||| [T] h e [C] a f e |||^Itachi Uchiha^|||-Chapter Twelve-
Chapter Twelve: Pancakes
"The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on." ~ Robert Bloch
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Friday October 28th
6:00 a.m.
There was a knock at her door.
Mariko rolled over in her bed and yawned.
Another knock.
"Just a minute." Who was knocking on her door at this time? She got out of her bed and stretched. She sauntered down the stairs and then opened the door. Rubbing her eyes when she saw a man.
"What are you doing here, Onda?"
"You have work so I don't think I'll be able to see you in the afternoon so I came now. I don't want to damned to hell."
She let out a tiered chuckle.
"Were you sleeping?" He looked her up and down and half smiled.
"Yeah but I'm awake now." She smiled. Looks like she's a morning person. "C'mon in I'll make some breakfast unless you already eaten."
"I'd love some breakfast." She nodded and walked into the kitchen, "If Misuki sees you she might hiss so please don't get offended. This time I'm warning you."
He nodded and fallowed her into the kitchen, "Do you need any help?"
"Oh, sure." Then she looked down at what she was wearing.
"Oh I forgot to change," She moaned, cheeks going red. Itachi said nothing as she reached for her house coat she threw on the floor, "Sorry."
"It's okay." He took out a bowl.
"So what should we make?" She put her hands on her hips.
"Pancakes?"
"I love pancakes!" She did a dance, as she reached over for a cup of flour, a cartoon of eggs and milk. She mixed it contently as Itachi set on her burner and reached over for a spoon full of vanilla.
He dumped the black liquid in as she stirred it around in the bowl.
"What was that?"
"Secret ingredient."
"Oh really, it was vanilla wasn't it?"
"How did you know?"
"Because I'm awesome." She dipped her finger in the bowl and smeared some pancake batter on the Uchiha's face. He wiped it off and reached into the bowl and poked her nose."
"Revenge." She wiped it off and washed her hands again.
"Revenge is sweet." She didn't dry her hands and flicked the remaining water at him.
"That wasn't nice," He smiled
"You started it."
"How?"
"Waking me up at 6:00 a.m."
"True." She took out a ladle and began to scoop out some batter and make circle shaped pancakes.
"We need fruit. There's some in the fridge." Itachi opened it up and his jaw dropped slightly.
"You really do like fruit don't you." There was a whole watermelon, 2 cases of strawberries and five boxes of blueberries. A half of a pineapple and other colour seed full fruit.
"Um hum, it's good for your skin. Can't get enough fruit,"
Finally the pancakes were ready. Itachi helped himself to one as Mariko ate at least three. But in the end the Uchiha beat her in the fruit-eating contest.
"Wow, and I thought I liked fruit." She pretended to faint, "You win."
It was 7:46 p.m.
"And I should be getting to work." She stood up and stretched.
"Did you end up sleeping on Monday?"
"Yeah, I told my boss I would work the afternoon shift." Mariko took the plates and placed them on the counter, "It was nice this morning,"
She sighed, "I haven't had this much fun since I was little."
Itachi nodded as he also stood up.
"Want to hang out again next Friday Yumaru?"
"Maybe." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I need a yes or a no."
"Yes, Next Friday." She smiled as she watched him walk out of her house.
"Promise." He turned her head back at her.
"I Onda Yumaru promise you, Mariko Kain that I will be back next Friday." He said in a deep and over exaggerated voice. She laughed.
'I'll be waiting.'
And the next Friday came,
They meet and talked and he left,
Both promising to meet with each other every Friday.
Before they knew it,
It was the month of December.
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Kisame looked up at his partner from behind a dirty magazine. Itachi walked over to him and sat beside him on the bed looking down at the pages in disgust.
"Hey Itachi san, where were you this time. Visiting the waitress girl again."
"Shh, not to loud Kisame." Itachi pointed over to the door, "Leader sama might find out."
"Don't you think they all will find out soon enough? It's getting harder lying to everyone. I'm not sure how much more I can take. You know how I am about lying. Hidan keeps grilling me with questions. And the blonde's getting pretty suspicious."
"Please Kisame. I really need this to stay low. This is a secret between you and I. We're partners right?"
"Of course I'll keep your secret but still can you help me out with Hidan? He's driving me insane." Itachi nodded as he sat on his bed.
"By the way I thought you were completely heartless, killing of your whole clan proved that. All of a sudden this girl comes along. I don't understand. Unless you two..." A large smirk came across Kisame's face. Itachi noticed and snatched the magazine out of his hands and tossing it in the waste basket.
"You've been reading too much of that. Mariko and I are just friends."
"You even know her name." Itachi smiled slightly.
"You know, women are very special people. Most misjudge them but they deserve as much rights as men have. Not everyone is a ditsy slut, you see in the media. Mariko has ambition, she's a bit clumsy but she isn't an idiot."
"Says the heartless Uchiha Itachi." Itachi turned his head and stood up walking out of the room, "Where are you going?"
"Hidan's bothering you, I'll talk to him."
Go Itachi :)
I'm starting too really like this. This was kind a friendly/happy chapter but…
I'm a plot twister.