A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Sorry for the long update, i'm also working on my other story "Behind The Smile" So, that's part of the reason.

Dislaimer: If i owned the Naruto series, Itachi would have a hella good reason for killing the Uchiha clan, other than to test his "capacity". I mean, cmon, what kind of joke is that? hurhur how bout you test your common sense! Id say it ranks at a high stupitivity...I mean..i'm trying to see from his point of view, but i can't get my head that far up my ass..im sorry..I understand and all, to a certain point..get over it Itachi!! Cause..I think there is another reason..so there it is...oh yea..I love you tho Itachi! I would so have his babies..but then again im a hoebag, soo it's no biggie.

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Those Sharingan Eyes

Chapter 8: Misunderstanding

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Sasuke looked at Sakura through the window of his kitchen.

She was crying, because of him. It was always because of him. There was no other reason, but because of him. Was it his destiny to bring misery upon Sakura? Take out his insecurities on her? Was he that cruel? To be honest with himself, he knew he was. There was no denying it. But if he was cruel, why did he let her stay with him? These unwanted feelings.. if he couldn't stand them, why did he let her say with him?

Sasuke looked to the ground for a moment, unable to do anything else.

Was it always this way with Haruno Sakura? Every time he looked at her, would he feel this unfamiliar tug in his heart? A feeling, something he couldn't explain..it didn't feel right…he didn't want it…but..

Sasuke brought his head up to look at Sakura. He had a determined look on his face.

Whenever he was with her, that feeling was what made him feel right.

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The tears were coming down in a constant stream now, the continuous wiping of her forearm was doing nothing to stop them. Sakura continued scrubbing an already clean dish. Maybe if she cleaned this dish to the point where it couldn't get dirty anymore, there was no way she would never dirty herself with these unwanted feelings?

Sakura held in a sob as she looked to the ceiling, chastising herself for being so stupid. Sakura let go of the dish, and brought a hand up to her mouth, trying to hold in another sob. She looked up at nothing in particular, as the tears began to come in an even greater amount.

She couldn't do this anymore. Bottle up her feelings, pretend like nothing's wrong…pretend like she didn't love Sasuke. Uchiha Sasuke..the worlds most arrogant bastard in her book. The man who didn't know how to love himself let alone anyone else. The ice block that could never be melted, even if thrown into the depths of hell….another impossible goal for Sakura. That's exactly what he was.

Sakura almost jumped as she heard light footsteps behind her. She turned around to see Sasuke, just standing there, looking at her. Eyes wide, she spun around in the other direction and did the best she could to wipe away her tears. As she furiously wiped, she found her arm being pulled away by a hand behind her.

Surprised, she looked to see Sasuke. His hand was holding onto her hand. He slowly brought it away from her face and turned her around to face him. After a while he let her hand go. All the while he never lost eye contact with the pink-haired girl.

"Stop crying…You look ugly when you cry.."That came out wrong. Sasuke looked to see Sakura's eyes water even more. She was about to turn away, but Sasuke caught her hand again. He realized he said the wrong thing..but then again, he was Sasuke, when did he ever say the right thing to Sakura?

Sasuke let go of Sakura's hand again, bringing it up to her face. Just as he was about to make contact, his hand recoiled, dropping down to his side. He clenched both of his fists, breaking eye contact with Sakura as he looked the other way. He looked uncomfortable.

"Your tears…they reflect..I see me… how horrible I am, how ugly I am..hateful. I hate seeing that. Every time you cry..I see any ugly person, a horrible person…." Sasuke tried again, hoping it made sense, even though it didn't make sense to him. He wasn't good with words. "If you don't want to look ugly..don't ever cry again. Don't cry because of me," And he just had to last part. "It's a waste of yours and my time."

Sakura looked up at Sasuke with a very unreadable expression. Her eyes were still watering. She looked up to the ceiling in disbelief, with a flabbergasted huff. She rolled her eyes back down to look at Sasuke one more time. Her tongue was rolling around in her mouth to keep her from biting it. She tried to smile, well she actually did smile, letting out a laugh.

