Don't Jump

Disclaimer: The characters depicted in this fan work are the property of Masashi Kishimoto. The views and opinions in this fan based work in no way reflect the views or opinions of Masashi Kishimoto. This is a fanfiction written purely for entertainment purposes and nothing more.

* Secondary Disclaimer- The song used in this fiction is the sole property of Tokio Hotel.

Warning: Content is not suitable for children, as this fanfiction contains dark themes and suicide. Read at your own risk.

AN: This isn't exactly a song fic, but it was inspired by Tokio Hotel's song 'Spring Nicht'.

Also for anyone reading who really feels suicide is the answer I urge you to talk to a family member or friend or even contact the national suicide hot line (US) 1-800-273-8255 the website has a chat function as well.

Summary: Sasuke is sitting on a ledge looking down at the city streets below. He always wondered what it would be like to just fall. Naruto is out shopping, and happens to see someone on a roof top pacing.

Don't Jump

Sasuke watched as his breath took form in the frosty night air. It was late December, almost Christmas time to be more specific. He could feel the sting of the wind as it blew through the thinned fabric of his jacket, but he didn't move nor contemplate going somewhere warmer. No. He didn't care about that now. In fact he hadn't cared about much of anything in a long while. He sighed causing another misty cloud to form from his lips. Sometimes he wondered why he tried for so long.

He watched the streets busy streets below. Since it was so close to Christmas people were out shopping much later than usual buying last minute gifts and such. In Sasuke's opinion Christmas was a worthless holiday. Yes he understood the religious meaning of the holiday, but honestly these days no one remembered that part. It's all about gifts and less about family more than ever. People these days were always trying to one-up each other. Gifts void of meaning. No heart or thought, just a price tag, the newest this or the newest that. He frowned. The only gift he thought would be worth anything was seeing his family again. He bit back at the tears that stung his eyes.

He wondered if there was even one person who'd think of him this holiday. It didn't surprise him really that he couldn't come up with anyone. He didn't really have any friends, except a couple of acquaintance He doubted they would reach out over the holidays.

While he sat wondering the snow began to fall and the city lights were at their brightest he'd ever seen them before. In the past he might have found them beautiful, but now the sight just annoyed him. It was a reminder of how alone he was. When he was younger his mother always took him out shopping like the people below, and as child he loved the lights the city had. Back then they seemed magical. Those days seemed so far away to Sasuke as he sat cold and alone on the roof top of his apartment building.

He wondered if anyone would even notice him sitting up here. For a brief moment he hoped they would notice, but he dismissed it. As an Uchiha he had more respect than that. He didn't need to use this as a last plea for attention. It didn't matter if they noticed or not is what he told himself, but deep down that wasn't true. He cringed at the thought and buried it deep.

He'd been outside for quite some time before he stood up on the roof's ledge. He began pacing slowly. He could barely feel his legs anymore due to the cold and his head was covered with falling snow. He looked back down at the street and noticed he'd gotten some attention. Several people were pointing and he could hear some yelling, but he ignored it. They probably just wanted to see him jump. People often used this building to jump from, so it wasn't surprising he would come up there with the same intentions.

His body was numb and cold, but most of all he felt tired. He just wanted to go to sleep, and he wondered if that was hypothermia setting in or if he was truly tired of life. He watched the people below and wondered why they'd want to watch. He continued pacing tiredly along the ledge.

Streets below

Naruto walked along the shops looking through the windows with a smile on his face. Christmas time was his favorite time of year. It wasn't just the presents either, although he loved giving the perfect gifts. Honestly, he loved it all. He loved the snow, the lights, trees, and even the Christmas carols. It wasn't long before Naruto stopped dead looking into one particular shop with that ridiculous grin of his.

"Are you just going to stand there grinning like an idiot or are you going to talk?" Sakura asked annoyed that the blonde had stopped walking.

"I found the perfect gift." Naruto mumbled pressing his face into the store's glass front.

Sakura pushed him over so she could see what he was grinning at. Nothing special caught her eye and she sighed. It must be something only Naruto would think to get. Still she wondered what it was…

"I'll be right back." He said leaving Sakura behind to guess what he was buying.

Naruto hugged his purchase to his chest tightly and smiled one of the biggest smiles Sakura had seen in a long time. It made her happy to see him that way. Things had been a little rough lately with the way Sasuke had been treating Naruto, and she was sure it was because Sasuke was hating the idea of being alone on Christmas, so they each bought him a gift and planned to show up at his apartment on Christmas eve.

