On his deathbed ... Please promise me!

Sasuke was just going on his hardest walk. Half an hour ago he had received a call from the hospital asking him to come quickly, please. The Uchiha suspected bad things, but always hoped for good news. He was about to enter his friend's room when Doctor Sagawara spoke to him.

"Sasuke Uchiha? Could I speak to you for five minutes, it's about Mr. Uzumaki." Sensing evil, the Uchiha agreed and followed the doctor into the consulting room.
“What is the doctor about?” Sasuke sat down on the chair in front of the desk, the doctor himself took a seat across from him. The doctor folded his hands, cleared his throat briefly and then looked at Sasuke.

"So it's this. Mr. Uzumaki doesn't have much longer to live. To be more precise, he only has a few hours left. The cancer has now spread to such an extent that the important parts of his brain have been attacked. Important nerve tracts are already attacked," Including those who transmit the vital commands, such as breathing or the swallowing reflex, to the brain. In the last few hours we have had to reanimate Mr. Uzumaki twice. One more time it will not go well. Mr. Uzumaki insisted that you will be notified. He wants to say goodbye to you. "Sasuke stood up in shock. He looked at the doctor with wide eyes and just shook his head.

"That can't be true. But yesterday it was still said that he had at least months left ... How can it be that HE WILL DIE TODAY?" In the end Sasuke screamed at the doctor in despair. Tears ran down his cheeks. Doctor Sagawara tried to calm the angry man in front of him.

"It all happened pretty quickly. The medication did not work and so his condition deteriorated noticeably. Mr. Uzumaki specifically asked not to report this fact to you. And since I am unfortunately subject to medical confidentiality, I had to comply with this request. Believe me, I would have wanted it differently. "But these words no longer seemed to resonate with the Uchiha. He just stared at the doctor implausibly.

"FUCK THIS STUPID DUTY OF SILENCE! HE COULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN DEAD DAMNED!"

With these words Sasuke left the consulting room and ran into his friend's hospital room. Without knocking, the angry Sasuke pushed the door open and walked towards the blond's bed. But suddenly his anger was swept away. Naruto lay there as if dead. If Sasuke would not see that his friend's chest was still rising and falling, he would have thought nothing but dead. Slowly he walked towards the bed and sat there on the chair that was already there . The black-haired man carefully brushed a stray strand of hair from the blonde's face, which woke the blonde.

"Sasuke ...", Naruto said softly.

"Yes, my angel, it's me."A sad smile played around the Uchiha's lips. Slowly Naruto's vision cleared and when he recognized Sasuke, he smiled happily.
"Nice that you came. Did Doctor Sagawara explain everything to you?" Naruto was still speaking softly, as it was difficult for him to speak and Sasuke had to make an effort not to miss a word. The person addressed just nodded and took Naruto's hand in his own.

"Why Naruto? Why did you keep all that from me? Had I known, I would not have gone home in the first place." Accusation sounded in his voice. Naruto smiled at this and shook his head slightly.

"Exactly for this reason I didn't mention it. I didn't want you to waste your time watching me die. You should have your life ...", but the blonde didn't get any further because Sasuke interrupted him.

"YOU ARE MY LIFE, YOU STUPID IDIOT !!!! I LOVE YOU AND I HAVE PROMISED THAT I WILL NOT DEPARTURE FROM YOUR SIDE UNTIL THE LAST BREATH. MY LIFE IS YOURS; SINCE I KNOW I LOVE YOU , YOU SPINNER. SO DON'T TELL ME THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME. "
Sasuke yelled at his friend, tears ran down his cheeks again. Only when he felt a slight pressure on his hand did the Uchiha calm down again.

"I'm sorry my darling, I didn't mean to scream." Sasuke
leaned over to Naruto and gave him a kiss on the mouth.
"It's okay. You're upset that I would be in your place too ..." They were silent now. Sasuke hung on to his thoughts and remembered the day when he found out that his Naruto was going to die.

~ Flashback ~

Sasuke was sitting in his office. At just 22 years old, he was already the chairman of a highly respected company in Tokyo. But today his work didn’t want to go out of hand because his thoughts were with Naruto. He was just in the hospital to undergo a few tests. Naruto had been complaining of persistent headaches for months, having seen several doctors. But nobody really wanted to find out what was wrong with the blonde. Until he was referred to the hospital by a doctor. They are better equipped there. Now was the day and hopefully today they would find out what has tormented Naruto for all these months. Sasuke put his papers down and looked out the window. The sky was covered with black clouds and this gave the Uchiha an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach. Usually he likes rain, but he didn't like it today. That didn't mean anything good. And how right he was with the assumption, he should realize later that afternoon. Sasuke didn't notice how quickly the time went by when the ringing of his cell phone got him out of his mind. He fiddled with his jacket to get to this stupid thing.After a short while he finally found the damn thing and answered it.

