BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
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AN: Just a short drabble about Sakura and Sasuke
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"Wait!" she called, running to him. The rain and her tears made it hard for her to see.
He turned to her, his cold exterior visible. He said nothing, waiting for her.
"I love you."
She said it simply, as if it was all so clear. Hoping, praying that he would accept. That it would be alright.
He could see the raw emotions in her eyes. The longing of acceptance. For him to accept her. Instead, he merely sneered. "You're pathetic."
He could see it now. All her hopes crashing down. Her dreams slashed. The pure, wild emotion in her eyes was almost unbearable. But he kept going.
"You're useless, weak, a burden." He kept his harsh, cold exterior. The footsteps echoed as he began to walk away.
"Why?"
That one word, that one simple word, had stopped him in his tracks. For a single instance, she saw past his cheap façade. Saw the raw emotion in his eyes.
"What?"
"Why?"
She said it so innocently it made his heart ache.
"Why what?" he demanded harshly.
"Why do you hate me? Why?" her voice was beginning to choke up as she struggled for composure. Struggled to keep the tears from overflowing.
H couldn't answer. He couldn't breath properly, couldn't think straight. He had to get away. Away from her, away from this place, away from everything.
But he couldn't.
They stood there in the rain, captivated in each others eyes.
She moved towards him.
"Please," she begged, the tears cascading down her cheeks. "Please."
"I'm sorry."
With those two words, her eyes became blank and dull.
"No," she whimpered as he began walking away. "No, no, no. no."
"Don't leave me!" she screamed. "I LOVE YOU! PLEASE! DON'T LEAVE ME!"
Her body shook with sobs as she fell to the ground.
"WHY!?" she screamed. "WHY!?"
He kept walking. He didn't look back. No-one saw the single tear roll down his cheek.
"Because I love you."
