Sequel to "Don't Forget Me".

-Astridelta 11/6/14

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I Have Not Forgotten

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."

It hurts.

It hurts so much.

But why?

Love shouldn't be painful.

Love shouldn't feel this bad.

Yet it does.

I need you, more than you know. Probably more than you ever will.

But you're leaving.

Because of me.

I know she's hurting before she lets out that heart-wracking gasp.

I want to comfort her, but my feet are glued to their spot.

I can't to anything but stare at him.

Tell him.

I want to tell him to stay. I want to tell him to come home.

My mouth isn't forming the words I want.

I can see his head nodding, but his eyes aren't registering my sentences.

What are you thinking?

Are you in pain, like me?

Because I want you to hurt like you've hurt me.

I really don't want you to go.

Because this time I can't follow you.

And if you fall back into darkness, this time I can't catch you.

Promise me.

Don't fall. Don't go.

I always knew, deep down, that maybe we would never have worked out.

Yet I want you to stay. I want us to try.

So when I watch your retreating back, only then do I allow the tears fall down my cheeks.

I will only hurt for you.

If you find what you need to, come home.

If you find yourself in pain, come to me.

Because no matter what happens, Sasuke, no matter how much time passes...

I haven't forgotten you.