Valentina's POV

"Thank you for letting me sleep in your room tonight, Itachi-San." I thanked the Uchiha as I lay next to him on his bed.

"No problem," he closed his eyes ready to go to sleep. It didn't take long for Itachi to realized Obito's breaking character with me. "But if anyone asks, you spent the night with Lilian."

"Why can't I say we were together?" I asked confused.</p>

"I was ordered not to talk to you."

"By who?" But Itachi didn't have to answer my question. I knew well who gave him that order. It was Obito, my love. " I know who he is..."

Itachi's eyes opened and he turned to look at me.

"He also told me his plan..."

"What plan?" Now both of us were sitting up the bed whispering like if our life depended on it.

"He wants to go to war with Konoha."

"Valentina....Why would he tell you that?" His voice matched mine. Cautious that the walls might hear.

"When I had the demon inside of me he told me about his plan. Now that it was transferred to Lilian, he tried to kill me." I lied to his face, despite knowing his sharingan could see through deception. "He sent me to the woods the other day to kill me."

He looked away and remained quiet.

"He also told me what you two did." I desperately tried to grab his attention. For years, I had fantasized having a conversation with Itachi and even laying next to him in bed. I wasn't ready for our conversation to end yet. "What he helped you do."

Itachi's crimson eyes locked with mine, and I couldn't sustained eye contact. More than anyone, I knew that Obito would have never shared that information with me. I only discovered this after Obito's death, when I overheard some gossip at a Konoha store. Not in a million lifetimes would Obito have trusted me with that information.

In fact, Obito wouldn't even have noticed me in the first place, if it weren't for that powerful chakra I once possessed.

"It was orders from the village's elders," Itachi finally spoke.</p>

"I know your brother." Every word I spoke made Itachi grow more interested in the conversation with me.

<p>"I had your brother for a class back in the Ninja Academy. I would see masked man around Konoha too." I lied how Orochimaru taught me to. Fake identity. Fake life. Lying about conversations that never happened. Lie lie lie. I was worse at what I did best.</p>

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<p>"He broke his deal. He was supposed to stay away from Konoha. Away from my brother."</p>

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<p>"He will kill me soon. We all need to get out of here," I finally lay back down, satisfied to have had a long conversation with Itachi.</p>

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<p>"I would be killed at sight," Itachi explained as his eyes locked with mine again. "The village does not understand the cause of my actions."</p>

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<p>"We can all run away. You, Lilian, and I. Lilian is in danger as well because she's the one that has the demon's chakra in her."</p>

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<p>Itachi's silence made me reconsider the plan. Did I really want to run away with them so that they could get together and I would end up alone?<span> </span></p>

<p>Of course not. I didn't want that. A part of me enraged at the thought of Lilian and Itachi being happy in exchanges of my heartbreak and loneliness.</p>

<p>But Itachi and Lilian living a happy life was better for me than them dying and me having to raise their child who would be a constant reminder of someone who never loved me.</p>

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<p>"We'll get out of here." When Itachi spoke again, we were both laying down on his bed. He reached to caress my face, and I couldn't help but melt in his touch. It was the first time his voice revealed emotion, and I couldn't help but fear that I had gone mad and that this whole interaction only occurred in my head.</p>

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<p>We both leaned towards each other but I stopped myself and kissed his chin and neck instead. "Do you love me?" My question was abrupt, too soon, and full of fear and insecurity. I had fantasized of a similar scenario in my head, but due to Sasuke's constant bullying and reminder that no Uchiha would ever love me, I feared getting hurt again.</p>

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<p>"Yes," Itachi replied and kept eye contact as I stared into his eyes trying to figure out if he was being sincere. I deeply feared that Itachi was just playing with me the same way Obito played with my emotions.</p>

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<p>But Itachi had no reason to do that.</p>

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<p>"Since when?" It was embarrassing how much I craved reassurance, but Itachi gladly offered me some.</p>

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<p>"Since Kisame and I brought you to the hideout I grew an interest in you. And when we began training together I got to know you more."<span> </span></p>

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<p>Itachi didn't have to say anything anymore. I was on top of him as his body lay beneath mine. Due to his words, I was convinced that if I hadn't died in the previous reality, Itachi would had loved me.</p>

<p>"So you would have loved me and not her..."</p>

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<p>"What are you talking about?" A small moan escaped his lips as I continuously kissed his neck.</p>

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<p>"I travelled back in time. I died in the original timeline and we were separated. You ended up with another woman, and I hated you for it. But now that I know that you loved me back then....and that you love me now." I tried to kiss his face again but he stopped me.</p>

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<p>"What are you saying?" Itachi was convinced that I had gone mad, but that didn't stop a smirk forming upon his lips as I continued to kiss his neck and face again.<span> </span></p>

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<p>I didn't bother to reply to his statement. I felt there was no time for an explanation. At any moment, I feared I would get the drowning sensation like I did once I kissed Obito.<span> </span></p>

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<p>But perhaps because I kissed everywhere with the exception of Itachi's lips, the drowning sensation never came.</p>

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<p>I grabbed his face forcing him to look at me. His eyes glowed red with the sharingan, but that didn't intimidate me from asking again. "You love me...right?"</p>

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<p>"Yes." He decided he would assured me as many times as I needed as he switched positions with me.<span> </span></p>

<p>Once on top of me, he kissed her neck and he felt me pulled him closer to me.<span> </span></p>

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<p>I quickly wrapped my arms around him tight. I feared that I was under his genjutsu and that soon he would turn into crowd and vanish from my life.</p>

<p>I didn't want him to leave me. Now that he told me that he loved me, I couldn't allow him to leave me and start a life with Lilian. If I could, I would murder Lilian again and start a life with Itachi. Ditch Orochimaru's plan to prevent Lily's suicide.</p>

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<p>I am a horrible person, I am aware of that. But I couldn't help but laugh at Sasuke's remarks of no Uchiha ever loving me as his older brother lay on top of me assuring me that he, in fact, did.</p>

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<p>"Soon we'll leave this awful place together, my love." I whispered in Itachi's ear while he slept profoundly.</p>

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<p>I hugged Itachi's sleeping body as my eyes began to close. I had never felt more at peace before in my life.</p>

<p>After finding out Itachi's feelings for me, I knew I could forget Obito. He could go die and be with that dead girl Rin, for all I cared.</p>

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<p>Itachi loved me, I am sure of that. I wasn't sure how I would make the situation work, but  Itachi and I would be together.</p>