Thank-you, Sakura-chan
By: Arwen Amorita
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Sasuke's POV
"Sakura, thank-you"
'Thank-you.
'I thought you were like the other girls, obsessed with a silly crush. I thought, It can't be love; she's too young to understand what love really is.
'Even if it was love, so what? What would happen then? Thirteen is too young. What could become of it? We couldn't even be married until we were eighteen.
'I am an avenger. I must kill my brother for destroying everything I loved; everything I held dear. Otherwise, it might happen again. If it did, I would never forgive myself.
'Only, it wasn't a crush; you proved that. You really do love me.
'I thought that the girls' crushes would fade over time, so I played it cool, became emotionless, detached myself. I was afraid. What if I fell in love too? Would I only think it was love? What if it were only a crush? How could I know what love really was, if it was truly love?
'So I said you were annoying, called you "weak."
'I was wrong. You are strong. Your love for others has made you strong.
'I was so wrong. I was the weak one, for not allowing myself to love.
'You weren't annoying. I was afraid; if you found out what you meant to me, what would happen then? What if I hurt you, if something happened so that I would lose you, your friendship, your love. What if Itachi found out and took you away, killed you?
'I can't live without you.
'You changed my life, changed my view on love.
'I love you.'
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