because.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Summary: "Because.." A word that always led to something more.

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It's been a month since he's been back. Sakura was walking down the main street in Konoha. She was refraining herself from turning back into a fangirl. No. She wouldn't go back. Sakura learned to accept that they were friends and nothing more. Now, she couldn't ask for anything better. Her, Sasuke, and Naruto were the best of friends. Inseperable.

'We practically live together now,' Sakura thought amusingly to herself. She recalled all the times that they spent at Sasuke's house and crashed there. She gave a smile. She had a odd feeling that something great was going to unravel.

And Haruno Sakura's hunches were never wrong.

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Sasuke was pissed. He was walking down the street in Konoha. Main street to be exact. He just came back from a mission to escort the Daimyo to his village. A simple D-ranked mission. He thought these pointless because he was a jounin now. There were no other shinobi to appoint to. So out of sheer luck, Sasuke was stuck doing a worthless mission, wasting his time from training.

As he was walking with a deadly aura that made everyone back off, he caught sight of pink hair walking straight towards him. He desperately hoped that she would sense that he was not in a very good mood.

"Sasuke-kun! What are you doing here?"

Apparently not.

"What do you want?" It was rather bitter and harsh. Sakura blinked twice with a confused expression on her face. After two seconds, she merely shrugged it off knowing that Sasuke was always cold.

"Nothing really. Ne, Sasuke-kun, let's go do something. I'm getting bored!" She smiled up at him and grabbed his hand. Sasuke let her drag him until they stopped under a cherry blossom tree. He jerked his hand away.

"Ne, Sasuke! Isn't it nice outside?" She sat down and rest her back against the trunk. Sasuke hesitantly sat next to her after a few minutes.

"Hn. Sakura.. Why'd you bring me here?" His voice didn't have much curiousity in it.

"I don't know. I just wanted rest under my favorite tree. And then when I saw you, I just dragged you along, I guess." She smiled at him. Sasuke's stomach made a weird, fluttery movement.

"Whatever." She frowned.

"You don't need to be so cold around your best friends. Naruto and I are always here!" She gave him a thumbs up. Sasuke glared at her. He was already on the border of snapping because of the mission. She just had to cross the line a bit.

"Why the hell are you always so happy? It's annoying me." Sasuke twitched.

"Why not be happy, Sasuke? You can't keep brooding on the past! Naruto and I will help you move on! We'll help you forget your revenge!" Sakura's eyes widened as soon as she said it.

'Shit! Why the hell did I bring that up!? Crap. He's going to get angry..' Sakura mentally braced herself to what he was going to say next.

Sasuke turned to her. He was so beyond pissed. " You've never experienced pain so much as I have, Sakura. You shouldn't be talking about things you aren't aware of."

"Sasuke! I know what you've been through.. I understand that it hurts!"

"No you don't! Why do you want me to move on so badly, Sakura?!" No one understood. It hurt him that the woman he wanted to spend eternity with was trying to stray him from his path of revenge.

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, YOU STUPID STUPID IDIOT!!!" Angry tears were flowing from her very shocked eyes. 'No.. I didn't.. say.. that.. right?'

Sakura turned on her heels and ran as fast as she could go. 'SHIT. I'm so stupid. I just ruined a life-long friendship with three simple words.. Sakura, keep yourself together!' More tears flowed down.

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Sasuke ran after her. He knew this was his chance. He kept running before he stopped upon a figure sobbing into her hands under a tree. Sasuke lifted her off the ground.

"Sakura.."

"Forget it. Forget what I said." Sakura said with her gaze towards the left of him.

"No." Sakura looked at him and was met with soft lips pressing against hers. It was a chaste kiss. A kiss so filled with passion. That one kiss that every girl had dreamed of getting. They stayed like that for a good minute before seperating from lack of oxygen. Sasuke leaned his forehead against hers.

"I love you too.. Sakura."

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holy shit. I hate this. I just improvised! I had an urge to go write something! Damn. Horrible story. FIRST FF THOUGH. YAY. I hope to get at least 5 reviews. TT_TT

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