badfic_manor | Sabaku no Temari | 09

[Sitting out by the lake, Temari is just staring blankly over the water, Gokudera's hoodie doing next to nothing for warmth considering the snow around her. Pulling her almost bare legs closer to her body, a bowl was sitting beside her, the contents not visible to the camera.

This didn't make any sense...

Jutsu's made sense...

Death made sense...

Fortunes...they were just a scam. Right?

But why were things coming up accurate...and more importantly...how was she able to read them? She'd never put much stock in fortune telling, it was just a way to make some quick money off of gullible fools. But that didn't explain how she knew how to read such a ridiculous scam.

Glancing down, she noticed the blackberry was on. Instead of turning it off, she picked it up and peered at the camera. She was lost, she relied so heavily on realistic things, this was more than a little confusing for the poor girl. What threw her off more than that though, she couldn't feel the wind like she usually could. It was always there, whispering to her...but now, it was deadly silent, as though ignoring her and abandoning her like everyone else in her life had.]

...What's happening to me?

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Can't you though? I thought you were supposed to be smart.

You stole what was mine, enjoying my friend...my family, it's only fair that I get something in return.

[What now? Ryuutaro huffed a bit, but then his smile returned]

So this is about Hayato? As far as I know though, I've been close to him before you.

[But not so close that she had to be scared of losing him.]

Only because you were here first. If you truly cared for him though, you'd let him go.

[This was ridiculous, more than only ridiculous even. Ryuutaro let out a strange high-pitched, chuckle]

Fate guided me to him first, would be the proper way of wording out.

And let him go? I'm afraid he doesn't want to leave and who would I be to deny him?

There's no such thing as fate. We make our own destinies, I suppose you're just too weak for that though.

[Scowling, she looked away for a moment, trying to get her own feelings under control.] ...You can say what you want...but if you truly cared about him, you would have been the one bleeding on the floor. Not him.

[She was still sore over that and it wasn't likely to go away any time soon.]

[That one. It hit. And it hit hard. Ryuutaro sharply inhales and for a moment he can't say a word.

Bleeding.

Dead.

He could not ever get rid of the images]

I don't think you can judge how much I care for him in any way, your mind is clouded over by irrational jealousy, I'm afraid.

I don't get jealous. I'm simply stating facts.

Had he been with me, I would have done anything to ensure his safety. You let him die.

[And Ryuutaro actually looks off to the side. Consider this a victory, Temari.]

I'm not a fighter in the way he is. The only thing I could have done was d-die myself, alongside him... which would have made it so much harder for him to recover now.

[His voice shook slightly as he was saying this. How he wished he could've done more. Anything. Anything at all]

[The answer was clear to her. At least if he died with him, she may have some semblance of respect for him. All that she saw though, was a coward. Someone that didn't deserve her respect or Gokudera.]

...Then you should have died.

[Gokudera would have gotten over his dying.

It just seemed strange to her that Gokudera was so torn up...and Ryuutaro got away unharmed.]

Further prove you don't understand Hayato at all.

[Hayato had promised to keep him safe. And he took breaking promises really badly...]

He wants me to live. I'm not going to reject him and throw away what he's giving me.

I know him on a level that you could never hope to.

[their childhoods, their histories...just looking at Ryuutaro, she knew that he never endured anything like they had. Perhaps that was why Gokudera was so attracted to him...he was clean. Untarnished.]

[In any other situation this would not have hurt Ryuutaro. In every other situation he'd be way too arrogant and self-confident to ever be affected by such simple words.
But right now... He hated her for this. She had his abilities, the thing he revolved his entire self about and now she just dared to claim his boyfriend as well.

He smirked darkly]

Are you sure? I'm so very sorry to disappoint but I know his every though.

[At least something this week had been good for]

Oh? Is that so.

He won't tell you anything so you have to go digging in his head for answers? I'm sorry to tell you, all I have to do is ask. [Okay, she wasn't really sorry.] I know about his family, his heritage, everything.

[Gokudera was all the family she had left and like hell she was going to just let Ryuutaro take him away from her. He was HER friend, HER brother, this wasn't a passing thing.]

If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from him and leave him be. If he gets hurt again because of you, not even he will be able to save your worthless self.

So do I. And I did before this week. I am not going to violently get answers out of his head. It's just nice seeing how he feels for me, how real it is.

I'm not entirely sure what you see in me, but I have to disappoint you.

[And for once he does not even say he was sorry about it]

If you think I am going to abandon him for something selfish as protecting myself, you're mistaken. I am not going anywhere.

[He'd been this person once, the one to only protect his own life. He'd mistaken it for strength, for being independent. He had been an idiot and the last year of his life had thaught him that. Maybe he didn't need more than Hayato, didn't need a network of people, but staying with Hayato, no matter what...
He was strong enough to hold on to this and protect this connection.]

I' m not running.

[He smiled, closing his fan slowly. Temari had already gotten so deep into his head with her words, but there was no need to show that. She was no threat. He had what he had and he'd keep it.]

Sabaku no Temari | 09 | [In Person/Video]

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