[A/N: On the side is how Kushina's hairstyle is if I ever mention her short haired in any story, it's just red though.]
"Hold still Itachi!" He sighed as he was being used like a Barbie doll. She was messing around with his hair, adding all sorts of ribbons and ties because apparently she had nothing better to do.
"I don't know why I'm letting you do this in the first place."
"So you could finally get a girlfriend."
"You're my girlfriend." He smirked.
"As long as I'm sane, that will never happen you pedophile."
"There's not much of an age difference between us, and couple's unlikely to divorce have gaps."
"You're talking about marriage to a 13 year old. How quaint."
"I'm letting said girl fool around with my hair, so she is in no position to speak."
"By the way, can I put lipstick-"
"Don't push it." It was wrong to feel such sensation from a young girl but he couldn't help it. He had morals though, he wasn't going to act upon it until she grew up.
"So tell me, why don't you have any friends?" Itachi inquired, holding up some of his ebony locks for her.
"I fly solo dude." She moaned when his hair toppled over and all the ribbons fell out.
"What were you making?" He pulled his hair back into his loose ponytail and turned around to face her.
"The Eiffel Tower..." He felt a tug on his lips.
"Don't you have a conference to get to?"
"No..I kind of snuck out." Her jaw dropped.
"Are you crazy? Your father will kill you!"
"But I'm comfortable around you."
"Hell yeah you are, I'm calm and soothing."
"It's not the first anyways."
"You don't have to get in trouble for me Itachi."
"You're worth it Kushina." She shook her head, making her short hair bounce above her shoulders.
"Hurry up!" She pouted, tugging his sleeve. "I'm hungry."
"Pick any table you want, I'll order for the both of us." After some protests, she sat far from the cashier so Itachi would have to search for her. Serves him right. A humongous shadow covered the table, as she looked up to see three girls.
"Hey there," one of them smiled, "are you with that handsome fellow near the cashier?" Kushina was used to this, girls couldn't resist Uchiha Itachi.
"Sort of."
"Well we," she gestured to the two behind her. "are his classmates, and would like you to kindly stand down."
"I'm not a soldier or anything." The girl's smile was now forced at her fake innocence, as she nodded to her friends.
"She means to back off." Another clarified, as Kushina raised an eyebrow.
"You feel threatened, by a 13 year old, did you fall on your head?" A few started staring, so the girls laughed like she was part of their group.
"Quit acting, we'll make you back off if you refuse." She said through gritted teeth.
"Try your best." Kushina narrowed her eyes. The girl now fed up and uncaring of the likely uproar she'd cause, raised her hand. She was held by the wrist and ultimately stopped by..
"What do you think you're doing?" The girls gasped when they saw him, not at all expecting such speed.
"Hello! My food!" He hushed her with a promise for ice cream after and turned towards the girls.
"If you'd be kind enough as to leave so we could eat in peace."
"Why are you eating with her anyway?" She let out boldly. Itachi gave her a look that made them run out the shop, Kushina feeling unsettled by it too.
He nudged her after placing a plate carefully in front of her, said girl staring at it unflinching.
"Don't apologize UK, they were about to hurt you because of me." She looked up at him, surprised that he'd interpreted what she was thinking precisely. Kushina leaned over the table and softly pressed her lips to his cheek. That was how it was supposed to go. Itachi had purposely turned his head, resulting in her actually kissing him on the lips. She pulled away shocked as a sly smile appeared on his face.
"You taste like happiness Kushina." She blushed and slammed her head on the table.
"Hey, you okay?" Itachi said worried, feeling that he may have gone too far.
"My first kiss has been stolen by a pedophilic weasel!" She groaned.
"Get on my shoulders." She looked at him dumbly as he suggested it. He had thrown a box of dangos on top of her cupboard for safekeeping and didn't plan out how he'd reach it later.
"Why don't you get on a chair?"
"Think of it as a couple's bonding exercise." She took a step back at the remark.
"Kushina come on!" She sighed and got on, holding his hair in case he tried anything funny. He placed his hands on her thighs to steady her and made way for the cupboard. She felt him move his hands up and down so bonked his head.
"Perv."
"Why, this turning you on?"
"Stop filling my head with impure t-
houghts."
