Believe in Me | By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto > General Views: 6268 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Hashirama sobbed at the pain that was running through his leg the next day. It hurt so much and, from the look of it, the stab wound was becoming infected. Tobirama was off playing by the small stream happily, and the older Senju was just glad that Tobirama wasn’t around to see him in such pain.
“Nii-san!” Tobirama called happily, splashing in the shallow stream; he always had loved water. “Nii-san, pway? Pway?”
Hashirama looked over at his otouto and shook his head, smiling weakly in an attempt tohide his pain. “N-not today, Tobi. Maybe another day?”
Tobirama pouted and nodded but Hashirama was just glad that he hadn’t realised something was wrong. “Hmm…”
Hashirama chuckled, despite the pain he was in -- his brother was so cute. He turned his attention back to his leg, and he was disgusted to see all the pus and blood caking both the wound and the lining of his pants. It hurt so much but he didn't want to worry Tobirama, no matter what happened.
He knew he needed someone to help him, but he had never been so far from the Senju compound before and had no idea where the nearest village was but, even if he did, he didn't trust anyone besides his brother – not after what had happened to his clan.
As Hashirama was lost in his thoughts, Tobirama approached him quietly, sneaking up from behind him as a small game. He waited a few seconds, smiling, before throwing himself onto his brother’s back and squealing happily.
Hashirama gasped and turned quickly; startled so badly he had elbowed whoever had ‘attacked’ him. A familiar cry of pain made Hashirama’s eyes water with tears as he realised who he had hit and he grabbed his brother, hugging him tightly.
“I’m so sorry, Tobi!” Hashirama sobbed. “I-I didn't mean to hit you! You just scared me! Please forgive me!”
“’Niki…” Tobirama sobbed, holding his stomach; Hashirama had hit him pretty hard. “…’Niki…”
“Shh, Tobi…” Hashirama soothed gently, reaching underneath Tobirama’s shirt to rub his tummy softly. “Does that feel better?”
Tobirama nodded with teary eyes, little sobs escaping him. “Yes, ‘niki…”
Tobirama curled up on his brother’s lap just minutes later, soothed by his brother’s comforting warmth. Hashirama continued to rub his stomach, trying to distract himself from his own pain. Everything was silent for a few minutes before Tobirama spoke.
“What happen, ‘niki?” Tobirama’s small, curious voice spoke.
“Hmm?” Hashirama looked down at his brother, and he winced when Tobirama’s tiny hand grazed his wound. “Oh, that…”
“Hurt?” Tobirama looked up into his brother’s face, tears falling down his cheeks. “Why no tell, nii-san?”
Hashirama shook his head and held his brother tightly. “It’s nothing, Tobi…”
Tobirama smiled weakly and nodded; if his brother said it was nothing, than it was nothing. His brother never lied, and he was always right. Hashirama clutched his brother, pulling him closer to his body. He just hoped that his wound would heal soon.
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It was a few days later and Tobirama’s sleep was interrupted by his brother’s harsh panting. He rolled over and sat up, looking at his brother’s face through the dead of the night.
Hashirama seemed to be sweating and he looked like he was in a lot of pain. Tobirama was scared; what was wrong with his brother? He had been fine these past couple of days, and he had been fine today!
“Nii-san…” Tobirama shook the older Senju’s shoulder gently. “Nii-san, wake up!”
Hashirama couldn’t open his eyes, and he only whimpered in pain, tears leaking down his cheeks as he threw his head side to side. He reached out blindly and searched for his brother.
“Tobi!” Hashirama whimpered. “T-tobi…!”
“’niki…” Tobirama whimpered back. “W-what’s wrong…? What?”
Before Hashirama had a chance to reply, he was struck by a wave of nausea. All he could do was throw up, feeling like he was going to die.
Tobirama squealed loudly and jumped to his feet. His eyes were wide and brimming with tears.
“I go get someone!” He whimpered. “’niki!”
Hashirama couldn’t say anything to the boy because the younger was already gone.
-XX-
Tobirama sobbed hysterically, desperate to find someone who could help his brother. He didn’t know how long he had been running for, but he did know that his brother needed help – and fast. So when he had hit a clearing in the forest and came across a single house, he was overjoyed – someone was there to help!
“Help!” Tobirama screamed, running to the house as fast as his chubby legs could carry him. “Help! Pwease! Help!”
