Summary: 'Empty. That's what I feel most of the time. Like there's no emotion inside of me. Some people call it depressed. I call it normal.' SasuNaru. Naruto becomes depressed with Kyuubi whispering false things in his mind. He thinks he's fooled everyone, but there's a certain someone who won't stop until he's found out what has happened to the blonde
A/N: Sorry this is so short and that this took forever! But this one, I'm telling you, it really kicked my butt this time. There was just so much I wanted to explain but had no idea how to do so. Anyways, I hope you enjoy! Also, this is still in Sasuke's POV
I stayed by Naruto's side for a day and a half. I had finally given in to sleep, for I was laying my head on the bed in a rather uncomfortable position. I woke up to the sounds of someone groaning. Looking at the clock, I growled in annoyance. That idiot would wake me up at two in the morning!
Wait. He woke me up... He was AWAKE! I nearly jumped out of my seat once the fact that he was stirring registered in my mind. Composing myself, I silently hit the button that would call the unnaturally busty Hokage. "Sasuke." I heard in say in a raspy, hoarse voice. Looking over to him, I saw him staring at me. His eyes were slightly glazed over still from sleep, and he was stifling a yawn. I just simply nodded. "Was it you? That saved me?" He asked with that same emotionless stare. Another nod from me. Then suddenly a fist flew at me from seemingly out of nowhere. It was weaker than normal, but it still sent me sprawling to the floor.
"Damnit Naruto! Sakura just healed my last black eye!" I growled at the idiot. He just simply shrugged, uncaring.
An awkward silence passed between us -we seemed to be having a lot of those lately- as we stared at each other, trying to read the other's thoughts. Then he spoke up again. "Why are you here?"
"Because! Why wouldn't I?!" I almost shouted. Another shrug from him made my left eye twitch in anger. Suddenly, Tsunade was slamming the door open, possibly making a hole in the wall behind the object. She had a mixture of emotions on her face, the exact opposite of Naruto. Sadness, anger, hurt, happiness, and confusion. Shizune followed in a moment later with only worry in her eyes.
"Naruto! What are these marks?!" The Hokage demanded, yanking the blanket down and his gown up just enough to show the blonde's thighs. My eyes grew wider. What I saw wasn't what I had expected. Then again, I didn't really expect to look at his thighs. Basically, multiple circles around each of his thighs that were now a faint pink line.
"Cuts. Obviously." I was taken back. He sounded as if nothing was wrong. Like we didn't just found out he was a cutter. Like he didn't almost die only a day ago.
"Why aren't they healed?" Shizune asked professionally. Naruto glared at all of us as he answered.
"Kyuubi finds it disgracing to do any sort of self-harm. So he said he wouldn't heal me if I ever did such a thing. And I did. So they're now healing at normal speed." He said. Then I decided to speak up.
"Naruto. What happened to make you change so drastically?" I asked, my voice soft, hopefully comforting.
"I was out looking for you one day. I'm pretty sure you remember this. When I had finally found you, you nearly killed me. A chidori right by the heart might do that, I hear. Kyuubi healed me quickly after you left and, boy, did I get an earful that month while I was 'recovering'. Anyways, he finally knocked some sense into me. He said to just give up on you.
"After a few weeks of him pestering me, I finally gave in. I stopped looking for you. And one day, I just stopped feeling. Our last battle had just been coincident." He explained.
"But Naruto! You left the village every week to look for him!" Tsunade cried. His eyes snapped to her.
"No. I got out of the village to get out of the village." He said before turning his attention back to me once. "Every single thing Kyuubi has told me about everyone is true. Especially you, Sasuke." His eyes narrowed dangerously. He knew what question I was going to ask next.
I asked the one question he had managed to escape last time. "Why did you act?" That confused both Tsunade and her assistant.
"It's easier to act like nothing is wrong than to try to explain something you yourself don't understand. Isn't that right, Sasuke?" He spoke, gaze never wavering throughtout the entire conversation. "Now my turn. Why'd you stay here?" He asked. I swallowed my pride and said the words I thought I would never say out loud to him.
"Because...I love you."
A/N: Well, that was short. Sorry guys. But I thought this was a great way to end the chapter. I'll try to make the next one longer, ok? Anyways, yay! I've finally got all the chapters I've been meaning to get up, well, up! Again, sorry this took so long to update. But I'm kinda getting a life! Yay for me! This chapter...ARGH! I'm so frustrated with it right now, I'm just going to leave it how it is. If you guys still don't understand something, leave a review and I'll attempt to clear it up better. I really need a beta, I've realized. Anyone volunteering?
I'm currently kind of doing request, but if I get a LOT, then I'll only do one or two that I think sounds interesting. If you want a requested story, message me and I'll start working on it right away. Hopefully XD
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed. Have a good day! Now I'm going to go take a nap or something...