Third's POV

Itachi was waiting patiently under (Y/n)'s house for her to return home. He had saw her leaving for work so he let her finish her shift before deciding to try and talk to her. However, (Y/n) didn't go to her office to work. She went to quit from it. She didn't need it anymore. She had decided to end everything. She was planning to make everyone happy with her death. That's what they always wanted after all.

After a few hours (Y/n) returned home. Itachi waited for her to enter her apartment before deciding to make a move as he was planning. He knocked softly on the door and waited patiently. After a few seconds (Y/n) opened the door. Once her eyes met his she glared at him not liking the fact that he was here.

-"I thought I told you to stay away." she told him angrily.

-"Sorry, but I lost the bus for home and my parents are too busy with work to come and get me. So I was hoping I could spend the night here."

Obviously all of that was a lie, but he didn't have any other options. He had to lie or else she wouldn't let him be near her at all.

-"No. I will call you a taxi."

-"Please! You live close to school and I don't want to be late tomorrow." I almost begged her not lettong touch her phone.

-"Fine, but try not to bother me at all." she told him glaring at him.

-"Sure."

(Y/n) let him enter her apartment and immediately walked in her. Itachi sighed as he knew that he had to do more than just enter her apartment. He to her small living room and sat on the couch waiting for her to return. He didn't know what she was doing, but it took her long enough since almost an hour had passed and she still was in her bedroom. Suddenly he heard voices and walked closer to her bedroom's door to listen better

-"Mom." he heard (Y/n)'s voice say.

-"What do you want? Did you send a gift?" another female voice asked her, which probably belonged to her mother.

-"Yes. Tomorrow you will get it."

-"One day shipping? You did something right for once considering the fact that you are a worthless child."

Itachi frowned when he heard that. Now it made sense why (Y/n) didn't want about her parents. They didn't care at all about her. They were considering her something that she wasn't, but she probably believed them due to her illness. It hurt him, the fact that she believed all that made his heart hurt. She was more than useless, she was so much more than a worthless child. Yet, she never saw it, because she never had someone supportive beside her.

-"That's all I called for. Bye."

After that she ends the call allowing herself to take a big breath. Her eyes travel on her desk were a white paper laird alongside a black pen. The paper had words wrotten on it, but it wasn't tims for that yet. So she walked to her door ready to go in her living room. When Itachi heard her steps approaching the door, he run to the couch and took out his phone. A relaxed look in his eyes as he wanted to play it calm. However, that was impossible, because once his eyes fell on her they went full of sadness. She somehow looked weaker than a few hours ago. It was like she was barely walking, not only due to the lack of food, but because of how her mental condition was.

He didn't know what to do. The bad feeling inside his heart grew with each passing minute. He was afraid that she would do something bad and then he would lost her forever. He needed to act now that he still had the chance. He needed to tell her the truth.

-"(Y/n) I want to tell you something." Itachi told her winning her attention.

(Y/n) left down the glass of water that she was holding. She looks at him with a sad look not being able to control her feelings anymore. She was too tired for that.

-"I wanted to tell you that I care for you, not only as friends, but as something more. I know that the only thing we did together was to work on a few exercises and hung out once, but I have admired you from a long time." Itachi kept saying not taking his eyes off her.
-"I have felt something for you from the first time I have met you. Something made you different. I never had the intention to hurt you. I just wanted us to get closer. So we can get to know each other better. So we could be something more." he took a big breath before finishing what he started.
-"I love you."

(Y/n)'s eyes widen in shock as this was something that she wasn't expecting to hear from him. He is famous, handsome and talented. He is all the things that she will never be able to be. So it was really strange that he has feelings for someone like her, for a failure. She wanted to believe him, but a part of her was telling her the opposite.

"Liar."

"He will hurt you."

"Just like everyone else."

Itachi was looking at her waiting for an answer or any other reacting from her. However, the only thing she did was to storm in her room as he closed the door behind her. She didn't gave him an answer. She didn't tell him a thing. It hurt him. All that made his heart ache. For a moment he thought that he changed something inside her, but that was just his imagination. He had a long way to go and he was willing to stick up with her till then. He wanted to make her believe in him as much as she should be believing in herself.

{...}

The hours passed fast making Itachi fall asleep on the couch. He was so tired that he didn't realize when he fell asleep. On the other hand (Y/n) hadn't slept at all. She stayed up all that time waiting for the right moment to put her plan in act. So once the clock read 3:28am she stood up from her bed. She took the paper from her desk and excited her room. Her eyes went on Itachi immediately. She eyed him a little, enjoying how peaceful he looked. He always looked like that in her eyes. A peaceful man that somehow made her calm too. However, that wasn't effecting her anymore. She walked near him, leaving the paper on his chest before exiting her apartment. She didn't leave the building. She walked at the roof. A place that she should have went months ago.

