Hey guys, please do not hate for not updating the other stories. I've been extremely busy studying for exams and practicals. I have my final exams next week and after that I'm off for a month and a half so I'll be updating frequently. I'm making this story to make it solid and not just a thought. It came to me while listening to Arianna Grande's song Love Me Harder. I'm not a fan of her music but I stumbled upon it through Spotify commercials and my head came up with a story of Sasuke and Sakura based on this song. Listen to it to see what I mean or don't. Thank you for everybody's comment on my other stories and worry updating for those stories will come soon. Alright on to it then.

I do not own Naruto but I do own most of episode on DVD if anybody wants to watch them with me. Lol.

You're leaving

Sasuke sat in the living room loveseat with his feet placed on the footstool and watched the television. Well he wasn't really watching the television, he was watching Sakura hover over the kitchen stove looking down and stirring at the pot that was blowing steam in her face.

She had just came home from the hospital. She was in a calm mood. She had a decent day at work and she was just content to be home especially since he was home from his travels. When she walked through the door she saw the dark haired man with spiky hair sitting on the sofa.

" Are you hungry, Sasuke?" She asked placing her medical coat on the coat hook by the door.

"I'm fine." He replied in monotonic tone.

"Alright." She softly smiled. She was walking to their bedroom to change into her comfortable clothing when she stopped in her tracks when she heard a noise. That noise was Sasuke's stomach. It was pretty loud considering how far she was from him and how loud it still sounded considering the distance.

"I'll get started on dinner once I change." She smiled and continued on her way to change her clothing.

He had a soft barely visible smile place on his lips.

He looked at how she was dressed. She was wearing her short shorts and yellow spaghetti strap tank top. He would never say it out loud but he loved it when she wore those two pieces of tight clothing. He loved the way the clothing would hug her curves. If he wasn't and Uchiha with a lot of restraint and discipline he would succumbed to his manly urges and ravaged her body like savage. He saw the apron tied around her waist. She usually forgot to put that on during her cooking sessions and get stains on her clothing which he would laugh at silently but today she remember to put it on.

Sakura looked back and he quickly placed his eyes back on the television screen. He rather do this than to get caught staring at her and explain himself. Sakura looked back down at the pot. Sasuke switched his eyes back over to his pink haired woman. Sasuke saw her struggling to reach at something in the spice cabinet. He smiled at her inability to reach due to her height. He got up and walked behind her. He extended his hand and grab the object she was desperately trying to reach. It was pepper. He placed the pepper in her hands while still behind her short form. Her head looked up at him.

"Thank you." She smiled.

"Hn." He replied with a small crook of his lips indicating a halted smile that was in progress.

She looked back down and shook the pepper into the pan next to the pot. She placed it on the counter.

Sasuke had not yet left from behind her. Heat rose to her cheeks due to his close proximity. She didn't want him to back away from her. She liked the warmth that was radiating off of him. It made her relaxed. Happy. Sasuke liked the close proximity of their bodies. He also enjoyed the warmth her body gave him. He got even closer to her not leaving any space for air to escape. He wrapped his arms around her waist and then placed his head at the crook of her neck.

This sudden actions made Sakura panic internally.

He's so close what do I do? I want to squeal in happiness. No don't do that. That'll scare him off. Just relax.

She exhaled slowly and smiled. She looked down at the food. It was ready. Sasuke began to tighten his grip on her small waist making it seem that if he were to let go her body would fly away from him.

I need to tell her that I'm leaving tomorrow. I hate to tell her. She always tells me she's lonely when I leave. She hates being alone. …..but I leave for her. I'm going to miss this.

"foods ready." She said in a low soft tone since the one that she was talking to was behind her.

He hesitantly but slowly released his grip on her waist and lifted his head off of her shoulder and walked to the kitchen sink to wash his hands. While he washed his hands Sakura served the meal of lemon pepper fish and white rice on the table. She sat at the small round table waiting for the Uchiha to sit across from her. He dried his hands on the dry kitchen towel hanging from the handle of the oven. He walked and sat down at the round table.

"The food looks good." He said breaking his chopsticks.

"Thank you." She replied with small pinkish circles placed on her cheekbones.

The looked at eat other and said "Itadakimasu" in unison and began to eat their delicious meal.

