...DISCLAIMER... yeah all the usual about me not owning naruto or any of its characters. you know the story.
right this was SUPPOSED to be a one-shot songfic, but it started to get REALLY long so ive decided to cut it down into more manageable chunks. This chapter is more an introduction than anything else, as most of the story is told in flashback mode. HUGE THANKIES and lots of pressies to the awesome shi-chan for helping me with ideas for this when i was soo stuck :) gotta luv her. youll find the songs lyrics at the bottom of the page. enjoy!
There's a figure on the cliff top.
It stands, silhouetted against the moon, a faint breeze lifting its hair in its ponytail, wispy tendrils framing a slim and angular face. A hand comes up and yanks the offending strands back before swiping a fist roughly over its cheek.
The moonlight casts a grey shadow on the monument, catching a faint trace of what might have been a tear on the figure's face.
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by…
A faint choking sound escapes the figure's lips as it turns its head up to the silver orb in the sky.
There is no time
To waste, Asking why…
"I gave myself to you." The figure whispers. "I thought you'd given me something in return. I would have done anything for you. "
I'll run away with you, by my side…
The figure lowers its head and gazes at the rough stone at its feet, watching small grey smudges appear as tears hit the dusty surface.
"But it wasn't enough, was it?"
I think about your face…
The figure closes his eyes, a pained expression crossing his tanned features. He thinks back to before - back to nights much like this, warm and quiet, sultry even. It was a night like this he first encountered the person who was to make his heart skip a beat, his head swim and his knees weaken with every tiny glance. Eyes so cold your soul would freeze but he would burn scarlet when they lingered on him for even a fraction of a second. He squeezed his eyes tight shut and rubbed his nose, feeling the thin line of the scar that sat across the bridge. He had promised himself he would not cry, that he would not waste his tears or time on them anymore. But thoughts still lingered in his mind, drifting through when he least expected it, like in the depth of night when sleep evaded him.
Nights like this.
And how I fall into your eyes...
He recalled their last night together - hot, lazy...tangled sheets and sweaty limbs, fleeting fingers and teasing lips. Moans and whimpers building into a crescendo of screams that pulled the night apart before collapsing in on itself to become a slow languid bliss that left them breathless, lying in each others arms. He had lifted his head and stared drowsily at his partner, who had smiled down at him, whispering in his ear, "I love you, Iruka-kun. Remember that. No matter what, I'll always love you." At that time, Iruka hadn't paid any attention to what his bedmate said for he was slowly succumbing to the blissfully deep sleep that their voice always lulled him into. His last feeling was soft lips upon his before the darkness took him.
The outline that I trace
Around the one that I call mine…
But then the day came again and as the light burned his eyes, he rolled, expecting to meet a warm body waiting to envelop him in its arms Instead, he was shunted awake by the cruel feeling of cold sheets against his bare skin and as his eyes struggled to focus, his hands slid over the empty expanse of sheets and closed around a single sheet of paper.
Time that called for space
Unclear where you drew the line…
Tears blur his eyes again as he sits down heavily upon the fourth's head. He holds his head in his hands and casts his mind back further to a night more memorable than the last. The first night...
TBC
"Echo" - Trapt
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste, Asking why
I'll run away with you, by my side
I'll run away with you, by my side
I need to let go, let go, let go, let go of this pride
I think about your face
And how I fall into your eyes
The outline that I trace
Around the one that I call mine
Time that called for space
Unclear where you drew the line
I don't need to solve this case
And I don't need to look behind
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste, Asking why
I'll run away with you, by my side
I'll run away with you, by my side
I need to let go, let go, let go, let go of this pride
Do I expect to change
The past I hold inside
With all the words I say
Repeating over in my mind
Some things you can't erase
No matter how hard you try
An exit to escape
Is all there is left to find
Close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste, Asking why
I'll run away with you, by my side
I'll run away with you, by my side
I need to let go, let go, let go, let go of this pride
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo in my mind
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo can subside
So I close my eyes
Let the whole thing pass me by
There is no time
To waste, Asking why
I'll run away with you, by my side
I'll run away with you, by my side
I need to let go, let go, let go, let go of this pride
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo in my mind
Until this echo, echo, echo, echo can subside
I apologise wholeheartedly for how short this chapter is.....gomen! like i said, its only supposed to be the introduction....for sanity's sake, ill include a sort of story code. Like present tense-well, the present! past tense denotes flashback mode, although obviously this will be mentioned :) sigh, im so disorganized!