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Voicemail (2013 Run)

You've reached Sasuke. Leave a message. If it's important, I'll reply when I can.

[[OoC: IC/OoC plotting can happen here whether you can/want to reach me through other means (IE Plurk) or not! Video, Voice and Text are enabled for messaging Sasuke!]]

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Why bother? You barely know me.

I haven't asked where you are either now am I? But unless you plan on never looking in a mirror again, or talking to even Itachi, then you can't avoid anyone who ever had a part in Konoha forever. I can wait around until you decide to wander back this way on your own, but you WILL know that I'm gonna be here, and I'm still gonna message you and check on you, because I care, and I want you to be okay. Whether you approve or not.

[Even after everything, using text to talk to his brother makes Itachi feel odd. Like it makes it more awkward.]

I imagine it may take some time to figure it out. And I also imagine your friends will not be happy with you being on your own.

Why care.

I'm past your time. I'm someone you've never met before. I'm someone who's wanted nothing but the death of your favourite cousin for years. And you said yourself that the fact that I'm Uchiha wouldn't make you care any more or less.

You have no reason to care about me at all.

I don't care about what they think.

Everyone barely knows everyone else at first, until you get to know them. I don't want to be alone.

You're lost, when I was lost... I wanted someone to find me. That's all.

[Internal sigh.]

That's not what I was getting at, Sasuke. [He's all for his brother taking some time away from them to figure himself out if he needs to.] If you need space to think then telling them that could stop them from bothering you so much.

[Pause because random voice... And, with a sigh, he'll return in kind. For once.]

It doesn't matter how badly I want someone to find me. No one ever does.

They won't.

It doesn't matter what I say. They won't. It's not like they could understand.

I decided to get to know you and I liked what I saw. You're a bit of the good parts of a family that clearly loved you, and who wouldn't want to learn more about that, be close to someone who was shaped by that kind of love?

It's a shallow opening reason but it was still enough of one that I decided to get to know you and what can I say?

I got attached. I like you, I care about you, and Uchiha love for life so it's not like it's gonna ever change now that it's a thing. Sorry it's not some big grand reason, but it's what I got.

[He's staring at the message, his eye twitching before he heaves out a sigh. It's getting to him too much... And he doesn't like it. At all.

It changes to voice suddenly, and he's speaking quietly -- whatever town music might be there is drowned out by the lullaby channel on the radio too, so even if Sasuke isn't drowning it out it's still impossible to discern his location.]

I need time.

Leave me alone until I figure it out. I don't want to see anyone until I do.

[DAMMIT SASUKE.]

Why.

I'll be around whenever you need me cousin. [His voice was quiet too, a little rough because of his back and forth emotions and his forcing them to stay kinda level for Shino while he texted with Sasuke, but apparent anyway.]

I'll send you messages from time to time, but I'm not gonna chase you, okay?

They are rather insistent. [Itachi knows this much.] And they care.

But you are right, not even I could fully understand. That doesn't mean I won't listen should you feel the need to talk.

Because I need to figure everything out.

Just leave me alone until I do.

[That gets him to heave yet another sigh, and it takes him a little bit before he can trust himself to speak again.]

I need time.

*She needed him to hear her emotions. Text just wasn't effective enough.*

Right now you don't want any of the people from you- from Konoha to find you.

And you're a ninja, you're more than capable of hiding. If someone did find you, what would you want them to say?

... Fine.

I wouldn't want them to say anything. I don't want to hear it.

[Itachi waits patiently for Sasuke to speak.]

I'll be here if you decide to talk to me. [No pressure.]

[His relief was almost tangible.]

Thank you.

Got it.

There's nothing to thank me for.

*Whatever this is it must be really bad.*

Well, good to know. I'll leave you alone till there's something you want to hear, and I can say.

Take care of yourself.

[It's said in a warm brotherly-concern tone before he ends the connection.]

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