Sasuke was meeting with his therapist for the first time today, his name was Kakashi Hatake. He sat outside of his office, shaking his leg, his withdrawal symptoms were getting worse. "Damn it." He cursed under his breath.
"Sasuke?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke stood up, walking into his office and plopping down on his chair. His arms and hand were shaking severely now. "Withdrawal symptoms getting pretty bad huh?" Kakashi said, sitting down in the chair behind his desk. "Fuck you." Sasuke spat. Kakashi chuckled and scribbled on his papers on his desk. That angered Sasuke. "So besides your addiction, you've got a lot of pent up anger." He said. Sasuke stayed quiet. "Sasuke, what has made you so angry? When did you start using cocaine?" Kakashi asked. "Why does it matter?" Sasuke said, keeping his eyes away from Kakashi. "Because it's vital to your recovery." Kakashi stated. "Can you bring my best friend back from the dead? No. So I'll never recover." Sasuke yelled, he couldn't believe he just admitted that, which made him even angrier. Kakashi noticed how bad his shakes were getting, but kept his composure. "Sasuke, have you ever tried releasing all these emotions you have?" he asked. "Of course I have." Sasuke spat. "No, I mean besides smoking cocaine?" Kakashi asked. "What? You mean like cry or something? No. I'm not a fucking baby." He yelled back. "Sasuke, you're numbing your pain, and I hate to tell you that as long as you keep it bottled up, you will never get better, and your pain will last forever." Kakashi said. "How the fuck do you know? Who are you to tell me how I feel?!" the raven stood up and got into Kakashi's face. Kakashi kept his composure. "I'm going to schedule you to go to the gym tomorrow, you need to release some of this anger. You can go now." Kakashi stated. Sasuke stormed out. Kakashi sighed, Sasuke was one of the angriest patients he had ever had, this was going to be a long road to recovery.
Sasuke went back into his room and fell down face first into his pillow and screamed as loud of he could. He forgot that he had a roommate in there with him. He peered over at Naruto, scribbling in his sketchpad. He liked that he wasn't in his business, he didn't ask any question, and he stayed silent. But in a way, it sort of bothered Sasuke, he wanted to know more about this kid and why he was here. Sasuke wasn't sure why he felt this way, but he did. All he could think about was smoking, getting rid of all these thoughts in his head. Naruto peered over at Sasuke occasionally, wanting to speak, but keeping silent. Sasuke had terrible shakes, Naruto was pretty sure that he was an addict of some sort, but he wouldn't press the issue of knowing. Naruto was getting his own shakes, his left arm began to shake, but not noticeably. He hoped he could make it to his medication time. He began to scribble in his sketch pad again, it was his only muse. He peered over again at Sasuke and noticed the tattoo on his arm. The calligraphy was beautifully done and he was intrigued by it. But Naruto did what he always did, he observed and didn't speak.
The nurse knocked on the door and came in with Sasuke and Naruto's medications. Sasuke grabbed them quickly and drank them down. Naruto sipped on his drink and took his pills one at a time. "Are you alright Naruto? I see you're shaking a bit." The nurse said with concern. "Yeah, I'm fine, just a small episode." Naruto smiled. "Alright, I'll see you after dinner." She smiled and left the room. Sasuke took a deep breath, he knew the medicine would kick in shortly. "Why are you shaking?" Sasuke asked, looking over at the blonde. "Oh, um, I'm just having an episode." Naruto didn't make eye contact, he just stared at his sketch pad. "Are you an addict too?" he asked. "No…I'm not addicted to a substance, I'm addicted to cutting myself." Naruto continued to stare at his sketch. Sasuke was silent for what seemed like forever, but he then replied "Oh…well I'm addicted to cocaine, just in case you were wondering." Why he was sharing his life story with this kid, he had no idea. Naruto reminded Sasuke a lot of Sai. He was an observer, artistic, and had underlying issues he didn't wish to talk about.
"I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I love your tattoo, the calligraphy is really great, whoever did it did a wonderful job." Naruto said, still not making eye contact and scribbling something on his paper. "Oh…thanks." Sasuke said, remembering Sai and fighting the tears threatening to spill. Naruto noticed this and apologized right away. "No, no, it's alright. This a tattoo in remembrance of my friend, he died last year." Sasuke said, focusing his eyes on the ink on his arm. "I'm really sorry…" Naruto said. Sasuke stayed silent, because it wasn't alright, Sai was gone and all for those damn drugs. Sasuke's medication was taking affect so he wasn't having cravings, he was feel pure sadness. Naruto felt really bad for bringing up the tattoo, he knew he should have kept his mouth shut. Naruto scratched at his arm, trying to shake away this urge to cut himself. He was tempted to grab the piece of wire under his mattress and start digging away his feelings. His feelings were overwhelming, he couldn't even sleep at night until they gave him his medication. Naruto needed some fresh air, he shut his sketchpad and walked out of the room, leaving Sasuke alone.
Naruto went out to the courtyard and took a deep breath. Shikamaru was outside smoking, as he usually did. Shikamaru had really bad narcolepsy, and smoked to keep himself awake. "Can I bum one of those?" Naruto asked. "Sure dude." He said, handing him a cigarette and lighting it for him. Naruto exhaled the smoke and thanked him. "So how's your new roommate?" Shikamaru asked. "He's fine, I mean, he's your typical addict." Naruto said, taking a drag. "Yeah, I saw him today storming out of Kakashi's office, he seems so pissed off every time I see him." Shikamaru laughed. "Well, I think we were all pissed off when we first got here." Naruto chuckled. When Naruto arrived at Brooklane, he was put in isolation for weeks, under 24 hour surveillance to make sure he didn't harm himself. He was halfway to dead before he came to the rehab center. His arms had bandages on them for weeks. Naruto's shakes decreased and he was feeling calmer, Sasuke made him tick so easily, and that wasn't good.