Restless tonight
Cause I wasted the light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
It's nothing I planned
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that line

Itachi didn't know how he could break the news to her, he was actually afraid, and some part of him didn't even want to do it. He loved Kei, more than anything, but he had his reasons. 'If I don't do it now, she'll be the one who'll suffer later.' Itachi thought to himself, and waited at the designated destination where Kei said she would meet him at. He remembered the phone conversations, and he knew Kei thought he was cheating on her, but he wasn't. In fact, he was actually talking to Kei's mother over the phone, asking her for help. He did meet her, tried to clear his dilemma, but it was of no use. Itachi stuck to plan A. To break up with a girl he loved more than anything.

Kei saw Itachi sitting alone at the corner of the fancy restaurant, and she felt her hands shiver. 'It couldn't be it, right? He wouldn't…call me here to propose to me or anything, right?' Kei thought, and wondered. If he did propose to her, she didn't know what to say. This seemed to cliché, and she knew Itachi was never someone who stuck to something by the book, as he had once stated to her, he despised clichés. But, Kei was afraid, she didn't know what he called her here for, she knew it was about their relationship, but what about it? Weren't they happy just the way they were? Was it because of that other person he was talking to over the phone the other day? Was Itachi cheating on her? Her mind was tattered.

She breathed as she sat in front of him, Itachi's facial expression not easing her discomfort. She wondered if he heard her heart throb against her chest, and Kei licked her dry lips, and stared at Itachi's face, looking for any sign that told her everything was okay. But, she found none. "Itachi, what…what did you want to talk about?" Itachi breathed and closed his eyes, his hands massaging his temples, and Kei said, "Are you okay?" Itachi nodded, and this made Kei worry even more. She felt the backsides of her eyelids burn, and she felt her vision go hazy. She bit her lower lip to hold back a sob, and she knew what this situation meant. "Itachi-""Kei, we have to break up." For Kei, it felt like her whole world came crashing.

Saya enjoyed her sleep these days. She didn't have to get up and study, and she didn't have anyone to bother her. Sasuke popped by her house often, so did Naruto, but that was it. When she did wake up, she decided to take a walk, and Saya grabbed her coat, and horded out, knowing Kei wouldn't be back for a while. As she walked, she noticed her new phone, a gift Kei had presented to her, and she stared at the message Sasuke had sent her earlier that morning. 'It's annoying sometimes that he's so stupidly cliché. That dork doesn't even act his age sometimes.' Saya thought to herself chuckling, and she bumped into someone. When she looked up to see who it was, her eyes widened with joy and she smiled. "Kakashi-sensei." She acknowledged, and the silver haired man smiled at his most promising student.

As Saya and her teacher walked the streets, Kakashi asked her about how she was doing, to that Saya replied with a smile, "Better than before, sensei." Kakashi nodded happily, and said, "Sasuke's book was about you." Saya blushed and blinked. "In that book, he wrote about how Gaara and he fought for you." Saya nodded, and looked at her teacher and asked, "Who did I end up with?" Kakashi chuckled and said, "Well, according to the book you ended up with Naruto." The girl frowned slightly, and Kakashi chuckled, and said, "Got to hand it to Sasuke, he's got the wildest imagination sometimes." Saya closed her eyes, her face holding embarrassment. She couldn't even picture herself with Naruto, he seemed too much like a brother to her. And the fact that Sasuke had ended a story in which she would end up with Naruto meant he was threatened by Naruto in a way.

"How are things with Sasuke?" Saya blinked twice, her face glowing red, and said, "Good. He…he's nice to me." Kakashi smiled. "It was because of you he turned out to be like that. The Sasuke before you entered his life was a jerk." Well, that much Saya knew. "He was anti-social. He hated mingling with people, and he believed he was too good for everyone around him. Sasuke had this weird way of attracting popularity unintentionally, and it always worked. He was cold and unkind to everyone and the girls loved it. He believed he could categorize people into several categories, since 'humans are predictable', and that was why he tried to get to know you." Saya didn't know that. She listened on to Kakashi, "He thought you were also one of those girls who would fall for his charms, and try and attract attention in a much more melodramatic method, and when you didn't play by his rules, that irked him." Saya chuckled. "Your difference intrigued him, and he wanted to see to what extent that difference led you on, and when he was pulled in too deep, he lost his previous jerk self, opening up into the man he is now."

Saya smiled at the ground, and Kakashi sighed as he said, "You were a miracle in his life Saya, I hope you know that." Saya blushed and waved at her teacher as he walked away, and Saya felt her phone vibrate. It was Sasuke. Saya smiled as she picked the call and heard the boy say, "Hello, girlfriend." Saya chuckled as she said, "Don't call me that, jerk." Sasuke groaned as he said, "Where are you right now? I want to talk to you about something." Saya closed her eyes. "Near the school." Sasuke was confused, "What are you doing there?" Saya jerked her shoulders as she said, "Took a walk, and I landed up here." Sasuke chuckled as he said, "I'm coming over there, wait for me." Saya nodded.

