"Itachi-sama, there is someone wishing to see you." He walked over to the door and opened it, which gave Kili enough time to nymph through the wall into her room. She lay down on her bed and just cried. He turned around to see she wasn't there. Then he heard the crying. He hurried into her room and held her close. Oftentimes all she needed was this. She cried into his shoulder and he stroked her hair. "What is it, Kili-chan?" She took deep breaths trying to calm herself. "He was here again...Itachi-sama, I'm so sorry!" Then it dawned on him that Sasuke was near her while Itachi was on a mission. This had happened before, and Sasuke was less than gentle with her. "It's not your fault. I promise this will stop Kili-chan."
He never treated her like a servant. He never could, either. He felt guilty, even if she smiled to him.
-PAST-
"Kili, how old are you now?" Fugaku Uchiha often asked her this, like he lost track. "16, sir." she was kneeling on the floor in the living room after having been called. "I see. You're dismissed." She bowed and left the room to back to Itachi. She passed him in the hallway and he pulled her into the courtyard with him. "Kili-chan...I have something I need to tell you." He looked around as though he were nervous. "Hai, Itachi-sama?" He kissed her like he had that night at the lake. "I love you. If I could take you as my wife, I would without hesitation. You know that don't you?" "Hai." He held her hands in his, unaware that his father was watching and hearing everything. "But Itachi-sama...The choice is yours, not mine." (Always so loyal...I can't bear to tell her...But I must...) Itachi thought to himself. "Kili-chan, when you turn 18, I have to release you. Someone bought you from my family." Her eyes misted. But she couldn't cry, not in front of him. "I...I understand, Itachi-sama..."
-PRESENT-
Life was nothing but cruel to her. She loved him with all of her heart, and in a matter of days she was to be torn from him to work for someone else. Her life history was nothing but abuse, rape and depression. Then she met Itachi. He changed her world, and she was happy again. This is why she cried. The man who bought her had raped and abused her as a child. On top of being orphaned/abandoned, she had been raped at 3 years old. In a previous ownership, if she coughed while cleaning or just plain coughed, she was beaten. "Itachi-sama...I-I've been saving up money, and...I think I may have enough for you to buy me back." "No, Kili-chan. You don't deserve to be treated this way. You aren't an item to be treated as people please. But I will try to get you back." he spoke to her gently. Then he took her face in his hands and gently wiped the tears off of it. "Such a beautiful face should not be marred by tears. Please stop crying." he kissed her gently. He couldn't stand to lose his only friend. After all, she was the only one he confided in. She was the only one who could make him feel better, the only one to have actually SEEN him cry. Others simply joked about it. And now she was being torn away and he feared his world would shatter before he could get her back.
