Title: Mangled Hearts

Pairings: Sasuke and Sakura

Title: Love only proved to be the death of her.

What was love?

Was love meant to be reserved for heartbreaks and betrayals and lonely nights of standing by the window holding a picture frame of a broken team?

Sakura didn't really know what love meant to her but she was close to being 100% sure that she was in love with Sasuke. Even if Sasuke had gone far too deep into darkness, she was sure she still loved him.

Because, if she didn't love him, who will?

It was Wednesday and night had fallen onto the Hidden Leaf's village, Sakura stood by the rooftop of her house clutching her team's picture frame. There were many times when Sakura didn't know what to do with her life and times like these were always after the first sign of nightfall and when she was alone on top of her roof with her picture.

Sure, she always had a promising job at the Hospital being the Hokage's student and all but… She wanted something bigger. Something better. Something worth dying for. Something that proved that she moved on with her life after Sasuke left but -of course, she never really did move on did she?

She was on a mission with her team when she noticed that the original 4 man squad slowly decreased as they made their way further into the forest. Sakura didn't notice them -even if she was supposed to but she had so many things on her mind that nothing really ever registered any more.

That is until Uchiha Sasuke stood in front of her, his kusanagi stained with her teammate's blood. And there was a slight lift at the sides of his lips.

" Sakura," He greeted, if she didn't know better, she would say he was smiling.

Her heart skipped; she didn't know if it was because she knew her death was near or it was because he was just there. " Sasuke…Kun."

She knew Sasuke never loved her even when he kissed her, or held her as though she was a fragile piece of shattered glass that was glued together slowly. But, Sakura decided, she was just exactly that -a broken glass.

Even when her eyes widened and blood was tasted on her tongue through the kiss, she was sure she loved him. Even if he just stabbed her through the heart.

" I… Lo..ve…you…" She managed to say out, her body crumpled to the ground and Sasuke looked down from above. Something burned behind his eyes as she looked at him with her failing sight.

But just as her breath was stolen away by the wind, she was sure she saw him say, " Aa."

Because without her now, who will love him like she did?

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