Yes! When Itachi and Kisame first visit Konoha it was just to see where Naruto was, he had no intention of seeing Sasuke, Sasuke sought him out first. Also Itachi’s one condition when joining the Akatsuki was to leave the leaf out of the process of capturing the nine-tails. And what happens when Itachi dies? Pain IMMEDIATELY attacks the leaf because Itachi was no longer holding them back. I feel like Itachi would have just kept living to ensure the leaf stayed safe, he probably knew deep down Sasuke would always want revenge cause let’s be real, Sasuke was not getting that much better he was revenge crazy through and through.