IDON. :)
A life goes by
Romantic dreams will die
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close
Sasuke slid into the Uchiha compound, darting into shadows, unseen. He walked through the streets, remebering painful old memories. He entered the main family's house, their house. He winced when he pictured Itachi killing their parents right in front of him. He dropped to his knees, tears cascading from his onyx eyes.
It was too much. He couldn't take it anymore; the guilt from leaving his friends and Konoha, the anger and sorrow from the massacre, and his rage when he killed Itachi.
He went out to the courtyard, reminiscing.
"Nii-san!"
Itachi groaned. "Sasuke..not again." He looked up to the sky. "Kami-sama, why?"
Sasuke ran to Itachi. With cute puppy dog eyes, he asked Itachi, "Nii-san! Teach me some of your cool ninja moves!" He pulled Itachi's pants, looking up at him cutely.
'Why do I have to have a cute little brother?' He sighed. "Okay, Sasuke-kun." He poked Sasuke's forehead. "There."
Sasuke swayed dizzily. "Nii-san..no..don't poke meee.." Then he fainted.
Itachi sighed and picked up Sasuke bridal style. "Not now, Sasuke. Nii-san's busy."
Unknown to them, Mikoto had a camera in hand and snapped a picture of Itachi walking to Sasuke's room, with Sasuke in his arms.
It started raining, so he went back to his room.
Sasuke saw the picture and groaned. "Kaa-san..," he whined.
He laid down on his bed. He sighed, hearing the rain tapping on the roof.
Something bothered him.
And Uchiha Sasuke did not like being bothered.
What bothered him wasn't the Uchiha massacre. Not Itachi.
It was about a pink-haired kunoichi, Haruno-dono.
He couldn't stop thinking about her. Her smile, her pink hair, her loudness, her insane strength...and the night he left her on a bench.
The last part bugged thim. Every day, every night, every time! Even when he trained with Orochimaru, he still thought of that.
"Sasssuke-kun, what's going on? You've been lesss...active...as ussual."
"Hn."
If he were to tell the truth, he was always thinking about that night.
He was so close, but equally stubborn. He had so much to say.
He walked out of Konoha's gates, his heart clenching. He hid inside a bush all night, keeping watch on her. When she woke up, he witnessed her looking at the gates and walking away.
That was his biggest regret. Now he doesn't know how it's turn out if he told her that.
She didn't see that I loved her...
How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far
Sakura touched Team 7's picture, crying and smiling at the same time.
It was hard enough for her that he didn't love her back, but it was worse when he left. For her, that was hyper-mega-ultra pain. She dealt with it everywhere she went; most places she went to reminded her of him, but she managed to do it.
The hardest part was seeing Rookie 12 all paired up; Neji and Tenten, Naruto and Hinata, Shikamaru and Ino...
She felt that his departure was her fault. She lived through three years; getting up, getting dressed, and living with her 'regret'. If she could reverse time, she'd trade anything to make him stay.
She was so close. And yet he didn't listen. She told him a lot of times that she loved himl, but he paid no heed.
I told him I loved him, but he didn't listen...
...Why?
They were too close. They had too many things to say. And yet they were too blind to see and realize that they loved each other.
So close, and still so far..
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