Day after day passed. Week after week passed. There was no sign of [Name] and his phone calls to her were left unanswered. His mood steadily became worse and his feelings of depression revealed itself from the darkest depths of his heart. The question that haunted his mind every morning was: How do I even begin to apologize?  

To start with, he had called her a handle of times. She had picked up the phone and greeted him with a sweet 'hello', only for him to silently bask in her melodic voice. It was difficult for him to even conjure a return greeting, for he simply stayed quiet, breathing as softly as possible. When he had hung up, he cursed himself for not having the courage. After a while, he supposed she was fed up with the mysterious, anonymous caller and refused to answer any more of his calls. He had ceased and began to plan out his apologies. 

Perhaps I should simply say 'hello', he mused to himself. 

With a heavy sigh, he headed over to his office desk to retrieve his mobile phone and sat down in his chair. Her numbers were deeply ingrained deeply in his brain and so he dialed. 

She answered on the first tone with a soft, "Hello?" 

"[Name], I want to apologize to you," he said the words in a rush. There was a concise moment of silence before he went on, "It was out of line for me to act such an erroneous way towards you. I was not feeling quite myself last time, although that should not be an excuse for my horrendous behavior." 

He heard a slight cough on the other end before her pleasant voice rushed in his ear canals. "It's alright Itachi. It was a bit frightening to see you in that state, but no harm, no foul." 

He began to say, "I must apologize for my behavior..." 

She interjected politely, "Really Itachi, it is forgiven and forgotten." 

He exhaled aloud in relief, a calmness that wasn't there for weeks now settling in his chest. "May I ask if you will return for an appointment?" 

"Consider it already done," she mused. "I have been busy for the past month with... balancing life overall." She seemed hesitant to divulge such information to him and he was very inquisitive; however he decided he would not push her. 

"Is everything alright?" he asked, his voice laced with concern.  

"Of course, do not fret," she murmured. "I believe my time is up and I must flee for now." 

He was reluctant to let her go, however said, "Alright. Goodbye, [Name]." 

She returned the farewell, the soft beep from his cellphone indicating she had hung up. He gazed at her name a little longer, albeit a bit regretfully. 

He scanned his desk in nonchalance before his narrowed eyes zoomed in on the newspaper lying innocently on his desk. He snatched the item up, his intense glare upon the front page that illustrated his [Name] and Danzo, locked in a kiss. He read the headline aloud, "Despite Old Age, Romance Blooms?" 

Preposterous, Itachi thought, seething silently. Absolutely ridiculous. He steeled himself with determination. He had to devise a plan. His mind browsed through his thoughts with haste; his hurried need to eradicate the old fool was to happen soon. 

His lips slowly curled into a smirk as an idea struck him brilliantly. Unbelievably effortless; the cretin will die soon. 

Abruptly, he stood up and sauntered from his office with an underlying, renewed amount of confidence and a bit of arrogance. He scoured the lobby for his dear cousin and called out to him calmly, "Shisui." 

His cousin turned his head a little too quickly and a small crack was heard, resulting in a wince. "Yo, Itachi. What's up?" 

"Do you happen to have the knowledge of any near coming celebrations hosted by the Uchiha Corps?" Itachi asked his family member. 

Shisui pursed his lips, thinking with concentration. "Hm... Come to think of it, I think tomorrow is actually..." 

Itachi strode off with intent to return to his office once more, satisfied with the answer he received. He ignored Shisui's "Hey! Where are you going?" and continued to walk on ahead, his steps increasing with excitement. 

Then, he halted in his tracks as something struck him. There was something bizarre about [Name]'s phone call from earlier. Her words rang in his head: I have been busy for the past month with... balancing life overall. 

His heart palpitated irregularly. Was she showing pregnancy symptoms or am I assuming too much? She should be in a bit of a predicament as of right now. He quickly calculated the amount of time since they had made love and his computation checked out. 

His impassive face showed nothing but an infinitesimal twitch on the corner of his lips. 

OMFG I am so sorry for making you guys wait so long; don't kill me!!! Life has just been kicking me in the butt lately. I have not given up on my stories, never fear~ I hope you enjoy this update nevertheless as I leave you guys with yet another cliffhanger~ XD