Author's Note: Hi! Here I am back with a new story. Fallen Angel is a song inspired story (Fallen Angel by L'ame Immortelle). It's the first fanfic where I'll be only following one person's POV, which in this case is Sasuke. I will upload a chapter whenever I feel like it, but it may become once a month. I honestly don't know.
This story contains the use of alcohol, implied/reference drug use, attempted rape/non-con, Haruno Sakura Bashing, swearing, and a slow burn romance.
The main pairing is Male/Male. If you do not like that, then do not read this.
Thank you to friends and family who helped with the creation of this story. You guys are awesome.
5th of June, 2016. Sunday.
'What a beautiful sight,' thought Sasuke the minute he stepped outside.
The sky had long grown dark and air become cooler. The moon shone brightly, illuminating everything it touched. Silver stars lay scattered across the sky, decorating it with their fine beauty. The raven-haired man took a few steps forward, putting his hands on the wooden railing to see the stars better.
"Oji-san! Oji-san!"
He turned at the familiar voice, his gaze landing on his eight-year-old niece. A smile tugged at his lips and he asked, "What is it?"
"Kaa-san gave me this necklace," she said and pointed at the pendant she wore. "Isn't it pretty?"
Black eyes looked down and took in the silver heart-shaped jewelry resting over his niece's chest. His gaze went back up. "It's very nice. You look beautiful."
"Thank you!"
"There you are."
Sasuke snapped his attention back up where his brother Itachi stood.
"Tou-san!" exclaimed the girl, running over to the other man.
"Hey Yuna," he said and ran his fingers through her dark locks. "Your mother's looking for you. She said you were gonna help her with the snacks."
Yuna gasped. "I forgot." She turned to go back into the house.
"She's as energetic as always," said Sasuke.
"Yeah, quite the handful, if you ask me."
"More so than Seiji?"
"Much more. Seiji is pretty quiet, for a four-year-old."
The raven nodded, turning back to look at the stars. A comfortable silence settled over the two brothers as they stood there in the evening spring.
Eventually, Itachi was the one to break it. "Listen Sasuke. I met this guy a few weeks ago..."
Sasuke internally sighed. 'Here we go again.'
"He's a photographer, quite handsome, has his own place, and is single. I told him about you and he's interested if you are."
The raven didn't know when it all began, but ever since his brother got married he'd been pretty dead-set on finding a suitable partner for him. He'd lost count on how many men and women he'd gone through since the first blind date he'd been introduced to. After a while, he had gotten tired of it all and decided to take a break.
His decision hadn't really stopped his brother from finding any suitors though, but it had somewhat put off this kind of conversation. Now two years later it seemed like his brother wasn't going to give him any more time.
"What's his name?"
"Kumori Sabiru."
Sasuke looked up at that. "The Kumori Sabiru?"
"What?" asked Itachi, eyebrow raised in question.
The raven couldn't help but roll his eyes. "He's a famous photographer. Some of my paintings are inspired by his work."
"Speaking of which, how is that going?"
"Very well." He smiled. "Karin and I are going to have another opening in July."
"That's good." He paused for a moment. "Would you mind if I invite father?"
The mention of their dad wiped off the smile Sasuke had been wearing. He shrugged. "You could try, but I doubt that he will come."
"Sasuke..."
"I know, I know. He's a busy man, doesn't have much time. Least of all spend any of it even closely related to me."
"It's not like that."
"Oh really?" He turned and looked at his brother, eyebrow raised. "Then try mentioning one time he's even bothered to spend his time with me."
Itachi opened his mouth as if to answer, but closed it a minute later.
"That's what I thought."
"He has a hard time expressing himself."
"Doesn't excuse his behavior."
"No," Itachi agreed. "It doesn't."
"Finally, something we both agree on."
"We agree on a lot of things."
"I know, I was being sarcastic."
Another silence settled over the two as they kept on watching the scenery.
"So, about Sabiru," said Itachi. "Are you interested or not?"
This time Sasuke did let out a sigh. He was afraid that if he accepted it would be just like all the others, but if he refused his brother would only worry. More so than usual. In the end, there really was only one choice he could make. He would accept, but only to get Itachi off his back for a while.
"I'm in."
…
"Can't you stay for a bit longer Oji-san?" asked Yuna with a pout.
Sasuke smiled kindly at his niece. "I would if I didn't have work tomorrow."
"Can't you just skip?"
He shook his head. "Sadly I can't, but we'll see each other again soon."
She nodded and smiled. "That's true."
The two embraced each other and after a few more goodbyes said to the rest of his brother's family he turned towards his car.
It wasn't long until he was sitting in the front seat driving towards Konoha. His heart was filled with warmth and a smile was dancing on his lips. The visits to his brother's family always left him tingling. It was a nice experience, something he'd missed when growing up.
As a child he'd always been happy – at least, according to his mother and Itachi – but it kind of dimmed every time his father was around. His father wasn't necessarily a bad person. He had just been afraid of the man at the time. He always seemed to look at the raven with judging eyes, and no matter what he did, he could never satisfy the man. The few times he'd seen him wearing any expression apart from his blank look or frowning face was in the company of his brother.
