Barely Holding On (OcxOC Naruto story)

15~ Conscious

~Julo POV~

I woke up to feel someone squeezing my hand. I slowly lift up my head to see Rino smiling at me.

"Hey Julo," they said with a quiet, soft voice.

I just sat there for a second, staring, unable to process that they had finally woken up. I then felt so happy I jumped up and hugged them as hard as I could.

"Ow Julo, my stomach still hurts."

"Oh shit I'm sorry," I responded as I jumped back.

Their smile then faded as they started to cry.

"I'm so sorry Julo, I didn't realize how much I was hurting you. I should've been better to you. I'm really sorry I-"

I cut them off by kissing them. I immediately pulled away, embarrassed by what I just did. They then grabbed the front of my hoodie, and pulled me in for a kiss. This time we held on to each other, neither of us wanting to let go of each others' warmth. We broke apart after about a minute as I put my forehead against there's.

"It's ok Rino, I could say the exact same. I never knew how much you were really hurting, and for that I'm really, really sorry."

"I guess we both have regrets then, eh."

"Yeah."

"How long was I unconscious?"

"4 and a half days."

"Oh."

"Who was the one that found me?"

"Me."

Their face immediately changed as their head hung down, and they didn't look me in the eyes anymore. It was about 5 minutes later before they finally lifted their head up again.

"I don't wanna die anymore, knowing how much I hurt you."

I just sat there, and stared down at the hospital bed. I finally looked up, struggling to be able to look them in the eyes. When I finally did though, their left eye looked completely different. It looked just like it did a few days ago. It was a yellow-ish orange, instead of it's usual teal, and light blue. Their pupil was also different, instead of it being circular like normal, it was like a slit, almost like a lizard.

"Rino your left eye."

"What's going on? What's wrong with it?" They sounded really panicked.

I handed them my phone as they stared at it, and they started to cry. I wondered what was wrong, when I suddenly remembered their sister had an eye that looked exactly like it.

"What's wrong, why are you crying?!" I asked frantic, scared something bad was happening.

"It finally happened."

"What, what happened? What am I missing here?!" I always hated being left out.

"The thing in my eye is something that only appears within my own Akura clan. It's a special type of eye that appears when the user is faced with highly emotional situations. I was starting to get worried that mine would never manifest because most people get it when they experience huge loss, or something like that, and as you know that's already happened to me. It finally happened I've waited for so long for this. If only Jules could see me now."

"So what does this special eye of yours do?"

"It can sense people's emotions if I wanted to, it increases fire type jutsu, and bearded dragon specialized jutsu, and increases my vision a bit. Some of the bad things though are, it uses a good bit of chakra when you use it's abilities, it's very hard to control when you have feelings of very strong emotions, often taking over your body and controlling it, and it slightly lowers my hearing abilities when in use."

"Wow," was all I managed to say.

"Yeah."

"Wait hold on, you said you've never developed this thing before right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"That day, when your sister died, and when you came back from your mission after Kailo died, and a few days ago when you got really mad at me, your eye looked like that."

"I figured."

There was a silence for a minute, until they spoke again. 

"Hey Julo?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you give me one of my cigarettes, and light it for me?"

"What the fuck is your problem dude? For one, your still in the hospital. And two, you've been unconscious for 4 days, and that's what your thinking about?"

"Dammnit, I thought I could've gotten away with it."

"Your such an idiot."

I was still sitting on their bed with them, and they started ruffling my hair. I then went up, and kissed them again passionately, holding their head in my hands not wanting to let go. And neither of us did for several minutes, only pulling away for a few seconds to catch our breath.

We were then interrupted by Orini, Jayra, and Shikamaru sensei, coming back into the room. They all just stood there for a second, staring. As soon as I noticed them, I immediately pulled away from Rino, a bit embarrassed.

Orini then Yelled "Ha! I knew it, I told you!"

"Orini shut up," Jayla said, slapping her on the back of the head.

"Ow!" Orini complained.

Then Orini ran up to Rino, and was about to hug them, but stopped not wanting to hurt them.

"It's ok Orini, just hug me around the neck." She complied. She soon got up, and hit Rino across the head. Hard.

"Ow, what the hell was that for?"

"That's for being an idiot, and trying to leave all of us like that, especially Julo."

"I guess I did deserve that." They responded, rubbing the back of their head with their hand.

I had been cuddling Rino for hours, both of us just holding onto each other. Rino then sat up, and looked at me.

"Hey Julo."

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I think you should go, you haven't been home ever since I was in the hospital. You need to go look after your little brother. I'm better now, so you don't have to watch over me. The doctors said I might be discharged tomorrow, so I'll talk to you then, ok?"

"No, no way I'm leaving you."

"Julo please, I'm begging you." Their eyes were pleading, and they looked really concerned, so I reluctantly got up.

I then put my hands over their cheeks, and kissed them. I pulled away for a second, but then they did the same, pulling me in as we kissed. I then looked up when I heard a voice that I've never heard before. As soon as he spoke Rino froze, and I could tell that they were panicking without even having to look up.

"So you found yourself another fag again then. Just don't kill him this time. Or do, it doesn't make a difference to me." The mysterious man then started to laugh to himself as Rino started shaking.

Hello sorry that it took a little longer for this chapter to be finished. Honestly every new chapter I write becomes my favorite, and the pattern stays the same with this one. It was so fun to write, and I was really happy with the outcome. Anyways thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great rest of your day/night. Just know your loved and appreciated (Especially you Jamie <3). Peace.

~Z

Total word count: 1146