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Summary: Sasuke left Naruto knowing it would break his heart but he promised he'd be back for him. What he didn't know was how hard it would be for Naruto to move on until he returned

Hanging on

By Alina Hunter


Ch. 1 Seeping through the cracks

"I'll be back for you I promise" Sasuke said getting ready to leave the village but not before kissing Naruto goodbye.

"Sasuke why? Please don't leave me alone not like this let me help you" the blonde said mixed emotions, fresh tears running down his face as he watched the raven haired boy.

"Naruto your not safe with me, I have to avenge my clan and kill my brother." He said pulling Naruto in a tight hug placing a kiss on his forehead this only made the blonde cry harder.

"What am I going to do without you waking up each day without you by my side, not having your support during missions I feel so alone." Naruto sobbed

"Naruto your never alone I'll always be there for you and when I complete my mission I'll come back to you." Sasuke said with a small smile.

He let the blonde go and left.

Naruto dropped to his knees feeling his heart tear he truly loved Sasuke and would do anything for him.


It had been a week since Sasuke left and Naruto was deeply depressed and continued to sob brokenly Sakura and Lee stayed over trying to help but couldn't coax him out of the bed. Every time they tried Naruto would just curl himself into ball. They finally sighed in defeat.

"I'm going to go bring up some breakfast, I'll just be a couple minutes, okay?" Sakura said, Lee nodded as she left the room, casting worried glances behind her the whole time.

Naruto began to sob again when Sakura left. He had lost the one true person he loved the most.

Sakura came back upstairs with a tray of scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon for the three of them, Naruto looked at the food with disinterest

"Please Naruto you haven't eaten in days and you need your strength." Lee said.

"Please Naruto for Sasuke he wouldn't want to see you like this!" Sakura said.

Naruto gave in and started to eat.

"I have to train with Lady Tsunade soon Lee could you please stay with him." She said getting up to leave

"Sure" Lee said

Sakura got up to leave casting one last glance over to Naruto who was crying again.

"Oh Sasuke where did you go?" She thought.

"Naruto I know you miss Sasuke. But, retreating from the world, refusing to eat isn't going to help any. Would Sasuke want you to do that to yourself?" Naruto shook his head. "I know it's going to take time to get over it, in fact you never get over it, but I want you, if you're feeling upset, to come find me, okay?" Sakura said leaving.

Naruto watched as she left before curling back up in a ball and start to sob silently

"Its just so hard" He said

" Love him so much I don't know how much longer I can hold on with out him"