Warnings: OOC and AU, my first romance one shot. Yuzuki might be considered a Mary sue at some point.

"The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you, dear
'Cause I wish you were here

I'll watch the night turn light-blue
But it's not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly

The silence isn't so bad
'Til I look at my hands and feel sad
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly

I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
when I think of you I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone, I don't feel so alone

As many times as I blink
I'll think of you tonight
I'll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter
and heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again

And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach
Back through the past
I'd whisper in your ear
Oh darling, I wish you were here"

Sasori listened intently as Yuzuki's soft, mourning voice floated in the air. It had been around three months since she had brought back her older brother's corpse, half dead from the cold. Yuzuki had kept completely silent as the corpse was dealt with, not shedding a single tear, while Tobi had wailed until Zetsu shut him up and Kisame did not have his usual sharp-toothed grin, along with Konan's sympathetic looks towards Yuzuki. The rest of the members looked indifferent, death not being new to any of them. But the next day, Yuzuki had locked the door to her room and had filled the base with yells and screams of what was obviously sorrow.

And after that day she had become much colder, hurting the members closest to her slightly, but not much as they soon moved on, all except for Sasori, who had taken an interest in her as soon as Deidara had taken to ranting constantly about how he liked Yuzuki better than her brother, Daichi. The red head had then begun to soften up towards the white haired ninja. After a while he had accepted that the feelings brewing inside his previously wooden self (1) were far more than pity for the weak-looking girl, and terrifyingly enough to him, were affection and caring.

He had made progress in getting close to Yuzuki, but now that was not very evident, seeing as the biggest reaction he got nowadays was a blank stare from her. Often, Sasori became resentful towards her but always fell back to feeling rejected. Tonight, he had decided to be straight-forward and just tell her, after getting mentally prepared to be rejected. "Yuzuki" he called, looking to the side as the kunoichi sighed and turned towards him "What is it, Akasuna?" She as asked coldly as the snow falling around them. "I just want to speak with you" "Make it quick" She said, dismissively. "Why are you so cold all of a sudden?!" he demanded with evident anger "Heh, why not? Hell, why do you care?" she spat and gave a half-assed shrug, the scorpion snapped "You dumbass!" He yelled, eyes blazing, not knowing what else he could've said. Yuzuki's dead, hollow eyes bore into his "Is that all you wanted to say?" she asked blankly, which was it for Sasori, who turned on his heel and began walking back inside. "You make things too easy…and yet so difficult" She sighed before turning her back to him. An uneasy feeling hit Sasori as he sat down on the couch on the living room, cloak making a rustling noise as he shifted around anxiously. "-et me go! Crazy blue bastard!" Yuzuki's shrieks bounced off the walls as a seriously pissed Kisame walked in, carrying Yuzuki on his back while gripping her arms in a bruising grip. "Kisame, you are hurting her" Itachi said and the sharp toothed man sneered. "It's her own fault" "Kisame, what exactly do you mean?" "Look at this shit" Kisame showed Itachi a small vial "That's one of my poisons!" Sasori quickly took it from the larger man's hands Yuzuki made a disappointed sound before reaching towards it in a daze "Please tell me she didn't even touch it" Sasori said, stirring the vial in his hand, noticing it looked a lot emptier than before.

