He couldn't sleep. Not after a dream like that. And dawn seemed so far away, so far away. He had dialed the numbers before he had even realized it. Suddenly it was ringing, but only once to open up to a voice, to her voice.
"Sakura..." He rasped, desperate, needy, helpless.
"I need you." As if that was enough, his gruff voice commandingly, urgently rushed out in a loud whisper, "Now."
The phone clicked and then went dead but he couldn't end the call. Not yet, not yet, not yet. Not while she wasn't here yet. He hated this feeling, he loathed it, weakness. His face contorted in a scowl but was soon replaced by the helplessness he felt. From how truly lost he was. The phone bowed in his hand, threatening to break and shatter from his tight grip. Was what he said really enough? After everything he- A crack sounded through the air like a whip and he let up suddenly, slightly, for he had broken too much already. The door flung open and the phone clattered to the floor noisily before the door had even slammed shut again.
Wide, alert, alarmed, worried emerald eyes flashed around in the darkness. He was halfway down the stairs, halfway halfway, halfway there. Just a little bit more, just a little bit more.
"Sasuke-kun?" Came the panicked cry and he threw himself at her before the demons could catch him halfway. Wildly beating heart, erratic, jumping pulse and very alive green eyes stared at him. Him with his head in the cook of her neck, him breathing her all in and his arms wrapped around her tightly, enveloping her, squeezing her, protecting. And needing. Her arms wound their way around him instinctively, naturally, comfortingly. His call screamed helplessness and needing while his arms tried to protect her, while she in every state of mind could only think that he needed the protecting right now.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Came the breathy, relieved-from-hysterics reply out of both of their mouths at the same time. Startled, she looked up at him, seeing so many things swelling and whirling around in his eyes and it finally got to her. He got to her. Tonight got to her. Everything got to her. She looked at him and began to cry tears.