DISCLAIMER: Naruto isn't mine...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Ah, it took so long for me to update. i'm sorry... thanks for the reviews, btw.. XD they really made me happy... oh yeah... i reread the whole fic and discovered a whole lot of typos.. i am so sorry... i know how to fix them but it would be terribly tiring to do so... maybe i'll fix them some other time?
ANGER: Part 1
"Sakura."
It comes out as a hiss… harsh and bitter.
"Don't you dare, Sakura, damn it! Don't you dare!"
He growls at her…
"Sakura! Damn it!"
And he wishes he could stop cursing. But he can't. And he just wants her to stop crying. So he screams at her…
"Stop crying, damn it!"
Hoping to drown out her sobs… nauseating, suffocating sobs…
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
He's angry at her… again. And that's why she's crying… again.
"Sakura."
... Or maybe she's crying because of the pain.
"Damn you!"
His tone is still harsh and bitter… he's still angry, after all… but he knows that he has no right to be…
"Sakura! Don't you dare!"
But he's such a bastard. And though he wants so badly to stroke her hair and whisper words of comfort, he just can't…. because he doesn't know how.
"Damn you!"
He only knows anger…
"Sakura!"
that's right... anger... in situations like this, he can only act angry… it's been his defense mechanism for who knows how long…
"Damn it! Don't you dare!"
And he can't change now… because he's too selfish to change.
"Stop crying! Damn it!"
And he immediately regrets the words as they come sprouting out of his mouth…
"Sakura…"
… Because she finally complies.
"Sakura…Don't…"
And suddenly he's so uncertain… so afraid… and all his bluster is gone… and he can't be angry anymore… his defenses are gone… because he's uncertain…
"Don't you dare…"
And his tone is no longer harsh and bitter.
"Don't you dare leave me…"
His words come out as a whisper… a broken sob.
"Sakura…"
TBC