The rain comes beating on my skin
Till I'm washed away nothing left within
When Your rain comes
Your rain comes

-- Pray for Rain, PFR


It's raining, Naruto


It's raining, Naruto.

I remember a time when our faces had been this close. Whether it be by fate or be it by chance, there was a bump and out lips met.

You were my rival – and my best friend. I don't think you ever understood and how could you since I never gave you reason to understand. You never knew just how much I cherished you.

You brought me to life.

One of my fondest wishes was to have you by my side always, to have us grow old together. We'd raise our families together. I had no idea, no vision, of what my wife or your wife would look like, no idea what my children or your children would look like, but I always had a startlingly brilliant image in my mind of the smile on your face and the twinkle in your eye.

I know that's impossible now.

It's raining right now, Naruto. Tears are falling from heaven on us. Tears are falling in this place called the end but I can't see any beginning here as I've heard there always is at the end of things. Tears are falling.

But you don't know that, do you?


AN: Welps! And here it is! A piece of drabble I wrote on (squints eyes at my miserable handwriting) October 2nd, obviously at a time early enough in the morning when I'm not quite sane…

It stinks but I kinda like it.

Then that song got stuck in my head so I put up four lines in it above… Just be glad I didn't find some way to drown the ficlet in the song… Great song. And, as usual, QuickEdit likes to be a pain in the... yeah... so the lyrics are no longer italicized like I had them originally.