Sasuke sighed and reached for the radio to turn on some music. Usually, he liked the almost silence when driving, but this time he wanted some distraction from his thoughts. He hummed to the current song playing. The raven glanced up at the sky and caught sight of the silver stars, still shining brightly.
All of a sudden there was a sharp sound, followed by a bright light and the earth trembling. In a panic, the raven-haired man drove to the side of the road and hit the breaks. In a matter of moments, he had come to a stop.
'What was that?' he wondered and looked to his right.
He kind of wished that he hadn't because there he saw something very unusual. Bright lights – kind of like fireflies – were dancing across the field. They looked too bright to actually be fireflies though, and most of them were circling around a certain spot in the field. The rational part of Sasuke told him to get back on the road and drive away, but the more reckless part of him wanted to stay and explore.
In the end, the rational part lost and he left the car. A gust of cool air hit him, making his hair and clothes flutter as he walked towards the glowing orbs. He noticed that when he tried to get close to them they moved away. It made him wonder if the lights were alive or if there was some scientific reason behind the way they acted. None of it mattered, however when he approached the place where a lot of them gathered.
The glowing orbs moved away and Sasuke's breath caught in his throat of what he saw. A man was lying on the ground unconscious. After the moment of shock had passed, his instincts kicked in. He bent over the immobile man and checked for a pulse. Eventually, he found one. A relieved breath was let out and he let himself study the man's face.
To say that the man was good-looking was kind of an understatement. He was gorgeous. His skin tone tan, making the raven look even paler in comparison. Hair blond and spiky. Cheeks marked by three strangely symmetrical lines.
Before Sasuke knew what he was doing, he'd reached over to touch the other man's cheek. Eyelids flew open and blue eyes came to stare at him. The raven froze under the other's gaze until he remembered what he was doing. He removed his hand and asked if the other man was okay.
"Where am I?" asked the blond instead of answering his question.
"You're on the outskirts of Konoha." He watched the other carefully and saw his eyes widen. "What is it?"
"I shouldn't be here," he said.
Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed. Was this guy in some kind of trouble? Before he could ask, the blond moved to get up. The raven watched his face contort in pain and reached out to him.
"Easy, easy," he said and rested a hand on the other's shoulder.
"I need to get back," said the blond desperately. "They need me..."
The raven though to question the other man when suddenly he went limp. Sasuke again checked for a pulse and was relieved to know that the blond had only fainted.
'What now?' He looked back at the man and how calm he looked whilst unconscious. He couldn't very well leave the guy here. He would freeze to death. No. He would take the guy to his home, or at least the hospital.
With his mind made up, he bent over to pick up the blond. It was surprisingly easy which kind of worried him. Did the man eat? He didn't look unhealthy in any way. Was he just naturally light? Maybe.
Despite the blonde's lightweight his arms ached pretty quickly. When arriving at the vehicle he strapped the man to the front seat, careful not to jostle him. He allowed himself to stop to admire the man for a minute before closing the door and walking around the car to get to his own seat.
…
"What the hell am I doing?" asked Sasuke the emptiness of his living room.
It had been an hour since he'd arrived home with the blond man. He'd put him in one of the guest rooms and hadn't checked on him since too caught up in his own thoughts. What he should have done was drop the guy off at a hospital and let them deal with it, but for some strange reason, it felt wrong to do so. He couldn't really explain why it just did.
The rational part of him was screaming for him to call the hospital and have them pick the man up, but every time he moved to follow the order, he just suddenly seized up. It probably didn't help that he was stubborn too.
Sasuke sighed and took a sip of his tea. He promptly spit it back out when instead of the expected warm liquid he was greeted with cold. He swore under his breath, taking the mug to the kitchen. As he stood there washing, his mind went back to the blond.
He was still a bit puzzled about what the other had been talking about. He'd been thinking of multiple reasons why the man could be in trouble, but none of them really added up. Another thing that confused him was the lack of wounds. The blond had clearly looked like he was in pain earlier, but after a pretty thorough search, he hadn't found anything. Of course, the wounds could be inside his body, which was why the rational part of his mind had been bugging him so much. Another thing, or rather things that the man lacked was anything to uncover his identity. There had been no wallet, ID, or phone on him. No clues whatsoever.
He could have been robbed, but robbers would only really be interested in the money and anything else valuable. He could also be homeless, but he didn't really seem the type. The clothes he'd worn weren't torn or dirty, they were rather clean. His hair wasn't greasy, but soft. There also hadn't been a funky smell coming from him in general. Not even his breath smelled bad.
Sasuke had wondered for a moment if he was dreaming, but a quick painful pinch had established that was not what was going on. He wondered if he was hallucinating. If his single life had been too much that his mind had decided to take matters into its own hands instead.
He snorted. It sounded ridiculous, but if that was the case he knew what he should do to get rid of it. Take a shower and head to bed. The raven dried his hands and turned on his heel, heading in the direction of the bathroom. A hallucination wouldn't follow him all the way to the next day. Right?
