Chapter 8

Half an hour later, Neji was slowly starting to wake up. He was coming from very, very far. The darkness was suppressing him, he felt like he had to swim through a mass of mud, or something strong, to come up again. He finally reached it and took a deep breath, like he had been choked. His eyes opened a bit more slowly now. What the hell had happened? He felt sore, very, very sore.

Sasuke didn't notice Neji waking up. He was stroking with his hand through Neji's hair. Somewhere along the way he had placed Neji's head onto his lap. He just felt like it.

Neji now felt the he was laying on something soft.. something warm. He felt very warm himself as well. His eyes fluttered open and he let out a soft moan. He then saw Sasuke's face above him.

Sasuke then quickly looked down and stared into Neji's eyes. He then smiled a little. "You're awake." He softly said.

Neji nodded now, as he frowned.

"..I thought.. you were going to leave me.." Neji softly said, as he looked at Sasuke.

"I was going to change cells. But the doctor said you were acting so snappy because of an infection." Sasuke said.

"...I did?" Neji asked, still frowning.

"Yes. That's what he said. So I stayed." Sasuke answered.

"Thanks.." Neji said, smiling slightly at Sasuke. He then winced. "..D-damn, did I get fucked again or something?"

"...Not that I know of." Sasuke said. "You have to lay still until your.. behind is fully healed."

"...Why?" Neji asked.

"Because it's infected." Sasuke said. "And the doctor said you could flip out because of it too. So you just have to lay still."

"..On my back?" Neji asked, confused.

"On your stomach." Sasuke answered.

"..Alright." Neji said, nodding.

"The doctor would make sure we got our food here." Sasuke said. "He first wanted to keep you there so I could get some rest, but I told him no."

"Why not then?" Neji asked, still looking at Sasuke.

"I don't want you with those bastards." Sasuke answered.

"...What could they possibly do?" Neji asked.

"A lot." Sasuke answered and then stared at the door. "Do you need something?" He then asked.

"...I want to lay down onto my stomach." Neji softly said. "...And there's something else I want.."

Sasuke nodded and helped Neji lay on his stomach. He got out of bed himself, tired, but not willing to show that to Neji. "What then?" He asked.

"..I want a kiss." Neji said as he looked at Sasuke, somewhat lovingly.

Sasuke looked at Neji now and then sighed. "..I'm sorry, I can't." He said. He was just too tired. Too tired to give Neji a decent kiss.

"Why not?" Neji asked on a whiny tone.

"..I just can't. I don't wanna bother you with minor problems." Sasuke said.

"What problems?" Neji asked, as he sat up and then just pulled Sasuke on top of him. "..Come on.."

Sasuke pushed himself off Neji now. "No Neji. You have to lay still." Sasuke said and sighed in annoyance.

"I will after you give me what I want." Neji said, a bit less nice then before, He pulled Sasuke on top of him again and then put his legs around Sasuke's waist. "Come on. I'm far too hot to ignore."

Sasuke quickly pushed Neji's legs back. He couldn't use those yet. "Neji don't. Once you get better I'll do whatever you want, but not now." Sasuke said, annoyed.

"Why not?" Neji asked as he just pushed Sasuke onto his bed and sat on top of him. It was like he didn't notice the damage he made in his entrance now. Like he didn't notice the pain. "Come on, you want it too."

"No I don't Neji! Jeez." Sasuke snapped and pushed Neji off of him and got off the bed. Damn. He didn't wanna yell at Neji like this, but he had to.

But Neji just stood now.

"Aw, don't be so mean." He said. He didn't realise that he was almost doing the worst thing that he could do to himself now. Standing up and.. walking. He walked towards Sasuke now.

Sasuke closed his eyes for a while and then grabbed the bottle of chloroform and the cloth and put some on it. He then pushed Neji back onto the bed and the cloth over Neji's mouth. He really hated doing this. Blamed himself for doing something Neji didn't want. But it was for Neji's own good.

Neji let out a moan of protest now, as he started struggling against Sasuke, glaring at him. He was forced to breath in through the cloth, and his struggling got weaker by the second.

After a while, Sasuke finally removed the cloth, hoping Neji would not pass out, but somewhere hoping he did too. He needed rest. He needed pills. He needed anything to stay awake and feel better.

Neji laid there now, unable to move, between sleep and awareness. His eyes were half lidded and he looked at Sasuke.

"..I'm sorry.." Sasuke softly said. He then got up and dropped himself on the bed. Luckily Neji couldn't see he was just taking pill after pill. Medicines were drugs too. He should be fine. Feeling better soon.

And Neji didn't notice indeed, since he passed out a few seconds after Sasuke had dropped himself on his bed.

"..Sasuke?" Neji asked, the next morning. He'd slowly woken up and found Sasuke, staring out of the cell. He himself was laying in his bed, on his stomach.

