Cye:
Looooooooooooooooooong time no see.
I finally have time to start writing fanfics again so here I am, starting with this series.
Since there had been a break between the last chapter and this chapter,
I decided that some time has passed within this story too, although not as long as I have left this hanging...orz
Also, humorous Kakashi PoV for a change, just because I love funny Kakashi even if it may be a little OOC!
Sorry for those who were waiting for so long, thanks to all readers, favers and reviewers, and hi to new people! ^^)ノシ
All Hearts
Part 9
It's been 5 years after that incident. Sasuke is still a stoic child as ever and has no interest in anything in the world. It was kind of worrying for Sasuke to change this much, which is none but his older brother, Itachi's fault.
Nobody knows what the young Uchiha is thinking anymore as he bottles up absolutely everything to himself as if he trusts no one, interacting with none and to keep himself away from anyone who tries to get close to him.
I, as a guardian of his -and also on constant watch- feel that this isn't right for him.
There's nothing troublesome with his daily actions and personality as he comes to school every day, studying without any difficulty while the rest of the time he just goes straight home.
Though the silence is what currently worries me.
He's too good at acting as an elite student but when you stare into those eyes of his, they dully reflect your image back as though there's nothing on the other side.
Just pitch blackness without a life.
That was my concern...
...until very recently, or let's just say, within these past few weeks.
My Sasuke has tremendously changed and I seriously wonder if he slipped by accident, cracked his head against a metal pole and transplanted a different person's brain altogether, because what I see in front of me right now, is an insanely absurd Sasuke!
He has a face of a father almost!
Kind, caring and even if that stoic mask is still there at 50% opacity, his lips are definitely not facing downwards or a horizontal thin line of grimness or a frown and his eyes actually reflects life!
THIS IS NOT MY SASUKE! my brain screams.
As if hearing my ransom that's currently whirring inside my brain that's having a difficult time trying to understand this situation which is equivalent to trying to solve the possibility of survival if you try to travel all the way to mercury because that's just how insanely impossible it is for that Sasuke to change so visibly within a few weeks, *breathes*, Sasuke takes his eyes off his paper and takes a glance towards my way.
"What?"
Cold, one word communication.
Ah, yes. That's the Sasuke I'm familiar with! my brain nods mentally as I feel a slight relief, patting down my heart.
"Nothing..." I reply awkwardly, but sensing that too, Sasuke raises a brow and I sigh in defeat and continue, "err... I mean, has something happened to you recently?"
As if immediately understanding why I'm acting like this, he looks back down to his paper and continues writing as he starts speaking to me casually.
"Yeah... well, I'm living with someone right now, and sorta taking care of two kids at the same time."
My eyeballs pops out of its sockets, fall to the ground and starts rolling, wandering off somewhere.
What in the name of the Hokage did this stoic, non-interacting child say!?
I, Kakashi, has lived *beep* many years, and not once had I ever done that, but Uchiha Sasuke? Of all people? And I really do stress that this is Sasuke we're talking about!
Err... right?
I wish I'm wrong...
"L-living with... s-someone and her kids...," I manage to stutter after recovering my eyeballs mentally, "s-s-so you fell in l-l-love with an older woman w-who already has two kids?"
At this point, Sasuke actually stops writing and puts his pen down before giving me that look.
"Obviously, or else I wouldn't decide to let them live with me," is what Sasuke looks as though to say, but what comes out of his mouth is even more unexpected and bewildering that my brain actually flies to the outer space and floats aimlessly.
"No, it's a guy."
" No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy. No, it's a guy."
Sasuke's words echoes repeatedly within "my" outer space until a basketball sized comet smashes right into the floating brain and shocks me back down to reality.
"Sasuke... not that I mind what kind of orientation you have... but... you're gay?" I ask.
I just had to ask.
"No."
A curt, cold and short, one word reply, accompanied by an exasperated glare... if that's even possible.
Sasuke's not gay. Good.
What's more, his one word communication is still there. Even more good.
Means Sasuke hasn't changed except has merely randomly decided to have a roommate.
Wait... I'm missing something...
"What about the kids?" I question Sasuke now without the panic and mental trips I had moments ago.
"Homeless twins. Ones Naruto took care of," Sasuke replies now back to do the rest of his paper work.
So he's called Naruto... I note, and then decide to go visit Sasuke's place for once, to go and meet this person who seems to have changed a great deal of his stoic young Uchiha.
Because even if I ask him, he won't answer any of my questions which is something I know well, since he hadn't spoken a word of what had happened at the Uchiha residence on that night of the incident.
Not one single word about it to the police or even me.
Not even now after all these years.
Nobody knows what truly happened that night... just only the one survivor.
"Sasuke..."
"Don't creepily call my name out of the blue," I hear a growl right beside my ear and I jump out of my skin. Apparently I had zoned out and accidentally slipped his name between my lips.
"And don't sneak up on me like that, Sasuke," regaining my rightful posture, I say to my student, "you have a really light shade of existence so keep it more opaque."
"Not sneaking, finishing," Sasuke growls with a glare, holding out a sheaf of paper in front of my face, "my report."
I sigh at his face expression that he shows me 90% of the time, and wonder if I'm ever going to see any other emotions flick upon this stoic face, ever, as I grab his report and scan it through roughly, ending it with a reference sign off me.
"And you're not coming over either," Sasuke instructs over his shoulder before leaving out the door.
What, I said that out loud as well? I sigh once again, but this time not at Sasuke's face, but at my lack of control of my mouth during my sub-consciousness.
"Oh well. You can't stop me from visiting," I say aloud.
And I'm going to make that a fact.
