𝙏𝙄𝙍𝙀𝘿 𝙊𝙁 𝙈𝙀 / 𝗜𝗧★𝗖𝙃𝙄 𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗜𝙃𝘼 [SEMI-HIATUS/ ON HOLD]

xxviii.

SHISUI CARRIED THE CHILD and signalled everyone to go in. Just as the tatami door was about to open, Sasuke came out of the door. "yo [name]-chan where did you put the flour....oh." Sasuke said, finally looking up at Itachi who stared at him with disbelief. That was a total of 3 betrayals today.

"Hi, Sasuke." Itachi greeted Sasuke in a firm tone, vein popping on his forehead as he recounts the betrayal over and over again. But the patriarch knew he deserved it.

Maybe it was just shock and disbelief riding his veins. Maybe it was hurt.

"Itachi." Sasuke greeted back, opening the tatami door wide open. It's like he knew all along that that Itachi would find them sooner or later. It was even a surprise that for the past 3 years, Itachi couldn't find [name]. It was like every trail on her disappeared. It was like every fragment of her was gone with the wind.

The laughters, memories and smiles embedded in their brains with her never left, tho. 

It was a losing game. 

Not until that one night where she sent everyone letters, all except for one. Itachi.

After everything, his name still wasn't bitter on her tongue. It wasn't warm either, it felt cold. Just like him in their marriage for almost a year. 

They didn't complete a year.

[name] left. 

Everyone was frantic. 

And Itachi was on the edge.

It was like he slowly realized everything. The heart that was once cold to the matriarch felt shattered, his heart bled inside. He was wounded in every way. 

No dangos were left in the fridge anymore, the sweetness of [name]'s voice left his ears wanting more, the scent she had, the laughters, the small smile she sent to Itachi. The warmth of her gaze. Everything, every piece, every fragment of her left him in one blink.

Her room was empty, a few pieces of her hair lingered on the floor. It was like she wasn't even alive. 

Itachi could remember it all.

The edgy feeling of not being greeted welcome home, the smell of food and the comfort of just home.

Home isn't just a structure, it's a person sometimes.

Home is warm, comforting and gives a fuzzy feeling.

But home was gone the moment she left and Itachi realized it too late.

For a moment his heart felt like it wasn't beating anymore.

Looking at it now, it was just like every dopamine swarming in his head spiked up the moment he saw [name]. It was like the feeling of falling in love all over again.

The air was tense as everyone sat in their places by the kitchen in a traditional Japanese position. Sasuke took a sip of his tea, seemingly unbothered by the fact Itachi found out about this little party going on.

Shisui gulped, Itachi flared his nose in disbelief while his arms are crossed, Izumi was just as nervous as Shisui and [name] elegantly poured tea for everyone as she stared at Anrie.

Currently, the small child was being pampered by maids that served the matriarch with full loyalty.

Anrie was indeed a cute child.

"So...hi Itachi. How have you been? hehe." Shisui asked with a sheepish-nervous smile, hand at the back of his head as he scratched it.

"Shisui, let Itachi soak in his surroundings. It's not everyday you find something like...this." [name] said as she puts her hand on his shoulder in a comforting way with a small smile. Then she proceeded to sit down next to him.

This interaction seemed to irk Itachi a bit at the bond between the two. It's like they got even closer the past 3 years. Shisui visibly loosened up and it made Itachi more irked with the way they striked up a casual conversation.

It was like they were the real couple here.

Sasuke peered through his peripheral vision to look at Itachi, seeing his older brother seethe like that- he smirked to himself.

Itachi deserves it.

Izumi was just drowning out everyone else as her inner monologue was about to die. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ITACHI FINDS OUT THAT SHE'S BEEN SIMPING AND FRUITY FOR HIS BELOVED, SPECTACULAR AND AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL WIFE!? Itachi was winning life fr fr, but still wasn't contented.

Anything related to the matriarch sends Izumi on a high. Her inner monologue was in a frenzy as the other part was simping and the other was nervous about the fact that she'll be found out about the whole simping mess and not even the fact that Itachi was so betrayed.

"I've been doing ok. How was your time sneaking through here though?" Itachi asked through seethed teeth, a vein popping on the side of his bicep were no one can see.  Shisui gulped and Izumi shrieked while Sasuke choked on his tea. [name] on the other hand pursed her lips into a thin line. 

When did Itachi have the right to do that? 

"Well, Itachi unlike you- [name] wanted us to come here. I'm surprised you didn't find her so quickly the past 3 years." Sasuke answered for Shisui, adding more salt to the wound as he sipped his tea once more, acting as if he hadn't choked on it awhile ago.

The matriarch sighed  as Shisui coaxed Sasuke not to say things like that and Sasuke retorting that IT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT while Izumi had a sweat drop on her face, her inner monologue  gripping her hair so hard. 

She soon stood up and their focus was back on her, everyone silencing as she dusts her white dress. "Please call me if you guys are in the right mind to finally talk." [name] simply stated as she walked out the kitchen este the other dining room.

Everybody visibly paled and went after her, "Wait, [name]/[name]-chan!" they all said as they went after her, a chaotic mess as they tried to chase after her. Which only led to a small fight in the kitchen. 

Do you get deja vu?

"This is your fault Sasuke!" Izumi said, bonking his head. Sasuke easily retorted as he pulled both Itachi and Izumi's hair, "HA!? HOW? May I remind that mister 'I'm cold to my wife' started this whole fiasco!?" The youngest Uchiha exclaimed. Itachi huffed, "Is this my fault now!? No one told me where she was or what the contents of the letters were!" The patriarch replied, pulling on Shisui's hair and pinching Izumi's cheek, while pulling on Sasuke's leg.

"Hey, HEy! GUUUYYYyyySsssSS! We have to stop this now! BUt Sasuke's right bUt Itachi ALso has a point! STOP ITTT!" Shisui said pulling on Sasuke's hair, punching Itach's stomach and kicking Izumi on the face. "NO!" the  SII ( Sasuke, Itachi, Izumi) said to Shisui which he sweat dropped at.

Boy was it a chaotic fight.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE/S: hi lovelies, last chap before i take a short break! what do you think of this book so far? i wanted to make a longer chapter but my head's not clear. what do you think of the new book cover too? i edited it last night, haha. my insomnia's not letting me be productive. stay safe and drink loads of water. take care too!