#( this is just a hypothetical scenario sasuke is alive and well force feeding naruto a Vegetable when he gets the chance )
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@sasukhiha sent, ‘ a hoarse whisper, kiss me. ’
uchiha sasuke was immortal to the mind of uzumaki naruto. it was a childish thought for any shinobi to have; if anything, naruto’s entire life experience has only further validated that nothing is permanent. but the more they evaded death, the more they overcame the impossible, the more naruto entertained the idea that they were fated to survive. he knew sasuke wasn’t invincible, but the hokage never thought he would ever have to watch him die.
how can a guy who can’t even save one friend... become hokage ?
naruto’s curse was he would always survive his loved ones. hyuga neji is survived by... lord third is survived by... jiraiya is survived by... life clung to naruto like clothes, and the more he survived, the more those clothes began to feel like chains. it’s why he couldn’t stop reaching for sasuke, it’s why he needed his life to be worth all those sacrificed for it. and even if he failed, they would both fail. naruto watched so many die quick, unceremonious deaths in battle, and the thought of crossing into the next life with his best friend seemed like a better end than he could hope for.
naruto couldn’t fathom even death parting him and sasuke.
even with no medical skill, himself— and four of his clones— were all trying their hardest they to keep all of sasuke’s blood in his body. they pressed into his once porcelain skin until the dark fabric beneath their hands became damp, warm, and sticky. each of the clones exchanged expressions of worry and skepticism, differentiating from the main body, whose eyes would not lift from the sight of his own hands. and that’s when he heard it.
there was a chance naruto would have missed it; it’s hard to speak when blood is spilling into your lungs. a bittersweet taste filled his mouth while every muscle in his body became taut. in any other circumstance, there would be an aura of excitement to the raven’s request— even in a normal circumstance, it was more than an unusual request to come from sasuke’s lips.
kiss me.
not a single person, not even the creatures that dwelled inside him, understood the how badly naruto had wanted to hear those two words. kiss me, hold me, touch me— no matter how sasuke phrased it, for him to want naruto badly enough to ask for him was a dream that every fiber of naruto’s body craved. and yet the idea of kissing sasuke now tasted like bile in his mouth, and he clenched his eyes shut and turned away from his voice.
❛ now... now you want me to kiss you? ❜ his voice was strangled, sounding as if it was stuck in his throat, or like he couldn’t breathe. he wanted to die. ❛ i’ve been trying to get you to come home... to just learn to stay and forgive yourself. i’ve been trying to kiss you for months— and you... ❜ a vaguely familiar burn ran through the jinchuriki’s body, an inferno that naruto had previously quelled.
anger like this was unending, unsatisfied; it consumed him until he felt the heat reach even his eyes, turning clear blue hues a crimson that rivaled sasuke’s sharingan in brilliance. they looked even brighter behind the downpour of the jinchuriki’s tears, glaring down at sasuke as low growls rumbled in his throat. ❛ YOU TOLD ME YOU COULD HANDLE IT ! ❜ he snarled down at the dying man, tears rolling off his lips ( and fangs ) onto sasuke's tattered clothes. of course he was angry at sasuke; he was supposed to be the smart one. years of calling naruto useless, loser, idiot because naruto was impatient, stubborn, and reckless in a fight only to end up being held together by the usuratonkachi.
the deaths of geniuses are so pitiful.
when the fading light of hyuga neji died in front of him, naruto remembered the same taste of copper in his mouth while his brain screamed. WHY WHY WHY, IF YOU CAN'T, HOW CAN I? naruto was a sloppy fighter, even now, and he was an average strategist at best; sasuke and neji outperformed him in more ways than the village would ever know, and yet naruto had to watch them both die in the end. sasuke didn't like politics, but maybe that would have made him a better hokage than the current, and he wouldn't be bleeding out in a deserted cavern. it sent another jolt of anger shooting through naruto, a sob pushing its way past his clenched teeth.
he's dying, naruto. shut up, stupid old fox.
the idea of a last kiss with sasuke had his spine bending with grief, hands pressing harder into his chest. ❛ just wait... til sakura sees this... after she gets you okay, you'll be lucky to live one more day... ❜ even as a child, naruto would find ways to avoid reality, often with a flash of his toothy, dopey grin. no matter how bad it would seem, he clung to reasons to smile to survive the worst, but his mouth wouldn't rise even if he tried. nothing about this was enjoyable. it was pain in physical form, and naruto was wrist-deep in it, soaking it in until it stained his fingernails. his new biggest fear. there wasn't supposed to be a last kiss because sasuke was supposed to be untouchable to anyone except the gods and buddha.
why are you giving up? don't you want to stay with me longer?
