[Fiction] Through the Door
Through the Door
Author: fallen-angel-of-repression
Series: Naruto
Pairing: Kakashi/Iruka
Genre: Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Word Count: 302
Progress: Complete.
Notes: G. Non-AU. Post-series. POETRY!? For the following: kakairu100 (challenge: 4- loss); 52_flavours (prompt: 11- Perhaps one at last will be left to grow in peace).
Dedication: To moiyahatake, who shares my love for mentorxstudent (and who subtly requested a poem...~<3).
Summary: Hospitals, how he hated them.
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Hospitals: they hurt more than they healed-
They burned his flesh with their illusion of patience;
They tortured his already delicate mind;
They reeked of cleanliness and artificial lemons;
They reminded him of his past...
The past he wants to leave behind.
Hospitals: they made shinobi human-
One saw life seep from wounds;
One tasted bitter defeat on a swollen tongue;
One smelled salt on crystalline tears;
One heard the news of lost...
The touch of grief surrounds him.
Hospitals: they brought out the beast within him-
He writhed beneath sheets like a rabid dog;
He reacted as if each sound was the last he would hear;
He watched carefully for an escape;
He snarled as the medication numbed him...
The ability to feel is something he needs.
Hospitals: they made shinobi weak-
Asuma breathed through a mask instead of a cigarette;
Yamato laid as still as a log;
Gemna sucked pills and not senbon;
Gai spouted blood instead of whimsical poetry...
The man's folly always makes him smile.
Hospitals: they forced him to confront-
Here is Sasuke, an inch from death;
Here is Sasuke, alive after all these years;
Here is Sasuke, an inch from death;
Here is Sasuke...
The boy he loves as a son.
Hospitals: they frightened him from the most mundane of tasks-
Walk through the door, he ordered himself;
Walk through the door, he begged;
Walk through the door, he yelled at himself;
Walk through the door, he begged...
The boy he loves as a son needs him.
Hospitals: they made shinobi need-
He needed Sasuke back: here he is;
He needed help: where was Iruka?
He needed support: where is Iruka?
He needed to walk through the door...
“He needs you, Kakashi,” Iruka says with a tender kiss.
“Walk through the door with me.”
Author: fallen-angel-of-repression
Series: Naruto
Pairing: Kakashi/Iruka
Genre: Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Word Count: 302
Progress: Complete.
Notes: G. Non-AU. Post-series. POETRY!? For the following: kakairu100 (challenge: 4- loss); 52_flavours (prompt: 11- Perhaps one at last will be left to grow in peace).
Dedication: To moiyahatake, who shares my love for mentorxstudent (and who subtly requested a poem...~<3).
Summary: Hospitals, how he hated them.
-ooo0oo0o0oo0ooo-
Hospitals: they hurt more than they healed-
They burned his flesh with their illusion of patience;
They tortured his already delicate mind;
They reeked of cleanliness and artificial lemons;
They reminded him of his past...
The past he wants to leave behind.
Hospitals: they made shinobi human-
One saw life seep from wounds;
One tasted bitter defeat on a swollen tongue;
One smelled salt on crystalline tears;
One heard the news of lost...
The touch of grief surrounds him.
Hospitals: they brought out the beast within him-
He writhed beneath sheets like a rabid dog;
He reacted as if each sound was the last he would hear;
He watched carefully for an escape;
He snarled as the medication numbed him...
The ability to feel is something he needs.
Hospitals: they made shinobi weak-
Asuma breathed through a mask instead of a cigarette;
Yamato laid as still as a log;
Gemna sucked pills and not senbon;
Gai spouted blood instead of whimsical poetry...
The man's folly always makes him smile.
Hospitals: they forced him to confront-
Here is Sasuke, an inch from death;
Here is Sasuke, alive after all these years;
Here is Sasuke, an inch from death;
Here is Sasuke...
The boy he loves as a son.
Hospitals: they frightened him from the most mundane of tasks-
Walk through the door, he ordered himself;
Walk through the door, he begged;
Walk through the door, he yelled at himself;
Walk through the door, he begged...
The boy he loves as a son needs him.
Hospitals: they made shinobi need-
He needed Sasuke back: here he is;
He needed help: where was Iruka?
He needed support: where is Iruka?
He needed to walk through the door...
“He needs you, Kakashi,” Iruka says with a tender kiss.
“Walk through the door with me.”