Chapter 2 - Hugs and Tears

Dosu untied Zaku's body from the tree trunk and rubbed some life into Zaku's sore limbs. He gently placed his hand under Zaku's chin and lifted his head up to look eye to eye with him. Black eyes clashed with brown ones. Zaku smiled a weak smile, something he almost never did, and Dosu remembered the good old days when they had fun together as little kid, running and hiding around the village of Sound. But all that had changed. Dosu couldn't bring himself to hurt his teammate, but he also couldn't bring Zaku back alive. Then again, he said, Orochimaru had never said that he couldn't take the missing nin to another place. Maybe he would do that. He just couldn't decide. He absentlymindedly pushed a loose strand of hair away from Zaku's face. Then he felt something fall lightly against his shoulder. Zaku's body had fallen forward onto Dosu's body. The feeling was good, but Dosu knew it could not last. The trackers had put up a very good fight, and Zaku wouldn't be able to stay alive much longer. And he had to
tell something very important to Zaku before Zaku went away. Hurriedly he pulled down his bandages that covered the rest of his face. It was difficult, considering it wrapped his whole head, except for the one eye. As the bandages fluttered down to the ground, Dosu lifted Zaku's head up again and pushed him against a nearby rock. "Zaku..." he said in a soft voice.
"What?"
"I need to tell you something very important."
"Just get it out already," he said in an arrogant tone.

Dosu smiled. Zaku was always proud and arrogant, even if he was dying. "Zaku...I love you," he whispered into the other Otonin's ear. Zaku's black eyes widened considerably, especially when Dosu's lips touched his. He opened his mouth into the kiss, allowing Dosu entrance to all of the warm caverns of his mouth. His pale hands, somewhat glowing in the moonlight, pulled Dosu's head closer, his sharp nose breathing in all of the lovely scents Dosu had. Dosu broke away for air, and Zaku leaned further into the rock, hoping for more support. It wouldn't come. He just slid down the smooth rock face. That was perfectly fine with Dosu. He pinned Zaku on the soft grass, and lowered his face for another kiss. As their lips met once again, Dosu closed his eyes, savoring the lovely feelings and taste of Zaku. It didn't last long. As Dosu broke away and opened his eyes, he found that Zaku's brown eyes had started to mist over. "D...don't leave me, Dosu," he said in a voice that left Dosu's ears ringing. "Don't leave me
now..." Dosu's arms just tightened a bit more around Zaku's body. "Zaku...please...don't go yet. Stay a little longer."
"I...I can't, Dosu." Teardrops fell onto the brown-eyed shinobi's face. "Zaku...my Zaku..."
"Dosu...but I do want you to know one more thing..."
"What might that be?" asked Dosu, his voice choked up.
"I...love you too," said Zaku, his eyes misted over all the way. "W...why did you break away from Sound, Zaku? If you hadn't, it would've never come to this," Dosu whispered in a painful tone that shattered Zaku's heart into a million pieces. With his sharp ears, Dosu picked up two words. "Love...you..." were the words that Zaku said before his brown eyes closed. Even in death, Zaku could feel the warm arms of Dosu embracing him and the soft plitter of tears as Dosu's tears fell on his cheeks.

Finish~

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