Great story author-chan!

feels... *cry*

That was so sad. It was so sad when Itachi died. Itachi is my favorite character! I love bottom Itachi! I loved this story so much!

You did a beautiful job. Kisame really does love Itachi. He's so unusually tender. And he says he's not made for love, but the fact that he's concerned for Itachi, it shows something. I felt so bad, because in the end, he wasn't coming back.

awww! i dont want itachi to die it made me cry when i read it in the manga T-T

damn.. this made me really sad.. X(

God. That was so saaaaaad. :[ It's even worse when you've read the manga. Dammit, Itachi! Why must you be such a martyr?

So sweet, but so sad. Good job. :'(

I normally hate Kisame/Itachi, but you have made me at least respect them. Well done!

This story is so sad and beautiful at the same time :'( I loved it

Loved it.

I loved this story; with its lack of overly fantasized content. it is very like them but better since it is shonen-ai.

lovely work with beautiful halos

I cried...

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Wow. This? This was amazing. You kept Itachi and Kisame completely in character. Kisame's concern for Itachi seems genuine without making him come across as obsessively worried about him. Itachi's ultimate conclusion about his feelings for Kisame are enough to hint that something COULD have been there without having him dissolve into a gushy mass. And, in fact, neither of them ever devolved into sap. I think that's what I love the most about this fic and what impresses me the most: that it's romantic without ever throwing aside who the characters fundamentally are merely for the sake of the romance, even after all the confessions have been made that are going to be made.

By the second paragraph after Kisame says "I love you," ninety percent of the other authors in the universe, including otherwise very good ones, would have completely tossed aside characterization in favor of having Generic Hot Man A and Generic Hot Man B engage in Generic Sex Act. Instead, you have Itachi hacking his lungs up.

Speaking of Itachi's illness, I also love how you manage to give this fic a very definite point in canon chronology. This isn't, as so many fics are, a random event that could happen at any time at all. Putting it within a week before the big Uchiha battle and including all the details about his failing vision and his illness really helps the story feel more, I dunno, solid? Like something that could have really happened. And even his request for Kisame to look after Sasuke fits in perfectly with canon. It adds a completely different aspect to his interactions with Sasuke after the big battle. In a way, the idea that Kisame had made some sort of promise to Itachi makes even more sense than, well, whatever canon's explanation was. That Kisame was cordial for no good reason to the kid who had killed his partner of seven-ish years?

And beyond the wonderful characterization and setting, your writing is just so beautiful as well. There are so many lovely parts. I think my two favorite parts are the phrase "didn’t know when he had gotten to the point that he could feel Kisame’s presence so clearly that Itachi felt his entire world narrowed to where the thickened pads touched his face" because that's just a wonderful description and it says so much, and where Itachi's reaction to Kisame's asking about his medicine is to think "yes, I could have loved you, I probably do and just don’t want to admit it, but it’s not enough to live off of" because that is not how you'd think people would react to being asked about their health and it's not the sort of thing that triggers mental epiphanies of love in most characters, and yet here it just makes such perfect sense.

Anyway. All of the above and more. Love the chronology, love the characterization. Love the dialogue and how none of it feels contrived or cliche or convenient, but natural. Love the descriptions that tell so much without wasting any words. Love the whole thing, basically.

I ventured into FFnet looking specifically for KisaIta, even though I can only remember reading one or two fics with the pairing before and they weren't that impressive. I haven't historically been much of a fan of the pairing, but it seemed promising in my head and I wanted to see if I could find anything decent written for it. This is quite a bit beyond decent, and even if I hadn't been halfway to shipping this pairing before reading this, this fic alone probably would have instantly converted me to KisaIta. Awesome work, and I wish you the best of luck in your future ficcing endeavors.

That was Bitter sweet, cute but sad, i hated it but loved it good job

Ah! So sad towards the end...

But I like it anyway. Well done!

I'm really starting to love this pairing thanks to stories like this. But great work!