To You, To Me
Month Four – Week Two
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The living room is swathed in shadows. Sasuke sits on his lonesome in the chair that has long been designated as his. He is alone in an empty house. The people beyond these weak walls despise him with a fierce passion. He is too numb to yet be concerned by that, but he does think of it. He thinks of how she has left without a word to him.
She hadn't promised to return. She hadn't given an approximation of when she would be back. She hasn't even looked at him in days. Was it weeks? He does not know. He is beginning not to care.
His hands tighten on the arms on the chair. In the shadows his memories return. These are not kind memories of good times or happiness. They are not even of a mild form of contentment. These are shadows darker than any absence of light could hope to emulate. These are shadows with voices and bursts of explosions, refracting light on silver and screams… Screams…
They are the most prevalent, the most detrimental. Here, in this onslaught of agony, on his lonesome, he deals with it. He copes. He learns how to. He teaches himself from the very beginning how to close those doors and open new ones to the light that he often wonders exists. He teaches himself to be rigid in body and in the face of the terror.
He closes his eyes and imagines that they are clear. He breaks down what barriers and blockades that he can. He has been doing so for a while, not simply today. Today is just a further time of aloneness that he intends to use to heal. She is barely here at times. She seems to avoid him as she avoids strong light.
He clenches his jaw. His thoughts are directed wholly within. He does not stop to think of other things because he cannot. He has not yet learned of the world beyond these gruesome shadows. He has not considered the plight or the urgency which could have stolen her away so swiftly from his side. He does not think of her loyalty, does not think of her as loyal.
She is neglectful, he may pause to think, only to continue with his struggle.
Author's Note: There is a gradual decline that I hope to really showcase in these coming chapters. As I said before, these chapters shall not extend to a great number. However, I do think that there should be enough to come close to ten. Then again, I have been known for my inability to keep to chapter limits and deadlines. Such a procrastinator I am!