"Sound of Silence"

SasuNaru 1960s AU

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"Hey. Hey, Dark. " Suddenly very much awake.

"Hm? Wha'tchu want..." Sleepy.

"Darkness. Wake up!"

"Tch. Idiot. Wake everybody up why don't you..."

"Promise me." Sounds nervous. "We're best friends, right? We'll always be best friends? Hey!"

"Whatever you want. Just lemme sleep." So out of it.

"ProMISE! When the war's over..." Fantasy.

"Fine. Promise. Friends. All that shit." Sleep.

"Okay. Right. Cool."

"Sleep."

"Uh..."

"...what?" Sigh.

"I love you! Heh..."

"..."

Darkness left the next day, and the boy they all had taken to calling Brighteyes cried himself to sleep that night. One of the girls pressed her forehead against the back of his neck and pushed a pill between his lips, and then he was able to sleep and forget for a little while.


"Hello, Darkness, my old friend..."

It was Naruto's least favorite song, and he had managed to avoid it for years after…everything. He still found himself thinking of Sasuke…every time…