Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Who knew... ❯ 27. UNWANTED CONFESSION ( Chapter 27 )

27. UNWANTED CONFESSION

 

“Kakashi?!” Asuka didn't really understand what was going on. “Kakashi, what the hell are you doing here?”

 

The white haired man who stood in front of them ignored her. “I said; get away from her, Uchiha.”

The warning was followed by a cold eyes contest.

 

Itachi smirked, and pulled Asuka closer, as if she was a lifeless doll. “She is my fiancé, Kakashi-sempai. I am free to be as close to her as I please. And it doesn't seem to me that she minds. Jealous?”

“You…you little…” Kakashi's eyes were throwing daggers at the young Uchiha.

 

“STOP IT!!! NOW!!!” the girl screamed, moving away from Itachi's grip with a tug and stopping her feet on the ground like a little girl “What the fuck do you two think you are doing?!? Itachi, did you go mad?! Who allowed you to try to…to…to kiss me?! To hell with that fiancé crap, will you ever quit it??? And Kakashi” she looked at the man, with the eyes of a scolding mother “what the heck were you doing?! Spying on me?!”

 

Kakashi looked hurt. He knew that he had actually spied the two young shinobis, but he wouldn't have expected Asuka to scold him.

“I was just looking for you, when I saw Uchiha, there, trying to…to…” he raised his arms and snapped his fingers threateningly.

 

“Oh, c'mon, Hatake-san…you can say it. You were on the tree's branch after all, not really a casual place.” Itachi kept on smirking. Kakashi's eyes widened.

 

As the Uchiha newly smirked in challenge, Kakashi couldn't help but throw himself at the boy.

Asuka, who by now was exactly between the two shinobis, managed to block Kakashi just before he threw a punch at Itachi.

 

“Hatake Kakashi! Do behave! You're a man, for Kami's sake! And he was just trying to kiss me, not to rape me!” she told him, rather frustrated, still blocking him.

“Oh, I am a man, that's for sure. Leave me, Asuka, as a man I need to beat the crap out of him. He already made you suffer enough.” Kakashi hissed, struggling to get away from the girl's strong grip. Shit, he always mistook her for a normal teen. But the pain in his wrists, blocked by Asuka, reminded him that she was actually one of the strongest kunoichi of Konohagakure.

 

“Kakashi…please…let's go away” she whispered looking at him in the eye, almost begging.

The Anbu sighed, and calmed down. Asuka…she always managed to make him do whatever she wanted. A couple of seconds later, the Yoshizumi girl released him.

 

“I made her suffer? And how? Kakashi-sempai, correct me if I'm wrong. But in the past two years it's you the one who made her suffer. Poor Asuka, infatuated with an older man. And not just an older man. And I may add, an older, handsome shinobi, desired by women of all ages. Infatuated of Hatake Kakashi, the heir of the White Fang! Poor Asuka. She had to watch you flirt with…how many women, sempai? How many times? And whenever you did something to keep her hopes up, then you would always take a step back, leaving her wounded and bleeding. But you never thought of that, did you, Kakashi sempai? She was a mere child. She still is nothing but a little girl, right? And even so… you owe her the truth, Kakashi. Especially now.” Itachi was calm and cold, as if the whole matter didn't affect him.

 

The kunoichi slapped a hand to her forehead. “I am sick of the word `truth'. I am sick of people hiding me things.” She said, more to herself than to the two rivals. She shivered. The sun had set, and the sky was turning darker, making the cool wind colder.

 

“Asuka-chan, nobody is hiding you anything.” Kakashi reassured her, putting an arm around her shoulders. “It's just Itachi-kun, here, playing the spoiled brat.” he added, eyeing bitterly the Uchiha.

 

“Oh, I'm a brat, Kakashi-sempai? Is that because of my age? Because if you think so, then Asuka-chan is a brat, too.” Kakashi growled “But he said something true, Asuka-chan: he is not hiding it. As a matter of fact, you are the only one who hasn't noticed.” The smirking Uchiha saw Kakashi growing paler and paler.

 

“…” Asuka was speechless. Was she really that clumsy and idiot, that she couldn't even notice Kakashi hiding her something? They had been living together for more than 2 weeks, by now. He had been wonderful: she was never alone, he would always have a thought for her, taking care of her as if she was really worth it. She had felt warm, safe, loved. It had surely been one of the best periods of her life. He was making her forget about the crappy future that her family had arranged for her. He had made her feel special. Independent. And…dare she say it? A woman, and not a girl.

