Maybe, just maybe

So I risked my life protecting you, so I did open up to you, and so maybe, just maybe… I did love you. SasuSaku - Sequel to Missing You -

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Just maybe,

Maybe I did love you.

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She was never the apple of my eye.

She was a rabid fangirl I hated.

She was like everyone else.

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When it was announced to me that she would be my teammate,

I scowled, not happy at all that she would be around.

She would just pull me down.

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She used the pathetic excuse of being teammates to approach me for lunch.

She exclaimed her disgust of Naruto was because he had no parents.

I scorned her, her ignorance disgusted me.

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She annoyed me, in a different way.

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But she was weak, and the strong were to protect the weak.

And we were teammates, I wanted to protect her.

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So whenever dangers came, I fought for her,

When she was about to be attacked, without thought, I risked my life and protected her.

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When I was hurt, and supposedly dead, she cried over me.

She was devastated, and I could tell, she cared.

I realized how frail she was, like a delicate china piece,

The more I wanted to protect her, and the more I cared.

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I could read her emotions like an open book,

Her facial expression, her eyes told me all.

And I knew she was insecure about the Chuunin Exams issue.

So in my own Sasuke-way, I assured her,

And being the smart girl she was (it turned out to be really handy)

She understood, and I knew she was much more confident.

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As always, I tried my best to protect her,

I stabbed myself to get us out of a dangerous situation, (it was Orochimaru after all)

Somehow, managing to save her, but I fainted after getting bitten.

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When I woke up, and saw her all beat up,

I saw red, and raw power flowed through my veins, and I attacked them.

And brutally, because no one, no one hurt Sakura.

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She ran towards me even though I knew she was afraid of me.

She hugged me, tight, begged me to stop.

I didn't know what happened, but the marks receded,

And I calmed down.

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I don't know how or why it happened, but it did.

I opened up to her much more,

I trusted her with my life, I trusted her.

I began to see her.

How her pastel pink hair flowed in the air,

How her emerald orbs seemed to shine always,

How beautiful she was.

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You cared for me,

Loved me unconditionally.

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She did so much for me, and even though I may not seem to like it,

I felt it was only fair to do something for her as well.

If she was about to trip and fall, (she was klutzy)

I'd grab her (obviously)

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When we were all going for ramen,

I'd let her hold my hand as she lead both me and Naruto to Ichiraku, (not like Naruto wasn't leading as well.)

She was special to me.

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No matter how much you wished for it,

It wasn't fantasy, this was reality.

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When I saw Itachi again, when he broke my wrist so easily,

I realized how stupid the whole thing was.

While Itachi was still getting stronger than ever,

I was playing happy family with my team, with Konoha,

I needed to get stronger, to kill Itachi, to take revenge for my family, to do what I could not then.

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So I decided to take on Orochimaru's offer,

Even though I knew there had to be some catch to it.

I had to do it, I had to defeat Itachi.

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I could tell, she was suspicious,

And truly, when I saw her waiting for me at the bench, I was not surprised,

But annoyed, she made it harder for me to leave, to break the bonds I had here.

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She said things of the past,

The time when she had disgusted me at this particular bench,

Reminding me of how fragile she was once again,

Pulling at whatever heartstrings I still had.

What was worse was that she wasn't even aware it did hurt.

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She told me she loved me. I never doubted that.

She cried. I hated seeing her cry.

Those who made her cry paid the price, by Naruto, Kakashi and him.

But what made him hate seeing her cry even more,

Was that he was always the one to make her cry.

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I pressed a pressure point which put her unconscious,

And laid her on the (fateful) bench, which held so many memories of us.

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Haruno Sakura,

So I risked my life to protect her,

So I did open up to her,

And maybe,

Just maybe, I really did love her.

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I bent down to kiss her,

Stopping only when our noses touched,

I would not kiss her.

Not when it would be even harder for her to accept he would leave.

That she would be tied down to him.

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She would find a better person to share such feelings.

I did not deserve her.

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Thank you.

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For loving me…

For loving me…

For loving me…

A/N. I was like, HOW EVIL CAN I BE? HOW COULD I NOT LET HIM KISS HER?

Indeed inspiration is needed to write. I was actually intending for 'This Time' supposedly sequel for 'Missing You' to come out first. But then, after a sudden inspiration popped up, and then after thinking of a reviewers idea of making Sasuke's POV, I came out with this within the day, just like my oneshots, and stories other than 'Unwritten' and 'Be My Escape', this does not have my darling Aly-chan (beta) to see through it, so please forgive my grammatical mistakes, or whatever dumb mistakes I've made.

Err for readers who have not read 'Missing You', you don't have to go read it to understand, but reading it is nice too

And of course 'This Time' would be the sequel to this, unless I again decide to postpone it.

Hope you enjoyed it!

And as always, reviews are always appreciated!

Ja!

IC-chan