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Chapter 12.
Love is Blind.
Naruto visited me before the 'lights out' and suggested to the nurse that he should take me back to our room.
Later, when we were walking down the hallway, he laughed and told me that Gaara had smashed into me…or rather rammed me against the wall, but that wasn't the point. Apparently, the point was that Kakashi was the first one to jump to his feat, sweep me into his arms and carry me off to safety while the rest of the teacher squad tranquilised Sabaku.
I on the other hand, found neither of the facts amusing. I had to turn away when he delivered the description of mission 'Saving Private Sasuke'.
Never the less, the attention of a certain someone did contribute somewhat to a better mood which was further upheld when Neji came to greet me in the hallway. Behind him came Gaara who looked slightly more interested in this than an art student would be in the interim assessment of their work and offered me something vaguely resembling an apology.
In the morning when I passed Iruka on my way to the lunchroom, I felt slightly embarrassed when he looked at me and blushed furiously. So in fact, he felt more uncomfortable. I was about to explain when I heard the distinct smokers cough behind me and I felt 'saved' as I was sure Hatake would explain the senile joke he had attempted.
But Kakashi didn't help the situation at all when he came up to me and slapped me playfully on my ass. Mr Umino's eyes widened as he opened his mouth in protest but amazingly nothing came out.
'Sasuke, where's your hat?'-asked my blond and consequently rather dim friend. Of course I had nothing against blond people, just Naruto.
'I must have forgotten it.'-I said, already turning to head back to my room.
'Want company?'-shouted Neji, already fully kitted and holding his red pair of ski's. I shook my head and raced up the stairs, my heart suddenly racing. There was something else I forgoten to do.
Every two days I would call my brother but due to some events that had taken place the previous evening, I had neglected my least favoured duty.
Calling a mental hospital wasn't my idea of fun or something I looked forward to but to be fair, I would end up just like him.
Mad.
As I reached the room, my hand went automatically to the doorknob while my thoughts were still taken up by my brother. It opened easily as I turned it and leaned against it.
My mobile phone lay on my pillow, the blankets still the mess I had woken up in. I selected contacts and then Itachi's name, my hand shaking slightly.
The rule with my brother was to keep to the promise, even if it meant breaking everything else. When he was still my older brother, he would have understood, ruffled my hair and said some completely rinsed by him thing like 'foolish brother.'
But he wasn't Uchiha Itachi anymore.
No one ever picked up.
'You're late.'-stated Kakashi, his eyes sizing me up as I approached, the steam rising with every gulp of air I took.
'I'm sorry.'-I answered half-heartedly, breathlessly.
'No, I think you misunderstood, you're late.'-he said, his voice suddenly just that bit angry and irritated.
'I know, I said I'm sorry...want me to get on my knees and say it again?'-I answered in tone to him.
We glared at each other, neither wanting to give way.
Of course this being Kakashi, he resolved the situation by sticking his finger into my eyes.
'I hate you…'-I whined.
He laughed.
We were sitting on the snow where I had stationed myself when screaming in pain. That was ten minutes ago.
'No you don't.'-he produced while still chuckling.
I couldn't see what he was doing but judging by the proximity of his voice and the earlier indication of snow crunching, he was sitting right next to me, or at least leaning.
'I do…'-I countered pathetically, my voice sounding every bit as girly as I felt.
My hands felt numb, the cold ripping at them, having earlier placed them over my eyes in a sort of protective gesture, I had ridden myself of the gloves which now lay discarded somewhere in the snow.
He snorted and took my face into his hands, effectively forcing me to put down my shield of flesh and bone.
'Try opening your eyes.'
I did and boy did that hurt.
The light seemed to burn everything out, leaving only the sockets.
'You're exaggerating!'
I hadn't said that out loud.
Had I?
The light slowly dimmed, the outlines of the man before me slowly coming into focus.
He smiled and…
Stood up.
'Today I was thinking we could do some jumps, I saw a lovely ten meter platform yesterday on our way down.'
'Kaka-'-I stopped myself. And even though my voice had come out as a whisper he turned to me.
I shook my head and forced myself off the cold ground.
Sometimes things weren't that easy.
Sometimes relationships needed divine intervention to work.
And by God, divine intervention there would be.
TBC
A little longer than usual…
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