I had this vision someday and needed to draw. The initial idea was it to be more goth like, but I tried to use his clothes in Naruto & Naruto Shippuden as reference. I think it ended well. I also tested a different and less detailed render than I'm used to. Tell me what you think ou more ideas you would like to see.
YOUR FATHER’S WORDS STRUCK deep into you, that very night you fell asleep replaying them. since that night you began to distance yourself from sasuke little by little, you changed your schedule with neji and rather than training throughout the late evenings you began to train in the mornings. the only contact you had with sasuke were the small greetings you’d offer him when passing his side—this really only consisted of a small wave. as you’d move along before allowing him to sneak in a conversation. truth be told this was internally killing you, you missed his cute little smile, watching him and naruto argue over small competitions—frankly you’ve been taking more and more missions the last couple of days.
you’d found yourself drowned in sadness, along one of your missions you had even succumbed to bowing down on your knees and praying to god. the first few days you rebuked your fathers words, and even tossed them to the side and excusing your father as an old man with traditional thinking. though as your thoughts mellowed and his words marinated you began to see his reasonings. thus it was true, sasuke was bound to be the second hand commandment of his clan; beneath his elder brother of course. uchiha itachi had found his lover within the clan, not a girl from a different clan. the more and more your mind dwelled on this, the more you began to dread reality; and even so your elder cousins beliefs started to become your own. it was sasuke’s destiny to be wed with another uchiha and further strengthen his clan. and for you? you were to defend hinata and the family she chooses to stretch and replenish amongst your clan. that was your duty, not to fall in love with the chief of the police force’s youngest son.
currently you were so worked up with your own thoughts you had forgotten you had stopped by ichiraku’s ramen spot for a quick supper. it was almost as though with all the thinking of sasuke you had seemingly manifested him right in front of you.
“y’know it’s really rude to avoid your future lover for a week straight.” you could hear the smirk on his face and oh how it made you sick! you stared into the half-eaten ramen in front of you, not wanting to talk to him and only wishing for the owner to present the bill to you. “honestly [name] changing your whole routine up, i mean damn i couldn’t even get a hint out of neji!” his hand reached for yours, his fingers slyly slipping by yours and interlocking them.
your empty hues looked over at him, tears wanting to well up at the bottom of your bottomless pits, but rather you swallowed harshly. “so how did you even know i was here.” you were blunt, yet your fingers still crossed with his.”
he laughed, squeezing your hand. “easy, hinata couldn’t keep quiet! i mean i was gonna at least try and interrogate her, but honestly after i asked the first time she felt bad and told me your whereabouts.”
the sun had already failed to keep up with the day, the sky was fading into a gleaming black with hues of blue as the moon began to peak over the land. “she also mentioned how you haven’t been home in days, she wanted me to tell you her and hanabi miss you.” sasuke looked into your eyes with worry, his heartbeat was quick and reflecting off his wrist and onto yours. “put this bill on my tab please and thank you!” sasuke waited no time to grab your wrist and hop off the stool, which only made you follow in return. he pulled off into the villages path; tugging you closer and throwing his arm across your shoulder. he tilted his head, using his hand from the arm wrapped around you to grab your chin. “won’t ya smile already, i've missed you so much…” he dropped your chin as you both walked in sync.
“sasuke… listen—“
“i don’t really care what kinda excuse you’re gonna say, but i don’t wanna go more days without having you by my side. you’ve been on more and more missions lately, you don’t meet at our usual spot to let me walk you home, you stopped training with neji at night— knowing i would often come and see you to listen to the waves crash together. seriously [name], do you have any consideration for how i feel?”
then and there is when you feel your heart scrunch up and cause you a pain greater than your fathers words. you moved from beneath his arm, now standing in front of him with your hand cupping the chub of his cheek. “sasuke, we mustn’t let ourselves get carried away in teenage love. we are both destined for different things.”
sasuke flinched at your words, laughing in disbelief. “how can you say something like that… honestly what’s gotten into you lately?” truly sasuke was hurt, he showed you a side of him no other has been introduced to, he’s been completely vulnerable with you and you only; yet this is the venom you’ve spat in his face after neglecting his presence for the last week?
hidden within an alley with only a few street lamps glistening your path you looked away from his gaze and towards the brick walls. “what about your clan? i mean, sasuke you know i have to eventually become hinata’s backup and literally her bodyguard.”
he scoffed, running a hand through the front of his hair and pushing away the strands that dangled in his eyes. “if i had to choose between you and what my father wants for the clan? you’d be a fool to think i’d choose that over you, if anything itachi can keep his title as the leader and i’ll take over the police force.” his eyes too darted away from yours, he was almost in disbelief. for him things seemed simple, of course he would work his way around his destiny so long as you were to be a part of it. you on the other hand still questioned yourself and that is what hurt him. “do you remember before you left again, when the chunin exams took place? neji’s little speech before his fight with naruto, about a bird in a cage… is that how you feel as well? without the mark of course..”
