Obsessed with how Naruto circles around the one thing he can't articulate, but Sasuke keeps prodding at.
"You're my best friend. What else can there be?"
And in the absence of finding a word to label it, he describes how it makes him feel
I can't tell you "I love you" but I can show you what's inside of my heart is that time we shared a secret smile at the dock because behind the facade of rivalry, we had a common understanding of Loneliness.
I can't tell you "I love you." But I can confess that meeting you has made me happy.
I can't tell you "I love you" but I can share that I don't want you to be alone again.
I can't tell you "I love you" but I can vow to meet you in the afterlife when we are not constrained by our societal obligations and come to truly understand each other then
I can't tell you "I love you" but I can tell you how seeing you carry that weight by yourself makes me feel pain
I didn't tell you "I love you" but we both knew well enough.
