Title: Thieves
Author: Ohtori Akio
Rating: PG-13
Couple: KakaIta
There is certain darkness in death. Kakashi knows this because he's died once before.
Death is not something that's meant to be survived, and so no one truly has. With every breath stolen from his emotions, Kakashi feels the weight of his tombstone on his chest and flaccid arms choking him, searing where skin meets skin.
Somewhere on the horizon, he meets Itachi, who feels the fire of that night burning through his veins where blood should be, the necklace he wears, slicing into his neck, the claws of his clan dug deep into his chest.
"So, you've died before too?" Kakashi says in the waning light of the day.
The sun meets in the darkness, they are together.
END