Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

The stars.

Night sky is full of them. They twinkle, shine. Look up there and they will be there.

They will always be. Even cloudy nights won't stop them. There are behind the clouds still shining but they are.

It was the same with you.

I looked behind me, you were there.

I looked next to me, you were there.

I looked forward, you were there.

You were always there.

I was never alone thanks to you.

You were overwhelming. You irritated me. You drove me crazy. You argued with me. You made me feel alive. You were driving me away from my aim. Little by little, you were giving me a real life to live.

But you know the saying: "We never appreciate what we have until we lost it."

I ran away from you.

But …

At that time I didn't see. I thought I could do better without you.

So I left leaving you and our bond behind, wanting strength which I thought I need.

How foolish! How naïve!

Leaving you left a darkness inside my world. Suddenly the centre, the sun of it, faded and for first time since I met you, I felt loneliness … solitude …. emptiness. Everything lost its meaning. The reason, the dream which I chose to pursue was literally for nothing.

Suddenly, I understood my choice. I didn't choose it for obtain my revenge but to protect you, to save you.

Yeah, you can laugh how much you want.

Now I know I was stupid. My choice never did anything good. It just hurt you, me and everyone else. I lived a life which hardly was a life. Because you wasn't there.

I ….

If I could go back, I would kick my idiotic, selfish self and tell myself to see the cost of the choice before it'd be too late. I'd do so.

I know I make a mistake.

I know I can only pray for forgiveness.

I know I'd regret it all my life.

And

I know you never give up on me and you never will.

So now, it's me; selfish, arrogant, cold bastard standing before you and waiting for your decision.

Because now, it's your time to make a choice.

Will you let me in your heart again or close it forever for me?

So what will you choose?

Life or death?

Because that's what this is about.

Just one your word and I will live or die.