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Aishiteru, Naruto
Chapter Five
Yesterday

Sasuke was woken from a comfortable sleep by a dry, racking sob. He got up quietly, making sure that he stayed in the shadows, so as not to be seen. Sasuke could tell that the cries were coming from Naruto's room, so he very carefully went to the door and put his ear to the crack between door and wall.

Naruto was sitting up in bed, knees tucked under his chin and his face buried in the blanket. Sasuke could see that Naruto was softly sliding the tips of his fingers up and down his bare sides, trying to comfort himself. Occasionally, his back would wrench inwards with a particularly strong sob. Sasuke listened quietly, trying to catch what Naruto was saying.
It's ok... you... you do have some friends. You have Tsuyoshi and Tora, they like you, they're nice to you. No... they're probably afraid of you, just like everyone else. Every time they... they call you that... they're just... just reminding you of why they hate you. No one cares. If you died they'd all be happy. It's not... not my fault! But... but why did I have to... to fall in love with- Naruto buried his head in the blanket even further, breaking into a fresh wave of sobs.

Sasuke silently went back to bed.

That morning, when Sasuke woke up, there was Naruto. His vulpine face split into his standard manic grin, no sign of the sad, broken child from the night before. Naruto had put his mask back on and Sasuke had no idea of how to get it off again.

Lily: i know it was short, but i really wanted to get this in there and it didn't seem to fit with any of the other chapters.