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New Hope
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新しい希望
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Sasuke left her, she was far away by now, she didn't know why he did that but he did. She didn't know how to talk to him, if they didn't, their friendship could break away and Sakura didn't want that to happen, she liked Sasuke's company a lot, he was fun to be around.
She stopped running and gasped for breath, panting she fell to her knees and brought her hands to her face. She cupped her cheeks, slowly trying to get her breath back.
When she got up, she felt something grab her hand and pull her. Sakura didn't know what was going on and before she knew it, she was being hugged from behind. Tears started to form in her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall.
"I'm so sorry." She heard the person say as she felt tears falling on her neck, she had cut her hair short when she and Sai broke up, it was mostly because he said that he likes girls with longer hair, she felt the person bury their head in her neck, making her gasp in surprise.
"Sasuke…." She didn't know why, but she felt something. It was a feeling so strong that she couldn't really forget it. It felt kind of nice.
"I didn't know what came over me; it's just that…. I don't know...I don't know what's happening….I just kissed you Sakura…I didn't know what came over me….Please…forgive me…Please." Sasuke said,
"Sasuke don't….don't give me that….you didn't know what came over you? ….Well what'll happen next time when you can't control yourself? ...Sasuke think about it….It makes me feel…scared "Sakura said, breaking free from his embrace and turned around to walk by him.
"You want to know why I did what I did. It's because I love you Sakura…I've been in love with you since the day we went to the beach…."Sasuke said, as he felt he brush past him.
Sakura stopped mid-way, she couldn't believe what he had told her; It was too much for her.
She didn't even notice the Luke-warm crystal tears that fell down her cheeks, until they fell on the gray pavement. She brought a hand to her cheeks and widened her eyes, she was crying.
She turned around, she expected to see Sasuke, but when she turned, she didn't see him at all. It was like he disappeared into thin air. She looked at the spot he was previously on and saw something there. It was glittering and sparkling.
She knelt down to pick it up and gasped; It was beautiful, the prettiest thing she had ever seen, it was a silver necklace, with a cute heart shaped locket on it, and in the middle of the locket there was a small crystal red rose and on either side of the red rose were crystal white wings. It was really breath-taking.
Sakura opened the locket and a piece of paper fell out. She picked up the paper, read it and in an instant, Sakura was frozen in place. Sakura's tears fell onto the locket as she closed it and kept it close to her heart.
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Sakura was at home, she was lying down on her bed, staring at the locket that she found on the floor.
'It's exactly what I wanted….' She thought as she fingered the rose and the wings.
She clenched the locket and pressed it against her chest, she didn't do anything since she came home, minus showering and eating, Sakura had been there glued on the bed staring at the locket.
She got up and walked over to the study table in her room. She placed the locket there and tied her hair back, she remembered what had been written on the piece of paper.
Happy birthday..Hope you love it..
- E... Sasuke... 3
Her birthday had been months ago and he still bought a gift for her. Sakura sighed and put a hand through her hair.
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It had been two weeks since Sasuke and she didn't speak to each other, Two months since the prom and a day for Sakura to miss Sasuke's company.
Day 1 had been so good so far, It was a normal routine for her, wake up, live life, go to school and do not, do not cry in front of everyone. Act strong and you might be able to pull it off.
But no, Sakura didn't do any of those things, she didn't wake up early, which resulted in running to school and end up being late, she didn't even feel like living, at lunch she climbed a tree and sat there, ignoring them rumbling of her stomach, she broke down a lot and whenever she would look up; she'd see the pitied faces of people around her, not Sasuke's caring face, but the faces of strangers, whose glances seemed to cripple her.
No, she didn't act strong, she was weak. So weak that she couldn't get up the moment Ino's shoulder brushed hers roughly.
She just sat there on her respective seat, staring into space, ignoring the worried glances of her classmates.
'No,' she thought bitterly. 'They don't care, much give a second thought about me,' she continued as she walked past the crowd to get to her locker.
Sakura looked like a big mess, her hair wasn't properly combed and her eyes were blank with dark circles hugging them, she had gotten deathly pale, mostly because she hadn't been eating much, skipping breakfast and lunch had not been doing good for her.
"I don't want to be like this." She said out loud in class, a few students stopped their work to look at her.
"I don't want to be this way, weak and…..dead…I want to feel happy, I don't want this, I DON'T…..STOP IT" she yelled out so suddenly, startling her teacher, who dropped his pen, in fright.
Sakura just sprang up and slammed her hands on her table. "Why? ...WHY? …"Sakura sobbed out as she fell on her knees, putting her hands around her.
She didn't miss the worried glance of Sasuke as he entered her class, he was told to give a note to her teacher.
