||| [T] h e [C] a f e |||^Itachi Uchiha^|||-Chapter Twenty-
Chapter Twenty: Wonder why?
"Let's benaughty and save Santa the trip."
~Gary Allen
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"Why do you smoke?" Itachi turned his head over to the girl who pulled out a white rod from her pocket.
"A bad habit." Out came the lighter, "I only smoke when I'm stressed out."
"Are you stressed at the moment?" She whipped her head over to him.
"What do you think?" She snapped and he turned his head away. She felt guilt pulling on her and apologized.
"I'm sorry it's just that-."
"No need to apologize, it's not even under your control, it's my fault. I should leave." He lifted himself up from her bed.
"No, please don't! I mean...we don't know if they're still there, it's better to stay until morning."
"It's been a day I'm sure I can manage." She bit her lip.
"Please stay." She put down her cigarette.
He raised an eyebrow at her but found her looking as if she was about to cry.
"Mariko?" He said softly.
She didn't reply and instead covered her face. She started to cry, "It's not the Ambu, and it's something else, isn't it?"
Her cries became louder and she murmured something under her breath, "Once I gain something I end up losing it, it always happens and I don't know why. There is nothing I can do about it. Maybe I should just lock myself in my room and never go out ever again. It seems easier that way."
"Mariko..." Itachi said calmly, "You need relationships in life; even though some don't stay you can try again and make it much more powerful."
"What if it's beyond my reach....then what?" She was starting to calm herself down.
"There are always bad things that happen but right after a good thing comes."
"Has that happen to you?" She wiped away her tears.
"Yes."
"Am I an idiot?"
"No." He shook his head, "Your just emotional...stressed out. Why?"
"Mother died..."
Itachi said nothing and she laid down on her pillow.
"That's why..." He trailed off.
"Well...it's not the end of the world....and it is Christmas tomorrow. We can celebrate it together if you want?"
"Is that Okay with Misuki?"
"As long as Deidara comes over again then...it's okay."
She laughed.
"I got you something..." He reached into the pocket of his cloak and pulled out a key chain with a deformed looking smiling strawberry shaped face. He passed it to her. "I know It's a lame and a sad excuse for a gift but, I figured that you like fruit so I saw the key chain."
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Flash back
"What the hell are you doing?" Kisame looked over at his partner holding a deformed smiling strawberry keychain.
"Looking for something to give Mariko for Christmas."
"Wow...Itachi's going soft." Kisame snickered and then received an evil glare, "Don't you think it will scare her...It's kinda giving me the creeps at the moment.
"I like it." He picked up two of the key chains.
"Please don't tell me you're buying one for your self two?" Before Kisame could stop him the Uchiha had already purchased the two deranged key chains.
"You don't even have a key set." Itachi hooked it on to his Kusa hat.
Kisame's jaw dropped but he didn't say a word.
Flash back over
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"I think it's...cute." She lied.
He half smiled, "That's good."
"I feel bad though...I didn't get you anything."
He reached over to her pack of cigarettes, "Hey not those-."
He stood up and walked into the washroom and dropped them into the toilet.
"That's your Christmas present for me."
She smirked; she had four more packs in her closet.
"Fine." She laid her head back down.
"I wanted to ask you. For a long time now." Mariko placed the strawberry keychain on her dresser and rolled over to face theUchiha.
"Why is it that you joined the Akatsuki, you don't really seem like a terrorist to me and neither does Deidara. Or maybe no one really understands your leaders aim, do thehidden villages over exaggerate on certain details?"
"You have only seen my sane side Mariko; you don't know the other me. And I am not sure whether anyone exaggerates any thing that we have done. All we do is get the job done and leave. Think of it more as an assassin's job." She frowned.
"Have you ever showed me your other side." Her thoughts wandered back to when they had first meet.
"No."
"What about Deidara." She could still feel his touch.
He paused for a few minutes and then finally replied, "No."
"Oh." She smiled and then turned away from him grabbing a white stick from her draw and a lighter.
She perched her lips and put it to her mouth and sucked in the smoke and exhaled.
"For someone who cares a lot about her skin they shouldn't be smoking."
He reached over and plucked it out of her mouth, stubbing it into an ashtray.
She stuck out her bottom lip and tried to grab it back but he had stopped her.
"You really do care about me don't you?" She rolled her head over him and smiled wide.
He said nothing and she sat up.
"You know...I also really wanted to ask something else..." A little red began to form at her cheeks.
He put his hands behind his head and locked his scarlet eyes on her green ones.
"If you ever find yourself in the neighbourhood, and you have no where to stay." She reached into her back pocket and pulled out a key to her house, "Your welcome to stay here anytime, you don't even have to ask, just let yourself in. I know that Inn's here are crap and all but-."
He sat up as well and put a hand on her shoulder before leaning in to kiss her on the cheek.
"That's really nice of you Mariko." He took the key out of her hand and placed it in his pocket. He poked her nose and she immediately turned several shades of pink before wrapping her arms around him and crashing her lips to his. At first the Uchiha was surprised and she was to, had she really done that? God he probably thought she was a creeper now. Ontop of her cring in front of him and now this. She was swallowed up in all her conffusion. He probably wanted to get the heck out of there and never see her again and and and-
Something slipped into her mouth and she smirked while still in the kiss. Seconds seemed like minutes, and minutes seemed like hours while she slipped her hand up and down the back of his neck. He found his way to her hips and before she knew it she was in her bra and him in his boxers.
From a sad distance Misuki curled herself up on the Uchiha's Akatsuki clock and fell a sleep.
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Mariko was breathing heavily and giggled as she and Itachi rolled off the bed, her pink and yellow blanket covered both of them. She laid on top of his chest, laying gentle kisses on his forehead, cheeks, neck and lips. Misuki immediately woke up and leapt out of the room and the keychain fell of the counter.
"You know I think I'm in love you..." She thought outloud while resting her head on his chest; he wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Me too..." He smiled and brought his other arm to her head and played with her hair, "Me too."
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