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[#156] Tell me I'm a fool (Naruto)
Theme Prompt: 156 - Leap of Faith
Title: Tell me I'm a fool
Fandom: Naruto
Rating/Warnings: N/A
Word Count: 476
Summary: Itachi has something to tell. Maybe he needs to take a leap of faith.
His eyes had strayed to the small pendant that reminded him of his brother, and the vendor quickly grasped onto his interest.
“Do you like it? Its deep blue colour draws in the gaze and enhances the red in the center, I’m sure your wife would love it!”
Itachi could have left. Usually, he wouldn’t have lingered. But that pendant looked like it would belong perfectly around the neck of Sasuke’s favourite toy. And it made him talk.
“I don’t have anyone who would appreciate it.”
The seller must’ve glimpsed something in his eyes. Must have assumed courting phase rather than brother hellbent on revenge.
“Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith, you know. She’s never going to know if you don’t tell her!”
A leap of faith. Itachi wasn’t one to care much for those. He’d never had much faith at all, in himself or in others.
Still, he found himself reaching into his pocket to pay for the pendant.
A leap of faith. When had he ever had faith at all. He couldn’t have, not in the system nor his family, with the two of them at odds with each other and him ignoring all the impending signs of an implosion in the horizon. He hadn’t had faith in himself, when he took the decision to traumatize his younger brother in a way horrific enough to leave him unable to forget but...
Was it faith that led him to intercept his brother again and again, reviving that flame of revenge in his eyes? A vengeful brother was better than a dead one, and Itachi used to lie to himself and say he wanted a happy living brother, but every single step he’d taken since then had prevented that because Itachi didn’t want his brother to forget him, but neither did he want his brother to see him as he was. Fallible.
Still, if one person deserved his faith, it would be the one he’d had at his side since then. If someone deserved his honesty, it would be him. If someone deserved to stand at his side and see the whole of the ugly truth of him, it would only be one person.
Itachi waited until his partner had finished wrapping his sword before he spoke. “Kisame.”
The man turned at the call of his name, looking up at Itachi from his position on the ground. He must have felt something about Itachi’s trepidation for he didn’t answer, only staring at Itachi with the seriousness the moment required. He was still relaxed though. Open and trusting, not that Itachi deserved it. It would remain to be seen if that trust remained after the evening’s revelations.
Itachi had never been one to take a leap of faith. But with Kisame… It might just be worth it.
“I’ve got something to tell you.”
Title: Tell me I'm a fool
Fandom: Naruto
Rating/Warnings: N/A
Word Count: 476
Summary: Itachi has something to tell. Maybe he needs to take a leap of faith.
His eyes had strayed to the small pendant that reminded him of his brother, and the vendor quickly grasped onto his interest.
“Do you like it? Its deep blue colour draws in the gaze and enhances the red in the center, I’m sure your wife would love it!”
Itachi could have left. Usually, he wouldn’t have lingered. But that pendant looked like it would belong perfectly around the neck of Sasuke’s favourite toy. And it made him talk.
“I don’t have anyone who would appreciate it.”
The seller must’ve glimpsed something in his eyes. Must have assumed courting phase rather than brother hellbent on revenge.
“Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith, you know. She’s never going to know if you don’t tell her!”
A leap of faith. Itachi wasn’t one to care much for those. He’d never had much faith at all, in himself or in others.
Still, he found himself reaching into his pocket to pay for the pendant.
A leap of faith. When had he ever had faith at all. He couldn’t have, not in the system nor his family, with the two of them at odds with each other and him ignoring all the impending signs of an implosion in the horizon. He hadn’t had faith in himself, when he took the decision to traumatize his younger brother in a way horrific enough to leave him unable to forget but...
Was it faith that led him to intercept his brother again and again, reviving that flame of revenge in his eyes? A vengeful brother was better than a dead one, and Itachi used to lie to himself and say he wanted a happy living brother, but every single step he’d taken since then had prevented that because Itachi didn’t want his brother to forget him, but neither did he want his brother to see him as he was. Fallible.
Still, if one person deserved his faith, it would be the one he’d had at his side since then. If someone deserved his honesty, it would be him. If someone deserved to stand at his side and see the whole of the ugly truth of him, it would only be one person.
Itachi waited until his partner had finished wrapping his sword before he spoke. “Kisame.”
The man turned at the call of his name, looking up at Itachi from his position on the ground. He must have felt something about Itachi’s trepidation for he didn’t answer, only staring at Itachi with the seriousness the moment required. He was still relaxed though. Open and trusting, not that Itachi deserved it. It would remain to be seen if that trust remained after the evening’s revelations.
Itachi had never been one to take a leap of faith. But with Kisame… It might just be worth it.
“I’ve got something to tell you.”
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