In the middle of the night, you could see the full moon shining its moonlight towards the village. A figure had appeared in front of the gates of Konoha. He had jet black hair and a black cape.

"I'm Home," said the man under his breath. He took this moment to take it all in. Then he noticed they were about to close the gates.

He quickly went through the gates before they closed them behind him. He sighed in relief.

He continued his walk around the village, seeing all the changes that had been made and what they had decided to recreate from the old town. He sees a very familiar-looking bench.

"Damnit, they created that damn bench," said the man. He sighed and decided to head towards the bench.

He places his hand on the stone bench, slightly admiring their handy work of recreating it. He was starting to feel tired from his long journey and took this moment to lie down on the bench.

He stretched his body and looked up at the stars. He closed his eyes, and memories started to appear. With a younger version of himself and a young girl with pink hair like cherry blossom, she was begging him not to leave. 'Damn, she could be annoying', the man thought to himself, but a part of him admired her persistence. Like his best friend, she never wanted to give up on him.

In the background, he could hear someone approaching,

"Sasuke-kun?" said a familiar voice. He opens his eyes and sees strands of pink hair almost touching his face.

"Sakura?" said Sasuke. He notices that her hair has grown longer since he received a picture of her at Naruto's wedding. It now was just past her shoulder.

She smiles at him and then sighs,

"Move over," demanded the pink-haired lady. Sasuke compiled and gave her space to sit down. Sakura almost collapses while trying to sit on the bench.

"Today has been a long day," she says, stretching her hands up and looking at the stars. "you're planning on sleeping here tonight?" asked Sakura.

Sasuke looked bewildered by the exhausted shinobi, who wasn't acting like her usually shy self. "um," he hadn't thought about that. He didn't have a place to stay anymore.

She looks at him, saying, "well, this bench isn't that bad to sleep on," Sasuke turns his face with annoyance and a shade of red. Knowing she was implying the events when he knocked her out and placed her on the original bench.

"My house has a spare room you can use. My parents are also away, so you can stay with me tonight," said Sakura.

Sasuke nods, and they both get up and start walking. They walked for a while in silence till they reached Sakura's house.

Sakura grabs her keys, opens her front door and lets herself and Sasuke in. they both remove their shoes and enter the kitchen area.

"The spare room is to your right, and the bathroom is at the back right next to my room," said Sakura. Sakura started to get dizzy and loses her balance. Sasuke acted quickly and caught her. It was like déjà vu. It was very much like when he caught her at the great war. He looks at her and notices she has fallen asleep.

She felt warm in his arm, and he could smell her scent of cherry blossom. He shifted her so he could get a better grip to carry her. He bends down and picks her up over his shoulder.

'Which room was hers again,' said Sasuke to himself. He heads towards the back of the house and sees her room. 'Yep, this is hers,' he could see a picture of team 7 younger version on her desk.

He gently places her down on her bed and moves strands of hair off her face. He was still holding some of the strands of her hair for a moment. He breathed and let them fall off his hand.

Sasuke gets up to walk out of the room, but he has one last look before closing the door. He goes into the spare bedroom and prepares for bed. As his heavy eyes drop-down, he falls asleep.


Sasuke finds himself on the bridge where he once tried to kill Sakura. He saw his younger self attempting to kill her with a Chidori attack from behind. Sasuke screams 'Sakura!" where the hell is Kakashi to stop him? His body starts shaking. The younger version of himself strikes right through Sakura. Sasuke screams, but it all goes black.

He hears his voice – how will you atone your sins for her? You have course her so much pain –

Sasuke wakes up in a sweat and with heavy breathing. He takes a moment to settle down. He looks towards the window and notices the sun hasn't risen yet, but it is getting close to sunrise.

He gets up and heads towards the bathroom, the bath is behind the screen, and he slides it open to prepare a bath. He starts to undress in the other bathroom section and preps by washing himself before going into the tub.


Sakura starts to open her eyes 'was that a dream, and how did I get home,'

A half-asleep Sakura gets up and mumbles towards herself. She starts undressing with her eyes half open. Struggling to get to the door, she heads towards the bathroom, still in her underwear.

She opens the bathroom door, not noticing Sasuke naked in the bathtub on the other side. Sasuke, on the other hand, noticed straight away. With a bit of shock on his face. Sakura grabs her toothbrush and starts brushing her teeth. At the same time, she slides the door, about to unclip her bra,

"Sakura," hearing her name said by Sasuke, she snaps into reality. She looks up and sees Sasuke naked in her bath.

"Sa..su…ke-kun…", her face completely red with blood coming out of her nose. she then realises she is standing there half naked in front of him. She does a small scream and closes the sliding door behind her.

'it wasn't a dream…his here…in my bathroom …naked…..Oh My God….breathe Sakura breathe' said Sakura to herself.

"I'm so sorry, Sasuke-kun," she says in a panic. She hears a grunt from the other side of the door,

She started noticing the smell of Sasuke's clothes, "I'll wash your clothes,"

"Sakura!" he said in a panic,

"I have some of my dad's old clothes you can wear," she said. "I'll go grab them," Sasuke sighs in relief, knowing he will have something to wear.

Sakura returns to her room to put her clothing back on and then enters the spare room to grab the male attire. Sakura notices that Sasuke's cape is dirty as well. It was full of thorns and seeds. 'I'll wash that too'. She said to herself.

He gets out of the tub and starts drying off. He looked at the clothing Sakura had placed for him and started putting it on. He gets out of the bathroom and meets Sakura in the kitchen.

She had prepared breakfast for them. Sasuke walked toward the dining table and grabbed the seat. Sakura looks at him and smiles. "It suites you," said Sakura. Sasuke nodded as acknowledgment.

Sasuke grabs his green tea, but before he drinks it, he asks Sakura. "How long are your parents away for?"

Sakura looks slightly surprised and blushes "um, for a week," Sasuke nods to acknowledge her answer. Sakura had finished her breakfast, grabbed her empty plate, and placed it in the sink.

"um, I'm going to have a shower now, and…..sorry about before," she says before heading towards the bathroom.

Sasuke looks up and says, "Is that an invitation?" Sakura stops in shock, blood rushing to her face. She moves her head like a robot to face him. Sasuke went back to continue drinking his tea with a deadpan look.

"ahh…." was all Sakura could say. Sasuke continues, "So we could then even out the score. Since you did walk on me naked," he then turns his head towards Sakura and gives her a slight evil smirk.

"ahh, NOOO, not an invitation! And I'm so sorry about before," Sakura rushes towards the bathroom and locks it. Breathing heavily 'is this even Sasuke-kun? Sakura, get it together, GET IT TOGETHER!' Sakura had the quickest shower of her lifetime.

"Um, I'm ready to head out, if you like to join me," Sakura says while grabbing her bag,

"hn, I need to meet up with Naruto," said Sasuke. Sakura tilts her head. Sasuke looks at her and continues, "I have to give him a gift,"

"Is it a wedding gift?" Sakura inquires,

"hn."

Sakura puts her shoes on. "Ok, Let's go!"