"I should have known." Was all she said as she walked past Sasuke. When she made it to the door frame, Sakura spun around, facing Sasuke, for one last quick remark. The whole time she had a smile on her face, more like a grin. A sad one.

"Sorry for wasting your time." With that, Sakura walked out of the kitchen and out of Sasuke's apartment.

Sasuke just stood, in the same spot, looking ahead at nothing in particular. As if what had just happened dawned on him. His hands were in his pockets now. His face slowly scrunched up into an annoyed look. He was going to call it quits, he didn't need this. Sasuke turned to walk out of the kitchen. He unconsciously detoured out of the apartment.

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As soon as Sakura walked out of Sasuke's apartment, she booked it. She started running. She didn't know where she was going, she didn't really care. She just wanted to run. Tears were falling behind her as she ran.

After a while Sakura found herself upon the hill with where the lone, big cherry blossom tree was resting. She didn't care to think about the memories. But inevitably, they came.

Flashback

Sakura ran up to a cherry blossom tree, staring up at in awe."Wow! It's already bloomed Kakashi-sensei! Isn't it pretty Sasuke?" She looked behind her to see the rest of her team walking towards her. Sasuke closed his eyes, and let out an amused hmph. He opened them again, and watched as Naruto ran in front of him.

"This is going to be our designated tree!" Naruto beamed, throwing an arm up into the air.

Amazingly, Kakashi didn't have his infamous book out. One hand was in his pocket and he was smiling. "Shall this be our new meeting spot?" He looked to both her and Sasuke.

Sakura was in a good mood that day, she felt she could burst out laughing for no reason. She looked to Sasuke, noticing that even he had a slight grin on his face. As usual his hands were in his pockets. At Kakashi's question, Sasuke closed his eyes, smirking even more. That was a yes for him.

With a bright smile on her face, Sakura grabbed Sasuke's and Naruto's hand, making them climb up the tree with her. Her and Naruto signaled for Kakashi to join them. He set the camera down on the grass, setting a timer so they could take a picture.

Their sensei appeared behind them, holding two fingers above Sasuke's and Naruto's heads. Meanwhile, Naruto leaned over Sakura trying to push Sasuke. This annoyed Sakura because he was leaning over her, and trying to mess with Sasuke. So with her monstrous strength, Sakura hit Naruto upside the head. That moment the camera decided to snap.

In the picture, Kakashi was still behind the trio, a huge smile on his face. He had somehow managed to take out his Icha Icha paradise book. Sasuke had his arms crossed over his chest, his eyes closed as he was in the motion of shaking his head in embarrassment. Sakura still had her fist posed, her face scrunched up in an irritated matter, meaning her mouth was wide open as she must have yelled "baka". Naruto was in the motion of reaching out in front of him, as he began to fall backwards.

End Flashback

Sakura smiled at the memory. Along with that one came many others, along with the most recent one.

Flashback

"What?" Sasuke asked, seemingly surprised by Sakura's words.

The first time she had asked the question, Sakura had brought her head up to look at the stars, not wanting to look into Sasuke's onyx orbs. Maybe that's why he didn't hear it clearly. Or because he wanted to make sure he heard right. Whether or not that was the case, it didn't matter to her. She summoned up her courage and brought her head down, looking at the ground for a moment before resting her eyes on Sasuke.

"Do you hate me?" The question that had Sakura thinking days and nights. The question that haunted her. The answer she awaited, one she believed she all ready knew the answer to. The answer which she guessed right. Sakura watched Sasuke intently as he seemed to contemplate her words. Did he have to think about it?

"I don't know." Simple words. Words that could be used to answer many things, avoid many things. Such mediocre words Yet words that downed her mood, her thoughts.

End Flashback

It was raining now. The clouds over head, long since blackening. She watched as people had retired into their homes, the market salesmen hurrying to pack away their items. Sakura looked up to the sky, closing her eyes, letting the rain soak her. It masked the tears that were still flowing down her face.

She didn't notice the figure walking towards her.

Thanks for reading! The story is finally picking up again, sorry for the long wait! YAY...

Oh man who's that figure?...drumrolls..Icoughs up a storm and dies...ope that sucks..guess you'll have to wait till next chapter! That's all folks!