Challenge #5 (Lonliness)

Jun 05, 2006 17:28


Title: Memories of Dust
Author:
civetta_x
Challenge: #5: Lonliness
Style: Drabble - About 310 words
Rating: G
Pairing: Sasu/Naru

He stands silently on rainy, humid nights with Sasuke's headband tied between his fingers. There, at the window, he'll lean against it as he watches the rain run down the glass and develop into puddles on the ground. The gathering dark clouds in the distance remind him of Sasuke's hair, eyes, and deep rumbling voice. A voice that seems ominous and intimidating - yet he knew, Naruto knew - that the young ninja could talk with a gentle welcoming.

He runs his fingers down the foggy windowpane, creating small pictures that remind him of their times together - a sunflower, a Sharingan eye, a contract scroll - and then he'll sigh and run his hand across them as he destroys the memories. The memories that are like unsettling dust that will tease his senses as they scatter before his hazy eyes.

He remembers the rare smiles of his teammate, and the sweat that would cling to his body and give off an attractive scent. The cloth of the forehead protector twirls around his fingers in nervous knots that seem to bite at his fingers. The cold metal of the plate with the Konoha leaf symbol will press against his cheeks as he brings it close to his mouth and gently breaths in the old, musty aroma.

The rain in the distance will continue as he stands there, at the window, remembering. There are no witnesses to his mournful ritual that he carries out with a heavy heart, and he prefers it that way. Though sometimes, the absense of someone - the absense of Sasuke, will curve his usual grin into a lonely frown.

Yet the next day, he will replace it, and leave no traces of his once dreadful and morbid state. He hides the headband under his pillow, and he dreams of Sasuke and their training together at night, until he wakes up in the morning, the daylight peeking through his window. He wakes up to the smell of fresh rain from the other day, and the taste of the old storm clouds, and the memory of Sasuke drifting away with reality.

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Erm. I hope I did everything right...I think I did my tags wrong D;

sasunaru, loneliness, drabble

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