"Hi honey. And how did it go?" But nobody answered him. He took the cell phone briefly and looked at the display again. It was his darling. So he repeated his sentence.
"Honey? Are you all right?" You could hear a quiet gasp at the other end of the line and Sasuke was frightened. Then Naruto finally answered quietly.

"Sasuke ... are you ... coming home?" Sasuke had already stormed out of his office, almost crashed into a colleague, but he skilfully ignored the scolding behind him.

“I'll be home in twenty minutes, Naruto.” With that, he hung up, left the building, and sped home in his car. Less than fifteen minutes later Sasuke got out of his car and ran to her apartment. Shortly before the front door he discovered a pile of misery that turned out to be his friend Naruto. He was sitting in front of the front door, his legs drawn up and weeping bitterly. Sasuke knelt next to him and took him comfortingly in his arms.

"Come on, let's go in, darling." With that he pulled his blond sweetheart to her feet and looked him in the face. What he saw broke his heart in his body. He quickly unlocked the door and pulled his friend into the living room after him. There he put him on the sofa. Sasuke sat down next to him. He didn't really dare to, but then asked the question that preoccupies him.

"Hey little one, what happened? Did you find out ...", but Sasuke couldn't finish speaking because Naruto threw himself into his friend's arms and only cried worse.
"I will ... I ... will ..." but Naruto couldn't speak. Again and again he was interrupted by his sobs. Sasuke became scared and afraid.
"What are you going to Naruto? Well, tell me." Then Naruto came up slightly to look at Sasuke. Naruto collected himself briefly and then started again.

"I will ... die ... Sasuke ..!"
Sasuke got up, backed away from Naruto. Shaking my head over and over again. All the color drained from his face and he felt sick.

"You don't mean it. You are lying ... It just can't be. THIS IS A GODDAMN LIE !! Please tell me you're just kidding me ..." Sasuke sounded desperate, didn't know whether to scream or speak softly should, he did both at the same time. But Naruto just shook his head. Sasuke ran to the toilet, he felt like vomiting. What remained was a completely dissolved Naruto who was crying bitterly again, Sasuke threw up. After five endless minutes, Sasuke had himself so much under control that he went back to Naruto and sat down next to him. He took him in his arms. Sasuke made him cry. Until no more tears can come. For a long time they sat in silence, tightly embraced on the sofa, only the low sobbing of Naruto could be heard.“What are you going to die of?” That question went unanswered. Naruto had fallen asleep exhausted in Sasuke's arms. When Sasuke noticed this, he carried him into the bedroom. There Sasuke put him on the bed and covered him up, he got himself a chair and watched his angel in silence. But Sasuke couldn't stand it for long. He left the shared bedroom quietly but quickly and withdrew to his study. And there he fell to his knees. He cried. And desperate. Now he just couldn't hold back any longer. He had to hide all his grief from Naruto, but since Naruto was sleeping now, he didn't notice it. The uncertainty tormented him. After a while his tears dried up and yet he stayed where he was. He stared into the air. Several hours passed and he didn't even notice that Naruto was already awake and looking for him. But now Naruto had quietly entered the study and sat behind his friend. Sasuke only started out of his stiffness when two arms surrounded him from behind. They sat silently on the floor for several minutes when Sasuke broke the silence.

"What about?"

"Cancer. A terminal brain tumor."

"When?"

"A couple of months, a year at most."

Silence again. From then on, the lives of both of them changed radically. Sasuke had taken leave of absence from his boss until further notice. Naruto had initially protested against it, but Sasuke wasn't interested in all the complaints. He wanted to be with him no matter what. After a while, Naruto gave up, painfully aware that it was just a natural reaction from Sasuke. He wouldn't react any differently in his place. Sasuke had accompanied his sweetheart to every doctor's appointment, held him by the hand when the chemotherapy was more difficult, took him on many trips. Sasuke carried Naruto in his hands, fulfilling his every unspoken wish.

~ Flashback end ~

It all happened six months ago.