Chapter 6 – Locked at the gates of heaven

There is probably no need to say that my week has been a living hell. Itachi is in the picture and I have been trying to stop him from harassing my secretary. Didn't work. She was hit on constantly and he sometimes played pranks on her. I couldn't understand what he was doing and I was struggling to stop him. He always dark the coffee she got me in the morning, play with her hair while she was doing paperwork... He poured coffee on her seat, and after she sat down, I looked at her facial expression change and I could almost hear him smirk.

"Did I just get you wet Miss Haruno?" she just smiled nervously and got up.

I think that was the last bit of it. I could see it on her face that she's had enough of his constant bullying. The worst part was that I couldn't do anything else but apologize for my brother's behaviour. He had a better ranking, he was older, he could take my job away with a phone call. But I had to do something, it was time to have a talk with my brother.

"Itachi, I need to speak with you." I said looking directly into his eyes, making him understand it is serious.

"What is it foolish little brother? What is the matter this time?" he smirked at me and sat on my chair at the desk.

"I want you to leave Sakura alone, or even better, leave." He started chuckling.

"You know I can't do that Sasuke, she is my new shiny toy."

"For fuck's sake! You are not even trying to hook up with her, all you are doing is only making it hard for her to do her job and you are just stressing her out."

"Maybe today, but some of these days, I will be her perfect man." I smiled ironically.

"I highly doubt that, brother."

"What is it to you Sasuke? You have been trying to get me out of her hair since I got here, and it is not just sympathy or respect for an employee. Is my little brother feeling something for her?" I wanted to kill him, I could envision myself killing him and be happy about it.

"You do."

"What?"

"You like her. A lot."

"Itachi, I don't have time for your mind games, she will leave soon if you keep this up. She is a great secretary, she is efficient and hard working. Why are you keen on ruining my work place?"

He got me angry and I couldn't take it anymore. I was getting defensive and he felt it, I could tell. I got that wrong, now he knew, and he was going to annoy me further.

"She said she has a boyfriend. Is that true?"

"It is."

I answered without realising, with a bitter tone in my voice.

"I take it you don't like him? Or it is only because he has the woman you want?"

I couldn't tell. Which one was it? I didn't even know. I didn't even want to know. I saw him smirk.

"Sorry little brother. I will be back here tomorrow. Just so you see I am a great older brother, you can have her after I bed her. I am willing to let you have her after. Doesn't that sound great?" I launched at him. I don't know why, I couldn't tell what I was doing, but my hands were now on the collar of his shirt and his eyes were open wide. He was shocked I stood up to him. That was the first time I even attempted to use violence with my brother.

"My, my, little brother, it seems she really got to you." He removed my hands from his collar gently and pushed my shoulder, signalling for me to back off. "That was one of the biggest mistakes you ever did. I am not leaving you anything. When I'm done with her, there will be nothing left. Goodnight brother."

What was I supposed to do now? How was I going to solve this? Itachi was the only man that made me feel like I am a door mat. It was part respect, part blood and part...fear I think. Sometimes he made fear dive into my bones.

That bastard has stepped on my toes enough, I was going to stood up even if it meant losing everything I worked for.

_Sakura's side of the story_

Work has been more tiring than the usual. Mr. Uchiha's brother was in town and he seemed to have taken a weird liking into making my life hell. I might as well have some fun also, right? So what if I get fired? I can have any other job, this was war already. He poured coffee on my chair, cut some strands of my hair, set my bag on FIRE. Yes, on fire, because he said it was from the last season. I wish I could've made a comment about that sounding gay but I couldn't. The next day, somehow, he came up with a new bag, a very expensive one, and said the worth of the bag is enough to cover for what was inside mine at the moment. Which would've been my cell phone, 200 $, headphones and my ID, aside from the other less important womanly things. I was okay with it. Sasuke even gave me a bonus of 2000$ apologizing and promising he will get him out of my hair soon. I understood he couldn't do much. While doing the paperwork I understood that his father only allowed Sasuke a chance to get a bigger position after the age of 28, until then, Itachi was in charge of everything. He could do anything he wanted with the company, he could even set it on fire, like he did to my bag.

Anyhow. Today is a bad day. Kiba was an asshole all week and finally, last night, he left angry, leaving his keys. I changed my phone number right after, since I had to get a new phone anyway, I also decided to stop keeping in touch. I have had enough of the cat and mouse game. I loved him. I really did, but he was impossible. Too jealous, too self-centred, too...much for me. I wanted someone calm and collected.

So, today is the day I start my plan to take Itachi down. How am I going to do that? Well...