Title: The Jealous Wind
Theme: 26. Flower
World: Mild AU
Word count: 920
Date started:10-29-17
Date Finished:11-11-17
Extra: Reading Greek Myths, I found myself interested in the Story of Apollo and Hyacinth. The name was the tricky part but I decided to call the title the jealous wind because by the end of the day Yuki is jealous. She is a jealous fangirl but also with a smart tongue that could have ended Itachi's life.
Yuki frowned she was stopping in front of the Yamanaka flower shop. Itachi was in the hospital a mission of his had gone wrong she wanted to visit him. Her secret crush, she blushed a bit staring at the red rose, she hated roses, but she wasn't sure how Itachi felt would he read it as romantic. Or get well. She blushed a bit but made no attempt to pick the rose.
"Hunnutsuka," a voice called out, "I see you are looking at the last rose we have for the day," Ino stood by the flowers her hands on her hips. She smiled sweetly at Yuki it was obvious why she was staring at the last rose half the girls in Konoha had bought a single rose for one particular Uchiha, "They are selling fast," she picked up the rose, "It means love," she spoke gently, "you give it to the man you love,"
Yuki smiled gently at the girl, "I am not a fan of roses" Yuki spoke, "they are so cliché…and ugly," she added as an afterthought, "I want something simple" not something that would express her love she was sure Itachi got plenty of them already.
"For a Uchiha boy?" Ino questioned raising an eyebrow she got hints that the black-haired beauty might like Itachi but it was hard to tell. Yuki hardly chased after Itachi other than blushing and stumbling with her words when he was around it was hard to tell if it was crush or nerves.
"You could say that," Yuki spoke putting her finger close to her lips, "more or less, a thank you gift and a get well soon card," she didn't want to explain more on the situation. The reason why Itachi ended up poisoned was because she acted foolishly he was trying to protect her. She stared at the flowers.
Flowers were hard to shop for she now understood her dates nerves when they went shopping. The scent were strong, the colors overwhelming and the meaning was over whelming. She wanted something to give to Itachi something that apologized for mistake.
"Daisey means innocent," Ino spoke holding a bouquet of daisy. Yuki stared at the flower and smiled, they were sweet and innocent wonderful. She glanced at the simple daisy and frowned. It was too simple.
"I will agree with you there," she spoke gently, "but they are simple, in meaning," she sighed and brushed back her hair. She stared at Chrysanthemum she blushed, she couldn't give him that the meaning was too on the nose. She shook her head, "yellow," she spoke. She was sure Itachi was staring at a bunch of red flowers.
"Um," she had another question. Her heart pounding in her chest, she was staring at a periwinkle flowers. They reminded her Sakura flowers, "Has Sakura stopped by," she questioned. She knew how attached Itachi was towards Sakura.
"Um yeah," Ino spoke, "she wanted to get something for him, "red tulip," Yuki frowned she was reading too much in to this. Of course, there was nothing going on between Itachi and Sakura she was imaging things.
"I will take the Hyacinthus flower," she pointed to the beautiful purple flowers, "and the snow drops," Ino glanced at her but didn't question. She grabbed the Hyacinthus flowers and the snow drops wrapping them together and handing it to Yuki.
"Shisui is pretty cute," Ino said. Yuki smiled and nodded before walking out.
Itachi woke up to sea of red flowers. Shisui was sitting next to his bedside reading a book of myths he groaned, "Please tell me my room is painted pink & red and not full of roses," Shisui chuckled.
"What can I say you have many cute admirers," he chuckled putting the book down.
Itachi didn't crack a smile he sat up rubbing his temple the poison slowly wearing off, "how is-"
"Sakura left you this," Shisui said handing Itachi a red tulip. Itachi took the red flower and smiled thinking of the Young kunoichi. Shisui smiled a bit and picked up his book, "oh yeah," Yuki left you this, he handed Itachi the Hyacinthus flower and two snow drops and a message "I am sorry,"
Itachi put the tulip down when he heard Yuki's name and glanced at the purple flower in a sea full of red. The purple and white was welcoming, "Is she okay?" he glanced at the flowers
"She is fine you fell on top of her shielding her from any attacks then fainted," Shisui spoke, "you got off lucky it could have killed you," he opened the book but was reading Itachi's expression. Itachi was staring at the flowers, "She was quick with removing the poison, and it looked like you had a comfortable spot on her lap,"
Itachi's eyes narrowed a warning to his cousin, "as long as she is safe" he spoke putting the flowers in a vase. He had slept through her visit that upset him a bit he was hoping to hear her thoughts on to why she decided it was a good time to open her mouth when they were surrounded by the enemy.
"She is fine and safe," Shisui said, "she left a book here on accident it has an interesting story,"
Itachi glanced at the book was reading it read of old legends, there is one story I liked "It was about, a sun god who falls in love only to lose his love to the jealous wind and his strength,"