Sakura thinks of him when she sees the color green. It sort of reminds him of her. She's not sure why... It's not like it's his favorite color or anything. Maybe it's all those days they spent in the very green training field.

Mostly, though, she thinks it's a certain memory.

Once,during a particularly easy mission, they were way ahead of schedule returning, so they decided to eat lunch in a nearby field. But having finished their mission early, they were tired, and somehow managed to fall asleep. (Kakashi just read his book.)

When Sakura sits and thinks somewhere where there's green grass, she remembers waking up to find Sasuke next to her, still sleeping and sort of snoring. He was also drooling. The grass made his nose twitch a little. She turned away before he woke up (but now wishes she hadn't).

Sakura thinks of that moment as the moment that she really did fall in love. The moment she realized that she wouldn't care if he was old or ugly, but as long as he was there beside her when she woke up, Sakura would always be happy.

She likes to sit in a field and think about this- it's her happiest memory, before the Chunin exams screwed everything up- but it only ever comes to Will he come back? and she doesn't want to listen to logic's answer, so she leaves and tries to forget.

She can't.

Uchiha Sasuke is not sentimental. Not at all.

But when he sees someone- anyone- with green eyes, he thinks of her. He imagines, occasionally, that if he were to find someone with pink hair, he would definitely think of her, but he hasn't yet found that person, and doubts he ever will.

(If nothing else, he wishes he'd asked her about her hair. What kind of genes does one have to have for pink hair?)

It is a real problem for him, though, because in training sessions...

Training sessions with Orochimaru are a melee. Orochimaru figures that if all his warriors fight one another, they get stronger and stronger. Of course, it is not permitted to kill one another. Only Sasuke is allowed that privilege. Not that he ever takes Orochimaru up on it.

And if someone in training at the same time as him has green eyes, Sasuke can't help it- he will instinctively not hurt that person. Instinctively, he has even protected some of them. Instinctively, which means that after he's gotten over the shock of their eyes, he can easily incapacitate them.

Orochimaru, Kabuto, and logic tell him this is a weakness, and that weaknesses must be dealt with accordingly, but a small part of him knows that this is a weakness he will gladly keep.

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