Wow I'm really bad at keeping up with this story XD Revamp continuing, It's almost summer break for me and I'll be done with my freshman year of college… holy shit, I feel old… o_O
Summary: Sasuke and Naruto fought again and Sasuke gets sick, so Naruto brings him back to Konoha, in the hopes that he'll want to stay.
Warning: Yaoi (SasuNaru), cursing, and maybe suggestive stuff later on… stuff from later in the series has been ignored for purposes of this fanfiction.
Disclaimer: So I asked Masashi Kishimoto for Naruto and he said no…. .:puts on a classic black burglar uniform:. Time for Plan B…
Chapter 3: And if it ends today…
Though only 20 minutes or so had passed, Tsunade was still sitting by Sasuke's bed and the two of them continued talking as they had been; it was incredibly painful, minutes were turning into hours and Sasuke was finding it increasingly annoying. He was beginning to find that, after a time, it was becoming harder and harder for him to even speak and continue a conversation with the woman sitting in front of him. The news kept getting worse and worse and the more he was told the more he wished, with every fiber of his being, that she would leave him alone. Just get out, just go. He internally begged and pleaded, but, of course, he went unheard.
He couldn't believe what she was saying.
He thought of Itachi and everything that had happened between the two of them…
He considered carefully the news he had just discovered, the information he had just received…
He thought of Itachi again….
He simply couldn't believe it…
"You're dying"… dying, he was dying. Dying from the same thing that had been slowly killing Itachi (1).
If this, his life, all were to end today, or tomorrow…
The room was dark and, to Sasuke, it felt as though it was spinning. He felt the dizziness increase to the point of being unbearable and he put his head back down on the pillow, his eyes still wide and the wheels in his head still turning at an alarming rate.
"Sasuke you and I need to discuss the situation at hand…" Tsunade had started. "What? About my injuries? They'll heal, and then I'll leave. What more is there to discuss?" he stated, annoyance and bitterness both etched in his voice. He didn't feel like talking, he was sick of all the questions people kept asking him, and the 'discussions' they kept insisting needed to happen.
"This isn't about your injuries Sasuke, It's about a far more serious, and underlying issue. This is about you being sick…" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the statement. He never got sick, and even if he was sick he'd probably just recover quickly like he always had, when he was little. "Hn…" he said noncommittally. Tsunade seemed irked by this and he saw her fingers twitch.
"You don't get it do you Sasuke? You're dying… you're going to die…" she emphasized the word like it was the plague, hoping to get the point across to him. Sasuke pretended not to hear her, but inside his head was reeling. He was going to die, possibly before he did everything he needed to.
He grunted at her and she seemed to take that as him understanding what she was saying, and wanting to be alone to think about it. She didn't give him what he wanted however and went on to explain the disease…
This was the part where he became hazy. According to her, he would begin to often suffer 'fits' which would 'cause his body to become extremely weak and would make it extremely difficult for him to move'. The insides of his body were getting weaker and everything would begin to shut down one by one. He was told that coughing up blood would be pretty uh… 'normal' for lack of better word.
"Sasuke…" Tsuande seemed to begin as an afterthought. "I'm going to guess that unless you die by some other cause…" Sasuke blinked and stared at her, "You have maybe 2 or 3 years to live…"
He looked at her and she could tell he was upset, despite the indifference on his face.
"Don't tell Naruto…" was the only request he made.
….
"Damnit," Sasuke muttered, as he often did these past few days. Naruto watched him from his usual spot in the chair next to Sasuke's bed. They'd drugged him again, and both could tell he was feeling the effects.
"I hate this stuff…" Sasuke said bitterly, feeling weak and helpless.
"I know…" Naruto said, he too had to take the drugs often to help with his injuries. "But it helps…" Naruto offered. Sasuke ignored him and tried to sit up.
Naruto sighed, "You know you can't…" he said tiredly. Sasuke felt dizzy as he tried to raise himself up, but he ignored it. "Hn," came his usual reply.
Naruto barely stayed in his own room now, he ate, slept, and recovered in Sasuke's room and, while the two of them talked on occasion, they mostly stayed quiet. They'd be going to Naruto's apartment in a few weeks' time, where Sasuke would continue to heal, take medicine, and be monitored 24-7, much to his chagrin.
Sasuke fell back onto the pillows and groaned. The medicine always made him feel utterly exhausted, and he found he actually talked to Naruto more after they gave it to him, something he disapproved of for multiple reasons.
"Want some water?" Naruto asked from his position by the bed. Sasuke grunted a "thanks" and Naruto went to grab the water bottle off the table. He removed the cap and handed it to Sasuke.
"I'm not completely useless you know…"
Naruto grinned. "That's why I'm letting you hold the bottle yourself," he joked. Sasuke grunted his thanks again but found he couldn't lift the bottle.
Feeling rather unfortunately pathetic, he turned and looked over at Naruto. Rather than ask for help he merely pretended to change his mind, "Not thirsty…" he said, nodding towards the bottle. Damn if he'd let Naruto help him like some kind of pathetic child, he had far too much pride for that. Over the past few weeks he had to accept help more and more often from Naruto, especially while he was drugged, and it angered him. He hated the idea that he was relying on this stupid dobe, and goddamnit he was going to hold on to as much pride as he could.
A small, knowing smile fell onto Naruto's face, "Un-huh…" he uttered, his smile widening. Sasuke tried to glare at him, but as usual found it gave him a headache and stopped trying.
Naruto took the bottle and tilted it towards Sasuke. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and twitched from anger. The anger subsided however when a wave of thirst overtook him. He swallowed up his pride that, just moments ago, he had been clinging so desperately to, and drank from the bottle.
Naruto grinned at him. "See, teme, it's not so hard to depend on people every once in a while is it?"
Sasuke cringed. That pride he was so protective of, he was finding he swallowed it more and more nowadays. He looked at Naruto with an exasperated expression, "You have no idea…"
…..
He wasn't sure why but he swelled with pride just at the thought, but he didn't particularly care. It was never any trouble, and Sasuke's seemingly great reluctance almost made the process more enjoyable. It was never a burden to help him out, in fact Naruto loved it. He was finally playing the role of the best friend that he had missed for all those years.
The blonde dobe smiled at the sleeping raven-haired teme and felt that surging feeling of lightness and weightlessness coming from his insides again. Imagining being without Sasuke again seemed almost impossible, though still inevitable.
He didn't know what made him care so much, all he knew was that he did and in his bliss he didn't notice his hand subconsciously pick up the water bottle again, and he was oblivious still when he brought it to his lips and kissed the cap, the smile never once faltering on his face.
(1) - :Spoiler Warning: ok yeah also later in the series after Sasuke beats Itachi, he is told that Itachi was sick and that was slowly killing him, which is why he wasn't at full health when Sasuke fought him… so yeah, that's the whole "Itachi was sick, now I'm sick…" thing… :)
Yay I updated! :) so yeah, a little bit of loveness there at the end (Naruto will help Sasuke some more later) oh and thank you to the amazingly fabulous people who reviewed! .:throws hearts at you:. 3 3
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