Sasuke didn't look at Neji now as he just kept staring. "..Did you sleep well?" He softly asked, showing no emotion at all.

"Yeah.. what's wrong with you?" Neji asked.

"Nothing." Sasuke answered as he took a deep breath and then focused on the outside of their cell again.

"..Sasuke.." Neji softly said, looking concerned.

"..I'm fine." Sasuke said, knowing Neji was gonna say he wasn't anyway. As long as he just did nothing to trigger Neji's moodswings he would get through this without getting tired or hurt.

Neji looked at Sasuke now, stared. He didn't knew what to believe now.

"They brought breakfast this morning. Do you want it?" Sasuke asked, still being as emotionless as before.

Neji nodded.

"Gladly.." He said.

Sasuke turned around now and grabbed the tray of food and put it in front of Neji.

"I hope you'll be able to eat it like this." Sasuke said and then turned to the celldoor again.

"Thanks.." Neji said and frowned at Sasuke. "..Sasuke seriously, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Sasuke answered. "I already told you I'm fine. Just eat your breakfast."

Neji frowned at Sasuke but then started to eat his breakfast. He felt like he wasn't able to get off the bed, like his whole body was tied onto it. He couldn't go to Sasuke now.

Sasuke kept silent for a while until Neji was almost fully done with his breakfast. "..Is it good?" He then asked, somehow not being able to not talk to Neji.

Neji nodded.

"It is." He said.

"Good..." Sasuke said and then just didn't know what to say anymore. He kept quiet again, hoping Neji would do the same.

"...Are you OK?" Neji asked.

"I told you I'm fine Neji." Sasuke now snapped. Dammit, couldn't he just drop that?

"I'm sorry, but you just don't look OK." Neji said, frowning.

"I don't care, I'm fine. Just eat your frigging breakfast." Sasuke snapped. He was getting so cranky of everything.

"I'm done already." Neji said with a frown. "..Is it because of the drugs?"

Sasuke was silent now before answering. "What drugs?" He then asked carefully. Did Neji know?

"Well, that you miss them, that you're kicking off now." Neji said.

"Well doh, I'm having a fucking headache because of it." Sasuke snapped. "But I'm fine."

"..Ok." Neji said and was silent now.

"You have to put cream on your behind now." Sasuke said, not as nice as what he had liked it to be.

"I'll do that later." Neji muttered. "I don't feel like getting up."

"You have to do that now. I could do it for you. But you have to do it now." Sasuke said stern.

"..Then you do it?" Neji asked.

"..Sure." Sasuke answered and took a deep breath. He then pulled away the sheets and grabbed the cream. Sasuke had kept Neji stripped to his underwear, so it was all a little easier.

"Thanks.." Neji softly said.

Sasuke didn't answer and then pulled Neji's boxer down and started applying the cream on and into Neji's entrance. It was awkward, but it was so Neji could get better. And that really was all that mattered.

Neji bit his lip as he gripped his pillow. It still stung a little.

Once Sasuke was done he put the cream away again and pulled Neji's boxer up. He then put the sheets over Neji again and sat down on his own bed again.

"Thank you." Neji said. "..Why won't you come sit with me?"

"Too tired." Sasuke simply said and laid down on his bed. He couldn't fall asleep. He would only sleep when Neji would. But he just felt so tired of everything.

Neji was silent now. At that moment, a guard arrived at the celldoor.

"Uchiha Sasuke?" He asked. "You have a visitor."

Sasuke got up and looked at the guard a little dumbfounded. "Who?" He asked surprised.

"Dunno, but he looked a bit like you." The guard said. "Long guy, black hair in a ponytail. Hot guy." He smirked now, as he got some handcuffs out of his pockets.

"Don't say that about my brother." Sasuke snapped as he got up and walked to the door. Thank god Itachi was here. He needed that.

"Oh don't be so irritated, everyone in here thinks he's hot." The guard said with a grin, as he opened the cell now and walked in, cuffing Sasuke's hands together.

Neji looked at them, a little jealous. He wished someone once came to see him.

"I'll be back soon Neji. Don't move OK." Sasuke said and then let the guard walk him out.

Neji looked at him and nodded. He wouldn't move indeed. It was far too painful.

Sasuke in the mean time, was led to the place he had been before, where he had to talk to Itachi with telephones and was behind glass. The guard opened the door and Sasuke happily got inside. He just had to talk to Itachi.

The guard closed the door after removing the handcuffs and locked it. Itachi already had the phone in his hand, and he smiled at Sasuke. It was clear that Itachi was happy to see him.

Sasuke sat down on his chair and grabbed the phone. "Hey." He said, eager to talk to Itachi and smiled a little.

"Hey." Itachi said. "How are you?"

"Err...Not so good. But a lot better now that you're here." Sasuke said.

"Why not so good?" Itachi asked with a frown.

