'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: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long for me to start writing this chapter, but I kinda lost my pages and was searching for them for a while. Then I have so much stuff this month that I'm going insane. Don't expect too much, cause I'm really busy with state coming up and state tests... Why do we test so much in school? Also, thank you for the reviews you guys leave me! I appreciate it, especially those of you who review on every chapter! Anyways, I hope you all this lovely work of art I managed to create!
The first day he was here, he didn't talk to me. He stayed as far away from me as the collar allowed. He grumbled about things when he though I couldn't hear and regularly spoke to the demon inside of him. I heard my now every so often and would make an attempt to hear his side of the conversation. But they would cease whatever they were saying shortly after. It annoyed me. I wanted to know what the one who held my heart thought of me. I never found out from those conversations.
The second day was even worse. He had decided to start faking around me once more. He acted chipper and loud and all around annoying like he usually was. "Ne Sasuke! You need some ramen! Let's go get some!" He suggested. I scowled at the thought of said noodles. It had no nutrients in it as well as tasted horrible. Why one would want to eat so much so often was a wonder to me. "No." I grunted. That shut him up for a moment as he thought.
"I'm living here now! Meaning I have to eat here! How am I supposed to eat if you don't have any good food?" He questioned me. I sighed.
"I have plenty of good food. It's just that all you ever eat is ramen."
"I'll only eat three a day."
"You'll eat all of it."
"I'll eat whatever you make -healthy or not- and eat only three."
"Anything I make?"
"As long as I'm not allergic to it.
"Well.. What are you allergic to?" I questioned. He beamed at me.
"Obviously not ramen." He joked. I narrowed my eyes at him as I shook my head. I moved to grab my keys, making my way to the door. He looked at me confused. "Are you coming or not?" I hissed. He jumped up and ran after me.
-SasuNaru- Naruto's point of view-
It was hard to keep my act up around him at the moment. I was too angry with everybody to even pretend, so I conversed with Kyuubi the entire day. He spoke his high disapproval of the Hokage's decision and expressed his hatred towards Sasuke often. "Why do you hate him?" I wondered aloud once.
"He is an Uchiha, kit. His kind are filthy scum who care only about themselves." He growled.
"Ne, Kyuubi?" I ventured cautiously.
"Hm?"
"Do you think he meant what he said? At the hospital?" I spoke quietly, not wanting the other ninja to hear me.
"I don't know. What'd he say?"
"That... That he loved me..." The biju's laughter resounded in my head. "I'm gonna take that as a no then."
"Why do you sound so disappointed, kit?" He asked. I was disappointed? I hadn't noticed until he brought it up.
"I don't know.. I guess I was kinda hoping it was true.." I said, barely audible even to myself.
"Listen kid. He probably just told you that so he could get what he wants. He's done that with many people. Look at Sakura. She'd so anything for that stuck up brat."
"You're right. Sorry for asking."
"You're fine. Even you are entitled to your hopes. Just don't listen to him, though. Ever." He warned.
"I might." I joked. I knew that what he said was most likely true. Sasuke had probably just said that only to butter me up to ask for something. But a small part of my wondered if that was true. What if he did really love me? What if Kyuubi was wrong?
I spent the rest that day wandering around the house, thinking. The next day, however, I was back to my act. I pestered my love with the possibility of venturing outside. I even used ramen as an excuse. At first, I was afraid that he'd just brush me off. But then he grabbed his keys and we left. I spoke whatever came to my mind as we walked, unknowingly letting a few things slip through my mouth. One of those was my doubt that he loved me. He immediately stiffened, stopped, then turned to face me. "Why would you think that I didn't love you?" He asked, face emotionless. I pretended like I didn't hear him, but instead kept talking. The Uchiha roughly grabbed my shoulder then spun me around to face him. I stopped mid-sentence and stared at him with wide eyes. "Shut up for four seconds will you?" He growled. I closed my mouth, unaware that it had been open in the first place. He debated on what to do before pulling me towards him. I thought he was going to hit me for some reason, so I danced out of his reach. He looked at me confused while I watched him curiously. "Forget it." He mumbled and continued walking. I stayed behind him this time, carefully speaking my mind. I wasn't going to let anything else slip today. I had to pay extra attention. But a small part of my mind continuously wondered what it was he was going to do.
We stopped by the store to pick up a TON of ramen while I acted all excited. On the inside, however, I felt like I was going to throw up at the sight of so much gunk. I swallowed the feeling down and waited patiently while he payed for everything. I almost felt sorry for causing a dent in his wallet, but then the thought faded away as quickly as it came.
Sasuke forced me to carry all ten bags of ramen as we walked home. We were just passing one of the stores when something caught my eye. I stopped to stare at it until the other man called me back to my senses.* I ran to catch up to him, careful not to drop any bags. He looked at me curiously. "What were you looking at?" He asked. I just shook my head. "Nothing." I responded.
We got back to the place I would now be calling home. I set all ten bags on the kitchen table then left the room. "Where do you think you're going?! You're going to put all of these where they go!" He yelled after me.
"I gotta go! I'll do it after, believe it!" I called back to him. I could hear him sigh as I closed the bathroom door. Swiftly I pulled my pants down slightly so that I would be able to get to my new collection. I pulled the kunia out from my little bad, cautious to make no noise. Then I positioned my leg to where the blood would drip into the toilet. I bit my lip as the blade cut into my leg, withholding a sigh of relief. I forced it to go deeper, until my leg started to feel tingly. I then pulled the kunia away, grabbing some toilet paper. I quickly cleaned the weapon off, as well as my leg before throwing it into the toilet. I put my blade away in exchange for the bandages that I've started carrying around with me. I expertly wrapped my leg up before pulling my pants back up and flushing the toilet, getting rid of the evidence. I smiled to myself, an actual smile, as I hid the bandages back into my pouch. I wiped the smile off of my face then took a step forward.
I had to lean on the sink for a moment for support when my leg wouldn't hold my weight. "Shit." I whispered. I had cut too deep and now I wasn't going to be able to walk back out of here normally. Sasuke banged on the door. "Naruto. What the hell are you doing in there?" He hissed at me through the door. "Shit." I said once more. This wasn't going to end well.
A/N: And there you have it! I wasn't expecting it to be this long. I was planning on making it a short little chapter but I got carried away in my typing lol. I hope you all enjoyed it!
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