your eyes drew back onto him, “truthfully yes, my father discussed reality with me and with that he shared with me the facts of your destiny and mine. they are two completely different things, sasuke. although i am not imprinted as a caged bird, truth be told, if i am not destined for a life with you i shall appoint myself as my elder sister's second hand.” your hand reached for his, offering a warm palm.
taking it he squeezed it in return, “then let me be the one to show you freedom, and let that freedom be a life where the two of us don’t worry about the expectations others have for us…” he gained confidence as he grew closer to you, much like the last time.
your hearts began to beat uncontrollably, his cheeks tinted with a hint of red as his hand cupped your face. “i didn’t get to do it last time, but maybe I needed time beforehand…” you nodded as you gulped, feeling his lips press against your own. the two of you relished in the moment before attempting to make a further move, your lips moved on their own accord; splitting ways after moving together for only a few seconds.
he rested his head against yours, “please, [name] regardless of what the future may hold for us… don’t let rules and expectations get in between the way you feel.”
you hummed in response, “for now we musnt allow my father to know of our outings, not until i muster up the courage to explain this to him.”
sasuke grinned before it suddenly fell from his lips, “so i can’t walk you home today?” he groaned, “you really suck you know?!”
you giggled, “mhm sure i do, sasuke!”
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you had spent the next few days leaving home earlier, and coming back later. your father failed to pick up on the new habits, which wasn’t anything new as he never really paid attention to detail. truthfully he thought you were both smart and capable of handling your own. you had slowed down on the missions and only took those that were assigned to you by lord fourth, other than that you’d sneak away from the village with sasuke and lose yourselves within the valleys.
your nights consisted of your memories replaying and having little bursts of happiness, but also you began to think deeply. to everyone else sasuke was a—righteously—overly confident ninja who never really cared for all the attention he received from girls. he was loved by all as he was not only the uchiha prince, but also the fourth hokage’s son’s best friend. though, you knew everything about him, you shared dreams with him, you knew his deepest darkest secrets, and even knew him emotionally more than most.
though, you wondered if anyone besides sasuke and yourself knew about the backup plans you both had set aside. truthfully, you weren’t so sure fugaku would listen to what sasuke says and simply move on with life. perhaps he would agree to him being the chief of the police force, but what he desired was the same he had for itachi; and that was to continue the pure bloodline. you groaned, brushing past your thoughts and pushing yourself out of bed. maybe you both were a bit over your own heads that night, but you couldn’t bother to dwell on this, not today anyway. for today was july 23rd; sasuke's birthday.
you were quick to prepare yourself for the day, but this was after a bit of sparring with neji and training with hanabi and watching over hinata’s training.
you walked amok the village, passing by the villagers and ninja that roamed the city. you made your way towards the meetup spot you and sasuke had assigned, and that was ichiraku’s ramen! as you found yourself there you encountered the entirety of team seven alongside sasuke. you leaned against the post greeting everyone with a wave, “hey sakura, naruto and kakashi!” you smiled as you bowed to kakashi.
“oh please, no need to bow down to me, [name]!” kakashi scratched the back of his head, he truly never liked any formality with him when it came to you or any other peers.
sakura grinned, “oh you made it, [name]! we’re only here on behalf of naruto!” sakura rolled her eyes before glancing at the blonde, “we all know he chose to invite sasuke to dinner because this is his favorite food, not sasuke’s!”
you laughed with her and sasuke, looking over at naruto. “well whatever! he still came didn’t he!” he huffed as he crossed his arms across his chest.
sasuke glanced over at you every chance he could, enjoying the company you and the others offered him. although very grateful, he knew what he was truly waiting for. and that was to bring you back to his house and introduce you to his father, more or so as a friend, but he had spent his whole day talking about you to his mother and itachi; he really wanted to take a step closer to strengthening that bond.
after everyone had finished up with lunch and went on with their day, you were hand in hand with sasuke as you made your way towards the uchiha establishment. “i’m nervous, sasuke.” you blabbed out.
he chuckled with a grin, “no need itachi and my mom are already fond of you, besides i’ve been hyping your name up since yesterday.”
you smiled, but let out a sarcastic laugh. “great so now i’m under some pressure! i gotta meet up to their expectations now, sasuke; good one!” the uchiha clan crest became visible to the both of you, meaning you were near.
