SasuSaku 2016
Day 29- The Depths Below/ Talasophobia
.
Title: Deep Love
.
Summary: He's falling. Sinking. And by no means can he find strength within himself to pull himself back. He can't breath, as the depths of his own darkness swallow him. He's finally giving in to his hatred. However, she's not giving up on him.
.
A/N: Finally! I've made a short story! My classes have started again, and I'm definitely not ready to wake up early again… It will be harder to write, but be sure that I'll finish these themes by the end of this week! Well, about the story… I can't even count how many time's I've changed this theme's idea! There were so many things I wanted to write about, but I think I've made the right choice for the theme! It's impossible not to make this emotional/ deep considering their story, so be prepared XD. This is the only theme where Genin SasuSaku will appear, so I hope you enjoy it, and please, leave me a Review!
.
.
.
He didn't know how he had ended up there. Eyes opened, hands moving freely and body lighter than a feather; his entire self was surrounded by darkness. He was falling. Sinking. Drifting away from his senses and his ambitions, and for a moment, the twelve-years old Uchiha Sasuke imagined if that was how it felt to surrender completely to that uncontrollable hatred that consumed his heart. He wondered, as time seemed to be frozen, and somehow, a relieving sensation took over his body.
In that engulfing darkness, there was no pressure over his head telling him what to do, and no limit could be felt restraining his powers. He could do as he pleased. He could cross any line and no such thing as rules applied to him anymore. Sasuke just needed to surrender to that corrupting desire for revenge, and he knew everything would be okay.
Darkness was, indeed, welcoming. Surrendering to that power was easy, just like Orochimaru had told him back in the forest of death, and for a moment, nothing else mattered.
He wanted power, and he could feel it reaching out for his fingers.
He wanted revenge, and he could feel it coming closer and closer as he closed his eyes.
He wanted to make them proud. And as a soft smile crept on his lips, the raven haired boy finally felt as if he was on the right path. A cold path that would take him to the depth of his soul, and a path- he knew- that would never allow him to return.
At least not alive.
His body felt colder with each passing moment, as he silently said goodbye to the ones he still was not ready to leave. His blonde best friend was the first, followed closely by their gray haired sensei. They helped him grow stronger in a short period of time, and they prepared him for the challenges he would still have to face.
They are his friends. A family related by a blood not as corrupted as his own, and being around them has always felt good. It felt light, it felt calm and their lonelinesses combined gave him a feeling of whole he had long lost.
Saying goodbye to them was hard, however it was necessary for him to grow stronger. That day would eventually come, and deep inside, he has always been prepared for parting ways with his mentor and his best friend.
Leaving them felt like freedom.
But then, there was Sakura.
Sakura, the oh-so-annoying girl, whose head was covered by pink tresses and who never really showed any kind of interest in becoming a ninja. She was a burden for the team from the very start, with all her fragility and lack of trust in herself, and those were not characteristics that he needed by his side in order to reach his goals.
He never needed her. He never wanted her, and he certainly never thought she would grow to occupy such an important place in his heart.
Yes, the same Sakura whom he never needed or wanted, had successfully snuck through his defenses. With her viridian green eyes, she managed to conquer her place by his side and now, as his senses are growing numb due to the lack of light, his heart couldn't help but beat faster because of her. She's annoying- oh, how damn annoying- and at that moment, he just hated her for making his departure so hard.
His goals were set in the endless darkness of his past, yet she was the light in the future he would love to know.
She was his light and innocence and probably all the other things he was deprived from after the massacre of his clan. She grew to be everything he needed and wanted, and it amazed him to see how easily she had done all those things.
With her warm smile, she showed him how happiness was not that far away.
Sasuke-kun!
With her brave innocence, she filled his lonely existence.
Sasuke-kun!
With her stunning eyes, she taught him to see the world.
And at that moment, when he opened his eyes for one last time, he was surprised to see a light, with short pink hair, puffed cheeks and red clothes approaching him with a pair of stunning emeralds. She was reaching towards him, so desperately and so selflessly that there was nothing within him to prevent his own hand from reaching out for her.
Oh, how annoying that girl is. Bringing him back from the darkness he chose, and from the reality from which he wanted to escape. She brought him back to his senses, and suddenly he realized:
Since when was he holding his breath?
The sudden shock woke him up from a drowning dream, and before he knew it, he started moving his feet towards the illuminated girl. Without noticing, he had fallen too deep in those dark waters, and right now, she was the only one that could pull him out of the depths of his soul.
