For months after that first day in the cabin, Hana would walk in on him in the morning, often with the Haimaru Sankyodai. They would stay there and drive him nuts until one of them had to leave for a mission, but after the mission she would return to either and empty cabin or to an angry Itachi. He often returned from his missions in a bad mood, which meant that he would sit in a corner and not talk. But on the occasion that he was in a good mood, he would actually open up and talk to her, mostly about her, but on that rare occasion he would reveal something about himself.
Hana walked in one morning, with the Haimaru Sankyodai. She looked at the desk but found that it was empty. Narrowing her eyes she glanced to the corner where he would often sit, and found him staring at a wall.
" Ohayou, Itachi!" she shouted, he looked over at her.
" Ohayou," he said softly, she smiled, this would be a good day, " you're here earlier than usual."
" I need to take these guys for a walk," Hana said, he nodded opening his book, she walked over and shut it, his eye twitched, " want to come with me?"
" No," he said simply opening his book again, she promptly shut it, he opened it and she shut it, " fine! I'll come!" He stood up and they left the cabin. Walking through the woods they were silent except for the Haimaru Sankyodai barking at one another. He looked over at her, she was quiet, this is strange, something must be wrong he thought.
" Are you okay?" he asked her, she looked over nodding, but he could see the doubt in her eyes, " liar."
" Fine," she said slowly stopping and facing him, he looked down at her, " I heard that Uchiha Shisui died, and I didn't know if you wanted to talk about it or not."
" Shisui killed himself," Itachi said softly turning away to look at the small river that ran through the woods, " it is a hard thing for our clan to accept."
" But I heard some men talking in the dango shop," Hana said softly, she was scared to ask him this but she needed to know, " they said that Shisui was killed… by you." Itachi didn't answer her; he continued to stare at the stream.
" Itachi?" she whispered, he looked over, " I'm scared, they were talking about arresting you and taking you away. And it wouldn't be the same coming to the cabin without you there, I don't want you to go away."
" Hana," he said slowly, she looked up and he saw the glint of a tear in her eye, so pushing his cold self down he walked over, and placed a finger under her chin raising it so he looked in her eyes, " I didn't kill Shisui, and they aren't taking me anywhere." She nodded, but didn't look convinced, so he pulled her into a soft embrace, one of her hands on his upper arm, the other gripping his shirt. His hands held her close to him; he stepped back and looked her in the eye.
" Promise?" Hana asked him holding out her hand, " promise you won't leave?" Itachi stared at her hand, for a long time then he turned away.
" I need to get back to the Uchiha estate," he said as he began walking, " I'll see you later, Hana." She remained watching the Uchiha fan on his back, until he was out of sight. Looking down at her hand, she sighed; he couldn't promise that he wouldn't leave.
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