Disclaimer: no, I don't own Naruto. nor do I own the song "In the End". Linkin Park does. I do, however, own this story, and a computer. and many other things I'm sure you don't want to hear about.
It starts with
One thing
I don't know why
Sasuke walked along the ridge, face stony.
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
remembering the events of the day hurt.
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
He felt as if he had been slapped in the face, by the one he had always thought would understand him.
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
He'd almost lost track of time since Itachi'd murdered their clan. he gritted his teeth.
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
everything seemed so surreal now that Naruto had pointed out his own weakness, not even meaning to.
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on
But I didn't even know
He hadn't known. hadn't known what the blonde meant to him.
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
After the incident, he'd just watched Naruto leave, brain screaming at the rest of him to chase after the other boy, but his feet glued to the ground.
I kept everything inside and even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me
Will eventually be
a memory Of a time
Now all that Sasuke had left were his memories of the time when his only goal had been to kill Itachi. life had been so much simpler then...
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
nothing mattered. he was alone again, and it felt worse than ever before.
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
he sat down on the edge of the cliff, face blank, thinking about nothing.
One thing
I don't know why
Doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
He had tried so hard to make him see, to make him understand.
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised
It got so (far)
It had gone so much further than the friendly banter, the rivalry, and the fights.
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
He had changed since he had met Naruto. when they had been put in the same cell. Sasuke laughed bitterly. he wished it hadn't changed. or did he? he was becoming less and less sure of that as the moments ticked by.
You kept everything inside and even though I tried
It all fell apart
What it meant to me
Naruto had kept all his feelings inside, his feelings for Sasuke, for the people, for any and everything. He never realized how much it meant to Sasuke.
Will eventually
Be a memory
Of a time when I
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
Sasuke sighed. he wished it did matter. but Naruto couldn't see it that way. he only thought of them as friends.
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
Sasuke had lost everything when Naruto rejected him. the tears threatened to fall, but he shut his eyes, willing them to go away, as he did when he was haunted by his past.
I put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know...
He only wished he had told Naruto sooner.... if only.... if only.... the tears fell down his cheeks softly, and he made no move to wipe them away.
I put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know...
It wouldn't have mattered. Naruto could never love him. he was a cold mean bastard, who never said even one nice thing to Naruto...
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
He lay back, staring at the sky until a pair of cerulean eyes blocked his view.
"Na-Naruto?!" he asked, shocked. the blonde boy nodded, face serious. he straddled Sasuke, who began to blush profusely. "ah, Naruto..." Naruto silenced him.
"hush... I'm sorry..." he brought his face down to Sasuke's, and cut the taller boy off before he could say anything more with a kiss.