A/N: Alrighty, well since SasuSaku is my OTP, I decided to write a one shot on them, maybe more. You guys are welcome to send me one shot plots and I will gladly write them out for these two. I have a couple ideas for ones, but I'm always open to suggestions!

Anyway, hope you enjoy this!


Apology

The war was over. They won.

They had defeated Obito and Madara with the help of the four previous Hokage, and the arrival of the current five Kage. Orochimaru had actually listened to Sasuke, and helped out the Kage who had been seriously injured by Madara, bringing them to the battlefield. This was something everyone was shocked by.

Although the Shinobi Alliance had won, that didn't mean there weren't countless casualties and injuries. The Konoha 11 were still mourning the loss of Neji, and of Ino and Shikamaru's fathers. Some ninja had found Kakashi and Yamato, and the two were being treated in intensive care, along with many others.

The last Uchiha was no exception to injury. Of course he didn't have as many injuries as the others, ut he had gotten hurt badly towards the end of the battle, leaving Naruto to finish off Obito himself. And how did Sasuke end up getting himself so injured he couldn't help finish off the fight? The answer could be summed up in one word.

Sakura. Shocking that he would have moved so quickly to protect her, when he had thought he'd broken his bonds with his team. But during the fighting, Obito had gone after her, having seen how close he and Naruto were to her. And Sasuke hadn't had time to think, his body had moved on its own. Of course, afterwards, he had to deal with her crying over how stupid he was, and all he could do was lay there and try not to let her tears get to him as she healed him.

"Sasuke-kun!" The voice startled the Uchiha out of his thoughts, and brought him back to the present. He glanced behind him at angry emerald eyes. Apparently she'd been trying to get his attention for a few minutes now.

"What?" he asked, giving her a confused look.

"I asked you if you're feeling any better." Yeah. Here tone definitely proved she didn't like being ignored.

Sasuke stretched, standing up from the stool in the hospital room. Sakura had been treating his wounds since the end of the war, mostly because all the other medics were too afraid of him still. He hadn't exactly had his trial for his punishment from deserting the village yet. "Yeah, I'm healing. Thanks to you." He gave her a small smile, which turned into a smirk when she quickly turned away.

It was clear to him her feelings for him had not changed. Not even after he had tried to kill her; not once, but twice. Honestly he wasn't sure what he would have done if his attacks had been successful. Thinking back on it now, he couldn't believe he had actually done that to her. Of course, it had mostly been in self defense, since she had attacked him first, but he never thought he would have been able to raise his hands to the pinkette. Naruto he could understand, since the two were rivals and always would be, regardless if he was back and in his right mind again. He knew they would never hold back in a fight when it came down to it. But Sakura? She had done nothing but be there for him, even at his darkest. They weren't rivals. They were teammates, friends…..

"Its no problem. That's what I'm here for." The pinkette said with a small smile. "I have other patients though. So…" she trailed off as she headed for the door.

"Wait." Sasuke surprised the both of them when he reached out and took hold of her wrist. He couldn't let her leave. Not yet. There was something he had to say, something he had wanted to say since arriving at the battlefield. He just hadn't had a chance to say it yet. "I know I can't ever make up for everything I've done. Not to you Naruto…..especially not to you. But…." His mind drifted back to that day at the Summit. He really had fallen so low. And yet….she still cared for him. "I truly am sorry, Sakura. For everything."

"Sasuke-kun…" she started, watching him with soft eyes. However, he stopped her by holding up his hand.

"What I did to you was horrible. I know you were trying to save me, Sakura." He had spoken to Naruto the other day, who had told him the reasons behind their teammate's reckless behavior. "I saw right through you the moment you said you left the village for me." He noticed her eyes drift downward, and could tell she felt bad about that too. What she didn't know was lying to him had hurt him. Maybe that was why he had honestly tried to kill her. She was going to kill him to save him from himself, but at the time he had assumed her feelings for him had disappeared, vanished. And why shouldn't they? Even though he had wanted more than anything for her to hold onto them. "I shouldn't have tried to….kill you. Regardless of the circumstances."

