Sun Flowers
Losing him was hard. No one knew he was dying, he didn't tell us it hurt to breath or move. He just did it all, with no complaint. He loved to lie in the grass when the sun was shining brightly in the sky, only a few clouds doting the never-ending sky and a sunflower in his hand. Naruto loved to live, we all knew he did, all you had to do was take one look at the hyper fun-loving ramen eating boy and know just how much he loved to live. It was so sad, when we found out that he was going to die. Sakura cried for days with Hinata. Gaara was so angry, I have never seen him cry before and it was scary to see such a strong person like him cry. Kakashi couldn't look at him. I don't know if he was ashamed that Naruto didn't tell anyone or sad that he couldn't watch his student grow up into the great man we all knew he would become, maybe both. I…Still can't believe it. And he told me when he found out. I held him in my arms while he cried out his heart, begging me to do something to stop it. Make him live a little longer. But I couldn't do a thing. I looked threw every book I could get my hands on, Tsunade did the same. It was unsettling that the greatest medical ninja didn't no what to do. But how many people can say that they have had the most powerful demon locked away inside of them and it was killing them?
I had to watch him die; lose that spark in his eye. It was so heartbreaking, I tried to hold it all in though, Naruto needed me right now, I couldn't let him see me cry. But when Naruto told me it was okay to cry, I didn't need to be strong for the both of us, and I let it all out. And it hurt so much. Don't leave me Naruto, I still haven't showed you how much I love you.
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"Its okay you no, Sasuke. You don't have to be so strong all the time." Naruto wrapped his arms around me and held me softly in his arms. His chin rested on the top of my head, "I love you Sasuke." Our fingers entwined as he spoke simple words to me, simple words that meant the world to me.
"I don't want you to go…" I cried out, letting it all out. God, I hated it. I didn't want to cry, I didn't want to let him see me cry. I didn't want him to see me being weak. But that is what I am, weak. Without him that is all I can be. Weak.
"I love you, Sasuke. I love you" Over and over again in my ear.
"I love you."
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One day, he told me he needed to go out in the garden and watch the clouds go by, so I took him out and laid him down. He was so weak now, moving was even hard for him to do. 'Go get me some sunflowers, please Sasuke' he said to me, and of course I did it. I did anything to make him happy now, and it was always the simplest thing that would give my idiot the biggest smile.
When I came back, Naruto was laying silently in the garden, his eyes closed, I walked up to him, so slowly and kneeled down, a tear running down my face and a sunflower in my hand as the clouds floated by the summer sky. I couldn't feel his breath on my pale face…
I bird flew by and landed on the tree, a single drip of water fell into the pond and the breeze wrapped itself around me, as if it was hugging me.
"I love you …." I whispered, leaning down to kiss him on his soft lips. The sun flower still in my hand. "I love you," I whispered, over and over again.
"I love you."