About Time

It had been two days since the conference and needless to say things had finally calmed down. I got a letter from Itachi's mother the other day that basically told me that she loved me for what I had said and wanted Itachi to write to her at least once a month. She also left me a P.S. that said she got her husband in so much trouble. I laughed at that and I was happy that things had finally settled down for Itachi.

The council had of course chosen Itachi's project instead of his father. They are working on getting workers to help upgrade the downtown area, which the people are so happy about. The council even offered Itachi a job at the company but he refused. He said that he wanted to wait until he was older to make the decision to join the company or not. They respected his decision.

The night we came home we had a board game night, like we were supposed to so many days ago. I lost every round but at least Itachi won some. It was great to have our big family back again. And to know that it wasn't going anywhere any time soon.

I sighed as I walked to school with everyone smiling as Kisame made some more jokes. Itachi walked beside me as we headed closer to the gates of our school. We still had not discussed the kiss or the daydreaming. I had wanted to but every time I try to bring it up my throat tightens and I end up losing it before Itachi has a chance to guess what I wanted to talk about. It was obvious now how I felt about him. But we still refrained from talking about it. This suspense was killing me.

"Hey Suine." Itachi's voice began and I looked to him, "You going to the festival tonight?"

"Festival?" I asked and Melody laughed.

"Yeah silly did you forget that today is the last day of our third year?" Melody asked and I nodded.

"Guess I did." I smiled lightly.

"Maybe we shouldn't have told her. We could have laughed at her tomorrow morning when she got up to go to school." Kisame joked and I looked angrily at him.

"That isn't funny." I told him but everyone else laughed.

When we got to school, Kisame lightly kissed Melody to say goodbye and Itachi went up to me. I blushed at the thought of him kissing me goodbye but I shook that thought off.

"Can you do something for me Suine?" Itachi asked and I nodded, "Tonight, when the festival starts. Meet me on the roof, okay?"

"The roof?" I asked and he smiled lightly, "Okay. I will."

"Great, I'll see you then."

He smiled as he walked off and joined Kisame to walk to their lockers. Melody slide herself over to me. She raised her eyebrows at me a couple of times and I blinked at her.

"Is something wrong Melody?" I asked her and she sighed, "Your eyebrows were-"

"Suine are you and Itachi ever going to hook up?" She asked and I felt my cheeks burn up.

"Well…I…"

"Are you ever going to tell him that you love him?"

"Well…I…I…"

"What's going on Melody?" Sakura came into the conversation which made me jump, "What's with her?"

"She's all jumpy because she doesn't want everyone to know that she is too much of a wimp to tell Itachi how she feels." Melody sighed and Ino looked surprised.

"Really? Still? Oh man, you need to get on that. If you don't maybe he will fall for Yuka again…" Ino began and I screamed out my answer.

"No he won't! He loves me!" I screamed.

"If you are so sure why don't you just go tell him that you love him too…" Sakura asked and I sighed.

"It's harder than it looks…I just…My throat tightens, I get chills, and my heart beats way too fast."

"The symptoms of love…Come on it's never going to get better unless you tell him."

"Well…I can try tonight. We are meeting up for the festival."

"Good…" Sakura smiled as she pulled me into a hug, "You always gave me good advice Suine…And now I hope you take mine. Tell that boy how you feel before you regret it…I did it with Sasuke-kun and now I regret every decision to not tell him."

"I'll tell him…I promise."

She let me go and we all began to walk down the hallway to our lockers. My mind tried so hard to figure out what I was going to say to Itachi on that rooftop. There had to be something, some way I could get it out easily. Oh damn, this is why I hate men.

. . .

Melody smiled as she brought me to the door that leads to the stairs that would bring me to the rooftop. Kisame lightly patted me on the back for some support but I feel like it didn't work. I breathed in lightly and breathed out heavily. My body shook as I opened the door and began to walk up the stairs.

Had I thought over this thoroughly enough? Had I thought of every outcome, of every possibility? Oh. My. God. I am freaking out. I am going to have a heart attack at this rate. What if he doesn't like me? That's stupid of course he likes you! Oh god, I am so unprepared. I felt my hands get all sweaty and my body begin to shake again. I tried so hard to shake it off but as I saw the door to the rooftop I knew that was impossible. Fuck! I am so screwed.

