[NARUTO][Haku][063 Summer: Of Dreams and Nightmares]
Title : Of Dreams and Nightmares
Pairings : ZabuHaku (hints)
Fanfic100 claim : Haku
Fanfic100 prompt : 063 Summer
Type : One-shot/ficlet
Word Count : 339
Rating : PG-13
Disclaimers : NARUTO © Kishimoto et al
Little Damn Table
The ice was melting, and Haku struggled to keep his mirrors tall. The black-haired boy was coming at him, and he was fast. Haku was faster, but the ice was melting, and Haku didn’t understand any of it, especially not when the boy’s hair turned yellow. The boy was screaming something Haku couldn’t make out, and the ice! He just couldn’t hold on…
Then, a flash of silver hair and Haku heard chirping. He couldn’t figure out what it was, but it wasn’t birds, and Haku knew it wasn't anything good.
Zabuza-san! Haku tried to say, shout, anything! But nothing came, and Haku averted his gaze to the boy running towards him. He was slowing, coming to a stop… and the silver-haired man! He was running towards Zabuza-san, and Haku wondered if he’d make it. Haku fled to his most precious person anyway. He had to do… something.
There was a blinding flash of light, a burning in his chest. Everything stopped, and Haku gasped.
Haku woke up in his own bed, hands clenching the sheets. Beads of sweat ran down the side of his neck, and it took a while for Haku to realize that it was nothing but a nightmare.
Haku sat there silently, partly relieved. He was still scared, and breathing hard, but his heart rate was slowing, and Haku loosened his grip. He would not tell Zabuza-san about this, he decided, and he got up to change.
“Bad dream?”
Haku was still tying his sash. “No, Zabuza-san. It’s just too hot. I’m sorry I woke you.”
“Go back to sleep.”
“Yes, Zabuza-san,” Haku replied.
Haku sat on his bed, still feeling much too warm. He tried to cool himself with a paper fan, but it was far too hot, and Haku hated it. Haku missed the snow, and the icy wind; he missed the pleasant numbness of his cheeks when he was out in the cold.
Haku hated his restlessness, and the nightmares most of all.
But Zabuza was here with him.
Zabuza was here.