Title: Spring Waltz
Genre: Romance/Angst
Pairing: SakuSasu
Disclaimer: Uh-uh...if I did own Naruto, I would have made it obvious that Sasuke was falling in love with Sakura.
Okay...so this is my first Naruto fic!! Please review
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It was when you were thirteen, and I was twelve.
That one spring night, where the cherry blossom trees blossomed so beautifully.
You said that I stood out, like the sakura trees stood out from the dark complexion of the other trees at night.
You said, that for once, I was special.
That time, I loved you like I never loved before.
You stood in front of me, smiling. A smile? Thought I. There had to be something wrong.
You walked closer to me as I stood there, not knowing what to do but to answer the call in your eyes.
You took my hand and held it. Your hands were cold, but they felt warm. You pulled me towards you by the arm. My head landed on your chest, softly and comfortably. Your chest was bony and hard. I guess you haven't been eating too well, huh?
But I was surprised. Happy. Confused. Why in the world did you do that? Didn't you always say I was annoying? Didn't you always say I was in the way?
Suddenly, you placed your hand on mine: palm to palm. My hand was half yours, but yours seemed skinnier. You placed your fingers in the spaces between my fingers. And then you held my hand just like that. Your other arm wrapped around my waist.
And we started dancing.
Dancing to the music the wind was making with the trees.
You kissed my hair softly and whispered something I couldn't hear.
The next night I understood why you had done that. Why you had danced with me like that; why you had held me as if the world was going to end tomorrow. I understood.
You left the next night. To that Orichimaru.
Now you are sixteen, and I am fifteen. Three years. Three long years it's been since you left me behind.
It is the same place, the same night three years back. It is the same cherry blossom tree we are in front of, the same wind blowing by us.
We are standing face to face, fighting one another. The both of us whimper: me, because of your very-improved chidori and some other attacks I do not know, and you because of the strength I gained from training under Tsunade.
You slowly limp towards me, and I skip back.
"N-no..." I say quietly, "No...Don't...Don't you dare, Sasuke-kun! Don't you dare come near me..."
But you still persist. You still tried to smile at me with blood coming out of your mouth. You finally reach me as I sob, telling you to go back. No, I think, I don't love you anymore, Sasuke-kun! I don't!
You pretend not to hear my thoughts and just keep going on. You put your hand on mine, palm to palm. And then you slowly slide your fingers into the spaces between my fingers and you look me in the eye. I shake my head endlessly, trying to pull my hand from yours, but you keep persisting. You then pull me towards you and embrace me.
My tears fall onto your chest. My body is shivering from the coldness of yours. But it felt warm, thought I. I was very aware that your body was cold...but it felt very warm.
You slither one of your arms, which were both full of blood, to my waist, and the other still holding desperately onto my hair. And you invite my body to dance with yours.
I finally give in. And we dance.
But this time, not to the music the wind makes. This time, it's to the odd beating of our hearts.
You kiss my blood-soaked hair softly and you whisper something. I barely heard it.
"I'm so sorry..." you whisper, thinking I cannot hear it like last time, "So sorry that I love you so much..."
Just like you said it three years ago.