CHAPTER 4: Confessions
"Sakura!" Sasuke shouted.
"Sasuke? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be training?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura, can we talk?" Sasuke asked.
"O...Ok, but not here, how about at my house?" Sakura asked.
"Ok." Sasuke said.
'Oh no! I'm going to her house!...To SAKURA"S HOUSE!' Sasuke thought.
They arrived at Sakura's house. They went in and Sasuke sat on Sakura's couch.
"Sasuke, do you want juice or water?" Sakura asked.
"Water will be fine." Sasuke said.
"Ok, wait here while I get us something to drink." Sakura said.
'I hope I'm doing the right thing.' Sasuke thought.
/FLASHBACK/
"Should I tell her or should I not!...What will I do!" Sasuke said frustratingly.
"You should tell her." Someone said.
"HOW, WHEN, WHY, WHERE? I'm so frustrated!" Sasuke said more frustratingly.
"I suggest you tell her, before she makes the biggest mistake in her life." He said.
"Ok!...I'll tell her. I have to...I don't want to lose her anymore. I'm tired of always being the cold one. Being the one who always weeps for the family. It's my turn to be happy. It's my turn to confront her..." Sasuke said as he stands up and leaves.
"Sasuke, Sasuke...blinded by love. He didn't even sense me." Kakashi said as he returns to reading his so called book called, "Icha Icha Paradise".
/END OF FLASHBACK/
'This is it! This will be the perfect time.' Sasuke thought.
"Sasuke here." Sakura said, handing Sasuke the glass of water.
"So Sasuke, what did you want to talk about?" Sakura asked.
"Ummm...ok...I wanted to ask you..."Sasuke was saying.
"Ask me what?" Sakura asked.
"Di...Did you mean it?" Sasuke asked.
"Mean what?" Sakura asked.
"Did you mean what you said by the river!" Sasuke asked.
"You...You were listening!" Sakura asked surprisingly.
"Sorry Sakura, I couldn't help it...but please answer my question." Sasuke said.
"Well...ummmm...I...I don't know." Sakura said.
"What do you mean you don't know!" Sasuke asked.
"I...I..I just don't know anymore. Of all the rejections...I don't anymore. I lost all hope Sasuke. I did, to cut it short...I guess, I was right...right about what I said...I should just start over..." Sakura said.
Sasuke sat still, trying to take in what Sakura just said. He lowered his head. His bangs covering his eyes.
"Sasuke, I'm sure you'll find someone else. I'm annoying, I'm weak...useless...Why not...( I can't believe I'm saying this)...Ino, you'll learn to love her. She's strong, independent, she's very useful when it comes to missions and she can give you everything, everything you want." Sakura said.
"Why are you saying this!" Sasuke asked angrily.
"Sasuke, I can't give you anything anymore...I've given you something I haven't given to someone else but you...I gave you my...heart, but you rejected it. At least now you're happy. No more annoying Sakura, no more useless, Except for the fact that you still have fan girls...hehehe...what I'm trying to say is, I'll only get in the way of your goal. To seek power and revenge." Sakura said.
"Are you telling the truth Sakura! Looks up Are you! or maybe you're just lying!...I...I...I just don't want to get hurt anymore. I'm sorry Sakura. Sorry for always rejecting you, sorry for always hurting you, for always...always lying to you." Sasuke said.
"What do you mean you lied?" Sakura asked.
"I...I lied about everything...I lied about..." Sasuke was saying.
Tears started to build in her eyes.
"I...I lied about...I lied about you being annoying...I lied about you being weak...about you being useless...and I lied about..."Sasuke said.
Sakura just looked at Sasuke with tears falling from her eyes.
"I lied about telling you...I...don't...love...you" Sasuke said.
Sakura just looked at the floor, tears dripping on her lap.
"Sasuke...you're...you're lying!" Sakura said.
"I'm not...it's ok if you don't want to believe me, I deserve it anyway. Well that's all i wanted to tell you. Thank you Sakura. "Sasuke said. "and before I go, I also wanted to tell you that...I love you." Sasuke said.
That was it, the only guy Sakura had fallen for, Fallen hard for, is walking out of her life.
'I...no...no...I...I still love him, I do!...that's why my heart is aching so bad. So Sasuke wait!' Sakura thought.
Sasuke already left a few minutes ago. She first sat still, then she comes back to her senses. She stands up, runs towards the door. She ran outside, she could still his figure, it
Was faint yet visible. She didn't care about the rain hitting her frail body. She had only one thing on her mind, to catch Sasuke and tell him she's sorry and that...she loves him too.
She shouted...
"Sasuke! Don't go! Please! I'm sorry!"
The faint figure just disappeared.
"No!...he's...he's gone! I'm so stupid!...if...if only I could have told him that...I loved him too." Sakura said as she falls on the wet floor crying her eyes out under the cold, pouring rain.