Text-present

Text-past (flashback)

Note: This is my first fanfic. Sasuke's a little OOC here.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and if I did, there would've been little pink-haired Uchihas roaming around the streets of Konoha.

She looked straight at him, the guy who made her fall in love but also broke her heart, the guy who promised not to abandon her again but the same guy who's leaving her now. Memories that are still fresh in her mind began to play back.

In the midst of the night, after finishing her shift, a certain pink-haired girl was on her way home. Her eyes looked so distant, searching signs of another person's presence. She stopped dead on her tracks and the sight of Konoha's gates was beheld upon her. Her feet had taken her here. Why was she waiting for someone she knows won't come back? It's been three years without a word from him, there's no reason for him to appear now. Deep inside she knows the reason why she's still waiting, she's still in love with him.

She turned her back and began to walk the road again when she heard that voice. The voice that she's been pleading to hear for so long and now here it is. She rushed back and screamed," Sasuke-kun! Sasuke-kun!". Silence reigned. She screamed again but this time she went closer to the gates and shouted a little louder,"Sasuke-kun!". She saw a man materializing. It was her beloved Sasuke.

His face was bruised and is beaten up. His clothes were torn and bathed in blood. He could barely walk an inch, it's even a miracle he was able to reach this far. Sakura stood their dumbfounded. Is the exhaustion from work brought tricks to her eyes? Sasuke grunted and Sakura snapped out of the daze she was in. She immediately went to his aid. She used her chakra to stop the blood from oozing but it wasn't enough. Her chakra's almost ran out, it would bring no good if both of them faint here and so she used the last of her chakra to carry Sasuke and rush to the hospital.

"Sasuke-kun, just a little longer. Hang in there!" Sakura was sweating a lot, his weight was much too heavy for her fragile frame.

"S..Sakura.", he managed to say. "I'm…home." Sasuke couldn't hold on any much longer as Sakura wanted her too but what can he do? A little smile crept upon his face and Sakura somehow knew he did.

"Yeah, welcome home, Sasuke-kun."

This is what she dreaded the most. The thought never crossed her mind until now, the thought that Sasuke would leave her again.

"You told me you won't leave me again…but why?" tears threatened to fall from her jade eyes.

"Sakura…I-I just can't stay here knowing that he is still alive. I thought I already killed him but it turns out the one I fought was just a sham." Sasuke said and thought that this goodbye is harder than the last time. He began to be attached to her.

"Then, maybe this time…I could go with you." Sasuke bit his lip, the offer was just too tempting for him but he knows he can't bear to see her hurt when he's with him. He has to leave his emotions behind.

"I'm sorry but…No" Her tears began to fall. Dripping one after another, she's just too hurt to even say something.

He invited her to go to the Uchiha Compound. He and Sakura have been going out for more than a year now. His pride was a bit shaken off when he only realized his feelings for Sakura with the help of the dobe, his best friend, Naruto. Nevertheless, it was all worth it anyway and now he's going to pop the question.

"H-Hey Sakura, I-I was wondering what do you think of this place? The compound…I mean?" Uchiha Sasuke, the great avenger, shying over a girl. It's quite for a surprise for someone emotionally constipated but people change.

"C'mon now Sasuke-kun, you always bring me here but now that you asked, what could I say? This place is so lovely, I would want to live here if I ever had the chance," Sakura was all smiles, she's really happy to be here. Although at first, she was uncomfortable because Sasuke was always awkwardly quiet whenever they visit this place. She knew that he was thinking about the blood-stained memories of his family but its different now because he has her.

"Then live here, it's going to be yours anyway."

"Why, Thank-"Sakura smiled even bigger (if that's possible), she knows that this is Sasuke's version of a sweet marriage proposal. "Are you asking me to marry you?"

"I guess you're not the smartest kunoichi for nothing." He bent down on his knees, brought a ailver ring carved with Sakura's name and the Uchiha crest behind it and in the lining you could see petals of a cherry blossom. "Will you Sakura Haruno, my cherry blossom, do the honor of being with me for the rest of my life?"

Sakura shed tears of joy, she was about to answer when two masked men, the ANBU, caught their attention. "Sasuke Uchiha, you are summoned by the Hokage. We weren't given any details about it but we received direct orders to not let anyone come with you except us, your escorts." Sakura looked anxious, this "thing" they're talking about must be really big for the Hokage to issue a direct order.

"Sakura…I have to leave. We can do this later. I love you." He kissed her goodbye. "I love you too." She whispered. Sakura watched him until his figure disappeared into thin air. She sighed.

"You told me that you want to be with me forever! Then, why? Why must you leave without me?" She can barely speak as her tears began to overflow.

Sasuke felt a pang of guilt. He kissed her cheeks to wipe off her tears. "I know and I want you to wait here." Sasuke looked down. He's doing it again. He's leaving and she can't do anything about it.

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