Pein had always been told that the love of his life would be his best friend, too. Staring across the table at Itachi, his beautiful innocent devil, he couldn't help but think that was true. Itachi was so gorgeous, with his dark hair and piercing eyes, but he went deeper than that. He was everything and anything Pein could have ever asked for, a boy that was so mature Pein had forgotten on multiple occasions that he was so much younger than Pein himself was. And Itachi was kind, fair, and just, as well as calm and compassionate. They were definitely best friends. So when Itachi said, "You've got this, right?" Pein immediately replied that he did. He looked down at their bill.

Then again…