Sorry for the wait, but currently I have the flu and it is messing with my ability to write, so I hope you enjoy this piece.

12:30 PM

The warm water felt heavenly to Sasuke as Hinata laced her hands around his neck and let her head rest on his hard chest, Sasuke hands found their way around her waist and she closed her eyes at the feel of Sasuke hands on her soft, warm skin.

"Where will you go today?"

Hinata asked softly and Sasuke closed his eyes, enjoying the small, yet steady vibrations of her beating heart, Sasuke let his hand traveled up the pathway of her spine, and she arch into him as his fingers brushed against certain sensitive spots, Hinata was blushing madly as Sasuke's other hand tightened around her waist.

"I am going to see Sakura today"

Sasuke said and Hinata opened her eyes slowly.

"Why?"

She asked and Sasuke loosened his grip on her waist, Hinata looked into Sasuke face and saw that it gone dark and Hinata felt a small twinge of fear race through her.

"There is something I must speak to her about"

"Oh, I see"

Hinata whispered, understanding what Sasuke was going to do, they passed the remaining time in the bath silently, using their body language to communicate with each other, after fifteen minutes of silence, Sasuke and Hinata walked back to the bedroom in silence, where they quickly dressed, anxious to leave the apartment, Hinata like Sasuke, had dressed in full black, and he suddenly realized that he was having a big influence on her personality, already, almost all of her shyness was gone, her confidence and morale had gone up, finally at the door, Sasuke laid a brief kiss on her cool pink lips and he felt her heart hammering away, Sasuke opened the door and she walked out first, Sasuke stepped out.

Even though the sun was shining brightly and it was midday, the air was cold enough to make him shiver slightly, some villagers were wearing sweaters and Sasuke smirked, looking forward to the cold seasons, with winter came the reason for having a human blanket at night time, he looked over the Hyuga and saw that she was thinking the same thing, her smile was somewhat sad and he turned his focus back on the road.

Sakura was trying not to blush as she stared into the uchiha's emotionless face, cold air emanated out of her living room and Sasuke could hear the soft hum of the air conditioner somewhere inside her home, standing in the sunlit hallway of the huge building, Sasuke could tell that you have to be somebody important to get to live in a building like this, she seemed to have been disturbed from her work because she was wearing her lab coat and a short black skirt, soon, Sakura realized that she was staring too much and spoke calmly.

"What a surprise to see you, I thought you would never come visit me"

Sakura said and Sasuke forced himself to speak calmly.

"There is something I wish to speak to you about"

Sasuke said evenly, sakura smirked and stepped aside, inviting him in her home, Sasuke walked into her apartment, he heard the door close behind him, he inspected her room and saw that it was well organized, white silk curtains ran around the room, which diffused the sunlight and created a pleasant effect, on her walls were painting of various plants and animals, a large fish tank sat near a open window where a Sakura tree was growing outside, few pink petals floated on the surface of the water and a pair of red and black koi fish swam happily together, in the middle of the room, sat four huge couches forming a rectangle around a glass coffee table which had had several books opened, Sakura saw the impressed look on Sasuke's face and smirked.

"So, what do you think?"

Sakura asked and Sasuke turned to look at her, her smirk was making him uncomfortable and he felt his face falter a bit.

"Not bad"

Sasuke said truthfully, she smiled and brushed back several strands of hair out of her face.

"So"

Sakura said and walked up to him, so close, she could detect the pheromones coursing around his body, she let the blush take over her face and looked up at him with seductive eyes.

"What did you want to talk about?"

Sakura moved close to Sasuke until their clothes were brushing against each other, she expected Sasuke to be annoyed at her intrusion, Sasuke maintained his cool and Sakura moved in for the kill, she pressed up against Sasuke, her hands slowly went around his neck and she slowly tipped up on her toes, she dropped her gaze, staring at his faint pink lips, she moved her head forward, her lips centimeters away from Sasuke's ones and she closed her eyes.

"Why are you doing this?"

Sasuke said coldly and Sakura stopped, she opened her eyes and saw an anger plastered over his face, she felt her seducing plan failing and she drew back, mentally cursing herself for making such quick, reckless moves on Sasuke, the well greased gears in her brain began moving and she switched to a different tact.

