Author's Note:Here is another Itachi chapter. I really love Itachi and like writing from his view in this story. But anyway, please enjoy and let me know what you think!

Chapter 19 – Itachi's Chapter's (Part 4)

I came home in the early hours of the morning to see Sasuke sleeping on the couch. Why he was sleeping on the couch was beyond me. I walked upstairs in hopes of going to bed. I passed Sakura's room but it was empty. Seeing it empty only concerned me. Had she snuck into my room? I went to my room but she was not there. I went into Sasuke's room. I was surprised to see Sakura sleeping there. Had Sasuke let her sleep there? From the impression of the pillows it appeared Sasuke had slept there. They slept together? They slept together! Had they...done more than sleep? I shook Sakura awake.

"Itachi-nii-san?" She seemed confused, "Where is Sasuke-kun?"

"Sasuke is downstairs. Why are you in his bed?" I asked her. She didn't hear me.

"What?" She asked then pulled ear plugs from her ears. They had to be the reason she had stopped sleeping with me during thunder storms.

"What did you say?" She asked.

"Sasuke is downstairs. Why are you in his bed?" I repeated my question.

"The movie we watched last night was really scary and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep alone. You weren't here so I…begged Sasuke to let me sleep with him," She yawned.

"So you only slept with him. That's all?"

"Yes. Of course," She looked at me as if I had insulted her.

"I was just making sure."

"We'll we didn't do anything," She defended herself.

"I believe you. Go back to sleep," I pushed her back down into the bed and she fell back to sleep. I put her ear plugs back in and went to my room. I slept till the afternoon when I heard Sakura calling my name.

"Good afternoon, Itachi-nii-san," She smiled at me.

"Afternoon?" I sat up.

"Yep. I just got home from school. Want me to make you a snack?" She asked.

"Sure."

"Are you hungry?"

"Yes."

"Good. I made you a snack. Come downstairs when you're dressed," She skipped away. I did as the lady commanded. When I came down to the kitchen, Sakura was smiling and presented me with a plate of onigiri, my favorite. Sakura would make a great wife one day. She was kind, considerate, a great cook and very beautiful. She had a great personality and a gentle heart. She would make a great wife one day. Any man would be lucky to have her. Why couldn't Sasuke see that? Maybe he had.

"Thank you, Sakura," I took one of the balls and began to eat. She was such a good cook even with a simple rice ball.

"Sasuke-kun, would you like one?" She asked my brother when he entered the kitchen. He shrugged and took one of them. We sat in the kitchen eating while Sakura watched us with a smile on her face. I loved her smile. I loved it when she was happy.

"Is it good?" Sakura asked,

"Yes," I answered while Sasuke merely shrugged.

"I'm glad. I have to go now. I'll be back late so eat without me," Sakura said and revealed she had already gathered some items to take with her.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Secret," She giggled then ran out before I could say anything.

"Where is she going?" I asked Sasuke.

"I don't know," He shrugged then left the kitchen. The next day she didn't even come back to the house till late. She did that even when her parents returned. I'd ask Sasuke about Sakura but he only told me that he and Sakura had aced their frog project but that was it. I did not like her being so distant and gone. I did not like that even when she was around or that she no longer snuck into my room the sleep during the thunderstorms thanks to the ear plugs. I did not like this. I did not like that at all.

Finally, Christmas came and our families came together as they usually did. We gathered in my family's living room on Christmas Day. We were to open our presents starting from oldest to youngest. Fugaku went then Kizashi then Mebuki then Mikoto. I was next. I received money and clothes from my parents while Kizashi and Mebuki brought me some exotic teas from their travels as I had desired. Sasuke gave me some good books I asked for and then I got Sakura's present. I was very shocked when I saw that she had gotten me the watch I had been wanting for a few months but never got around to buying because of the high price.

"Thank you, Sakura," I hugged her.

"I'm glad you like it."

Sasuke was next. His gift from Sakura was a very expensive baseball glove Sasuke had been pining for since the previous year. He did not hug Sakura but his pleased smile said it all. In the end was Sakura's turn. After getting the usual clothes and perfume from our parents, she opened my gift of a cherry blossom pendant. I had seen her eyeing at a store a few weeks back and bought it. She hugged me in her gratitude then opened Sasuke's gift.

Sakura gasped opening the present. I saw our mothers get excited by Sakura's reaction to the unseen present. She pulled out a stuffed slug toy. Our mothers put loss their excitement.

"Katsuyu! I've been looking everywhere for her! Where did you find her?" Sakura asked. She had been looking for her lost stuffed animal for a week.

"I found her yesterday in the shed," Sasuke answered. Our parents and I could not believe how thoughtless Sasuke had been. He didn't get her a present but merely returned something that was already hers. How shameful especially after she bought him such an expensive gift.

"Thank you, Sasuke-kun!" She hugged him quickly as he remained motionless.

Having opened all the presents, our parents decided to go out for a Christmas walk in the snow while we younger ones were left to watch Christmas specials on TV.

"Sakura, how were you able to afford all our expensive presents?" I asked her quietly when Sasuke went to the bathroom.

"You know how I've been hardly around for a while?"

"Yes."

"I got a job," She smiled.

"A job?"

"Yep. Kakashi-sensei had me work for him afterschool. I basically cleaned his house, walked his dogs and cooked for him and he paid me."

"You worked for you teacher?" I remembered this Kakashi. He was the one who saved Sakura's life by taking her first kiss then became her teacher.

"Yep. I mentioned how I wanted to get you and Sasuke-kun what you wanted so he offered me that job. It was very nice and paid well. I think Kakashi-sensei comes from a rich family."

"So are you finished working for him?"

"No. I think I'll keep working for him or at least till he doesn't need me or I get sick of it," She decided then added, "I really like his dogs."

"I see."

"But I'm going to work a little less so I can hang out with you guys and my friends," She also mentioned.

"Good."

I did not like her being gone all the time and especially not after learning she was spending her time in another man's home.

"I'm going to get some more cookies. Want some?" She asked. I nodded and off she went.