A/N: Hi there... uhm.. i'd just like to clarify something, this is a drabble collection and I'm not really following a plot. I'm sorry. But they are somehow related, though. They're all centered on Sakura and Sasuke's married life. Niwei, please review. XD Thanks for all those who reviewed. You guys made me really really happy. XD

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

MISTAKE

Her biggest fear – ever since she was a child – was to make a mistake.

It was drummed into her head again and again by her parents. It was perfectly understandable that she was a perfectionist.

She did not like making mistakes in the exams, she did not like making mistakes in missions, she did not like making mistakes in her lessons with her shishou, she did not like making the wrong decisions, she did not like making mistakes -- Period.

Mistakes, to her, meant mediocrity.

And in her eyes, she was already mediocre. She was a ninja without a bloodline limit, not like Sasuke, or Neji, or Ino, or Hinata. She didn't have boundless energy like Naruto. She wasn't a genius like Shikamaru. She wasn't anything special. Mistakes meant even more mediocrity.

Mistakes, to her, meant regret.

She did that a lot – regretting. And she hated the feeling. She hated it more than anything else. She didn't want to have any regrets. And if she made a mistake, that would mean that she would have something to regret afterwards.

Mistakes, to her, meant rectification.

If she made a mistake, then she would have to spend a bit of her time in trying to rectify her mistake. And rectifying meant wasted time. And she hated wasting time. Rectification meant losing time to do other more important things.

As a result, more than half of her life had been spent trying not to make mistakes. It had become a way of life for her.

Funny though, that she had been making a mistake, a big one, ever since she set eyes on a certain boy.

Ino was able to rectify her mistake early on.

But she, she knew perfectly well that she was making a mistake, but was completely powerless to stop herself.

He made her lose her wits, he made her feel weak, he made her cry, he made her miserable. He even took her freedom away from her.

This was her biggest mistake. It caused her more grief than she could have possibly known.

But it was also the best…

For this mistake was different from all the other mistakes she made.

This mistake hardly made her mediocre.

You're different, Sakura. You're the only person in the world who could stay with that bastard. I gave up on him the moment I noticed how hot Shikamaru is. No one else can love him like you do. You're one of a kind. But you're also a fool.

This mistake didn't give her any regrets.

I don't regret marrying him, Ino. He's the one I love. It would be hard. It is hard. It's been hard from the beginning. But I think that I'll regret it even more if I stop loving him.

This mistake didn't garner the need for rectification.

I'm not going to change. I'm not going to stop loving him. I can't stop, you know. Because everybody else has stopped. And if I stop too, he'll have nobody left. And then he'll truly be alone. He was the one who told me how painful solitude is. I don't want him to suffer through it again.

This was one mistake she didn't mind making.

There was no doubt about it, Uchiha Sasuke was the best mistake she ever made.