sasuke laughed, “i don’t even think my father will be there, he’s the only one you’d have to fulfill some expectations for. izumi will also be there, she’s bubbly, kinda like naruto, so don’t be shy.”
the guard bowed to both you and sasuke’s presence, “good evening miss. hyuga, sasuke.”
the two of you nodded as you made your way down to his house, you heart felt like it multiplied and each replica had its own fast heartbeat. your steps felt slow as you neared the entrance, you foot on the first step of the porch. you were terrified, what if his mother didn’t like you— not even as one of sasuke’s friends, what if—
“sasuke! is this [name]?” you were knocked fresh out of your thoughts by a sweet voice, looking up you made eye contact with what looked like sasuke as a grown woman; his mother!
you gasped lightly, bowing down to her. “a pleasure to meet you, miss. uchiha.”
she laid a hand on her chest, gasping sarcastically. “well would you look at that, not even naruto treated me with such formality!” she giggled, “now now, don’t worry about being fancy and all that stuff! come along, itachi and izumi are finishing setting up inside!”
sasuke squeezed your hand before letting go, motioning for you to follow him inside. you let out a heavy breath before entering the establishment, your eyes gazing around for a split second. “itachi, izumi, this is [name].”
a young woman with brown hair grinned at you, “ohhh you must be sasuke’s girlfriend!” she sneered as itachi chuckled before shaking his head.
you face felt hotter than ever, slapping your hand over your mouth. “oh no, we’re just friends that’s all!”
itachi leaned against a wall with his arms crossed, “mmhm, that’s what they all say. give it a good year and the two of you will be together; you children are too easy to guess.”
mikoto laughed loudly, walking by itachi and slapping his arm. “don’t take itachi’s words too harsh, he thinks he’s all tough, but he and izumi fell in love in like a week!”
izumi found herself in a fit of giggles and itachi was stunned. sasuke joined in on the laughter as you smiled and grinned at itachi. “you offend me elder brother, you saying it would take that long to make [name] fall for me?”
you smirked, “don’t be too cocky now, sasuke, don’t get ahead of yourself simply because it’s your birthday.”
mikoto was full of laughter and smiles, “you better tell him, honestly sasuke’s such a cocky little boy!”
you followed behind everyone else who gathered together and sat around a futon. itachi sat besides izumi, as you and sasuke sat parallel with them; mikoto to the side of you four.
itachi looked at you with curiosity, “you’re a hyuga i take it? you’ve got yourself a pair of sharp eyes.”
you nodded as you watched mikoto pour tear into your mug, you smiled and took it up to your mouth before swallowing a small sip. “yes that is true, my father is hiashi.”
he nodded, “ah, you’re one of the twins. and i take it you’re the elder sister?”
you hummed, “no actually, my elder sister is hinata.” you cleared your throat, feeling sasuke’s hand clutch yours beneath the table.
“wow, from what i’ve heard and seen you show remarkable strength and intelligence, i guess you were unfortunate when it came to timing and birth. no matter you are still awfully talented and gifted, i’m glad sasuke has taken it to become friends with you; he needs someone like you.”
sasuke rolled his eyes playfully, “yeah yeah, he’s just saying that cause he doesn’t have time to train with me anymore!”
izumi smiled, “sorry sasuke, i take up too much of your brother's time.”
mikoto laughed and took in all the presences in the room, she loved seeing her little family all put together. “i wouldn’t mind having [name] as my second daughter in law…” she muttered playfully, wiggling her eyebrows around.
sasuke’s face flared up, “m-mom!”
itachi chuckled, “it seems he wouldn’t mind either, mother.”
the rest of the evening you spent with the uchiha family, mikoto had apologized for the lack of presence her husband had, but said she would make it up for you by inviting you for tea another day. honestly it felt too raw and natural the way you bonded with them, yet in the back of your head you still dreaded presenting this idea to not only your father, but sasuke’s as well.
One of my fav. things is Sasuke being super smart and athletic while simultaneously having only one braincell.
What I have so far (set in some sort of High School AU)
Ran straight into the wall while talking to Suigetsu
Threw away an unopened water bottle (and then fished it out of the trash when Karin pointed it out) because he wasn’t paying attention
Cleared an unopened (and completely unnoticed) love letter off of his desk and turned it in with his homework
Took Suigetsu’s backpack home with him instead of his own and finished all the assignments before realizing what he’d done (no, he didn’t notice the difference in handwriting)
Frequently goes to Suigetsu’s locker instead of his own and doesn’t get why it won’t open
(a lot of his one braincell moments happen in relation to Suigetsu tbh. They’re best friends and really smart apart but together they’re just peak Idiot material)
once said “no, thank you” without thinking to someone who had just confessed they had a mega crush on him. this happened in front of Itachi
