I do not own Naruto…sadly. Hope you enjoy my first story ever!
I never knew how life could be so misunderstanding, and how it could sometimes be so confusing. We laugh at the irony in life, and chicken out when things get tough. That's what I do. We do. Everyone does… except him.
And there he was in front of me, protecting me, while also gushing blood from 3 fatal blows to the stomach and shoulder.
I never thought that I would see the day where Gaara of the Desert would be protecting me, especially after what happened in the forest during the chinnuin exams when we were 12.
After standing up for my, at the time, beloved Sasuke….. I got smashed up against the tree that I will never forget, and being pushed by the sand I will never forget.
Before I fainted from exhaustion, I saw some kind of emotion, that strangely for him, seemed like sadness, or regret…and that look will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Even after it's been so many years, and we both have grown so close, that look still never leaves my mind, and I find myself remembering it often than not.
You can tell in his eyes that his view of himself being a blood-lusting monster has changed, but when it comes to this new feeling he has obtained, nothing will stop him from protecting the one thing that matters most to him.
And according to him…..that thing is me.
I still don't understand why someone like him, who is strong, powerful, feared, and betrayed, would have an interest in someone like me who is weak, helpless, regularly happy, and loving….. But maybe that was it. Maybe all he wants is someone to love him other than his brother and sister who have finally come to accept him as their brother, and do not fear him anymore. Someone to love him for him, even through his faults and out brakes. Someone he could always depend on to never betray him, or criticize him. Someone to just tell him that they loved him, and show it as well. Maybe that someone was me. Maybe he just wants to be satisfied with himself…..Maybe all he wants is love.
I mean, that's all everyone wants right? Someone to love them unconditionally and never leave them.
Someone to hold them close, and never let go.
That's all I ever wanted. Even after Sasuke left, it still took me a while to figure out that he was gone for good…and that I would never change his mind about loving me.
But now it doesn't matter anymore, because I know now that all he was, was a low life jerk…and that's all he will ever be to me from now on.