchen.

You were pulling out the controllers and turning on your console. "Well your brother came by to invite me to his graduation party next Friday and your cousin-" you stopped, remembering what Shisui had told you about the possibility of Itachi being spied on. You turned around to see him looking right at you waiting for you to continue. Little did you know he was actually checking you from behind due to what you were wearing. He was trying very hard to stay acting as a gentleman towards you.

You cleared your throat. "Just confirming plans." You tucked a strand of hair behind your ear and Itachi caught on to what you were saying.

"It's alright, we can speak freely. I don't have anything on me, that's another reason I didn't call to tell you I was coming over." He walked over to you with two glasses.

You hummed in response and sat on your couch when you felt a blanket covering you, you looked up and saw Itachi smiling down on you.

"You're always cold and I remember you liked to bundle up whenever we did anything at home."

"I do, thanks." Itachi sat down after bringing the bottle and setting it on the table. He grabbed a controller and sighed.

"Alright so how does this all work?"

You gave a hearty laugh while snuggling into your blanket. "Okay so it's a first person shooter which means I'm going to kick your ass Chief Uchiha." You grinned at him as he took a sip of the wine.

"You're awfully confident considering I work with REAL guns Ms. Hyuga."

It was your turn to take a sip and roll your eyes. Itachi was watching you intently while rubbing his finger on his lips. He smirked as a thought crossed his mind.

A couple of hours had passed by and you and Itachi had been playing match after match trying to see who was the best.

Unfortunately, the Uchihas, just like the Hyugas, were known for their intellect and Itachi picked up the game pretty quickly, and here you both were evenly matched, sort of.

"YES!!!" You yelled lifting your arms up and laughing at the defeated Uchiha next to you who just placed his head back on your couch and sighed.

"Unbelievable."

You gave a small laugh and placed your head back as well closing your eyes.

"You seem relaxed." The male's low baritone voice rang out to you. You moved your head to face him and gave a small smile.

"I am. I've missed this." You gestured vaguely between the two of you. "It's just like old times."

Throughout the night you and Itachi had slowly inched closer without noticing. Knees touching and both under the covers at this point.

Itachi hummed and poked your cheek.

"Hey!"

"Sorry I couldn't help it." He said just above a whisper, staring intently at you. "I'm sorry for not being there."

You lifted your head up slightly. "Huh? What are you talking about?"

"I know you've gone through quite a bit while we were apart and I'm sorry I couldn't be there to help you through it all. Especially recently."

You just sat there, silently. Pale orbs staring into pitch black. Guilt riddled you a bit since you had never really told Itachi what had happened with your mother. After his revelation of the sharingan, you felt even worse keeping in all the things you did from him.

You throat felt dry all of a sudden but you still managed to croak out "It's okay, you're here for me now, right?"

Itachi was silent for a moment before bringing you onto his chest. Muscular arms encasing you in your almost drunken state. You could hear his rapid heartbeat, matching yours.

You both stayed like that for what seemed an eternity, until you looked up at him and slightly pushed yourself off, still in his arms. You wanted to feel wrong about this, you wanted to feel wrong about how excited and safe you felt in this mans arms. It shouldn't feel any different than before right? This wasn't the first time you two had hugged like this or been this intimate, as best friends of course. The only difference was the addition of Leena but something told you, something screamed at you he didn't want her. You would never try and steal someone's significant other away right? You wouldn't...right?

"(y/n)?" His soft voice brought you back.

You blinked a couple of times. "Yes?"

"What happened with your mother?"

You sucked a sharp breath. Normally, if this was anyone else you would be incredibly offended at the question, you would deem them as rude. But this was Itachi. You knew his question wasn't meant to try and pry information out of you, he meant well, and it was most definitely time for him to know.

*Some best friend that I've never opened up to him about what happened with her.*

Itachi never pressed the issue and knew that you would talk about it on your terms whenever you felt ready. However, for some reason, he felt like pressing on tonight. He knew if he was to truly show you he loved you, he wanted to make sure he knew everything about you and to show you that regardless of what your secrets were, he wanted to love you and make you happy.

You looked down and felt a hand on your chin. Itachi lifted your face to his, looking at you once more but with a softer expression. "You can trust me with anything."

You nodded and then reached for your wine glass and chugged the full glass, earning a small chuckle from the Uchiha.

"That bad huh?" You smiled and felt a little more relaxed. He grabbed your hand to give you the reassurance you were in the safest space of all, his arms.