A/N: This is a re-post of one of my old stories. I deleted it a while back, along with pretty much all of my original work, because I didn't like the quality after my writing still had evolved over the years. But I got to thinking, and decided that though the quality probably isn't my best the concept was still good. So, after a year or more of thinking about it I've decided to go ahead and put it back up. Hope you enjoy. R&R
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or the song "How Was I to Know."
How Was I to Know
My world revolved around you. Every word was a promise I was hanging on.
Every day I woke up thinking about you, and every night it was you I dreamed of, Sasuke.
Swept up inside a whirlwind. I just couldn't see the end 'til you were gone.
I swore over and over that I loved you, and over and over again you ignored me. Then you left me lying on that cold stone bench, despite my pleas and declarations and tears. You left me, and betrayed the only home you could've known.
Oh I thought I would fall apart,with shattered dreams and a broken heart, scrambling in the dark.
I was sure my life was over. That I couldn't live without you there like always, smirking as a you saved me yet again during our missions.
How was I to know that I'd be okay? Thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know I had what it takes all along? How was I to know?
But every day I survived. Every day I trained with sensei and Naruto. Even without you there to inspire me I became strong.
What I was so afraid of, turned out to be my freedom in the skies.
Without you to obsess over I became one of Konoha's best medic-nins. I became the apprentice to the Hokage herself.
Now I know what I'm made of. Guess it just took some time to realize.
Now I don't need you to come to my rescue the way I did when I was a foolish little twelve year old.
Oh I was blind I couldn't tell. Put too much faith in someone else. I gave up on myself. How was I to know that I'd be okay? Thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know I had what it takes all along? How was I to know?
I don't need you anymore Sasuke. You go on working for the Snake, being the avenger like you said you were destined to.
How was I to know that I'd be okay? Thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know I would be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?
I thought I needed you. That I was nothing with out you. I was wrong.
How was I to know?