"..My cellmates been...just acting weird.. I don't know.. I really don't know anymore...It just sucks in here." Sasuke answered.

"I can understand that." Itachi said, nodding. "But what's wrong with your cellmate then?"

"..He got raped.." Sasuke softly said. "And it all got infected and he's having mood swing and how the fuck am I supposed to deal with that?" Sasuke said almost desperate.

Itachi frowned.

"That's heavy." Itachi said. "I guess you should just give him everything he wants and treat him really good and well. If you want that of course. Since I can see something's wrong with you as well."

"..I want to take care of him, I'm just so tired.." Sasuke said.

"How come?" Itachi asked. "The drugs?"

"..That too...And I got beaten up...And I got molested...I hate this.." Sasuke said and dropped his face in his free hand.

"You what?" Itachi asked, shocked. "What happened to you? Why were you beaten up? And molested?"

"..I got beaten up because I said something back to these guys.. that was right before they raped Neji...And later that day Neji forced me to go to these doctors...and they're just not reliable.." Sasuke softly said, obviously having a hard time talking about it.

"..What did they do?" Itachi asked, concerned.

"..I don't know...They just...They examined more then they should've.." Sasuke said, almost whispering.

"..Did they hurt you?" Itachi asked, looking very worried. But angry as well. How dare those filthy bastards touch his brother?

"..They didn't hurt me...They just did things that...that I didn't want.." Sasuke said.

"What did they do then?" Itachi asked. "Shit, I wished I could hold you now."

Sasuke gave Itachi an awkward smile. Only hearing it felt good. "..I was naked...I don't know...they just put their fingers where they didn't belong.. and hands...I don't know.." Sasuke softly said.

"..You should report that Sasuke.." Itachi said, frowning. "They can't make this. Are all those guys in here like that? Since I heard of doctors and guards who sexually misused prisoners.. doctors who want their customers to pay them.."

"..I don't know... I guess it's normal here.. There's nothing really I can do.. I just want them to leave me alone." Sasuke said.

"I can get that." Itachi said. "..Damn, Sasuke.."

"..And I'm just far too tired and hurt to take care of Neji.. But I don't want him to get stuck with those doctors.." Sasuke said.

"..Sasuke, you have to take care of yourself first." Itachi said. "Do you really think they can hurt him more then what happened to him now? They won't rape him or something, they know that he perhaps won't survive that.."

"..I don't want it. I don't want him to go through that." Sasuke said.

"But you need to get better yourself first." Itachi said, looking at Sasuke stern. "I mean come on, if you can't take care of Neji, it'll be even worse for him. He can better stay with the doctors then and then you can visit him once in a while."

"I don't want it ok." Sasuke said. He looked at Itachi now. "..I don't want it.." He then softly said again.

"But you don't want to take care of him either." Itachi said, frowning again.

"I do.. it's just so hard...Itachi.. promise me you won't be mad." Sasuke said now.

"At what?" Itachi asked. "I can't promise you that Sasuke, you know that."

"OK well...I got medicine...I'm kind off.. using them." Sasuke softly said, knowing Itachi would get angry anyway. But he just had to get it out of his system.

"...As long as you just don't use too much." Itachi said. "And you won't be able to become addicted to them anyway. They will notice."

"..I guess I overdid it yesterday.." Sasuke said. "I had to take one...I took seven.." Sasuke carefully said.

"...Sasuke, you really have to stop with that." Itachi said, staying calm.

"..I can't.. I just need it when things go wrong.. I can't stop." Sasuke said, feeling stupid and guilty.

Itachi was silent now, as he looked away.

"..I'm sorry...I really wanna quit really do. I just can't handle it in here.. I'm sorry.." Sasuke said.

"..I thought you could find comfort in that Neji guy." Itachi muttered.

"..I did.. but not anymore.. He's distant and weird now...And all he can do is lay in bed.." Sasuke softly said, feeling more guilty then ever.

"So you're just going to abandon him now?" Itachi asked.

"No. I never said that. It's just hard. And I don't want to abandon him, that's exactly why I took them. Because else I'll be too tired to help him." Sasuke answered.

"It will only be bad for you in the end Sasuke." Itachi said.

"..When Neji gets better I'll let him take care of me.. But I have to take care of him first." Sasuke said.

"I fear that it might be too late then." Itachi said. At that moment, the guard entered again.

"Time's over." He said.

"I miss you." Sasuke said and looked at Itachi, ignoring the guard. He wished he would just get the chance to get out of this prison and go back to Itachi. But he knew far too well he couldn't.

Itachi opened his mouth to speak, but then the contact was broken. Itachi looked at Sasuke and smiled at him, sadly, and then stood from the chair he was sitting upon. The guard pulled Sasuke up now and cuffed his hands together.

"Come on boy." He said.

Sasuke looked at Itachi too and then smiled a little. He mouthed a 'bye' to him and then got led back to his cell.

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