Naruko x Sasuke Chapter 4

The following day, was not much different than the previous day. He continued to ignore me, or whatever it was that he was doing, but the silence was doing to kill me. I had to, needed to say something, but did not know what. He was not like other people. He was quiet, a bit mysterious - as if he were locked in a shell and would not let in any other. Like he held up a barrier that no one could get through. All the while we ran, I thought about things I could say, just to take the initiate to start a conversation, but nothing could fit the quirky and unusual personality of his. All options would only irritate him more and make the mission even worse than now - that's something I would avoid at all costs.

While I was deep in thoughts and without me knowing it, he looked back a little at me, but his eyes did not have any irritation in them, but they were a little sad in a way. As if something bothered him, flew around in his head and would not stop torturing him, but just keept going on all the time. When I looked forward again, he moved his eyes forward again and continued to look into the forest as it went past us, but i had seen a similiar expression before and it hurt in my chest to see him with that face.


As the forests darkened and the sun's rays got smaller and weaker, he slowed down, until he finally stopped. He got out everything so quickly that I hardly had time to blink, set up tents and lit a bonfire, before he disappeared into the forest to fetch water from a river not far from the camp.
I sat down at the nearest tree, having found the rice bowl in the bag. I had taken out his as well, to not annoy him more. Some silent minutes passed quietly by while I waited for him, but he did not appear and I quickly got tired of waiting. Since he did not bother to come, I decided to go to the river and fetch a little fish. I had become tired of only rice every day, so tonight should be fishi next to the rice.
I grinned to myself as I went into the forest to find the river.

It was refreshing to just walk in the forest, not to run or jump from tree to tree. As I walked, I could feel the wonderful evening breeze dance between the trees, feel how is touched my cheek and got the leaves to dance to an unknown song. A song that only the forest knew, that it would not teach to others, but tonight it would be played for me, as I went through it.


As I went further into the woods, I could hear the river, but what I didn't know was that I just following the river further and further down, until I came to a cliff edge. There I saw how the river flowed down a small waterfall and flowed out into a breathtaking, beautiful black lake. Quickly I jumped down to the white sand on the beach below so I could get a look from there. Whether it was beautiful from above, it could not be described below. I started to walk along the beach, and looked across the mirror-black water, stretching out endlessly, almost like the sea - I could see the stars and the moon reflected in the still water. It seemed so calm, but lonely since it was completely motionless, without a wave or a blast, it was completely deserted and untouched by man ... It was beautiful, but still sad to see it like this ...

I jumped when  I saw a small wave suddenly came to the surface. Quickly I jumped into the nearest tree, ready for an attack from an enemy. My eyes went down to  water, followed the waves, hoped that they lead to the source. And there, not too far from the river bank stood a white figure, almost as motionless as a statue. It was clear that it was a man by the shoulders to judge. He stood quietly in the water and let his fingertips float on the surface, as if he strok the water and enjoyed the feeling it gave him. I leaned a little forward to get a better look, but with an accident, I stepped on a branch that snapped under me. I stiffened, didn't move a muscle, didn't take a breath, just stood still, like a statue. But it didn't seem like he had discovered me, he continued to stare down into the depths of the water, as if he was bewitched or in a trance. It seemed as if he was deep in thought, so I sneaked quietly to a bush not so fare away from him, to see the face of this strange man.

A gasp escaped my lips after I had seen the face of this beautiful man. It had been Sasuke all the time. This beautiful sculpture that stood in front of my eyes was actually Sasuke, the annoying idiot friend to big brother. The guy that always bothered me, called me a lot of strange things and currently ignored me completely.
The Sasuke that could make my heart hurt and beat so fast that it almost could explode.

I studied his face. I looked at the masculine features of his face. The strong neck and broad, muscular arms. The apparent sick-pack and the pale, almost white skinn of his. He seemed so perfect in every way, right there, right then. But then I noticed that he pulled a little on his eyebrows, I tried to figure out what he was thinking. Was it the mission? or something personal, like family or maybe with another girl?

I felt a little sting in the heart when I thought of Sasuke with another girl ...
It didn't feel right, and it was something I wanted to avoid seeing my own eyes. I imagined Sasuke with Sakura, a beautiful, older and pink-haired girl who always had been in love with him ... What if he felt the same way for her now?
In my mind there was a picture of Sasuke and Sakura walking around in Konoha, hand in hand, smiling and happy while romanticly gaze at each other ...

I could feel that stinging in my eyes. It felt like they would explode and a I felt something warm run down my cheek. I lifted up a hand and checked what it was, a tear ... Or not one, but several came flowing to.
What was wrong with me? Was I sick or something? Quickly, before Sasuke noticed that I was there, I ran back to the camp and down in my sleeping bag. There I lay still and cried to myself. I didn't know why, but the tears would just not stop. And so I was lying there quietly, just let the tears flow freely, until I fell into a deep sleep.