Warnings: shounen
ai, angst. Unbetaed (like all of these), death ficlet. And this
could be considered an alternate ending to my other story, "Something
of Love: Ai no Koto" but it doesn't have to be.
SasuNaru, I guess.
Disclaimer: so
many things I own in the world, and Naruto isn't one of them...how
sad.
Summary: Sasuke
waits to die with Naruto close to him.
Author's note: ...wow, there are actually people reading these...I'm kinda honored, actually...that anyone cares enough to even bother with these shorts? Thanks. Really, it's a great, fun thing to know...
Title: Waiting
for time
Narrator:
Sasuke.
Rating: PG-13
for the shounen ai, and for implications.
Author: Taes
Status: complete
(as it gets)
Date written:
August 23, 2005.
What I wrote it for:
Pai (paytakprenses on deviantART)'s "And then a Shrimp Went
Flying." Retype the link to see her lovely art!
http COLON SLASH SLASH www DOT deviantart DOT com SLASH deviation SLASH 22018659 SLASH
I lean against you, tired now, and we smile in a soft kind of way only lovers share. The thought makes me smile a little, and against the cold, tight feeling in my chest, I laugh a little. My head hurts, but you just hold me tighter, and the world loses its color for just an instant.
But I'm with you, so everything's in order.
"...you remember, Naruto?" I ask, and you squirm a little bit, not wanting me to talk, probably.
The world is in high contrast, now...the colors, gold and red and orange all fly into my senses like only light can... and it reminds me, that color is really only light and the gold I think is you is a reflection...
or is it?
I've forgotten...
"Remember what, Sasuke?" your voice is low for comfort, next to my ear and filling me with peace.
"The 'bento..."
"Bento?"
"You threw shrimp, you...idiot...perfectly good shrimp at me..."
Laughter then, and a gentle tousle of hair and small circles rubbed into my shoulders. I could melt from the beautiful feeling...
"I guess I did," laughter in your voice.
"...yeah..."
And so I breathe slowly, breath gently until the cold, tight feeling expands to a warm, liquid type warmth that probably shouldn't exist in my chest...
"I...Naruto, I love...you..." I choke, and you cry a little, your body tightens and your breath catches.
"I love you too..." and I know it's true, I know nobody but you would bother being here...nobody but you, my Naruto...
And the darkness takes me,
takes me into light
into your heart and into dreams of
memory
of flying shrimp and
laughter.
(end of this one...)
...yeah...if you draw some great art, I tend to get motivated enough to write something, just for you...I can say that with a grin or a smile, and you can just laugh, 'kay? ( :