Sunrise and Sunset , Meant To Be
Day
He loves me but I can not return that love. My heart belongs to Sasuke and only Sasuke. His heart is in pieces and I need to help him. He is my best friend and I need to make sure he will be okay. Running around the block, I decide to drop by and say hi. I knock but no one answers. Its 5 am and I know he is awake. I let myself in and walk to his room. The sight that meets my eyes is not one I wished to see.
Sunrise
Another dreadful morning. Another day of lonesomeness and pain. I look at my clock and it reads 4:30. Standing up, I hop into the shower. The water caresses my body and seems to wash away all the pain and sadness buried inside me. I don't love Naruto and never truly did. What I thought was love wasn't. I confused the feeling joy with love. I had been alone most of my life and my parents are no longer here. Naruto made me happy, he made me feel warm and comforted. It was easy to think that feeling was love, but after 13 years of watching Naruto and Sasuke I realized the difference. Love is when you feel completed, when you know you have found your other half. I step out of the shower and go to my room. Putting on pants, I look for my savior. Ah, there it is, on my dresser right where I left it. The sun's reflection glares off the newly cleaned silver. I put it against my skin and draw it across slowly. Halfway done I hear a knocking at the door. I don't answer and hope that the visitor will just leave. After a few minutes of silence I finish the cut. Crimson liquid drips onto the already stained carpet. Shit, the door opens and I see Naruto staring in shock. Now he knows my secret. Before I can say anything as an explanation, my mind fades and I slowly retreat into darkness.
Day
I quickly calm myself down. He's fainted and steadily losing more and more of his valuable life source. Running into the bathroom I grab a bunch of bandages to cover his wounds. On my way back to his room I grab the phone and call 911. Once I hang up I go and cover both his wrists. I hope the paramedics come quickly because he's fading away from me more and more each second. I can't lose him. He has always been there for me and now, in his time of need, I am useless. The ambulance arrives and takes over for me. As he is being loaded into the red and white van, I notice how dreadfully pale he is. I can't help feeling that this is entirely my fault. He tried to kill himself because of me. I rush home into the awaiting arms of my husband and bury my head into his chest as sobs wrack my body. I finally calm down and tell Sasuke of the horrifying experience I had.
Sunrise
I awake to hear a quiet sobbing. It's Naruto! He's apologizing to me. Damn, I made him feel like it's all his fault. That's not what I meant to do. Slowly I open my eyes and let them adjust to bright room I'm currently occupying. I try to move but realize that I can't. There are wires all over my chest to monitor my heart and make sure I'm okay. Naruto lifts his head and grabs me into a tight embrace. I tell him it's not his fault but he disagrees every time. I tell him the truth. I tell him that I never really loved him and thought of him only as a brother. He seems a little relieved that I'm okay. I smile up at him to solidify the fact that I'm okay now. "OUCH!!"
Day
"Well, you had it coming to you." Shaking my hand to relieve the pain I look at his newly forming black eye. He deserved that punch and so much more for what he did to me. He made me worried sick because of what he did. I didn't know if he was going to make it. I'm angry with him. Why did he have to choose to cut himself. There are different ways to relieve the pain. Although I shouldn't be talking since I attempted suicide 13 years ago. Still, I wish he would have talked to me about everything instead of resorting to suicide. I know what it's like. I know what he's going through. I get up to leave. Visiting hours are over and I'm sure Sasuke is worried about me since I have been here all day. As I walk out the nurse and her intern walk in. I turn around to say goodbye but rethink it when I see the look in his eyes.
Sunrise
Naruto gets up to leave and the nurse walks in with her intern. Oh my god, he's beautiful. This intern must be new here since we live in a small town and everybody knows everyone. He looks at me and I quickly turn away. This is so embarrassing, I'm blushing. I never believed in love at first sight but I do now. I have fallen for an intern at General Hospital and I don't even know his name.
Sunset
I just moved here from Tokyo and know nothing about Kyoto. My first day here has not been all that great. I came here for an internship at one of the best hospitals in Japan, but the only cases I've worked on so far are little things like a mom being overly worried about her baby's first cold. Things just go downhill from there, until I get a real case, something much more interesting. A boy was brought in this morning for loss of blood from two deep self inflicted wounds on the wrists. I walk into the room as a beautiful blonde hair, blue eyed boy about my age exists. I automatically assume that its his boyfriend and saddened that he's taken. He's gorgeous and I'm in love. He reminds me of the sunrise. His eyes look like a pale gray morning with the sun just rising. His hair is a dark black and clashes with his eyes. The dark of night jarring with the looming light of day.
Sunrise
His appearance is that of the sunset. Hair like the scarlet setting sun and eyes black as the approaching night. They blend together perfectly to form a unique and mesmerizing boy of sun setting beauty. "My name is Gaara and I will be working with you today." The sound of his voice is just as graceful as I thought it would be.
Sunset
"..I will be working with you today." The nurse leaves, seeing that I have the situation under control. The room is silent and my nerves are frayed. I don't know why I feel this way when I've only just met him. "Neji." His voice is smooth. Okay, I have to ask him. "Was that your boyfriend leaving?" "No."
Sunrise
I see jealousy flash through his eyes as he asks the question. "No." Relief floods through his eyes and I know he feels the way I do. "When I'm healed, you wanna go out somewhere?" "Yes, I'd love that." A conversation ensues and we talk for the rest of the night. I know I've finally found him. For the first time in my life I'm finally happy.
Day
I watch through a crack in the door as they meet and fall in love. I leave with the feeling of piece knowing now that his life is finally getting better, just as mine did. There is no need to worry any more. Gaara loves Neji and Neji loves Gaara. He will never cut himself again. Just like Day and Night, Sunset and Sunrise are meant to be.
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