Summary: It'll be worth it in the end, Nobuyuki knew, no matter how much pain his heart had to endure.
Disclaimer: I've never own Naruto. Never have. Never will. What a shame. But I do own any OCs that appear within. But! Taizō and Indra's two followers (whose names I don't own) are characters in the anime. So I don't own them either.
"Can't you see, Ashura, that he's only using you?" Nobuyuki wanted to say, but he dare not.
Ashura would not listen, most likely. He would only deny it, insisting that Indra truly did love him.
But if that's so then why...why did all Indra seemed to want from him was something of a sexual nature?
"It's because all he wants is to taste the forbidden fruit," Nobuyuki wanted to tell his friend whenever Ashura complained about it. "And once he gets it, he'll throw you away like trash," he wanted to say to him.
But he doesn't say either of these things. No, no Nobuyuki doesn't. Because he doesn't want to lose Ashura's friendship nor does he wish to see a look of hurt on the brunet's face. He keeps these things to himself, hoping that Ashura will see what kind of person, what kind of brother Indra really is for himself at long last.
Yet he doesn't want to see a look of hurt, a look of betrayal on Ashura's face because that's how all of it will end-in betrayal, in hurt.
Because Indra was selfish and didn't really care about his brother.
But what about Nobuyuki's hurt? What about the painful clench of his heart whenever he sees Ashura's sunny, cheerful smiles given to Indra and Indra only? (How long will those smiles last? he wonders). What about the unbearable pain he felt whenever he saw the brothers exchange kisses? What about the feeling that his heart was slowly breaking into two whenever he saw Ashura's expression of complete and utter adoration directed to Indra?
No. It didn't matter, not when Ashura would end up being beyond shattered when he learned just what kind of brother he really had. And Nobuyuki already knew that Indra would not care about the state he'll leave his brother in once he gets what he wants.
When that happens, Nobuyuki knew, that would be his chance to pick up the pieces, his chance to show Ashura that there are better people than Indra for him.
Nobuyuki's pain didn't matter because he knew...he knew that it all be worth it in the end. Because he'll be the one to make it all right in the end.
A/N: Nobuyuki's love for Ashura is unrequited. I'm just cruel. I'm sorry. Ashura and Indra are only mentioned. Not really on screen...er have an appearance in this one.
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