"Ahem..." she heard her teacher say, she heard his voice that haunted her each day and she heard his soft footsteps as he went to give the note that he was originally here for.
She bit her lip as she let out a string of coughs, dry coughs that she covered with her hand. She blankly looked at it and with widened eyes; she looked at the deep, magnolia color stain her pale white hand.
She sat down on her seat and looked up, looking where Sasuke was standing, as if to silently tell him what he had done to her, showing him, mocking him, the marks shouting at him that he should have been there, he should have never kissed her, he should have never left her.
She then again coughed, really hard, she started to wheeze, and then, there was black.
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The moment she looked at him, Sasuke could see the pain in her eyes; he knew what he did to and what he could have done. Leaving her and then confessing, it wasn't what he should have done, he should have been more patient with her, it was only a month after all and he didn't know if she moved on from that, but what he knew was that she was fragile and he shouldn't have played her.
But when she started to cough and wheeze, Sasuke had enough. He just ran out of the class, ignoring his rude behavior. Sasuke yelled out in frustration and hit the outer wall of the classroom.
As he started to walk away he heard the screams of Sakura's classmates for her to get up, and he just ignored it, blocked everything out and walked away.
He ignored when he saw Sakura's classmate pass by him with Sakura in his arms and ignored the fact that she was in pain.
He walked away, without a single emption in his eyes. He exited the school, ignoring the school cop, ignoring the fact that he could be suspended, ignoring the fact that he would be yelled at when he got home, he just walked and walked, and soon he was met with darkness.
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Sakura's aunt ran past the hospital doors and to the reception, almost scaring the poor woman to death with her constant demanding.
She soon left to the hospital lift and waited patiently, she felt like if she waited any longer, Sakura would just drift away.
She exited the doors and as she walked quickly to the operation room, she bumped into a woman standing nearby.
"Why hello Kira, It's been a while hasn't it?"
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Sakura opened her deep apple eyes and looked around; she was being rushed to a room, most likely an operating room, the doctors stopped for a second to get her gurney in the lift.
"Why..Why am I here?" She asked, her voice straining itself.
No one said anything and just stayed there waiting for the doors to open.
She looked to her left and noticed another gurney there, her eyes widened, she felt like throwing up, it was Sasuke…His face was all bloody and he looked like he was in great pain. He was awake; looking at her, his hand twitched upward and started to move towards her. She started to cough.
Cough, Cough, and Cough.
She started to close her eyes, but as she did so, she felt someone squeeze her left hand, her eyes snapped open and stared at the hand that held her so lovingly, she started to cry and when she did, what she heard next forced the tears to come out like crazy. The doctors had put her into a deep slumber.
"I'm sorry."
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"It sure has been a while Mikoto….too long for my liking." Sakura's aunt, Kira, said as she gratefully shook her old classmate's hand.
"What are you doing in a…place like this?"Kira asked, politely.
"Well you see my son…Sasuke…got hit by a car on his way home…." Sasuke's mom, Mikoto, said as she broke into tears.
"Oh my, you poor dear…My niece… Sakura …she's in her for some reason too….She fainted in her class...After having a coughing fit…" Kira trailed off as the doctor came out of the room that she feared for the worst.
"Hello Ms. Haruno…Mrs. Uchiha…Well….Sasuke's condition is very stable, he's doing really well in fact...I just have to do a few checkups on him before we discharge him from the hospital…-
"What about Sakura?" Kira cut him off.
And with that the doctor's mouth was curved into a frown; He fixed his glasses. "Mrs. Haruno…Sakura's condition is…somewhat unstable……Since she hasn't been eating regularly...and she's been drinking these anti-depressant pills...Which have been causing some damage to her lungs...And thus her constant coughs and bleeding from her mouth….With proper help…She'll be fine…. But I'm afraid I'll have to keep her in the hospital for a while…"
Kira started to cry silent tears; she felt her heart clench and suddenly she couldn't breathe.
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Sakura got up, she wasn't in the operation room anymore, and she took time to look at her surroundings. She saw Sasuke at the edge of her bed; she brought her hand out to stroke his dark hair with her free one.
"I'm so sorry….I didn't mean whatever I said…I was stupid…I thought that if I let myself open up to you and let it pass…that you'd do it again…and you'd…leave me…like they did…" Sakura said softly, she stopped stroking his hair, but his cheek.
She saw as his eyes opened slowly, she was kind of happy. She be the first thing he'd see when he gets up.
She smiled warmly and then lightly squeezed his hand.
'He almost died because of me…I can't let him go….Not again' she thought, when she saw him smile back.
They stared at each other for a while before Sasuke began to speak.
"Sakura…."
He never got to finish because, they heard a scream outside their door.
