"Put simply, someone I know very little about."  Renkaji said, pondering what he'd learned about Draco, "You help me, you can spend as much time with her as you wish."<br/><br/>Had to admit he wasn't surprised by hearing about what Draco had done even though it was the first time he'd heard of it. He was learning more and more about Draco has this went on. It just made the void in his chest grow as he forced the yearning he felt rise in him into submission. Like or or not, The sooner he accepted she'd never love him like he wished she would, the sooner he could pull out the proverbial knife he keeping twisting in his chest. Despite constantly telling himself she was offlimits, part of him stubbornly believed she would come around.<br/><br/>He didn't show it, but he was thunderstruck and deeply disturbed to realize that the biggest threat to Draco's safety in the long term wasn't a rogue shinobi, it was him.<br/>______<br/><br/>Itachi hadn't known, but he'd suspected as much. Hidan had always seemed rather attached to her in his own way. It made sense that he was related to her. That, however, didn't excuse him abusing and torturing her. He decided that he would not stand by as she was hurt anymore.<br/><br/>"I find myself unsurprised to hear that." Itachi said, a small frown tugging at his face as he hugged her, "I frankly suspected that was the case but I wasn't certain."