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Chapter 13: I Won't Be There
Sasuke sat in his kitchen Friday morning, after the table across from his father who was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. "Father?" he questioned.
His dad didn't even acknowledge whim, but rather kept on reading the paper.
"Would it be okay if my band came over tonight?" he asked, cautiously.
He didn't make a sound, only turned the page and lifted the paper higher to block him out.
"Should I take that as a yes?" he tested.
Not even so much as a grunt in reply was given.
"Okay, well I'm going to get ready for school," he said as he hurried up the stairs.
The dark haired teen hated the few days his parents were actually home in the morning; it felt so awkward usually they left long before he'd woken up. 'Crap, I have to get to school,' he thought as he looked at the clock. He heard the doorbell ring down stairs, 'Oh no, father can't meet them, and he'll be gone when they come over later.'
He knew his dad wouldn't approve of any of his non-high society friends, so he quickly threw on some clothes and ran out of the door.
"Bye, I'm going to school," he said quickly. He got to the door only seconds before his father and knew he'd get in trouble for it later.
Letting out a deep breath, he looked at his friends and said, "Hey."
"Are you okay?" Karin questioned.
"Hn," he grunted.
Suigetsu eyed him suspiciously before saying, "Let's get to school."
NS
The school day went by rather normally. Naruto had glared at Sasuke's group of friends, Sasuke ignored Naruto, and try tried to pay attention in class. It had actually been eerily normal and calm that gave a sense that everything was going good, too good. As it goes: what goes up must come down.
Sasuke prayed his father wasn't home. He didn't care so much it if his mom was, but his father just didn't understand. He opened the door to find a quiet house, and empty quiet house. "Okay, my parents aren't home," he said as he moved out of the doorway.
"Awesome," Suigetsu smirked as he walked in, followed by the other band members.
"Let's go in the other room and we can practice in there," Sasuke said.
"So how late will your parents be out?" Karin asked.
Sasuke shrugged, "Who knows."
"Alright, well let's go, show us this room," Suigetsu said.
"Is this okay with them?" Juugo asked.
"Does it matter, they're not here," Sasuke said.
Karin smirked, "See he's so one of us."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sasuke snapped.
"She thinks once you disobey people you actually are actually one of us," Suigetsu said.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Whatever, let's go into the other room." The dark haired teen led him down the hallway and into a large room, which held their musical equipment, "This is our music room."
"Nice, we should practice here all the time," Suigetsu said.
"Yeah right, I want to get away from here, not be here more often," Sasuke said as he made sure everything was ready to go.
"You are so negative, this is great," the white haired teen said.
"Yeah until my parents come home, then it's a prison," Sasuke responded.
"Just forget it guys, let's practice so we can go and not get him in trouble," Juugo said.
"Alright," Sasuke said.
They had been playing for about an hour when the front door open, unknown to them. Heavy footsteps came down the hallway, obviously angry. The door opened with a slam and the hard glare of Uchiha Fugaku.
"Father?" Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw him and stopped singing.
"What do you think you're doing?" he questioned in a low voice as he walked in front of Sasuke, invading his personal space.
"I asked you earlier to have my band over," he bit his lip, feeling small has his father has leaned over him.
"Did I say yes?" he said lowly.
"Well you didn't say no," he said timidly.
"Did I say yes?" he yelled, as he shook Sasuke.
"No!" Sasuke yelled back, though his voice filled with fear, not anger as his father's was.
Fugaku turned to Sasuke's friends and said, "Go home, I wish to speak to Sasuke alone."
They looked at Sasuke, as if for some confirmation, for some sign that he needed help, but he just looked away; "Go home, I'll see you tomorrow."
Juugo frowned, "Let's go guys."
Suigetsu nodded and followed him out, pulling Karin with him.
Once he heard the door click Sasuke knew that he was in trouble just by the look in his father's eyes.
"So you think you can just disobey me?" his father asked in a low tone as he moved forward, causing Sasuke to back up to the wall.
"No, I just...I thought..."he stuttered.
"You thought that I wouldn't be home tonight so you wouldn't get caught," he filled in.
Sasuke didn't answer, he didn't need to; he just looked down.
"You need to be taught a lesson, because obviously you don't remember what happens when people go against me."
"I'm sorry father," he pleaded.
"That's not good enough," he said as he punched Sasuke in the stomach.
