[Challange 5; loneliness] Let's Wake Up
Title: Let's Wake Up
Pairing: NaruSasu
Rating: PG-13 for language
Style: Fic - 370 word count
The first two weeks after Sasuke leaves, Naruto thinks that Kyuubi has finally stopped trying to heal him. He has grown fond of the demon trapped within him-it's ancient for fuck's sake, he remembers screaming once, tearing at the seal on his stomach. It swirls angrily (the ink darkening like it was going to attack.) Sasuke stood dispassionately in front of him, and as Naruto's lips peel back, looking as if he were wresting his lungs back in, he punches the boy in the gut, watching as nine tails stop in mid-transformation. Quit being an idiot, he says-and Naruto casually asks, "Hey, Bastard Fox. We're going to die, aren't we?"
A month passes by without Naruto noticing. He hasn't asked Kyuubi anymore questions than the necessary, but he can sometimes feel the bars of the prison shaking, rippling the water at his feet. Rent, Naruto humorously replies, staying in his head a bit longer than intended before turning around to save his village.
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At night his skin tries to run away from him; he can feel his flesh trying to roll over his knuckles, tugging at his bones, but because he's built too human, nothing falls apart that easily, and his arm ends up lying uselessly on the unoccupied side of the bed. He's not here anymore, Naruto verses firmly to the limb, his voice holding onto convictions just as his traitorous fingers clutch at the sheets.
He ends up spending another night half suffocating in his bed, hoping to find a lingering trace of Sasuke.
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It's been six months, and Naruto finds Kakashi three rows down visiting Obito. It is a rare occurrence as his former sensei usually sticks to the Hero's Monument instead. Kakashi's not reading his book and he looks like he's just about to be leaving-they nod to each other when their eyes meet and Kakashi takes the time to walk down the well kept cobblestone path, one hand shoved in his pocket while the other holds onto the bright orange cover of Icha Icha Paradise.
"...It's been six months," Naruto says lamely. He finds Sasuke three rows from Shisui, fourteen from Obito, and five down from Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto.
Pairing: NaruSasu
Rating: PG-13 for language
Style: Fic - 370 word count
The first two weeks after Sasuke leaves, Naruto thinks that Kyuubi has finally stopped trying to heal him. He has grown fond of the demon trapped within him-it's ancient for fuck's sake, he remembers screaming once, tearing at the seal on his stomach. It swirls angrily (the ink darkening like it was going to attack.) Sasuke stood dispassionately in front of him, and as Naruto's lips peel back, looking as if he were wresting his lungs back in, he punches the boy in the gut, watching as nine tails stop in mid-transformation. Quit being an idiot, he says-and Naruto casually asks, "Hey, Bastard Fox. We're going to die, aren't we?"
A month passes by without Naruto noticing. He hasn't asked Kyuubi anymore questions than the necessary, but he can sometimes feel the bars of the prison shaking, rippling the water at his feet. Rent, Naruto humorously replies, staying in his head a bit longer than intended before turning around to save his village.
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At night his skin tries to run away from him; he can feel his flesh trying to roll over his knuckles, tugging at his bones, but because he's built too human, nothing falls apart that easily, and his arm ends up lying uselessly on the unoccupied side of the bed. He's not here anymore, Naruto verses firmly to the limb, his voice holding onto convictions just as his traitorous fingers clutch at the sheets.
He ends up spending another night half suffocating in his bed, hoping to find a lingering trace of Sasuke.
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It's been six months, and Naruto finds Kakashi three rows down visiting Obito. It is a rare occurrence as his former sensei usually sticks to the Hero's Monument instead. Kakashi's not reading his book and he looks like he's just about to be leaving-they nod to each other when their eyes meet and Kakashi takes the time to walk down the well kept cobblestone path, one hand shoved in his pocket while the other holds onto the bright orange cover of Icha Icha Paradise.
"...It's been six months," Naruto says lamely. He finds Sasuke three rows from Shisui, fourteen from Obito, and five down from Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto.