Disclaimer - I Don't own! All characters belong to Kishi, this is just my own story with use of his characters, obviously. That would be how fanfiction works lmao.
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Why? The Galaxy Within Me
(A Novel by ExoAmiK (Ami K.))
Why.
A one worded question that we all seem to ask during the roughest parts of our lives.
A question and an answer all in the same.
Why. Why? Why...
Look around inside your soul, inside of who you are and tell me what love has done to you.
Has it moved you?
Has it changed you?
Has it strengthened you?
Has it hurt you?
Has it done all of that?
What is it, anyway?To feel this word 'love'?
Why is it not only a word, but an emotion? Why is it not only an emotion but a way to live? Why is it not only a way to live, but the only reason why you're living?
Naruto lay outside - the darkest of nights, the early morning before the sun came up. It was around 3am when he rolled out of his bed when he awoke with his heart pounding in his chest, and decided to go out .
It was one of his coping mechanisms ever since his relapses started happening. He could never sleep anymore.
All dreams ended the same - him reaching out to that face; that same face that haunted him in the best and worst way possible.
"Sasuke."
The air moved and whistled softly around his figure as he lay on the cold frosty grass outside his childhood apartment in Konoha. Nights like these reminded him of why fall and winter were his favorite seasons.
"The cold numbs me." Naruto faintly whispered, as the rustling wind around him picked up his words as they were breathed out, he hoped they would fly off like weightless leaves, and reach a certain someone.
He closed his eyes with his hands resting behind his head.
The night was quiet, and the only lights that were visible from his side of town were the stars.
Opening his eyes, his gazed fixed on a certain constellation. It's figure resembled the one in his heart.
Him.
The reason Naruto was out here in the cold, shivering, pleading with the fall weather to make it end - to numb his pain.
This constellation was what brought him and his soulmate together.
Although these days, it didn't seem like Sasuke would remember, Naruto could never forget it.
Not even for a second.
Figuring it was enough numbness to get him through the rest of the night, he said one last goodbye to his constellation and headed back inside.
Living alone didn't make the pain any better. Naruto tried to make every day good and stay positive, but as time grew, he had only managed to have one good day a week, and the rest were awful and full of relapse.
Adding to that, it was getting harder to pretend he was happy. His smiles started fading more and more, and he had started becoming more distant towards Sasuke since about a year ago; and since 5 months ago, it only grew worse.
But it wasn't like Sasuke didn't know the reason Naruto became like that.
He knew.
Although it was vague - Naruto told him several times in an attempt to be honest with his best friend,and to be honest with himself.
Sasuke just didn't seem to care.
At least not anymore..
It happened 3 years ago.
That's when Naruto's life changed for the better, and for the worse.