Different Path (Sasuke AU)

Chapter 14

I watch from a rooftop as my younger brother heads home.

He has an expressionless face...

I know that he will daydream in the forest. I have been observing him since I killed everyone...

He has a tendency to get lost in thoughts during fights.

What is so important that is always on his mind?

I leap down in front of his door. I enter through an open window.

I take my shoes off.

My plan is to talk to him. I will give him encouragement. Something to strive for, but once we finish... I'll make it seem like a dream with a jutsu of mine which I have tested out multiple times on Kisame.

I sneak to his room. I peep in through the small opening in the door.

Sasuke is sitting on his bed, gazing out his window with a sad expression. He is deep in thought.

I shushin next to him. He doesn't notice me.

I place my hand on his shoulder causing him to violently jolt. He jumps to the other side of his bed. His eyes are wide open.

"N-nii-san?"

"Yes otouto. It is me"

Tears start streaming down his face.

I get on his bed and sit there.

I don't want to scare him so I won't move suddenly anymore.

He slowly crawls over.

He pokes my arm, testing whether I am real or not.

Once he is sure I exist, he just sits there crying.

My heart is shattered. This is how much I have hurt him. The sight of he doesn't anger him. He doesn't lunge at me with the intention of revenge, he just looks at me with a heart full of sorrow.