Kei didn't care that tears fell off her eyes, she simply wiped them and said, "Okay." Itachi frowned, and watched her, wanted her to say something more, but Kei refused to talk. "Aren't you…aren't you going to say anything?" Kei shook her head, biting her lip as hard as she could to prevent herself from crying and said, "What more is there to say? You've said it all. Is that all you wanted to tell me?" Itachi didn't nod. He sat there, eyes wide, staring at the girl he loved in front of him, and sighed. Kei stood up and said, "I'll send Saya to collect my things from your house tomorrow." Itachi wanted to stop her and he said, "Kei, please…say something." He sounded desperate because he was. "You can't just leave like that. You have to say something-""Say what Itachi? 'Please don't do this to me, I love you, can't you see I'm hurting, why are you doing this?' If I asked you all of that, and you knew I was going to ask you all of that, wouldn't you have already come with answers? Doesn't that mean this decision of yours is final?"

Kei wiped tears off her face and smiled slightly, "If it satisfies you, let me say it. This does hurt. A lot." And the girl walked out of the restaurant, sobbing her heart out. There were people in the street that observed Kei cry, but she didn't care. She loved Itachi more than any boy she ever had feelings for, and she didn't even know the reason why he broke up with her. Somehow, this didn't surprise her, but what hurt her the most, was that he was indeed cheating on her, and now it was all clear. Itachi, on the other hand, knew if he had told Kei the reason for why he was breaking up with her, she wouldn't leave. She would stay and she would try to sort things out no matter how difficult it might be.

Just like how her mother told him.

"Mrs. Soyokaze, I love your daughter-""Are you planning on marrying her?" Itachi chuckled, noticing the similarities between Kei and her mother and said, "I wish that was possible." Kei's mother, Kikyo, looked at him baffled and said, "What do you mean?" Itachi frowned and said, "I have to break up with her, for two important reasons." Kikyo frowned at the boy, and said, "You said you wanted to meet me, and talk about my daughter, and I was sure that you were going to ask me her hand in marriage. And, you are here, telling me you want to break up with her?" Itachi frowned before saying, "Don't get me wrong, I don't want to. But, I have to." Kikyo raised her eyebrow. "See Mrs. Soyokaze, I have to leave the country soon, for a very long time, and…I'm not sure if I can return. Becoming a doctor is my dream, and I want to pursue it with all I can. I'm not saying Kei isn't as important, but she still has two more years of college, and I personally don't want to leave her hanging. Long distance relationships…don't always work." Kikyo sighed and said, "The other reason?"

"My migraine. I know I worry her a lot, and I don't want to. It isn't anything serious-""Really?" Itachi sighed. "Alright, I need to undergo surgery, and that is the reason I want to leave. My family, doesn't know about my condition and Kei only knows I have a migraine, but not too dangerous to worry about. I can't burden her with my problems, and I…and I think…" Kikyo sighed once more and said, "You think what?" Itachi looked into the woman's eyes and said, "I think Kei deserves better. She's still young, and…""You do realize that if Kei knows about this, she will try and work out with the long distance relationship, and also, force you into telling your family about your migraine, right?" Itachi nodded. "And, in return, she'll not have the guarantee that I would be completely honest with her-""Will you cheat on her?" Itachi shook his head, "I won't." "Are you afraid?" Itachi shook his head. "No, it's not fear." Kikyo cocked her eyebrow. "Then what is it?" Itachi smiled. "It's devastation." Kikyo waited. "I don't want to leave Kei hanging with the fact that I am a thousand miles away from her, and-""You're afraid you won't survive the surgery, is that it?"

Itachi was shocked with how accurately Kikyo had discovered the reason. "Many die out of the treatment than the disease, Mrs. Soyokaze." Kikyo didn't know what to say for the boy. "You aren't afraid of a long distance relationship, you know you and Kei can make it. What you're afraid of is how she'll react if she found out about your…condition." Itachi nodded. "I don't want Kei to face any of that. But, Mrs. Soyokaze, I love your daughter. And, I wish I could marry her."

"What if you survive?" Kikyo asked, and Itachi smiled. "She would have moved on by then, that's how strong Kei is. And I love her for that."

Itachi walked home with a load in his chest. It was his fault that he didn't take a precaution in that migraine, and now it was worse than ever before. 'I just wish you know I love you, Kei.' He thought to himself, and sighed.

A/N: Itachiiii~
I'm evil, no?
I'm just the embodiment of cruelty, aren't I?
Poor poor Itachi!
Well, Kakashi and Saya bit was funny.
Anyways, left you with no cliffhanger, but no happy ending either.
Hehehe... I love doing this. Why? Because, I can, that's why. :P
The song is One Thing by Finger Eleven.
Review my dears, there's a lot more in store. :)