Sincerely Devoted (SasuNaru)

The edge of love

3:41PM

The class eventually gave up convincing Kiba to let the other students help carry me and we continued our hike.

Kiba was slowing down as he was definitely getting more and more tired. We ended up at the back of the class.

"Let me go, Kiba. I'm sure I have rested enough-" I could hear his breathing and panting.
"I can't." He looked at me with a sense of disappointment. I jumped out of his arms and my sudden escape caught him off guard. I landing on the ground, almost hurting myself even more.

"Kiba, why would you feel this way?" I embraced him in my arms tightly. He was even more caught off guard now, his hands returning my
embrace wrapping around me.. "W-what do you mean?"

"I know I've been a horrible friend. I'm so sorry that I've been neglecting you continually." My grip tightened around him, squeezing him.

"No, you haven't. You're a great friend, a great person." His voice shaky and cracking.

I shook my head, "I know I haven't and I' m sorry. But I promise I will work on it!"

"Alright, alright.. I got it. Stop apologising!" Kiba withdrew from the hug to look at me, he cracked a smile as he seen my wide smile growing from ear to ear. I held his hand and proceeded to lead him to where our class had taken the path through the rainforest. "Yes, we'll definitely spend more time together! I swear!" I declared, but it felt like deja vu. How many times have I promised him I would give more of my time to him?

But did I?
I don't want to make another empty promise.
I don't want to hurt him or let him down again.
He is my bestfriend after all.

6:22PM

Kiba and I spend the rest of our hike together until it was time to return to the hotel to start on our dinner.

We took our seat in the hotel's grand restaurant as we waited for our main course to be served. It felt great again, to be with my best friend and not worrying about the entire world. Because with Kiba, the entire world doesn't care. And the world won't judge me for every little action I take or every little word I say.

But yet, whenever I'm with Sasuke..

...
Sasuke!?

I searched my entire body and bag for my phone but I couldn't find it. I must have dropped it in the forest!
"Crap, Kiba. I think I dropped my phone just now-"
"It's with me, remember?" He slid it out of his pocket and into my palm. I was relieved, but now there was another obstacle to be afraid of..

I went missing again from Sasuke.. this time a good 6 hours..

I unlocked my phone to see yet again, a spam of missed calls and messages.

I checked to see his last message.
5:59PM- "I'm coming over now."

My jaw dropped and my heart raced.
This is absolutely the worst idea!
Firstly, it would ruin my time with Kiba after I just sincerely apologised!
Secondly, all the students here are going to go crazy over him again and they'll never let me off this time on a secluded island without me introducing them to him or getting his autograph for them.. or a picture, a handshake.. the lists goes on! I'll owe my entire school a favour!

I hurriedly excused myself to the bathroom and rang Sasuke.
"Naruto? Are you alright?" Sasuke picked up after a few seconds of the dial tone.
"Sasuke! Where are you now?!" I whispered loudly and angrily into my phone in the bathroom stall.
"I'm in a private helicopter, on my way to you." He casually said, as I can hear the wind blowing heavily in his background.
"Do not land here, I repeat.. do NOT land here."

"Tsk, why not? Do you have something to hide?" He clicked his tongue, I could tell he was annoyed.
"Exactly. I have to hide from you, you realise who you are right?!"
"I don't care about that, you should know by now I only care about you."
"But I care!"
It was moving into the direction of an argument. I could no longer endure whispering and I raised my voice into the phone.

He doesn't understand..
Who he is..
And who I am.

"I don't care, you better not show up! ...Or else!" I screamed into my mobile before hanging up. This celebrity always had the world in his palm, how the hell would I ever expect him to get where I'm coming from?

I'm so sick of my face in paparazzi magazines or classmates asking about Sasuke..

I just want to feel as if it's me and him..
Just me and him, alone.
But whenever I'm with him, I feel like the entire human population is right behind him too.

Before him, I was an average student, an almost nobody. How the hell could I have expected us to work out with our massive differences in life and lifestyle?

I'm tired of this loudness.
I just need some peace and quiet. I thought I would be able to achieve that on this island. But if he's here.. the sounds of the earth follows.