Yuzuki grinned "Too late, dude" She said, grin growing psychotic as everyone's eyes landed on the bloody patch above her heart "Did you pour it directly on the wound? "Sasori asked slowly "Why would I tell you?" She asked innocently before screaming something that no-one understood and falling to her knees, small, morbid smile in place as her body shook. She gripped her shirt, right above her heart tightly as Kisame quickly made her stand before carrying her. "Shit…If she can already feel pain it might be too late for the antidote, take her to the hospital wing" Sasori said almost numbly and Kisame nodded before following orders. Itachi stood there silently before going after Sasori "I trust you have an antidote" Itachi said with as much insecurity he was willing to show. "I-I don't, but I do have an antidote for every effect, maybe that would work" Sasori said and a tense silence filled the air. "Carry these" The scorpion commanded, handing the weasel three vials, while he himself only carried two more delicate-looking ones. The two ninjas hurried as another shriek broke the eerie silence in the base. Soon enough they got to the plain hospital room, thanking their luck that Kakuzu was already there. "Drink it" He demanded roughly, holding a vial with different portions of each antidote mixed together Yuzuki shook her head no and covered her mouth with her hands. "Drink. It" Kakuzu growled, only to get the same reaction. Sasori ran his hand through his red hair in exasperation and forced Yuzuki's hands away from her hands, ordering Itachi to pour the mixed antidote into Yuzuki's mouth. As soon as he did Yuzuki attempted to spit it out, only for Sasori's hand to cover her mouth and for his other hand to rub up and down her throat where her Adam's apple would have been had she been male, forcing her to swallow it in a manner one would use when forcing their ill dog to just swallow a pill.

Yuzuki instantly began gagging before rolling to her side and expulsing everything from her stomach. She glared at everyone before rolling onto her other side, staring angrily at the wall. "We have to put the stuff on your wound…and we don't trust you to do it alone" Kakuzu said, getting everyone's attention. Yuzuki looked extremely uncomfortable all of a sudden. "We have to do this eventually, who do you feel more comfortable with?" Kakuzu said, realizing why it was that Yuzuki looked so uncomfortable. "No one, just let me die!" she spat, leaving Kisame, Kakuzu, Itachi and Sasori with somewhat surprised expressions. "We can't let you do that" Itachi said calmly, noticing Yuzuki was hiding her face, presumably crying. "Why the hell not?" she asked angrily, glaring daggers at them. "You have to choose" Kisame said hurriedly. "Fine, Sasori" She spat yet again. The red head gave a helpless look as everyone left. "I don't want to do this any more than you do, so just lets get this over with" he huffed and Yuzuki sat up "Get it over with, Akasuna" She said, blushing slightly "Erm…you're going to have to remove your shirt" Sasori said awkwardly. "Of course…" She said sarcastically, slipping out off her sleeveless shirt with ease. Sasori's eyes widened at the slash above the kunoichi's heart and the dried blood around it "Why would you do this?" He asked, keeping his cool. "You know why" her eyes shifted to the ground "Daichi's demise was not your fault" Sasori said simply "You're lying! If I wasn't so useless I could've saved him!" Yuzuki yelled, tears falling freely "Calm down, being agitated makes the poison spread even faster" Sasori said almost mechanically, beginning to get to work, awkwardly applying the antidote and then wrapping bandages around Yuzuki's chest. Sasori suddenly smiled "You're not alone, and Daichi would have wanted you to be smiling, don't you think?" "He would hate me if he were still alive!" "How could someone hate you?" Sasori said, blushing slightly when he realized what he had said. Yuzuki squeaked cutely, staring at him with wide eyes "What do you m-mean Akasuna?" She asked sternly, and Sasori face palmed, he had made things awkward now. Deciding he had nothing to loose, he continued the conversation. "You haven't been taking care of yourself lately…you rarely eat...and you honestly look like shit" Sasori scolded roughly. "Whatever, Akasuna" She shrugged "I don't consider you to be able to care after yourself right now, therefore I will be in charge of that" "W-what?! Why?!" "Why do you think? idiot" Sasori responded with irritation. Sasori's bored brown eyes suddenly grew fixed on Yuzuki's pale face. "What are you d-doing?" Yuzuki stuttered as Sasori leaned a bit closer to her "I refuse to loose you to yourself" He said simply before pressing his lips to hers. Yuzuki felt a fluttering in her chest. Maybe she was not alone in the world? More out of curiosity she kissed back, putting her hands on the puppet master's shoulders. Cheeks flushed red, Sasori pulled away while Yuzuki stared in confusion. "How the hell did I not notice any warnings...?" Sasori said to himself just before the door opened

(1) Sasori used a jutsu to become human a few weeks before the story

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