Moods
Ahhh! I've gotten to the fourth one of these already! Will my love of this pairing ever subside to a sane level? No, it most likely will not…
Enjoy…
Pein had noticed that Itachi had at least seven distinct moods, ranging in level of lethality from 'Loving' to 'So-Angry-You're-Probably-Already-Trapped-In-Tsukiyomi-Having-Your-Mind-Destroyed'. He probably had more moods than seven, but Itachi also had amazing self-control. To Pein it was a daily game, figuring out which mood Itachi was in and either A) staying out of his way, B) calming him down, or C) taking advantage.
It was extremely difficult to tell which mood he would be in, sometimes he would wake up in a certain mood only for his mood to improve during the day, sometimes his mood would just generally go downhill as the day wore on, sometimes his mood would just change during the day. Pein swore that his lover had the emotional make-up of a woman.
And sometimes if Itachi was in a particular mood he would surprise Pein in the most bizarre ways.
Like the time Pein woke up handcuffed to the headboard because Itachi had decided that Pein 'was going to stay in bed and rest' that day, and then the Uchiha had snuggled against him and fallen asleep again, Pein had easily freed himself from the handcuffs, he was a ninja after all, but he didn't want to get out of bed and disturb his sleeping lover. So he had ended up staying in bed and resting, looking out the window and stroking his lover's hair, it's soft, voluminous strands haloing Itachi's face. Much later Pein realized that Itachi had done it not because he thought Pein needed to rest, but because he didn't want to be left alone while in the healing sleep he needed for his eyes. So now, a few times every month, he will set aside a day that he will stay with Itachi, holding his lover while he sleeps, waiting for those sin-dark eyes to open again, to see him there, and for contentment to dance within their depths.
Sometimes Pein wonders if Itachi can control the rain as well, because it always seems to rain on the days his lover in depressed. Itachi will stay in bed and mope, getting up only if he needs to, neglecting his usual outfit for loose-fitting pajama pants and a random T-shirt with a comfy zip-up sweater and some tatami sandals instead of the ninja standard-issue. He won't comb his hair, leaving it in the tousled mess it usually is in the morning, not even bothering to pull it back with a hair-tie. On these days it is rare that Itachi will grace the other Akatsuki with his presence during breakfast, but sometimes he will shuffle into the kitchen and take his place at the table, he will look out the window with distant eyes and rest his elbows on the table to prop up his chin upon his hands, his hair will fall into his face and pool on the table but Itachi won't care. In times like these Pein realizes again how beautiful his lover is.
Ironically, when Itachi is depressed he is at his most dangerous, his temper is already frayed and the depression does nothing to help how unbalanced he is mentally. The other members of Akatsuki know well how dangerous Itachi can be, as they were all there at the 'last breakfast of Kazuku's third partner'. It had been a perfectly normal morning, the Akatsuki had gathered for breakfast, when Itachi had shuffled into the room, long hair falling into his face and loose clothes disguising his lithe form. The unfortunate ninja who was Kazuku's third partner had never met Itachi before, as the Uchiha had been out on a mission during the time he had been recruited, and to him Itachi must have looked very much like a woman. Because he asked 'who the chick was' in his next statement, the entire Akatsuki froze, with Deidara looking upset, Kisame looking like he was about to have a seizure, Sasori looking blank, Konan looking confused, Pein trying not to laugh, and Itachi slowly turning toward the ninja, his dark eyes raging, and saying that 'He.Was.Not.A.Woman' in the very quite voice that all the other Akatsuki have come to associate with Itachi at his most furious.
The stupid, stupid ninja, who was Kazuku's late third partner had had an unfortunate sense of sarcasm, which he used in his reply to Itachi's statement, 'Well, choke me with a spoon why don't you!' is not necessarily the best thing to say to a pissed-off Uchiha, and so Itachi had done just that, grabbing a spoon off the table he had pinned the ninja to the floor and proceeded to gouge his throat out, the agonized screams slowly dieing down into distressed gurgles and the stupid ninja choked on the spoon, and his own blood, but mostly the spoon. Then Itachi had gotten up, leaving the spoon in the ninja's throat, and announced he was going to find Zetsu and take a shower, five very shocked faces stared back at him, even Pein had been amazed by his lover's brutality and inventive use of spoons as a weapon. Later, when Kazuku had come to breakfast he had been unsurprised by his partner's death, 'If he was too stupid to keep his mouth shut then he deserved to die.'
Some people would have been put off by their lover's aggressiveness and willingness to mutilate others with spoons, but Pein loves his Itachi's moods, because without them Itachi wouldn't be Itachi. Even so, Pein will never stupidly suggest that Itachi do something that might endanger his health (or life) when he is angry.
End Chapter
Wow, i do believe my writing for these is sucky, i feel like the focus is switching around all the time and the story desn't make sense. What do you think?
R&R, if you please.
Flamers will get what is coming to them...