A/N: Sorry for the late update, I said I'll post last last night but sOme…ermm… disturbances occurred so I'm so sorry.

I also want to inform you my dear readers that we're nearing the end of this series as I have told you from the start it's kind of short as in short story stuff.

So, I'm sorry if there hadn't been any real fluffy moments in here for you dear readers though I really tried to make it cute and sweet during the decoration stuff. Besides, I didn't intended to make the story a fluffy romance in the first place. It's more like going in depths of family, drama and an inner kind of understanding. BLuh, I don't know what I'm talking about.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Naruto

She tried to scoot away from the scene. She was sure that Sasuke won't be so happy to know that she has been eavesdropping over his family affairs but as she was trying to back away a twig snap.

All the gods hate me…

Sasuke instantly whipped his head on her direction, dangerously narrowing his eyes. "Sasuke, it's not like what you think it is…"She said as she was slowly stepping out of the shadows, it's no use hiding now. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I think---" Sasuke's eyes flared at her and her words died in her throat. "Shut it! You probably think that I'm a terrible person and that I have a shitty life! You got some guts trying to give me your goddamn advice or opinion when your own life is just as miserable as mine!" He saw the sadness and confusion spread all over her as she looked up to him with big sad questioning eyes. "Sorry to tell you that you aren't the only person to eavesdrop over family affairs." He saw realization hit her like lightning and saw her bit her bottom lip. "I heard it all in the restaurant… You try to give me an advice when you yourself is nothing but a pitiful excuse of a girl being pushed around by your parents and by their expectations." He stated so angrily and venomously before continuing, "Do you want me to tell you why I hate you?"

She nodded her head and braced herself. "You remind me awfully too much of him… My brother. Like you, he easily succumbs to our parents' will and strives so hard, pushing himself to the limit just to meet their out of this world expectation while pretending he's happy putting that goddamn happy confident face… Like you, he threw away his own dreams, following in our family's footsteps as lawyers…" He revealed spitefully. Her eyes watered, threatening to spill any moment now. It was just like he said, she was very alike his brother… Like her, his brother was also a puppet…"I as the younger son was often cast aside…" He said tilting his head downward in away that his bangs shadows over his eyes… "Why would they waste their time over me if they have him to fulfill their wishes?!" He put his hands on her shoulders, putting her on arm's length distance from him and looking straight in her teary eyes. "That's why I killed him…"

"How?" She didn't know where her courage came from to ask him that insane question but she was proud of herself that she did. He seemed to contemplate and for a moment, his eyes looked wistful but he hardened his façade, successfully hiding the sadness in them.

"There was a time he fell into depression… He saw how his life had become, of how he had willingly played as the mindless pawn over the expectations placed over him. I saw it clearly, he was devastated, very near the edge of a cliff… I could have pulled him back but I pushed him to his own demise…" He searched something in her eyes and let go of her shoulders as she backed-off some steps from him. "I was 12 and he was 20, I can remember exactly his words, 'Sasuke, what would you do if found out that all your life you have wasted and fooled yourself?' I told him that I'd jump down a bridge or something…Do you know what he did after?!" He screamed the last part at her that she was so scared, she felt as if she's in the presence of a psychopath but tried to dismiss the thought. Sasuke is a sane person, right? "Damn it, answer the question! Do you know?!"He asked again in the same loud booming voices and she shook her head.

"He thanked me and smiled at me! I literally told him to go and kill himself and he had the gall to smile at me!" She can't help the warm tears that continuously glided down her cheeks as Sasuke shook all over. She never knew that he carried this much within him. She slowly tried to approach him but he glared at her, "That's why I hate you." He sneered at her. She took a deep calming breath and strengthened her resolution within her.

"You say that you hate me because I painfully remind you of your brother but the truth is… It's because of the guilt you feel and whenever I'm near you, that same guilt painfully ebbs within you…" She said calmly, eye leveled with him.

He felt angered at her words, he wants to lash out at her but he settled shouting "SHUT UP. You don't know anything. You're just a godforsaken pretender!!!". However, she didn't back down this time. She stood-her ground and he was stunned to listen because that was something he never saw in her. It's not everyday that she stands for herself."I'm not just finished yet!" She said raising her voice which is very rare of her and Sasuke just has to hear this out.

"I'm a pretender, a pushover and a coward just like what you said I am..." She said as she took a step forward. "I pretend that everything is alright, I'm a pushover who gives-up her own dream, and I'm a spineless coward who yields to every expectation placed over me because I care for them and I'm afraid that they'd be hurt but…" She said taking another step towards him. "You're just like me. You're a hypocrite that pretends that you don't care, a pushover because you let the ghost of the past to get the best of you and a coward for running away from your parents, fearing that you'll never surpass your brother's achievement but…" And she took another step. "You're worst than I am." She took a deep breath before continuing. "You pretend, you let go and you fear because you're afraid to get hurt… All of this because of your selfishness…" She took one final step to come face to face with him, his face contorted in unadulterated anger. "But you know Sasuke…" She trailed-off as she closed her eyes and his anger somewhat came to a bearable state as he looked down on her calm face. It was so angelic, like not even the worst things of this world can taint. "You're a right… I had enough of this lies… I'm through with it all." She said as she looked at him and started to walk-away from him but not before looking him over her shoulders. "I will break one of them with you, one of my deceptions.…" At that moment she looked wistful, well, in his eyes. "Sasuke I don't hate you but I can't help the way you feel towards me…" With that she walked off.

Sasuke however was glued in that place. Was that all it? She doesn't hate him…. But isn't it supposed to be followed by something? Somehow, he feels that there is something more to it. He was hoping that there is something more about it. He is. He is damn mad for being like a moron standing there, staring as she left. He could have chased her, asked her if that was all to it or is there more. He swear, next time he'll never let her slip away, he'll never let her go without a clear answer…

As she reached home, she took a shower to relieve some stress but sleep didn't fell easy on her. She sat-up and went to her table, sitting down as she took out her sketching book. She smiled as she gently picked a pencil and allowed her hand to dance over the paper… Late that night when her father entered her room, he saw her sleeping on her chair by the study table. And when he placed a blanket over her shoulder he noticed her sketches. Anger seared over him and he took the sketchbook and stormed to his study, contemplating this new information.

A/N: Thanks for the review guys! Hey, Just like to inform there would only be two or three more chappies of this! Don't worry after this story, I'll finish my other ones!