Chapter Ten: Is It Over?

This last chapter! OMG, I'm so sad right now! This is my first fanfiction and I'm so sad about ending it. Even though I know it sort of dragged on with all of Sasuke's attempts and everything. Thank you again everyone who read and supported me! Hope you keep an eye out for my next one. Probably won't be for a while though. I suck at coming up with ideas, but when I get a good one I keep going with it. It's exactly opposite with my sister, she always get ideas for stuff but can never finish them or get them started properly. I hope you enjoy the last chapter! Please comment and tell me how you thought about the overall story. Flamers accepted and everything.

Summary and Disclaimer: ok, if you haven't read them by now, then you're just as lazy as Shikamaru. They're on the first 9 chapters!


Sakura lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling. Questions zooming so fast through her mind she couldn't properly think about them, let alone answer them.

Should I have gone with Sasuke?

What would Gaara do?

Would he even care?

Why didn't I go with Sasuke?

Am I really that afraid of getting hurt?

Was I lying about still loving him?

Do I still love him?

Do I really love Gaara more than him?

Why did Sasuke ask me to go with him?

Why do I care what Sasuke does or thinks?

The questions kept playing through her head like a broken record. She decided to go sit on the roof to clear her mind and get some fresh air. She climbed the stairs and climbed the wall using her chakra and opened the window. The cold air hit her hard as she breathed it in deeply. She was dressed in a short sleeves shirt and pajama pants. She had forgotten her robe and stared to shiver.

She crawled out of the window, shutting it quietly. She sat next to the window, staring down at the quiet town. It was 2:37 am and no one was around. She hugged her knees to her chest and folded her arms on top of her knees. She rested her chin on her knees, just behind her arms.

She thought that she would have cried even more after seeing Sasuke and after everything she had said to him. She had really left him and walked away. It was just like a replay of six years ago, only the roles were changed. She hadn't cried at all, she was numb. And that seemed to hurt her more than crying.

She felt someone wrapping a blanket around her shoulders. "You looked cold," Gaara said as she looked up at him. He handed her a mug of hot chocolate and sat next to her. "Why aren't you in bed?"

"I… I couldn't sleep," Sakura said hesitantly, taking a quick sip of hot chocolate. It washed over her insides warming her up a little. She leaned her head on Gaara's shoulder and moved closer to him.

"Are you ok?" Gaara said, as though reading her thoughts.

"No… Sasuke came by the house again today. I told him the truth that I loved him, but I loved you more. That I would never be able to feel the same way about him because of what he had done. And that that time it was my turn to walk away from him," Sakura said, taking another sip of hot chocolate. "But when I got inside the house again I saw him outside crying. And somehow, I didn't care anymore. I haven't cried at all since then."

"That just means that your subconscious doesn't think he's worth your tears. And he's not," Gaara said, putting an arm around her shoulder.

"Gaara… I'm sorry for putting you through all this. It's my fault you got hurt and that you had to keep seeing me laying in bed crying like that. I just… seeing him brought back all those painful memories that I'd been holding in. Everything from seeing him for the first time to what happened in The Forest of Death all the way to the night he left me. I just couldn't help but think about everything," Sakura said, looking down and feeling like she wasn't worth anything crap.

"Sakura, when I asked you to marry me and accept my feelings, I was accepting you and everything that came with you. Whether it was good or bad. I was taking on your feelings and memories. And I've never regretted it, not even now," Gaara said soothingly, tipping her chin up and kissing her on the forehead, then on the cheek, and ending on her lips. He kissed her for a quick second, to show that he didn't want to take advantage of her when she was feeling like this. She set down her cup and looked down slightly, but then turned her gaze into his eyes and kept it there.

"Gaara, I just wish that I could forget about him. But I can't. And it hurts knowing that. But somehow, it doesn't seem so bad when I think of how you're always there when I need you. You always have been, ever since the beginning. I owe you everything for that," she said looking into his eyes.

"Sakura, you don't owe me anything. You've done so much for me too. You're the first and only person I've ever loved and you've made it worth everything. Like I've said before, I don't regret a second of any of this," he said, taking her into his embrace and holding her loosely but firmly.

"Gaara…" she looked up at him and started crying. She couldn't figure out why the tears had finally come then, but she let them pour down her cheeks. They sat together on the roof until morning. Sakura fell asleep just as the sun was peaking over the hills of sand in the desert. Gaara carried her into her room, thankful that she hadn't left him and that he was still able to hold her.

Sasuke sat in the woods, not knowing where to go or what to do.

She hates me now. She'll never come with me and I can't make her. Not with Gaara around. I'll never have her. I don't even deserve her. I never will and never have, he thought as he stared down at the fire he had built for the night. I can't take this anymore. I'm giving up on her and finding someone else. She'll never want me like she used to. I took her for granted just like Itachi said before our final fight. He knew everything that had happened between Sakura and I somehow and he had said that I took her for granted and that I should've stayed in Konoha with her just to tick me off. Maybe he was saying it because it was true. I should have stayed there and forgotten about getting revenge. Then maybe I'd be happy. Maybe I can find someone else and be happy. I'll go back to Konoha and live there, near my old friends. Hopefully I'll be able to rebuild my life there.

Everything was over and everything was done. Sasuke couldn't do anything to get her back and Gaara would never let go of her. They'd be together for the rest of their lives, have children and she'd forget about Sasuke.

He knew this was a fact, not just his fear anymore.

His fears had become reality and his reality was now a far away dream that could never be reached.

He had given up too soon and come too late.

He Was Too Late, She Was Finished.


Short Ramblings (for the last time)!

I'm a little worried about the ending, but please review whether you liked it or not. Meaning flamers are accepted! I don't know if Sasuke would accept defeat that easily, but I figured he'd be a little tired of trying after all this hell he's been through. He just thought that she wasn't worth it, that's all. Meaning he really didn't love her. Thank you everyone for reading my first fanfiction. I know it's not the best, but I hope it's good enough. Review please!