In Bloom

Ch 8: When Petals Fall, Come Find Me

CHAPTER EIGHT : When Petals Fall, Come Find Me

Naruto knows that Sasuke is in bloom.

Knows that Sasuke is safe with his faerie people?

Faerie tribe?

Uhh?

Sure, whatever.

But Naruto was still worried.

It has gotten to a point where he couldn't shake it off.

It has been 4 days since he's seen Sasuke, and 3 days since he had his encounter with the blond prick, D.

After he left, he immediately wanted to go back the following day, but he relented. It made no sense to go back, but he wanted to. Oh God, he really wanted to. His body felt a bit out of sorts without Sasuke in his peripheral, or sitting in front of him. It was like his body was going through withdrawals or some shit.

He knows that even if he went back, he wouldn't get to see Sasuke. And if he was lucky, (or unlucky if you consider the situation) he would probably only get to see that prick, D again. Which he was willing to take, if it meant him getting even just a whiff of Sasuke.

Again... Sasuke withdrawals are a bitch.

He wanted to know more, but he didn't want to know more. He wanted Sasuke to tell him these things, but he didn't want to wait too long. Naruto was stuck in a contradictory loop. He was at a crossroads, and had been fighting with himself for most of the morning.

Naruto was always a man of action. He kept wavering back and forward for most of the day until he was sudden back in that same spot. His car parked, his run down and muddy new balance sneakers hitting the dirt road before meeting green luscious grass.

I just can't stay away.

He gave his pockets a pat, his gift that he had brought for Sasuke inside his sweatpants pocket. He knew that he probably would be meeting with D, and if the guy was still feeling chatty and accommodating maybe would be willing to pass the gift along.

Maybe. Just maybe.

Naruto had hope, and as he made his way through the tree lines, that small sliver of hope vanished.

He was greeted by something else entirely. Something that made him want to turn back around and start back up his car.

"Hello. Are you Naruto?"

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Naruto was unlucky.

Really unlucky.

Like, the demon lord has selected him as his new host, unlucky.

He expected D.

He hoped for Sasuke.

But what he got was something else entirely.

A man sat under a tree. His limbs long covered in pale skin, and his hair the same color as Sasuke's but so long that the ends were scrapping across the forest floor.