MG: I've always though of Sakura as being a motherly figure towards both Naruto and Sasuke, even though there really nothing in any of her interactions with Sasuke that constitutes as "motherly." I think that Sakura just looks like a caregiver/mom… And certainly (in the AU where Sasuke comes home) a mutually beneficial, romantic relationship between them is possible (and certainly more healthy than a relationship between Naruto and Sakura or Naruto and Sasuke). But it has just never interested me. Like I said, Sakura is a caregiver. Well, Sasuke needs someone to take care of him (even though he'd never admit it even to himself); therefore, they are "perfect" for each other. But its just not interesting. There are no sparks between their characters, and really- a happy, functioning Sasuke is just boring.
It's actually a really depressing situation, how Sakura, even later in the series, still clearly cares for Sasuke. And how Sasuke, seeing that care, without even considering what his own true emotions might be, so forcefully and calmly rejects it.
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in that moment
his eye caught hers
the still air swirled
with lethargic intensity,
filled with green butterflies, red
dragons, blue doors.
etched into stillness, the
plain lines identified and fold
into paper secrets.
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a second passes
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she breathes in
the stillness invades her lungs
like the waters of a dead lake.
she becomes the mother
of that liquid pain.
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he looks away
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she breathes out
and then in again.
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