Warnings: angst, story within a poem, slight creepiness. Playing with 2nd person and stories within poems.
Disclaimer: I really don't own Naruto.

Summary: Sasuke muses about masks, and Naruto.

Author's note: truly, random and confusing things are my forte. ( : you already knew that, though, didn't you? Look for another hidden story.

Title: Smile with Me?
Narrator: "You" are intended to be Sasuke.
Rating: PG-13 for mature concepts and creepiness.
Author: Taes
Pairings: ...none, but implied interest between Sasuke and Naruto
Status: complete as it gets, I believe...unless the idea swallows me.
Date written Sep 9, 2005, 12:59:48 PM
What I wrote it for: Kuu-ish (so called on dA, and Ky0Kichi on drew me a picture, and I felt like replying in words...I'll eventually get around to doing the same for other contestants, too, I hope...

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Smile with Me?...by Taes

The single, whitened

mask

grins at you, grins at you

with

sharpened teeth behind

smiling

lips of red, beneath an eye of hate, sewn shut to prevent the

eyes

from knowing what you know.

You wear the mask

of

your father's, you wear it with a smirk and a grin, and the knowledge that not even the strongest of foes can beat you, now. That kid, with his mask tatooed on his

simple

face, it makes for an unusual cover-up. His blue, blue eyes must be painted on, they're so bright, and you know it's only a mask. Only a mask, for who would show such eyes to anyone? You wouldn't, certainly, you'd sew them up for

fears

of others finding them, and you'd be all the better for it

and

only your mother would know what color they truly are. He

loves

the attention, you know. He loves people staring at his painted-on eyes, and he loves to see you stare into them, trying to find the seam that you know is there. It annoys you, but

will

you tell him so? No, you'll just talk your talk and call yourself righteous, you'll just laugh and crush all that could

be

his with your strong smile, and take his strength so it will be

yours.