Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine.
Catullus # 5 Translation
I said to her, darling, I said
let's LIVE and
let's LOVE and
What do we care what those old
purveyors of joylessness say?
(they can go to hell, all of them)
the Sun dies every night
in the morning he's here again
you and I, now,
When our briefly tiny light flicks out,
it's night for us, one single
everlasting
Night.
-Frank Copley (1957)
Persephone
When he finally finds his way back home, she accepts him with open arms as if he has never left. He tries to ignore the gossip, he really does, but even her presence at his side cannot ward away the hateful whispers swelling around them.
"I just don't understand how she can bear to hold hands with that, that… murderer."
"She's such a sweet girl; why would she choose him?"
"It's disgusting, for him to show his face here."
And he knows that he does not deserve her (never in a million years), although she attempts to reassure him of this every day. His hands are stained with blood, but still she intertwines her fingers with his, still she looks up at him with those disturbingly innocent eyes, still she smiles happily at him because "Oh, Sasuke-kun, look how beautiful the sky is today!"
As she basks in the sunlight, he wishes the earth would bottom out beneath him so he might join Hades in the Underworld.
Sakura is no Persephone.
A/N: Just a little vingette that refused to dispel itself from my mind. I haven't written in quite a while, so I'm a bit rusty. Please excuse any errors... this is my first shot at Naruto, and I hope you enjoyed my efforts! :) Please drop me a review and let me know what you think~
SL