Social Butterflies
It had been almost two weeks since Sasuke left the hidden leaf. After spending some time in a cell back at the village, he realized that all he wanted was to be alone and think things over. But Sasuke found himself not thinking of much these days. He did find the quiet of the forest calming though.
Even though he knew it wasn't a good idea, all he wanted to do was get away from humanity so that no one could ever see a glimpse of his face ever again. He knew that would never happen though, Naruto and Sakura would always drag him back if he ever faced the darkness again. Sasuke wasn’t a helpless child who couldn’t make his own decisions, he just wanted to be able to stand on his own two feet.
Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted. He sensed something, or someone. It was a very familiar chakra signature and he can tell its Jūgo’s, that must’ve meant he was close to the Sound village. He could feel Jūgos chakra signature getting closer, and he didn’t know why as he’d asked for no one to follow him. Sasuke didn’t stop and wait, if Jūgo really needed to speak with him, he’d catch up.
Eventually, Jūgo caught up, and Sasuke was alerted by the rustling of the bushes. Jūgo emerged, looking out of breath and nervous. Sasuke turned around to face him and raised his eyebrow as if to tell Jūgo to speak.
“I know that you said you didn’t want anyone with you on your trip when you left, but…” Jūgo stopped, wondering if he should continue, or just leave Sasuke alone like the Uchiha desired.
“What is it?” Sasuke asked in a flat, monotone voice.
“I just… I don’t know whether I should say anything because my reasons for following you out here are so… selfish...” Jūgo continued, finally finding his voice. “I followed you here because.. I can’t control my rages anymore, and every day that I’m at the Northern hideout, they get worse and worse. You’re the only person other than Kimimaro that’s been able to control me. I don’t want to hurt any more innocent people.”
Sasuke paused, thinking about what Jūgo had just said. He knew that what Jūgo said was true, he was the most honest person he’d ever met, Jūgo never lied. What Jūgo said was just proof that he was human under his reputation as a monster. Sasuke sympathized with him, but he would never tell.
“Hn.” That’s all Sasuke says as he turns around again, and starts walking away, the tone of his voice signaling for Jūgo to follow.
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The sun had already set, and the pair were both sitting at the “campfire” they had made earlier. Jūgo desperately searched for a way to break the silence, but it seemed that Sasuke didn’t care much about how quiet it was. Neither of them had amazing social skills.
Sasuke was exhausted, and the way that Jūgo was looking at him with those eyes of desperation tired him all the more. He decided to pull out his sleeping bag and go to sleep for the night, he trusted that Jūgo would take first watch.
Jūgo takes first watch, but instead decides to let Sasuke sleep the entire night, he had seemed tired before.
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Sasuke awoke the next morning, surprised to find that it was light out. He sat up, and Jūgo was sitting near the fire.
“Good morning, well actually, good afternoon.” Jūgo said, Sasuke could hear the laugh in his voice. The ice was finally broken.
“Why didn’t you wake me up when it was my turn to take watch?” Sasuke asked, but in reality, he knew the answer. Jūgo was a considerate person, he was the type to let you sleep as long as you wanted if you seemed tired the day before.
“You seemed tired, of course I wasn’t going to wake you up.” Jūgo said that as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
“I don’t need to be spoiled, I’m an adult.” It was true, but just barely, Sasuke had only recently filled 18. “But I appreciate it, thank you.” Just the sound of those two words coming out of his mouth sounded foreign, he wasn’t one to thank people.
Jūgo sighed a sigh of relief, he was relieved that the ice was broken. The rest of the trip would be a lot better this way.
“So, where are we going?” Jūgo asked, he had been wondering for a while.
“Nowhere specific, just as far away as possible. I do know that there’s a town nearby, I was planning on going there, but we don-” Sasuke paused when he realized he was rambling. Uchihas did not ramble.