Certainty
By xannychan
Disclaimer: I have no claim over the characters.
Short A/N: I think Sasuke can still feel, which is why I wrote it. He's just an asshole.
Warnings: Spoilers up to chapter 310, slight SasuNaru.
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He told him it was on whim, a half-thought; but Sasuke knows so very well: "You must kill your dearest friend to gain the mangekyou."
It is because of this that he cannot kill Naruto yet; he has yet to love him dearly.
When he finally realizes that he does, two and a half years later, face to face with him, he is unsure if he is ready to lose the only one he cherishes.
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"That is why this time, at my whim, you will lose your life."
He bites his tongue until it bleeds when whispers this.
He is sure it is the taste of his sins.
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