Title: Space between.
Characters: Uchiha Itachi, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke
Type: Ongoing.
Status: Incomplete.
Rating: T (Not suitable for children)
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Uchiha Itachi likes to train. He normally spends 3 hours in the Uchiha training grounds. Most of the times, he'll train with Shisui and sometimes with Sasuke.
Since the wedding announcement, he wasn't seen training with Sasuke.
Shisui took a deep breath. "I know what's going on, you know."
"I don't know what you're talking about, Shisui." He said quietly, sitting down next to him on the ground.
"Oh, I think you know very well what I'm talking about." He was going to make him talk, even if he didn't want to.
Finally, Itachi tilted his head back and send him a glare, but Shisui was not about to give up.
"Since it seems you're not up for it, I'll do the talking." He looked straight into Itachis' eyes. "I'm talking about Sakura soon-to-be Uchiha. I'm talking about your brother's fiancée. The woman he plans to grow old with. His happiness."
Itachi stood rapidly, "I have a lot of things to do. This little chat it's over."
Shisui stood, watching Itachi turn around ready to leave. He promised her he would talk to him. It needed to be done.
"Give up." Shisui said. It was now or never.
Training had not turned out the way Itachi expected it. When Shisui started talking about Sakura, it was like all those feeling he had been keeping looked will flow. He thought he had accepted the way life was playing, toying with his emotions. He fell in love with this medic-nin. This woman.
Correction: his brothers' woman.
"I'm serious, Itachi. You can't keep longing for her. She's engaged to your brother, so I'm asking you for his happines to give up." It sounded like a plea, but Itachi knew better.
"Your concern amazes me, so I hope that that threat I'm sensing in your words it's just my mistake, Shisui." The aura around Itachi told him he had activated his sharingan.
Indeed, training had not turned out the way Itachi expected it, but when Shisui told him to give up, he wanted to tell him that he will, that he'll try, but truth is; Itachi didn't feel like he could actually go through with it.
"You know nothing, Shisui."
He left.
Haruno Sakura was exhausted. It was only just past noon and she was worn out. Wedding preparations with Mikoto and Ino were ridiculous tiring and her mind often drift to the hospital. The hospital. A place full of people who needed her help.
She often found herself looking into the eyes of a very exciting Uchiha Mikoto without knowing what she was talking about, so, they decided Sakura was not ready to plan her own wedding. No. Really.
Sakura let out a long sigh. She needed to get home and change her clothes. Sasuke should be there since it's his day off. 'Lucky bastard' she thought. Sasuke had unofficially moved in with her a year ago, and she absolutly loved having him around but the boy was a mess.
Real mess.
She was so immersed in her own world that she never noticed who was coming her way until she felt an impact that almost got her to kiss the ground.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking..." she was loss at words when she realized the one and only Uchiha Itachi was in front of her.
He just stared at her. Things had been awkward between them since she started dating Sasuke but now, now it was different. Their relationship was not the one he wished for, but they never had a relationship. He wouldn't even call what they did love because really, it was just lust, but he wanted so much more now.
Over the years, she became cold around him. Never looking at him and always ignoring his presence.
"Excuse me, Itachi-san." her voice brought him back to earth, "I have to get going." She started to walk away from him.
"Have a nice day, Sakura." he said quietly. 'It's not the time, yet.'
When she got home, Sasuke was asleep on the couch. Sakura walked towards him, sat on the ground and brushed his hair away from his eyes. She had loved this boy for so long, and now they were to marry.'Could this be Itachi instead of him if she never let herself...' No. She shock the idea from her mind. It's been almost three years since they parted ways and he still acted like they were together just last week. It was annoying that he kept doing that, so she always tried her best to avoid him. But what irritated her to no end was that she felt her body would betray her if Itachi were to touch her.
(Don't go there, Sakura. You made your choice. She was right, it's better off this way.)
It was then when Sasuke woke up and grabbed her hand gently.
She blinked up to his eyes. "Sasuke..."
"Hey... why aren't you at the hospital?" he made room for her next to him, which she gladly took.
"I came to change, plus, I wanted to see you." Sasuke ran his fingers through her hair, she kissed him, 'It'll be fine. I love him.'
"I love you..." It was a whisper between kisses, he pulled her closer to him and pushed her down on the couch without breaking the kiss.
(It's better off this way)
"How did it go?" She asked him. It was just the two of them
Shisui took a deep breath, "I tried talking to him, but I don't think it worked." She's going to be mad, he just know it.
"You had one job, Shisui." Things need to stay the way they are. She has to make sure of it. "Has he made a move yet?"
"No, not yet, but I'm sure he will." Shisui stared at her, he had no idea why she was doing this.
"Is there something else you want?" She asked, as if reading his mind.
"May I ask, why are you so set on doing this?" He wasn't sure if he wanted to know, but this is Itachi they are talking about and Shisui only wants what is best for him.
"Because it's better off this way, Shisui. Now go."
So he left, wondering what did she knew that he didn't.
A/N: Yes, I finally decided to do it! This chapter has been sitting in my waiting room for a long time. I didn't like the way it turned out when I wanted to post it, so I kept on changing it but I think I finally got it.
Some things I'd like to answer/Clarify before you ask them:
This She in the story it is /obviously/ not Sakura, but It is someone close to her and Itachi.
Yes, She does know what happened between them 3 years ago. You'll find out who She is soon enough, but I think it's pretty obvious who She is.
Shisui doesn't know what happened between Sakura and Itachi, he only knows that Itachi feels something for her. He only knows what She told him.
*Criticism is a way of learning, so be my guests*
