like dandelion dust

by anticollision

SasuSaku drabbles. 5o/1oo — When he was around, everything was a little better.

35. traitor

IT SEEMED like he was lying. And maybe he was. They called him a liar, so he might as well be.

[Traitors are liars.
And that's what you are.]

But he, simultaneously, was being traitorous to himself. He had always told himself that he was strong—that he was his own life force. But in reality, it was always them.

[It was always her.]

Yes, he was a traitor. He could accept that. But only because some little part of him believed that she didn't believe that. Maybe she was still waiting for him. Maybe he was waiting for her.