Lights and shapes blurred into one unintelligible image.
There were flashes of brightness, followed by periods of dark.
Sasuke lay still in the back seat of his father's car, on the border of consciousness. The last thing he remembered was hearing Naruto's voice in his head, though he knew even in this unsteady mindset that it was impossible.
The pain in his chest only left him in the silent abyss of unconsciousness and he tried to stay there. There, where he was free to be with Naruto all he wanted, where no one would stop him. But he was forcefully pulled away from the blonde time and time again by his parents calling for him.
They shouted his name into his own ear, his mother frantically slapping his cheeks. He moaned in response, wishing they would finally let him be. All he waned was to be with Naruto now, at least in his dreams.
The blonde cried out to him, in his dream, crying over his broken heart. He asked Sasuke over and over why, but Sasuke didn't have the answer. He apologized to Naruto for whatever he did wrong. He didn't want to make Naruto cry- that was the last thing he would ever want, the last thing he could ever do.
"Sasuke, why? Why are you doing this to me?" Naruto implored. "Why? I though you loved me! "
Sasuke's heart was tearing. Holding Naruto defensively, he muttered, I'm so sorry, Naruto, I'm so sorry…
The blonde cried into his chest as he cried into the blonde's hair. They held each other in silence, looking into one another's eyes.
Naruto's blue eyes were rimmed in red, as though he had been crying for days, sparkling with tears. Sasuke swiped a drop from his cheek, leaning into the boy's lips.
Just as he was about to share a kiss with his love, something jolted him back to reality.
His eyes shot open. He was immediately blinded by a light from above. There was a rush of voices flooding into him, too many for him to distinguish. He surveyed the space, eyes darting from left to right, top to bottom. His mind registered a pain in his arm- a needle. It was placed inside his vein, taped down to his skin so as not to move. Staring at the foreign protrusion, Sasuke realized that he was in a hospital, with a doctor and several nurses speaking loudly to his family, comforting him. No one noticed that he had been awakened by their sounds. No one realized that his heart had begun beating erratically.
He didn't want to be here. Why did they do this to him? First they force him to get rid of Naruto, then, when he was finally reunited with him, they tear them apart and now this? He hated hospitals, they knew that. And Sasuke did not like needles…
Sasuke reached with his right arm, across his body, to rip the metal tip from his skin. He gasped loudly at the pain, attracting little attention in the large room. Blood ran down his arm. He watched the deep red liquid ooze out of his skin with great interest.
"Doctor, what is he doing? No, stop!"
One of the nurses dashed to his side, trying to hold the boy down. A rush of adrenaline gave Sasuke enough power to knock the large woman off him. "Don't touch me!"
The doctor ran and pinned an arm above Sasuke's head. Another nurse held his other arm so that the first may inject him with yet another needle.
His family was in an uproar, all screaming at Sasuke, at the staff.
"What's wrong with him? Help my baby! Don't fight it, Sasuke! They're trying to help you!"
This needle had a sedative in it, Sasuke observed as his body grew nub, his mind following slowly.
The nurses and doctor back away from his cautiously, leaving room for his family to crowd around him. Looking at their faces, Sasuke felt angered.
When his mother reached out for him, he hissed, "don't touch me."
She was stunned, hurt. "Wh-what? Sweetie, are you-"
Sasuke pulled from her touch. "It-s you fault," he whispered.
Julia gasped. "H-how -why would you say that-"
"It's your fault!" He shouted weakly, looking between his parents. "It's all you fault!"
"What are you talking about, son?" Richard questioned.
The pale boy's head was heavy. Everything was hard to understand.
"You…I-I…just…to go…back…him…"
His parents begged for an answer before he fell into the darkness of his own mind.
Sasuke could see his blonde already, still crying but now alone. He looked so small, so scared.
Sasuke reached out to him, touching his shoulder. Naruto turned to him, face tear soaked. "Sasuke? You…finally found me?"
He smiled at the blonde.
"Naru…to… "
After dinner, Naruto spent less than an hour in the company of his family, and then returned to his Cave of Solitude.
He had managed to convince his family that he was trying not to be a complete drama queen about this, but he was sure they could all see beyond his happy façade. His forced laughter and wavering smile just couldn't measure up to his normal eccentric ones.
When he was behind closed doors, Naruto walked slowly to his bed side, pausing to look longing at the CD he had been crying to for the past few days. He told himself that he wouldn't listen to it if it would only lead to more tears.
The disc reflected light into the blue eyes tauntingly. A moment of decisiveness passed before Naruto put the CD back into the player. *Wonderless was the first song, one of Sasuke's favorites.
Naruto listened to the lyrics pour out of the old machine, turning the volume up absentmindedly. He began singing along…
"It's like a long drag
Taken before the smoke hits the white sky,
Like he birds at night.
And it's fake just like the movies
Oh, yeah~
And I can't wait
Just to see you again
And your two faces are locked on mine.
Had the worse time chasing the thought away-
No hope ~"
The blonde stopped, listening to Vic's voice distantly. This wasn't the best song to be playing at the moment.
Rather than choosing silence, he skipped past the next few songs, believing that maybe number six would be the best choice. He listened anxiously:
Let it go…
Let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you knowthe hardest part is over?
Let it in…
Let your clarity define the end,
you will only just remember how it feels
Smirking,Naruto picked up in the next verse.
"Our lives are madein these small hours.
These little wonders,these twists and turns of fate.
Time falls away,
But these small hoursthese small hours
Still remain…"
The heavy sunken feeling in his heart lightened, if only for a moment. The blonde sang aloud, keeping his pitch much like Rob Thomas' own. He twirled in slow circles. The familiar images of his room blurred by his eyes. His mind was finally at ease…
And then he saw it.
The sight, so shocking that he stopped moving all together, one foot being tangled around the other. Naruto fell on his bum, staring incredulously.
There, standing in his room, was Sasuke. His Sasuke. Dressed in the very same clothes from the day he first departed, standing tall and looking down on the blonde with humorous eyes.
He laughed at the dumbfounded boy. "Are you gonna sit on your butt and stare at me all day, or are you gonna get over here and show me some love?"
Whoa- what? A normal chapter? Oh snap! I was so dedicated to this chapter, it's not even FUNNY! I worked on it in my sleep(seriously lol) adn in between my testing breaks
I think it turned out good-I even spell checked it :) Did you enjoy it? Reviews?
PS: This story is very quickly coming to an end...