SOMETIMES SHE thought that she didn't love him anymore. It would make sense, wouldn't it? He abandoned his home, he abandoned his loyalty, he abandoned the only friends he ever truly had—Team Seven.

But then that little, nagging thought in the back of her mind (most likely her Inner self, hidden away as best as possible) reminded her that she didn't hate him: that she still loved and missed him.

She never wants to believe it; she wants to get on with her life, but…

She was Sakura and he was Sasuke. What part of that was she forgetting?