Sakura P.O.V

Knock knock

I pulled my face out of my hands and looked at the door. I wiped my tears and stood up. I tried not to look upset as I opened the door. I wasn't surprised to see Itachi at the door. What was surprising, was what he asked next.

He was looking down as he asked in a soft voice, "May I talk to you?"

I blinked twice. Itachi Uchiha, the most antisocial person I've ever met, just asked if he could talk to me. A part of me wanted to reject him, but another part of me wanted to take advantage of this opportunity. For all I know, he may tell me something that could change my life.

"S-Sure. What do you wanna talk about?" I asked as I let him in.

He thought about it for a moment. I could tell he was second guessing himself about coming to me. I walked over to the bed and had a seat.

"Well... I feel like you are a good person to talk to about... Stuff." He said.

"Itachi. I'm a medic, not a therapist." I said. I realized I said it a bit coldly. He looked up at me and frowned.

"Right. Nevermind." He said, and started to turn away. I just watched, biting my lip. I felt I should stop him, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

When he shut the door, I went back to calling myself an idiot in my head. Why didn't I stop him? He could have told me something important!

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I don't know how long I was sitting there, but I figured it was an hour before Kisame came and told me it was dinnertime.

I walked into the kitchen and took my usual seat next to Itachi. It was awkward because of what happened earlier. I sat there, tense, as I ate my rice balls. I noticed Itachi barely touched his food.

When everyone was finished, Pain excused us.

"Sakura," Pain called. I turned around. "It's your turn to clean the kitchen. Have someone help you if you'd like."

I looked at Itachi. He froze, and looked at me.

"Will you help me?" I asked and gave him a puppy face. I couldn't believe how comfortable I'm getting around him. Before, I was afraid to be within even 20 feet of him. Now, I'm giving him puppy dog faces to help me with the dishes.

He smirked and nodded. We started by picking up our own , we picked up the rest.

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We cleaned the dishes in silence. Everyone was in bed now. It was 10:00pm, but we weren't finished yet. Suddenly, Itachi broke the silence.

"I used to help my mother with the dishes."

I turned and looked at him. He had a small smile on his lips. It confused me. Why would he say that with a smile? Was he just that messed up, or was there something everyone was missing.

"What's with you?!" I snapped, "You killed you're whole family and ruined your brother's life, but you're not as mean as everyone thinks! Why aren't you mean?!"

He looked at me. There was a sad look to his eyes. He set his dishes down. He wouldn't look at me anymore.

"You will never know." Was all he said.

"Why not?! I wanna know! I wanna know why you ruined everyone's life!"

He clenched his fists. He looked mad, and it was a bit scary. He whipped around to look at me. His Sharingan was on.

"You don't know anything," He said in a quiet, scary voice, "You don't know what war is like. You don't know what it's like to have your whole life ruined from one mission. You're naive."

Have you're whole life ruined in one mission? What was he talking about?

"What? 'Have your whole life ruined in one mission'? What do you mean?" I asked. He froze. His eyes widened.

I was about to get a history lesson.