A short little drabble wrote up in ten minutes or so.
Naruto characters belong to their creator Masashi Kishimoto
Reviews are welcome
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In Bed
He lies in bed with a thin slip of paper held between middle and forefingers. The edges of the photograph are worn, as if from repeated handling.
With the other hand he traces the outlines: the boy in a blinding orange jacket and a brand new Konoha forehead protector; the teacher with a messy pony-tail and a scar across his nose, one hand fondly ruffling the boy's blond hair. They are both grinning.
His thumb pauses at the teacher's face, stroking absently.
Wistfully, gently. Like a man possessed who loses pieces and pieces of himself everyday but is helpless--unwilling--to stop the slow decline. Instead he revels in the steady wittling as a masochist would. He knows only that he feels something, and it is good.