Sasuke picked up the empty bowls and placed them into the kitchen sink. Sakura was saving the leftovers and placing them into the fridge. Then she stood at his side washing the dishes together silently. He liked doing small things like this with her. They were both doing something together without speaking a word to ruin the moment. He had a look of content on his face but that look faded away. He remembered that he had to tell her about his leave. He already had his bag packed for the morning. It was hidden from her sight and placed behind the loveseat that he was seated at before dinner. They finished washing the dishes and they both walked away from the kitchen Sakura a little father ahead of him. He reached out and softly grasped her wrist. She looked back at him. She knew that from the look on his face he had something serious to say.

"Sasuke…what's"

" Sakura…" He trailed off.

"Tomorrow… I'm"

Her stomach dropped. She knew the words that were going to be said.

"You're leaving again…" Tears were beginning to form at the bottoms of her eyelid.

"I need to go." He said looking away. He disliked seeing her tear up. It made him feel worthless.

"No, you don't. You can stay. You can stay here with me. Sasuke every time you leave a piece of my heart dies. I cry because I constantly miss you. This house doesn't feel like a home when you aren't here. It's just a place to sleep and eat in. I worry for your health when you're away and in the process mine starts to deteriorate. Why do you have to leave so soon? You came home 2 weeks ago. Don't go. Stay. Please for me."

Her words made his emotions falter. He didn't want to leave. If things were different he would be here with her in this home all of his days but he had to make everything right to make him worthy of her. He got his grip.

"Sakura please try to understand." Sasuke told her.

"What is there to understand? You know you are able to make yourself stay but yet you still want to leave. I'll keep wasting my breath trying to make you stay but won't care for it because you'll leave anyways." She pulled away her hand from his grasp.

When she pulled her hand away it hurt Sasuke. He looked at her. She saw anger and hurt portrayed in her eyes. Small tears ran down her face. He wanted to embrace the few hours he had with her. He got her wrist softly once again then quickly entwined his fingers with hers. And began to slowly walk towards their bedroom. Sakura knew why he was leading her to their bedroom. He wanted to lay with her and comfort her since she was upset and crying. He was consoling for something he could prevent. Thinking that thought made her a little angrier. She pulled away.

"Go yourself. I don't want to go." She said in an angry/upset tone.

Sasuke was hurt by this action but. He continued to walk into the bedroom by himself. He lied on the side of his bed. He looked outside the window and saw how the sky was pink. The sun was leaving the sky to rest for the next day. Sasuke looked back at the ceiling. He lied there deep in thought and drifted to sleep with his stomach tied in knots.

Sakura sat on the loveseat. She was angry, sad, and lonely. A few hours had passed by she had calmed herself. She told herself how she wasn't going to stop him so might as well just accept it. She sighed and flopped herself over and saw his bag. She picked it up and looked inside. She saw how he was already packed to leave. She shook her head at how he was missing important items in his bag. She got off of the loveseat and placed the bag there in her absence. She walked into her restroom and got a couple of items from under the kitchen sink. She got gauzes, Band-Aids, healing ointment. She then walked to the kitchen and placed the medical items on the round table. She then turned on the stove and began to cook. She made him tomato soup for him to eat the first day of his journey. She placed it in a container and placed it on the table. She then look through one of the kitchen cabinets and brought out a bottle of food fills. She walked to the loveseat got the bag and placed it on the kitchen table then packed everything into the bag and placed the bag back behind the loveseat. She then sat on the comfy loveseat and fell asleep while watching the television.

Sasuke woke and looked out the window. He saw how the moon was in the middle of the sky which meant that it wasn't past midnight. He got up and walked out into the living room where he saw Sakura sleeping on the loveseat. He admired her sleeping form and walked towards it. He picked her up and walked towards their bedroom. He plead her on her side of the bed then went around to his and lied next to her. He scooted close to her body and then place an arm on around her. He loved listening to her breathing. It was so calm the slow intake and outtake of breath made his mind at ease. He loved the way her body shared warmth with his. He loved the way she sometimes would murmur in her sleep. He tightened his grip on her. Holding her as close as he could for he would not be able to feel the feeling of content in his life for a while. He fell asleep holding her body.

Sakura dreamt that she had convinced Sasuke to stay with her powerful meaningful words on how she felt when he left. Her mind was set on one last attempt to make him stay with her. She wanted him to stay for their bond of love to grow into something bigger than what it was. She wanted to make happy but he always seemed to be running away from her love.

Sasuke woke once again he looked out the window. The moon was not visible in his window but he knew it was still night due to the darkness that wrapped around the village. He sat up in his bed he looked over at Sakura's form

I need to leave. I can't let her see me leave because she'll cry and beg to me like the last time. I almost caved. I can't let that happen I don't have enough strength to deny her anymore.

