[I ended up going home and getting some sleep, and I'm feeling better as far as the despair goes. There's still rage and a sick helpless feeling, but I'm doing better. Thanks. ♥ I took the prompt you'd submitted for this, and it's an exact drabble (100 words).]
"There are some boxes that should stay closed," said Kakashi, "because if you open them, there's no going back."
Guy swallowed hard, mouth dry. "Maybe I don’t want to go back," he said, voice hoarse, words crackling like dry leaves in his mouth.
Kakashi looked away. "So that means you get to decide for everyone?"
“No,” said Guy. “But what if the box is already open?”
Kakashi ran a tired hand down the side of his face. Guy didn’t reach out. What was there left to say?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: Gai, Kakashi
Date: 2008-04-16 02:18 pm (UTC)"There are some boxes that should stay closed," said Kakashi, "because if you open them, there's no going back."
Guy swallowed hard, mouth dry. "Maybe I don’t want to go back," he said, voice hoarse, words crackling like dry leaves in his mouth.
Kakashi looked away. "So that means you get to decide for everyone?"
“No,” said Guy. “But what if the box is already open?”
Kakashi ran a tired hand down the side of his face. Guy didn’t reach out. What was there left to say?
“Give me some time,” said Kakashi.
Guy nodded. Time was all he had.