title: Born to Be Three
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH 2015
rating: K-M
summary: oo9: Sasuke's been through the pain of losing his family. He doesn't want to lose Sakura, either.
dedicated to: my baes on tumblr - i love you all!
NOTE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH: I wanted to add Sarada in many of these prompts, because she's a part of this beautiful family too /sobs forever at my babies having babies/ but sometimes I either couldn't find a way to fit her in and, to be honest, I have little experience writing about her! Hopefully that will change in the future!
.oo9.
Trauma
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Sasuke's been through the pain of losing his family. He doesn't want to lose Sakura, either.
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Sakura feels like air in his arms. She is unconscious, head lolling flimsily in the direction of her body, as if it could fall off at any time. Strands of her pink hair suspend over her pale face. Her breathing is soft and ragged; Sasuke wonders what horrors she suffered against Gaara while trying to protect him.
Once he believes she will be secure, Sasuke gently lays her down. His left hand pillows her head. He feels her weight rest in his palm, and slowly slides his hand out from under her skull.
His fingers feel the stream of her soft tresses. Her hair, he thinks, in such an inappropriate time, is lovely.
Meanwhile, his right hand—settled comfortably under her waist—extricates itself from her body. Now, there is no physical contact between them, yet Sasuke, for some reason, wants to hold her again—to confirm that she really does feel like air.
Sakura lies in a position all too familiar. When he closes his eyes, he sees his own mother, lying prostrate in that pose. Blood coats every inch of her body. That wonderful, dark hair he loved so much took on a dark, crusty hue. Her face was no longer the face of the woman who was his everything.
He can't let that happen to Sakura.
Her chest still heaves, and that brings some solace to Sasuke. She is alive. She is here.
"Sasuke," Naruto interrupts. "What's going on?" His eyes also fixate on Sakura, who seems all but dead to the both of them.
"Naruto," Sasuke says. "Please."
"Please? Please what?" Naruto asks. "Sasuke, what's wrong with Sakura—"
"Please take care of her." His voice shakes just the slightest. He is suddenly a little boy, lost without the ones who loved him. His hands shake. "Make sure…she's safe."
Naruto nods. Before Sasuke leaves, he turns to look at Sakura one more time. She is still comatose, but unlike that of his mother, she is okay.
He hopes it stays that way.
updates come regularly on tumblr for each day. I'm lazy at uploading on ff, but rest assured everything will be up by the end of this month. XD