"So what did you get him?" Sakura asked curiously.

"You'll see in two days!" he yelled excitedly.

"Fine, fine, I'm sure mines better anyways." She teased him giggling the whole time.

He defensively clutched his gift, and shook his head 'no'. His gift was just perfect and he was going to prove in two days. Sakura laughed at his reaction. They started the walk back home to their apartment building. They lived next door to each other and Sasuke lived a few floors above them.

They walked deep in conversation until they neared their apartment building and heard shouts and saw a crowd forming in front of the building. Naruto noticed first that there was someone up on the ledge, and nudged Sakura and pointed up to the person up there. Both were unaware of the person's identity.

"Not another one." Naruto said sadly.

"That's the sixth one this year…" Sakura stated quietly.

They pushed their way to the front of the crowd to see if they knew the person. Naruto was pissed to hear some of the younger people in the crowd chanting "jump, jump, jump." over and over. He clenched his fists to keep from punching them. If they only knew the horror of watching someone jump to their death, they wouldn't be chanting. "Just shut the hell up!" Naruto yelled at the idiots of the crowd.

"What's your problem?"

Naruto was about to give the kid a punch in the face when Sakura screamed. Naruto quickly turned his attention to her. His eyebrows lifted in confusion as he looked back at the guy who remained pacing on the ledge. Normally one screams after the person jumps…

"What?" he asked watching her eyes tear up and her hand over her mouth.

"I-I…"

"What?!" he yelled.

"I-Is t-that Sasuke-kun?!" she managed to say staring up in horror.

"No, it can't be…call him now!" Naruto nearly screamed in his panic.

Sakura whipped out her phone and dialed Sasuke's number which she knew by heart. She waited nervously hoping he'd answer. Her heart thumped painfully in her chest with each unanswered ring. Naruto watched her face in shock. His heart was pounding in his throat waiting for Sakura to tell him it wasn't Sasuke, that it was someone else, that it was anyone but Sasuke.

"He's not answering! He's n-not answering…" she trailed off looking back up at the man pacing on the ledge.

"It's not him. Try again!" Naruto replied in denial.

Sakura drew in a shaky breath and dialed again frantically hoping for Sasuke to answer this time. She tried to calm her heart, but deep down she knew he wasn't going to answer, and her eyes filled with tears. Naruto watched Sakura waiting for her to tell him Sasuke was fine. She all but gave up hope when Sasuke answered on the fifth ring.

"S-Sasuke? Hello?" Sakura said.

Naruto looked up to the roof and to noticed the man had his cell phone out. He tried to tell himself it was all a coincidence, but he knew it wasn't. The crowd watched as the man on the roof dropped his phone down shattering it on impact. Naruto whipped back at the sound of Sakura's voice.

"Hello? Hello?!" she spoke frantically into the phone.

"Did he say anything?" Naruto asked still trying to believe that wasn't Sasuke up there.

"No, but it kind of sounded like he was...crying, and then the line went dead." She admitted quietly as shock took her.

Naruto turned to look up at the roof. His eyes stung as he stared up and was sure it was Sasuke up there. He pushed his way to the very front of the crowd. He felt like he was dying slowly. He clutched a fistful of his shirt in worry and anger. Why? Why would Sasuke do this? He just couldn't understand, and he wasn't sure he wanted to understand this. The only thing on Naruto's mind was stopping Sasuke.

"Sasuke!" he screamed as loud as he could. The crowd watched as the blonde ran toward the building screaming as loudly as humanly possible. He was able to enter the building whereas Sakura was pushed back by police that had just arrived on scene and began pushing the crowd back and securing the area.

Roof Top

Sasuke stood frozen in place when he heard Naruto scream his name. His face stung with cold as the wind blew on his tear streaked face. He looked down and took a deep breath. None of it mattered. It didn't matter that they were all watching, and it didn't matter how cold he was. It just didn't matter anymore. He was all alone, and he refused to be alone anymore. Fresh tears spilled down his cheeks as he moved closer to the edge eliciting a gasp from the crowd, and even chants of "jump, jump, jump…" echoed through the night sky to his ears.

He always wondered what it would be like to just give up and fall, but now he was so close. His toes were over the edge of the roof, and just one more step and it would end.

"Sasuke!" Naruto's shrill cry rang through the night air. Sasuke turned around to see Naruto running across the roof top towards him. Sasuke didn't think anyone would care enough to go this far. He watched completely shocked as Naruto stood before him gasping for air. He watched as those blues eyes bore into him. Sasuke looked away in guilt.

