Warning: spoilers for three-year jump in manga, shojo-ai, shonen-ai
Love Sucks
drabble explanations as to why.
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Gaara knows this, from his time spent as that one, surrounded by groups all numbered higher than his. His siblings were two, his father and his lackeys ranked into the double digits, and all the children in the street were almost unaccountably numerous.
One. The thought of becoming that one again pierces his heart painfully. This is why he is Kazekage. As Kazekage he cannot be alone. He always has to have his people, his underlings, his allies, and even his family.
For once in his life, he's not a One.
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one
Ino knows this. Sakura and her are Two. Friends closer than they let on, but not nearly as close as Ino aches to be. Even being the girl that is Sakura's best friend is not enough. She watches sadly as Sakura hurts for Sasuke's abandonment of Team 7 and Konohagakure in general. She can do nothing
She had mostly wanted Sasuke just so Sakura wouldn't be with him. Sasuke had been very pretty, though, so if he had liked her, she probably wouldn't have minded.
But as long as Sakura is hurting like this, Ino knows they will never become the kind of Two that she wants to be.
No is the sadness experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the sadness experience you'll ever know
Lee knows this. No is nearly all he ever hears. No, you cannot be a shinobi. No, you cannot be healed. No, you will never beat me. No, I won't go out with you. No, No, No.
Lee hates No. It is partly why he fights so hard and so desperately. He wants to hear those voices change their tone and say Yes. He wants to prove them all wrong. He may not be pretty or handsome, like Sasuke and Neji and Naruto, and he may be unable to do genjutsu, but he still wants someone to treat him as if he's worth as much as them anyway.
He just wants someone to say Yes.
Because one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know
Hinata knows this. What has she ever been but One? One disappointment after the other at home. One useless kunoichi on her team. One girl that's never pretty enough, or strong enough, or smart enough.
One of anything is never enough.
Even surrounded by a huge extended family, she was One. Even lying under the mass of muscles and flesh that is Kiba, she is One. Even training like mad with Team 8, she is One. She has learned to live with this, the fact that she is always alone, always One.
She wonders if that's all anyone ever is.
It's just no good anymore since you went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday
One by one
Naruto knows this. Everything is pale and gray after he left, and he doesn't really know why. He misses their easy bickering, the touches and kisses and words they pretended were never exchanged the next morning.
Even training becomes for that bastard, so he can go and free him from himself, forcibly if he has to.
But until then, Naruto is forced to know Sasuke only by bits of memory from yesterday. He has to go and bring back that bastard, because if he doesn't, he'll never be at peace.
Stupid bastard.
Because one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know
One is the loneliest number, much much worse than two
One is a number divided by two
They know this.
Damn. This is an angst-fest. It's Aimee Mann's fault. I'm going to wreak havoc upon her soul. I should get off my ass and write a humorous Naruto story before I explode.