PART TWO

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If my first day as his 'assistant' was bad already for me, the whole first week seemed to be worse! He would make me go with him wherever he went, he would make me cook food and snacks for him (though I could never really find out how he managed to eat all those disgusting food!), he would make me run errands for him which means running around the village for a good deal of time, and lastly…and the worst thing that I counted as out of the line already…he decided to stay in my house to sleep or to spend his day off's!

"Stupid jerk! How dare he?!" I mumbled as I cook something for dinner. I was currently in my house with that Uchiha waiting in my dining room for our food. I couldn't make anymore disgusting food for he had outwitted me. He decided that we would always eat together which meant we would eat the same food that I would cook. Of course, I didn't want to poison myself so I was forced to cook properly.

Knock. Knock.

My brows furrowed. Who would visit me now? I hadn't had any good friends in this village so there was no one who I could think of to visit me. Nevertheless, I left the kitchen after chopping the last vegetable and headed to my front door.

"Good evening, _."

I then raised an eyebrow. "You are?" I eyed the guy in front of me. He had brown hair and his eyes reminded me of… my best friend.

"Ah, sorry! We haven't properly met!" he chuckled as he scratched the back of his head. "My name is Hiro. I am Ina's elder brother."

Ina? Ina? My best friend?! My eyes widened at him. Then I mentally slapped myself for not having manners. "Ah, sorry. Would you like to come in?" I offered.

"Well, if I won't be much of a bother then of course," he smiled at me.

And I let him in. I was actually thinking if I should offer him dinner then I could ask him about how Ina was while we were eating. Right, that was a good idea.

"I'm actually cooking something. Would you like to join dinner?" I offered.

"Ah, well, if you won't mind…" he chuckled nervously again. "But I'm only here on behalf of my sister."

"I won't mind," I smiled at him and led him towards the dining room.

Oh yeah. I almost forgot that there was a certain PEST in my house. The Uchiha eyed me and Hiro as we entered the room.

"Who's this?" he asked me.

"A friend that will joining us for dinner, " I muttered then turned to Hiro. "By the way, you don't have to mind him. He's just my superior who thought that he could come in and out of my home." Having said that, I went to the kitchen, feeling Itachi's glare to my back.

After cooking, I put the food on the respective bowls. If anyone's wondering what I made, it's ramen. My own ramen recipe by the way. Now we were to eat.

"So, Hiro-san, can I ask you a question?" I asked as we ate. I was quite grateful that the Uchiha was just silent right now for normally he would talk about what I would do for him the next day.

"Please,_, you can just call me Hiro, after all you're my sister's friend," he grins, "which means that you're my friend, too!"

I just chuckled awkwardly at that. It was my first to hear someone announce that I was their friend. It was quite…good to hear. "How's Ina?"

"Well, first of all, I told you that I came here on her behalf, right?" he said. "I came here to pass on her message. She wanted to apologize to you for leaving without a farewell. She knew that it must've been hard for you since she was the only one you got here to be as close as a family already. But I must tell you that she can't come back here anymore."

My heart thudded at those words. "Why? Is she dead?" I asked sending a small glare to the Uchiha who was sitting beside me. He only looked at my glare with confusion.

"No, no, don't worry, she's fine!" Hiro said as he waved his hands in front of him then taking another gulp of ramen. "It's just that the village she was in right now won't let her go since as we all know, she's an excellent medic so the village needs her."

"I see…" I sighed with relief.

"The other reason why I'm here is to meet you, her best friend and to ask some information from you regarding…uhm…" he paused then casted a glance at the Uchiha. "I can't tell you with other people around. No offense, sir, but I consider this as a secret between friends."

Itachi just nodded at him with a glare. "You can talk to her alone next month," he said.

"Eh?!"

I just sighed again but this time it was out of irritation. He was still thinking about my punishment, eh?

Itachi finished his meal. "_, hurry up there and go to sleep. Your work tomorrow will start earlier: 6 Am to be exact."

"EH?!" I stared at him. "That's unfair! You said that it's 7 AM! Not 6! Isn't it already enough for you to barge into my house and invade my privacy?!"