"Naruto, it's too late go home." Sasuke stated coldly.

"You're wrong. You could come with me and start over." He begged extending his hand.

"No, you're the one whose wrong." Sasuke yelled his voice full of anger, which Naruto knew really had nothing to do with him.

"Come with me." Naruto pleaded desperately causing Sasuke to look away from the blonde.

Sasuke stepped backward dangerously close to the edge, and Naruto's chest tightened in his panic.

"Sasuke-teme, what do you think is going to happen if you jump?!" Naruto yelled catching Sasuke's attention with the fury encased in his eyes as they seemed to burn right through him. Sasuke sighed. He was numb in body and mind, but most of all he was so tired.

"I don't know, but it has to be better than this." Sasuke answered truthfully.

"It doesn't have to be like this!" he yelled again extending his hand again.

Sasuke shook his head facing Naruto with his back to the ledge and the crowd below. Naruto's eyes over flowed with tears. Sasuke couldn't look him in the eyes anymore. Sasuke clenched his eyes shut. He made up his mind, and he wasn't going to let anyone stop him. Naruto watched in horror as he realized Sasuke wasn't going to stop. He was going to have to watch his best friend die. No, that wasn't an option. He wasn't going to let that happen. There was no way he could watch Sasuke die. His stomach clenched painfully as he lunged toward him.

"Sasuke!" he grabbed Sasuke by the wrist, and for a breif moment it was like their thoughts and feelings were connected. It was the first time they properly understood one another. Sasuke sighed giving the blonde a sad smile and shook his head.

"I can't let you do this." Naruto said to Sasuke still grasping his wrist tightly.

Sasuke's eyes widened in shock, and he was unable to respond to the blonde's statement. He tried to shake Naruto off him.

"Go ahead. If you want to jump so badly you're going to have to take me with you." Naruto said with serious eyes.

"Naruto…stop screwing around! Get off me. I'm not changing my mind." he glared at Naruto.

"No." Naruto stated defiantly with his eyes meeting Sasuke's just inches from his face.

"You're such an idiot. Why would risk throwing your life away for someone like me?!" yelled Sasuke angrily.

"It's hard to explain, but it's like I finally understand you, and I feel like maybe you understand me. You're the first real bond I've ever had." he spoke softly for the first time that night.

"Dobe, let go." he almost choked on the words.

"No. I'm not letting you do this alone." Naruto declared tightening his grip on Sasuke.

"I'm not changing my mind." he scowled at the blonde.

"Then jump." Naruto replied without hesitation he wrapped his arms around Sasuke's body.

The Ground Below

Sakura had been watching in a panicked state the whole time. She struggled against the crowd to break free, but it was useless. Her eyes were fixed on Sasuke and now Naruto. She inwardly pleaded that Naruto could get through to him, and get him safely off that ledge. She didn't know what she'd do if Sasuke jumped. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath hoping it was all a nightmare, and that when she opened her eyes she'd be in her bed. She even dug her nails into her palms cutting skin hoping she'd wake up.

Suddenly without warning the crowd gasped and screamed and Sakura's eyes snapped open and she watched in horror as both tumbled down from the roof and hit the pavement. The sound of there bodies hitting the ground was something she'd never be able to forget. It would haunt her always.

Sakura heard a sickening scream that blocked out all other noises, and it took several moments before she realized she was the one screaming. The crowd stepped back away from her, and she wasn't sure it was real. It couldn't be? It was a nightmare it had to be. Her eyes traveled back to her friends bodies, and her heart thumped painfully in her chest, and she knew it was real. They were gone, and reality slowly set in.

Her body trembled uncontrollably looking at the unnatural way they landed with their bodies all contorted. The sight made her wretch and she ended up vomiting right there in the middle of the crowd. Sakura's legs shook so badly she collapsed onto the ground. She gasped for air in between pained screams while pounding her fists on the pavement until they were red and raw. She still wished it was nightmare sobbing into the night air.

It was in Sasuke's final moments he managed to find a bit of peace. He wrapped his arms around Naruto as they fell. He hoped they could be happier in the next life. Maybe they could both be happy.

"Thanks dobe."

AN: I know this fic is sub par but I really tried my best to write it. I know the whole suicide fics are always a bit cliché, but for me I have a purpose in writing them. The truth is every time I write a suicide fic it corresponds to a time when I seriously contemplated suicide. I urge anyone reading who feels similarly to reach out to someone anyone or find an outlet. Suicide is not the answer.

Likely TBC with a follow up chapter in Naruto's POV.