Qwetry
Jackal Four Trades did steal the title for this from the song Qwetry by Linkin Park, but acknowledges that there is absolutely nothing in common with the music and the story, and she only stole the name because it sounded interesting. As such, she does not own the song Qwetry, though enjoys it. Excuse anyone who hates song, or the band.
Inspired by Sasuke
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto the show, or any character from it. This story was brought on by the fact that many people suffer from a problem like this, but seems to be rather fanatical, though it could be true if you want to believe it. If you don't like Sasuke, or find this doesn't appeal to your interest, then don't read.
Uchiha Sasuke was popular. His handsome features made girls swoon left and right. He was intelligent, and all the other boys envied him.
What people didn't know...was that Uchiha Sasuke was an insomniac.
Every night he would go to bed at ten, and he would lie in bed, staring at his ceiling as he willed sleep to come to him. He knew if he tried hard enough, sleep would come, but every time he closed his eyes, those red, sharigan optics came into view.
It was always Itachi's eyes.
They haunted the younger boy, until he was tossing and turning in bed, eyes wide open as his body was covered in sweat.
Sleep never came to him.
Every night, he would give up after the first few hours and go outside, staring at the pond in his backyard. He'd watch the fish swimming around, and part of him wanted to jump into the water and never resurface.
But he was an avenger, and Sasuke refused to die until he killed his brother. Once he succeeded, he didn't know what he'd do, but until then it didn't matter.
After an hour of staring at the pond, he'd go back inside and watch the blank screen of his television until three in the morning, never turning it on.
He would go lie back in bed after that, once more willing sleep to come.
And again, it never did.
He would arise from his bed at dawn, preparing for another day of training.
He'd go out there, fight with the dobe, ignore Sakura, and shake off his fan girls.
After the day was done, he would come home, change, try to relax, and then go back to bed.
But still, sleep never came.
No matter how much the boy wished it would.
A short, meaningless one shot. I don't expect many reviews about it. I don't know if people have made a story like this before, or if they'll bash me about Sasuke being similar to Gaara. I realize Gaara is an insomniac (at first) but these stories are completely different.