 

She had loved waking up in the morning and being welcomed in the kitchen with a warm, sincere, loving smile and her favorite breakfast, orange juice and a brioche.

 

She had found him waiting for her everyday after her training, with something to drink, and that same smile.

 

He had tried his best to prepare dinner for her, and she couldn't help but smile at his childish attempt to please her. After the third time he had turned the rice into glue, they had decided that it was either Asuka cooking or Ichiraku's ramen.

 

He had laughed heartily when she had tasted sake for the first time, and the burning sensation in her throat had made her eyes teary. She had blushed like mad, blaming herself for being an idiot in front of him of all people, but he had just kept on laughing and telling her it was normal, and that she would get used to it.

 

He had held her close when she was crying, he had whispered soothing words in her ear, and he had listened to all she had to say.

 

“Well, Asuka-chan, you have to know that…” Itachi began.

 

“Uchiha…don't you dare.” Kakashi said between his teeth. Asuka squeezed his arm, imposing him the silence. All that Kakashi could do now was live with it.

 

He was afraid of what Asuka's reaction might have been.

 

Would she be happy? He surely daydreamed of a utopian future in which he held Asuka, and they swore eternal love to each other.

 

He had been scared to death the first time he had surprised himself thinking about Asuka in not conventional terms. He had tried his best to chase the thoughts away, he felt dirty whenever she smiled at him or they accidentally touched. He had wondered times and times, `am I normal? Why am I thinking those thoughts? Am I crazy?'.

 

He had been fighting against himself every night, since she had come to live with him. Fighting against the need to tell her how he felt, to hold her every time they were close, to crash his lips on hers, to pin her to the bed and make her his.

 

Maybe Asuka would hate him for all the times he pretended not to feel anything…Itachi was right, he hurt her more than once in the past.

 

But what could he do?! Confess his feelings to a 12-years-old girl?

 

That would have been rather wrong.

 

Wrong.

 

As if he cared what was wrong and what was right. He had stopped caring about the `wrongs and rights' when he had realised that the feeling would not go away.

 

“I was saying…Asuka-chan, you have to know that Kakashi-sempai, here, has a wrong, rather unmistakable feeling, which some would justify and call love, and other would condemn and call paedophilia, and the object of this…feeling, is my young fiancé.” Asuka became white “In other words, Kakashi-sempai is in love with you, Asuka-chan.” a victorious smirk plastered on his face.

 

Itachi himself didn't understand why he was doing that.

 

Maybe it was all about revenge towards the white haired Anbu, who played such an important role in the girl's life.

 

Maybe it was just to hurt Asuka…why the hell didn't she come to him, when she had found out the truth?! She had thrown herself in the arms of Kakashi, regardless of the raven haired boy's feelings. Yes, maybe he really was a sadist.

 

Kakashi was still and pale and silent, staring with his eye at the young kunoichi who was staring blankly back at him.

 

She shook her head, not missing the eye contact with Kakashi. “Itachi, stop saying nonsense.” She said, in a low voice. Her mind was a mess. Kakashi. In love. With her. Oh Kami-sama. That couldn't be true. Happiness. Sadness. Indecision. So much confusion.

 

“Asuka-chan.” Itachi said “I'm telling the truth. I wouldn't lie to you.”

 

“…”

 

Kakashi seemed to break off of the frozen state he had fallen in.

“Quit it, Uchiha.” He said, in an imperious and commanding tone.

 

Asuka wasn't really thinking. She felt her temples pulse, and her heartbeat increase.

 

“Tell me something, Kakashi.” She looked at Itachi. “I don't know why, but I believe in you much more than in him.” In her eyes was a plead.

 

“Yes, Kakashi, lie, tell her I'm lying!” Itachi said. Asuka was horrified. Was he even Itachi? He had never behaved like that. He had never been so…bad.

 

Kakashi. Kakashi. Kakashi-sempai. Kakashi-sempai loved her? Could it be?

 

“He is telling the truth, Asuka.”

 

Kakashi was tense and nervous, and was trying to read her expression to understand what was going on in her mind. The thought of using the Sharingan flashed through his mind, but he quickly chased it away. And he wasn't alone! Itachi, now recovering from the shock for what he had just done, was inspecting every trace of her features, looking for a sign that might confirm what he wanted to hear.

 

The girl looked shocked. A smile…then she turned serious. Then her eyes saddened, but she soon smiled again. And then a blank, empty expression.

 

“I…”

 

But before Asuka could say anything, the Hokage's hawk landed on her right shoulder. Asuka looked at Kakashi, looked at Itachi, and disappeared into thin air.