"I couldn't stop it," Sasuke murmured in agreement, biting the inside of his cheek. "I never could. That's why they hate me. It should have been left to someone else. Someone strong." Nii-san, who never should have been put in this position in the first place. I will always love you. A cool forehead pressed against his, hands in his hair.

He slammed his fist into his thigh to wake himself up--would have stabbed himself with a kunai if he'd had one accessible. Fuck. "Fuck, fuck--"