She smiled softly then leaned her head against my shoulder. "Haku and Naruto… they're far away aren't they?" She asked with a bitter laugh. I knew what she meant instantly. It was what I had been thinking as well.

"They're gone." I replied and felt her stiffen in front of me. She looked at me with blank eyes and nodded letting me know she knew all along. It was suffocating just looking at Sakura with her melancholy showing how truly pathetic she's become.

"I'm so sorry… it's just that… everything that happened before I left… well it may seem small but for some reason it hurt. I just wanted someone to love me before I was taken to my mother's heartless world." She said gently.

"I think I'm starting to understand." I answered noticing Sasuke flirting with a blond haired girl. I glared at him making Sakura glance over but her expression didn't change at all. She just looked at me with her same expression then excused herself.

"I need to get going." She said softly and put her hair behind her ears. When we were in middle school she never put her hair back she was always too busy running around scheming her next plot. It was fun and strange at the same time. Now in high school she's just a zombie in spazzy clothing.

I watched her leave but then she turned and smiled at me before mouthing 'thank you'. I smirked and turned to the guys. "Sakura just smiled." I told them causing the boys to stare at me oddly. They didn't seem to care much which hurt a bit thinking of how much it will hurt Sakura.

"Why do you care so much about her?" Sai asked dryly causing me to glare at him straight through. Why doesn't he care about her when he's the one who helped break her?! I turned away and began to walk off when Naruto and Haku stopped me.

"Do… do you think she'll get better soon?" Naruto whispered making me glare harder at them both. Pathetic. They only care about her now that they realize there's hope to her coming back to normal. It's stupid but I guess that's what these boys have always been.

"Why should I tell you? It's not like you boys would care to stick by here when she's like this." I growled forcing the boys out of my way as I stormed out of the room feeling as if this was all of those boys' fault.

"Don't act so confident. It was your fault too… even if you and Sakura both don't realize it." Haku told me bitterly as though we should all share the blame for some reason. I realized then that he was right… but there's no way I'm going to think about that now.

"Go ahead and hold your head higher than the rest of us… but you're going to have to face your hand in this sooner or later." Itachi called after me but I ignored him and walked out the door leaving the boys in my dust. I can't think of this now when Sasuke hardly cares about the girl he's supposedly helping. There's no way I can allow this to happen any longer.

For a brief moment I thought about how when I was younger in middle school… I was never there for her… I didn't even know she had a boyfriend until the rumors of her meltdown appeared all over the school. It burned realizing I did play a part in all of this… do I really deserve the ability to help her?

Why should I care now when I didn't care then… was this all just a messed up idea from an idiot's head to begin with?