He left the room and came back several minutes later and placed a note on his side of his bed. He then leaned over and kissed Sakura's forehead.

"Goodbye." He walked out of the room place his bag on his back and walked out of the close and closed the door.

Sakura wasn't a light sleeper but for some reason she awoke with the closing of the front door. She was confused on why she was in her bed. She looked around and saw no one. She saw the note placed on Sasuke side of the bed. She got out of her bed turned on the light from the room and got the note.

Sakura, I have the left the village early to get this journey over with as soon as possible. I'll communicate to you with my taka. I'll be home in 9 months. I'll see you later.

Sakura slipped on some clothes and shoes quickly and zoomed out the door to catch up to him.

Sakura ran as fast as her feet could take her. She passed the gates of the village and continued to run as fast as she could and yelled when she saw his figure in her sight of vision.

"SASUKE!"

He was startled to hear her voice. He halted his steps.

She was a few feet behind his frozen form.

"Please don't leave me again." She said trying to choke back tears.

"I have to."

"Sasuke please. I'm begging you. I don't want to be lonely anymore. I need to be loved. I just feel like an object to you. Why won't you return the love I give to you? I need more from you."

He stood there facing forward. He wanted to turn around and run to her and tell her that she would never be lonely because he would always be there for her and give her all the love she wanted but he couldn't. He had to fix all the bad and come back a little more saved from darkness than the time before. It's because of her that he wanted to be a better man. She had always been the best for him and now it was his turn to try and make himself be the best for her. This line of reasoning went through his mind. It took all his strength to walk one step.

Sakura saw him take a step and anger fed into her being. "Sasuke if you leave. Just know that I won't be here waiting for you when you get back."

Her words cut him deep. His soul felt like deteriorating at the words that were just said. She had said this once before but she continued to stay because of her love for him. It hurt him that time when she told him too. He took a deep breath and then jumped into the trees and disappeared from her sight.

Sakura stayed there on her knees on the dirty forest floor. Crying.

Stop crying. Her subconscious told her.

This time don't leave the threat empty. Go away. And give him what he wants. Solitude.

She stood up stronger. She wasn't going to cry anymore. She was going to take control of her life.

I'm leaving.

She looked at the sky beginning to get brighter from the suns return. The birds had begun to chirp. She walked back to the village but instead of going to her home she walked to the Hokage's tower.

She knocked on the Hokage's door.

"Come in." A male voice from the other side of the door said.

"Kakashi, I need to leave the village."

"Why?" He questioned her.

He looked at her. She saw the mud on her legs and clothing. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying.

Sasuke. He mentally thought.

"I don't want to be in this village anymore. Is there any kind of arrangement, mission, or anything that could station me to another village for a long while?" She asked.

Kakashi thought it was a coincidence how yesterday the Kazekage asked for a nurse from Konoha to teach medicine to the women of suna since they lacked medical knowledge. Kakashi reached into his desk drawer and pulled out the scroll.

"Suna needs you. Kazekage needs a nurse to teach about medicine. The mission is as long as you need it to be."

"Thank you, sensei." She walked away.

"Tell Naruto you're leaving I don't want him to bust in here and yell my head off because he thinks you're missing." Kakashi said bringing out his ichicha book.

"Yeah, I'll do that."

"See you soon Sakura."

She nodded her head and went on her way.

"Sakura, teme is just difficult don't go."

"Naruto, I'm tired. I feel so lonely we I see you with Hinata or Ino with Sai or Shikamaru with Temari. I need love in my life. I want to be loved the way you love Hinata. I need something. I give, give, and give and in the end he can't even stay when I beg him with all the strength I have. I can't take this anymore. I can't" Tears were beginning to fall. She realized it then choked them back.

Naruto understood what she was feeling. He nodded his head.

"I need you to hold your tongue and not tell him where I left to when he gets back. "

"Sakura I can't keep that from teme."

"Naruto please, I'm begging you. I need to do this to make myself stronger. I need to get away and have a chance to move on and find someone else. I want happiness in my life. Please."

"O…okay."

"Goodbye Naruto, I'll miss you." She gave her blonde friend a hug.

"I'll miss you too."

Sakura stood at the gates of Konoha and looked back.

"Goodbye."

That was chapter one. Please tell me if you liked it, hated it, if you wanna scalp me…etc.

In two weeks I'll start posting up frequently. Until then bye guys.

-Saiduck