You sit on the roof to your apartment, gazing across the star spangled sky, focusing upon the Hokage mountain.
The day had been difficult; you had woken to a rough start, misplacing both your kunai and your leaf headband, tripped out the door and fell down the exit stairs, humiliating the absolute essence of the word, 'shinobi.'
While being given a simple mission, babysitting some feudal lord's brat, you had drifted into your own emptiness, leaving Hokage Tsunade with open space her breasts would have never allowed. While you were dedicated to your shinobi lifestyle, you just weren't you today. And you knew why:
Itachi was why.
Itachi had always been your closure. That one person you could come to, for anything, really. His voice was magical; soothing yet assertive, kind yet demanding; it was no secret his self-performed exile was hard on you.
Every time you saw his little brother, Sasuke, you thought of Itachi. Maybe because they were so similar. Maybe because they were so different. But either way, it hurt you, because, like Sasuke, you lost someone you loved. Someone who's lips would never touch yours again.
Maybe today was so difficult because it was the day that you, finally, accepted your solitaire.
But, as you gazed at the stars, wondering how close they really were to the mountains, you swore you heard a soft, comfortable voice say;
"I never left you, Y/N"
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I hope that wasn't too short, I really tried;
