Looking Out

Another fanart of a fanfic, this one for: ghosts in her heart, by BombsAreForBabies, which can be found on either AO3 or fanfiction.net.  In which Itachi dies, post-Edo Tensei, and gets reincarnated as Sakura.  Younger Itachi still exists.  Sasuke is confused. 

Inspired by the following scene:

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Four people are fast asleep underneath the shelter of another tree’s roots, while two are awake. One is on lookout, and the other simply cannot fall asleep. They had moved locations after scavenging what they could off of the foreign nin before abandoning them, and Team Ten has decided to tag along with Team Seven. Sakura is munching on a box of Pocky; somehow none of the sticks are broken.

“Itachi.” Sasuke whispers this. “He called you Itachi.”

“…And you called me nii-san.” She speaks softly, and her voice sounds bittersweet to his ears. Sasuke looks at her, and in the dark her profile almost looks like his.

There are no more words spoken for a long while. Then, there is a thump on his forehead. Sasuke looks up to see Sakura with a small smile on her face and her hand extended to poke his forehead. The image aches in its familiarity.

“Go sleep. I will take this shift for you, otouto.”

. . .