trust

As agreed, I met him again the next day. He was a taciturn fellow, which didn't bother me in any case. As on the previous day, the fight ended in a draw. So also on the many days that followed.
It had become a routine that we met almost every day. He didn't tell where he always had to go, but I didn't ask him about it either.
"You are really good," he said approvingly.
We both lay on the grass and rested a little from our fight.
"Thank you, but you too," I blushed slightly and avoided looking at him.
"Why did they chase you?" He asked suddenly into the Still.
I sat up cramped and looked down at him. In the meantime, the tension had relaxed in us, he looked so different than when we first met.
"Because ...", I started to trust him way too early. I had made up my mind not to do it. But there was something about him that made me forget everything that had happened. It made me angry that my feelings no longer obeyed me when he was around.
He looked at me questioningly when a tear ran down my cheek.
"It's ... it's okay if you don't want to tell me," he said hesitantly. I wanted to trust him, but was that right? What if he left me, if he knew? What if he laughed at me, or worse, if even he was scared of me?

A battle of feelings broke out in me. He was so different from anyone I had ever met. I had the feeling he would understand me, could understand my pain of being lied to and betrayed by everyone.
He looked at me worried. I wanted to tell him everything that had gathered in me in the last week. If anyone found out, he would. Even though I had now put my trust in Kakashi again, because he put so much at risk for me because he took care of me.
But it was different with Sasuke. When he was there, feelings came up in me again, I was happy to fight him every day and was sad when he didn't come and I had to train alone. I longed for him to touch me. I knew for a long time what was wrong with me, that I was about to fall in love with him, but did I want that?
It made me vulnerable and that I wasn't allowed to be.
"Runa ...", I looked at him, his eyes worried. Only now did I notice that the tears kept flowing. When I saw his warm look, my doubts were over. I could trust him. If anyone could make me feel better, it would be him.
I blurted out the story from the start, even what had happened when he disappeared that noon. He listens and at some point, he had hugged me and caressed my shoulder soothingly, but I only noticed that when I fell silent, when everything was said and I put my head on his chest, sobbing loudly."Shh ... everything will be fine, Runa," he whispered and continued to comfort me.

Through his touch and his calming words, I calmed down to some extent.
Suddenly he started talking. He told me that his brother had always been his role model. How much he loved him until everything was taken from him. When he spoke, I paid attention to his eyes, they expressed an incredible pain and despair. He told me how he swore to kill him to avenge everyone. How he strove to get stronger in order to actually achieve his goal. I listened intently and leaned against him while he still had his arm around me. Did I have the same effect on him as he did on me? It was strange, I felt something. It was as if our fates were inextricably linked. Did he feel it too? Would he allow it too?

When it got dark he was done too. But neither of us wanted to get up.
"I should go slowly or he'll be worried," I said quietly.
Sasuke nodded absently and let go of me. We got up slowly. I wanted to say something else but he was already gone.
"Thank you, Sasuke", I whispered after him and I also disappeared from our clearing.

When I got to our hut, a storm started behind me. I looked around the hut, but Kakashi wasn't home. This has been the case lately. Shrugging, I made myself something to eat and lay on the bed, what he had found for me somewhere.

I listened for a long time into the night while the storm was raging. It didn't last very long. Shortly after the wind died down again, I fell asleep. And didn't notice how an unusual branch cracked outside, because in my head there was only one thought at that moment.

I was in love with Sasuke Uchiha.
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