I opened the door and felt my body freeze at the image I had. Itachi was leaning up against the railings they had surrounding the rooftop for safety. His arms rested on the railing and he looked out to the dark sky. The moon was bright and the stars made the sky look so perfect. To the right was where Itachi was, looking down at the festival that happened in the back of the school. A large fire was in the middle of the schoolyard with kids dancing around it. There were some stands around the fire that had games to play. This really was the perfect night.

I gulped and moved my frozen body towards Itachi. He noticed me and lightly smiled to me. He motioned for me to come over to him, which I did. I leaned up against the railing like him and looked down to the festival. I saw Kisame and Melody dancing around the fire so elegantly. They really were beautiful together.

"Suine…" Itachi began, "Do you know why I brought you up here?"

"I…I have a guess." I began feeling my cheeks burn up, "But before you say anything I think I should say my part first."

"Are you sure? Your so shy…I doubt you'll be able to get anything out."

"Shut up!" I paused but I quickly gave up, "Okay fine go first…"

"You're so adorable." He bluntly said which made my cheeks burn up more, "Okay…I know that I haven't exactly had the time to tell you what I have wanted to say for way to long now." He paused and he turned to me, making me turn to him, "I mean you had to have known…From the start."

"From the start?"

"Yeah. Being around you and having your smile around me…It made me the happiest person in the world. And not too soon after I realized that I loved you, Suine." He paused, "That's usually when you say your part."

"Oh I'm so sorry…" My heart skipped another beat, "Just hearing you say it…I mean I played it a million times over in my head but hearing it…Just makes me so happy…You know I love you too Itachi." My eyes widened, "Ha! That wasn't hard at all, it's just slipped out."

"Oh Suine…" He lightly grabbed my hand, "I planned it to be a whole more romantic than this but…I figured that maybe just telling you…Just sharing with you my feelings rather than trying to make you lose your words at my romantic abilities…I thought that you would appreciate that much more than anything. After all, though you are complicated in other things, when it comes to love you are as simplistic as a rose."

"I say you're still pulling some romantic charms out…" I smiled, "But you know maybe a couple of romantic words won't kill me."

"Well I mean I was just planning on kissing you but if you rather me romance you-"

"You were going to kiss me!? Damn it!"

"I know how many times you daydreamed about it happening again." He chuckled and I turned away from him in anger, "But…No need to worry Suine…It's only going to be real from now on…By the way what do you mean by playing it a million times over? Did you daydream about this too?"

"No silly!" I lightly whacked him on the head, "I replayed something like this over and over again because I wanted to make it perfect…I knew that you were worth the effort…So I wanted to make it perfect."

"Oh Suine…" He blushed lightly and then he lightly caressed my cheek, "You could have done this situation a million times over and no matter what it would have been perfect…" He came closer to me, putting his nose of my forehead, "You are perfect Suine, and in everything that you do…You don't need to try to do things differently for me…"

"Still trying to romance me?" I asked and his eyes grew serious as they locked with mine, "Itachi-kun…?"

"No…" He lightly smiled, "It's the truth…You are perfect…I love you…"

My eyes widened at his words but I was interrupted by his lips slowly coming closer to mine. His eyes closed as his hand found its way to the back of my neck. I felt my eyes slowly close the moment his lips touched mine. He kissed me and he pulled me closer to him to deepen the kiss. His arm went around my waist and my hands found their way to his chest, resting there lightly.

Suddenly, a firework went off but Itachi's lips stayed upon mine. I didn't want to move and I knew that he wanted to stay as well.

"It's About Time!" I heard a voice, similar to Kisame's, screamed from the ground.

Itachi pulled back from the kiss and our eyes slowly opened. We looked down to see Kisame and Melody clapping for us. We both chuckled and Itachi just waved his hand to Kisame telling him to go away. Itachi turned back to me and I felt a smile creep upon my face.

"I love you too…Itachi-kun." I smiled lightly.

"Tell me…Was the daydream better?" He asked and I shook my head.

"No way…Not even a little bit." I explained and I felt my lips go onto his instinctively.

He lightly kissed back as his hand intertwined with mine. This year had been a crazy ass roller coaster but all of it was worth it. It was worth it because I got to be with him at the end. Now I know that my happiness is found. Together I know that we can accomplish anything. Mother if you're up there, I hope you approve of my heart's choice. I hope that I can make you proud by using our happiness to save the world from the darkness.

Well i hope you enjoyed :) I do have a sequel that takes place in fourth year and epilogue that i will be posting later :)