#thread; fightingdreamcrs ft. deidara (2)

[daybreakrising]

@fightingdreamcrs​ asked:  “ i don’t fear death. i fear anonymity. ” [ from Dei for your choice ] | Meme

He didn’t answer immediately, didn’t even appear to acknowledge the other asides from the slightest shift of his head. They were not friends, of course. He was quite sure Deidara viewed him as some sort of goal to overcome - which, he admitted, reminded him so much of Sasuke that it was almost enough to make him fond of the blond. 

Eyes closed, he sensed out where Deidara stood, anticipating further remarks or for him to leave having had no response. When he didn’t, Itachi opened his eyes, the world before him already dimming. “Fame is not everything.” Clan-killer Itachi. “Sometimes it is a chain around your neck.” Deidara couldn’t know the true weight of his own infamy. How it sat in the pit of his stomach like a sickness, tormented his mind whenever he tried to find peace. 

“Sometimes I wish for anonymity.” He closed his eyes again to the rapidly fading world. “Sometimes I wish for death.”