You Should Know

Sakura tossed and turned that night. She sighed in frustration.

"Kiss me? He was going to kiss me?!" Sakura sat up and stared at the moon.

"Why the hell are you being like this? You…you aren't…the Sasuke I knew back then…" Sakura sighed.

"…you show more emotions now…and…why?" she closed her eyes sadly and fell back on her pillow.

"…why did you want to kiss me? Why did you hug me like that? I don't understand your actions…it's like…it's like you…you…" Sakura shook her head and laughed.

"No, it couldn't be that you like me…because…" her eyes saddened.

"Sasuke…you would never like me…never in a million years would you fall for a person like me…someone who is always all over you, someone who is obsessed with you…someone like me, doesn't deserve you…" Sakura's eyes widened.

"…3 words, 8 letters, and 1 meaning…" her fists clenched tightly.

"…it…it either is…" she looked out at the moon.

"I hate you…or…" Sakura blushed.

"…or…I like you…."

Sakura rushed to the hospital the next morning.

She burst in the door and saw Sasuke sitting up, looking at her.

"Why are you so out of breath?" Sasuke smirked at her.

"I…I want to ask you…something…" Sakura panted and walked to him.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"…that letter…" she started. "….3 words…8 letters…and 1 meaning….I know that it either has to be…" Sakura paused.

"….it has to be…I hate you…" Sasuke's fists clenched tightly.

"…or…or…" Sakura hesitated to say it.

"….I like you…" she murmured.

Sasuke sat there, staring at her.

"Sasuke…" Sakura's eyes saddened. "Tell me…which one is it?" she pleaded.

Sasuke stayed quiet. He sighed and shook his head.

Sakura was growing impatient.

"I want to know what it means! Please…Sasuke, tell me…" she knelt down on the floor. "You're confusing me…I don't know what to do anymore…" tears cornered up in her eyes.

"You want to kiss me…you hug me…and…and you keep doing romantic things with me, but…but…" the tears fell down her cheeks. "…you could never feel what I feel for you…so…that's why I don't understand…" Sakura stared at the floor sadly.

"…if you didn't like me back then…how come now? Why now? It doesn't make sense…if you had liked me back then….then I would understand, but you have never liked me…" she looked up at him.

She noticed that he was looking out the window, like she wasn't even there. More tears came as she felt her heart shatter.

'…why…this is why I don't understand you…you act like you really like me, but then…whenever I talk to you about it, you act like you hate me…like I'm not even here….' Sakura began to sob.

She buried her face in her palms, crying continuously.

Sasuke sat there, looking out the window, listening to her cries.

Although he acted like he didn't care, he was hurt.

His hands clenched the sheets so tightly that his nails tore through and pierced his skin, making blood stain on it.

'Sakura…if you don't know yet…if you're still confused…then I won't tell you. You should know by now, what it means…' he closed his eyes tightly.

Sakura was still on the floor crying.

Sasuke couldn't take it. It hurt to see the one he loved the most in pain.

"Out." He murmured.

Sakura stared at him.

"OUT, I said," Sasuke glared at her.

"You're annoying me…" he stated.

Sakura's eyes widened.

She slowly stood up.

"…I'll come visit tomorrow…" she murmured quietly and turned around to go.

Sasuke's eyes saddened. 'I'm sorry…' he sighed as she closed the door behind her.

"I'm sorry, Sakura…"

Sakura ran as fast as she could.

She turned to an alley and slid down the wall, sobbing heavily.

"It hurts so much…I already know that you don't like me…but…why do you keep doing those romantic things to me? You lift up my hopes so high, and then crush it again with your coldness…" Sakura closed her eyes as tears came endlessly.

"…no more…I don't want this anymore…" she shook her head.

"…no more, Sasuke…no more pain, sadness, heartbroken sorrow…no more…not for me..."

Sasuke sighed.

He closed his eyes sadly.

"I'm sorry, Sakura…but I want you to figure it out…I want you to realize that I felt the same way for such a long time…I want you to show me how much you've grown, through both intelligence and strength…" Sasuke clenched his fists tightly.

"No matter how much I'm hurting you…please, figure it out…Sakura…you should know…"

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