𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 "...and now, a few words from our valedictorian." For a split second, he almost believes that it won't be that hard to do it. It's just talking, he's done this so many times before. The speech isn't even that long. Not really. The split second doesn't last at all. His racing heart kept picking up speed with each step he took forward. He gives a glance back at Naruto, who gives him a stupidly optimistic smile and it makes his heart melt for just a second. "You're gonna do great!" He whisper-yells and Sasuke hears but he knows he won't. *** Sasuke never got over his fear of public speaking, and he's giving the entire graduating class his Valedictorian Speech. It goes...as well as you would expect. When his best friend/crush comes to console him, he tells them a lot more about his mental state than he probably should have. Read author's notes for TWs!! Rated Mature for cursing, emotional abuse, not for sexual content. ☼ Started: 2/23/2023 Completed: ☾ 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧 ☞ 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰.