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Sasuke chances and askew glance to Naruto and watches as the blue-eyed boy struggle to control the happy tears in his eyes.
"Sakura kill Naruto!"
Sasuke's heart had stopped beating the moment Kakashi had said those words because what if—what if—Sakura, gentle Sakura, didn't want them anymore—what if she'd read the shinobi handbook and decided to follow the number one rule:
A shinobi puts the mission first.
Instead, he watched, as she had glared and put a kunai to her own neck, dragging him behind her.
"Never."
He smothers the jolt of panic and bathes in the security that she offers.
As he grips her waist, just in case, he's ready to the same for her.
Enjoy!