The Heart

She was ordered by the Hokage to visit him to his compound to check on his injuries and eyes, she didn't ant to but it was an order.

She still loved him but she was too angry to face him when she stood in front of the door. It opened revealing the man she barely wanted to see with his usual stoic self. "What do you want" He said monotonely. "Shishou asked me to check on your injuries and eyes... may I?" She said with the same tone as him. He agreed silently.

She was hoping he would decline but here she was standing in front of his sitting figure, bent down checking his eyes. She didn't see emotions in it. it was empty.

He looks at her with his stoic face that succesfully hid his hurting emotions. He felt something weird in his heart when she's near, he couldn't ignore it but he also can't seem to figure it out. "That's about right... I'll be taking my leave now... Sasuke"she said and with that she just left.

He noticed how she didn't call in 'Sasuke-kun' in a loving manner and he tried to feel releaved but... it's bothering him.

She woke up and the first thing she noticed is that the bed was not hers. By the orange light shown through the window she knew it was already dawn, where is she? She thought, then she recognizes the dark gray bedsheets when she used to come over for medical businesses.

"S-Sasuke?" She called yet silence answered her. She got off the bed then throught the door to find the man that had helped her. She wants to know why he had help her. "Sasuke?" She called again, as she enter the kitchen the she saw him behind the counter doing something, he looks up to her his dark orbs meeting hers seafoam ones. "You're up?" He asked "Wha- what time is it?" She asked him back.

"It's 5 in the afternoon... I think" He answers, they stood there awkwardly for a few seconds then she spoke "Why did you..." She lingered "I wanted to " he said. It was awkward with everything, the atmosphere, the aura, the two parties... everything. "What happened?" He suddenly asked "I-I... I need to go-" but before she could turn around she was facing a wall with a hand resting against the wall.

"Can we talk?" He asked. She was still shocked due to the fact that Sasuke even bothered to help her "Okay" She answered.

She was now asleep between his arms so he decided to bring her to his room, there are guess rooms of course knowing that it as the Uchiha manor but... he prefer his room... for safety reasons. Once he walks in to his room with the small fragile girl on his arms he set her down the bed pulling the covers to cover her small body. He then changed into his black long sleeve shirt and black pants.

He left the room and went to the kitchen to prepair a meal and collect his thoughs and feelings. He got himself a glass of water and proceed to chug it down his throat.

The moment he hugged her made him realized how broken she is, he wanted to make it clear to them, to the both of them. He just hopes that she'll listent.

He wanted more from her, he already realized that he loved her yet he also know that him being a hopeless idiot made it harder for him. He wanted her to have a life- a happy life- that it doesn't include him, yet he wanted to be in her life, he wanted her to be his and him to be hers. Why is it so hard? he wonders desperately.

"What did he do to you?" He asked her. She was shocked on what he is asking, he's facial expression shows how angry he is and that mede her feel scared, nervous yet she felt safe that he wasn't refering to her. "H-He cheated o-on me" She stutters, they are currently on his couch sitting across eachother. She felt his dark aura surround the room which made her shiver.

"Sakura, are you... scared of me?" He asked as he noticed how she acts around him ever since that day. She met his eye instantly then looked away too ashemed to look at him. It was true, she was afraid to of him, she was afraid to fall inlove again, she was afraid if he'll say somethings to her, she was afraid if he'll think she's still in love with him, she was afraid for her heart to be broken again, but what's there to be afraid if her hear is already in pieces.

"I-I... " She couldn't answer him, he knew that, it broke his heart even more knowing that she was really scared of him. He came closer to her and sat beside her which made her scoot farther from him, he ignored a tiny piece that fell from his heart and just look at her "Answer me Sakura..." He whispered. "I-I... n-no" she answered a little bit faster but he knows she's lying. "Tell me the truth" He said "... Y-yes" she admitted.

With that his heart broke.

They sat in silence for almost five minutes until he spoke "I-I'm sorry about your relationship" she stayed silent and replied "I-It wasn't your fault... um" she stopped and looked at him. He saw something in her eyes that shocked him but decided to keep quiet about it "T-thanks for... you know... anyways I need to g-go now..." With that she stood up but he held her hand.

"Do you still love me?" He spoke.

She was taken back at first, he released his grip and stand up to tower her small figure. "Do you Sakura?" He asks again.

"I-I..." There it is again, her not being able to answer his questions. She blinked back a few tears and faced him with broken seafoam orbs.

She loved him, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. She was broken, She didn't want to be broken again. There, right there, she wanted to say yes and hug him to life, but her broken heart is stopping her from doing it, and so she spoke.

"No Sasuke"

Then she ran to the door leaving him astonished and broken.

"Mou Sakura, he doesn't seem to like you that way" Ino spoke as she smelled of alchohol. "Move on girl! You deserve a better man!" Tenten added. Her and her drunk state can't focus but she spoke as if she was a sober "Don't worry! I'll protect my heart" She said.

And she mean it.

She ran and ran until she is facing her apartment door. Tears won't stop dripping from her face as she got inside and slid her back to the door until she's sitting on the floor.

She knew very well she loved him yet her foolish self is making it harder for her. She wants him to finally be happy without her bugging him everyday, yet she wants her to be in his life. Why is it so hard? She wonders desperately.

The two broken people couldn't sleep that night, their heart broken to pieces, makes it harder to walk around.