Sasuke didn't like sweet things.
Ever since he was little, he disliked them. They just didn't please his taste buds. He remembered his first encounter with sweets, all those years ago...
~Flashback~
Sasuke stared at the weird object that Itachi was eating. It was a stick with three colourful balls inserted in it. The neon green, pink, and yellow coloured balls reflected the sunlight as it shone onto them. It almost looked...tasty.
"Nii-san, what're you eating?" Sasuke asked, tilting his head curiously.
"Hm? Oh, they're dangos. Wanna try?" Itachi offered, holding a dango in front of Sasuke's face.
Sasuke's eyes sparkled with curiosity, as he took the dango and examined it carefully, as if it were some deadly weapon. Closer up, he could see the thin line of sugar coating each ball. Sasuke immediately wrinkled his nose in distaste. Sugar? He had never really tried sweets before. What will it taste like?
Itachi chuckled, watching his brother's reaction. "Try it! They're really good." He told him.
Sasuke took the dango from Itachi's hands and glared at this new, sugary food. His face almost looked reluctant as he carefully took a bite of the top. He chewed it thoroughly, his mouth making sure to taste every bit of it. The elder brother bit back a laugh. Sasuke looked so serious that it was hilarious.
It wasn't until Sasuke swallowed it. At that moment, his mouth was immediately overwhelmed by sweetness. It just gave him this unhinge-y feeling – nauseating, almost.
He coughed and threw the dango on the floor.
"Yuck!" He yelled out hoarsely. "That tastes horrible!"
Itachi, still smiling from seeing the younger one's reaction, picked up the fallen dango, and blew it a bit to remove any dirt. "I see you didn't like it, brother." He chuckled.
Sasuke pouted at his brother, and then directed an angry glaze towards the disgusting sugary food.
'Never again.' He thought.
~End of Flashback~
A light shiver made its way up his spine as he remembered the distinct and nasty taste that sugar left in his mouth. No wonder why he hated them.
He always got annoyed whenever some fangirl would come up to him and offer him sweets. Chocolates, cupcakes, candies – he was living in an eternal nightmare every day.
Why me? He thought.
It wasn't until the day when he met that certain pink-haired girl. Just the colour pink irritated him. It was a sweet colour. It reminded him of all things sweet. Plain disgusting.
And her name? Sakura.
Cherry Blossoms.
So her hair was sweet and her name was sweet. Are you kidding me?
And to find out the girl was going to be his teammate irritated him even more. The worst part was that she was just another fangirl. Soon enough, he'd start seeing pink everywhere he looked.
He'd see pink in the morning, pink in the afternoon, pink in the night time – everywhere! Pink, pink, pink! It was like the world wanted him to be surrounded by pink!
The colour was just so... girly and frilly... it hurt his eyes.
Not to mention that loser, Naruto.
Just being around that ramen-eating pig made him feel sick. And their weird teacher Kakashi. Always reading his – er – interesting books.
The fact that he had to see them almost every day? A living nightmare.
And yet, over the years, he seemed to have grown rather fond of them. He was amazed that he actually did. He... cared about them.
He remembered when he first left the village for power. So that he could become strong enough to kill his brother – Itachi.
He remembered when Sakura begged and screamed at him to stay. He remembered her blindly confessing her love for him, how she wanted to help with his quest for revenge, how she would feel alone without him.
Alone.
That word always hit him in a certain way. A way that only those like Sasuke could understand. He was always alone. Ever since Itachi murdered the Uchiha clan, that is.
Yet, this annoying girl kept on screaming and begging. Begging him to stay. Begging to let her come with him.
He felt guilty – truly guilty. Annoying as she was, she was his teammate. His... friend. She loved him, and she made him not want to leave.
But he couldn't do that. He had already chosen his path. The path of revenge. He needed to avenge his clan, and he would do anything to reach his goals.
No one would get in his way. No one.
As much as he would've wanted to deny it, he couldn't help but feel regret. He wanted to yell and cry all of his anger out.
He wanted to so badly avenge his clan, and gain power. Yet, this girl was making him change his mind. This simple, pink-haired, annoying girl.
All he could do was cover his pain with a smirk.
You really are annoying...
But...
...Thank you...
Before he could change his mind, he knocked her unconscious from behind, and left her body on the bench.
He looked up the sky and closed his eyes slowly.
His quest had begun.
He was ready to put everything behind him. Everything.
But little did he know, that soon enough, he'd inevitably learn to love this girl.
(A/N: Hey there! Just saying this, but, I suck at updating, so... try to keep patient! Also, the next chapter will be nearing the start of Shippuden.)