Soz, for the late update.. Was busy wif sumfing.

Disclaimer: I'm not even gonna bother saying it this time.-sigh-

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"I will never…so long as I live.."

"Forgive you for what you've done to me."

Sakuras hurtful words before departure rang through the Uchihas head like a broken tape record, with more and more force added each time. He had gone through so many painful times, but ever since his clan's murder, was rendered incapable of feeling any emotions of sadness at all.

This time however- as much as he did not want to admit it- Sakura words hurt him. They really did.

Isn't it ironic? I had never expected to feel any pain after my clans murder, yet here I am, feeling sad over something like this.

"If you want to survive in this world, learn to hate, learn to detest. Love is an emotion for weaklings."

Itachi's words from years ago came back to him.

I guess its true then. Love is nothing but a painful burden, felt by the weakest people.

His thoughts betrayed his true feelings.

I guess that it's time to train again. There isn't much for me to live for except that.

The cherry blossom trees shook in the wind, and a petal drifted from the trees and onto his outstretched hand.

-Flashback-

"Okaa-san! Okaa-san!" A five year-old Sasuke ran up to Uchiha Mikoto, his mum.

"What are those strange pink flowers?" He asked inquisitively, pointing at the tiny pink dots of a flower."

"They are Sakura no Hana, Sasuke" Mikoto smiled.

"The most beautiful flowers of Konoha."

"Let's go see them!" He dragged his mum out the door, and into the cherry blossom field.

"Wow, they're so pretty!" He exclaimed.

A blossom fell from a tree and landed on his shoulder.

He picked it up with a tiny hand, but to his dismay, the blossom crumbled in his fingers.

"You have to be careful, Sasuke, although they are the most beautiful flowers in Konoha, they are also one of the most delicate and fragile."

"What? I don't like these flowers any more, they are weak!"

Mikoto laughed.

"They might be weak, but they can teach you a great lesson."

"How?"

"People can be compared to flowers. The most gentle snide remark can upset them."

"A Sakura is very much like that. It also resembles a girl's heart."

"A girl's heart?"

"Yes. Their hearts are very delicate and fragile. The Sakura no Hana teaches a lesson- the fact that in certain times, with certain people, you need to be gentle."

Sasuke frowned.

"I don't understand."

Mikoto smiled sadly.

"Never mind that then. Come on, let's go home, it's time for dinner!"

With cheerful laughs, they walked back up the road to the Uchiha district.

The lesson was left untaught.

-End flashback-

Back then, he didn't have the faintest idea of what his mother was talking about. But now, as he had experienced love for the first time, all of her words started to make sense to him.

Sakura, like her namesake, was a fragile and delicate person. Nevertheless, he neglected her feelings for him, and unknowingly abused her heart.

But there was something different, too. Her heart was fragile, but always managed to mend countless times.

Her cheerful demeanour was never shattered.

That's what made her special.

Sasuke sighed.

In all his years, he had never expected to come back to Konoha alive.

He had never expected to feel any emotions, and most of all...

He never expected to fall in love, with his ex-teammate no less.

He was rejected, too.

Isn't it ironic? She was such a weakling back then, someone I had never expected to come this far. She's changed.

He smiled sadly.

In a way that I didn't expect.

In a way that I didn't want her to.

She was strong, a great improvement, but she no longer had any feelings towards him.

He was pelted by regret, but there wasn't really anything he could do to make it all better.

She had loved him, and he had detested her. Now it was the other way around.

You will always gonna be the one
And you should know
How I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again.
You will always gonna be the one in my life
So true, I believe I can never find somebody like you
My first love.

I'll always love you, Sakura, you're the one who taught me how to love in the first place.

Even though I know you'll never love me back.

Goodbye Sakura, be happy.

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I might not be able to write much, cause schools starting (as XUnknownX pointed out.) TT-TT

I think Sasuke might have been OOC in this chappie...meh

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Inori xoxo