Sakura's eyes widened and she got up, not caring about the drip's needle coming out of her hand. She ran out the door and suddenly stopped.
Her aunt was on the floor, she wasn't strong enough to run, so she fell down on her knees, she tried to get up, but felt pain and sorrow. She crawled to her aunt. It was as if she couldn't make it and her aunt was already dead.
Sakura crawled towards her aunty; the doctor paged all the other nurses and surgeons and carried her aunt towards the operation room.
"Aunty…."Sakura said as she finally got to reach her aunt, but the doctor ran out with her. The feeling of loneliness was there and Sakura resented that feeling.
Her eyes started to get heavy, she was once again lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling; she looked to her right, there he was, with his mom and brother. All of them looked so good; the mom was pretty and the brother, just like Sasuke...Handsome.
They looked so happy, laughing and joking around; Sakura missed days like that with her family. She hardly remembered when she last had a family get together.
Sasuke's eyes locked on hers and sensing her uncomforted state, he stopped talking.
She turned her head and slept on her left side, she was thinking about her Aunt. When Sakura was 12, she got sent away to her aunt's place to finish school, instead of going with her parents. At first Sakura had thrown a big tantrum but when she learned about her aunt's divorce...She had changed, she acted more of like a daughter towards her and all these 4 long years, and she had learned to love her lots.
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She sighed and turned when she heard someone enter.
"Ms. Haruno…It's about your Aunt…..It appears that she's had a serious heart attack…It seems that she's been in a lot of stress and she's been worrying constantly….She'll be okay…she just needs to rest for a while before we can discharge her." The doctor said as he waited for a reaction that he had been expecting.
Sakura's face was horror struck, she closed her eyes, Turned around and dug her head deeper into her pillow.
She sighed; there was no way out was there. In this cage, there was no exit and all you could ever get to is grief and sorrow.
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Sasuke and his sibling looked at her. His mom had a sad look on her pretty face. She looked like she was crying from their point of view.
"Uh…mom..." Sasuke said motioning towards the door.
"Oh right…" she said, collecting Itachi and they left them all alone.
"Sakura…." He said walking to her, with his drip in his hand, he hugged her from behind.
"She's like my only family…..I never got to see my parents in so long… and my brother…" She whispered before sobbing.
"I know … I know..." He said caressing her hair.
"Sasuke…"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks…"
No problem..."
"I shouldn't have slapped you…" Sakura said, sobbing into her arms.
"Sakura…Don't…Please…"Sasuke said, caressing her hair.
"I'm sorry, You must hate me for this…"She said, sighing.
"No….I don't.."Sasuke said, smiling softly at her.
"Thanks Sasuke…."She said, smiling back, she leaned in and kissed his cheek. "For everything.."She continued, "I'm sorry………." Sakura trailed off before going to sleep.
"Shhh…Sleep."He ordered her, still caressing her hair.
"Sakura….What are we going to do with you…"Sasuke whispered, walking back towards his bed, he lied down on it and stared at the white ceiling, trailing into thought.
Flashback:
"Sigh..Get a hold of yourself Sasuke, just get in, and give the note and exit." He said to himself, running a hand through his ebony colored hair.
"Brace Yourself.."He mumbled, knocking on the bronze colored door.
"I don't want to be this way, weak and…..dead…I want to feel happy, I don't want this, I DON'T…..STOP IT" she heard her yell inside, he felt his heart run faster, he just opened the door to check if she hurt herself.
She just sprung up and slammed her hands on the table, making him inwardly flinch.
He gave her a worried glance; he completely forgot why he was here in the first place.
"Ahem..." he heard her teacher say, "Um..Sensei I was told to give you this note from Kureni-sensei..."He said boldly, He saw Sakura flinch from the corner of his eyes.He walked over to the teacher's desk and gave the note to him.
He heard her let out a string of coughs, and felt another pang of guilt in his chest. He saw as her eyes widened when she looked at her hand, he figured that something was wrong.
She sat down on her seat and looked up, looking where he was standing, as if to silently tell him what he had done to her, showing him, mocking him, the marks shouting at him that he should have been there, he should have never kissed her, he should have never left her.
The moment she looked at him, Sakura could see the pain in her eyes; he knew what he did to and what he could have done. Leaving her and then confessing, it wasn't what he should have done, he should have been more patient with her, it was only a month after all and he didn't know if she moved on from that, but what he knew was that she was fragile and he shouldn't have played her.
But when she started to cough and wheeze, Sasuke had enough. He just ran out of the class, ignoring his rude behavior. Sasuke yelled out in frustration and hit the outer wall of the classroom.
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He sighed out loud and closed his eyes, falling into a deep slumber.
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