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How would Sasuke confess to the girl who likes his best friend?

He wouldn't.

He would wait until the emotions were out of her system. He would refuse to be seen as nothing more than "his best friend," and he wouldn't be able to support either of them once his own feelings were known. There was the chance that said girl would reciprocate his feelings, but Sasuke wouldn't want to deal with the doubt-

She's using me.

She just wants to be close to him.

She never wanted me in the first place.

-so it was best to just wait until her emotions had shifted to the next person. No one liked their first crush forever.

But waiting without effort could be the wrong approach.


How would Sasuke confess to the girl his best friend was interested in?

He wouldn't.

He would listen to his best friend make fleeting comments about said girl-

She's kinda weird, huh?

She's pretty determined, huh?

She's kinda pretty, I guess.

She's been on my mind lately.

-but he wouldn't say more than he needed to. He wouldn't let his best friend know that said girl was interested in someone. It was obvious to everyone. Why should he have to say it? Why should he let him know? How come he didn't know already?

But Sasuke did value his best friend. Annoying as he was, Sasuke's best friend was important to him, so he wouldn't interfere even if the two started talking more. Why would he? Sasuke was put in her presence a lot more because of it, so there would be no point in interfering.

But he himself could have made a bigger effort to know her.


How would Sasuke confess to the girl his best friend was dating?

He couldn't.

Why would he? It was his own fault for sitting passively by and watching the two grow closer. Every miscommunication between the two could have been Sasuke's time to act. The awkward silences could have been Sasuke's chance to dominate the conversation. The times his best friend wanted to give up this needless emotional chess could have been Sasuke's right to support a Game Over.

But Sasuke encouraged with annoyed huffs and blunt words. He left the two alone whenever his own discomfort got the best of him. He accepted all the times his best friend rescheduled their usual meetings to take care of "something important."

It made his best friend happy.

And she was happy.

And as accepting as he was, Sasuke clung to the notion that "first relationships never last."


It didn't.

They didn't.

But years had passed. He changed. She changed. Nothing was the same anymore. They were no longer children, no longer teens, no longer naive.

Sasuke realized that nothing was gained from inaction except regret and pestering questions. So whenever Sasuke saw her, that pretty dark-haired girl who grew to be a beautiful dark-haired woman, a similar question always passed through his mind:

How do I confess to the woman who used to be in love with my best friend?

With a sigh and a shrug, the answer was always the same.

"I can't."