Back To You [Shisui X Itachi]

Chapter 48

Itachi stumbled into the kitchen. Things seemed different, the lighting was cold. Perhaps it was overcast. He shivered slightly from the cold air.

He noticed that Shisui was staring at him from a seat at the table - unmoving, just watching him.

"Hey, I thought you'd be on campus by now", Itachi smiled, reaching into a cabinet for a mug by standing on his tip toes.

"This isn't working", Shisui stated blandly.

Itachi looked at Shisui, but fear nestled itself inside his heart, "What isn't working?"

Shisui abruptly stood up, his chair falling over - the sound it made was so loud, "Us. We aren't working." Shisui then made his way to the bedroom.

Itachi was hot in pursuit, "Shisui, what are you talking about?" Itachi asked in thick fear. His heart sped, his palms were sweaty and his body was trembling. He racked his mind, searching for what he might've done wrong.

Shisui pulled a suitcase out of the closet, "It was foolish to think I'd ever be able to forgive you." He began throwing clothes nonchalantly into his suitcase.

"Wait, stop, let's talk about this", Itachi pleaded.

"There's nothing to talk about - I tried, you didn't. End of story", Shisui zipped up the bag. It sounded like tearing flesh in Itachi's ears.

"So you're just going to leave?" Itachi challenged, masking his fear as anger.

Shisui stopped and turned to him, his gaze was as hot as lava, "Look over there and tell me you didn't leave as well." Itachi looked in the direction Shisui motioned.

There was now a couch, and Shisui was on it. But his eyes were hazy and there was a woman sitting on his lap. He was surrounded by empty liquor bottles, his leg twitched and the clanging of the glass bottles was so loud Itachi covered his ears.

"No", was all Itachi could whisper.

Shisui's hazy gaze landed on Itachi, "You did this to me...You left."

The couch vanished and Itachi looked around, Shisui was then holding a suitcase by the front door, "You ruined me." Was Shisui's last words as he walked out the front door.

Itachi's eyes were wide, his breathing was erratic. The front door opened again and his heart sped up. Had Shisui come back? Sasuke now stepped into the dim lighting.

"You did it again", Sasuke's dead voice echoed.

"Did what?" Itachi panicked. What was going on?

"You took another person away from me." A bright orange light shone down on the apartment as if there wasn't a roof.

"I didn't take an-anyone from you", Itachi stumbled. But he knew - in his heart he knew - that he had taken people from Sasuke before.

"You took them", Sasuke pointed behind Itachi.

Itachi's heart was beating so fast he started shaking as he looked behind him. There, his parents stood. Holes in their heads, blood gushing from them, they smiled - blood getting into their teeth - and beckoned for Itachi.

"NO!" Itachi screamed.

"Itachi, wake up! You're dreaming!" Shisui yelled, shaking a screaming, crying Itachi.

Itachi's eyes snapped open and the first thing he saw was Shisui's concerned face. Itachi recoiled so fast that he fell off the bed and scurried into a corner of the room - hugging his knees to his chest. He began sobbing - weeping so loudly.