From ch. 98. | slow burn • Uchiha dark romance • reverse harem • psychological drama | Rated E. Content Warnings (CW): explicit sexual content, graphic depictions of violence, childhood trauma recovery
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If you want me like that, that's who I'll be. And if you love me right back, I could be anything.
You know Shisui better than anyone. My Shisui. That's what you've always called him, because it's the truth. You know the shape of his pain by heart the same way people know their favorite songs. Every scar has a story. Every smile he wears in public is one you helped him rehearse.
He isn't just a genius shinobi they praise, nor is he as charming as they say. Those are masks. Just fragments of a dozen lives he's had to play. The world only ever sees the versions it needs from him. But the real one, the boy before all that, belongs to you.
— ch. 85, The Version That Saved You
Slow burn | dark romance | psychological drama
Artwork by Shlyackerman <3 (Used with permission)
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Ch. 90: He’s my only savior.
Can a heart divided still be whole?
“I do not fear death. I fear being forgotten by someone who is still alive and standing in front of me.”
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
slow burn | xReader | dark romance
Ch. 89: Children of the Dark.
“Some men love cautiously. I never learned how.”
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
Dark romance | slow burn | xReader
Ch. 88: A Life Of Almosts
Some bonds ask for patience. Others ask for sacrifice. Love, I’ve learned, asks for both and forgives neither.
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
Slow burn | dark romance | xReader
LIs: Itachi, Shisui, Kakashi, Sasuke, Genma, Obito.
A section from ch. 2:
While he lies passed out on the floor, the two of you drag cushions and blankets into the back room and build a crooked little fort. Shisui calls it “mission hideout.” You like it better than the word “home.”
Inside, he tells you about the outside world, how there’s a land with sand stretching miles and miles, where the wind buries everything if you stand still too long. A mountain that breathes smoke. An island that floats, or maybe just drifts so slow no one notices.
He says there are shinobi who never belonged to any village. Ones who move through trees like ghosts, who never miss a single shot, who disappeared, but some say they’re still out there.
You never ask if he’s seen them. You just listen because when Shisui speaks like that, the world feels bigger.
Maybe there's something out there waiting for you, too.
One day, you’d like to see it yourself.
Sometimes you ask, “Will you ever go and not come back?”
Shisui always pauses at that one. You think he hates how small your voice gets when you ask it.
Then, like a promise, he shakes his head. “Never. Not while you’re here.”
“Can we stay together forever?” you whisper.
He pulls the blanket higher over your heads, as if the fabric can seal the world out.
“Always.”
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“The Version That Saved You”
A slow burn xReader dark romance & psychological drama with Itachi, Shisui, Kakashi, Sasuke, Genma, Obito
Ch. 87 - Diagnostic: Dysfunctional
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
The Version That Saved You
xReader | dark romance
Ch. 88 is now out!
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
“The Version That Saved You.”
Chapter 85: If you want me like that, that's who I'll be.
And if you love me right back, I could be anything.
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
The Version That Saved You
New chapter 84: He'll beat his wings till he burns them black
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
“The Version That Saved You”
Chapter 83: When choosing feels like losing 👀
Read from the beginning:
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.
New chapter of “The Version That Saved You” is out!
Ch. 82: I don't have a choice, but I still choose you.
By exploring Mikoto and Fugaku’s marriage, this chapter traces the emotional lineage behind Itachi and Sasuke, the patterns they learned, the pressures they carried, and the legacy they’re still trying to escape.
Read from the beginning:
You’re the Uchiha’s best-kept secret.
Now that the truth is out, everyone thinks they know what to do with you.
The clan says control. The village says results.
And someone in the dark just says, “Mine.”
The men assigned to guard you?
They’re really bad at their job.