He heard her sigh, and she looked back up at him again. "Sasuke-kun, you don't need to apologize for that. I know you weren't yourself. At the time…..I had feared the worst, that you were lost to us forever. So when you came to the battlefield that day, I…." A small smile formed on her lips, and Sasuke felt his heart jump a little. He enjoyed seeing her happy, not sad as Naruto had told him she'd been since he'd left. "I was so happy to see you, to know you were okay. Fighting beside you and Naruto again….it felt like everything was right in the world. I'm really glad you're back, Sasuke-kun."

Obviously she thought he was finished, because she turned to leave again. But his grip on her wrist tightened, causing her to turn back around confused. "I'm not done, Sakura." He said quietly. "You deserve an….explanation." She still seemed confused, so Sasuke went on. "The night I left…..I wasn't expecting to see you there. Honestly, you were the last person I wanted to see." The pinkette's emerald orbs widened at this, and he continued. "So when you started saying things, to get me to stay, I knew I had to hurt you. And I feel horrible for that. When you were crying, I…." It had taken all his control to not hug her. It would have made leaving any harder, which was part of why he had to leave in the first place. "When I told you thank you that night….. I meant it. Your feelings, your attention, your care….everything meant a lot to me. That was why I had to go." Sasuke could see tears welling up in her eyes, and he prayed she didn't cry again. He hated when she cried. "If I had stayed, I would have been distracted from my path. I thought I needed revenge, and staying with Naruto and you….I would have never gotten in."

"None of that matters anymore." Sakura replied quietly. "You're back now. That's what matters. You're home, with the people who care about you and love you. You don't need to explain your actions, Sasuke-kun."

"No, I do." He said sternly. "I need you to know this. Ever since we had become a team, I slowly felt my feelings for you and Naruto changing. I hated you both at first, but as we got closer, Naruto became my best friend. And you….I hadn't realized what I felt for you until the night I left. When you were speaking about everyone, confessing your feelings to me…..I realized why it was necessary for me to leave you." Sasuke paused, staring into her eyes as his heart pounded. "It was that night, that I realized I was falling for you." Sakura's eyes widened, but he stopped her from speaking by continuing. "I wasn't sure when it started, but I realized you had always been there, always been by myself, crying for me, worrying about me, cheering me on….loving me." He took a step forward, reaching a hand up and brushing his fingers against her cheek. "When I left, I tried my hardest to break my bonds with the both of you, tried to forget you. But I couldn't. And now that I'm back, I need you to know that I love you, Sakura."

The pinkette continued to stare at him, and Sasuke could tell her heart was pounding. It was almost as if he could hear it himself. He wasn't sure what she was going to say, and by the looks of it, it seemed like she wasn't so sure herself. Not really unexpected, because she probably never suspected that he would ever say any of those words to her. Part of him regretted not saying them to her that night before he left, but he knew if he had, he wouldn't have been able to leave, and do what he needed to do. Though leaving only caused him more pain in the long run.

When minutes passed, and Sakura still hadn't said anything, Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her, slightly worried. "Uh….Sakura? It'd be nice if you said something now." He wasn't used to her being so quiet. She was the one who blurted out her feelings to him first. So why was this making her shy?

However the only answer he got was her throwing her arms around him, almost knocking him off his feet. His own instinctively went around her waist, and he heard the soft whisper of her voice by his ear. "I love you too, Sasuke-kun. So much…."

A genuine smile formed on the Uchiha's lips, and he tightened his hold on her, closing his eyes. "Sakura… thank you."


A/N: Well, hope you liked it! I adore this couple, and am an avid shipper! So like I said before, if you have ideas for plots for these two you'd like to see me write out, feel free to send them through pms to me! Though you should know, I don't usually do AU's, so please make the ideas in the Naruto-verse. It can be pre-ship, post-ship, during-ship, post-war, things like that.

Also, please review and let me know what you think!