After a brief "confrontation"...

Uchiha Sasuke was defeated. Looking at the girl lying down on the bed with a smile on her face, he felt deeply that he lost not because his will was not strong enough, but because he was not thick-skinned enough.

However, it was impossible for him to leave the room or sit cross-legged all night just because of this. So, he just lay down on the bed on the floor. Then he only felt...

She turned over and faced him.

So he turned over and turned his back to her.

"..."

"..."

Uchiha puffed up his face and whispered: "Sasuke, good night."

Uchiha Sasuke said "hmm", but did not close his eyes. He just stared silently at the dark night in the room with his black eye as black as ink and the other purple samsara eye that appeared due to the scattered bangs.

After being forced to become a human being, he, who was just a child at the time, hated and even feared the night for a long time. However, no matter how much he cowered, begged for help or cried, no one would come to save him.

In the end, I gradually got used to it.

It’s too easy for humans to get used to it, and it’s too hard to forget.

And later...

During those years in the Snake Cave, sitting on the stone bed holding his sword in the dark night when no one would disturb him was sometimes a rare moment for him to relax a little.

And now...

You can’t say whether you like it or not, because it doesn’t matter.

But just as he has no need for anything else, his need and desire for sleep itself is not very great. If he is really tired, he will sleep for a while, and that's it.

After a while...

He heard soft and regular breathing coming from behind him, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes: She came here shamelessly, didn't she just come to check on his condition? But he fell asleep in the blink of an eye. What's this?

?

Of course, this little helplessness and depression would not make him turn around and kick the person away. He knew that his temper was not good, but it would not reach this point.

Thinking like this, Uchiha Sasuke realized belatedly that he, who was accustomed to resting alone after dark, did not feel noisy, even though the sound of breathing kept ringing in his ears.

...What does this mean?

Are you used to it? Or are you too deeply affected by memories that don’t belong to you?

Let alone the former, if it is the latter...

Maybe we really need to find a suitable opportunity to part ways.

He in the dream is not him in reality, and now he and she are indeed not walking on the same path, why should he drag her into the abyss together.

And this breathing sound seemed not only not disturbing, but also had a slight hypnotic effect. At least, he listened with a little trance, and he did feel a little sleepy...

The beautiful young man who turned into "different-colored eyes" the day after tomorrow slowly closed his eyes in the dark night.

Drowsiness came over him instantly, completely swallowing up his entire consciousness.

At least, he could have a short sleep before feeling danger or pain, and before being overtaken by nightmares again.

The moment he lost consciousness, he realized one thing again - recently, the frequency of nightmares seemed to be unknowingly lower than in the past...

The night gradually deepens.

But this time, the first person to wake up from his sleep was Ochiha Uchiha.

Because she was thinking about it in her heart, she opened her eyes as soon as the person next to her became short of breath, then sat up suddenly and leaned over to take a look. She saw the latter's brows were slightly frowned, his lips were pursed, and his breathing was slow.

It's a little bit heavier than normal——

This is his signature expression when he is in pain.

Without deliberately being patient.

Without thinking, she reached out her hand into his quilt and grabbed his missing arm.

The next second, Uchiha Sasuke suddenly opened his eyes.

It was not only because of the intense pain, but also because of her actions - if he hadn't woken up after being touched like this, he would have died countless times.

"...What are you doing?" Lying on his back, he didn't look at her immediately. He only looked up at the wooden ceiling of the hotel and said coldly, "You don't want to sleep, do you want to go out and have a fight with me?"

"...I'm not that bored yet." Uchiha replied speechlessly, "Don't be ridiculous, Sasuke, does your hand hurt too much right now?"

Uchiha Sasuke wanted to reply, "I'm not kidding," but perhaps because the sleepiness was still lingering in his brain and body, he didn't say anything, and only replied in a calm tone: "It won't hurt when I wake up."

Uchiha sighed, and gently poked the young man Duanli's face with his other hand: "How can a person with a pale face have the confidence to say such a thing?"

"..."

After saying that, she subconsciously reached out her hand and gently stroked his broken arm.

Uchiha Sasuke was silent for a moment, and said in a dry tone: "I am no longer a child who doesn't understand anything and is easy to coax. Behavior like 'it won't hurt if you touch it' is useless to me.

.”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of...

When I was a child, I was hugged by my mother after accidentally falling down.

While her mother gently stroked the painful place where he fell, she comforted her with a distressed look on her face: "Don't cry, Sasuke, it won't hurt anymore if you touch it. Look, the pain will fly away!"

Then another memory hit me again.

There, she did the same thing to him.

She's really good at this.

The intertwining of reality, memories and dreams made him close his eyes unbearably, and then...

I heard her say to herself——

"Perhaps this is true for pain that exists in reality, but Sasuke, what you are facing now is psychological and spiritual pain."

"..."

"If the body will feel pain due to virtuality, then, in the same way, it will also be healed due to virtuality, right?" Uchiha Ochi said as he stroked the boy's broken arm more tenderly, and whispered, "Okay

It's OK, it's OK, Sasuke, it doesn't hurt anymore, it hurts and flies away!"

"..."

For a moment, Uchiha Sasuke's face, which gradually maintained a calm expression every day, revealed an expression of sadness that was almost painful.

Although fleeting, it did exist.

In the following time, he did not speak, and just allowed the person next to him to gently touch his arm. Although he did not agree with this behavior, he must also admit that such a gentle touch woke him up directly.

The pain did gradually fade away.

but……

So what?

"It won't disappear completely just because of your behavior tonight." The black-haired boy said in a cold and calm tone, "Even if I get better now, tonight, it may not come back again. So, stop.

, it doesn’t make sense.”

For some reason, the Uchiha girl felt distressed and angry when she heard the person in front of her say "it's meaningless". She suddenly puffed up her face and had some competitive thoughts in her heart.

"Huh?" Uchiha Sasuke, who realized this, finally cast his eyes on her, but raised his eyebrows with the intention of deliberately irritating her, and asked, "What? Are you planning not to sleep at night from now on?"

Or are you saying you don't want me to sleep?"

The Uchiha belt gave him a fake smile, and then suddenly opened a corner of his quilt, and his petite body got in with a "swoosh", occupying the remaining small space on the left side of his bed, and then,

He opened his arms and hugged his left arm.

"...What are you doing?" Uchiha Sasuke subconsciously wanted to get up.

Uchiha held the person down with a belt, and pressed half of his body on him. He lowered his head and said seriously: "Sleep! Hold your arms and sleep!" She didn't believe that it could still hurt like this. It didn't exist! She wouldn't

Convinced!

"...Stay away from me and go back to your own bed."

"No."

"Tsk, if you don't leave, I will."

"Ha, try it!"

…

Then the two of them very childishly started grabbing and counter-grabbing on their hands and feet under the quilt.

During the process, the Uchiha belt complained angrily: "Why are you so stubborn? I really want to tie you up with a rope and tell you to listen to me! Don't turn over if you lie down!!!"

Uchiha Sasuke: "..." He paused and reminded, "Keep your voice down." Suigetsu and the others were next door. Although they shouldn't deliberately eavesdrop on the voices here, she spoke with such a voice...

…

No, maybe the fight just now was noticed by them. After all, they are also ninjas with sharp eyes and ears.
To be continued...