He had noticed her as soon as she walked in. Her black dress showing just enough for curiosity to set in and her pink hair curled to perfection bouncing as she walked. He watched her walk to the bar and the way her red lips captured the straw of her drink. Every male's attention was upon her and either she hadn't noticed or feigned indifference. He noticed her eyes glance around the room as in searching someone out and saw her eyes widen and her lips part slightly at the sight of him.
A smirk graced his lips as he saw her surprise and she quickly schooled her features into a smile as her thoughts were still as jumbled mess.
She saw him walk up to her and tried to calm her frantic heart beat as he drew closer. He looked just as he had three years ago, except this time he was in a suit instead of his usual ninja attire.
He wanted to laugh out loud as he saw her change her look of surprise into a smile he knew would have lesser men falling over her feet. But he still saw the panic in her eyes as he made his way over to her, he still didn't know what drove him to seek her out but he couldn't stop himself. He was as powerless when it came to her as he was all those years ago.
She hadn't changed that much since their last meeting, her hair was a lot longer than before but it was her eyes that had changed. They looked at him with caution flecked with distrust, and it made his heart squeeze when he thought at how different the emotions he could elicit from them 3 years ago were.
'Sakura, what brings you here hmm?' he asked, making her skin goose bump and memories flood her mind. Taking a deep breath and trying to sound more confident and sexy than she felt at the moment she faced him with a smile.
'I could ask you the same thing Itachi-san' she replied, mentally congratulating herself for not falling at his feet as a pool of mush, begging for answers.
He tried not to flinch at the –san she had added to his name, it sounded so formal and distant, but what did he expect.
'Business unfortunately' he replied not taking his eyes of her as he flagged the barman and ordered a drink for himself.
'Very unfortunate' she replied as she noticed her target being led into a private booth by her best friend Ino. 'And on that note I'm afraid I am going to have to leave you as my business has just arrived.'
And with that she hoped off the barstool, squeezed his arm and gave him a nervous smile and made her way to the private booth.
He watched her move away from him as he downed his drink and though back to the last time he saw her.
The image still haunted him, her red rimmed eyes with tears pooling from them as she begged him not to leave, the way she grasped his arm as he tried to leave. His heart breaking at what he had to do in order to protect her, begging her with his eyes to understand. But most of all was the heart wrenching sounds that were coming from their apartment as he left her.
With a shake of his head he cleared all Sakura related thoughts as he focussed on the job at hand. Leaving the money for the drink on the counted he headed to the private office where muffled cried could already be heard coming from inside. With a sigh he entered the office to remind his partner their job was to get information not kill the guy.