The sound of a door closing made the sleeping Uchiha wake up. He sad up confused as he felt something slide down his chest. He looked there noticing a paper sotto sitting on his lap. He took it in his hands and started reading it slowly.

...
Dear Itachi,

I am sorry for everything. I am sorry for hurting you, I am sorry for making you sad, I am sorry for worrying you. This was a fight that I had to bear alone. I wanted to make thought on my own. Yet, I couldn't do it. I couldn't keep fighting. I have up long ago and it's finally time for me to give up once and for all. However, before I do that I want you to know that I have feelings for you too. I don't know if it's love or not, since it's something that I never felt. But I want you to know that care. I want you to know that you meant a lot to me.

Live for me too Itachi Uchiha.

Your dear,
(Y/n) (L/n).
....

Itachi's eyes widen when he finished reading it. He didn't lose time as he immediately got up and started searching for her. His heart hoping to find her in time as his mind was thinking were she would probably have went.

-"The roof!" he suddenly said as he stared running to get on top of it.

(Y/n) was standing at the edge of the 12 store building. The soft wind brushing softly her (h/c) hair as her (e/c) were staring at the ground. There was no going back now. She had to do it so she finally can be happy. So she finally can make everyone else happy. It was time to be useful.

-"(Y/n) don't!!" Itachi shout as he had just walked on the roof.

(Y/n) look at him shocked. He wasn't supposed to be here. He wasn't supposed to see this, but she couldn't stop him anyway. She just hoped for him to leave as she turned her back at him once again.

-"(Y/n) don't do it!" he yelled at her as his heart flooded with fear.

-"You know nothing." she mumbled.

-"I know everything! I know about your money issues, about your classes, about your family! And I want to help you! So please don't do this!"

-"I am tired Itachi." (Y/n) told him as she turned to look at him.
-"I am in so much pain for years now. I don't remember the last time I felt happy. I don't remember the last time I did something good and useful. I am tired of being in so much pain. It's time to end everything. After all no one will miss me."

-"That's not true, (Y/n)! I love you! I will miss you, because you mean everything to me! So please, let me help you!" he yelled once again as he extended his hand to her while taking a few steps closer.

-"It's too late for me." (Y/n) told him as tears were running on her cheeks.

-"It's never too late! Please don't do it (Y/n)!"

-"You can't make the pain inside me stop. You can't make me something better. I am just a burden in this world."

-"You aren't! Please let me prove it to you! Let me help you and treat you like you deserve to, like a loved person!" he told her as his hand was within reach now.
-"I can help you start over and I will be there with you. Just take my hand and trust me. Please (Y/n)."

His words gave of hope. A feeling that she had forgotten. A feeling that along with happiness were buried inside her for many months. Yet, here she was listening to his words as those feelings were slowly rising up again. And hope was the first to come back. So without a second thought she took a hold of his hand allowing him to pull her close to him and away from the edge of the roof. He was holding her tight in his arms, scared that she will slip away and lose her once and for all. He was scared that if he wasn't able to help her he would lose her forever.

-"I will do everything to help you. I promise." he mumbled in her ear as he didn't let go of her.

(Y/n) only nodded as she started crying once again. She felt safe between his arms. She felt that she finally could have a second chance in life. She could finally be all those things that she never was.

{...}

After the incident (Y/n) was put into a Psychiatric hospital to get help. Itachi made sure to visit her every day, as he had promised her. His visits could last hours and (Y/n) wasn't minding at all, since she could finally be with the man that she always wanted. No one was there to jubge her about it. It was just him and her. They were alone to enjoy their time together.

While (Y/n) was getting better Itachi made sure to do more than just visiting her. He was able to clear all of her bills along with making her take her classes through internet so she wouldn't miss anything. He explained to the principal what was going on with her so she had a second chance to all of her classes along with the one she had failed.

He also managed to make her family to never come in contact with her again unless they went through him first. The police and his lawyer played a big part in this, since it was something very important and it needed to be done fast. So in a week he had all papers ready and made sure that her family was well informed about everything that would happen to them if they tried to talk to her.

After a month or so (Y/n) was able to leave the hospital. Itachi had found already an apartment for both of them to stay together and he almost immediately helped her get a job with better benefits and payment. He looked after her as he had promised her. He did everything for her, hoping that she would only get better and not the opposite.

(Y/n) was more than happy to have someone like him beside her. He was everything that she ever needed in her life. He was her savior, the man that was able to show her how worthy and useful she could be. Not only to him, but to everyone else as well.

All she needed was a little help.

And it's never too late to get that.

....

The end.

At this part I want to say that if anyone is having a familiar situation, he/she needs to know that there will always be someone out there that is willing to help them. So please go talk to someone and ask for their help.
It's always better listening to someone's story, than attending his funeral.

Have a nice day.