She pulled out the dango and was about to tell Itachi to put her down, when he pushed her off his shoulders. Kushina screamed when she hit her bed and then sat up.
"I could've hit the head, or the floor!"
"But you didn't. Now you trust me."
"You're about as trustworthy as Naruto protecting ramen."
The two sat on the couch eating dangos, Itachi channel surfing boredly. He saw a romance movie playing and left it with a sadistic smirk. Kushina looked at him, twirling a stick in her lips; quizzical on why'd he leave it. The couple in the film broke out into a heavy make out session, Kushina trying to grab the remote and change it.
"Itachi!"
"What? You should learn if you ever want to please me." She looked horrendously at him and got off the couch, keeping some distance between herself and him.
"I'm sorry Kushina. Come back and I'll change it." She slowly moved then stopped at her tracks when he added he'll teach her himself. Kushina chucked a shoe at him then started laughing at his despicableness.
"You have a beautiful laugh."
"Eh?" She blushed.
"You're one of a kind." He smiled genuinely.
"Hey, can we eat outside?" She asked sitting cross-legged in the empty room, directing her question to the elder Uchiha.
"Sure, where?"
"Well shit I didn't think I'd get this far."
"How about a bar?"
"Oh yeah!" Naruto.
"No." Sasuke.
"Like hell am I getting drunk again."
They decided to get club sandwiches at a small diner nearby, Itachi entering her room quietly when she took too long to get ready.
"UK?"
"Bathroom." He found her splashing water on her soapy face, her hair held firmly with a bandana.
"Why?" She frowned slightly.
"Why does everyone automatically think I don't take care of myself? There's no such thing as flawlessness, I worked my way to look like this." She dabbed her face with a towel. "I wash my face and exercise and weigh myself like any insecure girl."
She felt him push her shoulders, her back gently hitting a wall as he leaned down.
"Aha. I was beginning to think you had calmed down over the years." Kushina remained unfazed; Itachi ghosted over her neck and sighed.
"You smell amazing." He breathed, Kushina bit her lip from saying something rude. "I really missed you Kushina."
"Would you mind getting off me before I knee you in the balls?"
He smirked. "And you just keep getting crazier."
Time Skip.
Winter break was finally here, but it hadn't snowed yet to Kushina's disappointment. Itachi stared at his car, wondering how to fit the four girls and two boys (Naruto brought Sakura along). Sasuke was packing everything into the trunk and Naruto tied some on the roof. Ino yelled about how fragile her many bags were and Sakura tried to calm her down. Hinata was already seated inside the car as Kushina checked the time on her phone.
"You can sit on my lap." Itachi whispered in her ear, no one noticing their eccentric display.
"Take one of them; the rest of us can squeeze in the back." She pointed to Sasuke and Naruto, unfazed by Itachi's comment.
"You're no fun UK." He followed her suggestion, taking Naruto in the passenger seat so Sasuke had to fit with the small girls. He sat near Kushina comfortable as she didn't take up much space.
The car ride to Okinawa was long and consisted of most of them falling asleep. Kushina didn't sleep on Sasuke, like she promised but kept herself awake with loud music. Itachi drove silently, his head in a whirl as he planned. After reaching the designated hotel they'd be staying in, they each got a room.
"The damn bathtub is remote controlled!" Ino squealed in delight and pulled Kushina into a bone-crushing hug.
"Thank Sasuke." The blonde smiled at Sasuke, then clung onto him with joy.
"Get off." He muttered darkly as he pealed her away from him. "I'm going to bed."
They all decided to sleep (as if they hadn't got enough of it), except Kushina who took advantage of her bathroom. She most likely took hours to emerge, clean and very happy over the prospect of sleep.
She fixed up her bed, and was about to crash when Itachi pushed her up against a wall. She didn't say a word when he looked down at her with serious eyes, different emotions passing in his coal orbs.
"Kushina..." he whispered, gently caressing her cheek with his thumb. "You've made me crazy about you."
Her eyes looked bigger than usual at his implication, his lips ghosting over hers as she couldn't do anything. Her heart was pounding, her own lips dry as she didn't dare break eye contact.
"I came back for you." He confessed, "I've waited years for this moment."
"I love you Kushina." He whispered with a sad smile, brushing his lips gently over hers.