A/N: Thanks Ikamari, Water Tribe Wolf, awkwardbrandyn, REDemption Love and Lies, 1Cherry Blossom and Dina Sana for reviewing. :) In this prompt, Sasuke and Sakura are living together.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

A storm raged through out Konoha. The thunder radiated throughout the village, lightning flashes quickly following. The soft patter of the rain hitting the roof tops, echoed across town accompanying the howling wind.

Sasuke opened his eyes, adjusting to the darkness of his room. He glanced to his side to notice the bed was empty. He panicked at first, but the noises coming from the bathroom soothed his fears. He let out a small sigh of relief, she was still here, she didn't leave him.

Sasuke rose out of bed, and made his way towards the bathroom.

"Sakura..." he called out gently into the night. He received no answer, just quiet sniffles.

"Sakura, are you okay?" questioned Sasuke, worried for his girlfriend.

"Go away..." she whimpered.

Sasuke began panicking again. "Sakura, if you don't open this door I'll bust it down" he threatened.

He heard the sound of footsteps, followed by a click, signaling the door had been unlocked.

Sasuke slowly opened the door, expecting the worse, what he didn't expect to see was Sakura, sitting on the floor trying to cover her face.

Sasuke walked towards her, sitting down near his distraught girlfriend.

He could tell she had been crying, the tear stains were difficult to hide. It worried him to see her like this, so vulnerable. He was used to her being strong, destroying things with her bare hands, and saving lives. It's been a long time since he'd seen this side of her.

Sasuke knew he was the source of Sakura's tears...he always was.

"What did I do?" whispered Sasuke, angry at himself. He promised he would never make her cry again...and here she was hiding from him so she could cry.

"It's not you" whispered Sakura, wiping her tears.

"You don't need to lie to me Sakura, I know I've upset you" sighed Sasuke in defeat.

"It's stupid, just forget it" stated Sakura, trying to change the subject.

"No. Tell me what's bothering you" demanded Sasuke in a firm tone.

Sakura mumbled her answer so quietly that Sasuke didn't even hear.

"Sakura...can you speak up" asked Sasuke.

"I'm afraid...of the lightning" confessed Sakura, trying to hide her face.

Sasuke stayed silent. He didn't remember Sakura ever being afraid of lightning before. When they were genin, they've been stuck in storms quite often.

"Since when..?" questioned Sasuke.

"Since the Land of Iron" whispered Sakura, her voice growing small.

Sasuke froze, memories flying through his head. He remembered her face, as he charged his arm towards her with his Chidori, a strike to kill. He had made her fear him, something he never wanted.

Sasuke reached out, and pulled Sakura into his arms, she accepted the embrace happily. She always felt safe in Sasuke's arms, like he could protect her from anything.

"I'm sorry" he whispered in her ear.

"There's nothing to be sorry for. I've already forgiven you" replied Sakura.

"You shouldn't, I know there's some part of you that is afraid of me" stated Sasuke.

"No. I'll never be afraid of you Sasuke. I'm afraid of you falling into darkness, but never you" confessed Sakura.

"I'm not going to lie, that day still haunts me, and it might always haunt me...but it won't stop me from loving you" she finished.

Sasuke sighed into Sakura, listening to his lover's heart beat. He pulled her closer, placing a kiss a top of her head.

"I'm glad...because I think I've fallen in love with you too."

A/N: Oops Sasuke got a little OOC at the end...but I felt he could say those words after dating Sakura for a while.