Quick A/N: Thanks to Sakura Uchhia for my first and only review so far! I'm glad you enjoy it!

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I couldn't believe her words. The words I have longed to hear for more than two years now.

The words that, even through the moments where his promise rang through my mind, I refused to believe.

Maybe that promise was simply a dream, similar to all the other fantasies of Sasuke and me together. Perhaps maybe he didn't mean it. Maybe he said those lingering words simply to be sure that I wouldn't make a big fuss about it when he left me, and meant nothing more. Maybe that moment had been better left forgotten.

Maybe he still saw me as his weak, annoying, love-struck teammate.

But what difference did it make now? Uchiha Sasuke-kun, my eternal love, no matter how many times he rejected or abandoned me, was now coming home.

Now. This very minute.

And not only that - Naruto kept his promise.

"I'll bring Sasuke-teme back, Sakura-chan! That's the promise of a lifetime!"

I knew Naruto would never let me down. He wouldn't. Although he had grown out of his extremely obvious crush on me, his undying love for me as a friend was never grown out of. At some points, this undying love was the only thing that kept me alive and well, as much as I wanted to believe Sasuke-kun's words.

But Sasuke-kun was coming home right now! To me! For me!

The thought itself was simply overwhelming! My stunned expression quickly faded into a broad grin.

"S-Sasuke-kun? He's really coming back to me?"

Tsunade-sama nodded with a genuine smile. "Hai. In fact, judging by whence the letter came from, they should be at the gates of Konoha right now."

Without even acknowledging the rudeness of bursting out the door to the Hokage's office squealing like the fangirl I'd once been, I did so - leaving a chuckling kunoichi behind. I was so deep in thoughts of joy and astonishment that I didn't even know exactly where I was heading, but I trusted my feet to take me wherever my beloved Sasuke-kun was.

And they did.

"Sasuke-kun!" I called as loud as I could manage upon nearing the village entrance, although I knew he was just outside the gates.

"Sakura-chan!"

Shoving through the gates with so much force I almost blew them off their hinges, I didn't miss a beat charging towards him and tackling him with a force similar to the one I used with the gates that were now opened as wide as they could be.

He was back.

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I pounced onto him, knocking him to the ground and giggling with joy. I half-expected him to shove me off of him and say his trademark phrase, "You're annoying."

Much to my surprise, he didn't. He simply laughed along with me, returning the embrace.

"Sakura... you're still annoying." But this time, it wasn't in his usual monotone voice. It was in a tone I had never heard coming out of an Uchiha prodigy.

The grin he had plastered on his face reflected the tone of his voice.

I nearly melted in his arms upon hearing him use that tone with me. Inner Sakura, as much as I had tried to get rid of her when he left, had a return almost as abrupt as Sasuke-kun's and cheered, "Hell yeah! I'm the first girl to hear that kind of tone from him! WE RAWKE!"

I simply ignored her, however, too deeply enveloped in the moment. Simply being in his arms caused chills to race up and down my spine.

"You're home..." I murmured, as if declaring it too loudly would ruin the entire moment.

Maybe, his promise hadn't been simply just another fantasy...

"... I'm home..." He repeated softly, and suddenly his hold on me tightened noticably.

... Maybe it was for real.

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