He just grunted then stood up and left the room, probably going upstairs in MY room to sleep.

"Who really is that guy?" Hiro asked under his breath but then disregarded it. "Oh well, the other reason by the way is to get to know you and to ask you about the guy Ina confessed to…" his eyes then glared at the floor as his voice threatened, "I want to give that guy a good beating for breaking my sister's heart."

I raised an eyebrow at him. "That guy you asked? That guy who just left a few moments ago is the guy who broke her heart and I have been trying to make his life a living hell and look where I ended up…I was punished to be his assistant for a whole month!"

Hiro blinked at me. "That weasel is the guy I'm looking for?"

I chuckled. "Weasel, huh? Nice nickname for him. And yes, he's the one. But mind you, he's the strongest ninja in this village so it will be probably hard to even land a single punch on his face."

"Then I will train harder!" he said with determination. "He's the sole reason why my sister can't find any right guy to give her attention to!"

I furrowed my brows. "She still hasn't moved on?" Hiro shook his head. Then that just made my blood boil more out of anger towards the Uchiha. "I can offer you a different way to get back at him. What kind of ninja are you in your village?"

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Great! Just great! I was so happy even though I was still pissed since I was still Itachi Uchiha's assistant. To make it worse, his fan girls were starting to get mad at me for stealing 'their beloved Itachi' away. Hell, they can have him for all I care. Well, the reason why I was so happy was because HIro's pranks were working. Hiro was an excellent prankster! Him being a spy ninja made it easier for him to sneak in and out without getting caught or being suspicious. Itachi's first suspect was me but he really couldn't confirm it since I was always with him. Then I think he was starting to be aware of Hiro's existence since he kept ignoring him from the night he ate dinner with us.

But oh wait, there's more! After several weeks of being drenched in paint or cold water every time he went in his office, finding perverted drawings (it were drawn using pencil by the way) on his documents, finding spiders every time he crawled on his bed, having his hair dyed white after using the 'shampoo', and things as such, he then began torturing me. It wasn't really torture to some but for me, it was. Every time he got caught in a prank, he would make me clean the mess. When he was drenched in water, he made sure that it was me who would wiped his face dry and be the one to fetch him clothes and what's worse? He made me change his shirt! Every night after he found bugs and spiders on 'his' bed, he made sure that I would sleep on the bed also, meaning, I would sleep with HIM on the bed! What a nightmare!

He was practically using me as a shield from my own ideas of pranks!

Hiro was finding it hard now to continue making the 'weasel's' life hard since he knew what the guy was making me do. Oh by the way, Hiro had now gained the title of being my new best friend since Ina couldn't go back here and visit me.

"_!"

I turned around and stopped running as I saw Hiro running towards me.

"Hey! I'm glad I caught up with you," he panted slightly as he stood in front of me. "You're running errands for that weasel again, aren't you? Geez, can't he even give you a break?"

"I told you he's a jerk and nothing will change that," I chuckled at him. "What's up?"

"I've been monitoring the weasel the whole day and he seems acting odd," he informed me.

"Odd? How so?"

"You have been running around town throughout the day, am I correct?"

I nodded at that.

"I think I know his reason why he doesn't want you with him at the moment," Hiro said with a smirk. "He's getting ready to confess to someone."

My eyebrows furrowed. "Can you please elaborate?"

"This morning he left his office after he sent you off. He went to a restaurant and I think he made reservations there. Then he went to a bake shop and ordered a cake. Then he went to a flower shop. And lastly, where he nearly caught me spying on him, he went to a jewelry shop. I couldn't go near anymore since he was getting conscious of the people around him almost as if he was afraid of getting caught by someone."

Hiro was grinning from ear to ear as he told me those things. "What I am saying is…_we should ruin the moment for him!" he proposed.

I then smirked at him. "Hiro! That's a good idea!"

"By the way, I asked the owner of the restaurant what the day and time of the weasel's reservation is! And guess what?" he grinned maliciously at me. I like that grin! "It's for tonight!"

'Well then, tonight will be fun!'