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Warning: OOC-ness

Legend:

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You smiled at the clear blue sky and birds were chirping happily in the sky. It was pretty peaceful whenever that bastard wasn't around. By the word 'bastard', you meant Uchiha Itachi. He was your childhood friend. Both of you spent a lot of time together as both of your mothers were best friends. People always called him 'genius', 'cool', 'calm' and whatever pretty words to describe him. How could they forget to add the term 'bully'? Why couldn't they see that?

Well…, you admitted that Itachi was usually calm and composed all the time. He managed to show him the real you whenever you're around. It was because of him, you wanted to be a ninja and one day you would definitely defeat him. You were quite shocked to meet him again in the Akatsuki after many years after the Uchiha massacre. He was always picking on you for no reason – that part of him never changed. Somehow, you're glad to see him again.

You grinned, today would be a great day. He was on a mission with Sasori. "Reika," you snapped out from your daydream and your body jerked in response as soon as you heard the voice, causing you to fall off from the tree branch. You glared at the owner of the voice as you got off the ground, dusting off the dirt from your cloak.

"Uchiha? You're back… early…" you muttered in disappointment. You expected that he would be away for at least the whole day. You didn't expect he had already completed the mission so soon. "Aren't you glad?" Itachi smirked, which made you shivered in response. You really wanted to punch this person now, but you didn't really have the energy to fight with him today. All you want to do today was to relax. "No…," you responded immediately as you turned away, preparing to leave.

"Reika," Itachi swiftly took out something from his pocket and threw a small object to you which you caught it. It was a present, wrapped neatly. You gulped as you observed the small beautifully wrapped box. You glanced at the sharingan user, analyzing his facial expression. "Can't you see? It's a souvenir. I got it specially for you," Itachi flashed a small smile at you before heading back into the Akatsuki hideout. Cold sweat started form on your forehead. Should you open it? Or not? Without hesitation, you immediately unwrapped your gift, hoping it would be something nice and normal. But to your dismay…,

BOOM!

The loud noise sent the whole Akatsuki hideout shook a few seconds as birds and animals nearby fled for safety. There was a moment of silence before the smoke dispersed. Black smoke came out from your mouth as you coughed. Anger started to boil within you. He did it again and yet, you fell for it once again. You balled your fist as your body shook in response in anger.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

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"What was that? Enemy attack?" Kisame exclaimed who accidentally spilled his tea when the whole mansion shook."Or was it just you, Deidara?" Sasori asked in calmed manner. There was no way the enemies could find their hideout. "No, un! I swear!" Deidara gulped, waving his hands in defense; even though he loves bombing things up but this was absolutely not his work.

The members immediately shifted their attention to Itachi who was smirking as he came into the living room. "Don't worry, it's just Reika." Itachi explained as he headed towards his room. The others sweat dropped; it wasn't going to be a peaceful afternoon after all. "Uchiha!" you yelled, stomping your way to the living room. Dark thundering clouds hung over you as you slammed the door opened. Your eyes scanned every members of the Akatsuki who were in the living room – Kisame, Deidara and Sasori.

You made a 'tch' sound before heading towards your room. You knew he would be there. Being partner with the Uchiha was already bad, but sharing room with him was definitely a nightmare. The worst part was both of you had to share the same bed! You always wondered how Deidara managed to sleep with his hyperactive partner – Tobi.

After stomping all the way from the living room, you finally reached 'your' room. You glared at the wooden door, knowing the sharingan user was definitely inside. You gulped as your hand touched the doorknob. What would happened if you open the door? A duster fell on you last night when your entered the room. So what will happen now? Just as you opened the door, you saw a slimy 'thing' in front of your face, which was just few inches away – it was a caterpillar. You felt your blood froze before you let out a scream making the whole place rumbled in the process.

You immediately backed your way to the wall, pointing at the green caterpillar which was hanging in front of you. You saw Itachi snickered. "Get that thing away!" you demanded, pointing at him. No fair, Itachi knew your likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses while you knew nothing about him. There was this one morning, you actually woke up with a beetle on your forehead. Just thinking of it made you shivered.

"It good thing you didn't faint this time," Itachi said, trying to suppress his laughter. The ashes dirtied your face and cloak earlier. You looked really funny in his view. You sighed, seeing his expression. You anger subsided just seeing him like this. You really love his smile and laugh. You didn't know why. He didn't really smile nor laugh a lot whenever he was with his family. Itachi stopped laughing as he untied the caterpillar down before letting it out through the window.

"Just wait Uchiha! One day, I'll definitely get you for this!" you declared.

Chapter 1 End.