Why Can't You See Me? | By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 2427 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
“No luck?”
Hashirama’s eyes watered when Izuna shook his head. Everyone had been out searching for Tobirama, but no one could find him -- not even the police. The Senju had been gone all day and it was now nearing nine-o’clock at night.
“I’m sorry, Hashirama-san…” Izuna said softly.
“Hashi, the police are still out looking.” Madara tried to comfort his lover. “I’m sure Tobi-kun is fine.”
“Madara-chan…!” Hashirama sobbed, grabbing Madara and hugging him tightly. “My baby brother! What is wrong with him! Why is he doing this?!”
“Shh…” Madara hugged the Senju. “It’s okay…”
“He’s all I’ve got!” Hashirama sobbed. “My precious baby brother! I can’t lose him!”
“You won’t lose him,” Madara soothed. “It’s okay.”
“He’s the only family I have left! Madara-chan! I can’t… my baby brother!”
“Shh…” Madara held Hashirama tightly, swaying him gently. “Izuna, go have another look for Tobi, please.”
Izuna nodded sadly. “I don’t like seeing Hashirama-san so upset…”
“I know, Izuna… I know…”
Izuna hugged his brother goodbye before leaving the house, walking along slowly. He looked everywhere for Tobirama, but no matter where he had searched, he just couldn’t find the Senju. He soon decided to go home and have a rest, but when he stepped back into the house, he felt his heart breaking at Hashirama’s loud cries.
“Aniki!” Izuna called, taking his shoes off by the door. “Aniki, I’m home!”
“Upstairs, Izu!” Madara called. “In Tobi’s room.”
Izuna hurried upstairs and he teared up when he found Hashirama laying on Tobirama’s bed, crying into the pillow.
“Oh, Hashirama-san…” Izuna said sadly.
“Izu, baby,” Madara called, sitting on the chair at Tobirama’s desk. “Hashi is very distressed. Don’t bother him, okay? Just let him cry. He needs to let everything out.”
Izuna nodded and hurried to his brother, climbing up onto Madara’s lap. Izuna couldn’t believe today. Hashirama was the strongest person that Izuna knew, and he knew that the Senju very rarely cried -- and when he did, he was always quick to cheer up. Today, Hashirama had done nothing but cry.
“My baby brother!” Hashirama cried.
Madara didn’t get a chance to say a word, because the second Hashirama’s phone began to ring, the Senju dived on it.
“Did you find my brother?” Hashirama sobbed into the phone, not even bothering to check the caller ID.
It was silent on Hashirama’s end for a moment before, “Tobi! Where are you!”
Both Uchiha became alert at this. Once Hashirama had hung the phone up, said Senju turned to the younger males.
“Tobi’s hurt,” he sobbed. “I need to pick him up.”
“What happened to him…?” Izuna whimpered.
“…His friends took him to a nightclub… A drunken man bashed him…”
“We’ll come.” Madara said quickly, standing up and helping Hashirama to his feet -- he knew that Hashirama needed support. “C’mon.”
Hashirama nodded and the three of them hurried out to the car.
-XX-
An hour later, Izuna was sitting in the passenger seat next to his brother. Hashirama was in the back seat, nursing his injured brother. The tension in the air was thick and Izuna felt uncomfortable because of it.
“Nii-san…?” Izuna spoke tentatively, trying to break the silence.
“Shh…” Madara shushed gently. “We’ll talk about it later, okay?”
Izuna nodded and watched his brother.
Hashirama must’ve been so focused on Tobirama that he had forgotten all about the Uchiha’s quickly receding eyesight, because he very rarely let Madara drive anymore – and never at night -- Hashirama was convinced that the glasses Madara wore for driving wouldn’t help.
“…” Izuna looked behind him at the two Senju, feeling his eyes tear up again at the sight of Hashirama nursing his bloody and bruised sleeping brother. “…Aniki…?”
“Izuna, shh…” Madara said again. “Not now. Just help me watch the road.”
Izuna nodded. “Okay, aniki.”
The rest of the drive was silent, and Izuna was just glad that they soon arrived at the hospital. While Madara and Izuna got out of the car fairly quickly, Hashirama was quickest, looking somewhat like a bullet as he freed himself from the car and shot towards the hospital reception with his brother in his arms.
“Aniki…” Izuna tried again for the third time that night.
“Hn?” Madara glanced down at his little brother, ruffling the shiny raven hair.
“…Hashirama-san seems so depressed, today… Do you think he and Tobi will be okay?”
Madara bit his lip. “…It’s hard to say, baby brother… I think seeing Tobi like he did that night has broken down all of Hashirama’s walls and brought out everything that he had managed to lock away in the back of his mind… mainly the way he felt as a small child. …I honestly have no idea if he will be okay or not…”
Izuna felt his eyes tearing up and he hugged his brother tightly. He sobbed when he felt Madara’s arms envelop him and pick him up, and before he knew it, they had entered the hospital and were sitting next to Hashirama and his brother in the waiting room.
It didn’t take long for Izuna to drift off to sleep in Madara’s protective hold.
-XX-
“Izuna…”
Izuna’s eyes flickered open the next morning.
“Time to get up. You have to get ready for school…”
Izuna groaned and sat up. He quickly realised that he was in Hashirama’s bed, but said Senju was nowhere in sight.
“Where’s Hashirama-san?” Izuna asked, wiping at his eyes.
“He’s in Tobi’s room.” Madara explained. “Poor kid is pretty beaten up. Stupid bastard broke Tobi’s arm…”
Izuna looked down. “Tobi… So he won’t be at school today?”
Madara shook his head. “No… The doctors found drugs and alcohol in his system, so Hashi doesn't want to take the chance of Tobi running away and getting hurt again.”
“Hashirama-san loves Tobi so much…”
“Well, he’s all Hashi has,” Madara explained. “Their mother died giving birth to Tobi, and they didn’t have any other family except for their father. C’mon -- get dressed and I’ll make you breakfast.”
Izuna nodded. “When are we going back home, Mada-nii?”
“I’m going home as soon as I drop you off at school. Hashi said that he just wants to be with Tobi.”
“Okay…”
Izuna’s eyes watered. He knew that things were going to be harder than ever now.
-XX-
Izuna sighed as he walked into his own home for the first time in almost three weeks. He could hear Madara in the kitchen talking on the phone, so instead of greeting his aniki, he went straight upstairs to his bedroom, throwing his schoolbag down in a corner and sitting down on his bed. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his pocket knife, etching new scars into his wrists. He knew that Madara would be upset, but he needed to do it.
-XX-
An hour later when Madara came upstairs, Izuna had already stopped the bleeding and hidden the new bandages with his jacket sleeve.
“Izuna,” Madara spoke softly, a hint of sadness in his voice. “Pack your things, please.”
“Why…?” Izuna was scared -- why was Madara asking this of him? Why did they have to leave the house? “Did you have Hashirama-san have a fight?”
“No… We are moving in together… Hashi bought the house just then.”
“Why…?”
“…Because…” Madara’s eyes filled with tears. “…I’m going blind, and Hashi doesn’t want to be alone…”
“But…” Even with the new knowledge of his almost-blinded brother, Izuna couldn’t help but think of himself right now. “…I don’t want to leave…”
“Izuna…” Madara burst into tears, sitting down on the bed and holding his brother tightly. “I’m so sorry… but we have to…”
Izuna couldn’t help but follow his aniki’s emotional breakdown.
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