Ashes (A Naruto Fanfic Book 6)

Chapter 10

Itachi pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around me as he walked through the village streets. I smirked up at him. "Possessive much?"

He glanced at me and sighed. "I like the clothes... not the attention they bring."

I poked his side. "Shouldn't have left without a word. Besides, my entire attire is courtesy of you."

He smiled at me softly. "You and I both know, I never thought of this combination. I'll keep it in mind."

I chuckled. "Just imagine if I had more than my arms out..."

He frowned at me, and I giggled. "Let's not."

I smiled up at him. "No worries, Uchiha... no one else will have me."

He was pacified and kissed the top of my head as we entered the restaurant. Everyone looked up as we arrived and smiled. Naruto scowled. "Did you get lost?"

I sat beside him. "Nope." I smiled at Ibiki. "Seems you have a lot of time on your hands... two dinners in a row?"

He smirked and crossed his arms. "What's it to you, brat?"

I mimicked him. "I don't know, Sensei... I'm starting to think you may actually be starting to like me."

Naruto looked back and forth between us. "Uh..."

Minato chuckled. "Kunoichi, stop antagonizing him."

Kakashi chuckled as well. "Here we go..."

Itachi watched in interest while Konan giggled. "So, this is where this started, I assume?"

Minato nodded. "She was... three almost four?"

Naruto frowned. "That's forever ago."

We hadn't broken our gaze by the time the waitress arrived to take orders. She paused at Ibiki, a man nearly four times my size, and me having a stare-off. She giggled. "Cute kid... can I take your order?"

He didn't stop staring. "Steak and rice." She went around the table and got to me. "Need to order, brat."

My eyes didn't move. "I never actually order my own food." Itachi ordered for us both, and we leaned our elbows onto the table, hiding our lips behind interlaced fingers.

He chuckled. "Can even make my motions look like your own... impressive."

I smiled. "Had a good teacher." He began to move, and I copied him.

Naruto scowled. "Are you two gonna do this all night?"

He rested again. "I don't know... are we kid?"

I smirked. "You tell me."

Itachi started to poke my side, and I fought to keep my composure. "Stop it."

He chuckled. "No."

He started to tickle me, and I took deep breaths to keep up my stare contest. "This is cheating."

"I know."

He stopped as a drink was sat down between us. "On the house..."

I didn't need to look to know she meant, especially for Itachi. "No, thank you."

She waitress leaned closer to him. "It's just a drink."

Ibiki struggled not to break our gaze. "He said no."

She turned to him. "Really i-"

"Then please have one brought for my fiancé." I felt her stiffen, and a satisfied smirk crossed my face.