Break me

Chapter 38

Naruto's POV

"You ruined me, Naruto. You ruined us."
"What are you saying!"
"For you, we became like this."

I'm constantly waking up from nightmares nowadays. Not just the bloody faces of my parents but also about Sasuke and Itachi. In my dreams, they are always blaming me about how I destroyed their sweet brotherly relationship.

My conscience isn't letting me live peacefully. Sometimes I feel so much pressured that I want to run and explain everything. But nothing will change the things I ruined. I feel like I'm the culprit here.

"Naruto! Wash up quickly!" I hear Kakashi's voice from outside of my room. I have to get ready to go to the Uchiha resident. Finally I'll get to see the face of that murderer. Somehow I was hoping to see Fugaku Uchiha as the culprit. I just needed a reason to hate them forever.

"Are we going with the Uchiha brothers?" I ask Kakashi as I make my way to the kitchen intending to eat something. Kakashi says,"No, they have already gone back." I stopped chewing on the toast. How come I didn't know about that?

"Pack more stuffs. We'll have to stay there for a few days. You know that, right?" Kakashi says thinking that I'm not planning to stay there more than one night. I tell him,"I'm not gonna take that much things anyway."

"Why is he here again?" I ask Kakashi spotting Obito right beside a black sleek car that is waiting outside the building. Kakashi says,"Mikoto sent him to escort us." I sigh feeling a bit annoyance.

"How are you doing, Naruto?" Obito asks me nonchalantly. I reply to him,"I'm doing just fine." Obito nods as he opens the door of his car. I get into it seeing Kakashi taking the front. I hear them talking.

"I'm surprised that Sasuke and Itachi went right away." Kakashi says. Obito says calmly,"Sasuke was insisting to leave first." Kakashi nods. I felt a bit curious about their current relationship. I ask Obito,"Did Itachi take Sasuke with him?" Obito replies,"No, Sasuke came alone."

Just like I thought. I really broke the bond between them. Somehow both of them deserve it but in the core of my heart, I feel strange. As if I did a crime. I just wanted Itachi to suffer but my plan only backfired. This shouldn't be any of business now.

The huge gate in front of the Uchiha residence opens. Obito heads inside taking a turn. The garden is a bit changed. Mikoto Uchiha has a hobby about changing her surroundings. So the Uchiha house never remains the same.

I get off of the car taking my luggage out of it. Thinking about staying in this house under the same roof as Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha makes my stomach churn. Kakashi says right after he came back alone from the parking space,"How about we head inside?"

He makes his way motioning for me to follow him. There is the familiar butler who works under Fugaku Uchiha is seemingly waiting for us in the doorway. Having a glimpse of us he makes a gesture bowing his head a little as if we are his masters.

The butler is wearing blank attire like he's about to attend a funeral and his black hair is slicked back. The butler says in his robotic calm voice,"Shall I take you to your rooms? I'll inform you when my masters come back home." Kakashi asks,"Where are they?"

The butler says,"They'll let you know when they come home. Please follow me." Kakashi follows the butler just like the butler offered. I'm wondering where the brothers can be? Are they here? Will I see Sasuke again?

The room I was given to is quite big. This is far from the room of Sasuke and Itachi. Last time when I came here, Sasuke made a ruckus and then Mikoto Uchiha was forced to give me a room beside Sasuke's.
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I was unpacking the necessary stuffs I could use while staying here. A few clothes, some books, a Rubik's cube and my phone that's all I packed in that not so big bag. I was engrossed in unpacking and then I hear a sudden knock on the door.

I speak without even glancing at the person who sneaked behind me,"Is it time to have lunch now?" "Yes." The voice startled me. I turn around and see Obito Uchiha came himself to invite me over the lunch.

"Ohh. You didn't have to come all the way to call me." I tell him not welcoming his presence inside this room. Obito speaks,"It's fine. It's just been quite a long time, we got any chance to have some chit chat."

I tell him,"We've never had any real talk actually." Obito says,"Yeah." I ask him,"So, why are you actually here? Just tell me." Obito replies,"You know my business revolves around those two brothers."

I tell him,"Yeah I'm aware about that. But from now on, I won't be any use to you. My relationship with them got worse to tell the truth." Obito says,"Is that so? So why aren't they coming back?"

I tell him,"That's not something I would know."After finishing the work I was doing I get pass to the man blocking my path and tell him as I was leaving the room,"Let's just go."

I didn't see Sasuke while everyone was busy dining. Mikoto Uchiha tried to interact with me but ended up being ignored by me mostly. Fugaku Uchiha is just as cold as ice and only talkative with Obito Uchiha. The sentences they were exchanging was related to business stuffs that I don't have knowledge about.

"Naruto, call for me if you feel any discomfort." Saying that Kakashi leaves turning the lights off seeing me being curled up into a ball inside the blanket that is covering me from head to toe.

I feel super uneasy. Not because this room isn't warm or anything. I just feel my chest feeling constantly tight. I'm aware about my feelings, about not wanting Sasuke to completely ignore me even though that is the best decision for both of us.

But my mentality is getting twisted with each day passing. My craving for his touch is killing me. But I'm not planning to go back begging for having that place in his heart once again. This is simply impossible.

I woke up abruptly feeling my throat extremely dry. I get up from my previous position and see no water on the bedside table. I sigh not liking the idea about going downstairs to get some water from the kitchen.

Why did they have to make this house so big that one looses the desire to go to the kitchen and get something to quench the thirst? I slip my toes into the slipper and leave the room intending to go to the kitchen.

The place isn't totally dark. The dim lights are making the place horrifying like there is something hidden in here that is capable of harming me. Finally I made it to the kitchen after getting lost into the big house couple of times.

But when I got there, I felt I'm not alone. There is someone with me in the kitchen. I cough a little giving a hint that I'm here. The person comes to the light that made my heart skip a beat.

I didn't expect to see Sasuke here who is standing with a mug which should be filled with coffee that I assumed seeing the almost invisible white smoke over the mug.

I speak not wanting to be a total stranger to him,"H-Hey." Sasuke doesn't respond to my gesture. This isn't something unexpected for me. I try to speak going ahead,"How are you doing these days?"

I feel like hitting my head hard against the wall for acting foolish. After a moment of silence Sasuke decided to speak coldly,"Why are you here?" I reply,"I needed some drink."

Sasuke doesn't say anything. I sigh. This isn't how I thought I would act. I can lead him on once again. I'm already the worst and I don't intend to stoop so low now. I thought about going back now that I got the bottle of cold water from fridge but Sasuke's cold voice stopped me from doing that.

"I don't expect to see you act shamelessly after what happened. Please stay away from me and that's the best thing you'll do to yourself, trust me." He said. I felt my chest tightening. I nodded even though he can't see my movements in the dark.

I tell him,"Yeah. I apologize for that." Sasuke says,"From that day, I started thinking of you as some stranger. From now on, you please do that too." Saying that he turns his back. I was standing there looking at the way he's going seeing his back getting lost into the darkness.

The feeling of loosing him forever is so heavy that I had to press my back against the refrigerator to stand straight. This is what I wanted and this is what happened in the end. This is the end of our story but my love for him never ended.