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Hate. She hated him for doing this to her. Hated herself, for loving him. All he did was walk up and say we are together. There was no thought put into it. No time or compassion.
Well that's what she thought. If Sakura wasn't so busy self-loathing she would have notice everything around her. She would have seen that everything around her house was done. Landry, dishes, grass cut, the list goes on.
She would have also seen that she had a nightly visitor. All he would do was staring at her at night. Just knowing that she was okay was all he needed to get by. Hearing her heart beat and seeing her chest rise and fall. The little things that said I'm alive.
No she didn't see all these things. Not until she went into her dresser and pulled out an old picture. The memories alone were too much so she placed it faced it down. Dressed for the day and headed to work, but when got back it was facing up.
Funny, a picture was the kick in the butt to get her to notice things. The more she looked around the more she saw she didn't truly hate him. She just wanted him to show he cared about her. Sakura had seen her friend's relationships. Naruto was very attentive when it came to Hinata. While Nije was one step under Sasuke in the personality department there was no doubt in his actions that he loved Ten Ten.
Thinking on everything she didn't want to think of Ino. All in all she was doing this to herself. You can't compare your relationship to others. Sasuke would never be any of them and wouldn't behave like the either.
Here she was waiting for him to act like someone he wasn't. In the end that's what made her fall in love with him in the first place. He was different than the other guys. Don't get her wrong she loved his abs, eyes, hair, but he was more than that.
Sasuke was every protective, and when he was thinking straight allowed you to make some mistakes. He would do things for those he cared for without being asked. If every questioned the answer would always be no.
The fact that he lost his family had him chose carefully who he allowed in his life. That she saw after she left the house. Only people he hung around were the rookie nine crew. Even if Naruto was the closest one to him, he held a level of trust with the others.
Lying down on her bed, Sakura thought long and hard on what she was about to do. She knew Sasuke would give her all the time she needs to figure things out. The only problem was that once she agreed there was no out. Not that she wanted one.
Rising from her bed Sakura walked to her closet and looked at her full length mirror. All questions about how she felt about Sasuke and his feeling for her were answered. Now she had to look herself in the mirror.
Her hair still wasn't as long as it used to be, but not as short either. Kind of in the middle. Her eyes were green and her hair was bubble gum pink. Some said she looked trashy with it others loved the hell out of it. They however didn't matter. This was about her.
Could she love Sasuke like he needed to be loved? Did her heart have the strength to be everything that was expected of her? Thinking about everything she didn't want to just jump into an relationship with him and it not work out.
Her cure mark pulsed. Another thing she didn't notice. Whenever he was near it pulsed, like a honey your home call. The feeling didn't hurt, if anything it was comforting. He must be on his nightly rounds of check her house. She was so stupid to not notice sooner.
Still looking at the mirror she did something she hadn't in a while. Sakura asked her heart what it wanted, what could it stand, was this the right thing to do?
I know you're scared. Loving him for so long and finally getting what you want is scary. But I feel his heart, it wants to love you. I want to love him. He has hurt and shattered our love. Still I'm asking you to love him more. Despite what many may think love is not for the weak. Only the strong and stand the challenges of love.
Now take both hands and knock the hell out of your fear. With fear down for the count ( at least for now). Get your keys and walked to his house. Talk to him about what we are afraid of, take baby steps. Because this is your forever, it goes at your pace and no one else.
Sakura smiles for minute, this was so crazy. To tell the truth she hadn't done anything like this since she was little. Now a day she would think everything through, not wanted to feel like a fool, but now wasn't as time to think. Now was a time to trust her heart and take action.
Sasuke walked into his house. Sakura was acting strange. She was looking at herself in the mirror. No clothes to check and see if they fit; just her looking at her reflection in the mirror. For a moment he wanted to climb through her (always) unlocked window and see what was wrong.
Like always he kept his distance giving her all the space she needed. Even though they both knew she couldn't really be with anyone else, Sasuke didn't want to trap her. If she wanted to move in and one day marry him then she would on her time.
(Even if all of his acts of kindness went unnoticed) He guessed she had a lot on her mind, working at the hospital and all. So he would wait for his cherry blossom to figure things out on her own. NO one said of course that he liked said waiting. Or that he wasn't taking his frustrations out on his friends when training, or enemies when on missions.
Thinking about it all awoken his anger, the suddenly pulse of his curse mark calmed him. The fact that Sakura was close hit him only seconds later. Turning around he walked to the door and opened it before she could knock.
Stepping back he asked her to come in and motioned for her to sit down. Touching her would be bad; sitting too close to her would be just as bad. Kissing her would lead to him making her stay the night in any way he could.
She sat down and blushed. He hadn't seen the shy Sakura for some time now, it was cute. "I'm sorry to come here so late I just need to talk to you."
"Okay."
No hn, wow. "I don't know if I'm ready to move in with you, but I am ready to try a relationship with you." Sakura looked the man in the eye, expecting to see reds blazing at her.
"So you want more time."
"Yes, I just…I don't know if I can be everything you need me to be. I'm not ready to be a mother; I don't see my hours at the hospital changing…"
Sasuke kissed Sakura softly. "I don't expect you to, and what do you mean all I need you to be. I don't need anything, but you. I need your temper, irritation, motherly, stubborn, loving,….I need you. That's all I need."
Her heart stopped, just her, what!? "I…how…What!?"
"I only need you Sakura. Nothing else. Just. YOU!"
Neither one knew who moved first but within a blink of an eye she was on the couch. Legs wrapped around him, hand pull him closer to her. Allowing him to dominate the kiss and moan when he moved down to her neck.
Just as quickly as it started it stopped. Sakura swore she was going to kill him. Looking into his eyes she saw desire. Which confused her as to why he stopped?
"If you don't leave now you won't. I don't want you to be mad at me in the morning. When you start sleeping in my bed I will do everything in my power to continue it."
Taking in deep breathes she tried to think of what she wanted to say. Mr. can't wait a damn minute continued before she could start.
"I know that is selfish so this is your only warning. Leave or you are moving back in." Sakura chuckled with this nice side of him. He was so sweet for giving her an out. However she really missed him and was starting to see what he heart meant. They would move at their own pace.
"Sasuke I love you because you are selfish. I have known that about you for a Very long time now. We can move at our own pace. I'm not leaving and you are not going to stop making love me until I am no longer able to move. WAIT!"
The Uchiha smiled, "Oh no, you already said it. And NO you will not work tomorrow. I meant what I said, and I'm going to start by proving my point tonight."
Even though Sakura should have been afraid of what her love had in store for her, she couldn't bring herself to. He was Sasuke Uchiha and she was Sakura Harunor. They needed each other.
This is the end! I hope you liked it. I loved writing it. Plez R&R so that I know how I did.