Title: Write It One Way
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance
Pairing(s): Kisame x Itachi
Summary: Write it one way, and read it as another. (Oneshot) KisaIta
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, blah, blah, blah.
Side Note: None
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Write It One Way
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Itachi had a sort of…dependability towards Kisame, or at least that's what he kept telling himself. They were partners, both S-class criminals, with their own special skills, and though they seemed completely different from one another, they complimented each other rather well.
Kisame has always held the utmost respect for his younger comrade, he was willing to admit that the Uchiha was in fact stronger than himself, and he couldn't help but hold admiration for Itachi.
And vice versa for Itachi, there was one key difference though; Itachi admired Kisame for so many reasons, not only for his strength but for his…him-ness. Itachi knew that there was something about the shark man that he held affection for, but this concept was foreign to him and he never paid it any mind.
They were loyal to each other as partners in the Akatsuki, nothing more, nothing less, no matter how much Itachi desired for there to be more, it would always be that way.
He could remember where his fondness for the shark started, not form where it came but the start, the start that would lead him to something that he had never experienced before, love.
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Itachi had joined the Akatsuki, only 13 years of age, the…one of the last Uchiha's, (including his brother) the Akatsuki Leader-sama, had just kind of dumped Itachi on Kisame.
"Here's your new partner." Akatsuki Leader said, then just left, leaving Kisame and Itachi alone.
Itachi watched the silhouette of a leader disappear into the many shadows of the dark cave which was considered the Akatsuki 'headquarters', but he changed his view when he felt movement towards his head, quickly looking up with an active Sharigan, he noticed that the his new appointed partner was moving his hand from the top of his own head to himself as if measuring their high difference; of which was exactly what he was doing.
"You're pretty short, huh?" he said with a toothy grin.
Itachi's eye narrowed, he could have said something 'smart-ass' in return but preferred to remain silent rather allowing the older man to see his Sharigan in hopes of him leaving him alone.
It was strange how even after that event Itachi seemed to be the one who wouldn't leave Kisame alone, not that Kisame had ever minded, and in a months time it always felt awkward for either of them, when they were separated.
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That was their first encounter and first month spent together, and as for the first time Itachi began to feel anything towards Kisame, it had happened 3 months after Itachi's joining of the Akatsuki.
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Itachi was being held in Kisame's arms, everything was warm and quiet, Itachi felt his body relaxed and cool, when their lips were about to meet…he woke up.
Itachi was staring up at the ceiling of the hotel room he and Kisame were currently occupying. Glancing over to his partner he saw that the large man was fast asleep, snoring quietly. Itachi's black eyes continued to stare for a moment before he rolled over and fell asleep only to have the same dream reoccur for the next couple weeks.
It became a habit for the weeks of his dreams, Itachi would wake up before the dream could finish, stare at Kisame for a moment, and go back to sleep. IT irritated him beyond compare that he was having such dreams of a man whom he barely met and was 10 years older than himself.
He had tried to stay awake on multiple occasions but every time Kisame would ask 'what's wrong Itachi-san' and the sound of the shark man's voice always put him asleep.
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Itachi had never cared what other people thought of him, it didn't bother him one bit, but there was one person that he wanted attention from and he was willing to do almost anything for it.
Itachi began to spend more time working on his appearance in the mornings trying to get Kisame to look at him the same way he had looked at Kisame and not once had it worked.
The other members of Akatsuki began to think that Itachi really was just (well, maybe just wasn't quite the word) a teen that cared about his appearance, he didn't care, he wanted Kisame to like him.
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It had now been quite a long time since Itachi and Kisame have been working as partners, and every mission they had they would watch each others backs.
At 15 Itachi just shrugged of the feelings for Kisame as a normal crush, but as soon as he said that to himself his dreams began to come back. Now at 17 he still holds the same affection for Kisame that he had since he was 13.
But, they are faithful partners. They are close but only in a partner sort of way, they were loyal to one another and that's all it would ever be…
Itachi decided he would try to stop loving Kisame, after all, there was nothing there. The only problem…he never asked for Kisame's opinion.
Write it as 'ai' Read it as 'chuugi'
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I have taken up an obsession to KisaIta stories, and since I've read them all and becoming desperate I decided to make my own, and here are the results! Anyways, flames are welcome, and what not.