This is sort of a milestone for me, my first romance story where Sakura's love interest isn't Sasuke.

Disclaimer: Kishimoto-sama owns Naruto. I, DeathOrchid, wished I did, but who doesn't?

Dear Sasuke,

So I'm just going to come out and say it. I was never in love with you and no, that is not a lie. I idolized you, you were everything I thought I couldn't be, strong, confident, smart. Yes, you were my idol, my first crush, but nothing more.

The person who I did fall in love, well, when I was younger I thought of him as dumb, obnoxious, uncouth, and annoying. In reality he was kind of like you, but different. He fought for his friends no matter what other people thought. He was free, not stuck in a mold someone forced him in, he actually broke out of a mold and was his own person.

I started reevaluating my feelings after you left. I cried when you left by the way, if you care at all. But when he, beaten and bloody, came back without you I cried even more, not because you weren't back, but because he almost died. That moment was when I came to the conclusion that you were never coming back, even if the baka promised that he would drag your sorry ass back to the village.

Not long after you left we, me, him, and Jiraiya, went on a second mission to find you. Of course it was a bust, deep down inside I knew it was going to be. During that mission though I saw how strong he really was and it made me feel completely useless. Thanks to that mission I decided to plead with Tsunade-shishou to take me as a student, and she did. I wasn't going to be left behind.

Not long after that he left to train with Jiraiya. (I guess we all were taught by the Legendary Sannin. Lucky us huh?) A week didn't go by when I didn't receive a letter from him. We stayed close, probably got closer truth be told, without even seeing each other. I guess during this time was when I fell in love with him, real love. Not because of something trifle like hotness, mysteriousness, or a bad boy attitude, but because he was sweet, caring, forgiving to anyone and everyone, had a heart of gold, and he had a dream to build, not destroy.

After two years he came back, another difference between you two I am sorry to say. He was so different, but the same, weird right? He was determined to get you back more than ever because your time limit to keep your body was coming up. We got some information about Orochimaru from an Akatsuki I killed. Wow, it still amazes me I killed an S-ranked criminal like Sasori, even with help. It just shows that I did get stronger, not that you got the chance to find out when we caught up to you. If it wasn't for Sai, yeah he's your replacement, and Yamato, he was substituting in for Kakashi who was in the hospital, you would have killed Naruto that day. Don't think you're going to get a third time to try.

I don't know if the rumors are true but I heard you killed Orochimaru. Congratulations. I'm glad that the psychotic, pedophile, bastard didn't take your body.

Now to the reason I am writing this letter to you, I bet you were wondering, if you haven't already tossed this. I wanted to tell you that I only care(d) for you as a teammate. Weirdly enough, it was always him, always Naruto that I loved. And you are the only person I can tell because he will never find out. He deserves someone better than me. I was never nice enough to him, barely ever encouraged him, and never gave him the appreciation he deserves. If you read this Sasuke, thank you.

Sincerely Sakura,

P.S. Good luck with your revenge. Don't die.

Was it too mushy? It was a little choppy wasn't it? I hope I portrayed it ok. Tell me what you thought. Please review, criticism is welcome.

~Death-chan