"Don't you see why? I love you"

Sakura said expertly and pressed her face into his chest, savoring his delicious scent, also slightly surprised that he was letting her stay this close to him, and she knew it was because she had once saved him why she was getting such a chance, Sasuke made no movement as she continue to hack and probe his body, testing the limits to how far she could go.

"What have I done to deserve your love, all I ever did was hurt you"

Sasuke said coldly and she stopped and looked up at him, his eyes had taken on a vacant look and s saw e that his defenses were down, this was what she was waiting for and Sakura took it like a hungry hyena.

"I understood what you going through back then"

Sakura began her eyes sympathetic as she looked up into Sasuke's dark face, looking for any emotion that she might take advantage of.

"And I have already forgiven you for the hell you were putting me through"

Even though Sakura was trying to keep her emotions in check, she found out she was slowly losing control of her feelings, the longing for being this close to the uchiha was having a major effect on her feelings.

"Plus, I have even risk my life to show you how much I love you Sasuke"

Sasuke looked into her eyes and he saw them swimming with tears that she was holding back, he felt another bout of guilt devouring his inside and Sasuke forced it back, determined to end everything here, and if he was going to do this, but he needed to be heartless and harsh.

"Rubbish"

Sasuke said coldly and Sakura flinched, hurt, she took her hand from around his neck and looked down on the white tiles, her hair hid her face and Sasuke saw a single tear splash on the tiles, Sasuke felt as though someone was cutting at his insides with a scissors, he wasn't so heartless as to enjoy killing other people's emotions.

"Why Sasuke"

Sakura said quietly and Sasuke heard the hurt in her voice.

"Why do you resent me so?"

Sasuke felt his cool façade slipping away the more she spoke, in a few more minutes, he would probably start crying if Sakura continued like this.

"Why can't you hate me?"

Sasuke asked and she looked up at him with confused eyes, she was crying uncontrollably now, all the more worse because she made no sound as the tears ran down her face.

"Because, I love you too much"

She said, her voice laced with sorrow and Sasuke grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back against the door, he saw the frightened expression on her face and he bit back his anger.

"I have never understood why you like me, what do you see in me, Sakura, even when I left the village all those years those years ago, you still held on to a childish crush that was meaningless from the very beginning"

Sasuke said, his voice dripping with poison and Sakura closed her eyes, her lips trembling from trying not to sob.

"Please, leave alone from now on"

Sasuke said and he stepped back from her, Sakura was silent as Sasuke's harsh words sunk into her brain.

"Then tell me Sasuke, what should I do?"

Sasuke turned his head away, on her wall was their old team seven photo, Sasuke eyes narrowed his eyes and he looked back her.

"As if I would know"

Sasuke retorted heartlessly, he fought with his facial muscles and got them back under control.

"Now if you excuse me, I have somewhere to go"

He waited for Sakura to move from the door, she moved to the side and Sasuke proceeded to open the door, his hand touched the lock and Sakura spoke softly.

"Why did you become like this, Sasuke, What made you change"

Sasuke paused, Sakura watched him through sad, teary eyes, Sasuke turned to face her and Sakura saw that a line of blood was running down the left side of his face, it stopped at his chin and a drip fell off and splashed onto the floor.

"Why, you ask?"

Sasuke's voice was dangerously low, but the pink hair girl was unaffected by his tone.

"You seem to have forgotten, that you and Naruto…."

Sasuke eyes flared red and a dark purple aura surrounded his body, the air went colder and Sakura could feel the Susano'o' struggling to be released from its master, she began to hear a faint whispering coming from the icy chakra and she took a step back, and in that instant, she remembered what he was talking about, Sasuke saw that she remembered and he balled his fists tightly until the bones in his hands began to hurt.

"That you and Naruto tried to kill me"

Sakura felt uncomfortable as she looked at the uchiha who stood unmoving with a look of hatred on his face, there was an awkward silence for about a minute, and Sasuke spoke.