Tobirama was just glad that someone was answering his pleas and was approaching him. It was a man – with long white hair and a look of concern on his face. The stranger knelt before Tobirama.
“What’s wrong?” He asked gently, reaching out to pet the child’s spiky hair. “Did something happen? Where are your parents?”
Tobirama pointed behind him, pure panic on the child’s face. His eyes were wide and his lip quivering as tears ran down his pale cheeks. “’niki sick! ‘niki very sick!”
The man frowned, picking Tobirama up. “Where?”
Tobirama could only whimper once more as he begun to shake.
The man didn’t waste any time running into the forest. It didn’t take long to find Hashirama laying down where the younger Senju had left him.
When the stranger knelt down and carefully shook Hashirama, trying to wake the brown-haired boy up, it was obvious that the Senju was extremely sick as he wouldn’t respond to anything.
-XX-
“Otouto…” Hashirama groaned and opened his eyes hours later. He felt so sick. He was nauseous and dizzy, aches all over his body. “Otouto, where are you…?”
“’niki…”
Hashirama turned to where his brother’s voice was coming from, and it was only then that he realised that he had been placed onto a large, brown couch.
“’niki better…?”
“Tobi…” Hashirama whispered, reaching out for his brother weakly. “Tobi, what happened…?”
“Yuki-san help…” Tobirama whispered, falling into his brother’s arms. “Yuki-san bringed Hashi-nii here…”
Hashirama looked down at his leg, surprised to find it bandaged. He blinked.
“My leg…”
A knock on the closed door surprised both Senju. They turned to see the same man that Tobirama had found enter what was supposedly the living room.
“Yuki-san!” Tobirama squealed happily. “Nii-san awake!”
The man – Yuki – smiled, leaning down to pick Tobirama up. “That’s wonderful. Hello, Hashirama-kun. I am Yuki. It’s very nice to meet you.”
Hashirama only blinked, still a little out of it from his sickness. “…”
Tobirama giggled, bouncing around in Yuki’s hold. Yuki smiled and petted his head.
Hashirama was silent for the entire fifteen minutes that he could stay awake but, as he fell back to sleep, he heard Yuki telling what was supposedly a doctor that he would take both boys into his care.
Tobirama clutched his brother’s hand tightly, smiling as the two boys followed Yuki to their new home.
Yuki had said that the house out by the forest was the one he used for his days away, but he lived in town. He seemed to be very kind – and even though Hashirama was wary of him, Tobirama seemed to absolutely adore the older male.
Hashirama knew that they needed a home for Tobirama’s sake, and he would rather have Yuki – someone who seemed okay – be with Tobirama than anyone else.
The younger Senju clung to his brother, smiling brightly as he looked at everything in uncontained excitement.
The people around seemed to love Tobirama, but the only time Hashirama was acknowledged was by the whispers that were making fun of him.
“Oh, what an adorable little boy!” People would say about Tobirama, smiling at the boy and giving him pats on the head. “How gorgeous! I could take you home right now! Such a little cutie!”
Tobirama would only smile happily at the comments, but Hashirama would cling tighter to his brother.
“Look at the other one, though…” People would sneer when they believed that Hashirama was out of earshot. “Not cute at all. Unlike the other one. Look at that long hair. Does he think he’s a girl? He’s probably gender confused. That, or he’ll grow up to be a faggot. Not cute at all.”
If Hashirama were a weaker child, he would’ve cried at the comments – but even if he weren’t crying, the comments still hurt all the same. He let go of his brother’s hand and reached up, grabbing his hair in self-consciousness.
“Don’t listen to them, Hashi-kun.” Yuki smiled down as he noticed this. “You are a cute kid like your brother. I like you just the way you are.”
“…” Hashirama avoided eye-contact, but he nodded anyway. “…Okay…”
“Don’t worry.” Yuki smiled. “Here is our house.”
Tobirama giggled happily, but Hashirama only grew more anxious – he was terrified that this seemingly-nice man would hurt them.
“Nii-san, pway?” Tobirama smiled, hugging his brother.
“…” Hashirama shook the thoughts from his head and smiled. Tobirama loved to play – it was all he wanted to do. “Maybe later. Love you, baby brother.”
Tobirama squealed happily. “Love nii-san, too!”
Yuki smiled as he unlocked the front door. “You both are so cute. Don’t listen to the others, Hashi-kun – you’re adorable in your own way.”
Hashirama smiled up at the white-haired male. Maybe… Yuki wasn’t so bad after all.
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