The Secret Room
20FacesChizu
The room he lived in was small. It fit a bed, a small dresser, and a dinette. On one wall was a shelf of books that was constantly changing, and in another corner was a pile of writing and drawing materials that never seemed to move.
This room was hidden. It was beneath his savior's home and personal research lab. She would come and visit him at least three times a day, bringing him meals and things to amuse himself with, and offering witty conversation that gave him a good challenge. Today, she'd let him enter her lab for the first time since a month previous, when she brought him back.
Twelve years had passed. Twelve.
Things had most certainly changed, but he had not. He was the same 21-year-old young man that he'd been when he died. In fact, even though he'd once been five years older than Sakura, he was now actually seven years younger. The 28-year-old medic didn't let him forget it, when it came down to it. She was in charge of the situation.
He'd never seen more than the lab's botanical garden and the greenhouse. He'd never stepped foot out the front door. He didn't know what the world's mind set was, or what politics had taken place. Who was Hokage? He didn't ask, and she certainly wasn't saying. Even now, she had the blinds pulled across the front windows; he didn't know what was beyond them, and even if he was curious, he would never look. The back windows faced the west, and the setting sun was at just the right angle to cast rainbows all over her lab through the various jars, tubes and cups that littered her vast workspace.
This was her home. This was her space. 'His' space, however, was that little secret room beneath the floorboards.
For now, it was enough to be this way.
AN: Here's the next one! Aren't I fast? There are... three chapters left, I believe. Sorry to say only one out of those three has been finished, but don't worry; I've had inspiration for Shadowlark lately, and that's why I posted it. Besides, they're all shorties, so there's no worries! 8D Enjoy!
Next Time: Behind these Hazel Eyes