"I had once thought of the two of you as comrades, but now; I very much hate the two of you and this rotten village, you people have always have always been taking the things away from me that I love the most, my clan, my big brother, even then, you and Naruto were willing to take my life for the likes of the ninja world"

Dark memories swirled around Sasuke, he remembered the sour smell of decaying corpse on the battlefield, the cold stinging rain that blinded him and the way his muscles ached as he cut down shinobi after shinobi, remembered the feeling of his death drawing closer as he used up his last reserves of chakra to fend off attacks, remembered the way his lungs were punctured by his broken ribcage, courtesy of Sakura's fist landing into his chest, the feel of Naruto's shadow clone fists punching the life out of him, then, a loud explosion filled his ears, and suddenly he was inside a maelstrom of malevolent chakra that was slowly crushing his body inwards.

Sasuke drew himself out of the past, feeling sick and angry inside, Sakura looked away in shame, unable to say anything or meet his red eyes.

"I would have died that day, if it wasn't for a certain someone"

It was Sakura's turn to feel guilty; she had tried to kill him and was now asking him to love her.

"There was a time when I thought that the two of us could be together, but, that's all over now"

Sakura blinked away the tears in surprise at his words.

'What do you mean?"

Sasuke saw the confusion in her face and he grounded his teeth together.

"Just say, I had once felt something for you, but now, all I feel now is hatred"

At the concept that Sasuke had once loved her, Sakura ran forward and hugged him from behind.

"I am sorry Sasuke, please, don't let it end like this, I don't know what I would do without you"

Sasuke placed his hand on the knob and turned it, he pushed the door open, and pried sakura's hand from around him and stepped out into the hallway.

"No wait, please, don't leave me!"

Sakura cried and reached out to hold onto his hand, but Sasuke vanished with unreal speed, leaving Sakura in the silent hallway, where she broke down in sobs, not caring who heard her cries, she understood that Sasuke had meant what he said and she knew she had lost him forever.

1: 45 PM

Sasuke reached his home in less than a minute and kicked off the door then slowly walked inside, not seeing where he was going through the bloody, burning liquid that sprung from his damaged tear ducts, he knew his way around the place enough to leave his feet on auto pilot, they carried him to the bathroom and into the shower stall, his hands reached up by themselves and turned on the water, the cold shock brought him out of his trance, and he looked up to the shower head and felt the thick blood washing off his face, the dark, painful memories of the past left him shaking and fresh blood flow down his face as he cried silently.

Hinata ran towards the loud crashing noise that echoed down the hallway, already, few people had their doors opened, not caring about their staring, she skated to a stop and saw that the door was off his hinges, then she saw the dried drops of blood on the ground and her eyes opened wide as she imagined the worst, her byakugan came on violently and her head pounded by the sudden rush of chakra, she silently went in, she sensed Sasuke chakra in the bathroom and she ran to the bath, following the bloody trail, she burst into the room and saw a figure dressed in black sitting in a pool of blood and water, Sasuke lifted up his head to look at her, he was trembling and his lips had gone a pale blue hue.

"Hinata"

Sasuke said weakly and he felt his eyes closing, in his semi conscious state, Sasuke could hear her voice calling his name, he felt his lips forming into a small smile, glad to have such an angel by his side, then everything faded and he knew nothing but still darkness.

Hinata placed her ear against Sasuke heart and heard his heart rapidly beating, she knew this was a bad sign, she took his limp hand and placed it around her neck, his head hung limply and hinata stood with him, she shouldered his weight and walked out into the hallway and into the bedroom, where she carefully put him on the bed, using her byakugan, she took a look at his internal organs and saw that his adrenal gland was secreting large amount of adrenaline into his blood stream, his heart rate was abnormally fast, alarmed, she quickly went to work, she stopped the excess flow of adrenaline and slowly his heart beat started normalizing, the color slowly returned to his lips and hinata breathed a sigh of relief, for one frightening moment, she thought that she was going to lose him, driven by that thought, she leaned over him and placed a kiss on his forehead, when she straightened back up, sasuke eyes were barely opened, Sasuke reached out to her and she gently held his cold hand.

"Sleep"

Hinata said affectionately and Sasuke closed his eyes, relishing the fact that he had her by his side.

Yeah, another long chapter, again, hoped you like it, and remember. Read and review.