Itachi Uchiha was your husband, not by choice but rather by arrangement. The marriage was arranged by your families to stop the tensions between his clan and the village. The two of you were both eighteen at the time. Itachi was not a cruel man or even mean but he was cold and quiet. No matter how much you tried to get to know him you he would not open up.

Despite your marriage you were closer to roommates living in the same house but in different rooms and not sharing much time together. The two of you would share meals and spend time in the same rooms at time but it felt like there was a wall around him. You knew that he was someone with a lot on his shoulders.

He had been in the ANBU since he was a child, he was one of the most powerful shinobi in the village. You knew that he went through things and dealt with things you would never know, that the village would never know. It's been two years, despite both of your young ages it felt like you had been through much more. Your marriage had helped Uchiha clan tensions but didn't remove them. The two of you often had to work to mend relations between everything.

Lately, Itachi has seemed off. When he would get home from work you could tell he seemed more exhausted than normal. He was eating less and was starting to cough often. It was worrying you. Despite your distance with each other, you did care for Itachi a great deal. There was a lot of emotion and character beneath his quiet and he had always taken care of you and been kind.

Itachi had just got home and you were making dinner when he walked into the kitchen. You greeted him but as he stood there he started coughing violently, his hand braced on the counter.