Something short, descriptive and semi-fluffy.
Warnings: Implied Yaoi/incest. Implied NaruHina.
Summary: Why do I love him? Well, I guess, because he was the only one who understood me... ItaSasuNaru
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...If I did, it would be yaoi...lots and lots of yaoi!
ItaSasuNaru
"Why do I love him?" Sasuke asked Naruto brokenly.
The blonde had sat them down and they played a game of get to know you. And Sasuke could never lie to Naruto.
"Yeah," Naruto mumbled behind the thumbnail he was biting.
Sasuke sighed, gut twisting uncomfortably. He shifted nervously, eyes focussed on his fingers.
"He was the only one who understood me..." Sasuke whispered softly, head bowed. Naruto didn't speak.
It was his cue to continue.
"M-mum and dad, they always expected too much from me," Sasuke began. "I was never as good as Itachi and they wanted me to be. He could see that...he was the only one who cared about me," Sasuke bit his lip. "He tried to help me as much as he could; tried to make me feel better. He always could because someone was looking at me," Sasuke stressed the last bit of his sentence. "No one else would. I was the inadequate brother of the prodigy child. I was worthless...useless...and he made me feel like I was someone." Sasuke smiled lightly. "There were things he'd do that were only for me. Like those smiles he'd save just for me. I suppose I should have seen it," he laughed hollowly and Naruto just sat there and listened.
"But I didn't. He was my brother and I was his brother. We were brothers and we did things that brothers did. He never took advantage of me," Sasuke twisted his fingers together. "I don't really know where it started. I've always tried to pinpoint the moment where it became something more for both of us. It could have been our first kiss, but I think something was already there before that. I let it happen even though I knew it was wrong," Sasuke's voice had gotten lower. "I knew we shouldn't be in love...that I shouldn't love him as much as I did. But I really couldn't help it," Sasuke took a deep breath to stave off the tears that were threatening him.
"He was the only one who understood...the only one I could be myself around. The only one who would look at me and think 'he's right just the way he is,' He didn't expect anything from me. I gave him my love willingly and he returned it accordingly. I should have stopped loving him when he killed my family...but I couldn't. I only did what he asked me to...I hated him because he wanted me to.
"I suppose," Sasuke laughed lightly, "if you tell yourself something for long enough it becomes real. I told myself every day he wasn't worth the love I gave him and the only thing he deserved was my hatred. That's what happened...and now he's dead...and I feel empty," Sasuke's voice had lowered a lot so that Naruto had to lean in to hear him.
"What about me?" Naruto asked softly. He felt a little used, upset, disgusted, understanding and everything rolled in to one at the moment.
Sasuke shook his head.
"I love you too...just like you love Hinata as well as you love me," Sasuke smiled, eyes creasing closed. Naruto nodded.
"Not wholly?" he asked with a cheeky smile.
"Only as much as you love me," Sasuke whispered in reply.
He felt happy. Naruto made him fell happy, like Itachi made him feel important.
And he knew somewhere in there that he made Naruto feel important.
Fin
Delivers exactly what it promised *cheeky grin*
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