Taken from Chapter 21: Presence of Water (Weeks Before He Left)

"The wind twisted at their hair, toyed and mingled with the strands of baby pink and blue-black, nipped at the heat of their bodies, danced around the light material of their clothes binding them together.
And the vast skies wept, taken by the beauty.

Sasuke stood there looking at her, at the places his mouth kissed. The smooth paleness of skin, the softness of her cheeks, the fine curve of her nose…

One droplet of rain, a shattered wet streak across the delicate bridge of it, but the girl seemed not to notice.

It was only the dim circles of light in Sasuke’s eyes. Something she no longer saw, but instead, felt.

Then more rain came, a drizzle of beads hitting gently at their faces, soaking into their hair and dampening the hues of their clothes.

“Sasuke-kun…” she said, losing the honorific to the drift of the rain.
He said nothing but kissed her. Just so she knew he had heard beyond the downpour.

Nothing now but thoughts dug themselves deeper and deeper into his mind, repeating many times over.
That he never wanted to be alone again.
That he lost everything once and he never wanted to lose again.
That with his past holding him back, he was only hiding.
…But that she would find him.

…I want you to find me."

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This deviation is dedicated to my 23 year old Austrian friend Julie.
Edit: Gah!!! Julie is 21. So sorry, na. *blushes* -
who was so nice to offer to translate my fanfic into german so she can share it with her fellow-country peoples... and Narutards. (...Haha! Yes "narutards" ...)

Julie... "danke schön!" And don't do so many things, you might just kill yourself before you get to even see our Sasuke-kun come back. *laughs*

Weapon and Tool: Photoshop 7.0 and WACOM tablet