Guilty
Pairing: Rock Lee/Sakura
Rating: T
Words: 271
There was guilt there, sure, but the utter brevity and pristine sense of something that just had to be love was there, as well. And it far overshadowed any ill-will that Rock Lee may have felt toward himself, because as much as he wanted to blame his hormones, his dedication to Sakura, or his desperation to just have anything solid and alive to hold onto, he just couldn't.
He just couldn't blame himself for loving her.
Could he?
"Of course not," Tenten panted during a training session.
"Perhaps you are both equally to blame," Neji murmured during a mission.
"Better you than Sasuke!" Chouji snorted through a bowl of ramen.
"The choice is ultimately up to you," Gai said around a gleam of pearly white teeth.
"You shouldn't even consider it," Kakashi drawled, flipping a page of his book idly.
"Why is it a factor?" Naruto asked with a shrug.
"Stop thinking stupid things like that!" Ino shouted while sneering.
"You should learn to relax once in a while," Shikamaru muttered with closed, casual eyes.
And even though he'd gotten such amazing answers from such amazing friends, Rock Lee still felt guilty for "stealing" Sasuke's woman.
And so he asked him himself.
"Are you angry with me, Sasuke? For taking Sakura away from you?"
And he didn't miss the way Sasuke's gaze drifted slowly down to the engagement ring on Lee's right hand.
"No," Sasuke mused, curling his hands around the bars of his cell. "I never wanted her in the first place."
Rock Lee didn't feel guilty about the smile on his own lips.
But he sure hoped Sasuke did.