Sasuke couldn't let it all end like that. He couldn't let it all go to waste, when there was still so much more he could conquer. So much more he had to do.
And so, without thinking twice, he swam with all his strength until his fingers grabbed hers. It was a soft brush, at first, but it didn't take long before the girl tightened her grip around his wrist. He could feel a flow of chakra spreading around her body, as she roughly pulled them back to the surface.
As she pulled them back to light.
The sun's warmth and the soft breeze were soon hitting his skin, and as he slowly started to breath again, Sasuke realized what had happened. He remembered stalking down towards the Uchiha compound, and then he remembered staring deep into his own reflex on the lake before losing all his senses. He didn't know what was happening to him until that very moment that he found his body pressed against the hard soil, with his clothes soaked and his dark bangs falling over his forehead.
He was drowning, he knew. He was drowning in his own madness, and he almost got himself killed for that. And If not for the oh-so-annoying Haruno Sakura, his life would've come to an end.
His eyes shifted to his left just to see the one responsible for saving his life. She was closer than he would normally allow her- or anyone- to be, as his pinky slowly moved as in a spasm caused by an unexplainable and sudden need to touch the girl's own fingers. Her knees were pressed against the soaked soil, as her hands were holding her body up. Her pink locks were falling over her face, her clothes were tightly hugging her curves and he could see how her lungs were desperately seeking out for air. Sakura was exhausted, breathless, and by all means, she was beautiful like that.
At that moment, Haruno Sakura was simply stunning. And when she turned those soaked, green eyes to face him, he was only more certain of such statement.
As he saw himself reflected in her stunning, wet eyes, Sasuke realized things he had never realized before. Sakura was beautiful. She was pure and- oh- she was mad.
" What th-… What were you doing, Sasuke-kun!?" The flames in her orbs were simply captivating, as they only helped her words to grow even more intense. Her fingers were gripping the soil, and her cheeks were red due to something he could not quite point out as anger or exhaustion. "Why didn't you swim back!?"
" I-I… I don't know…"
The expression in her face slowly changed at the only truth he knew, and for the first time in his life, Sasuke thought that, as she shifted her position to a kneeling one, she would smack his head just like she usually does with Naruto. And somehow, he was excited to see it.
" Y-You.. You could've died! Sasuke-kun, you were drowning and I was so scared! My heart is about to jump from my chest, and I'm still scared because I don't know if I've just saved you or if I've just stopped you from-"
Those words never left her mouth, for she quickly bit her lower lip as if not to think about that second possibility. Tears started to pool around her eyes, and the pinkette made no effort to hold them back. Sakura was crying like a baby, but for water was still dripping from her body, the warm, salty tears ended up mixing themselves with the cold, sweet water from the lake.
In his eyes, the girl who was his light moments before was now a mess in its purest form, and it was all because of him. It was all because she was scared to lose him, and scared to see him losing himself in his own, twisted reality.
She was afraid he was lost in darkness never to be found again.
But the truth was that, at that moment, Uchiha Sasuke was simply lost in the vivid green of her eyes. By looking at them, he felt weak, trapped and it was as if limits were hiding his extreme potential.
He felt tamed by her irises. And surprisingly, that felt much better than losing himself in that unlimited revenge where he couldn't breath or see anything.
It felt warm, comfortable and he no longer felt alone. She was by his side, literally crying her heart out because of him, and even if seeing her like that has always hurt him, right now, Sasuke was glad to own her tears.
The tears of the girl who saved him from himself. He certainly didn't deserve either of them, yet, he was not going to let them go. He was not going to let her go.
With a shy smile playing on his lips, the boy finally sat up as he ran his fingers through his soppy, dark locks. He, then, carefully placed his left hand on the top of her head, making her body jump in pure shock. His eyes watched as she slowly looked up to see him with her soaked eyes, and he watched as her expression slowly changed when she was greeted by his soothing features.
" I was just taking a swim, don't worry."
" B-But… Sasuke-kun…"
" Hn, It's okay, Sakura. I promise you."
Slowly, more tears pooled around her eyes, as she abruptly threw herself on him, screaming her lungs out in a pure cry. Her fingers were gripping his shirt and her right ear was pressed right next to his heart, as she was crumpled like a baby on his lap.
What an annoying girl, he thought, with a kind smirk on his lips, as his hands slowly caressed her back and her pink locks. She was sobbing and her tears were warmly soaking his belly.
He could really fall for her one day.
"S-Sasuke-kun… You idiot!"
" ….Hn."
Thank you, Sakura.