❛ baka... ❜ his voice is hardly there.
he's trying to say goodbye, boy. you never even liked him. but you did.
naruto didn't like sasuke, he coveted him, craved him like a lifesource; does a plant like water? naruto spent so much of his adolescence breaking chunks off of himself for sasuke, trying to lace their lives in a closely woven pattern in the hopes that sasuke would be forced to acknowledge him. if sasuke expressed admiration, naruto wanted it; if sasuke expressed hate, naruto wanted it; if sasuke expressed love, naruto wanted it. even as boys, the uchiha was the center of naruto's focus, until he became the fox's life. without sasuke, there were a lot of gaps in his world; even then, when sasuke would leave for months at a time, naruto would feel the spaces he would leave. they were excruciatingly loud.
it used to be the empty space that existed in a random inn on boring missions, the silence that hung in the air that would usually be filled with petty banter, the chill of training alone. even if sasuke were to hate him, naruto still couldn't stand being away from the only constant he's ever had. now, it was much worse— it was the cold indent in the mattress, it was the ghost of his scent on naruto's clothes, the fucking cats that would show up on the back porch and scream for hours. naruto wanted to scream too.
listen to the last wishes of a dying man. why are you so bent on this, kurama? i know all too well the regrets caused by anger. if he dies, will you be able to live with how your anger kept you from saying goodbye?
it was like ice pouring over his entire body, and he felt the color drain from his eyes as all the anger fell ��out of him, replaced with a suffocating anguish. he's dying, he knows he's dying. his body sagged, his head falling down against his own chest, blond locks cascading over his drying eyes. one after another, the clones disappeared, and soon naruto was leaning back, hands lifting from sasuke's chest. silently, he moved to lift sasuke's upper body up, moving to support the raven's body with his chest, arms trembling as they wrapped around his bloody torso.
with two fingers, naruto gripped sasuke's chin, tipping his head back until naruto could comfortably lean down and press his lips against his rival's. kissing was a strange thing; even in moments of intensity, it was a rather delicate form of intimacy. the idea of kissing was more daunting than anything else for naruto, and kisses from sasuke usually left him a shade of scarlet. with their mutual disinterest in physical affection, it wasn't a common act between them, but naruto couldn't help but wish it had been as the taste of sasuke's mouth blended with blood. this kiss wouldn't be like the others— tender, slow even, as if they had all of the time in the world. if they weren't shinobi, and they met in a different life, naruto imagined this is how they'd kiss all the time; they would come home from work, and naruto would watch sasuke cook, and naruto would complain about the cats, and they would kiss all the time.
❛ i know a part of you thinks you're lucky to have made it this far. ❜ his voice was still uneven as his lips parted from sasuke’s, but he held firm, pushing back the swelling in his throat. ❛ but i wanted to chase after you for another thirty years. i was prepared to, 'ttebayo. ❜ his voice became clearer, his arms clutching sasuke against him, head pressed against his. ❛ i've made you do a lot more than you probably ever wanted to, huh? ( something scratches at his throat, a laugh? ) but in the next life, don't think you're getting a break, cause you're gonna be chasing ME for once. believe it. ❜ the jinchuriki pressed his face into sasuke's hair, hiding both the grin that split his face and the downpour of tears that begun again.
there would never be another uchiha sasuke again, and it was both a promise and a tragedy.
#𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻 ━━━ DRABBLE#𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻 ━━━ IC REPLY / the only ones who listen to me are the people i pay.#𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑺 ━━━ NARUTO / you shouldn’t be this tired at your age.#sasukhiha#( i'm emotionally drained from writing this the last two days )#death tw#death /#blood tw#blood /#( just to be safe )#( this is just a hypothetical scenario sasuke is alive and well force feeding naruto a Vegetable when he gets the chance )
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