Sasuke doubled over in pain as his father threw him against the wall and kicked him in the stomach.
"This is a lesson in discipline," he said as he picked him up and pushed him up against the wall.
"Please just stop," he said as he felt tears about to pour out of his eyes from the pain.
"Not until you learn your lesson," he said as he continually pulled Sasuke away from the wall and pushed him back into it.
"Please stop," he pleaded, crying.
"You're pathetic," his father said as he dropped him to the floor, causing him to fall to ground in a heap.
Sasuke knew there would be bruises on his stomach and the top of his arms where his father was holding him, but his father was smart enough to make any damage easy for him to hide.
"Just remember, I don't want to do this to you, your actions make me do this," he said as he left his son on the floor. "Don't bring your friends around here again."
Sasuke curled up in ball and felt the silent tears roll down his face, 'I just can't do this anymore...I can't live with him anymore.'
NS
Sasuke walked into his room and pulled out his suitcase. 'This is it, I'm leaving; I have to leave!'
He threw his things into the suitcase angrily as he thought about what he would do, 'Where will I go? Suigetsu's? I don't know what to do...I just know that I have to get out of here.'
Once he had packed his things he sat down and found he needed to write something, anything to get everything out, he thought maybe a note to his parents, but he thought otherwise. So instead he wrote a song. And this one he would give to them with a note on the top.
He let out a sigh, knowing that at that point he then had to write something that fit how he felt. Therefore, he just closed his eyes and let it flow out of him.
It was true; he didn't want to make it harder on them, though it was more that he couldn't stand them. They didn't understand him or pay attention to him, and when they were home all they did was hurt him, though they said they didn't want to.
Sasuke didn't really care if he hurt his father; this was more in there for his mother as he did still have some kind of place in his heart for her. He knew that even if his mother could make up some of the difference, it would never be enough for them to be in an okay place.
Sasuke knew in the morning he wouldn't be there, so it was true that at that point it would be tomorrow that he wouldn't be there.
His father made everything he said sound stupid, he made him feel stupid, like he was never good enough, because to him he never was. But as he was learning, it didn't matter because he was starting to not want any of the things that his father wanted for him.
He knew that they weren't actually going to say goodbye, as he was sneaking out and leaving the note on his bed that night, but this would make it less hurtful to everyone. If he actually told them he was leaving he probably would never make it out of the house because his dad would beat him and his mother would try to talk him out of it.
Since he knew that he couldn't stay, he had to just leave, he wouldn't be there when they woke up, and he wouldn't have to worry with them, the only worry at that point was where to stay.
Sasuke made himself chuckle as he wrote that, because honestly he didn't know if they really cared that much. He didn't even notice if they'd notice he was gone. They rarely had contact, so how could they really notice until they were home for dinner.
He sighed; he was done with the song, done with the life. He put it down on the bed and grabbed his things, which he quickly packed, his suitcase and his guitar, it was a quick pack so he just got some clothes and some things and some sentimental things as well as some things that he needed.
Sasuke grabbed his things and quietly made his way down the stairs, knowing that he couldn't get his suitcase out the window. Luckily even with a bruises on his stomach, he could quietly lift the suitcase down the stairs and get out the door without being heard or seen by any of the help or his parents.
'That was easier than I thought...though now I'm in pain.' He let out a sigh and walked to his destination, where he had decided he'd try to stay. About fifteen minutes later, he arrived, exhausted and rang the doorbell.
A few minutes later, a tired Suigetsu opened the door, "Sasuke?"
"I need a place to stay...I can't stay at home," sounded weak.
"What happened?" he asked as he moved aside and let him in.
"I ran away," he bit his bottom lip.
"You what?" he asked.
"I ran away," he looked down.
"Why?" Suigetsu asked.
"Because...I can't live there anymore..." the raven frowned.
"What happened?" Suigetsu asked.
Sasuke didn't say anything, but rather, he lifted up his shirt and showed the bruise on his stomach, not daring to say anything.
"He hit you? I'll kill him!" Suigetsu said angrily.
"No don't, just don't make me go back there," Sasuke said.
"Of course, there's an extra room here, you're welcome to stay," Suigetsu smiled as he grabbed Sasuke's things and led him to the room.
"Thanks," Sasuke gave a small smile.
"Anytime," Suigetsu smiled.
TBC...
Song of inspiration: I Won't Be There by Simple Plan