Asuka
Could I simply stay in love with you?- Ai Otsuka/Kurage Nagareboshi
She was but a regular kunoichi. Neither too talented nor too outstanding.
She had met him by chance. She had been surrounded and he had lent a hand…then promptly demanded repayment by falling unconscious. She had nursed him back to health and that was the beginning of many more meetings.
"Are you an Uchiha?"
Asuka eyes widened slightly as she held her son in her arms before a smile slowly set itself onto her lips.
"Yes… my son is."
"You were married to an Uchiha?" Sasuke asked.
Asuka merely smiled. "We don't interact much with people, so forgive me if I'm not open enough to tell you."
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke," The man said suddenly
Asuka's eyes widened slightly but she didn't speak. The small movement though did not escape Sasuke's eyes.
"Have you heard of me?" He asked bluntly.
Asuka lips opened softly in ready to deny but her son shifted to look at her and somehow she nodded in agreement instead.
"I have heard of you and the tragedy," Asuka said with a slightly pained smile.
"Are you from Konoha?" Sasuke suddenly asked. Usually, he'd be on his guard but the aura of the woman in front of him comforted him and made him relax his guard. There was no sense of danger radiating off her or even a distance that should be present in front of strangers. It was almost as if she was family to him.
"Tachi,"
Sasuke's eyes widened at the words that flowed out of her mouth.
"Mother?" he questioned softly as he continued to be on guard against Sasuke. In the few years since he had gained awareness of his surroundings. He had never seen his mother actively seek out people nor invite them inside their house like this guy. His strong possessiveness of his mother shone through his dark eyes at this moment.
"Greet your uncle," Asuka said with a soft rub to his head.
"What…." Sasuke stared in shock. He had an inkling of what it might be but he also denied it vehemently in his mind. In his head, his brother was no such man. He had no idea if it was jealousy or confusion clouding his mind at the moment because he had been sure his brother only had him. He thought everyone, including the girl chosen to be with Itachi was killed by Madara and Itachi cleanly that night.
"My son is your nephew" Asuka confirmed with a smile. She turned slightly to the cabinet beside her and pulled out a black cloak embroidered in red clouds. Within the cloak, laid a kunai and a very noticeable Uchiha emblem.
"He is Uchiha Itachi's son."
Sasuke swallowed as he stared at the boy who was staring at him with curious dark eyes.
He chose to protect the world and the brother he abandoned. He promised he'd return but she knew the exact moment he fell. She knew he wasn't coming back but she merely smiled and rubbed her swelling belly.
She had to live and raise her child. She had to believe that she would see him again, perhaps in another life. Because that was their story. Fated to meet but not be together.