"Sakura..."
"Hm?"
"... You know... we've been like this for thirty minutes... and I have to go check in with the Hokage..."
"Mmhmm..."
"... You're heavy..."
"... Mmhmm..."
"Sakura, how 'bout gettin' off?" It's not like he wanted her to get off. Actually, he wanted to hold her in his arms forever - never letting her go again. But, really... she was heavy, and he did have to report back to Tsunade, anyway.
But what she said next caught him off guard,
"... If I do...will... will you go away again?"
His voice softened, "Sakura..."
He felt her clench his shirt, a warm liquid drenching his chest. He looked down to investigate, only to find...
Tears.
Her tears. The tears that had haunted him every night ever since he had left. He remembered being surprised - usually his nightmares consisted of the abrupt massacre of his clan, done so by his currently dead brother. But then he began to have nightmares about the night he left Konoha; her cries, her tears, her unconscious body lying on a cold, hard, obviously very uncomfortable bench. He remembered how much he had regretted leaving her there alone like that - especially without a blanket or something to keep her warm. Maybe he should have took her back to her house... no, it'd be too risky. He could've left her his shirt... but he'd probably be needing that, too Even in Sound - fangirls lurked everywhere . So, somehow he forced himself to just leave her there...
... To leave his heart.
Sakura's breaking voice brought him back from his thoughts, "... I... I love you so much...!" Those words. The words he had heard every day during his genin days.
The words he had always tried so hard to ignore and shove away.
... Revenge...
... Avenger...
... Hate me...
... Detest me...
... A true shinobi shows no emotion...
"Then I'm not a true shinobi."
She gazed up at him, her emerald orbs wide with confusion. Being an Uchiha, much more Sasuke, he'd rather kiss Naruto's boots than admit it, but...
She looked cute.
He smirked, "Finally, Sakura; I can love you, too."
GAH! SHORT! I had to put up SOMETHING else for you, though... yes, I AM going to continue it, but updates probably won't be that frequent, cuz of school and laziness and everything. xD
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